Xu Chu took Gan Ning, Wang Yan, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei with Cao Cao's troops and more than 1,000 horsemen, and ambushed them on a high slope. The topography of Yique, Dagu two Xiongguan is similar to the Hugao, Yuyuan and other passes, are sandwiched mountains and stand, the closer to the pass, the narrower the terrain, and after the pass, the terrain gradually stretches, flat, Xu Chu, Cao Cao before the place of camping is fifty miles away from Yique Pass, after the army retreats south, now it has retreated more than ten miles, this area can be described as a horse and a flat river. Even so, there is still terrain that can hide soldiers and horses. This is an excellent ambush place, in addition to the high slope where Xu Chu and Cao Cao stayed, there are woods in the north half of the mile, and Sun Jian is ambushed in the forest with his light horses.

However, because of this suitability for ambushes, it is impossible for Dong Jun's pursuers to be unprepared. However, in the final analysis, the war is a psychological warfare, Xu Chu guessed that after Lu Bu and Hu Zhen learned that they had withdrawn, they would definitely be impatient to send troops to pursue, plus Hu Zhen was forced back to Dagu Pass, as a major general of Dong Zhuo's army, he had to find this field back, so even if there might be an ambush, Hu Zhen would still chase after him like a moth to a fire.

Because of the discussion of the situation in the Central Plains with a strategist last night, Xu Chu seemed a little absent-minded at this time.

Cao Cao thought that Xu Chu was worried about the war, and said with a smile: "Zhong Kang, General Sun tied his horse and lay in the forest, and it was difficult for Dong Jun to see through." Even if we see through it, we can also drive down to the rescue, Dong Jun panicked, he definitely didn't dare to chase easily, and it was not difficult to retreat. ”

Bunching a horse is a trick used to wrap a cloth around a horse's hooves and stuff something in the horse's mouth, and generally speaking, it is mostly used when attacking the enemy camp at night. Sun Jian also did this for the sake of prudence.

Xu Chu couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Meng De, what I'm worried about is not the battlefield here, but the battlefield behind us. ”

"Huh?"

Cao Cao listened to Xu Chu's words, but he didn't react for a while, and when he understood what Xu Chu meant, he immediately smiled and said: "Zhongkang has something to say, you might as well say it clearly." ”

"I am good at making claims, and I have written a letter to Chang'an ......, and Meng De is the Taishou of Yingchuan."

Xu Chu's eyes were fixed on Cao Cao's expression when he spoke, wanting to see Cao Cao's inner thoughts in it. It's a pity that Cao Cao is smiling all over his face and always touching his beard with his hands, making it difficult for people to peek into his true thoughts.

After getting along with Cao Cao all the way, this 'capable minister who rules the world, and the traitor of troubled times' did not show enough to shock Xu Chu, the war was tense, and Xu Chu never thought much about it. Until now, after seeing Cao Cao's expression after learning that he was 'advocating without authorization', Xu Chu knew that he had neglected Cao Cao's city government too much.

Most of the time, Cao Cao has always had such a smiling expression, even if he suffered a defeat and lost his generals, even if Xu Chu's 'fame' in the army is getting higher and higher, even if Xu Chu concealed his decision to be the Taishou of Yingchuan, Cao Cao's expression still remained the same.

It was also at this time that Xu Chu was shocked to realize that Guo Jia and Xi Zhong had calculated with him.

Showing Cao Cao as Yingchuan Taishou, but not greeting Cao Cao in advance, is obviously unreasonable, and the sequelae will not be unthinkable with the cleverness of Guo Jia and Xi Zhong.

Although Cao Cao did not have many soldiers and horses at this time, he was still the backbone of the Yuan Party, Xu Chu, a person who was on the edge of the Yuan Party, was qualified to show Cao Cao as the Taishou of a county? Moreover, it was on the premise of not consulting Cao Cao.

Xu Chu couldn't help but smile bitterly, of course Guo Jia and Xi Zhong were not for Xu and Cao to break up, there was only one reason why they did this - in their opinion, Cao Cao would not agree to be the Yingchuan Taishou, or he was unwilling to be the Yingchuan Taishou by Xu Chu.

Cao Cao really thought this in his heart, he never expected that Xu Chu, who was born as a 'martial artist', would not show himself on weekdays, and he would give him such a hand at a critical moment! In his original plan, he never thought of wading into the troubled waters of Yuzhou, and after the discussion of Dong was over, whether it was Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao or Bao Xin, it could become his next plan. To put it bluntly, the purpose of his alliance with Xu Chu is just to earn more fame when he is courting Dong, and by the way, to get a reliable ally.

Now it seems that Xu Chu's ally is not only not as reliable as he imagined, but also uses him in turn.

can be said to be a thousand ways and ten thousand, Xu Chu's seal has been sent, and soon, everyone in the world will know about it. In this way, no one will believe that this is Xu Chu's unauthorized decision, everyone prefers to believe that this is a joint plan by Cao Cao and Xu Chu, and they want to plot against Yuzhou.

Cao Cao laughed a few times, touched his palms and said: "Zhong Kang, the foolish brother was killed by you, and now Yuan Shu wants to treat the foolish brother as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh." ”

Xu Chu had no choice but to reply: "Yuan Shu's 'dry bones in the grave', how can it be compared with Brother Meng De." ”

The evaluation of the dry bones in the mound is from Cao Cao's mouth in history. Of course, Cao Cao was not afraid of Yuan Shu, he was afraid of Sun Jian and those princes of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao said: "That's it, let's not mention it at this time...... Let's talk about it after returning to Liang County. ”

......

A day later, the three armies of Xu, Cao, and Sun, who had retreated south, were only a few dozen miles away from the territory of Liang County, and they walked in a hurry, and at night, the three armies camped for a while.

In the military tent, Guo Jia and others received a military report sent by Xu Chu, and were about to take a closer look, but they heard a report from outside the door: Liu Bei asked to see him.

Guo Jiazhi invited Liu Bei in outside the tent.

Guo Jia asked: "It's quite tiring to travel all the way, Liu Jun doesn't go to rest, what are you doing when you come to me?" ”

Liu Bei sighed twice and said, "There's nothing else to do, I'm just worried about the safety of my second and third brothers, so I took the liberty to come." ”

Guo Jia bowed his head and said: "In this case, it just so happens that the lord's military report has just been delivered, so please ask Liu Jun to read it with me." ”

Everyone crowded around the side of the case and read the military newspaper together.

This military newspaper was dictated by Xu Chu and edited by others, Guo Jia glanced at it a few times, and couldn't help but read it softly.

"General Cao and I hid in Gaopo, and General Sun hid in the forest on the side of the road.

After reading a sentence, Xi Zhong interrupted and commented: "Looking at the layout of this battle, I want to wait for the Dong army to enter the forest road, with General Sun as the main leader to seize the people, disrupt the Dong army's position, and then use the cavalry of the lord and General Cao to attack, although it is outnumbered, but the chance of victory is still quite large." ”

Liu Bei nodded.

At this time, Liu Bei still had a bit of a military vision, after all, he had participated in the pacification of the Yellow Turban in the north, and he had also been a Sima under Gongsun Zhan's account, although they were all petty fights, and he had learned a lot of experience. When he retreated, Liu Bei clearly remembered that he took his subordinates to pass through the place where Xu Chu and others were ambushed, and the road in that place was wide and there were dense forests on both sides, which was indeed a good place for ambushes.