Chapter 312

Ruyin, Cao Cao's camp.

Cao Cao was convening the generals to discuss the matter, and Cheng Yu suddenly rushed in.

"Lord!"

Cheng Yu said in a condensed voice: "General Cao Ren sent a quick report to Malai, and Luo Zheng personally raised 5,000 troops to Guandu!" ”

"What?"

Cao Cao was taken aback, "Luo Zheng's guy is really here?" ”

Cheng Yu nodded solemnly, this is indeed not good news.

Cao Cao's face also turned solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Since Luo Zheng has personally led the army, Jia Xu, who is inseparable from him, must also be in the army. Both of these are scheming, and Zixiao is afraid that he is not an opponent. ”

Guo Jia also said: "Luo Zheng personally brought the army to come, I'm afraid the plan is not so simple. If it's just a raid on the population, you only need to take one general to command the army. It can be seen that Luo Zheng must have other goals. ”

Cao Cao said awe-inspiringly: "What other goals does Luo Zheng have?" ”

Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Xun You and other strategists, as well as Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Cao Xiu and other military generals also looked dark, and their brains were turning quickly.

Guo Jia's face turned solemn, and he said: "It's hard to say for the time being, but when Luo Zheng personally brings the army to come, he will not be satisfied with only looting tens of thousands of people, otherwise, if he only loots the population, and there is the Xiliang Water Army to respond, his generals Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals can also be completely competent." Luo Zheng's first target should be Xuchang. If you can attack Xuchang, you can naturally deal a heavy blow to the lord. Even if he can't attack Xuchang, he will try to break the lord's arm, otherwise Luo Zhengduan will not retreat. ”

"Not good!"

Cao Cao had a flash of inspiration in his mind and shouted: "Zixiao is in danger! ”

Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Xun You and a group of generals all changed color and thought about it carefully. It's really possible.

This is by no means a mediocre person's own worry, since the first year of the first year of the early peace led troops to conquer Guanzhong. Luo Zheng fought dozens of battles and never lost a record. Even Cao Cao clashed with Luo Zheng several times, but he didn't take advantage of it.

Although Luo Zheng was very jealous of Cao Cao and listed Cao Cao as the first target to be killed, Cao Cao was also not afraid of Luo Zheng. In terms of being able to fight well, except for Luo Zheng, Cao Cao has never been afraid of anyone.

Although Cao Ren is quite capable of commanding troops, if he confronts Luo Zheng head-on, no one present is optimistic about Cao Ren.

Even Cao Cao, who values Cao Ren the most. I don't think Cao Ren is Luo Zheng's opponent.

This has nothing to do with trust, it is really Luo Zheng's brilliant achievements, and Cao Ren is too inferior in comparison.

Pacifying the cool land for the time being, just sweeping the 800 miles of Qiang Plain and slaughtering Hugh and Tu Hu's military exploits are not inferior to the ancient famous generals. Not to mention Cao Ren, even if it is Cao Cao, in terms of outstanding military achievements, it is not as good as Luo Zheng.

In the face of such an opponent. Cao Ren really lacks enough background for everyone to have confidence in him.

Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "The war in Huainan is stalemate, it is useless to stay longer, please ask the lord to raise troops and return to Xuchang quickly, maybe it is still too late!" ”

Cao Cao, the hero of the world. But he was a man of great determination, and immediately cried out, "Come, give a quick order to all the departments." Tomorrow, the third watch will make rice, and the fifth watch will pull out the camp and raise troops. Withdraw to Xuchang at full speed, there must be no mistake! ”

"Yes!"

The generals responded with a bang. The fish ran out of the tent.

Early the next morning, Cao Hui set up camp before dawn and withdrew to Xuchang.

Ji Ling, the general of Chengguo, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he got the news, but for fear of falling into Cao Cao's tricks again, he still ordered all departments to guard the city pass and not act rashly, and sent more than ten scouts to strictly monitor the movements of Cao's army.

It wasn't until it was determined that Cao Jun's withdrawal was not a fraud, and then the class returned to Shouchun.

To the south of Junyi, Cao Ren's army is in the front.

"General, something is wrong!"

The scout cavalry rushed over like a whirlwind, and from a long distance, he opened his voice and shouted, "A large number of Xiliang cavalry suddenly appeared west of Junyi, and they have been killed ten miles away, please make a quick decision!" ”

"What?"

Cao Ren suddenly changed color, and asked sharply: "Luo Zheng's army has left Kaifeng and headed south, where is Junyi's Xiliang cavalry?" ”

"The villain doesn't know either!"

The scout cavalry finally rushed to the front, gasped for two breaths, sweated on his forehead, and said hurriedly: "The Xiliang cavalry suddenly killed it, and the villain can only be seen because he happens to be on a mountain." ”

"Could it be wrong?"

Aribu asked in disbelief, a little incredulous.

"How could you be wrong!"

The scout soldier said sadly: "General, the villain has seen it with his own eyes, there are at least three thousand cavalry. ”

Cao Ren's face changed again, and after a little thought, he immediately shouted: "Order all the departments to line up on the spot and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

Some generals still couldn't believe it, and said: "General, eighty percent of the strength of our army's scouts is staring at Luo Zheng's army, if Luo Zheng's army escapes, it is impossible to hide from our army's scouts, who is this Xiliang cavalry?" ”

Cao Ren said sharply: "I can't care so much, quickly go and gather troops and horses, and line up to meet the enemy!" ”

"Yes!"

The general didn't dare to be verbose, so he hurriedly responded and ran away.

