Chapter 916: Retreating From Difficulties

Zhu Ling was cautious by nature. When he saw Zhang Fei suddenly appearing here, the first thought in his mind was: It's broken, he was ambushed!

"Why are there no traces of the enemy's ambush?" Zhu Ling asked suspiciously.

After a period of uncertainty, Zhu Ling had to order his soldiers to inform Cao Zhen and let Cao Zhen make the decision.

"What? Zhang Fei appears alone?"

Cao Zhen also felt strange after hearing the news. After thinking about it, it would be better to go up and see for himself. So Cao Zhen led the Chinese army to gallop all the way to the front of the formation.

"What a tough guy."

Seeing Zhang Fei who looked like an iron tower, Cao Zhen couldn't help but admire him. At the same time, he could also feel that the martial arts of this black-faced general was definitely not inferior to that of Xiliang Ma Chao before him. They were both peerless warriors!

"I am Zhang Yide from Yan, who dares to fight with me!"

The sound was like a huge thunder, and Cao Zhen couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Huh, I'm just a common man. Who wants to challenge you?" Cao Zhen snorted coldly and ordered, "Where are the archers? Shoot this black guy into a hedgehog!"

More than a thousand archers immediately came forward, raised their bows and set arrows, and a shower of arrows shot out densely, as if weaving a large net in the sky, covering Zhang Fei, his men and his horses.

"Whoaaah!"

Zhang Fei screamed a few times, whirled around with his eight-foot-long snake spear to deflect the rain of arrows directed at him, turned his horse and drove away, not forgetting to turn around and shout: "You bully the minority by bullying, you are not a hero, I am old Zhang won’t play with you anymore.”

"Hmph, chase me!" Cao Zhen ordered: "Whoever catches Zhang Fei will be promoted to the third level!"

Hearing this, more than ten thousand Cao's troops were immediately overjoyed and followed Zhang Fei one after another, chasing him.

At this moment, Zhang Fei was alone, while Cao Jun was in large numbers. Naturally, everyone was bold and bold, shouting curses and urging their horses to move forward quickly.

"The black guy in front of you, don't run away, stop right now!"

"You black-faced man, don't run away if you can, stop and fight us!"

"I'm not a fool. If you ask me to stop, why don't I stop?" Zhang Fei turned around and shouted, then turned around and continued running. A group of Cao Jun couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

However, Cao Zhen slowly felt something was wrong: Why did Zhang Fei suddenly appear alone on the road? Is it possible to delay our army?

But can he alone stop him in time? It is said that Liu Bei has trained tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yuzhou. It is impossible for him to ask Zhang Fei to stop his army alone, right?

Could it be possible that Zhang Fei deliberately used himself as bait to lure the enemy?

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen couldn't help but change his expression.

Zhu Ling on the side also suggested to Cao Zhen: "Zidan, is Zhang Fei deliberately deceiving our army and setting up an ambush halfway to ambush our army?"

Cao Zhen nodded slowly: "Well, it's very possible."

"Then quickly order the entire army to stop."

"Don't worry, if you can catch Zhang Fei, you can use him as a hostage in exchange for the 30,000 people who were kidnapped by Liu Bei." Cao Zhen said: "Order the soldiers to continue the pursuit!"

After hearing what Cao Zhen said, Zhu Ling had no choice but to order Cao's front troops to continue pursuing forward, following Zhang Fei closely while firing arrows continuously. However, these Cao Jun cavalry were not proficient in mounted archery, and the arrows they fired were not accurate at all, and they were unable to do anything to Zhang Fei for a while.

"Hey, as long as Cao Jun chases in."

Zhang Fei urged his black horse to gallop forward. When he saw a forest in front of him, he couldn't help but smile.

But at this moment.

"The whole army stops, don't chase the poor enemy!" Cao Zhen suddenly shouted loudly.

After hearing Cao Zhen's order, most of Cao Zhen's troops naturally stopped. Only a dozen riders refused to give up and still followed Zhang Fei in hot pursuit. After being severely scolded by Cao Zhen, they stopped.

A large forest appeared in Cao Zhen's sight. He stared at the woods that appeared in front of him, his pupils tightened, and his face looked solemn.

The Art of War says: Don't enter the woods. Because it is easiest to hide in the mountains and forests, the enemy is likely to set up an ambush in the mountains and forests. If they chase into the mountains and are ambushed, they are likely to be ambushed.

For example, Sun Jian, the fierce tiger from the east of the Yangtze River, chased Huang Zu so hard that he chased him into the Yanshan Mountains and was shot by the Jingzhou army ambushing him. As a result, he died.

Cao Zhen's eyes were fixed on the woods in front of him, and suddenly there was a flash of light. He saw a big stone suddenly lit up with a flash of light, probably the reflection of armor.

"Stop chasing. Zhang Fei is just trying to lure the enemy. He has already set up an ambush in the mountains and forests."

"The front team changed to the rear team, and Lu Zhao was ordered to lead the rear army to retreat. Zhu Ling cut off the rear to prevent the enemy from pursuing, and the whole army retreated!" Cao Zhen waved.

Although I don’t know what is going on, Cao Zhen has already issued the order, and many Cao soldiers naturally have to obey. Thirteen thousand Cao's troops immediately changed their positions. The rear army led by Lu Zhao became the front army, while the front army led by Zhu Ling became the rear army and slowly retreated.

"Third General, the enemy seems to know that we have set up an ambush in the forest and has retreated."

Lin Xue on the side muttered to Zhang Fei.

"Well, these birdmen seem to have seen through my general's plan and retreated directly. It's a pity." Zhang Fei shook his head.

After leading troops in battles for many years, Zhang Fei naturally had a rough and tumble attitude. When he took the initiative to stay behind, Liu Bei was a little worried, so he told him to be careful. After Zhang Fei thought for a moment, he devised this plan and appeared as a bait himself to lure Cao's army into the trap. When Cao Jun followed behind him and pursued him, the ambush troops hidden in the mountains and forests took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation to kill the enemy troops by surprise. Unexpectedly, they were seen through.

"Third General, or else we go out and kill Cao Jun to death!" Lin Xue said fiercely.

"No, the enemy has seen through my plan. This ambush strategy will not be effective, and the enemy's morale will not be affected. Our army only has 5,000 people, less than half of the enemy's army. How can we fight?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and waved his hand as well: "When the enemy retreats, our army will retreat."

"Yes, Third General." Lin Xue only felt a pity and did not dare to refute Zhang Fei.

Cao Zhen didn't know how many Liu Bei's troops were ambushed in the mountains and forests, but even if he knew, he probably wouldn't attack rashly. The main reason for sending troops this time was not to avenge Xiahou Dun, but to recapture the more than 30,000 people kidnapped by Liu Bei.

And if the losses of these 13,000 Cao troops were too great, then there would be no point in recapturing the people.

Therefore, after seeing the enemy's ambush, Cao Zhen ordered to turn around and leave. Zhang Fei also understood that Cao's army could not be defeated by attacking at this moment, but might fall into a bitter battle, so he ordered his troops to retreat.