"I didn't expect that even Xu Huang would lead troops to pick up Cao Ren himself."

Gan Ning lay in the grass and muttered to himself.

Xu Huang was stationed in Xiangyang. If he came out, the troops in Xiangyang City would inevitably be reduced.

There were so many soldiers and horses who came to support Cao Ren, and it turned out that they had run out of Xiangyang City.

I don’t know if Guan Yu had attacked Xiangyang City. Such a good opportunity is really hard to find.

However, Gan Ning immediately shook his head, Xiangyang City was high and deep, if there was no support from the city.

It was simply a delusion to successfully capture Xiangyang City with the troops under Guan Yu.

However, Liu Bei's reputation in Jingzhou is spreading increasingly, who knows if there are anyone in the city who wants to turn to him?

But now Xu Huang showed his flag so openly, it means that he is not afraid of Guan Yu attacking Xiangyang City.

Perhaps Xu Huang didn't think about how long he would hide it from Guan Yu, but he had achieved his goal in the past few days.

Gan Ning watched the teams of cars and horses slowly walking, but he did not expect that Cao Ren would get a large number of reinforcements and would really retreat.

If Cao Ren does not retreat, Jiangdong will attack Jiangling City for a long time, it will be really hurt.

Cao Ren's central army finally walked clean in front of Gan Ning.

It was not until a quarter of an hour later that Gan Ning sent someone to call the soldiers who had been ambushing for a long time to come in front.

Cao Ren, who is the only one left in the rear army, has not yet passed this journey.

Gan Ning received the order to entangle Cao Ren's rear army with all his might and create greater opportunities for his pursuit army.

Da da da da da.

Cao Xiu rode 90% of the new little mare, and was very alert along the way.

From time to time, he sent out his few whistle cavalry to explore forward and backward.

As bait for the rear army, their situation was quite bad, especially under the banner of General Zhengnan, which attracted hatred.

Now the army in Jiangdong is biting tightly behind.

"Report to the general, the Jiangdong army pursuing behind suddenly accelerated its speed."

The whistle rode his horse and came to report.

Cao Hong nodded and said he knew, and then asked, "Wen Lie, what do you think about this?"

"According to my nephew's opinion, Jiangdong wants to do something." Cao Xiu looked at the surrounding terrain.

Thinking about where it is easier to get ambushed, they will make a wave of Jiangdong so that they dare not pursue them with confidence and boldness, so that they can escape smoothly.

When he retreated safely, no other generals of the Cao army had ever made such an idea.

Without a fight, Jiangdong will definitely not let it go.

Cao Hong nodded, grabbed the reins and said, "What should be coming will always come, but fortunately we are prepared."

"Then I'll send a sentry cavalry to inform the central army and let them suspend their journey and wait for support."

Cao Xiu ordered and sent a message to chase after him.

Anyway, the distance between the two sides is not far.

Cao Xiu didn't understand what confidence Jiangdong had to dare to get involved and fight.

It makes no sense.

Cao Xiu looked at the surrounding terrain and thought this place was good, so he asked the guard to go and see if the soldiers could be hidden behind him.

If so, I'll ambush Jiangdong here.

The personal guard quickly ran to the side of the road, lifted up the grass, just in front of Gan Ning's eyes.

Gan Ning just lowered his head and dared not reveal it. He was counting silently in his heart, waiting for hundreds of people to go out and hit his middle part.

Cao Ren is very likely to be in this part.

Just now, when he heard the sound of footsteps, Gan Ning's hands holding the knife began to be on guard.

After all, it is normal for soldiers to go into the forest to pee or pee on the roadside.

But I didn't expect that it was the scene where Cao's soldiers pushed apart the grass and were knocked out in advance.

"enemy!"

Before Cao Xiu's personal guard could fully shout out his words, he stabbed Gan Ning into the chest.

The wide eyes of Cao Jun soldiers were filled with unwillingness filled with pain.

Gan Ning stood up and kicked him down.

