When the smoke appears this time, even though Cao Cao and others have experienced hundreds of battles, they are not as calm as before.
Now there are only ten guards in total. If there is another strong enemy, they will not be able to do it after the break.
Jia Xu sighed in his heart, thinking that he should have retreated to Lishi City to find Liang Xi, the governor, but now he has fled south for dozens of miles and it is impossible to go back. There is no point in mentioning this matter again.
The most important thing is that this ambush came from south to north, but to the north of them, there was still the wave of ambush that Yuan Huan and others were resisting, and they were unable to advance or retreat.
Cao Cao said angrily: "After Gao Qian's death, it has been three years since Bingzhou was established, but we didn't expect that there are still so many bandits in the territory!"
Cheng Yu solemnly said: "In that case, let us wait for the end. The master's horse is fast and there must be a chance of survival."
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "No, you and I are like fish in water, how can we throw them away!"
At this point, the only option is to head east into the Luliang Mountains to see if there is a chance of survival.
Xu You was calm, looking intently in the direction of the enemy, and suddenly said: "Lord, look, that is..."
Everyone looked at his finger and were immediately overjoyed.
I saw the word "Cao" written on the enemy's flag.
Cao Cao threw his horse whip to the ground and laughed loudly: "It's the lonely Tiger and Leopard Cavalry! The lonely Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has come to help!"
Only then did everyone notice that the cavalry team was lightly armored, but strong in momentum. It had a killing atmosphere when marching. The leading general was more than thirty years old and had a stern expression. He was the prime minister who led the tiger and leopard cavalry. Lang Caochun!
After Cao Cao decided to go north alone that day, Xia Houyuan led the Three Rivers Cavalry and Cao Chun led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and then set off to provide support.
Unlike Cao Cao, the army marched with fewer people. It traveled much slower and was always behind. Among them, the Sanhe Cavalry was slower than the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and was several days' journey away from Cao Cao.
But even the most powerful tiger and leopard cavalry in the world were tired after galloping thousands of miles south and then thousands of miles north. By now, they were still one day away from Cao Cao and others.
Therefore, no one among Cao Cao and others expected that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry would appear here.
Cao Chun had also discovered them and quickly accelerated his horse to the river.
In his impression, Cao Cao, the clan brother, always had a majestic appearance, but this time, Da Zhen and Xu Chu were not here. Cao Cao only had ten people here, and he looked extremely embarrassed.
Cao Chun turned over and dismounted, bowed and said: "My lord, our reinforcements will be late!"
Cao Cao quickly dismounted, supported him and said, "Just in time, just in time!"
Cao Chun stood up, and Cao Cao immediately said: "Zihe, how many people did you bring?"
"The number of the second battalion."
The number of people in a battalion is about a thousand, and five battalions constitute an army.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry gathered the elite of Cao's camp, and they were all warriors selected from a hundred.
The Battle of Chibi was a water battle, but the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were cavalry and did not contribute much. However, in the early stage, they traveled 300 miles day and night to intercept Liu Bei at Changbanpo in Dangyang and broke Liu Bei's plan to go south to take over Jiangling. But he has accomplished extraordinary feats.
The entire Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had less than three battalions in total. Cao Chun brought out the second battalion this time, which was basically an overwhelming force.
Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "Return to the north quickly and rescue Zhong Kang and others!"
"Here!"
With the tiger and leopard riding behind them, Cao Cao and others swept away their depression and headed north.
On the way, the three military advisors wanted to ask Cao Chun several times why he arrived so quickly, but seeing that Cao Cao was preoccupied and Cao Chun was with him, they didn't ask.
Not long after walking, they saw Xu Chu, Yuan Huan, and Du Xi coming with more than a dozen cavalry. All of them except Xu Chu were injured.
Xu Youqi asked: "Zhongkang, have the enemy troops escaped?"
Xu Chu and others were delighted when they saw the tiger and leopard cavalry coming. When talking about what they had just experienced, the three of them were confused.
It turned out that more than a hundred enemy cavalry without flags came out of the mountains. The cavalry leader fought with Xu Chu for more than ten moves. After showing off his weakness, he led his troops and fled back to the mountains. He seemed to be very afraid of them.
Xu Chu rubbed his head and said: "The enemy guard is really powerful. I will fight him regardless of the outcome. In my opinion, he is no worse than, well, no worse than Lu Bu. But if it is an infantry battle, I should be able to Suppress him."
The generals were horrified. Lu Bu's reputation as the invincible in the world was too loud. If others said he was inferior to Lu Bu, they might not believe it. However, here are all direct descendants of Cao Cao. They knew that Xu Chu had extraordinary military power, and when Cao Cao and Lu Bu competed for supremacy, Xu Chu saw this. If someone who has surpassed Lu Bu says this, it must be true.
Cao Cao thought about it and sighed: "It turns out that there is such a fierce general in the world, but I don't know his name."
Xu Chu opened his mouth but said nothing. The other party was originally going to tell him his name, but he slashed him back with a knife and beat him for a long time without even asking him his name.
After confirming that Xu Chu and the others were all fine, Cao Cao felt relieved and asked Cao Chun the doubts he had been holding in his heart for a long time.
"Zihe, yesterday your army camped, it was still nearly a hundred miles away from here. Today, even if you work hard, you will never reach here. How did you get here?"
In fact, he had wanted to ask for a long time, but in the face of a powerful enemy, he had to remain calm and pretend that everything was under control.
Cao Chun smiled and said: "Actually, it was not my idea, but someone sent me a letter."
"Deliver a message?"
Everyone was puzzled. The Tiger Guard Camp and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were all Cao Cao's troops. If Cao Cao was away, whose letter could mobilize the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?
Cao Chun took out a letter from his armor and presented it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao took it and laughed when he saw it.
