Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

The next morning, Xiahou Yuan hurried back to Yangdi, only to find that the flag on the city wall had been changed. He was shocked and angry, but looking at the four-meter-high city wall, he could do nothing but shout and curse outside the city. He could only continue to pursue Zhang Fei's troops, trying to attack the Tang army from the front and back with Cao Cao.

At this time, Zhang Fei had joined forces with Ma Chao and surrounded Cao's army on the banks of the Yingshui River.

"The military advisor says Yangdi has been captured. Let's get rid of Xiahou Yuan's men first, and then take Cao Mengde!" Ma Chao said to Zhang Fei after reading the news sent by the deputy commander. "It's just right. Xiahou Yuan has escaped from the city on his own. Let's each take one of them. You go and kill him, and leave Cao Mengde to me. Let's not fight over each other's."

Zhang Fei curled his lips in displeasure, "Is Xiahou Yuan worth more than Cao Cao?"

"Anyway, you just need to repay a favor. Xiahou Yuan's head is enough!" Ma Chao urged, "Hurry up and stop talking nonsense. Once you're done, you can go find your big brother!"

Zhang Fei knew that this guy was determined to get Cao Cao's head. In order to avoid delaying Amo's important business due to the fight, he said no more and took 5,000 men with him to deal with Xiahou Yuan first.

Cao Cao stood on a small hill in Cao's camp, looking at Zhang Fei's retreating troops. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered to himself, "What are those people going back for?"

Then he asked himself, "Should I go to deal with Miaocai? According to the time, the messenger last night must have delivered the message. He should have returned to Yangdi by now..."

At this point, his expression suddenly changed, and he asked Xun You, "Do you think Yangdi has been lost? Are these people going back to deal with Miaocai?"

"This... is impossible?!" Xun You said hesitantly, "Even if it was really lost, the Tang army here couldn't have received the news so quickly."

Cao Cao frowned deeply and remained silent, as if he was thinking of something but couldn't figure it out for a moment. After a long moment, he suddenly asked, "Have you ever felt that the Tang army seems to be exceptionally well-informed? Whenever something happens, they seem to react incredibly quickly, always making arrangements in advance? And when Amo was assassinated, Lü Bu, who was far away in Qingzhou, unexpectedly returned in two days. If it was just a coincidence, why would he, the King of Tang, return alone? It seems he must have received the news and rushed back day and night."

Xun You said, "Tang folk legend has it that he and his wife are both reincarnated immortals, and they have telepathy!"

Cao Cao scoffed, "You actually believe such ridiculous talk that fools the people? I said I was the reincarnation of the Yellow Emperor, do you believe me? As for that telepathy, maybe twin brothers and sisters can really do that, but it's impossible for a couple without any blood relationship to be so loving."

"What is your lord's suspicion?"

"I have a feeling that the Tang Kingdom has a faster way of delivering mail than the 800-li express. If those people really go to attack Miao Cai and his group who can't enter the city, then our situation will be very dire."

Xun You's face darkened slightly, "If that's the case, we should have made a plan earlier!"

"What other countermeasures can we take?" Cao Cao sighed. "Once Yangdi is lost, Yingchuan is also lost. The Tang army's retreat is secure. Besides breaking out, is there any other way? Let's break out while those people leave!"

"Where to go?"

Cao Cao hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked down the slope, "Retreat to Runan!"

"Lord..."

Xun You called out from behind, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Cao Cao seemed to know what he was going to say and said without turning his head, "She won't surrender, and neither will I. The victors are kings and the losers are bandits, it has been like this since ancient times. As for you, if you are willing, you can return to the Tang Dynasty!"

Xun You caught up with him and said, "I am not abandoning my lord, but after the defeat in Yanzhou and the loss of Yingchuan, there is no way to turn the tide. Yuan Benchu ​​surrendered back then, so why can't my lord?"

Cao Cao stopped and recalled the scene when he first met Zhang Mo in Yingchuan that year. He almost killed her with an arrow at that time. Perhaps the hostility between them was formed at that time!

