super apocalypse

Chapter 166 Dong Zhuo moved west, Cao Cao fell

Li Ru's plan was confirmed, and Dong Zhuo led his army back to Luoyang. Li Ru, Guo Si, etc. had long said that they would offer the way to the emperor.

"No!" Taichangqing Zhongfu, Taifu Lu Kui, Dahonghe Zhou Huan, Chengmen school captain Cui Lie, and Yueqi school captain Wang Qi all advised, "Your Majesty, this is a trick of the thieves. Your Majesty must not do it." Follow it!"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he felt resentful, beheaded the five people, and said, "Your Majesty! Please move the frame!"

Emperor Xian was angry and frightened, seeing all the officials in the court showed fearful expressions on their faces, they were afraid to speak out, and felt colic in their hearts.Fearing that the Kwantung Army would arrive, Dong Zhuo sent his army straight into the inner palace. Dong Zhuo immediately hijacked Emperor Xian and all the officials, and ran to Chang'an overnight.

Li Ru looked at the fallen Luoyang and said, "If Luoyang is like this, it can no longer stay with the Kwantung Allied Forces!" Dong Zhuo followed him, set fire to the city, and all the people fled.

The raging fire burned for three whole days, as if it wanted to burn down the cruel and corrupt Han Dynasty, and then it was slowly extinguished. When the Kwantung Allied Forces arrived in Luoyang, their faces changed.

Looking at Luoyang again, the city is in ruins, there are countless corpses on the road, there is a faint smell of meat, the city is scorching hot, even the wind blowing is scorching hot!
Let’s say that Sun Jian flew to Luoyang, watching the flames soaring into the sky, and the black smoke covered the ground. For two or three hundred miles, there were no chickens, dogs, or people. The princes stationed their troops and horses on the wasteland.Cao Cao came to see Yuan Shao and said, "Today Dong's bandits have been defeated. They have coerced the emperor and all the officials to go to Chang'an, so they can take advantage of the momentum to pursue them. Why didn't they stay still at first?"

Yuan Shao was very proud of being the leader of the alliance. Hearing Cao Cao's words, his expression darkened immediately, and he said, "The soldiers are tired, and it may be useless to advance."

Cao Cao said angrily in a deep voice, "The remnants of Dong's bandit burned the palace, robbed and moved the emperor, the sea was shaken, and he didn't know where he was going. This is the time when the sky is dying, and the world will be settled after a war. Why don't you go in because of doubts?"

All the princes looked at Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and they all said that they should not move lightly.

Cao Cao said angrily: "Shuzi is not enough to plan!" So he led more than ten thousand soldiers, including Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, and Le Jin, to chase Dong Zhuo in the starry night.

Besides, Dong Zhuo rushed all the way to Chang'an, and when he arrived at Xingyang, the prefect of Xingyang went out of the city to meet him personally, and held a banquet in honor of Dong Zhuo.

During the meeting, Li Su offered a plan and said: "Prime Minister, if we leave Luoyang, the Kwantung Army will surely be chased by someone, presumably there will only be a few soldiers and horses. When we are young, we can ask Taishou Xu to send an ambush to the mountain dock outside the city of Xingyang. If there are If the pursuers come after you, you can let them go, we will send elite soldiers to separate from the prime minister, and defeat them, then the prefect Xu can intercept and kill them all, so that the rest of the pursuers will not dare to attack."

As soon as this plan came out, Dong Zhuo immediately appreciated it. If someone could relieve him of his worries, he could rest assured and be happy. He immediately ordered Lü Bu, Li Jue, and Guo Si to each lead an army to the rear of the team, with Lü Bu as the center. Army, Li Jue is the left army in the rear, Guo Si is the right army in the rear, plus Xu Rong, there are four armies in total.

This arrangement can be described as a precise defense. One is to prevent the pursuers from bypassing a certain road and the rear troops catch up with Dong Zhuo. The other is the defense that seems to be a front and back attack. Once the battle starts, an encirclement will be formed, and the pursuers of the Kanto Alliance will never return. .

