Han Cheng heard the news of Cao Cao's quarrel with Yuan Shao and entered his uncle Han Fu's tent.

"Uncle, what happened in the big tent just now, my nephew thinks that Captain Cao Cao did the right thing, and the crusade against Dong Zhuo is a righteous move, doing things for the people, and he should take advantage of the victory to pursue, how can he only care about the immediate interests and take every step of the way?"

Han Fu pondered for a moment, "Uncle believes in you." In terms of strategy, you have a long-term vision, far more than your uncle, and my uncle is very pleased. You immediately take my military order, find General Pan Feng, and let him lead 5,000 men and horses, gather your 1,000 men and horses, gather 6,000 men and horses, and chase after the national thief Dong Zhuo under your banner. Remember, safety first, I Han Fu can not have a reputation, but I must have a nephew. ”

"I can't have a reputation in Hanbok, but I must have a nephew." When Han Cheng heard this, his heart was full of gratitude. Uncle trusts him, he can't repay it, if one day, Han Fu dies, he will do his best, and the Han family will continue well.

"Uncle, General Pan Feng is the only one by your side, so it's better to let General Pan Feng stay by your side. I'll take Wei Yan with me. When my uncle returns to Jizhou, he should also remember: be careful all the way! ”

In Yuan Shao's big tent, Yuan Shao sat on a cushion, and opposite sat a thin man with triangular eyes, who was Guo Tu.

"Lord, I ordered someone to keep an eye on that Han Cheng, and sure enough, he is preparing soldiers and horses, preparing to pursue Dong Zhuo with Cao Cao's gang."

"Hmph, Meng De's careful thinking I don't know, isn't it just for fame, 10,000 soldiers and horses to chase the more than 100,000 Xiliang army, in addition to sending them to death, is there any other possibility? For the sake of fame, hum, the fourth and third princes of my Yuan family, the most important thing is fame. Yuan Shao said with an arrogant face.

"Lord, I have a plan, I can give them a ride." After speaking, he whispered in Yuan Shao's ear.

"Go ahead and do it, and remember not to leave your feet behind." Yuan Shao said.

Cao Cao took his 10,000 horses, passed through Xingyang, and hurried straight to Luoyang. Han Cheng reorganized his five thousand soldiers and horses, and did not follow Cao Cao directly, but waited for half a day before setting off.

In Xingyang City, Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong was holding a letter in his hand, and the content of the letter surprised him: Among the princes, there are people who want to pursue Dong Zhuo, isn't this hitting a stone with an egg? Dong Xiangguo still has at least 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry in his hands, who is so bold and dares to chase after him? Lose your reputation?

However, it is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not. Xu Rong arranged for his subordinate Li Meng to lead 5,000 men and horses to guard Xingyang City, and he personally led 20,000 troops to set up an ambush in Bianshui, the road to Luoyang.

Li Ru was also worried that some of the princes would come to chase Dong Zhuo for fame, so he arranged for Lu Bu, who had escaped from Hujiaoguan, to lead 10,000 Bingzhou troops to ambush Luoyang's way of coming - Bianshui.

After a whole day of chasing, Cao Cao finally arrived at Bianshui, looking at this Bianshui, Cao Cao secretly screamed in his heart, "If you retreat by yourself, you will definitely set up an ambush here, waiting for the arrival of the chasing soldiers, and you will get miraculous feats." ”

Cao Cao was just about to call his men and horses to retreat, but he didn't expect a team of men and horses to come in front, and a big flag was erected in the team, with a big "Lu" written on it, it was Lu Bu. Cao Cao hurriedly ordered to retreat, but he didn't expect a team of people to emerge from the rear, but the big flag in the team had a big "Xu" character written on it.

There was an interception in front and a chasing soldier in the back, Cao Cao said: "My life is resting." ”

One of the generals said, "The lord quickly get on the horse, I will lead people to kill a bloody road for the lord, please leave quickly." ”

"How can I give up these ten thousand soldiers and flee alone?"

"There can be no Cao Hong in the world, but it can't be without Cao Mengde, the lord should go quickly."

After speaking, Cao Cao's 10,000 horsemen divided into two routes, all the way to meet Lu Bu's army, all the way to break through the interception of Xu Rongjun, and sent Cao Cao away.

