After Zhuge Liang taught the code to the potters, Zhao Yun, and the captains of the Jinling White Horse Army, the potters immediately began to make pre-war preparations.

He first asked most of the soldiers to go with Zhuge Liang and others to set up a formation in the depths of the forest, although the forest is next to the official road, the road is winding and deep, extremely huge, and the rear seems to be connected to a mountain range, the forest is luxuriant, the light is not transparent, Zhuge Liang is to go in to set up the formation, and it also takes a certain amount of time to carefully investigate in a certain area, and the time is afraid that it is very tight.

However, even if time was tight, there was no way, and the potter could only find another way to buy time for him.

He had a small group of White Horses tie the reins of their horses around the trees at the edge of the woods, and let them run around the trees, splashing up bursts of sand, so that from a distance they could see as if they were hiding many ambushes, and could put pressure on the other side.

As for the perimeter of the pontoon bridge, the potters did not arrange too many men and horses, but only let Zhao Yun lead more than 20 cavalry to garrison the bridge, and the 20 cavalry were just stationed at each other, as for the bridge, only Zhao Yun was left alone to break the bridge.

Although he didn't know if this method would be easy, the potter decided to give it a try, at least at the critical moment, he had to treat the dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Just when the sky had begun to darken, a burst of sand and dust began to rise in the distance, and the heavy sound of horses' hooves, accompanied by this morning breeze, also reached the ears of the potters, Zhao Yun and other people, listening to this sound, the number of people on the other side is probably quite a lot.

The potter hiding at the edge of the dense forest suddenly became nervous.

To be honest, he is also ambiguous about his method, and he doesn't know if it works.

But at the moment, it can only be done by people, and things can be achieved by heaven.

Unconsciously, the potter's heart began to jump rapidly, like a small bump, Yuan Jun who knew it came, and Yuan Jun who didn't know thought it was his old friend.

After a while, I saw a very large number of cavalry rushing in the direction where the potter and the others were.

And on the big flag in the middle of the team, a big "Han" character is embroidered with gold characters.

The potter sorted the fierce generals under Yuan Shao one by one in his heart, and finally deduced that the person who came here should be Han Meng, the general under Yuan Shao.

Han Meng's skills are high, and he is a famous Hebei general with Gao Ran, Zhang He, etc., and it is said that his skills are not too much.

When he was young, he saw a vigorous Hebei cavalry team come to the front of the pontoon bridge, and the sergeants stood still and looked at the opposite side of the bridge suspiciously.

Seeing that there were people on the bridge, Han Meng stretched out his hand to clean up, and motioned for the cavalry behind him to form a formation to meet the enemy.

Under Han Meng's gesture, the cavalry in the front of the enemy began to move quickly, making a posture of imminence.

Han Meng looked at the Da Xuan Qi behind Zhao Yun fixedly, and then looked at Zhao Yun, who was alone but did not have many soldiers behind him, narrowed his eyes, and began to beat the drum in his heart.

Such a few people come either looking for death, or stupidity, and then there is a conspiracy.

Li Shan, the captain under Han Meng, said to Han Meng: "General, is this person Zhao Yun?" ”

Han Meng nodded and said, "It should be him." ”

When the words fell, I heard Zhao Yun on the bridge raise his voice and say: "I am Changshan Zhao Zilong!" Who would dare to fight to the death with someone? ”

Zhao Yun's voice did not shock people's eardrums, but it seemed unusually clear, reaching the ears of everyone present, although it was peaceful, there was a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, which made people palpitate.

Han Meng had some doubts in his heart, looking at Zhao Yun's appearance, he didn't feel flustered at all, and then listening to his voice, there was nothing abnormal, this was by no means something that could be pretended.

If you were an ordinary person, with only such a few people, it would be absolutely impossible to stay so calm, and it would be good if you didn't pee your pants.

Han Meng knew that Cao Cao and the pottery merchant were both scheming people, so it was not easy to fight arrogantly for a while, after all, there was a bit of danger in the sneak attack, in case Cao Cao placed heavy troops on the road before Xuchang, and Zhao Yunai was a bait, and if he was not careful, he would be killed by the counter-killing.

Especially Zhao Yun's current performance is too confident, confident, and those who are not relaxed and happy can't do it! Isn't that a fuss? I can't understand what a bully!

Unless the man is brave and fearless.

At this time, I saw Zhao Yun suddenly shouting again: "I am Changshan Zhao Zilong, who dares to fight me to the death." ”

This time, the shouting seemed to be more shocking than just now.

Li Shan said to Han Meng: "General, this Zhao Yun is standing alone on the pontoon bridge, and he is still in the chest, and he does not panic at all, there must be fraud in this!" General, look at the forest behind him, the last general has been observing for a long time, there is a faint flying dust everywhere, it seems that there are elite soldiers, maybe the potter and Cao Cao have already set up an ambush here, just wait for Zhao Yun to lead us over......"

Han Meng nodded heavily, and said hesitantly: "This is the same view of the general, since this is the case, then we might as well retreat for the time being, don't be unable to defeat Xuchang, but if you turn back, you will be blamed by the general, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

After Han Meng and Li Shan stopped arguing, they immediately commanded the soldiers and horses, and while guarding against Zhao Yun and others, they cautiously retreated.

