Chapter Eighty-Four: The Lonely Expedition to the West

The road to move the capital is also a road of blood and tears, hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops are carrying hundreds of thousands of people all the way to the west, Dong Zhuo ordered his henchmen to love Li and Guo Yan with 3,000 cavalry holding steel knives in the back to supervise the team, but if there are any people who do not obey the order, kill! There are escapees without permission, kill! If there are those who are slow, kill!

The bones of the people were everywhere along the way, and the strong smell of blood attracted a large number of wolves and wild dogs, these four-legged predators ate human flesh and ate red eyes, and from time to time they raised their heads to the sky and howled to celebrate their feasts, and in the middle of the day they refused to disperse, just following the procession, waiting to enjoy the free food, and at night, these beasts who were no longer afraid of people would even rush into the refugee herd, drag out the children and the old and frail, and eat them alive......

The road to success in troubled times is paved with the bones of innocent people, ancient and modern!

Dong Zhuo is now full of spring breeze, surrounded by thousands of ironclad guards, flying high flags, majestic in all directions, it doesn't look like he is running away at all, but the army is triumphant after victory......

Thousands of cars in the team are full of all kinds of property, with these things, plus the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, he can completely divide one side, Guanzhong has always been known as the 'country of four stops', the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the passage of Hangu Pass and Wuguan is closed, you can close the door and live your own small life, as for the little emperor, if necessary, play the signboard of the Han family for a few more days, if it is useless, it is not impossible to replace it!

Dong Zhuo's plan is to be like Qin Shi Huang back then, according to the Guanzhong, looking at the world, the princes of the Kwantung region have their own ghosts, sooner or later there will be infighting, cannibalism, and when they are exhausted, he will command the army to the east, and then use power or grace against them, it will all depend on his own liking......

"Taishi, the army is coercing the people to the west, and they are slow to move along the way, and they need to strictly guard against the pursuers!" Just as Dong Zhuo fell into his dream, the strategist Li Ru rushed over with a worried look. 】八】八】Read] book, .@.∞o

"When the princes entered Luoyang City, they lost their spirit, and they each had ghosts, who would dare to chase after the old man?" In Dong Zhuo's eyes, the princes are a group of vicious dogs, and they have already thrown out the bones of Luoyang City, aren't they still satisfied?

"The princes, led by the Er Yuan brothers, are mostly incompetent, so it's not a matter of concern, but I estimate that three people will definitely come to catch up, so I have to guard against it!" Although Li Ru is vicious, his vision of people has always been accurate.

"Oh, which three?"

"The first one is Cao Cao, this person is ambitious, insidious and cunning, and full of courage at critical moments, even if other princes hesitate to advance, he will lead troops to chase him, this person, you must not despise it!"

"Cao Cao? It's a character! Dong Zhuo nodded approvingly, and couldn't help but think of Cao Cao's assassination of himself, if he hadn't happened to see him drawing a knife in the bronze mirror, he would have almost been killed, and in the end, this guy still ran away in the name of 'offering a knife', it is indeed sinister and cunning!

"The second is the 'Jiangdong Tiger' Sun Jian, although this person is not strategic, he is brave and strong, and he has been defeated and fought repeatedly, and it is not surprising that he will also lead his troops to chase and kill!"

"Sun Jian? There are brave and unscrupulous people, who seem to be brave, but in fact, the small family is full of spirit, and they are greedy, such a person will suffer a big loss sooner or later, even if he catches up with the old man, he is not afraid of him, it is a big deal to fight again! "Dong Zhuo doesn't have such a high opinion of the Jiangdong Tiger, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, Sun Jian relied on bribes to the 'Ten Standing Servants' to get to the top, and this stain can never be erased!

"The last one is Xiao Yi, I won't say much about this person, the Taishi has his own plans in his heart!" Speaking of this, Li Ru's eyes were also a little confused, ghost-faced Xiao Lang? Can't see through!

"Xiao Yi!" Dong Zhuo loves this name for three points, fears three points, hates three points, and regrets one point, if he can take Xiao Yi for his own use, he probably won't be forced by the princes to move west to Chang'an, right......, "Order, let my son Lu Bu lead 50,000 elite soldiers after the break, if the princes dare to chase, let them not leave a piece of armor!" ”

Promise! ……

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"Borrowing a knife to kill someone, they want me to die!" In the Xuanjia Army camp, Xiao Yi looked at the military order sent by Zhang Yang and kept sneering, and sent himself to hunt down Dong Zhuo, all the credit for winning is yours, and I will bear the consequences if I lose, maybe I have prepared a good show of 'military law engagement' for me, it is really ruthless enough, poisonous enough, and black enough!

