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Zhang Xin shook his head, "I am not trying to persuade the general to surrender, but to give the general a sentence according to the order of Governor Zhao. Governor Zhao could not bear the people starving to death and was willing to send food into the city, or the Han army retreated ten miles and let Cao's army leave, and the Han army would take over Luoyang."

Xu Huang didn't speak for a long time. Both conditions were a bit incredible. The second condition was quite reliable. He asked himself to evacuate Luoyang and the Han army occupied Luoyang. However, the first condition was Xu Huang who felt that it was impossible. The Han army must have cheated.

Xu Huang pondered for a moment and asked, "Where can the Han army let us retreat?"

"General Zhao can only guarantee the safety of Cao's army before crossing the Yellow River. The Han army will not intercept it before crossing the Yellow River. However, after crossing the Yellow River, the Han army will not make any guarantee. Whether it can escape the Han army's obstruction depends on the general's ability to command."

Xu Huang lowered his head and thoughtlessly, and then said slowly for a moment: "Let me think about it, Zhang Chanjun please wait a moment."

Zhang Xin retreated, and Xu Huang immediately asked several generals to come and told them Zhao Yun's plan. One general said: "Even if the first plan is true, it cannot be adopted. Once the food enters the city, the soldiers will be disintegrated and the city will not be able to be defended."

Xu Huang nodded, he also thought so, "What about the second plan?" Xu Huang asked everyone again.

The side general Han Yi said: "General Xu, Bei Zhi thinks that the second plan may be considered. Didn't Cao's army have 10,000 troops on the north bank of the Yellow River? If the Han army did not attack the north bank, then these 10,000 troops could just support us."

"How can you believe the promise of the Han army?" another side general said angrily.

"Zhao Yun is a trustworthy person. Since he promises like this, he will definitely not be cheating!"

"What if the Cao army on the north bank of the Yellow River is gone?"

"It's better than starving to death in Luoyang City!"

Everyone was fighting red and his ears were red. Xu Huang couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily, "Shut up!"

Everyone was quiet. At this time, Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "No need to fight anymore. General Han is right. Instead of starving to death in Luoyang City, it is better to fight once. Today, the Han army is already fighting a heart-to-heart battle. We don’t have time to drag it down anymore. Just decide. We will evacuate Luoyang tonight and return to Yedu. Life and death are from heaven!"

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The Yellow River was completely frozen in late November, and several consecutive heavy snowfalls made the thick ice layer covered with snow. Standing on the top of the mountain, it looked like a white jade belt spread over the Central Plains.

Although the Yellow River no longer needs to cross the river after it freezes, the cold air brought by the huge ice layer at the bottom of the river can easily harm pedestrians on the ice, so even if you walk across the Yellow River, you need a lot of protection.

At noon that day, a Cao army of nearly 20,000 people in Yanjin Ferry in Dongjun was quickly marching on the ice. This army was Xu Huang's army withdrawn from Luoyang. Although Zhao Yun expressed his willingness to give Cao's army food to maintain the lives of the residents in the city, Xu Huang decided to accept the second plan, abandon Luoyang and withdraw back to Yedu.

This is not only because Xu Huang trusted the Han army, and suspected that they would take advantage of the opportunity to send food to attack Luoyang City. More importantly, Xu Huang knew that Yedu was short of troops and could not cope with the siege of hundreds of thousands of Han troops. If his 10,000 troops returned to Yedu, he would undoubtedly strengthen the Cao army in Yedu.

When Xu Huang withdrew his troops, he made full use of Zhao Yun's promise not to cross the Yellow River in Henei County, but to travel several miles eastward and cross the Yellow River in Yanjin in Dongjun, so that they could get closer to Yedu. After crossing the Yellow River, they could reach Yedu by walking another two miles. On the other hand, he left all 8,000 elderly, weak and sick soldiers in Luoyang, and he led only 20,000 elite soldiers to evacuate, greatly speeding up the speed of the march.

While leaving Luoyang, Xu Huang sent ten teams of letter delivery soldiers to Yedu to deliver letters, asking Xiahou Dun to send his army south to meet him. In this way, even if he was besieged by the Han army after crossing the river, he would receive timely support from Cao's army.

Xu Huang is also a famous general of the Cao army. Before making such a major decision, he repeatedly considered that instead of being besieged and destroyed in the end, it was better to risk going north. Once successful, it would greatly enhance the strength of the Cao army. Even if it failed, it would only replace late destruction with early destruction. The result was the same.

