Chapter 907 Huainan Armies

"My sons, follow me and kill, this is the time to make great achievements!"

Zhang Fei charged forward menacingly, brandishing a Zhangba snake spear. Thousands of soldiers from the Yuzhou Army followed Zhang Fei with high morale and launched a fierce attack on the five thousand Cao army.

Five thousand Cao's troops were caught off guard by the Yuzhou Army and fought an ambush. Their morale was already greatly dampened. After being shot by the Yuzhou Army's arrows that rushed like a rainstorm, their morale dropped even further.

It was at this moment that Zhang Fei led his army into Lu Zhao's army.

"hey-hey!"

He waved the weapon in his hand, and at this moment the eight-foot-long snake spear seemed to really turn into a giant python that wanted to choose and devour anyone, sweeping through thousands of Cao's troops in the formation. Even Lu Zhao couldn't compete with a fierce general like Zhang Fei. These Cao soldiers were naturally even more vulnerable in front of Zhang Fei, and they were knocked away one after another, and no one could stop them.

"The general is mighty!"

Seeing Zhang Fei being so brave, wielding a snake spear as if he was in an uninhabited land, it greatly boosted the morale of the Yuzhou army. Thousands of Yuzhou soldiers immediately launched a fierce attack on Lu Zhao's 5,000 Cao army. Cao Jun could only parry, but had no power to fight back.

"Damn it, I fell into a trap!"

Lu Zhao was not a fool. He reacted at this moment and couldn't help but look ugly.

The enemy army may have deliberately spread the news to besiege General Xiahou Dun in Shouchun City, and then attracted reinforcements like themselves to set up an ambush and attack halfway!

Thinking of this, Lu Zhao couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Stop fighting to the death with the enemy. The entire army retreats!"

Lu Zhao was not a single-minded general. Since he had seen through the enemy's strategy, it was certainly impossible for him to remain entangled with the enemy. They just came to ambush you, and they didn’t leave even after seeing through the plot. Why are they fighting here?

After hearing Lu Zhao's order, Cao Jun, who was already in a bitter battle, showed a look of relief on his face, and turned around and left without saying a word.

"Well, hey, why are you so cowardly and you ran away?" Zhang Fei shouted loudly when he saw Cao Jun running away. The purpose of the Cao army led by Xiahou Dun was to prevent the Yuzhou army from invading and prevent Liu Bei from invading Shouchun, so it was natural to lead an army to intercept it.

But Lu Zhao was different. He mainly came to rescue Xiahou Dun. Although Xiahou Dun's army was now trapped in the isolated city of Shouchun, since the enemy used General Xiahou as a bait, they would probably not do anything to General Xiahou in a short time.

It is better to retreat temporarily and wait until reinforcements from all directions arrive, and then join forces to deal with Liu Bei!

These thoughts flashed through Lu Zhao's mind quickly, and then he left without saying a word.

Zhang Fei originally wanted to rush forward personally, stab Lu Zhao to death with a spear, and then quickly defeat Cao's army. Unexpectedly, Lu Zhao turned out to be so slick and ran away.

"Hmph, kill me!"

Thousands of Cao's troops followed Lu Zhao and ran away, while Zhang Fei led the Yuzhou army to pursue him. The two armies were one behind the other. Cao's army dropped countless flags, golden drums and weapons along the way. Those who rolled and crawled on the road ran away.

Zhang Fei was eager to kill and kept chasing after him, but at this moment, a rider behind him suddenly caught up with him.

"Third generals, three generals! My lord has an order, please don't pursue the three generals fiercely. I'm afraid they may be ambushed by the enemy!" Lai Qi shouted to Zhang Fei.

When Zhang Fei heard this shouting, he had to stop and ordered: "Stop the pursuit! Pick up the flags and golden drums left by the enemy and return home!"

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Lu Zhao ran forward desperately, his hair disheveled and stained with sweat on his forehead. His helmet had long been thrown away, and he could only run for his life. Behind him were thousands of Cao soldiers with frightened expressions, all of whom had lost a few things.

"Okay, all troops stop!"

After feeling that there seemed to be no pursuers behind him, Lu Zhao ordered the entire army to stop. When he looked back, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Military Sima, how much damage has been done to our army? Go and take stock."

"Here!"

After a while, Army Sima came back and reported to Lu Zhao: "Captain Lu, our army currently has more than 3,700 soldiers left. The rest were either killed and captured by the enemy, or they escaped halfway."

"well"

He failed to rescue Xiahou Dun, but lost nearly a third of his soldiers in vain. Lu Zhao couldn't help but look ugly.

"That's all. We will be stationed in the east of Shouchun for the time being, waiting for reinforcements from all directions to arrive, and then we will launch an offensive together against Liu Bei to support General Xiahou." Lu Zhao thought for a while and made a decision.

Afterwards, Lu Zhao did not dare to march towards Shouchun again. After all, the army led by Liu Bei and Zhang Fei was a roadblock. He was weak, so how could he be their opponent?

According to the records of "Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biography of Zhucao Xiahou", Xiahou Dun was once ordered to command the 26th Army. You must know that when Yu Ban rescued Fancheng, he only had seven armies under his command. This shows that Cao Cao valued Xiahou Dun. However, this further shows that Huainan's military strength is strong. In addition to Lu Zhao's troops, there are many reinforcements that are advancing towards Shouchun at a faster pace.

"Haha, the second brother's strategy of encircling the spot and calling for reinforcements is really clever. If Lu Zhao hadn't run fast enough, I, Lao Zhang, would have caught him today!" Zhang Fei laughed.

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Third brother, don't mind. I think Cao's army will come to help all the way. Lu Zhao is not the only one. Our army will wait here quietly."

As a result, in the next few days, Guan Yu besieged Shouchun City but did not attack, while Liu Bei and Zhang Fei led the army to ambush on the only road to Shouchun.

Although Lu Zhao warned at the periphery and held back several Cao troops who came for reinforcements, several Cao troops still crashed into the encirclement of the Yuzhou army without thinking, killing thousands of people.

"Now our four-pronged army has more than 10,000 people. When we gather together, we can fight the enemy!" Zhu Ling shouted.

Lu Zhao shook his head: "No, the Prime Minister once said that Liu Bei is an outstanding man, and the two generals Guan and Zhang are both Xionghu generals. With these two assistants, Liu Bei cannot underestimate the enemy."

Ren Jun worriedly said: "Then what should our army do? Most of the troops in Huainan are here. Is it possible that we need to ask for reinforcements from Jiangdong or Xuzhou? Xuzhou has been mobilized by the prime minister to march westward, and I am afraid that its military strength is very limited."

Zao Dui also had a sad look on his face. Although he and Ren Jun had seniority under Cao Cao, they were not generals who were good at marching and fighting, but officials responsible for farming. Zao Da was the military commander and Ren Jun was the colonel. They were not good at leading troops at all, so they could only look at Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao.

"Well, our four-pronged army has gathered here, with more than 17,000 people! Even if we can't repel the enemy for a while, we can still camp in the wild and compete with Shouchun City!"