Chapter 40: Breakout

Several war horses that were ahead jumped up and hit the spear with huge momentum. The spear entered the body. The war horse neighed wildly and fell into the formation, pressing the shield hand blocking the front under the body. The spear handle in the back row was also knocked to the east and west. The tightly lined formation was immediately broken open. Several soldiers shouted, holding spears forward to block it, but were cut by the long halberd in the hand of the knight who was later killed, and the armor was cut and killed. Zhang Liao rode in the horse, waved the long halberd in his hand, and drew a string of blood beads from the chest of the five Jiangdong soldiers. The man had already rushed into the formation. With the horse's stance, another halberd was released, and he picked a shouting halberd at the tip of the halberd and advanced forward.

More than a thousand cavalrymen entered through the gap, trampled on horseback, and the long halberd in their hands was like a blood-devouring demon, devouring the lives of Jiangdong soldiers. Ling Tong saw this and, while commanding the arrows, contracting the formation, trying to block the road of the cavalry, forcing the horses to advance, and then killing them in the formation. He knew that the two troops of Gan Ning and Lu Meng behind him were fighting fiercely with the 6,000 Cao Chong troops who came to support. If he could not stop these 10,000 people, they would be attacked in the abdomen, not only would they not be able to complete the commander's order, but they were afraid that they would fall into it.

As long as the governor arrives, I will be besieged more than 10,000 people, and there is no reason to be defeated. Ling Tong sneered and waved his hand to order the arrows to be shot.

"Rise the shield!" Zhang Hu let out a wild roar, pulled out the long sword from his waist with his left hand, and threw it towards Ling Tong in the formation. A distance of about ten steps was instantly reached, and the rotating long sword pounced into the chest of the commander next to Ling Tong. The commander shook, looked at the half-part of the battle knife in his chest, and weakly put down the flag in his hand.

After a moment of silence, the cavalry with Zhang Hu as the harp rushed to Ling Tong at the cost of dozens of people. He rushed towards Ling Tong with a long spear in his hand. Two guards beside Ling Tong shouted to hide Ling Tong behind him, one of whom held Zhang Hu's long spear. One of them tried hard to kill him. Zhang Hu was furious, and pushed and pulled the spear in his hand, cut off the guard's neck and killed the guard, but was killed by the other person. The man ignored the two long spears that had stabbed beside him, and cut off Zhang Hu's horse's hooves before the spear entered his body.

The war horse fell down, and Zhang Hu's body tilted. He was almost pressed under the horse. Several Jiangdong soldiers saw it and shouted and rushed to kill him. Three long swords were slashed at the same time. Zhang Hu didn't have time to get up, so he threw out the long spear in his hand to kill one person. He rolled on the ground, grabbed the legs of a soldier with both hands, and swept it up with a loud roar. He knocked the three soldiers who rushed in front of him to the ground and was unstable. The long swords in his hand all slashed into the soldier's body, and was killed by several knights who rushed to the ground.

Ling Tong was furious, pointed the long sword at Zhang Hu who fell to the ground and let out a long roar, carrying the guards' killing sword. He was determined to kill Zhang Hu in the formation. More than a dozen people were about to approach, but Zhang Liao led his men to kill him, and rode his horse past, and the long halberd swept past Ling Tong. He pushed Ling Tong's wrist and injured a guard beside him. The knight behind him followed Ling Tong's hand with the long halberd in his hand. Ling Tong's guard was shocked and rushed forward desperately, dragging Ling Tong into the formation at the cost of several lives.

Zhang Liao looked at him disdainfully and pulled Zhang Hu on an empty saddle horse. The father and son worked together, and rushed forward like a rush, with swords and halberds. After another twenty steps, he rushed out of Ling Tong's battle formation first. The cavalry yelled, regardless of the arrows in the enclaves behind him, passed through Ling Tong's battle formation and headed straight for Lu Meng's back formation. Ling Tong was anxious and wanted to join him to chase him, but Xu Huang's ten thousand people came over like wolves and tigers. He had to give up the cavalry and turned around and dealt with Xu Huang wholeheartedly.

Xu Huang's troops were trapped by the people of Jiangdong for four or five days. He was full of resentment. Now he heard that not far away was Mr. Cangshu, who came to pick him up. Not only was there a army of tens of thousands, but also sufficient food and grass. They rushed forward with their lives, trying to expand the gap that the cavalry rushed out. Although Ling Tong's five thousand people occupied the favorable terrain, had strong morale and sufficient physical strength, they were easily rushed by the cavalry just now, and were psychologically affected. When they were rushed by Cao's army, who was determined to go home, they were immediately tightened. The gap that had been blocked for a long time was getting bigger and bigger, and they were in danger of collapse at any time.

