"What's going on? Is there fraud in it? ”

No matter who it was, when he heard that the enemy, who had just been nervously confronted, was about to retreat immediately, his first reaction was definitely not excitement, but doubt.

Chen Lan frowned and muttered.

"Maybe" Zhang Xun said uncertainly: "Maybe Liu Biao and Cao Ying fell out?" ”

There was a lot of speculation.

"In this case, it is better to wait and hold still. Let's not chase after us, let's see what Na Wenpin is going to do! ”

When Chen Lan said this, several people immediately nodded.

The actions of Zhang Xun, Chen Lan, and Le Zhuo undoubtedly fulfilled Wenpin's safe withdrawal of troops. Originally, Wen Ping still had some arrangements and made an ambush, wanting to make Zhang Xun and others suffer a big loss when retreating, but in the end they did useless work.

It wasn't until the third day that Zhang Xun and the three of them got accurate information, and Na Wenpin had indeed withdrawn his troops, and they couldn't help but be very happy.

"It's really a withdrawal!"

"That's the case" Several people looked at each other and laughed: "I want to take back Pingyu before Ji Ling and them." You know, the Cao army of Pingyu is only twenty or thirty thousand."

"Yes, when the order is given immediately, wave the army and counterattack. Wen Ping has retired, presumably Cai Mao"

Immediately, the three of them gave an order, and the 70,000-strong army immediately assembled on the road, and was about to kill and go to Pingyu in a hurry

Pingyu, Cao Ying held a secret report in his hand, looked at Xun Yu with a smile, and said: "Han Hao is dead, Zilian and Zihe have arrived at the reserved place, Gongda, only for now, what strategy do you have to teach me?" ”

Xun You smiled: "I have two strategies for the lord to choose. ”

"First, according to the troops, hold the city to the death, and wait for the news of the two generals, Cao Hong and Cao Chun."

Cao Ying groaned when he heard this.

"Second, the soldiers are dangerous. Immediately and quietly dispatched troops, joined forces with the two generals, and quickly defeated Zhang Xun and Chen Lanle."

Both strategies have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The first strategy is to take a safe route. Only wait for Cao Hong and Cao Chun to complete the ambush, defeat Zhang Xun and Chen Lan, and then come to Pingyu to rendezvous, the army is united, and the city is defended. With an army of 50,000 or 60,000 and a thick city with high walls and a thick city, he resisted Yuan Shu's army to the death, and finally let it return in vain.

The second strategy is to take the golden cicada out of its shell, darken Chen Cang, gather superior forces, and attack it separately. At the risk of losing Pingyu, he sent troops, first completely solved the military horses of Zhang Xun and others, and then turned around and defeated the remaining soldiers and horses of Yuan Shu's army one by one, and completely took Runan!

Cao Ying's eyes squinted slightly, and the light kept flickering.

"I, take the second strategy!" Cao Ying clapped his hands violently and shouted: "Wealth and danger are sought, and the city is defended, but it is not my style!" ”

"Good!"

Xun You laughed: "Even so, you need to do a good job of confusing the enemy's eyes first. I expected that the first to arrive in Pingyu was Na Ji Ling. And Ji Ling has suffered a big loss in the hands of the lord, so he must be cautious and dare not attack the city easily, this is the lord's opportunity! However, the lord must grasp the time, otherwise after a long time, Ji Ling will inevitably react, and it will not be good at that time. ”

"It's nature."

Cao Ying naturally understands the mystery.

The main point of this army's dangerous strategy was to seize the time and space difference between Yuan Shu's several armies and attack them separately. If you don't grasp the time well and fail to defeat Zhang Xun and Chen Lan as soon as possible, when Ji Ling reacts, Pingyu will fall!

If Pingyu falls into the hands of Ji Ling, everything Cao Ying has done before will be in vain. As long as Ji Ling tries his best to keep the peace, when Chen Ji and Lei Ji's army arrives, it will be difficult for Cao Ling to make a difference. Then wait for Yuan Shu to send reinforcements in the future, and Cao Ying can only return in vain at that time.

