The sound of the wind, shouting and killing, and screams filled his ears, and the anxiety in his heart made Cao Hong only look forward, and the vigilance in his heart was not high at this moment, and he couldn't hear the sound of sharp arrows flying behind him, so it was naturally impossible to react accordingly. www.biquge.info Of course, if Cao Hong can still react at such a time, then he will never be such a second-rate general at the moment.

The arrows whistled sharply in the air. It would be harsh in the silence of the surroundings, but the noise around it at the moment undoubtedly obscures it. In addition, Zhao Yun did not make any sound when shooting the arrow, which made this arrow an outright sneak attack arrow, and it became an arrow that was almost a must-kill for Cao Hong.

said almost, because this arrow did not bring death to Cao Hong. As a general, as one of the most valued blood generals under Cao Cao's account, Cao Hong naturally has a heavy personal guard by his side. Some of them were promoted by Cao Hong himself and were full of absolute loyalty to Cao Hong, while others were masters assigned to Cao Hong by Cao Cao personally to make up for Cao Hong's weaknesses. When Cao Hongzheng lowered his vigilance because of the anxiety in his heart, and only knew that he was desperate to rush forward, these personal soldiers around him became the main place to protect him. Among them, Cao Cao allocated to his own clan brother's master.

Hao Yan is one of the commanders of Cao Hong's personal army, he is Cao Cao's personal soldier assigned to Cao Hong, and is responsible for Cao Hong's safety. Unlike Cao Hong's slightly frivolous personality, Hao Yan is an indifferent person who does not smile and has a cold face anytime and anywhere. He was quiet and kept the necessary alertness at all times, which allowed him to save Cao Hong's life on the battlefield again and again.

When all the chaos began, Hao Yan knew that he had to be extra careful to improve his concentration. After all, in such a chaotic time, Cao Hong received the greatest attention, and the enemy was the easiest to block Cao Hong, a general, at such a time. Hao Yan has a very good way to deal with this. With his long experience in carrying out tasks, he was familiar with driving his horse, so that his mount was attached to Cao Hong's back, and he walked exactly a foot or so away from him. This is undoubtedly a very suitable distance, at such a distance, Cao Hong, as the main general, will definitely not feel any constraints, and Hao Yan, as a guard, is naturally easy to "see" all the places except in front - this is the most important thing for Hao Yan.

"Be careful!" Although everything around him was too noisy and chaotic, so that it greatly affected Hao Yan's judgment, when Zhao Yun's arrow flew to about six zhang away from Cao Hong, Hao Yan, who had survived the constant battle, quickly discovered that this could have sent Cao Hong to hell. He spoke quickly, shouted loudly, and reminded Cao Hong of the dangerous existence in a high-profile manner.

"Huh?" Vaguely hearing the anxious voice of his chief of guards, Cao Hong almost subconsciously turned his body sideways and turned his head. But after all, it was "too late". For a sharp arrow speeding through the air, the distance of six zhang is almost fleeting. Cao Hong only made an evasive action here, and felt a hot pain coming from his right ribs, making half of his body numb.

"Damn it......" Cao Hong gritted his teeth and complained. The pain had made it impossible for him to sit upright on his horse, and although he didn't want it himself, the only thing he could do now was to crouch on his horse's back. After all, he also knew that he couldn't be particularly reckless at this time.

Hao Yan quickly caught up from behind, and approached Cao Hong's body full of self-blame.

"General......" Hao Yan cautiously approached Cao Hong and called softly.

"Yan, this time it's thanks to you......" Cao Hong heard Hao Yan's voice, his tightly furrowed brows stretched slightly, and his face was full of bitter smiles.

"It's the fault of Iwa to let the general suffer such a serious injury, and Iwa is really dead." Hao Yan said guiltily, and then assured Cao Hong: "Please rest assured that the general will send the general back safely even if he fights for his life, and please bear with the general a little bit." ”

"Heh......" Cao Hong took a deep breath and waved his hand gently: "Whether I can go back or not, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that I must let my soldiers go back safely." They must be allowed to go back to ensure that Gangneung's is not lost. Gangneung is much more important than me, a general. It's a safe place for the lord to breathe. ”

"This ......" Hao Yan stuck. At this moment, he didn't know how to answer. As the captain of Cao Hong's personal guard, his duty is to protect Cao Hong's safety. It can be said that as long as Cao Hong is safe, what changes have taken place in the entire battlefield has nothing to do with them. Cao Hong is talking to him now, which makes Hao Yan a little confused. "General, what do you mean?" Hao Yan asked softly.

