By the time the news of Cao Ren's retreat reached the ears of Lu Bu's army, it was already the next day.
Lu Bu was riding on the red rabbit horse, thinking repeatedly about what Cao Ren was singing about? If we talk about fighting, facing his own army, Cao Ren would definitely be defeated; but if he didn't fight, where would Cao Ren run to?
Woolen cloth?
Lu Bu calmed down and thought carefully about the logic behind the war situation.
Chen Gong had previously suggested attacking Juancheng. If the attack on Juancheng was successful, then Cao Cao would either return to aid Juancheng, or surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and attack Shanyang with all his strength. However, Shanyang County was personally guarded by Chen Gong, and with his understanding
Judging from Cao Cao's fighting style, if Cao Cao's entire army attacks Shanyang, he will not be able to capture it in a while. This means that if Cao Cao returns to aid Juancheng, he can deploy his main force in Juyang and Juan
Between the cities, he waited for an opportunity to ambush Cao Cao and return to rescue Juancheng's army; if Cao Cao attacked Shanyang, it would be better. He could cooperate with Chen Gong inside and outside and annihilate Cao Cao's main force in one fell swoop.
Although Chen Gong's plan was beautiful, Lu Bu was still Lu Bu, and at the critical moment, he still felt guilty.
Chen Gong's plan was very ambitious, but as for Lu Bu, although he controlled most of Yanzhou, he had not yet begun to govern it. Who knows if someone would rebel against him like Lu Bu did against Cao Cao?
Therefore, after Lu Bu threw copper coins into the sky dozens of times, he decided to adopt his own strategy, not to set his main force between Juyang and Juancheng, nor to return to rescue Shanyang, but to rescue Juyang on his own initiative.
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But... as soon as this large force arrived in Gouyang, they discovered that Cao Ren, the vanguard of Cao's army, had deserted the day before.
While Lu Bu was wondering, a scout suddenly came to report that the battle in Dingtao was urgent.
"speak!"
The scout lowered his head and knelt down and said: "Report to the lord, Dingtao has discovered the main force of Cao Cao's army!"
"Huh?" Lu Bu jumped off the Red Rabbit Horse, lifted the scout up, and shouted: "Damn it, tell me quickly, where is Cao Ren?"
The scout couldn't resist this threat. Lu Bu was so frightened that he wet his pants in an instant. But it was okay. Although the scout wet his pants, he still hesitated and said: "Cao...Cao Ren...
..Also..."
"!" Lu Bu threw the scout out of his hand. The scout screamed, fell heavily to the ground, and became motionless.
Lu Bu immediately mounted his horse, brandished Fang Tian's painted halberd, and shouted: "The whole army listens to my order and rush to Dingtao to kill Cao Cao!"
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Cao Cao's army.
Ma Xiaoquan sat bored on a chariot and watched Cao Jun attack Dingtao from a distance.
Although Dingtao is small, we really cannot underestimate the people who guard Dingtao.
Ma Xiaoquan quietly checked the data device in his body, and just learned that the person responsible for guarding Dingtao was Wu Zi, the prefect of Jiyin. Wu Zi did not leave much information on the history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but judging from the results of the war,
, Cao Cao indeed failed to defeat Dingtao.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, jumped off the chariot, and trotted up to Cao Cao alone. He raised his head and asked Cao Cao who was riding the horse: "Xiao Cao, it's been almost a day since you hit the Ding Tao. Why don't you see anything else?"
Where’s the news?”
Cao Cao wiped the sweat off his head and said seriously: "Master Shangxian, you think I don't want to take down this Dingtao, but Wu Zi is too powerful. No matter how I fight, it all depends on this Dingtao."
None of the soldiers or civilians surrendered?"
There are records in history about the refusal of Dingtao soldiers and civilians to surrender, and Ma Xiaoquan naturally found some information from the data device in his body.
The reason was the same, not least because Cao Cao had massacred the city when he attacked Xuzhou, so Wu Zi deceived the soldiers and people of Dingtao and said that whether Cao Cao could defeat Dingtao or not, he would massacre the city.
With what Wu Zi said, could the soldiers and civilians of Dingtao not rise up to resist?
Seeing Cao Cao's sad face, Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said, "Xiao Cao, since Dingtao can't be defeated, then we won't fight."
When Cao Cao heard this, he rolled his eyes, dismounted his horse and said respectfully, "What do you think, Master Shangxian?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, lightly punched Cao Cao on the shoulder, and scolded with a smile: "You guy, you are pretending to be the same. Do you think I didn't see that you were sure Tao was feinting?"
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, but soon he turned his eyes and pointed at the fierce battle not far ahead and said: "Sir Shangxian, how can there be such a feint attack?"
Ma Xiaoquan narrowed his eyes and said: "Don't make it up. I know that you actually set up a trap for Chen Gong, not Lu Bu, very early on. Of course, Lu Bu was also included in your plan.
Am I right?"
Cao Cao was stunned and stopped talking.
