Qu Xin called Du Qing's old friend Xu Lu and asked him to look for Du Qing in the army. Once you find Du Qing, let him come to see him immediately.

However, Xu Lu did not find any trace of Du Qing at all, and asked some soldiers who followed Du Qing out of Jinyang City, and someone said: "General Du Qing seems to have turned around to urge the sergeants behind him to keep up with the movement of the large army, and after he left, we never saw his figure again." ”

Xu Lu reported the final news to Qu Xin, and Qu Xin immediately realized that Du Qing might have been entangled by the Lin Hu people, otherwise, he himself was the commander who led the defenders out of the city, how could he see the troops, but lose the commander!

Qu Xin's mood suddenly became heavy, because he counted the number of people and found that there were only more than 300 people missing from the Hezong army, that is to say, the sergeants who followed Du Qing were probably more than 300 people. With such a small number of sergeants, invested in tens of thousands of Linhu cavalry, it is simply no chance of survival.

Qu Xin endured the torment in his heart, and according to the original plan, he mobilized his troops and deployed them in a place called Panlongyuan. At this time, Qu Xin sent Xu Lu and led more than 10,000 soldiers of the Hezhong Army to return along the official road, looking for Du Qing's whereabouts as much as possible along the way.

Qu Xin confessed to Xu Lu: "If Du Qing was not found, he first encountered the Lin Hu cavalry, and the small ones were surrounded and annihilated on the spot, and the large ones were lured to approach the Panlong Plateau. ”

Xu Lu had been worried about Du Qing's safety, he received this general order, hurriedly ordered 10,000 people, and hurriedly turned back back.

When they turned back to a high post ten miles away, they saw tens of thousands of Linhu cavalry gathered at a high post they had passed, as if a large-scale military operation was being launched.

With Xu Lu's shrewdness, he immediately saw that the Lin Hu people's military action must be aimed at his own people, but he didn't dare to conclude that this person was Du Qing at this time.

Xu Lu immediately arranged two sentinels to outflank the two flanks of the Linhu cavalry southeast of Gaogang, he let these people approach quietly, and when the distance was less than thirty zhang, they suddenly rushed out, fired arrows, and feigned to charge.

The main purpose of these two sentinels was to frighten the Linhu cavalry, disturbing them and allowing them to concentrate on their wings. Then, the main force of the combined column led by himself rushed over from the front. Xu Lu's plan was to fish in troubled waters, and strive to use his own troops, which were not very numerous, to break away the cavalry in the southeast of the Linhu people, and create an opportunity for his people to break through.

However, if Xu Luzhen led his 10,000 men to rush into the formation of the Lin Jackal cavalry and fight them on the spot, he would not do it. Moreover, before leaving, the task that Lord Qu Xin will deliver does not have this article.

Xu Lu led no more than 10,000 people, and the wolf cavalry army of nearly 20,000 people, all of them are vigorous, like wolves and tigers, I am afraid that this more than 10,000 columns of troops will also fall into the encirclement, this is definitely not Xu Lu's original intention to save people.

The strategy of the two flanks sent by Xu Lu to harass the enemy was indeed very effective, and the Lin Hu cavalry was stunned by this sudden attack. They had gone through three consecutive rounds of attacks on Du Qing and others on the high post, and they were so tired that they leaned forward and backwards, seized the rare time, fully relaxed and rested, and many people untied the saddles of their horses and ate some dry food made of beef and mutton.

However, just when they were defenseless, an enemy appeared in an unexpected direction, and these people fired arrows violently at the place where the Linhu cavalry was stationed, and shouted loudly, as if they were about to charge.

Where did the Linhu cavalry still take care of resting, they jumped up one after another, and before they had time to match the saddle of the war horse, they hurriedly mounted their horses and pounced on the two wings. At this moment, the front was not very loud, but rushed in with the real joint column combat troops, and caught the Lin Hu cavalry off guard.

No matter how brave the Lin Jackal cavalry is, it can't stand up to the corresponding combat strategies of open disturbance and secret attacks, virtual and real, so it is chaotic in an instant, and it is too late to form a combat team, and everyone fights separately.

At this time, where could the Linhu cavalry, who was caught in the chaotic battle, still take care of Du Qing, who retreated from the high post. Therefore, Du Qing and others were able to smoothly pass through the position of the Lin Hu cavalry.

Xu Lu was originally very worried that his own people who were besieged by the Lin Hu people would not understand his intentions, and if he couldn't attack for a long time, the people inside would not be able to retreat in time, and Xu Lu would have to give up the rescue. He had to lead his troops to retreat before the Linhu cavalry in the west, north, and south directions could be encircled.

After less than half an hour of fierce fighting, Xu Lu suddenly saw his own people who came out of the Lin Hu cavalry camp, one of them turned out to be his friend Du Qing who he wanted to see the most, how could Xu Lu not be overjoyed!

Xu Lu urged the war horse to meet him, Du Qing quickened his pace and rushed out, and the two of them would soon be together. At this time, Du Qing had long since lost his war horse, and he had just walked out of the Linhu cavalry position on foot, just like his brothers.

Xu Lu hurriedly found a war horse for Du Qing and asked him to regain his strength, and after being busy for a while, the two had time to report the military situation to each other.

When Du Qing saw the reinforcements of his own army, he was proud again, and he had been besieged by the Lin Hu people for a long time, and he was also very depressed, and he was eager to vent his evil anger.

Du Qing then said to Xu Lu: "Brother Xu borrowed me 3,000 soldiers and horses, I want to kill back to the Lin Hu people, if you don't believe it, you can't beat these five big and three rough guys." ”

Xu Lu shook his head and replied: "I understand Brother Du's mood very well, but General Qu Xin has an order before leaving, we can only feign an attack and provoke the Lin Hu people, not to fight." The old brother has returned safely, and the foolish brother is very happy, so let's retreat back immediately. ”

Du Qing didn't know that Lu Dao Qu Xin actually had other arrangements, he scolded hatefully: "Cheapened these turtle grandsons, I really want to take enough people to fight with them to see if they are iron-clad!" ”

Xu Lu smiled and said, "People are flesh and blood, where is what kind of iron is beaten." However, we can't fight these brave wolf cubs, because that would be more than worth the loss. ”

As Xu Lu spoke, he turned around and shouted to the heralds beside him: "The order will go down, Mingjin will collect the troops, and all the soldiers will evacuate in an orderly manner." ”

Du Qing proposed that he would cut off the rear for the troops and let Xu Lu go first. Xu Lu thought that Du Qing was overworked and should arrange for him to lead the troops first, and the two argued for a while, but later Du Qing still obeyed Xu Lu's arrangement.

Not long after Du Qing set off, Xu Lu saw a large number of Linhu cavalry coming from the west and north. In the direction of the west, there is a tall banner, embroidered with a huge wolf's head, under the banner, is a young general, he roared and galloped towards this side.