Five hundred and fifty-four chapters willing to take the bait
Cao Xiaoda came from the south of Cangxi Valley and mobilized two thousand soldiers and horses under his command.
This is the limit of what he can bring out. After all, Yuchi's troops have fewer troops than Wei Xiaokuan's troops. It is impossible for Cao Xiaoda to abandon the defense of the entire southern region. In order to squeeze out these troops, he has already
All troops at the peripheral checkpoints have been evacuated.
"General Cao," Cui Hongdu came up to him quickly with an anxious look on his face, "Now Li Xingchen has launched an attack on several important checkpoints on the northeast side of Cangxi Valley. One of them was captured, but was quickly abandoned, and the other several
If the support is not timely, I am afraid it will fall into the hands of the enemy."
Cui Hongdu said that for this reason, Cao Xiaoda already knew that although these checkpoints were not really captured, it was enough to prove that Li Xingchen was beginning to be interested in these checkpoints, so at least now Cui Hongdu no longer had the guts to draw away the troops from these checkpoints.
"Who is leading the troops?" Cao Xiaoda raised his eyebrows. He did not expect that Li Xingchen would take the next step so quickly. For a moment, he could not judge what He Lou Ziqian had gone through.
Cui Hongdu considered it and said: "It's strange to say that the previous attack on the checkpoint was attacked by the Ba people at night, but this time it was a daytime attack. We had already started to mobilize our troops, but the enemy came over at this juncture, so we were caught off guard.
.Looking at the general’s flag, it should be Xiao Shilian.”
"Xiao Shilian..." Cao Xiaoda murmured, "Then where is Li Xinchen?"
In any case, the passage in the middle of Cangxi Valley is the key point of contention between the two sides. It stands to reason that Li Xingchen will definitely show up to take command. But now Li Xingchen only asked Xiao Shilian to come and lead the army to attack. What does it mean...
Cui Hongdu and Cao Xiaoda glanced at each other subconsciously, which only meant that Li Xingchen must have more important things to do, such as dealing with He Lou Ziqian.
He sent Xiao Shilian to attack these checkpoints, maybe because he wanted to prevent Cui Hongdu from sending reinforcements!
"General Cao!" Cui Hongdu's hands trembled with excitement, "It means it's still too late now. Li Xingchen probably won't be able to defeat General He Lou for a while, so he came up with such a way to organize us."
The expression on Cao Xiaoda's face became more and more solemn. If it were anyone else, this would be just the most routine approach, and there was nothing questionable about it. But now that his opponent was Li Xingchen, Cao Xiaoda had to be more vigilant.
Did Li Xingchen really just think this way?
Or maybe Li Xingchen had other purposes for doing this. For example... Cao Xiaoda frowned slightly. Li Xingchen didn't want Cui Hongdu to send troops. Could it be that he was trying to lure him into sending troops?
Cao Xiaoda was not naive enough to think that Li Xingchen would choose to ignore the existence of Yuchi's troops in the south. Li Xingchen always liked to control the entire situation in his hands. He emphasized that everything was interconnected and it was impossible to just focus on the north.
So it means that Li Xingchen did this more because he wanted to lure his reinforcements. Cao Xiaoda didn't know how much Li Xingchen knew about the conflicts between Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchijiong and their subordinates, but he vaguely felt that this matter must not be that simple.
Li Xingchen's every step must have his calculations in it.
"General Cao?" Cui Hongdu's face looked a little sluggish, because he noticed that Cao Xiaoda had no intention of giving orders decisively. Cui Hongdu still knew about the conflict between Wei Xiaokuan and Yu Chijiong, but now he could do it to He Louzi
Cao Xiaoda was the only one who offered help.
Although Cui Hongdu didn't have much affection for He Lou Zigan, he knew very well that it was impossible not to save him now, otherwise once He Lou Zigan's entire army was wiped out, he would have no way to explain to Wei Xiaokuan, and he would inevitably suffer in the end.
Only then did Cao Xiaoda come back to his senses and force out a smile: "General Cui, don't worry, I will consider the situation carefully. In addition, the situation in Liushugou is complicated and it is not easy to move forward rashly..."
"So General Cao is not planning to send troops?!" Cui Hongdu raised his eyebrows with anger in his tone. Now is the time when the military situation is extremely urgent. If Cao Xiaoda hesitates, then this battle will not be fought.
After a moment of silence, Cao Xiaoda sighed softly: "I can conclude that although Li Xingchen has not captured General He Lou, he must have surrounded General He Lou somewhere..."
"Report!" At this moment, a personal guard walked over quickly. He also reached out to support an injured Northern Zhou general. The general's face was covered with dust and blood. He looked at Cui Hongdu with wide eyes, almost
He subconsciously fell to his knees with a "plop".
"General, save people!"
Cui Hongdu and Cao Xiaoda looked at each other and hurriedly asked the guard: "What's going on?!"
"General Qi reported that our scouts found him two miles northeast of the camp!" the guard said hurriedly, "This is the general who followed General He Lou on the expedition. His subordinates knew that the matter was urgent, so they took him without notification.
He came in."
Cui Hongdu and Cao Xiaoda felt a thump in their hearts. The northeast direction of the camp was in the direction of Liushugou, which meant that this person should really be the person who ran back from the retreat.
The Northern Zhou general's face was full of panic: "General, save people quickly, General He Lou is trapped, and there are hundreds of brothers!"
"Speak more clearly!" Cui Hongdu hurriedly stepped forward and helped the general up.
The guard also spoke at this time: "General, there are still many broken troops coming back one after another. General, please hurry up and find a way to resettle them!"
Cui Hongdu's hands froze and he subconsciously raised his head to look at Cao Xiaoda.
Cao Xiaoda's face was extremely solemn. From the general's few words, he had a rough idea of the situation in front of him.
He Lou Ziqian led four to five thousand people out, but in the end only a few hundred people were left fighting. It can be imagined how tragic the battle was or how complete the defeat was, but it was obvious that Li Xingchen did not want to directly kill He Lou Ziqian.
Lou Ziqian won, or He Lou Ziqian still had a strong desire to survive. In short, Cao Xiaoda had no choice now.
And Cui Hongdu could only sigh secretly in his heart. The reason why so many defeated troops were brought back was definitely not simply because of Li Xingchen's kindness or lack of troops. These soldiers, who had just experienced a massacre and seemed to be defeated, definitely did not have enough energy to fight again.
In this battle, Li Xingchen informed them about the situation of the battle, and at the same time used these defeated troops to affect the morale of the Northern Zhou army.
But Cui Hongdu couldn't ignore this.
Cao Xiaoda said calmly at this time: "Send the order, gather the troops, go to Liushugou, and send out scouts in all directions along Liushugou. Be sure to find out where General He Lou is going!"
"No!" The guards did not dare to neglect. Cao Xiaoda Brick looked at Cui Hongdu, just nodded solemnly, and then strode out of the camp.
Jiang Taigong is fishing, and those who wish will take the bait.
Now he can only make this fish, it depends on whether Li Xingchen has such strength.