From Jingling to Xiangfan in the north, it is about six or seven hundred miles, passing through Dangyang, Yicheng and other places. After Cao Cao had no hope of eating, he led his army to the north, wanting to go to Dangyang Avenue and return to Xiangfan.

Although death is happy, and there is no hope of eating the tomb, but there is no endless road, fortunately the tomb to Xiangfan, are the rich places of the Jianghan Plain, Cao Cao's defeated army lacks food and clothing, and has no choice but to attack the people along the way, plundering the grain, so that the hungry and cold soldiers can recover some physical strength.

The land of the sun, the danger of Jingshan in the north and the wealth of the Jianghan Plain in the south, is a land transportation hub and a place where soldiers must fight.

Cao Cao led the remnants of the army to pass through Dangyang before he could go north to Xiangfan. And Cao Cao also wants to eat in Dangyang, after all, robbing the people is not a long-term solution. As the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he still has to be decent, and he can't be like Dong Zhuo.

The dirty red robe on Cao Cao's body has gone, and now Cao Cao has changed into a clean brocade robe, although it does not particularly fit, but it is much better than the image when he first appeared in Yun Mengze.

Not only Cao Cao, but even his left and right civil and military affairs, the sergeants under his tent have also changed compared to a few days ago, although they are embarrassed now, but their eyes are attentive and barely usable.

Cao's army, which numbered about 10,000 people, stretched for miles under the broken 'Cao' banner and staggered between the roads. The cavalry roamed left and right, alert to movement around them. Learning from the lesson of Lejin, Cao Cao let the tiger and leopard riders behind the palace divide part of the front, and Cao Xiu led the way.

Zhu Gai drove his horse to the right and said: "Prime Minister, our army is traveling at the same time, and the sergeants are tired, so it is better to rest on the ground for a while." ”

Cao Cao frowned slightly and said, "The situation is unknown at this time, so we should march quickly." Ahead is Dangyang City, which can be done to Dangyang, and then rest overnight. ”

Hearing that the front was approaching Dangyang City, all the soldiers cheered up and continued to move forward.

Riding his horse, Cao Cao held the reins and said, "Arrive in Dangyang today, and march to Xiangfan tomorrow." You have to enter Xiangfan City, its food and grass are abundant, and there are full of favored soldiers to defend it, and the lonely general is worry-free! ”

After running for so long, the remnants of the army gradually moved away from the front line, which made Cao Cao also breathe a sigh of relief. Although he suffered heavy losses, at least he escaped with the remnants of his army. After a few years of recuperation, I think I will be able to recover soon.

After a pause, Cao Cao asked, "Can you have an order to ride and sail north, so that Man Zhong can meet our army?" ”

Cao Zhen rode his horse behind him, and said: "Prime Minister Qiqi, I have really selected a few shrewd cavalry soldiers, and I will go north and inform General Man." Presumably, General Man has received the military report and is leading the sergeants south to meet our army. ”

"Hmm!"

Cao Cao bowed slightly, and said: "Zidan is brave in battle, and he has a complete strategy, which can be reused." ”

This thousand-mile escape can be said to be a crisis for all the officers and soldiers of the Cao Army. However, those in crisis, there is an opportunity in danger, and Cao Zhen stands out in the army by virtue of his strength and strength, which is eye-catching.

Saying that, Cao Cao sighed and said: "It is the will of heaven to lose Wenqian alone, but to get Zidan!" ”

For Cao Cao's praise, Cao Zhen's face did not change, and he rode his horse calmly.

Walking to Changban Slope, Cao Cao looked at the terrain on the left and right, saw that it was the Gangling area, and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Prime Minister Qiyu, this is Changban Slope, and there are forests on the left and right for oak forests." The squire said.

Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing.

Yang Xiu saw Cao Cao laughing for no reason, and he couldn't help but panic in his heart.

"Prime Minister, laughed loudly before, which caused Zhang Fei to kill in the night. Why are you laughing now? Yang Xiu said.