Ling Tong looked at the quiet Huarong City and was anxious. Seeing that his soldiers were suffering from casualties under the Cao army's charge, the expected reinforcements could not be seen at all, so he couldn't help but get angry. He sent two messengers to find the governor for help, and he could no longer sit still, so he led his personal guards to kill at the gap.

"Kill!" Ling Tong shouted loudly, and with one knife, he cut the Cao army in front of him into two sections. He stepped forward and slashed two in a long sword. The guards beside him rushed forward and slashed the Cao army, who was fighting in a row, and they fought backwards. The soldiers next to him immediately caught up, and the swords and spears were falling, and the Cao army fell down immediately. The morale fell sharply, and the gap immediately became much smaller.

When Xu Huang stood on the hillside, he waved his long sword in his hand, and several personal guards immediately pulled out their battle swords and pulled up their hand crossbows to kill them. These people were all brave soldiers who had been fighting with Xu Huang for many years. As soon as they arrived in front of the formation, they were killed by Ling Tong and retreated step by step. Cao's army immediately had a backbone and rushed up with a roar. Several guards directly met Ling Tong. As soon as they arrived in front of him, several people raised their hand crossbows together, and several short crossbows flew fast.

Ling Tong was shocked and quickly blocked the shield in front of his chest. He pounced on it for a few sounds, and several short crossbows nailed it to the shield. One flew over Ling Tong's ear and shot into the eyes of a guard behind him, and another pierced deeply into Ling Tong's thigh.

Ling Tong's legs became weak, and the guards had already arrived. Three long swords roared down together. Ling Tong was furious and raised his shield to greet him. With a bang, he was smashed to kneel on one leg. When the guards saw it, they snatched the sword and slashed them hard, trying to kill Ling Tong under the sword. When Ling Tong's personal guards saw it, they rushed forward without hesitation, protected Ling Tong, and tried desperately to stop the fierce soldiers.

Ling Tongyi was injured, Jiangdong's morale was greatly reduced, and the guards who came forward were no match for Xu Huang's guards. In a moment, three people broke in a row, and the gap that had just become smaller immediately became larger. When Xu Huang saw it, he smiled slightly, waved his hand, and rushed up with the remaining dozen guards.

When Cao's army saw the commander's morale boost, they shouted loudly, and rushed the lost commander Ling Tong's troops back step by step. Cao's army used the fierce soldiers as sharp edges, like a sharp sword, stabbing deeper and deeper, tightly adorning the tails of the cavalry. A moment later, when a wisp of smoke appeared on the road west of Huarong City, Cao's infantry followed the tails of the cavalry and tore a big hole in the Ling Tong's local battle formation. More than 10,000 people were like floods breaking through the dike, rushing through Ling Tong's blockade in a blink of an eye, like a surging huge waves, pounced on the rear formation of Lu Meng's troops, which had just been chasing by the cavalry.

Lu Meng faced two thousand people led by Cao Zhang and one thousand tiger soldiers led by Xu Yi. Although he had five thousand people and had a slight advantage, he would rather be an army of ten thousand. These people were simply too fierce. They were tall, strong, and very skilled in martial arts. Ordinary soldiers were not opponents when they met them. The leader Xu Yi was even more fierce and never returned under the sword. In this half hour, there were not a hundred or eighty people who died under him. Although Cao Zhang was not as strong as the tiger soldiers, one-on-one was no worse than the Jiangdong soldiers. Cao Zhang was no less than Xu Yi. The sword in his hand roared, and the sword was covered with blood. Lu Meng saw with his own eyes that he cut off a soldier's head with one knife. The other hand twisted the other soldier's neck, and then picked up the soldier and swept over two.

Is this still a fucking human? Lu Meng cried out in secret, listening to the shouts of killing from the back formation, and cursing Ling Tong in his heart. Is this Ling Gongji avenged his personal revenge? I know that my relationship with Gan Xingba is as good as a brother, and he has accumulated Gan Xingba's revenge on me. At this time, he actually let the cavalry rush to my back formation? When the governor comes, he will definitely sue him.

