Hanzhong was about a day's journey from Wuwei, so Zhao Yun led 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry and set off a quarter of an hour later. By noon, two-thirds of the way had passed. Zhao Yun ordered the entire army to rest where they were. However, At this moment, I saw a cavalry of a hundred people coming here. When they got closer, they found that the leader was Liao Hua!
The latter noticed Zhao Yun's expression of ecstasy. Soon, after some conversation, he learned that Cao Cao had arrived in Wudu in advance. Although Xu Rong and others rushed back, the situation was still not optimistic!
After all, I learned from Li Ru that the overall situation in Yizhou had been decided, and Liao Hua was preparing to come to Hanzhong to see if he could have spare support.
So Zhao Yun made a decisive decision and asked his deputy general Chang Qi to lead the army, while he led three thousand cavalry to follow Liao Hua and return to Wudu first! When they approached Wudu, they met up with Zang Ba, and then they had the cavalry in front of them!
According to the original plan, after a day of hard fighting, Cao Cao's army must have been exhausted, so he could directly attack the center of Cao Cao's army, which might have a miraculous effect! After all, after the previous battle in Luocheng, Zhao Yun was confident in his own fighting power! However, after all, Cao Cao was not comparable to the likes of Liu Mao and Liu Xun. After rushing to the city, he found that Cao Cao's army had stopped attacking the city at this moment, and the entire army was holding on, and there was no loophole to break through!
While Zhao Yun was hesitating, he suddenly heard a call from the city, ordering him to enter the city temporarily!
Zhao Yun frowned. Seeing the prepared posture of Cao's army at this time, he also knew that it would be difficult to complete the battle. He ordered one of his men to return and inform Chang Qiruolai to temporarily station in the dense forest to the west of Wudu. He then rode his horse and led the others. File through the west gate.
At the same time, Xiahou Dun and other generals also came to the central army where Cao Cao was. Xiahou Dun was the first to speak: "My lord, the enemy has entered the city. Should we continue to attack the city?"
Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "There is no rush for this moment. Everyone is tired. The whole army will rest tonight. By the way, I heard that the Liangzhou army is good at night attacks. Xiahou Dun, please remember to arrange to take turns to watch the night!"
The generals had no objections and soon returned to their camps to make arrangements. At this time, in Wudu City, all the soldiers were lying around the city wall to rest. Only the logistics personnel were busy walking around, distributing water and food, and carrying seriously injured soldiers to the city hospital for treatment.
After arranging everyone under his command, Zhao Yun headed to the hospital under the guidance of Gao Shun. Soon he came to a ward, opened the door and entered, and saw Lu Bu and Hua Xiong sitting in the room at this time. The eyes on the wall were confused, but Li Ru was lying on the bed, Xu Shu and Zhang Liao were sitting beside the bed, and an old man stood silently on one side.
Seeing the two people arriving, Li Ru coughed violently, and drops of blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. Xu Shu was about to stop him, but saw him waving his hands, and instead sat on the bed with the latter's support.
At this time, the old man in the room shook his head and sighed, walked out of the room, and closed the door.
At this time, Li Ru glanced at Zhao Yun, nodded with satisfaction, and said weakly: "Having Zilong, Yuanzhi and others as assistants is really the cause of King Hongnong. It's a pity that he didn't have the opportunity to witness his unification. The Central Plains, the magnificent scenery of peace and prosperity! Ru finally gave a few suggestions to King Hongnong. Take what you should take, and let it go... let it go. As for how to do it..." Li Ru paused, coughed violently, and said nothing. He didn't talk much about this topic, but looked at Xu Shu steadily.
When Zhao Yun saw this, he didn't know that Li Ru was already exhausted at this time. Although he didn't have much contact with him, it can be said that a large part of the reason why his lord has achieved his current achievements is the contribution of the person in front of him! And now...thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but moisten.
After listening to Li Ru's words, Xu Shu thought thoughtfully and said to himself: "Li Ru has seen through the current situation in just half a day, and I can't be worse!" '
"I've been taught a lesson!" He then bowed deeply to Li Ru with his fists clasped and said respectfully.
Li Ru showed a satisfied smile, turned his eyes to Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, and said: "Xiaofu and Wen Yuan, the reason why they can avenge their father-in-law is entirely dependent on them. Ru thanks them both here!" He said deeply. Yiyi!