"Shoot the arrow!" Gan Ning raised his knife and shouted.

The Jiangdong archers who had already prepared all stood up and shot at the Cao army soldiers who had no idea.

Cao Xiu suddenly fell off his war horse, and an ambush appeared here, which he did not expect.

Cao Hong, who pretended to be General Zhengnan, was taken care of by arrows and immediately fell off his war horse and hid.

Cao Xiu looked around and saw a large number of ambushers coming out on both sides of the road, and he was shocked.

How did the soldiers of Jiangdong run to the front of them, and have not been discovered by the vanguard and the central army?

~

In the Dazhai on both sides of the road, the Guan-like banner flutters in the wind.

The sound of footsteps sounded.

"Report, General Guan, the front line urgently reported."

Mr. Guan Er touched his long beard and signaled the soldiers of Fuyu to bring it up quickly and let him take a look.

The bamboo slip was quickly opened, and Master Guan Er squinted his eyes and held it in his hand to carefully identify it.

Guan Ping was thinking about whether to give his father a reading glasses, or he had long been used to holding bamboo slips like this.

"Ping'er, you can take a look."

Guan Ping took it and looked at the content on the bamboo slips and took a closer look. It turned out that Zhou Dadudu defeated Cao's rear army and killed more than a thousand people.

If it weren't for the real Cao Ren leading the army back to the rescue, Cao Hong and others would probably be trapped in the encirclement.

Guan Ping grinned: "It seems that the Grand Governor has not escaped the law of Zhenxiang and adopted the plan of the military advisor Zhuge."

"In this battle, Cao's army only suffered a slight loss." Mr. Guan Er shook his head while touching his long beard.

It seems that the soldiers behind the temple of Cao's army are quite elite, otherwise Jiangdong would have achieved only this kind of victory after such a surprise attack.

“It’s good for us anyway.”

Guan Ping caused great harm to Jiangdong to Cao's army, and he did not expect too much in this matter.

As long as Jiangdong takes action, it will be beneficial to us.

Wei Yan clasped his fists and said, "General Guan, since Cao's army has been attacked by Jiangdong, he must be eager to do so.

Should I send a vanguard to harass him along the way and delay his troops?"

Mr. Guan Er touched his long beard and fell into thinking. Now his command is strong.

Military advisor Zhuge said that on the way Cao Ren retreated, if he could take advantage, he would take advantage. If he could not take advantage, he would let Cao Ren escape.

Nowadays, the soldiers under his command are all pieced together. If they forcibly block the Cao army's return, they will definitely be subject to strong resistance.

But if you make a hole for them, as long as you destroy some of the soldiers of Cao's army with bad luck, it will be a victory for your side.

Guan Ping also looked at his father sitting in the main seat, and he didn't want to send troops in his heart.

Just staying here like this, not moving like a mountain can make Cao Ren and the others feel distressed.

Cao Jun had just lost his way to escape and was thinking about regaining the venue to boost morale.

We don’t need to delay the Cao army’s military peak when sending troops, otherwise wouldn’t he be digging this section of the road in vain?

Guan Ping knew that Wei Yan wanted to show himself and was eager to make contributions, but in terms of the overall situation, he should not act rashly and wait for Cao's army to come here.

Mr. Guan Er finally made up his mind and shook his head and said, "I'm here, waiting for Cao Ren to come and pass by, but I want to see how brave he has."

"Ping'er, are the camps on the mountain firmly established?"

Guan Ping nodded: "It can support it for a while, but the water source is a problem."

"Didn't you prepare a surprise for Cao Jun on the top?"

Master Guan Er smiled rare.

Guan Ping raised his eyebrows. If Cao's army chose to camp for them on the mountain, he hoped they would have a good mood.

Everyone in the tent showed a roaring smile, and everyone couldn't stand the arrangements of the Major General.

~~

Cao Ren ordered his soldiers to rest in Dangyang County for one night and constantly sent out mail cavalry to inquire to avoid being attacked again in front of him.
To be continued...