Chapter 677 Painful Choice
Lu Bu and Xu Huang joined hands on the road to pursue Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang specially explained to Xiahoudun before leaving.
Since he left, unless he personally called the city, Xiahoudun would never be able to open the gate of Qiu County.
Of course, Xiahoudun also heard what Xu Huang meant, he knew that Xu Huang also knew the danger of pursuing Huang Zhong, so he confessed himself just in case.
After all, the person who joined forces with them was not a colleague they knew and trusted, but a capricious villain, Lu Bulu Fengxian.
Even if Lu Bu really planned to come to surrender at this time, but once the battle was unfavorable, Lu Bu was likely to turn back in order to save his life.
However, this puppet beat a rake again and sent Qiu County to the Jizhou Army.
Then it will have an extremely adverse impact on the future plans of the lord, so it can be said that Xu Huang is determined to die.
This made Xiahou Dun a little tearful for a while, he looked at Xu Huang fixedly, and muttered something in his mouth.
But when he saw Xu Huang's unusually resolute expression, he knew that no matter what he said now, Xu Huang would not change his decision.
But fortunately, when Xu Huang and Lu Bu were about to leave, Lu Bu's move made Xiahoudun somewhat let go of his heart.
He really didn't expect Lu Bu to take the initiative and entrust all his family members to his own care.
Although Lu Bu said on his face that it was because he was unable to move with his family, Xiahoudun understood that Lu Bu was treating his family members as protons.
This made Xiahoudun even more convinced of Lu Bu's sincerity, after all, the other party also knew very well that he and Xu Huang did not have much trust in him.
This can also reduce the suspicion between the two sides, which will make the future battle smoother.
It was precisely because of Lu Bu's move that Xiahoudun decided to let Xu Huang and Lu Bu attack together.
After seeing Lu Bu and Xu Huang leave, Xiahoudun took Chen Gong and Lu Bu's family and walked slowly towards the county seat of Qiu County not far away.
And Lu Bu and Xu Huang rushed all the way, following the route that Huang Zhong and the others had just evacuated, and rushed straight to the rear of Huang Zhong's army.
This time, in order to act quickly, Lu Bu even left his only four hundred soldiers to Chen Gong.
After all, these sergeants have been running for several days in a row, and their physical strength has long been exhausted.
Although bringing them can make Lu Bu feel more comforted, but the substantive effect is not much, in this case, Lu Bu might as well hand them over to Chen Gong.
This can also strengthen the protection of his family and Chen Palace, and make Xu Huang and Xiahoudun trust themselves more, which is definitely a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.
Xu Huang transferred 5,000 cavalry from Xiahoudun's men.
This can be said to be all the mobile forces in Xiahoudun's hands, if it weren't for Xu Huang to lead the team to pursue, Xiahoudun would definitely not be so generous.
With 5,000 cavalry as the foundation, plus Lu Bu and Xu Huang are both rare generals, unless they meet the Jizhou army's large-scale encirclement and suppression, otherwise the safety of the two is not too much of a problem.
Along the way, Xu Huang kept knocking on the side and asked Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was not stupid, he told Xu Huang everything about how they were defeated in Yangping and how they broke through from the hinterland of Jizhou according to Chen Gong's words.
After listening to Lu Bu's story, Xu Huang's heart became more confident.
Although the strategist under Lu Bu just now also said the same thing, his trust in that strategist Xu Huang was not high.
But now with Lu Bu's words, it immediately raised the credibility of this matter to a great height, after all, in Xu Huang's heart, Lu Bu's temperament is much straighter.
In the case that he had already decided in his heart, Xu Huang's mind was bent on revenge, if it wasn't for Huang Zhong, he would definitely not be so embarrassed.
If it weren't for Liu Bei's subordinate Chen Zhi to handle it properly, plus they were lucky enough to meet Hua Tuo's master and apprentice who happened to be collecting medicine in the mountains and forests, it is still unknown whether he Xu Huang would be able to survive to this day.
This matter has long become a thorn in Xu Huang's heart, and now it is time to pull this thorn out.
As long as Huang Zhong can be killed, then all the previous things will disappear.
And their situation at this time was very favorable, after all, it was not only Lu Bu's subordinates who had been running wild for two days and two nights before, but Huang Zhong's subordinates were also the same.
At this time, Huang Zhong's subordinates should have been extremely tired, as long as they could catch the tail of Huang Zhong and the others, then Huang Zhong would not be able to escape this disaster even if he had wings!
As they expected, at this time, Huang Zhong's subordinates also began to show signs of physical exhaustion.
If it weren't for the extremely strict training of the Jizhou Army, the problem of falling behind at this time would be enough to give Huang Zhong a headache.
Looking at the subordinates behind him who gritted their teeth and insisted, Huang Zhong's heart was very anxious, after all, the position they were in now was not safe.
And Ma Chao, who should have felt it a long time ago, has not yet had any information, if Xiahoudun and Lu Bu return to pursue, the situation of his subordinates will be dangerous!
Just when Huang Zhong was feeling anxious, a person rushed from behind him, and Huang Zhong fixed his eyes and saw that it was the deputy general who he had deliberately left in the rear army.
"Yuanju, what happened, why did you look so panicked?"
"General Qiyu, I suddenly found a large puff of dust and smoke in our rear. According to the estimation of the last general, it should be Xiahoudun and they are chasing after them! ”
"What? I didn't expect these two horsemen to really have the courage to catch up, how many people did they come? ”
"The specific number is not clear, but judging from the smoke and dust that is splashed, the number of people on the other side should be no less than five thousand!"
"Five thousand? It looks like these two horsemen have really teamed up! Yuan Ju, you take two thousand brothers and withdraw first. The old man took the rest of the people to resist for a while! ”
"No! What is your identity, old general, how can you do such a thing! Or do you take the brothers and withdraw first, and then hand it over to the last general! ”
"Get out, the old man's decision, where is your room to refute! Hurry up and get out of here with someone, be careful when it's late, the old man will ask for your dog's head immediately! ”
After saying that, Huang Zhong ignored the deputy general who wanted to continue to say something, and directly ordered enough 1,000 men and horses from his command to block behind his rear army.
After Huang Zhong's lieutenant took a look at Huang Zhong, his eyes were filled with painful tears.
He knew that if their support did not come within an hour, his lord and the thousand brothers would never return to their homeland!
How he wanted to replace the old general and fend off the enemy, but he also knew that his own abilities were not up to the task!
After an extremely painful choice, Huang Zhong's lieutenant let out a long sigh.
Then with the remaining 2,000 men and horses under his command, he went straight in the direction of Jizhou without looking back!