Chapter 684
"What do you mean? Is there still a hand left? Zhang Xian saw that Zhu Ling's body suddenly burst out with high fighting spirit, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The stunned was only for a moment, he picked up his weapon and slapped the horse and killed Zhu Ling, shouting loudly: "Can you only talk big?" ”
"Come on!" Zhu Ling clenched the long knife and also went towards Zhang Xian, and when he was near, he suddenly let out a low shout, bent his knees to the ground, and disappeared under Zhang Xian's horse.
“???” Zhang Xian was slightly surprised, what is this Zhu Ling going to do?
Zhang Xian hadn't reacted yet, but he saw that his war horse suddenly took shape, and then seemed to run forward unconsciously.
But he didn't run out of a few feet, the horse suddenly weakened, paralyzed on the ground, Zhang Xian was caught off guard, was thrown down, he didn't get up, but saw that under the light of the fire, his war horse was constantly twitching, and the position of the horse's belly, there was a long knife edge, and the horse's blood was gurgling out, consuming its life.
Zhu Ling also got up, knocked away the little soldier behind him with a knife, walked towards Zhang Xian, who was stunned on the ground, step by step, pointed at Zhang Xian with a knife and said, "You are very powerful, but it's a pity that I am a little more powerful than you, so, I'm sorry, hmm...... Burst! ”
Zhu Ling's body was stunned, and he touched the back of his heart with his backhand, his hands were stained with blood, and several feather arrows were inserted in the back of his heart.
Zhang Xian didn't get up, but looked at Jia Xu behind Zhu Ling and a few archers beside him, and said to Zhu Ling: "You don't really think that I'm the only one who came!" ”
Zhu Ling was heartbroken, but he refused to fall, and said coldly: "If you want to kill, kill, give me a good time!" ”
Jia Xu ordered the soldiers: "Tie up!" If General Hu Che'er is still alive, exchange this person for it! ”
Zhang Xian grabbed the bound Zhu Ling and shouted, "Say, where is Cao Cao now?" ”
Zhu Ling spat a mouthful of blood on Zhang Xian's face: "Phew, I won't say anything!" ”
"Presumptuous!" Zhang first wiped the blood stains on his face, and whipped Zhu Ling's face, and in an instant, there was a blood mark on Zhu Ling's face.
"Take care of him, escort him back to the city first, I have one hundred and eight kinds of torture to torture him slowly, see if he says it or not!" Zhang first ordered the soldiers to escort Zhu Ling away, and then said to Jia Xu, "Military advisor, what now?" Could that guy Cao Cao have already made a detour to attack our Fancheng? ”
"No!" Jia Xu frowned and thought for a while and said, "According to the distance and time, Cao Cao is never so fast, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan are only Cao Cao's vanguard, and Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao are just Xiahou Yuan's lieutenants, they just want to bluff and spy on our reality by the way, I am worried that the other party has sent a reinforcement to ambush Liu Biao!" ”
Zhang Xian was shocked when he heard this: "If that's the case, how can it be good?" ”
Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "In this way, you quickly lead a group of men and horses, and immediately go to Xinye, which is the gateway of Fancheng to Xiangyang, if it is occupied by the Cao army, we will be in danger, but now I don't have many men and horses, I can only divide you with a thousand people, if you really meet the Cao army, don't fall in love with the war, you must try to get out and get in touch with the reinforcements sent by Liu Biao!" ”
Seeing that Jia Xu said so seriously, Zhang Xian naturally didn't dare to slack off, and immediately led a thousand men and horses to look at Xinye, and before leaving, he glanced at Zhu Ling reluctantly and said, "Boy, wait for me to come back and slowly torture you!" ”
Zhu Ling snorted coldly and said, "I hope it's not the corpse that comes back!" ”
Zhang Xian led the army to leave, Jia Xu led the troops too late to repair, only checked the casualties of men and horses, left a small number of wounded soldiers to take care of the seriously wounded, and escorted the prisoners back to Fancheng, and he took the remaining more than 3,000 horses and horses to continue the rapid march to meet Zhang Xiu.