Cao Cao thought to himself: This evil way is really good. I didn't even tell Xun Yu about this plan. The only person who knows is Cheng Yuyi. I didn't expect that this evil way can be seen so clearly. Oh, the good thing is this
The demon is on my side. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome. Well, it seems that I want to have a good relationship with this demon. Of course, I have to be more careful...
Cao Cao chuckled and pretended to be stupid: "Master Shangxian was joking. If you want to blame me, I blame Chen Gongtai for rebelling against me. Lu Fengxian took the opportunity to grab my straw..."
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and interrupted Cao Cao: "What are you going to do next?"
Cao Cao's expression changed, and he lowered his voice and said: "A flip-flop!"
Cao Cao's words were concise and powerful. Ma Xiaoquan laughed, patted Cao Cao's shoulder hard, and left without saying a word.
Back on the chariot, Mao Gang asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Master, General Cao said that Cao Cao seems to be withdrawing his troops."
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and shouted to Zhang Gong who was driving the chariot: "Follow Cao Cao, don't fall behind!"
Zhang Gong laughed: "Okay!"
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Lu Bu is here again.
But this time, Lu Bu failed again.
After learning of the critical battle situation in Dingtao, Lu Bu led his soldiers to come to the rescue without stopping.
However, the long journey for two consecutive days, from Shanyang to Juyang and then to Dingtao, was equivalent to a big "S" detour.
Soldiers are humans too, and generals are humans too. Human beings are made of flesh and blood, not made of iron. After all this hard work, the entire Lu Bu army was already tired and hungry.
When approaching Dingtao, Lu Bu ordered to stop, and then sent scouts to Dingtao to investigate.
After some investigation, the scout came to report that Cao Cao was not seen.
"Huh?" Lu Bu was confused. Where the hell did Cao Cao go?
"Damn it, don't think about it now!" Lu Bu gritted his teeth, raised Fang Tian's painted halberd and shouted, "The whole army listens to my order, enter Dingtao, take a rest first!"
The lord gave the order, and all his soldiers burst into tears of gratitude. After all, they had gone through a long circle, and everyone was indeed tired and hungry. At this time, not to mention all the soldiers, Lu Bu had always had this in his heart.
My first thought was not to say anything for now, and let me go into town to have something to eat and then sleep for a while.
Lu Bu's entire army excitedly rushed towards Dingtao, but before they were halfway through, the rear army suddenly came to report that Cao Cao appeared.
"I say!" Lu Bu roared, and he was so angry that he almost fell off the red rabbit horse.
Okay, Xiao Jue is ahead of his time here. In fact, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Bu should not be able to say this, but this situation and scene really need to be described. Lu Bu had no choice but to endure hunger and fatigue, and carried Fang Tian
Huaji turned his horse's head and ran towards the rear.
Behind Lu Bu's army, Cao Jun was also excited. However, these idiots were all well-fed. Compared with the group of hungry men opposite who had not yet eaten, the advantages of the well-fed men were immediately apparent.
Out.
Cao Cao happily waved the Yitian Sword and rode his Jueying Horse beside Ma Xiaoquan's chariot. He said to Ma Xiaoquan in high spirits: "Did you see, Master Shangxian, how can Lu Bu get along with him when he is so tired that he can't even find his father?"
I'm going to beat someone, haha..."
Ma Xiaoquan didn't know where he got a feather fan, and regardless of the fact that it was still a spring moon, his head was being fanned violently. After many times, Ma Xiaoquan stopped and whispered to himself:
"Zhuge Liang seems to be a bad guy. Forget it, let's not play with this now. We will talk about it later..."
Yang Hu and Ding Yi watched their master fanning themselves with their eyes open. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so they had to endure it with red faces.
Ma Xiaoquan stopped helplessly, rolled his eyes and responded to Cao Cao: "That's not certain!"
Cao Cao curled his lips and expressed disbelief.
Ma Xiaoquan held his feather fan horizontally, pointed at Lu Bu in the distance and said, "Did you see that Lu Bu was the first to kill him? His horsemanship is unparalleled in the world, plus he has a red rabbit horse on his crotch, a small
Cao, I'm afraid you're a little confused..."
Cao Cao looked in the direction of Ma Xiaoquan's fan and was shocked.
Cao Cao thought to himself: This evil way is really true. Lu Bu is so tired, and he can still beat me back. If Lu Bu is full, then I have to wash my butt and wait.
Suffering from carrots? Okay, Xiao Jue is evil again here. In fact, it should be like this. Cao Cao should want to wash his own neck and wait to be slaughtered. Cao Cao rolled his eyes and issued an urgent order: always stay within an arrow's distance of Lu Bu.
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Cao Cao's order achieved substantial results. The arrow was not too far away, and it was just right enough to make Lu Bu scream in anger.
Looking at Lu Bu flying among the arrows, Cao Cao envied Lu Bu's bravery and was anxious at the same time.
"You stupid pigs, there are so many people shooting so many arrows, how come you can't shoot Lu Bu to death? Shoot for me!"
