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Zhao Yun brought Xu Shu and Tian Feng to Liu Bei, and the two introduced each other. The ceremony was closed and they sat down. That Liu Bei ran around all night last night, his face was haggard, and there were traces of charcoal fire on his face, and he looked quite down and out. But this man had his ears drooping down his shoulders, his eyes were piercing, his face was very majestic, and he was quite heroic. That Liu Bei sighed: "This attack on Xuchang has failed again, but Cao's army is so powerful... Sigh!" He looked around, the soldiers were disheveled, many were wounded, and the generals and ministers were also fleeing, so he could not help crying: "Everyone. Wen Tao and martial arts are fierce generals and prodigies in the world, follow me Liu Bei, and have failed many times... It is my Liu Bei who is unlucky, you can find your own master, and don't miss the future!" After he finished speaking, he covered his face and wept. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Sun Gan, Jian Yong, Mi Fang, Mi Zhu and others stood around Liu Bei. When they heard this, they all knelt down, covering their faces and weeping: "I swear to follow the lord to the death..."

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Xu Shu watched from the side, and couldn't help but be moved, and said, "Uncle, don't be sad. Back then, the great ancestor Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought against each other and lost many battles, but in the end they still dominated the world. Uncle is a hero, but it's just bad luck now... What are your plans for the future?"

That Liu Bei sighed: "Sir, I am ashamed and ashamed. Now I have nowhere to settle down, so I have to temporarily rely on Liu Biao, and don't make a good plan." "Oh..." Xu Shu thought for a while: "My lord has fallen into the dust, and his talents are great, and he seeks talents. If you are thirsty, I originally wanted to invite you to go to Luochencheng to get along, but if you are willing to go to Liu Biao's office in Jingzhou, I will not force it..." Then Liu Bei nodded and did not answer. I just asked about Xu Shu and Yuan Shao, and sighed and regretted. Xu Shu said: "I was dispatched by the fallen prime minister to Yuan Shao's camp to give advice. Yuan Shao lost because he was stubborn and did not accept good words. I, Mr. Tian Feng, Mr. Ju Shou and many other advisors all warned him, but Yuan Shao still didn't know how to be vigilant. Can he not be defeated? He made a mistake in the battle that day, and he took care of one and the other. It is really difficult to use troops to match Cao Cao! The second is Xu You, who did not say that he voted for Cao, but also caused me and Mr. Tian Feng to be so embarrassed.".

Chapter 40 Against

However, Xu Shu and Liu Bei said that Yuan Shao was defeated. Xu Shu continued: "Yuan Shao was defeated. I retreated to Guanzhong in the name of Prime Minister Luo Chen, but on the way back I heard that he died of depression after his defeat, which is really sighing..." Liu Bei Said: "Bei also heard about this at the time, and knew that Cao Cao was stationed on the front line and the rear was empty, so he took advantage of it to attack, and it was also to relieve some pressure on Hebei. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao was powerful, and I really couldn't fight."

Xu Shu said: "It is fate to be able to meet the general here. I originally planned to make a round trip along the Yellow River and Ma Dai, but Xu You has a sinister intention and wants to harm me. I have no grievances with him. I have nothing to do with each other, this person is really sinister and not worthy of being a scholar. Fortunately, General Zhao Yun came to the rescue, otherwise Mr. Tian Feng and I would be in danger.”

The two of them were talking happily, "Nine Eight Three", and a sergeant hurried over: "Report! There is a large cloud of smoke and dust in the north, it seems to be Cao Jun's cavalry!" Xu Shu's thighs: "Oh! Forget it! That Li Dianfei fled back just now, most likely to rescue soldiers, and I may have to implicate you!"

Then Liu Bei hurriedly got up: "Don't worry, sir, Cao thief and I are at odds, how can I be involved? It's a big deal to fight to protect Mr. Zhang." Zhang Fei, the black-faced and bearded man under Liu Bei's account, shouted: "Good Cao Cao! Coming here, I will definitely avenge yesterday's revenge!"

