Seeing that a gap had been torn open, Xia Houyuan hurriedly led the remnants of the army to flee, and seeing this, the trapped camp did not pursue, but continued to clean up the battlefield and encircle and suppress those Cao troops who were left behind.

Xia Houyuan finally broke out of the encirclement, and most of his strength had been lost, but he was worried that he would be chased by the camp, so he didn't dare to stay longer, so he ordered the army to rush wildly.

After traveling for more than ten miles, Cao Jun, who had fought fiercely, was already tired and stuck out his tongue, and some people began to fall behind, Xia Houyuan had no choice but to pause and rest, prepare to recover, and then continue to hurry.

Xia Houyuan turned over and dismounted in embarrassment, took off the water bag on the horse's back, sat on the ground with his butt, put the spear in his hand aside, and drank wildly.

"Hahaha, General Xia Hou, Gao was ordered to wait for a long time, and he didn't descend quickly!"

"Ahem...... "Ahem" Xia Houyuan was halfway through the water, and suddenly a fire quickly lit up not far ahead, accompanied by Gao Shun's voice, which made him choke with a sharp cough.

Because of being choked, Xia Houyuan's pale face was frightened, with a hint of redness, which was weird.

On the side, Cheng Yu remained silent, approached Xia Houyuan, and said with an ugly face: "General, don't pay attention to him, get on the horse and rush out, otherwise it will be dangerous." ”

"Rush out." Xia Houyuan involuntarily held the spear with both hands, glanced at the soldiers beside him, and suddenly felt a shock in his heart.

These soldiers, fleeing all the way, their physical strength has already been consumed, and now they still have the strength to fight again, so they can only cast their eyes on Xia Houyuan and pray.

Xia Houyuan, as Cao Cao's brother-in-law general, would not surrender to Li Huiyi even if he died, but these Cao troops, they had a choice.

Xia Houyuan hesitated for a moment, got on the horse with a gun, and shouted loudly: "Now that you are surrounded, you will not be forced to stay in Ben, if you want to go back, you will rush with Ben!" ”

Hearing Xia Houyuan's words, some Cao Jun stood up, while others sat on the ground and hesitated, and were divided into two factions for a while.

Xia Houyuan didn't care about this, because he was not sure whether he could rush out or not, and he didn't want to force them to fight with their lives.

Seeing that Xia Houyuan was obsessed and rushed over, Gao Shun slapped his horse with a gun, wanting to capture him.

"Hey!"

"Hah!"

……

The two fought together, because Xia Houyuan was physically exhausted, and before he fought for three rounds, he fell behind, and one was accidentally shot in the arm by Gao Shun.

"Ahh Xia Houyuan screamed miserably, covered his hands and retreated, wanting to get rid of Gao Shun's entanglement.

But Gao Shun has the upper hand, how can he let him escape, chase after him, Cheng Yu on the side saw this, and held a sword to intercept him.

"Bang!" Seeing a literati holding a sword to block the spear, Gao Shun's face turned cold, the spear in his hand shook, and the sword body was swinged, and the spear was turned into a stab.

But Cheng Yu is not a scholar who is weak in literature, and his swordsmanship is still outstanding compared to ordinary generals.

Seeing the spear stabbing at him, Cheng Yu blocked it with his sword, shook the spear back a little, and quickly swung his sword towards Gao Shun's neck.

I didn't expect a literati to have the power to fight back, and his tricks were so tricky, anyone would be tricked.

Gao Shun was unprepared for a while, and almost capsized in the gutter, but fortunately, his martial arts were excellent and he avoided this fatal blow.

Xia Houyuan, who wanted to escape, saw that Cheng Yu helped gain the upper hand for a short time, so he quickly turned around and besieged Gao Shun, wanting to take the opportunity to fight his way out of the encirclement.

The two joined hands to attack left and right, Gao Shun was careless for a while, and he was not an opponent, and it was difficult to fight back by the two of them.

The opportunity could not be missed, the two of them desperately attacked, broke the blockade, and did not care about killing the soldiers, so they fled in the wilderness.

Seeing the two fleeing, Gao Shun led a group of soldiers and horses to chase closely, but in the dark night, it was difficult to see, and after chasing for less than a few miles, they lost their traces, so they could only angrily collect their troops and turn back.

In the middle of the night, after a fierce battle, Xia Houyuan and others were not left behind, and Gao Shun gathered troops and horses with a slight dissatisfaction, escorted the prisoners and rushed back to Huaicheng.

At this time, Huaicheng has been occupied by Tian Feng, and the chaotic law and order have also been restored a lot, but there are many homeless people on the streets.

Looking at most of the burned houses, still emitting a trace of smoke, Gao Shun's face became more and more gloomy, how could the two armies be involved in the battle.

Gao Shun, who is an upright person, endured all the way, and when he saw Tian Feng, the first sentence was to ask if there was a way to settle the people.

If it was just the destruction of the house, Tian Feng would definitely have a way to solve it, but in this city, there was much more to it than that.

After Tian Feng entered the city, he first occupied all the important places, and the seven seven or eight of them were destroyed, and the granaries of the special treasury had been reduced to ashes.

Knowing such a situation, Tian Feng knew that things were not going to happen, so he hurriedly sent people to check around, and the news that came back made him even more worried.

It turned out that everything in the city related to food and other things was swept away by the family, and everything that could not be taken away was burned on the spot.

Tian Feng never thought that this would happen now, so he could only reluctantly accept this fact.

Gao Shun learned all this from Tian Feng's mouth, and said with his eyebrows squeezed: "Sir, what should I do then, if I don't care, Huaicheng will be in chaos, and hundreds of people will die." ”

"Ugh." Tian Feng sighed and said: "What else can I do, pull out the military rations for relief, as for the attack, it can only be postponed." ”

Human life is a matter of heaven and military orders, that is important, Gao Shun wants to save the people, but he doesn't want to disobey Li Huiyi's order.

After thinking for a moment, Gao Shun said: "Otherwise, by the way, I will fall into the camp and continue to move forward, and Mr. will stay and settle the people." ”

"Hmm." Tian Feng nodded, then shook his head and said, "Although the trapped camp is elite, it also needs to eat and drink, where does this food come from?" ”

There are nearly 80,000 or 90,000 people in Huaicheng, and the daily consumption is a huge amount.

And if more than twice as many people eat, it will still free up enough food to trap the camp and continue to advance.

"Well, it seems that we have to wait for the follow-up food to arrive." Gao Shun thought about it, reluctantly gave up the idea of advancement, and then asked, "By the way, is the trapped camp back?" ”

Tian Feng shook his head and said, "I haven't come back yet, but I should be on the way, come back soon." ”

With the elite of the trapped camp, Tian Feng and Gao Shun were not worried, because the Cao army was not large in number and could not pose a threat to them.

Naturally, they had chosen to pull out military rations to help the people and no longer pursue, so there was no point in continuing to discuss, and the two were also tired for a day, so they each went back to their temporary residences to rest.

The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Gao Shun was about to lead the soldiers to release food, and suddenly learned that a large number of seized materials and prisoners had returned from the trapped camp, and he was excited to immediately go to check.

There was a reason why the trapped camp returned so late, and they learned from the captured Cao Jun that those people from the families who fled all over the mountains and wilderness carried most of the food and other materials in the city.

Upon hearing this astonishing news, the camp resolutely dispersed in pursuit, and captured most of those who were hiding or fleeing, so it took a lot of time.

(End of chapter)