Liu Zhang knew that he was going to pursue Dong Zhuo, and thinking of his own An faction, Liu Zhang immediately chased out, grabbed Cao Cao's way, and said, "Why is Meng Degong going?" ”

Cao Cao gave a salute and said: "The Cao family has been deeply favored by the emperor in the past dynasties, at this time the Son of Heaven is covered with dust, and he does not dare to care about the hardships and dangers left and right, since the princes have no intention of entering the army, Cao Zi should lead the headquarters to pursue the enemy army and rescue the holy car, even if he dies, there is no complaint!" ”

Liu Zhang hugged his fists and said: "Meng De is dedicated to the public, Zhang deeply admires, and Zhang is willing to help with the soldiers and horses of his headquarters!" ”

Cao Cao said happily: "Ji Yu is willing to pursue the enemy army with Cao? ”

Liu Zhangzheng said: "Zhang is the Great Han Dynasty Sect, and he is afraid at this time, what face will he have under Jiuquan in the future to see the ancestors of the past dynasties?" ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed: "With Ji Yu's help, he will be able to decide the world in one battle!" I'll wait until this is where I go! ”

Liu Zhang said: "Okay, please ask Meng Derong Zhang to return to the camp to order troops, and after half an hour, we will meet at three miles west of the village!" ”

Cao Cao said: "Okay, a word is decided, Cao will also return to the camp to reorganize the army, please!" ”

Liu Zhang also said: "Please! ”

The two then returned to the camp separately, and Liu Zhang called Man Chong and Wei Yan, and ordered the two to gather the British army and have an important task. Hearing that there was a battle, Wei Yan immediately went to gather the troops.

After Liu Zhang heard the agreement with Cao Cao, he ordered Xun Yu and other strategists to stay, and the Dongzhou Army was responsible for protecting it.

Yan Yan, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong and others saw that they didn't have their own share in the battle, so they naturally didn't want to, Liu Zhang immediately shouted: "The princes here have different hearts, you are here, not only to deter the princes, protect the safety of the gentlemen, but also to protect our army's materials, supplies and retreat, if any of these four points are lost, it will be a disaster for our army, do you still think your task is very easy?" ”

Everyone didn't dare to say anything more, only Zhang Liao said: "Son, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Li Ru, is cunning and wise, retreating, there must be some arrangement, Gongzi must be careful when he goes!" ”

Liu Zhang nodded, of course he knew that Li Ru'an sent an ambush, and he even knew the ambush place, he knew that there were tigers in the mountains, and he preferred to go to the tiger mountains, or that he was Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword, which meant Pei Gong! Hehe, "'Pei Gong', you ask for more blessings!" Liu Zhang said secretly.

Immediately, Liu Zhang took Dian Wei and Xu Chu to see "Pei Gong".

These days, because Liu Zhang serves food according to people, good words, sycophants, and materials are in charge, and his relationship with Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei can be said to be a long way.

When Liu Bei heard that Liu Zhang wanted to pursue Dong Thief in order to maintain the supreme majesty of the Han Dynasty, and the generals under his account were insufficient, he was afraid that he would be difficult to defeat Dong Thief, although he was not afraid of death, he was afraid of mistaking state affairs! Liu Bei, who was hot-blooded (or pretentious), immediately said that he was also a member of the Han clan, and he would sacrifice himself for the revitalization of the Han Dynasty, and asked Liu Zhang to agree that he would lead 500 soldiers from his headquarters to be Liu Zhang's vanguard!

Liu Zhang was careless in his heart, hesitated for a while, and then agreed.

At this time, Zhou Cang came to report that the British army had been assembled and could set off at any time. Liu Zhang immediately ordered the pull-out. But Zhou Cang was reluctant to leave, he said: "Childe, as Childe's personal guard, I should stay with Childe at any time to protect Childe's safety, why in this battle, Childe took all the guards, but left his subordinates alone in the Eight Hundred Athletes?" How unfair! ”

Liu Zhang said: "The cavalry is not conducive to night fighting, and it is not helpful to rush into battle!" At night, it was dark, the roads were difficult to see, and the cavalry could not take advantage of their speed......"