"Don't bother with my injuries, we must speed up our march and get back to Gangneung as fast as we can." Cao Hong gasped, his voice getting lower and lower, but finally fell silent.

Hao Yan looked at him worriedly, but found that everything was just a great luck in misfortune - Cao Hong just passed out.

For Cao Hong's safety, Hao Yan carefully picked him up from the horse, protected him with his body, and then rode the horse quickly. Although the speed was fast, he relied on the kung fu he had practiced on the horse to ensure Cao Hong's stability as much as possible.

Because it was in the dark, and the whole scene was so chaotic, Zhao Yun didn't find anything wrong with Cao Hong. In his vague line of sight, Cao Hong seemed to only shake slightly after being hit by the arrow, and quickly sat up straight. "It should have missed his vital point......" Seeing this result, Zhao Yun felt a trace of regret in his heart, he was about to step forward to make up for another arrow, but the other party left quickly, so that he couldn't catch up.

"Well, let them escape anyway. Although this battle was won beautifully, no matter how much it was only defeated, with our little force, it was absolutely impossible to annihilate them completely. Zhao Yun thought about it, and gave the order to withdraw the troops a little helplessly. Facing Cao Jun's back as he ran farther and farther, he still had a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, and he could only mutter: "I hope you don't scare your eyes when you see Jiangling City." "Although he has never personally commanded the strategy of Gangneung City, what will happen to Gangneung City, he is already familiar with the power of Huoyao, and he is naturally clear about this. He estimated that Gangneung City should have fallen into his hands now.

"......, since things are already like this, then all I need to do now is to chase and kill the past." Zhao Yun thought about it, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face. Up to now, everything has been carried out perfectly according to the prior plan: Zhao Yunqin led the main cavalry force to the south of Jiangling City, and broke Cao Hong's 8,000 men and horses to defend Jiangling with an ambush and attack; His lieutenant general, Xing Daorong, led 500 infantry to blast the walls of Jiangling in one fell swoop with a weapon that had never been used before, the Huoyao car, and directly captured this huge city defended by Chen Jiao, who had already been frightened by the power of Huoyao. Although this matter has not been directly reported to him until now, with the loud noise that was used as a signal at the beginning and the fire that has not been extinguished in the direction of Jiangling City in front of him until now, Zhao Yun is very sure of the fact that Xing Daorong and the others have succeeded.

"Since everything is normal, let's go after it. It's not too troublesome, just hang them not far away, throw out a few bamboo tubes and blow them up behind them, so that they can take themselves to Jiangling City nervously in such a tight pressure, and that's fine. Zhao Yun thought and quickly gave an order. The 2,000 cavalry roared up, directly following behind Cao Hong's defeated army, and went to Jiangling all the way. Soon I saw the towering black shadow of Gangneung.

At this moment, Hao Yan had already led the men and horses to Jiangling City. They did not enter the city, but stood under the city and let the cold night wind blow. It really doesn't feel good when the night breeze blows on their bodies, but no matter how it is, it can't compare to the coldness in their hearts. The bright red red on the head of the city flashed in the firelight, like a vivid smiling face, mocking their powerlessness with an extremely sharp laugh, and the fact that the land that originally belonged to the city gate had sunk into a large pit with a radius of ten feet, connecting the city gate and the city tower, and the fact that they had disappeared together, made them shudder.

"What's going on? Why did Gangneung Fortress fall like this? What kind of divine power can move all the gates and towers of Nuoda to the ground? Like a dream, the doubt was like a clutch that was pressed down, which made Hao Yan feel the taste of fear. He has always been afraid of heaven and earth, but he is afraid at this moment: "Don't these enemies really have the help of the gods?" How else could this be the case? ”

But fear is fear, and Hao Yan is really a little curious about this matter. If it weren't for the fact that the time and place were not quite right, I was afraid that he would be relieved to get off the horse, so that he would have to walk in and carefully check all the changes related to Gangneung City. After all, it is really unbearable to let such an important thing get stuck in your throat and not get it. As a person who has experienced several times between life and death, Hao Yan also has an intuition about certain things. He smelled the inexplicable stimulus in the air, and always had some thoughts in his heart: "...... Maybe in the future, I will have more and more opportunities to deal with this mysterious power. Maybe it's not some kind of divine power at all? Hao Yan thought about it and shook his head gently, he felt that he was really cranky: "Such a destructive power, what is it if it is not divine power?" ”

But whether this is divine power or someone else's arrogance, everything has nothing to do with the big things that Hao Yan needs to face at the moment. After a brief loss of consciousness, Hao Yan reacted quickly. He looked at the flags fluttering on the head of the city, although he was still a little strange why the enemy did not directly deploy defenses in the city, but he also understood that no matter whether the enemy had arranged on the city or not, he had already entered a dilemma: Gangneung had fallen, and it had become a luxury for him to enter the city to repair, and the enemy behind him was chasing after him, making it impossible for him to retreat. If you don't make a quick decision, you will obviously have to face a joint attack from both sides.