He hadn't gone far before the scout Pegasus in front reported: "Master Strategist, I found the enemy general who escaped just now!" ”
Jia Xu was overjoyed and said: "Very good, don't let him run away, otherwise when he returns to Cao Ying, we will be in trouble!" ”
"No!"
Lu Zhao led the troops to break out of the encirclement, and he whipped non-stop, but he was quickly caught up by Jia Xu's men and horses, and the soldiers fought to kill the enemy, but they did not prevent the fate of being surrounded, Lu Zhao held a knife in his hand, knowing that there was no life or death today, so he simply stopped running away, but turned around and came back, and fought bravely with the soldiers.
"Left and right is one death, kill one to earn one, kill two to earn a pair, my Lu Zhao is not easy to mess with!" Lu Zhao shouted, the long knife in his hand was like wind and fire, harvesting the lives of the enemy soldiers around him, of course, he was also scarred.
"Cao Cao's generals are really terrifying!" Jia Xu watched Lu Zhao fighting in the crowd from a distance, and felt a little strange in his heart, "Even a partial general is so brave, it seems that Cao Cao has a very good set of military training!" ”
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the front army, and before Jia Xu could investigate, a cavalry Pegasus had already come and said to Jia Xu: "Military advisor, the lord has returned with his troops, and he wants me to come and inform him!" ”
"Good!" Hearing this news, Jia Xu was naturally overjoyed, of course, he did not forget to take a closer look at this cavalry, in case Cao Cao sent someone to pretend, but fortunately, after he confirmed the identity of the other party, he immediately ordered the whole army, "Quickly capture this person, and then meet the lord!" ”
"No!"
Suddenly, Jia Xu's soldiers and horses rushed to Lu Zhao together, Lu Zhao's pressure naturally doubled, he looked at the enemy soldiers who surrounded him impenetrably, and there was a trace of despair in his heart, thinking that Zhu Ling might have been killed, his heart was also lonely, and he couldn't help but raise his knife to kill himself.
"Ding!" With a bang, Zhu Ling's knife was bounced off by a small pebble flying in the distance, and Zhu Ling opened his eyes in astonishment and looked in the direction where the stone came from.
"Ahh!!!!!!!h The lord's subordinates are all bright and upright men, who must live happily in life and die openly! What to do to commit suicide!! An earth-shattering roar erupted from that direction, like a wolf and a tiger, and frightened all the enemy soldiers.
"Who?" Zhang Xiu had just arrived with the troops, and when he heard this roar, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
"I don't know what guy is, but Cao Cao's subordinates are not lacking in capable people!" Jia Xu led the troops to Zhang Xiu's side, but he didn't have time to say anything, and he also looked at the roar and muttered to himself in the direction.
"Could it be—" Hearing this roar, Lu Zhao couldn't help but turn his worry into joy and muttered.
"Bang" was another loud bang, dozens of enemy soldiers were directly shaken away, screaming and flying into the air, everyone was stunned, such a strange force-
"Evil comes to Dian Wei here!" The roar continued, tormenting everyone's eardrums.
"Dian Wei?" Zhang Xiu was slightly surprised, "Could it be the guard next to Cao Cao?" ”
Jia Xu's eyes were mixed with surprise and expectation: "I hope not!" ”
Everyone knows that Dian Wei never leaves Cao Cao's side, if Dian Wei really appears here, then Cao Cao ......
