"Who is there on the other side? I am Li Jue, Marquis of Chiyang. Please get out of the way quickly. We are hunting down the criminal who hijacked the Holy Chariot!"
Xu Chu saw the somewhat embarrassed mixed army on the opposite side standing in an area of 70 to 80 meters away from them. After barely arranging a relatively neat defensive formation, a burly middle-aged military general appeared, calling himself Li Li.
Jue.
Li Jue was also unable to tell which troop Xu Chu and others belonged to for a while. Because Cao Zhi was sneaking all the way, the troops he sat down at the moment did not display flags. When Li Jue didn't know his enemies or friends, he wanted to use his notoriety to intimidate him.
The opponent, who was not a friendly army, did not dare to become an enemy after hearing his name.
"Haha, it turns out you are Mr. Li! Grandpa, I am Danyang Xu Chu. My lord is already in Anyi. This has nothing to do with you. Get out of here!"
Xu Chu's bold words almost made Li Jue roll his eyes, "Xu Chu, I think I've heard of it! Oh! I think I've heard of it too!". Li Jue only had an impression of Xu Chu, but when Xu Chu mentioned Danyang, Li Jue immediately reacted.
Speaking of Cao Zhi's name, "Huang-kou kid, don't talk nonsense, ask Cao Zhi to come out and answer!"
"Haha, Li Jue, you are almost a lost dog, and you still dare to call my lord out, you deserve it!"
As soon as Xu Chu finished speaking, before Li Jue could fight back, another voice immediately sounded, "Li Jue, stop talking nonsense, let's fight to the death!"
Li Jue took a closer look and saw that the person speaking was actually his traitorous general Xu Huang, "Xu Huang, come here and kowtow to me and admit your mistake. I might be able to let you live!"
"Fart, sir! I'll kill you old man!" Xu Huang, who was blushing, originally wanted to not be outdone in front of Xu Chu, but he didn't expect that as soon as Li Jue said it, he still treated him as a subordinate. The guilty minister scolded him, but he
Unhappy, he stopped answering and rode straight towards Li Jue.
Xu Chu chuckled lightly and shouted loudly to the people behind him: "Brothers, come with me!"
"Boom!" Within a minute or two, the two sides were in close combat. Although Xu Chu's 500 cavalry were half as many as Li Jue, they were better because they were the best cavalry and a fresh force, so their footing was not stable.
The impact of Li Jue and his men was very strong, with blood and flesh flying everywhere in their path. In the first round, they almost broke up the battle formation of Li Jue's army and horses.
Li Jue screamed angrily, but he was entangled by Xu Huang and Xu Chu at the same time and couldn't get out.
Xu Chu and Xu Huang unexpectedly started to compete with each other in the battle against Li Jue. You struck with an ax and I struck with a knife. Everyone was showing off their extraordinary strength, striving to finish first in their own hands or to defeat Li Jue.
cause harm.
Li Jue might have been able to fight one of them for a few rounds, but now these two shameless guys actually joined forces, and each one attacked harder than the other. Li Jue felt that it was too much, he and his
The soldiers drove for dozens of miles and stopped when they saw the enemy. They were fiercely attacked by Xu Chu and his troops. Not only Li Jue could not resist it, but even his superior numbers could not stop him.
Xu Chu's cavalry made the first attack, and retreated a hundred meters before gaining a firm footing and pressing forward again.
Xu Chu and Xu Huang fought several moves with Li Jue, but before the result was achieved, Li Jue abandoned them and retreated with the troops. Xu Chu returned to the cavalry camp and prepared for a second charge. Xu Huang didn't buy it and chased after him alone.
He refused to let go of Li Jue, rushed into Li Jue's camp and killed him all the way, and then returned to Xu Chu's formation covered in blood.
"Xu Heitan, if you have the ability, give me two hundred cavalry. We can charge from both wings of the enemy's formation. Whoever rushes into the center of the enemy's formation first will win. How about that?"
Xu Chu squinted his eyes and blew out "Tch!" from his nose, "Why should I give it to you? Ask who is willing to follow you?"
"you......"
Xu Huang was so angry that his nose was almost crooked, but at this moment, a horn sound sounded from behind Xu Chu and others. When Xu Chu heard the horn, he was overjoyed and grinned at Xu Huang again: "Those are my horse infantry.
Come up, you go back to protect the Holy Driver, I am enough for this!"
Seeing Xu Chu's contempt, Xu Huang was so angry that his face turned purple. He shouted "Hey!", swung his battle ax, looked left and right, shook the reins, shouted "Drive!", and rushed in front of the horse.
Go, the direction to go is not the direction of Dayang City where Yang Feng and others retreated, but the wilderness on the left.
"Xu Heitan, just wait, I will go and gather the scattered troops. Leave Li Jue to me..."
Xu Chu looked at Xu Huang's back as Jue Chen left, and said angrily: "This man is insane, where can he gather his troops?"
Xu Chu couldn't figure out how Yang Feng and others managed to get through with less than a hundred men and horses left. He only knew that reinforcements were added at this time. After the 500 horse infantry joined the camp, he took the initiative to attack Li Jue, charging twice in a row.
Li Jue's defensive formation only pushed him out for more than a mile. After taking a short rest, he was ready to drive Li Jue back to the other side of the Yellow River. Unexpectedly, Guo Si's river-crossing troops also found this place at this time, and Li Jue added new reinforcements.
Later, his morale was greatly boosted, and together with Guo Si, he led his troops to counterattack Xu Chu.
Now Xu Chu is no longer a reckless man who only knows how to fight blindly. Under Cao Zhi's constant beating, he also uses his brain in fighting. When he sees that the situation is not right, he gives up the mileage gained from the battle with Li Jue.
