Chen Liu, Cao Jun's camp.

Liu Ye hurriedly entered the big tent and said to Cao Ying: "Lord, Zhongde has already raised the first batch of military rations. ”

Cao Ying sighed softly, and suddenly found Liu Ye's strange expression in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help but ask with a wry smile: "Does Ziyang feel that loneliness is too cruel?" ”

"Ugh." Liu Ye sighed lightly and said, "I only hope that such a thing will not happen in the future." ”

Cao Ying said quietly: "Ziyang, don't worry, if you miss this kind of thing, it won't happen a second time!" ”

"Report~~" Cao Ying's voice fell, and the young general Cao Chun suddenly stepped into the tent, knelt on the ground and said quickly, "Lord, it's not good!" ”

"Zihe!" Cao Ying asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Chun cried silently and said: "Military advisor, military advisor ...... him"

A hint of gloom flashed in Cao Ying's eyes, and his face turned pale.

Liu Ye asked anxiously, "What happened to Mr. Guo Jia?" ”

Cao Chun said gloomily: "The military advisor ~~ died in Ye County!" ”

"Alas!"

Cao Ying didn't cry, nor did he exhaust himself, but he was silent for a long time and then sighed long, closed his eyes again, and shed two lines of tears, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren died on the battlefield one after another, and now they ...... Finally it was Guo Jia's turn, and Cao Ying suddenly felt a trace of loneliness, loneliness from the depths of his soul.

"Lord!"

"Lord!"

Cao Chun and Liu Ye saw that Cao Ying's expression was different, and they couldn't help but take a step forward and stretched out their hands to help Cao Ying.

Cao Ying waved his hand lightly and said to Cao Chun and Liu Ye: "Zihe, Ziyang, you go out first, and you want to be alone and quiet." ”

Cao Chun and Liu Ye bowed, turned around and withdrew from the tent.

In the chaotic footsteps, Xun You, Zangba, Cao Xiu, Yin Li, Sun Guan, Lu Qian and others also heard the news, Xun You saw Cao Chun, Liu Ye was about to ask, but was blocked by Liu Ye's gestures, and then took everyone away from Cao Ying's big tent, and said gloomily: "The lord heard that the military division was killed, and he was in a bad mood, so everyone didn't have to bother him." ”

……

Guandu on the official road to Xuchang.

Fang Yue and Gan Ning were leading an army of 20,000 to the south, and when they were still more than 100 miles away from Xuchang, they suddenly reported with a fast horse: "Two generals, thirty miles to the east, I found a large group of Cao army cavalry, there are more than 5,000 horsemen!" ”

"Five thousand cavalry!?" Gan Ning's eyes widened suddenly, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said sharply, "Good guy, Cao Ying finally couldn't hold his breath and sent cavalry to intercept him!" ”

Fang Yue calmly glanced at the surrounding terrain and decisively ordered, "Someone!" ”

A pro-soldier had already stepped forward and said quickly: "What does the general command?" ”

Fang Yue said: "Immediately report to General Gao Shun, the main force of the Cao army's cavalry has been found a hundred miles north of Xuchang!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers said yes and galloped away.

Fang Yue stretched out his hand and pointed to a bare earth mountain not far away, and said to Gan Ning: "General Gan Ning, please lead the elite soldiers of your headquarters to line up on the earth mountain, and the last general will lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to battle under the mountain, if the cavalry of the Cao army dares to attack, please support the general with bows and arrows, then the Cao army will be defeated." ”

Gan Ning was unconvinced: "General, or are you guarding the mountain, how about it?" ”

Fang Yue frowned and said: "General Gan Ning can't be rash, the soldiers of the navy are good at shooting, and most of them carry bows and arrows, and they can kill and injure Cao Jun from a long distance when they are listed on the mountain!" And most of the soldiers led by the last general were foot soldiers, and they were listed on the mountain, wouldn't it become an ornament? What's more, the general's 10,000 sailors are the treasure of the lord, if the loss is too great, how can the lord spare a certain one? ”

"That makes sense." Gan Ning nodded, clenched his fists and said to Fang Yue, "In this case, the last general will lead the army up the mountain!" ”

"Take care, General." Fang Yue also hugged his fists, and when he turned his head again, his face had become cold and solemn, and he shouted to Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang and other Hanzhong generals, "Order, the whole army is under the mountain!" ”

……

On the desolate wilderness, Zhang He was leading five thousand light horsemen to roll forward.

These 5,000 light cavalry were not Cao Ying's old troops, but Jizhou's surrendered troops. Since Zhang He served under Han Fu's tent, this cavalry has been following Zhang He to fight against the Black Mountain Bandits, and later participated in the Battle of Zeguo, the Battle of Gongsun Zhan and the Battle of Hetao, and even defeated Ma Teng's army in the battle of Yunzhong and made great achievements.

Therefore, this cavalry can be called a real division of a hundred battles.