Zhou Cang immediately said: "We can get off the horse and walk, our subordinates are the son's personal guards, how can we leave our posts without permission, ask the son to agree!" ”

Liu Zhang scolded: "Bastard, you are cavalrymen, do you know how difficult it is to train a cavalryman?" If you are to be sacrificed like the infantry, what am I going to do with you? It's better to slaughter the horses, and you can also improve the food for the brothers! Remember, I have raised you for a great purpose, and I want to put you on the front line at the most important moment! Now, you go back to me immediately, and protect all the gentlemen, if any of them is missing a hair, see how I clean you up when I come back! ”

Zhou Cang didn't dare to say anything more after being scolded, and left in a daze.

Not long after, Liu Zhang led nearly 9,000 soldiers (including 500 under Liu Bei) to join Cao Cao.

After the two met, Liu Zhang didn't talk nonsense, and said: "Meng De, the situation is urgent, and there is no delay, let's go!" ”

Cao Cao also said: "Yes, if you are polite, let's talk slowly when we come back, and set off now!" ”

Liu Zhang said again: "I heard that Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Li Ru is a witty person, and this time he will retreat, he will inevitably be prepared, if our army is unprepared and rushes forward, it is very easy to fall into his ambush!" ”

Cao Cao said: "I have dealt with Li Ru before, as Ji Yu said, he is witty and very comparable, he may indeed set up an ambush to prevent our army from pursuing!" ”

"Therefore, I suggest below, whether we are divided into two armies, the front and rear, and if we encounter the enemy, we can also echo the front and rear and support each other!"

Cao Cao said: "Ji Yu's words are deeply in line with my wishes, so I will handle it like this!" How old is Cao Xu, so he went first, and Ji Yu followed up? ”

Liu Zhang said: "Since Meng De has this intention, Zhang will obey it!" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Okay, take the first step, you and I will be three miles apart, and then follow up, if one side encounters the enemy, the other side needs to rush to the aid immediately!" ”

"Meng De rest assured, if Meng De encounters an enemy, Zhang will definitely come to relieve the siege within half a pillar of incense!"

"Good, good!" Cao Cao said loudly: "Miaocai, Yuan Rang, the whole army is set off!" ”

"Yes!" Two loud voices sounded, Cao Cao saluted Liu Zhang, and stepped on the mount: "it!" With that, he urged his mount to go west, and thousands of soldiers and horses marched west under the command of generals at all levels.

It is estimated that after Cao Cao walked out of about three miles, Liu Zhang said to Dian Wei: "Order, go!" ”

"Yes!" Dian Wei said loudly: "Your Excellency has an order, the whole army sets off, kill!" ”

"Kill!" The British army and the pro-guard battalion shouted in unison, and the murderous spirit shook the sky.

Liu Zhang looked at Liu Bei, who was wearing bright silver armor and straddled a white horse, and was a little high-spirited, and said, "Brother Xuande, let's wait for us to set off!" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Preparing for the wish is the trend forward, please Ji Yu fulfill!" ”

"Okay, Xuande Gong is really my first-class loyal and righteous person, since Xuande Gong has this idea, if Zhang refuses, wouldn't it hinder Xuande's ambition to revive the Han Dynasty? It's hard work! ”

"I have to do it, but I don't dare to do it!" Liu Bei bowed. After that, he called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two tiger generals, integrated the five hundred people in the department, and began to travel west along the road that Cao Cao had traveled.

When Liu Bei's team passed, Liu Zhang also commanded his soldiers and horses to follow closely.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao was ambushed in Xingyang, and it is said that Xingyang should be west of Luoyang, but in fact, Xingyang is east of Luoyang, and the world-famous Bishui Pass is located in Xingyang. In the romance, Dong Zhuo escorted the people from Luoyang and burned the palace to the west, obviously it was impossible to go to Xingyang, isn't that the opposite direction, crashing into the allied team? This is probably as strange as Guan Erye's thousands of miles of riding alone!

Of course, in history, Cao Cao was attacked in Xingyang, but the situation at that time was completely different from the romance, when the allies were afraid of Dong Zhuo's soldiers, and did not dare to go forward in sour dates, only Cao Cao led the troops to the west, but he was ambushed in Xingyang and returned defeated!

Both records show that Cao Cao was in the middle of Xingyang, but the prerequisites are different, and it is obvious that Master Luo has fooled us again!