Bang bang bang ...

The two armies collided.

The equipment of the tiger and leopard cavalry is obviously better than that of the Zhang Jaw Army, and the soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry are also more elite than the soldiers of the Zhang Jaw Army.

But most of the soldiers who were hit were ordinary soldiers, the vanguard battalion with open jaws, unharmed.

This was deliberately arranged by Zhang Jaw, first let the ordinary cavalry be used as cannon fodder to block the offensive edge of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and then meet the battle with the vanguard battalion. In the final analysis, it is the vanguard battalion that decides the outcome of this battle. Only the pioneer battalion is the opponent of the tiger and leopard riders.

"Pioneer battalion, follow me to capture and kill Cao Chun!"

Zhang Jaw didn't have any extra words, and one sentence to capture Cao Chun aroused the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the pioneer battalion.

And anger!

In the first three battles, the tiger and leopard rode and killed more than 1,000 people in the pioneer battalion, and this blood feud must be repaid with blood!

"Die!" The long knife of the open jaw was slashed, ending the life of a tiger and leopard knight. Immediately afterwards, four or five spears stabbed him, all of which were blocked by him one by one.

The soldiers of the vanguard battalion behind Zhang Jaw came up in a swarm and forced the enemy cavalry back.

Zhang Jaw roared: "Brothers, be careful, the joint combat skills of the tiger and leopard riders are far stronger than you think, give me a group of three, don't be alone." Defense-based, assassination-based.... ”

Zhang Jaw had long studied the combat characteristics of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and taught the soldiers to deal with it at this time.

Puff puff...

The soldiers, who had been instructed, reorganized their formation.

Fight the tiger and leopard riders.

This time, the casualties were much reduced, but they still couldn't avoid being stabbed by the enemy's spears. Many of them died under the joint attack of the enemy, and as the vanguard battalion to meet the tiger and leopard cavalry, although the horses were tall and heavily armoured, because it was extremely difficult to form the advantage of joint operations, there were very few enemy kills.

Open jaw finally saw clearly...

The pioneer battalion is really not as good as the tiger and leopard ride.

Whether an army is elite or not depends not on its horses or equipment, but on the fighting skills of the soldiers. The fighting skills of the tiger and leopard riding can be called seamless, and it is by no means something that ordinary armies can resist.

Engaged in half a pillar of incense.

Zhang Jaw found that the iron cavalry he brought was less than 3,000 people, and the tiger and leopard cavalry were still more than 2,000 people.

If he continues to consume like this, he will still be defeated.

"Special tiger and leopard ride, sooner or later, Lao Tzu will kill you all!" He fought and retreated, and when he reached the rear, he shouted, "Brothers, follow me to the south, quickly!" ”

Da Da...

More than half of the cavalry casualties of Zhang Jaw were still invincible to the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Cao Chun was behind the tiger and leopard rider, and when he saw that Zhang Jaw was about to run, he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, you must kill Zhang Jaw, chase after him!" ”

The tiger and leopard riders all launched a pursuit.

In terms of the battle between the two armies, the tiger and leopard cavalry is stronger than the open-jawed cavalry, but in terms of the speed of galloping, it is somewhat incomparable. It is necessary to know that the cavalry with open jaws has been strengthened by Yuan Xi, and the speed has been greatly enhanced.

Cao Chun was able to catch up before, but he cut off his jaw.

Zhang Jaw also wanted to compete with Cao Chun again, so he stayed to fight Cao Chun.

Now that I can't beat it, I am determined to escape, how can the tiger and leopard ride catch up?

Da Da...

The two armies are one in front and one behind.

After running more than ten miles to the south, Zhangjaw's army was completely gone.

"Let him escape again..." Cao Chun's heart is also very angry. He promised in front of Cao Cao that he would definitely get back Zhang Jaw's head, and now that Zhang Jaw escaped, how could he explain to Cao Cao.

"General, are we still chasing?"

