It is said that when Cao Cao and others first arrived at Longkang (now Longkang Town, Huaiyuan County) to join Cao Hong, they suddenly got the news that the coalition army was defeated and had lost all food and grass. His sergeants trembled when they heard this, and most of them were afraid to go to the front and did not want to follow him, and then rebelled at night and set fire to his tent to burn him to death.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's martial arts skills were good, and he burst out of the fire, and then fought with a group of traitors with a long sword. At this moment, although Cao Cao's injuries have not healed, he is capable of killing dozens of people. When the rest of the traitors saw this, their hearts trembled, and they did not dare to approach easily. At the right time, Cao Hong and others led soldiers and horses to the rescue, fought with the traitor, and defeated him.

Although Cao Cao was spared, there were only more than 500 soldiers left under his command. Then, while continuing to walk towards the sour dates, everyone recruited warriors on the other hand. When he returned to Sujube City, there were more than 1,000 more people under his command.

After learning the news of the defeat of everyone, Cao Cao couldn't help but reprimand: "The army of more than 100,000 people was beaten by 10,000 people and suffered heavy losses, and they fled in defeat, and even the grain and grass were burned by the other party; To this day, I have never seen a general as stupid as you! ”

When Liu Dai and the others heard this, they were immediately ashamed. Only Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao was very unimpressed, but said: "You just stand and talk without backache; It's not that Shaoran's ability that you haven't learned, didn't you return from a big defeat last time, and almost wiped out the whole army? Who are you to say that about us? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately said angrily: "I'm ashamed of you fools!" ”

When Qiao Mao heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and said, "Scold us stupid, you are not the same as a stupid!" ”

"You—" Cao Cao was about to retort. Zhang Miao on the side couldn't help but say: "Okay, okay, you two don't quarrel anymore; This defeat is not the fault of you and me, it is really a few people who are too fierce and can be matched. ”

Qiao Mao said: "Okay Zhang Mengzhuo, don't pretend to be a good person here; Now that the grain and grass have been burned out, and the food in the city will not last long, this battle will not be able to be fought at all; If I want to beat you, I won't fight. ”

At this time, Liu Dai couldn't help but accuse: "What are you talking about, now Dong thief is in good power, causing chaos in the dynasty, causing trouble to the Son of Heaven; How can you say that if you don't fight, you won't fight, as you say? Like you, can you be worthy of the Han family's favor to your Qiao family in the past? ”

Qiao Mao said: "Grace and grace, don't always use the word "grace" to talk about things; If you want to talk about grace, which of you here has not been promoted by Dong Zhuo? Why don't you see that you are worthy of Dong Zhuo's grace? ”

But I heard Cao Cao say: "Dong Zhuoqi, the ambition of the wolf, if it is clearly revealed, is a national thief!" Everyone is a courtier of the Han family, how can they do such disloyal and unrighteous things? ”

At this time, Bao Xin also said: "What Meng De said is extremely true, as you just said, it is disloyalty and unrighteousness, and everyone should be punished." ”

Qiao Mao said, "No matter what you say, I won't fight anyway." With that, Qiao Mao shook his hand and left.

"You-" Everyone couldn't help but feel a little depressed when they saw Qiao Mao so faceless. But I heard Zhang Chao say: "This Qiao Mao is really a selfish guy!" ”

However, Cao Cao said disapprerovantly: "That's it, if he wants to leave, let him go; At that time, when we have killed the Dong thief, the Son of Heaven should order him to punish him. ”

Liu Dai echoed and said: "Yes, we still have so many heroes and heroes here, even if there is one less of them, it will not have any effect; Mengde, in your opinion, how should we deal with it now? ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but groan, and said: "The top priority is to solve the problem of grain and grass reserves first, and then we can continue to fight against the thief army; I think so, let Han Tingshi transport the grain and grass to White Horse City, and I will send Sima Xiahoudun to lead the army to garrison, so it should be done. ”

Liu Dai couldn't help but ask again: "After the problem of grain and grass reserves is solved, how should we defeat Shaoran's soldiers and horses?" ”