A burly and stout figure appeared in front of everyone, with a fierce face like a Huangquan demon, holding two iron halberds as black as ink, fighting heartily in the enemy formation, each move was accompanied by the casualties of at least a few soldiers, the guards behind him followed their main general, all the way to the wind to destroy the Jia Xu troops in front of them, rushed to Lu Zhao, laughed and said: "Fortunately, I arrived in time, General Lu Zhao, you have nothing to do!" ”
Lu Zhao looked at this person and was overjoyed: "Lord Dian Wei, why are you here?" ”
Dian Wei smiled mysteriously: "Of course to save you!" ”
Lu Zhao was overjoyed: "What about the lord?" ”
Dian Wei pointed not far away: "Yao! ”
I saw a fire dragon composed of tens of thousands of torches appear in the distance, mixed with the neighing of war horses and the shouts of soldiers that resounded all over the world, coming from far and near, this sky-high momentum even Zhang Xiu was a little frightened, he looked at Jia Xu and said: "Cao Cao is here?" It seems that a vicious battle is inevitable! ”
Jia Xu shook his head solemnly and said, "No, my lord, our morale is already very low, and our combat strength is also quite damaged, so let's quickly withdraw to the city and wait for Lord Liu Biao's reinforcements!" ”
Zhang Xiu is right to think about it, he finally broke free from the entanglement of the Xiahou brothers, at this moment they are still chasing here, and Cao Cao's army has already come here, if Cao Cao sends another group of men and horses to attack Fancheng, it will be dangerous, thinking of this, Zhang Xiu immediately ordered Jia Xu to lead the army first, and he personally broke off the rear and withdrew to Fancheng.
Dian Wei was still about to chase, but was stopped by Cao Cao, who had already brought his troops: "No need to chase, Dian Wei, our men and horses are also very tired, and after Yuan Rang and Miaocai's men and horses come, we will make a little repair, and we will surround Fancheng and attack on three sides!" ”
Lu Zhao staggered to see Cao Cao: "Lord, the last general is incompetent, almost the entire army has been wiped out, and General Zhu Ling's life and death are unknown!" ”
Cao Cao looked at Lu Zhao, who was covered in blood, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, knowing that he must have experienced a bloody battle just now, he waved his hand and said: "I know, I've worked hard for you, Lu Zhao, go and let the military doctor heal, I know that you and Zhu Lingqing are brothers, don't worry, whether he lives or dies, I will find him!" ”
"Thank you, lord!" Lu Zhao said with tears in his eyes, seeing Cao Cao coming, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and fainted to the ground, and the soldiers hurriedly carried him to find the military doctor.
After a while, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan also arrived with their troops, knowing that Cao Cao had already arrived first, so they came to pay a visit.
Xiahou saw Cao Cao and snorted: "Meng De, you actually deceived us all, in fact, you secretly accelerated the march, right?" Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so fast! ”
Cao Cao smiled: "Yes, in a war, don't you pay attention to a surprise?" Otherwise, how can he win by surprise, and my trick seems to be very effective, it is estimated that Zhang Xiu is unexpected, and now he can only retreat into the city, right? ”
Xiahou Yuan was about to say something, but he snorted, and Cao Cao saw that Xiahou Yuan's expression was wrong, and immediately asked, "What's wrong Miaocai, are you injured?" ”
Xiahou Yuan smiled: "It's just a small injury, it's nothing, the lord must have an important task to tell me, just say it!" ”
"No, where is the military doctor, Miaocai, you also go to rest, this is an order!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "If there is anything wrong with you because of a little person like Zhang Xiu, I won't forgive myself!" ”
Xiahou Yuan said: "But my lord, if I rest, who will command the troops to attack the city?" ”
Cao Cao and Xiahoudun glanced at each other and said, "Who said that the city must be attacked?" ”
Dian Wei was puzzled on the side and said, "Huh? What do you mean by this? Are you waiting for Zhang Xiu to surrender? ”
Cao Cao nodded: "That's exactly what I mean, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu are both smart people, Yuan Rang, how many people have you sent to Xinye?" ”
Xiahoudun said: "I asked Han Hao to bring five thousand people forward, which is enough to resist for a while!" ”
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Okay, tomorrow we will surround the gates of Fancheng on three sides, but we will not attack the city, and if anyone goes out of the city to report the news, they will be killed!" ”
"No!"