Chapter 356: A punch in return

Cao Ying's new defeat was ashamed and angry, and after retreating to the camp ten miles away, he paced back and forth, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Bu Xiao'er can come up with such a clever plan!" There is truth in the virtual, there is fiction in the real, and the truth makes it difficult to distinguish between the real and the false! Thinking that Cao Mengde was smart and smart, he actually fell for Lu Bu'er's annihilation plan today, which is really a great shame! ”

Xun Yu shook his head and said: "It's not Lu Bu and Chen Gong Zhigao, but the reason why the lord is eager to win and is too light on the enemy!" ”

Cao Ying nodded and said: "Exactly, this time Lu Bu's big victory, he will definitely underestimate the enemy, I want to send an elite army to pursue again, what does Wen Ruo think?" ”

Xun Yu said: "This move is wonderful, Lu Bu is proud and complacent, and he is worried about the situation in Yanzhou, so he will hurry up, but Chen Gong is not an idle person, if he takes advantage of the night to lay an ambush, our army may not be able to make contributions." ”

Cao Ying said: "It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." Lu Bu is a brave and unscrupulous person, and his surname is proud, so he may not leave an ambush! Besides, Yuan Shao's two-way army had already approached Dongjun. If our army can contain Lu Bu and prevent him from coming back to his rescue, it will be able to trap the Dongjun City in a few days! At that time, Lu Bu will be like a turtle in an urn, which can be broken sooner or later! ”

Xun Yu said: "That being the case, without further ado, please make arrangements for the lord as soon as possible!" As soon as Lu Bu was eliminated, Yanzhou returned to the hands of the lord, with Yanzhou as the foundation, as long as the fishing in troubled waters is operated properly, when Ma Chao and Yuan Shao are both defeated, the lord may not be able to take the opportunity to rise! ”

Cao Ying laughed and ordered: "Quickly invite Guan Yu, Gao Lan, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun to come!" ”

After a short time, the four of them entered together, and after the ceremony, Cao Ying said: "This time the defeat of the army is all my fault!" Lu Bu has just won a great victory, and he is in a hurry to come to the rescue, so he will definitely hurry up and hurry, and he can't take care of each other. Wu Minger and the other four people each led 3,000 elite soldiers and then pursued, and they will definitely be able to be ashamed! ”

"Obey!" After discussing the specific marching steps, the four of them hurriedly took the order and left, and each led their troops and horses to chase in the direction of Lu Bu's retreat at night.

However, although Lu Bu did not leave an ambush, he did not take Chen Gong's words as a deaf ear, and ordered Song Xian and Sun Guan to break off, Zang Ba and Cheng Lian held the prisoners in the center, and the 50,000 army pressed the baggage and walked slowly, slowly rushing to Dongjun, which was fifty miles away, stretching for several miles, and the speed of movement was very slow.

At the time of the second watch, I happened to pass through a hill, and the road was narrow and rugged. Seeing that Dongjun was twenty miles away, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing from the rear army, and in the dark night, the entire army suddenly became chaotic.

Lu Bu was shocked and said angrily: "Thief, if you don't give up, you will be wiped out today!" After saying that, he hurriedly ordered the rear army to become the front army, and the front army was the rear army, preparing to meet the pursuing Cao army, and he handed over the command to Chen Gong, leading Zang Ba, Cheng Lian and others to turn around and kill the past.

However, the road is already narrow, and it is dark at night, and the road is full of baggage and people, how can it be so easy to rescue in time?

However, it was said that Guan Yu, Gao Lan, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Dun were ordered to pursue with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but because the terrain was not conducive to a full-scale battle between the two armies, the four had to put most of their troops behind them, and only brought more than 2,000 tigers and leopards to chase after them, just in time for Lu Bu's rear army.

Song Xian and Sun Guan's second generals had long found out that there was an enemy army pursuing, but they really couldn't tell the number of people in the dark night, so they could only shoot them with bows and arrows while sending someone to inform Lu Bu. Cao's 2,000 cavalry charged against the rain of arrows, and finally rushed to the front after paying the price of more than 200 lives.

