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Along with the sound of the war drums, in the blink of an eye, numerous torches appeared in the forest. The light of the torches intersected with the light of the moon, illuminating the area within a radius of a few miles.

Cao Chun turned pale with fright when he saw the mountain full of swords and spears, with flags fluttering in the air, countless of people moving about, it looked to be at least thirty to forty thousand in number. Cao Chun's gaze continued to move up, and discovered that on the hillside in front of him, there was a large flag from the White Horse Camp and a large flag named 'Gongsun'. The big subordinate was a tall and sturdy man dressed in black armor, with a three meter long spear in his hand, pointed at the ground, and staring at coldly. Even if he could not see the other party's face clearly, Cao Chun could guess that he was the son of Academy Officer Protector Wu Huan and Marquis Jin.

"You want to leave?" Gongsun Xu sneered, and waved: "Release the arrows! Let General Zi Long speed up the army to chase after and kill! "

Gongsun Yi held the White Horse Camp's banner high, and upon hearing the order, he waved it with all his might, and then waved it thrice consecutively — When Gongsun Xu was in command, he used it as a vanguard, even though he had already sent Zhang He as the vanguard, but now, he was leading the army forward, and as such, he commanded Zhao Yun to bring his troops forward to attack. After thrashing thrice, he gave the order to release arrows, and every archer shot three arrows consecutively.

The moment Cao Chun turned around, he heard the muffled sound of a bowstring coming from behind him. Right now, he did not have the time to turn around and look and could only bow his head and charge forward. The soldiers of tiger leopard riding turned around and left one after another. Although they had escaped in a hurry, they did not panic at all.

Although there were three to four thousand archers in the walking soldier army, they did not have enough time to catch up to the rest who were about three to four miles behind them. As a result, there were only a mere five hundred people who had bent their bows and released their arrows. Right now, they were standing still and shooting without moving, so it could be said that they were very stable. The more than one thousand five hundred arrows flying from above had shot and wounded more than a hundred tiger leopard riding soldiers, and this was all thanks to the heavy armor that the tiger leopard riding soldiers were wearing, otherwise the casualties would have been even greater.

Gongsun Xu was shocked when he saw this. The might of the bows used by the White Horse Camp's archers were not as strong as the strong crossbow's, but it was enough to shoot through ordinary armor, the armor on these people could actually block arrows, the toughness of the steel armour could be compared to the armor the White Horse Camp was equipped with. Unknowingly, the three words "tiger leopard riding" appeared in Gongsun Xu's mind. He could not think of any other team that could equip such a fine set of armor besides this team. How could he remain calm in such a situation?

"Gongsun Yi, raise your banners and follow me out!" Gongsun Xu could not help but be happy, he raised his reins and rushed down the hill.

Gongsun Yi still did not know that his brother had died a horrible death.

Zhang He originally led the remaining few hundred people to a stop at the foot of the hill. When he saw Zhao Yun leading his troops and rushing forward, he immediately urged his horse to gallop over and briefly described the situation.

Hearing that, Zhao Yun's eyes lit up, and shouted excitedly: "So this team is Cao Cao's most elite tiger leopard riding! We must keep them! Is the one in front the tiger leopard riding general? " When he asked the last sentence, the one who raised his hand was precisely Cao Chun's back.

"That's right, that person is extremely brave. If we were to fight him alone, we would at most be able to tie with him!" Zhang He nodded his head to confirm Cao Chun's identity, and then said in a deep voice: "General Zhao, the fighting strength of the tiger leopard riding's soldiers are extremely powerful, completely not inferior to the soldiers of White Horse Camp, the general must not underestimate the enemy!"

"We have so many people. If we cannot keep the tiger leopard riding, wouldn't it be a joke? Don't worry General Zhang, we will definitely win this battle! " Zhao Yun laughed out loud as he brought the three thousand cavalrymen to chase after him. As soon as he ran a few steps, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. He turned around and laughed bitterly, he never expected that his master would actually come out to kill him. But he did not stop to wait for Gongsun Xu.

Zhang He also turned his head to take a look, and exclaimed in shock: "Why is General Gongsun charging over as well?"

Zhao Yun shook his head and laughed: "Master always likes to charge in the front, my advice and Officer Guo's many times were useless. Later on, Marquis Jin and Great Marshal Zhang Yan strictly ordered him not to charge in the front, and Master agreed, but unexpectedly, he rushed out again! It seems like Master also saw that the tiger leopard riding was not ordinary, and wanted to annihilate them! "

Zhang He could not help but sigh, "No wonder the General Gongsun was able to shake the Northern Territories and barge into the enemy ranks despite being in a high position. If the Yuan brothers are compared with the General Gongsun, it would be no different from a puffer dog competing against a tiger! "

Zhao Yun laughed and did not say anything else, but in his heart, he did not agree with Zhang He's words.

