… Bian Cao Cao saw that the army of horse bones finally retreated. Qingye said and said, "Don't go down, the army will retreat to Zhuo County first, the infantry will go first, and the cavalry will be broken." Wen Ze, Man Cheng, and you immediately went to count the casualties. In case of Yi, you immediately sent a summons to ask the troops of Youbeiping, Wangyang and other places to gather in Jicheng immediately. Miaocai, you immediately go to Jicheng, lead the assembled troops to support this Sikong, Fengxiao is in Jicheng, you can ask him when you arrive.

Wen Qian, you will send someone to Yizhou, so that the Yizhou army can come to its aid! ”

When everyone heard this, they responded in unison: "No."

On the other side, after the Qianghu iron cavalry retreated, under the leadership of Ma, he directly captured the undefended Yi County, allowing the army to supply and rest in Yi County.

Yi County is the place where Gongsun Zan used to defend to the death, blocking Yuan Shao's army for more than a year, although Yi County was broken and abandoned for many years, but the strength of the city wall of Yi County in Youzhou is afraid that in addition to the Jicheng of Youzhou Zhizhi, others can not be compared.

In the Yixian County Yazhong, Ma and Pang De sat opposite each other, only to hear Pang De say: "Meng Qi, if you can't take the Cao Cao rank today, our army has no chance, and our soldiers have been injured a lot in this battle." Why don't you leave the boat first,"

Ma heard it, but said: "Ling Ming's words are wrong, the largest city in the vicinity is this Yi County, although Cao Cao escaped, but his troops suffered heavy losses. Our army can still pursue! ”

Pound De listened, sighed, and persuaded: "Meng Qi, now that the surprise attack has failed, Cao Cao has relieved his breath, and his adjustable Yizhou army has gone north to support, plus there are still many troops in various parts of Youzhou, if these large armies are mobilized to encircle and suppress our army, the situation of our army will be worrying at that time." ”

After hearing this, the horse smashed his fist on the table and said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger!" Although the Cao thieves have heavy troops in the dark wing, it will definitely take a certain amount of time for these armies to come, and our army can take this opportunity to destroy the Cao thieves first! The Cao thief retreated to Zhuo County, and with the old and broken city walls of Zhuo County, he couldn't stop the onslaught of my army at all! ”

After hearing this, Pang De sighed helplessly in his heart, listening to Ma's tone, he already knew that Ma had made up his mind, so he had to nod and say, "De understands."

Ma smiled and said, "Ling Ming, let's go count the casualties." Early tomorrow morning, let the wounded return to Bingzhou on their own, and we will lead the troops to attack Zhuo County! After hearing this, Pound nodded and left.

At this time, Cao Cao and his subordinates were among them, and Cao Cao said worriedly: "I don't want the horses to be so powerful, with the old city wall of Zhuo County, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop the army of horses."

Cao Chun, who has never said much, heard it, but said: "Eldest brother, rest assured, Chun and the five thousand tiger and leopard riding brothers will ensure the safety of the eldest brother."

Xiahou Yuan also nodded when he heard it and said, "Mengde, what Zihe said is reasonable. Although the horse department is powerful, it is no match for the power of the tiger and leopard."

Cao Cao listened. But he shook his head and said: "Although the tiger and leopard riding is powerful, compared with the horse department, the difference in combat power is actually not big. You must know that in the previous battle, the horse department was after a long-distance attack, and won two consecutive battles against our army, and then fought with our cavalry before being hindered by the tiger and leopard cavalry. If there is a head-to-head confrontation after resting, the tiger and leopard riders can exchange one for two at most, but you must know that the number of tiger and leopard riders is only 5,000 people, and the most people who fight to annihilate the whole army will kill more than 10,000 people and horses, and the rest of the horses. It is more difficult for our army to resist

Cao Cao's round of analysis was reasonable, and everyone was speechless for a while. The count of the number of people has come out, and in today's battle, Cao's army lost more than 20,000 people, most of them were the infantry of the front army and the Chinese army, and more than 50,000 people were injured, and the rest of the soldiers who were scattered and disappeared also had more than 10,000 people. That is to say, only a few thousand people are left in the 100,000 infantry chariots, which can be regarded as intact, and the real combat power is less than 20,000 cavalry and 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry. On the horse side, the losses in the first two formations were negligible, and the real losses were more than the battle with the Cao army's cavalry and the damage after the tiger and leopard cavalry attacked, but I am afraid that the casualties will not add up to more than 10,000 people. If the field battle continues, Cao Jun will definitely not be an opponent. Xiahou Yuan heard this, and said helplessly: "In this case, I can only stick to Zhuo County and wait for reinforcements, but the city wall of Zhuo County" Speaking of this, even Xiahou Yuan himself sighed helplessly.

