Chapter 172

Xu Chu was stationed at the foot of the southern mountain of Lushan, but he didn't pay much attention to it. In his opinion, since the Zhang Xiu army here is bluffing, it is impossible to fight down the mountain. He has no pressure at all.

Xu Chu found a big tree, backed by the trunk, and closed his eyes.

He is open-minded.

If you don't have a chance to make contributions, just ignore it.

Suddenly, Xu Chu's ears moved, as if he felt the vibration of the ground. Suddenly, Xu Chu's face changed slightly, as if he thought of something. He just lies down, ears on the ground, listening carefully.

A moment later, Xu Chu's eyes widened. He raised his head and looked in the direction of Lushan. His mouth was a little dry and his expression was eager. He stood up and roared: "be on guard!"

Try to hiss and roar, in a flash.

He heard the hoof of the horse.

Moreover, the sound of horse's hooves came from the foot of Lushan Mountain. It was very close to them and was killing them.

With the order of Xu Chu, 3000 Cao soldiers quickly reorganized the army. But at the next moment, hundreds of steps away, a cavalry came quickly.

It's Chen's Sirius camp.

Chen Dao led the cavalry of Sirius battalion down the mountain first, and then went straight to the position where Xu Chu led his troops. When the distance between the two sides narrowed to less than 100 steps, Chen Zhi ordered: "prepare for the shotgun!"

In an instant, one by one soldier took out the short gun from the pocket of the horse's belly, leaned back, swung the short gun and threw it out.

Under the power bonus of horse sprint, the throwing speed and power of shotgun are great.

In particular, the speed of the horse was fast. When the shotgun was thrown out, the distance from Xu Chu's position was less than 60 steps. In such a range, the killing power of short guns is extremely terrible.

"Whew! Whew

One short gun after another broke through the air, with a sharp howling sound, and crossed arcs in the air. In a flash, he fell into the camp of Xu Chu's soldiers.

"Puchi! Wheezing

The sharp short gun pierced into the body of Cao's soldiers.

One by one injured soldiers immediately screamed and fell to the ground to wail.

Cao's formation was in chaos.

"Withdraw!"

Seeing the cavalry approaching, Xu Chu did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered to retreat. Under the attack of cavalry, he could not resist at all. Even though he was good at martial arts, his strength was negligible among thousands of troops.

To stay where you are is to die.

"Retreat, retreat into the woods in the distance."

Xu Chu gave a loud order.

On the flat and wide official road, if infantry can't form an array, it will only become the target of cavalry.

Only when you enter the woods can you get rid of the cavalry.

Unfortunately, their speed is a step late. As soon as CaO was ready to retreat, the cavalry of the Sirius camp was approaching. In an instant, they were killed in the formation of Cao's soldiers.

The projection of short guns made Cao's soldiers in disorder, and they could no longer organize effective obstruction. Even though these Cao's soldiers were elite, they were vulnerable to the attack of cavalry of Sirius camp.

A steel knife fell and struck the soldiers under Xu Chu's command. The sharp blade fell and took away lives. One by one, Cao's soldiers kept falling down.

On the battlefield, there is a one-sided slaughter.

Xu Chu fled quickly. He looked back and saw the soldiers killed. His eyes were splitting and his face was full of pain. He suddenly some regret, regret to take the initiative to resist Zhang Xiu.

Otherwise, there will be no big defeat.

He even regretted that when he got to the foot of Lushan Mountain, he thought that Zhang Xiu would not go down the mountain, so he gave up the garrison and allowed the soldiers to rest at will. As soon as the cavalry appeared, he could not resist the attack of the cavalry.

If early in the morning, Xu Chu would line up.

Even if cavalry attack, it is impossible to break the formation easily.

Xu Chu is very clear that the other side will not love to fight, must be crisp fighting. Because once the war is delayed, the news will soon spread to Cao Cao's ears. When Cao Cao's army is killed, Zhang Xiu will not escape.

Unfortunately, now, Xu Chu does not even have the opportunity to delay.

He fled into the forest, got rid of the cover of cavalry, turned around and quickly went to the position where Cao Cao was.

Get out, get out of here

As Xu Chu retreated, he cried out.