Lu Meng thought, turned his head to look at the back formation, which shocked him and cursed. He saw that the Cao army infantry that emerged from the formation was like a flood in the mountains, and in a blink of an eye they pounced on his back formation. The battle formations of the enemy were immediately shaking like stone pillars in a huge wave, and could be overturned at any time.

"Seeking for help... Ask for help..." Lu Meng roared, and the twin rabbit flag was quickly raised, but Gan Ning was still willing to save him now but was not strong enough. He faced Xiahou He led two thousand people, who was commanding in the formation, but later he saw that the young white-robed young general was so arrogant that he killed people, and shouted while killing. Every time he killed someone, he shook his fingers contemptuously. He couldn't help but rush up with his personal guards in anger. Unexpectedly, Xiahou He was stuck on this step.

Cao Chong decided when he arranged the task. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang clashed with Lu Meng's back formation, so Xu Yi's 1,000 tiger soldiers and Cao Zhang's 2,000 people also attacked Lu Meng's front formation, striving to open up the Lu Meng's battle formation in a short time and rescue Xu Huang and Zhang Liao. Xiahou said that the task was to hold Gan Ning. No matter what, he could not come to support Lu Meng, until the two thousand people died, and Xiahou said that he was killed. At that time, Cao Chong asked him specifically whether the two thousand people could block Gan Ning. As a result, Xiahou, who was quite dissatisfied with the arrangement, waved his hand and said not seriously: "No problem, guarantee to complete the task."

Xiahou said he was not lying. At first, he was commanding in the formation. While using the bow and arrow in his hand to greet the generals of the Ganning division, he commanded the soldiers to attack the weak links in the Ganning formation at any time. The two thousand people fought very well, which made Ganning lose his temper for a while. When Ganning got angry and commanded the soldiers to advance with all their might, he pretended to be defeated, led his people to fight and retreat, dragged the Ganning division into a narrow area of ​​land, and then he led his personal guards to enter the battle group. Wherever there were the most fierce Jiangdong soldiers, he would go somewhere. Whenever Jiangdong soldiers were about to break through, he would break the sword edge of the Ganning division like a sledgehammer.

What makes people most angry is that he sighed loudly every time he cut down a person, and then pointed at Gan Ning, who was commanding in the formation and shook his fingers. It felt like Gan Ning didn't dare to fight him, but only dared to hide in the formation. Gan Ning, who was as fierce as a fire, did not take his tricks, and handed the sign flag to the deputy general around him, holding a knife in one hand and wrapping an iron chain in the other hand and then rushed up.

As soon as Gan Ning arrived in front of the formation, the iron chain flew away. As soon as he pulled over two Cao soldiers, he met Xiahou Cheng. Xiahou Cheng arrogantly threw away the shield in his hand and rushed over like a whirlwind with his hands. As soon as Gan Ning's iron chain started dancing, Xiahou Cheng had already rushed into his side. He stopped his long sword with one knife, and the other knife slashed at Gan Ning's hand. Gan Ning was shocked. Even if this iron chain was pulled to Xiahou Cheng's back, he would have to take a knife on his left rib. He would not do it if he had a life bet on his life. Without thinking, he would meet the hand that had wrapped the iron chain against Xiahou Cheng's long sword.

This was exactly what Xiahou Cheng thought. He threw the knife, punched Gan Ning in front of Gan Ning's chest, and then grabbed Gan Ning's iron chain with one blow. Both of them used one hand to force. Gan Ning was surprised to find that the boy who had not grown a few beards was extremely powerful. He grabbed his iron chain with his left hand, but his left hand knife was not as good as his right hand, but his left hand knife could not match Xiahou Cheng's right hand knife by the way. He was chopped by Xiahou Cheng's dingdangdang. He had only the ability to resist, but no strength to fight back, and was extremely passive for a while. What made him feel even more passive was that the guards around Xiahou Hou fished the long iron chain after Xiahou Cheng's hand and pulled it back. Several people tried their best to pull Gan Ning into the encirclement of Cao's army, and then dozens of people slashed around Gan Ning.

Gan Ning was wearing heavy armor. This ordinary ground ring leader could not hurt him, but he was angry by Xiahou's shameless fighting style. The long sword in his left hand flipped the knife, and while fighting back, he took the time to fight back. However, Xiahou said that he was still entangled with his soul. He grabbed his iron chain tightly and refused to let go. The long sword in his right hand kept greeting Gan Ning's hands and face, which made Gan Ning complain. Under the escort of several guards who fought to kill, he finally let go of the chain wrapped around his hand. He took a long sword and slashed hard. Xiahou said that he retreated at this time and led his people to block Gan Ning's retreat. It was difficult for Gan Ning to retreat into the formation, so he could only kill forward. There were thousands of people waiting for you to chop.

