At three o'clock, Cao Cao had not yet gone to bed.

He sat in the Dingtao County Yazhong, and the desk in front of him was full of bamboo slips and books left by the Emperor of the Restoration, but the hall was full of strategists and generals.

Cao Cao casually opened a scroll of bamboo slips, full of some daily records of the Restoration Emperor, although the pen is still a little immature, but see the annotations on it have many old words and some eye-catching things. This Emperor of the Restoration can be regarded as the master of success, but unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time!

Cao Cao sighed and swept Cao Chun under the hall: "Zihe, have there ever been traces of the puppet emperor and Lu Bu and others?" ”

Cao Chun stood up and clenched his fists, and his words were chiseled: "Lord Qi, the scouts and fine works sent out by the last general have not shown any trace of the puppet emperor, but according to the people in the city and the villages near the state city, the puppet emperor and a cadre of ministers in the city have gone in the direction of Juyang with Lu Bu's army!" ”

"Juyang?" Cao Cao raised his head in surprise and raised his eyebrows.

Cheng Yu had already gotten up and stepped forward: "Lord, dozens of people are all talking, and Weichen believes that these people are not lying. However, the words of the people are often superficial and fail to grasp the core of the facts, which is not enough. ”

"What Zhongde means by his words is that the Emperor of the Restoration fled to the north of Dingtao with great fanfare, in order to hide from the sky and cross the sea and get rid of the golden cicada?" Cao Cao dropped the bamboo slip in his hand and walked slowly to the lobby.

Cheng Yu nodded, and then said, "Exactly!" The people just saw the army heading in the direction of Juyang. Juyang is north of Dingtao, but there is more than one Juyang north of Dingtao, and Chengyang and Lihu are also north of Dingtao. And if you go from Dingtao to Chengshi and Chenliu Jiyang, you also have to go north for more than ten miles before turning east and west! ”

Cao Cao frowned slightly: "Then where do you think they should flee to?" ”

"Anything is possible! However, the specific escape route depends on the future planning and plans of the Restoration Emperor. Cheng Yu shook his head and continued, "If the Emperor wants to be self-reliant and no longer be controlled by others, then Jiyang is the choice."

But if Emperor Weixin plans to take refuge in Yuan Shao, then Lihu, Chengyang and Juyang are all possible. Similarly, if the Emperor of the Restoration plans to break the cauldron and sink the boat and burn a jade with the lord, the Cheng clan must not be prevented! ”

Yes, Zhongde's analysis is indeed exhaustive, and it seems that the only way to further determine the whereabouts of the Restoration Emperor is to send more scouts!

Cao Cao shook his jaw and was about to transfer troops, when he suddenly saw a personal guard striding up to the hall: "Lord Qiqi, Zhang Xiu, under the command of General Xiahou, asks to see you!" ”

"Pass him in!"

Without waiting for the guards to call, Zhang Xiu had already stepped in, walked into the hall and bowed down from afar: "Lord Qiqi, the last general is hereby ordered by the military division and General Xiahou to ask for help!" ”

Hmph, Juyang! It seems that Lu Bu really went to Juyang, which is obviously planning to go straight to Jizhou through Juancheng and collude with Yuan Shao. However, now that the traces of this guy are clear, I'm afraid that this next big show can't help this guy to sing any one-man show!

Cao Cao and Cheng Yu glanced at each other and said with a smile: "Youwei, but Lu Bu waved Juyang, you can't resist?" In the past, your demeanor under Meng Jindu, General Ben often thinks about it, is it difficult to compete with those three family slaves with your martial arts? ”

Zhang Xiu nodded ashamedly, shook his head again, and said, "Lord, the army of the Restoration Emperor did go to Juyang. However, the leading generals under my Juyang City are not the three surnamed slaves, but Zhang Miao! ”

"Zhang Miao?"

