Cao Cao pointed at Bagong Mountain with his whip and said: "I don't laugh at others. I only laugh at Liu Qi because it is useless. I am a common man. I first set up an ambush here, severely damaged the Wu soldiers, and almost captured Liu Qi. The precedent is right in front of me, but I didn't How can you be so stupid if you know how to use it?"
Before he could finish talking, he suddenly heard a soldier exclaim: "Prime Minister, look!"
Everyone looked up and saw thick smoke suddenly rising from the mountain, and more than a dozen plumes of smoke rushed into the sky. Cao Chun glanced at Cao Cao and sighed: "There is an ambush in the mountain!"
Cao Cao's eyes narrowed to a slit, he pondered for a moment but then shook his head and said: "Don't you hear it said in the military book: what is false is true, and what is true is false? Liu Qi had previously planned this, so he ordered people to set fire to the mountain as a bluff, so that I could not rush. The purpose of returning to the camp is to delay time and deal with Zixiao. I didn't fall for the child's plan, so I passed through the mountains, brought reinforcements to help, and then contacted Cao Hong from the north to the south. Huainan can be settled!"
"The Prime Minister really has a clever plan!" Cao Chun suddenly said: "If there is an ambush in the mountains, we should stand still. Is there any reason to give advance warning?"
Cao Cao was worried that the pursuers would come again, so he sent a message for his troops to march into the mountains, leaving 500 troops in ambush in the valley. He planted false flags to intercept the pursuers.
At this time, Liu Qi also led his troops out of Shouchun, and his troops were walking south. Five miles away, a group of troops and horses suddenly came out and stopped in front of the hillside.
He raised his sword and stood up, laughing loudly and saying, "Liu Qi, the Prime Minister has already decided that you will live forever, and God has asked me to succeed today."
Liu Qi was greatly disappointed when he saw that the person who came was not the general of Cao Camp, and asked impatiently: "Who is coming? Please tell me your name?"
"Listen up!" The man proudly glanced at the people behind Liu Qi and said loudly: "I am General Han Ming of Hebei Province!"
Liu Qi sneered coldly, looked at Han Ming sideways, and said calmly: "Listen carefully, there is only one general in Hebei, and that is Changshan Zhao Zilong!"
Han Ming was furious, raised his sword and shouted: "How dare you speak such arrogant words as a defeated general, why don't you dismount and surrender?"
Liu Qi sighed, turned around and asked, "Where is Zilong?"
Zhao Yun clapped his horse and came out. Until the front of the formation, Han Ming did not fight with Zhao Yun for the last time. He thought he had the strength to fight, so he rode his horse to meet him.
The two horses crossed each other, Zhao Yunchen shouted, and the shadow of the gun was like thousands of golden snakes dancing wildly. Han Ming was panicked and stunned. He didn't know how to parry. He was knocked off his horse by a shot before he could clearly see the move while holding the knife.
The Wei troops behind him were horrified when they saw this. They had known Zhao Zilong's reputation, but they would have dared to stop him.
Liu Qi did not send troops to pursue him, but told Zhao Yun: "Cao's thieves are vigilant and refuse to enter the city. They must have arrived at Bagong Mountain at this time, and Zilong went to pursue him. Remember that the Wei army broke through and fought to the death. Don't fight with him. Drive him to Just the lower reaches of the Huaihe River.”
Zhao Yun led the cavalry to pursue, and Liu Qi ordered Chen Dao to lead troops to support him. If Cao Cao escaped, he could meet up with Quan Cong in the mountains to capture the Wei army's camp.
Liu Qi led out the ambush and then turned back to Shouchun. At this time, the morning sun rose and shone on the top of the city. All he saw was the wandering and impatient Wei army.
The three gates of Shouchun had long been equipped with slate mechanisms. Once they fell, they would not be able to open them for two or three days. The water from the north gate kept pouring in. Wei Jun had no choice but to jump off the city wall if he wanted to escape.
All the food, grass and equipment in the city had been carried away long ago. The Wei army only had weapons in their hands, lacked food and clothing, and the city was flooded, so they had no choice but to hide on the city wall to bask in the sun.
Outside the city, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Lu Fan each led an army and stood guard outside the moat. They were ready with bows and arrows. As long as Wei troops came to the city, they would be shot into hedgehogs.
These soldiers guarding outside the city were recruited rebels. They all hated the Wei army. Everyone had revenge and grievances, so how could the Wei army escape easily.