After Dong Zhuo had eaten and drank for a while in Xingyang, he was on his way quickly, and rushed to Chang'an impatiently. After all, although there are heavy guards here, there are still tiger and wolf soldiers chasing after him. Even if there are beautiful women and delicacies here Accompanying him, Dong Zhuo still felt that his heart was not at ease. After abandoning Luoyang, Chang'an was his safe place.

In the early morning of the next day, not long after Dong Zhuo raised his troops and left, Lv Bu broke off with his elite soldiers, and the sound of horseshoes and footsteps gradually sounded from far to near on the silent official road behind him. Just as Li Su expected, the pursuers of the allied princes That's it.

I saw Cao Cao wearing a golden battle armor, a golden helmet, and a big red battle robe on the outside. He looked very majestic and took the lead. Thousands of soldiers and horses were also neatly arranged behind his generals. Seeing the momentum and killing intent, Cao Cao was bound to capture Dong Zhuo's head.

After rushing all the way, I walked into a woodland with deep branches and lush leaves on both sides. In the dark moonlight, the wind was like a swaying person, which seemed to give people a chill.

Suddenly a black figure appeared in front of him, blocking the pursuit of Cao Cao and others. Cao Cao was startled, and was about to shout, but the black shadow on the opposite side spoke first, "As expected by Li Su, you Wait for me to dare to lead troops to chase Xiangguo." The voice was strong and powerful, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.

Now that the two soldiers met, their respective torches were also lit one after another. Cao Jun used the moonlight and the light of the torches to see clearly that the enemy general was the parachutist Lu Bu.

Facing this peerless general who can be called the best in the world, Cao Cao not only showed no timidity, but instead drove his horse forward, pointed at Lu Bu with a whip in his hand and shouted loudly: "Rebel, you help the evil, rob the emperor, and exile the people, look at you!" Where are you going to escape? If you don’t dismount your horse and surrender immediately, when will you wait?”

Originally, Cao Cao's general insults were to slander the morale of the opponent and give himself a measure of raising the morale of a righteous teacher, but who knew that Lu Bu was not an idler, and he didn't look at Cao Cao's army at all, and cursed back: "You back!" The Lord's coward, what right do you have to speak out here, without the Kwantung Allied Army as your right and left arms, in my eyes, Lu Bu, I'm just worthless."

Xiahou Dun was furious immediately, and led his own troops out with guns, and went straight to Lu Bu, thinking that Xiahou Dun was also a fierce general, although he was far behind Lu Bu, he was still able to persist in going through several rounds under his command safely.

Cao Cao has always been eager to protect, and Sishuiguan and Hulaoguan have always been reluctant to send their own generals to fight, for fear of any accidents, these few generals are his only bargaining chips, and they must not be lost.Although Xiahou Dun knew that Lu Bu was brave, but as a general, he thought he was strong in force and wanted to compete with him a long time ago, but before the two had too many chances to fight, they heard a burst of shouts from not far away , and then filled with countless flames, everyone was shocked.

It turned out that Li Jue led his soldiers and horses to attack from the left side. Facing this ambushing soldiers and horses, Cao Cao was a little flustered, and quickly ordered Xia Houyuan to lead his troops to meet the enemy.When Xia Houyuan and Li Jue were fighting together, another scream sounded from the right, and Guo Si led another team to encircle them. Although Cao Cao panicked in his heart, he still calmly ordered Cao Ren to meet the enemy.

Lv Bu, Li Jue, and Guo Si had three rounds of soldiers and horses. Their morale increased greatly and they were unstoppable. Lu Bu rode back.

Lu Bu was enjoying the fight, and when he saw the duck in his mouth fly away, he immediately led his elite iron cavalry to kill him. Sergeant Cao Cao lost the ability to resist in the face of the killing god Lu Bu, and was defeated in an instant.

