Chapter 44: Clever Strategy Defeats Zhang Liao (Part 2)

  Three thousand unarmed prisoners began to gather in succession, under the supervision of Dian Wei and Zhou Cang, as required by Cao Xin, they all stood at the front of the team.

  Smiling lightly, Cao Xin waved his hand, signaling Xu San and his men to come forward.

  The latter also nodded, but it seemed that Xu San was a bit tense, which made Cao Xin frown.

  Wei Xu, a tightly bound enemy general, was brought before Cao Xin under the escort of Xu San and another soldier.

  The former immediately raised his hands and said, "General Wei has been wronged, please!" As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand towards the distant enemy array.

  The ropes on his body suddenly loosened, and Wei Xu moved his limbs a bit, looking at Cao Xin with disdain: "Good you Cao Xin, I, Wei Xu, remember you."

  He snorted coldly and hurried over to the captive, shouting: "Follow me!"

  Because the three thousand captives were unarmed, Wei Xu did not dare to delay any further and ordered this group of defeated soldiers to slowly approach the enemy's formation.

  However, seeing this scene, Cao Xin couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "Too slow, too slow..."

  "Big brother, what did you say?"

  When Zhou Tong asked a question, Cao Xin didn't respond and instead instructed Xu San beside him: "Tell the brothers to get ready!"

  One sentence made Xu San jump in surprise, and he didn't dare to slack off either, so he quickly passed the order down.

  During this period of contact, Cao Xin was somewhat vague about Xu San, and it seemed that there was no such figure in history. Compared to the brave Xu Chu, he was very timid and did things hastily, so he only let him be a messenger.

  But even so, Xu San looked much more nervous than these soldiers.

  Without a moment's delay, Wei Xu continued to slowly approach Zhang Liao's army, while in the distance, Zhang Liao was also closely watching Cao Xin's every move, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

  Suddenly at this time, Cao Xin abruptly raised his arm and shouted loudly.

  "Kill!!!"

  A single word of killing intent escaped his mouth, and the thousand cavalrymen behind Cao Xin suddenly became a mighty force.

  "Kill! Kill!! Kill!!!!!!! Kill kill kill!!!!!!!!!"

  At the same time, hundreds of wooden guns were thrown into the sky.

  Wei Xun and the others had not gone fifty steps when they were suddenly awakened by this sound. They turned their heads back to see that the wooden spears, like rain, flew swiftly towards them.

  "No good! They've turned back!!" At this, Wei Xu suddenly realized the danger and let out a loud shout. Instantly, these three thousand undisciplined troops were like startled ants, rushing towards Zhang Liao's cavalry array in a flurry.

  At this time, Zhang Liao had a bad premonition, however, it was strange that although Cao's army shouted to kill, they seemed not to be in a hurry to attack, but instead kept shouting and observing on the spot.

  As for those five hundred wooden guns, they only shot down a few prisoners who fell behind, and nothing else seemed to have happened...

  Why is this?

  Zhang Liao's mind kept echoing with this sentence, looking at the Pingnan prisoners who were desperately fleeing towards him, Zhang Liao's heart once again produced a very ominous premonition.

  At this moment, Cao Xin's mouth corner slowly floated out a wisp of sinister smile.

  Fifty steps...

  Forty Steps

  Thirty Steps...

  "Not good!" Zhang Liao suddenly woke up with a start, staring at the three thousand captives who were frantically fleeing towards him. Zhang Liao suddenly muttered to himself that something was wrong, but instead of retreating, he charged forward towards the oncoming crowd, shouting loudly: "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!!!" His voice grew increasingly hoarse.

  Behind Cao Xing's eerie smile, Zhang Liao's furious roar burst forth and reverberated across the land.

  But at this moment, it's already too late...

  Thirty steps, and it's done in the blink of an eye.

  "Hold them back! Hold them back! Kill! Kill every last one of them! Don't let them disrupt our formation!"

  A sentence burst out like a thunderclap on a clear day, Zhang Liao's face was already red and his ears were burning, one knife fiercely chopped down the soldier who escaped back to his own side, Zhang Liao's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

  But now it's really too late...

  Three thousand captives swarmed back to Zhang Liao's main camp, each trying to save their lives. For a time, this group of captives had lost all discipline. Although a small number were killed by Zhang Liao's cavalry, there were too many captives and the formation was completely disrupted by these headless flies.

  At this time, seeing Zhang Liao order his own men to kill him, Wei Xu, who also wanted to escape back to the main camp, suddenly became furious and started shouting loudly while running, "Zhang Liao, you scoundrel! We are our lord's men! Do you want to rebel?!"

  In front of the slaughter, behind the pursuit, Wei Xun and others saw this and became even more frantic, instantly trampling each other, and some captives even fought each other for their lives, snatching guns and spears from the cavalry.

  Ignoring Wei Xun's anger...

  For a moment, Zhang Liao's heart sank to the bottom, looking at this chaotic formation, a bitter feeling arose from his heart, "It's over! Everything is over!"

  At this very moment,

  In the distance...

  Cao Xin gazed coldly at the scene, watching the enemy's chaotic and miserable state. A faint, sinister smile flashed across his face as he suddenly raised the black iron greatsword in his right hand, shaking his arm and shouting loudly:

  "It's time to wipe out the bandits! The enemy is in disarray! All troops, charge!!!"

  As soon as the order was given, the 1,500 cavalrymen behind Cao Xin were like trapped beasts in a cage. Once released, they let out a thunderous roar, like tigers bursting out of their enclosure, each one releasing a pent-up breath in an instant.

  "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!!!"

  The black iron cavalry, densely spread across the land, Zhang Liao's army had just been scattered by this swarm of flies, their formation in great disorder. At this moment, where was there any morale to speak of? Looking at the distant Cao army rushing forward like tigers and wolves, the main camp was already in a state of utter panic.

  "How detestable! He actually fell for Cao Xin's little trick!" Zhang Liao closed his eyes in indignation, and at this moment, both his inner self and expression had sunk to an icy low. As he gazed out at the Cao army, which was now surging forward like a thousand horses and ten thousand soldiers, a hint of hatred flashed across his face.

  "Fight to the death! Don't retreat!!" A hoarse roar suddenly burst out of Zhang Liao's mouth, but the former had already had a desperate conviction.

  However, Zhang Liao's army had already retreated using the "Heavenly Ladder" tactic.

  One is an army with momentum waiting to be unleashed, with high morale.

  One was a chaotic and disorganized army with no morale or discipline.

  It's clear which is better and which is worse without even looking.

  The black iron giant sword swiftly reaped the lives of the enemy army, Cao Xin led the charge on horseback into the enemy formation, the 120-jin black iron giant sword fiercely danced up and down, waves of red blood splashed onto his face, revealing a desperate and bloody determination to fight to the death.

  Cao Xin's gaze was fixed on one person from start to finish.

  Of course,

  That person... is also the same.

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