Chapter 94 Cao's army was defeated

When Cao Cao heard this, he naturally knew what these people were trying to preserve their strength. They all wanted to preserve their strength! Anyway, Luoyang has already obtained it now! It has already made a reputation! Why do they have to destroy Dong Zhuo and win back the emperor? Originally, when Liu Bin was there, Liu Bin's Youzhou army was in front of him, and Cao Cao was also fighting to preserve his strength. But now Liu Bin has left, and he is still very loyal and righteous in his heart, so he naturally has to send troops to wipe out Dong Zhuo! So he was very dissatisfied with the actions of these people and cursed angrily: "The clerk is not worthy of planning!" He walked out of the tent!

Cao Cao came outside the tent. Under the breeze, Cao Cao calmed down. Cao Cao secretly thought: Although if he had only gained troops and horses to pursue Dong Zhuo by his own 10,000 people, he would definitely have gone but never returned. But now, although the alliance's army was summoned by his own proclamation, his fame has improved to a certain extent. However, the position of leader of the alliance was Yuan Shao. The defeated Dong Zhuo was the King of Jin Liu Bin. The bravery of Jin Liu Bin has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If he had no achievements, like after the re-establishment of the court

, his contributions will not be much. If the world is in chaos, I am afraid that the patriots in the world will not come to surrender to him. He will no longer have the chance to compete with the world. It is better to fight to the death and go to pursue Dong Zhuo alone. In this way, no matter what success or failure, he can gain a reputation for loyalty and righteousness in front of the people of the world. It can also show the courage of his Cao family army. So, Cao Cao led more than 10,000 troops to lead Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, and came to drive Dong Zhuo at night.

At Hangu Pass, the Xiliang Army was so scared that it was too scared to come out because of Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao's deterrence! But not long after, Huang Zhong and others slowly retreated! This made Dong Zhuo and others a little puzzled! Li Jue said: "Are they bluffing? Or do they want to lure us into a fool?" Dong Zhuo frowned and thought for a while, but decided to send someone out to investigate! After some investigation, he found that although Huang Zhong's troops retreated, the speed was very slow. The spy thought it was deliberately tempting him to attract him.

The Xiliang army was lured out of the pass, so they surrounded and annihilated it! So they hurried back to report it! After hearing this news, Dong Zhuo and the others did not dare to take any action! But not long after, the original defenders of Xingyang ran to Hangu Pass and told the matter. Dong Zhuo and the others realized that Xu Rong's action had failed. This was not beyond their expectations. What surprised them was that Liu Bin's army had really withdrawn back to Luoyang! Dong Zhuo and others looked at each other, not knowing what was going on!

Finally, Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru, the only think tank at present, and said, "Son-in-law, what do you think Liu Bin is doing? What should we do next?" Li Ru pondered for a while and said a little reluctantly: "With the current information, it is difficult to confirm what is going on! However, from what I see, it may be that something big happened in Youzhou, and Liu Bin was in a hurry to go back! Otherwise, there was a conflict with those princes in Luoyang! However, no matter what, Liu Bin's withdrawal of Youzhou army will do all the benefits and harm to us! We should take the opportunity to send people out of the pass and occupy Xingyang and other places. In this way, we can not only reduce the pressure on Hangu Pass, but also expand the space for detour! The most important thing is that if there are still people who don't know the current situation and want to continue to attack westward, we can also ambush halfway! As long as the Youzhou army does not come again, we can rest assured!"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he nodded and said, "The wise son-in-law is right! Then Fengxian and Li Jue will take people to Xingyang to ambush! By the way, find out the specific situation! If the Youzhou army continues to invade, then you will retreat. If it is someone else, defeat me! Stationed there!" Lu Bu heard that he didn't want to go. He is now willing to surrender to the Youzhou army, but he does not want to face the Youzhou army as an enemy! But since Dong Zhuo issued an order, he had to obey! Fortunately, Dong Zhuo also said that as long as the Youzhou army attacked, they could retreat! So he and Li Jue led the army to Xingyang, except Hangu Pass!

Lu Bu and others had just arrived in Xingyang with tens of thousands of troops. After they were stationed, there were spies who reported that there were about 10,000 people coming to Xingyang! Lu Bu and Li Jue heard it and looked at each other. Finally, Lu Bu said, "Is the visitor the Youzhou Army?" The spy thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be! Look at the banner, it is not the Youzhou Army, and most of them are infantry! The banner is 'Cao'!" When Lu Bu heard it, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's better not to be the Youzhou Army! With the Cao flag, it should be the traitor of Cao Cao! We happened to give him an ambush, so that he would never return! I wonder what Brother Li wanted?" Li Jue also smiled and said, "Okay! Let's talk about risks!" The two of them hurriedly asked their subordinate Xiliang Army to set up an ambush and wait for Cao Cao's army to arrive!

