Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Cao Cao assassinated Dong, and I was abandoned

After Guan Yu left, Cao Shuo found a soldier who was about the same size as Guan Yu, and then pretended to be Guan Yu, and ordered him to lead the soldiers to attack the city.

"Let the siege crossbow go!" With the shout of fake Guan Yu, the city gate of Zheng County fell down.

Duan Yan in the city was so frightened that he was sweating coldly. This bastard Guan Yu actually helped Cao Shuo attack them, the hateful Liu Bei, treachery.

Watching the swarming Wei soldiers, Duan Wei resisted symbolically for an hour, and then led the remnant army to retreat to the vicinity of Hongmen Pavilion.

Chang'an City, in Dong Zhuo's bedroom.

Hui Dong said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, General Duan Yao sent someone to report the results of the battle!"

Dong Zhuo asked excitedly: "What's the situation? Did the Cao army in Zheng County be repelled?"

Hui Dong said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, Zheng County has been defeated by Cao Shuo's army, and now General Duan Yao is defending against the enemy at Hongmen Pavilion."

Hongmen Pavilion?

Dong Zhuo wiped off his cold sweat. Could it be that there is only a hundred miles away from Chang'an, so Cao Shuo's army can bypass the Hongmen Pavilion and directly attack Chang'an?

What on earth is this Duan Yao doing? He has been defeated one after another.

"Notify Li Ru and Li Jue immediately, let them lead the army back to Chang'an, and guard Chang'an for me!"

Hui Dong said in a very embarrassed way: "Your Majesty, General Duan Yan sent a very bad piece of information."

Dong Zhuo's heart tightened, and he asked, "Could it be that Li Ru was also defeated?"

"No, General Duan Yan met Guan Yu in Zheng County, and the other party led an army to attack Zheng County."

"what?"

"Liu Bei, who is a dog, actually eats the inside out."

"Come on, attack Sanguan for me!"

"Your Majesty, calm down, we don't have too many troops to deal with Liu Bei for the time being."

Dong Zhuo was about to die of anger, this bastard Liu Bei dared to play tricks.

He gave Liu Bei so many benefits, and when he saw that he couldn't do it, he went to please Cao Shuo.

"Bad brat."

Dong Zhuo cursed angrily, and then ordered Huidong to recall Li Ru as soon as possible, and Zuo Fengling just left Li Jue alone.

Now is the time when Chang'an needs Li Ru's resourcefulness, and I hope he can find a way to hold him back.

Li Ru, who was far away from Zuo Fengling, heard that Zheng County had fallen, and Huang Zhong had built a ferry to cross the Yellow River, so he ordered Li Jue to retreat to the west of Jingshui, taking advantage of the natural danger of Jingshui, and led Gaoshun's cavalry.

Then he took [-] cavalry and crossed the Yellow River directly to the bank of the Yellow River to the north of Hongmen Pavilion, ten miles away from Duan Yao's camp.

When Li Ru came to Duan Yan's camp, Duan Yan said with a face full of self-blame: "Your Highness, the last general is incompetent and not only lost Tongguan, but just let the other party take Zheng County."

Li Ru shook his head, and didn't know what to say. After all, he was the one who came up with the idea, but he didn't expect that the opponent's soldiers would be so powerful and their equipment had such high defense.

"General Duan, don't blame yourself. I lost this battle. I will explain the situation to His Majesty."

Duan Yan said angrily: "'His Royal Highness, the general saw Guan Yu outside Zheng County at the end of the day, and this bastard actually helped Cao Shuo attack us."

Li Ru narrowed his eyes and asked cautiously, "Are you sure it's Guan Yu?"

"The final general can be sure that there is no second person in the world with a red face and long beard, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Saber."

Li Ru fell into deep thought. It stands to reason that Liu Bei accepted so many supplies from them, even if he didn't like them, he wouldn't make it so obvious.

It was a bit unexpected to let Guan Yu lead the army to attack the city directly. With so many strong generals under Cao Shuo, there was no need for Guan Yu, an outsider, to perform.

Unless Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Shuo, but if Liu Bei surrendered Cao Shuo, then he would definitely leave the pass and attack their backs.

There must be something they have neglected in the process, and they must send someone to ask about it.

"Is Cao Shuo in the camp to the east?"

"I don't know about this last general, but there are at least 8 people in the camp of the Wei army. Cao Shuo should be in the camp. The last general has seen Cao Shuo outside Zheng County."

