Chapter 294: Pursuit
The poisonous dragon battalion has reached the hinterland of the enemy, and the destructive power is absolutely huge, Cao Ying expected it a long time ago, but when it was really facing this day, Cao Ying still couldn't parry, unless he had the same army, it was difficult to compete with it, and now Cao Ying did have a headache.
It was robbed three times in two days, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the army will have to go hungry, let the soldiers fight hungry, unless Cao Ying's head is funny, it will never be tolerated, Gaine is extremely easy to mutiny in this way, there is not much reward, and even the food is not enough, I am afraid that the soldiers will have more ideas.
If the Poison Dragon Battalion is allowed to do this, it won't be long before there will be a mess around Puyang, Cao Ying said secretly: "I have to think of a way to get the grain and grass back." ”
Thinking of this, Cao Ying hurriedly asked, "Zilian, how are the Wuhuan people?" ”
"Wuhuan people!" Cao Hong was slightly stunned, and only after a while did he say: "That's the case, the Wuhuan people are looking for people everywhere these two times, like mad dogs, but it seems that they haven't found any traces, the other party is too cunning, I think relying on them to deal with the poisonous dragon camp is not reliable at all!" ”
"Of course I know it's not reliable!" Cao Ying knew very well in his heart that he couldn't rely on them, but he could use them, and the activities of the Wuhuan cavalry would further restrict the activities of the Poison Dragon Battalion, which was an opportunity to take advantage of.
The range of Wuhuan people's activities is very large, after all, it is a cavalry unit, and it is natural that the range of activities is larger, but from the general area, it is northeast of Puyang, through Cao Hong's detailed description, Cao Ying has a little bottom in his heart.
Su Fuyan was in a hurry to find someone, the place where they were active was naturally the area of activity of the Poison Dragon Battalion, if you looked carefully, it was easy to see that the hiding place of the Poison Dragon Camp was roughly located in the northeast, and Cao Ying immediately drew a circle on the map.
Judging from the area of activity in the past two days, Cao Ying felt a little ridiculous, and couldn't help but point to the circle and said, "Zilian, do you think the Poison Dragon Camp will be here?" ”
Cao Hong took a step forward, and when he saw the circle drawn by Cao Ying, Cao Hong almost rolled his eyes, this circle is so big, there are four or five hundred miles in radius, even if he knows that they are in this area, it is impossible to find them, not to mention that once he approaches the mountains and forests, it is unknown who will kill the deer!
Cao Hong couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Meng De, even here, we can't find it, the place is so big, where can we find someone to go, and we may not be able to beat others!" ”
Cao Ying's brows furrowed, and he said very puzzled: "We can't beat it, but Su Fuyan doesn't think so, not to mention that Su Fuyan's are all cavalry, can't you run away if you can't beat it, it's just that I'm very strange, in the past, the activity area of the Poison Dragon Battalion was much larger than this, and when it was in the Tiger Prison Pass, the combat area of the Poison Dragon Battalion spanned thousands of miles, which is the most terrible army I have ever seen, but this time it doesn't seem right, only more than 400 miles of combat area, I always feel that something is wrong!" ”
Cao Hong said suspiciously: "Could it be that they are confused?" ”
"No way, they can't make mistakes!" Cao Ying immediately denied this, he didn't think that the Poison Dragon Battalion would make mistakes, not to mention that the reduction of the combat radius did not mean that it would be exposed, even if it was a combat area of three or five hundred miles, the Poison Dragon Battalion was also at ease.
Cao Hong's head was full of confusion, since it was not a mistake, then the reason is difficult to say, it may be tempting, it may also be misleading, in short, what they want to do, no one can guess, fighting with the poisonous dragon battalion is like this, you won't know what he wants to do.
After thinking about it for a while, Cao Ying gave up, anyway, he couldn't catch anyone, he couldn't use this brain, Cao Ying casually put away the map and handed it to Cao Hong.
Cao Hong looked at Cao Ying in confusion and wondered: "Meng De, what are you giving me the map for?" ”
Cao Ying said with a smile on his face: "Send it to Su Fuyan and tell them that the Poison Dragon Camp is roughly in this area, and then it's up to them, and by the way, call the second to come in!" ”
"Yes!" Cao Hong hurriedly saluted, although it was not an important task, but it didn't seem to be idle, taking the map in Cao Ying's hand, Cao Hong immediately rushed out of the barracks, ordered someone to call Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Hong immediately rushed out.
After getting Cao Ying's order, Xiahou Yuan immediately rushed to the big tent, Cao Ying was busy writing, when he heard the sound of footsteps, Cao Ying said calmly: "It's only a second, sit down for a while, and there will be something for you to do immediately!" ”
"Yes!" Xiahou Yuan sat down, and soon Cao Ying was done.
