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Volume 1 Chapter 87 Laughing away the thieves

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    Cao Ang rushed up a hillside with his whip, put up a pergola and looked into the distance, seeing Bao Zhong's men resting on the edge of a dilapidated earth city.  There was no smoke seen in the distance. It seemed that Bao Zhong's troops had not been discovered by Dong Zhuo's troops. Cao Ang was relieved.

    Liao Hua also smiled and said: "My lord, we have been hurrying and hurrying along the way, and we have finally caught up. I have been worried about them fighting Dong Zhuo along the way, but we only have fifty cavalry here!"

    Cao Ang smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Jian, we are not late after all. You immediately take twenty cavalry to the front to reconnoiter the situation and set up a scout net. The noise caused by Bao Zhong's troops is not small, I guess the opposite side  Hu Zhen should take action soon!"

    Liao Hua nodded, immediately ordered twenty cavalrymen, and galloped towards the distance.  Cao Ang looked around and waved his hand: "Let's go!"

    Bao Zhong, who was eating outside Tucheng, soon received news from the scouts. A small group of cavalry was rushing towards this direction from the direction of the base camp. They were probably messengers.

    Bao Zhong didn't care about eating. He quickly got up and mounted his horse. He put up a pergola and looked into the distance. He saw that the leading general on the opposite side was very thin and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

    More than a hundred soldiers in charge of peripheral security met Cao Ang and others first. The commander of the hundred soldiers quickly asked loudly: "This is the camp of General Bingzhong, General Bao. Who do you respect me?"

    Before Cao Ang could speak, Xiao Yi next to him had already said loudly: "The person in front of you is General Fenwei. Why don't you go and report it?!"

    The village chief quickly agreed and would inform Bao Zhong and ask him to come out of camp to greet him.  After all, although General Fenwei is a general with a mixed title, his official position is higher than that of General Bingzhong.

    Cao Ang stopped him with a smile and said loudly: "Is this Uncle Bao's camp? I came here to deliver the order on General Yuncheng's order. In this case, you first send someone to inform uncle, and I will follow  Go and pay homage.¡±

    Cao Ang said it very politely, and the village chief quickly agreed and immediately ordered people to report to the Chinese army, while he waited beside Cao Ang.

    Cao Ang looked at the abandoned Tucheng not far away and asked in surprise: "This Tucheng is so close, why don't you go into the city to rest, but instead make a fire and eat on the edge of the city?"

    The village chief quickly explained: "The general doesn't know. Although the earthen city looks intact, the inside has been abandoned for a long time. Although there is water, it is overgrown with weeds and is very inconvenient. If the army camped inside, at least  It will take half an hour to pull out weeds and organize the camp. Anyway, we are just passing through here, so there is no need to waste so much effort."

    Cao Ang nodded lightly, "I see. By the way, this is an important transportation road. How can there be such an abandoned earth city?!"

    The head of the village sighed, "It's not the Xiliang army that's causing the trouble! Not long ago, a community ceremony was held here, and it was very lively with people coming and going. Unexpectedly, the Xiliang army knew about this situation, and Hu Zhen immediately led his troops to surround it.  When they arrived here, they beheaded all the men and hung the severed heads on the shafts of the carriages. They also organized the women into military prostitute camps and divided all the property among them. Then Hu Zhen reported that this place was a stronghold of a cult.  Apply for a reward from Luoyang. As a result, the place has become a ghost, and the originally bustling Tucheng has become a ruin!"

    Cao Ang frowned and said angrily: "These are bloody thieves!"

    The village chief also sighed and said with a sigh: "Before dinner, we also removed more than a hundred corpses from the ruins and buried them together. Alas, they are all poor people. It is really pitiful to expose their corpses in the wilderness!  "

    Just as he was talking, the soldier who went to deliver the message strode over and said loudly without taking a breath: "General Bao has given the order to open the camp gate and come to welcome General Cao in person!"

    The village chief quickly stepped aside and bowed to salute.

    Cao Ang smiled and shook his head, "How dare you trouble your uncle to come and greet you? Come with me on either side and pay homage to your uncle together."

    Hearing his order, thirty cavalrymen quickly led their horses and followed Cao Ang to the central army.  Soon, everyone saw Bao Zhong and others waiting for Cao Ang and his party at the gate of the camp.

    This is just a simple marching camp, and the fence near the gate is also very sparse. We just moved a few horses from the baggage truck.  Two rows of tall sergeants stood at both ends of the camp gate, with Bao Zhong standing in the middle. Cao Ang couldn't help but laugh. This was like a child showing off his new toy.

    Seeing Bao Zhong looking at him, Cao Ang quickly straightened his face, strode forward and bowed to say hello: "Zixiu has met my uncle!"

    Bao Zhong quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "Zixiu, come quicklyWhat's going on?  I am preparing to capture Sishui Pass!  "

    Cao Ang quickly presented Bao Xin's handwritten letter. Bao Zhong took the letter, opened it and frowned.

    Cao Ang quickly persuaded in a low voice: "Uncle, now Yuan Benchu ??has just assumed the leadership of the alliance. It is a time when he is very satisfied and eager to establish his own prestige. Although my uncle's bravery to defeat the thieves this time has good intentions, he has not officially received the general order.  It's easy to be criticized. I hope my uncle can be patient and kill the enemy to serve the country again in the future!"

