Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 319 Cao Cao, Kong Ming has seen through your underwear
"Mr. Wen!"

When Zhao Yun saw Lu Bu leading his troops to support him, he was overjoyed. His physical strength was too depleted and he was no longer able to fight against the four generals of Cao's army.

Lu Bu's arrival was timely!

Cao Chun did not expect Lu Bu to come so soon. After a little hesitation, he decided to retreat because Xu Huang's arm was injured and he could no longer fight.

"Yuan Rang, Yuan Rang!"

At this moment, Cao Chun heard a panicked voice.

He looked in the direction where the voice came from and saw Xiahou Yuan holding Xiahou Dun in his arms with a look of panic on his face.

There was a sharp arrow stuck in Xiahou Dun's back. The arrow had penetrated half of his body, and the arrowhead came out from his chest!

The three arrows that Lu Bu just shot were aimed at Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang respectively.

Xu Huang was hit in the arm by an arrow, and although Xiahou Dun dodged the arrow shot at him, he risked his life to block the arrow in order to save Xiahou Yuan!

"Come on..."

At this time, Xiahou Dun's face was as pale as paper. He spit out blood as he spoke. After he finished speaking, his head tilted and he died.

“Yuan Rang!!”

Xiahou Yuan was extremely sad and cried loudly on Xiahou Dun's body.

Cao Chun was also extremely sad when he saw this, but seeing that Lu Bu's troops were getting closer and closer, he could only suppress his sadness and stepped forward to pull Xiahou Yuan up, then said: "You take Yuan Rang's body and retreat, I will cover your retreat!"

It is too late for everyone to retreat now. Someone must stay behind to stop Lu Bu and Zhao Yun.

"I won't leave! I want him to pay with his life!!"

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Yuan raised his head and looked at Lu Bu, his face ferocious and his eyes red as he roared. Then he grabbed his weapon and was ready to fight Lu Bu!

"Wonderful talent!"

Cao Chun reached out to stop Xiahou Yuan, slapped him hard on the face, and then cursed: "Yuan Rang died for you, do you want him to die with regrets?"

"Quickly retreat with General Gongming and Yuan Rang's body. Don't delay any further!"

Xiahou Yuan's eyes were red and his teeth were almost broken, but when he looked at Xiahou Dun's body, he finally chose to swallow the pain and hatred.

If they all died here, Xiahou Dun would really be left without a burial place. How could he bear it!
"Be careful!"

Xiahou Yuan gave Cao Chun some instructions, then carried Xiahou Dun's body on his back, mounted his horse, and evacuated with Xu Huang.

Zhao Yun was fighting alone with many Cao's soldiers around him. Seeing this, his eyes became stern and he shouted, "Where are you running to!"

Lu Bu has already led his troops to attack here. If they can delay the attack for a while, they will be able to kill all of Cao’s generals here.

So how could he let them escape so easily!
But before Zhao Yun could charge forward, Cao Chun stood in front of him, holding his horse and spear in hand, and said coldly: "Zhao Zilong, your opponent is me, Cao Chun!"

"This general does not need to know the traitor's name!"

Zhao Yun snorted coldly. He had just accidentally lost a move to Cao Chun, and he would not make the same mistake again this time.

The two fought again!
Cao Chun's martial arts were quite good and he was in good shape, but Zhao Yun's physical strength had dropped too much, so he was unable to do anything to him for a while.

The battle was hard to determine the winner.

At this time, Lu Bu also led his troops into the encirclement. He rode on the Red Hare and led the cavalry to break through the enemy formation, killing Cao's soldiers while rushing to rescue Zhao Yun.

After seeing Zhao Yun fighting with Cao Chun, he chose to join the battle without hesitation.

Cao's army did not talk to him about martial ethics first.

Then why should he still talk about martial ethics?

What's more, the other party is rebellious!
With Lu Bu joining in, the outcome of this battle was not in doubt at all. With the two of them working together, Cao Chun didn't even last ten moves before he was stabbed through the heart by Zhao Yun.

"laugh--!"

Zhao Yun pulled out his spear, and the spurting blood splashed all over him, making him look extremely terrifying.

Cao Chun's body fell heavily from the horse. He looked at Zhao Yun with unwilling eyes and wanted to say something, but his throat was blocked by the surging blood and he could only make a "ho ho" sound.

Not long after, he lost his breath.

After successfully killing Cao Chun, Zhao Yun's physical strength was completely exhausted. He sat among the corpses, gasping for breath, and he didn't even have the strength to raise his gun.

"Zilong, are you okay?"

Lu Bu rode his horse closer and asked Zhao Yun.

"No problem."

