This was Zhuge Liang's first failure in the Northern Expedition. Faced with the fact that he had lost Jie Ting, Zhuge Liang could only choose to retreat.
With Ma Dai and Wei Yan leading the rear, Zhuge Liang led the army towards Hanzhong.
The Wei army would not let go of such a pursuit. Zhuge Liang's army would be pursued by Guo Huai, while Zhao Yun's team would be pursued by Cao Zun and Zhu Zan, while Fei Yao and Cao Ling would lead the rear troops to support them.
"Now, we will begin to pursue the rebel army. We must give them the heaviest blow in the Great Wei Kingdom!”Guo Huai ordered.
"Chase them back to Yangping Pass so that they won't dare to invade Great Wei again.”Lu Zhi shouted from the side.
"I know. General Fei, please don't worry. Don't chase too quickly. If you push too hard, you might suffer an unexpected counterattack.”Cao Ling understood Fei Yao's worries, so she nodded and said.
"Princess, are you worried that Zhuge Liang has some tricks up his sleeve?”Fei Yao asked humbly.
"No, what we need to worry about now is that the soldiers will be isolated because they want to take too much credit, especially those two Cao clan relatives who want to take credit.”Cao Ling understood and did not hide her worry.
Cao Zun and Zhu Zan, who were chasing at the front, were very excited. The former said to the latter," Haha, after waiting for so many years, it's finally our turn to stand out. This time, we must kill two Shu generals and make contributions.”
Zhu Zan agreed." That's right. I haven't had many opportunities to perform under the Great General for a long time. I must perform well this time.”
"But that princess is really a hindrance. She repeatedly warned us not to act alone. If this goes on, Guo Huai and the others will take all the credit.”Speaking of Cao Ling, Cao Zun's face could not help but reveal a trace of annoyance.
"Hmph, as long as we make contributions, why bother with that princess's nagging?”
"Right, in order to prevent those Shu people from escaping, Brother Zhu, you might as well do this.”Suddenly, Cao Zun had an idea.
"Heh, this is a wonderful plan. This way, we can flank them from the front and back, making them look like mice in a bag.”
As he spoke, Zhu Zan led his soldiers and secretly left, planning to carry out Cao Zun's plan.
"Retreat as quickly as possible. The pursuers behind won't wait for anyone!”Deng Zhi, who was at the front, calmly gave orders to the soldiers.
"Bo Miao, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Yun glanced at Deng Zhi and said.
"General, you are one of the few people that I, Deng Zhi, admire.”
Deng Zhi looked at Zhao Yun with a serious expression and said indifferently.
"I've always heard that Bo Miao has a straightforward personality, but today I know what he said is true. However, you are the person who shoulders the future of the Great Han Dynasty. Don't lose your life here.”Zhao Yun replied with a faint smile.
The situation on Zhao Yun's side was not optimistic, and it was the same for Zhuge Liang's side.
"The speed at which the enemies are gathering is astonishing. It seems that the bandits won't let us go so easily.”Zhuge Liang looked at the enemies around him and said with a heavy expression.
"Prime Minister, don't be discouraged. We should quickly preserve our strength and retreat to Hanzhong first.”Yang Yi comforted.
"Liang is worried about Ji Valley's Zi Long and Wen Chang. These two are the pillars of our Great Han Dynasty, we can't let them make any mistakes.”
Zhuge Liang was not worried about himself. He was more worried about Wei Yan and Zhao Yun.
"Prime Minister, please don't worry. General Zilong is smart, brave, and careful. He will definitely retreat safely. As for Wei Yan, although he was arrogant, he was not an incompetent person.”Yang Yi also put in a good word for Wei Yan.
"Wei Gong, it seems that you understand this principle. Why do you usually go against Wen Chang?”
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but ask Yang Yi.
Yang Yi didn't list Wei Yan's shortcomings. Instead, she mentioned a person.
"Does the Prime Minister know about Dong Zhuo?"
"This person has an army and is self-respecting. How can I not know?”
"These two have similar styles of doing things. They always let themselves go and act recklessly. Wei Gong doesn't want Wei Yan to become the second Dong Zhuo and destroy our Great Han.”Yang Yi said seriously.
Hearing Yang Yi's words, Zhuge Liang could only shake his head secretly and think," Wei Gong's views are not necessarily wrong. But Wei Gong, aren't you also on the path of Wang Yun's wanton elimination of dissidents?”
Wei Yan, who was covering Zhuge Liang's back, did not know that Zhuge Liang and Yang Yi were talking about him. Instead, he laughed at Ma Dai and said," Hahaha, I'm brave enough to face tens of millions of troops. That's just how I am. The more dangerous the situation is, the more excited I get."”
"Wenchang, how long has it been since I fought alongside you?”Ma Dai also sighed with emotion.
"General Ma Dai, your Western Liang cavalry is the main force of our army. Don't lose too much in the rear this time. Act according to the situation. If the situation doesn't look good, retreat. Even though we will be covering the rear, as long as the enemy goes too deep, we can still turn back and meet them. If the enemy has casualties, they will slow down their attacks. At that time, we can retreat when the opportunity arises.”
