Chapter 676: Xu Rong VS Cao Cao
After Cao Cao bypassed Luoyang City, he didn't find Sun Jian, Sun Jian was an infantryman, so he walked slowly! Looking back at Liu Bei behind him, it seems that he can still see a little dust, but he has fallen behind a lot, and it seems that he will continue to lag behind.
Cao Cao pursed his lips, with a look of disdain and disdain, of course, there is some jealousy and envy, people don't have to work so hard, but they can only work hard, this is not fair! It's a pity that there is never a fair thing in this world, and if you want things to develop in a direction that is beneficial to you, you have to fight desperately for caries yourself
Looking back at the lively Chang'an Ancient Road, Cao Cao had a very ridiculous feeling, the Chang'an Ancient Road was very lively, but it was neither the excitement caused by Dong Zhuo's troops, nor the blockage caused by the people who evacuated to the west.
On the road and on both sides of the road everywhere to fight, the fighting is in full swing are the troops of the aliens, Cao Cao is actually a latecomer, these aliens' loyalty to the Han family and love for the Son of Heaven obviously surpass Cao Cao a lot, which makes Cao Cao embarrassed, however, for the aliens tossed on the ancient road, Cao Cao has no interest at all.
"Zhongkang, you and I led 10,000 cavalry to pursue, Miaocai and Yuan Rang led the rear army to advance slowly, and then occupied Hangu Pass1
"No1
"Great lord, let's chase after us, you lead the troops to press the formation behind1
Xiahou Yuan was a little worried that Cao Cao would encounter a counterattack from Dong Zhuo's troops, so he offered to take an adventure for Cao Cao, Cao Cao's face showed a happy smile, patted the long sword on his waist and said: "Didn't Miaocai think that the sword on my waist can't kill anyone!" I'm not one of those powerless scholars, you wait and push forward slowly. By the way, help the Inhuman troops clear the way, occupy Hangu Pass, and wait for me to come back, remember not to leave Hangu Pass easily, and you must also pay close attention to the safety of Zhicai. ”
Xi Zhicai bowed his hand to express his gratitude to Cao Cao for his special care.
Xiahou replied: "Please rest assured, my lord, we will definitely protect the safety of the military division." According to the letter of the valley pass, waiting for the lord. ”
"Very good, I'll go too1
Cao Cao and Xu Chu led 10,000 cavalry to chase westward along the Chang'an Ancient Road, and the strangers on the road hurriedly moved out of the way on both sides. No one wants to be trampled to death for no reason.
When Cao Cao pursued to the bottom of Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass was already an empty city, but it was seen from a distance. There seemed to be smoke and dust still wafting on the ancient road west of Hanya Pass, and it was clear that the enemy had not been away for long.
Cao Cao clenched the reins and hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and shouted: "Chase!" The enemy army was not far from the front1
Chased out the slightly narrow Hangu Pass City, from the west pass, is a long canyon, the height of the canyon is not high, the highest point is not more than a hundred zhang, but the length is very long, the width is only to accommodate a straight road.
Chase here. I can already see some fleeing people, of course, the indispensable are the strangers from both camps, and since Cao Cao has made up his mind, he will not hesitate any longer. led the cavalry to rush straight out of the canyon, of course, the scouts and scouts in front of the assault were several times more dispatched.
Although Cao Cao didn't know Dong Zhuo very well, he still tried to be as cautious as possible about Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's entire strategic and tactical layout in Sili can be said to be quite appropriate, and the reason for the failure of the Battle of Luoyang was really because of the big difference in strength. But although Dong Zhuo failed, he could not erase the fact that Dong Zhuo would use soldiers.
Will a commander who knows how to use soldiers run away desperately? The answer must be no, so although Cao Cao actively launched a tactical pursuit in order to clear his stigma and gain prestige by the way, this does not mean that Cao Cao should pursue recklessly.
As long as you can catch up with Dong Zhuo's rearguard troops, fight a proper battle, even if you fail, it doesn't matter, this at least shows that you are chasing, and you have caught up, but the difference in strength is too big to lead to failure, compared with those princes who prevaricate and procrastinate for various reasons, and compared with those who say they want to pursue, but have been pursued and disappeared, Cao Cao's image will inevitably be many times taller, this is Cao Cao's calculation.
Cao Cao's army pursued, naturally frightened the fleeing people to shrink under the valley wall to hide, and the Inhuman troops who were pursuing or fleeing also stepped aside, watching Cao Cao's army cross the border with a sense of fear, but the cautious Cao Cao chased out of the valley and did not encounter Dong Zhuo's troops, perhaps Dong Zhuo's troops had gone far.
Out of the cramped valley, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly opened up, the sides were no longer steep valleys, but slopes and woodlands, occasionally you could see the figure of the Yellow River, the figure of the refugees on the roadside and in the woods seemed to be more, the scout returned, and found Dong Zhuo's rearguard troops ten miles ahead, seeing that the flag was Xu Rong's troops, which were speeding up to drive the refugees westward.
Cao Cao's eyes lit up, if he could rescue these refugees, it would be a great achievement for Cao Cao, this is also the ironclad evidence and reputation of his active pursuit, and his heroic actions and exploits will definitely spread to the world in the future.
"Command the whole army, speed up, and rescue the people who were held hostage by Dong Zhuo1
"No1
"The whole army accelerated, and the people were rescued1
"Boom~"
The speed of the cavalry's running suddenly increased, and with Cao Cao's blessing, the momentum of the troops was like a rainbow!
