"Enemy attack!"

Huo Jun, who didn't leave his body, got up from the bed and rushed out of the camp without waiting for his own soldiers.

Running to a high place in the camp to take a look, Huo Jun instantly ordered:

"Pull out the camp, withdraw to the valley, and guard the valley!"

Wei Yan, who had slowed down a beat, immediately turned back when he heard this, and at the same time shouted Huo Jun's order.

The correspondence between Wuzhang Yuanying and Hanzhong has never been interrupted, and there are letters from Fazheng almost every day, and there will be handwritten letters from Pang Tong every few days.

And the possibility that Cao Jun will attack in a big way, Fa Zheng and Pang Tong have judged it in advance.

Pang Tong has only one suggestion for this: withdraw!

Although Wujoyuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is when the difference in strength is not too great.

Relying on the tactics of attacking the enemy and saving the enemy, and attacking half-crossing, the camp of Wuzhangyuan can be described as stable as a rock.

But if the army presses on a large scale, it will be different, the Cao army only needs to cut off the connection between the Baochuan Road and the Wuzhang original camp, and then the army will besiege it.

It's the dry season, and it's the easiest time to get started.

Pang Tong himself estimated that Cao's army in Guanzhong had at least 30,000 and 4,000 cavalry, which was several times the strength of thousands of soldiers and horses in Wuzhangyuan.

In the case of a pre-plan, Huo Jun made this judgment without hesitation, and Wei Yan did not hesitate to convey this order.

So when Cao Junbing came to Wugong Shui, what he saw was the Han soldiers who slowly retreated towards Xieyu Pass, and the Wuzhangyuan camp where there were several flames.

"Really...... Decisive. ”

In Cao's army, Du Xi, who led the front army, showed disappointment.

Liu Bei's troops and horses acted quite perversely, and last year, they relied on the lack of food and grass of Cao's army to move the nest, and they were repeatedly attacked and disturbed, and they were annoyed.

Therefore, many people speculated that Wei Yan, who was the leader, should be an arrogant person with higher eyes than the top.

As a result, now that they can come out of the nest, they have escaped so decisively? Even the barracks that had been repaired for several months were burned down, and there was no nostalgia.

"General." The captain on the side reminded:

"Since the other generation has retreated, our army should force the martial arts to cross the water, and pursue and disrupt its formation."

"Otherwise, if you let them guard the valley, it will be quite troublesome."

Du Xun glanced at it appreciatively and said:

"De Rong can obviously live in Chang'an for Jingzhao Yin, but he insists on being the captain and goes out with the army, and his heart is commendable."

"This suggestion is also well-founded."

"Hmm...... Then pass on my military order, cross the river to pursue, seize the valley mouth and chase the thief army! ”

Zhang Ji was speechless for a moment, he only felt that this Du Changshi was really not suitable for leading the army, so he gave the order, what kind of trouble did he make such a long statement at such a critical juncture?

When even he tugged on the reins and planned to cross the river together to pursue, he yelled at the same time:

"The general has an order, pursue!"

But Du Xi suddenly remembered the letter he had received before, and hurriedly explained loudly:

"If De Jong defeats the thief army, he should stay alive for a moment or two, and ask whether the son of the Sima clan in Hedong has fallen into the hands of the thieves!"

Zhang didn't bother to look back, just waved his hand to show that he knew, and then hurried to the river to direct the soldiers to cross the river.

Du Xun took a few guards to find a high place, and saw that Cao Jun was like mercury pouring to the ground, although this martial arts water slowed down his pace, it could not be completely stopped.

Prime Minister Cao's Han army soon came into contact with Liu Bei's thief army.

In the early morning of this late winter, the sound of weapons clashing is not very conspicuous, but the screams of death are particularly eye-catching.

This scream reminded Du Xi of the people he had died tragically when he resisted Liu Biao's army in Xi'e County.

And this Xi'e County is now occupied by thieves, and I heard that during the Battle of Jingxiang, Guan Yunchang beheaded the prime minister's brother Cao Zilian here.

Before the Chinese New Year, the prime minister also sent someone to negotiate with Guan Yunchang, hoping to return Cao Zilian's body.

Guan Yunchang replied that Cao Zilian was beheaded by his own hands, and it was ominous to open the grave again, so please send a nephew to take care of this matter.

In the end, this matter was over, but now Du Xi understands that the prime minister wants to fight back in person.

At the end of this year's war, Guanzhong started first.

But...... Du Xianwei is really not optimistic.

