Guo Jia then read: "After the Dong army arrived, he did not rush forward, but sent a general to lead more than 1,000 foot soldiers to open the way, and the cavalry followed. After most of them entered the road, General Sun saw that Dong Jun continued to send people into the forest to investigate, and he was afraid that he would see through the plan, so he immediately led a light horse to kill left and right. I watched from a distance on the high slope, and saw General Sun taking the lead and rushing into the enemy formation, and the enemy formation was in chaos. However, soon after, the enemy general gradually stabilized the formation, and the Dong army's infantry responded with spears and bows and crossbows. ”

In the account, there were also Xin Bi and Yao Sheng.

When Xin Bi heard this, he exclaimed, "What?! General Sun rode no less than 3,000 people, but he was actually blocked by more than 1,000 foot soldiers? ”

Xi Zhong glanced at Xin Bi and knew that this person was not a strategist who was good at military strategy, and explained: "Although the forest road is wide, it is not as good as the plain area for cavalry to attack. Moreover, the military newspaper wrote: Dong Army's infantry responded with spears and bows, and Dong Army's troops were mostly Guanxi soldiers, who fought with the Qianghu cavalry all year round, and the use of spears and bows and crossbows was naturally handy, and it was not surprising that General Sun's offensive was resolved. ”

After listening to Xi Zhong's analysis, Liu Bei on the side was still very surprised, and he said: "I heard that General Sun ambushed this time, and he took Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other warriors with him. Cheng Pu and Han Dang's names have been heard, both of them are fierce generals, even if there is a reason that Xi Jun said, the general of Dong Jun who led this foot soldier must be an extraordinary general. ”

But listening to Guo Jia continue to read: "Seeing that General Sun's offensive was blocked, I asked General Cao: 'Brother, do you know this general?' General Cao replied that this person was Hua Xiong, a subordinate general under Hu Zhen. ”

Xin Bi and Liu Bei said in unison: "It turned out to be Huaxiong!" "Since we have met Hua Xiong, the army ambushed by Xu Chu and others should be Hu Zhen's department.

After dealing with Dong Zhuojun a few times, Xu Chu's large and small civil and military forces have explored the brave generals in Dong Zhuo's army, Hua Xiong is one of the more brave ones, it is said that in terms of martial arts alone, there are not many people in the Dong army who can win, the brave man wins when he meets on the narrow road, and the forest aisle is crowded with so many steps, and the courage of the military generals can especially play a role, so as soon as Xin Bi and Liu Bei heard Hua Xiong's name, it is not surprising that Dong Jun can resist Sun Jian's offensive.

I also heard Guo Jia read: "When General Cao and I saw this, we knew that we couldn't wait any longer, so we led the cavalry to pour down, Gan Xingba and Xiahou Yuanrang all wanted to make great contributions, and attacked the enemy general Huaxiong, and General Sun's subordinate general Han Dang was the same." At this time, a wave of arrows happened to shoot out of the enemy's formation, only to see that Xingba and the three of them did not care at all, and were willing to risk arrows and stones, although they were slightly hit by arrows, they did not retreat, and the more ambitious they were, the morale of our army rose sharply. That Huaxiong seemed to despise Yu Xingba and the three of them, and vaguely heard him shouting: "The southerners also dare to fight Wufeng? However, when the three of them arrived, Hua Xiong was shocked, but unfortunately dozens of horsemen sent by Hu Zhen to rescue him just arrived and rescued Hua Xiong. ”

Xu Chu, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce came from Yuzhou and Yangzhou, so the people from the south of Huaxiong were called Gan Ning, Xiahoudun, and Han Dang.

The military newspaper did not elaborate on the scene of Gan Ning and others fighting with Huaxiong, Liu Bei was very heroic, and immediately made up the picture at that time, only to feel the sword light and sword shadow, and was intoxicated for a while.

Although Hua Xiong's martial arts and riding skills are very skillful, how can he resist the combined attack of Gan Ning, Xiahoudun, and Han Dang, not to mention that the three of them are still eager to make meritorious contributions and share the same hatred for the enemy.

