The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 434

Cao Chong led Dianman, and Xu Yi led [-] elite Cao troops to the east, chasing after the emperor Liu Xie and the accompanying officials.

However, the praying mantis catching the cicada and the oriole were behind, and Cao Chong followed the emperor closely, but he didn't expect Deng Ai and Yuan Mai to follow behind him.

At this moment, the soldiers and horses of the emperor had already reached the border to the west of Yanzhou, and were about to reach the territory of Sili.

From Xudu to the border of Sili, although there are many checkpoints along the way, the important soldiers will either go north to negotiate with Cao Zhi, or move to the southwest to stop Guan Yu's [-] elite soldiers who may invade Zhongzhou at any time. A small number of soldiers and horses wanted to stop them, but they were all blocked by Xun Yu against his will.

Seeing the guard of honor of the emperor and his party go farther and farther, Xun Yu's heart is getting colder and colder, but he has no choice but to drive into Xijing helplessly.

The emperor and his entourage hurried towards the west. The emperor sat on the luanjia, high-spirited, and behind him were all civil and military equipment, including soldiers, followers and slaves. Most of them were thin and soft carriages accompanying hundreds of officials. Carrying loads is spectacular.

When Liu Xie left Xudu, it was like a dragon going out to sea and a bird returning to the forest. He felt very comfortable. While looking at the convoy behind him, he smiled and asked Xu Shu, who was accompanying him on horseback, "Xu Aiqing, in your opinion, How about my soldiers and horses? Are they spectacular?"

Xu Shu waved his whip lightly, looked back at the [-] warriors behind him, and sighed secretly to Liu Xie.

"These are the people His Majesty said?"

Liu Xie nodded proudly and said: "That's right, these two thousand dead soldiers are all members of the dead soldier team who have been secretly recruited by loyal ministers such as Ji Ben, Geng Ji, Wei Huang, Huang Kui and others over the years. Luoyang, these dead men are my confidence and courage to revolt! With them as the mainstay, I will be invincible and invincible!"

Xu Shu looked at Liu Xie coldly for a while, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to say that if Your Majesty uses these people as his team, it will probably fail within three months."

Liu Xie frowned when he heard this, and said dissatisfiedly: "Xu Aiqing, although these people are not elite soldiers, they have been strictly trained for many years. Aiqing has never seen them do anything, so you know they are useless? Arbitrary Bar."

Xu Shu smiled lightly, and said: "You don't need to watch them fight, just watch them marching, and you can tell that they are recruits who have never fought a day. Fu Guozhang is His Majesty's training team, and naturally he is doing his best. After all, they are only civil servants and do not understand military strategy. These people have practiced brute force in vain, but they are not responsible for the army. It is okay to protect the courtyard, but as soldiers, I am afraid there is still some distance."

Liu Xie was stunned when he heard the words, and said melancholy: "Since this is the case, what should we do?"

Xu Shu smiled and said: "If your majesty trusts me, after returning to Luoyang, I can give you the right to train this army and be responsible for recruiting new troops. I can't guarantee that I can train an invincible army, but Within three months, we will be able to train a qualified army of the Son of Heaven to open up territories for His Majesty and compete in the world."

Liu Xie was overjoyed and said, "Aiqing not only knows strategy, but also trains soldiers?"

Xu Shudao: "Military warfare is my specialty. Back then in Xinye, I helped Liu Xuande develop an elite team that defeated Cao Ren and Li Dian."

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll leave it to Ai Qing to handle the major military affairs in the future!"

"How dare the minister not be dedicated."

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion behind them, and when they were young, they saw the Shaofu Geng Ji galloping towards them.

"Your Majesty, the scouts are here to report that there are hundreds of soldiers coming towards us ten miles away! The soldiers and horses did not display banners, but they are not like soldiers and horses guarding the pass! Your Majesty, please give me instructions!"

Liu Xie was shocked when he heard the words, and turned to Xu Shu in a hurry, "Xu Aiqing, what's going on?"

Xu Shu's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "What else can I do? Cao Zhi must have gotten the news and sent troops to chase after him."

