Chapter 25 Li Ru sets up an ambush

From Cao Cao to Cao Cao's pursuit, to Gao Ye's farewell to Yuan Shao and set off to chase Cao Cao, there was an interval of four hours. When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao quarreled www.biquge.info it was not yet dark, and by the time Gao Ye heard Guo Jia talk about it, it was almost midnight. As soon as Gao Ye's order was reached, those cavalry could not get on their horses and go, the first thing they had to do was to get up! Therefore, by the time Zhao Yun and the others finished their preparations, a long time had passed. What's more, if the cavalry of the brigade wants to march calmly, there is still a lot of preparation work required.

To say that the cavalry marched at night, it was indeed a bit difficult, although tonight the moon was in the sky, it was still a little bright, but compared to the day, Gao Ye still did not dare to let the cavalry advance at full speed. After all, the vision at night is not good, and if you really go full speed, there is a high chance that something will happen. And Gao Ye didn't expect that Cao Cao's men would go so fast, no matter what, all he brought this time were cavalry, and the speed was much faster than Cao Cao's infantry, but who knew that they had been marching until dawn, and they had not caught up with Cao Cao's men and horses.

"Big brother, everyone has been marching for three hours, isn't it time to rest?" Zhao Yun rushed up and asked.

Gao Ye nodded when he heard this, after all, he woke people up from the bed in the middle of the night, and after such a long time, it was really time to rest. Especially now, you can also get off the horse and take a good rest. As long as you go further west, you will face more dangers, and the fewer opportunities you will have to rest like this, so Gao Ye agreed to Zhao Yun's suggestion and immediately let everyone get off the horse and rest for half an hour.

But said that Cao Cao, since yesterday evening ordered, the army pursued Dong Zhuojun, everyone has been marching all the way. Cao Cao's subordinates were all foot soldiers, and the marching speed was naturally not fast. It's just that he heard that Dong Zhuo drove the people to Chang'an together, and he knew in his heart that Dong Zhuojun's speed was estimated to be not as fast as his own! That's why he ordered the army to advance at full speed, and it was necessary to catch up with the Xiliang army. If you're lucky, you might be able to catch up with Dong Zhuo's guy. Therefore, the whole army, under the leadership of Cao Cao, marched quite quickly. He had set off four hours earlier than Gao Ye, and at night, Gao Ye's cavalry could not advance at full speed, and the speed was comparable to that of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. Therefore, even though Gao Ye's men were all cavalry, they still did not catch up with Cao Cao's army, which had been running in front.

Cao Cao, who had rested twice in the middle of the journey, was still not caught up by Gao Ye, but he had already heard the noisy sound in front of him. Whether it is the neighing of horses or the cries of the people, it all indicates that Dong Zhuo's army is ahead! Dong Zhuojun, who had been chasing him for so long, was finally close at hand.

Cao Cao immediately ordered a temporary rest, but it took only half an hour for everyone to prepare for battle. After all, everyone has been walking for so long, it is impossible to say that they are not tired. However, if you want to come to Dong Zhuojun's people, your physical strength will not be much better. It's the same rush, who is stronger than whom! Therefore, Cao Cao ordered everyone to rest and recover some physical strength a little, and then he was ready to go up and fight with Dong Zhuo's army and horses.

After all, according to Cao Cao's thoughts, Dong Zhuo hurriedly retreated westward, and he would definitely not have thought that someone would pursue him. After all, he is really clever with a strong man breaking his wrist, throwing out a ruined Luoyang City, so that the coalition army has no heart to advance. How smart Cao Cao was, how could he not think clearly about the twists and turns, especially when he tried to persuade Yuan Shao to no avail, he had to admit that Dong Zhuo's conspiracy completely achieved his due effect.

Besides, this is a conspiracy, everyone knows why Dong Zhuo gave up Luoyang, even if some people don't know, when Gao Ye said that Dong Zhuo was cunning, he also explained it clearly to everyone. But even so, everyone is still immersed in the joy of capturing Luoyang, as if Dong Zhuo, who fled back to Chang'an, is no longer a big problem, even if he takes away the emperor and civil and military officials, what can he do?

In fact, even Cao Cao didn't know what he was pursuing this time, was it because of anger? The princes of the coalition army only care about their own interests, and no one thinks about the Han Dynasty at all, so they are simply vain as subjects of the Han Dynasty! Or is it because of desire? If he can hit Dong Zhuojun hard this time, he will definitely be famous all over the world. If you are lucky enough to snatch back Your Majesty, Kuang Fu Sheji, and your name in history is just around the corner! Or just want to take a breath? That Yuan Shao is so incompetent, but he still relies on his background of the fourth world and the third duke, and he is thriving. I'm so talented, but I don't even have a place of size! If I can succeed this time, I will not only win a huge reputation, but also let the world know that my Cao Mengde is stronger than Yuan Shao!

With such a fickle mentality, Cao Cao, who hurried up, finally saw the rear army of Dong Zhuo's army. Countless soldiers drove the people, but whoever disobeyed them was slain by the roadside with a single sword, without the slightest mercy. Those soldiers seemed to enjoy this kind of killing, because not only did they have their heads to take risks, but they also had money to covet ink. I'm afraid that if it weren't for them and the generals watching, the massacre of civilians would have happened a long time ago.