"Who came up with such a plan?" Xiao Yi began to calculate one by one in his heart.

"Publicity? …… No, this person lacks decisiveness in the face of major events, neither this strategy nor this viciousness! ”

"Yuan Shu? He has this viciousness, but this person's IQ is seriously insufficient, and it is impossible to think of this step! ”

"Could it be Yuan Shao? He doesn't have a reason to do it now,...... Could it be that a few of them came together to plan it? Or is there someone else behind it? ”

Touching his chin, Xiao Yi was also a little worried in his heart, no matter what, this is also a military order, and it is bright, if you don't listen, then give them an excuse to clean up themselves, what is his reputation among the princes, Xiao Yi is very clear, I guess I have hated him to the bone......

But if you listen to it, it is tantamount to a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, with his thousands of people, even if everyone wears underwear, he can't fight Dong Zhuo's hundreds of thousands of troops!

"Difficult! Difficult! It's hard! "The more Xiao Yi thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, there is still a bit of incense with Zhang Yang before, although everyone has some contradictions, but after all, they haven't torn their faces, this time it's okay, retreat to the fire pit, you can completely part ways in the future, chase after it, but you can't chase blindly, you have to give him a praying mantis to catch cicadas, Huang Que is behind...... "Come on, beat the drum and raise the account, convene all the officers to discuss it, this commander is going to play a big game this time!"

"No!" Xiaobin is always so obedient!

Early the next morning, Cao Cao led his headquarters to chase all the way to the west, there was no need to discern the direction of the enemy army at all, as long as he followed the traces of the dead corpses, the Xiliang army tortured and killed the people, walked all the way, killed all the way, these broken corpses became the best signpost, and at the same time urged Cao Cao to hurry up and catch up and rescue these innocent people!

Cao Cao desperately pursued and killed, but his generals were terrified, they only had less than 30,000 horses in total, and most of them were infantry, and Dong Zhuo's hundreds of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry against each other, the chance of victory was extremely slim, but the military order was difficult to disobey, since Cao Cao insisted on chasing, everyone had to sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman!

Now the only thing that Cao Ying's generals are looking forward to is that Dong Zhuo is defenseless, catch up and fight a guy, and then withdraw immediately, so that he will not save face and will not suffer too much loss!

At nightfall, the army that had been pursuing for a day was already sleepy, and chasing four legs with two legs was indeed enough for them!

"Big brother, let the soldiers rest, after a day of running, I really can't run!" Cao Yingzhong will run over together to plead, and if they run any further, the team will disperse!

"Hey! Stop the team, bury the pot and cook, and let the soldiers rest for a while! Cao Cao looked at the soldiers who were tired of the crooked armor, and then looked at the bones of the people along the road, depressed, he used a horse whip to whip his armor, he had the intention to kill the thief, he couldn't do it, if there were 100,000 elite armored iron horses, he would definitely be able to catch up with Dong Zhuo, and get rid of this thief for the country!

At the sound of an order, the soldiers of Cao Jun, who had long been exhausted, immediately sat down on the ground, panting and sweating one by one, and they were reluctant to get up from the ground, most of them were Cao Cao's village warriors recruited from the people, lack of training, after a day's rush, they had reached their limit, and there were not a few people who fell behind on the road, as for the formation, it had already run out of order......

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ......Just as everyone was lying on the ground desperately trying to conduct qi, a thin black line suddenly appeared in the distance, and then the black line became thicker and closer, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came......

"It's not good, it's Xiliang Iron Ride!" Cao Cao reacted immediately, it seemed that Dong Zhuo had already taken precautions, "Enemy attack!" Full Arms Battle! …… Quick, array...... The shield-bearer marched forward ......"

Cao Jun was already exhausted and undertrained, and after a while, he reacted there, and suddenly became a mess, no matter how Cao Ying's generals whipped, they couldn't arrange a neat battle formation......