After the two of them spoke for a short period of time, they had already reached forty to fifty steps behind tiger leopard riding, and were about to enter the range of the crossbow.

"Raise the crossbow!" Zhao Yun raised his spear, and pointed it straight at Cao Chun who was at the very front.

More than three thousand men raised their crossbow and urged their warhorses to gallop faster.

Cao Chun busily turned his head to take a look, and anxiously shouted: "Speed up! Hurry up! "

Cao Chun had already seen the power of strong crossbow that the soldiers of the White Horse Camp were equipped with. If they could not increase the distance between them as quickly as possible, he and the soldiers under him would become the enemy's live target! Cao Chun also wanted to counterattack, but unfortunately tiger leopard riding's equipment were all crossbows that could only shoot one arrow at a time, so after being shot just now, it was too late to load the arrows with, the strong crossbow s were like a pile of scrap metal. The only way to accelerate forward was to increase the distance between them and the forward charge, so as to not give the opponent a chance to shoot his crossbow.

No matter if it was the tiger leopard riding or the White Horse Camp, the war horses they rode were all carefully chosen fine horses, with the ability to speed up quickly was very strong. However, the Yanzhou that Cao Cao was controlling was not a place to produce horses. Compared to the Youzhou that was rich in fine horses, the number of horses Cao Cao Cao controlled was really too small, it was not even 10% of the number of horses in the Youzhou Army. The two sides continued to chase each other. After a few hundred breaths, the distance between the two sides had narrowed to within thirty steps.

"Triple Shot!" Zhao Yun pointed his spear forward and issued an order that caused Cao Chun and tiger leopard riding to tremble with fear.

With the dull sound of a bow, arrows flew like dark clouds towards the tiger leopard riding's cavalry. Over three thousand cavalrymen fired three arrows each. That was nearly ten thousand crossbow bolts! Not only had Cao Chun and the tiger leopard riding Cavalry had never seen such an attack before, they had even never heard of it. The dense string of arrows sealed off all the space around them, making it impossible for them to dodge.

The tiger leopard riding cavalry raised their weapons at the same time, and turned to defend against the incoming crossbow bolts. Even Cao Chun had no choice but to do so. However, the arrows were too concentrated, and even Cao Chun was unable to block them all. In the blink of an eye, his left arm, right calf and ribs had all been hit by the arrows, as blood immediately flowed down like a fountain.

Even with Cao Chun's effort, the rest of the people in tiger leopard riding were in even more miserable shapes. It was as if an ordinary person had been shot down from their horses by the three waves of rain of arrows! Cao Cao Cao had spent a lot of money and energy to create the tiger leopard riding, in a few hours, only seven to eight hundred people were left.

Cao Chun's heart was filled with regret, just now that Gongsun Jia had bit off a piece of his flesh, he was truly a little hot-headed, if he had calmed down and thought about it, he would most likely not recklessly chase after Zhang He, even from the rear, if there was any reinforcements or ambushes. At this moment, he no longer wanted to explain the situation to Cao Cao. The only thought in his mind was to bring a few more people with him to get out of this encirclement. Even if he had to sacrifice his own life, he would not refuse!

"Cao Qiang! "Cao Hao!" Cao Chun turned around and called out the names of two close guards.

"What is the general's command?" These two were brothers from the same family, and members of the Cao family.

Cao Chun turned his horse and roared: "I will lead the personal guards to cut off the rear, quickly take the others and leave!"

"General, please do not! Even if we are to be cut off, this little brother shall come, how can we put the general in danger? "

"This is an army order!" Cao Chun roared: "Hurry and go!"

Cao Chun was in charge of the army and the laws were very strict. There was not a single person in the tiger leopard riding who was not afraid, and they did not dare to disobey his orders. Although Cao Qiang and Cao Hao were in pain, they still followed Cao Chun's orders and led the people in front of them to run away.

Cao Chun's personal troop originally numbered a hundred and currently, there were only seventy odd people left. When these people saw Cao Chun turn around to face the battle, they all turned their horses around knowing that he was about to die, and no one ran away right away. No one disagreed with Cao Qiang and Cao Hao's decision to bring their fellow soldiers and leave first.

"Brothers, follow this general and die!" Cao Chun looked around in satisfaction, and with a loud shout, he raised his blade and rushed forward.

"We are willing to die with the general! Kill! " Over seventy people shouted together, and followed Cao Chun to kill.

Cao Chun's target was precisely Zhang He, and he did not treat Zhao Yun, who was beside him, as if he did not see him. Cao Chun did not know Zhao Yun's position in the White Horse Camp either, so he believed that the reason why he and tiger leopard riding fell to such a state was because Zhang He was the main culprit! If he could kill Zhang He before he died, he would have had a small wish.