The two men hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and Li Ru continued: "I know what Marquis Wen is thinking, and you two will fully assist King Hongnong in the future!" The two were shocked and looked at Lu Bu who was standing aside, but Lu Bu nodded with a smile. The two couldn't help but turn to look at Li Ru, but when they saw the sincere look in his eyes, they couldn't help but sigh inwardly and had no choice but to nod.
Finally, Li Ru's eyes fell on Lu Bu and Hua Xiong. Zhang and Gao quickly stepped forward and helped Lu Bu and Hua Xiong to Li Ru's bedside. Li Ru first nodded to Hua Xiong and said, "Zijian (Hua Xiong) (character), I know that Cheng Lian's death has hit you hard, but... a man stands between heaven and earth, and since you promised him, you must live well!" Hearing this, Hua Xiong couldn't help but flashing back to Cheng Lian in his mind. In the scene between them, he has no heirs, but he has regarded Cheng Lian as his son since he picked him up. Although he is very naughty and neither old nor young, but... Hua Xiong did not dare to think about it anymore, and gritted his teeth to prevent himself from crying. Come, hold Li Ru's skinny palm tightly and nodded.
Li Ru fixed his gaze on Lu Bu again and said softly: "Marquis Wen... I think about how high-spirited you were under the Grand Master back then. You fought back millions of enemy invaders while laughing and dressed in bright clothes and angry horses. It seems like yesterday! Ru!" Knowing about the death of your father-in-law has already made you want to die, and it is only the belief in revenge that has kept you alive until now, but have you ever thought about what will happen to your family and children?! What will happen to us, the relatives of the Grand Master?" Li Ru's voice Getting bigger and bigger, he held Lu Bu's arm tightly, opened his eyes wide, and said loudly: "Promise Ru the last thing, Marquis Wen will not commit suicide after I leave! Otherwise, my father-in-law and I will not be able to rest in peace under the Nine Springs!! "Hearing this, Lu Bu was silent for a long time... but after seeing Li Ru's determined eyes, he finally sighed and nodded!
Li Ru's eyes were a little blurry, and a scene from many years ago seemed to appear:
"Let me tell you, you are such a bad-tempered guy, I will hand over my daughter to you today! If you let my Juan'er suffer even the slightest injustice in the future, I will never spare you!!"
The fat figure seemed to appear in front of him again. His pretended serious expression made people want to laugh, but Li Ru had to suppress his laughter and answered seriously...
...I'm sorry, father-in-law, my son-in-law didn't do it.
Lu Bu felt the dry palm gripping his arm gradually loosen... and finally slipped to the edge of the bed.
On this day, Li Ru... died.
Yongzhou-Luoyang
At night, the troops led by Yu Jin were resting here! At this time, everything was silent, but Guo Jia, who had returned with the army, was tossing and turning in the tent and unable to sleep!
The previous sneak attack was very strange. It was not so much a sneak attack, but more of a death attempt. Now that I think about it, it should be to delay time, but the reason why it was delayed is still unknown.
'etc! ! reason? '
'What was the purpose of throwing away Hua Xiong, but how did the rescue force appear? I had always fallen into a misunderstanding before. Hua Xiong and that unit acted together. One was responsible for the raid and the other was responsible for the response. But since he was going to die, why did he have to respond again? Thinking of this, Guo Jia suddenly stood up!
My thoughts gradually opened up. I couldn't see through the situation before, but now I am far away from the battlefield and looking at it from the perspective of a bystander, the truth of the whole thing begins to become clear!
'According to the intelligence, there are only a few thousand people in Huining and they are all Lu Bu's army. Hua Xiong brought 3,000 cavalry which is the limit. However, the team he rescued before was at least 2,000, and it seems that they were dressed in Wudu. Jun, obviously not from Huining! If it's not like waiting for an opportunity to attack, then there is only one possibility, and that is just the right time!
So... where did this army come from? Guo Jia closed his eyes and meditated. A map slowly unfolded in his mind. According to the distance, he scanned the locations of Hua Xiong's raid one by one. The final target was fixed on one place: "Yes, Dong Zhuo built Meiwu City at all costs and used Xu Shu to build it." Why don't you have the wisdom to leave an army here to hold on? ? Then there is only one purpose, this is a trap. In this way, the hiding place of the army will be revealed... Yes, with Dong Zhuo's cunning back then, how could he not leave a secret underground palace and the like...'
"Not good!" Thinking of this, Guo Jia shouted and hurriedly ran out of the tent...
