"General Sun, now that we have defeated Guo Yan and killed him, shouldn't we go to General Cao's place next?" After Zhang Chao completed one step, he began to plan the next step.

"Yes, it's just that Cao Cao has a lot of soldiers there, so he shouldn't be as hard as us." Although Sun Jian nodded and agreed, there was indeed a trace of indignation in his words.

Facing the same number of enemies, Zhang Chao was only 3,500 soldiers, and he could indeed eliminate the opponent one step ahead to rescue him. On the contrary, looking at Cao Cao, the strength is obviously superior, and there is indeed no movement until now, what is the reason for this, people who understand it are naturally clear.

"Hehe, it's okay for us to help out if we don't have to eat? It also saves him the time to say something. Zhang Chao smiled and said disapprovingly.

Saving Sun Jian is to make the other party owe him a big favor, and helping Cao Cao is the most important step in the plan, and if you don't take this step, it will be difficult to complete the plan you have set.

At Zhang Chao's insistence, Sun Jian did not object. Nominally, everyone is still an alliance, and it is also a matter of duty to help each other, just like that, after the two armies converged, they went to the mountain where Cao Cao was located overnight.

Cao Cao is here, and he doesn't know about the big things that happened outside. Being surrounded on the mountain made his message much more closed.

Although he didn't know the situation outside, Cao Cao was really not worried at all at this time, because in the past few days, he had never suffered a loss with the help of the advantage of the high mountains, and even the main force was especially there.

Instead of doing so, Cao Cao was just waiting for news from other sources.

Like Yuan Shao, Cao Cao also had the intention of defeating Dong Zhuo through this battle, but also to consume the strength of all sides of the coalition army.

To put it bluntly, Dong Zhuo is just one of the many princes, and it is only because he doesn't know how to restrain himself that this has caused public outrage. But who can guarantee that there is no selfishness? Just like this time in the Five-Way Alliance, no one has their own ideas, either for fame or for profit.

Even so, these people may become enemies in the future, and it is really good to be able to weaken the strength of future enemies through the hands of enemies. Cao Cao stayed on the mountain safely, without any intention of backlash. On the contrary, he also ordered his subordinates to repeatedly express their invincibility, leading Li Yu to continue the attack.

Li Dao was indeed confused by the illusion created by Cao Cao. Seeing that the impact again and again, it seemed like he was about to rush to the top of the mountain, so he sent troops to launch a fierce attack again and again. In three days, half of the 7,000 soldiers and horses he brought with him had been killed or wounded.

Today was the fourth day of the attack, and Li Yu stood in the camp tent in the morning, looking at the mountains in front of him, and finally had a hesitation.

If the fight continues like this, no one dares to guarantee whether it can be attacked, but if it is not captured, the opponent will rush down the mountain, what is good?

Li Yu is a tiger general under Dong Zhuo's account, and he is somewhat resourceful. Before winning, he also understands the principle of thinking about defeat first. After that morning, he had a decision that the attack would continue, but that he would be ready to evacuate at any time.

The remaining 3,500 soldiers were reorganized. One thousand of them were led by him, ready to retreat at any moment. The remaining 2,500 soldiers attacked in five echelons in turn, testing Cao Cao's reality, and if they still couldn't attack, they would retreat.

After arranging military affairs, the attack began. Thunder and drums sounded in unison, and a new day and a new wave of attacks were officially staged.

Cao Cao on the mountain was in a hurry to eat breakfast, and then he heard the sound of war drums, and couldn't help but smile on his face: "This Li Yu, he really doesn't remember to eat or fight, and he still wants to attack me, just have a good time with him." ”

Cao Cao is mainly on defense, well prepared, and with the advantage of troops, Li Yu can't get the slightest advantage at all, he knows this in his heart, even if so, why be in a hurry?

They had to fight well, and after waiting for a long time, Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses were consumed, and the soldiers and horses of several other lines of the coalition army were also consumed. As soon as he thought of this, he even laughed out loud.

In history, after Cao Cao's defeat in the Battle of Chibi, he laughed several times and attracted several ambushes, if it weren't for the kindness he had to Guan Yunchang, he was afraid that he would die there. Now this laughter also has no good end, the laughter did not stop, and the general outside the door, Xiahoudun, immediately shouted outside: "The last general will meet the lord." ”

"Enter." Cao Cao stopped laughing and looked out the door, thinking that the generals below must have come to fight again. In the past few days, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan have been asking for battle, but they have all been suppressed by him. Defeated Li Yu so quickly, what should you do next, help the other allies? Isn't that a loss of one's own soldiers and horses, and the prestige of others? Such a thing is categorically not done.