Cao Cao replied: "I have a plan in my heart, and I will lead a group of soldiers and horses to Huaicheng, and set up a position by the river with the lord of the Yuan League, and invite Shaoran to come to fight; Then, Liu Tingshi led a large army to take the opportunity to attack its city and rob its grain and grass, so that Shaoran would be annihilated in one fell swoop. ”

Liu Dai couldn't help but clap his hands and said, "This plan is wonderful! Let me do so. ”

However, it was said that Liu Bei and the others led the remaining remnants of the army back to Suojube City, and then said goodbye to everyone and returned to Qingzhou. Later, the situation of the loss was reported. When Shi Jiaohe learned of the heavy losses, he couldn't help but be furious immediately, and ordered Liu Bei to be removed from his position. So, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei back to their hometown Zhuo County.

In addition, Xue Cong, who had persuaded me to fail before, left the next morning and headed all the way south. After Sun Jian captured Yangzhai City, he went to surrender to Sun Jian's account.

Originally, Sun Jian planned to continue to go north and enter Yangcheng, and then look for an opportunity to attack Yuyuan Pass, and once the pass was broken, he could go straight to Luoyang City. However, Xue Cong advised Sun Jian to give up the idea of attacking Yuyuan Pass, just because the terrain there was too dangerous, and it was a real man. Therefore, it is best to return to the army and garrison Luyang first, and after the soldiers and horses are trained, then attack from Guangcheng and Taigu, two more spacious checkpoints. Sun Jian took his advice and led his army back to Luyang.

However, it was said that Cao Cao and others followed the plan, and he and Yuan Shao led the army to the south bank of the Qin River to line up, pretending to cross the river to attack the city.

When the scout reported the situation to me, I immediately shook my head with a smile and said, "These idiots, they still want to lure me out of the city to fight?" Okay, I'll make a plan to make you fools wake up to your stupidity; Yilu, I'll give you three thousand steps to ride, and take a detour from the north to attack Huaicheng. ”

Qin Yi stepped forward and responded: "The last general will take orders!" ”

Immediately, I couldn't help but remind: "Be very cautious, you may encounter ambushes on the road, and if the situation is unfavorable, withdraw in time." ”

"The last will understand." Qin Yi left in response.

Immediately, I said, "Feng Yu, I will give you two thousand steps to ride on, and go to the village in the northeast to ambush yourself; When the rebels of Sujube City come to attack the city, you will attack their camp and burn all the grain, grass and baggage they carry. ”

"The last general commands!" Zhang Xiao left in response.

At this time, Wei Xu on the side couldn't help asking: "General Wei, what about us?" ”

I looked at him and asked, "Do you want to find something to do too?" ”

Wei Xu couldn't help but say: "But no, both of them have their own tasks to do, and it's too boring for us to be idle here." ”

Song Xian couldn't help but say: "Yes, General Wei, you have to find something for us to do, otherwise the bones all over your body will be idle." ”

I said, "Well, since you two are too busy to panic, I will assign you five hundred cavalry, and you two will be responsible for meeting the troops of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao; But you two have to keep in mind that the tactics used this time are mainly guerrilla attacks from the flanks, not ambushes and surprise enemy arrays, understand? ”

Wei Xu responded: "The last general understands that it is a guerrilla attack from the flank, not an ambush and a surprise attack on the enemy array. ”

I nodded and said, "Well, since you understand, then you two can go." ”

"The last general commands!" The two of them were ordered to leave.

"Well, is it so hard to fight?" At this moment, I couldn't help but sigh softly, but there was some emotion in my heart. I can't imagine that I can easily control the direction of history now. It is believed that as long as the rebels are defeated again this time, the alliance of the other party will inevitably collapse easily.

I was confidently waiting for the next victory, but I didn't expect the unexpected to happen. Dong Zhuo actually sent soldiers to set fire to most of the palaces, government offices, and houses within a radius of 200 miles in Luoyang City. The raging fire spread for days and nights before everything was destroyed. (To be continued.) )