Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, both sides withdrew.

Zhang He led his soldiers and horses, evacuated the battlefield, and continued to rush in the direction of Qingzhou.

Cao Hong saw that Zhang He had not pursued, so he gathered the remnants of the defeated army and withdrew from the mouth of the gourd valley.

At this time, Cao Hong didn't dare to chase anymore.

Ma Du let Zhang He shoot to death, not to mention, after collecting all the routs, he counted the men and horses, and nearly half of them were killed and wounded.

After two big defeats in a row, Cao Hong's heart is really not a taste!

However, Cao Hong's reckless nature, fighting a few defeats, is a good thing for him.

Now, if he doesn't defeat the battle and temper his temperament, Cao Hong will inevitably experience a big defeat in the future.

Outside the mouth of the gourd valley, Cao Hong clenched his fists, smashed it on a piece of bluestone, and roared angrily: "Zhang He, I can't spare you!" ”

Then, Cao Hong instructed his subordinates: "Take a good rest, let's continue to chase." ”

Hearing that Cao Hong was still going to chase, the deputy general hurriedly persuaded: "General, let's stop chasing!" ”

"When you came, Childe commanded, you must be careful in everything, and be careful of ambushes. If you don't listen, you fell into an ambush at the mouth of the gourd valley. ”

"Childe also said that once the army is defeated, you are not allowed to chase it anymore, and you will be allowed to retreat immediately. If you don't listen to what Childe says now, then you are violating military orders. ”

"Besides, our horses have been shot to death, look at our brothers, where can they still chase!"

When Cao Hong looked at the soldiers under his command, they were all dejected and staggered.

With this military appearance, what kind of chase are you chasing!

If you catch up, you can't beat Zhang He.

At this moment, Cao Hong was still muttering in his heart, why didn't Li Dian and Le Jin come.

When Li Dian and Le came in, I just borrowed some soldiers and horses from the two of them and continued to pursue Zhang He.

Today, I have to take Zhang He's life.

However, Cao Hong waited left and right at the mouth of the gourd valley until dawn, and still did not see Li Dian and Le Jin's soldiers and horses.

In other words, Cao Hong and Zhang He have been fighting in Hulu Valley for so long.

It stands to reason that Le Jin and Li Dian's soldiers and horses should catch up?

Why, don't you see the two soldiers and horses of Le Jin and Li Dian?

After Cao Hong led his troops away, didn't Su Ming give military orders to Le Jin and Li Dian again?

In addition to distributing their soldiers and horses and letting them pursue, Su Ming also sent someone to secretly issue a secret order to the two of them.

This secret order is not to let them go to the mouth of the gourd valley, but to bypass the mouth of the gourd valley and pursue Zhang He.

Cao Hong's battle at Hulu Gukou, on the surface, was Cao Hong's defeat.

In fact, Cao Hong also dragged Zhang He for a lot of time.

At this time when Cao Hong was dragging on, Li Dian and Lejin, a pair of good partners, had already rushed to the front of Zhang He.

Li Dian and Le Jin, they can't be regarded as chasing Zhang He, this is an anti-ambush Zhang He.

Fortunately, Cao Hong was defeated at the mouth of the gourd valley and entangled Li Dian and Le Jin for so much time, otherwise, it would be really difficult for Li Dian and Le Jin to rush to Zhang He under the detour.

The next day at noon.

On the official road to Qingzhou, Zhang He and his remnants of the defeated army were marching on the official road.

The people who went to Qingzhou to ask the eldest prince Yuan Tan for an answer had returned, and the person who came told Zhang He that the eldest prince Yuan Tan immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses to come to meet after receiving the news.

However, the speed of the army's march is definitely not as fast as that of the scouts.

Probably, it will take two days to be able to catch Zhang He.

I don't know why, although he beat Cao Hong away, Zhang He's heart is still not steady.

Zhang He thought to himself, could it be that in addition to Cao Hong, there are still chasing soldiers?

However, after defeating Cao Hong at the mouth of the gourd valley, Zhang He still left a secret post every ten miles along the way.

As soon as a pursuer is spotted, a secret sentry will immediately come to report it.

Now, there is no secret sentinel to report that there are pursuers coming from the rear. Why, this heart is sudden!

After thinking about it, Zhang He didn't come up with a reason.

Zhang He never thought that while he and Cao Hong were fighting at the mouth of the gourd valley, Li Dian and Le Jin rushed ahead of him.

Now, the pursuers are in front instead of behind, so no matter how many dark posts he leaves, he won't be able to spot the pursuers!

"Pass the order!"

"Speed up the march, and have a round with the eldest prince as soon as possible, so that we are truly safe!" Zhang He conveyed the order.

Zhang Hegang ordered to speed up the march, and walked forward for more than ten miles.

I saw flags waving on both sides of the official road, and there were cavalry everywhere.

The entire official road has been blocked by others.

The most important thing is that this cavalry is under the banner of Cao's army.

It was not someone else who blocked Zhang He's way, it was the second-way pioneer Guan Lejin.

"Hahaha!" After seeing Zhang He coming, Le Jin couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl.

Le Jin thought to himself, Childe is really a living Bodhisattva!

He asked me to wait for Zhang He here, you see, Zhang He really passed from here.

"I am under the command of the Prime Minister, and the second-way pioneer officer is Lejin." After Le Jin reported his name, he thought about teasing this Zhang He, and shouted: "I opened this road, I carried this tree, if you want to go this way, leave to buy road wealth." ”

Hearing this, Zhang He's face suddenly darkened.

never thought that there would be Cao Jun in front.

Cao Jun is chasing and intercepting him! He Zhang He, unless he has wings in the ribs, otherwise, today is in a catastrophe.

Zhang He knew that his remnants of the defeated army could not be the opponent of Lejin's elite divisions.

Moreover, people are happy to wait for work, I don't know how long I have been waiting for him here!

Zhang He looked around and instructed the generals under him: "Let's spread out and run, and run into the surrounding mountains and forests." ”

"Everyone, let's see you in Qingzhou."

However, Zhang He's voice just fell.

I heard a loud shout from the surrounding mountains and forests: "Capture Zhang He alive, capture Zhang He alive." ”

This shout came from the surrounding mountains and forests, and the frightened birds in the mountains and forests flew around.

There is no need to think about it, the mountains and forests are full of ambushes.

Zhang He's face is green, white, blue, and green at the moment.

There is an ambush in the mountains and forests, and the way to rush into the mountains and forests and escape from the whole is impossible to implement.

At this time, the judge stepped forward and said to Zhang He: "General Junyi, he wants to buy road wealth, let's give it to him." ”

"Buy the road."

Hearing the words of the trial, Zhang He almost died of anger.

Zhang He thought to himself, where do I have the belongings for him? Besides, do you know what he wants to buy road money?

The money he asked for was my head.

"Get out of the way!"

"You know a!" Zhang He pushed away the trial and immediately ordered: "Brothers, follow me to kill." ”

"The front is Qingzhou, let's break through a bloody road, we can reach Qingzhou and defect to the eldest prince."

(End of chapter)