Xiahoudun entered the tent, and knelt down on one knee and said: "Lord, there is a sudden chaos under the mountain, I wait and see that there are reinforcements coming in, and the last general will ask for battle." ”

"What?" Hearing that reinforcements might be coming, Cao Cao was stunned, and immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks, stepped forward half a step forward and asked Xiahoudun, "Yuan Rang, can you see who is coming?" ”

"It's too far to see clearly, but there is no doubt that reinforcements should be coming. Lord, in a few days of battle, most of Li Yu's men and horses have been lost by our army, and this bargain can't be picked up by others. Xiahoudun raised his head, looked at Cao Cao, and said word by word.

"Yes, I can't let anyone else take advantage of it, but who will come to my aid? Could it be Yuan Benchu? Shouldn't it, should I underestimate his mind? Cao Cao stood there, still wondering who the reinforcements were. The curtain outside the door was lifted, and the strategist Xi Zhi walked in. "Lord, don't ask who is coming, we should all rush down the mountain now, otherwise we will lose our success."

Xi Zhicai is extremely smart, he is really one of Cao Cao's most trusted advisers, after hearing this, he came to his senses and said to Xiahou who was still kneeling on the ground: "Yuan Rang, immediately lead the troops down the mountain, be fast!" ”

"The last will obey." Hearing that he could finally kill well, Xiahoudun had a happy look on his face, so he got up and retreated.

Cao Cao glanced at Xi Zhicai, and saw that the other party was also shaking his head, and knew that this person couldn't think of who would help him, but no matter what, in fact, he had to kill the mountain first. Immediately, the two began to change clothes and robes.

At the foot of the mountain, Zhang Chao and Sun Jian's sudden appearance from behind did startle Li Yu. Fortunately, he had been prepared before, and commanded the cavalry to fight a bloody road and go straight to the direction of Chang'an.

"Let's go, we don't have to wait for Brother Meng De, I guess he is still watching the scenery on the mountain, haha." Zhang Chao saw that Li Yu really fled, and did not immediately order the Zhang family to chase after him, like this, the enemy who risked his life was the most dangerous. It is useful to say that it is useful to leave this person in his own plans.

After listening to Zhang Chao's words, Sun Jian also nodded in agreement, "Yes, then our two armies will be pursued together in one place." ”

"Okay." Listening to Sun Jian's words, Zhang Chao also smiled and agreed.

In this way, the two armies were in one place, and they didn't even care about the more than 2,000 Xiliang infantry, so they chased after the consequences of Li Yu's cavalry.

When Xiahoudun led his troops to rush down the mountain, the soldiers did not know the generals, and Li Yu's subordinates, who did not know the soldiers, had already become a pot of porridge, and most of them were soon killed.

About half an hour later, Cao Cao appeared on the battlefield in armor, when he saw that he didn't see any reinforcements, he couldn't help but look puzzled, and asked Xiahou Dun, who was about to report the results of the battle to him: "Yuan Rang, can you figure out who the reinforcements are?" ”

"Lord Yu, I figured it out, it's Sun Jian and Zhang Chao." Xiahoudun clenched his fists and said.

"It's the two of them?" Cao Cao looked puzzled, these two people didn't have any friendship before, why did they get together?

Then what surprised Cao Cao even more was still to come, and Xiahou saw that the lord did not speak, and said: "They gave up the infantry at the very beginning and pursued Li Yu's cavalry. ”

"What!" This time Cao Cao was really shocked, originally thought that Yuan Shao had changed his kindness, and he was afraid that he would fight alone in the future, so he came to help himself. Unexpectedly, it was Zhang Chao and Sun Jian who came to help, of course, what was even more unexpected was that these two people chased Li Yu to Chang'an. If they were to kill Chang'an first and take the emperor, wouldn't he have to work in vain?

Cao Cao was shocked, and the strategist Xi Zhicai on the side also asked Xiahoudun with a look of surprise, "Do you know how long they have been gone?" ”

"It's been half an hour. Listening to those captured Xiliang soldiers, Ma Chao still brought his 500 light horses, and most of the horses ridden by Sun Jian's troops were Xiliang war horses, which should have been defeated by Guo Yan first. Xiahoudun told everything he knew.

"Oh no, they all have war horses, how can this be good." Hearing that even Sun Jian has a war horse, wouldn't he be able to go to Chang'an soon? If so, what should we do?

After hearing this, Xi Zhicai also looked worried, but he still said to Cao Cao: "Lord, even if this is the case, let's chase it quickly, maybe it will take some time for them to attack Chang'an City, this is our opportunity." ”

"Yes, there's still a chance, there's still a chance." Cao Cao said a little dejectedly, and then said to Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang, order five hundred cavalry to follow me, and leave the matter here to the other generals to clean up." ”