The Tiger Guards are covered in armor and have been training for a long time. At this time, they are waiting for work, and they are in excellent condition for fighting.

In Li Dian's story, everyone went into the river and was frozen. They were covered with negative buffs. In addition, most of the soldiers were not wearing armor, so their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

One was ebbing and the other was ebbing, and Cao's army could not withstand it.

Because there was no time to light a fire, Li Dian's soldiers' armor was completely soaked. The water-stained armor was not only heavy but also impossible to put on in a hurry.

Seeing that the handymen in front fell down in rows, and the way behind was blocked by Feishui. If they wanted to go back to the east bank through the water at this time, thousands of soldiers would definitely be killed by the cold wind.

Li Dian knew that he had fallen into the trap. Although he wanted to withdraw from Shouchun, reality did not allow it.

To the northwest are enemies rushing towards them, and to the east is the seemingly gentle but dangerous Feishui River. There is only one way to retreat to the south, which is also the multiple-choice question Lu Su left for Li Dian.

After all, the Tiger Guards only have 5,000 men, and there is no way to encircle 6,000 Cao soldiers. Even if the opponent is extremely weak at this time, it is almost impossible to defeat them in one battle.

Both sides were mainly infantry, and Li Dian would not just wait to die on the spot. As long as his soldiers were willing to run, it would be extremely difficult to keep half of Cao's soldiers alive, let alone annihilate them all at the Feishui River.

If Li Dian chooses to turn around and cross the river, the Tiger Guards will not have to fight hard. The cold Feishui can swallow most of Cao's troops. Even if the remaining troops successfully cross the river, Lu Su will be confident of catching up and destroying them.

However, Li Dian did not panic in the face of the chaos. He not only asked the soldiers to abandon their armor, but also ordered the entire army to withdraw south.

Hui Shouchun cannot go back. Even if only half of the Six Thousand Steps survive to Liu'an, they can still provide some help. At least they can replace some of the soldiers defending the city, allowing Zhang Liao to deal with Taishi Ci.

Li Dian believed that Zhang Liao was on the defensive because he had misjudged the previous intelligence and was in a hurry and did not think much about it.

At that time, the fog by the river had not receded. Li Dian, while commanding the miscellaneous soldiers to cut off the rear, ordered each battalion to evacuate southward on its own, and agreed that the battalions would meet again at Liu'an.

Li Dian's men fled in several groups. While the Tiger Guards were pursuing them, the generals and cavalry each selected their targets and galloped towards their prey.

Xu Chu issued a death order before the battle. The two-legged ones can be left alone for the time being, but the four-legged ones must be kept.

The Tiger Guard's force was like cracking a mountain and cracking rocks, and the fragile soldiers were cut down like melons and vegetables. Li Dian had no choice but to fight and swallow bitterly.

During the retreat, Li Dian accidentally discovered that the enemy cavalry had strayed from the formation and was running around.

Just as he was wondering about the enemy's intentions, the leader of the Tiger Guards came a few feet away with the Fire Cloud Sword in his hand.

Li Dian turned his head sharply and suddenly realized that the person coming was Xu Chu. He was so surprised that he swallowed his saliva.

Li Dian had been guessing who the enemy was, and the moment he saw the answer, Li Dian was in disbelief.

The Longxiang tribe will do something evil to him. What does he, the prefect of Lujiang, want to do?

Li Dian saw that Xu Chu was coming very quickly and that he could not avoid it, so he pointed his gun at Xu Chu and shouted, trying to frighten his opponent.

"Xu Chu, how dare you ambush me, are you not afraid that Cao Si will descend on Hefei?"

"Noisy."

Xu Chu didn't care about the threat and thought to himself, "Who is Cao Cao? I will kill his soldiers."

Still punishing him? Thinking of the clan members who were killed in Xu Village back then, Xu Chu frowned, gripped the Fire Cloud Sword and swung it at Li Dian.

Man, horse, and sword were integrated into one, and were not affected at all.

"You guy"

Li Dian's eyes were wide open, and he was about to scold the other party for his lack of martial ethics, but Xu Chu's blade was already in front of him, and Li Dian could only block it with both hands.

There was a muffled sound.

