Li Ru's face turned dark immediately after hearing this report. After all the precautions, the worst result happened.

This should actually be expected, but to be honest, until now, Li Ru knew nothing except that the person who came to take Cai Yong out of Luoyang City was sent by Lu Bu.

It is said that only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one be able to survive a hundred battles, but knowing oneself and not knowing the enemy is often like a blind man touching an elephant. He can touch the head but not the tail. Therefore, Li Ru himself

However, he doesn't know what kind of person the other party is, so he can't make comprehensive arrangements; another reason is naturally that he is short of time. Even with Li Ru's mind, it is not easy to think of so many things at once.

, it is normal to have some negligence occasionally, and being able to think of key points in time at critical moments has proven Li Ru's power.

But now Li Ru doesn't need to prove his power at all. He just wants to find the enemy's traces so that he can carry out his next plan.

Then he quickly thought that a blessing in disguise might be a blessing in disguise. The misfortune might be accompanied by a blessing. If you look closely at it, this matter might not be entirely a bad thing. It should be looked at from two aspects.

On the one hand, he not only lost his mounts and soldiers - of course, for Li Ru, such a small loss was almost negligible. Although for him, even ordinary soldiers, because they were all Xiliang veterans who belonged to his father-in-law,

It also has an unusual meaning. It would be best if not one of them is missing, but this is obviously unrealistic, so whether you think about it or not

In the end, they all had no choice but to accept it. At the same time, they were still in danger of being secretly ambushed at any time. Even the high morale that had been inspired before had slowly worn away during the march ahead. Now, when they finally knew that the enemy was not in front,

Rather, it’s good that people didn’t panic immediately when they lurked behind and around them.

This was an oversight by Li Ru. At that time, he only cared about knowing the situation, but did not consider the impact it would have on the morale of the military.

Of course, there is no point in pursuing these now. Fortunately, on the other hand, although the opponent easily obtained the means of transportation this time, after having more than one war horse, they were originally able to be more flexible. This is not necessarily the case now, although

The number of people is still so small, riding a horse can save their energy consumption to the greatest extent, especially to avoid Cai Yong from continuing to hold everyone back. After all, Cai Yong is still very difficult to ride a horse.

Easily, there is no need to worry about danger, but in this way, the movement of the opponent in the current environment will naturally become more difficult. Moreover, when a person is riding a horse, the target of the person plus the horse is also invisible.

It has become bigger. Although the area is connected in all directions, it is only a small area to go around. If they are still nearby, then this will certainly be very beneficial to their search.

Moreover, after sending Hua Xiong out, he avoided the possibility that the other party would take the opportunity to sneak in and go around to the front. Li Ru had no other worries in his heart, so he had enough time and patience to spend time with the other party here, regardless of the other party.

Are you here at this moment?

Of course, it would be best if they were here. Li Ruke still wanted to catch someone alive and ask the other party about the news about Lu Bu. After all, according to the news from Yuan Tan over there, Lu Bu should be better than them.

It won't be long before we can reach Luoyang; if necessary, we can capture Cai Yong alive. He may also be a hostage when dealing with Lu Bu later.

After thinking about it, Li Ru actually wanted to race against time. Time did not allow him to delay too much, so he quickly made a decision. He was going to divide the team into two parts again. Of course, most of the people were concentrated.

In place, anyway, except for the main road they are walking on now, most of the local streets in Buguangli are narrow. Too many people are not only difficult to pass, but also difficult to take advantage of their numbers.

became a constraint, so he only sent the remaining small number of people to perform the work.

There were hundreds of these people, but they were further divided into several small teams, each pair had about ten or twenty people, and then they were ordered to go in different directions to start a carpet-like search, and it was agreed that each of them would

Regardless of whether a person has completed the search after a certain period of time

Task. They all returned to the original place immediately to gather and see if there were any personnel changes. This was naturally because Li Ru was worried that the other party was lurking in the dark and would attack these soldiers. Of course, this was also a way to test whether the other party was here.

Around, and where exactly is it around?

This is undoubtedly a stupid method. It seems that they are taking the initiative, but in fact the initiative is still in the hands of the opponent, and they are equivalent to falling into passivity. If there is a choice, Li Ru certainly hopes not to do this.

Do it, but for now, the enemy is in the dark and he is in the light, and the leader of the opponent seems to be a person who is not easy to deal with, so this is also the best choice for him even though he is a little helpless at the moment.

Of course, it would be best if they could directly discover the enemy's traces. Li Ru also told them that if they encounter such a situation, they must leave some people behind to temporarily delay the enemy, and at the same time send people back to report back as soon as possible.

Although the previous encounter at that fork in the road convinced Li Ru that the opponent's team was full of strong men with outstanding personal abilities, after all, the previous situation was still a bit special, and most of the reasons were due to the decisiveness and decisiveness of the opponent's leader.

, the result might be completely different if we try it again.

