With the general joining the command, Liu Zhaoqing could clearly feel that the Dong Zhuo soldiers chasing him had not only hidden in number, but their quality had also improved a lot, and they could no longer be slaughtered so easily.
As the encirclement became smaller and smaller, Hua Xiong felt more and more at ease.
As long as we move forward slowly, they will know all these things.
However, when Liu Zhaoqing was driven into a mansion, everyone, including Hua Xiong, felt that victory was certain.
However, after they had besieged the city for a long time, only after Hua Xiong was sure that the people inside could not escape did he lead his army to slowly surround the city, with Hua Xiong personally leading the way to investigate.
Whether it was in a small room, under the table, or in an even smaller space, Hua Xiong ordered his men to search any place where Liu Zhaoqing and others might be.
Afterwards, after all places were searched, no trace of Liu Zhaoqing and his group was found.
This made Hua Xiong feel very strange. He had clearly seen Liu Zhaoqing and others enter with his own eyes, so how come they suddenly... disappeared?
And the most important thing is - why is Lu Bu missing?
Who are these people? What is their ultimate goal? Where is Lu Bu now?
These became the three questions that Hua Xiong most wanted to know the answers to.
The first two can now be solved quickly, Hua Xiong just needs to think hard about them, but for the third one, Hua Xiong also found that he had no way to find it at all.
But I don’t know whether it was God’s blessing or whether Liu Zhaoqing and others did it on purpose.
Soon a spy reported that Lu Bu appeared outside Luoyang City, still unconscious, while Liu Zhaoqing and others also appeared outside Luoyang City in the opposite direction.
It is unknown how they escaped from the encirclement, but now, Hua Xiong obviously had no time to think and immediately ordered to rescue Lu Bu.
"Unfortunately, there really was a problem when we forced them to bring one more person along. Otherwise, we could have delayed them for quite a while." Liu Zhaoqing said as he looked at the roc feather in his hand.
This thing is only enough for Liu Zhaoqing and the other two to teleport once, and it also has extremely high strategic value.
"Now, my benefactor, should we go back to find Cao Cao?" asked Zhang Liao.
"Or should we go back to find Lu Bu?"
Liu Zhaoqing thought for a moment and said, "We haven't bought much time yet, especially since the army Dong Zhuo sent to rescue us hasn't gotten bogged down yet and can come back to help at any time."
"This will have little impact on our subsequent strategies. We must do something with these nearly 20,000 reinforcements to make Dong Zhuo truly afraid."
"But, there are only three of us," said the little girl.
"Yes, there are only three." Liu Zhaoqing now felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier that he would bring more people to deal with these people, maybe they could have swallowed up these 20,000 people and reduced a lot of burden on the front line.
At this moment, Hua Xiong and his team also saw Liu Zhaoqing and his men. Without thinking much, they quickly ordered the cavalry to charge towards Liu Zhaoqing.
Just as Liu Zhaoqing narrowed his eyes and hesitated whether to fight here or go to the front line to command the troops, suddenly a loud roar was heard.
A third team appeared in the distance besides Liu Zhaoqing and Dong Zhuo.
Liu Zhaoqing could tell from the way those people were dressed that they were not his soldiers, but Hua Xiong didn't know that.
Hua Xiong saw that those people were obviously trying to rescue Liu Zhaoqing and were obviously Liu Zhaoqing's accomplices, so he immediately ordered to intensify the efforts to hunt down Liu Zhaoqing.
However, Hua Xiong soon discovered something different.
Although the enemy's reinforcements seemed to be poorly equipped, their decisiveness in executing orders and their sophistication in combat were simply not something a few "petty thieves" could possess.
"Is this..."
At this moment, Huangfu Song, one of the supporting soldiers, appeared in front of everyone in military uniform.
"Everyone, for the sake of the Han, we should fearlessly kill the enemy! And return with our bodies wrapped in a shroud!"
After Huangfu Song finished shouting, he headed towards the southeast of Luoyang. Hua Xiong was shocked. If he remembered correctly, that was the place where the prime minister was stationed to store weapons and resources.
Hua Xiong quickly reported Huangfu Song's case to Cao Cao, and after hesitating for a moment, he immediately ordered his soldiers to organize a team and prepare to hunt down Huangfu Song.
When the news reached Dong Zhuo, there was no doubt that Dong Zhuo was furious again, and threatened that if he had known earlier that he should not have been so merciful, otherwise he might not have to see Huangfu Song leading troops against him.
Moreover, thinking in this way, it is reasonable for Liu Zhaoqing and the other two to enter Luoyang. Even if Dong Zhuo and others did not know that Liu Zhaoqing was Liu Zhaoqing, if Huangfu Song was there to pick them up, wouldn't that be normal?
When Dong Zhuo heard the news of the rebellion by Huangfu Song and others, she completely lost her patience. While increasing the intensity of the offensive on the front battlefield, she urged Hua Xiong to quickly wipe out the rebels including Huangfu Song, and then rush to support them.
