30. Lu Fengxian
Cao Hong truthfully told the results of the battle.
He still had a slightly excited look on his face.
After all, Cao Cao was angry, and he put aside the princes to pursue alone, and if he didn't show some results, he would definitely become the talking point and laughing stock of the princes. With these thousands of troops, a piece of meat was torn off from the tail of Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of troops, and such an achievement was enough to explain the past.
Cao Cao's mood was still not good, but it was better to win than to lose, and he barely squeezed out a little smile.
Cao Hong asked Cao Cao for battle.
He was by Cao Cao's side, so he couldn't kill the enemy in front of him, and when he heard the achievements of his comrades, he was naturally a little itchy.
Cao Cao remembered what Xun You had said to him before, and said to Cao Hong: "Don't chase it, retreat." ”
Cao Hong looked at Cao Cao in surprise.
"Mengde, what is this?"
Cao Cao gritted his teeth, his anger towards Dong Zhuozhi was naturally impossible to wash away even if he poured the water of the East China Sea, but Xun You was right, he was so many, when Dong Zhuo's army retreated, he could indeed win a game if he was calculated or not, but after the first blow was successful, the other party would definitely take precautions in his heart, and if he wanted to take advantage of it again, he would only make himself lose money.
If he hadn't met Xun You, Cao Cao would have lost his mind, and maybe he would have really caught up. Then history repeats itself, and he is deeply surrounded by Dong Zhuo's army, and then Cao Hong had to give up his horse to Cao Cao, and said the very famous and eternal saying: "There can be no Hong in the world, and there can be no justice." ”
After all, he is not the later Emperor Wu of Wei now, so naturally he is not as good as in the future. Xun You said something to him, turned around and waved his sleeves and walked away without taking away a cloud, Cao Cao couldn't be impressed. Although he was very hurt by the fact that Xun You "abandoned" him, Xun You's words were still in his heart.
Cao Cao's face showed a look of exhaustion, looked at Cao Hong and said, "Zilian, retreat." ”
Cao Hong looked at Cao Cao's appearance, didn't ask why, and nodded. He knew that Cao Cao had been under a lot of pressure recently, and it would be best if he didn't cause him trouble. They had just won a game, they were high-spirited, and they were all light horses, so it was easy to pursue and retreat. The vanguard was the Xiahou brothers, and after they heard the order, they nodded and carried it out without asking the reason.
Seeing that Cao Caojun had some abnormal movements, Xu Rong had some thoughts.
Xu Rong and Lu Bu, as the last troops of the palace, were attacked by Cao Cao in such a wave, and they had to give an explanation to Dong Zhuo. At the very least, you have to wear the guilt and make meritorious service. Xu Rong has worked for Dong Zhuo for more than ten years, so he naturally knows Dong Zhuo better than others. Lu Bu will not be treated like anything when he goes back to Luoyang, but his life will not be easy.
He let Hu Zhen go, although it was before Dong Zhuo ordered Hu Zhen to be arrested and announced that he had defected, it was reasonable to say that there was nothing. At that time, he didn't know that Hu Zhen was planning to escape, so let him go, although it was inconsistent with the military order, but it was reasonable. In addition, he was defeated for a while just now, and the sum of the front and back was enough for Dong Zhuo to chop him.
Lu Bu's martial arts shined in the battle of Tiger Prison, and the princes regarded it as a flood beast, which was the one that was defeated, and it was also the reason for one dozen and three, which can be regarded as a sentence Although defeated, it is still glorious. And now Dong Zhuo still relies on Lu Bu to work with him, so he won't find trouble with Lu Bu, and if he wants to find Xu Rong.
Dong Zhuo is in an extremely bad mood now, he settles accounts after the autumn, Xu Rong has no way at all, he must take precautions. In fact, Xu Rong was thinking about whether to find a back road, but the timing changed too quickly, and he didn't have time to prepare for the back road, and the situation had already become like this. Xu Rong was difficult to ride a tiger, it was impossible to leave the troops and run alone at this time, the family was all with Dong Zhuo, so he could only be forced to lead the team to retreat.
Therefore, Xu Rong ordered to go down, arrange people to ambush on the spot, lure the enemy deeper, strive to capture Cao Cao alive, and bring him to Dong Zhuo to receive the merit.
Lu Bu has always been a dumbfounder, arrogant, conceited, strong in martial arts and sister control.
When he didn't want to evacuate before, Xu Rong grabbed the white and let Lu Bu remember it in his heart, and his thoughts were very incomprehensible. At this time, he saw Xu Rong transferring troops without authorization, so he began to look for Xu Rong's stubble. Although Lu Bu has a bad brain, as the boss, his subordinates have made orders that he can't understand, so he naturally has the right to question them.
So Lu Bu called Xu Rong over and asked Xu Rong what he meant. Dong Taishi ordered them to keep up with the vanguard and go to Chang'an at a speed, weren't you Xu Rong quite active before? Why are you shrinking now? Grinding and chirping there? In fact, these words were all stabbed by Xu Rong and Lu Bu before, and at this time he applied what he learned and returned it to Xu Rong.
Xu Rong didn't want to ignore Lu Bu, but he couldn't ignore it, so he could only reassure him and say that he was going to make meritorious contributions, and when the time came, you will have your own share of the credit as the coach. Would Lu Bu give up the toss so easily? Of course not. So he severely criticized Xu Rong's behavior, and asked Xu Rong not to do useless work, and set off to find Dong Zhuo as soon as possible. Avoid extraneous complications, otherwise no one will be able to afford the responsibility.