Although Wei Yan was very excited at the moment. However, his brain was still able to maintain its rationality.
Hearing Wei Yan's words, Ma Dai couldn't help but sigh inwardly. If only Wen Chang could deal with problems as gently as he usually does on the battlefield, then he wouldn't have gotten into such a fight with Wei Gonglao.”
Wei Yan and Ma Dai's forces were strong, and even if the Wei army was large, they might not be able to gain much advantage. On the other side, Zhao Yun was ambushed.
Cao Zun's previous plan was to take a small path to the front of Zhao Yun and pincer Cao Zun from the front and back.
"Where can Zhao Yun escape to? Great Wei's vanguard Zhu Zan is here!”Zhu Zan saw that the time was almost right and immediately charged out.
" Looks like the enemy's target is me." Zhao Yun did not panic at all as she said indifferently.
"General, do not panic. I believe that we will definitely be able to survive.”Deng Zhi advised Zhao Yun.
"What's there to panic about? If we can attract more enemy soldiers, our army will have more opportunities. Come on! I wonder which one of you has the ability to take my head!”Zhao Yun was indeed Zhao Yun. Instead, her blood was boiling because of the enemy's ambush.
Right at this moment, a loud laughter came from behind Zhu Zan's troops. A troop actually charged out.
"As expected of Boyue, he knows the surrounding geography like the back of his hand. If you're not afraid of death, just charge at me! I'll kill anyone who comes! If two come, I'll kill a pair!"
It turned out that the troop that had charged out was Hei Guang, and behind Hei Guang were three people. From left to right, they were Yang Lan, Dongfang Fengfu, and Zhang Yuzhen.
It turned out that Jiang Wei knew the geography of this area like the back of his hand. Then, with the deduction of Dongfang Fengfu, Hong En, and the others, he predicted that Zhao Yun's troops might be ambushed. Zhuge Liang's troops were also in danger of being ambushed. However, Tianyang was also conflicted about the importance of both sides. Although Zhuge Liang's side was the most important, Zhao Yun had to help. At this time, Hei Guang stood out and made a suggestion.
That was to split up. Although the Chang Bai Army only had about 3,000 men, and they had lost a lot of men after the battle at Jie Ting, if they added in the remnants of the Jie Ting Army and the Wudang Fei Army under Wang Ping, they would have a total of about 5,000 to 6,000 men. Hei Guang said that he only needed to give him about 1,500 men, and it would not be a problem to deal with the ambush at Zhao Yun's side. Thus, this scene happened.
"How could this be? There was actually a Shu army here!”Zhu Zan was instantly shocked. He had not expected that he would actually be tricked by the other party.
Instantly, Zhu Zan's troops were thrown into chaos because of the appearance of a Shu army behind them.
"Black light! It's actually him!" Zhao Yun was also shocked. He had not expected Hei Guang to appear here. After all, the situation on the Prime Minister's side was already not optimistic. He should not be able to send any soldiers here.
However, when he recalled the time when Hei Guang had charged into the granary behind him and challenged him one-on-one, as well as his battle style that did not even care about his own life, he could not help but smile bitterly.
Indeed, it was possible that this crazy guy who didn't care about his life would only lead a small number of soldiers to ambush the enemy.
Although it was unexpected, it was also within reason.
"Prime Minister, Tianyang is late!" At this moment, Tian Yang's army arrived at the front of Zhuge Liang's army.
"No, now is the right time.”Seeing that Tianyang was fine, Zhuge Liang heaved a sigh of relief.
"Let Tian Yang and Chang Bai Jun be responsible for covering the rear! Prime Minister, you should hurry back to Hanzhong.”
"Liang's side is fine, but Zilong's side is very critical. I hope Tianyang can go and rescue him first.”
"No need!" Tian Yang smiled faintly and said," Big Brother Boyue and the others have guessed that the enemy is likely to ambush General Zilong, so I've sent Hei Guang to lead a portion of the troops to reinforce him!”
"En, as expected of Tianyang." Zhuge Liang admired Tian Yang even more now. Although this idea wasn't Tian Yang's idea, it was already very good that he could accept his subordinate's opinion rationally.
With Tianyang's support, Zhuge Liang would have no problem escaping back to Hanzhong.
Hei Guang's side was even simpler. Because of Hei Guang's counter ambush, Zhu Zan's troops immediately fell into chaos. Then, Hei Guang led his troops to attack without a word. Like a steel knife, he directly stabbed into the enemy's heart, tearing the enemy's formation apart. Hei Guang was even more valiant, the Ice Magic Breaking Spear in his hand continuously reaping the enemy's lives.
Zhu Zan saw that the black light's attack was so ferocious, and he faintly had the intention to retreat in his heart.
At this moment, the black light had already locked onto him. In just a single exchange, a cold light flashed and Zhu Zan's head was chopped off by the black light.
In this plane, the difference between a first-rate general, a second-rate general, and a third-rate general was simply too great. If it wasn't for those extremely special generals, a first-rate general would only need a single exchange to defeat a second-rate general.