In addition to her, Lu Bu seemed to be particularly hostile to her. Back then in the Suanzao camp, he could have killed her, but he said he would shave his head instead of his head to offset the hatred.

Cao Cao could never figure out what the grudge between him and Lu Bu was. If it was that he coveted Amo, there were many people in the world who coveted her. Even Lu Bu didn't care about that guy Qu Yi, but he was particularly hostile to him.

Cao Cao did not answer Xun You's question, but went to order Cao Ang to break out.

"Father, this is just your speculation. What if they're deliberately retreating to mislead us? Yangdi is a fortified city. All their 23,000 men are here. How can they afford to attack? If we retreat, we'll abandon Miao Caishu and it will be difficult to form a battle formation while we're marching, giving them the perfect opportunity to break through our lines."

Hearing him say this, Cao Cao hesitated again. In the year of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yangdi was accidentally occupied by the bandits. He and Huangfu Song, Wang Yun and others attacked the city for several days without success. If it were not for Amo spreading rumors in the city to disrupt the enemy's morale, it would be unknown when the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan could be wiped out.

Although the number of defenders in the city today is not as large as that of the Yellow Turban bandits back then, the Tang army does not have many troops either. In addition, the Tang army that harassed Yingchuan were all lightly equipped and had no siege equipment. How could they capture the city?

"Then...wait a little longer. Send out a few more scouts to see what's going on over in Yangdi."

The next day, scouts reported that Zhang Fei and Xiahou Yuan had a skirmish near Yingyin City yesterday. Xiahou Yuan was defeated, and almost all of his 5,000 men were wiped out. Xiahou Yuan was also beheaded.

This news confirmed the fact that Yangdi had been captured. Cao Cao hurriedly broke camp and left. Ma Chao used 5,000 infantry to deal with Cao's rearguard, while he took his own cavalry to pursue them by a detour.

Cao Cao also took the risk at this time and left all the remaining hundreds of cavalry to deal with Ma Chao. However, this decision he made in a hurry accelerated the defeat of the entire army.

These Jiangdong cavalrymen had only followed Cao Cao for a few days. Seeing that the Tang army was large in number and powerful, they were not willing to fight for him. Before Ma Chao could launch a charge, hundreds of them fled in disarray.

The cavalry's escape without a fight further dampened Cao's already low morale. The 20,000 infantrymen were defeated like a broken dam after two rounds of attacks by Ma Chao.

"Father goes first!"

Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, Cao Ang rode his horse in front of Cao Cao and urged him to leave.

Cao Cao's hands holding the reins trembled slightly, but he did not run away immediately, although he had expected this. However, when he saw the soldiers fleeing around him, he felt frustrated again. For so many years, he had never won against the Tang army, and this time he lost even more completely.

Seeing that he didn't move, Cao Ang shot directly at the yellow-maned horse's rump. The horse neighed and immediately ran away dozens of steps. Cao Ang shouted to Dian Wei, who was still standing there, "Come on, protect my father!"

"Sir, go first. I will deal with the horse!" Dian Wei turned his horse's head and came in front of Cao Ang. He weighed the double halberds in his hands and stared fiercely at Ma Chao who was not far away with his tiger eyes.

"There are too many enemy troops, and no one can defeat you with your righteousness and bravery. I have to ask you for my father's safety. I am very grateful!" Cao Ang said, and rode his horse past Dian Wei and rushed towards Ma Chao. Dozens of guards automatically followed him.

"Young Master!" Dian Wei shouted from behind. He looked ahead and then behind, and saw that many Tang soldiers had already caught up to Cao Cao. At this time, he had only a hundred or so personal guards around him, and the other soldiers were almost all busy running for their lives.

Dian Wei was in a dilemma and hesitated for a moment, but finally rode his horse to chase after Cao Cao.

Cao Cao fled downstream along the Ying River surrounded by his personal guards. Hearing the sound of fierce fighting coming from behind, he looked back and saw Cao Ang being pierced through the chest by Ma Chao's spear.