Soon, Cao Cao caught up with the tail of Xu Rong's team, it seemed that Xu Rong's team seemed to be a little flustered, many soldiers saw that the pursuers abandoned the people and fled forward, and from time to time they turned their heads to look back, as if they were afraid of being caught up by Cao Cao's troops.
Cao Cao looked at the dense crowd on the road in front of him, and his heart became warm, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people, if he can save these people, then
"Bypass the people from the right and prepare to attack1
Cao Cao almost didn't think about it and chose to bypass the people who were congested on the road from the right side, because the left side of the road was a hillside and woods, and only the right side was relatively open, at this time, Cao Cao was completely blinded by the huge interests in front of him and ignored some strange phenomena.
For example, why wouldn't the people be confused when they saw a large number of pursuers behind? Why are these people clogging up roads? Why are the horses and carts on the right side of these popular processions?
Cao Cao's cavalry was like a whirlwind. Overtook the right side of the crowd and chased in front of the long line, trying to intercept the entire team that was still moving slowly from the front.
"Heavy crossbow flat shot, three round shots! Put 1
"The shield is erected forward, the spearmen follow, the crossbowmen fire freely, and the people are not allowed to move. Otherwise, there will be no mercy1
"Shoot! Shoot! 1
"Ahh ~""Wow! ~”
"The enemy army is mixed in with the ranks of refugees, disperse quickly!"
"Move away to the right and return fire with a short crossbow. Don't be afraid of accidental injury! Uh1
Cao Cao's team was stunned by the sudden blow, and Cao Cao really didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would be so ruthless. Mixing the troops in the ranks of the refugees, Cao Cao's cavalry is surpassing in formation, under such a close range of heavy crossbow raids, such a big blow surface, you can imagine the tragic situation of Cao Cao's troops now!
Fortunately, Cao Cao's own attribute bonus to the troops is very high, plus Xu Chu is the deputy general, the team's defensive attributes are better, even so, under the first round of raids, more than half of the casualties were killed!
Cao Cao was furious. It's just that now is not the time to be impressed.
"Retreat, retreat! Enemy cavalry will immediately turn back and charge1
"The back team becomes the front team! Fall back! Retreat 1
"Paper symbols, put 1
How could Li Ru's strategy be so simple, and sure enough, there was a back hand, and the narrow slope was covered with the light of the paper talisman. The continuous traps turned the already narrow passage into a desperate situation for Cao Cao's troops.
"Lord, no, hurry up and get off the horse and go over the mountain, now the road ahead is blocked, and the chasing soldiers are behind, and there is the opponent's crossbow troops within a short distance. This battle can't be fought1
Cao Cao was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe and held it directly, and when he heard Xu Chu's words, the long sword in Cao Cao's hand turned away the crossbow arrows that shot rapidly, and said hatefully: "Withdraw, abandon the horse and go over the mountain 1."
Cao Cao's decision cannot be said to be unhappy, but even so, when Cao Cao staggered away from the battlefield under the protection of Xu Chu, there were less than five hundred remnants of soldiers around him, and there were no war horses!
Cao Cao and his entourage hurriedly walked through the forest and over the mountains, and after running wildly, they finally saw the ancient road canyon of Hangu Pass from a distance, Cao Cao walked with a deep foot and a shallow foot, while sweating profusely, and suddenly laughed, Xu Chu and the remnants of the soldiers looked at Cao Cao in surprise, I don't know what the lord has to be happy about at this time, or the lord is mad!
"Why is the lord laughing?"
"I laugh at Dong Zhuo's limited ability, if he lays down another army here, then we will have no way out1
Before Cao Cao's words fell, a stranger in the distance pointed to the remnants of the soldiers on the hillside and said, "Isn't that Cao Cao!" Sure enough, the defeat returned, everyone side by side! Push xxxx la1
In fact, this is no wonder Li Ru, even if Li Ru knew that there were pursuers, he would not think of who was chasing, let alone put his generals in danger to ambush the opponent in order to destroy this pursuer, but without his own generals, it does not mean that he could not think of a second ambush here, and besides, in addition to his own generals, Li Ru still has a force in his hands that can be used, that is, Inhuman.
According to the requirements of the mission, they must be archers, the more the better, and the last to take over the task is more than 30 Inhumans, a total of more than 3,000 archers.
Cao Cao was dumbfounded, his face was flushed, and he didn't know if he was angry or angry!
"Lord, get on the horse! I rushed out with my lord in tow1
"But the soldiers"
Cao Cao turned around and looked around, looking at the soldiers who followed him from birth to death, and couldn't help but be speechless.
"Lord, if I wait for death, I will die, but my lord cannot lose, my lord will go by himself, and we will open a passage for my lord1
Looking at the calm smiles on the faces of the soldiers, Cao Cao was ashamed even if he was moved, he solemnly bent over to the ground and said in a deep voice: "Everyone! I, Cao Cao, will be kind to you and other relatives, and if I violate this word, I will die of thunder and thunder in the sky1
The soldiers also bowed deeply, then straightened up and cleaned up the equipment on their bodies, held the swords and guns in their hands tightly, looked at the approaching Inhuman cavalry on the hillside, and shouted: "Take care, lord!" Everyone, it's just death! Rush ah 1
"Kill! ~”
Thunderous shouts of killing resounded between heaven and earth, and a group of ragged and poorly armored soldiers rushed towards the enemy's cavalry with a momentum of no return. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.