Jingzhou Army, Chinese Army.

The confidence on Cai Mao's face became even stronger, he raised his hand and pointed at the city wall, and sneered: "Have you seen it, Yijibo, your worries are completely superfluous, our army will soon capture Xinye." ”

"It's still General Cai's correct decision, and he is calm at the critical moment, and the subordinate officials are ashamed of themselves, and they are ashamed of themselves." The Iraqi are self-deprecating and flattering.

Cai Mao smiled, her expression becoming more and more proud.

At this moment, when Yi inadvertently turned his head, he suddenly saw that there seemed to be a sudden change in the eastern side.

He stared at it a few times, suddenly changed color, and shouted urgently: "Don't drive Cai, look at it, there is a situation in the east direction!" ”

Cai Mao turned her head unhurriedly, and also looked in the direction of the east, and suddenly her face became gloomy, and her eyes swelled with surprise.

I saw that in the direction of the east, the dust covered the sky, countless flags fluttered in the dust shadows, and the figures of people and horses surged, looming.

This kind of momentum is clearly a rush of thousands of troops.

"Where did such a rebel army suddenly come from!?" Cai Mao blurted out an exclamation, and the confidence on her face instantly fell to the ground.

Yi Yuan also looked confused, but exclaimed: "Look at the dust and fog set off, the enemy army has at least more than 10,000 people, and the main forces of our army are all gathered under the city. ”

Cai Mao's body was shocked, full of suspicion, glared angrily at the city, and scolded: "Damn Su thief, he quietly recruited so many soldiers and horses, damn it!" ”

Just as Cai Mao was scolding, the wild dust in the east was approaching, the dust and fog were even stronger, the killing sound shook the sky, and the ground under his feet was also trampled by the horse's hooves, shaking slightly.

Yi Ji was anxious and persuaded: "Cai Don't drive, we have been ambushed by the Su thieves, hurry up and withdraw Mingjin, it will be too late." ”

The word withdrawal, like a knife, pierced Cai Mao's heart, making him uncomfortable for a while.

Just a moment ago, he was confident that he was going to break the city today, but he didn't expect that he would withdraw his face in a hurry in the blink of an eye, and he was tantamount to being slapped by Su Zhe fiercely.

How could he swallow this breath.

"Don't drive Cai, at this time, don't be rash." Seeing that he hesitated, Yi Yuan persuaded him bitterly.

Cai Mao gritted her teeth for a long time, but in the end, she was still cowardly, so she had to shout unwillingly: "Mingjin collects the troops, the whole army retreats quickly, retreats quickly!" ”

Bell bell bell ~~

In the formation of the Jingzhou Central Army, the golden sound suddenly sounded, replacing the drum sound.

Cai Mao did not wait for the siege army to withdraw, so he took the lead and retreated south.

The Jingzhou soldiers who were attacking the city suddenly heard the sound of gold, they were all puzzled, and when they turned around and saw that the commander's banner had left first, their fighting spirit was suddenly greatly defeated.

"I have the absolute upper hand, and I am about to break the city, why did Cai Beijia suddenly order the withdrawal of troops?" Wen Ping was horrified.

At this time, the soldiers around him screamed in surprise, pointing to the east and shouting that there was an ambush attacking.

Wen Ping glanced back, and soon saw the rolling dust, which was indeed the galloping of thousands of horses.

"Ambush? That Su thief actually ambushed a strange soldier? ”

Wen Ping was taken aback, his face changed immediately, but he said suspiciously: "There are already more than 7,000 Soviet troops in the city, looking at the dust and mist formation, this strange army has at least more than 10,000 people, Nanyang has just experienced the poison of Yuan Shu, so even if Su Zhe is capable, how can it be that in less than half a year, he recruited nearly 20,000 horses?" ”

Although Wen Ping was suspicious, it was useless, the sound of gold had sounded, Cai Mao also left first, the soldiers' morale had been dispersed, and they could fight again.

