Cao Cao's bet this time was not right, but he was not wrong. The difficulty of loading the crossbow cannot be solved even by Zhang Xiu, a traverser. Especially the crossbow cart that should not have appeared in history because Cao Wei did not allocate money to Ma Jun for research. One hundred and eighty bolts were fired at once, and it was definitely not easy to reload them.

Although the repeater cart is difficult to load, the three-bow bed crossbow is not. In addition, the three-bow bed crossbow was the first to be fired, so at this time, Sergeant Zhang Xiu had already loaded the three-bow bed crossbow with crossbow arrows!

Cao Cao ordered the drumming to march, Lu Qian and Cao Xiu heard the drums, did not dare to slack off, and immediately waved their troops forward, Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang saw that the two Cao armies dared to come again after being taught a lesson, where would they hesitate, and shouted one after another: "Launch!" "P-swishing ......"

Originally, Lü Qian and Cao Xiu led the army forward for a while, and found that Zhang Xiujun did not shoot with crossbow arrows, and they were a lot more relieved, which made Cao's army rush forward faster. However, soon after, the bed crossbow began to fire, and the bowl of crossbow with a mouth as thick as an iron spear suddenly caused Cao Jun to suffer heavy casualties again. At this time, the hearts of all Cao Jun were clouded with the shadow of a crossbow! "Boom Boom One One One"

It was like a dry day thunder that sounded on the flat ground, and Cao Jun, who was already shot by crossbow arrows, was stunned!

Under the roar, two black-armored cavalry suddenly rushed out of Zhang Xiu's army formation, and rushed towards the two armies of Lu Qian and Cao Xiu respectively. In addition to the black-armored cavalry, there were many iron cavalry behind them, as if two torrents were crashing straight towards Cao Jun!

Among the Chinese army, Cao Cao saw it and secretly shouted that it was not good. Cao Cao saw that Zhang Xiujun's crossbow arrows were obviously not as dense as before, and he already knew that it would take a lot of time for Zhang Xiujun to load the crossbow arrows. He bet on the right bet, but what he didn't expect was that at this time, Zhang Xiujun's cavalry could already attack.

Pangulis's war horse was originally dressed in heavy armor, and because he needed the war horse to charge into battle, he was afraid that the war horse would be afraid of the enemy's swords and guns, so he even blindfolded. The horse's eyes were blindfolded, and although the horse could smell the aroma of cooked beans, it could not eat the beans because it could not see them.

And a period of time has passed, although Cao Jun has sprinkled many beans on the road, it is not as good as Zhang Xiujun's war horses. Tens of thousands of war horses swarmed up, and basically the nearby beans were almost divided, so the war horses of the Qianghu Tieqi that Zhang Xiu later attracted were not greatly affected. And at this time, under the leadership of Pangullis, who was divided into two teams, he rushed towards the Cao army of the brigade!

Guo Jia saw that two black-armored cavalry rushed out of Zhang Xiu's army, his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said to Zan Cao: "Prime Minister, the enemy's elite is dispatched, Zi Ke and Wen Lie are only afraid that they will not be able to resist the enemy, Jia thinks it is better to collect the troops!" ”

Cao Cao's face also became extremely ugly at this time, and he couldn't even take Zhang Xiu even if he calculated. Now seeing that team of black-armored cavalry rushing out, Cao Cao also knew that it was the cavalry that Zang Ba said, and now Lu Qian and Cao Xiu were all shot by Fang Cai's bed crossbow and the formation was chaotic, if they continued to charge, they were not the opponent of this black-armored cavalry at all.

After Cao Cao weighed the pros and cons, he snorted heavily, and then sighed helplessly, "waved his hand and said, "Pass the order, Mingjin withdraw the troops!"

"One by one, one on the stage, one by one"

The crisp sound of Mingjin sounded, and Lu Qian and Cao Xiu heard it before the battle, and they were relieved in their hearts.

