Xingyang City, twenty miles southwest of Tiger Pass. Here is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, Songyue in the south, Bihe River in the east, Gongyi in the west, is the main road leading to Guanzhong, known as "the center of locking the sky, the throat of Sanqin".

At the head of Xingyang City, Li Ru listened to the report from the spies, and his face turned blue with anger.

The state thief army, the first rat at both ends, dared to disobey the military order, it was really looking for death!

No matter how Li Ru roared in his heart, the two generals Cheng Lian and Cao Xing took the army of 30,000 and merged with the state, covered their heads without letting go, and galloped westward, wanting to throw themselves into Lu Bu's arms as soon as possible to gain support and warmth.

Li Ru stood at the head of the city, raised his eyes, and could vaguely see dozens of miles away, birds flying in the forest. As soon as this group of cowards ran away, they didn't know if the coalition forces would chase along the south bank of Luoshui.

If you don't chase it, your multi-day plan will be in vain. If Li Ru can't eat these hundreds of thousands of troops, then within a few days, Luoyang City will gather hundreds of thousands of Kwantung coalition troops, and even if they can use Hangu Pass to block the pursuing coalition army, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Liangzhou will probably be eager to try and invade Guanzhong.

At that time, the Dong family located in Guanzhong will face an extremely harsh environment, internal and external troubles, even if the father-in-law abolishes the emperor and stands on his own, then it will not last long.

There is also that young man, who is a big ghost and extremely shameless, if he can't win a big victory here, then the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will probably be very restless, not to mention that there is a cunning young man like a fox.

Li Ru had a gloomy face, clasped his hands, and ordered to probe again, if the coalition forces did not chase him, then he had to put himself in danger, use himself as bait, seduce the coalition forces to chase him, and then defeat him. Although this is not enough to eat in one bite, it can also defeat the coalition forces, so that they will not dare to act rashly in the future.

Tanma came again to report, and only tens of thousands of troops chased along Luoshui.

Tens of thousands of troops, enough for the Xiliang army to eat half full, Li Ru hurriedly went down the city wall, ordered Fan Chou, and proceeded as planned.

On the other side, twenty miles away, Cao Cao had just borrowed Sun Wentai's 3,000 cavalry by trickery, Cao Cao was in high spirits, pointed to the southeast direction, and said to Cao Ren: "Do you know, twenty miles to this place, where is it?" ”

"Big brother, it seems to be Xingyang, this place has always been a battleground for soldiers, do you want to send soldiers to investigate." Cao Ren responded.

This Cao Ren likes to do useless work, Cao Cao pouted: "No, no!! Calculating the time, Dong Thief may have arrived at Hangu Pass today. ”

"Dong Thief has given up Luoyang City, so there won't be too many soldiers and horses here, because no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it won't help."

"This Xingyang is amazing. When Chu and Han were fighting, Xingyang was the center of the contention, and Gaozu Liu Bang and Xiang Yu faced off for four years, repeatedly fighting, but they still didn't know whether they won or lost, and finally divided the world in the middle of the chasm. Cao Cao pointed to Xingyang in the southeast.

You said: "Zixiao, this afternoon, we must rush to Hangu Pass." Take a rest, take advantage of the night at night, kill the general, and rob the Son of Heaven. After speaking, Cao Cao touched his short beard and became comfortable again.

"Big brother, why did we give up Luoyang City to Sun Jian and go after and kill Dong Thief?" Cao Ren said the words that he had been holding back for a long time, and he felt much more comfortable.

Cao Cao didn't answer directly, but asked Xiang back: "Then you say, is it important to be a ruin, or is it important to be a son of heaven?" ”

Cao Ren said without thinking: "Of course, the Son of Heaven is important. ”

"Haha, a ruin, how can Cao care. If we can rob the Holy Driver, then we are definitely the first merit of the Han Court, and from now on, all the princes will look at us differently. Cao Cao laughed and said: "When the time comes, take back the Son of Heaven and establish the first merit, then the Son of Heaven will at least seal me as the history of a state assassin, then we will have a place to have a foundation." ”

Although this is the case, Dong Thief is by no means a good person, Cao Ren continued to ask: "But Dong Thief was defeated and fled, there are still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and more than half of our soldiers and horses are missing." ”

"The pursuit of victory is no longer outnumbered, and the army that flees is not afraid of it." Meng De raised his horsewhip and smumbly cheered for the soldiers around him.

said that, Cao Ren still didn't feel at ease: "But Lu Bu is by his side, this person is extremely brave!" ”

This Cao Ren, the first time to lead the army, I don't know how to boost morale, just now which questions are asked, half of the morale of my army will be discharged, so Cao Cao seems to be to Cao Ren, and seems to be saying to the soldiers around him: "Lu Bu, a Pifuer, this person is more than brave, not enough to lead the troops." You say, "When it comes to arranging troops, who are you with him?" ”

"Alone, I am no match for him; But leading troops to fight, he is by no means our enemy. Cao Ren also has some confidence in his heart.

Yes, this Cao Ren is brave and strategic, but he lacks experience, and he must hone it well in the future to become a great weapon. Cao Cao worked harder, and once again beat his morale: "That's right, although Lu Bu is brave, he is just the courage of a horseman, and he can't become the climate." Although there are many Xiliang troops, they are also the end of the strong crossbow. Although our army was small, it pursued the victory. The two, one prosperous and one declining, the winner and the loser are decided. ”

After boosting morale, Cao Cao looked around and saw that most of the soldiers around him nodded, looking in agreement. Relieved, Cao Cao pointed at Cao Ren: "Listen, when fighting, don't fight hard, just have a lot of suspicious soldiers and bluff, so that the soul of the Xiliang army can be frightened." When fighting in close combat, don't fight Lu Bu. I just want you to be desperate to get back the holy car. In this battle, we are a big victory. ”

After hearing this, the morale of the soldiers of Cao Jun was greatly boosted, and the soldiers were full of confidence, and they couldn't help but ride their horses loudly and speed up.

This situation made Meng De even more complacent.

Among these princes, only a certain Cao Cao can see the truth of this world.

In the four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, is it possible for a single Dong Zhuo to be wiped out with two tosses?

Now the remnants of the Han family are still there, and most of the clans and people are focused on the Liu family. Now the Son of Heaven is on the west side, and the princes give up the opportunity to chase and kill Dong Thief and save the Son of Heaven in order to compete for the merit of entering Luoyang City first.

How stupid, how short-sighted.

As long as he chases him, no matter whether he can save the son of today or not, his name of Cao Cao's loyalty and patriotism will be even stronger, if you add the name of the previous assassination of Dong. Then in the future, Cao Cao's name of patriotism and loyalty will be famous all over the world, and he will undoubtedly become the first loyal minister of the Han Court.

At that time, Cao Mengde, the world's first loyal minister, recruited talents. The people of the world, the reckless heroes have not yet thrown themselves into the arms of my Cao Cao, with these talents as arms, plus his reputation, he can't beat down a piece of land, and he can't make a fortune.

"Hehe~~~"

Cao Mengde touched his black and gray beard, and the smug color in his heart was even worse.

In Xingyang City, after a full meal, nearly 10,000 troops got up, walked neatly outside the city, and marched in the direction of Songshan.

Li Ru was ready to wait for Cao Cao's army to be defeated, and when he fled back, he set up an ambush on the way and annihilated Cao's army.

If Cao Cao could stop a little and send troops to Xingyang City to investigate, I am afraid he would not be so high-spirited to chase along the river.