Chapter 43: Lu Cao Meets
"General be careful!"
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Cao Ren quickly reacted, he was frightened by Lu Bu's arrow earlier, and now he almost died under Lu Bu's arrow, and he was already afraid of Lu Bu's archery skills in his heart.
He no longer dared to fight, and Cao Chun led the cavalry to flee.
LΓΌ Jun pursued him in the rear, and Cao Jun fled on the front road. When chasing to thirty miles away from Luoyang City, Lu Bu's cavalry caught up from behind, Cao Ren's heart was horizontal, and he said to Cao Chun: "After the general's 1,000 cavalry is broken, my brother should leave quickly and escort the Son of Heaven to the lord's camp safely." β
Cao Chun said: "My brother is the chief general of the three armies, and I can have no last general, but I can't have no brother!" β
Cao Ren said angrily: "This will be the main general, everything will listen to me!" Do you want to disobey my orders? β
Cao Chun had no choice but to lead the rest of the cavalry away.
When Lu Bu saw that Cao Ren was left behind, he reined in his war horse and shouted, "Cao Ren, where is the Son of Heaven?" Hurry up and hand over the Son of Heaven! β
Cao Ren looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, the Son of Heaven has entered the camp of our army, you want to recover the Son of Heaven, but it is delusional!" β
Lu Bu was furious when he heard this, and pointed at the halberd, "Kill!" β
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang on the left and right each led a troop and horse to kill the two wings of Cao Ren's army. Cao Ren also urged to sit down on the war horse, brandished his weapon, and led a thousand cavalry to kill the general.
The two torrents crashed together, the horses neighed and the hooves rolled. Lu Bu took the lead, painting the halberd left and right, and Cao Jun couldn't resist Lu Bu at all. On the left and right, there were first-class fierce generals such as Zhang Liao and Xu Huang to escort them, and Lu Bu's cavalry was like a sharp knife that easily tore apart Cao's army.
Three thousand against one thousand, whether it is strength or combat power, it is far from being the opponent of Lu Bu's cavalry. The cavalry of the Cao army has begun to form an army, and there is no future tiger and leopard cavalry that is famous, and it is even more vulnerable in the face of Lu Bu's iron cavalry.
Lu Bu had already seen Cao Ren in Cao Jun's array, and immediately went straight to Cao Ren to kill.
Cao's army was defeated like a tide, and soon he couldn't resist the enemy, and the guards on the left and right hurriedly pulled Cao Ren and said: "General, the enemy army is strong, our army can't resist the enemy, quickly retreat!" β
Cao Ren was unwilling, but he didn't expect Lu Bu's cavalry to be so strong. The cavalry under his command is also trained by himself for a long time, and his combat power is naturally stronger than that of ordinary cavalry, but in the face of the tearing of Lu Bu's iron halberd, it is so vulnerable.
Seeing that the current goal of blocking Lu Bu's army had been achieved, he no longer fell in love with the war, shouted "withdraw", and fled first.
Seeing that Cao Ren wanted to escape, LΓΌ Bu ordered Zhang Liao and Xu Huang to cut off Cao Ren's cavalry from the left and right flanks.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang received the order, each leading a group of men and horses, and cut off Cao's army back and forth from the left and right. LΓΌ Bu led a cavalry from the detour behind Cao Ren, hoping to cut off Cao Ren's return route.
Cao Ren was under the escort of his own guards, fought to the death, and no longer dared to be nostalgic, so he arrived at the city of Luoyang, did not enter, and went straight to Yanzhou.
LΓΌ Bu gathered his troops and horses, intending to pursue Cao Ren.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang both said: "Lord, Cao Ren will retreat if he feints, I am afraid that there will be chasing soldiers!" β
"This is Cao Ren's small skill of carving insects, Cao Ren is just doing this to block the general, presumably Cao Ren has already sent a line of soldiers and horses to escort the Son of Heaven to Cao Cao. Don't doubt it, follow me to chase after the Son of Heaven! β
Lu Bu knew that if Wang Yun coerced the Son of Heaven to Cao Cao's camp, he was afraid that it would be impossible for him to regain the Son of Heaven from Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's strategists were like clouds, thousands of generals, and his power was strong, and Cao Cao himself was a resourceful man, so Lu Bu did not wait for Jia Xu to lead the troops to come, so he went to pursue Cao Ren.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang suddenly realized that Cao Ren had repeatedly come to call for battle, and then fled as soon as the battle was fought, but it was to confuse our army.
"Quickly pursue Cao Ren, and be sure to recover the Son of Heaven!"