Li Ru thought for a while, and then ordered: "Tonight, you and I will attack Cao Shuo's camp in three waves. You will lead [-] cavalry first, and I will lead [-] cavalry behind. Vice-General Wu will lead [-] cavalry. Always support."

"Even if Cao Shuo can count that we will attack the camp, it is impossible to count that our army will divide into three waves and attack successively."

Duan Yan nodded, and then ordered his lieutenant to prepare troops.

In Cao Shuo's camp, several counselors gathered together to discuss how to break through Chang'an.

For them, Hongmen Pavilion has no meaning anymore, they can go to Hongmen Pavilion or not.

Xi Zhicai said: "According to Jin Yiwei's news, it seems that Li Ru led an army to the Hongmen Pavilion."

Cao Shuo narrowed his eyes, and said with a puzzled expression, "Don't he need to go to Chang'an? Come to Hongmen Pavilion at this time, isn't it afraid that we will go around and attack Chang'an?"

Guo Jia explained: "If my guess is correct, Li Ru led the army here just to protect Chang'an."

"He knew that we would attack Chang'an, so he put the army outside. If we bypass the Hongmen, then he can attack us behind."

"Moreover, he also knows his important position in the Qin army. If we can take down Li Ru, Dong Zhuo will lose his right-hand man. He is using himself as a bait."

Cao Shuo agrees with Guo Jia's analysis very much. Li Ru should have this idea, but he thinks too highly of himself. If he pretends to attack Chang'an now, then he must go to the rescue.

It is much easier to ambush a few soldiers on the road and wait for him than to attack his camp directly.

Xi Zhicai reminded: "Li Ru is insidious and cunning, and he often surprises us by surprise. We need to beware of the other party's sneak attack."

Chapter 459 Sneak attack on Li Ru's camp and soldiers encircle Chang'an City

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Duan Wei led the ten thousand cavalry and left the camp quietly. However, as soon as he left the camp, he was followed by Cao Shuo's scouts.

"Quickly go back and report to the king, we will continue to watch here."

In Cao Shuo's big village, Huang Zhong, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Yan Liang, Zang Ba and others came to Cao Shuo's big tent, waiting for Cao Shuo's orders.

"Cao Ren, Zang Ba, the two of you lead five thousand tiger guards and ten thousand crossbowmen to defend the camp and protect several army divisions at the same time."

"promise!"

With 5000 people, with the most advanced equipment, the sharpest arrows, and the most powerful crossbows, it is no problem to stick to a camp.

The combined army of Li Ru and Duan Yao is less than 8 people. It is just a dream to break through his camp.

Cao Shuo, Huang Zhong, Xia Houyuan, and Yan Liang, each with [-] troops, secretly left the camp. Their purpose was very simple, to sneak attack on their camp while the opponent was attacking.

Although he knew that Li Ru would not easily give up his camp to him, this was the most effective way to eliminate Dong Zhuo's remaining troops.

Regardless of whether Li Ru was in ambush or not, he would attack the opponent's camp. Dong Zhuo's troops were running low. If they were wiped out again, Chang'an could be broken within half a month.

Xia Houyuan said with a serious face: "General Huang, you and the king will attack Li Ru's camp together, while General Yan Liang and I will sneak attack Duan Yao's camp."

Among them, apart from Cao Shuo, only Huang Zhong and Dian Wei had the highest military strength. If two of them followed Cao Shuo, there would be no problem.

Cao Shuo denied, "Dian Wei and I are fine. Han Sheng pretended to be the defeated Qin army after bypassing Hongmen, and then took all the counties to the east of Chang'an."

Huang Zhong hesitated for a moment, but he still agreed, "Would you like to let the little boy Huang Xu stay and obey the command of the lord?"

Cao Shuo shook his head, Huang Zhong also needs help, Huang Xu must be of great use following him, not to mention that there are many young generals on his side.

Cao Shuo led the army and sneaked outside Li Ru's camp. The scouts in ambush found Cao Shuo and reported: "Your Majesty, Li Ru has led the army out of the camp, and there are only two or three thousand people left in the camp. "

Two or 3000 people?

Cao Shuo looked surprised, this is probably a trap.

Even if he led a large army to attack his camp, Li Ru should leave at least 5000 people behind to ensure that his camp would not encounter any problems.