Cao Cao hurriedly gathered the rest of his troops, and retreated towards Xingyang under the cover of Li Dian, Le Jin and other loyal men. On the way, Cao Hong led his troops to meet him. Leaving a soldier and horse behind, the siege on all sides was eliminated. The people did not dare to stay too long, and kept running away.

After running wildly all the way, it was better to get rid of the entanglement of the pursuers. The sergeants and horses were all exhausted. For the sake of safety, Cao Cao ordered another mile or two to rush to the foot of a mountain to rest. After a night of running, everyone felt a little hungry. Getting ready to cook.

Suddenly, there were shouts all around. It was Xu Rong who had led his troops to wait for a long time. Cao Cao hurriedly rode his horse and fled, but he didn't know where to run. Instead, he bumped into Xu Rong. His outfit just exposed Cao Cao's identity , Cao Cao turned and fled in fright, but was shot in the arm by Xu Rong with an arrow.

In order to escape for his life, Cao Cao ignored the pain and had no time to break the arrow. He ran for his life with the whole arrow. As soon as he reached a hillside, several soldiers who had already ambushed shot the horse at the same time. The horse neighed in pain and fell to the ground. Falling to the ground, Cao Cao also fell off his horse and was captured by the soldiers.

Suddenly, a flying horse came, and he hacked down those soldiers with a knife in his hand, and rescued Cao Cao. Cao Cao hurriedly looked, and it turned out to be his brother Cao Hong. Cao Cao suddenly sighed in his heart: "I must die in Here, brother, you can use your bravery to fight your way out and escape."

Regardless of Cao Cao's dissuasion, Cao Hong led the horse and handed the reins to Cao Cao. He knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, get on the horse quickly. Cao Hong is willing to accompany you on foot."

Cao Cao's eyes turned red immediately, and he quickly helped him up and said, "The bandits are approaching, can the general be without horses?"

Unexpectedly, Cao Hong gave the horse to Cao Cao with determination and said: "My lord, there is no me Cao Hong in the world today, but you must be without you, Mr. Cao. Get on the horse quickly. Cao Hong is willing to protect the lord with death and fight a bloody road."

Cao Cao wanted to say something but didn't know how to express it, so he got on his horse. Cao Hong took off his battle armor in order to unload the burden on his body, and ran wildly following Cao Cao's footsteps with a blade in his hand. After running for an hour, he saw a big river in front of him. The way is blocked, and the shouts of the pursuers will be approaching. It is impossible to find other ways.

Seeing this, Cao Hong quickly took off all the robes and armor on his upper body. Regardless of the cold weather, he waded on foot with Cao Cao on his back. Just after crossing the other side, the pursuers from the opposite side had arrived. Seeing that they could not catch up, they attacked and shot arrows. blocked.

Cao Hong supported Cao Cao and walked for dozens of miles along the water bank. Both of them were exhausted. In addition to the injuries on Cao Cao and Cao Hong, Cao Hong had already collapsed and was powerless in order to protect Cao Cao. With the last breath of strength, they had already passed out on the ground, and the two walked to a mound to rest.

Looking at the rising sun, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel that it's good to be alive. He finally escaped a catastrophe. Unfortunately, before Cao Cao could really relax, a ferocious killing cry came from nearby. Looking around, he saw a A group of sturdy men and horses are rushing towards him.

It turned out that it was Xu Rong who led the troops across the river from the upper stream to pursue them. Cao Cao and Cao Hong had no chance of resisting and could only help each other to find a way out. But how could two legs run faster than four legs? Suddenly there was another cry of killing, but it was Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun who led more than a dozen cavalry. Seeing that Cao Cao and Cao Hong were about to be captured, Xiahoudun said anxiously, "Son Xu Rong, don't hurt my lord. Dare to fight Xiahoudun with me."

(End of this chapter)