The subsequent development of the war was that after Huaxiong was rescued, Hu Zhen 'abandoned the car to protect the handsome', and used these more than 1,000 foot soldiers as a buffer to block the attacks of Sun Jian, Xu Chu, and Cao Cao. After that, Xu Chu and the others withdrew with the cavalry.

The results of this battle are not big, nor are they small, killing nearly a thousand of Hu Zhen's foot soldiers, and making him dare not continue the pursuit, and the expected results have been achieved.

At the end of the military report, Xu Chu listed the exploits of the generals who accompanied the army, and Gan Ning, who had made meritorious contributions, was called the first merit, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Wang Yan each had their own gains, and they were tied after Gan Ning.

Knowing that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were fine, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye to Guo Jia and others.

After Liu Bei left, Yao Sheng remembered another thing and asked Guo Jiadao, "Didn't Lu Bu come to pursue?" ”

Guo Jia said that he didn't know, "There was no mention in the military newspaper, probably it didn't come." ”

Yao Sheng groaned a little, and said hesitantly: "It seems that Lu Bu and Hu Zhen have become more estranged because of the previous war. ”

At the same time that Xu Chu sent the military report, he was also on his way south. In order to prevent Hu Zhen from sending cavalry to chase after him, Xu Chu, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian deliberately stayed overnight ten miles away from the ambush, and continued to move south only when the army was about to arrive in Liang County.

On the way, Cao Cao and Xu Chu talked about the future development direction and analyzed the situation in the Central Plains states, Cao Cao sighed: "Zhongkang, the foolish brother can't do it in Yingchuan, but although Yingchuan is rich, it is always narrow, and it is difficult to recruit enough manpower. ”

Xu Chu bowed his head and asked, "What does Mengde mean?" ”

"When Brother Fool was in Chen, I heard several times about you and Chen Yuanyi, Zhou Taiming and others. Zhongkang, Yuan Yi and Taiming are all old friends with me, so I can only go to Yangzhou to ask them for help. ”

Xu Chu was stunned.

Cao Cao is really 'old and cunning', it turns out that he has long known that there is a deep or shallow contradiction between himself and Chen Wen and Zhou Xin, and since he has known it for a long time, he has not come forward to mediate, so he can't help but think deeply.

Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, is a native of Runan and is in the same state as Cao Cao, so Chen Wen and Cao Cao are good friends Xu Chu does not feel abrupt, but Zhou Xin is a good person, how can he be with Cao Cao......

Cao Cao seemed to see Xu Chu's doubts, and said with a smile: "Zhong Kangxiu wants to think nonsense, Chen Yuanyi and I have known each other since our early years, and we have a good relationship; As for Zhou Taiming, I met him when he was a young student in Beijing, and later he was recruited by the Taiwei Mansion as a subordinate Peng, and often came to my house to drink and talk about Taoism, and gradually introduced each other as confidants. ”

Xu Chu smiled slightly: "Brother Meng De, I'm just wondering, I didn't think much about it." ”

Cao Cao didn't say much about it, and said bluntly: "Brother Fool wants to go to Jiujiang and Danyang to recruit troops, Zhongkang, do you think it's feasible?" ”

Xu Chu knew that Cao Cao was testing his attitude towards this matter, his jurisdiction was in Lujiang County, and the follow-up actions after discussing Dong would definitely have something to do with Chen Wen and Zhou Xin, if Cao Cao was going to Jiujiang and Danyang counties to recruit troops in the future, how could Xu Chu do anything to Chen Wen and Zhou Xin. But Xu Chu has no reason not to let Cao Cao go, with the experience of Cao Cao as Yingchuan Taishou without authorization, Cao Cao is willing to tell him about this matter in advance, which is already a particularly rare mind, and even said: "Brother Meng De's words are wrong. ”

"Oh?"

"I'm in Lujiang County, why is my brother willing to go far?"

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Zhongkang Meiyi foolish brother understands, if Jiujiang and Danyang don't have enough soldiers, foolish brother will go to your county to bother." ”