Yuan Shu sat on horseback and kept looking around. He sent the scouts far away, each with a torch in his hand, and immediately signaled with the torch if there was a situation. Two thousand armor soldiers surrounded him forward, all with swords and shields in their hands, bows and arrows at their waists, and their expressions were nervous, maintaining a formation that could fight at any time, as if the enemy was coming.

It was only twenty miles, and they walked for two hours. It's not that Yuan Shu doesn't want to go fast, he is so anxious that he can't wait to grow wings and fly to the He family's manor in one breath, but the last attack on Xinye left a heavy psychological shadow on him, and he didn't want to be attacked by Cao Cao at night again.

He concluded that Cao Cao would be like a wolf in the shadows at the moment, waiting for him to take the bait. He even felt that Cao Cao's attack on Sun Ce was a false move, and the real purpose was to lure him into the bait. For this reason, he didn't dare to be careless, and would rather walk slower than give Cao Cao a chance to sneak attack.

These two thousand armor soldiers are his troops, and they are the ones who hold out to the end when they are in Xinye, and they are the ones who return the fastest after being defeated. Sun Jian brought some ordnance from Xiangyang, and Yuan Shu gave priority to equipping these loyal subordinates, and now he had to rush to rescue Sun Ce overnight, and Yuan Shu dared to bring them out of the camp without worrying about the collapse of the battle.

The east is clear, a red cloud appears in the sky, the earth gradually reveals its true face, and the road under his feet can be seen vividly. Yuan Shu wiped his sweat, and the tight string finally relaxed a little, but his heart was even heavier. It has been more than half of the night since he received the news that Cao Cao had left the city, and he didn't see Cao Cao's shadow all the way, although he was relieved for his safety, he had to pinch a cold sweat for Sun Ce.

Perhaps Cao Cao's target was Sun Ce.

"General, General." A fast horse galloped in, and the knight on horseback reined in his mount, turned his horse's head, and marched in the same direction as Yuan Shu. "There are still five miles away from the He family's manor, and you can hear the sound of war drums, and the two sides are still fighting fiercely."

"Still fighting?" Yuan Shu was overjoyed and slapped his forehead hard. "I'm relieved." He asked again, "How many people are Cao Cao?" ”

The knight shook his head. "I don't know."

"Don't know?" Yuan Shu was furious, picked up the horsewhip and whipped it. "Shaft, you are all blind, you can guess the number of people by looking at the torches."

The knight didn't dare to dodge, nor did he dare to protect it, so he took two whips from Yuan Shu, and then said: "General, several of our people who went to the front to inquire about the news have not returned, and they are likely to be ambushed by the other party." General, Captain Lei asked me to remind the general that although the sky is bright, we cannot relax, and the enemy may take advantage of this time to ......"

The knight was halfway through speaking, and Yuan Shu interrupted him with a raise of his hand. He cursed, pulled out the long knife at his waist, and let out a long howl.

"Enemy Attack—Prepare for Battle—"

The soldiers, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately sprang into action, the sword and shield men lined up on either side, and the spearmen crouched behind them, their spears clenched in both hands. Crossbowmen stand in three rows, with their bows and arrows. Yuan Shu strangled his mount, and the guards rode forward to protect Yuan Shu. The sound of war drums exploded, shattering the silence of the morning.

As soon as the formation was formed, the cavalry appeared on the hills on both sides and began to accelerate along the slopes. Dozens of horsemen rushed to the front, drawing their bows and shooting while galloping, and a Ming Di shot at Yuan Shu, and the sharp whistling sound pierced the war drums of Yuan Shu's department. The knight in the back drew his bow, and dozens of arrows were fired at the soldiers who were arrayed. Two spearmen had arrows in their hands, but they didn't move, but they trampled their spears under their feet, broke the shaft of the arrow with one free hand, and threw it aside.

"One hundred and fifty steps, shoot!" The strong crossbow captain shouted loudly.