In other words, Han Cheng, who was behind Cao Cao, marched slowly, step by step. While reorganizing the army, while conserving physical strength. Han Cheng didn't know that there was an ambush ahead, but Han Cheng knew that he was just here to make a reputation, so he didn't have to chase after him desperately. When Cao Cao arrived in Bianshui, Han Cheng had just arrived in Xingyang City.

Under the city of Xingyang

Han Cheng looked at Xingyang City in front of him and recalled the words of the messenger just now: "Cao Cao was surrounded by the Xiliang army in Bianshui and was desperately fleeing. ”

said to Wei Yan beside him: "Wen Chang, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"We should go and save Cao Cao, and then we will be even more famous. I estimate that the Xiliang soldiers are ambushed here, and the alliance army is pressing, and too many ambushes may be eaten by the alliance army. After saving Cao Cao, we joined forces with Cao Cao's soldiers and went straight to Chang'an, maybe we could save the Son of Heaven. ”

"Wen Chang, the Son of Heaven is in Dong Zhuo's hands, and there are at least 100,000 Xiliang troops beside Dong Zhuo, it is impossible to save the Son of Heaven." I thought in my heart: "Cao Cao is rarely defeated, it's good if he doesn't fall into the well, go and help, dream." ”

After speaking, he pointed to Xingyang City, "I think it's better for us to think about it." ”

So, according to Han Cheng's instructions, Wei Yan led two thousand men and horses to stand under Xingyang City to challenge, and Li Meng in the city looked at it and remembered what Xu Rong said when he left: Only stick to the city, and don't attack easily. I had to defend it in the city.

Wei Yanyao exclaimed his might for an hour, and when he saw that Li Meng was not out, he directly bypassed Xingyang City and ran to Bianshui.

In the evening, Wei Yan hurried back with two thousand men and horses, and the formation was scattered, as if he had been defeated.

Li Meng in the city also received the news of the defeat of the alliance army of the princes at Bianshui, and when he saw Wei Yan's army looking defeated, he shouted in his heart: "I'll go, it's too much to deceive people, and you will just show off your might during the day; After losing the battle in Bianshui, I still ran here, why, when I was no one in Xingyang City, didn't I? Have you gone back and forth, putting me in the eyes of General Li Meng? ”

Coupled with a group of defeated troops, isn't it a great achievement? So Li Mengguang looked at the exploits in front of him, forgot Xu Rong's instructions before leaving, and immediately ordered 3,000 men and horses to chase Wei Yan away.

As soon as Wei Yan saw the city gate wide open, he knew that the guards in the city had made a plan, so he ordered the soldiers to spread their feet and run to the ambush point that had been set up long ago.

Eight miles outside Xingyang City,

There was a forest, and Han Cheng was leading the remaining four thousand soldiers and horses to ambush in the forest.

Seeing Wei Yan running quickly with the soldiers, he knew that the plan had been accomplished, and ordered the sergeants to prepare.

Wei Yan ordered the soldiers to stop running and stand by in formation.

Li Meng led his men and horses to see from a distance that Wei Yan was no longer running, and he was overjoyed: Did he lose the battle in Bianshui and couldn't run.

He shouted to the soldiers behind him: "The enemy can't run, it's time to kill the enemy and get money." ”

When the soldiers behind him heard this, they beat the water dogs, and when the time came to kill the enemy and receive the money, they didn't care about the formation, and rushed forward desperately. I ran closer and saw how the formation was formed, as if something was wrong.

Then, there was a sound of bangs in the woods, shooting at Li Meng's rear army, the front army heard the sound of bangs, and knew that the rear army had a plan, and the attack momentum suddenly weakened, and Li Meng couldn't control the situation.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Wei Yan shouted, "Rush with me!" ”

Two thousand soldiers and horses rushed towards the enemy under the leadership of Wei Yan.

An hour later, "one hundred and fifty-seven were killed, three hundred and eighty-one wounded, more than 1,500 were killed, eight hundred were taken prisoner, and the rest fled." The enemy general Li Meng was beheaded by General Wei Yan. ”

Han Cheng heard the report and said, "Change your clothes according to the plan and follow me to get Xingyang City." ”