Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 172
Having said that, after all, they are Lao Liu's close relatives and the continuation of his ideals, so worrying must be worrying.

The reason why he acted calmer than last time was also because Lao Liu saw the strength of his son in the first battle of Jingxiang.

There are also Wei Yan and Ma Chao in Hanzhong. Cao Cao was defeated twice, and there should not be too many troops to send in a short period of time. Even if there are troops, it is impossible to smash them all in the three counties.

However, he still immediately summoned the civil and military forces under his command to discuss the situation in the three counties.

It has been almost a month since he received the letter, and it is now March, and he does not know how the situation in the three counties is.

Judging from the two letters, Liu Feng should have sensed the betrayal of Shen Dan and Meng Da and acted first.

The worst-case scenario is that Liu Feng will be defeated before Adou arrives, and the three counties fall into the enemy's hands, and Adou can only retreat to Hanzhong.

But since he was able to occupy Shangyong City, coupled with Feng'er's bravery, it would be impossible to lose it so soon.

A month is not a long time for a regional war, city attack and defense.

Thinking about it, there shouldn't be much change in the war, maybe it is still in anxiety.

Comrade Liu didn't know that the battle in the three counties was no longer so anxious. Only Xu Huang, who was in the three counties, was very anxious...

The road between Shangyong and Fangling is mostly dangerous terrain with a valley sandwiched between two mountains.

After thinking about it, Xu Huang still gave up this relatively easy passage, which could barely be called the main road, and ordered Cao soldiers to climb the mountain and take the mountain path instead.

This is also something that can't be helped. Two mountains and one valley have always been the easiest terrain to ambush.

When I left when I came here, it was at that time that I was sure that I would not encounter the enemy. At this time, the enemy army was on the side. Xu Huang, who had just used the terrain to fight an ambush, how dare he put himself in danger.

Xu Huang didn't know that there was an army coming before him, and Liu Chan led the pursuers across the river behind him.

Of course, it wasn't that he didn't know how to send scouts to investigate, but the scouts that were scattered all became the prey of the small Shu army in the mountains in the special environment of this mountain, and there was no way they could complete the mission alive...

If there are too many people sent out, it will attract the confluence of the Shu army to besiege. It seems that Xu Huang's army is being cut off piece by piece of flesh and blood by the Shu army.

If those small groups of Shu troops in the mountains are not dealt with, he will become deaf and blind, which is a taboo for marching.

Xu Huang, who had been thinking hard for many days, combined with the terrain he surveyed when he came, finally thought of an excellent place to solve the problem once and for all...

"Old Li, Cao Jun has abandoned the road now, and the ambush plan we discussed earlier will not be used."

Li Er and others in the mountains were sitting around an open space, writing and drawing on the ground with broken branches.

Chai Rong talked about what he saw during the investigation with some annoyance.

Of course Li Er is not old, even younger than Chai Rong, the reason why he is called so is out of kind respect.

The so-called acting from top to bottom means that even the prince has no airs. The newly promoted Chixing Zuo Xiaowei Li Er never put on a show during non-combat time, and he will not let others call him Li Xiaowei. He still treats each other as a brother.

But he didn't have a written name, and gradually he was called Lao Li.

Li Er frowned and nodded: "Yes, for the present plan, we can only continue to 'hunt'."

"But Cao Bing is very cautious now, and the time when brothers succeed is getting less and less. We people only kill Cao Bing sporadically every day, it seems that it is useless to the overall situation?" Chai Rong was a little anxious.

He came to join the prince. Although he was convinced by the prince at the beginning, he thought that he had built such a big righteous bandit village in Jiangdong from scratch. After he joined, he would definitely become the prince's right-hand man.

But after he joined the Scarlet Star Army, he realized that there are people beyond people, and mountains beyond mountains.

The generals of the Red Star Army are all talented, and they speak nicely...

Chai Rong, who has been the bandit leader for a long time, is able to treat his brothers in the same robe, even his former subordinates, as equals under the influence of a special atmosphere at this time, coupled with his gratitude and loyalty to the prince Liu Chan.

But I still desperately hope that I can perform better.

Ding Feng also had a similar mentality. At this time, he heard the words: "This is not necessarily true. As long as we continue to put pressure on Cao Jun, then Xu Huang will not dare to send more scouts. In this way, he violated the taboo of marching. Know nothing.

