At dawn the next day, Gan Ning led his troops forward again and approached Cao's Mobei camp.
Cao's scouts reported that Cao Xi had come to fight again, and shouted, "Gan Ning, we have yielded to you many times, please don't go too far."
Gan Ning laughed and said, "My little boy Cao Xi, today is the day you die!"
He turned around and whispered to Su Fei, "The Cao camp is not far ahead. Watch me kill Cao Xi and then rush over to the camp and kill them by surprise, just like when we took Ye County last time."
The battle was close and the arrows were on the string, ready to be shot. Su Fei led the troops to prepare, while Gan Ning urged his horse forward to attack Cao Xi directly.
Cao Xi galloped his horse and fought, but was defeated by Gan Ning in just three rounds. He turned around and fled again. If Gan Ning had not deliberately shown mercy, he would have been killed with a single sword.
"Follow me and kill!" Gan Ning roared, wielding his sword and chasing after him, with the eight hundred Jinfan soldiers behind him rushing forward together.
When Cao Xi retreated, Cao's army formation was in chaos. Gan Ning rode his horse to the scene and killed several people. The two armies were engaged in a chaotic battle. At this moment, Le Jin led his troops to support them.
Gan Ning stepped forward to fight Le Jin, and the two generals fought. Cao Xi also led his troops back and surrounded Gan Ning's men. The sound of swords and guns clashing could be heard everywhere.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Su Fei hurriedly led his troops forward to provide support. The two sides engaged in a melee, with shouts and screams of killing rang out.
Le Jin and Gan Ning fought for more than thirty rounds and were evenly matched. The two generals met a good opponent and the battle was difficult to determine the winner. Su Fei was able to fight Cao Xi but defeated him step by step.
After about fifty rounds, Le Jin could no longer withstand Gan Ning's bravery. He gradually felt exhausted and was attacked fiercely. He was defeated step by step, but he still gritted his teeth and held on.
Gan Ning saw that Su Fei had the upper hand, and the Jinfan Army was full of elite soldiers, so they had scattered Cao's army and were in a state of disarray. He had already gained an advantage, so he laughed and said, "Le Jin, those who surrender will not be killed!"
Le Jin snorted slightly, and fought hard with a sullen face. At this time, Cao Xi could no longer resist and fled sideways. Su Fei followed and killed him, causing Cao's army formation to be in chaos.
Boom boom boom—
Just as Gan Ning forced Le Jin to retreat and was about to issue an order to pursue the enemy, he suddenly heard a loud drum sound from the mountain behind him. Countless ambush troops rushed out from the foot of Lushan Mountain in the rear. He hurriedly led his troops to turn around and form a battle formation to resist the enemy.
The leading general urged his horse and brandished his spear, rushing towards Gan Ning. Gan Ning shouted loudly and blocked with his sword. There was a loud bang, and the two men retreated.
"Who is coming?" Gan Ning was shocked. He had seen most of the generals in Cao's camp, but he had never seen this man.
"It's Zhang Xiu from Xiliang!" The man turned his horse's head and stared at Gan Ning coldly.
"Humph, you are a lost dog!" Gan Ning shouted in a deep voice: "The rear team will become the front team, follow me to kill them!"
Gan Ning stepped forward to fight Zhang Xiu, and Su Fei immediately led his troops to break out, hoping to retreat to the foot of the mountain as quickly as possible.
"Hehe, Jia Wenhe's plan is indeed great. Gan Ning will definitely lose!" Le Jin was overjoyed when he saw this in the rear and organized his troops to come again.
Cao's army attacked from both sides and surrounded Gan Ning's troops in a valley. The Han army was attacked from both sides and its formation was in complete chaos.
Gan Ning rushed forward desperately, but Zhang Xiu was also known as the King of Spears, and his martial arts were not inferior to Le Jin, so he was helpless for a while.
The Xiliang cavalry he led were also very elite. They rushed down the hillside, taking advantage of the slope, like a tiger descending from the mountain, sweeping over and rushing straight into the Han army's formation. Even with the bravery of the Jinfan Army, they could only avoid their sharp edge.
Cao Xi led his troops to encircle the Han army from the south, completely blocking their retreat. Three groups of troops attacked Gan Ning together. Even though Gan Ning was a master of martial arts, he was unable to break free for a while. Screams could be heard one after another from the bottom of the mountain.
As the morning sun rose high into the sky, a melee broke out between the two armies on the hillside. The Han army had been divided into three parts and was being surrounded and blocked by Cao's army. Corpses were strewn all over the ground and blood flowed like a river. The battle was extremely brutal.
