On the official road of Pengcheng south to Xiapi, Cao Cao led an army of 30,000 people and was rushing all the way.

In addition to the 30,000 army, there were also tens of thousands of young men who were conscripted, with all the military rations and baggage, and the chariot and horse team stretched dozens of miles back and forth on the official road, which was longer than the army pulled, and the speed was really not fast.

In the middle of the line, a fast horse caught up from the rear like a whirlwind.

"Newspaper—"

Before he got closer, the scout Tanma had already shouted, "It's not a good thing, the cadres are catching up from behind." ”

"Huh?"

Cao Cao hurriedly reined in his horse and said in a condensed voice: "I don't want the army to come so fast!" ”

Cheng Yu had already expected it, quickly glanced around, pointed to the dense forest in front of the left, and said: "Here the forest can set up suspicious soldiers to retreat the cadre army, and the lord can order the baggage troops to go first, and then use thousands of soldiers and horses as suspicious soldiers." ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment, then struck the knot: "Just follow Zhongde's plan!" ”

At that moment, he ordered the chariot and horse team to speed up and go first, and the army followed, and ordered Zhang He to lead 3,000 troops and line up outside the dense forest.

About an hour later, the cadres really caught up, but only the vanguard army that opened the way in front, Gao Shun and Fa Zheng led the rear army, and they were still twenty miles away, carrying the army's grain and grass and a baggage.

When the 8,000 army approached, Zhang He gave an order and immediately led the 3,000 foot soldiers to retreat into the dense forest.

The commander of the army was afraid of being ambushed by Cao's army, so he immediately ordered the army to line up on the spot.

After the army formation was arranged, 2,000 soldiers and horses were sent to advance into the dense forest, ready to test the reality of Cao's army.

Unexpectedly, before reaching the edge of the dense forest, a black and oppressive arrow was shot out of the forest, and the eyes of the commander of the army were condensed, and this wave of arrow rain was at least no less than 2,000 arrows, and it seemed that Cao Jun really had an ambush.

After thinking about it, he still didn't dare to take this risk, so he could only wait for the follow-up army to arrive before making plans.

The commander of the army hurriedly ordered 2,000 soldiers and horses to withdraw back, and set up a military formation next to the official road, waiting for Gao Shun's army to arrive.

Zhang He's view was clear, and seeing that the cadres were in the middle of the plan, he did not dare to attack rashly, and immediately led 2,000 soldiers and horses to retreat.

By the time Gao Shun and Fa Zheng led the follow-up army to arrive, Zhang He had already left for a long time.

"It's gone!"

Gao Shun personally went into the forest to inspect it, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Cao Jun is a plan to condense the army!" ”

Fa Zheng also nodded and said, "Cao Jun has only been in the past for an hour, and he should be able to catch up." ”

When the vanguard general heard this, he couldn't raise his head in shame, and he couldn't wait to find a place to get in.

Gao Shun knew that Cao Cao was scheming, and he did not blame him, so he immediately led the army to catch up.

After chasing for more than ten miles, the terrain in front of him turned sharply, and a hill appeared.

Gao Shun was leading the army to hurry up, and suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing, and a Biao Cao army rushed out of a mountain col in front of him yesterday.

"There are ambushes!"

Fa Zheng was taken aback and hurriedly reined in the war horse.

Gao Shun was not in a hurry, and immediately ordered the army to line up on the spot and prepare to meet the enemy.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the army set up a formation, the Cao army that rushed to the front retreated like a tide, quickly bypassed the mountain pass, and disappeared, Gao Shun did not chase after him, and ordered the army to continue to pursue along the official road.

Unexpectedly, after a few miles, in a mountain col behind the side, another Biao Cao army came out.

Gao Shun had just set up a formation to meet the enemy, but Cao Jun retreated again.

Fa Zheng suddenly frowned, and said in a condensed voice: "This is the enemy's strategy, and the terrain here is extremely beneficial to Cao's army, if our army wants to follow the path, I'm afraid it will not be so easy, and Cao Cao is also treacherous and difficult to prevent!" ”

A junior colonel said: "Since it is a plan to disturb the enemy, our army does not need to pay attention to it, and it will not be able to go over directly." ”

If our army ignores it, these Cao troops, who are only responsible for harassing our army, will take advantage of the situation to attack our army from the flank, and then they will be attacked by the enemy on their backs, and they will not be defeated!" ”

"Ugh!"

The little colonel choked, his expression was dazed, and he couldn't speak.

Gao Shun also frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Does Lord Fazheng have a clever plan to break Cao Cao's tricks?" ”

Fa Zheng shook his head and said: "The hilly terrain is easy to escape and not conducive to chasing, and the geographical situation is beyond the power of manpower. ”

Gao Shun thought for a while, and then said: "That's it, order the whole army to move forward in turn, head to end." ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant agreed, and immediately gave the order to go.

This hilly terrain winds around and is twenty miles long.

By the time Gao Shun's army passed through the hilly area and came to the open plain area, Cao Cao's army had long since disappeared.

At this time, the sun is about to set, and it will be late.

Gao Shun chased out more than ten miles, and seeing that the sky had darkened, he had to order the army to move to a small river ditch and set up camp to rest, and then set up camp the next day and continue to pursue Cao Cao's army south.

Outside Kaiyang City, the war drums were shocking, and the sound of killing was boiling.

The 25,000 cadres were divided into two groups and launched a fierce attack on Kaiyang day and night.

This attack was not as tentative as the previous one, the 25,000-strong army was three times the defenders in the city, and under the onslaught of the cadres regardless of casualties, the west gate of Kaiyang was the first to be lost in just three days.

"General, you can't hold it!"

At the head of the north gate, Xiahoudun was fighting hard, and a junior colonel rushed over with a bloody face, crying: "The offensive of the cadres is too fierce, the West Gate has been lost, and the brothers really can't stop it, please make a quick decision to the general!" ”

"What are you afraid of!"

Xiahoudun wiped the blood on his face and said sharply: "The city is in the people, the city is dead, the people are just dying, what is there to be afraid of!" ”

"General......

The little colonel roared, full of unwillingness and tragedy.

Xiahoudun said miserably: "Xuzhou is the last foundation of our army, and there is no way to retreat, only to fight to the death." Sue the soldiers, fight with Luo Zheng's dog thief. Even if you die, you have to pull a few more cadres and soldiers on your back! ”

"Yes!"

The little colonel yelled and walked away quickly.

At this time, the heralds from Cao Cao were in a hurry in the distance, and the cadres surrounded the city and stormed, and they couldn't get close to Kaiyang at all, and the military orders naturally couldn't be passed in, and there was no way to burn the eyebrows.

One mile away from the north gate of Kaiyang, three thousand wolf cavalry were heavily armed.

Not far to the left, a detachment of 8,000 cavalry was on the flank, ready to attack at any time.

Luo Zheng Lema stood in front of the large army, looking at the fierce battle at the head of the city.

At this moment, a fast horse rushed over like a whirlwind, and said loudly: "Lord, the west gate has been broken!" ”

"Good!"

Luo Zheng perked up for a moment, and slammed the knot and said, "Great, Yan Xing listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!"

Yan Xing hurriedly stepped forward and waited for help.

Luo Zheng said sharply: "Eight thousand cavalry attack, you must break Kaiyang in one battle!" ”

"Order!"

Yan Xing hurriedly straightened his chest, shouted the order, and then beat his horse and left.

Soon, the horn of the charge sounded under the sky.

The 8,000 cavalry on Youge's side immediately moved, bypassing the 3,000 wolf cavalry and killing towards the west gate of Kaiyang. R1152