"Sure enough, as Li Ru expected! The one who sent him to death is really coming! On the other side, Lu Bu was waiting for work, according to Li Ru's prior arrangement, he led an army of 50,000 to already set up a pocket formation, just waiting for the prey to take the bait, "Soldiers, the Taishi has an order, behead the enemy, a reward of ten taels, kill the enemy generals, reward one hundred taels of gold, and those who kill Cao Cao, a reward of thousands of gold, and seal the marquis of ten thousand households!" ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Under the leadership of Lu Bu, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry let out a wolf's howl-like cry, rushing over like a tide, everyone was not afraid of death, and a few charges turned the people killed by the Cao army on their backs and ......,

Although the enemy is strong and I am weak, but under the superb command of Cao Cao, the Cao army is still barely lined up into a line of defense, blocking Lu Bu's men and horses, but the Xiliang army is fierce, pressing ...... step by step, everyone has to protect Cao Cao and fight and retreat, as a result, the Xiliang general Li and Guo Yan led the troops to copy from the back, under the attack on both sides, the Cao army was suddenly in chaos, plus it was late, people couldn't tell the direction, and they couldn't see how many people and horses the enemy army had, the soldiers trampled on each other, and there were countless dead; In the end, even Cao Cao and his team were scattered, and he fled on horseback alone......

"Damn, the overall situation is in chaos, we must find a place, put up the military flag, and gather the defeated soldiers together, so that we can fight again!" Admitting defeat when encountering setbacks is not Cao Cao's style, while running, he was thinking about a way to turn defeat into victory, but he didn't pay attention to his feet, and the sky was dark again, and with a 'boom', he was directly hooked to the ground by a tripping horse......

"Catch him! Ha ha! is still a general, he deserves to be rich, cut off his head so that he can go back to receive the reward! Two Xiliang soldiers pounced and grabbed Cao Cao, it turned out that they had been lying in ambush in the grass to catch the deserters on the battlefield, so that they could go back to receive the reward, but they didn't expect Cao Cao to hit him head-on......

"I'm dying!" Cao Cao's eyes were closed, his mind was blank, the hero is not afraid of death, but the hero does not want to die, he has not yet displayed his talent, he has not made a contribution, he is still ......

Just when Cao Cao closed his eyes and waited for death, a horse suddenly rushed out of the grass, and immediately sat down with a general, waved the treasure knife in his hand, 'wipe, wipe' twice, and beheaded the two Xiliang soldiers, and then jumped off the horse to help Cao Cao, looked up and down for a while, and saw that Cao Cao was fine, so he breathed a sigh of relief!

At this time, Cao Cao also came back to his senses, and looked at it, the person who saved his life turned out to be his brother Cao Hong, and at the critical moment, he was really his own brother who was reliable!

"It's good that the eldest brother is fine, this is not a place to stay for a long time, let's go!" Cao Hong had been looking for Cao Cao in the chaos, but it happened that he heard the two Xiliang soldiers shouting just now, so he rushed over to save Cao Cao.

"Brother Xian, I'm afraid that Brother Fool is going to die here today, you are brave, the thieves can't hold you, run for your life!" Cao Cao sat in the grass dejectedly, and pointed to his war horse, it turned out that just now, Cao Cao's war horse was directly tripped and broke the horse's leg, and it was there screaming, and he could no longer ride.

"Big brother, get on the horse!" Cao Hong took off the armor on his body in two or two times, and then used his shoulders to hold Cao Cao onto his war horse, "The world can be without Hong, but you can't do without the eldest brother, the younger brother is willing to fight to the death on foot, and he must protect the eldest brother and rush out?" ”

"The foolish brother survived this time, thanks to the power of the virtuous brother!" Cao Cao is not a person who is easily moved, but this time he burst into tears, in the chaos of the army, the general without a horse is equivalent to losing half a life, Cao Hong is exchanging his life for his life!

"Let's go!" Cao Hong held the knife in one hand and held the reins of the horse in the other, protecting Cao Cao to run to the place where the shouting and killing sound was weaker, as long as he escaped, the army could be reunited when it was dispersed, and the war horse could be bought again when it was gone, as long as Cao Cao was there, there was hope!

In order not to attract the attention of the enemy, they did not even dare to hit the torches, but it has to be said that people were unlucky to drink cold water and stuff their teeth, so they ran around like this, and finally ran to a big river......

"Catch Cao Cao, it's Cao Cao on horseback...... Catch it alive! "In the past, in order to find an opportunity to assassinate Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao often went in and out of the big tent of the Xiliang army, and called those Xiliang generals brothers, so there were really many people who knew him, plus he was riding on horseback, the target was too big, and he was immediately recognized by the pursuers, and soon, countless Xiliang soldiers held torches high and shouted and surrounded them......

"What about Big Brother?" Cao Hong clenched the long knife in his hand tightly, ready to fight to the death!

"Brush!" Cao Cao also pulled out the sword on his waist, his eyes were full of cold light, and he looked resolute, he was not ready to fight, but to kill himself, "The eldest husband can't be humiliated by the enemy, and today you and my brother can only sacrifice their lives for righteousness......"