Xun Yu and others in the city of Xu Du were very anxious about the delay in the news of Cao Renbu, and now that Xu Shu's army had withdrawn, it was relatively safe outside the city.

In order to find out the whereabouts and situation of Cao Renbu, Xun Yu had to send a document to the counties in the south of Yingchuan to let the officials pay close attention, and at the same time, Cheng Yu used his hands to send him to Runan to inquire about the news.

Unexpectedly, the official document sent by Xun Yu was replied to the next day, which was sent by the Xinji County Ya, reporting that Cao Ren's army was targeted by the cavalry of the Flame Army and trapped in the mountains and forests.

"What do you say? Zixiao's 10,000 horses were trapped in the mountains and forests by Qin Feng with 2,000 cavalry? Was Cao Zixiao scared? After hearing Xun Yu say this, Xiahoudun couldn't help but say loudly.

Xun Yu shook his head: "I'm afraid this matter is not simple, I still know who General Cao Ren is, he is only afraid that he has really encountered difficulties!" The prime minister came back from the defeat of Wancheng last time and told me about the situation at that time, Qin Wuyi is brave and very comparable, this person is indeed difficult to deal with! ”

Xiahoudun immediately said: "I will lead the troops to meet him!" ”

Xun Yu thought about it for a moment and agreed with Xiahoudun's idea, "That's fine, but you must be careful, General Cao Ren is so jealous of Qin Wuyi, there must be a reason!"

After returning home, Xiahoudun gathered soldiers and horses, prepared grain, grass and ordnance, and set off for Xinji County early the next morning.

Flame Army cavalry camp.

The soldiers were eating, and because they did not bring cooking utensils, the dug up plant roots and the meat of the hunted beasts had to be roasted and eaten.

While chewing on the barbecue, Qin Feng said to Chen Zhi, "It seems that this guy Cao Ren is preparing to stay in that camp for a long time!" ”

Chen Zhi said: "He is not sure that he will retreat under the attack of our army, and he should only be consumed by our army!" ”

"How long do you think he can hold up?" Qin Feng asked.

Chen Zhi thought for a while and said: "With Cao Ren's ability to lead troops, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, his subordinates estimate that he can keep guarding!" ”

Qin Feng thought about it for a while, calculating that the number of prey meat and plant rhizomes left should be able to support for two days, it is estimated that at this time, Xu Shu's army has also joined Yang Zheng, there is no need to go down with Cao Ren, with the baggage carried by Cao Ren's army, it is estimated that it can last at least ten days and half a month, and he can't consume the other party in this way.

At this time, a fast horse galloped up, and it was a scout.

"Lord Qiqi, there is a Cao army from the direction of Xudu, led by Xiahoudun, with a number of 5,000, including 1,000 cavalry and 4,000 foot soldiers, only ten miles away from the camp where Cao Ren's army is located!"

As soon as Qin Feng heard it, he knew that he had to go, this should be sent by Xu Du to pick up Cao Ren, he originally wanted to leave with his troops, but since Xu Du sent a large army to meet him, he just borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

"Order everyone to assemble and prepare to withdraw!"

"Yes!" Chen Zhi agreed, remembered something and asked: "Lord, the meat and plant rhizomes left by our army are only enough to eat for two days, and it will take four days to return to Wancheng from here, and there are still two days of grain and grass that have not been settled, are you looking for a place to replenish?" ”

Qin Feng said with a smile: "If you go south, you will enter the territory of Runan, in Runan County, are you still worried that you can't find something to eat?" Let's go to Runan City first to meet Liu Bei and the people of the Yuan family, and find them to make a match! ”

On Cao Ren's side, when the lookout post came to report that all the nearby Flame Army sentry horses had left, he wondered in his heart, could it be that Qin Wuyi led the army to withdraw?

It didn't take long for him to receive a report that Xiahoudun had brought troops to respond, and only then did he know that it was because of Xiahoudun's arrival that Qin Feng led his army to leave.

"Brother Yuanrang, thank you for coming to pick me up, otherwise I don't know how long I would have been trapped here!" When Xiahoudun arrived with his men and horses, Cao Ren opened the camp door and went out to greet him.

Xiahoudun jumped off the horse, "Zixiao, Qin Feng is brave and I know, but he only has 2,000 people, and you have 10,000 horses in your hands, and you are trapped here by him and can't move, I am very puzzled, why are you so jealous of him?" ”

"I'm not afraid of Qin Wuyi, I'm afraid of this cavalry under his command! Hey, it's hard to say, let's go to the camp first, and I'll tell you in detail! ”

"Okay!"

When they arrived at the camp, Cao Rencai told how Qin Feng and Chen Zhi and the cavalry kept harassing them and the casualties they caused.

After hearing this, Xiahoudun couldn't help frowning, "Hearing you say this, I blamed you wrongly, I thought you were frightened by Qin Feng's martial arts, I really didn't expect this cavalry under his command to be so good at fighting, it seems that we have to think of ways to restrain this cavalry, otherwise when fighting with Qin Feng in the future, our army will always be passive!" ”

Cao Ren nodded: "Not bad!" I have also thought a lot in the past two days, and found that although the infantry can block his cavalry attack, at most it can only be passively defensive, and cannot take the initiative to attack, once it takes the initiative to attack, the military formation will be loose, which is unavoidable no matter what, and once the formation is loose, Qin Feng will seize this opportunity to rush towards the loose formation, the soldiers will not be able to resist, and the formation will collapse in an instant! ”

"If you want to deal with Qin Feng's cavalry, you can only use cavalry against cavalry, no matter how elite the infantry is, there is no ability to take the initiative to attack the cavalry, only the cavalry has the ability to take the initiative to attack the cavalry!"

Xiahoudun listened to Cao Ren's analysis, and didn't sigh: "It's a pity that the tiger and leopard rider was completely annihilated by Qin Feng's trap, if the tiger and leopard rider and Zihe are still there, our army will not be so passive!" ”

Qin Feng and Chen Zhi rushed to Runan City with their men and horses, and they ran out of food.

Regarding Qin Feng's arrival, Liu Bei immediately opened the city gate after learning the news, and took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others out of the city to greet him.

"Xuande Gong, don't come unharmed!"

Liu Bei arched his hand and said with a smile: "This time, thanks to the general's help, we can stop the siege of Cao Ren's army, please enter the city to speak, I have ordered someone to prepare a banquet, you and I should have a good drink!" ”

"So thank you Xuande Gong, please!"

During the banquet, Qin Feng said that he and Yuan Shao joined forces to mobilize Cao Jun this time, and he heard Liu Bei's applause, and immediately toasted Qin Feng again and again.

After three rounds of drinking, Qin Feng said: "Cao Cao should stop for a while, Xuande Gong can rest assured that he will pass through Runan, as long as you and I and Yuan Shao work together, Cao Cao will do nothing, after three or five years, when you and I have enough soldiers, we will send troops to the north and capture Xudu in one fell swoop!" ”

"During this period, as long as any of the three parties of you, me and Yuan Shao are attacked by Cao Cao, the other two parties must send troops to rescue each other, I don't know what will happen to Xuande's public will?"

Of course, Liu Bei couldn't ask for it, his strength was still weak at this time, although there was no shortage of fierce generals under his command, but the soldiers and horses were not good, and there were no senior strategists to advise him, if there was no Qin Feng and Yuan Shao's help, he would not be able to stop Cao Cao's attack in Runan no matter what.