"Fold, fold the formation!"

Ma Chao pulled the reins, the war horse stopped running, and shouted loudly, allowing his subordinates to gather in formation and retreat.

As soon as the order was delivered, a large number of foot soldiers suddenly stood up in the half-human-high weeds, and the soldiers in the front row each had a hook and sickle in their hands, knocking down the war horses one by one, and the soldiers in the back row quickly used their swords to end the lives of the Xiliang cavalry who fell off the horses.

Cao Ren led his troops back and joined the battlefield.

Due to the ambush suffered by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and carried out the retreat mission of Ma Chao, they suffered heavy losses for a while, the war horses screamed, and the cavalry wailed.

"Gather around me!"

The grass under his feet was more than half a person high, and Ma Chao couldn't see whether there were enemy soldiers in ambush below, so he could only gather the formation of the troops and retreat in unison.

"The lord has an order, and the reward for catching the horse alive is 10,000 gold, and the person who takes his head will be rewarded with 1,000 gold!"

Lejin Li Dian began to boost the morale of his soldiers, and there will be brave men under heavy rewards!

They were in ambush here for a long time, and finally waited for the arrival of the enemy, Xiliang Tie rode in this place, and when they were ambushed, they had long lost their original prestige.

"Withdraw, don't fight, retreat!"

If it weren't for the loss of the army, Ma Chao would have sworn to cut off the head of the enemy general, but now the Xiliang Iron Cavalry fell one after another, and in the process of gathering, the four hooves of the war horse were hooked and fell to the ground one after another.

The weeds screamed from inside, and Ma Chao was upset.

"The horses are gone!"

Cao Ren, Le Jin, and Li Dian took advantage of Ma Chao's command of the army to lead some soldiers and surrounded them one after another.

Ma Chao, who was surrounded by three people, became more and more anxious, he was eager to lead the remaining Xiliang army to leave this ghost place, but the three of them had no choice but to fight him to the death at all.

has been contained, each of them has fought for a few rounds, and then another person comes up.

When Ma Chao seized the opportunity and was about to stab one of them under the horse, the other two came up from the side to help, forcing Ma Chao to return to the defense and give up the opportunity to kill the enemy.

"Damn!"

Ma Chao opened Cao Ren's broadsword with one shot, waiting for an opportunity to break out of the encirclement of the three, turn the horse's head, and quickly retreat.

"Don't gather, retreat with me!"

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which was scattered everywhere, chased in the direction of Ma Chao's retreat.

"Don't let the horses run, chase!"

Cao Ren gave an order, and the soldiers began to chase after Ma Chao.

After Ma Chao was ambushed, he lost a large number of troops, confused his mind, and when he retreated, he didn't choose a direction at all, and he went wherever he saw it.

On the way to run, he saw an official road, which was extremely flat, and immediately ordered the soldiers to rush to the official road.

I thought that after getting on the official road, I could run quickly, but as soon as the front hooves of the war horse stepped on the official road, there were shouts of killing on both sides!

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

"Capture Ma Chao alive!"

Yu Ban took two thousand soldiers and rushed out from both sides of the official road, full of pikemen, forming a dense battle formation, and quickly rushed towards the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

The advantage of the long weapon formation lies in the first wave of charges, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has just stepped on the official road, and before it can gallop, it suddenly encounters a spearman of two hundred people, and it has fallen a lot.

The spear slammed into the body of the war horse, and a group of Cao soldiers pushed the corpse of the war horse forward, hitting many enemy cavalry in the rear.

"Horse, this is where you are buried!"

Yu Ban commanded the soldiers and surrounded Ma Chao in formation.

Behind him, the troops of the three generals Cao Ren arrived, and the inner three layers and the outer three layers surrounded Ma Chao and the remaining more than 1,000 Xiliang iron cavalry.

......

In the valley on the border between eastern Yuzhou and Yanzhou, Cao Cao had already moved the camp from the inside to the outside, relying on the surrounding favorable terrain to extend from the mouth of the valley to the outside.

The inside of the valley mouth was completely empty, and it became a real grain route, and the grain and grass were continuously sent to the front line from Yanzhou, and there were valleys on both sides, and they were not afraid of cavalry sneak attacks.

"The threat of the horse has been lifted, and his head will be seen soon!"

Cao Cao said with a smile, the young man is frizzy and easy to target, as long as he finds out his temperament, he can easily defeat him.

"My lord, I suggest sending someone to lead another army and station it thirty miles away from the camp to protect the momentum of the horns!"

Xi Zhicai suggested that the original strategy was to take advantage of Ma Chao's defeat, and Cao's army immediately set off to occupy the eastern city of Yuzhou, but after carefully studying the map, he changed his mind.

Because of the fortification of the city, it was easy for Lu Bu's cavalry to cut off the grain route.

If he had been occupying this place and relying on the terrain of the valley to transport grain, Lü Bu would not easily let go of the threat here, and would still confront Cao Cao, so that he could also achieve his goal and put himself out of danger, the best of both worlds.

"Zhicai's words are exactly what I want."

Cao Cao waved his hand at Xu Rong and summoned him.

"You immediately lead two thousand elite soldiers and camp on a slope thirty miles away!"

Xu Rong was ordered to leave.

......

Southeast of Yuzhou.

Gan Ning and other 3,000 Liukou have not opened for three days!

For three whole days, no looting targets were found, and the mood of the crowd was not very high.

"Big leader, there's a village ahead!"

Ergou changed his previous decadent appearance and said excitedly.

Ganning Zhoucang Pei Yuanshao did not have the optimism of Ergou, because this was the fifth large village they had encountered in Runan County, and if there was no accident, all the people in the village had moved to the county seat for refuge.

Now that the whole county of Runan County has surrendered to Lu Bu, Gan Ning and them naturally have no chance to start, these people are all the people under the command of the general.

You must know that some time ago, these gangs of rogues put down cruel words: Who told you that you are not the people of Bingzhou!

Now it's time to shoot yourself in the foot!

"Let's go inside!"

Gan Ning still retains the last glimmer of hope, this kind of large village, there are generally landlords and large households, maybe there are still missing!

Three thousand people marched into the village.

I have to say that in a populous state like Yuzhou, a large village alone can swallow 3,000 people casually, and the rogues entering the village did not stir up too many waves.

Three thousand people scattered in search of a target.

"Someone!"

Ergou's eyes widened and he pointed to a small courtyard in front of him.

It was an old man, with his head down and feeding the chickens.

In such troubled times, ordinary people can still afford to raise chickens, and Runan is not a well-known county.

"Go and ask!"

Gan Ning asked Ergou to go for questioning.

Outside the courtyard, Ergou stood on tiptoe and shouted, "Boss! ”

The old man didn't seem to hear Ergou's words, and he didn't raise his head.

The second dog climbed the extension of the wall with both hands, and with a little force, he jumped onto the low wall, and then turned over and entered the courtyard.

He had already said hello, and the old man had acquiesced, so this was not a trespass, and Ergou still maintained the personal cultivation that a rogue should have!

"Uncle, let me ask you about something!"

Ergou stepped up to the old man, put his mouth to the other's ear, and shouted.

Only then did the old man react, someone came in, looked up at Ergou, and didn't know why.