During the battle of Guandu, Zhang He led an army of 30,000 to storm the front of Cao's camp, because of the terrain limitations, it was not conducive to cavalry assault, and this cavalry was not put into the battlefield, so Cao Ying picked up a big bargain, not only got Zhang He, a hundred famous generals, but also obtained 5,000 elite cavalry out of thin air.

Suddenly, a fast horse appeared in the empty wasteland ahead, galloping back like a wind and clouds.

"General, ten miles ahead, I found a brigade of Liang Army!"

Zhang He gently drank the war horse, slowly raised the spear in his hand, and the surging cavalry behind him began to slow down, and then began to spread out to the two wings, until the five thousand cavalry completely set up the charging formation, Zhang He urged the horse forward, and asked: "How many men and horses are there in the Liang army?" ”

Tanma said: "At least 20,000 people!" ”

"20,000?" Zhang He said, "It seems that it is the army of Fang Yue and Gan Ning, undoubtedly!" ”

A Hebei general stepped forward and said to Zhang He: "General, Gao Shun's army is still at least fifty miles away from here, do you take the opportunity to defeat the 20,000 Liang army first?" ”

"Don't be careless!" Zhang He said, "Although Gao Shun's army is still fifty miles away, Xu Huang's 8,000 iron cavalry and Ma Dai's 3,000 light cavalry still don't know where to go. ”

The general said: "What should I do then?" ”

Zhang He said: "The task of our army is to delay the army of Fang Yue and Gan Ning, and to win time for the prime minister's army to return to defend Xudu, so there is no need to fight hard with the Liang army at all, as long as you find a way to hold them back!" Command the whole army to advance slowly, and no one is allowed to act without the general's military order. ”

……

Fifty miles to the north, Gao Shunzheng led an army of 20,000 to slowly move south.

"Report~~ General Fang Yue sent Ma to report quickly, and found the main force of Cao's cavalry fifty miles to the south, with 5,000 cavalry."

"Report~~ Fang Yue and Gan Ning's two armies are confronting the cavalry of the Cao army!"

"Newspaper~~ The cavalry of the Cao army launched a tentative charge, and after being attacked by the navy, they retreated."

Tanma sent the news to Gao Shun's army like a stream.

Gao Shun pondered for a moment, and said to the dozen generals behind him: "Fifty miles to the south, the main force of the Cao army's cavalry was found? Moreover, the purpose of these 5,000 Cao army cavalry is very obvious, that is, to delay the 20,000 troops of Fang Yue and Gan Ning, could it be said that Cao Ying's army is nearby? The task of these 5,000 cavalry is just to drag down the army of Fang Yue and Gan Ning, wait for the arrival of Cao Ying's army, and then surround and annihilate it? ”

A general said: "The Cao army only has a total of less than 30,000 troops, and even if it wins a fierce battle with the Hebei army, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties, and now there are about 20,000 troops left at most, just with these 20,000 troops, if you want to swallow the 20,000 troops of Fang Yue and Gan Ning, I'm afraid it's unlikely, right?" ”

Gao Shun said: "Cao Ying is cunning and wise, and there are countless wise and resourceful people under his command, and our army must not be careless!" Order, let Fang Yue and Gan Ning camp on the spot, and wait for General Ben to lead the army to arrive before reasoning! Then he ordered Major General Ma Dai to lead 2,000 iron cavalry to the south to support Fang Yue and General Gan Ning. ”

……

Runan.

"Phew!"

Ma Chao gently drank the war horse, picked up the broken tree that fell in front of him with the wolf gun in his hand, and turned around and asked Fa Zhengdao: "Xiaozhi, where is this?" Why does this place look like a ghost? If the sun doesn't come out again on this day, General Ben won't even be able to tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest. ”

Ma Chao grew up in the northwest since he was a child, and he was accustomed to the dry cold and wind and sand in the north, and the cold and humid in the south made him feel very uncomfortable.

The eight hundred iron horsemen are also Northwest men, so naturally they will not be much better than Ma Chao.

Fa Zheng compared the map for a long time, shook his head and nodded, and then said in an uncertain tone for a while: "It stands to reason that this neighborhood should be Gepo, but the map shows that there should be an official road here, but there is no official road here except for mountains and water." ”

"Han De!"

Ma Chao turned his head and roared, Han De hurriedly rode his horse forward, and said loudly: "What does the young general command?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Take a dozen brothers to explore the way, and if you want to meet woodcutters or hunters, all of them will be arrested by General Ben!" ”

"Yes!" Han De suddenly agreed, turned back and beckoned the cavalry behind him, "You, you, and a few of you, all fucking follow Lao Tzu." ”

……

Outside the dense forest, where Ma Chao 800 Iron Cavalry is located, it is an official road.

In the noise, an army slowly came on the official road, about a thousand people, there were two or three hundred cavalry in front and behind the team, firmly guarding a dozen carriages in the middle, next to one of the carriages, closely followed by a military general, this person was nine feet long, his face was like a heavy jujube, holding a Qinglong Yanyue knife weighing sixty-three pounds, who else would come if it wasn't Guan Yu?

……

(To be continued)