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The sudden southward movement of the Xiao cavalry camp immediately alarmed the Cao Jun scouts wandering in the wasteland again.

Cao Jun's scouts immediately transmitted the news back to Cao's camp less than a hundred miles away.

However, the road was not easy to walk at night, and it still took a lot of time to pass the news back and forth, so when Cao Cao received the news that Yuan's cavalry was heading south, it was already early the next morning.

After Cao Cao received the report, he quickly convened the four strategists to discuss countermeasures.

"Just received a report from the Scout." Cao Cao's small eyes shot a fierce look, swept over the faces of the four strategists one by one, and then said, "Last night, about ugly time, at least five hundred Yuan cavalry marched from Da Lu Ting and went south along Rushui, looking at the direction of its march, it should be going to Yuanlu County." ”

Xun You said: "This must be Yuan No's Xiao Cavalry Battalion. ”

Guo Jia said: "I dare to assert that Yuan Wei Xiao'er must be with his Xiao Cavalry Battalion. ”

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia with a faint gaze, and then said: "In addition, Yu Ban also sent flying horses to report, the Yuan army foot soldiers who marched west from Da Lu Ting last night were in a hurry, and they had once again escaped into the deep mountains and old forests. ”

Guo Jia said: "This proves my previous judgment even more, if Yuan Nuo is with the Xijin soldiers, Yuan Jun will never escape into the deep mountains and old forests, because escaping into the deep mountains and old forests does not match Yuan No's intentions, Yuan No's intention is to go north, since he has already started this beginning, he will definitely not end hastily." ”

Cao Cao said: "What Feng Xiao said is exactly what I want. ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao turned his head and instructed Xu Chu: "Zhongkang, beat the drum and gather the generals." ”

Xu Chu agreed, and immediately strode out of the account, and played the drum with a big gavel himself.

In less than a moment, the generals of Cao's army had gathered in Cao Cao's Chinese army tent.

Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhen to lead a thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to march first, and told Cao Zhen that there was no need to fight with Yuan's cavalry battalion, but to harass the cavalry battalion as much as possible to delay the marching speed of the cavalry battalion.

After Cao Zhen led the tiger and leopard cavalry to march first, Cao Cao also used his 5,000 elite troops to pull out the camp and go south.

Almost at the same time as Cao Cao's army moved south, more than a dozen Cao troops scattered within a radius of 100 miles also received Cao Cao's messengers and began to turn around and head south.

Dividing line

Yuan Wei got up early in the morning and went to Lushan.

The terrain around Xincai County is open, and Lushan Mountain is the highest peak within a radius of dozens of miles.

Standing on the top of Lu Mountain and looking down condescendingly, you can take in the surrounding mountains and fields dozens of miles away, especially the official road about 20 miles away, which is also vaguely arguable.

When Yuan Wei climbed up, Ding Feng had already been on the top of the mountain all night.

Ding Feng, this kid has excellent eyesight, and he is simply a natural sentinel.

"Childe." Seeing Yuan Wei climb up, Ding Feng hurriedly bowed his hand.

Yuan Wei waved his hand and said, "Ah Feng, you have worked hard this night." ”

"It's not hard." Ding Feng shook his head again and again, and said, "What is this, I used to go into the mountains to hunt with Ah Weng, and it was a few days and nights to guard the badgers, and that was called hard work." ”

Yuan Wei smiled and asked again: "There was no movement on the official road last night?"

"Nope." Ding Feng shook his head again and said, "There is no movement. ”

Although he had been mentally prepared, but after getting confirmation from Ding Feng, Yuan Fu's heart still hung uncontrollably, calculating the time, the news of the Xiaocai battalion's southward march should have been sent to Cao Cao, so logically speaking, Cao Jun should have moved, how could it be that there has been no movement until now

Could it be that Cao Cao saw through his re-shelling

But even if Cao Cao saw through his shell, he should also send a cavalry south to chase and kill, isn't Cao Cao afraid that he would hide in the cavalry camp and escape

Thinking of this, Yuan Nuo faintly regretted it.

Maybe he should really follow the cavalry camp south

Just when Yuan was suffering from gains and losses, Ding Feng suddenly sighed lightly.

Yuan Wei was immediately alarmed and said, "Ah Feng, but what has you discovered?"

Ding Feng immediately pointed to the horizon in the distance and said, "Childe, look, there is smoke and dust there."

Yuan Wei looked in the direction of Ding Feng's finger, and sure enough, he saw a faint puff of smoke and dust.

Due to the distance, it was almost impossible for the naked eye to detect the existence of this puff of smoke, and if it wasn't for Ding Feng pointing out a clear direction, Yuan Wei would not have been able to detect it at all.

