The Ma family cavalry and the Huns cavalry are also aroused to die. If they don't wait desperately now, they may die. Since reinforcements are coming from outside, they will be sorry if they don't try harder.
Wen Chou, Dian Wei, and Ma Chao are now fighting with the idea of fighting desperately, which makes Lu Bu, Li Dian, and Xia Houyuan a little timid in fighting.
Although they really want to keep each other, the result of leaving their opponent is likely to be taken away by others. In this case, they will naturally not be as comfortable as before when they want to protect themselves.
Moreover, Xia Houyuan and Li Dian were not as good as Ma Chao and Wen Chou in terms of martial arts, and now they were beaten and retreated steadily. Dian Wei's side was also fighting equally because of their desperate efforts, and it was difficult to distinguish them.
"Song Xian, something is bad. Enemy reinforcements appear behind us, and we can't stop them."
Lu Bujun was now facing a double attack. Cao Xing came directly to Song Xian's side, his brows knitted together.
"If we can't stop it, we won't stop it. If we continue like this, even if we can keep Yuan Shu's pursuers behind, our losses will be considerable. If Cao Cao takes the opportunity to attack us, I'm afraid we will inevitably be in trouble."
Song Xian's mind is extremely clear now. Even if they can block Ma Chao, so what? Facing the attack of 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry troops, he will definitely not die less than 20,000 to 30,000 people.
In this case, their power will be much lower than that of Cao Cao. If Cao Cao has any evil intentions, they will immediately follow in Ma Chao's footsteps. Let alone return to Danyang, it would be good to leave here.
"Will this anger Cao Cao and make him attack us directly?"
Hearing Song Xian's words, Cao Xing was also stunned. You must know that they are an allied force now. If he gives up resistance and lets Ma Chao and the others go out, Cao Cao will probably take action against him in anger.
"The basis of cooperation is that the strength of both parties is almost the same. We originally had an army of 70,000. Even if Cao Cao had any bad intentions and wanted to attack us, he had to consider his own losses.
But if we suffer heavy losses by blocking the enemy, the forces of both sides will change, and then Cao Cao will not hesitate to attack us, so listen to me and let them go."
Song Xian, however, glanced at Lu Bu who was fighting Dian Wei, and then firmly made the decision to get out of the way and let Ma Chao escape.
"ok, I get it."
After hearing Song Xian's analysis, Cao Xing was also stunned, but now that Lu Bu is away, he can only listen to Song Xian's words.
With Cao Xing's order, Lu Bu's army, which was struggling to block the cavalry from both sides, also relaxed its resistance.
"Dian Wei, Meng Qi, retreat quickly."
Seeing that his cavalry had broken through the defense line of Lu Bu's army, Wen Chou drove Li Dian back with one shot and rode directly to Dian Wei and Lu Bu's battle group.
"Walk."
Ma Chao exchanged shots with Xia Houyuan, then rode his horse and rushed in front of Dian Wei.
"Depend on."
Looking at Ma Chao and Wen Chou who were surrounding them, Lu Bu couldn't help but cursed secretly. Fang Tian's painted halberd directly collided with Dian Wei's iron halberd. Then the red rabbit horse started at high speed, carrying Lu Bu to avoid being surrounded by three people.
Dangerous situation.
"Walk."
Seeing Lu Bu being forced to retreat, Dian Wei roared and led Ma Chao and Wen Chou directly towards the gap that was opened.
Ma Chao and the others rushed all the way and finally caught up with Xu Huang. Then the two families joined forces and ran towards the entrance of Cao's camp.
"Trash, where are the people? Doesn't Lu Bu have an army of 70,000?
Where are people?
Where is Xiahou Dun?
Where are people?
Who can tell me what's going on?"
Seeing Ma Chao and Xu Huang fighting, now breaking away from Lu Bu's entanglement, running towards the gate, Cao Cao couldn't help but get very angry.
Why did this perfectly arranged ambush turn into such a horrible situation?
Where is the army you arranged?