Advance is not possible, and so is retreat, whether you advance or retreat, you will encounter the enemy and have to fight a new battle. This is what Hao Yan does not want to see now. Of course, this is not to say that he is afraid of death, but the entire Cao army has reached the point where it is impossible to fight: the general is seriously injured and unconscious, so that the whole team has no unified command, and the defeat just experienced has made them lose the courage to fight, although the whole team is falling in one breath, but the morale is still low, coupled with the situation of the enemy on both sides of the front and rear, they are completely shrouded in a crisis of imminent death. What they need most now is not to fight the enemy and boost their morale through that hard-to-win victory, but to quickly find a safe enemy so that they can have a chance to breathe and slowly heal their wounds. Therefore, whether it is attacking or retreating, it is not the best choice for Hao Yan and them at the moment, and the only thing they have to do now is only to go - leave here, abandon this Jiangling City, go east and north to fight with Lord Cao Ren, and then go to Xiangyang with them to repair, this is the best choice for the remnants of the defeated army this time.

Hao Yan quickly figured this out, and after glancing at Jiangling City helplessly and resentfully, he ordered in a deep voice: "Let's go." ”

More than 2,000 defeated Cao troops bypassed the Jiangling City that once belonged to them and headed northeast in the howling winter night cold wind. They walked a little hastily and a little anxiously, but for some reason the enemy behind them did not pursue, so that they could finally breathe a little more.

Cao Jun walked away like this, because they were a little panicked, they did not turn back when they left, and naturally they did not know that the enemy army following them closely followed them rode into Jiangling City after they walked around the city.

At this moment, Gangneung Castle seems to be extremely quiet. It was impossible that the night of fighting and the loud noise at the city gates did not wake up the people of the city, but out of fear for their lives and property, they all stayed at home honestly, silently praying that tonight would pass quickly and that everything would return to normal.

As time passed, the people gradually felt the change of events: after a short climax, the shouts and killings in the city gradually became smaller, and finally returned to calm, leaving only those who did not live in the city to continue to bring horror to the people in the city.

"And so it goes?" The people hesitated about this. Some of the bold men poked their heads out like this to take a look, but before they could do anything they could do so, they heard another sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near. The sound came in a hurry, passing in front of their house like the wind, leaving only a long echo in its wake.

"What's going on? Could it be that things have changed again? The people, who couldn't figure out what was going on, once again shrank their heads back and honestly stayed at home and waited for dawn. They didn't know that the sound of horses' hooves that they had just remembered was actually the sound of Zhao Yun, the commander of Li Sheng's army, who had just captured Jiangling City, riding into the city.

Time is very tight for Zhao Yun. Although his side had already captured Jiangling City and completed the task given to him by the main bus, Zhao Yun did not dare to relax in the slightest about it. Because he really understands that it is nothing to take Jiangling by a little means, and in the case that his side may encounter Cao Cao's defeated army at any time, the land of Jiangling may be lost again at any time. Therefore, how to defend Gangneung has become one of the most critical things for him at the moment.

"Not only to defend here, but also to help General Huang Zhong take Xiangyang. Neither of these tasks is easy. Alas, the lord's idea is too big. When he first heard Li Sheng talk about this plan, he thought that there was no difficulty, but once it was implemented and really went deeper, Zhao Yun realized that what Li Sheng had given him at the beginning was just the outline of the task, and what he was encountering now was the specific location of all the troubles.

Approaching the Taishou Mansion, which had already been taken, Zhao Yun dismounted and strode in. At this moment, Xing Daorong, who had already taken care of all this, came out and welcomed Zhao Yun in, and asked him to sit on the high position of the Taishou, while he stood respectfully under the position of the Taishou.