"It's Zhang Miao!" Taking the water handed over by Cao Cao himself, Zhang Xiu nodded gratefully and drank it all, "At the time of Shen, Lu Bu's army was divided into three routes, and at the same time attacked my Juyang, Chengyang and Chengshi in three directions.

Juyang

There are me and General Xiahou, Chengyang has Zixiao and General Wenlie, and the Cheng clan only has Shi Gongliu and Dong Gongren. Moreover, Lu Bu did not appear under my sentence, and the military advisor was worried that it would be difficult for the Cheng clan to take advantage of it. Therefore, the last man will come to ask the lord for help! ”

Did this Emperor give up on himself and break the jar, or did he really have the determination to make a desperate bet and break the boat? How dare you directly wave my troops to my base camp?

Cao Cao was taken aback, strode to the hall, and the green sword in his waist suddenly came out of its sheath and slashed on the desk: "Order: Cao Chun and Zhong Xuan led five thousand elite soldiers to sit in Dingtao, Lu Qian and Han Hao led five thousand soldiers to take Juyang, and Zhao Yan and Niu Jin led five thousand soldiers to Kou Chengyang."

The rest of the people took Xiahoudun as the vanguard, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Changxi, and Dian Wei as the Chinese army and went to the Chengshi with the generals. ”

"No!"

……

Soldiers and gods, at the ugly moment, Cao Cao's army has already waved eastward, but the three cities of Juyang, Chengyang and Chengshi have been quiet, only the arrow marks on the city wall and the scorching that have been burned by fire remind everyone that there has just been a big battle here.

There was no moon tonight, and Miss Chang'e was already yawning in the clouds, and Zhang Miao, Zhang, and Lu Bu had already withdrawn from the city's range in the middle of the hour, disappearing or hiding in the night thick as ink.

Chengyang's Cao Hong and Cheng's Shi Lian didn't dare to pursue, but Xiahou Yuan kept Liu Ye's instructions in mind and fell far behind Zhang Miao's army.

"General, more than ten miles ahead is the neck of Lihu County, if we don't attack again, I'm afraid that Zhang Miao, the old thief, will run away again, and the cooked duck will fly again!" Looking at Zhang Miao's army in front of him, a deputy general approached Xiahou Yuan and whispered.

Hum! Want to escape? Did Zhang Miao's birdman have wings?

Xiahou Yuan nodded, tightened the Cold Moon Knife in his hand, patted the war horse under his crotch and let out a long roar: "Brothers, in front of you is that Zhang Miao dog thief, this dog thief betrayed the lord and repeatedly violated our territory, today we will definitely behead this thief under the horse!" Little brothers, kill! ”

The horse's hooves are rolling, and the wind is cutting the face. The horses trampled the ground frantically and wantonly, and for miles they galloped backwards under the horses' hooves.

"Xiahou Yuan has caught up!"

"Run!"

Before the war horse arrived, Zhang Miao's army was already in chaos, and the soldiers in the rear of the other side howled like wolves, rushing forward without a head and no brain, and scattered heavy grain and grass all over the ground.

Hmph, Zhang Miao dog thief, where else can you escape today?

"Kill!"

Listening to the noise coming from the front, and looking at the faint team in front of him in chaos, Xiahou Yuan shouted angrily, and all the troops whipped the horses in their hands fiercely, and the horses under him neighed around the heavy grain and grass on the road, stepped on the flat avenue, and ran more and more happily.

After about another seven or eight hundred meters, the knights had left the heavy grain and grass on those roads far behind, and Zhang Miao's army was an arrow away.

Xiahou Yuan seemed to have seen Zhang Miao's situation, and the soldiers under his command also seemed to have seen the military exploits dripping with blood.

"Boom!"

A cannon rang out, and a group of men and horses turned out of the woods on both sides of the road, with strict discipline and murderous spirit. For the two generals, a seven-foot phoenix mouth knife, and a Fang Tian painting halberd danced in mid-air with a chirping sound, and it was Zhang and Lu Bu.

"Xiahou Yuan, take your life!"