Cao Cao raised his whip and pointed around, and said with a smile: "Huo Jun has always had a strategy, Yu Jianli drove the lonely to the north, and specially ambushed Zhang Fei's troops and horses on the trail, thinking that he would intercept our army. He also sent Guan Yu to guard Jingling in advance, wanting to defeat our army, but fortunately he was vigilant and was able to escape. ”

"It's coming to the sun, our army is tired, if Huo Jun can set up a cavalry here, what will you say?"

"This?"

The generals looked at each other, and their words were reasonable, but if they really killed a cavalry, wouldn't they be the ones who were unlucky?

Before Cao Cao's words fell, a gallop came, walked in front of Cao Cao's horse, and said with a panicked expression: "Prime Minister, there are Jiangdong horsemen in the mountains and forests, looking at their formation, there are no less than a thousand horses!" ”

"What!"

Cao Cao looked extremely surprised, and he wanted to cry without tears, eager to take back what he had just said.

"Who's in charge?" Sun Quan asked.

"The word 'Zhao' in the flag book!"

Now it was Sun Quan's turn to be frightened, tugged on Cao Cao's sleeve, and said, "Prime Minister, it will be Zhao Yun." This person's martial arts are superb, Peng Zecheng with more than 200 cavalry to break through the formation to show his might, even beheaded the general of our army, brave and abnormal, very comparable. ”

As he spoke, a cavalry of about 1,500 men was galloping in, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbled and was terrifying.

"Enemy Rider!"

The cavalry cruising on the left and right flanks shouted loudly to remind the left and right. In the face of the sudden southern cavalry, the defeated soldiers of the Cao army looked frightened, and the cowardly people had already abandoned the army and fled.

Cao Cao's smile stopped just now, how could he not know Zhao Yun's name, hurriedly waved his whip, and shouted, "Where is Zihe?" ”

"The last general!"

Cao Chun, who heard Zhao Yun's movements, came with a lance.

"Our soldiers are tired, unarmoured, and have no bows and crossbows, and it is difficult to retreat from the enemy. Those who can stop Zhao Yun from riding pawns today can only be ridden by tigers and leopards. You will lead the tigers and leopards under your tent to ride out, be sure to stop Zhao Yun and cover the retreat of our army to the oak forest. Cao Cao shouted.

"No!"

Xu Huang endured the shoulder injury, and said, "Prime Minister, Huang please fight!" ”

Jia Xu stopped and said: "Prime Minister can't, General Xu is good at governing the army, and now the sergeant is cowardly and fleeing, only General Xu can cure it." Now it is better to let General Xu lead the infantry soldiers, and the prime minister will let Xu Chu lead the tiger soldiers to assist the tiger and leopard riding. ”

"This~"

Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu with a sad face. Cao Cao is not worried that something will happen to Xu Chu, he is worried that without Xu Chu, something will happen to him.

Gritting his teeth, considering the threat of the cavalry, Cao Cao said: "Zhong Kang and led the tiger warriors to fight, and there are Zhong Mou and the sergeant guarding him alone, so it must be fine." ”

Xu Chu looked at Sun Quan and saw that Sun Quan was already in armor, holding a strong bow in his hand, standing in front of Cao Cao. He felt a little relieved, so he was ordered to lead his pawn away.

Don't underestimate Sun Quan, Emperor Sun's courage is far superior to everyone. Although his army is slightly weak, Emperor Sun dares to shoot tigers on horseback, and his martial arts are not as good as those of generals, but he can also beat ordinary generals.

In Cao Cao's side, Sun Quan was very outstanding, and cooperated with Xu Chu many times to shoot the Nanren soldiers with a bow. Today, seeing Xu Chu leading the tiger guards up, Sun Quan also shouted left and right to open the way, escorting Cao Cao into the oak forest.

"No!"

At this time, on the slope of Nagasaka, the northern and southern cavalry were approaching. However, the two armies did not fight quickly, but kept looking for flaws in the opponent's cavalry formation, trying to cut in and defeat. The two cavalry teams rode their horses in a 'day' staggered manner, sometimes tempting with mounted archery.