The number of the opponent is not large anyway, and the alleyway inside is very narrow. Although the number of people sent is also small, it is difficult to defeat the opponent or even compete with the opponent, but it should not be a problem to just hold it back, as long as you

A large group of people here immediately surrounded them from all sides, and the opponent would not be able to escape even if they had wings.

After everyone was sent out, Li Ru stayed where he was, protected by all the soldiers, patiently waiting for them to report back. Since what should be done has been done, he can only wait and see what happens, and at the same time order

The soldiers under my command should be more vigilant. Maybe the other party will jump over the wall in a desperate attempt.

In fact, just as he expected, Lu Bu and others were indeed lurking in the darkness nearby at this time. Of course, with them were the war horses that had just been plundered by them, as well as those who were also hiding in case they were accidentally discovered.

The corpses of the enemy soldiers around him were killed and their horses taken away.

In fact, Lu Bu originally just planned to plunder those war horses and leave immediately, and never thought about continuing to linger here. After all, the longer he stayed here, the greater the possibility of being discovered, and the more disadvantageous it would be to his side, and even if

A successful sneak attack would only kill a portion of the enemy's ordinary soldiers at most. It would have no impact on the overall situation, but would risk dragging him into the quagmire. Of course, Lu Bu would not do such a thankless and stupid thing.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party discovered the abnormality so quickly. You must know that what he did here was careful enough. After making the decision to ambush and seize the mount, Lu Bu and others immediately lurked.

Be ready to take action immediately when you find the right time to take action.

But at that place, Li Ru's entire army was almost gone, and they finally failed to find a suitable opportunity to strike. After all, in the early stages, it might be the aftermath of Lu Bu's display of power at the previous intersection, and it was also human habit.

Despite the sexual reaction, all the soldiers in the army were still able to maintain the most basic vigilance. Everyone also tried their best to keep up with the group, and at that time Lu Bu simply did not give the order to take action, resolutely not doing anything that was uncertain and could easily expose himself.

However, as time goes by, and there seems to be no hope of successfully catching up with the enemy in front, most of the people in the front will have nothing to do with Li Ru and Hua Xiong looking after them separately, but this small group at the back will be fine.

But people will inevitably start to desert, and then they will naturally fall behind. The key point is that a few are scattered, and it is naturally difficult for their minds to think of the enemies they are chasing who are running ahead.

At that time, he actually ran behind them.

In fact, if it was normal, this would be nothing. This time, Lu Bu had enough patience and decisive judgment. When he saw no good opportunities before, he just hung on not far behind the army.

, observing and waiting for the best opportunity, and of course he would not miss it when he saw such a good opportunity. He immediately ordered that all these fish that slipped through the net be listed as targets, and they were quickly eliminated. Those war horses that became ownerless

It naturally belongs to them.

Lu Bu was confident that he would never be discovered when he was doing all this. During the march, the opponent probably had no time to look behind him. And when he was doing the finishing work later, Lu Bu also did it very cleanly. There might be no accidents.

Even if the opponent's entire army is concentrated, it will be difficult to tell immediately whether there are missing people.

But regardless of whether Lu Bu could figure it out or not, the reality was that the other party had indeed discovered it and first stopped the entire army. Then when he sent people to explore the rear, they discovered that there were actually a few people and horses missing - because

It is a purposeful inquiry, so the answer can be obtained quickly. At this time, the whole army is divided into two teams and the front continues.

They continued to pursue and stayed behind to search nearby. At this time, there were also soldiers walking towards the direction where they were lurking in secret. If anyone still thought that they had not been discovered, Lu Bu would definitely attack them.

He said, "Come here quickly, I promise not to hack you to death" (so I used Fang Tian's painted halberd to kill you?).

Just like Li Ru, he didn't know much about the opponent's general, but from this time it could be seen that the opponent was alert and careful, and he also had good battlefield strategies, so he was accordingly better than at the beginning.

He became more vigilant. Originally, if he wanted to withdraw at this time, there should be no problem, but this way he might not be discovered by the other party, and he would expose himself in advance.

After all, he also secretly discovered that the other party had sent several people out. It seemed that although he might have noticed that they were lurking around, he obviously had not yet determined the specific location where they were hiding, so he sent these people out to search everywhere around them.

, and it may also be a test for them.

Of course, it does not rule out that the other party has determined the direction and is just raising suspicions. However, there are not many leaked signs here. It can be said to be inferred if it is found nearby, but it is difficult to hide where. However, Lu Bu is not full of confidence.

, of course it is best to be cautious under the current circumstances, so he ordered the people around him to protect Cai Yong, and the group also hid under the cover of a row of dense trees outside the side wall of the house.

Except for Cai Yong, everyone in the group is a tall man, so this situation is naturally very uncomfortable. However, including Lu Bu, they are all people with extraordinary endurance, and they can definitely fight with each other.

However, although there are many lanes in Buguangli, the place is still not big in general. Among the few people sent by the other party, they naturally included the direction where Lu Bu and the others were hiding, and it seemed that if they continued to find it, it would take a long time.

It won't be long before they are discovered.
Chapter completed!