Sun Guan and Song Xian stepped forward to meet the attack, but they were surrounded by four generals, and they held out less than ten times, Sun Guan was split in half by Guan Yu's knife, and Song Xian also Xiahou Tang pierced his chest with an iron spear, and both were killed. The rear army had no command and was in a mess, either desperately fleeing for its life, or burrowing into Jingzhou and the bushes on both sides. The remnants of the tigers and leopards of the four generals rushed to kill, as if they were in a no-man's land, and the tens of thousands of infantry troops behind them also rushed to join the battle group.

Lu Bu heard the sound of killing shocking the sky, and his heart was anxious, and he secretly regretted not listening to Chen Gong's words. While galloping in the chaotic army, he organized men and horses to form a formation, and only halfway through the march did he meet the cavalry team of Guan Yu and Gao Lan. The two chaotic armies fought in one place, fighting extremely fiercely, until the sky was twilight, and Guan Yu and other four generals who had taken advantage of it did not retreat.

Lu Bu was covered in blood, rushed to kill for most of the night, and did not know how many people he had killed, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the enemy retreat, and ordered people to treat the wounded and collect the rout, and less than half of the more than 50,000 people remained. Among them, there were many people who were seriously injured and difficult to treat, and Cao Jun also left thousands of corpses, plus the corpses of his own people, and corpses were everywhere on both sides of the mountain road.

Chen Gong watched coldly and sighed, but he didn't blame Lu Bu. More than 20,000 people were killed in the battle, but not all of them were killed, and seventy percent of them fled into the thorns and bushes on both sides of the road. These people became deserters, for fear of being punished after returning, some of them really became deserters, and some of them chose to return quietly for fear of causing trouble to their families.

After collecting the trilogy, until the sky was bright, the specific number was finally counted, and more than 7,000 people were killed and seriously wounded, and countless were slightly wounded. Coupled with the scattered soldiers, less than 35,000 of the 50,000 people remained, and all the more than 3,000 captives were missing.

Lu Bu, who suffered a big loss, was furious, especially the death of Sun Guan and Song Xian, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead his troops back to fight Cao Ying to the death. But the current situation does not allow him to be rash, there are only 20,000 horses stationed in Dongjun, and he and the families of the generals all stay in Dongjun City, in case of being broken through the Zhencheng defense line by Liyi and Chun Yuqiong, 20,000 horses will definitely not be able to stop the 100,000 troops from attacking the city.

At that moment, two thousand-man teams were left to clean up the battlefield and take care of the wounded, and Lu Bu personally led the remnants of the army back to Dongjun City to prepare for the war.

The four generals attacked overnight and achieved a great victory, and after the news was transmitted back to the camp, Cao Ying was overjoyed, and laughed: "Lu Bupifu, there are brave and unscrupulous people, why be afraid?" Now it's time to wave troops to the city of Dongjun to put pressure on Lu Bu, once Lu Yi and Chun Yuqiong's soldiers come to Dongjun, Lu Bu can be captured in a battle! ”

Cheng Yu heard this: "Destroying Lu Bu should be done quickly, in case Ma Chao comes to the rescue, Ma Chao will never watch Lu Bu be wiped out!" ”

When Cao Ying heard the word Ma Chao, his anger rose again, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The thief deceives people too much, insults me too deeply, I will settle this account with him sooner or later!" Liu Bei and Guan Yu also changed their faces when they heard the word Ma Chao, their eyes were sharp, and their faces were gloomy.

Xun Yu shook his head when he heard this: "According to our detailed report, Lu Bu said that he had already turned his face with Ma Chao before, not only rejected the proposal of the imperial court, but also asked Ma Chao to dedicate the land of Yanzhou Hebei!" and privately knocked Guo Jia and Qin Yi to extort war horses, grain and grass and other materials! As I expected, Ma Chao also wants to get rid of Lu Bu at this moment! But Ma Chao has never acted with common sense, and asked the lord to think twice before making a decision! (To be continued.) )