Chapter 42: The Son of Heaven Enters Cao

"Withdraw!"

Seeing Cao Ren withdrawing, Lu Bu did not go forward to pursue under Xu Huang's reminder. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xu Huang saw that Lu Bu was no longer pursuing, and his heart was relieved, the lord could speak out, and for them, the generals under his command, he felt that he would not follow the wrong lord. All this was seen by Zhu Jun, who was closed.

He saw that Cao Ren was fierce and proud to lead the cavalry, and the two armies should withdraw before they fought, and he was also suspicious in his heart. When he was still thinking about Cao Ren's purpose, he saw Lu Bu leading his troops to chase after him.

Zhu Jun is well versed in the way of using troops, the enemy army will withdraw before attacking, I am afraid that there will be deception, although Lu Bu is brave, but if the enemy sets up a plan to lure the enemy to ambush the army, even if the main general is brave, most of the soldiers and horses under his command will be lost.

How could Zhu Jun not panic, he had to order someone to prepare immediately, and he led his troops to meet Lu Bu, not wanting Lu Bu not to pursue. When he was puzzled, he hurriedly ordered someone to open the gate and receive the army into the pass.

Close, inside the chamber.

Lu Bu summoned the generals and asked, "What about Cao Ren's move?" ”

Xu Huang thought for a while and said, "The last general thinks that if Cao Ren comes to lure the enemy, he will definitely come back!" The last general is willing to lead an army to cut off his way back in the rear, and the lord can meet the enemy head-on, and the two sides can be flanked, even if Cao Ren cannot be captured, Cao Ren's soldiers and horses can be severely damaged. ”

"The last general also agrees with Komeito."

Zhu Jun and Chen Wu also agreed.

Lu Bu nodded and agreed: "Okay, according to what Gongming said, I will order you to lead a thousand troops, ambush and then side, take me to kill Cao Ren, and you will cut off the back road of Cao's army." ”

"No!"

Xu Huang hugged his fists and led away.

Seeing that Lu Bu still seemed worried, Chen Wu asked, "Is the lord worried about General Xu?" ”

Lu Bu shook his head, "Ben Jiang is not worried about Xu Huang. But where is this Wang Yun and others coercing the Son of Heaven? Could it be that Ben will guess wrong? ”

After a day, Lu Bu still found nothing, which made Lu Bu have to start wondering if he guessed wrong. If there is no Son of Heaven, can people like Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, and Zhong Xuan still gather under their own command? If others hold the Son of Heaven in their hands, then they can use the name of the Son of Heaven to order other princes to attack themselves, which Lu Bu did not dare to think.

Everyone didn't know where the Son of Heaven fled, and it was impossible not to find any clues for days.

Lu Bu had no choice but to order someone to expand the scope and search for the traces of Wang Yun and others.

In the Luoyang Mansion, Cao Ren said to Li Dian: "Manchester City, at dusk, take advantage of the night, you will escort the Son of Heaven to the lord first, and everything here will be handed over to the general." ”

Li Dian clenched his fists and said solemnly: "The general can rest assured, there is a pawn, and he will escort the Son of Heaven to the lord's office safely." ”

Cao Ren knew that Li Dian had always been steady, and with him, he was still very relieved. Turning his head to Cao Chun on the side, he said: "Straighten out the soldiers and horses, go with me, at dusk, and go with me to meet Na Lu Bu for a while." ”

Cao Chun smiled: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

"Hmph, the world's number one fierce general? I, Cao Ren, would like to meet this Lu Bu for a while. Cao Ren was full of pride in his heart.

At sunset, when the sunset dispersed and night began to fall, at the east gate of Luoyang, a pair of cavalry went out of the city gate first, and then a carriage followed quietly out of the city.

In the carriage, Wang Yun protected Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and the Shi Sun Rui, Huang Wan, and Chong Ji looked a little relaxed, but Liu Xie was interested, he didn't know what kind of person Cao Cao was? Will he treat him like Dong Zhuo? After experiencing Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu's chaotic government, Liu Xie has now become very sensitive to this, and even sometimes, since he fled in fear along the way, he felt that at least Lu Bu was better than Dong Zhuo and did not usurp the throne.