Seeing that thousands of Liu Bei's remnants had been exposed to Cao Jun's field of vision, it was obvious that they could not retreat safely. Liu Bei assembled the remnants of the army, and together with various generals, decided to fight to the death and then wait for an opportunity to escape. Cao Cao's troops were numerous, and all of them were copied over at one time. The horse's hoof stepped on the ground, like an earthquake, and Liu Bei felt the ground under his feet tremble. In Cao Jun's camp, Li Dian, the defeated general, was really in line. There were obviously tens of thousands of cavalry around, but it seemed that the main general was not him, twenty one-eyed generals who were five big and three thick.

"The leader is Xiahou Dun, a strong general of Cao Jun." Xu Shu recognized him, and Liu Bei nodded to show he knew. Zhang Fei, who was beside him, was already impatient. He stepped into battle with his horse and shouted: "That one-eyed one! I heard that it is Cao Cao's general, come out and fight me! You want me to see your ability! Are Cao Cao soldiers all mud? Pinch!" Hearing this, Xiahou Dun was furious and rushed over with a halberd. Zhang Fei caught it with a spear. What a tough fight! The halberds and spears between the people were very fast. Either the two of them dodge quickly, only to see swords and swords, and they can't see people clearly. Either they blocked with spears and halberds and compared their strength. The two fought for twenty rounds, with no winners or losers. After another 20 rounds of battle, Xiahou Dun was gradually unable to resist, and the halberd method gradually became chaotic. Li Dian, who was behind him, saw that the situation was not good, so he pounced on Zhang Fei with a gun. Seeing that the situation was not good on Liu Bei's side, Zhao Yun also flew into battle and rushed to Li Dian. Where can you escape? Zhao Yun flew a shot, causing a hole in Li Dian's chest, and immediately fell to the ground and died. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiahou Dun did not fight anymore. He faltered and took the opportunity to run back into the formation. He drew the sword from his waist and shouted, "The cavalry cover!"

Although Liu Bei's camp has many fierce generals, single-player battles have a greater advantage. However, the troops were weak, many were wounded, and the infantry was the main force, so how could they resist the onslaught of Cao Cao's tens of thousands of iron cavalry. After a while, Liu Bei's men couldn't stand it any longer and ran in all directions. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals guarded Liu Bei, Xu Shu and others and fought and retreated.

Said Ma Dai again. That Ma Dai searched in a fan shape and traveled for two days, but did not even see Xu Shu's shadow. I wanted to ask people, but the people saw that there were fallen troops, and they ran away, some went into the mountains, and some went into the towns. The defenders in the surrounding city were naturally not strong enough to compete with Ma Dai, so they could only hold on to the city, ask Cao Hong for help, and let his main force come quickly. This day, Ma Dai directed the army to search as usual, and suddenly Meteor Malay reported: "Report! There is a large group of Cao Jun cavalry in front, and they are running wildly south!"

This Cao Cao cavalry is Xiahou Dun's 50,000 iron cavalry and Li Dian's tens of thousands of light cavalry. Li Dian was scared away by Zhao Yun and was thinking about going back to Luoyang to see Cao Hong. Take Xiahou Dun to the place where Liu Bei was stationed. Then Xiahou Dun heard that Xu Shu was in front, and ordered the iron cavalry to attack quickly without reconnaissance, but he didn't find that Ma Dai's light cavalry was a few miles behind his army.

Ma Dai looked at the situation and guessed that there was probably Xu Shu in front of him, so he quickly ordered: "Stop searching! Move towards the Cao army ahead with all your strength!" Ma Dai Qingqi rushed towards Xiahou Dun's iron cavalry, and Xiahou Dun's iron cavalry rushed towards Liu Bei frantically. That Cao Hong originally wanted to pursue Ma Dai, but unexpectedly, the army of the sun set over several important towns and attacked Luoyang. Where could Cao Hong go to fight Ma Dai? He quickly gathered his troops and fought hard to resist the attack of the fallen army.

