When marching and fighting, even if he won an unprecedented victory, the commander would not easily dare to take out the wine and give it to the soldiers.

This thing, if it is missing, people are not happy; If there are too many, I am afraid that the other side will come to steal the house.

Therefore, if you want to have a hearty drink, it is usually only possible to enjoy it after the end of the war.

Other than that, there is only Zhuangxing wine.

There are two kinds of Zhuangxing wine, one is the warm wine that was given to the second master to be proud of the capital of the world, which is used to strengthen his courage;

In order to cover the withdrawal of the army, it is necessary to leave behind a death squad that is ready to bury their bones, and on the eve of the withdrawal, they have the opportunity to drink a hearty grand wine.

In Cao's army, 3,000 people were selected to break off, and the selection of this kind of trilogy was more often not based on the degree of elite, but mainly on the principle of voluntariness, because those who stayed were basically not very likely to go back alive.

If it weren't for the idea of dying in my heart, I am afraid that it would not have played a role in deterring the enemy from pursuing and killing.

In addition to the high pensions, these people will also promise to take care of the family, which is also so that they will not have any worries and can give it a go.

This is not enough, but also equipped with a heavyweight who is enough to unite the hearts of the army and make the soldiers willing to sacrifice their lives and forget their lives to participate in the war.

Looking at the current generals on the battlefield of Tongguan, Zhang He and Xu Huang do not have this ability, let alone Ling Bao, Deng Xian and Liu Bi, the new Yizhou military generals.

Whether Cao Cao wants to or not, these two tigers will either stay or leave one of them, and the others will not be able to handle the heavy responsibility after the break.

In the Bingcheng military tent, Dian Wei and Xu Chu sat opposite each other, one drank proudly, the wine flowed down the halberd Zhang's tiger whiskers, and the other drank with a black face and a muffled voice.

"Eh, eh, eh, you're not finished, it's almost done, it's only a long time, I've done three altars for you, these nine brewing springs are for His Majesty's royal use, there are only eight jars in total, how much can I have left if you drink like this?" Dian Wei pushed away Xu Chu's outstretched hand.

It was inevitable that there would be a sharp star, and without saying a word, just staring angrily made Dian Wei a little confused, so he let go of his hand and muttered: "You will drink this altar at most, otherwise I will not be enough." ”

Xu Chu didn't say a word, opened the lid of the wine and poured the whole jar, his face was already drunk, he staggered to his feet, held the wine jar with one hand, pointed at Dian Wei with the other, and said loudly: "Lao Dian, what the hell are you capable of, dare to rob me of this task after the break, you give me back to Xuchang, I will stay, I will go to talk to Sikong!" ”

"You have it, you can't drink it, but you can share a table with a child."

Dian Wei smiled and pressed down Xu Chu, and then sneered coldly, "Lao Xu, I know, your Xu family was born in a strong family, and you also brought Xiangyong and wealth to Sikong at the beginning, I can't compare to you in this regard, Lao Dian I am still a murderer, and I don't even dare to go back to the county seat."

But if you want to talk about your prestige in the army, hehe, you don't go to inquire, who dares to disobey my ancient evil in this group of brothers under Sikong's rule? ”

"Fart! Then Sikong still calls me Huhou, do you want your twin halberds to taste the coercion of the Fire Cloud Knife? Who's worse? ”

Xu Chu's eyes turned into copper bells, "If you can't beat me, just go back to Xuchang honestly!" ”

During the dispute between the two, Cao Cao opened the curtain and entered.

As soon as he saw Cao Cao, the tiger and the two heroes hurriedly got up and saluted, and they didn't dare to make another time.

In the past, at this time, he would not be able to avoid Cao Cao's scolding, and what he didn't like the most was that these two people were drinking.

But today, Cao Cao obviously didn't feel the mood, just pressed his hand, and then sat in the middle seat, and the tiger and the two heroes sat upright like two well-behaved students, not daring to speak.

"Dian Wei, you came to my command during the Chuping period, right?" I couldn't tell whether it was joy or sadness, Cao Cao asked as if he was homely.