And Cao Ying is still in danger of staying at the west gate of Yanzhou and leaving no one to guard it! If he can't get something, Cao Ying can really only hit the wall.

"Also, does the lord remember what his subordinates once said, the second factor of the fire in Yuan's postoperative hospital? The lord might as well add a fire and add some materials to Yuan Shu, presumably he can win more time and opportunities. Xun You said again.

"By the way," Cao Ying said, "you don't say that I almost forgot." Who is the second factor? ”

"Sun Jian! To be precise, it is Sun Jian's forces! Or his second son. Xun Yu said: "The contradiction between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu can be traced back to the battle of Bishui Pass when Dong was discussed. And with Yuan Shu's surname, he can't control the tiger of Sun Jian. Although Sun Jian and his eldest son Sun Ce have now fallen into the hands of King Yuyang, his strength has not been greatly lost. And Yuan Shu is facing the danger of overturning at this time, which is the best opportunity for the rise of the Sun family, I think, the Sun family will not let it go. ”

"Yes, yes!" Cao Ying laughed: "In this case, should I send someone to support the Sun family?" ”

"Not bad. The lord should send someone to inform him, state the pros and cons, let the Sun clan know the stakes, make him raise an army, drag Yuan Shu, and win time and opportunity for our army. Xun Yu said eloquently.

"Well, that's a great plan. But who to send? Cao Ying asked again.

"Just one person." Xun You said: "I think the Sun clan is probably ready to raise troops now, and the lord's move is just to let him advance by half a point and relieve the pressure on our army." ”

Thirty miles outside Shangcai, there is a dangerous place. This place is nameless, there is a mountain cliff on the left, dense woods on the right, and an official road in the middle, which is passing from here.

At this time, on the cliff, there is a team of people and horses, who are busy all the time. The huge logs, 10,000 catties of boulders, etc., which the two hugged together, were pushed to the edge of the cliff in large piles.

In the dense forest opposite the cliff, there are more people at this time, and they are building a secret camp.

Cao Hong and Cao Chun went up the cliff from the dense forest, and then went down from the cliff to the dense forest, patrolling back and forth.

"This time, we must completely annihilate that Zhang Xun Chen Lan and others." Cao Hong stood at the bottom of the cliff, looking up at the looming boulders and logs, and his heart was very comfortable.

"Don't take it lightly." Cao Chun was much more cautious: "Zhang Xun, after all, there are 70,000 horses, almost twice as many as us, and it may be a little difficult to annihilate them all." ”

"Report!"

At this time, a soldier Pegasus came to report.

"Report to the two generals, the lord's secret order is here!"

"Hurry up and get it!"

Cao Hong took a step forward, took the secret order and opened it, and immediately laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful." Zhang Xun and the others will definitely be defeated! While smiling, he handed the secret order to Cao Chun.

Cao Chun looked at it and smiled knowingly: "It seems that everything is in the hands of the eldest brother!" ”

"That being the case—"

The two of them looked at each other and said at the same time, "Gather the army and prepare—"

From Wuyang to Pingyu, you have to pass through Xiping, Dingying and Shangcai on the way. After Zhang Xun, Chen Lan, and Le Jie gathered a large army, they quickly whipped their horses and marched rapidly, and after a while, they passed Xiping.

Because of the rapid march for a whole day, they were afraid that the army would be tired, so the three of them decided to camp on the spot, rest for the night, and then go on the road again.

70,000 troops - originally three people led 80,000 troops to resist Wenpin, but because of several battles, they lost about 10,000. The so-called number of people is full of 10,000, and there is no shore. Not to mention 70,000? 70,000 horses, all the way mighty, stretching for more than ten miles, Zhang Xun and the three of them rode war horses, all the way to the front.

"Quick, quick, speed up, we must rush to Shangcai before dark."

At three o'clock, the army passed Dingying, and rushed all the way to Shangcai.

