Chapter 1226

"General Gu, we cannot continue like this, otherwise we will be caught up." Zhao Zilong shouted.

Gu Yi nodded, an anxious expression appearing on his face. He looked behind him, seeing Yuan Shao's troops getting closer and closer, and not daring to delay any longer, he immediately ordered the entire army to return to their positions.

Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong led the soldiers back to their positions, and Yuan Shao's troops were less than a hundred meters away from Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong's positions.

Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong immediately assumed a defensive posture, setting up a defensive stance.

Looking at Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong, Yuan Shao could not help but sneer. He brandished the long spear in his hand, pointed at Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong, and said coldly: "Gu Yi, Zhao Zilong, you two are truly cunning, deliberately letting the soldiers scatter on the battlefield. If it weren't for me laying an ambush in advance..."

Hearing Yuan Shao say this, Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong immediately understood Yuan Shao's intentions, and their expressions could not help but change.

Gu Yi pondered for a moment, then bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "My lord is too kind. I did not let the soldiers scatter, but deliberately released the news, letting them not know what would happen next, so that morale would be high, laying a good foundation for the next battle."

Hearing this, Yuan Shao laughed loudly: "Gu Yi, I thought you were truly clever, but it turns out you are just a straw bag!"

Being mocked by Yuan Shao, Gu Yi frowned unhappily. However, Gu Yi did not get angry.

Because Gu Yi had already guessed Yuan Shao's intention.

Just then, Yuan Shao stopped smiling, gave a wink to the personal guard beside him, and then that personal guard led several thousand people to charge toward Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong.

Seeing the enemy charging toward himself and Gu Yi, Zhao Zilong immediately frowned.

"General, the enemy has charged over, what should we do?" Zhao Zilong asked Gu Yi in a low voice.

Gu Yi fell silent for a moment, then said: "Engage."

Gu Yi's words had just fallen when those several thousand Yuan Shao soldiers killed their way to the location where Zhao Zilong and Gu Yi were.

Those Yuan Shao soldiers raised the long spears in their hands one after another, thrusting toward Zhao Zilong and Gu Yi.

Zhao Zilong hurriedly pulled the reins to avoid being injured. But those several thousand Yuan Shao soldiers did not give up the idea of attacking Zhao Zilong and Gu Yi at all, instead charging even more crazily toward Zhao Zilong and Gu Yi.

Zhao Zilong and Gu Yi constantly dodged the long spears thrusting toward them.

Seeing this, Zhao Zilong became angry from embarrassment and roared: "Damn guys, actually sneaking an attack!"

After finishing, Zhao Zilong fiercely drew the precious sword at his waist, swung it, and hacked toward the charging Yuan Shao soldiers.

Zhao Zilong's precious sword was sharp and incomparable; wherever it passed, the Yuan Shao soldiers were struck one after another, falling into a pool of blood.

Looking at Zhao Zilong's heroic appearance, Gu Yi was very moved in his heart.

He knew that the reason Zhao Zilong was fighting so fiercely was entirely to protect him.

Although Gu Yi was very moved in his heart, now was not the time to talk about personal feelings, so he immediately spurred his horse to run.

Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong constantly charged at the enemy army, and soon converged with those Yuan Shao soldiers.

Seeing Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong, those Yuan Shao soldiers were stunned for a moment; they had not expected that their side would be defeated so easily.

"General, what should we do?" One of the soldiers looked at his companion, his face full of unwillingness.

The other soldier looked at the brothers lying on the ground wailing incessantly, gritted his teeth, and said: "Retreat!"

After finishing, that soldier led his remaining soldiers to flee for their lives.

Seeing their side defeated, those Yuan Shao soldiers were all scared silly, and they also scattered and fled one after another.

"Retreat quickly!" Looking at the fleeing Yuan Shao soldiers, that soldier shouted loudly.

Hearing the shout, those Yuan Shao soldiers immediately scattered and ran away.

Seeing the fleeing Yuan Shao soldiers, Zhao Zilong could not help but breathe a sigh of relief and said to Gu Yi: "We finally escaped, but this time we lost a lot, actually losing so many soldiers."

Gu Yi patted Zhao Zilong on the shoulder and comforted him: "Zhao Zilong, this time it was our negligence, next time we will never make such a mistake again."

Zhao Zilong nodded.

Just then, shouts of battle came from afar.

Zhao Zilong and Gu Yi turned their heads to look and discovered that Cao Cao's reinforcements had arrived.

"My lord, our reinforcements have arrived, we don't need to worry about those Yuan Shao dog pups anymore!" Looking at Cao Cao's reinforcements, Zhao Zilong became excited.

Gu Yi nodded slightly, but in his heart, he was very clear that now was not the time to be excited; he still needed to be careful and cautious.

"Zhao Zilong, let's retreat to our positions first, and wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements to arrive before making plans." Gu Yi looked at Zhao Zilong and said in a low voice.

Hearing Gu Yi's words, Zhao Zilong nodded slightly and prepared to lead the soldiers back to their positions.

Seeing this, Gu Yi did not stop him and immediately spurred his horse to follow Zhao Zilong.

In Yuan Shao's military camp, listening to the reports of his subordinates, Lu Bu's mouth curled into a cold arc.

Yuan Shao looked at the scout under his command and asked: "Scout, can you confirm if it's true?"

"Reporting to my lord, this subordinate is certain, our soldiers witnessed with their own eyes Gu Yi and Zhao Zilong's soldiers causing a ruckus in our camp." The scout said respectfully to Yuan Shao.

"Oh? Then were they killed?" Yuan Shao asked.

The scout shook his head and said: "This subordinate does not know."

After hearing the scout's words, Yuan Shao fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Yuan Shao ordered his subordinates: "Call the scout over."

Not long after, that scout was called into Yuan Shao's tent.

The scout knelt on the ground and asked for Yuan Shao's forgiveness.

Yuan Shao looked at that scout, narrowed his eyes, and asked coldly: "Can you confirm that those soldiers were really killed?"

That scout kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Reporting to my lord, this subordinate did indeed confirm it, those soldiers were indeed killed."

"Mm?" Hearing the scout's words, Yuan Shao could not help but raise his eyebrows slightly, "Since you confirmed it, why do you still come to ask for this king's forgiveness?"

That scout hurriedly explained: "This subordinate also feels it's strange, those soldiers don't look like they were killed."

"Oh?" Yuan Shao could not help but reveal a look of curiosity and said, "Then who exactly were they killed by?"

The scout thought carefully for a moment, then said: "This subordinate feels it should be that they were captured by Yuan Shao's army."

"Haha... truly too cute! How could those Yuan Shao soldiers be captured by my army's troops?" Hearing this, Yuan Shao could not help but laugh...