At Taiping Ferry, the fierce fighting continued.

Although nearly half of the three thousand Wei cavalry had been killed or injured by this point in the battle, Fei Yao still had undiminished fighting spirit and led his men to charge desperately, constantly looking for opportunities to break through the encirclement of the Han army.

It's just that the south, east, north and west are now firmly blocked by the Han army. Even though the Wei army has tried all four directions, they still can't break out of the encirclement.

What's even worse is that under the command of Guan Xing, the Han army's encirclement is shrinking, squeezing the Wei army's range of activities bit by bit. Once these enemy cavalry cannot sprint and gallop, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Weakened, at that time, the Han army can calmly annihilate them all.

Guan Xing, who was standing on a low hill at the rear, was leisurely observing the battle situation. Seeing that victory was in sight, he immediately shifted his mind to other places. He took the map handed over by the guard captain and spread it out on his horse to read.

"Calculating the time, it's almost time for E Huan and the others to fight against Cao Zhen's army, right?" Guan Xing thought to himself.

After receiving the information that Cao Zhen and Guo Huai led 3,000 Wei troops to follow, he immediately ordered E Huan to lead his cavalry to intercept them. Although E Huan only had 1,000 light cavalry in his hands, as long as he did not fall into the Wei army's battle formation,

The guerrilla harassment tactics were enough to hold Cao Zhen and the others back.

From this point of view, Guan Xing's idea was the same as Cao Zhen's. They both planned to use the mobility of the cavalry to buy time for the large group of troops to arrive. However, the difference was that Guan Xing cleverly used a trick to deceive the enemy.

The advantage of strong troops was taken to the extreme, which made the two sides use the same strategy, but the results were very different.

"Have Zhou Li and the others finished crossing the river?" Guan Xing asked as he rolled up the map and handed it back to the guard captain.

The captain of the guard took the map and replied: "Just now, General Zhou sent someone to report. They have already come more than half way. They must have passed by this time."

"Well, give him an order to lead his troops to take time to eat and rest. They will be of great use soon." Guan Xing said.

The guard captain clasped his fists and replied: "No." He turned his horse's head and galloped down the mountain, arranging his men to convey the military order.

Now that the effect of pretending to be a large force to cross the river has been achieved, it is meaningless for the two thousand Han troops to stay on the north bank. Guan Xing then ordered General Zhou Li to bring the two thousand soldiers back to the south bank more than half an hour ago.

Whether they are serving as a reserve force or taking a detour to reinforce E Huan, these two thousand troops are of great use to Guan Xing, so they cannot be allowed to stand and watch the show on the north bank.

"For your information, Your Majesty, General E Huan has sent an envoy. We have verified his identity and there is no problem." A guard rushed up the mountain to report.

Guan Xing said: "Let him come up."

"promise."

Soon, E Huan's envoy came to the hill to report to Guan Xing the movements of Cao Zhen's army.

After hearing this, Guan Xing gently stroked the thick stubble under his chin and murmured to himself: "Cao Zhen actually stopped moving? Only sending more than a hundred horses over, what can be done? Could it be that there is something hidden in this move?

What conspiracy?

Humph, no matter what tricks you are playing, the victory is now determined, and I have the advantage. No matter how cunning you are, you can't make any waves."

He turned around and said to the envoy: "Go back and tell E Huan not to act rashly and to stay where you are and wait." The envoy clasped his fists in agreement and then left.

Although it was in line with Guan Xing's wishes that the Wei army did not come to reinforce him, he still had a faint worry in his heart. He was afraid that something bad might happen to the good situation, so he quickly ordered all the troops to press forward and launch a fierce attack to give the enemy in front of him a powerful blow.

Final blow.

After the military order was issued and the drums were beating loudly, the Han army no longer slowly approached, but instead surged up like a tide towards the encircled Wei army from all directions. This move immediately narrowed the room for maneuver for Fei Yao and others, until

He was completely trapped in the Han army's battle formation.

"Fei Yao, where to go? Take a certain knife!"