The cavalry galloped, the arrows rained each other, and the north and south riders had their own strengths. The southern cavalry has many bows and crossbows, and the armor is complete, but riding and shooting is not what they are good at; The tiger and leopard are experienced in riding and shooting, but the bow and crossbow are insufficient, and the armor is not prepared.

Therefore, after the shooting, Zhao Yun discovered the loophole of the tiger and leopard cavalry, collected his bow and raised his lance, and shouted: "Gao Xin and lead a cavalry to avoid the tiger and leopard cavalry, and see if you can break into the infantry formation and disperse and kill the defeated soldiers of the Cao army." ”

"No!"

Gao Xin led two or three hundred horsemen to leave the brigade and bypassed from behind to try to cut into Cao's infantry. Zhao Yun led the southern cavalry to press, trying to use the strength of the armor to defeat the tiger and leopard cavalry.

In the next moment, the northern and southern cavalry teams fought each other hand-to-hand.

Once the vanguard is defeated, most of the rest of the cavalry will scatter and flee, not daring to fight. Cao Cao selected 100 people to join the tiger and leopard ride, in addition to their elite, but also because they dare to fight and are not afraid of life and death.

Therefore, at the moment, you can clearly see the front of the two cavalry teams, both of which are good at riding and fighting as the vanguard. They were wielding their weapons, trying to stab the enemy from the opposite side, and then penetrate the cavalry through the gaps in the cavalry.

Nanqi took Zhao Yun as the arrow, fought left and right with a lance, and rushed through two rows and three rows of cavalry in an instant, leaving behind one after another screams and the sound of riders falling from their horses wherever he went. The Northern Cavalry is based on Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen as the pioneers, and they are also unstoppable.

The southern cavalry relied on the armor of the soldiers, fearlessly fought the enemy hand-to-hand, raised the lance to the thorn, and stabbed the tiger and leopard with the sword and spear off the horse. Or maybe the northern cavalry used the rusty Han sword, relying on his rich combat experience, he barely killed the southern cavalry.

In a few moments, the two armies crossed by the wrong horses, leaving behind a large number of corpses of horsemen and the mourning war horses of the ownerless in the field.

Cao Chun wiped the blood stains on his face and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of our army are tired, the war horses are thin, and they can't fight for a long time, so it is advisable to quickly defeat the southern cavalry." If you want to defeat the southern riders quickly, you must kill the generals. Riding a white horse, the general wearing a red tassel is Zhao Yun, Zidan and Wen Lie led the cavalry to cut the south for me, and I led the elite cavalry to kill Zhao Yun. ”

"Good!"

And Zhao Yun didn't know that Cao Chun had targeted him, and he was now watching Gao Xin's movements. In his gaze, Gao Xin did not meet his expectations, and took advantage of the situation to kill the Cao army's foot soldiers, but was stopped by the hundred-man tiger soldiers led by Xu Chu.

Xu Chu relied on his bravery, and stubbornly stopped two or three hundred horses, although Gao Xin was strong, but he was not as brave as Xu Chu.

"Kill!"

The war between Gao Xin and Xu Chu, Zhao Yun couldn't take care of it. Now there are tigers and leopards riding in front of him, and he needs to defeat the tigers and leopards first.

The two armies fought again on the wrong horse.

Zhao Yun held a lance to kill, eager to fight, the sharp tip of the lance cut open clothes, pierced into the skin, tearing their muscles and blood vessels, hot blood gushed out from the wound, and most of the injured people who fell off the horse were trampled to death by the horse's hooves.

The tiger and leopard cavalry is not Zhao Yun's opponent, and the weapon armor is not the opponent of the southern cavalry. However, the tiger and leopard rider has been practicing for a long time, and the cooperation is very skillful, and under the charge of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, Zhao Yun and his riders were separated by the tiger and leopard riders.

Looking left and right, Zhao Yun's talented Shiren and Zhao Lie's two teams of horsemen were stopped by Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu from left and right. In front of him was the elite tiger and leopard riders commanded by Cao Chun, and these tiger and leopard riders were the most well-armored among all the horses.