The black light's attack speed was extremely fast, and ordinary generals would not be able to react in time. If it was not a first-rate general like Jiang Wei or Zhao Yun, but a second-rate general like Zhu Zan, he would be instantly killed before he could react.
"Black light!" Just as Hei Guang was enjoying his slaughter, Dongfang Fengfu rushed to Hei Guang's side," We can't continue killing like this. You should also know that these soldiers won't be able to stop Cao Zhen's army behind us, right?”
"What do you think?" Hei Guang looked around carefully. Indeed, although Zhu Zan's troops were unable to withstand a single blow, that was under a situation where they were caught off guard. However, they were still unable to face Cao Zhen's army.
"There is only one way to make the enemy retreat, and that is to seize the enemy's command center and execute Cao Mo's plan.”
Dongfang Fengfu said calmly. The moment they became Subspecies Followers, many historical stories and famous people had already appeared in their minds. However, due to the limitations of this plane, their memories of the three kingdoms began to blur, and they even completely forgot about them.
Cao Mo is from the State of Lu. He served Duke Zhuang of Lu. He fought three battles and fought three defeats. He was brave and brave. His character came from the Biography of Assassins in the Records of the Historian. When Duke Huan of Qi promised to sign a treaty with the State of Lu in Ke, Cao Mo used a dagger to threaten Duke Huan of Qi to return the occupied land of the State of Lu. In the end, Duke Huan of Qi ceded the occupied land of the State of Lu. All the land Cao Mo lost in the three battles was returned to the State of Lu.
"But we'll have to face thousands of troops in this way. We might not succeed.”Hei Guang frowned slightly. This plan was too crazy. Even he, Hei Guang, would feel a little scared when facing so many soldiers.
"That's why there's only a moment of opportunity. I hope you can lead the army and help me clear a path!”Dongfang Fengfu said seriously.
"Hey, Fengfu, are you serious? You should know that even if this plan succeeds, there might be sacrifices in the end!”Hei Guang couldn't help but say.
"You think I can't escape?" Dongfang Fengfu's lips curled up as he asked.
Hei Guang did not say anything, but the worry in his eyes could not be stopped.
"Don't worry, if I want to escape, no one can stop me! You should know my capabilities."
Hearing Dongfang Fengfu's words, Hei Guang couldn't help but sigh. He knew that he couldn't stop him anymore.
"Defensive formation! Yang Lan! Lead the army and charge at me! General Zilong should leave first and retreat to Hanzhong!”
Saying so, Hei Guang took the lead and directly charged over, bypassing Zhao Yun. His only target was the location of the flag with the word "Cao".
Dongfang Fengfu followed behind Black Light, using the bow in his hand to send out all the enemies in the surroundings. Although he was an Archer, he also had a sharp sword at his waist. It was made by Hong En's equipment. While he was an Archer, he had also learned some sword techniques from the Celestials to deal with enemies in close combat.
"Black light!" Zhao Yun was shocked. Just as she was about to ask, she saw Hei Guang leading Yang Lan and the others towards the enemy. Even Cao Zun's army was torn apart by Hei Guang and the others without any resistance.
Seeing Hei Guang use his full strength to slaughter Cao Zun's army, even Zhao Yun could not help but feel secretly shocked. This brat was even more terrifying than Shuzhi when he went crazy.
Seeing Zhang Yuzhen in front of him, Cao Zun's face was instantly filled with joy. He did not expect to encounter a fellow who only held a shield among the enemy troops. He immediately shouted to the other party," I am Cao Zun, the vanguard of Great Wei!"
Before he could finish shouting, he saw Zhang Yuzhen directly slam his shield at the enemy. Cao Zun was instantly shocked. The spear immediately went up to meet the shield. Who knew that the moment it touched the shield, Cao Zun only felt a huge force coming from the spear shaft. That huge force shook his thumb and forefinger, causing him to feel a sharp pain. With a cry of pain, Cao Zun had already sent Zhang Yuzhen flying with a shield.
"You think you can underestimate me just because you think I'm a shield wielder, idiot!”Zhang Yuzhen coldly snorted and said.
Although Zhang Yuzhen was only a Shieldbearer, he had the strength of an A-grade warrior and the skills of an A-grade warrior. However, in terms of combat power, his strength was not much weaker than Dongfang Fengfu and Xia Xiaomo. However, it was very difficult for him to fight against Hei Guang and Chen Shi.
Among all of them, Hei Guang's combat power was the highest. Wu Ming and Chen Shi were on par with him, followed by Feng Fu and Xiao Mo. However, the difference between these two levels was a little big.
"Get out of my way!”Hei Guang threw the Ice Demon-Breaking Spear in his hand and shouted sternly.
"Bow and arrow completed!" Dongfang Feng drew his bowstring and shot an arrow into the sky.
In an instant, dark clouds covered the sky, and countless light arrows descended from the sky.
Following that, the expressions of the Wei Kingdom soldiers changed drastically.
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