Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Privately hiding the jade seal, it can be seen that even if Sun Jian didn't have a clear idea of ​​zào fǎn, he was ready to move. This time he cooperated with Cao Cao in the pursuit, obviously wanting to make a last profit.

Moreover, on the surface, their pursuit decision cannot be miscalculated. Dong Zhuo's army must be in a state of instability after a full retreat. It is reasonable to say that they can win without much effort, but they don't want Guo Si and Xu Rong, especially Xu Rong to fight bravely. The two sides ended up in a stalemate.

Li Yi felt that the possibility of Sun Jian and Cao Cao getting reinforcements was extremely slim. If Liu Bei was here, he might send troops to support him. As for the others

In history, the group of princes just sat and watched Cao Cao's pursuit and defeat, and this time he thought about it too.

Therefore, at this moment, Guo Si and Xu Rong are worried that the other party will have reinforcements, but why not Sun Jian and Cao Cao?

Dong Zhuo was really annoyed, and he dispatched 2 people to counterattack. The princes in Luoyang City were fine, and the two of them could only end in a big defeat!

From this point of view, Sun Jian and Cao Cao are also in an embarrassing position where they cannot win a battle, and they will lose if they retreat. Moreover, Guo Si only needs to remain undefeated, but for Sun Jian and Cao Cao, even if they fight A tie, after going back is likely to be made fun of by other princes.

Li Yi reorganized his thoughts in his mind again, and under the expectant eyes of Guo Si and Xu Rong, he smiled slowly: "I have a plan to retreat the enemy!"

At night, in Cao Cao's big tent, Sun Jian was discussing the next battle with Cao Cao with his brows furrowed. Just as Li Yi guessed, they were indeed in a dilemma at the moment.

"If Yuan Benchu ​​can send a support soldier at this moment, I can guarantee that the heads of Guo Si and Xu Rong will be taken in less than two days!"

Sun Jian clenched his fists, his face was full of unwillingness. He was held back by others when he was defeated last time, and this time it was again.

"Ugh!"

Cao Cao sighed leisurely, and said: "I heard that Ben Chu and other justices held a celebration banquet in Luoyang, ha ha."

His complexion is very bad. In the last battle, the arrow wound on his shoulder cracked again, which made him very tired. In addition, he was at a disadvantage in the battle. If he was not worried about being followed and killed by the opponent when he retreated, he really wanted to leave now. Of.

As for whether people would make fun of him or not, Cao Cao didn't care at all.

Sun Jian snorted heavily, and said, "The celebration banquet! Did they forget that the emperor is still in Dong Bandit's hands?"

Cao Cao was silent for a moment, and said: "You and I want to welcome the emperor back, but now we are blocked by Guo Bang and Xu Rong, not to mention the stalemate, even if we win, but there is no reinforcements, we can still fight to Chang'an No way? Not to mention that Dong Zhuo's main force hasn't been dispatched yet, alas, Wentai, it's time to consider retreating."

Cao Cao looked outside the tent and said with emotion: "I'm worried that if this stalemate continues, it will be bad for our army!"

Cao Cao wanted to retreat after the first confrontation, but Sun Jian didn't want to. What Sun Jian wanted was a big victory, but he lost to Xu Rong instead. Expectations are too great!

Seeing that Sun Jian was hesitating, suddenly a personal soldier walked in quickly.

"General, just now our scouts found reinforcements coming in the forest behind the enemy."

"what!"

Sun Jian and Cao Cao were immediately startled. Now that the two sides have equal forces, whoever gets reinforcements first will have the advantage.

Sun Jian, who originally wanted to spend a while longer, couldn't help but retreat, but after the initial panic, Cao Cao quickly regained his composure and said, "Bring the scout in, and I'll ask him face to face."

Sun Jian asked suspiciously, "This is Meng De?"

Cao Cao smiled slightly: "Soldiers never tire of deceit, maybe it's just the other side's suspicion of tactics?"

Chapter 93

Soon, a scout was brought in and reported to Cao Cao how he found the enemy's reinforcements.

It turned out that when this team of scouts was patrolling, they suddenly noticed a night bird flying in the forest in front of them. They knew there might be something strange in it, so they went up to check it immediately, but it was dark and covered by trees, so it was hard to see clearly, so they had to look for it. Get out of hiding and hide and wait.

Then they waited not long before they saw a fire appearing on the mountain road in the distance. Although the fire disappeared quickly, the scouts still clearly saw that the fire was a torch, and there were crowds of people under the torch, and they were all Western Liang Jun dressed up.

After watching for a while, the scout saw that he could not get any more information, so he came back to report.

