"General, the Xiongnu cavalry recently pursued the troops of the Han general Guan Xing, and encountered the Han army in Yong County. They refused to obey the orders and insisted on attacking. They were broken by Han general Zhang Bao with a crossbow formation and were seriously injured!"

Wugong, Cao Zhen’s camp, Zhang He came in and smiled bitterly at Cao Zhen.

Before, Guan Xing took the initiative to provoke, but he felt that there was something wrong. As a result, the Hun cavalry refused to obey the orders and thought that Guan Xing was easy to bully and pursued him all the way. As a result, he was killed and defeated by the crossbow formation set up by Guan Xing in Yong County.

Cao Zhen pressed his temple hard after hearing this. In this way, Cao's army's advantage in mobility was severely damaged by the Han army, and it would be even more difficult to gain an advantage next.

Now Cao Zhen’s policy is just one word, endurance.

The huge Wei Kingdom could not have been completely lost because of the Hangu Pass. At least for now, the war potential of Wei Kingdom is better than that of the Han Dynasty. Although he is now unable to defeat, he is not desperate. Cao Zhenren was to wait for reinforcements. Even if Zhang Fei sent people to challenge Cao Zhen every few days to greet him, he could tolerate it. His current tolerance is for future victory. He believed that the Great Wei could not leave such a large piece of land in Guanzhong for the Han Dynasty.

But the Huns are different. Although they obey orders and come to support, they are not directly affiliated with them. What Cao Zhen wants is the power of the Hun cavalry, so he cannot be controlled too strictly. However, if he does not control it, the irritable Huns are easily trapped. This time he was easily lured away by Guan Xing. It is a bloody lesson to be severely injured by the crossbow formation. However, if the control is too strict, Cao Zhen’s understanding of the Huns will probably have resistance and rebound.

It's like a double-edged sword with a very short handle, which is really difficult for ordinary people to control.

"General Ye Yi, you will command these Xiongnu cavalry." Cao Zhen sighed silently, and said to Zhang He.

With Zhang He in command, Cao Zhen could feel more at ease. As a veteran Cao Wei, Zhang He, who was born in Hejian, was not unfamiliar with Hu cavalry in the north. He also brought cavalry and led by Zhang He, which is the most suitable one at present.

"Here!" Zhang He nodded and agreed. Just as he was about to say goodbye and leave, he saw a small school hurried in and bowed and said, "General, General Xiahou Wei is asking for a meeting!"

"Zi Lin? Why is he here?" Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he suddenly stood up and said, "Hurry up, bring him in!"

As the guardian of Chang'an, Xiahou Shi was safe and secure, but he could not leave without permission. Now that Xiahou Shi appeared here, Cao Zhen dared not think about it.

Zhang He also stayed silently where he was, and the development of things seemed to deteriorate further. If Chang'an was in a loss, the decisive battle here would become extremely ridiculous.

The roots are gone, what is the point of a decisive battle? And what decision is made?

Soon, Xiahou Wei came in under the leadership of the soldiers and knelt down in front of Cao Zhen with a thud: "Brother Zidan, Chang'an... is lost!"

Cao Zhen felt that his eyes were dark and staggered, and was supported by Zhang He behind him.

Zhang He looked at Xiahou Wei and said in a deep voice: "What happened?"

"The day and night before, a Han army wearing vine armor suddenly entered the city. The vine armor on these Han army was quite strange and could not enter the sword and gun. The soldiers in the city could not resist the enemy. They broke through the city gate. We tried our best to break out of the city and came here." Xiahou Qi lowered his head. In fact, he remembered these things. As for what happened after the city was broken, he only knew that he had been running and then left the city for no reason, but he definitely couldn't say that.

Cao Zhen grabbed his hair in pain and said bitterly: "How many people are there in the Han army?"

"Yes..." Xiahou Wei was a little panicked. How many Han troops were there? It was so dark. He didn't know that at that time he felt that there were Han troops from all directions. After a moment of silence, he said, "There are 30,000 or 50,000 people?"

"Ha~" Cao Zhen closed his eyes, then kicked Xiahou down: "South of the Wei River, there is a flat horse. If there are so many people, the marching speed will be slow. It will never be possible to arrive in Chang'an in one day. Simply send some scouts to detect, how did your city be guarded??"

This is obviously a specialized surprise attack. Since it is a surprise attack, it is impossible to have too many. Ten thousand is the sky, where can I go to steal these 30,000 to 50,000 people? Besides, Liu Bei sent troops in Nanyang and Sichuan this time, and more than 200,000 troops came out, how could he have so many troops?

Cao Zhen's chest was fluctuating violently, pointing at the helpless Xiahou Qi and cursing: "I'm not angry that you lie to me. I just hate that you can't even make up a reason for cheating. I regret not letting you guard Chang'an!"

I thought Chang'an was in the rear and there were eight thousand defenders. No matter what, he would not be defeated in one battle. Then he had at least time to react and moved the battlefield to Chang'an. With the strength of Chang'an City and the abundant food and grass, so many soldiers would always be able to stay for a year or two.

As long as Chang'an is not lost, there will be a chance to regain Guanzhong, and the Great Wei Dynasty can afford it. But who would have thought that Chang'an would be as strong as Chang'an, and it would be defeated by the Han army overnight!

