As soon as the light soldiers retreated, their hooves rumbling like thunder rolling in the sky, getting closer and closer.

The heavy rains a few days ago caused dozens of small rivers such as Manshui, Lianshui, Nanquanhui, Jinshahui, etc. to the south of Yicheng and west of the Han River, surging in the waters. The waterways crisscross each other, and natural harbors gathered from thine.

Jingxiang Road passes through these river beaches on the harbors, such as Jiaoyatan, Shiyangtan, etc., among the river beaches, there are winding highlands and patches of meadows; in addition, reeds burn withered and burned in autumn and winter, and now it seems that they have recovered their spirits overnight and are vast.

In the past seven or eight years, the Jingzhou army has advanced to the area south of Yicheng by taking advantage of the rainy season at least five times, and then fought with the main force of the Cao army and retreated voluntarily. At this time, the small hill used by Guan Ping to set up a guard car was called Chishan. It was the battlefield where the Wu people were defeating the alliance, and Guan Ping led his army to stop Le Jin from heading south.

After fighting again and again, the terrain of this area was familiar to both Cao and Liu armies.

Therefore, the Cao army's cavalry rushed into the wetland without hesitation.

The Cao family owned the fertile land of the Central Plains of Hebei. According to the financial resources of the eight states, they faced a powerful enemy like the King of Hanzhong. Over the years, they never dared to slacken in military construction. Because Cao Gong occupied Yecheng to control the world, the only one who could drive for thousands of miles was the iron cavalry. Therefore, the one who was most dedicated to the Cao family was always their cavalry team.

Among them, the tiger and leopard cavalry, which are now classified as Xiaoqi, Zhonglei and other camps, are the ones with the best training level and equipment conditions.

At this time, thousands of tigers and leopards were scattered and rushed into the swamp. Most of them were wearing iron armor, some used a long iron spear that was as long as six feet long, and some waved their long swords and splatters. Wherever they passed, they were like a strong wind, causing a rustling sound of water, colliding reeds and deep grass one after another.

Such a power was simply impossible to resist by Guan Ping's light troops set up in front. In addition to a considerable number of soldiers who were forced to retreat, many soldiers also held the swords and guns in their hands tightly, but crawled in the mud and did not dare to move.

However, when the cavalry rushed along the roads, thousands of dismounted knights lined up in a row, stepping through the mud ponds where war horses were inconvenient to gallop.

This complex terrain is very vast, and a seemingly huge queue is put into it, and soon it can't be seen clearly. However, the rumbling sound of its steps is clear and clear, and it is still hundreds of steps away, which has caused the water surface in front of the soldiers to tremble.

The chief general has not issued a counterattack yet. If he is entangled by Cao's army at this time, he will be killed in vain.

So Qu Chang Zhang Jiao led his subordinates to retreat.

At this time, the soldiers under his command were scattered everywhere, and there were only seven or eight people surrounding him.

Zhang Jiao was originally the military commander of Nanjun County to Fei Guan. During the Battle of Jiangling three years ago, he occupied the northern gate of Jiangling and took the lead in leading his subordinates to accompany Lei Yuanzuo. Later, he was ordered to cross the battlefield and inform the Jiangling military information to Guan Yu who rushed to Ji Nancheng.

Because of these achievements, he was promoted to Guan Yu's direct subordinate after the war, and later he made contributions in the battle and promoted to Qu Chang.

Zhang Jiao took more than a hundred steps back, leaned down behind a reed cluster, and put his hand crossbow flat in front of him. Several soldiers followed suit and hid near him, either holding bows and arrows or holding hand crossbows.

Before the arrangement was made, the mud in front was rumbling and two Cao army soldiers stepped forward and were catching a soldier lurking.

Seeing that they were avoiding each other, Zhang Jiao and others hurriedly opened their bows and fired from two or three directions, and immediately shot them to death. However, in a moment, dozens of people from the left and right teams and Cao's army who were covering the rear arrived in large numbers, with killing sounds from all directions.

Zhang Jiao and others fought with swords and guns, and fought and retreated.

A Cao army soldier wades through the water and chases. Zhang Jiao took a quick step and stabs his gun straight, hitting the knight's chest. However, the armor worn by the knight was extremely exquisite. Under the impact of the two hatchbacks, Zhang Jiao's spear broke into two pieces and flew straight into the air.

Zhang Jiao couldn't stand and staggered to the ground, trying to stand up with his hands, but felt a severe pain like a tearing left shoulder and fell down again.