Because they did not have the power of war horses and animals, Cao's army was always lightly. When they set off, each person only carried a bucket of rice, which was supplemented with a little bit of rice, so that each person had a bucket of rice, and a few donkeys and mules for their livestock to transport food.

Xu Huang also rode on a temporary war horse. Although this war horse was relatively majestic and could withstand his heavy body and axe, it was still far inferior to his previous war horses and could only barely support him to ride. Xu Huang could only bury sadness in his heart.

"Start up! The river is cold, run and march!"

Xu Huang shouted loudly, the soldiers did not have thick winter clothes to resist the cold, and the ice surface of more than ten miles could easily cause frostbite to them. Twenty thousand Cao's soldiers ran quickly, and within half a time, they gradually arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River.

Xu Huang's most worried thing happened as he expected. At this time, soldiers who advanced first fled back, and many people were still injured with arrows. They stumbled and shouted: "General, there are tens of thousands of Han soldiers on the north bank, and the brothers were killed and injured. We cannot get to the shore!"

Xu Huang's heart seemed to sink to the bottom of the cold river. He knew that Zhao Yun had not broken his promise. They were indeed not intercepted before crossing the Yellow River. The Han army did not intercept them in the Yellow River, but intercepted them on the north bank, preventing them from getting ashore.

At this time, 20,000 Cao's soldiers stopped, and 40,000 eyes looked at the chief general Xu Huang. Xu Huang turned back to the south bank and vaguely saw the overwhelming flags on the south bank. It should be Zhao Yun's army's tail chasing them and cut off their retreat.

They were actually trapped on the ice of the Yellow River. Xu Huang looked at the soldiers trembling with cold. Cao's soldiers were generally thin in clothes. If they didn't rush ashore, they would not survive for an hour. Xu Huang decided to fight with his back. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Stop to the north shore to break through!"

The sound of Cao's war drums sounded, and 20,000 Cao's troops shouted, rushing towards the north bank two miles away like a tide.

Yanjin Ferry is located in the southern remnants of the hiking mountain. Both sides of the Yellow River are surrounded by mountains and steep mountains. Yanjin Ferry is actually a valley between two mountains, forming a gentle river bank about ten miles wide, making it a famous ferry crossing. Crossing the Yellow River, and then walking through the valley dozens of miles long, you will enter the vast northern Henan Plain.

At this time, 50,000 Han troops were already waiting on the north bank of the Yellow River. Among them, 20,000 crossbow soldiers held crossbows and blocked the bank of the Yellow River. They built a simple earth wall one meter high on the north bank of the Yellow River and poured hot water on it. The cold weather turned the earth wall into an ice wall overnight. From a distance, the ice wall was like a white and bright ice line in the sun.

Twenty thousand Han army crossbowmen stood on the platform, looking down at the ice surface of the Yellow River in the distance. At this time, the black Cao army soldiers appeared on the ice surface of the Yellow River, rushing towards the north bank, and raised their swords to shout loudly: "The catapult and the crossbowmen are ready!"

Twenty thousand crossbowmen were lined up in rows, raising their crossbows, and the cold arrows aimed at the Cao army soldiers rushing overwhelmingly. Behind the crossbowmen, the ten heavy catapults also creaked away. They were waiting for the first round of attack from the Cao army soldiers.

Cao's soldiers were getting closer and rushed into the brigade. Xu Huang shouted loudly, "Cater launches!"

Ten catapults suddenly fired, and ten huge rocks flew into the air, drawing an arc in the air, rushing towards the Cao army soldiers. The huge rocks hit the crowd, and suddenly they were flesh and blood flying, screams sounded, and the huge rocks rolled on the ice, causing large areas of Cao army soldiers to be smashed, broken bones and broken tendons, and wailing everywhere.

"Roar up!"

Xu Huang also had his eyes red with anger, waved his sword and shouted loudly. Only several people were killed or injured on the ten huge rocks, and it still did not pose a threat to the more than 20,000 Cao soldiers. The 20,000 Cao soldiers were desperate and shouted to kill the north bank. All Cao soldiers understood that if they could not rush to the north bank, they would be frozen to death on the ice of the Yellow River.

