Chapter Seventy-Two: Reckoning and Counterreckoning
"Report! Lord, Cao Cao sent a battle table and asked for a decisive battle with the lord tomorrow! "As soon as Yuan Shao moved his troops to Cangting, he received Cao Cao's battle table.
"Hurry up!
"No!"
"Good! Cao Mengde, you dare to send someone to call for battle, and I will fight you to the death tomorrow! ”
"Gongzhi, reply to Cao Mengde for me, and fight Cangting tomorrow!"
"Yes, my lord!"
On the second day, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao led a large army to set up a position near Cangting.
"I am Xu Chu, the vanguard general of the Cao Army, who dares to fight with me!" As soon as the two armies set up a position, Xu Chu immediately stepped forward to call for a formation.
"Who dares to come forward to fight?" Xu Chu took the lead in snatching people, and if he didn't send people out to fight, he would be ridiculed and damaging the morale of the army.
"Lord, your subordinates please fight!" A veteran rode out.
"Old general? You're old, I'm afraid? Yuan Shao glanced at the veteran, this person was Han Rong, the king of guns in Hebei!
"Don't worry, the old man, although he is old, he can still take down Xu Chu's head!"
"Father, please let the old general fight, and the child will fight for him!" Yuan Tan stepped forward with a gun and asked Yuan Shao for his life.
"Lord, since there is the eldest prince pressing the formation, please allow the old general to fight!" Guo Tu immediately echoed Yuan Tan.
"Okay, Xiansi, you must protect the old general."
"The child is commanded!"
"Hebei Han Rong is here, Xu Chu is dead!"
As soon as Han Rong galloped his horse, he charged in front of Xu Chu and used his housekeeping skills, plum blossom guns!
"What!" Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, this old ghost actually has such marksmanship?
With a bang, Xu Chu blocked Han Rong's marksmanship with a big knife. But he also took a few steps back. Almost fell off the horse.
"Zhongkang!" Cao Cao shouted in the back.
Cao Jun and everyone were stunned for a moment. This is definitely not Xu Chu's trick to deceive the enemy, it is Xu Chu's move to lose Han Rong.
Hebei Gun King? Lu Rui immediately saw Han Rong's marksmanship, such a powerful marksmanship, it is said that when Zhao Yun killed Han Rong, Han Rong was already gray-haired, and Lu Rui didn't pay attention to this general, he didn't expect to be a master! If he was young, I'm afraid Xu Chu would have been injured a long time ago. It seems that history has buried a lot of talents.
"Old ghost, you really have two hits!" Xu Chu suffered a small loss. Be cautious naturally. Carefully observe the veteran in front of him, although the veteran marksmanship is exquisite, but he is old, I am afraid that he will not be physically exhausted after a long battle.
"Look at my Tiger Knife Technique!" Xu Chu clenched the big knife with both hands and used eighteen consecutive slashes to attack Han Rong.
Xu Chu's eighteen consecutive slashes, he didn't have any skills, he just used a big knife to continuously slash at the enemy, but it was still very useful in front of a veteran like Han Rong, who was over half a hundred years old.
With a bang, Han Rong took a few steps back. Panting, sure enough, people are old. I was exhausted.
"Xu Chuxiu is going to be rampant, Yuan Tan is here!" Yuan Tan held the golden gun in his hand, and also rushed up, and surrounded Xu Chu with Han Rong left and right.
"Good! Two together! Xu Chu brandished a big knife to resist the attack of the two.
"Look at the guns!" Han Rong's marksmanship is like a plum blossom in the snow, dazzling and dazzling.
"False tricks?" Xu Chu disdainfully slashed with a big knife and broke Han Rong's marksmanship.
"Good chance!" Yuan Tan suddenly stabbed, just hitting Xu Chu's left shoulder.
"Shameless!" Xu Chu flicked Yuan Tan's spear away with a big knife and rode his horse back. I originally wanted to use bitter meat, but I didn't expect to be stabbed.
"Drum march!" Yuan Shao saw that Xu Chu was injured, and immediately seized the opportunity and commanded the army to rush up.
"Tiger and leopard ride out!" Cao Cao also saw the actions of Yuan Shao's army, and immediately commanded the tiger and leopard to rush forward.
