Lu Dynasty

Chapter 229 Defeat
Cao was defeated by me, Li Jue, and Guo Si, and fled towards Luoyang with the remnants of the defeated army.Cao thought to himself, even if Yuan Shao and the others didn't come to pursue Dong Zhuo, they would at least send someone to meet him!It's a pity that Cao was wrong, Yuan Shao had no intention of sending people to support Cao at all.

Cao came to a barren mountain and looked at the sky, it was almost midnight.He found that the soldiers under his command were hungry, thirsty and exhausted, so he ordered to bury pots and cook food, and the three armies rested horses, although there were not many of them.Suddenly, Cao heard shouts of killing from all around, and saw Xu Rong walking out of the depression with [-] elite soldiers.When Cao saw it, he quickly fled with his soldiers. Xu Rong picked up a bow and arrow and shot Cao, hitting him in the shoulder.Regardless of the arrow on his shoulder, Cao hit his horse and galloped away.

Cao Zema galloped, and as soon as he walked out of the col, two soldiers jumped up from the ground and stabbed Cao's horse to death with spears in their hands.When the two soldiers were about to go forward to tie up Cao who had fallen from his horse to receive credit, a general rushed over with a knife, killed them, and rescued Cao.Cao saw that this general was Cao Hong, and Cao Hong said to Cao Hong in despair, "Your brother, hurry up and run for your life, let me die here!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Hong said to Cao: "My lord, get on your horse quickly, I am willing to follow you on foot!"

"If Xu Rong's pursuers arrive, what will you do?" Cao asked.

When Cao Hong heard Cao's question, he said the words that not only moved Cao very much, but also made many people ashamed: "The world can live without Hong, but it can't live without the Lord! I, Cao Hong, will only fight to the death!"

Cao touched Cao Hong's hand and said: "If I survive today, it is all thanks to you, Cao Hong!" After speaking, Cao rode on Cao Hong's horse, but Cao Hong took off his armor and followed Cao Hong with a knife in his hand. behind.Cao and Cao Hong fled to a big river, but there was no ferry boat. Cao looked at the big river and said in frustration again: "This is my fate. I will definitely not be able to escape again." When Cao Hong saw it, he helped Cao off his horse. He stripped off Cao's armor and swam across the river with him on his back.I guess the reason why Cao sighed at Dahe is because he can't swim!
Cao Hong carried Cao across the river, and the pursuers arrived.But across a big river, the pursuers could only shoot arrows at Cao across the river, and Cao ran away wet.In this way, Cao Hong and Cao fled until dawn, and then came to a barren mountain.They really had no strength, so they sat down the mountain and wanted to rest for a while.At this time Xu Rong arrived with elite soldiers, Cao was shocked, but he and Cao Hong had no strength to run away, and were about to close their eyes and die, Xiahou brothers arrived with dozens of cavalry.

Xu Rong had no choice but to step forward to fight the Xiahou brothers, but how could he be the Xiahou brothers' opponent.Xiahoudun stabbed Xu Rong with a single shot. Seeing that Xu Rong wanted Xiahoudun to stab him under the horse, two long arrows flew towards Xiahoudun and saved Xu Rong.Xiahou Dun's hands were numb when hit by the long arrow, and he was shocked. He knew that a master was coming.Cao raised his head and saw that he had resigned himself to his fate at that time. It turned out that I brought Huang Zhong here.

"Xu Rong! Let Meng De go! Yuan Rang, Miao Cai, you must protect Meng De!" I patted Cao Hong on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Did Zi Lian say that, there can be no flood in the world, but You can’t do without Mr. Cao!” Cao looked at me blankly and nodded.

Xu Rong said angrily, "Since you are here, Baxian, why didn't you take down Cao!"

I smiled and said, "Have you ever beaten Brother Xiahou? I only have one Huang Zhong under my command. Could it be that you want to die?"

Brother Xiahou heard what I said, and said quietly to Cao: "This Lu Feng is as wise as a monster, or if we take this opportunity to capture him now, whether it is a prisoner or beheading, it will be very beneficial!"

Cao Yaoyao said in a low voice: "Depending on the situation, this Lu Feng wants to let me go again. Although I don't know what he thinks, I owe him two lives now! If I kill him here, I will Isn’t it unrighteous? With Lu Feng’s personality, since he dared to come, he was naturally prepared. If you want to touch him now, I guess we really have to die here!”

I smiled and said, "Meng De is Meng De, all right, let's go!"

Cao stood up and bowed to me and said: "Thank you for your mercy, Brother Ba, I will definitely remember it in my heart!" After finishing speaking, Cao took all the generals under his command and left.

Xu Rong said angrily: "Lu Baxian, you released Cao privately, I'll see how you explain to the prime minister when you go back!"

I gave Xu Rong a cold look and said, "Xu Rong! You really don't know what to do! Although Han Sheng is brave, it's easy for Brother Xiahou to hold him back! Whoever Cao Hong or Cao Ren is is not something you and I can resist! Could it be that you want me, a scribe, to fight those generals?"

"This!" Xu Rong had nothing to say, he could see that what I said was the truth!We, who have no soldiers and no generals, are indeed no opponents under Cao's command, but Xu Rong is still unwilling to let Cao go like this.

I smiled and said to Xu Rong: "There will be opportunities in the future, you don't have to do this! I used Cao's wariness towards me to scare him away today. It's not easy! If both of us are killed here, the prime minister will lose a lot Alright!" Xu Rong nodded after listening to my words, gathered the troops together with me, and headed towards Xingyang.

It is said that Cao led the army to pursue Dong Zhuo, but we were defeated and returned, so he took all the generals under his command to the coalition army.On the way, Cao collected and rectified his troops. Originally, he had more than 3000 elite soldiers, but now there are only [-] to [-], and Wei Zi, who supported him, was also killed!Cao cried bitterly. Although the generals didn't know what Cao was crying, they were still very moved.Cao, who gathered the remnant soldiers and defeated generals, found a place to station, and then took the Xiahou brothers to the central tent of the coalition army.

Yuan Shao was very proud when he saw Cao's defeat and returned.He said to Cao: "Meng De is going to be frightened, drink a full glass to suppress the fright!"

Cao Li ignored Yuan Shao, walked up to the big cauldron, poured a bowl of wine and said, "I started to uphold righteousness and eliminate thieves for the country. The Eighteenth Route soldiers came here with righteousness, and I am grateful for it." To! My original intention was to annoy the people in Hanoi, Linmengjin, and Suanzao; the generals would stick to Chenggao, live in Aocang, Saizhuyuan, and Dagu, and control their dangers; on the highway, you lead the army in Nanyang, stationed in Dan Analysis, enter Wuguan, use shock and three assistants; in the end, there will be deep ditches and high fortresses, do not fight, benefit the stomach and doubt the soldiers, show the situation of the world, and use obedience to punish disobedience, it can be established. Today the princes are hesitant to enter, and they have lost the hope of the world. , I am deeply ashamed... deeply ashamed!" After finishing speaking, Cao smashed the wine bowl in his hand on the ground and walked out of the coalition tent.

Yuan Shao and the princes looked at each other, at a loss.Yuan Shao said to the princes in embarrassment: "Meng De is drunk. Don't take it seriously. I will go and see him." After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he went to Cao's residence.

(End of this chapter)