When the Huainan Haoyou responded to Lei Yuan's proposal to guard the sharp pass of the drum and each sent elite troops to form a team, Lei Xiu had been fighting fiercely with the Cao army's pursuers for several days.

In late autumn, night fell early, and thick clouds covered the stars and moon on that night. Even with torches, it was difficult to identify the way forward. In addition, Lei Xiu and his subordinates did not walk on the main road, but only marched into the wilderness. Therefore, the Cao army cavalry chased after him for a while and had to return in disappointment.

Even so, it was not easy to repel this wave of Cao's pursuit. After several consecutive fierce battles, I finally got to breathe. Lei Xiu looked around and saw the followers sitting scattered among the mountains and trees, covered in blood and exhausted.

Someone was caught in an arrow before he could pull it out. At this time, he used a knife to pick out the arrow clusters bit by bit. The severe pain of tearing the muscles made him make a deep sound, like the sound of beasts gasping. The dirty blood was squeezed out with his movements and flowed into the land under his feet.

Most of the others were injured, and they took advantage of this time to deal with their injuries, but no one made loud moans or shouts.

They are all survivors who have experienced many battles on the battlefield, and their ability to endure pain is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

This group of elite knights were originally nearly 300, but now there are only about 150 or 60. Dozens of personal soldiers from the Lei surname have been killed or injured. Qu Chief Liu Yu, Yu Jianhe Tun general Cao Ke, Cao Meng, Lei Huan and others have all died in battle. Hou Chi, the cavalry leader of Lei Xiu, was seriously injured in the battle, and he took the initiative to kill himself in order to avoid falling into the enemy.

There were also many seriously injured people who were abandoned because they could not walk with them. At this moment, only He Song was left, who was leading the troops. He was walking among the soldiers with a few remaining team leaders, looking at their status one by one.

The only thing that is thankful is that their sacrifices are valuable. Under the desperate cover of Lei Xiu and others, Mei Gan and his infantry had retreated into Fanshan. The steep cliffs in this majestic and winding mountain can minimize the strength advantage of Cao's army.

The cavalry had to enter the mountain early tomorrow morning and then continue to retreat. Lei Xiu leaned against an old tree and was repeatedly thinking in his mind.

According to Lei Yuan's plan, the evacuation route was from Lu'an to Fanshan, to Xiaohuo Mountain, and then to Tianzhu Mountain, a total of 170 miles. Lei Xiu himself was also a person who was familiar with the surrounding geographical situation and knew that Lei Yuan was right. This route just blocked the road for Cao's troops to go south and could provide enough cover for many of the teams where Jianghuai Haoyou were located.

It is precisely because of this that Lei Xiu and others faced great pressure from Cao's army every moment when they marched on this route.

What's more, this time we are facing not only the Cao army in Shouchun, but also the surging Cao Gong personally led the army! The unprecedented hard battle is still ahead.

He suddenly remembered the scene at the military conference of the Mount Camp. At that time, he was worried that Chen Lan and Mei Gan and other veteran military leaders would not want to cooperate with the action, so he fell into hesitation. And the second brother, who had always been weak, seemed to be eager to try it out. Lei Xiu couldn't help but smile. It was very interesting. The once introverted and cautious child finally gradually became different.

In addition to being good at fighting and fighting, Lei Xiu considered himself an ordinary person; but he felt that Lei Yuan was not. In Lei Yuan's seemingly weak body, there was a certain characteristic that ordinary people did not possess. If Lei Yuan was here, his handling of the past few days should have been more stable. Perhaps this battle would have a different direction.

But no matter how, Lei Yuan was always a child in his heart as his elder brother. In the next battle on the battlefield, there was nothing to do with children. That was where swords and bows were used, and he could only rely on the bravery and fearlessness of the warriors!

Lei Xiu looked up and looked up. In the south, the Dabie Mountains extended from the southwest, where they converged with the vast Jianghuai Plain, forming countless ups and downs.

The terrain here is much higher than the plains in the north, so the view is very wide. When Lei Xiu looked north, he could see that the walls and towers of Lu'an City turned into black silhouettes on the horizon. Bloody fires in the city were inexplicably raised, and the thick gray smoke rose into the air with the flames, and was soon blown away by the solemn autumn wind. The autumn wind continued to blow from north to south, blowing to his mixed blood and sweat, and the wet armor, bringing the chill that was soaked in his bone marrow.

After resting for half a night in a daze, Lei Xiu led the knights to ride into the mountains in the early morning of the next day, and walked about five miles before reuniting with the infantry.

Because they didn't know how the evacuation progress of the Wanshan Camp was, they did not dare to run away, but formed a stable formation and retreated slowly. This speed was naturally slow, but it could block the path and try not to allow Cao's army to easily cross.

After walking for about a long time, Cao's army's small cavalry gradually chased after him. They rode past the front and side of the stair formation, and then turned back and forth, running back and forth, shooting and killing the soldiers on the edge of the stair formation.

They came and went quickly. Every time they ran by, long arrows would leave several corpses in the stepping formation through densely raised spears.

But the land between the Jianghuai River and Huai River has experienced too many bloody battles over the decades. The military leaders who struggled in this process have all experienced countless cruel tests before they rose to the forefront. They rely on kinship, rural relations, personal dependence and personal prestige to firmly grasp their troops, making their tenacity far exceed that of ordinary troops.

Therefore, the infantrymen fought and walked away, and the formation was not messy at all. Lei Xiu and his followers rushed out of the infantry formation from time to time to expel the Cao army's cavalry, and even tried to surround and annihilate it several times.

The terrain between the mountains is getting higher and higher, and the roads are becoming more and more steep and complex. Some natural passes have a cramped terrain that cannot be deployed, so Lei Xiu stays here and organizes to stick to it.

The Cao army cavalry gathered in front of the pass, and they were unable to advance. Instead, they were shot by bows and arrows. After leaving many new corpses on the mountain road, the Cao army had to retreat a little. Once they retreated, Lei Xiu would take the opportunity to retreat to the next steep place.

One hour, two hours, half a day, one day, time slowly delays, and the two sides repeatedly tangled and fought, separated, and once again tangled and fought, and repeated.

At some interval, Lei Xiu placed the spear diagonally in front of the saddle and shook his hand that was slightly trembling due to excessive force. The warm blood flowed through the blade and flowed down the gun rod, becoming sticky and slippery; he had to tear off his battle robe and wrap around the gun rod one by one.

His martial arts skills are far superior to others. Although he has experienced fierce battles, he has not suffered any serious injuries. He has been nervous for too long and his body and mind are extremely tired.

He looked around and only the guards and knights under He Song's troops were left. Mei Gan had already taken the lead in evacuating with all the infantrymen.

"This old slippery guy..." He couldn't help but curse.

"The Cao army's large army is coming, and I can smell them." He Song said viciously beside him. Due to the repeated screams and fatigue, his voice was already hoarse.

Lei Xiu laughed: "Did you just smell it? I'm almost smothered by their stinking."
Chapter completed!