By the time Liang Gang led more than 800 elite soldiers from his headquarters to arrive, the Yuan army gathered in Mengqiu Mountain had already reached six divisions, namely He Yi, He Man's brothers, Huang Shao, Zhoucang, Li Feng and Liang Gang, with a total strength of nearly 5,000 people.

At the beginning, the He Yi and He Man brothers just wanted to gather the two teams of Huang Shao and Zhou Cang to share the results together, after all, everyone used to be Runan Yellow Turbans, and the meat was still in the pot when it was rotten.

However, when the He Yi and He Man brothers found that the Cao army that entered the mountain was not only 500 horses, but 5,000 horses, they immediately realized that they would never be able to eat the 5,000 horses of the Cao army if they went up to Huang Shao and Zhou Cang alone.

There is no doubt that this battle must invite the elite of the Yuan army!

When it comes to tough battles, these bandits can't compare to the elite of Yuan's army in any way.

At the beginning, outside Gushi City, the He Yi and He Man brothers had witnessed the sharpness of Yuan Jun.

In Hulu Valley, Yuan's army defeated 8,000 Cao's army with less than 2,000 elite soldiers, and he couldn't believe it.

So, after the He Yi and He Man brothers met with Huang Shao Zhoucang, they immediately lit a beacon fire and summoned Liang Gang and Li Feng nearby.

"Bite Cao Jun?" As soon as Liang Gang walked into the hall, he asked.

"General Liang Gang, we caught a big fish!" He Yi led the crowd forward and said excitedly.

"Big fish?" Liang Gang's expression perked up, and he asked urgently, "How big is the fish?" ”

"Five thousand Cao Jun!" Li Feng said, "And they are all cavalry, do you think they are big fish?" ”

"What do you say? Five thousand cavalry?! Liang Gang suddenly changed color slightly when he heard this, this is indeed a big fish, and Liang Gang even began to worry that their six departments may not be able to eat such a big fish.

However, Liang Gang also knew that there was no other Yuan army near Mengqiu Mountain, and as far as his and Li Feng's troops were concerned, they were still forced to march over from the direction of Ruyin, and the remaining troops were afraid that they had already detoured behind the Cao army on the west road, and were ready to invade the supply line of the Cao army on the west road.

This is also the countermeasure that Yuan Fu set at the beginning, giving up the inner line, not confronting the main force of the Cao army, and jumping to the periphery to attack the supply line of the Cao army.

Therefore, whether they can eat or not, there are only six of them.

At that moment, Liang Gang asked again: "Tell me, what is the situation now?" ”

He Yi replied: "Specifically, my brother is now leading Cao Jun in circles in the old forest, this road Cao Jun is really evil, after turning around in the old forest for so long, they should have found out that there was a problem, but they are chasing after it, and I don't know if the main general of Cao Jun is really stupid, or has other intentions?" ”

Liang Gang said: "The main reason is that Cao Jun didn't take us seriously. ”

Li Feng, Zhou Cang, and Huang Shao next to him also nodded, Cao Jun did have a reason to look down on them.

Cao's army has been crisscrossing the Central Plains battlefield for many years, and has successively defeated Qiaomao, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu and other princes.

What's more, Yuan Jun only has such a small number of troops.

After He Yi finished speaking, he asked Liang Gang again: "General Liang Gang, what should we do now?" ”

After Liang Gang arrived, the six main generals naturally respected Liang Gang as the main general.

Because regardless of seniority and ability, Li Feng is a cut behind Liang Gang, not to mention generals from yellow turbans such as Zhou Cang and Huang Shao.

Liang Gang was not hypocritical, and took on the role of a general in command.

Liang Gang pondered for a moment and said: "The specific tactics, Gongzi has already said, it is nothing more than those sixteen words, the enemy advances, I retreat, the enemy is stationed, I disturb the enemy, I am tired, I chase and escape, I chase!" So what we have to do now is to lead Cao Jun in a circle in the forest first, and when Cao Jun is stationed in the camp at night, we will invade him, and when Cao Jun is tired, we will attack him, if Cao Jun wants to run, then catch up and bite them, and kill them! ”

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Half a day passed, and Cao Jun still didn't catch up with the bandits.

By this time, Xiahoudun had already realized that he had indeed been tricked by the bandits, but for the sake of face, he refused to admit it in front of Li Dian.

But Xiahoudun knew that he couldn't chase it anymore.

At that moment, Xiahoudun called Li Dian to the front and said, "General Li Dian, the bandits are too familiar with the nearby terrain, and we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to catch up with them in this way, so we have to chase them in another way." ”

Li Dian didn't react for a moment, and said with a bitter face: "General, do you want to chase?" ”

"Chase, why not?" Xiahou said coldly with a tiger face, "Let's take a shortcut and outflank the front!" ”

"What, outflanking to the front? How is this possible? Li Dian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but soon reacted that Xiahoudun actually didn't want to chase anymore, he was just looking for steps for himself, and said in a loud voice at the moment, "General Yingming, we should have been like this a long time ago, and we should have outflanked the way forward." ”

Xiahou dun snorted and shouted: "Pass my order, the rear team will change to the front team, and return the same way!" ”

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The news of Cao's retreat soon spread back to the cottage.