The archers of Cao's army were depressed, my lord, do you think we didn't shoot? We even used all our strength to shoot, but we just couldn't hit.
Cao Cao didn't care about this. He became more and more anxious as he watched. He immediately added that anyone who failed to shoot Lu Bu would not be given a wife after the battle.
When all the archers heard this, how could this be possible? The promised wife is gone again? Damn it, I have been holding it in for a long time. If it doesn't work, I will give it a go.
In an instant, Cao Jun's archers seemed to have taken an aphrodisiac, and they drew their arrows and shot angrily with envy.
Most of Lu Bu's side were cavalry. Before that, they could move around with ease among Cao Cao's army. Since then, Cao Cao didn't know what order he gave, so why did he suddenly feel that the pressure has increased sharply?
Before Lu Bu could react, several of the cavalrymen around him screamed and fell off their horses.
Lu Bu also reacted quickly and hurriedly ordered the horse to turn around and retreat.
Since most of Lu Bu's army were cavalry, they withdrew out of the bow and arrow range of Cao's army without much effort.
After resting for a while, Lu Bu comforted the soldiers and said: "Everyone, you have also seen Cao's army, why they are so strong, because they all have food bags tied to their bodies. Come with me and kill him and seize his food."
bag......"
Lu Bu's encouragement seemed to have some effect, and in an instant, a large number of stupid soldiers followed Lu Bu and came back to fight.
However, those who greeted this group of hungry men were Cao Cao's real main force, and of course, they were all well-fed men.
A hungry man will undoubtedly lose against a well-fed man. Therefore, Lu Bu's battle can be regarded as a complete victory...
Just when Cao Cao was about to give the order to pursue Lu Bu's remaining army, Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and pulled Cao Cao off his horse.
Cao Cao said unhappily: "Master Shangxian, what do you mean?"
Ma Xiaoquan used his mouth to nudge the nearby Dingtao City.
How smart Cao Cao was, Ma Xiaoquan understood it as soon as he clicked.
"Thank you, Lord Shangxian, for your advice! I almost forgot, there is a Ding Tao that I haven't beaten yet."
Cao Cao hurriedly ran away and gave the order to attack the city, while Ma Xiaoquan wiped his sweat and thought to himself: Damn Cao Cao, if you really go after Lu Bu, how can history continue?
Fortunately, Mr. Ma, I have put history back on track.
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Cao Cao was very proud of having defeated Lü Bu's 50,000-strong army. He thought that Dingtao would surrender as soon as Lü Bu withdrew.
However, Cao Cao was wrong.
Testing the siege? Ineffective!
To persuade him to surrender? Instead, he was ridiculed by the city guard Wu Zi on the tower. Wu Zi scolded Cao Cao: "Cao Cao, after you are such a eunuch..."
What Cao Cao was most angry about was that others had insulted his birth, but he had no choice. He was indeed the queen of eunuchs, but eunuchs were eunuchs. How could eunuchs have descendants?
"Damn it!" Cao Cao slammed the Yitian Sword to the ground.
Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward, picked up the Yitian Sword, gently wiped the blade of the sword, and said slowly: "Xiao Cao, if you can't knock it down, don't fight. Don't you have too much food and grass?"
Cao Cao thought about it carefully and realized that Master Shangxian said the same thing, forget it and withdraw.
After Yi figured it out, Cao Cao was no longer angry. Looking at Dingtao who was still standing, Cao Cao sighed deeply.
"Give me the order to withdraw the troops!"
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Although Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu in the battle of Dingtao, it can only be said to be a miserable victory.
Afterwards, Ma Xiaoquan suggested that Cao Cao make an inspection and read it out in front of the entire army.
Ma Xiaoquan was joking at first, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to take this matter seriously.
Three days later, at noon, Ma Xiaoquan was about to eat the pheasant legs newly brought by Diplodocus when Cao Cao "unfortunately" rushed in.
Seeing the pheasant legs in Shangxian's hand, Cao Cao swallowed hard first, and then said: "Sir Shangxian, I have written down the inspection, and I will read it to you now!"
When Ma Xiaoquan heard this, he quickly stopped him and said, "Okay, okay...I know, I'll finish eating this chicken drumstick first."
Ma Xiaoquan said, picked up the chicken drumstick and put it to his mouth.
At the moment of sending, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly noticed that Cao Cao's eyes were flashing red, and the red light was focused on the pheasant leg in his hand.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and threw the pheasant leg to Cao Cao: "Take it and eat it, and then read it after you finish it!"
Cao Cao carefully caught the pheasant leg, let out a loud sigh, and ran out.
After Cao Cao ran out, his apprentice Mao Gang stepped forward and asked: "Master, why do I look at General Cao like a baby?"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed: "Xiao Cao, actually, he is very cute, don't you think so?"
Mao Gang listened and shook his head without understanding.
Beside Mao Gang, the literate Ding Yi and Yang Hu repeatedly chewed the word in their master's sentence: cute.