But then again, Wang Yun's persuasion that day also moved Liu Xie's heart. Immediately, Liu Xie smiled bitterly in his heart: "Wang Qing's family is loyal and patriotic, presumably he will not harm me." ”

Liu Xie comforted himself in his heart.

This group of soldiers and horses quietly came out of the Luoyang City Gate, and was targeted by Lu Bu's spies, and the two cavalrymen immediately went to Hangu Pass to report to Lu Bu.

At the beginning of the lanterns, in the Hanguguan meeting hall, Lu Bu sat alone and couldn't sleep, he was still waiting for the news that Tanma had discovered. Next to the desk, an oil lamp tirelessly exerted its afterglow, reflecting Lu Bu's heroic and cold face.

"Report!" A soldier walked in from outside at this time, came to Lu Bu, and bowed: "My lord, my brothers learned from the fishermen near the edge of Luoshui in the south that two days ago, a strange fleet went east along Luoshui. The fishermen said that from a distance, there were guards, merchants, and a child. ”

Lu Buteng got up and shouted, "Where are those people?" ”

On the desk, the lamp immediately flickered, and the shadows reflected on the wall swayed from side to side.

"I don't know!" The pro-soldier thought for a while and said, "It should have entered Luoyang." ”

"Lord!"

The news came one after another, and Zhang Liao (Zhang Liao had already arrived at Hangu Pass first) strode into the conference hall and said, "Pass Cao Ren to call for battle!" ”

"Gather the generals and come with me!"

Lu Bu strode loudly, and then walked out, and came to the front of the pass, where Cao Ren led thousands of cavalry to set up a formation.

Cao Ren learned to be obedient this time, and Lu Bu's arrow the day before yesterday gave him a great shock, so this time he set up a position one or two miles away from the pass.

"Xu Huang, Zhang Liao!"

"The last general!"

"You and the two lead 3,000 cavalry to defeat Cao Ren!"

"The last general commands!"

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were overjoyed and hurriedly led 3,000 cavalry out of the customs.

Under the pass, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang led 3,000 cavalry to set up a formation, and Xu Huang said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, let's see me fight with the enemy first." ”

"Good!"

Zhang Liao said yes, he knew that Xu Huang's martial arts were on par with himself, so he also wanted to see Xu Huang's performance.

Xu Huang slapped his horse out of battle, with a mountain axe in his hand, waved it with one hand, and pointed at Cao Ren with the axe: "I am Xu Huang in Hedong, Cao Ren, dare to fight?" ”

Cao Ren didn't know Xu Huang, and when he saw Xu Huang out of the ranks, he couldn't lose his momentum, and his purpose was to drag Lu Bu as much as possible, so that Li Dian could quickly escort the Son of Heaven out of Luoyang. So he sat down on the big yellow horse and said, "Hmph, Lu Bu's shrunken turtle can't come down from the gate, and it's ridiculous to let you, a young general who doesn't know the name of the world, come out and call the formation!" As he spoke, he waved the long-handled broadsword in his hand, and his eyes were full of contempt.

Xu Huang was not angry, and said coldly: "To deal with you, why do you need my lord to make a move!" After that, he urged the good horse to sit down, and the prancing horse came out of the battle, and Cao Ren on the opposite side also came out of the battle, and when the two met, it was a jingling sound of weapons colliding.