Just when Cao Jun was at a loss, he heard a person suddenly say in a loud voice: "Lord Sikong, why worry, there is a plan to make Zhuo County impregnable!" ”

Everyone heard it, looked back, and saw that it was Bo Sima Yi, the leader of the army. Cao Cao saw that the person who spoke was Sima Yi, and frowned unconsciously, Cao Cao remembered this young man who looked like a wolf, and Cao Cao remembered it very deeply. But at this time, there was no law, Cao Cao settled down, and asked in a condensed voice: "I don't know what Zhongda's plan is?" small

Sima Yi has been paying attention to Cao Cao's appearance, and Cao Cao's frown before was naturally in his eyes, and he secretly said in his heart: "Sure enough, I am guarded." But hearing Cao Cao's words later, Sima Yi secretly said in his heart: "The opportunity has come!" So he smiled faintly and said: "Lord Sikong, this plan is actually not what Yi thinks, the person who came up with this plan is Kansai Zhang Xiu, and Yi just used it by his plan!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he let out a soft "oh" with interest and asked, "Zhang Boyuan's strategy?" Zhong Da and go down to it. ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "On that day, Zhang Xiu, Ma Teng, and Han Sui's army were held in Chang'an, and Zhang Xiu built a thunderbolt to prepare for the siege of the city, but the huge stones needed were troublesome to transport. When the weather was cold, Zhang Xiu splashed mud and sand with water, condensed into frozen soil, causing stone bombs to attack the city, and made a contribution in one fell swoop. And today is cold and frozen, but the condensation is frozen, why don't Sikong adults use this plan, with water mixed with sediment outside the old city wall of Zhuo County, so as to strengthen and increase the city wall of Zhuo County, so that the new city wall can be built overnight, Ma even has 100,000 troops are helpless, and Sikong Lord only needs to hold on for ten days and a half months, when the reinforcements from Youzhou and Yizhou arrive, the horse will be defeated!

When Xiahou Yuan heard it, he couldn't help but praise loudly: "Good plan!" ”

Cao Cao didn't speak immediately, just stared at Sima Yi with his eyes, and Sima Yi here looked at Cao Cao fearlessly, and the atmosphere in the hall became extremely strange for a while. Xiahou Yuan originally wanted to continue talking, but seeing that the atmosphere was like this, he also stopped talking.

After Cao Cao and Sima Yi looked at each other for a while, they suddenly saw Cao Cao looking up and laughing, everyone was puzzled, only Sima Yi, who had already lowered his head, flashed a trace of luck in his eyes, and at the same time, his back was also soaked. But it was just Cao Cao who looked at Sima Yi's eyes with a murderous aura, if Sima Yi's eyes shrank, I am afraid that the next moment he will fall to the ground. However, it was precisely because he looked at Cao Cao fearlessly, pretending to be dazed and eager eyes that might appear when a young man wanted to make meritorious service, that he deceived Cao Cao. Chuan Dingjie knew that the laughter of the crowd was also enriched at the same time, since Lu Fan Jingbo obtained Cao Cao, of course, he was not completely trusted, but at least he would not need to be cautious as before, walking on thin ice.

Here Cao Cao laughed, nodded and said: "What Zhong Da said is reasonable, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, you two will follow Zhong Da's words to strengthen the city wall of Zhuo County overnight, and when the horse army arrives tomorrow, Ben Xunkong wants to see how this horse reacts!" He continued to laugh.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ma led 40,000 Qianghu iron cavalry straight to Zhuoxian, as Cao Cao expected, the casualties of Ma's army were less than 10,000, but because the wounded soldiers were difficult to take care of themselves, Ma arranged for 1,000 troop vehicles to escort the wounded soldiers back to the state first, and he led 40,000 Qianghu iron cavalry out after integrating the troops.

Yi County is not too far from Zhuo County, Ma Dajun is in a hurry, and before noon, 40,000 troops have already arrived in front of Zhuo County. But when the 40,000 army saw Zhuoxian with their own eyes. But everyone gasped.

I saw that the city wall of Zhuo County was as high as five zhang, which was more than twice as tall as the original city wall, and the city wall was also covered with thick ice. Ice cubes are as hard as boulders, especially the colder the weather, the harder the ice becomes. If the chariot climbs the city, the heat of the soldiers' bodies will melt the ice, and then the water vapor will fill the city wall, making it extremely slippery and difficult to attack.

When the Qianghu Iron Cavalry saw this miraculous scene, he thought that Cao Jun had God's help, but his originally firm military heart was shaken. Ma and Pang De glanced at each other, and both of them saw the surprise in everyone's eyes, and what Cao Jun used was obviously splashing water into ice. But this strategy is a top-secret strategy within Zhang Xiu, and only the high-level core generals know this method, and the soldiers who implement this strategy will be banned. Cao Jun used this strategy at this time, which naturally surprised Ma and Pang De.