"Yes, yes, I followed General Zhang Miao to the past, but Sikong knows that the last general is still in the Xingping period, and that time is also to fight Lu Bu." Dian Wei said with a smile.

Cao Cao bowed his head slowly, "Yes, the battle of Puyang, I still remember." ”

After speaking, he sighed again and said with a wry smile: "It's like yesterday."

After speaking, the tent fell silent again.

The atmosphere of separation is never generous.

Cao Cao poured a bowl of wine by himself and saluted Dian Wei, which scared Dian Wei enough, and hurriedly returned the salute.

Don't look at Dian Wei's great achievements, there is no shortage of saviors, Cao Cao really treats and trusts him as the Cao family, but when they get along, Dian Wei will draw this clear line very low.

"Any idea why you agreed to let you stay?" Cao Cao raised his glass but didn't drink it all.

Dian Wei shook his head consciously.

Cao Cao laughed, "The battle in Wancheng is actually not weaker than the one in front of you, but you can survive it, I know, you will definitely be able to do it." ”

"Rest assured!" Dian Wei's heart was filled with warmth, and he held the wine bowl in both hands and poured out.

Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei, as if he had a lot of things to say, at least he held back a lot of words in his heart before he came, but when he really looked at him, he didn't know what to say, and he didn't even know what to say.

The memories of the past emerged, Dian Wei's ferocity on the battlefield, his naïve attitude at the celebration banquet, and his conscientiousness when he personally protected himself, and he couldn't help but have a sour nose.

In the end, they all turned into a long sigh.

Got up again and walked out of the military tent, the tiger and the two heroes wanted to get up to send each other, but he was signaled by his raised hand that he didn't need to.

At the entrance of the tent, Cao Cao froze his body, turned his back to Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and did not move for a long time.

When he turned around, his eyes were a little sparkling, and his hands were on Dian Wei's shoulders, "Yuan Rang is gone, Feng Xiao is also gone, and there are fewer and fewer people left by my side, I sometimes think, how good it would be if you said that this person would never be separated." ”

"Sikong."

As soon as Dian Wei started to rhyme, Cao Cao smiled and patted his chest, shook his head, and turned to go out.

When I walked to Xu Yuan, a voice came, "I'm waiting for you in Xuchang, this is an order, remember." ”

"Whoa!" Dian Wei was heavy.

"Old horseman, brazen, shitty sage books have been read in the dog's belly, he is simply a scoundrel!" Lu Bu in Tongguan City was angry, his face was red, his ears were red, and his muscles were green.

The person who can make Lu Bu so angry is naturally Zhong Xuan.

This matter has to start with Wei Yue sending Zhong Xuan to Tongguan after taking over Chang'an.

Originally, after the plan to sneak attack the grain and grass failed, Lu Bu had been thinking about whether there was a way to calculate it.

On the bright side, when the ice city naturally melts and his cavalry comes out, it will naturally crush Cao's army.

The problem is that even Lu Bu understands that if Cao Cao doesn't receive the news of Chen Zhi's success, he will definitely not stay in the ice city and wait for death, he will break through and he will withdraw.

This involves a pursuit problem, there is a distance of more than thirty miles from Tongguan to Bingcheng, and it is obviously a little far away to pursue it when the scouts return, and the lethality is too limited.

If you want to go to the ice city to set up a big village, you won't be able to get so much wood for a while, if you don't prepare in advance, it is impossible to prepare too much, and the Tongguan area is not as good as the Central Plains, there are forests everywhere, and there is a lot of sand here.

Siege? That's even more unrealistic, don't look at the superiority of the Lu army's troops, and the combat power is also superior, but it can't encircle that ice city at all, and the forces are too scattered, and it is even possible that the Cao army will break through the military formation, but suffer a loss.

According to the news confessed by Wu Yi, their task was to go straight to Chang'an to take over the defense after burning the grain and grass, and he didn't know the rest of the things, so Pang Tong speculated that in order to ensure that the plan would not be used, the link responsible for delivering the news after succeeding should be on Zhong Xuan, which is why Zhong Xuan was sent to Tongguan.

