When the princes heard that they were going to use their own soldiers and horses, they pretended to be stupid.

Someone said: "Oh, my weapons are not good, I've been changing weapons recently."

Someone said: "My general hasn't come yet, and no one is leading troops here."

is even more humane: "My father is dead, I have to go back and see, alliance leader, ask you for a leave!" ”

Yuan Shao actually responded: "Leave!" ”

Cao Cao was dumbfounded, although he had known about these princes from the side before this, he didn't expect that at the critical moment, these people still wanted to accumulate their own power.

Cao Cao was speechless, and said angrily: "Although you and others are in the name of the coalition army, they all have ghosts in their hearts, and they are afraid of losing their own military strength, so if you don't go, I'll go by myself!" ”

Cao Cao said, glancing fiercely at Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the seat of the alliance leader.

Yuan Shao's face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he naturally picked up a glass of wine and said to the prince who wanted to take leave because his father died just now: "I wish your father a happy body!" ”

Cao Cao flicked his sleeves and walked out of the coalition camp.

Back in his camp, Cao Cao scolded angrily, and his subordinates remained silent as usual, watching Cao Cao get angry.

"Ahem", Xiahoudun glanced at Ma Xiaoquan again.

Ma Xiaoquan felt helpless, and said in his heart: This Xiahou is really funny to your mother, you don't dare to open your mouth, you know that Lao Tzu will not die, anyway, even if Cao Cao is unhappy, I will not die if I give me two knives, thief.

Ma Xiaoquan persuaded Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, don't be angry, this immortal has already been calculated, and in less than a stick of incense, there will be your friends to help." ”

Cao Cao glanced at Ma Xiaoquan and was silent, but his anger was temporarily suppressed.

Sure enough, it was really just a stick of incense, and outside the tent, there was a visit from Wei Zi, who claimed to be Zhang Miao's general.

When Cao Cao heard that he was a subordinate general of his friend Zhang Miao, he hurriedly let Wei Zi into the camp.

"Lord Cao!" Wei Zi arched his hand and said, "My lord has not yet joined the coalition army, but I heard that Lord Cao is going to pursue the remnants of Dong Thief, so my lord asked me to lead all the way to help my lord!" ”

Cao Cao asked, "How many soldiers and horses do you have?" ”

Wetz replied, "Two thousand, of which 500 horsemen, 1,000 pace, 300 bows, and other soldiers." ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "It's still Meng Zhuo who knows me!" ”

After Wei Zi left, Cao Cao bowed deeply to Ma Xiaoquan and said, "Lord Shangxian is clever!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Okay, Xiao Cao, hurry up and go out to meet Zhang Miao's troops!" ”

Cao Cao happily walked out of the camp. Xiahoudun and other Cao Cao generals walked to Ma Xiaoquan's side and arched his hand: "Lord Shangxian, amazing, every time my lord gets angry, as long as Lord Shangxian is there, he will definitely be able to solve it!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "Don't lift me up, let's go, let's go and see your father-in-law together!" ”

The generals nodded.

Cao Hong walked at the end, and just as he was about to leave the camp, Ma Xiaoquan grabbed Cao Hong.

Cao Hong was puzzled and asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Why did Lord Shangxian hold Hong?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan said: "Zilian, let me ask you, if Xiao Cao's life is in danger, what should you do?" ”

When Cao Hong heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "What did Lord Shangxian calculate?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be mysterious and said: "Be quiet, I just secretly pinched my fingers and calculated that this time Xiao Cao pursued Dong Thief, there will be a big catastrophe, and the only person who breaks this catastrophe is Zilian you!" So, let me ask you, what should you do if Xiaocao's life is in danger? ”

Cao Hong didn't want to think about it: "The lord is the hero of the world, and Hong Zi should protect the lord with his liver and brain!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Then listen up, your main task in this battle is to protect Xiao Cao's comfort, no matter where he goes, even if it is squatting in the toilet, you have to follow to understand? ”

Cao Hong didn't seem to understand, but he still nodded heavily.

Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "Go!" ”

After Cao Hong left, Ma Xiaoquan was secretly refreshed.

Ma Xiaoquan thought: This Cao Cao's pursuit of Dong Zhuo must be lost, and it is a fiasco, Cao Cao's horse was also shot to death, but in history, Cao Hong gave his mount to Cao Cao. Even if I don't say it, history will still happen, Ma Ye, I am clever, say one step earlier, so that he Cao Cao is still not respectful to me, and when Cao Cao's power is great, let him send someone to find me a solar recorder, how fast, oops, my Ma Xiaoquan is really smart. (Little Absolute Dao: Shameless!) ）

After Cao Cao put his army in order, he went forward to pursue Dong Zhuo with great momentum.

Dong Zhuo set off from Luoyang and rushed all the way to Chang'an. On the road, there were people and scholars dying constantly, and Dong Zhuo didn't look at it.

In a delicate carriage, there sat four women like flowers and jade, one of them, whose little hands like tender lotus roots kept rubbing together.

"Lin'er~~ You don't want to be like this, okay? Brother Shangxian will definitely be safe, he is an immortal, he must know that we have left Luoyang! ”

"But, Sister Xiu'er, I'm still worried about my brother!"

"Don't worry, Brother Shangxian is immortal, no one can hurt him!"

"Well, Sister Miaoyu, I'm so tired, my feet are swollen"

"Come, come to Sister Diao Chan, my sister will rub it for you, your sister Miaoyu is a little tired"

Inside Dong Zhuo's carriage.