At this time, Liu Bei and others were surrounded by groups and were about to fall into a desperate situation. Unexpectedly, Cao's army was suddenly in chaos. It turned out that Ma Dai attacked Cao's army from behind. Luo Jun and Cao Jun were both cavalry soldiers. At this time, they were instantly twisted together, slashing and killing each other. The chaos was abnormal, and they couldn't all line up for a while. That Ma Dai single-handedly rushed left and right, and saw a large group of people from a distance, as if they were surrounded by something. Ma Dai immediately greeted more than 100 personal soldiers, swooped over, and slashed from behind. Cao Cao's army was unprepared and fled in all directions. When Ma Dai saw Xu Shu at a glance, he couldn't help being overjoyed and shouted, "Mr. Xu Shu! Ma Dai is here! Are you alright!"

Xu Shu had been in Yuan Shao's camp for several months, and he was even more exhausted these days. Seeing his own army, he was naturally happy. He hurriedly said, "I'm fine! There are many Cao soldiers, you must gather your troops, fight and retreat, and go south first!"

1.2 "Yes!" Ma Dai immediately conveyed the order. The fallen cavalry slowly gathered and retreated, and the Cao Cao cavalry was also heavily damaged and did not dare to pursue rashly. One of the two sides slowly retreated, and the other slowly moved forward, and the stalemate remained for a long time.

That Xiahou Dun wanted to kill Liu Bei, Xu Shu and other people in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect to kill Ma Dai, so he couldn't help being very angry. However, although Cao's army of more than 50,000 cavalry had a slight advantage, they could not eat Ma Dai's light cavalry. Xiahou Dun thought that Cao Cao's army still deployed a large army in Wancheng and Fancheng, because this area is a place where Jingzhou is being watched by tigers. Cao Cao deployed a large number of troops here to prepare for Jingzhou in the future. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, Huang Zhong brought a part of Luo Chen's main force to Shangyong to be stationed, and the defenders of Wancheng felt pressure. .

Chapter 41 Yu Ban

Xiahou Dun thought that there were 50,000 regular Cao troops and a large number of miscellaneous soldiers in Wancheng and Fancheng. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, Luochen laid down Yizhou, and sent Huang Zhong to lead a main force of 60,000 to settle in Shangyong. With the implementation of the Yizhou government military system, Huang Zhong's army rapidly expanded to 100,000 people, becoming the most powerful force at the junction of Yizhou, Zhongyuan and Jingzhou, and even Cao's army was suppressed. Cao Cao was worried that Huang Zhong would send troops from the south to sneak attack on the Central Plains, and ordered General Jin to lead 20,000 cavalry to station in Wancheng. After Yu Jin arrived here, he gathered the original Cao army, trained the miscellaneous soldiers, and roughly organized a force of about 100,000 horses to defend the Central Plains. In the south, neither Huang Zhong nor Jingzhou forces could go north.

Since Wancheng has so many Cao troops, why not use it? Xiahou Dun immediately sent his generals and his nephew Qin Yang to Wancheng to rescue soldiers and told them to block Ma Dai. Is Xu Shu a fool? Why can't I see what's nearby? As early as the day before yesterday, he sent someone to call Huang Zhong to prepare for the response. Huang Zhong received the letter and was worried that there was no war. The soldiers were in a hurry and hurriedly assembled their forces, as if they were about to fight.

Xiahou Dun orthodox led the army to chase 10 horses and attacked Ma Dai's horse. Unexpectedly, the soldiers rushed over and beat him with a horse whip while shouting: "Master urgent order! Master urgent order!" Xiahou Dun asked: "What's the panic! What's the matter?" The messenger was panting and said, "My lord urgently ordered Luochen to lead the army to attack me in Luoyang and other places, and ordered Xiahou Dun to quickly return to the division to reinforce Luoyang and cooperate with Cao Hong to fight!" Xiahou Dun was stunned, Luochen's troops were going to attack Luoyang and Xuchang in a big way? But obviously Cao Cao didn't know that he had only been running south for a few days, and he was almost at the border of Jingzhou. When he returned, Cao Cao's army had arrived, and he was used to support him! Cao Cao thought that he and Ma Dai were not far from Luoyang! Xiahou Dun was a little embarrassed. Going back now, it was so far away that he could hardly help, and he missed the opportunity to kill Xu Shu and others. If you don't come back, wouldn't it be disobedience?

Xiahou Dun hesitated for a long time, but decided not to return. He called the messenger to explain the situation. He still decided to pursue Ma Dai until he killed Xu Shu, Liu Bei and others.

