"What's going on?!"

Zhang Xiu was also shocked at this moment.

He had just set up the encirclement formation, knowing that the matter was already half done. He saw Cao Zhen and Cao Chun leading their troops out to break out of the encirclement. When he was about to order people to intercept and kill all sides, he thought even though he was thinking, he didn't expect it.

What's more, our Chinese army actually got into chaos first?

And it's not just chaos. Although he hasn't figured out what happened yet, he can definitely see that his army has been severely damaged and will probably be difficult to organize in a short time!

As we all know, once the casualties of an army exceed 30%, it basically loses its combat effectiveness.

This is still the kind of well-trained elite troops, but if it were replaced by some troops whose combat literacy is not high enough and whose military discipline is not strict enough, in actual combat, the casualties will not even reach 10% and they will be completely defeated, and the basic organization will be completely defeated.

Without an effective counterattack, the final result will be to be overwhelmed by the enemy.

Zhang Xiu's central army now totals a thousand men, and the remaining troops and horses have been assigned to various parts of the encirclement formation, resulting in considerable dispersion of troops.

And it was just such a mind-blowing effort just now.

Zhang Xiu looked back at the entire Chinese army from his tall horse, and saw that the casualties of the Chinese army had exceeded at least 10%. The most important thing was that the remaining troops and horses were completely in chaos. Even he and his horse were in complete disarray.

They were all squeezed by the fleeing soldiers and were forced to move forward uncontrollably.

The current Chinese army is also the elite under Zhang Xiu's command, and its combat effectiveness may not even be as good as that of a newly formed ragtag group...

"Jia Gong!"

Zhang Xiu began to panic and quickly looked at Jia Xu beside him.

"this……"

Jia Xu's old face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd. He was only about fifty years old now, but at this moment, his whole face was wrinkled and looked older than Yu Ji's.

Zhang Xiu asked him, he also wanted to ask Zhang Xiu what was going on!

He believed that his plan was so perfect that he had ordered people to investigate the situation of Cao's troops in the city several times. He knew that most of Cao's troops had already made "camp roars" that were more terrifying than what he had planned before.

Under this situation, if it wasn't already 100%, he could even pat Zhang Xiu's chest and raise the chance of winning this battle to 110%, 120%, or even a few percent higher. There would be no problem, because this is already a sure win.

The situation would not change even if all the accidents he could imagine occurred.

But the "accident" at this moment was something Jia Xu never expected!

What exactly is going on?

Why did the most elite Chinese army begin to collapse from within? Why did such a level of casualties occur in a blink of an eye? What happened just now?!

"Report!"

A general from the rear finally squeezed in beside Zhang Xiu, got up and reported, "General, a Cao army of several hundred people has appeared behind our army... Hiss!"

As a result, only halfway through his words, the general immediately changed his face and let out a cry of pain. Then he turned around and kicked the soldier next to him fiercely. While kicking, he yelled: "You are looking for death! Get out of here! You damn man!"

He doesn’t have eyes, and he touched the wound on Nai Weng’s back!”

It was also at the same time that the general turned around.

Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu finally saw the situation behind the general. They saw that two places near the general's back were stained red with blood, and the blood stains spread out to form two discs the size of sesame cakes.

But the strange thing is that there are no signs of damage to the clothes in these two places, as if the wounds also appeared from the inside out...

Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu looked suspicious.

It was not the first day they went to the battlefield, and they had seen countless weapons and wounds. But at this moment, they had no idea what kind of weapon this general was injured by, and why he was injured.

Fortunately, after the general finished cursing, he immediately showed a small thing in his hand, held the small thing in front of Zhang Xiu while holding his waist and said: "General, this is the weapon used by Cao's army.

It's very strange. They didn't take the initiative to charge at our army, nor did they shoot arrows at our army. They just took turns throwing a strange iron ball into our army's formation. When the iron ball fell into our army's formation, it would explode immediately.

, countless small needles like this were shot out from it, and the soldiers couldn't dodge and were hit one after another. Even the last general was hit by the small needles. At this moment, the small needles are still hidden in the body and cannot be taken out!"

"Little needle?"

Zhang Xiu took the small needle, which was only half an inch long, from the general's hand. When Jia Xu saw this, he quickly came over. However, perhaps because of his age, he could only stretch his neck and squint to check.

.

"Jia Gong, you are well-informed, do you know what kind of weapon this is?"

Zhang Xiu simply handed the small needle into Jia Xu's hand and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"this……"

Jia Xu shook his head, frowning and said, "I have lived for most of my life, but I have never seen such a murderous weapon. But in martial arts, if Cao Jun has such a murderous weapon..."

