Cao Ren's expression was complicated, his mood was low, and he commanded helplessly: "Mingjin, collect the army and retreat." ”

"No!!"

After Cao Fei received the order, he immediately passed the order down.

In Cao Fei's heart, he was unwilling to leave with the soldiers, and he also wanted to annihilate Huang Xu's 8,000 soldiers. Destroying Huang Xu, or capturing Huang Xu alive, was a great blow to the Shu army. At present, the Shu army is extremely strong, Cao Ren and his soldiers are trying to survive in the cracks, running around, it is not easy, if you want to keep the current turbulent situation, if you want to drag Zhang Liao and Pang Tong, it is very difficult, and you need to slowly change the gap between the two sides.

"Bell! Clang! Clang!! ”

On the battlefield, a gong sounded.

The voice came from the Wei army, and when the spearmen who were fighting heard it, they had some doubts in their hearts and were a little reluctant to withdraw their troops. But the order was like a mountain, they had to retreat, and the spearmen retreated in an orderly manner, and did not continue to rush forward.

Cao Ren glanced at Huang Xu's direction, sighed, and rode away.

The Wei army retreated like a tide, and the soldiers who had laid an ambush earlier also returned with Zhao Hong and Tao Mang. After the two questioned carefully, they learned that Pang Tong and Zhang Liao were coming with a large army, and they were both aggrieved and indignant. In another hour, Huang Xu's 8,000 Shu troops will all be killed. Although Cao Ren did not dare to destroy him if he had the opportunity, because he destroyed Huang Xu, Pang Tong led the army to surround him and destroy him, and the two options were in front of Cao Ren, so he could only withdraw.

Huang Xu saw Cao Ren withdraw, with a puzzled look in his eyes.

He didn't understand why? Because the Wei army has an absolute advantage, as long as there is one more hour, or even less than an hour, Cao Ren can destroy the soldiers under his command. Cao Ren took the initiative to retreat, is there still a trick?

No, there can be no trickery.

The Wei army has the upper hand, and any more tricks are to add to the snake, and there is no point. Huang Xu's eyes kept rolling, and he thought of a possibility in his mind, it should be that reinforcements have arrived, and only when the army arrives can Cao Ren be forced to take the initiative to withdraw his troops and leave.

"Cao's army withdrew, we survived, survived."

"Haha, Wei Jun, who has no courage, has the ability to continue to kill, Lao Tzu is here, waiting for you to kill."

"Hey, this group of Wei troops is too bad."

"Heaven bless, ancestors bless, fortunately not killed by these soldiers who killed a thousand knives."

……

The Wei army withdrew, and waves of shouts immediately sounded outside the camp. Countless soldiers of the Shu army shouted loudly, and even many people who escaped from the sea of fire cheered loudly, expressing the joy in their hearts. Wave after wave, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic, and the formation immediately dispersed. Seeing this, Huang Xu thought of another possibility, if Cao Ren deliberately retreated, let the soldiers get carried away, and then suddenly kill back, wouldn't it be bad.

In view of this, Huang Xu reorganized the formation and made the soldiers stand by.

However, Huang Xu's worries were obviously unnecessary, and in less than an hour, Zhang Liao and Pang Tong led a large army to rush over and relieve the danger. After settling the people and the wounded, they began to clear the battlefield, and finally chose a new place to set up camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a few oil lamps emitted a bright light.

Zhang Liao and Pang Tong sat above, and Huang Xu stood below.

In fact, the two led the army to hang behind Huang Xu, and after Huang Xu divided his troops, he quickly caught up with the 12,000 soldiers left behind by Huang Xu. The army marched in a hurry and rushed to the Wei army camp, which was able to save Huang Xu. Rao is like this, and he has also suffered a huge loss. Pang Tong looked at Huang Xu, without a trace of a smile on his face, and said solemnly: "Huang Xu, you are greedy for merit, more than 6,000 of the 8,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and less than 2,000 soldiers remained. Tell me, how should this account be calculated? What kind of punishment should be suffered. ”

Zhang Liao saw Pang Tong reprimanding Huang Xu and did not interject.

