"At present, more than 20,000 Cao troops have all entered the plank road, how can the more than 300-step Gukou plank road accommodate so many soldiers and horses? Therefore, if ??? As expected, Cao Jun should be ??? by now has broken through the Taniguchi plank road and rushed to the official road. ”

After saying these words with great difficulty, Zhang Liao lowered his head with a guilty face, for fear that the lord Li Li would be angry with him.

As Zhang Liao thought, at this time, Li Li's face was cloudy, his eyebrows were raised like a sharp sword out of its sheath, his eyes were slightly cold, his eyes were as cold as a knife, and he looked angry and wanted to choose someone to devour.

However, Li Li, who was furious, did not get angry with Zhang Liao, nor did he blame Xu Chu and Xu Huang, but held back, looked up at the night sky, and was silent.

"The lord will vent his unhappiness in his heart, and he will be willing to punish him, as long as the lord is angry!"

It is rare to see Xu Chu, who is angry and gaffe, and at this time, seeing Li Li's angry face red and angry, he couldn't bear it, so he immediately flew off the horse and walked in front of Li Li, bowed down and asked for punishment.

Li Li looked down at Xu Chu when he heard the voice, his anger eased slightly, and he reached out to pat Xu Chu's shoulder: "What is wrong with Zhongkang, why is he willing to accept the punishment?" ”

"The displeasure of the lord is the fault of our ministers. Tonight's incident is all due to the incompetence of the last general and others, first caught the lord in the siege of the thief army, and now let the Cao thief abscond and disappear without a trace, this is our sin. I beg the Lord not to be angry, and he will be willing to be punished! Xu Chu said with a sincere expression.

"Well, it's enough for Zhong Kang to have this heart." Pulling Xu Chu up casually, the anger on Li Li's face quietly dissipated. A smile of relief emerged instead.

"When I was under siege just now, Zhong Kang rushed to fight hard regardless of his own safety, and his bravery was unmatched. Loyalty is commendable. If I, Li Li, were not rewarded for my merits at this time, and I would not be punished for my faults, wouldn't I be a person who was extremely deaf, how would I command the whole army in the future, and how could I serve the people? Therefore, Zhong Kang does not have to be like this, such a small setback is nothing to me Li Li, there is no need to be angry at all.

Isn't it just Cao Cao? At best, it's just a mere prince, and it's a lost dog that has lost its roots, and it runs away. What's the point? Tonight, I was too anxious, and I was bent on slashing Cao Cao, so I didn't hesitate to go into battle in person and use my body as bait. If you lose your heart like this, you will inevitably make mistakes. It's just that I waited for tonight, but I was a little wrong. Only more than 100 people entered the valley, but now they were empty, but it left an opportunity for Cao Jun to take advantage of, so that they rushed into the plank road at the mouth of the valley. On the contrary, we were left behind by Cao's army, blocked in the valley and in a dilemma, unable to block Cao's breakthrough head-on.

This mistake is so big that it is equivalent to cocooning oneself, thus missing a great opportunity to intercept and kill the Cao thief in vain! ”

Xu Chu turned his head to look at the tightly blocked Taniguchi plank road. Only then did he realize that he and the others were really left behind by Cao Jun and blocked in the valley and couldn't get out. At this point, you want to return to Taniguchi. It is necessary to kill from behind Cao Jun, there are more than 20,000 Cao Jun, even if more than 20,000 cattle and sheep stand there and let them be cut and killed, they will not be able to finish killing before dawn. What's more, at this moment, the soldiers and horses in front of the Cao army have already rushed out of the valley, and they don't need to wait for dawn at all, they can break through the interception army led by Ma Chao on the official road within half an hour, and then flee.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Chu immediately thought that Cao Cao, who was disguised as an ordinary foot soldier, must be hiding among the soldiers and horses in front, maybe he had already rushed out of the valley at this time and was fighting with Ma Chao's soldiers and horses.

"My lord, Cao Thief is likely to be mixed in the front army, and perhaps he has rushed to the official road to meet General Meng Qi head-on. I just don't know if Meng Qi recognizes Cao Thief, can he stop him, or directly kill him; If Meng Qi hadn't seen the Cao thief like us, maybe he would have let the Cao thief slip away from under him! ”

After listening to Xu Chu's words, Li Li bowed slightly: "What Zhongkang said is reasonable. Maybe you really said it, Meng Qi is very likely to have never met Cao Cao like us; If his father Ma Teng was here, Cao Teng would definitely be in trouble, because Ma Teng had seen Cao Cao. It's a pity that it's too late to say anything now, Wen Yuan can recognize Cao Thief, but I can't go out when I'm in the valley at this moment; Otherwise, as long as Wen Yuan recognized Cao Cao, he wouldn't be able to escape tonight no matter what! ”

Zhang Liao nodded lightly and said thoughtfully: "Maybe there is another possibility, this is that Cao Cao is not in the Cao army in the plank road at all, but at the beginning he led 20,000 horses and horses straight to the north of Feiyundu Valley Pass, that is, to take General Teng Xiao to garrison the northern exit." If this is the case, perhaps Cao Cao has broken through the siege by now and has already fled. After all, the valley mouth at the north end is much wider than the valley mouth at the south end, and there are only 8,000 county soldiers stationed at the garrison, and the combat effectiveness is limited. ”

"Well, that's a possibility." Li Li frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he shook his head in a deep voice: "If Wenyuan is Cao Cao, will you choose to break through from the north or from the south?" ”

"Ugh! This??? The valley mouth in the north is more than ten miles away, the situation is unknown, and the Cao army only sent 20,000 horses, so it is indeed uncertain whether it can break through. The valley mouth in the south is in front of you, only more than 300 steps away from the valley, and there are 40,000 troops in hand, so it is more likely to break out of the encirclement. In contrast, if the last general is Cao Cao, I will choose to stay at the mouth of the valley in the south and break out as soon as I have the opportunity. Zhang Liao pondered and said.