"how?"

Zhang Xiu quickly asked.

The current situation has undergone tremendous changes due to the emergence of Cao Cao's army and this weird weapon. Although the situation has not yet reached the point where the situation is over, seeing that the Chinese army is in chaos, how can Zhang Xiu still feel at ease?

Already a little panicked.

"The matter has come to this point. We are already riding a tiger and cannot get off. We must capture Cao Cao at all costs. However, we cannot behead him at this moment. We must keep his life as a hostage. Only in this way can we have a chance of survival."

Jia Xu said.

"Jia Gong, you said before that you had a 100% chance of winning, so I acted according to your plan. How could it become like this now..."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiu was about to cry.

After all, he is still a little younger. This army was only inherited from his uncle half a year ago. Both his ability to lead the army and his psychological quality are far behind those of the famous generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time.

The most important thing is.

"100% chance of winning" turned into "maybe a slim chance of winning" in the blink of an eye. No matter how big the gap was, it was still the same as heaven and earth. It was so different that Zhang Xiu couldn't accept it.

"In martial arts, you can no longer hesitate!"

Jia Xu had no choice but to raise his hand and squeeze Zhang Xiu's shoulders to help him stabilize. He looked into his eyes and shouted sternly, "While our army has not yet been completely defeated, we immediately order an all-out attack. We must capture Cao Cao, otherwise we will be defeated."

It’s too late!”

…

At this moment.

"!!!"

Zhang Xi's troops outside the encirclement were also shocked.

Almost everyone looked at the twenty soldiers of the Hu army in front of the formation with infatuation, their eyes filled with indescribable complex expressions, and they even forgot to blink.

Because Wu Liang revealed the news in advance, Zhang Xi's troops were always on alert tonight, and their armor and weapons were not removed.

And when they discovered that there were fires burning in the city, and there were people loudly spreading the news in the darkness that "Cao's army has been defeated, Liu Biao is leading his army to kill", they already understood what had happened.

From then on, they naturally became more convinced of Wu Liang, the general who never controlled them.

After all, not everyone can be as knowledgeable as him, and he has already talked about tonight's events a few days ago. He is simply a living god.

So Zhang Xi's troops no longer dared to look down upon Wu Liang, and quickly asked for his opinion and started taking action.

In this way, they followed Wu Liang's request without even lighting a torch. They quietly touched Zhang Xiu's army under the cover of night, and then watched helplessly as Zhang Xiu's army, which also did not light the torches in advance, gradually dispersed and drove Boss Cao away.

The house where he was was surrounded by water.

At that time, there were only more than a thousand Chinese troops left around Zhang Xiu. This was the time when Zhang Xiu had the fewest troops around him tonight.

"General Wu..."

With five hundred against the Chinese army of more than a thousand men, Zhang Xi felt that it was time. Even so, they were still at a disadvantage, but since they were unprepared, Zhang Xi felt that he still had some chances. If he could disperse Zhang Xiu's Chinese army in one fell swoop,

Killing him off his horse will mean that Zhang Xiu's troops will lose their leader, which will definitely solve Boss Cao's dilemma. This is definitely a great achievement, and maybe he can be directly granted the title of Marquis!

certainly.

This move does not guarantee victory. If it fails, he and his soldiers may be buried here. After all, Zhang Xiu has four thousand soldiers under his command.

Once they launch an attack, the scattered troops can quickly gather back.

If Zhang Xiu cannot be captured in one fell swoop before then, they will soon be trapped in a tight siege...

However, Zhang Xi thought very much. Unlike people who lived in peaceful times, he and his soldiers had experienced many wars and had long been accustomed to the cruelty of war. He knew even more clearly that he was living a life with no tomorrow, so in

In their opinion, instead of dying in obscurity in a ravine or under a city and becoming a corpse that no one cares about, it is better to seek wealth and wealth in danger, and at least live a good life for a while before death!

"Listen to my orders and act. Don't be impatient before the time comes!"

Wu Liang looked back at him and shouted sternly.

"promise!"

Zhang Xi kept his previous bet and responded respectfully.

"Yang Wanli, take our people up first and give Zhang Xiu some big gifts!"

Wu Liang immediately ordered, "Zhang Xi, your people are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Hu army. They must not teach any enemy troops to charge. When the time is right, I will order you to lead the charge. That's when you will make great achievements."

when!"

After a while.

The Hu army and Zhang Xi's troops finally reached a distance of about 20 meters behind Zhang Xiuzhong's army under the cover of darkness.
To be continued...