Cao Ying stood up and said with a smile on his face: "Second, you should know, the Poison Dragon Battalion has robbed the grain and grass, and now it is almost the harvest season, and our army should also replenish the grain and grass, so we must collect the grain as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that it will be robbed again!" ”
Xiahou Yuan frowned suddenly, he had also heard about the arrival of the Poison Dragon Battalion, but this matter of collecting grain and grass was not a matter of one or two days, and it was probably difficult to collect it in a short period of time, not to mention that it was very dangerous to go out to collect grain.
After thinking about it for a while, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but say, "Meng De, do you want me to lead the army and go outside to collect grain and grass?" But in this way, Puyang is empty, what should I do if the enemy is coming? ”
Cao Ying smiled mysteriously: "No, we don't have so many manpower, but Su Fuyan will help us, you come and listen to me!" ”
Xiahou Yuan leaned over with a suspicious face, the two whispered a few words, Xiahou Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and after a while, Xiahou Yuan said goodbye, obviously he had some understanding, but he had to try it to know.
The poisonous dragon camp on Puyang's side began to move, Cao Ying also began to act, plus Su Fuyan was like a mad dog, scurrying around, it won't be long before this Puyang will become very lively, but the other side seems to be more lively, Meng Ge landed in the Guandu Yanjin generation, the horn of the Northern Expedition was blown, and the battle immediately began violently.
Jiang Yiqu set fire to the camp and fled, but before he ran out for dozens of miles, there was a shock on the ground, Jiang Yiqu suddenly panicked in his heart, such a violent shock, it must be that the enemy was pursuing, how could Jiang Yiqu not be nervous.
There was a violent vibration in the rear, and the soldiers noticed it, and couldn't help but whisper: "General, the enemy army is coming!" ”
More and more strong shock, Jiang Yiqu knew that the enemy was coming, and it was very likely to be cavalry, otherwise there would not be such a big momentum, if he was caught up by the cavalry, what would be the consequences, I am afraid that needless to say, everyone will be finished.
The more times like this, the more calm you should be, Jiang Yiqu pretended to be calm and said: "I know, but don't panic, let me think about it carefully?" ”
Running all the way, one of the soldiers couldn't help but say, "My lord, it's better to lure people away!" ”
"Lead away! Good idea! Jiang Yiqu's eyes suddenly lit up, and his eyes involuntarily looked at the northwest, that place was Muye, if he could lead people there, he might be able to work at ease.
In an instant, Jiang Yiqu's thinking was clear, and he ordered without hesitation: "Pass on my military order, the army is dispersed, Zhou Ang leads the infantry to withdraw from the northeast, go to Liyang and turn back to Yecheng, I will lead the cavalry to the northwest to lead away the enemy's pursuers!" ”
The pupils of the person who called Zhou Ang shrank, and he looked at Jiang Yiqu in disbelief, but now it was a matter of life and death, and he couldn't hesitate at all, so Zhou Ang immediately responded.
Before leaving, Jiang Yiqu instructed two more sentences, asking him to pay attention to the pursuers, if he can, use the river to get rid of the enemy's pursuers, and you can also take a detour, the enemy is not familiar with the terrain here, this can be used, if you really can't run away, then there is no way!
Remembering Jiang Yiqu's entrustment, Zhou Ang said with confidence: "Don't worry, I will definitely bring people back!" ”
Jiang Yiqu nodded, solemnly arched his hand, and Zhou Ang left without looking back, leaving only more than 100 cavalry, led by Jiang Yiqu, and let them find a way to lead the enemy away.
As the roar got closer and closer, Jiang Yiqu came back to his senses, but he didn't dare to slack off anymore, and immediately ordered: "The whole army gets on the horse and teaches them a good lesson!" ”
"Yes!" The soldiers looked excited, raised the spear, turned over and got on the war horse, followed Jiang Yiqu and drove away, the general direction was the northwest.
Just five miles away, Meng Ge is leading his troops to quickly pursue the enemy, the messy footprints on the ground, clearly show the direction of the enemy's escape, according to this, the enemy seems to have run all the way to the north, Meng Ge naturally will not let go, it is a thousand troops, if you can take the opportunity to eat it, it would be better.
"Drive!" Xiahou Lan hurriedly urged the war horse, followed closely behind Meng Ge, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
The war horse galloped rapidly, rolling up bursts of smoke and dust, and along the direction of the enemy's retreat, Ma Chao and Zhang Liao were in hot pursuit, but the two kept in mind that they must not let the two armies out of touch, which the two naturally understood that no matter how powerful the army was, once it was no longer a complete whole, it would be a matter of time before it was defeated.