Ten strong crossbowmen raised the three-stone crossbow in their hands, pulled the crossbow machine, and ten crossbow arrows roared away. When the knights saw the crossbow arrows coming, they laughed, but they did not dare to slack off, and they raised their shields and shrank their bodies. The bolt fell into the galloping herd of horses and hit a warhorse, but failed to inflict fatal damage. But seeing that the other party reacted quickly, the knights did not dare to rush forward again, turned their horses' heads, and shot a rain of arrows, whistling past.

Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shu under the command of the general in the distance, looked at the soldiers of the Yuan army who were quickly arrayed, and smiled bitterly: "No wonder he has only arrived now, be careful enough." ”

Cao Anmin was eager to try. "Uncle, what should I do, do you want to rush forward?"

Cao Cao turned to Cao Ang. "Zixiu, what do you say?"

Cao Ang shook his head. "My father said that if you want to defeat the strong with the weak, you must be prepared to be unprepared. Yuan Highway reacted so quickly, naturally he had already taken precautions, and we could only attack by force, and the loss of the attack was too great, and the outcome was unpredictable, so it was completely unnecessary. ”

"But we have more than 700 horsemen, and Yuan Highway only has 2,000 people at most, and the formation is so long. If we break through in one go, we have every chance to storm Yuan Highway's Chinese army and kill Yuan Highway. ”

Cao Ang secretly glanced at Cao Cao, saw that Cao Cao's face was calm, and he didn't mean to explain, knowing that he was right, but he couldn't tell Cao Anmin the biggest secret in his father's heart in public, so he had to smile shyly. Cao Anmin thought he was right, so he leaned over to Cao Cao and said with a smile: "Uncle, do you say that I am right, or is Zixiu right?" ”

Cao Cao pointed to the battlefield to the east with his horsewhip. "The sky is already bright, and Lou Zibo's reality can't be hidden. If he continues to attack, we will help him stop Yuan Highway. If he wants to retreat, we will cover him. An Min, Zi Xiu, for the sake of the generals, beware of the overall situation, not to worry about temporary gains and losses, let alone greedy for merit and risk. ”

Cao Anmin nodded wryly and retreated. Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and greeted the rising sun that was about to erupt. "Lou Zibo's 10,000 people attacked Sun Bofu's 4,000 people, even if he doesn't win, he shouldn't be defeated, right?"

Cao Anmin said sourly: "With two and a half times the strength advantage, if it is defeated, this Nanyang Haoqiang's face will be lost by him." ”

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth were raised, and his eyes flashed slightly.

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"It's really not Cao Cao." Sun Ce stood up from behind the cart and looked at the battle flag embroidered with the word "Lou" in the distance, feeling very unhappy. What's going on, if it's Cao Cao, I'll put up with it, you're an inexplicable scumbag, and the Nanyang County soldiers with 10,000 slaves and Zhuang Ding also blocked me and beat me for half the night?

Sun Ce tightened the knife in his hand, looked at the fire phoenix flying high on the scabbard, a trace of evil flashed in his eyes, and he stepped out of the car formation.

"Bo Fu, don't be reckless." With a broken drink, Zhou Yu rushed over from behind and grabbed Sun Ce. "The enemy is outnumbered, and it is invincible to defend the position, but it is impossible to win the pursuit. Although the enemy general is unknown, he has both offensive and defensive formations, and he is not an ordinary person. ”

Sun Ce knew that Zhou Yu was right, judging from the battle in the middle of the night, the combat effectiveness of the Nanyang soldiers was average, but the command ability of the opposing generals was not bad, and the offense and defense were very lawful. If the strength of the Nanyang soldiers is a little stronger, maybe they can really break through his formation. At this time, it is actually not wise to chase it out, and it is somewhat reckless.

But now he wants to rush out and kill for a while, out of this evil breath in his chest.

At this moment, scouts rushed away. "Two generals, General Hou was trapped by Cao Cao, just five miles away."

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