Talk about banning here. That Yu Jin immersed himself in military training on weekdays and did not ask about everything. Hebei was playing lively. He repeatedly applied to lead his troops north to participate in the war, but Cao Cao refused to allow it, saying that it was to prevent Huang Zhong from harassing the rear base in the Central Plains. That old Huang Zhong had no chance to go out to fight, so he nailed himself here. Over time, Yu Jin lost hope. He slept in front of the drill grounds every day to watch soldiers training, or read military books. From time to time, he held large-scale wrestling, fencing, archery and other sports competitions. Those with excellent grades could be promoted and get Yu Jin's autograph... Show the style of his generation of Confucian generals. Speaking of which, the most glorious moment so far was when Xiahou Dun's Qingzhou soldiers were indiscriminately cleaned up. Qingzhou soldiers disturbed the military discipline and harassed the people, and Yu Jin beat them to the brink of shit. At that time, Xiahou Dun went to Cao Cao to file a complaint. Unexpectedly, Yu Jin came over to explain the situation. Cao Cao was overjoyed and praised him a lot. He thought that he was strict in governing the army and could be a general.

However, it is still easy not to go up to the peak of life, because once you go up, it means that you will go downhill in the future. As a legendary general, Yu Jin, Cao Cao gave him 20,000 cavalry and asked him to clean up the defense in the south. He worked hard to gather the surrounding defenders and train the army. Seeing that the army had soared to 100,000 people, even the fallen Huang Zhong did not dare to go north, and Cao Cao did not even give a praise. That's all. In the Hebei war, his colleagues beat Yuan Shao to the brink of shit. He and Cao Hong were the only ones in the entire Central Plains. One was in Luoyang and Mianchi in the north, and the other was in Wancheng and Fancheng in the south. But who is Cao Hong? Cao Cao's brother also saved Cao Cao's life. Since Cao Ren's death, Cao Cao has cherished him more and more. How can he compare!

But the situation is not bad now, if Yu Jin knew about his future experience, he would definitely cherish this wonderful time. In the future, he will be sent by Cao Cao to fight Guan Yu. As a result, there is a huge difference in his ability. Guan Yu floods the Seventh Army. From then on, General Guan made a great impact on the Central Plains, and Cao Cao and the Soochow rats were all terrified. But as I said, after you reach the peak of your life, you have to go downhill...

Of course, the historical development in the future will only continue like this if Luo Chen does not interfere...

Now Yu Jin is in a comfortable state. But he would not be at ease soon, and when Xiahou Dun frantically pursued Ma Dai, Huang Zhong had received the letter and immediately raised his troops. Vice-General Yu Jin hurried over: "General! There is a major situation! Huang Zhong's troops in Shangyong have been mobilized, and it seems that they are heading northeast, towards our direction!" The old man hurried to a natural death, lest one day he had to lead his mighty cavalry and chariot mix to come and do himself. Unexpectedly, the day came so soon. Yu Jin had just received news from the north that Luo Chen led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Mianchi and Luoyang frantically. Cao's army, who was captured by Ma Dai in Mianchi, had a deep psychological shadow. They abandoned the city and fled without much attacking. Under the city of Luoyang. With that said, Luochen is going to go out in full force, attacking from the north and south, and do it with Cao Cao?

He didn't have time to think about it, and immediately ordered Wancheng and the surrounding Cao troops to gather and prepare for battle.

Not long after, Huang Zhong's army appeared in Yu Jin's line of sight, but strangely, they didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack.

Yu Jin was waiting impatiently at the top of the city, when a sergeant below hurried up: "General, Xiahou Dunya will ask Qin Yang to see him." A person with a sense of justice like Yu Jin has always looked at playboys who are not used to relying on family power. Isn't Xia Houhui an example? I'm afraid he's still **** by Ma Dai, half-dead on his horse. Such a mediocrity, how could he be the prefect of Mianchi? It's absurd. .

