Chapter 51 Liu Cao fought against Luoyang

"King of Wei, King of Wei!" Cheng Yu saw that Cao Yan fell off the horse like this and hurriedly stepped forward to hold him. However, Cao Qian is already middle-aged, and he has been very well-prepared in recent years. With Cheng Yu's thin body, how can he carry more than 100 catties of meat balls that fell from the horse?

"Ah!" With a scream, Cheng Yu was forced to be Cao Yan's meat mat, and was pressed to the ground by Cao Yan and screamed. Xu Chu and others on the side hurriedly helped the two people up, but they saw that Cheng Yu was just pressed, and there was no big problem for the time being; Cao Yan's eyebrows were locked and his eyes were closed, and he was already unconscious.

"Go to the doctor!" Xu Chu roared and said, since someone rolled his fart, he went to look for it. After a while, several doctors with the army arrived in a hurry and were jointly diagnosed and treated in a temporary tent for a long time, and then they came out sweating one by one.

"The king of Wei suddenly heard the bad news of General Zixiao, and his body was already infected with some wind chill, which caused the wind evil to invade his body, so he suddenly fainted. Now I have taken the soup, but I can wake up in a few hours. However, within a few months, the king of Wei had better take good care of himself and not work too hard!" After the diagnosis and treatment were over, an old imperial doctor who accompanied the army told Cao Zhang, the third prince who accompanied the army, in detail.

"I know. Let's go down first!" Cao Zhang waved his hand to the doctors. Cao's sudden fainting indeed caused a lot of sensation to Cao's army. However, with the efforts of Jia Xu and others, the chaos did not spread in a large area. The army was still crossing the river in an orderly manner, and when he was about to finish crossing the river in the evening, Cao Wei also woke up.

After waking up, Cao Hen felt a splitting headache, and his mouth was full of medicine. He knew that he had been given soup when he was in a coma. After a little gasp, Cao Jian immediately summoned Jia Xu's people to discuss the matter.

When Jia Xu, Cao Zhang, Xu Huang and others entered the account, they were shocked to find that Cao Qian seemed to be much older in an instant. His face, which was always domineering and confident, was shrouded in loneliness at this time. The loss of the tiger prison pass and the death of Cao Ren, all of which are unprecedented major blows to Cao Yan.

"Wen He, how is the military situation now?" After breathing for a long time, Cao Qian still cheered up and asked Jia Xu about the latest battle situation.

"Now 90% of the army has crossed the Yellow River, and the former army can reach Caoyang tomorrow. According to the Malay report, Liu Bei's former army has been stationed in Luoyang, thinking that they are going to fight to the death with us. Jia Xu picked up the most important thing first. After a pause, Jia Xu said again, "I just received a military report from General Yuan Rang in the afternoon. He led the army to cross the river and attacked Le'an, but he was repulsed by Wei Yan and now he has been forced to return to Hebei. In addition, Jia Xu hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "The body of General Zixiao just now was also sent back by Liu Bei."

"What? Is Zixiao back? After Cao Yan heard the words, he quickly lifted the quilt and jumped up. Father, your body hasn't healed yet. Don't work too hard!" Seeing this, Cao Zhang, who was beside him, hurried forward to dissuade him.

"It doesn't matter, I want to see Zixiao!" Cao Jian got up in a hurry, put on only a coat, and hurried out of the tent. Jia Xu and others hurriedly followed. In a remote tent, the coffin containing Cao Ren's body was parked there. Cao Hong, the eldest son of Cao Hong and Cao Ren, who were dressed in filial piety, both knelt down by the coffin and cried silently. In the battle of the tiger prison, Cao Hong's eldest son and brother were lost. Such a blow almost made him unable to hold on for a while.

"Zi Xiao, Zi Xiao!" In the anxious call, Cao came in a hurry, and there was no calmness and calmness at all. After seeing Cao Ren's coffin, Cao Yan seemed to have lost all his strength and collapsed to the ground. Cao Zhang and others, who came later, were a little relieved to see that Cao Yan did not faint.

He cheered up and comforted Cao Hong and Cao Tai. Cao asked Cao Tai to lead people to transport Cao Ren's body back to Ye City for burial. Taking a deep breath, Cao asked, "Wen He, you just said that Liu Bei has occupied Luoyang?"

"Exactly, according to the Malay report, Liu Bei's former army said that he had occupied Luoyang. By this day, the whole army must have rushed to Luoyang. Jia Xu thought for a time.

"Zi Xiao was killed in battle, and there were not many defenders in Luoyang. General Xiahou in Guanzhong confronted Zhao Botao in Hanzhong. It was difficult to get out for a while, which made Liu Bei easily take Luoyang." Cao Yan said lightly when he heard the words. However, Jia Xu noticed that when he just talked about Cao Ren's death in battle, a trace of pain flashed in Cao Yan's eyes.

"The king of Wei rest assured that all Liu Bei's actions so far have been expected by the minister. Now he dares to enter Luoyang, and one foot has stepped into the ghost gate. We just need to block the waterway of the Yellow River, so that Liu Bei can go from heaven to earth and have nothing to hide!" Cheng Yu saw that the atmosphere was a little dull and quickly relieved.

"Zhong De, this plan is yours. Now it's up to you whether you can kill Liu Bei in one fell swoop!" Cao Yan said lightly, and Cheng Yu went to peace of mind and prepared not to mention it. Looking at the background of Cheng Yu's distance, Cao Yan suddenly felt a sense of fatigue from the bottom of his heart. After fighting for half a life and sitting in half of the country, now there is only this last enemy left, but several battles are more wins and losses. Even several clan brothers have lost their lives on the battlefield. Whether he can laugh to the end or not, Cao, who has always been confident, is actually a little out of his mind.