Zhao Yun shook his head, wiped the blood off his face and sighed, "This is the most dangerous battle I have ever encountered since I joined the army."

"If Lord Wen hadn't arrived in time, I would have died in their hands."

He first led his troops to charge and fought for a long time; then he fought with Xu Huang, Cao Zhen and Yu Jin and repelled them.

Then Xiahou Dun and his two companions engaged in a round-robin battle with him. After they were defeated, he charged into the enemy camp, killed the flag-gatherer, and fought alone with many Cao's soldiers.

Then Cao Chun and his four men came again to surround and kill him.

Even he could not withstand such a high-intensity battle. If Lu Bu had come to his rescue later, he might have retreated.

"Hahaha!"

Lu Bu laughed heartily, not hiding his admiration and recognition for Zhao Yun. "Zilong is really brave, taking the enemy's head in the midst of thousands of troops and coming and going freely!"

"I have been a soldier for half my life, and Zilong's bravery is the only one I have ever seen. I would like to call you the second most powerful general in the world, second only to me!"

Zhao Yun's temperament and personality were very much to his liking, and with his military prowess and loyalty to the emperor, he had completely accepted Zhao Yun in his heart.

"Mr. Wen, you are too kind."

Zhao Yun said modestly, "I will just rest here for a while. Lord Wen should lead the troops to chase and kill the enemy first."

At this time, the Han army has taken over the battlefield, Cao's army has been completely defeated and is retreating towards Guandu. We should continue to pursue them.

"Row!"

Lu Bu nodded, left a team to protect Zhao Yun, and then led the Bingzhou cavalry to chase and kill the fleeing enemy troops.

……

The battle lasted until dark.

The Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was broken, and Cao's army had no power to stop the Han army's attack. They were killed and defeated, leaving their weapons and armor behind.

However, because Cao Ren's order to retreat was so decisive, he successfully retreated to Guandu despite the loss of more than 2,000 soldiers.

Inside Guandu Camp.

Xiahou Dun's body was placed in the center of the tent. Xiahou Yuan knelt in front of the body, his eyes red, his head lowered and he said nothing.

The generals in the tent looked at the corpse in silence.

There was a depressing atmosphere in the tent.

Today's defeat was too tragic. Even with the timely retreat, only about 7,000 of the 10,000-strong army were left.

In addition, Xiahou Dun died in the battle, and Cao Chun stayed behind to cover the retreat and has not returned until now, and his life or death is unknown.

A complete and utter defeat. Cao Ren sat on the main seat, looking at Xiahou Dun's body. After a long while, he slowly spoke: "Any news about Zihe?"

Xu Huang had a bandage on his arm. Hearing this, he hesitated for a moment before stepping forward and saying, "General, not yet."

"But according to the last batch of fleeing soldiers, they saw General Cao Chun stayed behind to cover the retreat and fought against Lu Bu and Zhao Yun alone."

Hearing this, Cao Ren trembled all over.

My heart, which was hanging in the air, is completely dead.

Zhao Yun alone was no match for Cao Chun, let alone with Lu Bu added to the mix, Cao Chun's fate was self-evident.

"Zihe..."

Cao Ren closed his eyes in pain, clenched his fists tightly, and tried hard not to shed tears.

Xiahou Dun and he were brothers of the same clan, and Cao Chun and he were blood-related brothers. He lost two of his closest relatives in one day!

At this moment, Cao Ren felt as if his heart was being cut repeatedly by a blunt knife, causing him so much pain that he could hardly breathe!

After a long pause, Cao Ren suppressed the grief in his heart and said in a hoarse voice: "I am to blame for the defeat in this battle."

"I will take the initiative to apologize to the lord afterwards, but now the lord is marching towards Jiangdong, so even if it means death, we must defend Guandu!"

"We must not let the Han army cross the Guandu River!"

Questioning for punishment is a matter for later. His current duties have not yet ended. According to the intelligence received a few days ago, Cao Cao has already begun to march towards Jiangdong.

They need to defend Guandu for at least twenty days!
"promise!"

Hearing Cao Ren's resolute words, all the generals knelt on one knee and clasped their fists together.

……

On the north bank of Guandu River, there is the Han army camp.

Lu Bu led his troops to chase Cao's army all the way to Guandu River, then stopped the chase and set up camp on the north bank of Guandu River.

Compared to the sadness of Cao's army, the Han army camp was bustling with activity. Today the whole army had an extra meal to celebrate the victory of this battle.

Inside the Chinese army camp.

Lu Bu prepared a banquet and gathered all the generals in the army together to celebrate the success of Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun.

