The Wei army's camp and the escape road were full of all kinds of supplies and large livestock, which naturally were not thrown at random.

The Wei army broke and fled north, and the baggage was definitely unable to be kept.

Since it can't be kept, it must be destroyed directly, so as not to fund the enemy.

Or use them to block the pursuer and attract the attention of the pursuer.

Grain and the like are easy to burn, but how do you destroy livestock?

And if you burn food, it will definitely alarm the Wu army, so it is better to directly use it to block the way and buy time for the army to retreat.

Large livestock are precious things, and when frightened, they will run around, and Wu Jun must have to work hard to collect them.

Therefore, Zhu Huan finally cleared the road so that he could continue to lead people to the north.

Along the way, he encountered a lot of Wei army routs, and Zhu Huan just asked people to disperse them and not block his way.

These routs no longer pose any threat, all he has to do is to catch up with the main force of the fleeing Wei army.

As for the matter of gathering the rout, someone will do it later.

"General, there's smoke ahead!"

Zhu Huan looked up, and sure enough, there was thick smoke floating in the air, and there were more than one place.

"It's not good, this must be another thief who wants to stop us from pursuing! Pass the order down, speed up! ”

Zhu Huan immediately understood Cao Thief's thoughts.

"General, in case there is an ambush ahead of the thieves......"

"Impossible! Cao thief can't escape now, dare to stay? Zhu Huan said categorically, "It's just that I want to block the ears of the pursuers with fire!" ”

At the same time, he hurriedly sent people to investigate, and sure enough, the Cao thief was burning grain in front of him, trying to block the road with a fire.

When Zhu Huan heard this, he hurriedly drove the army to the place where the Cao thief burned the grain, and asked people to fetch water to extinguish the fire.

It seems that the Cao thief didn't want to burn grain in the camp, but he didn't have time to burn it, which allowed him to take advantage of it.

This fire, I'm afraid that it will buy some time for Cao Thief.

Thinking of this, Zhu Huan's heart was even more anxious,

"Keep up, don't be left behind! As long as you can catch up with the thief chief Cao Xiu, that is the first achievement! ”

Although the autumn wind blew and the weather began to cool, the Wu army in rapid pursuit was everyone steaming hot and rushing forward desperately, and no one wanted to glance at the Wei army on the side of the road or sitting or lying down.

"If according to what Hugh Mu (Zhu Huan) said, he set up an ambush on the rocks and trailers early, and Cao Xiu'an has a way out?"

With a small victory in Anhui City and a big victory in Shiting in World War II, Sun Quan couldn't wait to come to Lu Xun's Chinese army, and was very happy when he saw the huge supplies captured by the army.

At the same time, he remembered that Cao Xiu's army had fled north, and he said something inadequate.

Lu Xun shook his head, "King, if Hugh Mu leads 10,000 people to set up ambushes and trailers, I'm afraid that Cao Xiu may not come in." ”

From Wancheng to the stone pavilion, and then to the stone and trailer, it is a pocket-shaped terrain.

The clamping stone and the trailer are the mouth of the bag.

If Cao Xiu found that the pocket had already knotted the rope, how could he rush in?

The encounter of the ambush without a strong mouth has already explained everything, and the Cao thief is not without capable people.

Even if he came in, Cao Xiu also set up an ambush in the stone pavilion just in case.

It also shows that he is not a useless person.

If you want to show weakness to the enemy, you must not expose your strength too early.

Lu Xun is thoughtful, and he likes to plan first and then act in the military, even if Cao Xiu has arrived at Shiting, he still lures the enemy by showing weakness, just to be thorough.

Zhu Huan's plan was too dangerous, and there was a risk of alarming Cao Xiu in advance, so that Cao Xiu would not dare to lead the army to go deeper, so he was naturally unwilling to use it.

Sun Quan naturally knows this, but seeing such a good situation, if he can block Cao Wei's army, then not only Hefei is hopeful, but even Shouchun can fall into his hands, and it is false to say that it is not tempting.

That's why he couldn't help but say such a sentence.

"It's lonely and greedy." Sun Quan smiled a little self-defeatingly, "I just hope that Hugh Mu can not let the thief escape." ”

"Can't run, they can't run, it's ahead, quick, keep up!"

There were many figures in front of him, Zhu Huan was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted loudly.

The Cao thief who fled in front actually had a lieutenant to organize a counterattack, and Zhu Huan rushed over first, defeating this small force of broken troops with great ease.

"Kill!"

