Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Cao Cao's move made Liu Xuande feel threatened.

Therefore, Liu Xuande immediately sent an envoy to express his goodwill to Cao Cao, hoping that Cao Cao would hand over Luoyang to him for protection.

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao immediately sent a cavalry unit to Chang'an.

This cavalry was Liu Xuande's confidant, and they told Liu Xuande the situation in Luoyang City.

Liu Xuande couldn't help but sneer when he heard this: "Cao Cao, don't even think about taking Luoyang from me. I want to see how long you can hold on!"

Luoyang.

Cao Ang has been in Luoyang for two days.

The fortifications of Luoyang City are almost complete and only need some minor repairs.

During this period, he was busy every day, trying to make the defensive fortifications of Luoyang City more perfect.

Because Luoyang is an important city, if Luoyang is destroyed, the entire Jizhou will be in danger.

"General, this is a piece of intelligence." A counselor handed it to Cao Ang.

Cao Ang nodded: "Put it down."

"promise!"

The counselor placed the information on the table, then turned and left.

Cao Ang opened the information and started reading it.

This is a piece of intelligence about Liu Xuande. This intelligence was provided by an intelligence agency in Jizhou. This intelligence is about Liu Xuande’s latest appointment.

Intelligence shows that Liu Xuande is going to send people to attack Jingzhou, which happens to be Liu Zhang's fiefdom. Therefore, the envoys sent by Liu Xuande this time will directly attack Jingzhou.

After reading this information, Cao Ang curled his lips into a cold smile: "Liu Xuande, this time you finally show your true colors!"

Cao Ang threw the intelligence aside and said, "General, Liu Xuande has sent a large number of elite cavalry this time. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to hold our defense line."

"Yes!" Cao Ang nodded: "Yes, I have received the news. Liu Xuande has sent 40,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry this time."

"This time, I'm afraid we are really in danger!" Cao Ang said worriedly.

"But I believe you can hold on!" Cao Ang looked at Cao Ang: "Because you are our most loyal partner."

Cao Ang smiled and said nothing.

"General, let's find a way to retreat. Otherwise, once Luoyang City falls into Liu Xuande's hands, we will be in danger!" said one of Cao Ang's deputy generals.

Cao Ang looked at his deputy general and asked, "Where do you think we should retreat to?"

The deputy general hesitated for a moment: "I think we should retreat south."

"What do you mean?" Cao Ang asked puzzledly.

"My lord, we can retreat southward and go around the back of Luoyang City. In this way, we may be able to hide for a while." said the deputy general.

"Yeah." Cao Ang nodded.

"However, we must make some preparations. We need to transport some food and grass to the Yellow River, and then cross the river and escape from the south." Cao Ang said.

"You are responsible for this matter. Let's start preparing now!" Cao Ang said.

"Yes!" The deputy general nodded, and then went to dispatch food and grass.

Cao Ang watched his deputy general leave, with a look of relief in his eyes.

"General, are you still worried about Luoyang City?" asked an aide.

Cao Ang nodded: "Luoyang City is our foundation, how can I not be worried?
However, I must be fully prepared now, otherwise, we may not even have a way to retreat! " "But, we can't stop those cavalrymen at all. If we resist, we will probably be defeated soon." Another deputy general said.

"I am clear about this," said Cao Ang.

"But we cannot retreat. We must protect Luoyang City. Otherwise, we will become sinners for all eternity."

"But, my lord, we can't fight them head-on!" The deputy general frowned, "We can't afford to lose this battle."

Cao Ang was silent for a while before he sighed.

"The current situation is no longer under my control. The only thing I can do is to hold on to Luoyang and then find a way to evacuate."

Cao Ang led his troops and began to migrate southward, first entering from a small river along the Yellow River.

Then they crossed the river and the mountains, and finally they came to a small hill on the north bank of the Yellow River.

"General, what should we do now?" asked the deputy general.

Cao Ang looked at the sky and said, "It's still early. When the sun rises tomorrow, we will launch the attack immediately!"

"promise!"

Liu Xuande led a cavalry of 50,000 and rushed towards Luoyang City in a mighty manner.

In front of this group of cavalry, there are 20,000 infantrymen, and these 20,000 infantrymen are all carefully selected elites.

Their weapons were bows and arrows, and each of them held a spear in his hand, with gunpowder at the tip of the spear.

Liu Xuande led the cavalry, observing Luoyang City while marching.

Liu Xuande's eyes swept across the city.

Then a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: “Although this city is quite majestic.

But it doesn't matter. As long as we destroy it, our camp will become empty."

As soon as Liu Xuande finished speaking, suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Liu Xuande's face was slightly stunned.

Then he looked into the distance and saw 20,000 cavalrymen galloping towards this side on the distant hillside.

These 20,000 cavalrymen were dressed in armor and riding on fine horses, exuding a strong aura.

"Liu Qing, do you want to betray me?" Liu Xuande frowned and looked at Liu Qing in front of him with a gloomy face.

When Liu Qing heard what Liu Xuande said, he stopped immediately, got off his horse, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Xuande, saying, "I am here to see you, General."

"Do you want to betray me?" Liu Xuande narrowed his eyes.

"I dare not." Liu Qing shook his head.

"Hmph, since you don't dare, why do you bring the cavalry to harass us?" Liu Xuande said coldly.

"This." Liu Qing hesitated.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Liu Xuande said.

Liu Qing pondered for a moment and said, "We are here on the orders of our lord to help the general capture Luoyang City, so I hope the general can let us occupy Luoyang City first."

"Hmph, you think you can occupy Luoyang City with just your 20,000 cavalrymen? That's just wishful thinking!" Liu Xuande said coldly.

"Haha!" Liu Qing smiled and said, "General, if we really want to attack Luoyang City, do you think you can resist it?"

When Liu Xuande heard what Liu Qing said, he couldn't help but frown and fell silent. (End of this chapter)