As far as these two 3000 people can do, his cavalry will rush in, and I am afraid that the entire army will be wiped out in less than half an hour.

"Dian Wei, you lead the three thousand Xuanjia troops and kill me in."

"Kill it!"

"General Dian Wei of the State of Wei is here. If you don't want to die, surrender quickly."

"Send the arrow, release the arrow!"

The soldiers in the camp seemed very flustered, and Dian Wei's cavalry rushed into the camp without encountering much resistance.

"boom!"

A fire ignited in the camp instantly, Dian Wei looked horrified, he didn't expect that there were not many people in the camp, but there were a lot of things that started the fire.

"Get out!"

"hiss!"

"what…"

Numerous horse-rejection posts blocked Dianwei's retreat. Seeing that Dianwei could not rush out, Cao Shuo looked at Han Hao behind him and said, "Han Hao, you lead five thousand cavalry to support General Dianwei!"

"promise!"

"Boom!"

Han Hao led the five thousand Xuanjia troops directly into the camp.

The two joined forces, ordered the soldiers to clear the roadblocks, and when they were about to leave the camp, two cavalrymen suddenly killed them from a distance.

It was Li Ru and Deputy General Wu who were leading the team. It was Li Ru's idea that the two of them came back halfway. They abandoned Duan Yan and rushed back to ambush the soldiers who attacked their camp.

When Li Ru left the camp, he had already placed many fire starters in the camp, and ordered the soldiers who stayed behind to light the fire starters in the camp as soon as they encountered an enemy attack.

Seeing that Dazhai was on fire, they returned with their soldiers.

And Duan Yan also received the news that as long as the camp was on fire, he would attack the camp symbolically, and then lead the army back.

"Kill it!"

When Li Ru saw that the enemy army was Cao Ziqi, he knew that this large army that was attacking must be Cao Shuo's Chinese army.

"Capture Cao Shuo alive and make him a king with a different surname!"

"Kill Cao Shuo and make him king of Wei!"

Cao Shuo, who was still lying in ambush, heard this voice, his face was full of contempt, and he wanted to capture me alive?

Let's not talk about how many troops you have, even the [-] Xuanjia troops behind me, from Xiliang to Qingzhou, you don't have the ability to capture me alive.

Looking at the chaotic scene in the camp, Zhao Yu asked eagerly, "Your Majesty, aren't we going to help?"

"Dian Wei and Han Hao can handle it, we don't need it for now, let's see if there are any ambushes."

Cao Shuo waited for a while, and when he saw that no ambush came out, he shouted, "Kill!"

"Cao Shuo is here, who dares to fight!"

"kill!"

Li Ru, who was commanding the soldiers to fight against Dian Wei, was ashamed when he heard Cao Shuo's voice. The bastard was so calm and waited for so long.

"His Royal Highness, the opponent's cavalry is too strong, and we will soon be unable to stop it."

"His Royal Highness, the opponent's general is too brave, and our dozen lieutenants can't last a round in his hands."

"His Royal Highness, our rear army has collapsed."

Li Ru was very depressed, there was nothing he could do if the ambush was like this, even if Cao Shuo didn't come, I'm afraid they would not be able to take down the thousands of cavalry trapped in the camp.

"withdraw!"

In desperation, Li Ru had no choice but to lead the army to retreat. If the battle continued, all of their army would be here.

"Quickly retreat to the Hongmen Pavilion and join forces with General Duan Yan."

When Li Ru came outside the camp at Hongmen Pavilion, seeing the flames in the camp, his heart sank, and Cao Shuo actually divided his troops to attack Duan Yan's camp.

"Xia Houyuan is here, where is Li Ru going!"

Li Ru hurriedly led his soldiers to resist for a while, and at this moment, Duan Yan led the army to the camp.

The two joined forces to break out of the siege and rush to Chang'an.

Cao Shuo let Han Hao and Xia Houyuan guard the two camps, and then he, Dian Wei and Yan Liang led an army to pursue Li Ru.

There were pursuers behind and interceptions in front. Li Ru escaped death and returned to Chang'an City. There were only more than 1000 people left. In order to cover his retreat, Duan Wei personally stayed behind.

Li Ru looked at Duan Yan who was tied up outside the city, his eyes darkened, and he almost fell off the tower.

This is even worse for them who are short of major generals.

They don't have many generals who can command troops to fight. If Cao Shuo encircles Chang'an and sends generals to take other counties, it will be dangerous.