About an hour later, the Scout Colonel came back to report.

"General, there's too much horse manure!"

The scout boy scratched his head vigorously, "The villain is really too many to count, at least a thousand toma dung." ”

"Thousands of Tuo?"

Zhang Liao's eyes were condensed, and he carefully inquired about the new and old horse manure, and immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.

According to what the scout said, the horse manure has been pulled down in the last three days, even if one horse pulls two piles of dung, thousands of horse manure means that there are at least hundreds of horses, where did Huainan get so many horses, there must be a problem.

If it was a passing cavalryman, it was impossible to pull all the horse manure in a small area.

In other words, there are only a few hundred horses that have stayed here for a short time.

Zhang Liao was silent, frowning and thinking for a long time before ordering, "Order the scouts to go all over the fifty-mile radius, don't let go of any place where people can be hidden, and then order all departments to be careful!" ”

"Yes!"

The scout colonel and the adjutant responded in unison and quickly left.

Twenty miles away, in a small valley, Sun Cedi's 20,000-strong army was ambushed here, and he was ready to fight.

Just after the scout spies returned, Zhang Liao's army stopped to rest, and Sun Ce was a little impatient to wait.

was pacing back and forth in a clearing of land, when he suddenly saw the scout colonel rushing over, "Lord, no, it's okay." ”

"What's going on?"

Sun Ce was irritable and couldn't help but ask loudly.

The scout colonel rushed to the front and reported loudly: "The cadre army is scouting and riding everywhere, and they are searching the nearby mountains and forests and ravines, and there are already scout cavalry searching for this side. At most one more time, it will be searched here. ”

"What?"

Sun Ce was taken aback. "Could it be that Zhang Liao discovered that our army was ambushed here?"

Lu Su walked over, shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be." If Zhang Liao found out that our army had set up an ambush here, I am afraid that he would not have reprimanded the mountains and forests and ravines near the Hou Quansuo, and he should have found some clues. ”

Sun Ce frowned and said, "Could it be that our army sent the nearby people away, causing Zhang Liao's suspicions?" ”

Lu Su said: "If the people want to fight, they will avoid it, this is the most normal thing, because it should not be for this reason." ”

Sun Ce's brows furrowed even more, "What's the reason for that?" ”

Lu Su shook his head and said, "I don't know what went wrong." ”

Sun Ce is also a decisive person, and after a little thought, he said: "Since the sneak attack failed. Then don't make a move. Our army is more than twice as large as Zhang Liao, and it is waiting for work, if you can't help Zhang Liao, you can go back to Jiangdong as soon as possible. ”

Lu Su knew that there was no other way at the moment, so he had to give up his hand and say: "The lord is wise!" ”

Soon, the 20,000-strong army no longer hid its tracks, and quickly rushed out of the valley where it was hiding, rolling and killing in the northwest direction.

The scouts of the cadre army, who were searching everywhere, were shocked when they found the Wu army that suddenly came out. He immediately turned his horse's head and galloped back to the camp, but was chased by the Wu cavalry.

Tai Shi Ciqin, a fierce general of Eastern Wu, led hundreds of cavalry to chase and kill the Qianjun scouts.

Fortunately, the war horses of the Qianjun army were better at short-distance running than the war horses of the Eastern Wu cavalry, especially the war horses of the scouts. All of them are carefully selected high-headed horses, and their short-distance running is super explosive, and Wu Jun's war horses can't catch up at all.

Even though Tai Shi Ci's riding skills are refined. The horses he rode were also of the highest quality, and one person could kill several people.

"General. Oh no! ”

Zhang Liao was waiting for news in the camp, and the scouts rushed back one after another.

The scout junior colonel gasped and said quickly: "A large number of Wu troops have been found twenty miles to the southeast. It's already been killed. ”

"Good thief, there really is an ambush!"

Zhang Liao's face changed, and he said quickly: "It seems that as expected, the main force of the Wu army did not cross the Huaishui River to the north. ”

The adjutant next to him hurriedly asked, "General, the Wu army has already been killed, what should I do now?" ”

Zhang Liao's face changed several times, and he immediately decided: "Sun Ce has worked hard to lure our army out of Anfengjin, and he will inevitably order the navy to attack Anfengjin from the waterway. An Fengjin cannot afford to lose, you and the army retreated, and a certain relative led 2,000 soldiers and horses to break off. ”

"This ......"

The adjutant said in a condensed voice: "Please lead the army first, and the last general will be cut off." ”

Zhang Liao said sharply: "Don't say more, carry out military orders." ”

"General!"

The adjutant hurriedly said: "An Fengjin can do without the last general, but he can't do without the general!" If the general has a good character, who else will preside over the overall situation of An Fengjin. If Anfeng is lost, even if all the officers and men of the three armies die on the battlefield, it will be difficult to achieve an inch, and at that time, the brothers will die in vain, and even if they flee back, they will be punished by military regulations, please take the overall situation first. ”

"This ......"

Zhang Liao hesitated.

It is not his style to abandon his subordinates, but what the adjutant said also has a point.

The military rules of the cadres are strict, and if they lose an important pass, it will affect the military plan of the lord, even if the three generals and soldiers fight to the death, they will not get much military merit, and An Fengjin is an important pass to clamp down on Soochow, and there must be no loss.

If he unfortunately dies on the battlefield, An Fengjin may really be lost.

"Please go quickly, General!"

The adjutant was full of excitement and fierceness.

"That's it!"

Zhang Liao slapped the adjutant on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "It is necessary to block the Wu army for half a day to buy enough time for the army to withdraw to Anfengjin." Rest assured, I won't let you die in vain, and when the war is over, I will definitely ask the lord for credit for you in person. ”

The adjutant said loudly: "Don't worry, the general will not be dishonored!" ”

Zhang Liao didn't say anything more, and immediately rushed out of the tent and quickly ordered the army to assemble.

The army had just risen from camp, and the Wu army had already appeared not far ahead.

Without saying a word, the adjutant took two thousand soldiers and horses to meet him fearlessly.

Zhang Liao ordered the army to lose most of its baggage, take only weapons and three military rations, and quickly retreat to Anfengjin.

In front of the Wu army, Sun Ce was urging the horse forward.

There was a meteor scouting horse in front of him rushing over like a whirlwind, and before he got close, the scout cavalry on horseback said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, after Zhang Liao left two thousand soldiers and horses broken, he threw away his baggage and fled for his life along the original road." ”

"Huh?"

Sun Ce's eyes froze, he tugged at the reins of the horse, and said in a condensed voice: "I don't want Zhang Liao to be so decisive." ”

Lu Su couldn't help but praise: "This person must have seen through our army's strategy to lure the snake out of the hole, and there is no benefit in the decisive battle between the enemy and our army, so he decisively led the army to retreat, and he is really a general!" ”

"Chase!"

Sun Ce couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and shouted: "You must not let Zhang Liao run away!" ”

An army of 20,000 rolled into the ground and slaughtered the 2,000 cadres who rushed over.

However, as soon as they came into contact, due to the rapid march of the army, the front army of the Wu army, which could no longer maintain its formation, was killed in a big chaos under the desperate counterattack of 2,000 cadres, and suffered a big loss.

Sun Ce was angry and hurriedly defeated more than ten soldiers, and personally led the troops to kill the cadre army. (To be continued......) R1292