Seeing that Zhang Xiujun was getting closer and closer, Lu Qian and Cao Xiu did not dare to slack off, and immediately asked Cao's soldiers to regroup in formation and retreat to the Chinese army. After all, Cao Jun was an elite, and after listening to the order at this time, he immediately drove away the state that had just been in a daze, and then immediately formed a formation and slowly retreated.

Over there, Zhang Xiu saw that the formation of the Cao army was not chaotic when he retreated, and knew that he could not let the Cao army rout, "But he didn't want to let go of such a rare fighter, so he shouted: "Pursuit!"

Zhang Xiu gave an order, and the soldiers who could control the war horse rushed forward together, led by Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang, who were not affected, to kill the Cao army. An encounter lasted more than an hour, and it was not over until Cao's army had completely retreated into the camp.

Although the battle was over, Zhang Xiu encountered a lot of trouble when he collected his troops. Some of the horses ignored the bikes altogether, and were still trying to eat the remaining cooked beans. Zhang Xiu was also helpless, so he asked the soldiers to blindfold the war horses, and then forcibly took these war horses away, and the battlefield was quiet again.

Here Zhang Xiu retreated thirty miles to the village, and at this time, in the big tent, Jia Xu had already counted the losses of this battle and was reporting to Zhang Xiu.

The casualties of this soldier are not many, and the wounded and the soldiers killed in the battle add up to only a thousand gold, but the war horses are much more miserable. Six rounds of crossbow arrows were fired in front and back, and more than 5,000 horses were killed and wounded. However, the losses of Cao's army were definitely not light, and after a big battle, the attack of crossbow arrows and the pursuit of his army in the end, the Zhan army suffered nearly 8,000 casualties.

However, Cao Cao was also insidious, those beans were mixed with laxatives to cook together, and when he retreated, the war horse that had eaten beans earlier had already begun to have diarrhea, so Zhang Xiucai ordered the troops to retreat for thirty miles.

This scheme of mixing laxatives in beans was devised by Sima Yi, mainly to keep one hand. At the beginning, Sima Yi felt that if Guo Jia's plan failed, those war horses who had eaten mixed laxatives would not be able to fight for at least a few days if they pulled up their stomachs, so that they could delay time for Cao Cao. I don't want to use it as a hindsight that was just for prevention.

After listening to Jia Xu's report, Zhang Xiu smiled bitterly in her heart, but she admired Cao Cao's opponent very much. The so-called heroes see the same thing, before the war, Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao used the idea of a crossbow at the same time, and the strategy was actually a little clever on Cao Cao's side, and the handful of beans sprinkled on the road directly made Zhang Xiu's cavalry confused. Then shoot with crossbow arrows, so that Zhang Xiu's army will be more chaotic, if Zhang Xiu does not have crossbow arrows to counterattack, then the next is a two-way ambush, and as long as the ambush is successful, I believe that Cao Cao will drive the main force forward, and then Zhang Xiu will naturally be defeated.

However, although Cao Cao's strategy was appropriate, it could not withstand the strong crossbow that Zhang Xiu had improved by Zhang Xiu himself and Ma Jun, and directly disintegrated Cao Jun's obituary. Cao Cao won in strategy, Zhang Xiu won in sharp weapons, and this encounter was a draw. However, thinking that most of the war horses are now having diarrhea, even the soldiers with some beans, Zhang Xiu knows that it will be difficult to fight in the future. And I don't know what the situation is on Zhang Liao's side, now that the benefits of the cavalry raid are gone, and the secret weapon of the strong crossbow has also been exposed, if Cao Cao is holding the camp to the death, and then flanking himself all the way through Zhang Liao, then the situation will be a little bad for him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu frowned unconsciously. Jia Xu was careful, and immediately noticed Zhang Xiu's expression, and said at the right time: "The lord is worried about the Cao army will guard the camp?"