Zhu Huan had just led people to rush through a mountain forest, and suddenly there were shouts of killing on both sides, only to see Wei General riding a horse at the intersection in front of him, pointing a knife at Zhu Huan and shouting, "Wu Yu! The persecution is too much, and the middle of the mine is in ambush! ”

Zhu Huan was shocked, only to hear the shouts of killing in the mountains and forests on both sides, and then saw the many flags in the forest, he sighed in his heart, "It's not good, someone only cares about chasing, but he forgot about this stubble!" ”

At that moment, he hurriedly turned the horse's head, and while the Wei army had not yet closed the siege, he led the soldiers to retreat three miles first to observe the enemy's situation.

At this moment, Quan Cong led the rear army to catch up.

"Why did General Zhu turn back?"

Quan Cong saw that Zhu Huan's banner was a little chaotic, his heart tightened, and he thought something was wrong, so he hurriedly greeted him and asked.

Zhu Huan told the situation, Quan Cong looked at the direction where Zhu Huan was ambushed, and said, "Cao thief is not chased, is there a deception?" ”

It's just that after chasing along the way, the soldiers are also lacking, so they have to rest the whole army first, and at the same time send scouts to investigate.

After a while, the scout returned, saying that the Cao thief had withdrawn, and that many banners had been abandoned in the forest.

"Cao thief must be drinking in doubt!"

Zhu Huan was reminded by Quan Cong, and he already had doubts in his heart, and when he heard the scout say this, he knew that he had been tricked, and stood up immediately, gritted his teeth and said, "Cao thief is cunning!" ”

After saying that, he was about to lead the army to chase after him, but Quan Cong stopped him, "General Zhu drove the soldiers all the way, cleared the road, and chased the thieves, and the soldiers were afraid that they were already tired." This time, let me lead someone first, and General Zhu followed behind. ”

Zhu Huan was unwilling, but when he saw that his soldiers had not finished resting, he also knew in his heart that Quan Cong was telling the truth, so he had to agree.

This time, it was Quan Cong who led the way forward.

When he chased to a dangerous place, he saw that there was General Wei blocking the road in front of him, "Wu Yu is still not giving up?" After being counted once, he dared to be so careless again. ”

Quan Cong was furious, "Cao thief, such a suspicious plan, An can do it again and again, again and again?" ”

After speaking, he led the Wu army to rush forward.

Sure enough, I heard the shouts from the mountains on both sides again.

"Don't be afraid! The Cao thief has already fled, and An can set up an ambush? ”

Jeon Cong shouted loudly.

Who knew that this time, there were many Wei troops on the mountains on both sides, and a rain of arrows fell, and the Wu army was caught off guard, and a large piece fell on the spot, and the wailing continued.

"Vertical shield! Array! ”

Quan Cong was shocked and hurriedly ordered.

It's just that the Wu army pursued all the way, captured a lot, and captured a lot, and everyone thought that the Cao thief was no longer able to fight, in order to catch up with the Cao thief, they were all light troops moving forward, how could there be any big shield to block the rain of arrows?

The second wave of arrows soon shot down again, and Wu Jun let out another wail.

"Withdraw!"

Quan Cong gritted his teeth, immediately turned the horse's head, and wanted to retreat.

As soon as General Wei saw that Wu Jun was about to run, he only heard him laugh and said, "In front of Zhu Ling, the general of the Great Wei Queen, Wu thief still wants to escape?" ”

At that moment, the drums were beating, and the Wei army began to surround them on three sides.

The Wu army rushed all the way, and the Wei army was waiting for work, coupled with the geographical advantage, under the three-sided rush, the Wu army could not stop it, and it became a little chaotic all of a sudden.

Quan Cong rushed left and right, but he couldn't break out of the encirclement, and seeing that he went on like this, he was afraid that the whole army would be annihilated.

At that moment, he shouted again and again, "Stand up for help!" ”

Then he turned his horse's head again, turned around and rushed up, killing several Wei soldiers in a row.

"Don't be arrogant!" I saw a Wei general rushing forward and holding Quan Cong, "Come and die!" ”

"Who are you?"

"Jianwu General Wang Ling is also!"

Wang Ling entangled Quan Cong, so that he couldn't get out, and Zhu Ling commanded the Wei army on three sides and strangled him in turn.

Without a commander-in-chief, the Wu army was unable to organize a powerful counterattack, and seeing that the encirclement was shrinking smaller and smaller, Wu Guo's soldiers fell one after another.

Quan Cong's eyes were red, but the opponent's martial arts were not weak, so he couldn't get rid of it, and under the distraction on both sides, the moves in his hands became more and more scattered.