"What?" Liu Xie's whole body trembled when he heard the words, and he said, "Ai Qing, what should I do?"

Xu Shu glanced at Liu Xie indifferently, and said: "Your Majesty, take a look at the formation of our eastward journey. Your Majesty and the relatives of the Baiguan important town are in the front, while the lower-ranking Baiguan, the accompanying servants and the baggage are behind. , Your Majesty, do you know why?"

Liu Xie was taken aback when he heard the words, thought for a while, and said: "The ones who stay behind are all unimportant officials and supplies. I love you, don't you want to use them to block the pursuers?"

Xu Shu took a deep look at the Son of Heaven, said nothing more, just cupped his hands, and said: "Your Majesty, please go quickly. I will go to the rear to command the dead soldiers and the servants of the various ministries to stop for your Majesty for a while."

After all, regardless of the emperor's opinion, he turned around and rode away.

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Under the leadership of Cao Chong, the five hundred soldiers approached the rear of the emperor's team in a short time. At this time, Xu Shu had already arrived at the rear on his horse, and he ordered the rear personnel to lay the luggage in the middle of the road as a defense. Fortifications, let these people hold weapons and garrison on the spot, forming a formation to resist Cao Chong and his party.

Seeing the people behind Tianzi's team put on a defensive posture, Dianman next to Cao Chong asked loudly: "Young Master, the other party blocked the way with luggage and blocked it on the spot. What should I do?"

Cao Chong raised his head and looked ahead, and said: "Although the other party has a lot of luggage and a lot of people, it seems that they are just a group of subordinates, not soldiers on the battlefield. The two generals each lead a hundred soldiers and horses. Assault on both sides, just break through the formation."

After all, Cao Chong added another sentence: "The matter is urgent, we can't do without fighting, but please ask the two generals to do less killing and save more lives. Our priority is to welcome the emperor back."

"promise!"

Following Cao Chong's order, Dianman and Xu Yi each led a Biao army, divided into two groups on the left and right, and only rushed towards the baggage team in front.

It stands to reason that there are many teams behind the Son of Heaven, and the side with the luggage as a barrier defense should have the upper hand, but most of these people are just followers of Liu Xie or loyal officials of the Han Dynasty at all levels, and their skills are not high. If you use Yuan Shang's words Speaking of it, at most, it is just a group of scum with a combat power value of only 5.

And the troops led by Cao Chong, although there were only five hundred, were all elite soldiers. On the battlefield, one was like ten. This group of weak troops must be slaughtered in the face of them.

What's more, on Cao Chong's side, the two generals Dian Man and Xu Yi who lead the army are both descendants of the tiger-bodied ape class. The father and son are famous. Absolutely no comparison.

Xu Yi's long-handled steel knife was powerful and heavy, and with only three or two strokes, he split a heavy truck blocking the road, leading the soldiers to enter, and the Dianman on the other side was even more powerful. , he inherited his father Dian Wei's innate supernatural power, and he wielded a big iron halberd in each of his left and right hands, charging back and forth, and no one dared to approach him in the area of ​​half a zhang.

Although Xu Shu kept asking people to put the car across the road to block it, he still couldn't stop the attacks of hundreds of people in this area, even though they kept rushing towards the inside.

Seeing that the obstacles set up by his celebrity were nothing under the conflict between Dianman and Xu Yi, Xu Shu couldn't help but secretly smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, although our side has earned Xudu, its strength is still too weak. At the critical moment, there is not even a general who can entrust important matters. It is so embarrassing just facing two unknown young generals. Come, so what?

When I was in Xudu, although I recommended a few people to Liu Xie, they were just recommendations, and I haven't started hiring them yet!
And even if all those people are recruited, no matter their bravery or military strategy, they are still far behind Zhao Yun, Zhang Yun, Ma Chao under Yuan Shang, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang under Cao Zhi, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao under Liu Bei's account. It is even said that there is no comparative value at all.