At this moment, the sound of thunderous hooves came from afar.

Cao Ren turned his head to look and saw a large area of smoke and dust rising from the northwest direction, which was at least the momentum that thousands of cavalry could only have when marching, and his heart immediately began to sink, and his face became extremely ugly.

When did the Xiliang cavalry go around to the back, could it be that this cavalry was not Luo Zheng's department?

Cao Ren shook his head, he really didn't want to deceive himself.

If there were other cavalry nearby, how could they hide it from their own eyes and ears?

This Xiliang cavalry is very likely to be Luo Zheng's department.

However, Luo Zheng had already led the army out of Kaifeng to the south, how could he go around behind him?

Cao Ren didn't have time to think about it, because just this kung fu, a black line had already appeared in his sight.

Ten miles is not a distance at all for cavalry.

If the cavalry charges at full speed, the ten-mile road will be at most a pillar of incense.

With the body of the war horse of the Western Liang Army, running ten miles at the limit speed is not a problem at all.

After receiving the military order, the 8,000 army began to assemble rapidly in the wilderness on the side of the official road as soon as possible, and the front and rear armies were moving closer to the Chinese army at the first time, as for the baggage and grain fleets. I can't take care of it anymore.

At this time, the only way to gather troops and horses is to gather as many troops as possible. Fight to the death with this sudden appearance of the Xiliang cavalry.

If it can block the surprise attack of the Xiliang cavalry, it is easy to say.

If you can't stop it. Everything is over, and it is useless to ask for more heavy grain and straw.

Besides, the baggage vehicle was already at the back, so it was too late to rush over.

Cao Ren's heart was extremely burning, and he personally rode his horse, while drinking and ordering all departments not to panic, he personally instructed the soldiers and horses who came close to form a circle to defend and collect as many soldiers and horses as possible.

However, it was too late.

The army of 8,000 stretched back and forth for three miles, and how could it be assembled in a hurry.

The distance is more than twenty miles. If the cavalry marches at full speed and runs twenty miles, the body of the war horse has been almost consumed in a short time, and even if it is close to the front, it will not be able to charge again, unless it rushes to the near place at the normal marching speed and is charging with all its might, but in this way, it will take longer time, and the infantry will have enough time to assemble in formation.

But if the distance is within twenty miles. The cavalry ran with all their might after twenty miles, and the horses still had some spare strength.

The reason why Cao Ren didn't dare to let the Xiliang cavalry touch within twenty miles was also because of this.

If the cavalry waited to get within ten miles of it, it would be a disaster.

Ten miles away. Even if the war horse is running at the fastest speed, that is, it has just warmed up, the body is still in the most abundant stage. The most powerful charge can be launched, and it won't take much time.

That's a little bit of time. The army of 8,000 simply did not have time to assemble and array.

Cao Ren had just gathered less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the 3,000 Xiliang cavalry had already been slaughtered.

Soon. This Xiliang cavalry rushed to within a mile, and was approaching at an alarming speed, and let go of the rear army and went straight to the middle army, with the obvious intention of cutting off the 8,000 army.

"General, it's Luo Zheng's cavalry!"

A general pointed to the front of the cavalry formation, and a large banner flying from the hunt screamed.

"Shut up, General Ben saw it!"

Cao Ren's heart was so angry that he couldn't help but break off his generals.

On a big banner in front of the Xiliang cavalry formation, the word 'Luo' is vigorous and powerful, and the princes surnamed Luo in the world are only one Luo Zheng, even if an idiot sees this big banner, he knows whose army it is.

Moreover, this is still a Xiliang cavalry led by Luo Zheng himself.

Cao Ren didn't have time to think about when Luo Zheng went around behind him, and shouted loudly: "Each department has orders, the sword and shield soldiers are in front, the archers are in hand, shoot the horns of the formation, don't mess up the formation." ”

The hastily assembled less than 3,000 soldiers and horses did not need to be ordered at all, and they had already drawn their bows and waited.

However, witnessing the shocking majesty of the Xiliang cavalry when they launched a charge, all the soldiers felt as if their hearts were pressed on a mountain, and they felt a feeling of being out of breath.

Although the fierce and good fighting of the Xiliang cavalry has been heard countless times, their ears are almost calloused.

But he had never confronted the Xiliang cavalry under Luo Zheng before, and he didn't have any intuitive impression.

It was not until this moment that all the generals and soldiers of the Cao army really appreciated the front of the Xiliang cavalry.

Cao Ren looked farther and saw more than others, and his heart was even more cold at the moment.

Although there are not many Xiliang cavalry, when they launched a collective charge, both the momentum and the chilling killing intent that came to their faces were not comparable to the Xiliang cavalry they had seen before. If the Xiliang cavalry in Dong Zhuo's time was a group of fierce beasts, then this Xiliang cavalry was a group of organized and disciplined wild wolves, far more palpitating than the Xiliang cavalry in Dong Zhuo's time.

Although the Xiliang cavalry in Dong Zhuo's period was also fierce and good at fighting, but the beast was a beast, and even if the beast without organization and discipline was ferocious, the experienced hunters had a way to deal with it.

However, a pack of organized and disciplined wolves is far more difficult to deal with than an undisciplined beast.

Cao Ren definitely didn't dare to underestimate Luo Zheng, and he was not qualified to underestimate Luo Zheng, but at this moment, seeing this Xiliang cavalry led by Luo Zheng himself and launched a charge, his heart still sank into the deep valley all of a sudden. (To be continued......)