"Commander, look, the kite is rising!"
At the foot of Niushan Mountain, Xu Shu pretended to attack Niushan Dazhai urgently, but in fact, he was just pretending and did not actually launch an attack. When the kite rose, he would take action. A guard next to him, who was always looking at the eastern sky, let out a deep breath.
"Okay, Lu Kuang's troops will stay and monitor the enemies in Niushan. The rest of the troops will turn around immediately and rush to Xiaowangzhuang!"
Xu Shu looked back at the eastern sky and couldn't help but feel happy. Without him, the whole plan was his handiwork. How could he not know the meaning of the kites in pairs? This was to inform everyone. There was an ambush. The Xiahou Dun brothers led 20,000 troops through the west gate and left Linzi City. The fighter plane finally appeared. Outside, the remaining 10,000 infantry troops quickly completed their U-turn and hurried towards Xiaowangzhuang...
"General, look, the kite has risen!"
At Xiaowangzhuang, after taking over the three thousand cavalry from Lu Kuang, Gao Lan led his cavalry numbering up to 1,500 and escorted nearly 10,000 Cao Jun prisoners of war to Xiaowangzhuang while busy arranging his men. The soldiers imprisoned the prisoners of war of Cao's army in the threshing floor and several dilapidated courtyards in the village. While seizing the time to drink horses and eat, just after finishing all matters, a soldier responsible for monitoring the eastern sky shouted in surprise A voice.
"Hey, you're good to go. Here's the order. Xu Ming will lead five hundred brothers to suppress the prisoners. Anyone who dares to move will be killed. The rest of the troops will immediately leave the village and wait for the enemy!"
Gao Lan looked back at the east sky following the sound, and saw two pairs of red kites. He immediately realized that the Xiahou brothers had as many as 20,000 people, and his face couldn't help but twitch, but it was not too big Careful, he waved his hands and issued two general orders in succession. Immediately after hearing the sound of horns that shook the sky, the Xiqianyouzhou cavalry quickly got on the back of the horse and meandered out of the abandoned village. They lined up outside the village. Okay, the battle formation...
"Report to the general. The thief general Gao Lan has imprisoned nearly 10,000 of our captured soldiers in Xiaowangzhuang. His subordinate Xi Qianqi is forming up in front of Xiaowangzhuang."
Although Xiahou Dun was furious and led his troops to attack, he was not completely carried away by his anger. He sent many reconnaissance cavalry to explore the enemy's situation along the way. Gao Lan's troops were undoubtedly the most eye-catching, and their movements were naturally the earliest. It was discovered by Cao Jun's cavalry, and soon a sentinel reported the news to Xiahou Dun.
"Order all ministries to speed up and get to Xiaowangzhuang as soon as possible!"
Hearing that Gao Lan only had Xi Qianqi under his command, Xiahou Dun didn't take it to heart. In addition, he wanted to rescue the captured soldiers to strengthen his own strength, so he didn't hesitate at all and immediately went down. The Taoist general ordered, and soon after hearing the sound of horns, 20,000 Cao troops began to charge wildly, rushing towards Xiaowangzhuang three miles away like a tide.
"Report, General, the 10,000 infantry troops under Xu Shu's army suddenly turned east and are heading towards Xiaowangzhuang!"
Not long after the 20,000 officers and soldiers of Cao's army had just charged, another sentinel came galloping over, leading the central army. He didn't even care about the back of his horse, but he quickly reported the changes in the enemy's situation.
"Ignore it, the whole army is charging forward, don't stop!"
Xiahou Dun originally thought that Xu Shu's troops must be attacking Niu Shan Dazhai, but he never expected that Xu Shu's troops would suddenly attack him. His eyelids couldn't help but twitch for a while, but then he thought about it, his troops The strength of the troops was still higher than that of Xu and Gao. As long as they attacked resolutely, they might not be able to defeat the Youzhou army one by one. Therefore, they only hesitated slightly and ultimately did not change the previous order.
"Report, general, it's bad. The main force of Gongsun Ming's army suddenly came out to cover up the enemy. His 5,000 cavalry troops are rushing towards our army from the north. They are less than six miles away. In addition, his 30,000 infantry troops are rushing towards our army." Led by the bandit general Zhang He, they are rushing towards the west gate of Linzi City to cut off our army's retreat!"
Xiahou Dun's order was very bold, but just after running for a cup of tea, another scout came running from the north, shouting at the top of his lungs from all the way.
"What?"
When Xiahou Dun heard that the main force of Gongsun Ming's army had finally come out, he immediately panicked. He quickly turned his head and looked to the northeast. Sure enough, he saw a large plume of smoke and dust rolling in, and his heart suddenly felt cold.
"Brother, we can't go any further, it's better to evacuate immediately!"
A large number of Youzhou troops appeared in three directions. There is no doubt that our side has fallen into an extremely dangerous situation. If we rush forward at this time, we will only fall further into the pocket of the Youzhou army. In such a land, Xia Houyuan no longer cared about his original intention of saving Niushan Dazhai, and then said something from the side.
"Withdraw, all the troops are here, turn south, retreat, retreat quickly!"
At present, more than 60,000 troops under Gongsun Ming's command have shown up. Heavy troops are gathering in the east, west and north directions. Xiahou Dun naturally does not dare to confront them head-on. The only option he can make is to retreat southward. As soon as he gave the order, the 20,000 soldiers of Cao's army turned around and ran southward in confusion. In desperation, there were really not a few people who threw off their armor...
"Report, General, it's time for a stick of incense!"
Outside the north gate of Linzi City, Zhao Yun's troops were still resting and recuperating, but the leisure was only on the surface. The nerves of the whole army were actually tense. Soon, the time of one stick of incense had passed, and the person in charge of timing The soldiers shouted loudly.
"The whole army mounts their horses and heads south, surrounding the city!"
As soon as he heard that the time was up, Zhao Yun immediately straightened his back, jumped up from sitting cross-legged, got on the horse's back, picked up the bright silver gun on the victory hook, pointed to the south, and shouted loudly. , and soon saw more than 5,300 cavalrymen responding to the promise, galloping southward in billows of smoke, circling the outside of the city wall, and rushed towards the south gate of Linzi City...
"No, hurry up, blow the trumpet and order all the troops to assemble at the south gate immediately!"
On the top of the North City, Cheng Yu was frowning and wondering where Gongsun Ming's main force would be ambushing, but he still couldn't figure it out. However, when Zhao Yun's troops moved like this, he suddenly woke up. Although he had not yet obtained The urgent news in the west city was confirmed, but Cheng Yu couldn't care about so much anymore. He drank loudly, and soon he heard the sound of trumpets, and the officers and soldiers of Cao's army scattered in various key passes in the city immediately came to the rescue. It was a bit of a jitters...