"Yes, what Wen Yuan said is exactly what I want." Li Li nodded lightly in disapproval: "Cao Cao is suspicious and fickle by nature, cunning and wise, and if he suddenly suffers a drastic change tonight, he will definitely weigh the pros and cons, and the two powers will take the lesser of each other, and calmly distribute the troops." The division of 20,000 troops to attack the valley mouth in the north was only a tentative attack, and he himself must have led superior forces to attack the valley mouth in the south where we were located.

What's more, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and Cao Anmin, who always follow him, are all here, as well as his eldest son Cao Ang, who has just died in battle. These Cao clan members are here, could it be that Cao Cao will not be able to break through from the valley mouth in the north alone? Therefore, I am sure that the Cao thief is in the valley mouth of the plank road at this moment or has rushed to the official road, and there is no second possibility. Perhaps, he just passed by us, and we let him slip out of our noses in vain because we had never seen him. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Li looked up at the night sky and sighed lightly: "Alas, the opportunity to catch turtles in an urn like tonight is hard to come by, and the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, but I still haven't captured the Cao thief for the first time!" Maybe this is God's destiny that Cao Thief's life should not be extinguished, I waited for the turtle in the urn but still let him escape from his side, the most helpless thing is that there are so many generals in our army, including myself, only Wen Yuan knows Cao Cao, and the rest of the people have never seen him. Now the last glimmer of hope can only be pinned on Meng Qi and Feng Xiao, I hope they can intercept Cao Thief, whether they live or die! ”

When the words fell, Li Liqiang was distracted, put aside the distracting thoughts and feelings in his heart, and ordered: "Zhang Liao and Xu Huang listened to the order and ordered the two of you to lead forty-five Jinjia soldiers through the mountain stream and go to the north valley mouth to support Teng Xiao; If you are unable to resist and reinforcements have not yet arrived, I will allow you to abandon the valley mouth to the north, to avoid needless bloodshed and casualties, and to save the lives of our officers and men as much as possible. ”

"No! After receiving the order, Zhang Liao said with relief: "Since then, the lord has only Zhong Kang and seven personal soldiers around him to protect him, I'm afraid that something is wrong, in case ??????"

Li Li raised his hand to signal Zhang Liao not to say any more: "Wenyuan don't worry, it's enough for me to have Zhongkang by my side to support me and be safe." Needless to say, let's go! ”

"No, the last general will take the order, the lord is so precious!" Zhang Liao and Xu Huang responded and immediately led the Jinjia soldiers to the north of the valley.

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"Soldiers, the way to life is in front of you, and the Xiliang Army can't resist it! All the soldiers followed me to kill Shangguan Dao, defeated the Xiliang army in one go, and killed ???"

In the south of the valley, when tens of thousands of Cao troops frantically poured into the valley mouth plank road, Qubei and Xu Ding led 3,000 foot soldiers to resist stubbornly and fought bloodily, but after all, they could not stop Cao Cao's army who wanted to rush out of the valley mouth to escape. Outnumbered, the two generals of Qubei and Xu Ding led the infantry to fight and retreat, but unexpectedly, the soldiers of the Cao army, who were expected to escape, became more and more courageous, and in less than two quarters of an hour, they completely broke through the valley and met with the Jinyi Guards who were waiting in formation.

Fighting on the open official road, the brave and good Jinyi Guard cavalry finally had a place to use, completely dominating the direction of the battle, galloping vertically and horizontally, opening and closing, and invincible. The first batch of more than 2,000 Cao soldiers who rushed to the official road were killed by the 8,000 Jinqi Guard cavalry in a moment, and they had almost no power to fight back, and there were few survivors.

However, the Cao army in the plank road continued to rush out of the valley mouth, and rushed towards the Jinyi Guard cavalry without fear of death, as if they were ignoring life and death, fighting frantically with a bloody courage and a strong desire to survive, and forcibly seized a foothold on the official road, and then rushed to the south regardless of a single qiē. In the face of such a brave Cao army, the pressure on Jin Yiwei's cavalry increased greatly, and although they still had an absolute advantage, they could no longer prevent the Cao army from scattering and escaping.

Seeing that there were more and more Cao soldiers on the official road, Ma Chao, who temporarily served as the chief general of Jin Yiwei, sent the second general of Beihe Xu Ding to lead 3,000 Jin Qiwei cavalry to the south of the official road to intercept and kill the Cao army, and ordered He Man and He Yi brothers to lead 5,000 foot soldiers to guard the mountain road east of Feiyundu, while he himself led 5,000 war cavalry to intercept and kill Cao Jun head-on, and the remaining 3,000 foot soldiers were led by the military advisor Guo Jia to block the fork in the road to the southwest of the official road and the mountains and forests.

In this way, the Xiliang army blocking the road and the Cao army who escaped from the road, one side is scattered to break through, and the other side is divided into troops to intercept and kill.

At this moment, an ordinary foot soldier of the Cao Army dressed in armor stood by the exit of the plank road, shouting loudly over and over again: "Soldiers, the way to survive is in front of you, and the Xiliang Army can't resist it!"

Quick, quick, keep up??? Hurry up to Shangguan Road, defeat the Xiliang army in one go, and kill ??????"

―――――――― (To be continued......)

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