"Lord, I noticed that their reinforcements are all bloody. Maybe General Xiahou Dun has been defeated by the enemy."
To be honest, Xiahou Dun had not appeared until now, and with the blood stains on Xu Huangbing's horse, Xi Zhi came to such a conclusion.
"Impossible, Yuan Rang is not a mediocre person, and he has an army of 50,000 in his hands. Although he only has 30,000 elites, how could he be defeated by the enemy in such a short period of time?"
After hearing Xi Zhicai's analysis, Cao Cao felt that this was impossible without even thinking about it. He still had full confidence in his general.
"General, you also said that we only have 30,000 elites and 20,000 new troops. If Yuan Shu's cavalry takes advantage of the army's unstable footing and charges directly, no one knows what will happen to those new troops. If once
It collapsed and formed a rolling bead curtain, so it is reasonable for General Xiahou Dun to be defeated."
Compared with Cao Cao who believed that Xiahou Dun would not be defeated, Xi Zhicai firmly believed that his judgment was not wrong. Since his judgment was not wrong, he began to work backwards based on this judgment. Under what circumstances could Xiahou Dun be defeated by the enemy in a short time?
, and finally got what he just said.
"Probably not."
Hearing Xi Zhicai's analysis, Cao Cao was also stunned. To be honest, he didn't want to admit the meaning of Xi Zhicai's words, but now it seems that this is the only possibility.
"Now we are not discussing the issue of General Xiahou, but what should we do next?
Are you chasing the enemy or are you?"
Xi Zhicai glanced at Ma Chao and others who were running away quickly, but a question blurted out.
"Continue to pursue Yuan Shu's pursuers. Lu Bu has not lost much strength now, and Xiahou Dun doesn't know what happened to him. If we rashly attack Lu Bu, we may lose more than we gain. We can't take this risk."
Cao Cao glanced at Xi Zhi and immediately knew what he meant. In fact, Cao Cao originally wanted to kill two birds with one stone this time. Why did he arrange Lu Bu at the door but not outside the camp? In fact, the purpose was to let Yuan Shu's pursuers fight with Lu Bu.
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And his task is to drive the pursuers to the place where Lu Bu ambush, wait until the two families are almost fighting, and then Xiahou Dun outside the camp will seal the gate, leaving all the two families that have been greatly damaged here.
It is a pity that although Lu Bujun fought hard with Yuan Shu's cavalry for a while, he did not suffer much loss in strength. Xiahou Dun was still alive and his troops were not fully equipped.
If you fight with Lu Bu, you will lose a lot. Doing so is like fighting with clams in the river. In the end, the only one who will benefit is Yuan Shu, a fisherman, so he has no choice but to give up this idea.
"Then continue the pursuit?"
Hearing Cao Cao's words, Xi Zhicai was helpless. Originally, this strategy was perfect, but now it is a mess and many people died. However, the result made him a little confused.
"No need, the enemy has all the cavalry. If you want to chase them, you can only use the cavalry. If we send our elite cavalry to pursue them, they will inevitably engage in fierce battles with the enemy. Even if we can completely annihilate the enemy, our losses will be small."
It will be small and the gains outweigh the losses, but we still have to do something, so I ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead his troops to pursue them."
Cao Cao looked at the running Ma Chao but shook his head. As he said, the only ones who can chase the cavalry are the cavalry. Now Lu Bu has lost a lot of troops and horses. He will definitely not be willing to send out his cavalry at the bottom of the box, so he will pursue it.
You can only be the cavalry at the bottom of the box. If you do this, you will lose your own strength, which is not worth it.
"promise."
Xi Zhicai nodded, and then Xia Houyuan was ordered to lead his subordinate Shen Marching Army to pursue Ma Chao in the direction he left.
At the same time, Cao's camp began to tidy up, the soldiers and horses returned to the camp, and casualties began to be counted, while Xiahou Dun also returned to the camp with the remaining soldiers.
"My lord, Xiahou Dun has failed to live up to my lord's expectations. Please punish him with military law."
