At night, under the firelight, Niu Jin's face was slightly distorted. Today, I heard that there were enemy troops in the area, so I made a hasty attack, but was routed by the enemy army head-on. Fortunately, Cao Rendu came with a large army and answered him, otherwise he might have been swallowed up by those people.

As soon as he thought of the battle during the day, Niu Jin couldn't help but tremble all over. Not because of fear, but because of unwillingness. Obviously, he was prepared and arranged for the troops to break off, but why would the other party kill from his front.

Cao Ren wore a helmet, his figure was a little fat, his face was white, his face was round, and he was covered with a beard. He is the most discerning person, and he can't tolerate sloppiness at all, and when he heard about Niu Jin's fiasco, he must come over at night and explain the things of the day clearly.

He is Cao Cao's cousin, the ancestor of the Cao family is a descendant of Cao Shen, the prime minister of the early Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's father Cao Song's surname is Xiahou, and he is a stepson raised from Xiahou's family, because Cao Song's adoptive father Cao Teng is actually a eunuch who entered the palace since he was a child, and has no heirs. It is equivalent to the entire Cao family having to rely on Cao Song to rise to prominence, but this rich relative is not related by blood, which is quite embarrassing. However, Cao Song is very tactful, and he gets along very well with the Cao brothers, and he is very supportive of them. In Cao Cao's generation, Cao Ren and Cao Hong's cousins also played together since childhood, and they had a good relationship. When Cao Cao raised troops in Qian County, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, including his nephew Cao Chun, were his core team. Among them, Cao Ren led the troops with the style of a general, and often took charge alone, while Cao Chun governed the army rigorously and fought bravely, and became the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and Cao Hong saved Cao Cao's life at a critical moment. In fact, they are all Cao Wei's ministers, and Cao Cao trusts them quite a lot.

"Niu Er, tell me, why did you lose?"

Cao Ren stood up from the main seat. Niu Jin is the second in line, so Cao Ren often calls him Niu Er.

Niu Jin hurriedly lowered his head and said ashamedly: "I was careless for a while, and I was charged by their cavalry." ”

Cao Ren came to him, looked at him and said, "Oh? You are the most courageous in my department, how could you be scattered by the cavalry? Back then, General Fei Lu Buke didn't break you up. ”

Niu Jin said: "After I arranged for people to break off, they went around to the front and took advantage of our unpreparedness. ”

Cao Renyi frowned and said, "Isn't there a warning from the sound of horses' hooves?" If you want to stealthily go around to the front, there is always movement to detect. ”

Niu Jin blushed even more, in the face of this white and kind Cao Ren, he couldn't raise his head, so he had to say: "It's the general's mistake, thinking that the enemy army has been driven away, and the other party doesn't dare to come close to attack again, but he doesn't want to ......."

Cao Ren said: "Can you tell me about the situation of the war between the two sides?" ”

Niu Jin recalled the events of the day. Four torches flickered around the tent, illuminating the inside of the tent, and Cao Ren's face was also fluctuating in the light of the fire.

"Cow, you've got a hard stubble."

After listening to what he said, Cao Ren suddenly made an assertion.

"How so? They're just a fluke, and if there is a next time, I'll be vigilant and don't let them take advantage of it. ”

Cao Ren said: "There will be a next time, you will still have to lose at their hands." This batch is elite. ”

Niu Jin said: "Where did so many elites come from? You said the same thing about Uncle Liu's troops a few days ago. ”

"Ahem," Cao Ren said, "I really didn't expect it to be so weak that time." Liu Bei is also a hero, a person who has been in battle for a long time. Falling out without a fight is really not in line with his style. I guess he did it on purpose. ”

"On purpose?"

Cao Ren said: "That's right, but looking at Liu Bei's whereabouts, after suffering this defeat, he did not retreat to Hebei, but wandered into Runan, you can know that he is not ready to fight a tough battle." Now that he is behind us, it will be troublesome to incite the rebellion of the wealthy clans in Runan. ”

Niu Jin said: "As long as the marshal divides me with one of my soldiers and horses, I will go to Runan to exterminate Liu Bei." ”

Cao Ren said: "Liu Bei's scabies is not a cause for concern. Today's main battlefield is in Guandu, which is a big trouble. The force that appeared today was able to suddenly withdraw its troops at the critical moment of your ambush, and then meet the attack head-on as you retreated, and the rhythm was perfect, it should not have come here to hang out for no reason, it must have some other purpose hidden. Forget it, Liu Bei won't care about him, and he won't be able to make any waves. Tomorrow we will meet this secret army. ”

Niu Jin said: "The handsome man is on it personally? Isn't this a bit of a knife used to kill chickens? ”

Cao Ren said: "I still send you as a pioneer......

As soon as it was dawn the next day, Yuan Xi asked people to check the dry food, and there were still six days left. There were no supplies along the road, because the food could not be done by the enemy, the season was not right, and even the horses had problems with water and grass, so it seemed that there was no point in continuing the battle......

Suddenly, the drums in front of him were loud, and at the same moment, Yuan Xi's side also made a loud warning.

Yuan Xi and the others quickly stepped onto the war horse.

Tian Yu led the troops to stand forward and put on a battle and retreat formation.

"There are enemy troops on the left!"

"There's an enemy on the right!"

Zhao Yun followed Yuan Xi to a high ground, and looked into the distance, the field was densely packed with black pressed soldiers, standing together in a bunch in an orderly manner. There is a big "Cao" character written on the flag.

"Cao Ren personally led the troops?"

Yuan Xi took a closer look at the other party's formation, they were all bloated together, but there was nothing left behind. For their small cavalry, there is no opportunity to take advantage of it.

Zhao Yun said: "Second son, Cao Ren used his troops steadily, without revealing a flaw, let's retreat, right?" ”

Yuan Xi nodded.

But I heard someone shouting in the distance: "Who is the commander of the Yuan army?" Do you dare to fight me as a nobody? ”

I saw that Niu Jin, who was defeated yesterday, was holding a big sword to show off his might, running back and forth in front of Yuan Xi and others, and he led a team of about 300 people, standing in front of the big array to fight.

Zhao Yun said: "The subordinates will defeat him, and if Cao Ren's army presses over, retreat immediately." ”

Yuan Xi nodded, this kid is too arrogant, if he hadn't been picked up by Cao Ren's army yesterday, he would have been captured by himself a long time ago, and now he is jumping around, what is it?

However, he was immediately stopped by Tian Feng and said, "Cao Ren is safe with soldiers, how can he let this scarface stumble here?" I guess he'll have a backstroke. Don't engage in battle easily, once you can't get out, you will fall into the siege of the other party. Let's take advantage of light riding. ”

"How? It's been a long time, don't you Yuan Jun have a kind of person? ”

His words provoked bursts of laughter.

Suddenly, with a "whoosh", a bow and arrow flew out coldly and came towards Niu Jin.

Niu Jin let out a cold sweat, his head was off, and the bow and arrow flew too far away after all, flying past him and falling weakly to the ground.

A voice came from afar: "I'm in a bad mood today, so I won't play with you." There will be a period later. ”

In turn, Yuan Xi's army gradually retreated, and it was controlled to a certain extent.

Niu Jin screamed that it was a pity, the ambush was done in vain. He looked at the last of the other horseman's retreating, a mustache, but his piercing eyes seemed to pierce him.

Tian Yu glanced back at Niu Jin, then turned his head and ran. 10