Huang Xu lowered his head, with a guilty look on his face, and said in a low voice: "The failure of this battle is all the result of my greed for merit and arbitrariness. If it weren't for my greed, I wouldn't be where I am today. How the military division wants to punish him, the last general has no complaints, and let the military division deal with it. ”

Pang Tong nodded and said: "In this case, according to the old agreement, tomorrow will be punished with twenty military sticks in public." ”

"Thank you, Strategist!"

Huang Xu bowed down, but he didn't expect Pang Tong to just blame him with a cane.

Pang Tong shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Don't be busy thanking me, do you think that's all the punishment for you?" You have an unshirkable responsibility for the loss of the lives of 6,000 soldiers, and for causing so much damage. In addition to the rod, you have to comfort the souls of the six thousand soldiers, which must be done. At the same time, be prepared to write down all the mistakes you have made, and I will review them and read them out loud in front of all the soldiers. ”

Huang Xu raised his eyebrows, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

Being beaten with twenty military sticks is an agreement and cannot be shirked. It was his duty to comfort the dead soldiers. But in front of tens of thousands of people who repented, they had to read it out loud, it was definitely a shameful thing, but Huang Xu didn't dare to refuse, and he couldn't refuse.

Huang Xu hugged his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

After finishing speaking, Huang Xu turned around and left the big tent, leaving Zhang Liao and Pang Tong to discuss.

Cao Ren led an army of 20,000 to shuttle flexibly through the territory of Yuzhou, which has become a cancer, and if it is not eliminated, it will definitely plague more counties and counties. Cao Ren was very cunning, and when he encountered the Shu army, he immediately retreated, and he did not fight the Shu army at all. Such a difficult opponent was enough for Pang Tong to deal with it mentally, and the lights in the camp were still on, and the two figures swayed gently in the lights. Time passed, the two figures writhed twice from time to time, and the sound of discussion came out.

Early the next morning, the drums of war were beaten in the army.

The soldiers of the Shu army gathered together, watched Huang Xu being scolded by the cane, and watched Huang Xu comfort the dead soldiers with their own eyes, and finally listened to Huang Xu's sincere repentance. This is the first time such a thing has happened in the army, and it is also the first time in Huang Xu's life, which has left a deep impression in his heart.

What happened this time, Huang Xu is absolutely unforgettable.

……

Tiger Prison Pass, Cao Cao and Wang Can are still confronting.

During this time, Cao Cao was almost always recuperating. His headache is getting worse and worse, his spirit is not good, and many things in the army are delegated to Sima Lang and Man Zhong and others, so that they can handle them at their discretion. After the news of Li Tong's surrender and Han Hao's killing came, Cao Cao was silent and did not say a word. Cao Ren led an army of 20,000 to fight in Yuzhou, and Cao Cao spoke, saying that Cao Ren's way is worth learning, and that he can be flexible and changeable when the war is unfavorable, and he does not need to do things according to the rules of death.

In short, Cao Ren is still resisting stubbornly, which is good news.

The camp of the Shu army has always been immersed in joy.

During this period, there were also generals who couldn't bear the loneliness and prepared to fight. Especially looking at the news of Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Bingzhou, he was even more infected, and he couldn't wait to rush out to fight, and he also wanted to establish meritorious deeds and kill Cao Cao.

In the end, Wang Can refused.

For now, Wang Can doesn't want to fight hard with Cao Cao. If Cao Cao retreated, he immediately led his army to follow, sticking to Cao Cao so that Cao Cao could not leave. Wang Can is now waiting for the victory of Bingzhou, Yangzhou and Yuzhou, and after the victory of these three armies, the army will form a situation of entrapment. At that time, Cao Cao was surrounded, and if he wanted to resist, he couldn't raise the mind of resisting, so he could take Cao Cao without spending a single soldier, which was Wang Can's plan.

According to this strategy, the confrontation between the two armies is suitable for the current situation.

However, the war in the annexed states did not go well, and no breakthroughs were made.

PS: one of the three watches;