Originally, Wu Yi also dropped, and Zhong Yu also left, and it should be easy to draw a few flatbreads to pinch Zhong Xuan.

It turns out that Lu Bu still underestimated Zhong Xuan.

After this guy came, he directly came to push three, five or six, and refused to admit it.

Moreover, there is a set of excuses that can justify this dead skin method.

Wu Yi? Can you believe what he says? He is just a general in Yizhou, a traitor seeking glory, and now he has surrendered, and he will bite indiscriminately in order to protect himself.

Zhong Yu? My son's psychological quality is too poor and he has never seen the world, so he panicked when he saw Wu Yi dumping the pot, but he has come to his senses now, if you believe it, ask now.

At the same time, he did not forget to show his loyalty, and he sincerely assisted, but if he fell into a trumped-up charge, I am afraid that everyone in the world will be cold in the future.

Lu Bu was furious on the spot, and he couldn't wait to give him a halberd, but you couldn't stand his words.

Wu Yi, as a military general who has just defected to Cao Ying, is really not convincing enough to be honest, if he is simply judged on this basis, it will definitely cause a lot of controversy after it is spread, this is the Yingchuan Zhong family, and the influence cannot be underestimated.

It would be different if Chen Zhi was willing to stand up and correct him, after all, he had been with Cao Cao for five or six years, the problem is, this guy is not good.

It's good now, not only did he not get Zhong Xuan to help him with his plan, but even he himself was in a situation where he could barely protect himself.

"Old horseman, I gave him the opportunity to atone for his sins, but he didn't cherish it, I will break his bones sooner or later!" Lu Bu scolded indignantly.

"Wen Hou, of course Zhong Xuan will not admit this matter, after all, he also knows that there is no direct evidence to prove it, and even the grain and grass that he has misappropriated, he must have taken care of the account books.

On the contrary, once he confessed to this crime, Zhong Xuan himself was infamous as a rat at both ends, and the Zhong family may also be humiliated and implicated. Pang Tong shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Old horseman, I really think I can't do anything about him, okay, when Yunwen arrives, I won't see if I roast him on the fire!" Lu Bu snorted coldly.

Pang Tong glanced at it, so, aren't you helpless.

That's it, these things are not what you should care about, Pang Tong pondered for a moment, and said: "Wen Hou, the top priority is to deploy the pursuit and killing, Cao Cao, who has not been able to get the news of Zhong Xuan for a long time, has already arranged to withdraw." ”

"Don't worry."

Lu Bu calmed down and sat back on the handsome chair, "There are more than 30 miles to go to Bingcheng here, and the infantry will follow behind at most to receive prisoners and captures, so I will personally lead the 8,000 cavalry in the city to chase and kill all the way, and there are not many cavalry in the tens of thousands of Cao's army, so they can't run far."

What's more, there is Wen Yuan behind him! ”

"Wen Hou Mingjian."

Pang Tong first flattered, and then said in a consultative tone: "I wonder how sure Wen Hou thinks he will behead Cao Cao this time?" ”

Lu Bu looked at Pang Tongyi's eyes, sighed, shook his head and said: "It's not a big problem to kill and capture those foot soldiers, but Cao Cao has a good horse mount, and the fine horse of the state is not around, so he can't travel hundreds of miles a day to chase and kill, to be honest, I think Cao Cao can still escape this time." ”

The corners of Pang Tong's mouth drew a touch of pride, "No, I just feel that this is the best time to kill Cao Cao." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Bu couldn't help but straighten his chest.

If Cao Cao can be killed, it will be much more cost-effective than capturing these tens of thousands of prisoners.

Once Cao Cao was captured and killed, Cao's army was leaderless, and he could take advantage of this opportunity to attack in three ways, and they didn't even have a chance to flee to Jing and Yi.

"I have carefully calculated that if you take the land route, it will be safe on the surface, but General Zhang has already arrived in Mengjin, which Cao Cao also knows. It is extremely dangerous to run for his life all the way and then come into close contact with General Zhang, who is waiting for his work, and I guess he will not take this risk."

