Niu Jin took the lead, led nearly 2,000 soldiers to protect Cao Ren and Manzhong, went out of the west gate of Fancheng, went to the official road, and hurriedly retreated.

In fact, Cao Ren didn't believe that Huo Yi could just let himself go, he couldn't say, what kind of Longtan tiger's den was outside the West Gate, but at this moment, it was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and Cao Ren was also going to go over.

Because the city of Fan has become a sea of fire at this moment, only the west gate of the four city walls has a chance to take advantage of, and only from here can escape.

It was still dark outside the city, and the road ahead in the dark night was as uncertain as a mystery. A group of Cao soldiers dragged their tired bodies and frightened nerves and fled in the dark night.

Although the army has been defeated at this moment, these more than 1,800 soldiers are still following Cao Ren's military strategy, as if that kind of thing has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and subconsciously, all the soldiers rushed forward according to the formation.

Cao Ren was already exhausted at the moment, so he just ordered Niu Jin, the first fierce general under his command, to command the sergeants in front, and he was with Man Chong, riding a horse and escorted by a group of sergeants to the northwest to assault.

Deng Ai undoubtedly had the patience and will that other young people of this age rarely had, and his composure was outrageous, and the defeated soldiers of Fan Cheng had already entered the range of his crossbowmen, but he still waited calmly. On his side, there were ten first-class shooters in the Jingnan Army, all of whom were masters of a hundred paces, and their accuracy was excellent.

Deng Ai put Cao Jun very close to him, which was an extremely dangerous move for a team of pure archers, but Deng Ai did it, because he knew very well that among the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Jingnan Army. What kind of terrifying ability these 3,000 shooters have, there is no doubt that he has incomparable confidence in them.

And the reason why he let people get close. It is to identify several crucial figures among this group of sergeants, and it is also the task given to him by Huo Yi, which is to let these more than a thousand remnants go. It is also necessary to leave those few people behind, because once such a person returns to the north, it will undoubtedly pose an indelible threat to the battle situation in Xiangfan.

Huo Yi also led more than 1,000 guards to gallop on horseback, bypassing the north gate from the east gate, and directly inserting the only way for this remnant army to escape back to the north. This is not that Huo Yi is not worried about Deng Ai's ability, in fact, in this Fancheng, whether it is Cao Ren or Manzhong, they are all famous generals of the Cao army. Such a character. One less. In the future, he will have less pressure to engage Cao Jun.

Deng Ai's eyes were undoubtedly vicious, even in dim conditions, he still relied on the few torches of Cao Jun and the dim moonlight. Discerning the figure who was suspected to be the main commander of the enemy army, Deng Ai pointed to several of the targets. Tell the sharpshooter on his side to focus on taking care of it. He immediately waved the battle flag and roared: "Release!" ”

No one will understand the feeling of firing ten thousand arrows at the same time, shooting at oneself, because those who understand are all dead under ten thousand arrows. With 3,000 men shooting less than 2,000 men with bows and crossbows, and most of them were foot soldiers, one can imagine how this remnant army would react.

Niu Jin was undoubtedly brave, but when the countless feathered arrows flew in, and even when he faintly felt that the air on his side was whistling, he didn't even have time to react, but symbolically raised the leather shield in his hand, and the warning of "enemy attack" in his throat was never shouted.

Once upon a time, he led 300 people into the siege of thousands of armor soldiers of the Jiangdong Army, and he was not so frightened today, he always believed that his lord would save him from fire and water, but this time, he didn't even have the kung fu to look back at his own commander, or rather, he didn't even have such a thought, so he was accurately shot in the forehead and left chest by two crossbow arrows, and fell to the ground with a bang.

The two marksmen on Deng Ai's side calmly changed their crossbow arrows, and Niu Jin was shot down by this person, but the two of them looked calm, as if shooting the enemy general was as ordinary as drinking and eating.

Cao Ren immediately dismounted the moment he heard the sound of the breaking wind, he knew very well that sitting on the horse at this moment was tantamount to seeking death, but full of favor was pulled off the horse by Cao Ren. Several feather arrows swept across the horses' backs with great regret, and Cao Ren let out a cold sweat.

Scanning the surrounding environment, he soon saw that the opposite hillside was the location of the enemy's ambush, there was no doubt that the enemy had ambushed a large number of archers here, and the first round of arrows hit half of his own soldiers, which also showed the accuracy of these archers, Cao Ren was a little anxious.

