The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

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"My lord, Handan is also facing a great enemy now, and it is impossible to send soldiers to rescue it, but Jinyang is the foundation of the lord, and it has to be rescued. It is really embarrassing!" Xun Yu said.

Cao Cao frowned, not knowing what to do.

The current situation is very unfavorable to Cao Cao. The Youzhou army has just experienced a big battle, and its vitality has been greatly damaged. In addition, there are Wuhuan people watching, so it must not be easily transferred, and Jicheng is too far away from Jinyang, even if it is deployed. Rescue, before the reinforcements arrived, Jinyang might have been captured.

Xiahouyuan and Xunyou's soldiers and horses are very effective, and they are also the elite of Cao Jun. But now Zang Ba has broken into Jizhou and occupied Nanpi. The coalition forces should not deploy troops.Xia Houyuan can also get the support of the Youzhou Army, and the two sides cooperate to fight, and they may be able to drive Zang Ba out of Jizhou.

As for Cao Cao, he is now facing the pressure of Zhang Yan's army, how can he back down?
For a while, Cao Cao frowned and fell into deep thought, but couldn't think of a solution.

At this time, Xu You suddenly said: "Meng De, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to our army, but Jinyang is not only your foundation, but your family and many officials and soldiers' families are in Jinyang. If Yang is captured by the enemy, it will cause serious turmoil to the army. I think that when you lead your army back to Jinyang immediately, relying on Jinyang's geographical advantages, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat. If you defeat Tai Shici and Xu Huang's coalition forces can take advantage of the trend to regain Shangdang and re-stabilize the situation in Bingzhou. The reason why Duke Wen of Jin was able to achieve such a feat of dominance back then is not unreasonable!"

Cao Cao thought for a moment, then turned to Xu You and said, "Ziyuan, what do you mean, let me give up Jizhou and retreat to Bingzhou?"

Xu You said: "It's not giving up, it's giving up temporarily. The situation in Jizhou is not good for our army. If we persist here, we will lose Bingzhou, and even Jizhou will not be able to gain a foothold."

Cao Cao was still a little hesitant, but Xun Yu and Xun Chen persuaded him one after another, "My lord, Mr. Xu is right."

However, Cao Cao has never made any statement, and is struggling in his heart. He never imagined that his road to overlord would be so bumpy.I came to Jizhou to fight for power. Although I won, I also lost. It was cheaper for Zhang Yan.

Xu You and Cao Cao are old friends for many years. They knew Cao Cao very well, so they further persuaded him: "Meng De, Gou Jian has been hiding his courage for 20 years. Why can't you learn from Gou Jian? As the saying goes, endure a moment of calm and take a step back. , we just temporarily give up on Jizhou..."

"That's enough, stop talking. I know what to do. If we want to retreat, we must take everything. This time, after we retreat to Bingzhou, we don't know when we will come back. Not only must we take away the All the belongings, even the people are taken away! Just leave Zhang Yan an empty city!" Cao Cao interrupted Xu You.

"What? My lord, are you going to take the people with you?" Xun Yu, Xu You, and Xun Chen asked in shock.

Cao Cao said: "Yes, I have already decided to take the people with me. Go to the city and send an order, saying that Zhang Yan is leading an army and is going to massacre the city. Let them all go with us to Bingzhou for temporary shelter."

Xu You said: "My lord, taking the people with us will cause us a lot of burdens, and the army may be dragged down..."

Cao Cao said: "Even so, they should be taken away, Bingzhou is short of population, taking them can make up for the lack of population in Bingzhou."

Seeing that Cao Cao had made up his mind, Xun Yu, Xu You, and Xun Chen said nothing more, and then the three of them divided their labors to mobilize the people to leave Handan and retreat to Jinyang with the army.

Cao Cao called Wang Lun, and gave Wang Lun some secret instructions. Wang Lun nodded, and began to make people step up the deployment of thunderbolts and thunderbolts.

Dian Wei came to the gate of the city and asked Cao Hong to open the gate. Riding alone, he came out of the gate.

Then, Cao Hong ordered the suspension bridge to be lowered, and Dian Wei rode his horse across the suspension bridge. The edge of the suspension bridge rose, but it didn't rise much, just staying in the sky above the moat.

Xu Chu, who was waiting anxiously outside the city, saw Dian Wei riding out of Handan alone, and admired Dian Wei's courage.At the same time, Xu Chu was already impatient for waiting, and he had been gearing up for a long time.

At this time, after seeing Dian Wei, the anxious waiting before was worth it.

"We didn't decide the winner last time. Today I must fight to the death with you. If I don't chop off your head, I won't be called Xu Chu!" Xu Chu immediately said to Dian Wei who was opposite him.

Dian Wei sneered, and said, "You're not ashamed to speak out, I still don't know who cut off whose head today."

Xu Chu said: "No matter who wins or who loses, I will compete with you today anyway. I won't tell the winner, and I will never leave. How about it?"

