Half a day ago, before Chutian got the exact news, Puyang City and Cao Jun reorganized their troops and horses and prepared to go to Guanzhong. Cao Cao's forces were defeated, and some civilian officials and soldiers had fled, unwilling to follow Cao Cao.

Le Jin arrived and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, there are thousands of soldiers fleeing from each battalion, and it is difficult to contain them. ”

Cao Cao waved his hand: "The tree is falling and scattering, this is my fault, those who are willing to follow will follow, and those who are not willing to follow, let them go." ”

"Lord, we must go to Guanzhong?"

Zhang Liao packed up his armor and war horse, and before leaving Puyang City, he repeatedly confirmed with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was turning over his horse and asked, "Is Wen Yuan afraid of meeting the old master Lu Bu?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head: "Definitely." Lu Bu is stubborn and self-serving, not a master. Xuzhou Mu rescued the last general in Mobei, and the last general seemed that Xuzhou Mu was young and promising, and had the ambition to unify the Han Dynasty. Although the old Qin has a son of heaven, and Guanzhong is a place of prosperity, it may not be more promising than Xuzhou Mu, and Guanzhong is no longer ...... than Kanto."

Cao Cao was silent.

Pang Juan's army surrounded Puyang and was violently attacked by Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao's army did not dare to fight with Pang Juan, otherwise once it was delayed by Pang Juan's army, Chu Zimou's cavalry would soon arrive.

"Cao thief, this is trying to go to Guanzhong? It seems that he is still wavering. Do everything you can to keep him! ”

When Guo Jia heard that Cao Cao planned to go to Guanzhong, he guessed that Cao Cao's heart was panicked and at a loss, so he instigated Pang Juan to try his best to delay Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's army was very fierce, and the clan generals Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan and others followed Cao Cao with iron hearts, as long as Cao Cao went, they would definitely follow.

The two sides fought under Puyang City, and Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry as the vanguard, and attacked Pang Juan's army six times in a row, only then did he break through Pang Juan's army!

Cao Cao led a group of civil and military generals to get out of trouble with the cavalry and went straight to Chenliu!

Pang Juan's main cavalry force was taken away by Wei Qing and was unable to pursue Cao Cao.

Zhencheng, Xiahou abandoned the city and fled, this fortified city became an empty city, and the strangers of Zhencheng couldn't help but be restless when they saw all the Cao troops withdrawing.

This city, which has always been held by Xiahoudun, abandoned the city under the blow of Xuzhou Mu.

It seems that Cao Cao's power is completely finished.

As the first hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he didn't even own half of Yanzhou, so he was defeated.

In Dong'e County, the guards Cao Ren and Man Zhong also abandoned the city and were chased and killed by the Le Yi army......

The entire Eastern Han Dynasty focused on the battle between Xuzhou Mu and Yanzhou Thorn History, Xuzhou Mu wanted to annex Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's stay became the most concerned thing for all the princes.

"Cao Cao can't take refuge in Chu Zimou, otherwise my situation will be even more dangerous!"

"Qin Qiong, Cheng Biting Jin, you immediately send someone to intercept Cao Cao!"

Yuzhou, said that Tang faced the situation of Chutian's large-scale attack on Yanzhou, and sent a team of cavalry from Xu County to rob Cao Cao.

said that Tang also wanted a piece of the pie from the collapsed Cao Cao's forces.

Cao Cao had many civil and military generals, and even if he could intercept a few people, he could also get benefits.

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"Spread suspicious soldiers, attract Chu Zimou's attention, and avoid the city, so as to escape Chu Zimou's eyes and ears."

Cao Cao had a high level of resourcefulness and was bent on escaping, and it was extremely difficult to intercept him. He divided several teams of cavalry to confuse the line of sight, and even Mulan's war eagle could not tell which team of cavalry was the main force.