"Maybe I can send someone to tell Fang Ling to let Guan Anguo lead his troops to attack Xu Huang together! Although most of Anguo's men are young and strong, Cao's army has just been defeated at this time, and the morale of the army is definitely unstable. Seeing that our army is large and powerful, Maybe it can be defeated!"

Li Er nodded: "What Ding Chengyuan said is reasonable, I will send someone to inform the prince and An Guo that we will continue to 'hunt', otherwise he will not be able to find out the surrounding information."

After several people agreed, they split up and acted immediately.

However, during the next march, Cao Jun did not send out scouts to investigate again, and kept moving eastward, as if he had completely given up on himself.

This made the scattered Han army a little confused for a while, but they still followed all the way.

If Xu Huang went straight into Fangling like this, he would definitely encounter Guan Xing's department head-on. When the two sides started a war, the effect would be the same if they attacked from behind.

But something unexpected happened when Cao Jun was on the way.

Cao Jun, who would rather climb the mountain with difficulty than take the road, suddenly entered a valley from a gentle slope, and within two miles eastward, suddenly divided his troops without warning.

Xu Huang turned the flag to the north with 500 people and turned into an inconspicuous path, while the rest continued eastward.

This sudden move caught Li Er and the others by surprise. The disadvantage of dispersal is that they cannot communicate in time when an emergency occurs.

There is no mobile phone or walkie-talkie, so real-time communication is impossible.But the battle opportunity is fleeting, if they get together to discuss before making a decision like before, they will not be able to catch up with Xu Huang.

Even if they get used to the mountains, people are not mountain leopards. At this time, facing the Cao army marching along the road again, the Han army no longer has much advantage in speed.

After discovering this situation, Li Er and others could only re-use the means of leaf whistle, whistling, imitation of birdsong and other means of tribal mountain people to communicate by word of mouth all the way.

After getting to know the mountain people here, Li Er, Chai Rong and Ding Feng learned that this remote path can lead to the northeast.

And the northeast... is Wudang Mountain. The terrain of Wudang Mountain is low on all sides and protruding in the center, with many peaks.

Large troops passed through here, not only marched slowly, but also couldn't walk the grain trucks, and people would starve to death before they could go out.

However, Xu Huang now only brought 500 people to turn around lightly. Could it be that he wanted to take a risk to go here?
Although it was risky to enter Wudang Mountain, Xu Huang and others who could not carry a lot of food and grass, it would be a miracle that half of them could get out alive.

But if you march in this way, you can bypass Fangling in the east. Once you successfully walk out of Wudang Mountain, you can enter the boundary of Nanyang, which is the territory controlled by Cao Jun...

Perhaps Xu Huang had guessed that Fangling had fallen, and felt that the situation was critical, so he asked the large army to act as bait to hold back the pursuers, while he led a small number of personal soldiers to take a risky detour.

There is only this possibility.

When the three of them thought of this, they couldn't help feeling a little emotional in their hearts. There were more than six thousand people left, and all of them were treated as abandoned sons by Xu Huang. Because they could escape from heaven, they would be buried easily. so many people.

But here comes the question, to chase or not to chase?
The safest course of action is naturally to allow them to turn to the northeast. Their task is not to wipe out the enemy army, but to harass and delay the enemy's actions to create opportunities for subsequent operations.

Moreover, Xu Huang may not be able to succeed in taking the risk of taking the Wudang Mountain. If he is not familiar with the terrain, he may get lost in the Wudang Mountain and eventually starve to death in the mountain.

However, Chai Rong, who was wholeheartedly looking forward to performing great meritorious service and living up to the crown prince's advice to him earlier, did not want to just let the enemy general go.

There are only about 500 people, and my side is three times the enemy. If we enter the valley at the same time at night and join the trail on the north side to chase, we will surely win the battle and make meritorious deeds!

Bursts of birds chirping, transmitted along the small teams scattered in the mountains, are the signals of attack.

Needless to say who to attack, it must not be the more than [-] Cao troops on the road.

Even though Li Er felt a little insecure, he still had to cooperate. After receiving a signal from one party, the other teams had to gather their forces. This was a previously established rule.

Without this, it is impossible to disperse and converge so smoothly.

People are not machines, they always have their own goals, ideas, and ambitions.

This was true for Xia Houshang and Xu Huang who were chasing Liu Chan before, and it was also true for Chai Rong and Ding Feng at this time.

(End of this chapter)