Cao Xi was leading the army for the first time. Seeing that he was about to capture the general Gan Ning, he was very excited and laughed, "Mr. Jia had already predicted that you would launch a surprise attack on Mobei. Gan Ning, if you want to blame someone, just blame the fact that the Sleeping Dragon has a false reputation!"
Gan Ning fought with gritted teeth. He did not expect that Zhang Xiu, who had not been seen for a long time, would suddenly appear here, and the Xiliang cavalry he led was also very brave. It turned out that Zhuge Liang had miscalculated.
"Xingba, hurry up and leave. I'll cover your retreat!" Seeing that his men were surrounded, Su Fei shouted at Gan Ning to retreat.
Gan Ning was unwilling to abandon his troops and rushed towards Zhang Xiu with a loud roar. As long as he could kill this man off his horse and stop Le Jin, perhaps he could lead his troops to break through.
"Gan Xingba, I will give you your head today so that my family can regain its might!" Zhang Xiu naturally understood Gan Ning's thoughts. He laughed and held his spear tightly.
Just as the Han army was fighting hard, the Cao army in the rear suddenly fell into chaos, and another Han army attacked directly from the outside, killing the Cao army and causing them to turn their flags and horses to flee in panic.
A general held his spear and spurred his horse, killing Cao's soldiers and making them fall off their horses. It was Chen Dao who led the Bai Li soldiers to come to support and attack the Xiliang army from behind.
"The reinforcements have arrived, follow me to kill them!" Gan Ning was greatly encouraged and with a few consecutive strikes, he killed the frightened Zhang Xiu.
Gan Ning took the hammer from his arms and smashed it towards Zhang Xiu from a distance. He led the Jinfan Army to kill the Xiliang Army and soon met up with Chen Dao.
"Don't even think about escaping!" Seeing that the ambush was about to be completed but was destroyed by the reinforcements, Le Jin was furious. He abandoned Su Fei and joined forces with Zhang Xiu to hunt down and kill him.
Su Fei was just about to decide to fight to the death to cover the retreat, when he finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around to fight Cao Xi, and led the remaining soldiers to stabilize their formation, fighting while retreating.
Chen Dao only brought two thousand troops. Although they were elite, they were not at a numerical advantage. They were soon outflanked by Cao's army from a distance and were still at a disadvantage.
The four generals gathered together at the foot of the hill and fought each other. In the melee between the two armies, suddenly there was a loud shouting and killing from behind the hill, and reinforcements arrived.
Where the sound of horse hooves could be heard, a young general was seen leading his troops to charge from behind the slope. It was Guan Ping who came to support again. He and Zhou Cang's troops immediately split into two groups and encircled the enemy from the left and right.
At this time, Cao's army had been fighting for a long time, and the soldiers were a little tired. They were fighting to the death with great morale, but when they saw the Han army's reinforcements arriving, they were all shocked and their morale suddenly dropped. The two wings were attacked again, and the formation was immediately in chaos.
The Han army was surrounded and fighting desperately. When reinforcements arrived, they naturally fought to the death and their morale soared. In a blink of an eye, the situation changed and the Cao army was killed and divided into several teams.
Cao Xi was dodging Su Fei and commanding his soldiers to besiege the rebel army when Guan Ping arrived. He hurried forward to resist him, but he did not expect Guan Ping to be so skilled in martial arts and unprepared that he was killed by him with a single blow.
The left wing of Cao's army was in complete chaos, and Zhou Cang on the right was as fierce as a tiger. Zhang Xiu and Le Jin were entangled, and the rest of Cao's generals could not stop the charge of these three men and fled.
"Retreat!" Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Le Jin roared, and broke out with Zhang Xiu.
Gan Ning laughed wildly and said, "You sneak attacked Gan, and you still want to leave?"
Gan Ning, who had counterattacked, was furious. He no longer cared whether his methods were clever or not. He entangled Zhang Xiu with his sword in one hand and took out his iron halberd with the other hand and smashed it directly at Zhang Xiu's mount.
"Despicable!" Zhang Xiu was furious and quickly raised his gun to block it.
Gan Ning slashed again and laughed, "How about this move of mine?"
He took off the copper bells from his waist and threw them at Zhang Xiu's face. Zhang Xiu hurriedly lowered his head to dodge, but the copper bells seemed to have magic power and stuck to his helmet, making a rattling sound.
Zhang Xiu shook his head vigorously. The bell as big as his fist rang in front of his eyes, making his ears numb. He roared, "You despicable dog thief, you have no moral principles!"