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Cao Cao led his troops to the Bagong Mountain. He saw beacon smoke curling up at the entrance of the valley where he had previously set up an ambush, but he didn't take it seriously. At this time, the men and horses were exhausted, so he ordered them to rest in the mountain for a while.
The soldiers dismounted and took off their armor. Cao Chun ordered people to fetch the mountain spring. Cao Cao took a sip. Suddenly, drums sounded loudly on the mountain, and arrows rained down, as did wood and rocks.
The soldiers hid under the shade of the cliff, and there were immediately countless casualties. Cao Cao choked on a mouthful of water and coughed repeatedly. He pointed at the mountain and was speechless.
Cao Chun saw that all the ambush troops on the mountain were out and the flags were waving. He didn't know how many enemy troops there were in the forest. He helped Cao Cao mount his horse and hurriedly retreated. Fortunately, there were suspicious soldiers at the entrance of the valley. The Wu army was wandering outside the mountain and did not dare to advance.
Xu Chu led the troops to attack first. The armored soldiers retreated in a hurry and lost most of their armor, but their momentum was still astonishing. Ling Tong and others who were chasing them did not dare to attack, but only outflanked and intercepted them from a distance.
Cao Chun protected Cao Cao from the mountain pass and was about to go west. Suddenly he saw dust flying in the distance and a group of cavalry rushing towards them. The flags of the men and horses were all white. His face suddenly changed: "Zhao Zilong is here. Prime Minister, go east quickly."
Cao Cao looked at the dust in the sky, but he didn't panic and laughed again.
Cao Chun said anxiously: "The pursuers are approaching, why is the Prime Minister laughing again?"
Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled and said: "I laugh at Liu Qi after all, because there is no one in Jiangdong! If I were to use troops, I would have already ambushed Zhao Zilong at the mountain pass. When the men and horses entered the mountain, they would be waiting for work. They would attack from both sides. It was also a plan of ambush from all sides! Now Zhao Yun is here. Too late, I should retreat with my whole body!"
The horse Cao Cao was riding was a flying lightning with yellow claws. It was extremely fast. He raised the reins and leaped forward. In the blink of an eye, he was already a hundred paces away.
When Xu Chu saw that Zhao Yun was chasing him, his eyes widened. He wielded his sword and rode forward to meet the enemy. He shouted to Xu Yi: "My son is so good at protecting the prime minister, leave quickly!"
Xu Yi and Cao Chun fought hard to repel the Wu soldiers. They only led the tiger and leopard cavalry to protect Cao Cao as he fled eastward along the river. The rest of the infantry stayed behind to help Xu Chu cut off the rear.
The armored soldiers met the soldiers and horses from Jiangdong. Xu Chu led 500 infantrymen and set up a formation at the foot of the mountain. He stood up with his sword drawn. Seeing Zhao Yun approaching, he shouted: "Zhao Yun, Xu Chu has been waiting for a long time!"
Zhao Yun glanced at Cao Cao who was escaping from a distance, and knew that if Xu Chu was not captured today, it would be difficult to pursue the enemy. With a move of his hand, the cavalry divided into three groups to outflank the Wei army, and fought against Xu Chu alone.
In the previous battle at Bagong Mountain, Xu Chu knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent, but at this time, in order to cover Cao Cao's retreat, he was determined to die. His sword was like a thunderbolt, and the tiger and the tiger were like wind. He only attacked but not defended. Zhao Yun was forced to Defeated steadily.
Since the battle in Guanzhong, Zhao Yun has competed with Ma Chao and Zhang Fei in martial arts, and created his own Seven Exploration Coiled Snake Spear. The moves are like dancing snakes. They pay attention to speed, accuracy and stability. They can restrain generals like Xu Chu who have strong but weak moves.
Although he was suppressed by Xu Chu's lose-lose style at the beginning of the fight, after twenty rounds, he used his moves to win. He only heard Xu Chu roaring again and again, and before he knew it, he had been shot three or four times, and his arms and thighs were bleeding profusely.
Xu Chu's eyes were red and he was almost crazy, but he could not do anything to Zhao Yun. Instead, he was full of flaws. Zhao Yun stabbed him in the shoulder with a spear. The armor fragments flew into the air, and his huge body crashed down from the horse.
Zhao Yun pointed at Xu Chu coldly on the horse: "Xu Zhongkang, I think you are sincere and will not kill anyone who surrenders!"
"Hahaha, I, Xu Chu, have given my life to the Prime Minister!" Xu Chu stood up with a knife in his hand. His beard and hair were disheveled, his body was stained with mud and blood, and blood was bleeding from the corners of his mouth. He roared and rushed over with the knife in hand.