But in fact, Liu Zhaoqing was not Huangfu Song's subordinate, and he didn't even expect that Huangfu Song would appear at this time and raise an army to help him.
So when Liu Zhaoqing saw that part of Dong Zhuo's army had been completely transferred to Huangfu Song, he knew that his goal had been achieved.
"Let's go find Meng De."
Liu Zhaoqing, Zhang Liao and the little girl walked through the woods and soon arrived at the river under the cover of night.
At the same time, a white horse was galloping towards them on the river in the distance.
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"Look, it's the white dragon!"
It was impossible for Liu Zhaoqing to contact Zhao Yun, but the fact that Bai Long came to pick him up must have been due to Zhao Yun's instructions.
Then Xun Yu and Cao Cao probably also thought of what Liu Zhaoqing wanted to do on a whim, which is why they asked Zhao Yun to cooperate with them.
After riding on the white dragon, Liu Zhaoqing looked back at Huangfu Song's army.
They were attracting the pursuers' attention instead of themselves.
And from this perspective, Huangfu Song's army was not rushing forward mindlessly. Not far behind them, there was a team of similar size helping to clean up the rear and always maintaining a retreat route.
Faintly, Liu Zhaoqing seemed to see someone familiar in the second team.
However, he was brought back to reality by Zhang Liao's reminder.
"My benefactor, the enemy hasn't noticed us yet. Should we retreat?"
"withdraw."
Liu Zhaoqing took one last look at the two sudden reinforcement teams, and then rode the white dragon with Zhang Liao and his daughter to the other side of the river.
There were many unexpected events during the burning of Dong Zhuo's granary, but the outcome is still acceptable at the moment.
Huangfu Song's support was far beyond expectations, but also reasonable.
As Zhu Jun's colleague, Huangfu Song, one of the "Three Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty", was definitely a loyal minister to the Han Dynasty. There was no reason for them to be loyal to Dong Zhuo who despised the Han Dynasty.
Now, he took advantage of the chaos caused by Liu Zhaoqing to start an uprising against Dong Zhuo right under his nose in Luoyang.
And it was obvious that while he was intentionally attracting attention for himself, he was also prepared to retreat.
It’s not that Liu Zhaoqing looks down on Huangfu Song, but this kind of operation is not something Huangfu Song would have thought of.
Being able to raise an army in Luoyang in such a short time and have them support him while leaving a way to retreat was a very shrewd move, and more like the comprehensive plan that a seasoned strategist could think of.
Thinking back to the second troop that he had just seen from a distance, Liu Zhaoqing suddenly thought of something.
"Could it be... Lu Zhi?"
Zhu Jun's old subordinates had said before that Zhu Jun was also in contact with Lu Zhi and others in Luoyang. Now that Huangfu Song dared to rebel at this time, Lu Zhi, one of the "Three Heroes", was definitely involved.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhaoqing became even more convinced that what he was doing was absolutely correct.
There were many people in Luoyang who were against Dong, and the people's support gave him an advantage that was so great that he could influence the situation of the war.
Now, what Liu Zhaoqing has to do is to seize the opportunity that Dong Zhuo's 10,000 to 20,000 elite troops are attracted by Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi's troops, and work with Cao Cao to break through the front battlefield.
The white dragon walked on the water and soon arrived on the other side of the river.
Cao Cao and Liu Zhaoqing's troops were no longer on the other side of the river. The reason they went here was because it was the safest and most hidden place.
Instantly teleported out of Luoyang City by using the feathers of the Peng bird, Dong Zhuo's soldiers would never have thought that Liu Zhaoqing had already traveled from Luoyang City to the other side of the Yellow River in just a dozen breaths.
They must have thought that Liu Zhaoqing was still in Huangfu Song's team, or even that "Liu Zhaoqing" might be Huangfu Song.
By grasping this information gap, Liu Zhaoqing would not have to put himself in danger again.
After running along the coast for a while, the white dragon immediately jumped to the left again without Liu Zhaoqing's inquiry, and landed on the rushing Yellow River.
Then, it went towards a forest under the cover of night and quickly jumped onto the shore. After Bailong traveled through the forest for a while, Liu Zhaoqing and others saw a large number of cavalrymen in the woods in the distance. They did not light any torches, but stayed quietly in the woods as if waiting for the most appropriate time to hunt.
"My Lord, look! Leader Liu is back!"
The white dragon entering the forest made quite a noise, and Liu Zhaoqing had just arrived in front of them when the sisters Cao Cao, Zhao Yun, Cao Ren, and Xiahou saw him.
This also included Gao Shun, who was being stared at while riding an ordinary horse.
Zhao Yun and others were relieved to see Liu Zhaoqing return safely, but Gao Shun looked slightly surprised but was actually shocked inside.
As a former subordinate of Dong Zhuo, she certainly knew how solid Luoyang was. Even if the elite troops were withdrawn to besiege Han Fu, the granary must still be guarded by elite troops.