Before Pang Tong's words were finished, Lu Bu stood up suddenly, pointed at him with a halberd and said excitedly: "Are you saying that Cao Cao will take the waterway and go east along the Yellow River?" ”

Before Pang Tong could answer, Lu Bu said to himself: "Yes, yes, according to Cao Cao's treacherous character, he must have done this kind of thing, haha, this time Cao Cao must be smart but was mistaken by being smart!"

I'm going to personally lead my troops to the ferry to chase and kill! Also, let the soldiers prepare water equipment! ”

Pang Tong twisted his little short beard and breathed a sigh of relief, "I wish Wen Hou the triumph of Cao Cao's head!" ”

In the Northern Army, there are very few who can fight water battles, and many of them are not able to fight ships at all.

However, there are many water systems in Qingzhou, and many people there have been skilled boats since childhood, and then there are Xuzhou people, after all, there are Si and Yi rivers flowing through, and many people understand water.

In fact, during the Battle of Chibi in history, Cao Cao also had his own naval army in addition to the Jingzhou Naval Army, that is, the Qingxu Naval Army composed of Qingzhou and Xuzhou sergeants.

On the other hand, Cao Cao should only be able to use the timber of the army to build a small number of clippers to escape, so as long as he pursues and kills on the Yellow River, the chance of success should not be small.

Pang Tong's biggest consideration in making such an assumption was that Cao Cao would be afraid of the wolf cavalry under Lu Bu's command, after all, he didn't know whether this elite cavalry was in Tongguan City.

"Shi Yuan, I really underestimated you in the past, after all, in my opinion, you lost to Yunwen too simply, although Yunwen repeatedly recommended that you are a genius in the world, but I didn't take it to heart."

Lu Bu, who was in a good mood, seemed to have the intention of opening his heart to Pang Tong, "But then I thought about it, it's not a normal thing to lose to Yunwen, and you can't spend it like this."

Judging from your serial plan to break Cao Cao this time, it shows that your talent is no less than that of Jia Wenhe in Yecheng, and it has benefited a lot from listening to your analysis.

This time you won the Central Plains, you are the first merit! ”

Losing to Yunwen is a normal thing, no matter how you listen to this, Pang Tong is not so comfortable, he is confident that if the ten departments of Guanzhong are willing to listen to him, then victory or defeat can be said.

But thinking on the other hand, Lu Bu can be so open and honest now, doesn't it mean that he doesn't treat himself as an outsider anymore, and then he takes the first credit for taking the Central Plains, Pang Tong actually has mixed feelings in his heart.

He asked himself that his talent was by no means under Zhuge Liang, but why was the road to choosing the master so rugged and bumpy.

It was really a response to the fact that the person who did not meet was just like Puyu being covered by sand and stones, and now it can be regarded as a positive result, and I feel that the grievances of many days are like an abyss, but Lu Bu filled this abyss with a few words.

Well, it was filled up at once, worthy of Wen Hou.

He slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and arched his hand: "The kindness of the acquaintance between the Marquis of Wen and the Marquis of Lanling is unforgettable. ”

The highlight of this chase is the cavalry, so in order to ensure that he can get out of the customs as quickly as possible when he receives the news, Lu Bu is to let go of the cruel words, and in the next few days, the cavalry must tie all the horses to the tent, even if they are sleeping, they cannot remove their armor.

It's hard work, but it's worth it to capture Cao Cao in a battle.

Fortunately, they didn't wait too long, and on the third day, the scouts reported that Cao's army had begun to flee out of the city, and the troops were divided into multiple routes, as if they had no rules at all, just trying to escape quickly.

After all, preparations had been made in advance, and within a quarter of an hour of the scout's return, all the generals had already arrived in armor, and even the cavalry had begun to assemble at the city gates.

"According to the previous assigned task, this time remember, you must not be attracted by the armor and baggage discarded by Cao Jun, you must do your best to kill Cao Jun, if anyone can win Cao Cao's head, a reward of ten thousand gold, I will personally play Your Majesty to promote him to the third level!"

Needless to say, the attractiveness of this award is self-explanatory, even if it is from a marquis family like Ma Chao, he is shocked.

Under the city of Tongguan, the army rushed out.

