"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Sharp arrows shot from behind, and shot two more knights from their horses, one of whom had not yet completely lost his breath, but had only fallen from his horse, but after falling off his horse, he cried out in terror.

Han Dang, who was galloping at the front, listened to the shouts rising from behind, and his heart was as uncomfortable as a knife.

But he can't turn back at this moment, he has an extremely important task on him.

With Liu Bei's order, he wanted to break out of the siege and go to Tancheng to invite Tao Qian's reinforcements.

And from the rear of Han Dang and the others who broke through, Cao Chunzheng led a group of elite cavalry unhurriedly and followed them.

Cao Chun's face was resolute, his expression was mighty, he was dressed in fine armor, and his eyes keenly looked at Han Dang and the others not far away.

He was not in a hurry to slaughter all of Han Dang's group, he just unhurriedly asked his subordinates to follow them closely and not to fall behind.

According to Cao Ren's orders, he killed these people in the conflicting military formation, but he did not intend to completely exterminate them, and at the last moment, he only waited for one or two people left on the other side before letting them go.

As Cao Ren said, it was impossible for Tao Qian to send troops to aid Liu Bei.

Wouldn't it be better to let those who went to the rescue bring back news that made Liu Bei even more desperate?

Thinking of his brother-in-law's expression at that time, Cao Chun couldn't help laughing proudly.

"Chase me, don't kill them all in one go, just leave a few for them to escape, let them go and report to Tao Qian's old man, I want to see if Tao Qian's old man can come!"

At this time, Cao Chun can be said to be in a good mood, in his opinion, the only remaining Mercedes-Benz rider in front of him is already in his bag.

Now Cao Chun is teasing them like a cat catching a mouse!

The Cao army in the rear is still pursuing, and their own personnel will fall off their horses in a short time......

These knights are the most elite warriors among the Qingzhou soldiers, and every time they lose a person, for Han Dang, it is like cutting meat on his body.

If it was in the past, Han Dang would have turned back and fought to the death with Cao Chun.

But now, no matter what difficulties, unwillingness, or grievances, he has to swallow them in his stomach.

In any case, he had to complete the task assigned to him by Liu Bei.

……

……

In fact, Liu Jian's group had been in the vicinity for a while, but under the command of Guan Yu, these 4,000 Liaodong troops were lurking in the mountains and forests, and they were not in a hurry to go out to attack Sun Jian or Cao Ren.

There are more than 20,000 people under Sun Jian's command, and Cao Ren brought nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses this time.

Of course, if you adopt the method of sneak attack and suddenly send troops to cover up the killing, you can succeed, but there is only one chance.

Therefore, Liu Jian must grasp this opportunity, at least to achieve the strategic purpose of rescuing Liu Bei's army from Yixian.

Liu Jian, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, these three people have been on the march for many years.

They had recently been ambushed in the mountains and forests to control the movements of the Liaodong sergeants.

At the moment, although Cao Jun and Sun Jian's attention is on Liu Bei, they will not find out their whereabouts when they are idle. However, once there is the slightest negligence, and the other party detects any clues, then such a painstaking action will be wasted.

For the three Liu Jian brothers, he absolutely does not allow this kind of thing.

However, not going out easily does not mean that they do not carefully detect the movements of enemy troops.

Including Cao Ren and Sun Jianjun, the Liaodong Army had people watching their movements for twelve hours a day, and reported the latest news to Liu Jian at any time.

The three Liu Jian brothers have been using troops for many years, they don't need to know too much about the other party's deployment, they only need to know the location of Cao Ren and Sun Jian's camp, know how many meals the other party's sergeants eat every day, the time of lighting the fire at each meal, including the number of their patrols every night, they can roughly infer the current state of Cao Ren and Sun Jian's army.

It is even more likely to analyze the current psychology of Cao Ren and Sun Jian.

According to the scouts, these details reported back to Liu Jian every day, Liu Jian probably knew the situation of Cao Ren and Sun Jian.

He analyzed that Cao Ren and Sun Jian's attention was now on Liu Bei.

According to the location of their night patrol, it shows that they don't think that any troops and horses will raid from the periphery to rescue Liu Bei now.

And they were not in a hurry to attack, indicating that Cao Ren's main purpose was now to capture Liu Bei alive.

Liu Jian only pondered it a little, and knew that Cao Rensheng's purpose in capturing Liu Bei was to threaten himself.

This Cao Zixiao is really worthy of Cao Cao's most capable general, and at this time, he did not forget to plan for Cao Cao's future development.

If it is replaced by an ordinary general, its primary purpose must be to kill Liu Bei and establish merit.

However, this is also good for Liu Jian, he doesn't need to rush into the encirclement and rescue immediately, he just needs to judge the situation and see the right time.

