Huo Yi's men and horses gathered quickly, in fact, the long-trained Jing Nan was already a full elite division, they retained the unique courage of the Southern Barbarians, more military discipline and the constraints of orders, and after several battles in Hanzhong, they already had the momentum of a strong army.

Huo Yi looked at the group of brave men under his command, and his heart was still a little more stable, no matter how elite the tiger and leopard riders were, it was impossible to destroy the 20,000 elites under their command at the beginning of the confrontation, right?

Cao Zhang went all the way south, only encountered a large-scale cavalry army on the way, but never saw any Shu army again, instinctively, he felt that something was wrong. Perhaps, Baozhong City has been broken by the Shu army, and he is too late.

There were only sporadic scouts along the way, but often he sent his men to hunt them down, but failed to catch one. None of the scouts he sent out could come back to report the news. Cao Zhang was a little annoyed, as if since the East Wolf Valley and Cao Zhen met, his eyes were black, and he couldn't hear half of the news of the Shu army.

"Zidan, now our army is moving south very fast, and it has been out of touch with my father's brigade behind, I wanted to march south, arrive in Baozhong with lightning speed, and meet General Miaocai, but since entering Hanzhong, our army has not heard half of the news, and further forward, I am afraid of danger, what do you think?" Cao Zhangyu ordered the army to stop and stand by in place, but he and Cao Zhen set up a tent temporarily, and talked about the situation in detail to the topographical map.

Although Cao Zhang doesn't like literary things, he has been in the army for a long time and is extremely sensitive to some unusual atmospheres. Seeing that the situation was not right at this moment, he immediately wanted to discuss countermeasures with Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhennai is a veteran general in the army, although his official position is under Cao Zhang, his bravery and strategy are surpassed. Cao Zhangxiang has a lot of respect for him.

Cao Zhen pointed to Baozhong City and said: "Baozhong is located in the lower reaches of Baoshui, connecting Gudao in the west, controlling Nanzheng in the east, and deducting Yangping in the south. The status is not insignificant, but its city is low, even if the three generals of Miaocai, Gongmei and Junyi are brave, it is difficult to defend, you know. Liu Bei is owned by Yizhou this time, and he vows to take Hanzhong. In my opinion, the praise is not lost at the moment, and it is difficult to continue! If the praise is broken by the Shu army, our army will go south, and it will be useless. ”

Cao Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and glanced at the topographic map on the case, but he didn't know what to do. Yes, if the praise has been lost, even if your own group of people goes south. There's not much of a need. He was well aware of the situation in Guanzhong at the moment. Maintain the food and grass for the southward march of the army. However, it can only support March, and the decisive battle with the Shu army will inevitably be protracted, if it is really fought with the Shu army in Hanzhong, it is really unwise!

"So. At this moment, what our army needs most is the current situation in praise. It's just ......" Cao Zhen was also speechless, he knew that most of the scouts in the army were sent out, and none of them returned.

Cao Zhang hurriedly rolled up the topographic map irritably, and smashed his fist on the case: "Zidan, can our army only be stationed here and wait for the arrival of the army?" Or, just withdraw the troops? ”

Cao Zhen was speechless, he was introverted. Calm, often uncertain, rarely assert a thing.

Cao Zhang's eyes were bloodshot, he was very anxious, he knew what the third general of Hanzhong meant to his father. Xiahou Yuan has followed his father since the beginning of his cavalry; Although Zhang He and Xu Huang are from generals. But Cao Zhang knows the skills of these two people, and he still has a little confidence in martial arts, but in terms of general strategy, he is far behind.

If these three people fail, it will be a great blow to their father, and they will not be able to explain to their father.

At the border of Xingshi County in Hanzhong, a team of defeated military horses walked slowly, and under the lack of people and horses, they entered Xingshi County. At this moment, although the situation in Hanzhong has been decided, most of the territory is still under the control of the Cao army, including several counties in the northeast. Xiahou Yuan knew that if he went all the way to the north, he would inevitably fall into the hands of the pursuing soldiers, and with the 2,000 people under his command, he would not become a prisoner of the Shu army in minutes?

After traveling dozens of miles to the north, he rerouted around Nanzheng and went straight to Xingshi County in the northeast of Hanzhong. Second, Xingshi County is close to Xingshi Mountain, the terrain is dangerous and complicated, and it is adjacent to Luogu in Tongyongzhou, Hanzhong, although it is difficult and difficult to walk, but he is able to return to Guanzhong with two or three thousand people in Xingshi County.

Huo Yi's understanding of this era was extremely limited, and he never thought that Xiahou Yuan would choose this dangerous road to return to Guanzhong. It was the Meridian Valley further east, and Huo Yi also sent a large number of scouts to patrol. In the northeast road, Huo Yi only sent a very small number of people to explore, but only urged the lord to quickly send people to take over Xingshi County, and did not pay too much attention to it.

In his opinion, the direction of Xiahou Yuan's most likely escape was due north. The terrain here is extremely flat, he is almost all cavalry, it is extremely easy to escape, and Cao's army is moving south, and it is also here, if Xiahou Yuan wants to get assistance, it is most likely to take this road.

Huo Yi sent the most elite scout sentry under his command on this road, because the scouts in Cao Zhang's army had just come out to investigate, and they were hunted and killed by Huo Yi's scouts, how could Cao Zhang get a reward from these scouts?

Liu Bei of Nanzheng also got Huo Yi's report, and the army gathered to come to Baozhong, which was an important place to guard Hanzhong and Wangshu, and it was also the place where Liu Bei chose to fight a decisive battle with Cao's army.

Cao Zhang still didn't dare to take risks in the end, although the tiger and leopard rider was elite, but he was still facing the world-famous Liu Bei, and his father was also a hero who wanted to fight with the spirit, but it was not as easy to deal with as Wuhuan and Xianbei in the north. ordered the tiger and leopard to retreat to the middle section of Baoshui, quietly waiting for Cao Cao's brigade to arrive, and then make plans.

Huo Yi also saw the enemy's intentions, with the memory of rebirth, he knew that most of this battle could not be fought, and he had already found out that there was not much grain and grass in the pass, if Cao Cao was really a hero, he would not easily confront the Shu army here, because in that case, it would definitely be the rhythm of defeat.

After the battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's courage became smaller and smaller.

Liu Bei's military horses arrived three days later, Nanzheng was handed over to Huang Zhong to guard, and Zhang Ren, who was transferred from Shuzhong in Yangping Pass, led thousands of new troops to guard it. Nearly 100,000 horses gathered inside and outside the entire Baozhong City, Huo Yi knew very well at this moment that Cao Cao was reluctant to start a war in this battle, and he was going to suffer.

Not to mention the huge number of 100,000 military horses, even if they are elite, how can the military horses temporarily mobilized by Cao Jun in his own territory compare to the elite soldiers and horses that Liu Bei has been planning for a long time?