In desperation, Wen Ping could only order the withdrawal of troops.

The 40,000 Jingzhou soldiers who attacked the city, as if they had been amnestied, left behind more than 1,000 corpses, quickly retreated and retreated in a hurry to the south.

At the head of the city, the Soviet soldiers who were fighting hard were all stunned one by one, and they didn't understand what was going on at all.

How could the enemy, who had already gained the upper hand and suppressed them so much that they could not raise their heads, and saw that they were about to attack the city, suddenly retreated?

Are they sick!

Just when the soldiers were suspicious, they suddenly saw the east of the city, and the dust swept in, and they vaguely saw their own battle flags flying in the dust and mist.

Only then did the Soviet soldiers react, realizing that this was their own master announcing a surprise soldier and scaring away the rampant enemy army.

The cheers immediately resounded in the city, and a pair of surprised and admiring eyes looked at Su Zhe in unison, as if they were gods.

Su Zhe was not so excited, just smiled faintly, watching the wild dust wipe from the front of the city, with his back to Xinye City, all the way south to pursue the retreating enemy army.

The true face of this strange army was finally exposed under the noses of the Soviet soldiers.

The cheers gradually died out, replaced by a sound of surprise and uproar, and a pair of eyes were full of surprise and inexplicability.

Where there are thousands of troops.

This cavalry is just 500 cavalry led by Hu Che'er.

It's just that the horsetail horses of these 500 cavalry are all tethered with branches with big roots, and they galloped all the way, kicking up the dust in the air, only to create the illusion that thousands of troops and horses are rushing wildly.

Su Zhe relied on this small means to frighten Cai Mao and his army of 40,000 and easily resolve the crisis in front of him.

After a moment of confusion, the Soviet soldiers suddenly came to their senses, and looked at Su Zhe's eyes with a pair of surprises.

They were completely impressed by the wisdom of their master.

"The lord's strategy really works, just a few branches, it can easily frighten Cai Mao." Li Yan couldn't help but admire.

Su Zhe smiled faintly: "This is also Cai Mao's eagerness to attack the city, and he didn't reconnoiter our army in advance, and it won't take long for him to be able to react." ”

"Even if he reacts, what can he do." Li Yan's tone was sarcastic, "He only brought dry food for a few days, and when he reacted, he was afraid that the dry food had been eaten up, and there was no food and grass, no matter how many soldiers he had, where would he have the strength to attack my Xinye again." ”

Su Zhe nodded and sneered: "That's what I said, then let Hu Che'er chase after him for a while, drive Cai Mao away from Xinye as much as possible, and let him spend a few more rations on the way back." ”

The order was passed, and the messenger went out of the city, chasing the five hundred "thousands of troops and horses", and passed Su Zhe's order to Hu Che'er, who led the army.

Hu Che'er followed Su Zhe's instructions and followed behind the Jingzhou soldiers, and there was a degree of "tightness".

The so-called "loose" means not chasing the enemy army, so as not to be seen by Cai Mao, knowing that he is just a bluff of the five iron horses.

The so-called "tight" is to maintain a moderate sense of urgency, so that Cai Mao feels the crisis and can only flee non-stop.

In this way, Hu Che'er chased all the way out of the land of a hundred miles, and when he was about to catch up to the front line of Fancheng, he decisively stopped the pursuit.

Cai Mao breathed a sigh of relief and ordered to stop fleeing, set up camp on the spot, and build fortifications to cope with the attack of the Soviet army at any time.

The 40,000 Jingzhou soldiers were in panic for a night, and their trembling emotions gradually calmed down, but they did not wait for the attack of the Soviet army, so they breathed a sigh of relief and began to recover from the shadow of retreat.

In order to gain time, Cai Mao gained a firm foothold, and immediately ordered the army to go north.

It's just that he was afraid of Su Zhen's strange soldiers all the way, and he didn't dare to march too fast, so he could only advance step by step, and at the same time sent a large number of attendants to reconnoiter the reality of the Soviet army.

