Chapter 26: Liu Yu defeats Dong Zhuo
Just when Cao Cao lost his troops and collapsed, Liu Yu, who had been hanging behind him, finally led his troops to kill.
"Lu Bu, Liu, Guan, and Zhao are here, and An dares to be rampant!" Liu Yu shouted angrily, and together with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, he led 15,000 Shangyong troops to kill Lu Bu.
Lu Bu, Li Dao, and Guo Yan were all taken aback, Zhao Yun fought Lu Bu for five hundred rounds, Guan Yu killed Hua Xiong, Liu Yu himself is not good at stubble, and now he is leading the troops to help Cao Cao, they are afraid that they will be defeated.
"Cao's army has dispersed, unable to pursue, withdraw troops!" Lu Bu didn't want to fight with the three Liu Yu brothers anymore, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops together with Li Dao and Guo Yan.
Tens of thousands of Xiliang troops retreated like a tide.
"Brother Meng De, Liu is late, Brother Meng De has something to do." After Liu Yu drove away Lu Bu and other Xiliang army ambushes, he came to Cao Cao's side, grabbed Cao Cao's arm and said with concern.
Cao Cao said to Liu Yu movingly: "It's not late, it's not late, Meng De is fine, thank you Brother Shimin for saving me." ”
Liu Yu said with relief: "Where Brother Meng De said, only Brother Meng De really cares about the Han family. Brother Meng De led troops to chase Dong, but he didn't want Dong to be treacherous and set up an ambush, Brother Meng De's soldiers and horses have dispersed, and he is resting here, I continue to lead troops to chase Dong, and I will recapture the Son of Heaven. ”
"Yun Chang, Zilong, follow me to lead the army to pursue Dong Thief!" Liu Yu ordered, and quickly turned over and praised the war horse.
"Yes, big brother." Immediately, the three brothers led the army of Shangyong to continue to pursue and kill Dong Zhuo.
Cao Cao watched the three Liu Yu brothers leave in a hurry, and he shouted loudly at Liu Yu's back: "Dong thief is powerful, I'm afraid there are ambush soldiers, Brother Shimin be careful." ”
After Liu Yu and Shangyong's army all left, Cao Cao had time to check his own situation, and when he saw his own scattered soldiers and horses, he couldn't help crying without tears, so he had no choice but to collect his soldiers and horses first to reduce losses as much as possible.
Let's say that the three Liu Yu brothers continued to lead troops to chase and kill Dong Zhuo.
In the process of marching into the army, Guan Yu asked: "Big brother, Dong thief is powerful, and he just ambushed Cao Cao, killed Cao Cao nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, and his morale has recovered a lot. ”
"Yes, big brother. Our army has less than 15,000 soldiers and horses, but the Dong thief Xiliang army still has 200,000. Zhao Yun also said.
Liu Yu said with a smile: "Yun Chang, Zilong rest assured, Dong thief knows how to set up an ambush, but there must be only one time, the purpose is to deter the princes from not daring to pursue, now that Cao Cao has been ambushed, there will never be another ambush, and Lu Bu and others have just retreated, our army is close behind, Dong thief Xiliang army main force never knows that Lu Bu and others successfully ambushed Cao Cao, a big victory, they see that our army is following Lu Bu and others, they will only think that the ambush has suffered a heavy defeat, morale is lower than before, this battle our army will be able to win a big victory, Even if it is impossible to annihilate as many as 200,000 Xiliang troops, kill Dong Zhuo, and recapture the Son of Heaven, there is no problem in recapturing some of the money, grain, and people looted by the Xiliang army from Luoyang. ”
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun both admired it: "Big brother Gao Jian." ”
After Lu Bu, Li Dao, and Guo Yan ambushed Cao Cao, they returned to chase Dong Zhuo's main force.
Dong Zhuo saw that Lu Bu, Li Dao, and Guo Yan had returned, and only when the ambush was successful, he immediately laughed: "The princes are all pigs and dogs, and they still want to chase and kill me, it's just delusional!" ”
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a large army suddenly rushed out behind Lu Bu, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, under the banner of 'Shangyong' and 'Liu', it was Shangyong who guarded Liu Yu.
"Ah, the pursuers!" Dong Zhuo went from laughing arrogantly to being shocked.
The Xiliang army was also in chaos.
"Kill!" Liu Yu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and 15,000 Shangyong troops brazenly entered the rear army of Dong Zhuoxi's Liang army.
Under the leadership of the three of them, the morale of the Shangyong army was like a rainbow, on the other hand, the morale of Dong Zhuoxi's Liang army fell to the bottom, and it was defeated and retreated by the Shangyong army, and tens of thousands of rear troops collapsed almost instantly.