Both Cao Cao and Sun Jian were silent. If it was said that they appeared on the road swaggeringly, the possibility of suspicious soldiers was more likely, but if the other party marched overnight and was so careful, it was likely that reinforcements came.

Through detailed work, they also probably knew the military deployment of Dong Zhuo's side when the capital was moved. According to the current time, the only reinforcements that could appear were Zhang Xiu's troops.

Cao Cao and Sun Jian didn't care about the night, and hurriedly called someone to list out the information they had recently obtained about Dong Zhuo's side. They immediately discovered that Zhang Xiu's whereabouts had disappeared two days ago.

Isn't it that the whereabouts of the cautious night march are unknown?

I don't know how many people Zhang Xiu has come!

Cao Cao's brows were furrowed tightly, and Sun Jian was not in a daze, even though he was unwilling, and said helplessly, "We really have to consider a way out."

However, Sun Jian stared at the map, with even more sorrow on his face. In the current situation, if he really wants to retreat, at least one or two thousand people must be left for nothing. This is a relatively smooth situation.

Sun Jian was a little afraid to think about it.

So, that night, Sun Jian and Cao Cao didn't rest well. On the second day, the two of them with dark circles under their eyes told the scouts to expand the patrol area, beware of the attack of Guo Si's army, and then they got together again to discuss how to get out. It's just that I couldn't think of any perfect solution after all, so I could only take precautions while sending a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that he could send troops to help.

As a result, after two days of such anxiety, he still couldn't figure out a solution, and Yuan Shao still held a celebration banquet, which made Sun Jian and Cao Cao very annoyed.

However, what is even more strange is that there has been no movement in Guo Si and Xu Rong's camp, which makes Sun Jian and Cao Cao feel that something is wrong.

When the strength of the troops was equal before, the two sides fought life and death several times. Both Guo Si and Xu Rong would take the initiative to send troops to seek a chance to win. It can be seen that they are not timid and withdrawn, but now that they have received reinforcements, they are not moving. Yes, this is definitely not normal.

Finally, the two who had a faint feeling that they had fallen into a trap combined, and Sun Jian sent Huang Gai to lead 1000 people to call for battle, but no one responded to the high-hanging free battle card on the opposite side. At the gate of the camp, they found that there were only a few old and weak soldiers inside, but the real army had been discredited and withdrawn two days ago.

Sun Jian personally interrogated a few old and weak, and asked them where the reinforcements were, but the other party was trembling and confused. He knew about asking for help, but he didn't see a hair of such things as reinforcements from beginning to end!

Sun Jian was furious, and directly asked someone to push out the old and the weak and chop them up, but this could not reduce the anger in his heart by half!

Both Sun Jian and Cao Cao knew that they had been played by the other party. They misjudged that the other party was coming for reinforcements. They expected that the other party would never choose to retreat, so they asked the scouts to focus on the defense. Slid down and slipped cleanly.

Just imagine, what kind of cynicism would it be to return to Luoyang like this?

Originally, Cao Cao was most inclined to retreat, but now he does not have the mind of a future prime minister, and this anger is suppressed in his chest, only to feel the pain from the arrow wound on his shoulder again, so he stood up abruptly, and asked Sun Jian loudly: " Wentai dare to chase me for a while longer?"

Cao Cao made up his mind to pursue him, and asked Sun Jian not "willing or not", but "dare or not".

Sun Jian pondered for a while, but he was not provoked by Cao Cao and agreed, he was thinking about his chances of pursuing.

Originally evacuated from Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's side was already demoralized, and now that they evacuated again, it would only be more unbearable!

However, he and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses felt aggrieved from top to bottom, wishing to fight Guo Bang and Xu Rong immediately. As long as they ordered the pursuit, morale would definitely not be a problem.

However, the title of Tiger of Jiangdong is not for nothing. Sun Jian thought about what he saw after entering the camp. There was no food, grass, equipment and equipment left behind, and they were all taken away by Guo Bang. It's early, but they can't go very far. They are going fast, and they will definitely catch up!

Thinking of this, Sun Jian said loudly: "Why don't you dare? But soldiers are expensive and fast, and we each command two thousand elite light soldiers, how about it?"

Although the number of [-] pursuers is relatively small, as long as the first battle can be won, and then the defeated soldiers are chased all the way, even if Guo Bang has several times the number of soldiers and horses in his hands, it will not help.

"Good! That reckless Guo Bang never thought that you and I would chase after him. This battle will definitely be a big victory!"

Thinking of this, Cao Cao laughed out loud, almost touching the wound again.

After making a decision, the two acted very quickly, leaving some people behind to guard the food and supplies, and then chased towards Chang'an with Sun Jian as the vanguard.