The force of a landslide tilted down, and Li Dian's hands holding the gun were numb from the shock, and his body involuntarily shrank down.

With just one move, the decision can be made.

Li Dian was horrified. His impression of Xu Chu was that he made trouble during the last battle.

I didn't expect that I would be so scary. After blocking the first blow, I didn't dare to block the second one.

When the two sides were being led by war horses and were about to stagger their positions, Li Dian held a gun in one hand and pulled the horse's reins with the other in preparation to run away. Unexpectedly, his small movement was caught by Xu Chu out of the corner of his eye.

While Li Dian used the reins to adjust the direction, Xu Chu also controlled the horse to stop and made a backhand slash.

The Fire Cloud Sword was filled with rage and drew the crescent moon's afterimage in the sky.

When the crescent moon disappeared, Li Dian's upper body suddenly separated from his body and fell from his horse. Xu Chu cut him off with his shoulder and hands.

Seeing the general being beheaded in front of his eyes, the soldiers around Li Dian shuddered, their legs felt like they were filled with lead, and there was only fear in their eyes.

The soldiers who followed Xu Chu harvested these brave men like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Lu Su arrived with his soldiers at the same time. When he saw the bloody Li Dian on the ground, he couldn't help sighing bitterly.

"General Xu's sword is so fast!"

"Did I kill the wrong general? Sir, didn't you ask me to kill all the riders? This Li Dian is also riding a horse."

Xu Chu scratched his cheek and looked at Lu Su suspiciously.

"Kill, just kill. There is nothing wrong or right."

Lu Su shook his head slightly, and then added: "If we encounter General Cao's army later, General Xu can capture him alive as much as possible. What if Yunqi has other arrangements?"

"Oh, I can spare it."

Xu Chu nodded slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lu Su felt that people like Li Dian were not a big threat, and killing him directly would not be as profitable as capturing him alive.

Seeing that Xu Chu's expression might be wrong, Lu Su comforted him and said: "It's good that Li Dian is killed. I can use his head to take Shouchun. You can leave a battalion of troops and lead your own men to continue chasing the defeated soldiers."

"ah?"

Xu Chu exclaimed: "Sir, aren't you going to be with the general?"

Lu Su said sternly: "When Li Dian died, all the dragons were leaderless. Zhongkang didn't need to pursue him too closely. He just had to drive the defeated troops to Liu'an and leave some for Tai Shici."

"The general doesn't quite understand." Xu Chu frowned in confusion.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just do as I say."

Lu Su stroked his beard and added: "It is estimated that Yunqi should take action at this time. If Zhongkang is unclear, he can contact Yunqi for instructions."

"Wei." Xu Chu clenched his fists loudly.

Lu Su did not allow Xu Chu to pursue him, not only to maintain the strength of the Tiger Guards, but also to cause trouble to Tai Shici.

Taishi Ci had always been very arrogant and would not give in easily until the end of the road. Lu Su's move was to help Long Xiang.

In fact, after experiencing the food shortage incident, Taishi Ci became much more negative about the future. If he had no other options at this time, he would not send troops to Liu'an.

Taishi Ci only brought out 3,000 troops. From the first day he arrived in Lu'an, he had no idea of ​​a decisive battle with Zhang Liao, but instead tried his best to contain and wait for reinforcements.

As time went by, Taishi Ci carried less and less military rations, and the more he confronted Zhang Liao, the more uncertain he was.

When Taishi Ci's troops arrived in Liu'an, they did not attack or provoke. They just set up strongholds and built fortifications in place. Zhang Liao was surprised by his strange behavior.

After two days of observation, Zhang Liao went out of the city to challenge the enemy, so he suspected that Jiangdong had some big conspiracy, so he secretly sent people to Jiangjunling post to confirm, and the answer he got was that Jiangdong had no reinforcements.

Without reinforcements, going deep alone?

Is it because Taishi Ci is too idle, or is he having the same strange problem as last time?

After Zhang Liao received the information, he led his troops out of the city. Taishi Ci had been holding back in the north of Lu'an for several days and was about to run out of food and grass, so he retreated to Shaopi as planned.

Lu Meng failed to deliver the army rations in time, so Taishi Ci had to go and get them himself.
Chapter completed!