Dong Zhuo sat up, took a sip of wine, and shouted outside the car: "Li Ru! ”

Outside the car responded: "Li Ru is here!" ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Let's go to Chang'an all the way, non-stop, do you think Yuan Benchu will chase after him?" ”

Li Ru smiled: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I've already arranged it." ”

Dong Zhuo asked, "How is it arranged?" ”

Li Ru said proudly: "I will use my father-in-law's dictation to order Xu Rong to ambush in Xingyang, and at the same time, along the way, I will try my best to arrange some old and weak soldiers to lure the enemy deeper, and when they arrive in Xingyang, hehe, hehe, because I will forgive my father-in-law because I have taken my father-in-law's word without permission!" ”

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and said: "What is this, you are doing a good job, come, get in the car, and enjoy and make peace with me." ”

Li Ru was embarrassed: "Father-in-law, then my wife is her"

Dong Zhuo took care of everything: "What are you afraid of, it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and when you arrive in Chang'an, I will personally give you a few concubines!" ”

Li Ru's fox eyes were slit, and he said happily: "Father-in-law Xie, father-in-law Xie!" ”

After Cao Cao rectified the army, he invited Ma Xiaoquan to go with him to pursue Dong Zhuo, Ma Xiaoquan knew that Cao Cao would lose this battle, but he did not pick it up, so he refused Cao Cao on the grounds that he had been an immortal for a long time and did not interfere in the affairs of the world.

Cao Cao didn't mind, after all, chasing Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao was full of confidence.

And Cao Hong, who was beside Cao Cao, was worried.

"Lord Shangxian told me to keep it secret, saying that this is a heavenly opportunity, if the heavenly machine is exposed, the main guild will be dead, and Lord Shangxian will sue me if he is condemned by God, it seems that after this battle, I have to thank Lord Shangxian for everything."

"Let's go!" Cao Cao drew his sword in high spirits and led the army to run in the direction of Dong Zhuo's escape.

When the army marched to a post station to rest and rest, the scouts came to report that there were people in Luoyang who had frozen to death and starved to death along the way.

Cao Cao couldn't bear it, but he didn't have much military rations, and if it was distributed to the people, the battle would not be able to be fought.

Cao Cao ordered with red eyes: "Explore again!" ”

After a while, the scout came to report again, saying that there were many old and weak soldiers in Xiliang on the road.

"Huh?" Cao Ren said, "Dong Zhuo will be so unbearable? ”

Cao Cao shook his head: "Zixiao is wrong, Dong Thief is reducing personnel." ”

Cao Ren was puzzled: "I won't talk about the common people, those old and weak soldiers are all Dong thief's sergeants." ”

Cao Cao said: "It's because of the old and weak soldiers that Dong Thief doesn't want it." ”

Cao Ren asked, "Lord, what does Dong thief mean?" ”

Cao Cao made a slight analysis and said: "Those who follow Dong Thief must be his elite troops, but after a long march, the soldiers will be exhausted, even if it is an elite army, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, we only need to speed up the pursuit, and we can catch up with Dong Thief." ”

Cao Ren suddenly realized: "Lord Mingjian! ”

The army accelerated the pace of pursuit, and sure enough, as Cao Cao judged, there were all old and weak remnants of soldiers with no combat effectiveness along the way, Cao Cao ignored it, and in a blink of an eye, he had been chasing for most of the day.

When the army was resting, Cao Cao saw a city not far away, so he asked his subordinates.

The subordinate replied, "The name of the city is Xingyang."

"Xingyang?"

Cao Cao unfolded the sheepskin map and looked at it.

"Lord!" Xiahou Yuan stepped forward and said, "Xingyang has a mountain, if the Dong thief army is ambushed"

Cao Cao smiled and said quite confidently: "The mountain is a low mountain, it doesn't matter, let's march quickly, speed up the guò, don't stop in Xingyang!" ”

The forward formation was led by Xiahou Dun, leading a team of cavalry far ahead, in fact, Cao Cao was also afraid, although he said that, but if he was really going to be ambushed, it would definitely be uncomfortable.

The army passed through the city of Xingyang, but there was not a single soldier in sight, and the occasional people who came and went were still some fleeing people.

"Haha, look, I'm right, right?" Cao Cao smiled and said to Xiahou Yuan, "Miaocai, you are too worried!" ”

Xiahou Yuan's face was slightly red, and he didn't speak.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong beside him and wondered: "Zilian, why have you been by my side all the time, didn't you let you rectify the infantry?" ”

Cao Hong was very helpless, he kept thinking about Cao Cao's comfort in his heart, but the military order was difficult to disobey, so he had to give up his order.

As soon as Cao Hong left, he heard a sudden explosion in Xingyang City, and then a marching army appeared not far from the city.

Before marching to the army, on a large flag, the word "Dong" was deeply written with a red ink pen, and next to the word Dong, there was a slightly smaller flag, and another word was written on the banner - Xu.

Cao Cao reacted and ordered the troops to retreat, but Li Dian, who wanted to be in charge of the postponement, came with news that Dong Zhuojun appeared in the rear.

A subordinate said: "Lord, retreat to Xingyang, right?" ”

Cao Cao was in a cold sweat, but he still said calmly: "No, once we enter Xingyang, we will become a lonely army, the thief army will catch turtles in the urn, and our army will rest!" ”

Cao Cao thought for a while, and ordered: "Pass my order, detour to break through, Yuan let Miaocai break through the left side, me and Zixiao on the right, Mancheng (Li Dian) Ziqian (Lejin) in the middle, Zilian is responsible for the back road." ”

After the generals received the order, they began to break through.