Hiding in the dense forest, watching Yuan Shaojun's gradually disappearing figure, the pottery merchant breathed a long sigh of relief.

When he was young, he walked out of the dense forest, came to Zhao Yun's side, patted his horse's head, and said: "Second brother has really worked hard today, today I can scare off Yuan Jun and keep the foundation in the rear, and the second brother should be the first to remember, thanks to you not panicking, giving Han Meng the illusion." ”

Zhao Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "What the third brother said, I don't have any first merit, but I just bumped into good luck, if it is changed to weekdays, they really kill the generals, I am afraid that I will only have to flee for my life, where do I have the leisure to receive any credit here, what kind of pomp and circumstance." ”

The potter shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "What is the second brother talking about?" Luck is also a ...... of strength"

While the two were talking, a cavalryman from the Jinling White Horse Army came on horseback and said to the Tao Shang: "Taifu, there is Cao Jun from Xuchang in the rear of our official road coming in this direction of ours?" ”

"Cao Jun?" The potter was confused: "Whose soldiers and horses are they?" ”

The cavalry shook his head and said, "I don't know, I saw the word 'Cao' on it." ”

"Cao?" The potter said to himself suspiciously: "Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu...... Isn't that right, these people are all in the front? ”

As he was talking, he saw a burst of dust, and the Cao army in the mouth of the scout came to the potter at a rapid speed.

The leader is Cao Ang.

Although Cao Angren was in Xuchang, he also knew about the alliance he was currently working with the potters, and it was impossible for Cao Cao not to tell him about such a big strategic policy.

But Cao Ang didn't have a good impression of the potters, although he had never seen the potters, but he had seen Zhao Yun's banner beforehand, and he knew that these people were his allies.

Seeing that the potter was on the official road, Cao Ang frowned: "I am Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Sikong, who are you?" Why? ”

The potter suddenly realized.

It turned out that the kid in front of him was Cao Cao's eldest son who wrote Xiaochunwen to revise himself.

Although they have never seen it, the potter and Cao Ang have fought a fierce battle, and the final result is that Cao Ang was provoked.

"I am a potter, arrange soldiers and horses here to prevent the Yuan army from attacking Xuchang, Cao Dagongzi, we have really not seen each other for a long time."

As soon as he heard the potter's name, Cao Ang was shocked: "You are the potter?" ”

The potter nodded and said, "On weekdays, you call me the potter, but now I am your ally, and I have a relationship with your father, and you should call me a master or uncle." ”

Cao Ang sniffed, feeling sullen in his heart.

He wanted to scold the potter, but after all, he was his ally, and he couldn't make a mistake without his father's permission, so he just snorted at the moment, and then beckoned his soldiers to cross the bridge with him.

The pottery merchant stopped him: "Gongzi Cao, why don't you sit in the rear of Xuchang City for your father and lead your troops out?" ”

Cao Ang didn't stop his horse at all, and just shouted: "This is my family's business, don't bother to take care of it, and take your leave!" ”

After that, without waiting for the potter to continue speaking, he led the troops to rush across the pontoon bridge first, and the soldiers behind him also passed by in the surprised and puzzled eyes of Zhao Yun and the others.

The potter looked at Cao Ang's soldiers and horses, and said suspiciously: "I heard Cao Cao say, his eldest son, right now, should be with Man Zhong to guard Xuchang for him, how could he suddenly lead his troops out?" Could it be the reinforcements that Cao Cao sent earlier? But reinforcements shouldn't be sent into battle, right? ”

Zhao Yun was not as complicated as the potter thought, he was just thinking about an extremely serious problem.

"Looking at the direction of those Cao troops, it seems that they are going to Guandu Dazhai, if they catch up with the Yuan army soldiers and horses who were scared back by us...... But what happens? ”

The words hit the lifeblood of the theme, which directly made the hairs on the potter's body stand on end and shudder.

Zhao Yun got to the point.

The potter waved his hand and said, "Oh no, I just saw this little calf just now, and I was distracted...... Second brother, you quickly send someone to chase after you, and let Cao Ang be sure not to provoke the soldiers of the Yuan army who have been defeated, so as not to lure them back again. ”

Zhao Yun glanced at the potter leisurely and said, "It's okay to send someone, but I look at his attitude, it seems that he may not listen to you,"

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At this time, Han Meng broke away from the pontoon bridge where the pottery merchant army and horses were ambushed, and was returning to the rear little by little, thinking that this trip was a thrill for him.

However, Xuchang has not been laid, so what should be done next? Will you wait or just retreat?

Maybe I should stay and see, after all, I was too careful just now, and I was a little anxious to withdraw.

But just as Han Meng was hesitating about his next move, a scout had already reported that a large number of Cao soldiers were chasing after him in the rear, and they were moving rapidly towards his own location.

Han Meng was stunned at first when he heard this, and then suddenly overjoyed!

"These soldiers and horses must be those ambush soldiers in the forest behind Zhao Yun just now, seeing that Lao Tzu didn't go in, but he couldn't hold back and chased him out! So good, I will fight with them to see how many catties they have, if it is not good, it is not too late to return to attack Xuchang! Command the three armies to set up a formation to meet the enemy! ”