Cao Cao was laughing when suddenly, everyone heard a strange sound coming from Luliang Mountain.
Everyone was an expert in marching and fighting. When they heard this sound, they were startled.
Du Xi, the military officer of Yilang, said: "No, there may be soldiers and horses ambushing you in the mountains!"
Cheng Yu asked in surprise: "Could it be that the Southern Xiongnu used retreat as an advance and set up an ambush in this mountain?"
Yuan Huan put his hand to detect the sound of the wind and said in a deep voice: "There should be a lot of people!"
Xu Chu had already taken his weapon and was riding in front of Cao Cao. He turned around and said, "My lord, do you want to withdraw to Lishi City?"
It had not been long since they left Shicheng, and they all had fast horses. If they headed north back to Lishicheng, they would obviously be able to make it in time.
However, Cao Cao looked north at Lishi City and frowned: "Go south!"
"Lord!"
Xu You and Jia Xu tried to persuade each other at the same time, but Cao Cao had already decided on the direction. He pointed his riding whip to the south and said: "Go south! Fortunately, Gu was not in the car, but on the horse, everyone abandoned the car and went south!"
Those who could go north with Cao Cao were all smart people. Except for Xu Chu, they all understood what Cao Cao meant.
Yesterday at the head of Lishi City, Cao Cao was chatting and laughing with Liang Xi, the governor of Bingzhou. However, when he was attacked today, he did not believe Liang Xi at all and would rather go a longer way.
Jia Xu sighed in his heart, he would rather teach me to betray the world than teach the world to betray me. Cao Cao loves talents, but he is really suspicious.
Everyone was silent, but Xu Chu didn't care, nodded and shouted: "Where is the Tiger Guard Camp!"
All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Here it is!"
Xu Chu said: "Several military advisors and generals are escorting the lord south. Men of the Huwei Camp, let's go to meet the enemy!"
After saying that, he pointed at the cavalry carrying the banner of "Huwei Xiaowei Xu". The cavalry came out, and the Tiger Guard camp naturally formed a front line.
This is the elite among the elite. Their numbers are far inferior to that of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but their individual combat capability is stronger than that of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Cao Cao turned his horse in a circle and said, "Go back to Yecheng and reward everyone with platinum gold!"
After saying that, he didn't hold back and left with everyone outside the Huwei camp.
Xu Chu laughed and said, "Did you hear that? I'm going to reward you with a hundred gold coins!"
All the soldiers solemnly agreed and stared at the enemy coming out of the mountain.
Hearing the sound of the wind getting faster and faster, a large group of cavalry sprang out from the mountains.
There are thousands of cavalry, but there is no flag on them. It can only be seen from the clothes that they are not from the Central Plains.
Everyone had not had much contact with the Huns. They only looked at the clothes and did not realize that these were actually Qiang people and not Xiongnu.
Xu Chu smiled and said: "It's really an ambush by the barbarians, so let me see how good it is!"
Dozens of cavalry roared towards the three thousand Qiang cavalry, frightening Sima Fang who was hiding among the Qiang cavalry. He fled all the way north, followed by soldiers. He never thought that someone would ambush him as soon as he left the Luliang Mountains. .
What kind of warrior is he who dares to attack 3,000 people with dozens of people?
When he saw the big banner with the word "XU" fixedly, he immediately poured it down like a basin of ice water and shouted: "Don't engage in battle, go north, go north!"
He was framed by Ma Chao and exposed the hidden warrior, but he had other plans. How could he face Xu Chu here.
Everyone knows that Xu Chu and Cao Cao are inseparable. If Xu Chu is here, Cao Cao's army is nearby. If he is entangled, how can he survive?
The Qiang cavalry in the rear group headed north, but those in the front group had no time to turn and soon came into contact with the Tiger Guard camp.
Everyone in the Huwei camp was like a tiger. In one round of contact, no one was killed, and the Qiang cavalry was killed.
Sima Fang fled north in embarrassment. Looking at the team behind him, his heart was bleeding. He didn't understand why he was so unlucky. In just a few days, he suffered a series of setbacks.
The three thousand Qiang cavalry that he had worked so hard to support were originally his trump card for separatist rule in the future, but they were also damaged at this time.
"Go north, go north!"
Amidst the laughter of Xu Chu killing the enemy, the Qiang cavalry fled north.
On the other side, Cao Cao led his military advisors to flee south for more than ten miles. They stopped when they couldn't see the smoke behind them.
Xu You said: "My lord is the prime minister and has a rich body. I will not be able to take such risks in the future."
Cao Cao nodded. This time, in order to scare off the Southern Xiongnu, too few people came. However, no one expected that the Southern Xiongnu would be smart enough to ambush people.
Everyone did not dare to dismount and rested by a forest. Cao Cao knew that Xu Chu was brave and was waiting for him here.
He was eating a piece of cake, looking around, and suddenly saw an open space by the forest, connected to Luliang Mountain, and couldn't help laughing.
