Guo Jia didn't rush to say the reason, but looked at Lu Bu and Cao Chun, "Fengxian, Zihe, do you remember the Wuhuan Iron Guard during the First Northern Expedition?"

"How could you not remember?" Cao Chun said, "Those soldiers are infinitely powerful, they are not afraid of death, and they do not flinch even if they are seriously wounded, and they can be called fierce enemies. Although there are only 1,000 horsemen, in terms of overall combat power, it is better than the tiger and leopard cavalry, and it is really a fierce pawn. If it weren't for Feng Xiao's plan to lead those iron guards into the trap and burn them all to death, I am afraid that our army will have a lot of casualties. ”

"That Wuhuan Iron Guard was actually made of human sacrifice. "Guo Jia began to drink again" and the abnormality that Feng Xian and Zhang An saw was actually a process of sacrifice. Those corpses are the predecessor of Wuhuan Iron Guard. When the fire is up, they will wake up and step into the battlefield under the control of the Northern Barbarian wizards. ”

How does this really sound like a bit of Resident Evil?

"Could it be that this barbarian attack is just to wantonly sacrifice the Wuhuan Iron Guard?" Cao Chun said in shock.

Then he said suspiciously, "No, those barbarians killed people, not to mention, even the heads were cut off, and they became a Jingguan, I think the corpse without the head can't be made into a Wuhuan iron guard, right?"

"How many Jingguan have you seen, and how many soldiers and civilians are there in the north under the rule of the lord?" Guo Jia asked coldly.

Cao Chun was silent, and then he thought of the number of soldiers and civilians in the north, and his face was not only a little pale.

"Not only that, but also those barbarians who were wounded by our troops in battle and did not die, and did not miss arms and legs. The corners of Zhang An's eyes twitched and said, "Although I haven't participated in the first Northern Expedition, I think those Wuhuan Iron Guards were originally refined with barbarian sacrifices, right?"

"Fengxiao, how did you find out?" asked Lu Bu.

"The Lord is determined to be in the world, and naturally he will not miss any opportunity to enhance his strength. Guo Jia said, "After meeting the Wuhuan Iron Guard, the lord naturally wanted to know how this elite army was trained. ”

"When Jia designed to kill the Iron Guard, there was actually a living mouth. That's a wizard hiding in the Iron Guard. Guo Jia took a sip of wine, "While cleaning the battlefield, the wizard tried to escape, but was captured alive by General Dian. ”

"I remembered. Cao Chunyi patted his head, "At that time, in order to lure out the iron guards, Feng Xiao, you deliberately asked the lord to take Lao Dian, Xu Laohu, and five hundred guards to personally investigate the enemy's situation, so as to successfully lead those iron guards into the trap." ”

"At that time, only the lord and Jia, and General Xu, the general of Dian, were present, and you led the army to cruise around in case of accidents, so I don't know. Guo Jia shook the flask and found that there was not much wine left, so he couldn't help frowning, "Afterwards, General Dian took out the training method of the Iron Guard from the mouth of the wizard. ”

"But I haven't seen any generals go to train the troops?" Cao Chun asked suspiciously, and then his face changed greatly, as if he remembered something.

Lu Bu also frowned deeply, and a little unhappiness faintly appeared on his face.

"It seems that Zihe remembered. Guo Jia sighed and said, "Although this law is against the peace of heaven, but the lord really can't stand the temptation of a fierce and unafraid of death, after thinking for a few days, he finally decided to give it a try, so when the overall situation of our army has been decided, and when the victory is being won, General Dian took five hundred cavalry to probe the enemy, but he was ambushed, and the whole army was annihilated, and even General Dian himself was seriously injured, and found a quiet and remote place to recuperate, and only showed up three months later. ”

"But I didn't see any guards in the army. Lu Bu frowned.

"That's because it took three months, and less than 10 out of 500 people succeeded. Guo Jia said, "So the lord completely lost his mind, in order to prevent this matter from being exposed, he sent someone to kill the wizard who presided over the matter with a knife, burned all the five hundred soldiers, and hunted down the barbarian wizard after the war to prevent the resurgence of this iron guard." ”

"I just didn't expect it to finally appear. Guo Jia rubbed his eyebrows, "Jia, these days, what I'm most worried about is that this will happen." ”

"If it can be done in March, it will be about the same time. Gao Shun narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a rare hint of war, "By the way, I want to see, what can these iron guards do compared to the trapped camp?"

During the northern expedition to Wuhuan, because it was mainly cavalry combat, Gao Shun did not participate.

Cao Chun shook his head when he heard this, "Gongzheng, let's not cause unnecessary casualties." ”

As one of the generals who had personally fought with Tiewei, Cao Chun said very tactfully, but he was obviously not optimistic about the trapped camp.

Gao Shun frowned slightly and stopped talking.

"Jia thought that if he continued to go deeper into the outside of the fortress, he would probably encounter a large-scale iron guard. Guo Jia said worriedly, "Even if you take one out of a hundred, I'm afraid that the barbarians at this time can make up at least 20,000 people." ”

The corners of Zhang An's mouth twitched slightly, 20,000 Wuhuan Iron Guards, who are more elite than tigers and leopards?

Even if Lu Bu is in charge, these 80,000 vanguard troops are still a little insufficient.

Several people looked at Lu Bu one after another, Guo Jia had already made a suggestion, but the final decision was still decided by Lu Bu, who was the main general.

Lu Bu frowned deeply, a little difficult to decide.

