In the mountains and forests, Chang Diao greeted Cao Ren, who had just brought people into the mountains and forests.

"The general has finally withdrawn!"

Cao Ren also breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Chang Diao: "How many soldiers and horses were lost during the transfer?" ”

Chang Diao replied: "The details have not been counted yet, but it will not be less than three hundred!" ”

Cao Ren couldn't help but feel a toothache, just such a distance of five miles, he was attacked and harassed by the opponent's 300 cavalry, causing more than 300 casualties.

In fact, he also knew that there were not many sergeants who were actually attacked and killed on the spot by the cavalry of the Flame Army, and most of the more than 300 people were only shot and wounded, and the wounded soldiers who were shot could not walk, so they could only leave them in place, and it was foreseeable that they would be killed by the cavalry of the Flame Army.

"Leave 1,000 people on the edge of the mountain and forest to guard, and another 1,000 people to guard the baggage, and all the others will participate in the construction of the camp!"

"No!"

Cao Ren's side began an entire operation to cut down trees and build a camp, and the guerrilla cavalry who was watching from a distance immediately sent people back to report to Qin Feng.

On the other side of the mountain, Qin Feng was quite surprised to hear the report, "Oh? Cao Ren's progress is getting bigger and bigger, and he has actually learned to form a village to resist the attacks and attacks of the cavalry! It's a pity that the dry food carried by our army is only three days' worth, otherwise, Cao Ren would not be able to escape! ”

Chen Zhi said: "Lord, how do we go next?" ”

Qin Feng smiled, it was impossible for Chen to ask such a simple question without knowing how to do it, but he deliberately asked this, obviously wanting to highlight his lord's intelligence, don't look at this kid's usual wooden appearance, in fact, his emotional intelligence is very high!

"Of course, I have been staring at them, if they want to leave, our army will keep attacking and harassing, so that they can't go, I hope Xu Shu and his army can withdraw to Wuyin City outside Wuyin City to join Yang Zheng within two days, otherwise our two thousand people can only gnaw the bark and chew the grass roots to deal with Cao Ren!"

Chen Zhi hugged his fists and said: "Lord, if you want to solve the problem of the soldiers having enough to eat, the subordinates have some methods, and the subordinates have a lot of experience in hunting, you can take people to hunt in the mountains, and catch some wild beasts for the soldiers to wrap their stomachs!" In addition, there are many rhizomes that grow underground in these three types that can be eaten, so it should not be a problem for the soldiers to spend three or five more days with Cao Ren here! ”

"Oh?" Qin Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, "You still have this ability?" Well, I'll leave the matter to you, and give you three hundred men and horses to raise rations around here for five days! ”

"Command!"

Chen Zhi immediately selected 300 people, and while it was still dark, he immediately went into the mountains and forests to spread traps, and taught the soldiers how to dig up edible plant roots, teaching them to distinguish which plant rhizomes were edible and which plant rhizomes could not be used.

Outside the city of Xudu, Xu Shu camp.

"Qi Yu military division, the villain came to report to the military division on the order of the lord, under the leadership of the lord, our army successfully intercepted Cao Ren's army in Xinji, the lord asked the villain to pass the word, the task of the military division has been completed, when the speed of the army retreated outside Wuyin City to join Yang Zheng!"

Xu Shu listened to the messenger's words, pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay, you go down to rest first!" ”

Sending the messenger, Xu Shu summoned the generals and gave the order to withdraw the army.

At this moment, it has indeed reached the limit of withdrawing the army, thinking that there is not much grain and grass left in the army, and if you want to return to Nanyang, you have to save some food, otherwise you will have to run out of food on the way!

In the morning, the Cao army on the city wall of Xudu found that the Flame Army had not come to attack the city, and even the sentry horses cruising nearby were nowhere to be seen, and immediately reported the news to Xiahoudun and Xun Yu and others.

Xiahoudun, who heard the report, said: "It must have been withdrawn, wait for me to take the men and horses out of the city to chase and kill!" ”

Xun Yu immediately stopped: "No, send a sentry to the Flame Army Camp to investigate, and then make a plan!" ”

It wasn't long before a small group of sentry riders left the city and headed straight for the Flame Barracks.

After only two teas, a sentry rode a fast horse to report: "Xu Shu's camp is empty, and there is no trace of burning in the morning of many earthen stoves, and they were evacuated last night!" ”

This situation was beyond the expectations of Xun Yu and others, he had already prepared for the worst, if Xu Shu continued to attack, he had to transfer the forbidden army guarding the palace to participate in the defense of the city, and then recruit some ministers and family guards of the family.

Unexpectedly, Xu Shu had already withdrawn at this time, he didn't expect why Xu Shu's army would withdraw so early, could it be that there was a shortage of grain and grass to this extent? If so, what battle did you come out for? Aren't you afraid that there will be no food and grass when you fight, and then the sergeants will run away?

It wasn't until noon that Xun Yu reacted, according to the time, Cao Ren's army should have returned to Xudu, but it didn't come back when the time came, this is not normal, could something have happened?

"It's not good, Cao Ren is in danger!" Xun Yu finally figured it out, the Flame Army was not here to attack the city at all, but to transfer Cao Ren's army back, to surround the point and send reinforcements!

At this moment, he fully understood Qin Feng's ultimate goal, that is, to help Liu Bei gain a firm foothold in Runan, and Yuan Shao's purpose in sending troops was to transfer most of the Cao army away, so that the pressure on the Flame Army was much less!

Yuan Shao, Qin Feng and Liu Bei have already united!

This unexpected discovery made Xun Yu's forehead sweat cold.

At noon, Qin Feng finished practicing martial arts in an open space and was washing with clean water, when he saw Chen Zhi walking back with more than a dozen wild boars, roe deer and several other animals of different sizes, and many sergeants carrying some thick plant rhizomes in their hands.

"The harvest is good, I think one or two more hunting, and digging up the rhizomes of some plants will be enough for the soldiers to eat for three or five days!"

Chen Zhi stepped forward and saluted and said, "Lord, I haven't gone to another mountain yet, and my subordinates estimate that they should be able to catch a lot of prey there, and they can also dig up a lot of edible plant roots!" ”

"Okay, I'll go back in the afternoon!"

Qin Feng and the others were resting here, catching prey, digging wild vegetables and plant roots, while on the other side, Cao Ren and his generals had a sad face.

General Wang Shuang asked, "General, can we only stay here all the time?" Xun Lingjun's secret letter asked the general to lead his troops back to attack Xu Shu's army with the defenders in the city, if the task is not completed, the general is afraid that he will be dealt with by military law! ”

Cao Ren shook his head: "Flanking Xu Shu's army? Don't even think about it, it's good for me to return to Xudu alive! For now, we can only be trapped here, our army has a month's grain and grass, I don't believe that Qin Feng will bring a month's grain and grass with 2,000 cavalry, I estimate that they will withdraw in ten days at most, and it will not be too late for us to return by then! ”

Another general, Zhuge Qian, asked, "Isn't the general worried that Xu Capital City will be broken by Xu Shu's army?"

"You're worrying too much!" Cao Ren said, "Do you think Xun Lingjun will put all his hopes on our team?" If that's the case, he's not Xun Lingjun anymore! Xun Yu has all the ghost ideas, as long as Qin Feng has the slightest misresponse, he will definitely suffer heavy losses under Xun Lingjun's arrangement and deployment! ”