"It turned out to be Xiao Wu's handiwork!"
"General Beifu?"
Everyone was surprised, and Cao Chun explained: "The staff of Beifu discovered that there might be a traitor in Luliang Mountain, so they immediately wrote a letter and had it sent to my camp. According to that person, there is a bird in Beifu called homing pigeon, which can be used day and night. Traveling nearly a thousand miles, carrier pigeons can communicate between big cities. Xiao Wu was sent from Beifu to Jizhou first, and then sent to my camp by fast horse. I led the army to set off overnight, so that we can catch up in time!"
Only then did everyone understand the whole story.
Xun You said: "The staff member of the Beifu must be Zhuge Kongming. This man has talents in the world and has made great achievements again this time. This is exactly the person my lord needs!"
For this Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao has long been interested in talents. After hearing what Xun You said, he said: "Gongda, when we go back this time, this talent..."
He thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, Xiao Wu's people are Xiao Wu's people, no one is allowed to take them."
Xun You felt awe-struck, knowing that he had made a mistake, and from now on he would never talk about robbing people from Beifu again.
But Jia Xu had a new understanding of General Beifu's energy.
He could understand the ability to deliver a letter to Hubaoqi, but he could not understand the ability to make Cao Chun believe a letter sent by a slave.
Cao Chun was only in his thirties, and he was not well-known among the Xia lords. However, he was a person who paid great attention to military discipline. Otherwise, he would not have been allowed to lead such an elite group of tiger and leopard cavalry.
When Bei'an killed Dong Xi, Cao Chun led the army without saying a word and directly accepted the challenge, which shows his character.
However, the matter involved General Beifu, and he believed it without saying a word and broke camp.
Yuan Huan and Du Xi also realized this. They looked at each other and had some guesses in their minds.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, which only Cao Cao could command, actually listened to Cao Wu's words. This was of great symbolic significance to them.
Cao Cao, who was so suspicious of Liang Xi, the governor of Bingzhou, did not show any suspicion of Cao Wu because of this matter. The relationship between the brothers and Cao Wu's influence on the early generals of Cao's army were far beyond their imagination.
Cao Cao was accustomed to this, and he was more concerned about the homing pigeons that Cao Chun mentioned.
He had heard Cao Wu talk about this thing before, but because it was extremely difficult to raise, he had not succeeded at that time. Now it seems that it can be used.
"Gongda, remember it."
Xun You quickly leaned over.
"We can always get some of these homing pigeons. Let people go to Beifu to learn how to raise them. They can be used on a large scale in the future, which will benefit the three armies!"
Several military advisors nodded frequently, each feeling ashamed that they had forgotten such an important matter just because they speculated on the Lord's thoughts.
While everyone was talking, there was smoke and dust in the north again. Xun You glanced at Cao Cao calmly and was relieved when he saw that he didn't smile.
There were two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, enough to run rampant. They waited for the smoke to approach, but it turned out that Liang Xi, the governor of Bingzhou, came with troops to help.
Liang Xi was sweating profusely. Seeing that the Prime Minister was fine, he happily said: "Liang Xi came late to save us. Please forgive me for your sins!"
Cao Cao never mentioned that he would rather go around than go to Liang Xi just now. He walked over and helped him up like he was Cao Chun and said: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way. Mr. Liang is so loyal and so lonely."
There were Xiongnu soldiers and Qiang soldiers who disrupted his territory one after another, and he could not escape the blame. However, Cao Cao did not blame him for this. Instead, he said that the Hu people did not follow the rules.
The two chatted for a few words, and Liang Xi felt relieved when he saw that Cao Cao really didn't blame him.
Cao Cao asked Liang Xi to disarm and rest. He also sat on the ground by the river, and all the generals sat around. Talking about the danger just now, they all wondered who the enemy general was next.
After talking for a while, Cao Chun slapped his forehead, took out another letter from his arms and said: "My lord, here is another letter, which is given to you by Xiao Wu."
"For Gu?"
Cao Cao took it. This was the second time in a few days that he received a message from Cao Wu.
The last time at Lishi City in Bingzhou, Cao Wu simply introduced what happened in Xudu City. Cao Cao was very happy and thought that Cao Wu had plans to leave the mountain.
This time, Cao Cao looked surprised. He read it several times before making sure he saw it correctly.
He put down the letter and saw everyone looking at him, so he sighed: "The dead soldiers of Sima Yin in Hanoi have rebelled."
"What?"
Sima Sima in Hanoi is a wealthy family. Sima Bada's grandfather also served as the prefect of Yingchuan and had high prestige. How could they rebel?
Cao Cao couldn't believe it. At that time, Cao Wu wanted to touch Sima Yi, but he did not do it in the name of Cao Pi's good relationship with Sima Yi. At that time, he had a good feeling for Sima Yi.
Unexpectedly, Sima Yi's father Sima Fang actually rebelled not long after.
What he hates most is repeaters.
Cao Chun nodded and said: "The servant in Beifang said that Sima Fang took advantage of the opportunity of serving as Jingzhaoyin to raise three thousand Qiang horsemen to die. There is a witness to this matter, and Zhonglang General Ma Dai can't be wrong. That's why I believe it. Get him and rush here."
"Qiang people, isn't that the person who attacked us just now?"
Xu Chu jumped up.
"I'm afraid so."
Xun You and the military advisors looked at each other, and everyone thought at the same time that this matter would never be that simple.
Xun You asked tentatively: "My lord, how should we deal with this matter?"
Cao Cao sneered: "The one who judges me is the Yi tribe!"
So, after seeing off Liang Xi, the governor of Bingzhou, the Hubao Cavalry took a short rest and went straight to Wenxian County, Hanoi.
