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Yu Jin received Cao Cao's order to withdraw troops at noon. It was exactly the same as Li Dian and Zang Ba's order to withdraw troops. Cao Cao did not consider that his army was closest to the Han army, and did not let him decide whether to retreat based on his own situation.

Cao Cao's order was very firm, and he asked him to immediately burn grain to retreat north, which means that Yu Jin had to bear the huge risk of withdrawing troops.

This made Yu Jin fall into great distress. Of course, he hoped to withdraw his troops, but if the withdrawal failed, he was ambushed and caused major losses. Who will bear the responsibility? Will the Prime Minister admit that it was his order to lead to

Yu Jin knows Cao Cao very well. Cao Cao will not admit that it is his own responsibility, but will still let him take responsibility. But if he does not withdraw, Liu Jing's 70,000 troops will be at the foot of the mountain. How long can he last?

Yu Jin knew very well that Hei Songzhai's defense was no problem with Zhao Yun's 10,000 vanguards, but how could he resist the 70,000 main force? As Wang Ping said, the Prime Minister would not blame him for losing to Liu Jing.

At this time, Deputy General Wang Ping quickly walked into the tent and bowed to Yu Ban: "See General"

Yu Jin sighed and asked, "Jun, what should I do now? Should I withdraw or not?"

Wang Ping pondered for a moment and said, "I can't talk about the responsibility issue, but I know one thing. If we don't withdraw, we will not retreat. Once Liu Jing's army breaks the tent, we will be wiped out. If we withdraw, we may be pursued, with heavy casualties, but we will not be wiped out."

"You mean, we should withdraw."

Wang Ping nodded, "Actually, we had a little hope in defending Hei Songling before, that is, Li Dian and Zang Bahui support us, but now there is no support. Once the Han army kills the ridge and attacks us from the other side, only ten heavy catapults will be needed, and our camp will be defeated, and then 20,000 troops will be killed in, and we did not escape. In fact, the Prime Minister also knew that we could not defend it. Instead of annihilation, it would be better to withdraw the troops with a small loss."

Yu Jin nodded, Wang Ping's suggestion finally convinced him. He pondered for a moment: "Since that's the case, we will retreat tonight. We can set up two armies of virtual and real. The emptiness army will confuse the enemy. If the real army retreats, General Wang can be the commander of the emptiness army."

"I am willing to cut off the queen for the general," Wang Ping said without hesitation.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yu Jin conveyed the order to withdraw his troops, and a large amount of materials such as food and weapons were discarded.

According to Cao Cao's order, all the food and grass must be burned and the materials must be destroyed. Although Yu Jin was afraid that igniting the grain would arouse suspicion from the Han army, Cao Cao's military orders were as high as a mountain and he dared not disobey.

Before leaving the camp, Yu Jin ordered the soldiers to pour more than 10,000 stone grains and grass with tincture oil and burn them all, and ordered the destruction of all the inventory of weapons, smashing bows and arrows, bent swords, and cut off spears. The soldiers were all light and simple to escape.

At night, fires surged into the sky in Hei Song Village. Two troops took the lead from the northern and eastern foothills of Hei Song Mountain.

There were about 4,000 troops down the mountain at the northern foot of the country. Due to the leadership of the ban, they were the main force for retreating north. Another army had only more than 1,000 troops. From the eastern foot of the country, they served as the main force to retreat, led by deputy general Wang Ping.

Wang Ping was very complicated. He knew the danger he was facing and he didn't want to go to die, but the military orders were difficult to violate. More importantly, he was born in Bashu, and from Cao Cao to Cao Zhang all had prejudice against him.

He held his breath in his heart. He was filled with anger and wanted Cao's father to see that Wang Ping was the real pillar of the country.

"General, where are we going?" a tooth general asked in a low voice.

Wang Ping pondered for a moment and said, "The main force withdraws, and the Han army will inevitably pursue it. We can be ambushed in half."

He turned around and waved his hand, shouting: "Follow me." He led more than a thousand Cao troops to the northwest.

Just as Cao's army left Hei Songling military camp, the Han army scouts noticed their movements and immediately rushed back to the camp to report. The Han army also dispatched immediately, and Liu Jing personally led 20,000 troops out of the camp to pursue them.

In the night, Pang Tong urged the horse to catch up with Liu Jing and whispered: "Yu Jin will inevitably leave a army to restrain us from chasing us. I suspect there will be ambushing us, so it is better to be careful."

Liu Jing agreed and nodded and smiled, "Since Cao Jun wants to fish, I'll send a fish to the door."

He turned around and smiled at the general Ma Dai, "How about asking General Wu to be a fish that lures the net?"

Ma Dai and Pang De no longer followed Ma Chao. Pang Tong was appointed as the deputy general, guarding Xinye, leading thousands of troops to confront the Cao army in Nanyang, while Ma Dai followed Liu Jing and was named Ya Golf Counsel, commanding the two thousand cavalry directly under Liu Jing's tent.

Ma Dai didn't understand what it means to lure the net. He hesitated for a moment, and Liu Jing smiled again and explained: "There must be an ambush ahead. You can go and lure the ambush army, but you don't need cavalry, just lead a thousand-sword shield army."

Ma Dai then realized it and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Abide by the orders of humble duties."