"What are you chasing, the enemy is gone." Cao Chun lingered on a mountain col for a while and said, "If you open your jaw and run south, it is impossible for him to return to Cage City, it is no different from death." Let's go back to our lives. ”

...............

Cao Chun returned the same way.

The sky is bright.

Cao Cao finally captured the cage city.

The defenders of Cage City were defeated and retreated to the back mountain.

This is thanks to the improvisation of the royal gate, in the middle of the night, let 5,000 soldiers go up the mountain, build the camp, arrow tower, prepare rolling wood, thunder stones, etc., so that there is a new stronghold.

If the royal gate is brainless and blindly sticks to the cage city, it is estimated that the current army of the cage city has been wiped out.

"Report..." As soon as Cao Cao entered the cage city, a soldier came: "Prime minister, according to our investigation, the enemy troops in the cage city have not been completely annihilated, they have all gone up the mountain." Now on the back mountain, the arrow tower and the camp have been built, and they are guarding it by danger and occupying all the roads up the mountain. ”

"The generals they led the army are the king's gate, right?" Cao Cao smiled: "I thought he was a horseman, but I didn't expect that he still had some strategic minds and knew how to rely on the mountains to defend it." ”

Xun You said: "The back mountain is dangerous, they still have the Shenji Battalion in hand, we want to attack it, it is not so easy." ”

Cao Cao said: "No matter how difficult it is, you have to attack it." Jaw-opening troops, I must eat them all! ”

"That's right..." Cao Cao suddenly thought of one thing: "Our military camp, how is the situation?" Are Bonghyo and Jungdeok okay? ”

Xun You said: "There is news from the big camp that they evacuated the big camp at the beginning of the battle, and there was no damage. However, all the baggage we left in the camp was burned by the open jaw. ”

"As expected, Zhang Jaw sneak attacked my camp, and he will definitely burn my grain and grass." Cao Cao said: "Hurry up and find Fengxiao and Zhongde, and let them lead the remnants to assemble in Cage City." Inform Cao Chun again, don't come to Cage City for the time being, let him chase Zhang Jaw! Until you capture or kill Jaw! ”

"Yes."

Xun Yu passed on the order.

Noon.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu led the army to assemble in Cage City.

Cao Chun was ordered to pursue Zhang Jaw and did not return.

"Fengxiao, our army has captured Cage City, and now the enemy is retreating to the lonely mountain, struggling to the death, and I am preparing to attack, what do you think?" Cao Cao asked.

"It is not advisable to storm it. They have the Divine Machine Battalion, and our casualties will be very large. The prime minister just said, is that a lonely mountain? Are there no other mountains connected to it? Guo Jia asked rhetorically.

"As far as it has been discovered, there are no other mountain ranges connected to it. It's just that they have a stream on their backs, they can get water, and they have plenty of food. Even if our army surrounded the mountain, they could still hold on for more than two months! And we, there is no food left.... ”

Cao Cao said: "I have ordered Zang Ba, the governor of Xuzhou, and Li Tong, the governor of Yangzhou, to transfer 30,000 stone grains and transport them to the cage city. It is expected to arrive in half a month. Until then, we are in danger of running out of food. Therefore... I'm hesitant, should I attack and win? Or wait for the grain from Xuyang and Yangzhou to arrive, continue to besiege the mountain, and surrender the army without a fight. ”

At such times, Cao Cao habitually asked Guo Jia's opinion. Ask Guo Jia to make decisions for him.

But this time, Guo Jia also made a difficulty.

"I want to think about it..." Guo Jia's heart is more comprehensive than Cao Cao's. He has to think not only about the victory or defeat of the current battlefield, but also about other battlefields.

The elite of the Cao army stayed in the cage city for two months, just to annihilate the remnants of Zhang Jaw, which seemed to be a little cost-effective.

Think about it.

If these tens of thousands of elites are put into the battlefield of Xuzhou, how much will it help the entire war?