Wang Ping and his bodyguard rushed to the vicinity of the Wei army. Seeing Fei Yao not far ahead, he clapped his horse and rushed forward. He shouted and slashed with his sword. Fei Yao heard the rustle of the wind behind him and hurriedly turned around and raised his hand.

The knife blocks it.

But hearing the clang sound, both of them felt the pain of a tiger's mouth, and they secretly praised the other's strength. Wang Ping missed with one blow, and slashed three times with his sword, vowing to kill the opponent off his horse, but Fei Yao's sword failed him.

His skills were superb, and he actually managed to catch all his attacks.

Not only that, Fei Yao also took the opportunity to counterattack and slashed directly at Wang Ping's upper body. Wang Ping did not dare to be careless and concentrated on fighting, and finally there was no danger. In the blink of an eye, they had fought for twenty rounds, and the two of them still couldn't decide the winner.

Negative, still evenly matched.

"General Zijun, I'm here to help you."

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from Wang Ping's left front, and then a silver spear was stretched out from the thorn, straight to the back of Fei Yao's neck.

Fei Yao was blocking Wang Ping's attack. He didn't have time to turn around to parry, so he instinctively turned his body to one side. Finally, he couldn't react quickly and dodged the fatal blow. However, although his neck was fine, his right shoulder was.

He was shot, blood oozed out, and the pain was unbearable.

Wang Ping saw clearly who the visitor was and said happily: "Xiuran came just in time. Let's work together to capture and kill this thief."

"Haha, that's exactly what I mean." Liu Yin laughed.

Although Fei Yao's martial arts skills were by no means inferior to those of Wang Ping or Liu Yin, it was still very difficult for him to be attacked from both front and back by the opponent and to attack together. After counting, he was already facing dangers and could not withstand the attacks.

Fei Yao knew that he would lose in a long battle, so he shouted angrily and suddenly turned from defense to attack. Finally, he tore a hole in the pinch between Wang and Liu.

Chase him closely and never allow him to escape.

"Ohh Ohh ohh......"

Before Fei Yao could completely escape the pursuit, he suddenly heard the sound of drums and horns coming from far away in the south, which was his own military horn. He was overjoyed, raised his sword and shouted loudly: "My dear men, the reinforcements have arrived, why don't you work hard to move forward?"

Let me kill you!"

When the remaining thousands of Wei troops saw the beacon smoke burning in the south and knew that reinforcements had arrived, their morale was immediately boosted and they followed Fei Yao and rushed forward. The Han troops were so panicked that they could not stop them and allowed the opponent to rush to the edge of the formation.

"Where did the reinforcements come from? No, it must be the suspicion of the hundreds of Wei cavalry envoys."

Guan Xing was surprised and quickly reacted, and hurriedly ordered: "Inform the troops that this is a trick of the enemy. The Wei army has not arrived yet. I will stabilize the position and continue the siege."

This military order was issued quickly, but in the end it was a little late. Fei Yao caught the Han army's surprise and uncertainty and led hundreds of soldiers to break out of the encirclement and successfully joined forces with Guo Huai two miles away.

, and together they withdrew towards Chang'an.

Guan Xing couldn't allow them to escape like this, so he led his sergeants in pursuit. However, the Han troops were all infantry, and within a short time they were left behind by the Wei troops.

At this time, Guan Xing had roughly understood the Wei army's plan, and knowing that Cao Zhen's troops would be behind to support him, he sent his envoy to urgently order E Huan to attack and hold off the enemy.

Although E Huan did not disappoint Guan Xing and blocked more than 3,000 Wei troops who had successfully rendezvoused, Cao Zhen had already made a plan and took advantage of the dangerous terrain he occupied to have his soldiers throw down a large number of trees and set them on fire to block the road. He also ordered a captain to lead the way.

After the army was cut off, the two-pronged approach finally blocked the overcoming Han army.

When the Han army defeated the enemy and pursued them outside Chang'an City, Cao Zhen and others had already fled into the city with the support of the defenders.
Chapter completed!