"Okay, it looks like Cao Jun can't hold it anymore and wants to withdraw out of the mountain." Liang Gang clenched his fists hard and said in a cruel voice, "It's just that Cao Jun only remembered to retreat now, but it's a little late, everyone!" ”

Zhou Cang, Huang Shao, He Yi, and Li Feng all brushed their eyes and fell on Liang Gang's face.

Liang Gang's gaze swept over the faces of Zhou Cang and the four people one by one, and said loudly: "From now on, we will take turns to attack and harass the Cao army, and do whatever it takes to delay the speed of the Cao army's march, so that they can live in fear and tension at all times, in the words of Gongzi, it is to drag the Cao army thin and tired, and drag it to death!" ”

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"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The sudden sound of killing in the dense forest ahead made Xiahou Dun's expression lift.

After chasing the bandits in the old forest for two days and two nights, they didn't even see a single human hair, and just when they couldn't help but want to retreat, the bandits finally couldn't hold back? But it came just in time!

At that moment, Xiahoudun raised the iron spear in his hand and shouted: "Order the whole army, form a formation, and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

Xiahoudun gave an order, and the Cao army, who was leading the horse on foot, mounted their horses one after another, and then under the guidance and command of officers at all levels, they formed a scattered cavalry formation, ready to meet the bandits.

It's not that Cao's army is poorly trained, it's that the terrain in the mountains is narrow, and the cavalry can't be deployed at all, let alone open enough fronts, so they can only form a hasty formation.

However, Cao Jun set up a formation and waited for a long time, but there was never a single bandit in the dense forest in front of him, and these damn bandits just hid in the forest and shouted loudly, but they didn't come out to fight them.

The bandits made noise in the forest for a long time, and finally rushed out, but what made Xiahoudun and Cao Jun's soldiers stunned was that there were only more than 100 thieves Liao Liao who rushed out, and they just released a wave of arrows towards Cao Jun from a distance, and then turned around and ran away, what the hell is this called?

At that moment, Cao Jun lifted his guard and continued to move forward.

But after marching less than three miles, shouts of killing sounded in the forest ahead.

Xiahoudun once again ordered the whole army to form a formation and prepare to meet the enemy, and then the situation just now was staged again, and it was just an attack by more than a hundred bandits on Cao's army.

After being tricked twice in a row, Xiahoudun was very angry, but he couldn't find a chance to vent.

Therefore, when the bandits appeared for the third time, Xiahoudun ignored Li Dian's dissuasion, and personally led five hundred horsemen to chase straight into the dense forest, but what disappointed Xiahoudun was that these bandits ran faster than rabbits, and when he chased into the forest, the bandits who were still making loud noises inside just now had already disappeared.

After a few more attacks, Xiahoudun became numb.

After that, the bandits attacked and disturbed several times, but Xiahoudun didn't pay attention to it anymore.

But Li Dian had suffered from the bandits, and knew that there would be a true one of the ten false thieves, and he might not know when there would be a real raid, so he rode his horse to Xiahoudun and reminded him: "General, these bandits are very cunning, and when we are no longer on guard, they will come to the real one." ”

"Come on, let them come!" Xiahoudun didn't care at all, "I still wish they came." ”

Xiahoudun was bitten like a fly by a thief for a day, but he never found a chance to vent, and held back the fire in his belly.

However, to Xiahoudun's great disappointment, the bandits were always only harassing and never launched a real attack.

Seeing that it was already dark, Xiahoudun did not dare to continue the march, and immediately found an open place in the mountains with his back against the cliff and facing the river, and set up camp.

Although Xiahoudun was short-tempered, he was also a veteran general who was familiar with the art of war.

At least, the camp chosen by Xiahoudun is very particular, with his back against the cliff and facing the river, he will avoid the threat of the two directions of the abdomen and back, and the Cao army needs to focus on defense only on the left and right wings, which is much stronger than being attacked on all sides, and the camp is close to the river, and it is easy to get water.

Don't underestimate this, if it is not easy to get water, once it is attacked by fire, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Also, once surrounded by enemy forces and cut off from the water supply, the army will collapse completely in less than two days.

Therefore, the camp chosen by Xiahoudun is still very particular.

However, Sun Tzu said that the Art of War is good, water is impermanent, soldiers are impermanent, in most cases, Xiahoudun's choice is extremely correct, but under special circumstances, Xiahoudun's choice has become the most fatal mistake!

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