At the end of October, the 14th year of Jian'an.

Cao's strong generals Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, followed Cao Hong, died in battle after two months. After Cao Cao learned the bad news, he fainted on the spot and never recovered. Cao Ang had no choice but to temporarily replace Cao Cao and command everything.

November 14th year of Jian'an.

Runan County, Xinyang City.

Since learning that the Yang family army was heading south in large numbers, Cao Ren led his troops to Xinyang to garrison and formed a siege with Yu Jin, who was stationed in Yilu, to resist the attacks of Huang Zhong and Zhang He's troops.

In the past few months, Cao Ren has fought very hard. Not to mention there are no reinforcements, even the wall has been attacked several times by the soldiers of the Yang family army.

That's all, every day, he had to be bombarded by the Yang family's catapults. Fortunately, the Yang family's stones were used up, so Cao Ren was able to breathe for several days.

On this day, outside Yilu City, the Yang family army camp.

Huang Zhongzheng discussed with Zhang He.

"General Huang, our army is about to take down Xinyang! Why do you want to recruit the stones from the last general?" Zhang He was a little angry. Originally, Xinyang City could be captured in a few days, but Huang Zhong suddenly recruited all the stones in Zhang He's camp as the head general of the Nanda Camp. That's not all. Even Zhang He himself was recruited by Huang Zhong, and he was inevitably a little resentful these days.

"Haha!" Huang Zhong's old face fucked and explained: "General Zhang, you don't know anything! Yilu County is well connected and within a radius of dozens of miles, there are very few stones available! A few days ago, I suddenly came up with a plan. If this plan could be achieved, it would be easy to take over Yilu and Xinyang counties!"

Zhang He's eyes lit up. To be honest, he couldn't stand the siege during this period. Looking at the battle reports coming from the west from time to time, Zhang He was also anxious. At this time, he heard Huang Zhong have a clever plan to defeat the enemy and asked anxiously: "General Huang, is the general out? As long as you say, the last general will do as he wants!"

Huang Zhong laughed and said, "In the past few days, I have contacted the spies of Diting Camp in Yilu City, and then I learned that Yu Jin had already blocked the four gates of Yilu City, because I was afraid that our army and the spies in the city would steal the gate. This is what I thought. Yu Jin, the governor of Yilu, had only 3,000 troops under his command, but there were more than 10,000 troops in Xinyang City. Instead of attacking Xinyang and causing heavy losses, it would be better to take down Yilu first, and then use the clothes of Cao General in the city to open the Xinyang City Gate. As long as the city gate is opened, wouldn't we easily kill into the city? General Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang He nodded and smiled, "General Huang's plan is good, so the last general is willing to cooperate!"

"After our army's two consecutive months of strong attacks, there are actually not many members of Yu Jin in Yilu City. He has just recruited the staff of the aristocratic families in the city, so that he can persist until now. However, I heard from the spies in the city that those aristocratic families have long been dissatisfied with Yu Jin. They have contacted some aristocratic families. As long as our army can kill the city again, those aristocratic families will cooperate with our army to wipe out Yu Jin!" Huang Zhong said confidently: "Therefore, I will recruit the stones in General Zhang's camp. As long as we take down Yilu, we will not need stones when our army attacks Xinyang again! General Zhang, right?"

"Then General Huang, when will you decide to attack the city?" Zhang He nodded, expressed his understanding, and said, "Yilu City, the walls are not thick and the city is not high. If our two armies cooperate with each other, they can capture it in one day!"

Huang Zhong nodded and replied: "It's better to attack the city early tomorrow morning!"

"Okay!" After hearing this, Zhang He stood up and said, "Then go down and prepare!"

The next day, Huang Zhong ordered a strong attack on Yilu City. First, the stone catapults attacked one after another. After the stones were used up, Zhang He led his troops to attack the city. With the first round of charge, he attacked the top of Yilu City. Yu Jin was about to organize troops to fight back, but there was a sudden incident above the top of the city. Those people from the aristocratic families rebelled in the face of the battle and caught Yu Jin off guard.

In desperation, Yu Jin had to retreat to the county government, but was captured alive by Huang Zhong who rushed over.

After capturing Yu Jin, Huang Zhong asked Zhang He to take hundreds of people wearing Cao's army's clothes and armor, carry Yu Jin who was knocked out, and rush towards Xinyang City.

In the evening of that day, Zhang He and others came to Xinyang City, and a soldier whispered to the top of the city: "We are General Yu Jin's subordinates, let us enter the city!"

