Cao Hong led 2,000 troops to follow the Xiliang army, and besieged all the more than 2,000 Xiliang troops in the middle of the road.

The two armies fought for a while, and the morale of the Xiliang army was greatly reduced before and after, and they were killed by Xiahoudun and others, with countless dead and wounded.

Hua Xiong gritted his teeth and fought with a long knife in his hand.

Fan Chou's face was hideous, and he roared loudly, "General and lead the troops to rush out, I'll stop that guy."

Then he held a long knife to meet Xiahoudun.

Xiahou Dun is the first fierce general under Cao Cao's account, and his combat power is extremely strong, and he only three shots to cut Fan Chou off his horse, and he is about to go to kill Hua Xiong.

Hua Xiong had already led the hundred cavalry to rush out of the encirclement of Cao's army and galloped towards Luoyang City.

Seeing that Xiahou was about to lead his troops to rush out, Cao Cao said in a calm voice, "Don't chase after the poor Kou, and leave a defeated general for them to go back to deliver the message."

This time, the allied army broke through the Xiliang army of 20,000, and the morale was greatly shaken, and Lu Bu, Cao Cao and others returned to the camp one after another, and they were overjoyed.

Liu Bei led the remnants back to the barracks, and as soon as he arrived in the army, he scolded, "Cao Mengde, you dog thief, why did you break the appointment and cause me to lose more than 2,000 soldiers."

Lu Bu's face moved slightly, and he looked at Cao Cao, and said with some doubts, "Why is this?"

Cao Cao took a step forward and patted Liu Bei on the shoulder, "Brother Xuande, how could I, Cao Mengde, miss the appointment, this time we killed more than 2,000 people in the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and killed Fan Chou, the vanguard general of the Xiliang Army, how can this be regarded as a breach of the appointment."

Liu Bei wanted to cry without tears, "Before the three armies were formed, we had already said that we would send troops together, why didn't you send troops."

"Haha, Brother Xuande, this time it's my mistake, but Xiliang Tieqi has always been brave, I know that they will definitely break through, so I set up an ambush halfway and killed thousands of people in the Xiliang Army, Brother Xuande should focus on the overall situation.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the elite of the Xiliang Army, and as long as they break their elite troops, they can break their spirit. Of course, I also know that Brother Xuande has suffered heavy losses, but I, Cao Cao, am by no means such a treacherous person, how about the Xiliang Iron Horse equipment we have captured and share half of you, those Xiliang War Horses, weapons and equipment, are all treasures."

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Liu Bei's face showed a touch of joy, "What Brother Meng De said, but it is true."

"If it's fake, you can have someone go to our army to pick it up later."

In fact, Cao Cao had already made a wishful thinking, and planned to give Liu Bei all the remnants of the weak horses and the broken weapons and armor captured this time, which not only gave Liu Bei a favor, but also did not bear the infamy of treachery.

At this time, Guan Yu led Guo Prison, Zhou Cang and others walked in.

Behind him was a man with a mantle, dressed in a robe, dressed like a scribe.

Everyone looked puzzled, "Yun Chang, who is this?"

The scribe raised his head slightly, and said with a flattering face, "Hello generals."

Cao Cao was the first to recognize it, and said in a loud voice, "Li Ru? ”

Guan Yu nodded and said, "It is Li Ru, the accompanying sergeant of the Xiliang Army."

"Haha, General Yun Chang is really powerful, this Li Ru is Dong Thief's brain, he can be called his right-hand man, this time you take down Li Ru, it is simply cutting off one of Dong Zhuo's arms, I think you can directly pull it down and cut it", Cao Cao said with a smile.

Guo Jia stepped forward and bowed to Li Ru, "Guo Jia in Xiayingchuan, I have heard the name of Brother Wenyou for a long time."

Li Ru nodded lightly and said softly, "Look up for a long time."

Guo Jia then said to Guan Yu, "Yun Chang, Brother Wen You is a scribe, how can he tie up all kinds of flowers, so rude, quickly relieve him."

Lu Bu thought at first that Guo Jia wanted to recruit Li Ru, although Li Ru was known as Dong Zhuo's think tank, but Lu Bu never took it to heart, whether it was the same or not, but since Guo Jia had this intention, let him leave it to him for the time being.

Xiang Guan Yu nodded slightly, Guo Prison had already broken the rope on Li Ru's body with a halberd.

Li Ru hurriedly bowed to the generals with a flattering face, trying to save a small life.

Guo Jia continued, "Brother Wen You is Dong Thief's right-hand man, presumably you are very important to Dong Thief."

Li Ru was a little afraid of death, so he hurriedly smiled bitterly, "It's not important, it's not important."

"Oh, since it's not important, let's drag it out and cut it."

Seeing that the two soldiers were arrested, Li Ru hurriedly said, "Important, important."

Guo Jia said again, "If you want to live, it is not difficult, you can write a letter to Dong Thief, ask him to send 10,000 taels of gold and 200 war horses, and we will let you go back, if Dong Thief is unwilling, then it proves that you are not important to him, just behead him."

"Okay, okay, I'll write a letter for Dong Xiangguo."

"Smack"

Zhang Fei's horsewhip in his hand slammed into Li Ru's body, and the skin instantly opened, "What Dong Xiangguo, called Dong Thief."

Li Ru was in pain for a while, and said again and again, "Yes, yes, Dong thief."

At this moment, everyone understands that this Guo Jiake is really a good calculation, if he directly cuts it, then there will be nothing, he can make a deal with Dong Zhuo, if he is willing to send 10,000 taels of gold and 100 war horses, let it go, Guo Jiazhi's talent is better than a hundred times.

If Dong Zhuo is unwilling, it will not be too late to kill him when the time comes.

Hua Xiong led 20,000 troops to fight, and only returned with hundreds of Xiliang iron cavalry, Dong Zhuo was furious and immediately ordered someone to put Hua Xiong in prison.

Not long after, Dong Zhuo received a letter from Li Ru, and his anger was even more victorious, and he kicked the table next to him away.

Niu Fu, Guo Yan said, "Lord Xiangguo should keep his body, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and next time we will win the battle and come back."

Dong Zhuo gasped for breath, "You know a fart, quickly prepare 10,000 taels of gold, 200 horses to the allies, and redeem Li Ru."

"Ten thousand taels of gold, two hundred horses? How can Li Ru be worth so much money," Guo said.

"If there is no Li Ru, who will give me advice, can you", Dong Zhuo roared angrily.

Guo Yan swallowed his saliva and never spoke again.

Although he lost the battle this time and almost wiped out the entire army, Li Ru did give advice to Dong Zhuo and made a lot of contributions, if it were not for Li Ru, Dong Zhuo would not have been able to sit in today's position.

The news that Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei defeated more than 20,000 people of the Xiliang army instantly resounded like a thunderbolt in the surrounding counties and counties, reinvigorating the majesty of the Han Dynasty.

When the princes of the Quartet heard the news, they were worried that Lu Bu and others had really attacked Luoyang City and rescued the young emperor.

If the young emperor gets angry and blames them for refusing to send troops to get rid of the thieves, then it will be difficult to explain.

However, most of the princes wanted to make war achievements and expand their territory in this battle.

Not long after, the princes of the Quartet sent letters one after another, saying that they were responding to Cao Cao's edict and would come to the alliance soon.

By this time, Lu Bu had completely understood, it was just foreplay before daring to love, and now it was the real alliance of the princes of the Eighteen Roads.