The night was like ink, and a cavalry of Cao's army was marching forward in the valley.

If you take a closer look, you will find that this Cao cavalry is clearly different from the 5,000 Cao cavalry that had entered the mountain with Xiahoudun before.

Most of the cavalry who followed Xiahoudun into the mountain were wearing leather armor, but this cavalry was wearing all the same iron armor!

There are also weapons, Xiahoudun's five thousand light cavalry are only equipped with a ring-headed knife each, but this cavalry is a ring-headed knife made of 100 steel, a hook and a shield, and a crossbow on his back!

Of course, in addition to the armor and equipment, what is more obvious is that this cavalry is actually a man and two horses.

That's right, this cavalry is the notorious tiger and leopard cavalry, the most elite soldiers in the Cao army!

Normally, there are only two sources of members of the Haw Par Cavalry, one is to enter directly through a brutal assessment, and the other is to directly transfer veterans above the commander level from various parts to join, so the combat effectiveness of this army is extremely strong!

Moreover, the commander of this cavalry has always been a clan disciple of the Cao clan.

At this time, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry was Cao Ren's younger brother Cao Chun, but in order to cooperate with the campaign against Runan, Cao Cao split the three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Chun led a thousand cavalry to accompany Cao Ren, Cao Xiu led a thousand cavalry to follow Cao Cao's action, and the remaining 1,000 cavalry was led by Cao Cao's adopted son Cao Zhen to accompany Xiahou Xuan.

Xiahoudun did not listen to the persuasion, and rashly led the army into the mountain, but Xun Yu was in a hurry.

After Xun You heard the news, he hurriedly mobilized an army into the mountain to rescue, and at the same time personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry to rush into the mountain, as the military advisor of the Cao army, Xun You has enough understanding of Xiahou Dan's character, he knows very well that although Xiahou Tang is strong in martial arts, he has a fatal weakness in character, in short, Xiahou Tang is too impulsive.

Cao Zhen is eighteen years old, with a large body and extraordinary heroism.

Cao Zhen rode his horse to Xun You and said: "Military advisor, the mountain road is rugged and difficult, you better turn back to the outside of the mountain, as for Uncle Yuan Rang, the last general will definitely pick him up unscathed." ”

Xun You got rid of his waving hand and said, "The young general doesn't need to say any more, hurry up and march!" ”

Seeing that Xun You insisted on entering the mountain, Cao Zhen no longer persuaded him, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Brothers, show your strength, speed up the march, don't forget that we are tigers and leopards!" ”

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Hearing Cao Zhen's roar, the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers who were marching rapidly on the mountain road roared one after another, and then urged their crotch mounts to speed up the march.

The tiger and leopard rode with two horses, one is a long-lasting Xiongnu bantam horse, and the other is the Xiliang horse that Cao Cao bought from Liangzhou with a lot of money, about these two horses, there is a clear division of labor, the Xiongnu bantam horse is specially used for marching and carrying the baggage of the army, while the Xiliang horse is specially used for combat.

Hun bantam horses are tough by nature and have great endurance, even in the most bitter cold environments, even if they are high-intensity continuous marches, they are not easy to lose weight.

In addition, they are shouldering an urgent mission at this moment, so the cavalry officers and soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry all rushed forward with no horsepower, and converged into a rolling iron current in the dark night.

(Dividing Line)

Let's go back and talk about Xiahoudun.

When Xiahoudun ran to the right flank of the battalion surrounded by six or seven generals, there were no less than 500 remnants of soldiers gathered around him.

But all experienced veterans will deeply understand a truth, it is difficult to survive in the chaotic army with the strength of only one person, and only by holding together in a group can there be a chance of survival, so when they find officers above the captain level in the chaotic army, they will instinctively follow.

In this way, five hundred remnants of soldiers gathered around Xiahoudun.

Xiahoudun's face was very pale because of excessive blood loss.

However, Xiahoudun was still awake, and suddenly, Xiahoudun raised his right hand.

"Stand down, stand down for me!" Xiahoudun raised his right hand and said sharply, "You can't break through to the right flank!" ”

"General, why is that?" A general asked Xiahoudun in puzzlement, "The right flank has not been attacked by thieves, why can't we break through to the right flank?" ”

"Stupid!" Xiahoudun scolded, "The thieves are so calculating us, will they leave such a big flaw? This is clearly a trap deliberately set by the thieves, hum, if the general is not mistaken, there must be an ambush of the thieves ahead, if we break through to the right flank, but we have fallen for their tricks! ”

"What, there will be an ambush of thieves ahead?"

