74 Xingyang vs. Cao Cao. Catch and Kill

In Yangzhai City, Yingchuan County, Lu Bu and the others waited for more than ten days with nothing to do, and finally waited for Ma Chao, who was rushing to Runan.

In fact, Lu Bu was not idle, but on the orders of the general Li Dao, he led the army in all directions, and ruthlessly persuaded the governors of various local governments in Yingchuan with his fists, so that they understood that they were officials of the Han Dynasty and the imperial court, not Yuan Shao's officials.

At the farthest, Lü Bu also led his army to attack Xu County, and in this city where Cao Cao served as the temporary capital of the Han Dynasty in his memory, he took a look at it.

Ma Chao fulfilled his mission, resigned from his official position due to illness, and returned to his hometown in Runan, Yuan Kui, and a group of Yuan family members were all taken captive to Jiaxian.

In order to act very quickly, Li Dao acted very quickly, and while the news had not yet spread, he specially sent a team of 500 people to escort more than 50 members of the Yuan family, starting from Jiaxian, passing through Liang County, passing through Yique Pass, and escorting them to Luoyang.

On this road, there is no Kwantung coalition army, and there is no danger that someone will rob people halfway.

After resting for three more days, the army left Yangzhai and went all the way north, passing through Xinzheng and going straight to Xingyang.

The route was surprisingly smooth, not to mention the Eastern Coalition troops coming to intercept it, and even the scouts did not see a shadow.

The more this is the case, the tighter the string in Lu Bu's heart will collapse. When he rode his horse to the Xingyang City Gate, he turned his head to look at the bright red sunset and sunset, and had a realization in his heart that there would be a bloody battle here.

Xingyang, since the pre-Qin period, has been a major town east of Luoyang, and has always been a battleground for soldiers, the reason for this is that Aocang City, which is less than 20 miles north of Xingyang City.

Qin set up Aocang here, and the grain of the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River was transported to Guanzhong by water, transferred here, and then transported to Guanzhong by water or land. In order to protect the grain, the city was specially built to defend it, and this is the city of Aocang.

However, after the establishment of this dynasty, the capital of Luoyang, the dependence on Cao grain has weakened, and Xingyang is not far from Luoyang, and the transfer is much more convenient, so the Cao grain is directly transferred to Luoyang Tai Storage, and the importance of Ao Cang here is greatly reduced.

Together with the Kwantung Coalition Army, the transportation was interrupted, and most of the grain stored here was ordered to be transported to Luoyang by Li Dao, and a small part of the remaining was also transferred to the Tiger Prison Pass in case of emergency.

But here, it is still the only way for the Kwantung coalition army to enter Luoyang in the west, and Li Dao led the army to camp here, just to see whether the Kwantung coalition army's troops are sharp and whether the attitude of the westward advance is resolute.

In particular, he ordered Ma Chao to attack Runan and plundered more than 50 members of the Yuan family, once the news spread, it was tantamount to giving Yuan Shao a big ear scraper, no matter what, Yuan Shao could not be left behind.

Sure enough, on the third day after the army entered the city, the scouts who went out found out the news of the Kwantung coalition army's dispatch, judging by the flags that appeared, that is, Cao Cao, Bao Tao, Yuan Yi, Qiao Mao and other departments from the sour dates.

Li Dao divided the army into two, stationed in Xingyang and Aocang City respectively, each other as horns, Cao Cao's various troops combined together, set up a large camp ten miles outside Xingyang City, and confronted the defenders of Xingyang and Aocang.

Behind Xingyang, that is, the Tiger Prison Pass, where it is located within a radius of almost 100 miles, is also a horse Pingchuan, what sneak attack, ambush, deception and other tactics, are useless, since the Kwantung coalition army is not ready to attack Xingyang, when to start a war, the initiative is in the hands of the general Li Wei.

After consulting with everyone, he followed the example of the battle of Xincheng in front of Yique Pass with Sun Jian, and set up a position in front of Xingyang City, attracting the Kwantung coalition army to take the initiative to attack.

Lu Bu led the elite cavalry, still arranged by Li Dao on the left flank, he rode his horse and stood in front of the formation, looking at the Kwantung coalition army clamoring on the opposite side, just the various flags, it was dazzling and impossible to identify.

"A rabble!"

Lu Bu scolded in his stomach, before the war started, he seemed to have seen victory beckoning, the Kwantung Coalition Army opposite Gain, although there were many people, but the Xiliang Army military formation had already been set up for a while, and the opposite side was still noisy, and even a basic military formation could not be placed.

In front of the opposite army, there were a few people rushing back and forth, shouting orders, but in the face of tens of thousands of soldiers, even Lu Bu did not dare to say that he could be restrained, not to mention the few people under Cao Cao, who were as clear-eyed as Lu Bu, and it could be seen at a glance that none of them had experienced the influence of the bloody battle of the army.

However, these people seem to be quite brave, and Lu Bu has made up his mind that he will step forward to fight later, and he will have a good time.

But as soon as he had a thought, he heard a loud cheer from his side, turned his head to look, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The young general Ma Chao was more anxious than him, galloping out of the horse, and he was very cool to hold the iron spear high, galloping back and forth in front of the formation, attracting a burst of tsunami-like cheers, when he galloped to the front of Lu Bu's and state elite cavalry formation, there was no need for Lu Bu to signal, and the elite cavalry behind him cheered and cheered for Ma Chao to his heart's content.