Cao Jian has no idea, but Liu Bei is in a very good mood now. He returned to Luoyang City, where he had been away for more than 30 years, and came back as a victor. Even Liu Bei, who had always been calm and happy and angry, couldn't help but be excited.

After worshipping the imperial tombs of the dilapidated ancestors of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei gathered everyone to discuss the matter. According to the Malay newspaper, it was said that Cao Jian personally led more than 200,000 troops. He had crossed the Yellow River and entered Cao Yang to prepare for a fight to the death with Liu Bei.

"Lord, now we have more than 200,000 troops, if they are all stationed in Luoyang City, it will be very inconvenient. In the opinion of unification, it is better to divide troops to set up a camp on the shore of Luoshui in the south of the city, and form a horn with the defenders in the city, thinking of echoing!" After reporting the military situation, Pang Tong said to Liu Bei. After all, it was more than 200,000 people who were squeezed into Luoyang City all of a sudden. It was inevitably a little crowded, wasn't it?

"What Shi Yuan said is very good. Well, you and Shu Ye and Zhong Ye lead the army to be stationed in the Luoshui camp!" Liu Bei thought for a time. At present, Pang Tong, Liu Pan and Wen Ping led 60,000 Jingzhou troops and 40,000 Yuzhou troops to be stationed in the camp on the banks of the Luoshui River. Liu Bei personally led 150,000 troops to enter Luoyang. Except for the soldiers who were damaged in the war and the defenders left behind in Xingyang and Hulaoguan, Liu Bei's army has been here, waiting for Cao to avenge Cao Ren. Of course, Cao Wei didn't let him down. Five days later, Cao Qian led more than 200,000 troops out of Caoyang and came to Luoyang to fight to the death with Liu Bei.

"Lord, Cao sent someone to send a war letter!" In Luoyang City, Kou Feng, who replaced Chen as the captain of Liu Bei's personal security, hurriedly arrived. Liu Bei took Cao Qian's battle letter from Kou Feng's hand and opened it, but there were only four words:

Fight to the death.

"Good!" Liu Bei laughed and picked up the pen without writing a word. He directly drew a hook on Cao's four words and ordered him to bring his corrected homework back to Prime Minister Cao. Then he ordered the three armies to start tomorrow and go to fight against Cao Qian.

The next day, except for a few left-behind camps and Luoyang's defenders, more than 200,000 Liu's troops all pressed on Caoyang to the west. Cao Jun had already left Cao Yang, and the two sides marched face to face for only half a day, and they met in the wilderness.

"It's a good day for war!" Liu Bei looked at the not too intense sunshine on his head and felt the moderate autumn wind blowing on his face. In this kind of weather, the most suitable thing is to go out with friends to ride horses, shoot and swim in the mountains and rivers. More than 30 years ago in Luoyang, I did a lot of such things. However, the people who fooled around together in those years, in addition to himself and Cao Wei, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers, and Gongsun Zan, have become history. Of course, many of them were ended by themselves.

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, now you are standing here and fighting to determine the ownership of the Han Dynasty. Where are the princes who laughed at you and laughed at you at the beginning? What's the way to weave the mat and sell shoes? Liu Bei sighed in his heart, and his expression couldn't help but be a little erratic. It was not until Cao Jun on the opposite side roared that he came to his senses.

In the past, when we met on the battlefield, Liu Bei and Cao Wei always had to talk about the past. Whether it's a formality or a show, after all, you have to go through this link. However, Cao came for revenge this time, and naturally he was not in the mood to do these superficial articles again. Seeing Liu Bei's flag in the distance, Cao Jian was immediately angry.

"I will order, who can capture and kill Liu Bei, a reward of ten thousand taels, a thousand pieces of brocade, and ten thousand marquis!" Cao Shen almost roared and issued this reward order. This order was conveyed to the Tiger Guard by Xu Chu, and then to every Cao soldier, and then roared out. For a moment, Cao's morale was greatly boosted and rubbed his hands. Everyone looked at Liu Bei, which was like a group of wild wolves looking at a little sheep. It was this burst of shouting that made Liu Bei wake up from his memories. Looking at Cao's morale, all of them were screaming, and Liu Bei couldn't help wrinkled slightly.

"Lord, I have a plan to defeat Cao Jun's sharpness!" It was Pang Tong who had just come up. Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words and quickly asked Pang Tong to speak.

Soon after, Liu Jun began to roar loudly, "Who will capture and kill Cao Qian? The reward is consistent, a piece of sackcloth, and the seal is long!" There are more and more people roaring, but there are still many people laughing. Cao Jun, who was originally in high spirits, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard that the king of Wei was worth something.

"Liu Bei, when will you practice such tricks?" Cao Yan couldn't help but be angry when he heard the words. In this way, the whole call became a farce. Although Liu Bei failed to boost his morale much, he successfully devastated Cao's morale. In this way, I am a little passive.

The momentary depression of Cao Jun's morale was keenly captured by Zhang Fei. Without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, Zhang Fei roared and led the pawn behind him to rush up. Zhang Fei's impact, Wen Ping, Huang Zhong and Gao Lan were all launched one after another. Nearly 200,000 of the most elite soldiers, under the leadership of these world-famous generals, went to Cao Jian's army. Only Zhang Liao and Ma Dai each led the Fengyun cavalry and the Xiliang iron cavalry, not to fight for the time being, but wandered around, waiting to find the other party's shortcomings, and then suppress the fight.

"Kill!" With Cao Hong's roar, Cao's army, which had been motionless, also began to roar and rush to fight. Hundreds of cowhide drums on both sides were pounded loudly, but they could not hide the shocking roar made by hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

(to be continued)