To the south is Hanzhong, you can only take the two roads of Baochuan Road and Chencang Road, which forced Liu Bei to burn the plank road directly.

To the west is Yongliang, and almost all of Ma Chao and Han Sui's commands are Han'er cavalry and Qiang cavalry, coming and going like the wind.

And at this time...... Du Xun made a decision and shouted:

"The road recruits Zhu Ling, and the two of you lead the way to the south, find a gap to cross the river, and attack the back road of the thief army!"

Last year, Lu Zhao and Zhu Ling led the army to attack Yongliang, but they were disgraced by Ma Chao, and now it is the time to make meritorious contributions.

The two former generals bowed down to receive the order, shouted and mobilized the troops and horses, and headed south.

After splitting into two roads, Du Xi had no troops to adjust for the time being, so he could only ride a horse and watch the battle from a high place.

"The leader of this thief army is a general."

Seeing that Zhang Ji's pursuit did not achieve any effect, and the retreat formation of the thief army was not chaotic and the speed was not slow, Du Xun sincerely admired.

And what made Du Xian's eyes shine was the tactics of this thief army.

Even if it was retreating, it was not the traditional phalanx retreating slowly, but after the two teams were broken, they fought and retreated.

And these two teams seem to have a unique rhythm of changing attacks, crossing each other to cover, and Du Xun didn't see what Zhang Ji had gained after looking at it for a while.

This can only hope for Zhu Ling...... Turning his head to look in the other direction, Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao also reached the southern end of Wugong Water and began to cross the river.

Huo Jun naturally also saw the second Cao army in the right rear of the military formation trying to cross the river, and also immediately made a judgment:

"Wen Chang led the army to retreat, don't mess up the formation!"

Wei Yan nodded, the Wuzhang Yuan Battalion had always been in charge of the two of them in a complementary state, so it was natural for the herald to change this, and immediately began to loudly transmit Wei Yan's orders.

Then Huo Jun shouted again:

"Erlang Edae is out of battle, follow me but the enemy!"

So at the rear of the military formation, Huo Jun's 700 parts rushed out and followed Huo Jun into Xieyu Pass.

Zhu Ling didn't know what was happening, but he thought it was the thief army's infighting, and he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately urged his subordinates to cross the river quickly.

Although it was a dry period, the martial arts water here had just flowed out of the Qinling Mountains, and it was urgent, and it was more difficult to cross than the north, so Zhu Ling was even more anxious.

But soon, Zhu Ling saw that the more than 1,000 people who had come out of the formation rushed out of the valley mouth again, and the direction was facing his side.

Is this to stop me from waiting to cross the river?

Zhu Ling frowned: Everyone understands the truth of half-crossing and attacking, but you don't dare to attack half-way without looking at how many of you are only a few people!

The road on the side looked better, and exclaimed:

"Brother, they all have crossbows!"

Both of them are generals, so they are quite close to each other on Prime Minister Cao Cheng's side, and they are usually called brothers.

"Panic what!" Zhu Ling scolded:

"More than a thousand crossbows, but they can only shoot three or four rounds, what are you afraid of!"

Hebei also has crossbows, Zhu Ling is no stranger to this, and he calmly judged it.

Lu Zhao's face was a little bitter, and the weakness of the crossbow was well known, but in exchange for its powerful power.

Even if it is an elite division, it is inevitable that there will be casualties when he breaks the crossbowman, and he doesn't want to become a ghost under the crossbow arrow.

Zhu Ling watched coldly, watching this crossbowman rush to the shore, and then raised his hand, and the crossbow arrows were splashed at them.

This is also one of the differences between a crossbowman and an archer, it is very difficult for an archer to shoot an arrow after running like this, because the breath is unsteady and the accuracy of the head will be greatly reduced.

But none of that matters! Zhu Ling silently counted the time in his heart, and didn't look at the soldiers who had lost their vitality and went down the river with crossbow arrows.

Round 2...... Round 3...... Seeing that the thief on the opposite side raised his hand again, Zhu Ling felt that he had grasped the opportunity to win.

Another round of crossbow arrows splashed over, and Zhu Ling shouted:

"The enemy army has no crossbows, attack!"

The road was overjoyed, and he immediately set off and stepped on the simple pontoon bridge to launch a charge.

In response to Zhu Ling's order, it was the fifth round of shooting, and then the non-stop sixth round, the seventh round...

Lu Zhao threw his head back into the icy water, and a crossbow bolt pierced his neck.

(End of chapter)