"So that means that the destination of our trip is in Shouchun? I'm afraid I won't be able to arrive until the afternoon! Gao Shun frowned and said.

"If everything goes well, this is indeed the case, I am afraid that the Cao thief will send troops to catch up again!" Zhang Liao said with a little worry. In the past two days, there have been many such incidents, when they broke through the siege, there were as many as 500 horsemen, and only more than 200 people fled now, and the rest were intercepted and killed by Cao's pursuers along the way.

"This Cao thief, he is so narrow-minded that he is a prince of one side, Wen Hou has been defeated, why does he want the eldest lady to kill them all!" Gao Shun said with a little anger. He is usually silent, but at this time, he can't help but scold Cao Cao.

In this era of war, it is normal for the two sides to attack and kill each other, but like Cao Cao, after the victory, it is relatively rare to send a large army to chase and kill the other party's family, Lu Bu has no son, there is no heir at all, only an inconsequential daughter escaped, according to common sense, the victorious princes should show their generosity and let her go, but Cao Cao sent a heavy army to surround it, which is indeed out of style in the eyes of outsiders.

"From what I know about Cao Cao, although he is ruthless, his talent and open-mindedness are not a hero, he should not just send an army to chase and kill the eldest lady." Chen Gong listened, his eyes flashed with a hint of luster, and he spoke.

"Not to hunt down the eldest lady? So what did he send so many troops out for? Gao Shun asked with a puzzled expression.

Chen Gong's gaze swept over the faces of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, but he just shook his head slightly, but did not answer. Estimating Cao Cao's temperament, he can guess some of the specific reasons, but it's just hard to say, so as not to change the mood of the two, after all, people's hearts are the most unpredictable.

Gao Shun wanted to ask again, but Zhang Liao noticed some movement at this moment, he waved his hand to stop Gao Shun from speaking, and then he half-knelt on the ground, put his ear close to the ground and listened, and finally his face changed, and he shouted: "Cao Jun is here, inform the brothers to leave quickly!" ”

As if to confirm Zhang Liao's words, as soon as his words fell, the surrounding ground shook slightly, Chen Gong and Lu Lingqi may not feel it yet, but Gao Shun and other famous generals who have been in battle for a long time immediately knew that the enemy had chased over, and the slight ground shaking was clearly the sound made by the cavalry of the large army when they trampled on the ground.

"The pursuers are coming, everyone get on their horses!" Gao Shun, who understood it for the first time, immediately turned over his horse and beckoned the remaining wolves to ride at the same time as Zhang Liao.

"Whoosh whoosh!" As the strongest cavalry elite who had followed Lu Bu for more than ten years, although these wolf riders looked tired, they still showed the quality of elite cavalry, and they stepped on their horses as soon as possible and were ready to leave.

At this time, under the morning sun, you can already see that at the end of the distant official road, there is a large black dot rushing towards this side.

"Everyone, immediately throw away everything at once, including the water bottle, armor, and weapons!" Through the sunshine of Hexi, Zhang Liao saw the black dot chasing from afar, and immediately made a decision.

After saying that, he was the first to remove the light armor from his body, unloaded some of the dry food supplies he was carrying on horseback, and even threw the hook and sickle, the high-grade weapon he was used to, on the ground.

"Wen Yuan, if the weapon is thrown away, if we are caught up by Cao Jun, we will not even have the strength to fight back!" Gao Shun on the side couldn't help but speak.

"Look at the shadows and movements in the distance, the cavalry chased by Cao Jun is afraid that it is almost tens of thousands, and we are not their opponents if we have weapons, it is better to reduce the weight and fight, and we will be safe when we run to Shouchun!" Zhang Liao replied as he ordered the war horse to start advancing, and at the same time shouted back and asked the remaining wolf riders to throw away their things and hurry up to follow.

"That's it!" Gao Shun gritted his teeth and threw everything away like Zhang Liao, while Lu Lingqi, Chen Gong and others also did the same.

After resting for less than half an hour, Zhang Liao and the others began to flee again, although the horses were a little tired, but they threw away all the loads, and the burden of these war horses was reduced a lot, and they ran a lot faster than before, and they quickly ran out of this area.

After a while, the cavalry of Cao's army finally chased after Zhang Liao and the others to rest, but the first two generals were Cao Cao's fellow Xiahou brothers, seeing the scattered luggage on the ground, Xiahou couldn't help but scold: "Bastard, Zhang Liao's guy is really decisive enough, even the weapons are thrown away!" ”

"Big brother, if you chase it any further, you will reach Huainan County, shall we chase it or not?" Xiahou Yuan looked into the distance and said with a little hesitation.

