In winter, the withered artemisia lies on the ground, covering the visible roads only vaguely. In front of a large locust tree, Feng Yu and his left and right guards stopped to horses.

Following behind, dozens of cavalry, including Cao Cao, also arrived one after another. Feng Yu pointed east with the whip in his hand:

"Brother Meng De, from here, cross a hilly mountain bag, and it is the road leading to Yanzhou. The road may be covered by weeds and it is difficult to find. But I will send a few scouts to escort you to a smokey city on the road."

Cao Cao dismounted, bowed to Feng Yu, and said solemnly: "Meng De can only repay you for saving your life."

Feng Yu smiled and said cheerfully: "You owe this favor first. When I want you to pay it back, I will tell you...but, what are your plans after you return to your hometown this time?"

Cao Cao said loudly: "Of course, we are recruiting Yi soldiers, joining all the heroes of the princes and heroes to attack Dong's thieves! We respect the emperor as the emperor's expectations!"

Feng Yu nodded and bowed and said, "There will be a date later. I hope we will meet on the way to challenge Dong."

Looking at Cao Cao's back as he left, Feng Yu thought to himself, [Can the story he told Cao Cao save the life of Lu Boshe's family? In addition, let the future generation of treacherous heroes be let go like this?]

Feng Yu let Cao Cao go and did not get rid of him at the moment. The reason was very simple - he needed Cao Cao to restore the population in the north and resist possible invasions of the northern nomadic peoples.

Feng Yu's system has received the reward for saving Cao Cao's mission, and a task prompt box flashed in his sight:

[Task: Capture. Task content: Defeat the pursuing enemy and capture the Xiliang general Xu Rong. Task reward: Thousands of people containment cards × 10, Generals receive blue cards × 1, Rings and Armors make workshop construction cards × 1]

Feng Yu immediately called a scout and ordered: "Go quickly to inform the troops lying behind and let them try their best to capture Dong Zhuo's army's chief general alive. Of course, if it is difficult to capture alive, kill it on the spot." The scout Nuo said and rode away.

Feng Yu continued to retreat to the south with Cai Yan and dozens of personal scouts. Behind him, there were more than 300 ambushers waiting for Xu Rongjun, who were waiting for more than a thousand people.

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When he first left Luoyang City, Xu Rong discovered the bodies of more than 70 Xiliang Light Cavalry who were attacked by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. He was familiar with cavalry warfare and knew that the other party had elite cavalry and attacked these light cavalry by ambush.

Xu Rong said in a deep voice: "Transfer our military orders and the whole army pursued at full speed."

A general beside him said uneasy: "General, the other party may have elite cavalry, and it is easy to use ambush operations. If we pursue at full speed, we will inevitably repeat the same mistakes."

Xu Rong snorted coldly and said, "I will conclude that he will not set up an ambush in the short term, at least he will not set up an ambush in Oguchi Pass."

Looking at the confusion expression of General Chancellor, Xu Rong explained with the purpose of teaching:

"There are three reasons for this situation. First, before, the thief was bitten tightly by these seventy or eighty light cavalry, and the light cavalry had few strength. So they needed to set up an ambush and dared to set an ambush. At present, the thief has got rid of the pursuers and should seize the time to flee in panic. How could he risk staying in Luoyang for such a long time to set an ambush?"

"Secondly, this thief must know that one strategy cannot be used twice. He has used it once, and he will definitely think that we will see through it again, so he will not use it again."

"Third, according to the situation reported by all parties, the other party is only three or four hundred and four hundred. Even if we hit their ambush, even if they have elite cavalry, we will suffer a small loss. In the end, we will be able to annihilate them."

"Lastly, and most importantly, if we are afraid of their ambush and have to scouts to investigate and pursue them along the way, then we don't want to chase them again!"

The general suddenly realized and bowed, saying, "Listen to the general's words, the general is like enlightenment. Thank you for your teaching."

With a few orders, Xu Rong led his 1,200 cavalry, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and rushed towards the Dagu Pass. Soon they came to a bamboo forest, and walked through the bamboo forest along the official road to Dagu Pass. Even if they really left Luoyang County, they were out of the Dagu Pass.

More than a thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry flowed into the bamboo forest like a lava along the road. Soon, the entire team entered the bamboo forest.

There were seven or eight riders riding the horse in front of the road. Some of them suddenly felt that the horse was stumbled and they all fell forward.

Xu Rong, not far behind them, saw it clearly, and the riders in the front line suddenly fell from the ground. He suddenly woke up: [No, there is a trap in front. It is a real trap!]

The soldiers and horses of Xiliang who fell into the horse pit were instantly stabbed by the bamboo sticks at the bottom of the pit, and the stomachs and intestines were broken. Those who were not dead were also pierced by the bamboo sticks. The wails of people and the horses were suddenly heard at the bottom of the pit.

"The whole army stops moving forward! Pass our army orders, and the whole army stops the horse stance!" Xu Rong tied the horse's reins and shouted. The entire team stopped slowly.

Even so, the front riders still did not stop and fell into the trap. However, because some people were at the bottom, they were only injured and not killed.

At this time, strong arrows and arrows followed by sharp arrows in the bamboo forest. Amid the howling sound of breaking through the air and the sound of bamboo leaves and branches breaking, soldiers and horses of Xiliang were often injured. These were arrows fired by Zhuyang scouts who were hiding in the forest.

Xu Rong calmed down, thought for a moment, and ordered: "The whole army ignored the small thief army on both sides, led the horses to move forward slowly, and rushed out of the bamboo forest. As long as they left the bamboo forest, they would use our methods, and they became turtles in the jar."

With the arrows coming one after another, Xu Rongjun started to move again. The horses carefully walked around the trap that was two long battles and one wider.

"Ah!" Another scream was heard, and a soldier walking on the horse fell into the pit again, but this was a small pit with a diameter of only two feet and a half feet deep. But the bamboo sticks at the bottom of the pit were enough to pierce the soldier's feet.

Of course, Xu Rong didn't know that fifty Zhuyang baggage engineers stationed in the suburbs went here for a day and increased in the middle of the night, and created nearly 400 traps of various types of mechanisms.

These mechanism traps are densely distributed in the official roads in the bamboo forest and in the dense forests on both sides of the road. When Feng Yu passed here, he bypassed the bamboo forest from another hidden path.

Screams and wails continued to rise and fall, and people were constantly swallowed by traps of various sizes and types of mechanisms. Arrows continued to attack from the dense forest.

In the end, no one dared to move forward anymore, and stopped and hid behind the horses to avoid arrows. Some horses were injured and frightened, and rushed towards the depths of the bamboo forest with a roar.

Beads of sweat as big as soybeans rolled down Xu Rong's forehead, and he suddenly shouted loudly: "Transfer our military order. Each team draws five people out to form a suicide squad, enter the forest to find the arrow-shooting thieves, cut off their heads, and the rest retreat according to the same route!"

Soon, fifty or sixty Western Liang soldiers thrust their swords and guns into the depths of the dense forest. The rest of them got on horseback, and the back team turned into front teams, trying to escape from the bamboo forest.
Chapter completed!