Xing Daorong was transferred to Zhao Yun by Li Sheng when the mobile cavalry battalion was established not long ago. Because there had never been such an establishment as "motorized cavalry" before, many people under Zhao Yun's command, such as Xu Ding, Chen Xu, Guo Youzhi, Xiang Lang and others, had just joined, and they were no different from Xing Daorong. In fact, Zhao Yun's mobile cavalry battalion was formed by a battalion of infantry trained by Xing Daorong at the beginning, plus a part of the horse army under the command of Li Sheng himself and a part of the archers under the command of Huang Zhong, which can be said to be a pure motley army. Li Sheng handed over this ragtag army to Zhao Yun, naturally trusting Zhao Yun's ability. And Ju Xing Daorong's observation, it was really a very correct thing for his lord to hand over this army to Zhao Yun. After all, among the generals under Li Sheng's command, there is no one who can play the cavalry so slippery like Zhao Yun.

"That's pretty strong." Although Xing Daorong's force is average and his strategy is not very good, he still has some ability in seeing and recognizing people. After he joined Zhao Yun's command, he saw some of Zhao Yun's methods, and quickly decided that this lord's wife and brother were really unusual. It is precisely because they know that Zhao Yun is not ordinary, so they will obey Zhao Yun's command with peace of mind, and after the simple riding training according to Li Sheng's arrangement and Zhao Yun's order, they will become such a "nondescript" mounted infantry, and they will also capture Jiangling City with thousands of troops today, which is impossible to capture in the minds of ordinary people.

It's kind of unbelievable when you think about it. But it's also very cool. Xing Daorong's heart was happy, and even his gaze at Zhao Yun was a little excited.

Zhao Yun naturally did not respond to such excitement, at this moment he was thinking about the next step almost, and his whole heart was not on the generals below.

"Who did you take this time?" Time passed like this, Zhao Yun thought for a long time, but he never got any inspiration, so he put this matter aside for the time being, and turned to deal with the aftermath of the capture of Jiangling, and the first thing he asked was whether the battle of Jiangling had taken the generals and strategists of the Cao army. If there is a win, it is naturally the best, after all, among the current Li Shengjun, there is still a shortage of talents.

"Who? I didn't take anyone this time! Xing Daorong naturally replied when he heard Zhao Yun's sudden question: "Except for catching a small civil official named Chen Jiao, he didn't get any outstanding generals." ”

"That's a shame." Zhao Yun sighed, he didn't know what kind of person Chen Jiao was, and he had never heard of Chen Jiao's name from Li Sheng, so he naturally took it for granted that Chen Jiao was not an important person. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this perception, but for now...... If it weren't for Zhao Yun's next casual question, "What is this Chen Jiao responsible for?" The capture of Xiangyang will definitely be delayed a lot. However, there was no if, Zhao Yun asked after all.

"He? It's just Gangneung's commander. Xing Daorong said indifferently. He looked down on Chen Jiao, thinking that this person was really weak, and he had no ability at all, but he had a pair of eyes that made people feel palpitations. "This is also a person who can read people, but he has no backbone at all." Xing Daorong felt a lot of dislike in his heart when he saw Chen Jiao's soft appearance, and after knowing that he was just Jiangling's commander, this dislike turned into contempt. He thinks that this person is simply insignificant.

"Commander? Gangneung's? Zhao Yun seemed a little surprised, but he groaned again. He said to himself in an extremely deep voice: "I heard that Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to guard Jiangling and be responsible for the security of his new territory from Jiangling to Xiangyang. If Chen Jiao is indeed the permanent envoy of Jiangling, then he definitely has a tiger talisman in his hand that can control the soldiers and horses of Jiangling and Xiangyang. Saying that, Zhao Yun laughed loudly, he stood up from the high position above, walked straight in front of his lieutenant, patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically and said, "Dao Rong has helped me a lot." Take Chen Jiao, this capture of Xiangyang City is definitely now. ”

"Huh? Is it that simple? How do you say that? After all, Xing Daorong is just an enemy who is not good at strategy, although he also heard Zhao Yun's self-talk in front of him, but he did not link the front and back of this matter, and now he heard Zhao Yun say that this Chen Jiao is the key to winning Xiangyang, he can't help but be inexplicably surprised: "Does that guy have any great ability?" ”

"It's not that he has such a great ability, but how much of a role the tiger talisman he keeps for Cao Ren in his hand. Compared with Jiangling, Xiangyang is the rear of Cao Cao's rear, and its soldiers and horses are not many, and the surrender army of Jingzhou is the mainstay. Because it was a surrender army, they hated Cao Cao and were a little afraid at the same time, and they were not familiar with the people under Cao Cao's command. If we let people take this tiger talisman to cheat the city, the certainty of success in this is still very high. Although Xiangyang is a big city, but its most difficult place to conquer is the city wall, once our military horses enter the city, then everything is not very easy to handle? You must know that General Huang Zhong also has more than 20,000 horses in his hands. Zhao Yun saw the surprise on Xing Daorong's face, so he explained to him in detail the beginning and end of this matter. He still likes this simple-looking general under his command very much.