Such a scene reminded Lu Bu of those crazy fans in the future, and when he was emotional, he would set off

Wave after wave of people, the momentum is very huge and amazing.

But what we see today is much greater than the crowd waves set off by fans in later generations, just listening to it, it makes people's blood boil, not to mention the soldiers who participated in it themselves.

Riding back and forth, Ma Chao's iron spear was raised, and he went straight to the front of the battle, as his iron spear swung down, the Xiliang army behind him stopped at the same time, this sudden change made people wonder if there was something wrong with their ears, so that because they couldn't hear the sound, the surroundings suddenly quieted down.

"I'm Xiliang Ma Chao, no guts rat, but anyone dares to come forward to fight?!"

Ma Chao's call was very arrogant, the battle of Liang County, he fought against Sun Jian's general Han Dang, and did not fall behind at all, giving him great confidence.

He shouted three times so arrogantly, and only then did a horse gallop out on the opposite side, and before anyone arrived, the voice came first: "Ignorant child, the milk smell has not dried, and you dare to underestimate the heroes of the world, grandpa Xiahou is here, and when you cry and call your mother, don't forget your grandfather's name!" ”

"Xiahoudun!"

Lu Bu was shocked in his heart, although he had expected that the four people opposite him must be the generals of the family under Cao Cao, either surnamed Cao or surnamed Xiahou, but when he heard Xiahou report to his family, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong can be regarded as the most powerful generals of the four members of Cao Cao's account, and they are still from Cao Cao's army, and they are by his side, and they are even valued by Cao Cao.

At this moment when Lu Bu was pondering, Xiahoudun had already fought with Ma Chao, and the horses on both sides were very fast, so fast that the two of them each handed out a move, and they were abruptly separated.

Both of them turned out to be offensive and defensive, and they were both spears, and the two spears did not bump together, so they were dodged by the two at the same time.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded rapidly, and tens of thousands of horses on both sides watched with bated breath as the two men in the formation rode their horses and turned almost at the same time, galloping relative to each other again.

Clang!

This time, the two spears clashed, and the sound of gold and iron resounded throughout the audience, and the two figures also shook their own heads, that is, they suddenly separated.

However, Lu Bu's eyes were sharp, and he saw that Ma Chao's figure was obviously a few more shakes than Xiahoudun, after all, he was still young, and his strength and cultivation would suffer a little.

Without thinking, Lu Bu lightly knocked the red rabbit horse and horse stocks, carried Fang Tian's halberd, started slowly, and stepped into the formation.

He deliberately controlled the speed of the horse, and shouted loudly as he walked: "Jiuyuan Lu Bu is here, but anyone dares to fight?" ”

This time, as soon as the words fell, a gallop came out from the opposite side, burly, with big shoulders and round waist, holding a large knife, coincidentally, on the left side of his saddle, like Lu Bu, hung a hard bow, and on the right side were two quivers.

"I'm afraid this is Xiahou Yuan."

Lu Bu made up the relevant information by himself, knowing that Xiahou Yuan could ride and shoot, and he was very brave, and when someone came to report his name and surname, it was really Xiahou Yuan.

Both of them looked calm, not far from the two of them, Ma Chao was fighting back and forth with Xiahoudun, but Ma Chao changed his original marksmanship, but responded with a small gun, and no longer chose to fight hard with Xiahoudun, on the other hand, Xiahoudun was a deep exhaler, and the moves tried to force Ma Chao to compete hard.

However, when they were only thirty paces apart, Lu Bu and Xiahou Yuan urged the horse to speed up almost at the same time, Xiahou Yuan took the lead, twisted half of his body, waved the big knife with both hands, and slashed a big circle behind himself, following the momentum of the war horse, the big knife swept over with an incomparable momentum.

According to the original direction, Lu Bu would rush through on the right side of Xiahou Yuan, right within the range of Xiahou Yuan's big sword sweep. But just when Xiahou Yuan put on a starting pose, Lu Bu snorted coldly disdainfully, and with a shake of the reins, the red rabbit horse turned slightly when it was galloping, and only ran a few steps, and it had already rushed to the left side of Xiahou Yuan's war horse.

Xiahou Yuan was already in the sword position at this time, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this.

As the battle continued, his broadsword swept on his right side, but Lu Bu had already turned to his left side, and with a light halberd, he could take his life.

In the midst of his busy schedule, Xiahou Yuan roared angrily, turned his horse to the right slightly, and at the same time, his body was stunned, and the big knife that he had just swept out was dragged back, and he immediately raised the big knife with both hands, which was worthy of the Fang Tian painting halberd smashed by Lu Bu.

Clang!

With a muffled sound, Xiahou Yuan's arms were numb, his body shook, and the huge pressure from the big knife made him almost black.

Fortunately, the two horses were staggered, it was just a moment's work, and the two of them rushed through, and this pressure was only for a moment, if it lasted for a little longer, Xiahou Yuan was worried about whether his arms could hold it.

But he didn't expect that the power of Lu Bu's halberd would gather the power of all parts of his body and even the galloping of the Red Rabbit Horse, and it would be impossible for him to continue to put so much pressure on Xiahou Yuan with only the strength of his arms.

With just such a move, the discerning people on both sides knew that Xiahou Yuan was not Lu Bu's opponent, and it was only a matter of time before he could hold out.

"Miaocai, I'm here to help you!"

Two shouts sounded at the same time, and two more horses galloped out on the opposite side, all rushing towards Lu Bu and Xiahou Yuan.