Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shu. He didn't know why, but he always felt like he was on the verge of death. He had experienced this feeling several times just now.
While he was engaged in an ideological struggle, five generals, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Li Dian, and Yue Jin, came with their troops and horses, and surrounded Cao Cao.
"Meng De, you can lead your troops to Hanoi to rest and recuperate. I will lead my troops to continue chasing Dong Zhuo."
Seeing that Cao Cao's generals had arrived, Yuan Shu could only give up the idea of killing Cao Cao.
Yuan Shu's murderous intention dissipated, and Cao Cao's feeling of dying also disappeared without a trace.
Looking at Yuan Shu again, Cao Cao felt that the current Yuan Shu and Yuan Jiujiu were completely different from the past. He was very dangerous, very dangerous, even more dangerous than his friend Yuan Shao.
It was also from this point on that Cao Cao secretly made up his mind that Yuan Shu could be his friend but not his enemy unless necessary.
"Thank you so much for the highway. Your life-saving grace will be rewarded generously."
After that, Cao Cao took four to five hundred remaining soldiers and headed towards Hanoi under the protection of the generals.
"My lord, Cao Cao is a powerful man. Why didn't you take the opportunity to get rid of him just now?"
Seeing Cao Cao leading his people away, Ju Shou frowned and slowly came to Yuan Shu.
"Note, Cao Cao is called a hero, but the generals under his command are not easy to mess with. Instead of wasting his troops here, it is better to concentrate on chasing Dong Zhuo."
After hearing Ju Shou's words, Yuan Shu also felt a little regretful, but immediately felt relieved.
Boss Cao, Boss Cao, I want to see whether you, the Hero of Troubled Times, or I, Yuan Shu, are stronger. If you are caught by me again next time, don't blame me.
"Um,"
After stopping Yuan Shu's words, Ju Shou still frowned, but he nodded. Now Cao Cao is just a minion with no soldiers, no generals, no officials and no power. It really doesn't matter whether he kills or not.
"Take Xu Rong into custody, and the rest will follow me to hunt down Dong Zhuo,"
The army did not stop and rushed out all the way. Xu Rong's 10,000 ambush troops were defeated by Yuan Shu without any preparation. Two to three thousand were killed on the spot, 5,000 were surrendered, and the remaining people fled without knowing it.
Traces.
After defeating Xu Rong's ambush, Yuan Shu did not stop, leaving two thousand men to control the prisoners, while the remaining troops continued to pursue Dong Zhuo.
After Lu Bu defeated Cao Cao, he left Li Jue and Guo Si with their troops to guard him, and he drove his horse towards Dong Zhuo, guarding the left and right sides.
"Father, it is exactly what Li Ru said. Cao Cao, the Cavalry Commander, led his troops to pursue him, but I killed him and was defeated. Hahahaha."
Lu Bu came to Dong Zhuo and reported to him the situation of the battle.
"Prime Minister, after this defeat, the princes will definitely not dare to pursue you again, but they have to guard against it."
Although he heard Lu Bu say that Cao Cao was defeated, Li Ru still felt something was wrong.
"Don't worry, Li Ru, I have arranged for Li and Guo to provide support from behind."
After hearing Li Ru's words, Lu Bu immediately told him his arrangement.
"That's very good. Fengxian, I have an important relationship with the emperor, so you can protect me here."
"promise."
Li Jue and Guo Si had just defeated Cao Cao and had become arrogant soldiers, so they ordered their soldiers to plunder the people of Chang'an. In this way, the 20,000 Xiliang soldiers were completely dispersed.
"Report, there are people moving westwards ahead."
It took more than a day, but Yuan Shu didn't delay at all, and finally caught up with Dong Zhuo's large army.
"Okay, my general ordered me to kill only the Xiliang army. No one is allowed to disturb the people. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
"promise."
When Yuan Shu's troops arrived, scouts immediately rushed to Li Jue and Guo Si to report the news.
"Report, we found Yuan Shu chasing troops."
Li Jue and Guo Bang were both shocked when they heard what the scout said.
"Who? Whose pursuers?"
"Sir, we are Yuan Shu's pursuers."
The scout answered again.
"Guo Si, Yuan Shu's troops are so strong that even Lu Bu can't resist him. Why don't we withdraw?"
Li Jue came to Guo Si and said to him.
"Li Jue, we fled before the battle with Yuan Shu. I'm afraid the Prime Minister won't be able to survive."
Guo Bang looked at Li Jue with hesitation in his eyes.
"What's so difficult about this? We ordered our troops to disperse and retreat. We led our own troops and cavalry to rush to get along with the Prime Minister. We said that Yuan Shu was powerful and could not resist him. I understand that the Prime Minister would not say anything."
Li Jue looked ahead and then behind him, and a plan came to his mind.
"Li Jue, as expected, you have the most clever ideas. Just do this and let's run away."
Just as they were told, Guo Si and Li Jue led their elite soldiers to kill a large number of people, smeared their bodies with blood, pretended to be fighting hard, and rushed towards Dong Zhuo.
"Prime Minister, something bad is going on, something is going wrong."
Li Jue and Guo Si ordered their troops to rush to Dong Zhuo's place, only to see them covered in blood and looking extremely miserable.
"what happened?"
Dong Zhuo opened the curtain and looked at the two men, his eyes full of horror. You must know that apart from Lu Bu, these two are the most powerful generals in the Xiliang army.
"Prime Minister, Yuan Shu came with tens of thousands of troops to kill us. We were defeated and were killed. We came here to apologize to the Prime Minister."
Li Jue and Guo Si dismounted and accused Dong Zhuo.
"Wenyou, what should we do now?"
After listening to what Li Jue said, Dong Zhuo also had no idea.
Among the so-called eighteen princes, the only one Dong Zhuo was really afraid of was Yuan Shu. Now that he heard that he was coming to kill him, he panicked.
"Prime Minister, now is not the time to pursue the case. Although Yuan Shu is coming to kill us, he is still far away from us, so he ordered his men to kill the people and drive them to flee backwards. The wave of people formed in this way is enough to smash the pursuers to pieces.
We can take this opportunity to speed up our escape to Chang'an, and at the same time station troops in Caoyang to resist Yuan Shu's advance. As long as we pass Hangu Pass, we can sit back and relax."
Li Ru's plan is even more vicious. The lives of the people may really be as worthless in his eyes, otherwise he would not have come up with such a plan.
"Okay, let's do it."
Li Ru was plotting poison, and Dong Zhuo was not a good person. It was just human life, and he didn't care.
Originally, the Xiliang army plundered the people, but now with Dong Zhuo's general order, they became even more unscrupulous. Countless people were killed by the Xiliang army's butcher's knife.
Faced with the horrific massacre by the Xiliang army, the people who were abducted fled back one after another.
The wave of people formed by one person, ten people, a hundred people, a thousand people, ten thousand people, a hundred thousand people, and millions of people is unstoppable.
"My lord, for the present plan, we can only avoid it temporarily. Let Dong Zhuo go west, and then send people to send food supplies. If we can get this population, it will be worthwhile."
Jushuo looked at the defeated crowd and felt helpless. There were some things that no one could predict. It was like this wave of people was really unstoppable.
"Hey, hey, hey."
Yuan Shu could only say "Hey" three times in a row and lead his troops to avoid the crowd.
The surging crowds continued for three days. Within three days, Dong Zhuo had led his troops past Caoyang. After leaving his troops and horses for defense, he went straight to Hangu Pass.
Yuan Shu led his soldiers and horses to gather the refugees and led them across the river to Hanoi County. After receiving Wang Kuang's support, he headed for Changshan.