"I see." Although Xing Daorong is not familiar with strategy, he is not too stupid, and when he heard Zhao Yun's explanation at this moment, he quickly understood, "Then I will order someone to search Chen Jiao's body, I don't believe that I can't find these things from him." Xing Daorong said angrily, and he was about to go out.

"Wait......" Zhao Yun called Xing Daorong behind him: "Don't go so fast, there are still some things that need to be dealt with by you here!"

"What's the matter?" Xing Daorong stopped and turned around slowly.

"How to keep the three hours, this is what we need to pay attention to the most at the moment." Zhao Yun smiled and stretched out three fingers: "Our reinforcements will arrive here in about three hours." And what we have to do is not to let Gangneung be lost until they arrive. This is a big deal, and I need to discuss it with you. ”

The so-called consultation is not a discussion, at best, it can only be said that Zhao Yun took out the plan he had already thought of and ordered them to implement it. Although this order also requires all of them to gather together, this and the discussion that came out of Zhao Yun's mouth are definitely two things that are not related to each other. Of course, such a thing was not what Zhao Yun hoped for. It was the first time he was in charge of such a large operation, and to be honest, he was very nervous about it, and he hoped that there would be a staff member around him who could discuss something with him. However, this expectation is not possible at the moment. Guo Youzhi and Xiang Lang, the two most clever people under his command, are helping him deal with the reorganization of the army in the rear of Changsha -- his "mobile cavalry" is a newly established team, and its organization work has not yet been completed, and what Guo Youzhi and Xiang Lang are doing now is to further accomplish this task. This is a very important task, but it is not suitable for Chen Xu, Xing Daorong, and Xu Ding to complete it. Yes, this time Zhao Yun came to conquer Jiangling, but left them behind.

This was not a big mistake, but at the moment, it was the culprit that caused Zhao Yun to want to discuss with people but could hardly find anyone. The reason why it is said that there is almost no one can be found is because there is still one person under Zhao Yun's command who is able to reach and have the ability to negotiate with him - this is Xu Ding, the "veteran" under Zhao Yun. Although he is a veteran, Xu Ding is only a dozen years older than Zhao Yun, but he is only nearly half a hundred years old. But he is an old man in Li Sheng's army, and he has followed Li Sheng for almost as long as anyone in the army, and there is still a so-called teacher-student friendship between him and Li Sheng. Li Sheng's first martial arts were learned from him.

This series of qualifications and connections made him absolutely have a high status in Li Shengjun. It's just that maybe it's because he and Peng Ling, another veteran in the army, are both born rangers, and they have never put on any stand with newcomers, and they have always been so kind. This made them very popular in the army. The reason why Li Sheng sent such a big man as him to the mobile cavalry at the moment was also to unite more people in the army. After all, in reality, Zhao Yun still has less seniority in Li Shengjun, and he doesn't have much contact with his colleagues, plus his in-law relationship with Li Sheng's own, it is indeed easy to make people sick. Li Sheng believed in Zhao Yun's ability, but he was also worried about something else, so he asked Xu Ding to help Zhao Yun.

This was originally very good, but for Zhao Yun at the moment, the bad thing was the order that Li Sheng gave to Xu Ding in order to exercise his ability: "Master Xu is only going to Zilong's place to suppress the field." If Zilong can control the horns there, the master should not interfere with him too much. If not, I hope Master can help him a little more. ”

Because of this order, Xu Ding easily controlled his mouth and hid his thoughts. Because he saw that Zhao Yun was eating very well in the newly established army, he almost didn't say a word, just watched silently carry out his "job" as a deputy general. This is a very honest behavior, but it is not what Zhao Yun needs now.

"What a headache." Zhao Yun complained about this more than once, but Xu Ding, the big guy, was still there with the old god. "My lord and I are fully confident in your judgment." Although it gave Zhao Yun great trust, it also made him depressed.

"Alas! You have to do it all yourself. Sighing, Zhao Yun sat on the edge of the handsome case in the Taishou Mansion and supported his chin with his hand, helplessly using his brain. Xing Daorong beckoned everyone to go, leaving him alone to sit quietly in the huge room.