After another two or three days, the scout brought back the real information, saying that Su Zhe didn't have any strange soldiers at all, and that the men and horses along the way were just 500 cavalrymen, relying on the horse's tail dragging branches to run wildly, creating an illusion.

"Cunning! Insidious! This Su thief is even more cunning than a fox! ”

The big tent army, when he learned that Cai Mao was being played, became angry and scolded.

The Yi nationality next to him sighed secretly, and Wen Ping was silent.

After Cai Mao scolded Su Zhe, he pointed the finger at the two of them again, and scolded: "What's the matter with the two of you, why didn't you see such a simple trick of Su Thief?" ”

The two of them were shocked, and they looked at each other, and there was a wronged look in their eyes.

Wen Ping didn't carry the black pot either, and immediately said coldly: "Cai Beijia, when the last general saw the disguised army of the Su thief, you had already given the order to retreat, and the last general was just acting on orders, so I can't complain about it." ”

"You-" Cai Mao was suffocated.

He flicked his sleeves, glared at Yi Yuan again, and shouted: "What about you, you were by my side at the time, why didn't you see that Su was cheating?" ”

Yi Ji secretly complained, so he had to defend himself with a bitter face: "Cai Bei drove Mingjian, before the siege of the city that day, the lower officials advised not to drive, don't rush to attack the city first, wait to send scouts to make a detailed work, find out the truth of the Su thief and then use the army, it is Cai Beijia who did not listen, insisted on attacking the city immediately, and now he has fallen into the trick of the Su thief, how can he blame the head of the lower official." ”

was suffocated again, Cai Mao's face turned red with anger, and he pointed at Yi Yuan for a long time, wanting to lose his temper, but he was at a loss of words.

"Okay, okay, none of you are wrong, it's all my fault!" Cai Mao had to flick her sleeves angrily and turned around not wanting to look at them.

There is no way, although these two people have lower official positions than him, he can't move.

Although Wen Ping was born in the last family, he was a young military general drawn out by Liu Biao himself, and was deeply appreciated by Liu Biao.

As for the Yi nationality, although the official position is only for Shuzuo, he is a lower-level official in the state capital, but he is a close confidant of the eldest prince Liu Qi, how can he rectify it casually.

These two people are smart and refuse to bear the black pot for him, so he naturally can't help it.

After being angry for a while, Cai Mao barely calmed down his annoyance, then turned around and said with a flick of his hand: "Since you have found out the truth of the Su thief, and passed on my order, the army will immediately pull out the camp and go north, and attack Xinye with me, this time I will definitely destroy the Su thief in one fell swoop." ”

Yi Yuan hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Cai don't drive, we don't have much grain and herbs, after such a toss, there are only a few days left for grain and grass, if you force yourself to Xinye, if you can't fight quickly, once the grain and grass are exhausted, our army is in danger of collapsing without a fight, please don't think twice." ”

"This is a risk, the official knows it very well, do you need to remind me!"

Cai Beijia snorted coldly, and said proudly: "This official just wants not to give that Su thief a chance to breathe, and quickly destroy him, since this official dares to do this, he naturally has the confidence to fight quickly." ”

Seeing that Cai Mao was so confident and resolute, Yi Yuan naturally couldn't persuade him again, so he had to shut up.

Although Wen Ping is Liu Biao's person, he is only a military general, and he has no decision-making power, and he does not dare to disagree.

At this moment, the soldiers outside the tent came to report, saying that it was a messenger from Xiangyang, who came with Liu Biao's urgent order and was already outside the tent.

Cai Mao's heart was shocked, and he suddenly had a bad premonition, but he could only pass the messenger in.

After a while, the messenger entered, presented Liu Biao's warrant, and said loudly: "Cai Beijia, the lord's warrant is here, and you are ordered to stop the crusade against Su Zhe immediately, and immediately return to Xiangyang to restore your life." ”