Man Chong pulled Cao Ren and pointed to a dense forest on the opposite side of the hillside in the distance: "General, I will wait into the forest, in this way, I may be able to escape this catastrophe!" ”

Cao Ren nodded, and immediately ordered aloud: "The troops retreat to that wood, with the shield hand behind, slowly retreat and cover in an orderly manner!" ”

"Whoa!" Although half of the soldiers were lost, this group of men and horses were all the elite under Cao Ren's command, even at this moment, they were only panicked, and some soldiers even picked up shields on the side of the dead robe, and slowly formed a scattered but very orderly formation, and quickly and orderly flew towards the woods.

Cao Jun quickly left the range of the crossbow machine, but Deng Ai sneered: "Naive, do you really think that these three thousand crossbowmen can only shoot arrows?" ”

Turning around, he ordered: "All sergeants are mainly short knives, and they are grouped by Shiwu, and they will go to the woods in front to destroy the remnants of the enemy!" ”

"Whoa!"

Countless Jingnan soldiers moved quickly and chased Cao Jun into the dense forest.

Cao Ren looked at the opposite hillside, under the moonlight, countless figures jumped down the hillside, holding short knives and tails to chase and kill, and couldn't help but cry out in his heart.

Most of his soldiers were exhausted, and it was difficult for Japan to endure when defending the city, and these soldiers fought for many days, and they were frightened by the burning of Fancheng, and at this moment they were in a state of exhaustion of oil and lamps.

Cao Ren still led these soldiers and constantly circled the woods with the Jingnan army. The woods were already complicated, the opponent's crossbow machine was not strong, Cao Ren even dared to turn back, counterattacked a few waves, but it was quite successful, dozens of Jingnan soldiers were ambushed and killed in the dense forest.

Cao Jun also had many soldiers caught up and killed.

Cao Ren knew that the slight advantage he had gained at the moment could not reverse or even alleviate his embarrassment at the moment, but only slightly delayed the pursuit of the enemy.

This dense forest is active and wide, Cao Ren led the soldiers and the Jingnan army for half an hour, and has not yet walked out of the dense forest, which can be seen.

Deng Ai was extremely angry at the moment, because he had already received Huo Yi's order, and wanted to leave Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army, to boost the morale of the Jingzhou army and frustrate the enemy's spirit from the south, but this guy was close in front of him, but he couldn't chase it, isn't it annoying?

Cao Ren anxiously led the soldiers to run in the dense forest, full of favor was already a Confucian general, and it was extremely rare to run so far with the army, but now he was overwhelmed with physical strength, tripped over the roots of the tree under his feet, and fell to the ground.

Cao Ren hurriedly stepped forward to help Man Chong, and the Jingnan army behind him was finally separated by himself, but he couldn't be caught up.

But Man Chong tried his best to break away from Cao Ren's arm and looked at Cao Ren fixedly: "General! The pet's calf has been broken, I'm afraid I won't be able to run! ”

Cao Ren looked at Man's favored leg when he heard this, but he only saw a blur of flesh and blood, which showed how serious the trip just now was. Cao Ren knew in his heart that he couldn't leave Manzhong, and he was extremely calm at the moment: "Berning has worked with me for many years, and I will not abandon you!" Walk! After saying that, I had to go to help.

Full Favor was smiling, Cao Ren just stretched out his arm, but Man Pet hit the back of Cao Ren's head with the hilt of a backhand sword, but the Confucian general moved his hand extremely quickly, even Cao Ren did not react, his eyes were black, and he fell to the ground.

Man Zhong looked at the group of Cao soldiers beside him, and said slowly: "Can someone stay here with me to leave a way back for the brothers who can run?" But the words were extremely calm and calm, which made people's hearts palpitate.

The soldiers of the Cao army never thought that the gentle man who wanted to be gentle on weekdays had such a resolute and resolute side, and they were competing to stay.

Man Chong shook his head: "If you still have physical strength, take General Cao and flee to the north quickly, if you can't catch it, stay with me and fight to the death with the Jingnan army!" ”

Half of the soldiers of the Cao army stood up and looked at the sergeant dressed as a general: "You lead the rest of the soldiers, take General Cao, and go to the north!" ”

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