Chapter 1116: The Defeat of Cao's Army (3)

If you don't have a choice, you can only gamble!

Just bet on Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, and will bypass the place where Zhao Feng set up an ambush.

Or bet on Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan's subordinates, and be able to find Zhao Feng's ambush in time.

Zhao Feng pondered for a long time, then looked at Xu Shu and asked, "With our current strength, where should we set up an ambush?" ”

Xu Shu pondered for a moment: "It's not easy to judge at the moment, where should we set up an ambush." ”

"However, as long as you send a sentry horse, keep an eye on Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's army."

"We can choose a place for ambush according to the whereabouts of Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan!"

Zhao Feng nodded and looked at the sentry horse: "Go back and tell Lu Su that he is ready to ambush Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan's subordinates." ”

"In addition, when passing by Tai Shi Ci's army, inform Tai Shi Ci of this matter and let him participate."

The sentry knight bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Huh! ”

With that, he turned around and exited the chamber.

Zhao Feng's side wants to ambush Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan's department, and similarly Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's department will inevitably prevent being ambushed by Zhao Feng's side.

Therefore, whether it can be ambushed in the end, Zhao Feng is not too sure.

Once the ambush can't be found, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan will have an army of 40,000 or 50,000 at all.

As long as Lu Su and Tai Shici led an army of 30,000 to contain it, then the cavalry of Wei Yan and Xiong Dasuo could quickly reinforce the past.

Before nightfall, Lu Su sent someone to take stock of the battlefield again.

Among them, there are a lot of various burdens seized, but these burdens are not particularly important to Zhao Feng.

On top of that, Lu Su captured more than 22,000 wounded soldiers of Cao's army.

As for the more than 10,000 Cao troops killed, because of the credit of Zhao Yun's cavalry, Lu Su did not divide it on his head.

Looking at Lu Su's meaning, he should be ready to give Zhao Yun the credit for the more than 10,000 Cao Jun killed.

After all, Lu Su had captured more than 22,000 wounded soldiers of the Cao army, and the credit was already great.

The next day, early in the morning.

A sentry rode into the conference hall and bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Lord Qiqi!" ”

"General Zhao asked his subordinates to come to report that he has captured Xu Chu, the general of the Cao army!"

Zhao Feng was still waiting for the sentry rider and continued to report Cao Cao's situation, but the sentry cavalry did not continue to speak for a long time, and then said in surprise: "It's gone?" ”

The sentry didn't know what Zhao Feng was thinking, and stammered, "No...... Nope. ”

At this time, Xu Shu gave Zhao Feng a look: "In the battle yesterday, Cao's army suffered heavy losses. ”

"And Cao Cao is the commander of the first army, how can he be caught so easily."

"After a night, I'm afraid that Cao Cao doesn't know where to run for a long time!"

Zhao Feng was thinking about Cao Cao, and when he heard Xu Shu say this, he felt that it was also, how could Cao Cao be caught so easily, and suddenly thought of something: "Hey, you mean Xu Chu was caught?" ”

The sentry knight bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Exactly!" ”

Zhao Feng smiled after hearing this: "I didn't catch Cao Cao, but it's not bad to catch Xu Chu." ”

Zhao Feng made up for it on his own, it should have been Zhao Yun who led the cavalry last night and caught up with Cao Cao's headquarters.

After Cao Cao asked Xu Chu to break it for him, he himself continued to escape.

After the First World War, Zhao Yun captured Xu Chu, and Cao Cao had already taken advantage of the night and ran away.

And Zhao Yun did not let people report this, and it is estimated that he is still continuing to pursue Cao Cao.

It's just that after a night of escaping, it is obviously impossible to catch Cao Cao.

After all, people are sleepy, and it is impossible to pursue them endlessly.

Zhao Feng pondered for a moment: "Go back and tell Zhao Yun that he will immediately collect his troops and come back to repair." ”

"There may be another big war later!"

The sentry knight bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Huh! ”

With that, he turned around and exited the chamber.

Zhao Feng's idea was that since Cao Cao could no longer catch up, he would naturally concentrate his forces to leave Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan behind.

What's more, Cao Cao's side probably didn't take many soldiers and horses with him.

Because Zhao Feng roughly estimated that Cao Cao had led more than 100,000 troops over.

When attacking Xinzheng before, more than 30,000 people were killed and more than 30,000 wounded.

In this battle, more than 20,000 people were sent to attack the city, but except for 3,000 people who were captured, they were basically wiped out.

In this way, Cao Cao can use an army, which is actually an army of 20,000 horses and leopards.

As for the more than 10,000 Cao soldiers killed by Lu Su and Zhao Yun, it is estimated that they were wounded soldiers in the early days, and now they have almost recovered.

The remaining more than 20,000 wounded soldiers did not resist much because they were injured, so they were directly captured by Lu Su.

Not long after, Wei Yan and Xiong Da jointly sent people back to report the battle situation.

After besieging and killing Cao Chun yesterday, he didn't fight with the tiger and leopard rider for long, and the tiger and leopard rider began to break through.

Wei Yan and Xiong Daben directly divided their troops to pursue.

After a night of pursuit, after counting the soldiers and horses this morning, it was found that more than 15,000 cavalry had not returned.

Wei Yan estimated that except for a few who have not yet returned to the team, most of them will not be able to return to the team.

According to the summary of the results reported by various departments, about 10,000 tigers and leopards were killed.

After Zhao Feng found out, he was also shocked in his heart, the combat power of the tiger and leopard ride was really extraordinary.

If it weren't for Cao Chun being besieged and killed early in the morning, and really fighting hard with the tiger and leopard cavalry, it is estimated that Wei Yan and Xiong Da's more than 30,000 cavalry would all be killed by the tiger and leopard cavalry.

You must know that without Cao Chun's command, the tiger and leopard riders can be exchanged for one and a half, and if there is Cao Chun's command, one for two, or two and a half, it is not an exaggeration.

Of course, Zhao Feng also knew that it was one thing for the tiger and leopard to ride well, and the lack of training of his own 30,000 cavalry was also a reason.

Zhao Feng still let the sentry ride back, telling Wei Yan and Xiong Da to make a little repairs and prepare for another big battle later.

An hour later.

A sentry rode into the council hall and bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Lord Qi, Lu Taishou asked his subordinates to send an urgent report." ”

After speaking, he put the emergency report in his hand and presented it with both hands.

Xu Shu temporarily replaced Xiong Da, took the emergency report from the sentry rider, and then handed it over to Zhao Feng.

When Zhao Feng saw it, his brows furrowed deeply.

The content of the urgent report is that Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's subordinates discarded all their baggage, traveled lightly, and marched very fast.

Lu Su made a slight mistake in this judgment, and before the ambush soldiers were in place, he watched Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's army pass by the ambush site.

After that, he hurriedly contacted Tai Shi Ci's department, Wei Yan, Xiong Da's cavalry, and Zhao Yun's cavalry department to prepare a joint pursuit.

It's just that after the army converged, Lu Su found that the army was in a very bad state.

Among them, most of Tai Shici's 10,000 troops were wounded, and the cavalry of Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, and Xiong Da were all sleepy and lacking horses, and the cavalry on Wei Yan and Xiong Da's side also had many wounded soldiers.

On the whole, the situation of Lu Su's headquarters army is slightly better.

In this case, if you really fight hard with the 40,000 or 50,000 troops of Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, I am afraid that in the end it will be a miserable victory.

So Lu Su finally asked, whether to attack Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's subordinates!