Chapter 445

On the boundless plain, the front, middle and rear armies of more than 24000 troops retreated slowly. The officers in the army stretched their necks and looked around, which was quite frightening.

Step on it! Step on it! Step on it!

Oh! Oh! Oh!

The sound of horses' hooves, horns and horns, and the roar of soldiers in the middle, all of which combine to form a sonata of death.

"Cavalry! Xu Huang's cavalry

"The enemy cavalry is coming again. Don't you stop soon?"

"Line up, line up! And the archer? "

After a flurry of mobilization in Ji Ling's army, more than 24000 troops stopped at once and formed their own formation. A whole row of sword and shield hands listed the bronze walls and iron walls. The bright spears were mounted on the big shield, forming a combination of attack and defense.

And behind the bright shield spears, thousands of bowmen and crossbow men set up their bows and arrows, aiming at the outside to prepare for the attack.

Boom! The hooves of two thousand steeds trampled on the earth and made a deafening roar. Under the leadership of Xu Huang, they galloped wantonly over the plain, just like the rushing flood.

"Archer ready!"

Ji Ling drank a lot, and the Bowman in the army tensed his nerves, and the palm of his hand holding the arrow trembled slightly.

"Attention! Two hundred and fifty steps, retreat at once, no further, you know? "

Hearing Xu Huang's command, two thousand iron horses galloped forward, but they didn't make a strong attack. They rushed to the distance of 250 steps from Yuan Shu's military array. Suddenly, they made a big turn. Instead of attacking, they went back.

Two hundred and fifty steps is just a good distance for the archer, which belongs to the extreme edge of effective range.

Jump!

Although Ji Ling didn't give the order to shoot, there were many archers in the army. When he loosened the bowstring, many archers were affected. In a moment, thousands of arrows shot out, but they fell into the dust behind the cavalry.

"Ji Ling, Xu Huang will take a step first and come back to greet you later, ha ha!" Xu Tieqi turned back and laughed.

"Damn it!" Ji Ling punches hard, but he is powerless to hammer in the air. He is angry and helpless.

"This damned Xu Huang, like a maggot of tarsal bones, follows behind our army, and can't throw it away." Ji Ling said angrily, "in this way, the speed of our army in one day is less than 40 Li, so that we can withdraw to Runan in the year of monkey?"

"General, this is also helpless." Yan Xiang had no choice but to say, "Xu Huang's two thousand iron cavalry are very fast. Most of our troops are infantry soldiers. We are short of cavalry. There is really no way."

Ji Ling hummed, and his anger did not disappear: "it's all. Order the whole army to speed up the journey, and not to delay the time."

Since Ji Ling led his army to retreat, Xu Huang pursued him with his tail in his head. After Ji Ling's army, he immediately followed Ji Ling's army as soon as possible.

Several times before, Ji Ling Jun failed to respond and was killed by Xu Huang one after another. Later, Ji Ling army was on guard. As soon as he saw Xu Huang and his cavalry rushing up, he immediately arranged a series of formations. Xu Huang didn't pay attention and was shot dozens of people.

After that, as long as he was within the range of the enemy's Crossbow men, Xu Huang immediately turned around and left, never rushing directly. Because Xu Huang led the army to harass him, Ji Lingjun's march speed was only about 40 Li a day, which was extremely slow. Now it is the fourth day, but Ji Ling has just arrived at Dingling. It is two days before he can reach Yan County, and five days later he can return to Runan County.

After Xu Huang led the cavalry to retreat, he did not travel much until he saw the flag standing in the wind with a pole.

"Elder brother Yun!" Xu Huang rushed forward and said hello to Guan Yu.

"Gongming, thanks to you." Guan Yu gently stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "Ji Ling's army can only March at a high speed now, but he doesn't know how to be more subdued."

After Ji Ling retreated from Yingyang City, Xu Huang attacked him with his iron horse. However, Guan Yu was not satisfied with being besieged by Ji Ling for several days. So he left more than 2000 young men and his eldest son Guan Ping to defend the city, and led 3000 troops out of the city to pursue Ji Ling army.

Under the harassment of Xu Huang, Ji Ling Jun can only move slowly, while Guan Yu army keeps a fast speed. Xu Huang and Guan Yu army merge to kill Ji Ling.

"Elder brother Yun, did Xuande reply to the letter?" Xu Huang asked.

"Well." Guan Yu nodded and replied, "the elder brother ordered Cao Bao to guard the state of Chen. He personally led 5000 elite soldiers and his third younger brother. He had already passed the northern part of Runan County from Changping. Now it is almost time to enter Yingchuan county."

"Good!"

Xu Huang clenched his fist tightly and said, "when Xuande Gong's troops and horses arrive, you and I will fight back and forth, and discipline Ji Ling will come, but I can't go back!"

Guan Yu thought it was a good time to weaken Yuan Shu's army. Therefore, he wrote a letter to Liu Bei and analyzed the situation of Ji Ling's headquarters in detail. He thought that it was a good time for Ji Ling's army to march slowly, lack of food and grass, and demoralized morale.After a period of discussion with Xu Huang, Xu Huang was originally a bold soldier. After hearing about Guan Yu's plan to attack more than 20000 troops of Ji Ling with 10000 men, he resolutely agreed to it.

Therefore, in recent days, Xu Huang constantly harassed Ji Lingjun with cavalry, slowed down its march speed, and made its food and grass consumption self collapse without fighting. On the one hand, it was also to delay time as much as possible until Liu Bei led his army from Chen state to encircle Ji Lingjun's headquarters.

Attention, we must Guan Yu suddenly said: "Gongming, you lead the troops to attack and disturb, which has delayed the speed of Ji Ling's March. Maybe this club will march secretly at night, which can't be prevented."

"Ha ha, don't worry, elder brother Yun." Xu Huang showed a confident smile: "in the evening, I also arranged a number of sentry posts, always following Ji Lingjun. Once I see Ji Lingjun's change, I will naturally come to report."

"His sight is not clear at night. If Ji Ling marches at night, after he is found out by our army, all he needs is a surprise attack and he will be in disorder. At that time, Ji Ling will collapse without fighting, but there is no need for Xuande Gong." Xu Huang said with a smile.

Guan Yu nodded and said firmly: "well, this time we must let Ji Ling stay in Yingchuan County forever!"

Xu Huang led troops to harass Ji Ling's side. Ji Ling marched slowly and finally arrived at Dingling two days later. After Ji Ling ordered people to collect a batch of grain and grass from Dingling, he ordered the whole army to retreat to Yan County.

"Big brother, Yan county is ahead!"

Liu Bei nodded: "well, Yan county is located at the intersection of Yingchuan county and Runan County. Ji Ling must not be allowed to cross Yan County."

In the night, a big flag with the character of Liu was flapping in the wind. Liu Bei had a sword on both sides of his waist. Behind him stood Zhang Fei, holding Zhangba snake spear. Behind him were 5000 soldiers, including Danyang soldiers and Yuzhou soldiers.