"This Cao Ren is really too deceitful!" When Lu Bu heard Cao Ren mocking himself like this, how could he not be angry, he was about to go down, but Zhu Jun stopped him: "Xu Gongming is enough to deal with Cao Ren, why do you need the lord to take action in person." According to the old man, this Cao Ren is probably deliberately provoking the lord. ”

Fortunately, Zhu Jun reminded him that he was angry and angry, and Lu Bu said to Zhu Jun on the side: "Exploring the Malay report, the fishermen near Luoshui have found a pair of guards escorting a group of people into Luoyang, and that group of people may be Wang Yun and the Son of Heaven and others. This Cao Ren is not in Luoyang to protect the Son of Heaven, and he dares to come here to call for battle, isn't it? ”

Lu Bu suddenly thought of something, and Zhu Jun also thought about it, and exclaimed: "This Cao Ren has secretly sent someone to escort the Son of Heaven out of Luoyang. ”

"Quite possibly!" Lu Bu glanced at Cao Ren, who was fighting with Xu Huang under Guanxia, and said, "This Cao Ren is here, probably to hide people's eyes!" ”

After that, Lu Bu hurriedly went down the pass, leaving Zhu Junzhen to guard the Hangu Pass and answer Jia Xu, Zhang Ji and others. He led Chen Wei and Qin Yi out of the pass.

Let's talk about Xu Huang and Cao Ren, the two fought fiercely in the battle, the weapons clanged, and the sound was endless. Numerous torches lit up on both sides to illuminate the two of them. Xu Huang has a mountain opening axe, opening and closing, and the momentum is majestic, and Cao Ren has a long-handled big knife, which is sharp. In about a moment, the two have been fighting for 20 rounds without a win.

Twenty rounds later, Xu Huang became more and more courageous, with a mountain axe in his hand, flickering left and right, recruiting fiercely, and the huge force slammed on Cao Ren's blade, shaking Cao Ren's arms numb. Cao Ren has only defended but not attacked.

Xu Huang was like eating a blood-activating elixir, full of vigor and majesty, which made Cao Ren's face bitter.

Closing the door and opening, Lu Bu led the guards to gallop out, Zhang Liao watched the battle in the rear, and saw that Xu Huang was getting braver and braver, and he could kill Cao Ren under the horse in no more than ten rounds, and he was happy for Xu Huang, and suddenly saw Lu Bu coming to the front of the battle.

"Wen Yuan, don't entangle with Cao Ren, go to Luoyang with Ben General!"

Lu Bu's eyes glanced at Cao Ren, who was fighting with Xu Huang in the formation, raised his iron halberd, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

He rode out first and went straight to Cao Ren.

Zhang Liao didn't know what was going on, but when he saw Lu Bu's order, he didn't dare to disobey, so he commanded the rest of the people and followed Lu Bu to kill Luoyang.

Xu Huang was killing Cao Ren in embarrassment, and at this time, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and Cao Ren, who was fighting with him, made a false move, and fled backwards.

It turned out that Cao Ren couldn't resist Xu Huang, but at this time, he happened to see Lu Bu out of the pass, and without saying a word, he led the cavalry to rush over, and he was frightened, so he turned his horse and fled, not daring to fight.

Xu Huang shouted after that: "Cao Ren thief, leave away!" ”

Lu Bu was fast, he came from behind, swept past Xu Huang, and Lu Bu's indifferent voice came from the wind: "Don't want to fight, go straight to Luoyang!" ”

Cao Chun pressed the formation in the rear, saw that Cao Ren was defeated, and saw Lu Bu rushing over, and then followed Cao Ren and said to Cao Ren: "Brother, quickly retreat!" ”

Cao Ren nodded and said, "Let's go!" Go back to Luoyang! ”

Lu Bu chased after him, and when he saw Cao Ren fleeing at the first touch, he was even more sure that Liu Xie, the son of heaven, must have fled to Cao Ren and repatriated twice, both to confuse himself and delay himself.

Presumably, Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, had arrived at Cao Ying at this moment, but he Lu Bu didn't know it, thinking of this, Lu Bu hated him and killed Cao Ren.

Cao Ren still dared to fight at this moment, and ran with Cao Chun when he led more than 2,000 cavalry to and fro.

Lu Bu sat down and hissed the red rabbit, his hooves were as big as the mouth of a bowl, his limbs were strong and powerful, he climbed the mountain and crossed the water like walking on the ground, and rushed from behind, when he was about two hundred steps away from Cao Ren, Lu Bu took out the heaven-shaking bow, drew out a feather arrow, and shot it at Cao Ren.