A large number of cavalry were scattered in the area of Chenliu and Dongjun, including Yanzhou cavalry, Yuzhou cavalry, and Xuzhou cavalry, and the whole Chenliu was in chaos. The county commanders are looking forward to it, looking left and right. They are different from Cao Cao, who wins listens to whom. No matter who occupies Chenliu County, the change of the king's banner at the head of the city has little impact on them, the middle and low-level officials. Their little days are still alive and moist.

"This is the cavalry of Yuzhou!"

Chu Tian used all his cavalry to pursue Cao Cao in a roundabout way, and as a result, he met with Tang's cavalry in Chenliu County.

It is said that Tang intervened in the scramble for Cao Cao. His Yingchuan County was too close to Chen Liushi, and Xue Rengui and Chen Qingzhi, who were stationed in Peiguo, were blocked by Guo Ziyi, Feng Yi and other military generals, and there was no time to intercept the Yuzhou cavalry.

The Yuzhou cavalry appeared on the horizon, the slender black line gradually turned into a black press, the war horses neighed, and there were at least thousands of cavalry.

"Stop!"

Chu Tian was in an irritable mood, saying that Tang was the pastor of Yuzhou, and after Chu Tian cleaned up Cao Cao, he would be the next one to clean up, saying that Tang could not sit back and watch Cao Cao be harvested by Chu Tian.

Even if Tang can't get Cao Cao, he will muddy the waters of Yanzhou.

"Mulan, you lead the reconnaissance corps, day and night, to occupy the Tiger Prison Pass and block Cao Cao's westward advance, and at the same time, I don't want to see the cavalry of Lao Qin appear in the eastern part of the country!"

Chutian found the fastest reconnaissance corps and ordered Mulan to bypass the Yuzhou cavalry and seize the Tiger Prison Pass.

The terrain of the Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous, holding Heluo, controlling the Tiger Prison Pass, and you can enter and exit the Kanto and Kansai at any time. Chutian annexed Yanzhou, and the Tiger Prison Pass finally came into view.

"Yes!"

Mulan led the scout corps to leave.

"There is a Xuzhou cavalry leaving, should we pursue?"

Cheng Yanjin carried an axe and noticed that Mulan's reconnaissance corps was separated from the main force of the Xuzhou cavalry, so he wanted to divide his troops to pursue Mulan.

Qin Qiong stopped him: "We only have more than 10,000 cavalry, if we still have to divide our troops, I am afraid that we will be defeated by Xuzhou Mu." ”

"If only we had more cavalry."

Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong looked at the Xuzhou cavalry with a large number of troops on the opposite side, and did not dare to take the initiative to attack for a while. They were frightened by the Xuzhou cavalry in Xiaopei.

"Destroy them!"

Chu Tian saw the cavalry of Tang and knew that Tang also wanted to get Cao Cao.

Although he didn't know who the other party's main general was, but saying that Tang intervened and interfered with Chu Tian's actions, Chu Tian's first reaction was to destroy the Yuzhou cavalry blocking in front of him.

Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Gongsun Ao took the lead and led the high-level cavalry to storm the Yuzhou cavalry!

"Withdraw!"

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin's cavalry were not all elite, and they faced the high-level cavalry of Xuzhou and avoided their edge.

Chu Tian led the cavalry to fight and chase fiercely, and then divided his troops to Wei Qing, asking Wei Qing to pick up Mulan and pursue Cao Cao.

The Yuzhou cavalry that blocked it must be expelled, otherwise it is very likely that Qin Qiong and Cheng will benefit from the golden fisherman.

"Surround them, and do not let them escape!"

The Le Yi army caught up with Cao Ren and Man Chong and blocked them on the hillside.

Cao Ren and Man Pet are good at defending and relying on the terrain to hold on.

Seeing that there were enemies on all sides, Man Zhong said to Cao Ren: "The lord is fleeing westward, if Zixiao wants to break through, he can only use cavalry to get out of trouble, and he is willing to contain the enemy army." ”

"How can a great husband abandon his colleagues and escape alone! Let's fight together! ”

Cao Ren, who is good at defense, meets Le Yi, who is good at attacking, and is in danger.

