The Montenegrin army frantically plundered food, money and women, most of the houses of the wealthy families were burned down by them, as long as someone resisted a little, they would kick into the fire, and then viciously mend a knife, the cries came one after another, the desolation was creepy, and the smell of burnt flesh in the gray smoke was strong, and this ancient city suddenly became a hell on earth.

The young ran and fled, the old and weak could only wait for death, the saber was unsheathed, sweeping everything, who would have thought that Yecheng, which Yuan Shao had been running for many years, would become such a bloody hell world in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Shao was only one step away from Luoyang, and he had even heard the sound of fighting in the direction of Luoyang, but when the bad news of the loss of Yecheng came, he had to get down and turn around immediately.

Cao Cao couldn't stop it at all, and Yuan Shao glanced at him apologetically, "Meng De, I'm really sorry." ”

Yuan Shao never dreamed that Yecheng would fall so quickly.

Even if Zhao Yun was close at hand, Yuan Shao couldn't take care of it.

Watching Yuan Shao lead the army to turn around and leave, after a while, only the dust in front of him was left, Cao Cao's angry eyes were on fire, and he let out a long sigh.

"The opportunity is right in front of me, alas, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, you really disappointed me."

Cao Cao turned around, gathered his mind, raised the Yitian Sword high, and pointed the head of the sword fiercely at Luoyang, "Although Yuan Shao has left, there is still me, Cao Mengde, pass my order, move forward at full speed, and take Luoyang at all costs." ”

"No." The generals around him promised in unison, and just about to continue the march, Cheng Yu came to Cao Cao's horse, "Lord, be careful of deceit, Yecheng fell so quickly, unexpectedly, plus Lu Bu has already led the army to leave Yanmen Pass early, he can appear behind us at any time, and now he rushes to Luoyang, is it too risky." ”

Cao Cao's troops around him at the moment are only 15,000 people, in Cheng Yu's opinion, even if he rushes to Luoyang, it is inevitable that there will be a vicious battle, it is difficult to guarantee that Luoyang can be captured in a short time, if it falls into a stalemate, Lu Bu is very likely to be caught from behind, once trapped, it will be dangerous, there is Yuan Shao before, even if Lu Bu comes, there is nothing to worry about, but now that Yuan Shao led the army away, Cao Cao's troops did not have much advantage. ”

Glancing at Cheng Yu, Cao Cao Zhengse said, "Zhongde, what you said is very reasonable, but the opportunity is just around the corner, and we can't take care of it so much, even if Lu Bu arrives, as long as Taigu Pass is still in our hands, we can still evacuate calmly." ”

Before Cao Cao's words fell, a fast horse galloped from the south, "Report, lord, something is wrong, Xu Rong led the army to take Taigu Pass." ”

Cao Cao's whole person suddenly froze in place, and after a long pause, Cao Cao hurriedly asked.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Xu Rong first set up an ambush on this road, ambushed the reinforcements sent to Taigu Pass by the lord, and then ordered someone to pretend to be reinforcements from our army, and opened the city gate......"

Cao Cao was furious, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped up, "I'm angry, I'm so angry, it's a good Xu Rong, and he actually cut off my retreat." ”

"My lord." Cheng Yu hurriedly shouted, "The current situation is very unfavorable to us, Taigu Pass is lost, we only have one way to retreat, if Lu Bu leads his troops to hold the Yellow River and cross the river, we have no way to retreat." ”

The sounds of fighting in Luoyang came and went, and Cao Cao heard it clearly, but he didn't have the courage to continue to advance now.

It is easy to enter the army, but once there is a problem, there is no way out, Lu Bu is brave and strategic, but after all, there is a resourceful Chen Gong by Lu Bu's side.

Moreover, the troops around Lu Bu are no less than tens of thousands, and once the road is cut off to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will immediately become a turtle in an urn.

More than three moments have passed since Zhao Yun left the Yellow River and crossed the river, Cao Cao was secretly frightened, Jia Xu, who was so powerful, insisted that he and Yuan Shao would have repeatedly faced difficult choices, and time had been delayed again and again.

But there are no ifs in this world, and there are no regrets about taking medicine.

Opportunities, missed and won't be there again.

Cao Cao calmly analyzed it, and immediately sent people to Luoyang and the Yellow River to cross the river to inquire about the enemy's situation.

Luoyang is the closest, and the scouts go fast and come back.

"Report, General Xiahou Yuan has been trapped in the city, and General Yu Ban has also been blocked by Zhao Yun's troops, and the two sides have fought fiercely, and it is difficult to tell the winner for a while."

The situation at this moment made Cao Cao fall into a dilemma, Xiahou Yuan's troops had all entered Luoyang, and now they were fighting fiercely with the Han army at the east and south gates.

If Cao Cao wants to continue to seize Luoyang, the situation is still favorable to him at present. As long as Zhao Yun is repulsed, he joins forces with Xiahou Yuan, and then closes the city gates, Luoyang will fall into Cao Cao's hands.

But it is precisely because Xiahou Yuan's troops have entered the city that Zhao Yun can calmly divide his troops to deal with Yu Ban and Xiahou Yuan's two people, no matter how many Xiahou Yuan's troops are, they can only concentrate their troops at the city gate, so Zhao Yun's troops can be calmly arranged.

If Xiahou Yuan wants to seize the city, he must close the city gate, but Zhao Yun will never let him get his wish, the two sides fought bloodily at the city gate, and the fierce battle could not be stopped, and Yu Ban's troops were difficult to repel Zhao Yun for a while because of the large number of fierce generals around Zhao Yun.

Cao Cao estimated that there were fifteen thousand people around him, and if he joined the battle, he would definitely be able to cause great pressure on Zhao Yun, but how much time it would take to take Luoyang, Cao Cao was not completely sure in his heart.

Lu Bu could appear behind him at any time, and he had to think carefully.

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Cheng Yu and Guo Jia, "It's better to divide my troops into two ways, rush all the way to the Yellow River to cross the river, hold the retreat, and continue to march to Luoyang all the way, what do you think?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head, "Lord, our troops are too small, if the troops are divided, I am worried that it will be difficult to achieve results, not only can we not take Luoyang, but also may not be able to hold the Yellow River crossing, Lu Bu will definitely appear in Hanoi as expected, and now Tongguan, Taigu Pass, and Tiger Prison Pass are all controlled by Zhao Yun, and those passes may send troops to help Luoyang at any time, the current situation, if the troops are divided, Luoyang may not be able to take it." ”

Cheng Yu sighed, "Even if we can take it down, we will face the situation of being trapped on all sides, lord, let's retreat." ”

With Yuan Shao here, Cheng Yu is still in favor of gambling, but now only Cao Cao himself is too risky.

Cao Cao's brain was thinking quickly, such a good opportunity was in front of him, it was really unwilling, time had been wasted so much, Cao Cao gritted his teeth fiercely, "I'm going to Luoyang soon, I have to try it anyway, enter the army." ”

Cheng Yu glanced at Guo Jia, the two looked at each other, and shook their heads in unison.

Since I can't persuade him, I have to take one step at a time.