Gan Ning was furious. He saw Lu Meng's double rabbit flag, but he had no choice but to do anything. He was trapped in the formation, so he could not care about Lu Meng.

"Kill out! Kill out!" Gan Ning hissed, and the two swords in his hand were dancing into a ball of flowers. Every time he waved it, it brought a ball of blood. However, Cao's army seemed to be desperate. He just cut one to death and rushed up two more. Gan Ning's hand became weak, but it was still gathering more and more. Because he wanted to save him, he had to move forward desperately, and got together with the two thousand people mentioned by Xiahou. It was not easy to separate if he wanted to part.

"Kill!" A Cao army soldier rushed up with his red eyes and swung his sword, but did not slash Gan Ning's knife. He slashed hard on Gan Ning's left arm. Gan Ning's arm was cut into pain. He couldn't hold the long knife in his hand, and swung the long knife with his right hand and hit the soldier's head heavily. Then the long knife pulled over his neck. The soldier's neck spurted a blood arrow, but it still did not retreat. He rushed up and hugged Gan Ning, pressing Gan Ning's long knife against his chest.

The Cao army behind him was overjoyed when they saw it. He greeted him with three spears and two long swords at the same time.

Gan Ning's eyes were cracked, and he quickly stepped back. He held the long sword and pushed the soldier with his right hand. He used his back to hold the two long swords, turned his head and let three spears. The long sword slid and cut off the soldier's arms that were still hugging tightly, and then chopped on the wooden handle of a spear. The spear was cut, and it passed by his ear, and suddenly picked up his helmet.

Gan Ning felt a cold neck, and he didn't know if he was injured. He kicked the soldier's body and kicked the soldier away, smashing the soldiers to death, causing several Cao soldiers to suffocate. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gan Ning turned around and left, slashed three swords with one hand, killing three soldiers in front of him, and then slashed at Xiahou, who was fighting with one sword.

Xiahou Cheng heard the sound of wind behind his head, and he slashed with a knife, slashing Gan Ning's long sword. Gan Kong cut the air with a knife. The two of them were like facing a life-and-death enemy, and they both made a fist with their left hand, almost at the same time. The two of them took a step back. Gan Ning looked at Xiahou Cheng hatefully, turned around and left.

Xiahou said that he was furious by Gan Ning's eyes. He waved his hand and cut down a guard in Gan Ning. He was about to chase after him. A guard next to him shouted: "Sir, the young master has ordered the troops to be withdrawn. Let's retreat." Xiahou said looking up. There was indeed a big flag of retreat outside Cao Chong standing. He cursed hatefully, spit out a mouthful of saliva, rubbed his right chest, which was a little painful, and shouted: "Retreat!"

Just when Xiahou said that he was fighting with Gan Ning with his life, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao killed Lu Meng's battle formation, and more than 10,000 people rushed out of a bloody road like a rushing river. After Xu Yi and Cao Zhang broke up, they retreated and retreated from the battle group. Cao Chong ordered Xu Huang and Zhang Liao to retreat first, and Xiahou said that afterwards, Cao Zhang and Xu Yi slowly retreated into the narrow Huarong Road.

Zhou Yu, who had gathered the team, came half an hour late. In this half hour, Xu Huang, who was eager to return, and the Lu Meng tribe, the general of Zhang Liao, rushed into a mess. He paid a price of nearly 3,000 people, and the loss of Lu Meng tribe was even half. The Gan Ning tribe suffered minor losses, with less than a thousand casualties, and killing Cao's army was considered a bit cheap. Of course, if Gan Ning had not been caught by Xiahou's trick and the army had no effective command, the results might not only be stopped, but perhaps the entire Xiahou's army could be wiped out.

Zhou Yu's face turned pale. Looking at Ling Tong, who was inserted into a short crossbow on his thigh and bleeding from his neck, he looked at Lu Meng, who looked coldly at Ling Tong. I don't know what to say. Ling Tong's troops suffered heavy losses. First, they were rushed by Zhang Liao's cavalry, and then by Xu Huang's ten thousand people. Only more than 1,000 people were left. Calculated in the general account, Cao's army lost more than 6,000 people, and more than 300 cavalry, while Jiangdong Army lost nearly 7,000, plus Zhang Hu's cavalry's cavalry lost more than 8,000 people.