Cao Ren was angry, called for horses left and right, brought full favors, led a small number of cavalry to attack the weak point of Le Yi's army, killed more than ten enemies in a row, and fought bravely!

"What a brave general!"

Le Yi saw Cao Ren fighting out of the encirclement, and he couldn't help but sigh at Cao Ren's bravery. No wonder the lord Chutian would try to recruit the generals of Cao Cao's forces. Cao Ren is a guard, and at the same time the force is not low.

The adjutant general asked, "General, why do you feel the bravery of the enemy general who is about to escape?" ”

"Cao Ren's heroism is a fact, and it is different from his position. But he couldn't escape. Persuade all the besieged Cao troops to surrender, and those who surrender will not be killed. ”

Le Yi continued to lead the legions to storm Cao Ren and Man's favored troops, forcing them to surrender.

Cao Ren and Man Chong led hundreds of cavalry and fled along the path.

Suddenly, the cavalrymen in front of them flipped on their backs, and the sand and dust flew. Cao Ren and Man Chong hurriedly reined in the war horse to prevent it from falling off the horse's back.

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

A team of elite Yan armor appeared, holding spears to surround Cao Ren and Man Chong.

This team of Yan Jia is Le Yi's special class, and unlike ordinary infantry, with Cao Ren's force and the cavalry he has now, he can't break out of the encirclement of Yan Jia.

Cao Ren pulled out the saber at his waist and wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by Manzhong: "General, maybe there is a turnaround!" ”

Cao Ren was unwilling: "Now that I am defeated, how can I have the face to go back to see the lord." ”

"No, no, the general listens to me......"

Full of pets whispered in his ears to persuade Cao Ren, and Cao Ren put down his long sword and became a prisoner of Yan Jia.

Cao Ren and Man Chong were captured by Le Yi and escorted to Puyang.

According to Chutian's order, the generals will take Puyang, the seat of the Eastern County Administration, as their destination and meet in Puyang.

On the other hand, Xiahoudun, who had abandoned Zhencheng, was ambushed by Guo Jia and Pang Juan's army, and Xiahoudun was deeply besieged and embattled.

"The military advisor is really resourceful, although he can't stop Cao Cao's cavalry, but capturing Zhencheng's Cao army is also a great achievement!"

Pang Juan saw that thousands of Cao troops, including Xiahoudun, were surrounded, and couldn't help but admire Guo Jia's strategy. Guo Jia set up an ambush to intercept Xiahoudun, who lacked cavalry.

Xiahoudun wanted to lead a small number of cavalry to break through, but was attacked by Huaxiong and led by Xiliang Tiehoof, and Xiahoudun was wounded and captured.

For a time, the Cao army of the Eastern County was to be annihilated and surrendered, or they would break and flee, and it would be pacified soon.

"Zhao Long of Wei County gave three hundred taels of gold, please go to Handan."

"He probably wants to get our historical assassins to work for him."

"Three hundred taels of gold, you can have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime."

Some of the alien disciples in Puyang surrendered to Chu Zimou, some went incognito and did not participate in the struggle for hegemony among the princes, and some escaped from Puyang and speculated among the major princes.

In the area of Luoyang, Lao Qin led a team of cavalry, and Yang Dayan and Guo Yan generals approached the Tiger Pass. Meng Tian, Lü Bu, and Li Dao were attacking Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hanoi, and they received an order from the lord to immediately lead the cavalry across Mengjin and go to the Tiger Prison Pass to join the old Qin.

"Zhong Xuan's letter made the Xun family shake, if Cao Cao can be recruited and made to guard Heluo, then Kanto can be worry-free."

Lao Qin led the light cavalry into Heluo non-stop.

The battle flag of the Guanzhong Legion is hunting, as the overlord of Guanzhong, he has the ability to chase the Central Plains!

Cao Cao's forces have a huge temptation for him, in order to get Xun Yu and Xun Yu, even if he suppresses the Guanzhong clan, he will not hesitate to take the Yingchuan clan as a high-level, and there are already Yingchuan clans who have come to Guanzhong to assist him.