It's just that Cao Cao was surprised that Dong Zhuojun didn't look panicked at all when he saw that he had killed him, and the speed of the formation made Cao Cao secretly feel bad in his heart. There are not many people in the first place, and those who dare to chase after them rely on them to be sure that they think they have a plan, light and unprepared, plus the large number of marchers and the long ranks, so that they can raid the opponent's rear army to have a chance to win.

But it seems that he is completely wrong, and the other party is simply well prepared! Because Cao Cao even saw Lu Bu appear in the field of vision. Lu Bu is Dong Zhuo's righteous son, and protecting Dong Zhuo is the most important thing he should do now. But now that he has appeared here, there are only two possibilities: first, Dong Zhuo is not far ahead. Second, the other side has been prepared for a long time, and this is to annihilate the invading enemy in one go.

Obviously, he didn't see Dong Zhuo's carriage. Although he used to be a military general, but now he can only rely on carriages to travel, and his fat body can no longer bear the hard work of riding a horse, and there is no horse that can carry his fat body back to Chang'an. Since the first possibility has been ruled out, there is only the second. Gao Ye always said that Li Ru was quite knowledgeable, and he didn't believe it, after all, he was an official in the same hall as him, and he was very familiar with him, and he had never seen him show this aspect. But I didn't expect that what really knew him was a high night with whom he only had two sides.

When Lu Bu saw Cao Cao chasing after him, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sure enough, as Li Wenyou expected, Cao Mengde, you rushed to send him to death?" "General Lu Bu put his horse away, and walked to the front of the battle alone, such an arrogant momentum, Cao Cao had already seen it before the Tiger Prison Pass. Although Cao Cao knew in his heart that he might not be Lu Bu's opponent, but for now, he couldn't lose his momentum even if he lost the battle!

Cao Cao also shouted: "Traitor! You are waiting to rob the Son of Heaven and exile the people, so rebellious, why don't you get off your horse and surrender quickly! For the sake of Gao Ye's face, you will not die! ”

"Hmph, even if Gao Ye is here, he doesn't have the courage to say this. Cao Mengde, you are a coward, why bother to talk nonsense here! ”

"Lu Bu looks at the move!" Behind Cao Cao, Xiahoudun came out on horseback and attacked LΓΌ Bu directly, and Cao Cao immediately ordered his troops to form a formation and prepare to resist the attack. Xia Houdun knows very well how much he has ability, he is definitely not Lu Bu's opponent. Moreover, behind Lu Bu, there are mostly Xiliang iron cavalry, if the formation is not formed as soon as possible, when the time comes, the other people's brigade will rush over and kill them, and my own 3,000 foot soldiers may only be slaughtered by others.

However, Xiahoudun and Lu Bu had only fought for six or seven rounds, and Cao Cao's left flank was directly attacked by Li Dao, almost at the same time, Cao Cao's right flank was also attacked by Guo Yan. If it weren't for Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren entangled Li Dao and Guo Yan and caused problems in their command system, I am afraid that Cao Cao, a circular formation laid out purely for defense, would have been directly taken down by Li and Guo. After all, Dong Zhuo has a large number of soldiers and horses, and Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Lu Bu are all Li Ru's people who stay here, in order to take down the enemy in one fell swoop.

Lu Bu's single-handedness is not only because of his pride as the number one military general in the world, but also because of his desire to confuse his opponents. Because no matter who you are, as long as you have seen Lu Bu's majestic posture in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, you will have an idea, that is, with Lu Bu here, I am afraid that we will not be able to move forward. But here's the problem, if you see Lu Bu, you will flee from the wind, according to the current distance, Lu Bu's cavalry will easily catch up with yourself, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the brigade will be a harvest in the face of the rout and disorderly infantry. Therefore, whoever is in command here cannot immediately give the order to retreat. But if you don't retreat, you must fight with Lu Bu with real knives and guns, whether you can win Lu Bu or not, at least Lu Bu has successfully attracted everyone's attention to him.

It is precisely because of this that the attacks of Li Dao and Guo Yan are extremely sudden. After all, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are not heroic soldiers, and many of them have never even been on the battlefield. Although everyone was under the command of Cao Cao, they were well guarded, but the huge gap in numbers still made Cao Cao's army rush to despair. Seeing the crisis of the situation, Cao Cao immediately ordered a retreat, Cao Hong commanded the soldiers and horses to retreat quickly, as for Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, they still had to withstand the pressure of Li Dao and Guo Yan. As for Xiahoudun, he had already flown back, not because he was busy protecting Cao Cao, but because he really couldn't resist Lu Bu.

Seeing this, Lu Bu waved his halberd, and the whole army was escorted, while Cao Cao's men and horses retreated like their lives. Finally got rid of these three people, collected less than 2,000 defeated Cao Cao, and temporarily retreated under the mountain dock. It was a rapid march all night plus a morning, another battle, followed by a rout, everyone fled here, and couldn't help but feel very hungry, Cao Cao immediately ordered to bury the pot and make rice.

It is said that the blessing is unparalleled, and the disaster is not a single line, this sentence describes the current Cao Cao is really the best, Cao Caojun, who has just buried the pot, heard the sound of shouting and killing, and a sentence: "Xuanwu Xu Rong is here", which scared Cao Cao away!