Cao Chun's eyes were firmly on Zhao Yun, clenching the lance in his hand, and shouted angrily: "The prime minister is kind to us, and when we are in danger today, we should repay him with death." Kill Zhao Yun, and the meritorious man will be crowned marquis. ”

"No!"

Cao Chun's martial arts are not very strong, but he can command the tiger and leopard to ride because he is good at caring for the soldiers, and he is respected by everyone. He didn't believe that Zhao Yun's courage could be compared to the tiger and leopard ride under his account?

"Kill!"

Facing the menacing tiger and leopard ride, Zhao Yun knew that he couldn't fight Cao Chun. After thinking for a while, Zhao Yun led his knights to go away, stretched out his bow and arrows, and rode and shot with the tiger and leopard.

Arrows were fired, and many tigers and leopards galloping in front of them fell off their horses, or wounded men on their horses fell to the ground suddenly. But Cao Chun's reaction was quick, and he led his henchmen and knights to quickly chase after him, vowing to capture and kill Zhao Yun.

"General, there is an enemy general who will take the road and besiege him!" Left and right shouted from the horse.

Zhao Yun saw that Cao Chun was chasing after him, and the speed of the raid was very fast, and he was about to kill himself.

"Good time!"

Zhao Yun sneered in his heart, he used his cavalry to shoot and fight and retreat, he already had the intention of separating Cao Chun's cavalry, and now he saw Cao Chun personally leading his men to besiege and kill, just as he intended.

Zhao Yun urged the horse forward, and the battle intent in his eyes was raging.

"Kill!"

On the slope of Nagasaka, two small cavalry troops intercepted and killed each other.

After Zhao Yun stabbed a tiger and leopard, Cao Chun led two horsemen to find Zhao Yun.

And that Zhao Yun just stabbed a cavalry to death, but saw two cavalry stabbing with a lance, holding a lance in his right hand to block the right horse, and drawing the green cylinder sword with his left hand, trying his best to ride the horse, the sword broke the armor, and quickly killed the left horse.

However, at the moment when the left horse fell off his horse, Cao Chun stabbed with a lance from the direction of the left horse before, trying to stab Zhao Yun to death.

Such a sinister move, Zhao Yun couldn't dodge it, and subconsciously clamped the horse's belly. The white horse seemed to sense Zhao Yun's crisis, and immediately flipped to the right side and fell to the ground in order to avoid Cao Chun's killing move.

In the next moment, Cao Chun's long lance flew Zhao Yun's pocket, and Zhao Yun's hair bun fell down.

Several tigers and leopards rode over and stabbed Zhao Yun to death, but were intercepted by Zhao Yun left and right. And the white horse got up again, let out a long roar, carrying Zhao Yun, and chased in the direction of Cao Chun.

The horse's speed slowed down, and Cao Chun took advantage of the situation to kill a southern horseman, ready to turn around and look at Zhao Yun who fell to the ground. But he heard the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air, and then his back hurt and he was weak, and he couldn't help but fall to the ground.

At the moment of falling to the ground, Cao Chun saw Zhao Yun holding a bow on horseback and staring at him coldly.

"Zhao Zilong?"

Cao Chun muttered, and then the horse's hooves stomped hard, and he spat out a few mouthfuls of blood. Cao Chun's ribs were shattered, his organs were damaged, and he died of serious injuries.

"General!"

When the tiger and leopard cavalry on the left and right saw Cao Chun's death, they were full of grief, and fought angrily to snatch Cao Chun's body and return to the army. But Zhao Yun didn't care about Cao Chun's corpse, and when the tiger and leopard were in chaos, he led the cavalry to rescue Gao Xin and the cavalry.

Gao Xin's two or three hundred cavalry soldiers were stopped by the hundred-man tiger soldiers led by Xu Chu, and under the long battle, Cao Cao had gathered a group of Cao army foot soldiers who dared to fight, and wanted to cooperate with Xu Chu to besiege and kill Gao Xin.

Xu Chu's eyes showed a fierce light, and he wanted to besiege and kill the cavalry commanded by Gao Xin. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun came on horseback and stopped Xu Zhu and the tiger warriors under his tent.