The Han army was indeed strong, but it was not as strong as invincible. Eight thousand defenders and almost the same generals would not be captured overnight.

"General!" Zhang He stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "The city has been broken, and it is useless to blame now. We should think about retreating first!"

This decisive battle cannot be fought, nor can it be fought. Xiahou Wei came here with the defeated troops. The news of Chang'an's fall cannot be concealed at all. Once the news dissipates, morale will inevitably be depressed. The most important thing now is to retreat before Zhang Fei can react and protect the main force of Cao's army. At this time, you can protect as long as you can.

Cao Zhen nodded and looked at Zhang He and said, "If you are willing to help the general lead the Hun cavalry to harass our army and protect our retreat, if necessary..."

After pausing, Cao Zhen looked at Zhang He and said, "You can abandon the Huns and escape by yourself."

The Hun soldiers were not important to Cao Zhen's opinion, but Zhang He really could not lose. At present, the only good generals of Cao Wei, Zhang He and Xu Huang are the older generation. There are only the younger generation, but they are far less than Zhang He and Xu Huang. At least it is difficult to stand alone.

"Here!" Zhang He understood Cao Zhen's meaning, nodded, and went straight to order the troops. Although he had just been defeated and the morale of the Huns was low, he could no longer control those at this time.

"Boom~"

At this moment, a series of loud noises suddenly came from the camp, and the entire camp tent swayed slightly. Cao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Go away, I'll take care of the others!"

"Here!" Zhang He nodded, and knew that it must be Zhang Fei who came. The other party might have received news from Chang'an. Time is tight and hesitated.

Zhang Fei had indeed received the news, but it was earlier than Cao Zhen. Wei Yan was also brave. After arriving in Chang'an, he sent someone to inform Zhang Fei that Chang'an had already been out and asked Zhang Fei to prepare early.

This was also breached by Chang'an. If it wasn't broken, it would be a lot of fun.

Of course, Wei Yan dared to do this, so he naturally had some confidence. Liu Yi left him a lot of good things before leaving, just to break Chang'an. He even left a hundred Wudang Flying Army who were good at climbing. He cooperated with the lightweight vine armor army to climb to the front of Chang'an city without much trouble.

Zhang Fei received the news last night. Xiahou Feng was a noble young man after all. He was delayed a lot of time along the way, and he didn't have the consciousness to send someone to communicate with Cao Zhen first, giving Zhang Fei a night of preparation time.

At this moment, outside the Wei army camp, there were as many as fifty stone bombs, and the size of human heads did not proofread and directly bombarded the military camp. At the same time, the archers also began to shoot arrows at the military camp, which made the soldiers guarding the camp unable to raise their heads. From time to time, someone was hit by the stone bombs that broke the walls of the village, and they were smashed to death.

Zhang Fei stood in front of the formation, shouting loudly: "Chang'an has been gone, Guanzhong has been recovered by my great man. Are you the Han people still obsessed with it?"

His voice was loud, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the voice spread to all the fields and was in a state of great agitation.

Many people saw Xiahou Qi's defeated soldiers coming in, and some people who knew Xiahou Qi. Although it was only part of them, the situation in Chang'an had begun to spread, but it had not yet affected the entire army. At this moment, Zhang Fei shouted loudly, and those who already knew the news or had some speculations privately spread it. At least it was difficult for the soldiers guarding the camp to think about it or not.

Before Cao Zhen could reach the gate, he felt a stir and heard Zhang Fei's voice from afar.

"Boom~"

The stone bullet that broke through the air fell on the camp not far from Cao Zhen and his group. Cao Zhen looked ugly and knew that the morale of the army had collapsed and he stopped moving forward at the moment. He recruited a general and said, "Go to Wugong immediately and inform General Xu Huang to retreat. No matter what method is used, others will retreat to Yecheng as soon as possible."

"Here!" The general nodded, and knew that the situation was serious at the moment. He bowed to Cao Zhen and turned around and left.

"I ordered the soldiers of the three armies to lead the army to gather in Pubanjin, and ordered people to notify the Hedong garrison to respond!" Cao Zhen shouted while walking back.

Although he knew that a large number of people would surrender, if they fled together, they would be more likely to be chased by Zhang Fei. What he had to do now is to protect his vitality to the greatest extent. After this defeat, the advantage of the Wei Dynasty over the Han Dynasty would not be as obvious as before. He must keep the vitality of the Wei army as much as possible, thinking that the Han army will prepare for a more fierce offensive in the future.

After Cao Zhen issued the order, he sent off the generals to gather troops. As for rebellion, there will definitely be, but there will definitely not be many. Most of the generals above the lieutenant are in Jizhou, and even for the sake of their family, they will not rebel.

The initial escape was a bit unexpected. Even Zhang Fei did not expect Cao Zhen to leave so simply and not even block it. However, he was not ready to let this Cao army go. He immediately chased after him. What Zhang Fei did not expect was that Cao army was actually dispersed and tens of thousands of Cao army fled eastward in a mess, and there was no main force at all or there was no main force at all.

The only ones gathered together were the Hun cavalry led by Zhang He!
Chapter completed!