Lu Bu's strongest strategy

Chapter 198 Interception
Cao Cao led the crowd to rush all the way, traveling fifty or sixty li before he dared to stop to rest.

Looking at the defeated generals in front of him, Cao Cao felt sad and extremely desolate.

"I didn't expect that I, Cao Mengde, would have this day. It's really ridiculous."

Lu Qian hurriedly stepped forward and handed over his hand, "My lord, don't be sad. When our army reaches Qingzhou, we will surely make a comeback and return to Yanzhou for revenge."

Cheng Yu's face was serious, and he looked into the distance, "My lord, our army is not out of danger yet, so it's better to leave as soon as possible."

Cao Cao sighed and nodded, "Send the order, the army will rest for a while, and then hurry up."

A quarter of an hour later, the army set off again, heading straight towards Qingzhou.

After running all night, just after leaving the East China Sea, when everyone was tired and hungry, suddenly, a group of soldiers and horses rushed out to block the official road.

Cao Cao was startled, and hurriedly patted his horse and came to the front of the formation to watch. He saw a horse running out of the opposite team. The man on the horse was tall, strong, and brave.

"Cao Mengde, I will wait here for a long time according to the order of the Holy One. If you recognize the situation, quickly dismount and surrender. Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless."

Lu Qian hurriedly patted his horse and came to Cao Cao, and said in a low voice, "My lord, he is Tao Gongzu's former subordinate Zang Ba."

Cao Cao hurriedly cupped his hands, "So it's General Zang, nice to meet you!"

Zang Ba shook his head, "Cao Mengde, this is the end of the matter, you should surrender as soon as possible. Your Majesty's benevolence and justice will definitely not kill you."

Cao Cao shook his head and said with a wry smile, "General Zang, I'm telling you the truth. Now that our army has been defeated by Lu Fengxian, we are going to Qingzhou to seek refuge with Lord Benchu. I hope you can be lenient and let me go. I will be very grateful."

The reason why he said this was to tell Zang Ba that he was going to seek refuge with Yuan Shao now, hoping that Zang Ba would let him go there.

Sure enough, when Zang Ba heard this, his expression changed. Although he had been in Langya County for a long time, he also knew the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

If you don't let people go, once Yuan Shao finds out, I'm afraid he won't be able to spare himself.

But if he was allowed to pass, Lu Fengxian would not let him go.

After much deliberation, Zang Ba finally made up his mind. Yuan Shao was still far away, but Lu Fengxian was right in front of him. If he didn't stop Cao Mengde, Lu Fengxian might bring troops to Langya County to attack him in the next moment.

Thinking of this, Zang Ba raised his hand and said, "Cao Mengde, I have been ordered to intercept you here. I hope you can cooperate. When the time comes, I will naturally say more good things in front of Marquis Wen. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao sighed secretly, turned his head to look at the generals beside him, and said in a low voice, "This is the end, you and I can only rush over by force."

When the generals heard this, they all held their hands in their hands and said, "I obey."

Cao Jun's remaining people are all Cao Cao's confidantes and loyal people, and they are also Cao Jun's last strength.

When Zang Ba saw Cao Cao turned around to order people, he knew that he would not surrender, so he immediately shouted, "Send the order and line up to meet the enemy."

As soon as Zang Ba's order was conveyed, the rapid sound of horse hooves came from the opposite side. The generals of Cao's army were already galloping towards them, and the infantry, not to be outdone, rushed forward with roars.

"Kill!"

"Ahhh!"

In the blink of an eye, the two armies reached one place, and countless shouts and screams came together to play the melody of the battlefield.

Although Zang Ba's soldiers and horses were large in number, the generals of Cao's army were not idle men. They were all extremely brave and bravely took the lead.

Xiahou Dun rushed into the enemy array, stabbing out the spear in his hand, and immediately beat the enemy back steadily.

Seeing that the enemy general is strong, Sun Guan immediately patted his horse forward and shouted, "The enemy general needs to be rampant, let me, Sun Guan, fight you."

Xiahou Dun snorted coldly, immediately abandoned his opponent, and rushed towards Sun Guan on horseback.

"The thief is good, today I will let you taste the power of this general."

Xiahoudun is very skilled in martial arts. As soon as the two of them rushed to the front, they immediately raised the spear in their hands and stabbed Sun Guan's throat like lightning.

"kill!"

Sun Guan hurriedly swung his gun to block, the two guns collided and immediately made a crisp sound.

Although Sun Guan was brave, his martial arts were not as good as Xia Houdun's. He had just blocked the stabbing spear, and before he could catch his breath, Xia Houdun's spear swung in the air and stabbed him in the stomach again.

Sun Guan hurriedly dodged. Although he was very fast, he was still scratched. He screamed in pain and tried to escape.

Xia Houdun snorted coldly, like a god descending to earth, retracted the spear in his hand, roared, and stabbed out again.

He wanted to see Sun Guan doomed, but suddenly a gun came over and deflected the attack. Sun Guan barely dodged.

Sun Guan turned his head and saw that it was Wu Dun who came to help him, and he was overjoyed, "General Wu, the enemy general is formidable, and the two of us will defeat him together."

"it is good!"

Xiahou Dun saw that the other party was coming to help, but he was not afraid at all. A spear flew up and down in his hand. Wu Dun and Sun Guan joined forces, but they barely stopped it.

"Kill!"

"Ahhh!"

The soldiers on both sides charged together, and the fight was already inextricably fought, and the battle was fierce.

Zang Ba's troops wanted to defeat the opponent with their numbers.

Cao's soldiers wanted to escape, but they also fought desperately.

Zang Ba wanted to see the fierceness of Cao's army and the heavy damage on his side, and he suddenly felt regretful.

When Cao Cao escaped, he had already sent someone to inquire clearly, and there were only more than 1000 people left.

Because the opponent's number was small, Zang Ba would lead troops to intercept, but he never expected that although Cao's army was small in number, it was extremely brave. Even if it won, his side would probably suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, the imperial court has sent someone to deliver a letter, as long as Cao Mengde is stopped, since it will increase the official reward.

It was because of these two reasons that Zang Ba led his troops here.

After the Yellow Turban turmoil in Langya County and the many times of looting by the Taishan army, the population is sparse and the supplies are not much. Now Zang Ba's soldiers and horses have been recruited by him as hard as he can.

If Zang Ba had known that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were so tenacious, he would have found an excuse not to come.

Zang Ba frowned as he watched the soldiers on his side constantly falling down. Yin Li ran back from the side and said in a low voice.

"General Zang, Cao's army is really tenacious. If we continue fighting like this, I'm afraid our army will suffer heavy losses."

Zang Ba frowned even tighter, "The matter has come to this, can we stop?"

Yin Li cupped his hands, "General Zang, our army has done its best!"

Hearing this, Zang Ba's eyes lit up, he nodded, and was about to speak. Suddenly, a war horse ran in front of him and said loudly.

"General Zang, it's bad, General Sun was killed in battle."

"what?"

Zang Ba was taken aback immediately, "What's going on, why did General Sun die in battle?"

"General Sun was killed by Xiahou Dun of Cao's army. General Wu was also seriously injured and is barely supporting himself."

Zang Ba secretly yelled, "Let's go and avenge General Sun."

(End of this chapter)