It was already the middle of the night, Ling Cao climbed the guard tower and looked at the opposite bank, only to see that the opposite side was brightly lit, the figures were longing, a busy and noisy scene, and the Lu Bujun on the opposite bank was rushing to make bamboo rafts and wooden boats and other river-crossing equipment. Ling Cao felt that Ma Chao would definitely launch a fierce attack the next day, so he ordered the army to seize the time to rest, and at the same time ordered the sentries to pay attention to the situation on the other side and report immediately if there was any emergency.

Ling Cao turned his head to look to the left, only to see his own watchtower stretching along the river bank to the west, and the sparkling lights had been wild to the west. Ling Cao smiled confidently. Coming down from the watchtower, the big tent will go.

A steep section of the upper reaches of the Han River. The river here is not wide, but the terrain is dangerous, the river is turbulent and loud, and the splashes reflect the moonlight, as if splashing silver beads. In the middle of the trees on the south bank, on a hill near the river, stood a watchtower, lit with torches, and a lone light illuminated the darkness around it. A few sentinels sat around the campfire under the watchtower, and although it was not yet late autumn, it was still very cold by the river wind in this wilderness!

A sentry came down from the watchtower, walked to the campfire and squatted down to roast the fire, and said to a middle-aged soldier next to him, "Hey, it's your turn!" The middle-aged soldier didn't move, and said while roasting the fire: "Don't worry, don't worry! It's so late, and it's so cold, what can it do? ”

At this time, in the forest on the other side of the river, a rope suddenly shot out, flew into the trees on the south bank, slowly hooked the trunk of the tree, and set up a ropeway above the river. Immediately, I saw dozens of vigorous black shadows, and the river ropeway crossed the river quickly.

Several sentinels gathered around the campfire, which danced in front of them.

Suddenly, dozens of black shadows suddenly poured out of the surrounding darkness, and several sentries were startled, and before they could react, they were killed by those black shadows. Immediately, several men in black climbed the watchtower, and one of them picked up the torches on the watchtower and shook them vigorously on the other side!

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Ling Cao has just fallen asleep with his armor, kill! Suddenly there was a loud shout of killing outside the big tent. Ling Cao woke up in shock, listened carefully, and found that the killing sound was already very close, so he was shocked and suspicious, so he quickly got up, picked up the spear and ran out of the big tent. As soon as I came out of the big tent, I saw that the west of the camp was on fire, and countless war horses were surging in the dazzling firelight, and most of their troops were still asleep.

Ling Cao was stunned, the scene in front of him made him unbelievable, he didn't understand how Lu Bujun came over? Coming to his senses, he immediately ordered all the troops to fight back. However, the incident happened suddenly, and most of the army was completely unprepared, and before they had time to counterattack, the entire camp was completely crushed by the opponent's thousands of iron cavalry! Ling Cao saw that the situation was irreparable, so he could only lead dozens of his own soldiers to escape from the camp in a hurry.

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Before dawn, Zhou Yu received the news of Ling Cao's defeat, and after being shocked, he immediately thought about the next strategy.

Ling Cao pleaded guilty with a look of shame: "The last general will be entrusted by the Metropolitan Governor, please punish the Metropolitan Governor!" Hang your head and wait for the verdict.

Zhou Yu waved his hand, "Now is not the time to discuss crimes. He glanced at Ling Cao, "Get up." Ling Cao stood up. Zhou Yu walked up to him, looked at him, and saw that he had multiple wounds on his body, so he called his own soldiers and asked them to help Ling Cao down to treat his injuries. Ling Cao was moved in his heart, and went down with the support of his own soldiers.

Cheng Pu frowned and said: "The riverside camp is lost, and Ma Chao's army will soon cross the Han River." And the Hanzhong defenders in front of them are stubborn, and they are afraid that it will be difficult to break through in a short time! Looking at Zhou Yu, "Metropolitan Governor, is our army temporarily retreating?" Zhou Yu showed a thoughtful look.

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The next day, Ma Chao's army quickly built two pontoon bridges on the river with bamboo rafts and wooden boats, and then 80,000 horsemen crossed the pontoon bridges. After crossing the pontoon bridge, 80,000 turquoise horsemen rushed towards Hanzhong at full speed. At this moment, Ma Chao received a report from the scout in front of him, saying that Zhou Yu had hurriedly pulled out the camp and retreated! Ma Chao laughed and mocked: "Jiangdong Zhoulang, that's just the case, Fuqin and the flute are a good hand, and the battle is not worth mentioning at all!" The general behind him burst out laughing. Ma Chao raised his iron horse lance and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order and follows me to hunt down Zhou Yu!" The generals shouted in unison.

The 80,000 horsemen turned to the southeast and swept away with smoke and dust in the sky.

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Zhuge Liang stood on the city wall, looking at the empty outside of the city, his brows furrowed slightly, and Zhou Yu's sudden retreat surprised him.

A scout rushed up to the city, came behind Zhuge Liang, and said with a fist: "Sir, General Ma Chao's 80,000 blue wolf army is chasing Zhou Yu!" ”

Zhuge Liang's face changed, "Not good! Hurriedly said to a herald beside him: "Immediately pass my order to General Ma Chao, do not pursue the enemy, and immediately withdraw to Hanzhong." The herald clenched his fists and ran down the wall.

Ma Chao led 80,000 iron cavalry to chase all the way, and in the afternoon, the cavalry team came to a place. Here on the left is a dense forest, and on the right is a cascading hills.

Ma Chao was in a hurry to catch up with Zhou Yu, but he didn't care too much, and the army continued to move forward quickly.

At this moment, a dense rain of arrows shot from the forest on the left, and the cavalry were defenseless, and many people were shot down at once. Before Lu Bujun could react, countless Sun Jianjun appeared on the hills on the right, and the strong bows and crossbows sent out a rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun, and there were ripples in Lu Bu's army, and many people fell down with arrows.

At the same time, countless infantry appeared in front, spears were like forests, the formation was like mountains, and tens of thousands of Sun Jian's cavalry appeared behind them, raising smoke and dust to cover and kill. The eighty thousand turks were a little panicked.

"Big brother, we are in ambush!" Ma Tie exclaimed.

Ma Chao frowned, turned the horse's head, raised the horse lance and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, follow me to rush out!" Immediately, a horse took the lead and rushed towards the tens of thousands of Sun Jian's cavalry behind him, and the cavalry immediately turned their horses and followed, and the cavalry group slammed up, and the earth shook, and the mighty waves were like a terrifying wave! In the process, the crossbowmen of Sun Jianjun on both sides continued to send several waves of arrows, like stones sprinkled in the waves, causing many ripples.

Zhou Yu, who was standing on the hill, frowned when he saw such a scene, and the other party's reaction was much faster than he expected. Turning his head to the herald beside him, he ordered, "Order the herald infantry to speed up!" ”

The turquoise cavalry and Sun Jian's cavalry group collided violently, the horse lance swept, the long knife slashed, and blood flew all over the sky, and Sun Jian's army was killed in a large area at once. Zhou Yu and the others, who were watching the battle, couldn't help but show surprise, the power of Lu Bu's sudden cavalry was beyond their imagination.