Chapter 349: A Plan Within a Plan (4)

Li Dao and Niu Fu, who were chasing all the way, saw that there was actually a soldier and horse on the way, and they were overjoyed at the moment, there must be a general in such soldiers and horses, and the two generals led the cavalry, shooting left and right, and after a while, Bao Tao's army formation was shot chaotic, and then the infantry rushed, and the whole battle process was called a clean and neat one, Bao Tao was beheaded by Hu Feng on the spot, Hu Feng hung Bao Tao's head in front of the horse, and followed Li Dao and others to continue to chase and kill.

Cao Cao didn't expect that Bao Tao would only hold out for himself for less than a quarter of an hour, and at this time, there were less than two or three hundred people left around him, and the others had already run away.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "Second brother, third brother, let's block the thief army and let Cao Gong go first!" ”

Cao Cao heard that tears were about to come down again.

When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei heard Liu Bei's greeting, they immediately turned their horses' heads and took dozens of warriors who had been following them, ready to entangle the pursuers.

"Xuande! You..."

"Gong Cao, you raised troops for the Han family, and I, Liu Bei, am a descendant of the clan, how can I retreat from the battle? Please also ask Cao Gong to go quickly, find Ma Pingyuan, and ask Ma Pingyuan to avenge us! ”

Zhang Fei took out a small gourd that he had always treasured, bit it open, took a sip, and then said with a smile, "Let the camp owner bring some Erguotou when he worships us in the future, this thing is not enough to drink!" ”

"Cao Gong! Come on!! Weizi on the side pulled Cao Cao and continued to run, and Li Wei's cavalry had already chased after him.

Looking at Li Dao's cavalry, Liu Bei exhaled and shouted, "Dahan Wansheng!" He immediately took the lead and rushed forward.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed, and the charge of these dozens of people made Li Dao feel more pressure in the face of the previous hundreds of people.

"Don't fight, rush over! You must kill Cao Cao!! ”

Li Dao still remembered Li Ru's instructions in the letter, this battle is the second to break the army, and the most important thing is to kill the princes, as long as one or two princes are killed, the group of rats in the eastern part of the country will not dare to send troops at will, completely ignoring Liu Bei's dozens of people, and rushed over.

Cao Cao saw that Li Dao was not restrained by Liu Bei at all, and the cavalry quickly caught up with him again, so he simply pulled out the sword of Yitian and said to the left and right, "The thief army is chasing urgently, it is difficult to escape, why not kill the general and die on the battlefield, it is better than being hunted as a rabbit dog and humiliating the family?" ”

At this time, those who were still around Cao Cao were all close guards, and these people listened to Cao Cao's words, stopped together, lined up with troops, and prepared to fight to the death.

Cao Cao handed a dagger to Cao Ang, who nodded and said, "Father, don't worry, the child will never be a thief!" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, Cao Cao looked for the sound, and saw a cavalry from behind, holding high a banner with the word "Yan", headed by a general, holding a curved bow, and shouting to Cao Cao, "Cao Gong panic!" Yan Rou was ordered to come to help! ”

Cao Cao saw this cavalry rush to the front of his army, and then turned a big turn, and slowly turned into a circle that was constantly circling, the opposite Li Daojun killed, this cavalry against the Li Dao cavalry is a burst of arrows, the subtlety of this large array is immediately reflected, because it is a rotating circular array, the cavalry will run to the back every time an arrow is released, and then take this opportunity to draw the bow again, the enemy is almost always shooting arrows on this side, Li Daojun only feels that the arrow rain on the opposite side is endless, and there is no stop.

Due to the pursuit of the enemy, Li Dao's cavalry continued to scatter, and was pulled into a thin one, and it was impossible to concentrate the shield-wielding cavalry to brave such a rain of arrows to rush up, Li Dao saw that Cao Cao came to reinforcements, worried that there were ambushes behind, so he ordered to slowly retreat.

When Liu Bei's three brothers came to find him, Cao Cao also learned the news that Bao Tao was beheaded, and couldn't help crying.

"General Yan, thank you for saving your life!" Cao Cao bowed to Yan Rou, and then asked, "I don't know if Ma Pingyuan has already crossed the Yellow River?" ”

Yan Rou nodded and said, "My Ming Gong forcibly crossed Mengjin and found that there were few thieves and horses on the opposite side, so he was worried that Cao Gong would be in danger here, so I asked me to lead the cavalry to support Cao Gong!"

My Ming Gong also instructed that Cao Gong should pack up his soldiers and horses, go to Mengjin to meet immediately, and protect the back road of my Ming Gong! ”

"It's nature!" When Cao Cao learned that Ma Qiang had really crossed the Yellow River, he immediately felt that his and Wang Kuang's sacrifices in this battle were worth it.

"If Ma Pingyuan can break through Luoyang, he will really be the first hero to save my Han!" Cao Cao was so excited that he was about to jump up, he seemed to see the scene of the Han Zhongxing, and in this Zhongxing, although he Cao Cao can't take the lead, he can also rank in the top three!

Cao Cao collected the defeated troops in one hour, with more than 3,000 troops, and then retreated to Mengjin with Yan Rou.

At this time, Ma Qiang had already led a large group of soldiers and horses to the south of the Yellow River.

"Wenhe, look, that's Luoyang, right?" Ma Qiang took the binoculars and pointed to the city wall in the distance and asked.

The area north of Luoyang and south of the Yellow River is almost all plains, except for the Pishan Mountains, and the field of vision is quite broad.

"It's Luoyang, I don't know if Dong Zhuo has gotten the news now, what is Ming Gong's plan now?"

"I want the people of Luoyang, the money and food of Luoyang, but I don't want Dong Zhuo to die, his life will do more good than harm to us!"

Ma Qiang looked at the deserted village not far away, where the people had been forced to walk on the road to Chang'an.

"Dong Zhuo got the news, he will inevitably return to the army, Ming Gong can first capture Pingxian north of Luoyang, and then use this as a stronghold to plunder its population and property with cavalry, I expect that the defenders of Luoyang will never dare to come out! And after Dong Zhuo withdraws his troops and comes back, he will never compete with Ming Gong, but will go west directly to Chang'an!

When the time comes, Ming Gong will attack Luoyang again, and he will be able to fight down! ”

Ma Qiang nodded, now to fight Luoyang, let alone fight or not, if you fight down, Dong Zhuo will fight hard with himself when he comes back, and he really can't do it.

I'm here to make money this time, so I can't forget it!

In Luoyang City, Dong Yue anxiously found Dong Huang, who was arranged by Dong Zhuo to stay behind.

Although Dong Zhuo has no son, he has a nephew, and this nephew is Dong Huang, the son of Dong Zhuo.

After Dong Zhuo became the Taishi and took charge of the imperial court, he promoted Dong Huang to serve as a servant, and let him be in charge of all the forbidden army.

"What? The Kwantung Thief Army has passed Mengjin? When Dong Huang heard Dong Yue's news, he was immediately startled.

"Yes! There are at least tens of thousands of people, and I have already sent someone to report to the tiger prison, but the Taishi has to return to Luoyang, and it will not take a day to arrive, how can this Luoyang be defended now? ”

"That.. You can't stop keeping it, right? Dong Yue asked.

Dong Huang thought for a while and said, "Taishi is going to move the capital, it doesn't matter if this Luoyang wants to be or not, just burn it down!" "Burned ???"

"Yes, burn it, as long as the thief army comes to attack the city, we will burn the city immediately! I don't believe it, they dare not put out the fire! ”