This made Zhou Yu, who was determined to capture Zhang Liao and Xu Huang alive, had to be angry and embarrassed, but no one could blame others. If his 15,000 people did not hold back the more than 10,000 people from Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, how could the 6,000 people who came to support broke Lu Meng's blockade and rescued the people? Half an hour was just half an hour away, otherwise the 20,000 people in Cao's army would be his pocket now.

"If my back formation was not stormed, how could Xu Huang rush out?" Lu Meng thought more and more. He had to withstand three thousand people in front of him, and had to face nearly ten thousand people behind him. How could this battle be fought? Gan Ning was entangled by two thousand people. Why didn't Ling Tong cut a knife behind Xu Huang? If he could cut a knife behind Xu Huang, why would he be so embarrassed? A charge made people penetrate the formation?

"Zi Ming, stop talking." Zhou Yu looked at Lu Meng with dissatisfaction. Ling Tong suffered heavy losses, and he didn't want to bite Xu Huang. It's just that you didn't hold back the 3,000 people, and Gan Ning's 5,000 people were entangled by two,000 people. Why didn't you say that? It's because Gan Ning has a good relationship with you?

"No!" Seeing that Zhou Yu's face was not good, Lu Meng felt that he was a little biased and did not dare to say anything further.

"We still have more than 20,000 people, and the other party has only more than 10,000 now, so follow. Don't get too close to them and force them to rest and drag them down." Zhou Yu pointed to the front, "Dong Xi was the forward, Gan Ning followed, and Ling Tong went back to guard Huarong. The others set out in turn."

"No!" The generals responded to the order, gathered the team and set off immediately.

"Thank you for your hard work, two generals!" Cao Chong bowed to Xu Huang and Zhang Liao.

"Thank you for your hard work. I'm here to pick you up." Xu Huang and Zhang Liao looked at Cao Chong with no joy. They couldn't help but look at each other, with a hint of satisfaction in their eyes. They led their troops to fight tens of thousands of people at the age of thirteen. Ten thousand to thirty thousand, they actually had the upper hand, but they were not proud at all. It is impossible to say that the little lord Cao was better than the old lord Cao. If the Prime Minister had listened to the young master, why would this be?

"Two generals, please move forward quickly. General Lu Feng and the other generals Lu Feng took their baggage to meet Zhangbu acupoint. After a while, we will attack Zhou Yu and ambush him." Seeing that they looked cautious, Cao Chong smiled in his heart, but his face was as calm as water, and he said in a calm tone.

"What? The young master wants to fight?" Zhang Hu was surprised when he heard this.

"Zhou Yu doesn't know the times and hasn't given up yet. Of course, he has to hurt him." Cao Chong pointed to the Jiangdong Army who had just appeared in the distance and said with a smile. Zhang Hu looked back and rushed up angrily: "This Zhou Yu is really hateful. Do you still want to chase him?"

"So I have to teach him another lesson." Cao Chong smiled.

Zhang Hu's heart moved, he glanced at his father Zhang Liao, and saw Zhang Liao nodding slightly before bowing, "Young Master, I would like to stay and listen to your orders."

Cao Chong laughed: "Ziwei, there will be no war along the way. You can go to Zhangbu acupoint first and wait for Zhou Yu to come to the door with energy."

Xu Huang looked at Jiang Dongjun with some confusion: "Young Master said that Zhou Yu would not catch up with the battle along the Huarong Road. We just dove all the way around us. We will only attack at the Zhangbu acupoint west of Huarong Road?"

Cao Chong smiled. Of course, you don’t know how the Russians deal with the emperor of Napole’s wheel and the madman Hitler. This method of chasing tigers by wolves is a new thing. He bowed and smiled and said, “I guess Zhou Yu’s loss this time is so great that he will not be willing to give up, and he will not be willing to compare with the master. He will inevitably press forward all the way and not let us rest. After the Huarong Road of more than 100 miles is finished, we should be dragged down by him. Then he will come forward to get a bargain. So I want the two generals to rush forward to eat and drink, rest for two days, and ambush the Zhangbu hole, and wait for Zhou Yu to go into the net.”

Xu Huang thought about it and nodded gently: "Young Master is smart. This plan looks extremely dangerous, but it is also very smart. However, Huang thought that the young master would go first and come as bait to be safe."