"How far is it?"

Zhang Xun looked at the sky, it was already approaching dusk, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Look at that mountain cliff, it's only about thirty miles away from Shangcai."

"Thirty Lane, work hard, you can get there before dark."

The three of them threw off their whips and ran under the cliff with a whistling voice. The army behind him hurried, and the weapons on the soldiers' bodies collided together in the run, making a ping-pong exchange sound, reflecting the dense footsteps, chaotic and disorganized.

The speed of the army of 70,000 was very fast, and in a few moments, half of it passed.

Suddenly!

Thundered!

A loud bang shook the field. Boulders, square logs, carrying the power of heaven and earth, like the Yangtze River, poured down from the cliff!

Ahhh

The screams and panic almost overshadowed everything in an instant!

Everywhere the boulders pass, the people and horses are broken, the rolling wood rolls, and they all become meat patties!

In an instant, the 70,000-strong army was cut into two by the sudden attack, and the soldiers were panicked and fled in all directions, and the incomparable chaos fluctuated from the middle and soon spread.

"What's going on!"

Zhang Xun and the three of them grabbed the reins of the horse, and suddenly their brains became confused, and they couldn't turn around.

"Kill!"

Immediately afterwards, a cannon rang out, and 20,000 horses were killed in the dense forest in an instant, and they came straight to the front of Zhang Xun and Chen Lan.

"Zhang Xun, Chen Lan, Le, take your life!"

Cao Hong shouted violently, the big gun in his hand was like a mountain dancing snake, all the way through, like killing chickens and cutting grass, Zhang Xunjun suffered countless casualties! Behind him, 20,000 troops followed closely, tearing apart Zhang Xun's troops in an instant, and Zhang Xun's army was taken by surprise, and they retreated in defeat after defeat!

"Dare!"

Zhang Xun shouted vigorously, and with a big knife in his hand, he fought against Cao Hong.

How could Cao Hong put Zhang Xun in his eyes, the contempt was overflowing, but the big gun in his hand did not stop, and he quickly killed several soldiers, and then met Zhang Xun.

Choke!

When the sparks flew, Zhang Xun was repelled a few steps by the people and horses!

"Rubbish, die!"

Cao Hong did not hesitate, and the spear accompanied him like a shadow, and went straight to Zhang Xun's throat!

Zhang Xun was shocked, opened Cao Hong's blow with a knife, took a few steps back, and shouted: "Chen Lan, Le, come and help me!" ”

Seeing this, Chen Lanle did not hesitate, and immediately put aside the Cao army soldiers, rushed over, and fought Cao Hong with Zhang Xun for the third time.

The front part is in full swing, and the rear part is simply devastating.

Cao Chun's tiger and leopard rode away, and the sword and shield soldiers behind him were like wolves and tigers, and the men and horses in the rear of Zhang Xun's department, who had lost the backbone of the main general, were defeated.

"Surrender quickly, those who surrender will not be killed!"

Zhang Xun and the three of them fought Cao Hong together, surrounding Cao Hong like a horse watching flowers, a big knife, two spears, dancing and dancing impermeable, within a radius of three zhang, only the shadow of the knife and gun. And Cao Hongyi was not afraid, and the big gun in his hand flew and stabbed randomly, forcing Zhang Xun and the other three to be in a hurry for a while.

After Shihe, Cao Hong became more and more courageous, and the loud shouts were deafening. And Zhang Xun and the others saw that the strength of the three of them was lagging behind, and they couldn't help but feel cowardly.

"Retreat!"

The three of them glanced at each other, and at the same time, they struck hard, forcing Cao Hong to retreat, and then pulled the horse's head at the same time, and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

In the midst of the chaos, Zhang Xunjun's soldiers seemed to hear the sound of heaven, and suddenly like a tide, they hurriedly left with the three generals.

Cao Hong smiled, did not chase after the three of them, and only commanded the soldiers to slash and kill as much as possible, and did not let go.

(To be continued)