Lu Bu only took 500 horsemen to kill the ferry in the northeast, and the rest of the cavalry were all handed over to Ma Chao, Pang De, Man Chong and other Guanzhong generals.

As for Wu Yi, he can only stay in the city, whether he doesn't trust him or has no qualifications, anyway, Lu Bu doesn't plan to let him participate in this battle, after all, Cao's army is mixed with a lot of Yizhou soldiers, and he is not suitable to fight now.

Although all parties rushed all the way, it was Lu Bu who arrived at the battlefield first, after all, in terms of distance, he was the closest.

Seeing that Cao Jun was hurriedly boarding the boat with a torch at the ferry, Lu Bu no longer considered whether he would break away from the team, the red rabbit horse was at full speed, and one jumped into the crowd, and Fang Tian's halberd fluttered in front of him.

The man was dressed in armor, and the crisp sound of metal shattering could be heard only from this blow, and the team leader flew out upside down, and blood mist splattered from his mouth as he churned.

The team was still churning in the air, Lu Bu had already swept Fang Tian's halberd in the opposite direction, and Cao Jun, who had not reacted to escape for his life, was swept by a cold light, and all weapons fell to the ground, holding his throat and spurting blood spurting, and he was paralyzed.

On this small ferry, Cao Jun is not small, there are three or four thousand people, so that Lu Bu jumped into it alone and was as small as a wave splashing down the river and sea.

But the fact is that a Fang Tian painting halberd is like an artifact that harvests the lives of mortals, from the first team rate to the ground, the red rabbit horse gallops back and forth, everywhere it goes is an open space, giving people a sense of the god of war in the mortal, ordinary people are bound.

So much so that as soon as the five hundred cavalry arrived, the team of several thousand people was in chaos, and there was no resistance at all.

These Xiliang cavalrymen knew very well that they were certainly qualified to look down on this group of Cao army's foot soldiers, but it was not themselves who really caused their confusion, but Lu Bu alone.

Because all the Cao troops were scattered, and at the same time, their mouths kept shouting: "Lu Bu is here!" Run away, Lu Bu is here! ”

Seeing that several clippers were already getting farther and farther away, Lu Bule, whose face was covered with blood, stopped the red rabbit horse, and Fang Tian's halberd fell towards a fleeing Cao Jun like Mount Tai.

This halberd down, even if the tasseled helmet is a few inches thicker, it is helpless, that Cao Jun seemed to feel something, and he stopped moving, until he saw the sluggish Fang Tianhua halberd stop on his head, but because of the nervous breathing, there was a warm smell under the crotch of his pants, and he was scared to pee.

"Where is Cao Cao?"

The four words of the light wind seem to be able to change the laws of heaven and earth, and Cao Jun, who couldn't breathe for a while, trembled and raised his finger to a sailboat in the distance, "That."

"I want to run!"

But seeing that the ship was speeding east with the help of its sails and the advantage of going downstream, Lu Bu didn't look at the soldiers in front of him at all, and rode his horse to chase after him.

The boat is swimming in the Yellow River, and the horse is galloping on the shore.

Of course, it is impossible for the red rabbit horse, who is known as stepping on the river and climbing the mountains to chase and kill, and in fact, Lu Bu's purpose is not this.

Seeing that the distance was right, he threw Fang Tian's halberd forward, and at the same time, the treasure carving bow under the saddle had already been held, and after twisting a golden feather arrow, he almost didn't need to aim, and shot it with intuition.

Sou~

Bai Lian rowed, on the mast of the target ship, the golden feather arrow penetrated into the wood, the knot that bound the sail was scattered, and after the canvas fell, the small boat slowed down much at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Enough, the rest will be left to the pursuing sailors.

On the deck of another ship, a man in ordinary armor looked at this scene, only to feel a chill rise, and muttered: "This guy is really a monster, such a fast and swaying hull, he is riding a red rabbit horse and galloping, and he can also shoot the mast of the ship, this time I am afraid it is even more shocking than the Yuanmen halberd shooting back then."

Although I can't make up for it today, I owe it first, but this chapter is really big and long

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