"Hahaha..." Cao Chong laughed, stepped forward and patted Xu Huang's shoulder, lowered his voice and said, "General Hengye, you have more experience in war than me. But I have no experience in escaping. Don't worry, Zhou Yu wants to drag me down, but I want to drag him down. With this treasure, I know everything about Zhou Yu. It's not that easy for him to grab me." Cao Chong said, shaking the carved lens tube in his hand.

When Xu Huang heard this, he knew that the young master had this treasure to predict the enemy's initiative. Zhou Yu wanted to suddenly exert force. He might not be able to catch the young master who was protected by a thousand tiger soldiers. If he really wanted to compete with his thousands of remaining soldiers, he might not be more powerful than these tiger soldiers, and he might not be faster than them when he ran. Thinking of this, Xu Huang was relieved and hurriedly left with Zhang Liao and his men.

Cao Chong sent them away and slowly set off on the road. He asked Cao Zhang to lead people first. Xiahou Cheng and the tigers then looked at Xiahou Cheng rubbing his chest from time to time, and couldn't help but smile: "Shu Quan, did you suffer a loss in this punch?"

"No, I just remembered it now. Gan Ning was wearing heavy armor, and it was nothing to get a punch, but it hurt my hand." Xiahou said depressedly. He punched Gan Ning in the chest. His hand is still bleeding until now.

"But Gan Ning was dragged into the formation and chopped around him. He must be so angry that he vomited blood. He was extremely depressed." Cao Chong smiled and sighed: "To be honest, I was really worried that you could not hold on to Gan Ning. If you really want him to come and support Lu Meng, we may not succeed. I didn't expect you to succeed, just because you did it. It was a bit of a loss..."

Xiahou said, laughing quackly, his face flushed when he heard this. Then he stopped his smile and said, "I didn't expect that Gan Ning was so impatient that he actually came here. I said Cang Shu, are you sure that those small actions will anger him?"

"The more you calculate, you will win." Cao Chong turned his head and smiled with a smug smile: "If I don't know the temper of the other party's generals and territory, how dare I play this dangerous formation? The weapon of the soldier will make a lot of people die if it makes a mistake."

"You know Gan Ning has a bad temper and can't stand it. That's why I asked me to introduce him into the formation and use two thousand people to drag his 5,000 people. Here, more than 10,000 people were used to attack Ling Tong and Lu Meng's 10,000 people, breaking the formation in one fell swoop. Although we were a little smaller in total, we had the advantage over there, and we still hit less. Gao Ming, Gao Ming." Xiahou Cheng thought about it and gradually understood: "But how did you know that I could drag Gan Ning? These two thousand people were at a disadvantage against five thousand people."

"It is not only the opponent's general, but also the general of the party. Only by knowing one's own opponent can you win every battle." Cao Chong smiled and said, "Zhou Yu actually missed two points. One was that he didn't expect Zhang Hu to kill him and retaliate. The other was that he didn't expect that there were a thousand tiger soldiers among the six thousand people. Do you know that Xu rarely brought a thousand tiger soldiers to the position before? Even if he didn't use two thousand people in Ziwen, these thousand people would not be at a disadvantage when they faced Lu Meng. Besides, Zhou Yu couldn't expect that I would use you to deal with Gan Ning."

"Are you sure you can use me to deal with Gan Ning?" Xiahou said in confusion.

"Of course." Cao Chong originally wanted to say that he was cunning, but later he thought that he was a little frivolous. He should forget it in front of so many subordinates, so he deliberately changed his tone of praise and said, "You are the hope of your uncle, and your father is also interested in the local people. It is not a piece of cake to deal with Gan Ning."

Xiahou said after hearing this, he touched his head and smiled embarrassedly, but his heart was full of pride. Xiahou Yuan was very satisfied with him and secretly wanted to teach him how to use troops. Even Cao Cao praised him very much and praised him in front of other generals many times. This time he got the first opportunity to lead troops with Cao Zhang, which made Xiahou Shang so envious. Xiahou Shang was with Cao Cao for the first time to lead troops for several years. Last time he was in Changban, he even made a mistake.

The two of them said as they walked, Xiahou said that he was praised by Cao Chong and became a little shy. Instead, he forgot that he was five years older than Cao Chong, and he wanted to ask Cao Chong for advice. Cao Chong was guided by Cao Cao, the first military strategy of the Three Kingdoms. After these opportunities to lead troops, he did have some experience in using troops. He also discussed with each other, and then changed his previous life examples, which made Xiahou say convincingly.