Zhang Xiu listened, nodded, and said with a smile: "Wen Heye, who knows me." Jia Xu smiled slightly and said: "Why bother the lord, Cao Jun is guarding the camp, I will go back to the division to save Wenyuan, now that our two armies have converged, I am not afraid of Cao Cao's voice attacking the west." And our army can afford to drag on, at this time Chang'an has already sent troops to save Nanyang, as long as Gongming breaks Xiangcheng, he can attack the rear of Cao's army, and then Cao Cao will be attacked by the enemy, and the situation is still controlled by our army! When Zhang Xiu heard this, he suddenly realized and said with a smile: "But the general is thinking badly." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Lord, since the blow missed, our army no longer needs to entangle with Cao Cao, wait for the war horse to recover, and I will immediately go to rescue Wenyuan and them." After listening to this, Zhang Xiu nodded in agreement.

On the other side, in the tent of Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao was holding the sword of Yitian in his hand and slashing in the tent. The sharp Heavenly Sword can be made of wood or metal, and it will directly become two sections when the sword is slashed down.

The civil and military outside the tent heard Cao Cao's terrifying roar in the tent, and they didn't dare to say much, and they didn't even dare to take a breath more in the atmosphere, and some of the timid ones trembled in shock.

Guo Jia and Liu Yan glanced at each other, and smiled helplessly together, how could they have thought that such a strange plan would not be able to help Zhang Xiu. can only blame, Zhang Xiu's opponent is too strong. But it's normal to think about it, Cao Cao went all the way to Xuzhou three times, and then went down to Huainan, and then fought hard with Yuan Shao, whose strength was far beyond him, and after collecting Yuan Shao's land, he went out of the Great Wall and fought with Wuhuan, and Cao Cao has not had much chance to recuperate.

On the other hand, Zhang Xiu, the most difficult battle was Guanzhong, but after Guanzhong was defeated, Liangzhou no longer had too strong forces, and Liangzhou was directly swept away. Later, Zhang Xiu also opened up the trade routes of the Western Regions, and recuperated and watched the great changes in the world. It seems difficult to fight Yizhou three times, but the infantry that moves is basically Zhang Xiu's infantry, and the cavalry is not moving. Later, he took advantage of the southern invasion of the Hu people to enter the annexed state, and then quickly destroyed the Hu people who invaded the south and collected the land of the Hetao. There is basically no loss of wife, which also makes Zhang Xiu's comprehensive strength far exceed Cao Cao, outsiders seem to Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu's strength is similar, but in essence, Zhang Xiu's comprehensive strength exceeds Cao Cao for at least eight years. Cao Cao wants to catch up with Zhang Xiu in strength, and at least eight years of cultivation and rest can compete with Zhang Xiu.

At this time, Guo Jia and Liu Ye both had a hunch in their hearts that if they couldn't take this opportunity to hit Zhang Xiu hard, then no one in the entire Han Dynasty would be their opponent, and Zhang Xiu's unification would be extremely obvious.

Just when Guo Jia and Liu Yan were worried, Cao Cao's roaring in the tent had stopped, and it was quiet for a long time, and finally Cao Cao's somewhat weak and hoarse voice came from the tent: "Come in." ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and under the leadership of Guo Jia, Liu Ye and others, they walked into the tent. At this time, the tent was not as messy as everyone imagined, obviously Cao Cao's personal guards had already cleaned up, but because the table was broken into pieces by Cao Cao, everyone could only stand.

After Guo Jia entered, he first persuaded: "Lord, it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." Such a conspiracy can't stop embroidery, but I'm afraid that this time it is the favor of God. However, our army did not lose this battle, on the contrary, because Zhong Da's plan was a small victory, so it can be seen that Zhang Xiu is also an ordinary person, not invincible. The lord should cheer up at this time, as long as he works together, he will definitely be able to defeat Zhang Xiu! Cao Cao heard this, and his originally trance-like spirit was concentrated in vain, and he glanced around at everyone awe-inspiringly, so that everyone below lowered their heads one after another, and they didn't dare to look at Cao Cao. Hahaha......"