He turned his horse's head and led the Thousand-Bad Shield Army to the northwest along the official road. Liu Jing immediately ordered to "divided troops to advance"

Wang Ping's army was ambushed in a forest next to the official road. One thousand soldiers held military crossbows and were patiently waiting for the arrival of the Han army's pursuit army. Wang Ping was still a little worried. After all, he only had one thousand soldiers. If the Han army pursued more than 10,000 people, his interception would be meaningless.

In fact, he could conclude that the pursuit army must have exceeded 10,000 people, and he only hoped that they would divide their troops to pursue them. Perhaps he still had a glimmer of hope.

At this moment, an instigator ran back quickly and reported in a low voice: "A enemy army is rushing towards this side along the official road, with about a thousand people."

Wang Ping was energetic, and the team was not too many, which was just enough for him to ambush. As long as he successfully ambushed, he would inevitably attract the main force of the Han army and thus cover Yu Jin's retreat.

He shouted immediately: "Prepare to ambush."

A thousand soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at the official road. At this time, a slender fire dragon appeared not far away. This was a team holding torches in their hands and was coming quickly. All the soldiers of Cao's army were excited, waiting for the order to launch.

The Qianhan Army was getting closer and closer and gradually entered the range. Ma Dai led the Thousand-Blade Shield Army. The Knife Shield Army used a large shield. This kind of shield was different from the light shield used by ordinary soldiers and was also different from the shield used by crossbowmen. It was a heavy shield. Because the shield was painted with a hideous tiger head pattern, it was also called the tiger shield.

The shield is five feet high and two feet wide. It is made of solid walnut wood. It is covered with two layers of raw cowhide on the outside. It is soaked in oil and dried. It takes one year to make it, weighs about ten kilograms. It is in the shield. It can withstand the penetration power of the five-stone crossbow within 60 steps. Generally, only the sword and shield army is equipped.

The Thousand-Blade Shield Army was lined up in a formation. A team of soldiers in the middle held torches, and the soldiers on both sides held shields, covering their bodies from the side. This was actually the ambushing soldiers on both sides of the official road to shoot arrows.

Wang Ping also discovered that the team was well defended, but at this time he still had a trace of luck in his heart, so he shouted, "Shooting"

The sound of buzzing sounded in the woods, and dense arrows shot towards the Han army on the official road. At this time, the Han army had already tightened its strings. When they heard the sound of buzzing sounds, they squatted and hid behind the giant shield. Only a few soldiers could not react in a good way. They were shot by the dense arrows and fell down screaming. Their vacant position was immediately filled by the sword and shield army in the middle.

The Han army had already defended in advance, so that the ambush of Cao's army had no effect. The sword and shield army shouted loudly and rushed into the woods dozens of steps away like a tide. Wang Ping felt his scalp explode. He knew that he had fallen into the trap of the Han army, and he was anxious and ordered: "Retreat immediately."

A thousand Cao troops followed him out of the woods and rushed to the north. However, as soon as they left the woods, two armies broke out on both sides, with thousands of people each. Fires rose up and stopped Cao's army from both sides, and the sword and shield army behind them also cut off their retreat.

He was the general with a golden helmet and iron armor, holding a long halberd in his hand. It was Liu Jing, the commander of the Han army. Liu Jing laughed and said, "General Wang Ping, if you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait?"

Wang Ping was panicked and turned his horses from both sides, but he had no choice but to retreat. There was Zhang Ren on the left, Wei Yan on the right, and Ma Dai behind him, surrounding a thousand armies.

At this time, Zhang Ren shouted loudly: "Wang Ping, this is Duke Chu who is trying to surrender. If you don't surrender, what are your faces?"

Wang Ping knew Zhang Ren, the second person in the Yizhou Army, and he knew that the Golden Helmet in front of him must be Liu Jing. At this time, he remembered the injustice of Cao's father to him, and couldn't help but sigh and shouted: "Don't resist, the entire army surrenders."

Cao's soldiers knelt down and surrendered. Wang Ping also threw down his long sword, turned over and dismounted, crawled beside him, and said loudly: "Wang Ping is willing to surrender to the governor of the state."

Liu Jing also dismounted and helped him up, comforted him softly and said, "General Wang is a hero of Bashu. Liu Zhang is incompetent and does not know the heroes. I, Liu Jing, use you."

Wang Ping thought of all the experiences he had in the past, and he was moved and choked up and said, "Wang Ping has been lost for many years. Today he returns to Shu. I have the grace of the governor of the state. I can only repay the favor of the bones."

Liu Jing nodded, "I will appoint you as the captain of Jingwu, and I hope you will make another great contribution to the Han army."

"The grace of the last general Xiezhou's governor"

Liu Jing immediately ordered Zhang Ren to recruit Cao's army, and he led the troops to pursue north along the official road.

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Hei Songling is about fifty miles away from Qishan Mountain, and more than ten miles of them are still basins. The road is relatively wide, but after passing the basin, there is a rugged mountain road of nearly forty miles. Yu Jin led his army to run. After half an hour, they passed the Beishan Pass and entered the rugged mountain area. From here, the road was very difficult, and the marching speed of the four thousand Cao troops slowed down.

"General"

General Zhang De rode a horse from behind and said to the forbidden: "Brothers are all very tired, please take a break for a while."

"Farting" Yu Jin was so angry that he cursed: "I have only been running for half an hour and I have to rest. When I stop, the pursuers will come. If I don't stop, no matter who dares to stop, I won't stop."

Yu Jin whipped the war horse and accelerated toward the front. General Zhang De had no choice but to turn around and scold the soldiers, "We are running for life now. Do you understand, run quickly."
Chapter completed!