However, the fluctuation of the army's heart made Ma and Pang De even more worried, Ma first nodded to Pang De, and asked him to go down to tell the situation and calm the army's heart, and he rode his horse out of the battle, and the White Tiger Shed Soul Gun pointed at the city and shouted: "Cao Ying's rats, if you are not a tongue-in-law, you know that you are outnumbered, but you dare to go out of the city and fight a certain battle!" ”

When Cao Ying's generals heard Ma's words, they were furious, and Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Xiahou Yuan immediately asked Cao Cao for battle. Cao Cao heard it, but his brows were furrowed, he had seen the situation clearly in the battle yesterday, Yan Liang was invincible to horses, Wen Chou and Yan Liang's martial arts were similar and naturally invincible, as for Xiahou Yuan, how much ability he had Cao Cao naturally knew, these three people were not enemies of horses.

And now the horse is outside the city, in order to naturally calm the morale of the army and reduce the morale of the Cao army, yesterday the Cao army was defeated, the morale has been low, and now although the city wall of Zhuo County has been strengthened overnight, but if the morale is not high, the soldiers will still lack confidence to hold on.

Cao Cao knew that he had to fight at this time, and Ma said that he was dead, forcing Cao Ying's general to fight alone.

While Cao Cao was thinking hard, Xu Zhu, who had been standing beside Cao Cao like an iron tower, said angrily: "Lord, the last general will ask for battle, and he will capture the horse and the child!" ”

Cao Cao heard this, nodded and said: "The horse is brave, and Zhongkang is invincible!" ”

Xu Zhu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately took the ring knife and was about to get on the horse to go out of battle, Cao Cao saw the war horse under Xu Zhu's crotch, and saw the jade lion under the horse's crotch, and said in a condensed voice: "Zhongkang, horse war horse Shenjun, you take this empty mount." ”

Xu Zhu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately thanked him, and the guards next to him heard it, and immediately brought Cao Cao's mount to the shadow. The city gate opened, Xu Zhu sat on the shadow and then the shadow neighed, spread his four hooves and galloped out, Xu Zhu waved the ring knife in his hand, and shouted: "Horse, look at the knife!" "The sound is like a thunderbolt above the nine heavens!

Seeing that Xu was about to be killed, the horse didn't dare to be careless, and the White Tiger Shed Soul Gun shook out a few spear flowers, and rode the horse to meet it!

"When,"

The two horses intersected, and after a hard blow, the jade lion under the horse's crotch could not withstand the strong force, and took more than three steps back, and the horse also felt numb in his arms. Still, the horse laughed and said, "Happy! Again! After speaking, he no longer had a hard fight with Xu Zhu, but shook the White Tiger Shed Soul Gun sharply, and the shadow of the gun appeared, like a huge wild beast, and rushed straight to Xu Zhi! Xu Zhu snorted coldly, opened his mouth and shouted, like a tiger roaring, the ring knife danced rapidly, and the shadow of the knife appeared. Like a tiger, meet the horse!

The Cao soldiers above the city and the Qianghu iron cavalry under the city, the fight between the two seemed to be like two brute beasts fighting each other. In comparison, the horse is much more agile between his moves, and every time Xu Zhu attacks, he forces the horse to fight hard with him, and uses his brute force to win.

The two sides can be regarded as chess opponents, and they will meet good talents, and they have fought for more than 100 rounds in a moment, but both of them are not tired, on the contrary, they are still in good spirits. Although it was icy and snowy at this time, the weather was extremely cold, but it was more than 100 catties. The two of them were already sweating profusely. The heat emitted from the two of them caused a thin layer of mist to rise from the battle, and when the cold wind blew, the mist quickly dissipated.

"Kill !!"

"Dead !!"

The two shouted almost at the same time, and Ma Baihu's soul gun attacked Xu Zhumian Door, and Xu Zhu faced the big knife in his hand to resist! The sparks splashed, and the sound of gold and iron resonating loudly shook the eardrums of the surrounding soldiers!

Cao Ying's generals saw it, and they were shocked to look at each other, the two fought for more than 100 rounds, and they could still exert such strength, and they could still stir up such a big momentum under the collision, which was unimaginable for Cao Ying's generals. Especially the three generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Xiahou Yuan, their faces were even more solemn, and only then did they clearly see the gap between them and the top generals, and there was a huge gap that was difficult to overcome!

“…”

"Phew,"

The battle has passed two hundred rounds, although the horse and Xu Qi's crotch are miraculous, but at this time they began to pant for breath, especially the jade lion of the horse, which came from Yi County for a long time, and now carries the horse and Xu Zhu for more than two hundred rounds, bearing the huge power of Xu Zhu's inhuman nature, and is naturally sleepy.

Ma and Xu Zhu glanced at each other, accepted the invitation at the same time, and shouted in unison: "Change horses and fight again!" After the two of them drank, they immediately returned to the battle, and the horse borrowed Pang De's war horse, while Xu Zhu took back his original war horse, although these two war horses were not top horses, but they were also extraordinary, and the vitality of the new battlefield increased.

The horse came out of battle again, but he saw that Xu Zhu had already taken off his armor and came with a knife on his bare body, looking at the muscles and flesh of his body, the pieces were raised, and he could imagine the explosive power contained in it