"Humph!"

Cao Ang snorted coldly and said, "The pikemen give a certain top, don't retreat." ”

"Whoa."

Cao Ang's pikemen immediately took action, took their spears, formed a formation, and confronted the enemy.

"Bang bang."

The spear and the horizontal knife collided together, bursting with sparks.

Cao's spearmen were brave, but they were still unable to stop the enemy.

The enemy's cavalry was too strong, and every attack was so powerful that it could easily destroy Cao's defensive formation.

Seeing this, Cao Jun's infantry could only grit their teeth and persist, trying to protect their comrades, although they also knew that such an approach was futile, but they had no choice.

"Poof!"

Suddenly, a horizontal knife pierced the pikeman's chest.

The pikeman's eyes widened, and he looked down at the horizontal knife that passed through his chest.

"Bang!"

He slammed to the ground and never got back up.

"Kill!"

Taking advantage of the pause of the enemy pikemen, a group of bandits swarmed up, seemingly about to gain the upper hand.

Seeing this, Cao Ang said with a gloomy face: "Order the crossbowmen to prepare to release the arrows." ”

"Yes." The herald immediately went to mobilize the ballista.

But Cao Ang shook his head: "Use the catapult first to smash this group of beasts to death." ”

"Whoa!" The herald received the order and immediately went to convey Cao Ang's order.

"Boom!"

Several huge catapults were instantly put into position, and then began to attack the enemy forces in the distance.

Cao Ang stood on the high slope, looked at the enemy troops in the distance, and smiled.

"Childe, the enemy seems to sense the danger and is retreating." The adjutant general on the side reminded.

"If you're here, how can you let them escape?" Cao Ang smiled coldly and ordered, "Order the soldiers to pursue." ”

"Whoa!"

With Cao Ang's order, Cao's crossbowmen began to release crossbow arrows, but the enemy troops seemed to be unaffected and were rapidly leaving.

"Damn it!"

Cao Ang looked at the enemy troops in the distance and cursed, but he didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately led his guards to rush down.

"Bang bang bang!"

After Cao Ang rushed down, he heard one explosion after another.

At this time, the battlefield has already become a mess.

Many thieves are desperately fleeing.

"Chase after so-and-so, and never let them escape." Cao Ang roared loudly.

"Kill!"

Cao Ang's guards followed him and chased after him.

However, the enemy army is cavalry after all, and the speed of the attack is extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, he had already escaped from Cao Ang's field of vision.

"Whew."

Cao Ang exhaled a breath of turbidity: "Count them lucky, if it is one o'clock in the evening, they will definitely be able to stay." ”

Cao Ang's heart was full of regret, he originally thought that the enemy army he encountered this time was a miscellaneous army.

Now it seems that this is a well-trained and well-equipped army, and they are clearly prepared as well.

It's a pity.

Cao Ang sighed and continued to command the battle.

On the other side, Xu Huang led his troops to pursue the thieves, but he couldn't find any trace of the thieves.

"General, do we need to go back to tell Childe, there must be reinforcements in ambush nearby." The adjutant asked cautiously.

Xu Huang thought for a while and shook his head: "No, keep looking." ”

The adjutant general was stunned, didn't he just say that he was going back to tell his son? Why have you changed your mind now?

Xu Huang looked at his puzzled expression and smiled slightly: "Do you think that with our current situation, there is still time to waste?" ”

The adjutant general's face turned pale suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "My subordinates are wrong, please forgive the general." ”

He had forgotten two key things for a moment.

The first is that they are now exhausted and physically exhausted; The second is that the enemy forces are getting farther and farther away from them, and now it is simply impossible to catch up.

Judging by the current situation, they simply do not have the ability to continue the pursuit of the enemy.

"Let's go, let's report to Childe."

Xu Huang gave a faint order and returned to Yanzhou with the troops.

After he returned to the city, he went directly to Cao Ang and told him in detail what had happened today.

Hearing this, Cao Ang fell silent and said after a moment.

"It's not just us who have encountered bandits, the rest of the princes may have also been attacked by enemy troops, and if this is the case, our pressure will be even greater."

"Childe is very true, but I'm sure we can handle it." Xu Huang said.

When Cao Ang heard this, he smiled bitterly: "I don't doubt you, it's just, alas, let's go rest for the time being, and continue to conquer Yanzhou tomorrow." ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he didn't want to say anything, so he arched his hand and said, "In this way, the last general will leave first." ”

Cao Ang sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, but his expression was solemn.

Although he defeated Yuan Shao's thieves today, he didn't capture anything.

"Could it be that I'm wrong?"

Cao Ang muttered to himself.

"Childe, what are you thinking?" Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan asked.

Cao Ang came back to his senses and sighed, "This time the battle was lost. ”

Xiahou Yuan said with a smile: "Childe doesn't need to be frustrated, although we have lost a lot this time, we have also gained a lot.

At least more than 3,000 thieves were killed, and more than 500 people were captured, which was enough to make a difference. ”

Cao Ang nodded: "I hope so." ”

"Report!"

Suddenly, a scout came running from a distance, knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Ang, and said respectfully: "General Qiqi, our scouts have found thieves outside the south gate, and they are fleeing north. ”

"What?"

Cao Ang stood up in surprise: "Are you sure it's a thief?" ”

"I'm sure the thieves are all dressed in black, exactly like what they found that day." The scout said.

Cao Ang frowned, he didn't expect that the thief would have the courage to come back.

He immediately ordered: "Order, the whole army is dispatched to destroy the thieves." ”

"Yes!"

The scout took the order and quickly turned to leave.

Cao Ang quickly boarded the horse and said to the adjutant beside him: "Pass the order, speed up the march, and you must take down the thieves as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!"

Soon Cao Jun chased in the direction of the thief's escape.

Half an hour later, Cao Jun finally caught up with the fleeing thieves.

"Kill!"

Xiahou Yuan shouted angrily and led his soldiers into the enemy camp.

Cao Ang looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, his brows furrowed.

"General, what do we do now?" The adjutant asked.

"Wait and see before making a decision." Cao Ang said: "If the thieves resist fiercely, they will be killed again." ”

Cao Ang felt that if he rushed in boldly, he would be easily annihilated by the thieves.

So he was going to wait for a while to see how much the thieves resisted before making a decision.

Soon, Xiahou Yuan led his soldiers to clean up the thieves thoroughly.

Cao Ang then led his men into the enemy position and found that they had suffered heavy casualties.

Especially the last thieves who were caught, the number exceeded Cao Ang's expectations, there were more than 500 people.

"General, the last general suggested that all the thieves be tied up and sent to Xudu.

(End of chapter)