Taking the advantage of the ground, he voluntarily gave up and led his troops to retreat, and began to retreat to Dayang City.
On the way, he also met Le Jin who was reinforcing Xu Chu. After this period of cultivation, Le Jin had fully recovered and was now able to lead troops normally. When Le Jin looked at Li Jue, he saw that there was a steady stream of reinforcements coming from behind Guo Si.
When the troops arrived, they made a decisive decision and chose to give up the opportunity to fight Li Jue and Guo Si in the wilderness, and retreated to Dayang City that night.
There were originally five hundred Cao Army sergeants stationed in Dayang City. Cao Zhi did not want to capture Dayang City because Dayang was quite close to Anyi, so he had to arrange some manpower there to investigate the military situation.
The 500 Cao troops stationed in Dayang actually discovered some unusual movements on the other side of the Yellow River very early. Of course, they couldn't figure out that it was Li Jue and Guo Si's Xiliang army who were chasing the Holy Emperor. They just reported to them truthfully.
Yes, some people are crossing the Yellow River by force to go to Dayang City.
When Cao Zhi received this military information, it happened that Zhong Yao told Cao Zhi that the emperor had been forced to leave Hongnong and asked Cao Zhi to cross the river immediately to rescue him.
Cao Zhi was in a difficult situation at this time. He had almost obtained all the benefits from Shangdang, and the excavation and salvage of treasures were almost in progress. Without the matter of Emperor Xian, he was ready to gather his troops and let Li Dian and Man Chong lead them.
The Ministry came over to pick him up, and he went back.
But as soon as Emperor Xian appeared, how could he leave? We must welcome the Emperor, but shouldn't Cao Cao come to welcome him? Where should he go now? Cao Cao has already set off to enter Xuzhou and fight against Tao Qian.
, at this moment, Cao Zhi wrote a letter asking Cao Cao to make up his mind, but it was too late.
Although Cao Zhi came from modern times, he was a little at a loss on how to face and deal with the emperor. After all, modern knowledge could not help Cao Zhi face the various political difficulties and pressures after welcoming the emperor.
Zhong Yao saw that he had finished explaining his intention, but Cao Zhi did not reply for a long time. He just kept pacing in the front hall and thought deeply. Zhong Yao also said that Cao Zhi had no intention of welcoming the emperor, so he couldn't help but become anxious and stood up aggressively.
Cao Zhi asked Cao Zhi: "Cao Zhi, you are still a minister of the Han Dynasty. Now the emperor is in trouble and needs your help, but you don't say a word here. Have you forgotten that three generations of your family have been Han people who have been deprived of the emperor's salary?"
Sir, you are here today because of the emperor's grace. Not long ago, you promised Zhong that you would welcome the emperor to Xu County and build the capital there. Now, you... do you want to send troops to rescue him?
?If Wuxin had told me earlier, I could have found another reinforcement from King Qin!"
Everyone present had seen Zhong Yao's elegant side, but had never seen Zhong Yao have such an impatient side. It's no wonder that before he arrived in Hongnong, he met the messenger he sent back in advance to report back.
It is said that Hongnong was attacked by the coalition forces of Li Jue and Guo Si and was in danger.
When Zhong Yao heard that Li Jue and Guo Si had united again, he knew that Yang Feng and others would definitely not be able to defend Hongnong, so he did not return to Hongnong, but turned back halfway and immediately came to recruit Cao Zhi and asked to send troops to rescue him.
But when he saw that Cao Zhi had not expressed his position for a long time, he misunderstood that he did not want to welcome the emperor anymore, and he couldn't help shouting in his heart. He should be said to be a very loyal minister, and the emperor was in danger. When he thought of this, he
I can't sit still anymore.
Zhong Yao was anxious and also involved some of Cao Zhi's advisers. Xun Chen stood up first and signaled Zhong Yao to calm down, but he walked to Cao Zhi and whispered: "My lord, please welcome Emperor Xian. It seems that my lord will do it."
You lose some freedom, but there are still many benefits in the long run!”
As soon as Xun Chen finished speaking, Li Ru stood behind the two of them at some point, "Youruo is right, the Holy Lord may have very few civil servants and generals around him at this time. The lord can serve you right now.
Your Majesty will definitely shed tears of gratitude for entrusting you with this important task. In the future, whether my lord will always accompany you or Cao Zhou Mu will serve you, it will be of great help to the Cao family's great achievements!"
Li Ru took a longer view of the matter and was also an old subordinate of Cao Zhi, so he spoke more straightforwardly and even hinted that the two brothers would control the government in the future and become powerful ministers like Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and others.
When Xun Chen looked at Li Ru in horror, Cao Zhi waved his hand to tell them to stop talking. He turned to Zhong Yao who stood up angrily and laughed loudly: "Master Zhong, please don't misunderstand. Cao is determined to welcome the emperor and take over.
He will not waver. But at this time, Cao Zhi is in a different place and is unprepared. My brother, he..."
What Cao Zhi meant was that this was not on his and his eldest brother's territory. Firstly, he was afraid that he was not strong enough to protect the emperor. Secondly, Cao Zhi wanted to wait until he contacted Cao Cao before talking.
These concerns are reasonable, but at this time Emperor Xian was already being chased by Li Jue and others, so there was no time for Cao Zhi to make more preparations.
"What preparations are needed? The emperor is in danger, so all the red tape and etiquette can be dispensed with. It won't be too late to decide on the next plan after the Holy Driver is brought to Anyi!" Zhong Yao hurriedly helped Cao Zhi make arrangements.