Liu Jian is now raiding and killing, and attacking Cao Ren with cavalry will definitely win a big victory, but his key problem now is that he can't contact Liu Bei.

Defeating Cao Ren did not mean much to Liu Jian, he needed Liu Bei to cooperate with him, and when he was victorious, he could take the opportunity to lead his troops to kill, and the two armies would meet, and jointly boost their morale with the power of a big victory and then quickly withdraw.

The tactics are very simple, but they are quite difficult to operate.

This is the disadvantage of the lack of communication facilities in an era.

Although it is a deep brotherhood, the Liu brothers are not so deep that they have a clear understanding of their hearts, and they can guess each other's thoughts without speaking.

Liu Jian was in the mountains and forests recently, and he thought about this matter for three whole days.

But he didn't come up with a good way to do it in the past three days.

But it was tonight that Liu Bei from Yixian suddenly took action.

The news was quickly brought back by the scouts.

Liu Jian heard that Liu Bei actually took the initiative to attack at night, and secretly said in his heart: Could it be that my brother Xuande has no food in the county, so he has no choice but to forcibly break through?

If this is the case, then he needs to react quickly, attack Liu Bei's raided camp from behind, and then attack inside and outside, break the blockade of the other party, and let Liu Beijun rush out.

So, Liu Jian, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu came to a mountain in the forest.

This mountain was what they had searched for earlier to observe the situation of Cao Renjun's army.

The slopes of the hill are gentle and can be quickly ascended or descended.

Although it was night, they could roughly deduce the situation on the battlefield by simply relying on the fire, the shouts of killing, the location of the fire, and the size of the fire.

After all, as far as this is concerned, Liu Guanzhang is an old man.

Guan Yu, who marched in Liaodong and Saiwai all the year round, was the most proficient in night warfare.

He only glanced at the location of the fire and the size of the fire, and saw that something was wrong.

"Brother, Xuande doesn't seem to have any intention of breaking through today."

Liu Jian nodded: "Yes, this fire is not big, and looking at the location of the fire, it seems that it is on the periphery of Cao Ying, it seems that Xuande has adopted the method of striking the east and attacking the west." ”

Zhang Fei is also an old fritter on the battlefield now, and he can guess what Liu Bei wants to do at once.

"Brother Xuande wants to send someone to break out, and then go to ask for help."

When Liu Jian heard this, he nodded with satisfaction.

"What Yide said is very true."

"Xuande is also a veteran who has been in the army for many years. Our news in Xuzhou, Xuande also knows. ”

"It's just that he also knows that we don't have a lot of soldiers and horses, if my expectations are good, Xuande pretended to sneak attack Cao Ying, sent people to take advantage of the chaos to rush out of the encirclement, and went to Tancheng to ask for help, hoping that Tao Qian could send troops to support."

"If Tao Qian's soldiers and horses arrive, they can help us share some of the pressure, and it will be easier for Xuande to break out of the encirclement."

Guan Yu said with his long beard on the side.

"If Brother Xuande's soldiers and horses can be relieved, they can return to Xuzhou and help defend the northern border of Xuzhou."

"According to the current situation, as long as Brother Xuande's army and horse are rescued, then Tao Qian will still have the possibility of stabilizing his foundation in the future."

Liu Jian's face showed a little regret.

"It's a pity, although you Guan Yunchang know this truth, Tao Qian may not do it."

Guan Yu was surprised when he heard this: "Why doesn't Tao Qian act like this? ”

"Yun Chang, over the years, you have crisscrossed the north, opened up the desert, and exterminated Sanhan, and your vision is much higher than these characters in the mainland."

"Although Tao Qian has a good background, his pattern is not big, and he can see the current situation clearly, so you have to wait."

"And even Tao Qian can see the current situation clearly."

"He may not be willing to use the little soldiers and horses he has left to save Xuande."

"This is something that Xuande didn't think through."

"It's just that Xuande didn't think it through, but I don't know if Cao Cao can figure it out."

When he said this, Liu Jian looked at Zhang Fei on the side.

"If Yide Xuande sends a small number of soldiers to clash outside, he must pass through the path east of Cao Ren's camp, which is the most suitable for a small number of men and horses to break through...... Now you quickly lead a detachment of soldiers and horses there to meet them, and see who you can rescue...... Yun Chang, you are also preparing soldiers and horses here, we may have to do it tonight. ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he said, "Brother, don't wait any longer?" ”

"Don't wait, since Xuande can come up with this strategy, it means that he is already a little exhausted, and there is no way to go on like this."

"Since he sent troops to break through tonight, it means that Xuande has been watching the situation on the Cao Ying battlefield at the head of Yicheng, and I will find a way to send him a signal over there, maybe I can save him."

"No!"

(End of chapter)