Although he thought that with his strength at this time, with the 80,000 army, plus several generals in Gao Shun, it should not be a problem to take down 20,000 Wuhuan Iron Guards, but who knows if there are more Iron Guards among the barbarians?

After all, 20,000 is just a conservative estimate of Guo Jia.

Finally, remembering the scene when he rushed back and forth that day, but still failed to prevent the fall of the tiger and leopard horse, Lu Bu slowly closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "According to what Fengxiao said, temporarily withdraw the army." ”

Gao Shun and others received orders in unison, and they all walked out of the big tent to arrange the withdrawal of troops.

Zhang An stayed in the tent, looking at Lu Bu, who closed his eyes, but his eyes kept rolling under his eyelids, obviously his heart was not as calm as his expression showed, and he chuckled and said, "Feng Xian, when you go back this time, you want me to meet my sister-in-law, let me see what kind of strange woman in the show of wisdom can make Feng Xian, you will never forget." ”

Lu Bu opened his eyes, and he didn't care about the little rudeness in Zhang An's words, and reluctantly showed a smile and said, "Yes, when I go back, I will add a pair of dishes and chopsticks to a certain family and raise one more idler." ”

"Look at what you say. Zhang An said curtly: "What is an idler?"

was interrupted by Zhang An like this, and Lu Bu calmed down a little.

He looked at Zhang An and said jokingly, "By the way, I think about it, Gong Zheng also told a certain person some time ago that he wants to transfer you to the camp and practice well." ”

Zhang An just wanted to speak, but suddenly noticed Lu Bu's words.

Zhang Anxin moved, did Lu Bu want to remove his position as a personal guard and let me go to the camp?

"Fengxian, you have something to say. Zhang An squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Lu Bu, and said quietly, "What is the meaning of the word transfer?"

Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, knowing that he was speechless, and talked about him left and right.

Because Gao Shun wants Zhang An to be his successor, he has been discussing this matter with Lu Bu privately in the past few days, and Lu Bu, as Gao Shun's friend, naturally knows Gao Shun's concerns.

After all, Gao Shun does not have Lu Bu's force, and the trapping camp has always been to the most dangerous place in the war, and the general will inevitably die in front of the battle, in case Gao Shun has any accident, because the trapping camp itself is based on the particularity of Gao Shun's talent, only Zhang An can take over his banner and become the main general of the trapping camp, otherwise the trapping camp is afraid that it will completely disappear.

Lu Bu naturally agreed with this matter, but he had been thinking about how to talk to Zhang An about it these days, and he never thought that he would just say it casually as a joke today, and Zhang An would see the clues.

"Fengxian, I know what you think, and I know what General Gao thinks. "Zhang An is not a fool, these days he has also figured out that he was disrespectful at the beginning, but why Lu Bu still left himself, except that Lu Bu himself actually didn't care much about his words, the biggest reason should be the decision made for Gao Shun.

Zhang Anzheng said, "I don't have that consciousness at this time, and carrying the lives of a battalion of soldiers on my shoulders is too heavy for me." ”

"This matter will be discussed again, and this matter will be discussed again. Lu Bu started haha.

"By the way, there's one more thing I want to discuss with Feng Xian. Zhang An said with a smile, "After I go back this time, if there is no war that requires you to go out in the short term, I will leave for a while." ”

"Leave, where are you going?" Lu Bu's eyes widened.

"The Central Plains is so big, I want to see it. Zhang An made a leisurely gesture "The world was uneasy before, and I had no ability, so I could only hide at home, but now I have some force, so I naturally want to see this great mountain and river." ”

The real reason is naturally that Zhang An has to visit various places to collect the remaining thirty-five stones.

"That's right. Lu Bu groaned, "Traveling around the world is also one of the stages that martial artists must go through, Zhang An, it's okay for you to go out and have a look." ”

"Then it's settled. Zhang An smiled and said, "When it's really time for me to leave, don't stop Feng Xian." ”

"It's okay, you can go yourself. Lu Bu said, "For the next period of time, a certain will stay in Xudu to consolidate the realm, if nothing else, the battle of Jiangdong will not be able to participate." ”

"But so-and-so can't support you too much, and your family is poor. Lu Bu sighed.

Zhang An naturally didn't believe it, as Cao Cao's general, would he still have no money?

Lao Cao is very generous to meritorious people.

But Zhang An doesn't care, where will he ask for Lu Bu's money?

is such a big person, has hands and feet, and now has a martial arts body, is it possible that he will starve to death?

It was only after I went to Xudu later that I learned that Lu Bu was not stingy, but that he was really poor.

The next day, the army began to retreat.

Along the way, they were still widely scattered, and after knowing that the barbarians might be hiding an army of iron guards, they were a little more careful on the way to the march.

However, as when he came, until he joined Cao Cao's army, it was still calm.

And Cao Cao, who had already received the report from Lu Bu's army, made the decision to retreat after gathering the generals.

This is not surprising, the number of powerful guards is unknown, and the barbarians seem to have changed in other ways.

Everything was different from what he expected when he left the army, and Cao Cao was still thinking about conquering Jiangdong, not wanting his soldiers to have too many casualties, and without sufficient preparation and intelligence, Cao Cao would not rashly start the war.

After leaving an army with Cao Chun as the main general to blockade the northern frontier and always be vigilant against the movements of the barbarians, Cao's army returned to Xudu.

This expedition consumed countless grains and grass, but he didn't even see a barbarian, and he delayed the attack on Jiangdong.

Cao Cao only felt that he was holding back his anger.

He turned his gaze to Shu and Liangzhou, and began to wonder if he should find a soft persimmon and beat it to vent the anger in his heart.