    Cao Ang¡¯s words made sense, and his brother had indeed issued an order to retreat. Bao Zhong finally nodded, agreed to retreat, and immediately ordered the entire army to pack up and prepare to retreat.

    Hearing his order, the soldiers hurriedly speeded up their meal. After finishing the dry food and wild vegetable soup in a few mouthfuls, they extinguished the bonfire in the camp and bundled the large pot for eating onto the baggage truck.

    However, at this moment, a cavalryman from the Cao family army suddenly came on horseback and said quickly: "General Qi, Hu Zhen's cavalry scouts were found in the distance!"

    Cao Ang and Bao Zhong were shocked.  The camp they were currently in was originally a temporary camp and did not have complete fortifications at all.  In addition, everyone is now busy packing and it is a mess. It is impossible to organize the troops to assemble and prepare for war in a short time.

    Bao Zhong had lost his sense of control and muttered in a low voice: "What should we do? What should we do?!"

    Cao Ang also frowned and quickly asked the cavalry: "How many men and horses does Hu Zhen have? Are they cavalry or infantry? How far away are they from us?"

    The cavalryman shook his head: "I just discovered that their forward scouts are still far away from their headquarters. Liao Hua asked the villain to report the matter to the general quickly so that we can prepare early."

    Bao Zhong was so anxious that he suddenly saw Tucheng behind him and said to Cao Ang quickly: "My dear nephew, why don't we go to Tucheng to escape for a while. Wait until the troops are sorted out, and then we can argue with that Hu Zhen!"

    As he spoke, Bao Zhong wanted to run towards Tucheng.  However, Cao Ang grabbed him fiercely and whispered: "Uncle, no, if we enter the city first and the soldiers under our command don't know the situation, they will definitely fight to enter the city. The organization of the army is a bit chaotic. If there is another stampede, it will definitely  There will be chaos. Not to mention that everyone is blocked outside the city and cannot enter the city. Even if they reluctantly enter the city, they will pay a heavy price and will be unable to defend the city by then!"

    "What should we do?" Bao Zhong asked repeatedly: "Zixiu is familiar with the art of war and will definitely be able to save me! If I had known better, I would not have taken the vanguard's job. Earlier, I thought it was a good job!"

    "Uncle, the two of us must stay here and let the soldiers see us!" Cao Ang said in a deep voice: "In this way, they also have some confidence in their hearts, because they always feel that officials will not put themselves in trouble.  Desperate situation! After the soldiers enter the Tucheng in an orderly manner, we will enter the city again, so that the troops will not suffer trampled casualties, and we can successfully command the troops to defend the Tucheng."

    "But, aren't we in danger?" Bao Zhong grabbed Cao Ang's wrist anxiously and stared at him closely.

    "Don't worry, uncle!" Cao Ang knew that stabilizing Bao Zhong's mood was the most important thing now, otherwise if Bao Zhong ran away first, the team would collapse.

    So Cao Ang said with a sincere face: "Uncle, we have horses. If we are really in danger, we can just run away. I don't believe that the infantry of the Xiliang Army can catch us!"

    When Bao Zhong heard what Cao Ang said, he felt certain.  Yes, my brother Bao Zhong's war horse was personally selected for me by my brother Bao Xin. It has a good name of "no trace on the snow". If the Xiliang army really came to kill me, I would just ride on the horse and run for my life.  So Bao Zhong shouted loudly: "Didn't you hear what Zixiu said? Send the order, take the village as a unit, enter Tucheng in an orderly manner according to the distance from Tucheng, and rely on the city wall to prepare for defense. General Zixiu and I  Stay here until everyone is safe before we enter the city!"

    Immediately, some soldiers loudly received orders and went to prevent the troops from withdrawing into Tucheng in an orderly manner.  Bao Zhong ordered in a low voice: "Hurry and bring the horses, we are ready to withdraw at any time!"

    After waiting for a while and holding the reins of the war horse, Bao Zhong finally felt a lot more at ease. At this time, Liao Hua and the others were forced to retreat because Hu Zhen's main formation was slowly approaching.

    Hu Zhen rubbed his eyes and said to the guards around him: "Am I right? The other generals are actually guarding outside the city and will not take the lead in entering the city. What confidence do they have in resisting our attack? This time I will bring out five  Hundred Iron Cavalry!¡±

    A guard next to him said in a low voice: "Sir, although the other side's scouts have average equestrian skills, they are very fierce. The brothers did not take advantage of them! Even the bodies of the dead were snatched back by them. We still don't have any  You know what kind of gods they are!"

    Hu Zhen frowned and listened to the guardWhen they said this, he really didn't dare to act rashly.  Although the number of troops on the opposite side is small, there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops from the Dongdong Alliance behind them.  He, Hu Zhen, only had so many troops. If he suffered too many losses in this encounter, what would he use to defend the city?  !

    When I got closer, I saw several generals on the opposite side talking and laughing calmly, and there was also a young man of twelve or thirteen years old among them.  Seeing that Hu Zhen had been looking at them, the young man smiled, picked up his riding crop, and said hello to Hu Zhen.

    Hu Zhen was even more horrified. How could the other party be so calm?  If there is no strong support behind him, Hu Zhen will not believe it even if he is killed.  At this moment, the scout reported quickly: Jiangdong Sun Jian led a large group of troops and was coming quickly!

    Hu Zhen, who only had 500 cavalry in his hands, was horrified, "Retreat quickly!"

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