Lu Bu defeated Cao Ren, didn't care about the surrendered troops, but went straight to chase Cao Ren.
Cao Ren and the other defeated soldiers caught up with Cao Chun, Cao Chun was shocked, but he didn't expect his brother to insist for an hour. After the two armies converged, a total of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, passing through Zhongmu County to the east, and catching up with Li Dian, who was heading east to escort the Son of Heaven.
Wang Yun was shocked: "Lu Bu has already chased after him?" β
When Liu Xie, the son of heaven, heard that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses had arrived, he finally looked like a child, he asked Shi Sun Rui fearfully, then asked the seed series, and then asked Yang Biao: "What should I do?" What do you say? Lu Bu is here, he's here! β
"Your Majesty, don't worry!"
Yang Biao comforted Liu Xie and said to Cao Ren and the others: "General Cao, where is Cao Cao's army?" Where is it now? β
Cao Ren looked at Li Dian, and Li Dian said, "The lord's soldiers and horses have probably arrived in Chenliu." β
"So what now? This is Zhongmu, leaving Chenliu, and the fast horse march will also take two or three days. Yang Biao couldn't help but shout at Li Dian.
Shisun Rui pulled Yang Biao and said to Li Dian: "The general is now Lu Bu leading the army to chase after him, for the sake of today's plan, he should send someone to Chen Liu first, and the rest of the cavalry will block Lu Bu's pursuit of the army, so as to keep His Majesty safe!" β
At this moment, smoke and dust billowed from the east, and then there was a sound of horses' hooves, and the hooves were like thunder. Cao Ren's heart was overjoyed, and Cao Chun said loudly: "This must be the lord's army here!" β
In the east, it can't be Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, then it can only be the lord's soldiers and horses. Wang Yun saw that it was Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, and several people made up their minds.
"Zixiao, I'm here!"
A hearty laugh came, and a rugged man with a beard under his jaw rode his horse.
Cao Ren followed the sound and saw that the person who came was Xiahou Yuan.
"Miaocai, it's you! How did you get here? β
Xiahou Yuan rode his horse and was followed by 10,000 infantry.
"My lord is worried about your comfort, so he asked me to come first to meet you, and then I will bring a large army myself!"
Wang Yun saw that Cao Jun's army was neat and tidy, and his morale was high, and he looked at each other with Yang Biao, Chong Ji and others, and felt that with Cao Cao Kuang supporting the Han family, the Han Dynasty was hopeful.
Before Cao Ren could say a few words to Xiahou Yuan, the smoke and dust were billowing in the west, and a large war horse was galloping, with a majestic momentum, like a raging river.
Let's say that Lu Bu pursued Cao Ren until dawn to thirty miles away from Zhongmu County, and saw that he was about to catch up with Cao Ren's cavalry, and he didn't want to come to the front before he saw a group of soldiers and horses rushing to the west, numbering more than 10,000 people.
Over there, Xiahou Yuan had already set up a formation, waiting for Lu Bu to come. The two armies gathered two hundred paces and stopped, Lu Bu rode out, painted a halberd swinging horizontally, pointed to the front of Cao's army, and shouted: "Who is coming?" β
Xiahou Yuan came out of the crowd and laughed: "Who should I be, it turns out that I am a person without faith and righteousness!" β
Behind Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were furious, and they were about to go out, but Lu Bu stopped the two, and then sneered: "No nameless general, you don't deserve to answer me!" β
Xiahou Yuan also said angrily: "Hmph, let me teach you how to move!" β
"Miaocai, be careful of Lu Bu's sneak attack!" Cao Ren shouted later, he knew that Lu Bu was powerful, especially that one-handed archery skill was unparalleled in the world, if he was attacked by Lu Bu, then Miaocai would be dangerous.
Although Xiahou Yuan was full of ridicule on his face, he was vigilant in his heart.
He put 10,000 soldiers and horses in front of the formation and showed off his might in front of the battle.
Lu Bu's heart was on fire, and he secretly thought that the Son of Heaven was already in Cao Cao's camp, and if he wanted to recapture the Son of Heaven at this time, the only way to defeat Cao's army was to break through Cao's army by force. I chased all the way, the army rode, and now the people are sleepy and tired, and they need time to rest their physical strength.
Therefore, Lu Bu had the intention to take advantage of this gap to make the three thousand cavalry rest for a while. After that, he wanted to break the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan and recapture the Son of Heaven.
At this moment, a large number of people and horses came from the rear of Cao's army, waving flags, and the number was about more than 10,000. Lu Bu was frightened, Cao Cao wanted to march so quickly, it seemed that today there was only a hard battle, and the soldiers and horses under his command must have felt Hangu Pass by now, and it would take a day to march to reach Zhongmu.
