Lu Bu's strongest strategy

Chapter 84 Bad news

On the official road leading to Puyang, the dust was flying, and a soldier and horse of tens of thousands of people ran along the official road like a long winding dragon.

A burly armored general was carried on a black horse and rushed to the central army from the front direction.

"My lord, the official road ahead crosses a river, why don't you let everyone take a break?"

Cao Cao nodded upon hearing Cao Hong's suggestion, "Alright."

Although he was very anxious and wished he could fly to Juancheng, the soldiers were exhausted and could only rest temporarily.

It was a long journey from Xuzhou to Yanzhou, and the soldiers were already exhausted. If they had not been eager to rescue Juancheng, they would not have been so hard.

The already exhausted soldiers immediately cheered when they heard the order.

When they came to the river, they left a few teams to guard the surroundings, and the rest came to the river, some to drink water, some to wash their faces.

"Give way!"

The cavalry battalion led by Cao Chun came to the river, dispersed the soldiers blocking the way, and let the horses drink water.

Cao Cao knew that cavalry was the king on the battlefield, so even though Yanzhou was short of horses, he still pooled together a large sum of money and sent people everywhere to buy horses.

By now, Cao Cao had a cavalry team of 400 men, led by Cao Chun.

Cao Chun, courtesy name Zihe, was born in Qiaojun, Peiguo, the son of Cao Chi, the servant, and the younger brother of Cao Ren, the Great Sima.

After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, he followed Cao Cao to recruit troops and began Ding Zhengzhan's lifelong military career.

During the Jian'an period, he granted Yilang, moved to Sikong to join the army, supervised the tiger and leopard cavalry to take part in the pacification of the Northern War, and was granted the title of Marquis of Gaolingting.

Cao Chun is 25 years old this year. He is in his prime of life. He is good at fighting and brave, so he is trusted by Cao Cao, so he entrusts him to form a cavalry battalion.

Now is just the beginning, when it arrives, this ordinary cavalry battalion will evolve into a world-renowned tiger and leopard cavalry.

A cavalryman came to the river with his horse. Just lying down and drinking a glass of water, he was whipped by Cao Chun.

"Have you forgotten the rule of giving water to the war horse first?"

The soldier hurriedly got up and cupped his hands again and again, "General Cao, this subordinate is really thirsty, I won't dare to do it again next time."

Cao Chun snorted coldly, although he was still young, his face was full of majesty.

"You are already thirsty, isn't the war horse thirsty?"

Speaking of this, Cao Chun stepped forward and whipped again, "The war horse has carried you so far, is it more thirsty than you?

If you don't let the horse drink enough water first, how can it carry you around?
What's the use of you drinking enough, can you carry a horse to fight? "

Although Cao Chun's words were rough, they were convincing, and the soldiers around him clapped their hands, "General Cao, we don't dare again."

"Everyone listen to me, whoever dares to drink water first in the future will be dealt with by military law."

Cao Cao sat on a stone by the river, drank the water from the guards, watched Cao Chun reprimand the soldiers, and nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes on the quiet official road.

Cao Cao frowned slightly, and was about to order someone to take a look, but the sound of horseshoes stopped not far away.

After a while, a group of people quickly ran over from a distance.

When the two sides approached, Cao Cao saw the group of people running over, his eyes fixed, and his brows gradually frowned.

Cao Ren, he didn't go to help Juancheng, why is he here?

Is it?

Cao Cao hurriedly stood up, his heart raised.

When he saw Cao Ren and Shi Huan's embarrassed appearance, a chill rose from Cao Cao's heart.

Cao Ren and Shi Huan stumbled to Cao Cao, and fell to their knees with a plop, "My lord, the last general fell into Lv Bu's tricks and returned defeated. Please punish me, my lord."

Cao Cao snorted coldly, "How many soldiers and horses have you lost?"

Cao Ren lay on the ground and said with a sob in his voice, "Only the last general will wait for dozens of people to come back, and the rest will probably all be killed."

"what?"

Although Cao Cao kept telling himself to be patient, his eyes widened in shock at this moment, and he gritted his teeth and roared angrily.

"Ten thousand soldiers and horses, all of them were killed?"

Cao Ren said with a trembling voice, "The general is incompetent. Please punish me, my lord."

Cao Cao trembled with anger. If it was someone else, he would have dragged him out and chopped him off immediately.

This is [-] soldiers and horses, not three or two people!

Yu Jin looked at Cao Cao's flushed cheeks and knew something was wrong, so he hurried forward and cupped his hands, "My lord, General Cao is a cautious man, there must be another reason for being ambushed this time, my lord, please be careful."

Seeing this, all the generals also begged for mercy, Cao Cao only half-pushed, and snorted coldly, "Explain the matter clearly!"

Cao Ren got up, cupped his hands, and told what happened.

After listening to Cao Ren's narration, Cao Cao secretly sighed, and then turned his head to pass orders to the generals.

"Give me the order. After the time of one stick of incense, we will set off immediately."

Through what happened in Yanzhou during this period, Cao Cao had deeply felt the crisis.

Through Xun Yu's constant messages, Cao Cao basically knew what was happening in Yanzhou.

Dong'a was lost, Fan County was also occupied by Lu Bu, and now only Juancheng was left struggling to support it.

It was originally thought that Cao Ren led [-] troops to support, and he should be able to hold out until the king rushed back.

But now it seems that something is wrong!
During the siege, Lu Bu actually sent troops to ambush Cao Ren?

After a stick of incense time passed, the army set off again and rushed towards Juancheng.

The reason why Cao Cao's army moved slowly was that on the one hand, there was too much food, and on the other hand, there was still a lot of money looted from Xuzhou, which slowed down the journey.

That day, we were on our way until very late, before we set up camp and rested.

The next morning, Cao Cao was about to start another journey, but another bad news came.

Chinese army tent.

Cao Cao sat in the middle, looking at Xiahou Dun, Cheng Yu, Xue Ti, and Jin Yun who were kneeling under the tent, his face livid, and his eyes seemed to burst out with anger.

"Is Juancheng lost like this?"

Xiahou Dun hurriedly cupped his hands, "The last general is incompetent, please punish me, my lord."

Hearing these familiar words, Cao Cao gritted his teeth, and even his hands hidden under the table trembled slightly.

His family was still in the city, and now that Juancheng was lost, wouldn't his family also fall into Lu Bu's hands?

Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xiahou Dun, gritted his teeth and asked, "Where's Xun Wenruo, why didn't you see him?"

Having said that, Cao Cao's expression changed, "Could it be, Wen Ruo, him?"

Xiahou Dun hurriedly held up his hands and said with a choked voice, "My lord, Xun Wenruo said that after losing Juancheng, he has no face to see the lord again, so he wants to stay and protect his family for the lord."

"Wen Ruo?"

When Cao Cao heard that Xun Yu had risked himself in order to protect his family, he was moved and his eyes were moist.

"Wen Ruo, why are you bothering? If you have something to do, it will make me feel uncomfortable!"

However, since Xun Yu stayed, it also made Cao Cao feel a little calmer.

Xun Yu is very resourceful, and if he stays in Juancheng, his family has at least some chance of being saved.

It's just a pity, I'm afraid we will lose Wen Ruo!
(End of this chapter)