Although Cao's soldiers retreated with Xu Chu, there were only a few hundred left.

The rest of them are in the middle of killing.

Chen Dao took the Sirius camp to fight. After several rounds of fighting, he defeated Xu Chu's army. He no longer continued to cover up and kill, but waited for Zhang Xiu's army to go down the mountain. After the two armies met, they quickly retreated.

The army marched away, leaving the battlefield easily.

After Zhang Xiu was far away from Lushan, she could carry out her next plan. She called Ganning and said, "Ganning, I'll go around with Cao Cao and delay. You will lead 3000 elite soldiers to Luyang county first, and take the Cao army stationed in Luyang county. ""Here it is

Gan Ning responded directly.

For Ganning, he preferred fighting on the battlefield.

With Zhang Xiu's side, now it's a round trip, nothing to do. On the contrary, there is still a chance to fight in Luyang county. He quickly mobilized 3000 elite soldiers, left the team and went to Luyang county first.

Zhang Xiu was stationed in the same place for a temporary rest.

When Zhang Xiu was recuperating, Xu Chu came to the east foot of Lushan Mountain with the defeated soldiers and joined Cao Cao. Now Cao Cao is still ambushing here, waiting for Zhang Xiu's army to come out of the mountain.

He waited for a long time, only to see birds circling on the mountain, but not Zhang Xiu's army.

Seeing that Xu Chu was in a mess, Cao Cao suddenly felt worried and asked, "Xu Chu, what's the matter?"

Xu Chu knelt down on one knee, pleaded guilty and said: "report back to Sikong, and take 3000 soldiers to garrison in the south of Lushan. Zhang Xiu's army and cavalry suddenly came out. Under the cover and killing of cavalry, the 3000 soldiers led by the last general were unable to retreat, and the whole army was defeated. There are only less than 700 soldiers left in the army, and the losses are huge. "

Brush!

Cao Cao's face suddenly turned pale.

His eyes were cold and sharp.

In a short period of half an hour, less than 700 soldiers were left. He lost nearly one tenth of his troops.

Cao Cao's troops lost a lot in continuous losses.

Under the constant losses, Cao Cao could hardly bear it.

Cao Cao took a deep breath, calmed his mood, and asked again, "are you sure that all Zhang Xiu's troops have gone down from the south of Lushan?"

"Yes

Xu Chu replied solemnly.

What's more, Xu Chu's previous remarks were very particular. He said directly that Zhang Xiu led the army and cavalry to attack together. Under such circumstances, he could not resist.

He ignored the situation that the soldiers could not cope with the situation.

Cao Cao's face was gloomy, and his eyes turned and fell on the hillside in the east of Lushan County.

There are still birds circling.

With a wave of his sleeve, Cao Cao ordered the sentry to sneak into the mountain forest to investigate the situation in the mountains.

Soon after, the sentry returned.

Cao Cao said, "what's the situation in the mountains?"

Sentinel report: "report back to Sikong, when we entered the mountain, we found that there were a few soldiers in the mountain, constantly shaking the trees to disturb the birds' habitat. As soon as we entered, they all evacuated. "

Cao Cao's face twitched when he heard the speech.

He raised his hand to cover his chest and felt pain in his heart.

Miscalculation!

He did not expect that the birds hovering in the air were caused by a small number of soldiers. At this moment, even Guo Jia, who was standing beside Cao Cao, changed his face again and again.

He knew that the evacuation of Zhang Xiu was a matter of fact, which made it difficult for people to distinguish the true from the false. But he still did not infer accurately, so that Zhang Xiu calmly withdrew from the mountain, but also annihilated more than 2000 Cao Jun.

It's a big loss.

Guo Jia Baoquan said: "Lord, I didn't understand Zhang Xiu's intention in my humble position. Please surrender."

Cao Cao shook his head and said with a wry smile, "it's no wonder you're here. That's all. It's so far. It's meaningless to regret again. What we need to do now is to remedy it. Mobilize the army, we immediately chase and kill Zhang Xiu. We still have the advantage of banning. As long as Zhang Xiu retreats to Luyang County, we still have a chance. "

For Cao Cao, he still has a chance.

As long as the war is not over, he will not lose. As long as he wins the last battle, he will win it.

He only looked at the final result.