Chapter 42 Safe Return

And this Qin Yang is the second example. He is arrogant and domineering all day long, but he is actually a mediocre person. He boasted that he was capable of writing and martial arts, but in fact, he was not as good as a sergeant major when he said martial arts. Speaking of the text, net spelling mistakes, and Xiahou Dun's cultural level is a bit of a match. Relying on the power of the Xiahou family, this mediocre person actually achieved the position of the general of the teeth. Fortunately, it was Xiahou Dun's general. If he was Yu Jin's general, he would have chopped off this idiot long ago.

Although Yu Jin was unhappy with this person, he still said, "Let him come over and talk about it." After a while, Qin Yang ran up. He was wearing a gold-encrusted armor with tassel on the side. It was so exquisite that Yu Jin couldn't help it. "Hum" disdainfully. Qin Yang, who seemed to be very knowledgeable, said very humbly and ingratiatingly: "General Yu Jin, in less than a year, the general has gathered an army of 100,000 troops to guard the south of the Central Plains, so that the fallen army dare not face my rear. , the general is really brave!"

Yu Jin snorted and didn't catch a cold, which showed that his hatred for the children of rich families was deeply rooted. Yu Jin said impatiently: "If you have something to say! Don't talk nonsense here!"

Then Qin Yang had no choice but to say: "General Xiahou is chasing Xu Shu, Ma Dai, Liu Bei and other remnant enemies day and night. They are fleeing all the way to the south. The general is holding heavy troops here, and there is nothing to do. Please send troops to block Ma Dai and others. "Then Yu Jin became angry when he heard "Nothing is wrong", what does it mean nothing is wrong? When he was struggling to guard the southern part of the Central Plains in Yujing, was there "nothing"? Yu Jin's face changed greatly, and he said angrily: "I am very busy! It's not that I have nothing to do! What I want to guard is the southern border of the Central Plains, not to surround Xu Shu! There are so many of you that you can't even catch a scholar, really Shame! And you open your eyes and see what is in front of me! Do you think that the contiguous military fortresses are covered for fun? Huang Zhong's army of more than 100,000 may attack us at any time, and we will face a major life-and-death situation at that time. Fight! Who has nothing to do with you, idiot'!"

How could Qin Yang have been reprimanded like this before, he couldn't help being furious, pointed at Yu Jin and said, "If Liu Bei and others escape from your hands, can you take the responsibility?"

Wouldn't it be easy to provoke Yu Jin? "Come on! Drag him down and hit 20 big boards! This person doesn't know what to do, so he rammed this general!" Qin Yang, who was scolding, took off and slammed 20 big boards, causing Qin Yang's skin to tear open and screaming again and again. At first, Qin Yang was still scolding, but soon he was counseled, screaming and begging for mercy, but Yu Jin was not soft-hearted, and he firmly ordered someone to beat him to half death.

Yu Jin beat Qin Yang, and Qin Yang limped back to report that Xiahou Dun was gone, why should he ask for reinforcements? When Xiahou Dun saw this situation, he thought that Qin Yang was captured and beaten by the fallen army. He asked again, but it was Yu Jin who beat him. The second time I hit my general, I really made an inch! Unscrupulous! Don't take this general in the eyes!"

But Xiahou Dun was also helpless. If it was an act of will to fight Qin Yang, it was definitely a rational move to not send troops, because Huang Zhong was stationed outside the city, and the fool sent troops to block Ma Dai. Did Huang Zhong come from behind? All his hard work over the years? Certainly not. His mission in Yujing was to guard the southern part of the Central Plains, not to arrest Xu Shu. If the fulcrum of Wancheng and Fancheng in the southern part of the Central Plains was shaken because of the arrest of Xu Shu, he would not be able to escape the guilt of Yujing.

Even so, even though Huang Zhong had sent troops, Yu Jin couldn't hide in the city and didn't dare to come out. Yu Jin ordered a part of the main force to be stationed outside the city. Because Jin personally led out of the city, he echoed Huang Zhong's army. The two sides were rattled, but none of them really did it.

