Chapter 269

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan, who were almost driven crazy, could almost no longer suppress the impulse in their hearts to kill Hua Xiong at this moment!

Seeing Hua Xiong suddenly stop again, a flash of anger flashed in their eyes.

"What kind of tricks is this dog thief Hua Xiong playing?"

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan were full of doubts in their hearts.

"My lord, this Hua Xiong suddenly stopped here, it must be for another purpose."

"However, he has been slow to launch an attack; could it be that there are other armies that have not arrived?"

Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu analyzed.

Hearing this, Cao Cao frowned tightly.

The next instant.

I only heard a rapid sound of horse hooves coming from the rear!

"Meng De, something terrible has happened!"

The person speaking was covered in blood from head to toe; it was Xia Hou Dun, who was responsible for guarding the very rear of the camp.

Although the blood on his body was not necessarily his own, it was enough to see how tragic the battle situation was just now.

"Yuan Rang, what is going on?"

"Didn't I ask you to be responsible for guarding the grain and fodder?"

"How could you suddenly come here?"

Cao Cao's words carried the meaning of reprimanding Xia Hou Dun, but his body was very honest.

I saw him quickly come to Xia Hou Dun's side.

He reached out and touched Xia Hou Dun's body.

He discovered that the blood covering Xia Hou Dun's body did not come from Xia Hou Dun's body, but from other people's blood.

Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief slowly.

Among the generals of the Cao camp, Cao Cao's degree of doting on Xia Hou Dun far exceeded anyone else.

This matter was also deeply reflected in history.

No matter how many battles Xia Hou Dun lost, Cao Cao never reprimanded him, but constantly gave him promotions and raises.

After Cao Cao became the King of Wei, he even rode in the same carriage as Xia Hou Dun, entering and exiting together.

Besides that.

After Cao Cao passed away, Xia Hou Dun cried until he fainted, and followed him shortly after.

From this, it could be seen.

The friendship between the two far exceeded that of ordinary people.

At this moment, Xia Hou Dun said anxiously with a full face:

"Meng De, an elite infantry of the Dong Zhuo army, I don't know from where it suddenly killed out, and is fiercely attacking our grain and fodder storage site!"

"The combat effectiveness of that elite infantry is simply too fierce, and Zi He is afraid he won't be able to hold on." (Cao Chun, courtesy name Zi He)

The grain and fodder storage site was roughly 40 li away from the marching camp of Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan.

The reason for placing the grain and fodder there was precisely to stay away from the flames of war on the front line.

After all.

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan themselves had no bottom in their hearts as to whether they could defeat the Sishui Pass garrison.

In case the situation was not good.

The two could still retreat from the front line in time.

Not letting the grain and fodder stored in the rear suffer losses.

However, grain and fodder were of great importance.

Whether it was Cao Cao or Gongsun Zan, they chose to place the most trusted confidant generals under their command there to guard.

Cao Cao chose Xia Hou Dun and Cao Chun.

Gongsun Zan chose Dan Jing and Tian Kai.

They thought that the location of the grain and fodder storage site was hidden enough.

But they didn't expect that it would still suffer an attack from the Dong Zhuo army!

"No, where exactly did the enemy pop out from?"

Compared to the loss, what made Cao Cao feel more of a headache was.

He had no idea why the Dong Zhuo army would suddenly appear at the grain and fodder storage site!

Fortunately, Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai on the side reacted relatively quickly.

The two of them hurriedly asked Xia Hou Dun:

"General Yuan Rang, that army really doesn't have a single cavalryman, and they are all elite infantry?"

"Yes."

"But their combat effectiveness far exceeds other armies."

"Our army is really difficult to resist."

Thinking of the heavy losses suffered by the soldiers under his command in order to cover his breakout, Xia Hou Dun felt like crying.

Actually, looking at the Guandong area.

The combat effectiveness of the Cao army was not weak.

Not long ago, when attacking Xuzhou, they had even rubbed the Xuzhou troops under Tao Qian, except for the Danyang elite troops, on the ground.

If they were against the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry or the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, losing would be understandable.

After all, there was an insurmountable chasm between cavalry and infantry.

Before the birth of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Cao army did not have elite cavalry formed into units.

However, the army attacking the grain and fodder storage site of the Cao Cao army and the Gongsun Zan army was actually just the infantry of the Dong Zhuo army!

This was simply terrifying!

Infantry, whether in marching speed or individual combat effectiveness, were not as good as cavalry.

"My lord... that army is highly likely the Trap Camp that crossed the Qinling Mountains to launch a surprise attack on Hanzhong!"

Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai said in unison.

They had studied the few wars led by Gu Yi quite thoroughly.

Although the Trap Camp was only an elite infantry, it was extremely good at crossing mountains and ridges.

Their commander, Gao Shun, had even led the Trap Camp to conquer Zhuyang Pass, the gateway to Hanzhong.

Near Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass, there were also some continuous small mountains.

But under normal circumstances, these small mountains were not enough for a large-scale army to cross.

But if this elite army was the Trap Camp, then it was a different story.

"Trap... Trap Camp?"

A flash of worry flashed in Cao Cao's pupils.

Gongsun Zan was full of confusion.

Before Gu Yi pacified Hanzhong, the Trap Camp didn't have any famous battles at all.

When the first warlord coalition punished Dong, the Guandong warlords didn't have any direct confrontation with the Trap Camp either.

Under such circumstances.

The Guandong warlords didn't know much about the specific intelligence of the Trap Camp.

"No wonder Hua Xiong deliberately stayed here."

"I'm afraid... he just wanted to wait until our army received the news that the grain and fodder storage site was attacked by the Trap Camp before taking the next action."

Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai had this terrible thought in their hearts.

The situation now was very clear.

If Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan left the grain and fodder storage site to be attacked by the Trap Camp.

Then, with the troops in the hands of Cao Chun, Dan Jing, Tian Kai, and others, it would definitely be difficult to resist the fierce attack of the Trap Camp.

At that time, all the grain and fodder of the Cao Cao army and the Gongsun Zan army would be burned to ashes.

What would the two armies eat and use?

Therefore.

The choices left to Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan.

Were only to retreat immediately and lead the main army to return to rescue the grain and fodder storage site.