Chapter 246: All the way to the west
By the time Cao De arrived at Tiger Prison Pass with the ugly bull ride, the battle at Tiger Prison Pass was nearing its end. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
When Zhang Fei arrived at the gate and opened the gate, Cao Cao and Guo Jia waved their hands, and the two thousand soldiers who had been prepared for a long time followed the gate hole into the Tiger Prison Pass.
The Dong army of the two thousand tiger prison did not resist too much, and directly chose to surrender.
And it was also at this time that Cao De arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass.
Cao De, Guo Jia, Cao Cao and Liu Bei stood together on the Tiger Prison Pass.
"Brother, what are you going to do next?" Cao De asked, stroking the female wall with the blood stains that had just coagulated.
Cao Cao turned around, didn't speak, stretched out his hand and pointed, it was Luoyang!
Cao De smiled, turned his head and asked, "Brother Xuande, now that the Tiger Prison Pass has been broken, it is also a flat river from here to Luoyang." I don't know where Brother Xuande is going? ”
Liu Bei looked at the direction of Luoyang and said leisurely: "Luoyang is close at hand, if you return here, how can you afford the Han clan!" ”
"Okay, since that's the case, then let's go to Luoyang together and rescue the Son of Heaven!" Cao De said in high spirits.
At this moment, suddenly Zhang Liao walked over with a thin soldier wearing Dong Jun's battle suit. "Lord, this person claims to be from Hanzhong, and he has important information to inform him. The last will not dare to delay. ”
Cao De glanced at this Dong Jun soldier, and from his appearance, Cao De felt that things didn't seem to be so simple. Therefore, Cao De said to the Dong army soldier: "Come with me!" ”
Cao De led the Dong soldiers out for more than 20 steps, and the Dong soldiers glanced at it, there was no one around, and said in a low voice in Cao De's voice: "Subordinates meet the general!" ”
"Well, what's your name?" Cao De asked without looking back.
"The subordinate is called Jin'er! ……”
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Soon, Cao De led the Dong Army soldier back. Cao De smiled and whispered a few words to Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao immediately led the soldier to the pass.
And Cao Cao looked at the Dong Army soldier who followed Zhang Liao's voice with a suspicious face, and suddenly Cao Cao remembered the team, could it be ......
At this time, Cao De snorted and said: "The army has been fighting for half a day, and it is tired compared to it, so it is better to rest for two hours. ”
"Just according to Anbang!"
"Obey the general's orders!"
Tiger Prison has been bustling since more than a month ago. In the past, there were 20,000 or 30,000 people, and at most it could reach more than 100,000 people. But after nightfall today, the Tiger Prison became deserted.
However, this desertion only existed for less than three hours, and another army drove to the Tiger Prison.
When the soldiers and horses approached, they found that the closed door, which should have been closed, was now open open.
"General, beware of deception! Let the last general go and investigate first. ”
The leader of the general nodded, and the man who had recommended himself before led a hundred soldiers into the gate hole quietly.
Two quarters of an hour later, a shout came from the wall of the Tiger Prison Pass, "General, enter the pass!" The pass is empty! ”
The brigade soon drove into the Tiger Prison. A banner was erected on the Tiger Prison, with a big "Sun" character written on it!
It turned out to be Sun Jian!
When Sun Jian's banner was planted at the head of the city, the torches on the wall of the Tiger Prison were lit up again. At this time, Sun Jian, who was staying on the wall, found the mottled blood stains on the wall by the light of the torch!
"General, it should be the bloodstains around noon yesterday!" Huang Gai, the general under Sun Jian, squatted down and studied the study carefully.
"Around noon, isn't that the time when I am fighting with Dong Jun outside Xingyang City, who will attack the Tiger Prison Pass?" Sun Jian said to himself. "Is it ......?"
Just when Sun Jian was suspicious, a soldier suddenly ran over in a hurry, "General, I found some handwriting on the wall under the gate!" ”
"Handwriting? Let's go, let's see! ”
Soon Sun Jian was led by the soldiers to the front of the wall, and a huge word "Dian" was about a zhang high from the ground, hanging high above Sun Jian's head.
On the left side of the laying word, it is written, "In the second year of the first peace, there was a thief Dong Zhuo, who deceived the heavens and the earth, destroyed the country and killed the king; Messing with the palace ban and mutilating living beings; Wolves are unkind, and sins are accumulated. Today, under the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, the army will be raised to ask for it. ”
On the right side of the inscription, it is written, "In the second year of the first peace, on August 31, Cao De, the general of the Han chariot cavalry, and Cao Cao, the court captain, led the righteous army to fight with the thieves in the Tiger Prison Pass and broke it. Four hundred and thirty-seven martyrs died here! ”
At the end is the list of the four hundred and thirty-seven martyrs!
Sun Jian looked at it and muttered, "Sure enough, it's him." But since you have broken the tiger prison, why don't you stay here, but you don't see anyone! ”
At this time, Han Dang said: "Could it be that the army set off overnight and attacked Luoyang?" ”
Han Dang's words made Sun Jian suddenly realize, "It's very likely." Sun Jian paused for a moment and continued: "Order the whole army, the army hurry up and rest, and early tomorrow morning, wave the army to the west and attack Luoyang!" ”
"No!"
The straight-line distance from Luoyang is less than two hundred miles, but from Hugao Pass to Luoyang, you have to cross a tributary of the Yellow River, Luoshui!
Therefore, in fact, when Sun Jian arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, Cao De and Cao Cao's army had just crossed Luoshui.
Moreover, after crossing Luoshui, Cao De did not immediately order the soldiers to continue advancing, but ordered the army to rest and wait until dawn before setting off again!
According to the speed of the marching of the army, it takes less than four days to get from the Tiger Pass to the Luoyang infantry, while the cavalry only needs two and a half days, but the cavalry needs to take care of the speed of the infantry, and the march time is not very long. Therefore, no matter how anxious Cao De is, there is no need to rush for a moment.
After dawn, Cao De hit the road. And almost at the same time as Cao De, Sun Jian, who had just entered the Tiger Prison in the middle of the night.
And when Sun Jian came to the Luoshui River and saw the traces of Cao De's army, he confirmed the conjecture in his heart.
In fact, there is a reason why Cao De stayed by the Luoshui River in the middle of the night. Because when most of the soldiers went to sleep with their weapons in their clothes. There was a cavalry of no more than seven or eight horsemen, which quietly left the army and went south. And in the mind of the man at the head of this cavalry team of seven or eight horsemen, there was a sentence that kept drifting back and forth, "After the deed is done, I will allow you to be free!" ”
The army departed, but a day later the sentinels sent by Cao De to Luoyang returned, and brought back very bad news.
After Cao De listened to the report of the sentry cavalry, he immediately took two thousand cavalry, threw off the large army, and accelerated and rushed straight to Luoyang! (To be continued.) )