Zhou Yu was flanked by the back, and the two armies were twenty miles apart, heading towards Jiangling. Cao Chong was not anxious, and walked slowly with his men. Occasionally, he stopped to rest for a while. After Zhou Yu rushed into ten miles, he got up again. Recently, the two armies were less than five miles apart, which made Dong Xi, the former army, want to let go and chase him up and kill Cao Chong. Of course, it would be better to catch Zhang Hu and fight him. He was injured by Zhang Hu's surprise attack and was delayed. He was even caught with a horse hair, which was so angry that he wanted to bite off a piece of meat from Zhang Hu. As for Han Dang, his toothache, his big banner was chopped by Zhang Hu, which was a very shameful humiliation.

Zhou Yu was afraid that they would get angry for a moment, so he rushed to the front army and finally suppressed Dong Xi. However, he also felt strange that Cao Chong, who was in front, did not look like escape, and the battle did not look like war, which was faster and slower. What the hell were playing?

"Gongjin, why don't we rush up and try his realities?" Lu Su, the captain of the Zan Army, couldn't hold on anymore. After following him for a day, it was not like a marching, but rather an outing. What's going on?

"Zijing, how many people do you think about this Cao Chong?" Zhou Yu became more and more suspicious. Even if Lu Meng was attacked from one after another, in the half hour before Xu Huang and others rushed past the Ling United Front Forefront, Lu Meng, who was famous for his good fighting, could not defeat the other party's 3,000 people? Could it be that Lu Meng had misread it.

Lu Su also felt something was wrong. He frowned and thought for a while, but felt that it was unreasonable. If Lu Meng wanted to cover up his shame, he would only say more about the number of people on the other side. It is impossible to say less. Wouldn't it be even more ugly if he talks less? He hesitated for a moment and said, "Would Ziming have made a mistake in setting up a formation and were caught by the other side? He has always relied on his blood and courage to use his brain."

Zhou Yu smiled and shook his head: "Zijing. Don't underestimate Ziming. He used to fight with his blood and courage, but he has changed a lot recently. He has fought more and more rules in these battles. He has almost never had any trouble. You can't always look at him with old eyes."

Lu Su curled his lips disdainfully, sat back on his heel, patted his thigh and smiled, "Gongjin, your Zhou family has been crowned for generations. There are so many books. You have studied since you were a child to achieve success today. Do you think that after listening to your lord's advice, Lu Ziming became a scholar suddenly after reading two books of the Grand Historian's Records. If scholars are so easy to do, then the great scholars in the world will drink the northwest wind. Don't take him too seriously, he is just a brave man."

He said, sighing frustrated: "Gongjin. After this battle, you are famous all over the world, but I don't know whether it is a good or a bad thing for you? The lord has taken good care of Lu Ziming and Jiang Gongyi (Jiang Qin). Lu Boyan has been by his side. His intentions are deep. You must know in your heart. A big tree attracts wind and a high level of power shocks the master."

Zhou Yu laughed, raised his teacup and signaled to Lu Su: "Zijing, when did you become so suspicious? A gentleman is open and honest, and a villain is always worried. You, Lu Zijing, aren't such a person."

Seeing that he was like this, Lu Su wanted to say something but stopped, so he had to raise the teacup to signal it and tilt it all. This time, Sun Quan sent his younger brother and nephew to be hostages, which was really beyond his expectations. What surprised him the most was that when Sun Quan faced those dissatisfied generals, he actually said that it was Zhou Yu's idea. Even later, he sent Da Qiao to Cao's camp, and even said that it was Zhou Yu's plan. The veteran Jiangdong headed by Cheng Pu was very dissatisfied with Zhou Yu. For example, this time he went ashore to pursue, Cheng Pu, the right governor, pushed him and said he wanted to look at the boat, but he was unable to get ashore.

"Gongjin, this time on the expedition, Cheng Demou is the right governor, and he has fought with you several times, and has made many mistakes. Although you don't mind, you have to be careful." Lu Su was silent for a while and still persuaded him. Zhou Yu held a helpless smile on his lips and touched his temples: "Zijing, I'm asking you to discuss military affairs, to discuss Cao Chong on the opposite side, why are you talking about these things?"