Lao Qin took Jia Xu with him, Jia Xu was not weak, and he followed the light cavalry to speed in simple clothes, he saw Jia Xu's face change: "Cao Mengde will be taken by me, why is Wen He worried?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "My subordinates thought that this matter might be full of twists and turns. ”

"No matter what, I want to get Cao Mengde, even if I don't hesitate to fight Chu Zimou. This is the first time I have fought against Chu Zimou, and it is really exciting. ”

Old Qin and Chu Tian have been fighting secretly for a long time, but they have never officially clashed.

If Chutian annexes Yanzhou, then their spheres of influence will border, and there is a possibility that a battle will break out at any time.

The Cao Cao incident was his first head-on conflict with Chu Tian!

Cao Cao traveled lightly all the way west, and he could already see the city wall of the Tiger Prison. The walls of the Tiger Prison Pass are majestic, and two years ago, Cao Cao and Chu Zimou fought side by side here to defeat Dong Zhuo.

As long as you cross the Tiger Prison Pass, it is the territory of Lao Qin.

Cao Cao had only hundreds of cavalry left with him, and he didn't even carry his wife. He believed that Chu Zimou would not kill his family.

"Stop!"

Unexpectedly, seeing that the Tiger Prison was approaching, Cao Cao ordered the whole army to stop.

Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Xun You, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Lü Qian and other military generals all looked at Cao Cao, and they didn't know why Cao Cao stopped marching at this time.

Cao Hong was puzzled: "Why did the lord stop?" In the rear, Chu Zimou's pursuers chased day and night, and it was coming. ”

Cao Cao dismounted, looked down at the slightly dilapidated Tiger Prison Pass, and was silent for a long time.

"Lord ......"

All his subordinates were waiting for Cao Cao's response.

"In the past few months, I have listened to your advice and asked for help everywhere, but this time, please allow you to listen to me. Baide filial piety comes first, his father took refuge in Xuzhou, Meng De now has nothing, and wants to go to Xuzhou, serve his father, and retire to the end. ”

Cao Cao pointed to the west of Hugao Pass: "Further west, it is Guanzhong, where the Emperor of Han is located." If someone is unwilling to take refuge in Chu Zimou, they can cross this pass and join the master. Or cross Mengjin and take refuge in Hebei. As early as in Dongjun, I intended to take refuge in Chu Zimou, but everyone has their own ideas, and Meng De always has a glimmer of hope. On the way to escape, I tossed and turned, thought about it for a long time, and finally decided not to pass the tiger prison. This is the last thing Meng De can do for you. ”

Cao Cao's civil ministers and generals were in an uproar, whispering underneath.

Cao Cao was obviously about to go to Guanxi, but he didn't expect to have his own idea before the Tiger Prison Pass.

This is Cao Cao's own opinion, and it has nothing to do with the interests of the various scholars.

Everyone was at a loss for a moment, not knowing where to stay.

Cao Cao brought them to the Tiger Prison Pass, where they could take refuge in Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou to the east, Lao Qin to the west, Tang to the south, and Yuan Shao and Hu Ma to the north. Cao Cao was benevolent to them.

However, the more choices there are, the harder it is for them to choose.

Xun You and Xun Yu seem to have had a fierce verbal dispute.

The Xun family has always gotten along well, and the generals of Cao Cao's forces rarely see that the mastermind and Wang Zuo will quarrel, and it doesn't seem like a quarrel.

Cao Cao saw the reactions of Xun You and Xun Yu in his eyes, and knew that Xun You and Xun Yu were for the benefit of the Xun family, so there was a dispute.

Cao Cao came to the desolate Tiger Prison Pass, looked at the Kanto, and remembered that he and Chu Zimou fought together in the Tiger Prison Pass and Mobei that day, and he couldn't let go of the Kanto after all: "It's still Chu Zimou's taste for me, and the old Qin doesn't understand me." ”