The war horses were unsaddled and grazing leisurely on the roadside.
All kinds of baggage and flags were scattered on both sides of the road.
Most of Cao Jun's soldiers were lying lazily on the grass, basking in the sun.
Seeing this situation, Zhang He no longer hesitated, waved his spear in his hand and shouted,
"kill!"
The soldiers of Sergeant Yuan behind him rushed towards Cao Jun like a pack of wolves descending the mountain!
Cao Jun seemed to be startled when he felt Yuan Jun's movement.
They didn't even care about the war horses and baggage around them. They turned around and fled into the dense forest on the side of the road.
Seeing this scene, Guo Tu suddenly became anxious, rushed over and scolded,
"General Junyi, don't let Yang Ling escape!"
Yang Ling is not only Cao Cao's son-in-law, but also Yuan Shao's fierce rival.
If he can be captured, it will be a great achievement, enough to make him a marquis!
Zhang He glanced at the deep mountain forest and said hesitantly,
"Supervisor, the situation in the forest is unknown. If there is an ambush by Cao's army..."
"What the hell! Zhang He, if you let Yang Ling go today, don't blame me for interfering with you in front of the lord!"
Guo Tu threatened.
Zhang He had no choice but to lead the troops himself into the mountains and forests.
Guo Tu was still a little worried and said to Gao Gan,
"Gao Jishi, please bring people in too!"
"ah?"
The high official was dumbfounded, but seeing Guo Tu's resolute attitude, he had no choice but to lead the people into the forest.
Zhang He and Gao Gan each led 10,000 troops to pursue Cao's army.
For a time, only Guo Tu and ten thousand soldiers and horses were left, waiting patiently on the road.
And all of this was seen by Yang Ling, who was lurking not far away.
"Sir, do we want to take action?"
Huang Zhong asked in a low voice.
"There's no rush. We'll wait until there's a signal from Zilong and Xingba. It won't be too late for us to take action."
Yang Ling looked at Guo Tu closely as if staring at prey.
After Ju Shou was transferred away, Yang Ling didn't pay attention to the mere Guo Tu.
The reason why he went to such great lengths was to eat all Guo Tu's men.
So Yang Ling used the Hanoi soldiers who originally belonged to Zhang Yang as bait, retreated along the way, lured Guo Tu here, and set a trap.
After a while, I saw billowing black smoke rising from the mountain forest!
Guo Tu was startled, and an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, and he hurriedly shouted,
"Quickly, let General Junyi and others withdraw!"
However, before his guards could take action, Yang Ling, Huang Zhong and others who were ambushing on the other side had already launched an attack!
"rush!"
Yang Ling waved the feather fan in his hand and shouted loudly.
In the recent period, Cao Jun, at Yang Ling's request, has been pretending to be defeated for the past few days, and he has already been holding back a fire in his heart.
Upon hearing Yang Ling's order, they immediately rushed out of their hiding place without any hesitation!
Cao Jun suddenly came out and really shocked Guo Tu!
He never expected that Zhang He was right, Cao Jun really had an ambush here!
Seeing Cao Jun's menacing attack, Guo Tu's heart sank and he shouted,
"Array! Rearrange!"
Yuan Jun originally faced the mountains and forests, but he did not expect that Cao Jun would attack from the other side.
How easy is it to hastily re-arrange ourselves to face the enemy?
Besides, how could Cao Jun give Yuan Jun this opportunity?
But in the blink of an eye, they rushed to Yuan Jun!
On the first day of the fight, Yuan Jun noticed something was wrong.
These Cao soldiers are all like wolves and tigers, and they are not afraid of death when they use their hands.
Compared with the past few days, it is completely different!
"The ambition to be trapped in a battle will lead to death but not life!"
Gao Shun roared, raised the long sword in his hand, and led the troops into Yuan's army.
"The ambition to be trapped in a battle will lead to death but not life!"
The three thousand trapped soldiers also shouted slogans and charged into the battle without fear.
Under their fierce attack, Yuan Jun was beaten back steadily and could not stabilize his position at all.
Huang Zhong on the other side was not idle either.
He held up a powerful bow in his hand and kept shooting at Yuan Junzhong.
Any Yuan Jun general who was targeted by him had no chance of survival.
As long as the bowstring rings, one of Yuan's generals will surely fall to the ground and die!
After emptying the quiver, Huang Zhong also raised his sword and rushed into Yuan's army.
He and Gao Shun were like two sharp knives, inserted fiercely into Yuan Jun's formation and stirred up wantonly.
Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was one-sided, Guo Tu suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
At this moment, he finally realized that Cao Jun had been acting for him!
However, he was extremely cooperative and plunged into the trap.
This bastard Yang Ling is so shameless!
When Guo Tu was at a loss and didn't know what to do, Zhang He and Gao Gan rushed out of the forest with their men in embarrassment!
"General Junyi! Gao Jishi!"
He called their names with surprise on his face.
But the two of them were not happy at all, but stared at him fiercely!
Not long after they led the men into the mountains and forests, they fell into Cao Jun's trap.
Cao Jun ignited the kerosene he had prepared earlier. Coupled with the dry weather in recent days, a raging mountain fire formed in the blink of an eye.
Zhang He and Gao Gan's troops were enveloped in the raging mountain fire.
The soldiers were in panic. I don't know how many people were trampled to death, and I don't know how many people were buried in the fire!
If Zhang He hadn't sacrificed his life to clear the way, they would have been burned to death in the mountains and forests!
Under such circumstances, Zhang He and Gao Gan wished they could have more intimacy with Guo Tu's mother, so how could they treat him favorably?
"Guo Gongze, if it weren't for you, how could we be in this situation today?"
Zhang He accused angrily.
After hearing this, Guo Tu suddenly felt unhappy.
Is this putting all the blame on yourself?
He immediately replied,
"If it weren't for Zhang He's delay in moving forward and delaying the fight, how could we have been ambushed?"
Zhang He almost lost his temper.
He has seen shameless people, but he has never seen Guo Tu be so shameless.
At this moment, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning led a small group of Cao Jun to fight out from the other side.
Yuan Jun, who was already tired of dealing with Huang Zhong and Gao Shun, was now even worse!
Seeing that the situation was not right, Guo Tu rolled his eyes and immediately ordered,
"Zhang He, you immediately lead the troops to resist Cao's army and cover the retreat of me and the governor of Bingzhou!"
"Why should I resist Cao's army?"
Zhang He glared at Guo Tu.
Staying to resist Cao Jun at this juncture can be said to be a dead end.
Guo Tu clearly wanted him to die!
"I am the supervisor of the army. Are you going to disobey the military order?"
Guo Tuse shouted with anger.
Today's battle seems to be lost.
In this case, someone must be found to take responsibility.
Among the three, it is definitely impossible for Guo Tu to take the blame.
Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, so it would be unrealistic for him to take the blame.
Then Zhang He could only bear the responsibility for the defeat.
It would be best if Zhang He stayed.
If he refuses to stay and is disobedient, Guo Tu can also blame him.
Guo Tu's wishful thinking can be said to be extremely loud.