"Well, cough..." Lu Su covered his mouth and pretended to cough, and had to change the subject: "It's strange to say that, didn't Cao Chong win Sun Jizuo's aconite tea? He should have died a long time ago, why are he still jumping around? Seeing him like this, maybe Sun Boyang and Liu Xuande were ruined by him. Sun Boyang was almost crazy. Although Liu Xuande was not crazy, he was not far from madness. I really can't figure out that even if he drinks aconite tea, he can't die?"

Zhou Yu also shook his head: "The news from Sun Jizuo should not be wrong, otherwise he would not have gone to Jiangling. I heard that Zhang Ji in Nanyang was a military doctor in Jiangling. Maybe he saved Cao Chong's life. I think this time is wrong. Even if the news of Wulin's fire was transmitted to Jiangling by fast horse, it would take one day and a half. He rushed from Jiangling to Haoxue, and he would not be able to catch up anyway. Even if Sun Boyang and the others were delayed on the road for half a day, they should have been half a day earlier than Cao Chong. Why were Cao Chong ambushed? Six thousand people were blocked in the tiger jumping ravine and could not move forward?" Zhou Yu looked at Lu Su in confusion, and Lu Su shook his head in confusion.

"Can he really see the fire in Wulin from Jiangling?" Zhou Yu himself found it funny. Wulin went to Jiangling for more than 300 miles, and no matter how good his eyes were, he couldn't see it. But after all, there was only this possibility. Zhou Yu felt that the child opposite was a bit unreasonable. Could it be that as Wu Fan said, this person was a weird person who couldn't see clearly?

"If he could see Wulin's fire from Jiangling, wouldn't he be able to see our big tent now?" Lu Su also felt a little weird, and he felt a strange feeling of being peeped at. He suddenly felt uncomfortable all over. Zhou Yu looked at him in a daze for a long time, and felt a little weird. He shook his head and said, "No matter how many, if he kills it, it will be useless if he has any weirdness."

"Gongjin, you can't fight head-on. Don't forget that the lord is counterattacking Hefei. He probably doesn't have enough people in his hands, and maybe someone will come to dispatch troops at any time." Lu Su reminded him again. Sun Quan was deploying a counterattack of Hefei. He asked Zhang Zhao to lead troops to attack Dangtu, Jiujiang. He personally led the army to attack Hefei. It seemed reasonable, but Lu Su and Zhou Yu both knew that this was Sun Quan's own situation and reason. In this situation, we should concentrate our troops to take down Jiang first.

Ling. Jiangling is an important town in Jingzhou and a checkpoint on the Yangtze River. After taking Jiangling, the four counties in Jiangnan entered Jiangdong and opened up the passage of Western Shu. Then they could take Western Shu. At that time, Jiangdong would be owned by Jiangdong. With half of the country, it would be enough to fight against Cao Cao, the Jiangbei area. Now we will fight against Hefei. Not to mention the city is difficult to attack, even if we are captured, how can Hefei defend it? Cao Cao launched a large army to counterattack Hefei. How could the soldiers in Jiangdong be the opponent of Cao's army on land?

But neither Lu Su nor Zhou Yu could say these things. First, he knew that Sun Quan wanted to establish his own power and gain a military merit to balance Zhou Yu's reputation. Second, he was also good to take the opportunity to transfer the 30,000 elite soldiers allocated to Zhou Yu. Most of the elite soldiers in Jiangdong were elite, unless they were placed in his own hands. Otherwise, Sun Quan would not be able to sleep well no matter what.

"I understand." Zhou Yu was a little excited when Lu Su said this, and he was not in the mood to continue talking. After saying a few words, he went to rest. Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Lu Su had to get up and say goodbye. He stood outside Zhou Yu's tent and looked at the mountains to the west. He always felt that there was someone in the dark shadow looking at him and sneering. He couldn't help but feel chilled.

For two days, Cao Chong and Zhou Yu followed Huarong Road in a tacit understanding toward Zhangbu acupoint, one after another. At noon on the third day, there were still fifty miles away from Zhangbu acupoint. The more Zhou Yu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He stopped marching and called the scout to ask and asked again and again, feeling suspicious. Cao Chong was extremely stable all the way, without tens of thousands of troops chasing him closely behind. Zhou Yu looked at the Zhangbu acupoint that was about to arrive, and couldn't help but feel an ominous feeling. He called Lu Su, talked about his doubts, and pointed the Zhangbu acupoint with his fingers: "If Xu Huang's troops had been moving urgently since the day before yesterday, they would probably arrive at Zhangbu acupoint at the latest at noon yesterday morning, and they would wait for us for a day of rest..."
To be continued...