Wang Ling gradually gained the upper hand, so he opened his mouth to persuade him to surrender, "Why don't you surrender early?" ”

When Quan Cong heard this, he said angrily, "Cao Thief An dares to bully me? ”

He knew that if he continued like this, he would either die without his strength, or he would be captured by mistake.

With the will to die, he no longer cared about the soldiers who were about to die and be wounded, regardless of his own body, he just wanted to die with Wang Ling, but he actually forced Wang Ling to take a few steps back and save some of the decline.

Quan Cong became more and more courageous, and when he was about to press forward again, he only heard the sound of gold suddenly sounding behind Cao Wei.

Although he didn't know what was happening, Wang Ling quickly got rid of Quan Cong and led the people to retreat.

Quan Cong thought that this time he was dead, but at the last moment, the Wei army actually retreated, and he hurriedly took the opportunity to retreat to his own army.

He raised his eyes and saw that the Wei army not only did not surround and kill again, but kept closing its wings, as if it wanted to retreat.

If it were in peacetime, Quan Cong would not have let go of this great opportunity, and he would definitely lead the army to counterattack.

Only at this time, he looked around, and most of the soldiers he brought with him had fallen to the ground, and there were less than 100 people leaning on each other to defend each other, and all of them were still wounded.

Self-protection is not enough, how can there be spare strength to counterattack?

So he could only watch as the Wei army retreated in an orderly manner.

After a while, Zhu Huan arrived with the rear army, and when he saw the situation in front of him, he was shocked, and after seeing Quan Cong, he was a little relieved, "Is Zihuang okay?" ”

"I'm fine, but I didn't expect Cao Thief to be so cunning, and he showed weakness several times before, but it was for the sake of arrogance, and then he really set up an ambush here. I was careless, besieged, and almost completely annihilated. ”

Quan Cong was surrounded by his cronies in the center, and when he saw Zhu Huan, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was finally saved, and at the same time his face was filled with shame.

This ambush by Zhu Lu and Wang Ling finally made the Wu army slow down the pace of pursuit, and also gave Cao Xiu a chance to breathe.

It's just that although it frightened the pursuers in the rear, the scout soon came with news that there was Wu Jun in front of him on the left who was planning to go around to his front.

"It must be to go to Wuqiang to cut off our back road!"

Cao Xiu immediately thought of the joints in it.

After all, when the leader came, Wu Jun had planned to ambush Wuqiangkou, but he was discovered by himself and could not succeed.

Now it seems that they still do not give up.

"Wu Yu actually wants us to not return to the north?"

Cao Xiu's face turned pale, this feeling of knowing what the enemy was going to do, but there was nothing he could do, made him know what despair was.

I saw that he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and his heart was panicked and confused, "The stone is where our back road is, if Wu Lu takes the first step, I will die and have no place to be buried!" ”

"Why did the general say such discouragement?" The cronies on the left and right persuaded him, "Wu Yu detoured to the front, and the road he walked was a small road, and there would definitely not be too many people." ”

"And the trail is long and difficult, and they may not be faster than us. We are on the road, and although the army has been damaged, most of it is still there, so why should we be afraid of them? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! As long as we can get to Jiashi in front of them, we can go back to Yangzhou from there. ”

Cao Xiu couldn't take a break, so he hurriedly climbed on the horse and continued to flee for his life.

It's just that the running ahead has consumed too much physical strength of the Wei army, and their pace has already become heavy and sluggish.

And the Wu army in front of them on the right had gradually thrown off them and ran in front of them.

The general of the Wu army who was sent to cut off Cao Xiu's back road was Pan Zhang.

Pan Zhang is a fierce general of Eastern Wu, and his troops and horses are only thousands, but the ban is solemn, and thousands of people can be used by 10,000 people, so he was specially singled out by Lu Xun and sent to cut off Cao Xiu's back road.

After confirming that he had bypassed Cao Xiu's scattered army, Pan Zhang relied on his familiarity with the terrain and headed north.

When he faintly saw the dangerous terrain of Jiashi, his heart was ecstatic, as long as he could defend this mountain pass, he would be able to make immortal achievements!

"Hurry up!"

He took the lead and prepared to go and occupy the pass.

When I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I suddenly found that something was wrong.

There were a lot of flags on the mountain, and there were still people faintly.

I could only hear the sound of drums on the mountain, and the Wei army began to line up at the mountain pass.

"Not good! Cao Xiu originally had defenders here! ”

Pan Zhang hurriedly asked the whole army to stop.

The Wei army soon finished their formation and began to slowly press forward, and at the same time, the banners on the mountain became more and more numerous.

The generals of the Wu army were shocked, if Cao Xiu really had a garrison here, then his light army came in a hurry, and his physical strength was not enough, and the other party was waiting for work, he was only afraid that he would suffer a big loss.

He didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and took advantage of the fact that the other party was not forced to come to him, so he led the army to retreat for several miles, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate the news.

When the Wei army saw that Pan Zhang took the initiative to retreat, they did not chase after him, but slowly retreated to the mountain pass, waiting for the battle.

When Pan Zhang learned of the Wei army's moves, he guessed in his heart, but he was afraid that the defenders of this stone would have already learned of Cao Xiu's defeat, so it was important to hold on to this place.

He was unwilling, and when night fell, he quietly went with elite soldiers, wanting to sneak attack and seize the pass.

As soon as he led the people to the foot of the mountain, he heard the sound of drums on the mountain.

Pan Zhang knew that he had been discovered, so he had to retreat again.

Jia Kui on the mountain saw that Wu Jun had no intention of forcibly attacking Jiashi, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

He only arrived an hour earlier than Wu Jun, and these days, but he has been traveling from Dongguan all the way, and he has never rested, and the soldiers have long been exhausted.

Of the more than 6,000 soldiers, only more than 1,000 arrived at the stone, not even 2,000.

The 1,000 soldiers placed in the mountain pass during the day were actually the vast majority of the troops he had at hand, and they were only tired troops who had just rested for most of the hour.

On the mountains on both sides, that is, two or three hundred people were clamoring.

If he really fights with Wu Jun, he may not be sure to hold Jiashi.

Pan Zhang naturally didn't know that Jia Kui had sung an empty city plan, and news soon came from the rear on the left that Cao Xiu's army was on the way overnight and was about to arrive at Jiashi.

In desperation, he had to quickly withdraw overnight.

When Cao Xiu learned that the stone was guarded, his heart was like falling into an abyss, and his body was like falling into an ice cave.

It wasn't until the Wei army that was holding the stone took the initiative to send someone to come over to answer that the Cao Wei army cheered, like thunder.

Even the elite cronies who had been protecting Cao Xiu collapsed to the ground after knowing that they were saved, and even the honor guard and other things were scattered all over the ground.

Jia Kui quickly brought people to Cao Xiu, "Xiaguan Jia Kui has seen Da Sima. Da Sima has worked hard all the way, please move to the big camp for a short rest, where food has already been prepared. ”

When Cao Xiu heard the words "hard work all the way", he thought that Jia Kui was ridiculing him, and he was immediately ashamed and angry, his face was swollen purple, if it wasn't for the darkness of the night, he was afraid that he would have to find a crack to get into.

Cao Xiu was annoyed and ashamed, and shouted loudly, "I fought with Wu Lu in Shiting, if you could have arrived earlier, or after Wu Yu, or on Wu Yu's side, why did the army fall into such a field?" ”

"This defeat is too late!" The more Cao Xiu said, the more he felt that he was justified, and he had the intention to insult Jia Kui, so he pointed to the honor guard on the ground, "Why don't you help me pick up the honor guard?" ”

Jia Kui stood in front of Cao Xiu, standing still, and retorted, "Da Sima doesn't listen to people's persuasion, doesn't know the military situation, and leads 100,000 troops and horses to death, why is it to blame Kui?" The situation Kui is the history of the national Yuzhou assassination, not for the big Sima to pick up and abandon the battle! ”

At that time, Liu Bang had a white horse alliance with all the heroes: not Liu Buwang, not meritorious.

In addition to consolidating the world of the Liu family, it is also maintaining the long-term wealth of all heroes.

In the words of later generations, although this large company named Liu Han is nominally owned by the Liu family, in fact, all the heroes also have shares, and they also have to eat dividends, and they are also a small shareholder.

The patriarch of the Liu family is the chairman of the board of directors and accounts for the majority.

But the courtiers at the bottom have to be the CEO in many cases, and the power is not small.

At the end of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, especially in the former Han Dynasty, the ministers of the Han Dynasty were very masterful.

Although Cao Wei is now the Han Dynasty, this atmosphere has not completely disappeared.

Jia Kui followed the patriarch of the Cao family from the time of Cao Cao, and at the same time supported Cao Pi as the king of Wei when Cao Cao died, quickly stabilized the situation, and can be regarded as the founding father of Cao Wei.

So Cao Xiu wants to use his power to oppress people, how can Jia Kui eat him?

Seeing that Cao Xiu actually wanted to blame himself for the defeat, Jia Kui glared at Cao Xiu angrily, "When I return to Yuzhou, see how I play the Son of Heaven!" ”

With that, he turned and left.

Cao Xiu looked at Jia Kui's back resentfully, and overturned the food sent by Jia Kui on the spot.