The five-mile journey passed in a blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye, Ma Chao arrived at the place where the enemy army was separated, without the slightest hesitation, Ma Chao immediately stopped, looking at the footprints in front of him, Ma Chao fell into deep thought.
After a while, Mungo chased after him, and at a glance he understood that the enemy army should have been separated, and it should have been divided into two directions, Liyang to the northeast and Makino to the northwest, and almost instantly, Mungo had an idea.
Without waiting for the two to speak, Meng Ge immediately said: "Zhang Liao, you pursue from the northeast, remember one thing, don't go too deep, the enemy has heavy troops in Liyang, you can pursue fifty miles, if you can't catch up, forget it, return the same way!" ”
"Yes!" Zhang Liao immediately responded, arched his hand and immediately set off, without any hesitation, the cavalry of the brigade was immediately divided into two, and Zhang Liao's department went to the northeast, that is, the direction of Liyang.
At the same time, Ma Chao followed Meng Ge all the way, all the way to the northwest to pursue, less than two hundred miles to the northwest, is the Muye area, which is also another heavily guarded place, according to Dian Wei's report, there are at least tens of thousands of troops hoarded here, comparable to Liyang's troops.
It's just that the troops here are stronger, and most of the Wuhuan cavalry are gathered here, which is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Jiang Yiqu's division of troops, Meng Ge could naturally guess that it was almost impossible to escape all, and the other party should also understand this, after all, it was a large group of cavalry pursuing, and they were mainly infantry troops, and they relied on two legs to escape, so it would be strange if they could run away.
Some of them might be able to escape, but Mungo won't let him go, and unless the enemy is a little smarter and knows how to break them up, they're doomed.
The tactic of breaking into parts, the soldiers must have enough execution, otherwise once it is deployed, the enemy may get rid of it, but the soldiers may never come back, Mongo expects that the enemy will not be able to do it, so Mongo dares to do this, and he is also not worried about the heavy troops in the two places, because they can't fight themselves.
The cavalry's pursuit ability is undoubted, and the two-legged one will never escape, Zhou Ang used his strength to eat, but Zhang Liao's department arrived in an instant, and with the approach of the rear cavalry, Zhou Ang's heart sank to the bottom.
"What should I do?" Zhou Ang was suddenly drenched in a cold sweat, and he didn't know what to do at all.
After running for more than 20 miles, and finally found the enemy, Zhang Liao immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Left wing, right wing, surround it!" ”
Obviously, Zhang Liao is also a ruthless stubble, he doesn't plan to give the enemy any chance, what he wants to do now is to completely block the enemy's path and not give the enemy any chance.
The high-speed running war horse constantly stirred up smoke and dust, only to see that the black armor cavalry was instantly divided into three parts, and the left and right wings followed an order, urging the war horse again, and the three black armor torrents were instantly divided, and they were about to surround the opponent.
"So fast!" Zhou Ang's head was stunned, and the enemy's movements were unexpected.
But there was a faster one, and before Zhou Ang left the formation, the two wings immediately shouted: "Pull the full string!" ”
"Run!" Zhou Ang's eyes widened, the enemy's combat ability was too strong, and how could Zhou Ang not understand the terrible thing about shooting.
"Let's go!" Zhou Ang didn't hesitate anymore, in this kind of plain area, being caught up by the cavalry is absolutely finished, and he still wants to block the enemy army, that can only be said that you think too much.
Relying on his own war horse, Zhou Ang ran away with his own soldiers, and even had the courage to turn back, since the infantry couldn't run away, how much could he run, and running one counted as one, Zhou Ang's mind was clearer than anything else.
Zhang Liao quickly unfolded his formation, the left and right wings swept like the wind, and almost instantly, the overwhelming feathered arrows flew towards the enemy.
"Ahh The screams suddenly resounded throughout the four fields, Zhou Ang's scalp exploded, and he hurriedly sat down on the war horse, how dare there be the slightest pause.
"These guys!" Zhang Liao frowned, obviously seeing the escapees, those guys on fast horses, slipping faster than rabbits.
There were a few fish that slipped through the net, and the battle situation was not perfect, and the pro-soldiers immediately asked: "My lord, do you want to pursue?" ”
Zhang Liao immediately waved his hand, pointed to the front and said, "It's okay, send a team of cavalry, but they are all fast horses, and most of them can't catch up!" ”
The number of enemy troops is only a few people, for these few people to spend a lot of time, it doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't matter if you run a few small leaders, the next thing is to clean up the mess, the enemy generals have run away, there is no will to fight at all, it is easy to deal with such an enemy.
However, after two back-and-forth directions, Zhang Liao dispersed the enemy's fighting spirit, and the enemy no longer had the will to resist, and the battle situation tended to calm down, and a light pursuit was declared over, but Meng Ge's side was more troublesome......
(To be continued)