At the foot of Gefeng Mountain, Ma Chao's camp is located.

Ma Chao led his army to Gefeng Mountain. He was originally preparing to launch a surprise attack, but found that the enemy troops on Gefeng Mountain were already prepared, so he gave up the plan of the surprise attack and set up a camp at the foot of Gefeng Mountain, preparing to first explore Xiapi and its surrounding areas.

Make plans based on the situation.

While Ma Chao and Ma Dai were discussing the offensive strategy, the captain of Yingmen quickly walked in, presented a wooden sign, and bowed to Ma Chao: "General Qi, there is a man outside, claiming to be under Yingfeng's command, and he has secrets."

Report important matters to the general!"

Ma Chao felt a little surprised, so he immediately walked up to the captain, took the wooden sign from his hand, looked through it, and then handed it to Ma Dai who was standing aside.

After Ma Dai saw it, he immediately said to Ma Chao: "Brother, this is indeed the badge of Yingfeng, the queen's subordinate."

Ma Chao said to the captain: "Bring the people in immediately."

The captain agreed and hurried away. After a while, he led a woman dressed as a man to Ma Chao.

When the woman saw Ma Chao, she immediately said: "Meet the general!"

Ma Chao took the wooden sign from Ma Dai's hand and handed it back to the other party, saying, "Are you a subordinate of the empress?"

The woman said: "To be precise, the slave's master should be a subordinate of the empress. It is inconvenient for the master to leave the city, so the slave does the work for her."

Ma Chao asked: "In other words, your master sent you to summon me?"

"Exactly." Then the woman pulled open the skirt of her chest, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white skin. When the two elders suddenly saw such a scene, they couldn't help but froze.

When she reacted, the woman had already torn off a piece of cloth from the inside of her dress, presented it to Ma Chao, and said, "This is a letter from my master. Please take a look at it, general."

Ma Chao took the cloth and read it again, with a very surprised look on his face.

At the same time that Ma Chao was leading his troops to Xiapi, the 120,000 troops led by Zhang Liao were marching eastward, preparing to catch up with the retreating coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and then hold them back.

On this day, the army marched in the mountains, forests and hills near Lu County.

Zhang Liao looked forward, turned and asked Song Xian, the deputy general next to him: "How long has it been since the scout reported back?"

Song Xian thought for a while, cupped his fists and said, "It's been about three hours."

Zhang Liao frowned, showing a thoughtful expression.

Seeing Zhang Liao's worried look, Song Xian couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Wen Yuan, don't worry. Although the scouts have to report back every two hours, how can the scouts grasp the time so well when patrolling outside? Many situations may delay them.

Already."

Zhang Liao nodded and murmured, "Maybe I'm too worried!..."

He glanced ahead and frowned: "I don't know why, but I've always felt awkward since I came out of Xuzhou..."

Song Xian asked in confusion: "What does Brother Wen Yuan mean by this?"

Zhang Liao said: "Cao Cao and Liu Bei can be said to be the most talented and strategic heroes after Your Majesty!

I originally thought that this Xuzhou battle would be a very difficult and fierce battle, but I didn't expect that this battle would be so anticlimactic and end so quickly!

I am really surprised that Cao Cao and Liu Bei gave up so quickly!..."

Song Xian said contemptuously: "The current strength of Cao Cao and Liu Bei is far from being comparable to ours! It is normal for them to flee in a hurry when they see that the situation is not good!"

He looked at Zhang Liao and said with a smile: "I think Brother Wen Yuan is still looking at Cao Cao and the others in the same way as before!"

Zhang Liao said nothing and looked thoughtful.

The army continued to march, and suddenly, a scene on the mountain forest in the distance attracted Zhang Liao's attention. Zhang Liao found that there were a large number of birds circling over the mountain forest about two thousand steps away on the left front.

fall.

Zhang Liao's heart moved, and he immediately reined in his horse and shouted: "The situation is not right, immediately order the entire army to stop advancing!"

Song Xian was greatly surprised and said: "Brother Wenyuan, what are you...?"

Zhang Liaochong shouted to the messenger next to him: "Quickly go and deliver the order!"

The herald quickly clasped his fists in agreement and galloped down the horse. Following the herald's shouts, the marching team gradually stopped.

Song Xian asked: "Brother Wenyuan, what's wrong?"

Zhang Liao pointed to the flock of birds hovering in the forest in the distance and said, "The birds do not dare to fall into the forest. This means that there must be a large number of enemy troops ambushed in that forest!"

Song Xian was taken aback and shouted: "How is this possible?"

Zhang Liao ignored the explanation and immediately observed the surrounding terrain. He saw a hill not far away. Although it was not steep, it could definitely be used as a basis for defense. He immediately pointed at the hill and shouted: "The army will go to that hill immediately."

!quick!"

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of allied troops were ambushing in front of Zhang Liao and the others, waiting for them to fall into the trap! However, Zhang Liao and the others stopped when they were about to enter the encirclement.

When Liu Bei saw this scene from a distance, he couldn't help but become anxious and murmured, "Why did you stop?"

While talking, Zhang Liao's army in the distance began to rush toward a hill near them.

Cao Cao frowned and shouted: "No! They noticed it!" He turned to the messenger and shouted: "Beat the drum immediately!"

The rumble of war drums suddenly appeared, shaking the originally silent wilderness forest.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of allied troops surged out from their ambush and headed straight for Zhang Liao and the others! Suddenly, the army was like a tide, and the sound of killing was like thunder. The entire wilderness of the mountains and forests seemed to have suddenly turned into a vast ocean, heading straight for Zhang Liao.

They swept away!

Song Xian suddenly saw such a scene, he was shocked and shouted: "The enemy army, the enemy army really set up an ambush?!"

All the troops under Zhang Liao retreated up the hill at full speed. Almost as soon as they reached the hill, the raging wave of coalition troops swept in and surrounded the entire hill.

Liu Xian's army had been on the battlefield for a long time and was calm in the face of danger. Under Zhang Liao's order, he quickly formed multiple defensive fronts based on the mountain terrain and stood ready.

Song Xian looked at the endless wave of soldiers down the mountain, couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, and exclaimed: "What a guy! If we plunge in headfirst, I'm afraid not even the bones will be left behind!"

Then he looked at Zhang Liao and asked in confusion: "Brother Wenyuan, since there are so many enemy troops ambushing here, why didn't our scouts notice it at all?"

Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not that I didn't notice it, but that I noticed it, but was killed by the enemy before I could come back to report it!"

Song Xian suddenly understood, nodded and said: "No wonder the scout has not returned for a long time, it turns out to be this reason."

At this time, the sound of war drums sounded loudly at the foot of the mountain. The two men immediately looked down the mountain and saw that the enemy troops began to mobilize and prepare to launch an attack!
Chapter completed!