---Pioneer Camp---

At noon, the sun was shining brightly.

Zhang Feng was summoned to the large tent of the Pioneer Camp to discuss the war.

When the door curtain is lifted, the first thing that comes into view is Cao Cao wearing a suit of armor.

Beside Cao Cao are Sun Jian's generals, and in front of him are Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian as the commanders.

His face was solemn, as if he was discussing something with Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian.

"That's exactly what happened. The other princes besides me are drinking wine six hundred miles away."

Cao Cao said.

"Here, Dong Zhuo kidnapped the emperor and tried to flee to Chang'an. She even burned the city of Luoyang. You told me that the allies were drinking?"

Sun Jian stared in disbelief and raised his finger to point in the direction of Luoyang City. Every time he shook his arm, his fingertips would tremble.

"Brother Wentai, it's useless for you to glare at me. Yuan Shao is worried that Dong Zhuo is hiding an ambush. All the princes are looking at me and I look at you. No one is willing to take the lead in sending troops."

Cao Cao shook his head helplessly.

While he was explaining the facts, he was also secretly hateful in his heart. After a pause, he continued:

"They are about to start a fight over a few soldiers, horses, grain, grass, and cities. I am the only one, leading more than 10,000 elite cavalry from my headquarters, to rush here to support them at starry night."

"Oh, what a missed opportunity. Why didn't you cherish such a good opportunity? I really feel sorry for him." Hearing this, Gongsun Zan gloated and mocked from the side.

What he likes most is seeing Yuan Shao being unlucky. He said it was a pity, but in fact he was already happy in his heart.

"Brother Bogui, you really praise Yuan Shao too much. He didn't even see this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so why should he miss it?"

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

Gongsun Zan frowned calmly, then looked at Sun Jian and said, "Then, brother Meng De, what do you have in mind?"

"Well, to be honest, there is a huge achievement right in front of the three of us."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, glanced at the two of them, and then said:

"At the beginning of the alliance, the various princes agreed that whoever attacked the capital first would report to the Holy Emperor and confer him the title of Hussar General. Now, Luoyang is empty. The Dong thieves have fled and brought a large amount of gold and silver treasures with them. We

It is absolutely possible to divide the troops into three groups and adopt a three-pronged approach."

"The first line is to gather all the infantry and march into Luoyang. The second line is to gather all the cavalry to chase down the Dong thief on a starry night. The third line is to gather a small group of elite troops to cut off the Dong thief's wealth."

"As far as I know, in order to avoid trouble, Thief Dong deliberately separated the gold and silver from the large army and transported it through remote roads. As long as he sends a small group of elites, he will surely catch up!"

After Gongsun Zan heard this, he nodded in enlightenment and said:

"In this way, the three of us can gain fame, wealth, and power respectively. It is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"That's right. Which way do you two generals want to go?" Cao Cao handed over the decision-making power to Sun Jian and Gongsun Zan.

Because he had already guessed what the two of them would choose.

Gongsun Zan is already the lord of Youzhou and does not need the title of General of Cavalry.

And when he came this time, he was forced to do nothing, so he only brought all the white horse followers as scouts.

Moreover, the white horse Yi Cong under his account consumes an unusually large amount of money, so there is no doubt that he will choose gold and silver.

Most of Sun Jian's troops are infantry, and he cannot safely hand over tens of thousands of infantry to others.

It can be seen from this that the paths of the two of them have actually been decided.

"As for me, I am a relatively vulgar person and I don't bring many troops, so I want to send a small force to capture the gold and silver." Gongsun Zan said with satisfaction.

Sun Jian, on the other hand, pondered for a while.

"Most of my Jiangdong disciples are infantry, and there are less than three thousand cavalry..."

Hearing this, Cao Cao quickly answered:

"And I lead all the elite cavalry. General Sun, can you hand over all three thousand of your cavalry to me? I will personally lead them, Xingye, to hunt down the Dong thief!"

"You lead the infantry into Luoyang, and General Gongsun, I will put my special forces under your control and let them join you. We will definitely succeed immediately."

"In addition, if I fail to hunt down Thief Dong, I have a third plan. General Gongsun, you can also let the special troops who recover the money transform into assassins and assassinate Thief Dong!"

"Two generals, are you satisfied?"

Cao Cao was moved by his emotions and gave almost all the real benefits to the other two. How could Sun Jian and Gongsun Zan not agree?

"Satisfied." Gongsun Zan replied truthfully.