"Oh, fortunately, the general is wise, otherwise we would be finished."

"Yes, yes, there must be an ambush on the right flank, but you can't break through from the right flank."

Six or seven generals echoed and praised Xiahoudun for his discernment.

Only one general said with a bitter face: "But general, if we don't break through from the right flank, where should we break through?" ”

When the other generals heard this, they were stupid for a while, yes, if they don't break through from the right flank, where will they break through? The north side is a cliff, they have no wings, that is no need to think, the left wing is being attacked by thieves, turn around and break through to the left wing, that is simply looking for death, then the rest can only go south, but the south is a river!

Xiahoudun slowly turned his head, and his remaining left eye suddenly revealed a terrifying essence, and said, "Let's cross the river!" ”

"Huh?!" When the six or seven generals heard this, they all changed color, and they persuaded one after another, "But general, I don't know how deep the river is." ”

"So far, I can't manage so much!" Xiahoudun said coldly, "Instead of waiting for death, it's better to take a risk!" Perhaps this creek is also like the ones I encountered before, but it is also shallow! ”

At that moment, Xiahoudun turned around and went straight to the river with more than 500 remnants.

After only a few moments, they arrived at the river, and Xiahoudun divided the more than 500 remnants into ten teams, crossed the river from ten places, and ordered the soldiers to join hands and form a string, so that the people in front of them fell into the deep water, and they could be pulled back in time, as long as one team found the shallow water, they could all cross the river and escape.

The road to the sky, after temptation, really found a shallow place!

Hearing the news, more than 500 Cao soldiers swarmed across the river towards the shallow water.

(Dividing Line)

On the hill on the south bank of the small river, Liang Gang and Liu Ye had a full view of Cao Jun's actions.

Seeing Cao Jun coaxing across the river, Liu Ye's tightly clenched fists finally let go, although Liu Ye behaved very calmly and calmly in front of people just now, and when he told Liang Gang that Cao Jun didn't dare to go to the right wing, his tone was also very calm, but in fact, Liu Ye's heart was also hanging, not afraid of 10,000, just in case!

If Cao Jun loses his mind and leaves the right wing in a daze, it is not just as simple as taking the commander of Cao Jun, but he Liu Ye's prestige in the eyes of Yuan Jun's soldiers is afraid that he will also lose everything.

Fortunately, none of this happened, and Cao Jun finally crossed the river!

"Sir's clever plan!" Liang Gang didn't notice the subtle changes in Liu Ye's expression, let alone know Liu Ye's mental journey, and said that everything was under Liu Ye's control, and said with great admiration at the moment, "The end will be admired!" ”

While speaking, a small group of Cao troops had already crossed the river.

Liu Ye smiled and said, "General Liang Gang, it's time for you to go out." ”

"No!" Liang Gang gave Liu Ye a long look, turned around and walked down the hill.

Where Liang Gang passed, the soldiers of the Yuan Army, who were originally sitting in the artemisia grass to rest and wait, also stood up one after another, and then followed Liang Gang down the hill.

(Dividing Line)

Xiahoudun was no longer able to get on the horse by himself, so he got on the horse with the support of his generals.

However, Xiahoudun led the remnants of the defeated army to walk forward less than a hundred paces, and as soon as he reached the bottom of a small hill, hundreds of torches suddenly lit up on the mountain field in front of him.

In the bright firelight, I saw hundreds of Yuan army armor soldiers waiting for them.

At first, it was a general of the Yuan army, who laughed with a long knife and said, "Haha, Xiahoudun turned out to be you, but why do you only have one eye left?" ”

At the time of the Shouchun War, Liang Gang had fought with Xiahoudun, so he knew it.

"Liang Gang is you?!" Xiahoudun couldn't help but cry bitterly, if it was usual, he would naturally not be afraid of Liang Gang at all, but at this moment, he was heavily injured, and he was even more squinted, and he was afraid that he would not be Liang Gang's opponent when he fought.

Liang Gang laughed and said: "On the orders of my family's military advisor, Liang Gang has been waiting here for a long time, Xiahoudun, get off the horse and be bound!" ”

"Don't think!" Xiahoudun snorted, cheered himself up, and urged the horse to rush towards Liang Gang with a gun.