Lu Bu's tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and the red rabbit horse rushed to Xiahou Yuan like lightning, and the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand rose into the air.

Then it fell heavily and smashed the Cold Moon Knife. The brilliance splashed everywhere, Xiahou Yuan staggered on his horse, and quickly took a step back before unloading the power brought by the Fang Tian Painting Halberd.

"Kill!"

Zhang Miao, who was in front, suddenly pulled the horse's head and pounced on the pursuers behind him with his brother Zhang Shoulder to Shoulder. Neither side of the ambush had bows and arrows, but what was even more ruthless than that was the close combat of swords and shields, swords and blood.

Xiahou Yuan and his lieutenants have been dragged by the brothers Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, who were originally as impressive as the cavalry of Kyushu under the thunder, but they lost their backbone in an instant, and a sharp long knife, a blood-drinking iron sword came from the torrent of iron armor around him.

Poor Cao Ying cavalry, just in the blink of an eye, the offensive and defensive momentum has changed mutually.

They were separated by swords from the spear-wielding formation, like cattle and sheep to be slaughtered in a cluster of fences. Of course, it was not only their robes and brothers that were separated from them, but also their limbs and heads.

Swords rain down, flesh and blood fly.

Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and the soldiers under Zhang's command tirelessly waved the blades in their hands, looking at the cavalry chasing in front of them for half a night, wantonly venting their anger, white knives in, red knives out. Crimson blood flowed down the edge of his hand, soaking the wildflowers on the side of the road and soaking the ground beneath his feet.

Lu Bu and Xiahou Yuan fought fiercely, the red rabbit and the jujube red horse under the crotch circled in circles, and the Fang Tian Painting Halberd and the Cold Moon Knife in their hands burst out with dazzling stars every time they collided.

Zhang Miao and Zhang Ze waved the sharp weapons in their hands unhurriedly at the two deputy generals Xiahou Yuan, and the situation was as if the master was feeding the apprentices, which was extremely relaxed and freehand.

Hearing a scream beside him, Xiahou Yuan's eyes were about to split, and with a long roar, his arms, which had gradually become weak, suddenly burst into a second spring as if he had suddenly broken free of some shackles, and a force of nine bulls and two tigers suddenly poured into his arms, and the Cold Moon Knife slammed into the sky, splitting the Fang Tian Painting Halberd that was pressing on top of his head.

"Let's go!"

Xiahou Yuan jumped on his horse, and the Cold Moon Knife swung with a swing, opened the phoenix mouth knife in Zhang He's Zhang Miao's hand, roared angrily at the two lieutenants, pulled out the horse and ran towards the way it came.

……

When the shouting and killing behind him gradually became inaudible, everyone had already fled for seven or eight miles. Xiahou Yuan was speechless for a moment while riding on his horse, and the two lieutenant generals silently counted the remnants of the army under his command.

The cavalry of a full 5,000 people, in the end, only more than 2,000 people gathered under Daxu, and this battle actually lost a full six men and horses. The wounded soldiers supported each other, and the sharp weapons in their hands leaned on the three generals with tears in their eyes, quite a taste of "holding hands and looking at each other's tearful eyes, but they were speechless and choked".

Unfortunately, this is not what they wanted, and it was not what they should enjoy. They just wanted to hunt for military exploits and hunt down the thieves who betrayed the lord, but in the end, they became the ones who were hunted down.

Hunters and prey often inadvertently swap identities, and they go from hunters to prey!

"Let's go!"

Glancing hatefully in the direction of the fox, Xiahou Yuan shook his numb arm, sighed slightly, pinched his legs slightly, and walked to the front of the formation.

"Boom!"

A thunderclap of cannon horns sounded in front of me again, like a big fish thrown into a pot of boiling water, and the boiling water splashed everywhere. A large group of crows panicked, "croaking" hissing from the forest soared into the air, all the soldiers raised their heads one after another, back to back, the "crutches" in their hands turned into sharp weapons again, and looked at the avenue ahead in horror.