If it's okay, continue the pursuit, and if there's something, we'll think about retreating. ”

"Yes!" Xiahou Yuan responded with a fist.

"Let's go!" Lu Bu let out a loud shout and led the army back to Xiling City.

And the other three armies, under the offensive of Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and Dian Man, were also gradually defeated.

"Kill!" The three Zhao Yun brothers roared excitedly and led the army to slaughter the enemy frantically.

Cao's army was defeated and retreated, and it was simply unable to resist the offensive of the three armies.

In the end, at a terrible cost, all were annihilated.

Zhao Yun and the three of them won a big victory, and when Cao Cao learned about it, he sighed, he knew that he had lost, completely defeated, and lost the ability to resist.

Day 2.

Cao Cao didn't stop either, he knew that as long as he persevered, he would be safe sooner or later.

However, what he didn't know was that Lu Bu was secretly following him, and no matter where he went, Lu Bu would quietly follow him.

Two days later, Cao Cao led his army to a mountain range, where he and Yuan Shao had agreed to meet.

"My lord, we have arrived." Xiahou Yuan said respectfully to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao bowed slightly, leading the army to continue walking towards the mountain range.

A quarter of an hour later, Cao Cao and the others came to a boulder.

"Lord, there seems to be an ambush ahead, let's take a detour." Xiahou Yuan reminded.

Cao Cao nodded and took a detour with the army.

However, after a detour, they came to another place, and there was still an ambush.

This was repeated several times, and each time the ambushers were beaten to the ground.

Cao Cao finally sensed that something was wrong: "Something is wrong, we seem to have been made dumplings." ”

"Damn!" Xiahou Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Who are these bastards?" ”

"We must have offended some powerful family or gate valve, otherwise there would be no one who would have targeted us." Cao Cao said with a cold look in his eyes.

"So what do we do?" Xiahou Yuan hurriedly said.

"We have no way out now, and the only hope is for Yuan Shao to send someone to rescue us." Cao Cao said: "Pass the order, speed up, and try to rush over before Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrive." ”

Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to act according to Cao Cao's orders, and the whole army hurried quickly, striving to shorten the distance with Yuan Shao's reinforcements as much as possible.

"Lord, it's not good, Liu Bei's army was found in front, there were more than 80,000 people."

At that moment, the spies suddenly rushed back from the front.

"What? Liu Bei actually came with his troops in person. ”

Cao Cao's face was shocked, and he hurriedly ordered: "Order the army to speed up and distance itself from Liu Bei's army as much as possible." ”

"Yes!" Xiahou Yuan nodded in response.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the deafening sound of war drums sounded in the distance.

"Bang bang bang!"

The continuous sound of war drums made Xiahou Yuan's face even more ugly.

The same is true of Cao Cao.

"It's Lu Bu's cavalry!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

"What?"

Xiahou Yuan's eyes widened: "How could Lu Bu have so many cavalry?" That's impossible! ”

"It's not just Lu Bu's cavalry, but also Zhang Xiu's white horse retainers under Lu Bu's command, as well as tiger and leopard riders!"

Cao Cao said gloomily: "In addition to the White Horse Yicong and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, there are also a thousand elite camps under Lu Bu's command. ”

"This. This. ”

Xiahou Yuan's face was pale, this time, Lu Bu was really determined to kill himself and Cao Cao.

Xiahoudun also had a solemn face: "This time we have encountered hard stubble, your idea is right, withdraw!" ”

Cao Cao shook his head: "It's too late now, we have already been targeted by Lu Bu, retreat now, Lu Bu will not hesitate to send troops to chase and kill." ”

"It seems that I can only pin my hopes on Cao Ang now."

Cao Ang returned to the barracks, and he wanted to discuss with Xu Chu about dealing with Liu Bei.

"This is the information I just got, saying that Zhang Yan led troops to attack Yuan Benchu!" Cao Ang handed the letter in his hand to Xu Chu.

After reading it, Xu Chu frowned: "What do you think?" ”

He knew that such news would never appear in the army for no reason, and there must be more accurate news.

"It should be true!" Cao Ang pondered for a moment before he spoke: "If it's fake, then Zhang Yan is too stupid to dare to risk being discovered by Liu Bei!" ”

"You say, what are we going to do?" Xu Chu asked.

"What else can I do? Of course, we should hurry up and go on the expedition, otherwise once we miss the opportunity, it will be even more difficult for us to recapture Jizhou! Cao Ang said excitedly.

"Alright then!" Xu Chu nodded: "Since this is the case, then we will immediately set off for the border of Jizhou and join General Zhang!" ”

"Well, I'll arrange for someone to set off with you right away." Cao Ang nodded in agreement.

"Good!"

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Ang, Xu Chu and others were ready to go, leaving only a few thousand soldiers to be stationed in the rear.

About half a day later, a team of thousands of horsemen left the north gate and rushed towards the Jizhou border.

At the same time, Liu Bei, who was far away in Youzhou, was convening all the civil and military affairs under his command, and his purpose was naturally to crusade against Liu Yu.

"Xuande Gong, now that Jizhou has been lost, if we attack Qingzhou now, then we will occupy a favorable terrain!" Kong Ming said with a smile.

"Huh!" Liu Bei snorted coldly: "What Mr. said is extremely true, but Qingzhou is the key, if we rashly attack Qingzhou."

I'm afraid it will make Liu Yu take advantage of the situation. Therefore, this battle must be cautious, not only not to hurt the people of Qingzhou, but also to fight steadily! ”

"Xuande Gong, the last general thinks that he can send an envoy to persuade Liu Yu to surrender, if he refuses to submit, he can directly destroy Liu Yu, in case he becomes a big trouble in the future!" Kong Ming continued to propose.

Liu Bei shook his head: "It's not proper, Liu Yu has two fierce generals beside him to protect him, if he attacks strongly, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties."

And although Liu Yu is not the emperor, he is the authentic Han clan, if we kill it rashly, I am afraid that it will cause public resentment to boil, and then it will be troublesome! ”

After hearing this, Kong Ming rolled his eyes and said, "Xuande Gong, I have a suggestion that may be very helpful to us." ”

"What advice?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

"We can secretly contact Zhang Xiu in Bingzhou, if we can win Zhang Xiu to send troops, we will definitely be able to easily take Qingzhou." Kong Ming said.

After hearing this, Liu Bei was overjoyed, he had long coveted Zhang Xiu's strength, but he had never found a good reason, and Kong Ming's move was simply a send-off.

So, Liu Bei hurriedly ordered Kong Ming to draw up a letter and send it to Qingzhou tomorrow.

Three days later, Liu Bei received a reply.

"Haha, Zhang Xiu still can't resist the temptation of interests after all, so he agreed so quickly!" Liu Bei happily stroked the handwriting on the letter.

"Xuande Gong, how long do you think it will take us to break through Qingzhou?" Kong Ming asked. (End of chapter)