The commander and deputy commanders disagreed, and the natural military orders could not be carried out.
Although Lu Bu is the main and Xu Rong is the deputy, but Lu Bu is Dong Zhuo who took refuge after Ding Yuan's death, and he has no foundation in the army.
So Lu Bu was ignored.
Lu Bu was furious, and he wanted to make Xu Rong look good.
Xu Rong actually didn't want to tear up with Lu Bu to this point, but he felt that Lu Bu was unreasonable and wanted to mess around, which was related to his future, and it was impossible to be humble step by step, so he could only force himself to be positive.
It just so happened that at this time, Niu Fu came to inspect the army.
Niu Fu, as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, is the first military general under Dong Zhuo, and his official position is better than that of Lu Bu and Xu Rong, which is suitable for evaluation.
Seeing the two of them flying up, he came forward to ask Xu Rong and Lu Bu what happened.
Xu Rong and Lu Bu finally didn't pinch it and began to let Niu Fu decide.
If Cao Cao dared to gamble and risk a surprise attack on the enemy, he might be able to make a big profit. Of course, it is more likely that the whole army will be wiped out.
Niu Fu has been relatively low-key lately. Compared with Dong Zhuo's arrogant behavior, Niu Fu didn't do anything too much, after all, he was just a son-in-law, not Dong Zhuo's own son. If Dong Zhuo's son, how can he be presumptuous, his father still needs him to pass on the ancestry, it will definitely not be the case, but he is just a son-in-law, so he has to be careful.
Dong Zhuo's recent behavior of rewarding Lu Bu because he needs Lu Bu also left a pimple in Niu Fu's heart. Niu Fu felt that Lu Bu's identity as Dong Zhuo's son was obviously closer to Dong Zhuo than his son-in-law's, and Dong Zhuo's cousin did not attach as much importance to his son-in-law as Lu Bu.
At this time, Lu Bu lost the battle, Dong Zhuo would definitely be dissatisfied with him, Niu Fu thought so and decided that it was time to beat Lu Bu. Let Lu Bu know that no matter what, his righteous son is also an outsider, don't look at people with his chin all day long, do you really think that Master Dong treats you as his own son?
Niu Fu chose to favor Xu Rong.
Lu Bu's face changed.
At the same time, Niu Fu's entourage was also sinking.
Niu Fu said this, if Lu Bu turned his face on the spot, no one would be able to save him.
The attendant felt that he had many more years to live, and did not want to die at all, so he decided to retreat and not wade into the troubled waters.
Therefore, he found an excuse to ask Niu Fu to resign.
Niu Fu was busy suppressing Lu Bu, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he said, "Wenhe, you go." ”
The attendant took his leave leisurely.
No one in the room noticed that he was such a small person.
When Xu Rong saw that Niu Fu was "presiding over justice" for himself, he was overjoyed in his heart and began to denounce Lu Bu.
How could Lu Bu endure it? He turned his face on the spot, as if he had the intention of making a move.
Niu Fu was frightened, and he said angrily: "Lu Fengxian, you also have to learn from Hu Zhen, can't you betray the Taishi?"
Lu Bu sneered: "I am loyal to my father-in-law, and I want to get rid of just villains." ”
Xu Rong and Niu Fu are both people who rise and fall in the sea and have good scheming. But they never imagined that Lu Bu said that he could do it.
Xiucai met a soldier, and it was unreasonable.
Lu Bu saw everyone and chopped Xu Rong and Niu Fu off. Even the other guards present did not escape, except for the one who ran away before, there was no living mouth, it was really bloody.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Lu Bu raised his head to the sky in a pool of blood and roared, "Who else dares to challenge me?"
There was silence.
Since he is dead against him, then all who are alive are obedient.
Lu Bu relied on unparalleled force to subdue these soldiers, and the troops did not mutiny.
However, such a big news, of course, could not be hidden, and soon someone went to inform Dong Zhuo.
The only living mouth, the person who was called Wenhe by Niu Fu, looked at the scene in front of him and said: "The matter has come to this point, and Xu has to find another way, but the more chaotic the world is, it is also the opportunity for my generation to show his talents, so it may not be bad." Dong Zhongying can't last long, if you talk about the current situation, Xuchang is quite impressive. Looks like I'm going to have to go see the world-famous Diao Chan. ”
It's a pity that these news didn't spread quickly, and the development was too sudden, and Cao Cao, who was closest to Dong Zhuojun, didn't receive the news.
When Cao Cao returned to the camp, the princes of the Eighteenth Route were already incomplete.
Sun Jian found the jade seal by accident, and in order to avoid extraneous branches, he chose to leave. Anyway, when he was in the Tiger Prison, he had already knocked out a lot of benefits in Yuan Shao because of Yuan Shu's relationship, which was enough to make up for the losses, plus the harvest in Luoyang City, it would be a fool not to leave.
Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, saw Cao Cao coming back, and in order to get by on face, he still greeted him and greeted him.
But Cao Cao obviously didn't have this idle time, he said goodbye to Yuan Shao with a gloomy face, and led the troops back to Chen Liu's hometown.
In the big battle, eighteen people challenged Dong Zhuo's copy to clear the customs, and the powerful Dong coalition army was dispersed.
But the storm that swept the world is far from over.