After another day, the famous Guanzhong Iron Cavalry, with about 20,000 horses, suddenly rushed out of the army under the leadership of Huang Zhong, directly ignoring Cao's army in front of him, and galloped towards the northeast. Yu Jin was shocked, Huang Zhong's strategic intention was obvious, that is, to meet Ma Dai and his party. He was a little embarrassed, because the Cao Jun in his hand was not as effective as the old Guanzhong Iron Cavalry. If you bring 20,000 cavalry, it will be ineffective. If you bring too many, what will you do if the fallen army in front of you rushes over? After hesitating for a long time, Yu Jin ordered 30,000 cavalry to follow.

It's a static battle.

When Huang Zhong's Guanzhong Cavalry appeared, Cao's soldiers had a familiar sense of fear. This army is too strong, the iron army forged under Tongguan City. Their gleaming white sabers were a lingering nightmare for Cao Jun, and to be honest, even Xiahou Dun himself was embarrassed. Xiahou Dun and his cavalry tacitly maintained restraint. They watched from a distance and did not rush over. Xu Shu greeted the troops and slowly moved towards Huang Zhong's department. After a while, Yu Jin also came, and when they arrived at the battlefield, the soldiers and horses who had been shouting seemed to be involuntarily quiet, and they felt a strong murderous aura and a chill. Yu Jin couldn't help but ordered: ".'Without my order, we must not attack rashly!" Yu Jin's cavalry, like Xiahou Dun's, lined up quietly and prepared to fight, but no one attacked.

Xu Shu finally made a turn with Huang Zhong's men, and Huang Zhong ordered the cavalry to retreat in battle formation. The Guanzhong iron cavalry was methodically and vigilantly scattered in formation, and the escorts Xu Shu and Liu Bei slowly withdrew. Cao Cao's army of more than 80,000 iron cavalry lined up to fight, but they just watched silently, and let Huang Zhong lead the people to evacuate the battlefield. Guanzhong Iron Cavalry overwhelmed them in the aura.

They watched as Huang Zhong's cavalry retreated to a safe distance, then vanished and disappeared into the skyline (of Zhao Li's). Yu Jin knew that Huang Zhong's army of 100,000 would also retreat. He saw Xiahou Dun standing there dumbfounded on his horse from a distance, and did not go to say hello. That Xiahou Dun apparently also forgot about Qin Yang's beating, he stayed for a while, and ordered to withdraw to Luoyang. Xiahou Dun's only gain was that Ma Dai's army and horses forgot to take Xia Houhui away in the rush. When Cao Jun caught up, he found Xia Houhui **** and thrown on a horse, which was grazing leisurely. Xiahou Dun rescued him, but he didn't think he could survive, Cao Cao would definitely cut this mediocrity.

Huang Zhong really retreated across the board. Xu Shuxiu explained the situation, and the letter was quickly delivered to Chang'an and Luochen on the front line through the postal system.

As for Luochen, he just played it symbolically, watching more and more Cao Jun around him, Luochen was wise.

Chapter 43 On the Edge of the Yellow River

It is said that Xu Shu, Liu Bei and others successfully retreated and entered Huang Zhong's Shangyong City. Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin and other Cao troops were also forced to leave and returned without success. The southern front line calmed down a little. At this time, in Luoyang and other places in the north, Cao Cao personally led more than 400,000 troops to approach quickly, and Cao Hong's army of 100,000 troops relied on Luoyang's strong city defense to resist stubbornly. The 150,000 horses led by Luo Chen are in a dangerous situation.

At that time, Cao Cao's army in this area will soar to more than 500,000, and there are more than ten strong generals including Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and so on. And Luochen had only 150,000 horses and only one general, Ma Chao, obviously at an absolute disadvantage.

At this time, Luochen was supervising the battle under Luoyang City. Luoyang City was almost burned to rubble during Dong Zhuo's rebellion a few years ago. Cao Cao has been operating here for several years. Luoyang is worthy of being an economic center and an important military town. In just a few years, it has regained its vitality. Now Luoyang is the central city in the eastern part of Cao Cao's control area. Most of the main field forces of Cao's army in the east are also stationed here. Together with the local army, there are about 150,000 troops. Of course, these people are powerless to compete with the elites of the 200 Field Army led by Luochen, not to mention that there are many famous Guanzhong Iron Cavalry in the Luochen Army. Cao Hong could only defend with difficulty until Cao Cao's army arrived.