Cao Cao's army went west because Liu Bin had already told them that Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army had entered Hangu Pass, and the Xiliang army east of Hangu Pass had basically been defeated! So Cao Cao's army didn't care much along the way, but just rushed to Hangu Pass! As soon as he arrived in Xingyang, he was ambushed by Lu Bu and others. Cao Cao took off his horse and shouted, "Rebel! The emperor is robbed and the people are moved, where will they go?" Lu Bu scolded and said, "How can you say anything wrong with your back!" Xiahou Dun lifted his gun and took it straight

Lu Bu. After a few rounds of battles, Li Jue led an army and came from the left. Cao urgently ordered Xiahou Yuan to meet the enemy. The shouts on the right came again. Guo Si led the army to kill him. Cao urgently ordered Cao Ren to meet the enemy. The three armies and horses were unstoppable. Xiahou Dun could not stand against the enemy, and the Pegasus returned to the formation. Although Cao Cao's army was relatively elite among the coalition forces of the princes, it was only some newly trained peasants! The Western Liang army was an elite army of many battles. Although the military discipline was relatively poor, its combat effectiveness was indeed good! With Lu Bu, the fierce general, he naturally had a lot of wings!

Lu Bu commanded tens of thousands of troops to encircle Cao Cao's more than 10,000 troops, and Cao Cao's army was immediately beaten to pieces and fled. Cao Cao encountered another killing on the way to escape. Thanks to Cao Hong, a brother of the same clan, Cao Cao sacrificed his life to save him. He survived the death. Cao Hong also left Cao Cao with a very classic saying, "The world can be without Hong, but not without justice." This made Cao Cao trust Cao in Cao Hong all his life.

After Cao Cao escaped from the Heavens, he gathered the defeated generals, but only more than a thousand people were left. Cao Cao laughed loudly and said to himself: "It's really interesting. I didn't expect that a family was careless for a while and fell into the traitor Dong Zhuo's treacherous plan." Cao Cao's laughter made the people under Cao Cao's command, such as Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others laughed. He secretly thought: What's going on with lord? Could it be that after failing to Dong Zhuo, he was hit too hard and was crazy? At that time, Xiahou Dun hurriedly advised Cao Cao and said: "Master. Victory and defeat are common affairs of military affairs. How can we lose our fighting spirit because of temporary failure? We are willing to help our lord and make a comeback."

Cao Cao smiled and waved his hand and said, "Yuan Rang's intention. I know it well. What is this small defeat? How can a certain family see it? I am now happy from the bottom of my heart." After Cao Cao said this, the people under Cao Cao's command became even more confused. His army of more than 10,000 was killed by Dong Zhuo, and only a thousand people were left. What else can I be happy about? Xiahou Dun is Cao Cao's own family. When Cao Cao's father Cao Song was not adopted by the Cao family, he was originally the Xiahou family. Xiahou Dun had a good relationship with Cao Cao since he was a child. He was also a strong person and could not tolerate anything in his heart. He immediately asked Cao Cao bluntly: "My lord. We have suffered such a crushing defeat. Almost all the family business is lost. What else can I be happy about?"

Cao Cao looked around and was full of his own confidants, and then smiled and said, "How could you know? Before sending troops, a certain family had already expected to be defeated. It should be noted that we were just over 10,000 troops who had rushed into the army, but we were alone pursuing the more than 10,000 tiger and wolf army in Xiliang who had been through the battlefield. Whether we were attacking on the front or attacking in surprise, how could we be invincible with such a huge gap in strength? Now we have only lost some soldiers, but we can escape unscathed. Wouldn't we be happy? Besides, we can learn from the lessons of this failure and think that those who come will be rude. Wouldn't this be even more happy?"

After Cao Cao said this, the people under Cao Cao suddenly realized. It turned out that these things were all within the expectation of the lord. It seemed that it was indeed a bit funny. However, Xiahou Yuan still asked a little strangely: "My lord. Since you already know that we will suffer a defeat when we pursue the lord Dong Zhuo, why did you raise an army to pursue the lord Dong Zhuo?" Cao Cao said righteously: "How can you be a pity for the sake of the country? Although our army is defeated, we can awaken the fighting spirit of the people in the world to fight against Dong Zhuo. Although I have difficulties, how can I not go? In such a national crisis, no one stood up, and the people in the world are so chaotic and ignorant. Then the world is in danger!"

Although Cao Cao was very righteous, it was not the case in fact! The reason why he knew that he would definitely lose and insisted on coming was actually because of his future prospects! Although he called on the princes first in this battle to attack Dong Zhuo, the leader of the princes alliance was Yuan Shao! In the battle, it was Liu Bin's Youzhou army who established great achievements and defeated Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, which had nothing to do with him. Although he raised the banner of righteousness this time and gained a little reputation, it was nothing compared to Yuan Shao and Liu Bin! Cao Cao was naturally unwilling, so he wanted to continue to march this time and build momentum for himself! It is good if he won, but if he couldn't win, he could also show his loyalty and patriotism! There will definitely be heroes from all walks of life to surrender to him in the future! It is worth it to do so!
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