Liu Zhaoqing actually went in and got burned, and then came back safely. This sounded extremely outrageous, but it happened right before his eyes.
"It's much later than expected. Did something happen?" Xun Yu asked immediately when Liu Zhaoqing got off the white dragon.
Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao's daughter changed their horses and nodded, "We met Lu Bu."
"Ah? Lu Bu?!"
The generals around Cao Cao and Zhao Yun were all stunned.
"Yes, after we burned the granary, Lu Bu appeared and was defeated by the lord with one palm." Zhang Liao also said.
"Wait, what did you say? Defeated by a palm?" Xiahou Yuan's mouth was so big that an egg could fit in it.
"We used some special methods, not a head-on combat. I guess it won't work the second time when she's prepared." Liu Zhaoqing shook his head.
He then told Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others how he had gone to Luoyang to burn grain, and then on a sudden impulse took Lu Bu with him to attract Dong Zhuo to divide his troops and pursue him, and then successfully retreated because of Huangfu Song's support.
After hearing this, several people, including the surrounding soldiers, thought that Liu Zhaoqing's experience of less than an hour was too outrageous.
"There are ordinary soldiers in the city willing to help, and Yuan Shu's troops are coming to help. Lu Bu can't stop them, and Huangfu Song is willing to raise an army to help provide cover." Cao Cao smiled.
"All this seems to be destined."
"Rather than saying it's 'destined', it's better to say that our opposition to Dong is the true 'destiny'." Liu Zhaoqing shook his head and said.
"But others don't think so." Cao Cao looked at Liu Zhaoqing: "Others will only think that this is your credit."
"And it is indeed true. At least if it were anyone else, I don't think it would be possible to achieve even one tenth of Zhao Qing's results."
"Although it's a pity that Lu Bu was not abducted or killed, it's good that Zhao Qing can return safely." Xun Yu also spoke at this time.
Liu Zhaoqing was also helpless: "This time luck did play a big part, and we haven't succeeded yet."
"Although Dong Zhuo's granary was burned, it will only affect her for a few days. Later, food and grass can be transferred from the surrounding areas of Luoyang and Chang'an in Xiliang."
"We must continue to strike while the iron is hot and not give Dong Zhuo a chance to catch his breath."
After finishing speaking, Liu Zhaoqing asked Cao Cao, "By the way, according to our previous plan, shouldn't Meng De be going to destroy the troops sent by Dong Zhuo to the Yellow River to kill Han Fu's food and grass?"
"It seems Zhao Qing doesn't know me very well." Cao Cao smiled.
"Hehe, Alliance Leader Liu didn't expect this, right? The three Dong Zhuo troops at Han Fu's grain supply base were already killed by us, and some died or ran away." Xiahou Yuan laughed.
"The enemy general was no match for General Zhao and was killed on the spot." Cao Ren nodded.
Liu Zhaoqing was also very surprised when he heard this. He really didn't expect that it was not that Cao Cao had not started, but that it had already ended.
"Before, I was worried that in the darkness, some enemy troops would inevitably escape, which might expose us and affect our subsequent plans, but..." Xun Yu said with a smile.
"Now that Huangfu Song has appeared, Dong Zhuo should immediately judge that these things were done by Huangfu Song."
The enemy is in the open, while we are still in the dark.
"So, next we have to do the most crucial thing." Liu Zhaoqing said.
"Yes." Cao Cao nodded slightly, then rode his horse a few steps forward and looked ahead, "That's why we are waiting here, look over there."
Liu Zhaoqing followed the crowd and came to a small hillside, where he saw a large number of soldiers surrounded under countless torches in the distance.
Dong Zhuo's troops were the ones who surrounded them. At the same time, next to the outer circle of soldiers surrounding Han Fu, there was a light that was obviously brighter. If nothing unexpected happened, that should be where Dong Zhuo was.
After all, from this side, the emperor's carriage can be vaguely seen.
"After Dong Zhuo learns the news about Huangfu Song, he will probably be even more angry and might even send someone over." Liu Zhaoqing said with a frown.
"That's right, and Zhao Qing, look, the Dong Zhuo army surrounding Han Fu is obviously running more frequently and the light of torches is brighter than before. This is because they don't want Han Fu's army to notice the fact that the number of besieging troops has decreased." Xun Yu said.
"So...we have to pass this message to Han Fu's army and let those generals get the news." Liu Zhaoqing said immediately.
"Although Han Fu is a good-for-nothing, if his generals knew about this, they would definitely organize a breakout." Cao Cao continued, "Dong Zhuo's army will have to focus all its attention on preventing a breakout, and then we will take advantage of the chaos to kill Dong Zhuo's wings."
"Then, how do we pass this message to Han Fu's camp?" Xiahou Yuan asked.
The answer was her sister and the generals Cao Ren, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, etc., who showed their spears, halberds, and swords. Obviously, this was the answer.
There is no need to send any messages, just practical actions can convey the message.
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