At this time, the Han army's crossbow arrows were fired, and the first round of seven thousand arrows rose into the air, quickly forming a cloud of arrows, rushing towards the Cao army soldiers in black. The dense arrows rushed towards the storm. The lethality it caused was far higher than the impact of the huge rocks. Although the Cao army soldiers raised their shields to cover them, they were still useless. Pieces of Cao army soldiers were shot down, and cries and wails resounded throughout the ice field.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrows, and the second round of arrows roared again. The Han army's section of the arrows kept the arrows continuously, and the fire was launched one after another. Cao's army suffered heavy casualties and blood stained the ice field red. Even Xu Huang's war horse was shot by two arrows, dropping Xu Huang on the ice field.

Xu Huang watched as the originally dense Cao army soldiers became sparse. The ice field was covered with soldiers who were killed by arrows, and at least four or five thousand had lost. Xu Huang always loved soldiers, and his heavy casualties made him feel like he was heartbroken. He had no choice but to order: "Retreat immediately!"

‘Dang!Dang!Dang!’ The bell of retreating rang, and Cao’s soldiers were relieved and retreated to the Yellow River ice field like a retreat. The first breakthrough ended in failure.

The ice field was filled with tired Cao soldiers. They squeezed together and used their bodies to keep warm, struggling to resist the severe cold air coming from the bottom of the river. Xu Huang and several generals gathered together to discuss it, but the signs on the map made them feel cold. They could continue to travel east or retreat west, but whether they were traveling east or retreat west, the next landing location was fifty miles away from them, and they could not even walk to the landing point.

Even Xu Huang's eyes showed a hint of despair. They fell into the trap of the Han army. They had no second one except walking out of the Yellow River in Yanjin.

Several side generals looked at Xu Huang. The first time they broke through, they died and injured more than a thousand people, and their morale was severely hit. Even if they rushed ashore to the death, they still did not come out in the face of the siege of tens of thousands of Han soldiers. In fact, several side generals understood that they had no second life besides surrender.

Xu Huang also understood in his heart that he could not make up his mind to betray Cao Wei and surrender. At this moment, a soldier came to report, "General, the last time the Han army joined the army is here again."

Xu Huang looked at several generals, and all the generals nodded and agreed to the Han army's persuasion to surrender. Xu Huang sighed secretly, "Take him here!"

After a moment, Zhang Xin, the army joined the army, was brought up, and he bowed and bowed, "See General Xu!"

Xu Huang said lightly: "Is Zhang Chanjun here to persuade me to surrender?"

Zhang Xin took out a thick stack of letters from his arms and handed them to Xu Huang, "I will return this to the general first."

Xu Huang took the letter and was stunned. These were actually letters of help he wrote to Yedu. There were ten letters in total, a lot of them. It turned out that the ten messengers he sent were all captured by the Han army. Xu Huang's last glimmer of hope was also shattered. He sighed, "I didn't expect that Xu Huang, I, would have a lasting day!"

Zhang Xin smiled slightly and said, "Governor Zhao gave the general two, I wonder if the general is willing to listen?"

Without waiting for Xu Huang to express his opinion, several side generals next to him said in unison: "Sir, please tell me!"

Xu Huang had no choice but to nod, expressing his willingness to listen. Zhang Xin said calmly: "One is to surrender. The general leads Cao's army to surrender. The Han army will recruit Cao's soldiers. Those who do not want to join the army can be released and returned home to farm. The other is to be captured. In other words, the Cao's soldiers are all prisoners of war and may have to go to the mine or military camp to serve hard work before they can be released. The two generals can choose themselves."

Xu Huang turned around and looked at the soldiers. The Cao army soldiers all looked panicked and their eyes were filled with pity. He really couldn't bear it in his heart, so he said in a deep voice: "All my soldiers chose to surrender, but I, Xu Huang, chose to be captured. I would rather die in battle or become a prisoner of war than surrender to the Han army."

Zhang Xin nodded, "As the general's words!"

Xu Huang held a big axe in his hand and turned around and walked towards the south bank. The soldiers stood up one after another to follow him, but Xu Huang shouted loudly: "No one is allowed to move, this is my military order!"

The soldiers stared blankly at Xu Huang's figure and walked away, and many soldiers knelt down and started to cry.

Zhao Yun looked at Xu Huang strode alone on the south bank. He immediately understood and couldn't help but sighed slightly, "A real famous general!"

Zhao Yun turned around and said to Pang Deling: "Don't hurt him, you should capture him alive!"
Chapter completed!