Zhao Yun shouted loudly: "Gao Xin led the cavalry to find Cao Cao, and Xu Chu will be dealt with by me." ”

"No!"

Seeing that the embarrassed Gao Xin was ordered to ride away, Xu Chu was afraid that Cao Cao would be injured and was in a hurry, but because of the courage of Zhao Yun and his cavalry, he did not dare to be distracted, so he had to hope that Cao Cao was safe at the moment, and Sun Quan, Xu Huang and the left and right foot soldiers could stop Gao Xin.

Gao Xin ran to the oak forest to take advantage of the situation to enter the forest, but saw that the Cao army in the forest was waiting for the formation, Xu Huang used the forest as a block, and let the spearmen form a gun formation, and used the few remaining bows and crossbows to live behind, but he didn't know what to do.

Cao Cao, who was hiding in the oak forest, wiped the sweat on his head, he didn't know how many cavalry Zhao Yun was, but he knew that if Zhao Yun led the cavalry into the battle, the foot soldiers would scatter and flee. Fortunately, there were tigers and leopards riding, otherwise he would have been folded in Zhao Yun's hands.

"How's it going?" Cao Cao asked.

Yang Xiu gasped and said, "Please rest assured, Prime Minister, General Xu has formed a spear formation in the forest, and the enemy cavalry will not be allowed to enter." Xun Junshi also asked the sergeant to cut wood, thinking that he would reject the horse and prevent the horse from riding into the forest. ”

"Good!"

"Good!"

Cao Cao said yes again and again, looked at the surrounding Wenchen strategists, didn't see Huan Jie, and asked, "Where is Mr. Huan?" ”

Sun Quan opened his mouth and said: "Prime Minister, when I first ran, Mr. Huan unfortunately fell, and Quan has been ordered to support him left and right, I don't know where he is now?" ”

"Send someone to find it!"

"No!"

Suddenly, the sound of trumpets sounded from the north side of Nagasaka Slope, and the drums thundered like thunder, and smoke and dust billowed out.

"Enemy from the north?"

Hearing the sound of the golden drum, everyone couldn't help but panic. Now they use the woods to block the southern cavalry, and if there are Jiangzuo ambushes today, it is estimated that they will all fold here.

Cao Cao was sad in his heart, sighed and said, "Could it be that God does not bless the lonely? ”

Jia Xu was calm and said: "Prime Minister, our army still has 10,000 remnants, although the armor is incomplete, the bows and crossbows are scarce, and the soldiers are tired. If you fight to the death, you can also cover the prime minister. ”

"yes!" Everyone responded and said.

Just when everyone was discussing how to escape, the scout from the north came to report, with a voice of joy, and said: "Prime Minister Qiqi, General Man has come with 4,000 horsemen, and he has come to meet the prime minister." ”

"Berning!"

Cao Cao came with a lot of favor, but he was pleasantly surprised, his heart went to heaven, and he laughed and said: "Berning is a soldier, lonely and worry-free!" ”

The left and right ministers and strategists were overjoyed, thinking that it was an enemy ambush, and they were very pessimistic, but they were full of favor.

Full of favored soldiers, as Cao Cao said, its worry-free!

Zhao Yun fought with Xu Chu for a long time, and when he saw that Man Chong led reinforcements to come, he retreated with Gao Xin, Shiren and other generals, and did not dare to fight for a long time.

Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen gathered troops and told Cao Cao the news that Cao Chun had died in battle.

"Prime Minister, Zihe joined the army and died!" Cao Xiu touched his tears and said.

Just been saved, overjoyed, but heard the bad news, Cao Cao, who had been tired for a long time, his eyes were black, and he almost fainted.

"Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao pushed away the hands of everyone, held on to the trees, covered his face with his hands, and cried silently.

"Zihe!"

Cao Cao's snot and tears all came out, if Le Jin died and he broke the defense, the death of the clansman Cao Chun at the moment made him feel painful.

In the land of Jianghan, he has become his nightmare!

There's something going on at home, and there's no change tonight

(End of chapter)