Dong Zhuo roared angrily: "Lu Bu, Li Dao, Guo Yan actually failed in an ambush, and also attracted chasing soldiers, damn it!" Quick, let the three of them stop the pursuers for me. ”
"Order the front army, the middle army, abandon the people and part of the property, only take the courtiers of the Son of Heaven, and quickly withdraw into Tongguan." Dong Zhuo ordered one after another.
Lu Bu, Li Dao, and Guo Yan couldn't say that they had suffered a lot, they could say that they had actually successfully ambushed Cao Cao and defeated nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Liu Yu's army was killed later.
Originally, Liu Yu had 15,000 people in the Shangyong Military Region, Lu Bu, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others did not need to be afraid, but who of them was sure that there would be no other princes' army behind Liu Yu's army.
Lu Bu was besieged by Liu Yu and Zhao Yun, and was pressed and beaten by Liu Yu and Zhao Yun. And Guan Yu pressed Li Dao alone, and Guo Yan and the second general beat him.
Lu Bu, Li Dao, and Guo Yan led the Xiliang rear army and had to fight and retreat.
Liu Yu and the three of them led the Shangyong army to pursue and kill Dong Zhuoxi's Liang army for three whole days, until the main force of Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army withdrew into Tongguan.
Tongguan is dangerous, and the three Liu Yu brothers have to look at Guan Xing and sigh, but in the past three days, they have defeated more than 40,000 Dong Zhuo's army, of which more than 10,000 have been killed, and more than 20,000 Xiliang troops have been scattered outside Tongguan.
The three Liu Yu brothers captured these Xiliang soldiers scattered outside the customs as much as possible, and at the same time, the Xiliang army abandoned countless property, grain, grass, ordnance, and people along the way, and even some Han court officials, who took advantage of the chaos themselves, or Dong Zhuo didn't have time to take care of them, also abandoned them outside Tongguan.
Killed 1,000 enemies, 800 self-losses, although killed tens of thousands of Xiliang troops, but Liu Yu's Shangyong army also lost nearly 3,000, fortunately, more than 14,000 Xiliang stragglers were captured.
Moreover, there are countless property, grain, grass, ordnance, etc., and more than 100,000 people, all in all, Liu Yu's pursuit of Dong Zhuo this time can be described as a complete victory.
"Hahahaha, our army has won a complete victory this time, coupled with the defeat of Huaxiong at Bishui Pass and the defeat of Lu Bu at Tiger Prison Pass, my three brothers and the Shangyong Army will definitely be famous all over the world. It's a pity that he couldn't kill Dong Zhuo and regain the Son of Heaven, which is a pity. After laughing, speaking of the back, Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh, looking sad.
Guan Yu persuaded: "Big brother, you have done your best, the blame is only for the princes not being united and selfish, except for Cao Cao, none of them really think about the Han family." ”
Liu Yu sighed again, in fact, he didn't want to rob the Son of Heaven back at all, because with his current strength, he really robbed the Son of Heaven, but it was a huge disaster, and he could get so much property, food, grass, ordnance, and people, which had exceeded his expectations.
After a while, Liu Yu seemed to regain his strength.
He ordered: "Second brother, third brother, Dong thief can not be destroyed in one day, and the princes are not good at stubble, in order to prevent the princes from coming to win merit after discovering that our army has defeated Dong Zhuo, I will leave 500 cavalry to do something else, and you will quickly lead the rest of the army, and bring back the prisoners, property, grain and grass, ordnance, and the people." ”
"Yes, big brother." Guan Yu and Zhao Yun didn't ask much, and immediately received the order.
After Guan Yu and Zhao Yun went, Liu Yu sent another soldier to Luoyang to report to Yuan Shao and the princes, without mentioning the captured soldiers of the Xiliang Army, as well as property, grain and grass, ordnance, etc., only said that more than 100,000 people were robbed, but the property and food of more than 100,000 people were all robbed by Dong Zhuo as early as Luoyang, and now the people are in urgent need of grain and grass to make a living, and the Wanwang coalition army will allocate grain and grass to feed the people as soon as possible.
Liu Yu didn't know that when he was chasing and killing Dong Zhuo and robbing back the people, among the people, there was a carriage belonging to the officials of the Han Court, and the fourteen or fifteen-year-old beauty lifted the curtain slightly and was shocked at him, it was Cai Yan, the daughter of the famous literary Confucian Cai Yong.
Not only Cai Yan, but also the great Confucian Cai Yong was also mixed with the people and was escorted back to Shangyong by Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.
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