"Lord, Cao Jun has moved!"
Zhang Liao also saw another military horse appear in the rear of Cao's army.
"Let's take a look first, and then I will order the brothers to rest immediately, and there will be a fierce battle today!"
Lu Bu instructed Zhang Liao and Xu Huangdao on the side, and the two took the order and left.
Lu Bu's brows furrowed slightly, looking at the group of people who appeared on the opposite side, and his mind was turning.
Over there, Cao Renzhong's generals suddenly heard that a large group of people appeared in the rear, and when they looked back, they saw Cao Cao coming here surrounded by all the generals under his command.
Cao Ren led the generals to meet Cao Cao, and then Cao Cao saw Wang Yun and others, and glanced at Liu Xie beside Wang Yun, quickly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and said to Liu Xie: "Weichen Cao Cao sees Your Majesty!" β
Liu Xie saw Cao Cao's frightened expression, and when he saw that he was very respectful, the uneasy factor in his heart was much less.
"Cao Qing's family, please get up! Hurry up, please! β
Cao Cao then got up and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, the minister is so late that Your Majesty is frightened, and the minister is guilty of death!" β
Liu Xie glanced at Wang Yun on the side, Wang Yun bowed slightly, Liu Xie agreed, and said to Cao Cao: "Aiqing can lead the army thousands of miles to protect it, I feel that I am guilty, how can I blame Aiqing." It's just that now the traitor Lu Bu is leading the troops here, and I hope that Cao Qing's family can solve the danger! β
Cao Cao bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, there is a, so how dare Lu Bu be disrespectful to Your Majesty." However, the battlefield is dangerous, Your Majesty and your lords are not comfortable here, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me, please ask Rong Weichen to order his subordinates to escort His Majesty to Chenliu? β
Liu Xie looked at Wang Yun on the side again, Wang Yun nodded imperceptibly, turned back to Cao Cao and said, "There is Lao Qing's family!" β
Cao Cao said to Li Dian on the side: "Send 3,000 soldiers and horses to escort the Son of Heaven to Chenliu, remember, don't let Your Majesty have any danger!" β
Li Dian received the order and went down to prepare.
Cao Cao said goodbye to Liu Xie, and Cheng Yu on the side said: "Lord, Lu Bu on the other side is eyeing him, it seems that there is a big battle today." β
"Haha!" Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "It's been a long time since I've seen Lu Bu, a martial artist." β
Everyone laughed and followed Cao Cao to the front of the battle.
Cao Cao was surrounded by his subordinates and came to the front of the formation, and the army behind him was lined up, with swords and guns like a forest, and the murderous spirit was fierce.
Lu Bu knocked the red rabbit horse lightly with his legs, stepped forward slightly, dragged the halberd upside down, and thought of the dream in his mind, the battle with Cao Cao in the dream, and finally defeated Xuzhou and killed himself in the White Gate Tower.
Seeing Cao Cao, it was like a world away, and it seemed to happen yesterday, Lu Bu's heart was slightly distracted, and Cao Cao laughed and said, "Long time no see, is it okay to be Fengxian?" If you want to see Cao, why bother to make a big deal and bring so many people here? Cao has already prepared a banquet in Chen, sweeping the couch and waiting, just waiting for the service to come! β
Lu Bu came back to his senses, and in the face of Cao Cao's sarcasm, he shouted: "A certain person is also waiting for him in Chang'an, just waiting for Meng De to come." I'm just afraid that Meng De will die and dare not come to Chang'an alone. β
"I haven't seen you for many days, and Feng Xian's eloquence has become so good!"
Cao Cao continued.
Lu Bu said impatiently: "Cao Cao, this Taiwei is flawless and noisy with you, Ben Taiwei asked you, is the Son of Heaven in your camp?" β
Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled faintly: "Yes, Feng Xian wants to come over alone to meet the Son of Heaven?" β
"Hmph, Cao Cao, what do you want to do to rob the Son of Heaven?"
Lu Bu said coldly.
Cao Cao put away the smile on his face and said, "Lu Bu, you came over and said that you didn't it." Cao obeyed the edict of the Son of Heaven and welcomed the west, how did it become the robbery you said? β
"Hmph, don't talk about it, Ben will ask you, will you pay or not pay the Son of Heaven?"
Lu Bu said coldly.
Now that he has torn his face, Cao Cao is no longer polite, and he also said coldly: "Hmph, don't pay, how are you going?" β
"Array!"
Lu Bu knew that Cao Cao would definitely not hand over the Son of Heaven, so he waved his halberd and shouted.