Xu Shu looked up to the sky and sighed, frowning in thought, the world's well-known good generals have now fallen into the hands of the princes, where should the emperor's good generals be?
At Dianman, when Xu Yi broke through the rear of the emperor's guard of honor, he suddenly heard the sound of a high-pitched horn almost soaring into the sky in the distance, and the sound came directly from behind Cao Chong's soldiers and horses.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Dianman and Xu Yi were shocked, they pulled the reins almost at the same time, and turned their heads to look.

But I saw a cavalry team with hundreds of people appearing from a distance. This army lined up in a battle charge line, marching forward with a terrifying momentum like overwhelming mountains and seas.

Dianman and Xu Yi glanced at each other, and they both saw the look of surprise in each other's eyes.

Although they don't know who their opponent is, they both know that the only troops that Prime Minister Cao sent to chase after the emperor this time are their own. From this point of view, the opponent will definitely not be their reinforcements!

The two swallowed their saliva lightly, hurriedly rode back, surrounded Cao Chong, lined up their troops, and stared quietly at the soldiers and horses in the distance.

Seeing this, Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and ordered the rear team to withdraw slowly, while he himself did not act rashly and looked into the distance quietly.

When I was young, I saw that army came to a stop not far away. The four people in the lead, the two in the middle were not very old, they looked about the same as Cao Chong, and beside them were two majestic generals. The appearance and posture do not seem to be good.

Dianman and Xu Yi wanted to go up, but they were stopped by Cao Chong. Cao Chong thought for a while, took two steps forward on the horse, and cupped his hands at the opposite side.

"May I ask who is the leader of your army? Can you come out and answer?"

The soldiers and horses on the opposite side were silent, and no one answered.

Cao Chong raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm Cao Chong, please answer the question from the leader of your army."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yuan Mai's eyes lit up, he also rode his horse and took two steps forward, and said loudly: "You... are Cao Chong?"

Cao Chong nodded and said with a smile, "I'm just here. I don't know the name of this young master Gao?"

Yuan Mai waved his hand carelessly, and said: "It's easy to say, I am the fourth son of Yuan Shao, the former Taiwei. Today, the younger brother of Weiwei Yuan Shang, whose surname is Yuan, bought it, and I am the son!"

At this moment, all parties were silent, and Yuan Mai's voice was very loud, which soon fell on the ears of all parties.

Cao Chong frowned. Before he saw Yuan Mai and others coming, he roughly guessed that the other party was the Yuan family's soldiers and horses, but he didn't want to be the relatives of the Yuan family.

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, first looked at Yuan Mai's team, and then turned his head to look at Cao Chong's team, a strategy to hold back the troops of both sides suddenly rose in his chest.

With a slight wave, Xu Shu ordered a dead man beside him, "Go, find Fu Baolang for me, hurry up!"

"promise!"

Cao Chong was in a hurry to find the Son of Heaven. Seeing Yuan Mai and others coming, he couldn't help feeling anxious. After thinking for a while, he cupped his hands and said, "I've heard about the name of Mr. Yuan Si from Hebei Province for a long time. It's very comforting to meet you today. I don't know that Mr. Yuan is not here." Hebei, what is the purpose of coming to the territory of Sili?"

Yuan Mai waved his hand carelessly, and said: "Don't talk about anything else, Cao Chong, I heard that you are young and intelligent, and when you were five or six years old, you had the wisdom of an adult. You are known as a child prodigy. Convinced, I am here to compare with you today! Do you dare to compare with me?"

Cao Chong was taken aback when he heard the words, but he didn't expect Yuan Mai to say: "What does Mr. Yuan mean by that?"

"We two are smarter than each other. If I win, the title of child prodigy will belong to me, and you will worship me as godfather! If you win, the title of child prodigy will still belong to you. How about I adopt you as a godson?"

Cao Chong frowned when he heard the words, and reminded Yuan Maidao kindly.

"Fourth Young Master Yuan, let's not talk about anything else, you can propose such a fair condition as soon as you open your mouth, and you don't even think of me as a prodigy at all... You think I'm a pig, right?"

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(End of this chapter)