Cao Cao's laughter suddenly rose in the tent, and then he saw Cao Cao high-five and praised: "What Feng Xiao said is very true, although Zhang Xiu cannot be defeated in this battle, our army is not defeated. After speaking, Cao Cao's eyes returned to a dignified light.

At this time, Cao Xiu below responded: "Yes, I'm afraid that Zhang Xiu is worrying about how to attack the camp at this time." ”

Liu Ye heard this, shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, if Ye is not bad as expected, Zhang Xiu's next step should be to go back to his teacher to Zhang Liao!" ”

Cao Cao heard this, touched the length of his chin that had grown again, and muttered: "In this way, isn't Ziwen ......?"

Liu Ye heard Cao Cao muttering to himself, so he added: "Prime Minister, I think that I may be able to calculate Zhang Xiu again, but the chance of success of this plan is not great. Cao Cao heard this, let out a light "um", and said, "That son is raised and tried to say it." ”

Liu Yan nodded and said: "The west of this place is Meishan, and the south is blocked by our army, Zhang Xiu must go back from the original way if he wants to save Zhang Liao." The prime minister has Taishan soldiers under him, and although walking between the mountains and forests is not like walking on the ground, it is not comparable to ordinary troops. The prime minister can let the third prince withdraw his troops to the foot of Meishan Mountain first, and then let the Taishan soldiers cross Meishan from the east, so that Zhang Xiu can be successfully ambushed! ”

Cao Cao heard this, touched his chin, groaned for a while, and nodded: "This is not a bad plan." After finishing speaking, he shouted: "Zang Ba! "The Last Admiral!" "Ordered you to lead the Taishan soldiers of the department and cross Meishan. Ziyang walked with Zang Ba all the way and went out with the army. Zang Ba and Liu Yan heard it, and they responded together: "Frame ......"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "The rest of the people, wait for Zhang Xiu to withdraw the army and set off with the prime minister!" Everyone heard it, Qi Ping-Yingyi: "Promise ......"

At this time, in an ordinary house in Chang'an, a large group of teenagers gathered together. If you are seen by the gentlemen and students of the Chang'an School Palace, you will definitely be able to recognize that most of them are troublemakers in the School Palace. For this gang of troublemakers, the gentlemen of Chang'an School Palace are helpless, and the leader of this gang of troublemakers is Zhang Xiu's eldest son Zhang Quan.

And Zhang Quan is also extremely shrewd, and he usually acts and never lets people catch pigtails, so although the gentlemen in the Chang'an School Palace know that the head is Zhang Quan, there is no evidence to talk to Zhang Xiu.

The eldest of these teenagers was fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest was about ten years old. The one in the middle is the oldest, with a face like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, he can be regarded as a ten beautiful boy, but he is afraid that he will stand outside in Chang'an City, and he doesn't know how many Huaichun girls will be fascinated This person is naturally Zhang Quan. However, the murderous aura looming on Zhang Quan's body made him add a bit of an aura that no one would approach, if he was seen by Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yunting, it could be seen that Zhang Quan was because the murderous aura could not be completely restrained after he went to the battlefield. However, it can also be seen from this that Zhang Quan must have broken through from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, and his martial arts must not be bad.

At this time, a sturdy young man asked loudly, "Boss, is there something to do when you call us all this time?" After speaking, he leaned his head towards Zhang Pump.

Zhang Quan heard the words of the sturdy young man, rolled his eyes, tapped the young man's head with his hand, and scolded: "What a deed, make it look like a bandit!" After Zhang Quan finished speaking, the teenagers laughed in unison.

After laughing, I saw Zhang Quan lightly press his hand, and said with a somewhat solemn expression: "This time, we will call everyone Weiwei, there is a major matter to negotiate!" ”

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