"Immediately send a fleet to look for Cao Cao's traces along the Yellow River, and send scouts to find Cao Cao's traces on land." Receiving the news, Ye Chen immediately reacted correctly.

There must be a lag in the news sent by Guo Jia, and if it reaches him at this time, then Cao Cao will not be too far from here, because Cao Cao brought a lot of cavalry, and the speed of his march was very fast.

The army had rested enough, and Ye Chen began to pull out the camp, slowly and covertly moving in the direction where Cao Cao came.

That night, Cao Cao's traces were discovered by the fleet sent by Ye Chen, but it was still very far away from Ye Chen, and it was already ten in the afternoon when the fleet sent the news back, and it was impossible to determine Cao Cao's specific location at this time.

After another night, news of Cao Cao kept coming, and it was certain that Cao Cao must be within dozens of miles of them, but it was impossible to accurately detect it in which location.

"The army accelerated to the east, closing the distance with Cao Cao."

Ye Chen wanted to ambush Xu Rong, change Cao Cao's fate, let him continue westward, and let him put huge pressure on Dong Zhuo, so Ye Chen was so concerned about Cao Cao's whereabouts.

Early in the morning, Ye Chen led the army to set off, and after walking for about an hour, a fast horse galloped over in front of the road, and Ye Chen recognized that it was the scout of the guard battalion.

Ye Chen raised his hand to stop the army and waited for the soldier's report.

"Report, lord, we found that Xu Rong's army was in ambush about thirty to forty miles ahead, but because Xu Rong's army was very well guarded, we could not find out the specific news."

"Since Xu Rong has begun to ambush, it proves that Cao Cao's team is not far away, and we will follow immediately."

Ye Chen judged that Cao Cao would not be too far away from them, and it was very likely that he was about to reach Xu Rong's ambush site, Xu Rong had always been very strict, and it was very difficult for the scouts in Liaodong to get close without being discovered.

When Ye Chen led his troops to the east to look for Xu Rong, Cao Cao went all the way to the west, the speed was very fast, with a heart to save the common people, Cao Cao didn't know that Xu Rong had already been ambushed in front of him.

"General, Cao Cao is less than ten miles away from us." Xu Rong was looking at the simple map in his hand, and his soldiers came to report.

"Can ye Chen's soldiers and horses be found?" Xu Rong didn't raise his head, still looking at the map and asked.

"Report to the General, their scouts were spotted, but their scouts didn't notice our presence, we stopped their scouts on the periphery, they may know our approximate area, but can't determine where we're ready."

Xu Rong folded the map in his hand, then looked into the distance and said: "Ye Chen not only doesn't know our exact location, he doesn't know Cao Cao's exact location either, our people and horses are between him and Cao Cao, it is inconvenient for scouts to pass on news, and the most important thing is that Cao Cao doesn't know about our existence yet." ”

Xu Rong calculated, what he wanted was to make a time difference, he planned to eliminate Cao Cao before Ye Chen had no support, and then it would be up to him to run or fight.

Xu Rong has this confidence, he has made the information very detailed, until now Ye Chen can't know his exact location, he can't prepare in advance, and Xu Rong is all cavalry, and Ye Chen is all infantry, if you can't win, it's still easy to run.

Ye Chen really didn't know Cao Cao's exact location, but only calculated by discovering Cao Cao's traces a few times.

Ye Chen had long known that Xu Rong was going to ambush him, but Ye Chen did not choose to tell Cao Cao the news.

Having Cao Cao chasing Dong Zhuo behind him could disperse Dong Zhuo's forces and benefit him, and at the same time, Ye Chen was unwilling to share this credit with the allies.

If Cao Cao is told that Cao Cao must advance carefully, Xu Rong has no way to ambush him, Cao Cao will have hard work even if he has no merit in the end, and if Cao Cao fails, that is, the defeat of the allies, it can further blow the prestige of the allies.

The most important thing is that only when Cao Cao is ambushed, Ye Chen has a chance to sneak attack Xu Rong, Ye Chen has studied Xu Rong, Xu Rong is definitely the most capable general under Dong Zhuo, under normal circumstances, Ye Chen has no chance at all.

"Quick, hurry." On the way, Ye Chen was a little anxious, according to the calculation, Cao Cao and Xu Rong should have met, so Ye Chen had to hurry.

When Ye Chen was speeding up his march, Xu Rong sat on his horse, his expression was calm, Cao Cao was already not far from the place where he was ambushed.

The ambush location Xu Rong chose was not a Jedi, it was a very ordinary place, and the more ordinary it was, the easier it was for people to ignore it.

"Kill."

Xu Rong pointed his spear, and several lieutenants led the troops to kill him.

At this time, Cao Cao had already entered their ambush circle, and he was completely unaware that such an inconspicuous few hills and a few groves could have an ambush.

When Xu Rong came out, Cao Cao was still leading people to hurry up, and he didn't have time to make any preparations.

was cut into several pieces at once, and he couldn't take care of each other.

Cao Cao was in a hurry, and the horses under his crotch turned around, looking at the chaotic battlefield.

Xu Rong did not directly participate in the battle, he calmly observed the changes on the battlefield, and commanded the Xiliang cavalry to constantly divide Cao Cao's army, and absolutely did not let them support each other.

"Zilian, Zixiao, quickly lead people to kill and retreat the enemy army." Cao Cao grabbed the knife in his hand and shouted loudly.

At this time, Cao Cao was still struggling hard, he was very unwilling, he led his troops to fight, in order to exterminate Dong Zhuo and rescue the emperor, but now he has not caught up, he was ambushed by Dong Zhuo's army, how could Cao Cao be willing.

Although he was unwilling, the reality was cruel.

Xu Rong followed Dong Zhuo to fight in the south and the north, and had very rich combat experience, while Cao Cao only had the experience of exterminating the Yellow Turbans, and was not familiar with the battlefield command.

Xu Rong not only divided Cao Cao's army into several fast and directly cut off Cao's marching ranks, but also sent many cavalry to cross the battlefield back and forth, defeating Cao's resistance again and again.

Now Cao Cao can only command two or three thousand people around him, in fact, the army has been divided and cannot be commanded.

"Mengde, go quickly, you can't stop it."

Several generals of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan were very anxious, and Xu Rong commanded the army to continuously compress them, so that the troops around them became less and less, and they were about to be unable to resist.

"I'm not leaving, kill me, kill Dong Zhuo, a gang of rebellious ministers and thieves." Cao Cao's eyes were red, and he had more than 10,000 soldiers, and now more than half of the casualties had been lost, and the other half had been divided into several pieces, and it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed.

In the battle against Dong, he didn't make much merit, and now he led his troops to pursue Dong Zhuo alone, and he was hit hard before he reached the halfway, and even the danger of annihilation of the whole army, how could Cao Cao stand it.

"Report to the general, the Liaodong army is less than ten miles behind us, please make a decision." When Xu Rong commanded the army to encircle and suppress Cao Cao, the scouts came to report that Ye Chen had arrived at their rear.

Xu Rong frowned, this was quite a deviation from his calculation, in his calculation, Ye Chen's army would not appear until Cao Cao was wiped out by them.

The part that attacked Cao Cao went smoothly, there was no deviation, and it was always carried out according to the rhythm he expected, but Ye Chen came a little fast.