Ji Bu led a 10,000 infantry army day and night, and finally arrived twenty miles south of Linzi at dawn. The scouts patroled several times but did not find the Han army post. Ji Bu ordered the army to have a full meal and hide it. He just waited for Cao Shen to lead his army to open the city gate as soon as he left.

The sun began to rise from the treetops, and the Linzi city gate also opened creakingly. Cao Shen led five thousand men out of the south gate and headed south unconsciously. Although there were only a few thousand men left, the King of Qi made it clear in Xin Jian. As long as he interfered and attacked the rear of Xiang Yu's army from a distance, he retreated with one blow, and did not fight with the Chu army. When the Chu army went away, he would pursue it again...

This will not cost much effort, and it can also use a few troops to restrain Xiang Yu's army so that it cannot attack Pei County with all its strength. In just half a month, Xiang Yu's army will be in chaos without fighting. At that time, if you attack with the King of Qi, you will definitely win Xiang Yu and make a stunning contribution.

Thinking of this, Cao Shen couldn't help but feel excited. Since the overlord Xiang Yu was born in the Battle of Julu, all the princes have been frightened. When they met the overlord, they had to bow their knees. Who dared to look up to the overlord? If he could capture the overlord himself, this great achievement would be enough to make him famous in history.

As a military general, who doesn’t dream of making such contributions one day?

But on the battlefield, it was unpredictable. Cao Shen didn't know where Ji Bu's army was ambushing the place not far away, waiting for him to leave Linzi Gaocheng. He wouldn't know that in the Xiami area, there were 80,000 soldiers from Zhonglimei waiting for him to enter his pocket.

The sun had risen to the center. Cao Shen wiped the sweat pillar on his forehead, ordered the entire army to rest, and ordered more than a dozen scouts to inquire about the whereabouts of the Chu army.

The Han soldiers hurriedly took out the dry food they carried with them and started eating it. Cao Shen and the soldiers also chewed it with hard cakes and cold water. They thought that after winning this battle, they would go back and have a good meal, drink and eat meat, and enjoy it.

Halfway through the meal, a scout came over and reported urgently: "Report to the general, the whereabouts of the Chu army were found thirty miles ahead."

Cao Shen handed the hard cake in his hand to his personal soldiers and asked, "Where is the Chu army heading?"

"Return to the general," the scout said, "the Chu army is heading south, as if to attack Pei County, with only the old and weak infantry left at the end. I believe that in order to reach Pei County, the light cavalry are in front."

"Good opportunity," Cao Shen shook the whip, stepped on the war horse, shouted, "The whole army gathered and quickly chased the Chu army. You can only return with one blow. You cannot fight in love. Those who violate the order will be killed."

"No." The Han army responded in unison.

Cao Shen took the lead in riding his horse, with five thousand soldiers behind him, all following him to chase the old and weak people at the tail of the Chu army.

He could already see the Chu army flag from afar. Cao Shen felt excited and chased after him for a whole morning, and finally came to chase him.

But it looked very close. When I got up in person, I realized that the distance was so far.

After chasing for about an hour, it was finally less than 500 steps away from the Chu army. However, the Chu army in front seemed to be indifferent to the pursuit of the army behind and was still moving at its own speed. Although the Han army's horse hooves were loud, the old and weak Chu soldiers were still advancing slowly, as if mocking the futility of the Han army.

"Is there a fraud?" A trace of ominousness flashed in Cao Shen's heart.

The road became more and more rugged and narrow, and Cao Shen's uneasiness became heavier. Suddenly, the Chu army ahead stopped moving forward, turned around, and pointed its spear at him and the Han army under him like a forest. Cao Shen knew something was wrong and shouted: "The whole army stopped advancing, turn around and retreat."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of war drums. An arrow broke through the air. Countless Chu troops emerged on the hillsides from all directions. Thousands of Chu troops were flying in the wind. One of them was a horse, and a man was sitting upright, slid his beard with his hands, and laughed: "Child Cao Shen, you have fallen into the plan of our overlord. If you don't get off the horse, you will be captured. When will you wait?"

Cao Shen pointed a spear, opened his eyes wide open, and shouted loudly: "Zhonglimei, don't talk big. Although Cao Shen is not talented, he is unwilling to be a minister of the two masters. Today, he was ambushed by mistake. He can only fight to repay the King of Han. How could Cao Shen bend his knees to Xiang Yu's every man?"

Zhonglimei laughed and said, "Cao Shen, I won't be quarrel with you, let's see how powerful the Iron Cavalry under my command."

After saying that, with the order flag waved, more than 3,000 cavalry roared down the hillside. As the saying goes, the power is like chopping bamboo. When the Chu soldiers saw that the enemy had fallen into the trap, they were all energetic and rushed to kill down the mountain, for fear that they would not get any military achievements. When the Han army saw the ambush, their morale was already falling to a low point. When they saw the Chu cavalry coming from the mountains, they were frightened and weak, and they had no intention of fighting. They had to turn their horses and retreat.

The Han army was already very crowded, but now some people retreated and some stopped in place, and they all became panicked. Although Cao Shen shouted with great force, the defeated soldiers fell like a mountain. How could he stop him? Before the Chu army arrived, there were as many as a hundred Han soldiers trampling on each other.

When Cao Shen saw it, he knew that the hard enemy would definitely be the result of annihilation of the entire army, so he had to order the withdrawal and go back to Linzi along the spot. Cao Shen also knew that the rear route must have been blocked by the Chu army, but if he wanted to save his life, the only feasible way was to kill him. As for killing up the mountain, capturing Zhonglimei, or continuing to advance, and intersecting with the heavy troops of the Chu army in front, these are tricks that only reckless people would come up with, which would only accelerate the death of his subordinates. Cao Shen was a long-time general on the battlefield, so naturally he would not choose to take risks.

The Chu cavalry had already caught up with the Han army, and after a charge, they were killed and killed. The Han army suffered countless casualties, and the rest of them ran away, and they did not dare to look back and watch, for fear that they would be different if they were one step slower.

When Zhonglimei saw that the Han army wanted to rush out desperately, he did not stop it, but just led his army to pursue it.

Seeing that there were not many Chu troops blocking the robberies in front of him, Cao Shen quickly urged his horse to take his men to rush over. As long as he broke through the bloody road, he could return to Linzi safely, reorganize his troops and fight with Zhonglimei. Until now, Cao Shen still believes that Xiang Yu's army has rushed to Pei County, but he just left Zhonglimei to stop his pursuit.

The Chu army ahead was indeed not as thick as expected. As soon as the Han army, who was strongly surviving, rushed out of a road. Cao Shen did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly led people to rush out of the bloody road and fled to Linzi in a hurry. After the pursuit sounds gradually faded, Cao Shen checked the troops, leaving only seven or eight hundred people.

Keep the green mountains there, and you are not afraid of burning firewood. Cao Shen still feels a little lucky, after all, he fought out of the encirclement and took his life back.

Seven or eight hundred defeated generals rushed to the city of Linzi in shame. Cao Shen and others were exhausted, and even the strength to shout the door was much less. As a result, no one in the city paid much attention. Cao Shen raised his spirits and cursed angrily: "I, Cao Shen, haven't you opened the city gate yet?"

When the soldiers on the city tower heard this, they hurriedly said, "Oh, General Cao is back. General Cao please wait. I will open the door for you now." (To be continued)
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