"Of course we have to chase, Meng De gave an order, let's take Zhang Liao back alive for him, you and I can't just go home empty-handed!" Xiahoudun said without thinking.

"But Huainan County is in charge of Lu Xuantong, we entered the country for no reason, and when Lu Xuantong took advantage of the situation to get angry, wouldn't we make trouble for the lord!" Xiahou Yuan said worriedly.

"It's okay, after we enter Huainan, be a little careful, don't let our soldiers hurt the people of Huainan, and then ask Meng De to send a letter to him to explain, presumably he Lu Xuantong will have nothing to say!" Xiahoudun waved his hand and said: "

Instead of worrying about these, it is better to worry about whether Zhang Liao will run too far, judging from the bags on the ground, these guys threw everything away in order to reduce the load. ”

"Hmph, Lu Bu is still a traitor in the whole world, where will these old generals under his command have a good place to go for a while?" Xiahou Yuan snorted lightly, he didn't have much worry about this, even if there were princes who were willing to take in these remnants of the defeated generals, it would take at least a little time to negotiate, as long as they kept pursuing like this and didn't give them time to breathe, Zhang Liao and the others would be caught up by them sooner or later.

"Don't say it, it's important to chase people!" Xiahoudun waved his hand and ordered the whole army: "Continue to pursue, everyone pay attention, after entering Huainan, don't disturb the people there, otherwise the general will not be forgiven." ”

"Yes!"

For Cao Jun, this is a game of cat and mouse, but for Zhang Liao, it is a race against time, from early morning to noon, from the sun has just risen in the east to hang high in the sky, it is almost three hours.

At this time, it was summer, the sky was very hot, coupled with two consecutive days and nights of desperate running, Zhang Liao and a cadre of soldiers under his command were about to reach the limit from men to horses, including Zhang Liao, all the wolf riders in Bingzhou were sweating profusely, very tired, their lips were dry and purple, hunger and fatigue attacked their tense nerves all the time, so that they did not dare to loosen in the slightest.

The horses were even more miserable, some of them were already foaming at the mouth, but they were still running under the urging of their masters, because the Cao army that was chasing them was still looming behind.

But their efforts finally saw the dawn, when the noon was just over, the tall city wall of Shouchun City finally appeared in front of Zhang Liao and others, which made everyone have a feeling of tears, and the hard work of the past few days finally saw the end.

After a stick of incense, Zhang Liao and the others came to the city of Shouchun City, and to their surprise, the gate of Shouchun City was closed at this time, and the city wall was full of crossbowmen and a group of guards guarding the city, who looked at them one after another.

"Who are you?" On the city wall, a man in the armor of a school captain looked down coldly and asked.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly. Before, they were eager to flee, but at this time they realized that more than 200 horsemen on their side was a large number, and they were rushing from a distance, which aroused the vigilance of the other party and made the other party close the city gate in advance.

If it was in normal times, Zhang Liao would appreciate the vigilance of these defenders, but now, Zhang Liao is not in that mood, Cao Jun is still behind his buttocks, he hurriedly said loudly: "I am Zhang Liao Zhang Wenyuan, a subordinate of General Lu Bulu of Xuzhou, our General Lu and General Lu An have been old friends for many years, Xuzhou has been occupied by Cao thieves at this time, General Lu specially ordered me to come to General Lu, and wrote a letter to you General Lu, please open the city gate and let me go in!" ”

"This? Please wait a minute, General, I'll go and ask our General Huang! The lieutenant hesitated for a moment before replying.

"Can you open the city gate first and let us in, you see that we don't even have armor on us, and we won't be in danger to the city!" Zhang Liao said urgently.

"No, Shouchun City is an important place for our army, and I don't dare to be the master of this without permission!" The lieutenant shook his head and refused.

"I hope the general will be accommodating and open the city gate first, there will be a large number of Cao cavalry chasing us behind, if the general does not open the city gate and let us in, I am afraid that my life will not be guaranteed!" Zhang Liao said again.

"If there is a large number of Cao Jun behind, then I can't open the city gate, otherwise if Cao Jun takes the opportunity to make any moves, I really can't afford this responsibility, you better wait a little longer, I will report to our general and come back soon!" The lieutenant shook his head, no longer listened to Zhang Liao's speech, and ran directly down the city wall.

"Hey!" Zhang Liao was angry, turned around and looked again, and found that the black spots in the distance were still slowly approaching, and finally sighed weakly.

Could it be that they are really so miserable? obviously went to Shouchun City, but died because of this stupid captain's inflexibility?

After another moment, Cao's cavalry finally caught up, and seeing Zhang Liao and his people blocked outside the Shouchun City Gate, Xiahoudun couldn't help but let out a quackling laugh.

"Zhang Liao, you've been running for so many days, now where are you going?"