"Cao Jun, it's Cao Jun"

Yuan Wei shouted excitedly, and he didn't even notice it, his voice was a little trembling.

As time passed, the smoke and dust in the distance rose higher and higher, clearer and clearer, and closer and closer, and even the shadows and banners could be seen.

Yuan couldn't see the pattern on the flag clearly, so he asked Ding Feng at the moment: "Ah Feng, what is embroidered on the flag?"

Ding Feng put his hand on the awning and carefully observed it for a long time, and finally said: "Childe, the embroidery seems to be a tiger's head." ”

"The tiger head is the tiger and the leopard to ride, haha" Yuan Wei laughed, and the hanging heart finally landed.

Since Cao Cao sent the tiger and leopard cavalry to the south to pursue, it must have been a trick, because the tiger and leopard cavalry is the most elite and the most powerful cavalry team under Cao Cao's command

Of course, logically speaking, this may also be Cao Cao's suspicious strategy, deliberately sending a light cavalry to pursue the south with great fanfare under the banner of tiger and leopard cavalry, but the real tiger and leopard cavalry and the main force of Cao's army are still lurking in the area of Da Lu Ting, just waiting for Yuan Jun to come out of the hole, and then pounce on it with lightning speed and swallow Yuan Jun in one bite.

But Yuan denied that this possibility was very small, because Cao Cao had no need to do this, if he really saw through his golden cicada shelling plan, as long as he continued to harass the Cao army from all walks of life and formed a tighter encirclement of Da Lu Ting, he Yuan would not be able to fly out even if he had wings, and he had no other choice but to tie his hands and capture.

And the final facts also completely confirmed Yuan's judgment.

Less than an hour after Cao Jun's tiger and leopard rode over, smoke and dust rose again on the official road.

And this time, it was the main infantry of the Cao army that came, Yuan Wei made a visual inspection, not to mention nearly 10,000 people, this must be one of the more than a dozen Cao troops, therefore, it can be proved that Cao Cao did hit the plan, in addition to this Cao army, the rest of the Cao army will also turn around and go south, encircling and blocking the Xiao cavalry camp.

Now, it depends on the performance of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, as long as the performance of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is not extremely bad, as long as the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is not eaten by the tiger and leopard cavalry, as long as the Xiao Cavalry Battalion can lead Cao Jun by the nose and lead Cao Jun to the original deer, Yuan Wei will be able to calmly cross Rushui from Qinglin Ferry and go to Peiguo to meet Ji Ling Liang Gang's department.

Dividing line

On the official road, the Xiaocai battalion is heading south in the billowing smoke and dust.

In order to preserve horsepower, and also to achieve the goal of diverting Cao's army, the Xiao cavalry battalion did not march at full speed, but only used a uniform speed and marched south.

After traveling less than 100 miles, the official road made a big turn by the river.

After passing the curve, Tai Shici inadvertently looked back and saw that in the distance behind him, on the official road where the smoke and dust had just dispersed, there was a billowing of smoke and dust, and the chasing soldiers were obviously the pursuers

Moreover, looking at the height of this smoke and dust, there must be no doubt that it is a cavalry.

The cavalry of the Cao army finally chased hope, and it would be the tiger and leopard cavalry who came.

Yuan Wei didn't have much confidence in the Xiao Riding Camp, but Tai Shi Ci was full of confidence in the Xiao Riding Camp.

As a cavalry general, although Tai Shici is only the first to come into contact with Mangu tactics, but with the intuition of a cavalry general, he knows how powerful this tactic is, although what the cavalry battalion has learned is only a half-hung Mangu gangster, and he is far from being able to use Mangu tactics proficiently, but even so, it is more than enough to deal with tigers and leopards.

At that moment, Tai Shi Ci slowed down the horse's speed, and at the same time raised his right hand, and the five hundred horsemen who followed behind him also slowed down, but the horsemen behind him couldn't hold it back, so they turned their horses' heads one after another, and spread out towards the two wings of the queue.

Tai Shi Ci rode his horse around the rear, and the five hundred horsemen also followed and turned their horses, facing the direction of the coming road.

Tai Shi Ci raised his right hand again, and then suddenly clenched it into a fist, and the five hundred horsemen hurriedly trained according to their usual and began to form a formation.

It can be seen that the training of the cavalry battalion is still lacking, and it takes at least half an hour just to form a formation, and if it is an encounter, it will be over.

Fortunately, this is not an encounter.

The open terrain exposed the traces of Cao's army early, giving the Xiaocai battalion enough time to react.

In half an hour, the cavalry battalion was completed, and the five hundred cavalry were lined up in five rows in front and back, each row was about 100 cavalry, the front three rows of cavalry were holding short bows, and the back two rows were holding ring-headed knives