At midnight, the Hu army and all the family members were all assembled.

Without saying goodbye to anyone, and with no one coming to see them off, the group of 603 people left the Huan Army camp in the dark, and walked southwest in silence.

No one questioned Wu Liang's decision, because everyone knew that this matter was life-threatening, but they were somewhat unwilling to accept it. Under the leadership of Wu Liang, they had traveled around for Boss Cao over the years and helped Boss Cao several times at critical moments.

After turning things around, who would have thought that he would eventually end up like this, having to give up everything and leave his hometown.

Fortunately, there is still hope in everyone's hearts.

Although they still don’t know where Wu Liang plans to take them, everyone in the Hu people’s army does not feel that their future is bleak. They believe that as long as they follow Wu Liang, life will get better soon, especially those soldiers of the Hu people’s army.

They became Wu Liang's subordinates after their first mission. From that time on, they lived a prosperous life with no worries about food and clothing. Sometimes they even forgot that they were still in troubled times.

It's a pity that this action was quite sudden and they were short of horses.

Only the elderly, weak, women and children with real mobility difficulties could ride the carriage, while the rest had to rely on their legs to walk, so they could not move too fast.

Therefore, there are still many variables in this escape.

Not to mention the pursuers who may appear at any time behind them, it is impossible for them to move on such a large scale without alarming anyone, and they will inevitably encounter obstruction from other forces in the future...

They marched like this all night.

At dawn, the Hu army finally arrived at the border of Chenliu County, and they would enter Yingchuan County if they went further.

Yingchuan County is the jurisdiction of Yuzhou. Historically, Boss Cao first established Xuchang as his capital here, so it is still within Boss Cao's sphere of influence.

Once you leave Yingchuan County, you enter Nanyang County in Jingzhou.

Nanyang County was originally Liu Biao's sphere of influence. Later, Liu Biao handed the place over to Zhang Xiu in order to use Zhang Xiu's troops to contain Boss Cao. Half a year ago, Boss Cao's southern expedition destroyed Zhang Xiu, and now he has become Boss Cao.

territory.

However, Boss Cao's current strategic focus is Guandu in the north, and Zhang Biao is eyeing it in the south. Boss Cao has not stationed troops here, so Nanyang County is actually a relatively chaotic area now, and it is nominally Boss Cao's.

It belongs to the territory, but it is actually controlled by some local nobles. At the same time, Liu Biao's power has also penetrated in, and he even plans to take advantage of the war between Boss Cao and Yuan Shao.

Therefore, as long as the Hu army can escape into Nanyang County, it will have initially escaped from Boss Cao's control. If they use another way to enter the Yizhou area controlled by Liu Zhang, they can declare that they have completely left Boss Cao's sphere of influence. Even if Boss Cao continues

Even if they were capable, they would never be able to pursue Yizhou regardless of the Guandu war. They could only watch helplessly as the Hau army fled.

After that, it depends on the capabilities of the Hu army.

Liu Zhang's forces, many indigenous forces in Shu, and local snakes should not welcome the arrival of the Hu army.

In particular, the Duguangzhiye area where Wu Liang planned to lead the Hu army, which is the Guanghan area where the Sanxingdui ruins are located, was actually located 40 kilometers north of Chengdu, the capital of Yizhou, and should have been called Luo County at this time.

This was tantamount to hammering a nail into Liu Zhang's nose. Even if Liu Zhang was blind, it was impossible for him to remain silent.

So Wu Liang decided to make some changes and set the initial foothold of the Hu army in the remote mountainous area northwest of Chengdu. This area is vast and sparsely populated, and it is not far from Luoxian County. The most important thing is that in this era,

This area was not within Liu Zhang's control, and it did not even belong to the territory of the Han Dynasty.

The main residents here are Qiang people who do not want to deal with the Han people. These Qiang people form tribes and live in seclusion in the mountains and old forests. In addition, the terrain is difficult and difficult to march on a large scale. The Han army has nothing to do with them, even if history

Uncle Liu Huang established the Shu Han Dynasty, but he never had the ability to invade this area.

Wu Liang had no intention of suppressing these Qiang people.

He just plans to lead the Hu army to find a place in this deep mountain and old forest. In the process, there may be some conflicts with the local Qiang tribe, but as long as the combination of kindness and power is handled properly and he has no ambition to expand, he should not be able to integrate into it.

Too difficult.

In short, it is better than a head-on conflict with Liu Zhang. After all, no matter how bad Liu Zhang is, he is still a state pastor with tens of thousands of regular troops. If the Hu army blatantly settles in Luo County, it will be like putting themselves on Liu Zhang's chopping block.

…

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned.

When the first ray of sunshine in the morning illuminated the earth, a messy sound of horse hooves came from behind the Hu army.