Cao Ren, who was inspecting the city defense, rushed over to hear the news. After seeing that it was Yu Jin, he quickly ordered the city gate to be opened and let them in.

However, when the city gate was opened, Cao Ren's heart flashed with inspiration, and he leaned over to the city and asked, "How did you pass through the defense of the Yang family army?"

This question stopped Zhang He and others under the city. According to the facts, they naturally walked over with great swagger, but now they pretended to be Cao's army, but they could not say this.

Just as Zhang He was stunned, Cao Ren concluded that the group of people outside the city was not Yu Jin's subordinates, and immediately shouted at the soldiers who opened the door: "They are the enemy, don't open the city gate, don't open the city gate!"

However, it was too late and the city gate had been opened. After seeing this, Zhang He tore off his fake service and rushed into the city with a spear. The rest of the soldiers followed suit.

Cao Ren slapped his thigh and shouted regretfully: "Oh! I've been trapped. Brothers, please follow me to the city gate to intercept the Yang family army. Chile changes!"

Just as Cao Ren led his troops to the top of the city, the earth began to fight. A cavalry was coming from far to near, towards Xinyang City. The first general was gray in his temples and the golden sword in his hand was even more terrifying.

When he arrived at the city gate, Cao Ren saw that he was his old opponent Zhang He, and cursed: "Zhang He is a man! Don't be arrogant, see how I will kill you!"

Zhang He snorted coldly, led his men to guard the city gate, and kept resisting the attack of Cao's army.

After Cao Ren joined the battle group, the morale of Cao's army was boosted. However, the people brought by Zhang He were all good players in the army. They only talked about combat awareness and ability, and were not inferior to any powerful force in the world.

The two sides were in stalemate, and Zhang He was brave again, and he was even stronger than Cao Ren. Cao Ren could not fight for a long time and was anxious. The soldiers around him were also beginning to have a turbulent morale. The strange atmosphere began to exaggerate the crowd. Some people who did not work hard began to appear in Cao's army. This shows that they gradually lost confidence in Cao Ren.

At this moment, Huang Zhong rushed over, and with the golden sword in his hand, he took away the lives of several Cao soldiers. When Cao Ren saw Huang Zhong lead his troops into the city, he sighed and led the remaining troops to another gate in the city, intending to abandon Xinyang.

The night gradually descended, and the sound of killing in Xinyang City was rising and falling, and the fight continued, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Cao Ren also took the opportunity to escape from Xinyang. However, a fast horse was running towards him from the city. Cao Ren looked closely and found that it was Huang Zhong, the leader of the Yang family army's Nandaying, who was named General of the Sharp Shooting.

Cao Ren has heard of Huang Zhong’s name since he guarded Luoyang. According to rumors, Huang Zhong is a more powerful existence than Lu Bu.

"Cao Ren, where can I run!" Huang Zhong roared angrily, and there was no enemy wherever he passed. His devastating momentum shocked Cao Ren's heart, making him dare not fight with him again, and just bury his head and run away.

But Huang Zhong's mount was a good horse on the grassland. Although he was not a horse king, he was only inferior to the Red Rabbit. In the blink of an eye, he caught up with Cao Ren.

Cao Ren had no choice but to raise his sword to greet him, but how could his martial arts be compared with Huang Zhong? After thirty or forty moves, he was knocked down by Huang Zhong and died at the gate of Xinyang City.

When Cao Ren died in battle, the Cao army under his command had no backbone. There were countless warriors, including more than ten or dozens of people. They were then defeated one by one by the Yang family army.

The 14th year of Jian'an, November 6th.

Yu Jin, a powerful general in Cao's camp, was captured in Yilu City. In the evening of the same day, Cao Ren, the general of Cao's camp, was killed by Huang Zhong's formation at the gate of Xinyang City.

After the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren could not escape the misfortune. He was defeated by Huang Zhong and Zhang He and died in Xinyang.

To this day, most of the border towns in the north of Runan County have fallen into Yang Fan's hands, and the strong generals of Cao's camp have been killed one after another. Zhou Yu, who was stationed in Pei State, played a match with Gan Ning and Gao Shun, and both sides had their own victories and losses. Zhou Yu's command only had 50,000 soldiers, but Gao Shun and Gan Ning were unable to move forward. For a time, Zhou Yu's name resounded throughout the Central Plains and was praised by the people.

Early December of Jian'an.
Chapter completed!