"Okay, that's it, Brother Lao Mengde is here." Sun Jian made fists with both hands and said goodbye.

"To eliminate thieves for the country, why don't we separate ourselves? Brother Wentai and Brother Bogui, why don't we set out immediately." Cao Cao said seriously.

Sun Jian was not a procrastinator, so he immediately asked his generals to give all his cavalry to Cao Cao.

Gongsun Zan also happened to see Zhang Feng who was called over by him at this moment.

"Well, okay, just in time, oh, Da Zhuang, you are here too. You must have heard what we just said. I ordered you to join this special force with your people. Is there any problem?"

As soon as Gongsun Zan spoke, Sun Jian and Cao Cao turned around and looked at Zhang Feng who was standing at the tent.

Zhang Feng pursed his lips and replied casually: "No problem."

He also thought there was a problem, but the system was arranged this way, so he had to take it one step at a time.

Of course, he can also choose to change the plot, but what will happen after changing the plot is uncontrollable, and doing so is more dangerous.

If he was alone, he could do whatever he wanted, but the decision he made at this moment was related to the fate of their class, so he had to make a serious decision.

...

Due to the arrival of Cao Cao, Zhang Feng and others had to embark on the road to pursue Dong Zhuo.

Their target is the so-called gold and silver treasures, but because the Dong thief's escape route is highly consistent with the route to escort the gold and silver treasures, Zhang Feng and the others need to go on the road with Cao Cao for the time being.

It is worth mentioning that this robbery...well, the small team that recovered the treasure included more than a hundred people.

The more than one hundred people included fifty students from the school, plus more than sixty white horse Yi Cong.

The general who commanded Baima Yicong was Zhang Feng's old acquaintance - Zhao Yun.

That's right, Zhao Yun, who was not taken seriously at first, was promoted by Gongsun Zan to captain of the personal guard after the battle with Lu Bu, and could directly manage all the white horse Yi Cong.

His personal guard is different from Zhang Feng's nominal position.

However... within a few days, the overall situation of the army became worse.

Because Luoyang was burned down, Cao Cao's troops received almost no supplies along the way. In addition, they left in a hurry, and there was not much rations left in the troops.

In order to catch up with Dong Zhuo as soon as possible, Cao Cao led his army to attack overnight, which doubled the pressure on everyone.

Along the way, everyone discovered that the villages and county towns along the way had been looted.

Not to mention supplies, not even the hair is left.

While Dong Zhuo abducted all the people, he also implemented the policy of "not taking a stitch from the people".

Really, except for what I couldn't take away, I hugged everything in my arms and ran away.

It's okay for Zhang Feng and others, after all, their goal is gold and silver, not Dong Zhuo.

But the army led by Cao Cao began to have a headache.

Even if they could catch up with Dong Zhuo by running in simple clothes, how could they defeat the Xiliang cavalry because they were short of men and horses?

I can’t say that I will lose completely. I can only say that there is no chance.

Cao Cao didn't worry too much about this.

According to his words: To seize victory and march forward, it doesn't matter how many there are, and when the troops flee, there is no need to worry about their numbers.

As for Lu Bu, his evaluation of this was that although Lu Bu was brave, he was an ordinary man and was incompetent. Although Xiliang's army was large, it was at the end of the war. Although our army was small, we pursued the victory. One of the two prospered and the other declined, and the victory or defeat was determined.

Moreover, their target was not Dong Zhuo's head.

What Cao Cao really wanted was the emperor.

However, the soldiers under his command did not know Cao Cao's specific thoughts. When the enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered, the soldiers on the ground would naturally cause commotion.

This commotion even spread to Zhang Feng.

One night, the soldiers, who had been working hard all day, complained while they were resting.

As the saying goes, people have three emergencies. When Zhang Feng opened the gate to release water, he heard the complaints of a team of white-horse Yi Cong who were burying pots to make rice.

"It's crazy to sleep so late every day and travel eighty or ninety miles every day. Apart from eating, everything is spent on traveling. I really don't know what they think."

"It's bad, who can say it isn't? Not to mention the horse is tired, the skin on my thighs is all scratched. Fortunately, we will be separated from Cao Jun soon, otherwise we will really die on the road."

"Hey, please keep your voice down, don't let the two captains hear it, or you will be punished again."

"Tch, who's afraid of them? Isn't he just a guard captain? He's so arrogant, really."
Chapter completed!