This is a heavily armed heavy cavalry. Every step the heavy horse hooves hit the ground will bring up a lot of dust, as if a dark cloud is shrouding the Hu army.

"Sir, there are pursuers coming!"

The soldiers of the Hu army at the rear immediately ran to report to Wu Liang.

Wu Liang heard the movement early in the morning, and after only a few glances back, he recognized the people who came. They were Cao Pi and Cao Chun, as well as hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry under Cao Chun's command.

Although Boss Cao now has some confidence, he still cannot form an organized heavy cavalry. These hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry are all his assets.

However, the situation was different after the Battle of Guandu.

By then, he will seize a large number of fine armors from Yuan Shao's army, and the number of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will soon reach thousands. In this way, it will not be until Boss Cao kills Yuan Shao's two sons that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will have the scale to go into battle.

, killed Yuan Tan under his horse in the Battle of Nanpi.

"Yang Wanli, get ready!"

Quickly arriving at the rear of the Hu army, Wu Liang said to Yang Wanli calmly, as if he had expected this to happen.

"promise!"

Yang Wanli immediately led a few people to lift the linen cloth on the carriages behind them.

Hidden under the linen are several mechanisms that are somewhat similar in shape to trebuchets, but are much smaller than ordinary trebuchets and are just right for being fixed on a carriage.

The force principle of this small trebuchet is similar to that of the three-bow bed crossbow.

"Quick! Get better!"

Yang Wanli drank lightly.

Several soldiers of the Hu army began to turn the winches behind several small trebuchets. The winches then made a "creak" sound, and the ropes connected to the winches became tighter and tighter.

At the same time, Yang Wanli and several other soldiers stood aside holding a thunderbolt.

After the power was completed, they finally lit the fuse of the Thunderous Thunder.

Then he immediately placed it on the small trebuchet and stepped on the projection mechanism.

"call--!"

Along with the sound of breaking through the sky, several thunderbolts rose into the sky and rolled towards the chasing Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

"This is……"

Cao Pi and Cao Chun were both stunned when they saw something flying towards them.

next moment.

Several thunderbolts had already landed only a dozen feet away from them.

"boom--!"

"Boom—boom—!"

Along with the deafening noise, firelight and black smoke instantly blocked their way.

"Chirp——!"

"Chirp—chirp—!"

The horses under the tiger and leopard riders were frightened and screamed, jumping and running away. The originally well-trained battle formation suddenly became chaotic. Many tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers could not control themselves and fell off their horses. More horses actually carried them on their backs.

The soldiers turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

"Shaking thunder?!"

Cao Chun was shocked, and his tone became a little panicked, "Didn't Wu Youcai say that the Zhentian Lei was gone a long time ago? I didn't expect that he actually hid some secretly!"

"Thunder?"

It was not easy for Cao Pi to control the horse and sit down, with the same frightened expression on his face, "Uncle Zihe, you said this thunder, could it be the thing that Wu Youcai used to defeat the enemy in Anyi and save my father?"

?”

"Exactly!"

Cao Chun looked at the direction of the Hu army through the rising black smoke, with a worried look on his face, "Once this thing is sacrificed, it will shake the world like thunder on the ground. Gao Shun's trapped camp is heavy armored infantry.

It is much thicker than the armor of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but it has no strength in front of the Zhentian Lei. If Wu Youcai secretly hides the Zhentian Lei, things will be difficult to handle. However, Wu Youcai still shows mercy in the end. If

He is planning to attack us, and all he needs to do is bring us closer, and then the thunder will break out in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Formation...the consequences will be disastrous!"

"This person actually concealed my father's secret possession of the Sky-shattering Thunder. I'm afraid he didn't have good intentions in the first place. He deserves to be punished!"

Cao Pi gritted his teeth and cursed.

"..."

Cao Chun was silent.

In fact, everyone has a weighing scale in their mind about whether this matter is right or wrong.

Although Cao Chun never asked Boss Cao why he suddenly wanted to deal with the Hu army, but if the same thing happened to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry that he had established... Cao Chun didn't know what he would do.

As Boss Cao's younger brother, Boss Cao's decision is Cao's decision. For the benefit of the family, he should obey it unconditionally.

But from the perspective of the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, he also cannot sit back and watch the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry being slaughtered, otherwise he will surely live in a nightmare and be unable to extricate himself.

But ask yourself, can he give up everything like Wu Liang without hesitation and lead his army to flee?

Cao Chun has a complicated heart. He cannot be as free and easy as Wu Liang, let alone as determined as Wu Liang. In the end, he may still have to choose to compromise, or even send the tiger and leopard rider to the grave with his own hands...
To be continued...