The cavalry of both sides collided, and after a while, the front armies of both sides began to scuffle.
"Bonghyo, almost?"
"Zhongde is reasonable, he can let the lord lead his troops to retreat into Cangting Mountain."
"Good! Extraordinary, you led your own troops to Cangting Mountain and ordered the generals to get ready. ”
"Yes, Master Cheng!"
Lu Rui rode his horse to Cangting Mountain.
"Someone, send an order to the front army to retreat to Cangting Mountain."
"No!"
"Father, Cao Cao seems to be running away?" Yuan Shang saw Cao Cao's actions in Cao Ying's camp and immediately reminded Yuan Shao.
"Meng De wants to run?"
"Order the whole army to attack and pursue Cao Cao!"
"Yes, the whole army is attacking!" Yuan Shang drew his long sword and rushed forward with the army.
Cao Cao went to Cangting Mountain under the cover of tiger and leopard cavalry, and Yu Ban led his own soldiers to intercept Yuan Shao's pursuers.
"Lord, Cao Jun has retreated into the Cangting Path!" Yuan Shao's army pursued Cao Cao's front army to the Cangting Trail, but due to the steep terrain, Yuan Shao's pursuers did not dare to enter the trail.
"Gongzhi, what is this place?"
"Back to the lord, this place is called Cangting Trail, and there are Cangting Mountains on both sides, and the terrain is high."
"Gongzhi, do you think Cao Cao will set up an ambush here?"
"This? Lord, Cao Cao has always been scheming, please make a clear decision! For this kind of life-and-death decision-making, Guo Tu didn't dare to make a random statement, Tian Feng was the end of these strategists!
"Xiansi, Xianyi, Xianfu, what do you think?"
"Father, the child asks to bring the cavalry of the headquarters to explore the way for his father, if there is an ambush in the Cao army, the child will definitely be able to lure the ambush out, and the father will be the queen, and then flank the Cao army!" Yuan Tan immediately suggested to Yuan Shao that he decided to ambush the soldiers with his body!
"Father, the child is willing to go with his brother to explore the way!" Yuan Shang saw that Yuan Tan had come forward, and he couldn't let Yuan Tan fight for merit, and he had to go with Yuan Tan to pursue Cao Cao.
"This?"
"Father, the child is willing to lend his Youzhou Iron Cavalry to his brother and third brother to pursue Cao Cao!" Yuan Xi stood up and supported Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang in pursuing Cao Cao.
"Good! In this case, Xiansi, Xianfu, you lead the cavalry of the headquarters and the Youzhou Iron Cavalry of Xianyi to find out the situation! ”
"Yes, Father!" Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang happily took the order and left.
"Master Hou, look, Yuan Shao's cavalry!"
Dian Wei hid on the trail and pointed at Yuan Shao's cavalry.
"Evil, go and inform the generals, don't attack, let these cavalry go!"
"Yes, Master Hou!"
"Report! The lord, the eldest prince and the third prince have already passed through the Cangting Trail and pursued Cao Cao. "Soon, Yuan Shao's herald returned to Yuan Shao's Chinese army!
"Oh? There is no ambush on the Kura-tei trail? ”
"Xianyi, pass the order, the Chinese army advances, enters the Cangting Trail, and the rear army is stationed outside in case of accidents!"
"No!"
"Report! Second son, urgent report! ”
"Second son, my subordinates have discovered Cao Jun's grain hoarding!" Soon a young general rode his horse from not far away, as if he was a spy who had just spied on intelligence.
"Xianyi? Did you send someone to find Cao Jun's place to store grain? Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Xi suspiciously.
"Yes, father, the child has learned the experience of the battle of Guandu and wants to raid Cao Cao's land of grain hoarding. Hit the morale of the Cao army! ”
"Oh? Xianyi has grown up after the experience of Youzhou! Yuan Shao touched his beard and looked at Yuan Xi with satisfaction.
"Thank you, father!"
"Father, please lead the army to raid the place where Cao's army is hoarding grain, please ask my father to agree!"
"This?"
"Father, the child only needs to lead the people of the headquarters!"
"Xianyi, the raid on the place where Cao Jun hoarded grain is very important, and my father will send someone to assist you!"
"General Han, you lead an army of 50,000 as Xianyi's backup!"
"No!" (To be continued......)
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