Dian Wei said, "It's a deal!"

Xu Chu waved the big knife in his hand and said, "Then let's start!"

As soon as the words fell, Xu Chu yelled "drive", galloped on his horse, and rushed towards Dian Wei, brandishing a big knife.

Dian Wei drew out the pair of iron halberds from behind, holding a big iron halberd in one hand, not to be outdone, he shouted loudly, and urged the horses under his seat to rush towards Xu Chu.

Both of them are the most powerful generals in the world. Once they fought, they immediately started a fierce battle. The swords came and went, and every move was extremely thrilling, but none of them were dangerous.

The two have fought against each other before, and they both have a certain understanding of each other's strength. Now they are fighting again, and they are familiar with each other. The moves they use are all killer moves with one blow, but both of them are of high strength in force. As the saying goes Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, this battle is inevitable.

After more than a dozen rounds, both of them were out of breath, and the horses under them were also exhausted.

But the soldiers of the two armies watching the battle were thrilled and fascinated. They had never seen this kind of battle before.The onlookers were all martial arts practitioners, and when they watched Dian Wei and Xu Chu fight, they were all secretly wondering if they would be able to escape if they were fighting any of them.

This time the battle was also different from the previous ones. The two of them used ultimate moves every time they made a move, so it took a lot of strength. In addition to the hot weather, they had only fought for more than a dozen rounds, and both of them were already panting and sweating profusely.

"Take a break, change horses and fight again!" Xu Chu was also very righteous, and selected a war horse from among his subordinates and gave it to Dian Wei, who let Dian Wei ride it and fight him again later.

Dian Wei was not hypocritical, and directly accepted Xu Chu's gift. After a short rest, Dian Wei mounted his horse and shouted to Xu Chu, "Come again!"

Xu Chu had almost rested, and when he heard Dian Wei yelled, he responded, "Wait!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Chu got on his horse and was about to ride out when he saw Lu Meng approaching and said to Xu Chu: "When the general was fighting Dian Wei, I was watching from the sidelines. Dian Wei is indeed a brave and good fighter. He is a fierce general, and his attack is very strong, but his defense is a little bit weak. General, you might as well fight Dian Wei for a longer time this time, so that I can observe from the side to see what weaknesses Dian Wei has."

Xu Chu nodded, rode out, and fought Dian Wei again.

On the tower of Handan City, Cao Hong was fascinated by watching Dian Wei's military strength, which was second to none among Cao's troops, but what he didn't expect was that Xu Chu's force was so powerful that he could fight Dian Wei. A tie.In his impression, apart from Lu Bu, it seemed that no one else could equalize Dian Wei.

At this time, a scout came up and whispered something in Cao Hong's ear. Cao Hong hurriedly asked, "Is this true?"

"It is an order issued by the lord himself!"

Cao Hong asked suspiciously: "Why did the lord issue such an order? No, I have to ask the lord to understand!"

As soon as the words fell, Cao Hong went down from the tower and went straight to Cao Cao, wanting to ask for clarification.

When Cao Cao saw Cao Hong coming, he pulled Cao Hong aside, and whispered his plan. After Cao Hong knew about it, he was relieved, and immediately returned to the tower, and began to deploy troops to retreat!

At this time, the streets in Handan City were already in a mess, merchants and common people all carried more valuable items, and dragged their families to the square in front of the yamen to gather.Then, Cao Cao sent troops to send the people out of the city in batches.

The vicious battle between Dian Wei and Xu Chu just caught the attention of the enemy, and Cao Cao was able to organize the people to retreat in an orderly manner.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu fought from morning to night, rested more than ten times in the middle, changed five or six horses in a row, and ate two meals, but still there was no winner.

Seeing the setting sun, Xu Chu became anxious, and asked Lu Meng if he had discovered any flaws in Dian Wei.Lu Meng kept shaking his head, saying that Dian Wei's attack and defense are excellent, and he has not been able to find any weaknesses.

Xu Chure was sweating all over, and he took off his battle armor, as well as his clothes, revealing his dark and firm upper body, with muscles all over his body everywhere.

"Come on, fight again!"

Dian Wei fought with Xu Chu for a whole day, and the horses and food were all provided by Xu Chu, and during the fight between the two, Xu Chu's subordinates did not make a sniper shot, it was completely one-on-one fighting, which Dian Wei appreciated very much of.

Therefore, Dian Wei also decided to accompany him to the end, picked up the pair of iron halberds, jumped on the horse, shouted loudly, and rushed towards Xu Chu again.

ding ding dong...

A series of crisp voices sounded, among which were the cries of Dian Wei and Xu Chu. While this peerless battle was still going on, the city of Handan was empty, and the people had all evacuated under the arrangement of Cao Cao. The 1000 people who stayed in the city, under the leadership of Wang Lun, placed the Thunderbolt Fire Thunder in every important place in Handan City.

(End of this chapter)