"Kong Ming is truly an extraordinary person!" Lu Bu praised Zhuge Liang. "You broke this tortoise-shell-like Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation as soon as you arrived. With such talent and wisdom, it's no wonder that His Majesty has placed such high regards for you!"

He originally thought that Zhuge Liang was just an ordinary person, but today Zhuge Liang's plan to break the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation completely changed his mind.

He is indeed a talented person chosen by the emperor!
Zhuge Liang smiled faintly and said, "We can win this battle because Cao Ren is not well-trained and General Zilong is brave and unstoppable."

"Liang offers a toast to General Zilong."

Zhuge Liang raised his wine jar to Zhao Yun as he spoke.

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "I am only following orders. If Lord Wen were to go ahead, he would also be able to break the formation using your method."

Seeing the two people pushing the credit to each other, Lu Bu's expression was as ugly as if he had eaten a fly. He waved his hands impatiently and said, "I say, can you two stop pushing the credit to each other? I don't accept this kind of thing here!"

"If you really don't want this credit, then give it all to me. I just need to accumulate military merit so that His Majesty can promote me to the rank of general. I won't be polite to you."

Hearing Lu Bu's frank words, everyone couldn't help laughing.

The tent was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Only Sima Yi sat aside, drinking silently, seeming somewhat out of place with everything around him.

Zhuge Liang successfully broke the formation in one day. In comparison, he was far inferior, which made him feel some unspeakable frustration and bitterness in his heart.

Zhuge Liang noticed Sima Yi's expression and knew why he was like that. After thinking for a while, he said, "Now that we have reached Guandu River, we should consider how to take Guandu."

"Through today's battle, I discovered several unusual things about Cao's army."

Everyone turned their eyes to him upon hearing this. Lu Bu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What did Mr. Kong Ming find out?"

Zhuge Liang did not keep the secret and said bluntly: "After Cao's army was defeated today, we chased them all the way, but did not see any other troops of Cao's army."

"Brother Zhongda, I wonder if you have discovered this?"

Zhuge Liang threw the question to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi was stunned. Seeing everyone looking at him, he immediately understood what Zhuge Liang meant and felt a little complicated.

Zhuge Liang gave him a chance to show his abilities.

Although he felt a little uncomfortable, he couldn't help but answer the question, so he nodded slowly and said, "Indeed, Cao's army doesn't seem to have more troops in Guandu."

"We didn't dare to launch a large-scale attack to break through the enemy's formation because we were worried that Cao's army had set up an ambush. But today, we chased them all the way and didn't see any more Cao's army coming to help us, which means that Cao's army may only have those 10,000 soldiers in Guandu."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

"what?"

Lu Bu crushed the wine bottle in his hand, stared with wide eyes and asked: "Are you saying that we have been blocked by these ten thousand people for half a month?"

He thought this was a bit absurd and ridiculous. If they had known this, why would they be so cautious? It would be better to just push forward!
No matter how powerful the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is, it cannot withstand his 30,000 elite soldiers!

"It's just speculation."

Sima Yi did not come to a definite conclusion, explaining: "According to the original inference, if Cao Cao gave up Yanzhou, he would not give up Yuzhou."

"Guan Du is the last barrier of Xu County. Cao Cao will probably deploy most of his troops here."

"But somehow we only see 10,000 people right now."

Given the importance of Guandu, 10,000 people were obviously not enough. How could Cao Cao not deploy his troops here?

But if they were deployed here, then why didn’t we see other troops coming to support Cao’s army when it was defeated today?
That's what's weird about him.

Zhao Yun frowned and thought, then said after a moment's silence: "Could it be that Cao Cao has hidden his troops somewhere, and wants to rush out when we attack Guandu River?"

"Given Cao's cunningness, this is not impossible."

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Guan Du is a strategic point for attacking Yuzhou. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are few places to hide troops, so it is very difficult to hide an ambush for us."

"In addition, I have read the intelligence gathered by the scouts. They have carefully screened the area within a radius of dozens of miles and found no traces of ambushes."

Zhao Yun was speechless for a moment.

Sima Yi frowned and fell into deep thought, and so did Zhuge Liang. Both of them were wondering where Cao Cao had hidden his troops.

"You said..."

Seeing the expressions of the two men, Lu Bu hesitated and said, "Is it possible that Cao Cao intends to abandon Yuzhou just like he abandoned Yanzhou, and deploy his troops somewhere else?"

"impossible!"

Sima Yi shook his head decisively and said, "Yuzhou is where Cao Cao's base camp is located. If he loses Yuzhou, where else can he go——"

His voice stopped abruptly, and then he suddenly turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang also looked at him at this time.

The next moment, the two said in unison:
"Jiang Dong!!"

(End of this chapter)