Cheng Yu and Jia Xu turned around stiffly, and Du Xi asked, "Why is the Prime Minister laughing?"
Cao Cao said: "I laugh at the Southern Huns who don't know how to use troops. How can they only set up an ambush in one place? If I use troops and set up an ambush here, I will definitely kill the defeated enemy!"
Du Xiandama looked forward and found that this was indeed the case. This place was extremely suitable for ambush, especially for a small force like them.
In the sixth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, tried to go north, and Xi'e was the first to bear the brunt. Liu Biao sent a total of ten thousand infantry and cavalry to surround Xi'e County. Du Xi, the then magistrate of Xi'e County, organized fifty people from the militia and township warriors to hold back ten thousand troops for several days. , killing hundreds of enemies.
As a result, Du Xi became famous in the north and was recommended by Zhong Yao and Xun Yu. But because of this battle, most of his fifty cronies died in the battle. To this day, only seven or eight of them are still around, and they happened to be with them this time.
One of them hesitated for a moment and said in Du Xi's ear: "Lang Jun, I seem to hear the sound of horses?"
"What?"
Du Xi was startled, and then he heard the sound. It was indeed the sound of horses, and it was not coming from the north, but coming from the Luliang Mountains, where Cao Cao pointed just now.
He immediately shouted: "Prime Minister, the enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking!"
Everyone who was resting put down the food in their hands and looked to the east. They saw hundreds of cavalry, all wearing white light and white armor, coming out of the mountains.
Like the previous wave of teams, these people also had no flags, but they were wearing armor, and it was impossible to see whether the costumes were Han or Barbarian.
In a place like this, only the enemy troops dare not raise their flags. It seems that these are the ambush troops of the Southern Huns, but these are obviously more elite.
"Go quickly, go south, go south!"
Cao Cao shouted again, and in the middle of the shout, he thought that if no one stopped them, they might not be able to escape.
"Prime Minister, your horse is fast, hurry up and go first!"
Yuan Huan, the military advisor's offering wine, shouted loudly, rode up to Du Xi and said, "Zixu, let's attack the enemy together!"
Du Xi drew out his sword and said, "Of course, Prime Minister, leave quickly!"
Cao Cao called by name: "Gongda, Zhongde, Wenhe, follow me quickly!"
Before he could shout, Jia Xu was already running for his life. Xun You and Cheng Yu were protecting Cao Cao, as well as a few of Cao Cao's personal guards, a total of ten people, and fled south quickly.
Cao Cao looked back and bowed: "Zixu, Yaoqing, see you in Yecheng!"
Yuan Huan and Du Xi no longer bothered to reply to Cao Cao. Yuan Huan was known as the most brave man and had both civil and military qualities. He held a gun in one hand and a sword in the other to fight against the enemy general.
The enemy general was wearing splendid armor and holding a tiger-headed golden gun. With just a flick of his hand, the gun in Yuan Huan's hand was peeled off.
Du Xi came to the rescue with a sword, but the enemy general shot his own sword away with half a million warriors.
One move can destroy one person. This enemy general's spear can be called domineering.
The two looked at each other in despair and were about to die. Suddenly, a roar came from the north: "Grandpa Xu Chu is here, who are you!"
The enemy general wanted to kill the two generals, but after hearing this sound, he turned around and said in surprise: "You are Xu Chu, are you not from Jing Zhaoyin?"
"What Jing Zhaoyin?"
Xu Chu had just killed for a while, and there was blood everywhere on his body. He saw Yuan Huan and Du Xi were frustrated from a distance, and he couldn't bear it long ago. He slapped his horse and wielded his sword to attack the enemy general.
The enemy general said angrily: "Why don't you listen to me? You are the Tiger Marquis Xu Chu. Do you know who I am?"
"I don't care who you are!"
Xu Chu just used a sword to chop off the enemy's head.
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Cao Cao fled for more than ten miles. His men and horses were exhausted, and there was no smoke and dust in the north. He temporarily stopped by a small river.
Cao Cao didn't see Xu Chu and others coming back for a long time, and sighed in his heart. Xu You advised: "My lord, don't be anxious, Hu Chi is strong, Yuan Jijiu is brave enough to be the best, he will be able to come back."
Cao Cao was silent for a long time, feeling that he was really overconfident in going north this time. The Southern Huns seemed to have been prepared for this, and they should not do this again in the future.
After reviewing it for a while, he looked at the surrounding terrain and saw the meandering water. He thought in his mind and a half-smile appeared on his lips.
He immediately frowned, thinking of the situation just now, and took a closer look, and saw that there were indeed no enemy troops, so he continued to laugh.
Xu You slapped his forehead, and Cheng Yu and Jia Xu looked at him in surprise.
After a long while, Jia Xu said bravely: "Why is the Prime Minister laughing?"
"I laugh at the Southern Huns..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw smoke and dust rising from the south, as if a large army was coming.