The Cao army's armor was also knocked to the sky by the impact of the gun stab. Although his armor was enough to defend against the sword and stabbing the gun, it was too heavy and it was cumbersome when fighting on foot. So much so that he turned over twice in a row but could not get up.

The two were only about a meter apart, and they worked hard face to face, both of them were sweating profusely, wanting to get up earlier and kill each other.

After all, Zhang Jiao's movements were slower, and the Cao cavalry finally stood up straight, pulled out his waist and approached Zhang Jiao.

After walking two steps, the Han soldiers jumped up suddenly behind a bush and pounced on the armored soldiers. The armored soldiers shook their bodies to shake them away. The Han soldiers reached out very quickly, grabbed the armored soldiers' pockets and cut them back and forth several times with a short knife along his neck.

The soldier waved his long sword and tried to chop the enemy, but blood splattered everywhere on his neck. In a blink of an eye, his body softened and he fell to the ground and died.

Zhang Jiao breathed a sigh of relief.

He saw that the soldier was not his subordinate, and was about to express his gratitude. He flew somewhere and hit the soldier's face. The soldier stood on his back and died while standing on his back.

Zhang Jiao cursed. Seeing his companions coming from all over the place to support him, he repeatedly said, "Run! Run!"

He and his companions continued to hide. They should have gone deep into the muddy grass, but because they were panicked, they somehow walked on a dirt road between the lake and the squash. This time, everyone's figures were too conspicuous.

A team of Cao army knights were not far away. At this time, they rushed to rush over to rush over, and more than ten riders came in one go. Their horses and horse heads were squeezed together and collided along the way. Zhang Jiao and his subordinates reacted quickly and jumped directly into Shuize next to the road. If they reacted slightly slower, they were knocked away by the horses.

The knights had excellent riding skills and martial arts. Before a man who had hit the sky landed, the knight's sword flashed and took his life. Several people spitted blood after landing, and were hit by Cao's sword and speared, and died immediately.

Zhang Jiao didn't care about others and ran around the water seed deep in his calf with his waist bent.

A knight behind him rode his horse to chase after him. After a while, suddenly the horse's hooves fell into the mud pond and could not move forward or retreat.

At this time, Zhang Jiao roared and turned around and rushed over. He cut off the horse's legs with one knife. The second knife cut into the weak area under the armor and penetrated the knight's waist and abdomen.

The knight rolled in the mud pond, with blood rushing on his body, and could exert force and slash his head and face.

Zhang Jiao was promoted to a military academy based on his seniority and rich experience. He was not good at fighting and fighting. Besides, he was a little older and his physical strength was not as good as before. After trying his best to block it, he got a knife in his right arm and suddenly felt severe pain. He groaned and stepped back and fell into the mud pond.

Zhang Jiao's heart beating like a drum, but he couldn't take any strength on his arms.

The Cao army knight stared at him, took two steps with his knife, and slowly sat down to the ground. With his heavy breathing, blood poured out from the wounds on his waist and poured into the same viscous mud pond. His breathing became more and more rapid, louder and louder, and then suddenly stopped.

Zhang Jiao breathed a sigh of relief again.

The subordinates who had just been unable to see the figure came together at this time.

"Nai Gong almost died! What's the use of me?" Zhang Jiao cursed twice, and then found that the military uniforms and armor of his subordinates had been dyed red, his face was covered with blood, sewage, mud moss, and even his appearance was difficult to tell. The soldiers who could get through this all experienced hard battles, and no one was more relaxed than anyone else.

At this time, they were already in the depths of the water seed. The Cao army cavalry was rushing along the road, which was not affected by the time being. The soldiers cherished the brief tranquility in this fierce battle. No one spoke, and they all half-lying and half-sitting to recover their strength.

After a while, Zhang Jiao said: "Cao's cavalry is indeed fierce, but they are not as flexible as us when they go deep into the lake and mud. We will wait here, and wait until General Guan retreats them before he can take advantage of the chaos."

As Zhang Jiao thought of such a song, Cao Zhang naturally wanted to get it too.

At the same time, Cao Zhangzheng urged his subordinates: "As soon as possible! Don't get entangled with local light soldiers, move forward as soon as possible!"

He said to his deputy: "The terrain of this area is complex and changeable, but Chishan is surrounded by plains that can accommodate large armies. Therefore, the Jingzhou army has set up camp in Chishan several times before. This time, it must be like this!"
Chapter completed!