Beibi Mountain, on the official road.

The sound of "booming" horses came from far and near, and I saw a team of Xuanjia cavalry riding horses and whipping and galloping, galloping straight to the towering Luoyang City.

Shaoqing, after bypassing the official road of Pishan, the vanguard general who led his troops to attack suddenly stopped at the horse, raised his hand to signal the cavalry behind to suspend the march, and sent scouts to investigate.

"Zixiao, why don't you stand still?"

An extremely divine horse slowly stepped forward, and a middle-aged general wearing a dark red robe and battle armor on the horseback rode slowly to the front of the army, and asked with a slightly hurried breath.

"My lord, the situation in Luoyang City is unknown, so we should not rush there. If there is an ambush in the city, or if the princes have already arrived first, we will go straight to the bottom of the city, lest we be ambushed by the enemy. Therefore, the last general will send scouts to find out the situation, and then it is not too late for the camera to act. The vanguard general replied respectfully.

"Hehehe!" The middle-aged general smiled heartily when he heard this, and said with his head bowed: "Zixiao is becoming more and more calm and capable, not impatient, planning and then acting, quite a general's style, I am deeply pleased with my brother." ”

"The lord has won the award, and the end will be deserved." The vanguard general was not arrogant when he heard the praise, turned his head to look at the five thousand iron horsemen behind him, and said with deep feelings: "If you say that the general worthy of the name of the commander under the command of the lord is none other than the disciple and the one, he is a well-deserved general." In just half a year, Zihe trained this well-trained Xuanjia cavalry, whose ability to train and command troops was the first of all generals, which made the last general ashamed. ”

The middle-aged general bowed slightly, and said thoughtfully: "Zihe is indeed a general, but he has been unknown before. The pearl is covered with dust, if it weren't for Xun Yu's strong recommendation, we would still be kept in the dark. Within half a year, this cavalry was trained to be as fast as a leopard and as fierce as a tiger. Zi and both civil and military, really surprised me, a well-deserved commander of the army. Fortunately, he is a member of my Cao clan and the younger brother of Zixiao, which is a great fortune for my Cao clan! ”

The vanguard general who was called "Zixiao" by the middle-aged general was Cao Ren Cao Zixiao. Therefrom. The identity of the middle-aged general is about to come out, he is Yanzhou Cao Cao Mengde.

And the "Zihe" praised by the two of them is Cao Chun Cao Zihe, who is now known as the general of the Cao army. And the Xuanjia cavalry behind them was carefully selected by Cao Cao. Strive to build war armor and weapons, buy excellent war horses, and train the tiger and leopard riding by Cao Chun.

After more than half a year, the tiger and leopard ride has taken shape. This time, this cavalry was commanded by Cao Ren. Follow Cao Cao to Luoyang to meet him. Within three days, the tiger and leopard rode for hundreds of miles, as fast as the wind, like thunder, and the formation was not chaotic at all, which alone amazed Cao Cao and Cao Ren. And this is just a small test of the edge, in case of war, in order to really test the combat power of this iron horse, whether it can be a hundred.

It must be known that in order to build this war horse, Cao Cao did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money. Almost to the fullest, invested a lot of manpower and material resources. Pick the bravest soldiers, equip them with the best horses and armor, and craft the sharpest weapons. It is not difficult to see from this that Cao Cao really has high hopes for the tiger and leopard cavalry, aiming to build an iron cavalry guard that is strong and persistent, invincible and invincible.

It was precisely because Cao Cao had extremely high expectations for this cavalry and gave his best to support it that this cavalry was formed within half a year. 5,000 tigers and leopards to ride, each cavalry is a tiger warrior selected from hundreds of thousands of troops, at least a team leader or centurion, all of them are skilled in archers and horses, experienced in a hundred battles, and have rich experience in fighting. Therefore, at the beginning of the formation of this cavalry, there was no need to train riding and fighting skills, but directly trained the overall cooperative fighting and battle formation changes, and the order was forbidden, as fast as a leopard, as fierce as a tiger, like an arm and fingers, and immobile as a mountain.

This is a strong force that Cao Cao desperately wants to have after learning the bitter lessons of previous defeats.

Looking at the overlords of all the princes, all the princes with strong military strength have a sharp knife army under their command, and most of them are war horses. At the top of the list is the self-proclaimed overlord of the princes, Xiliang Li Li, who has the strongest Xiliang Iron Cavalry in the world: Flying Bear Soldiers, Longxiang Battalion, Tiger Ben Battalion, Wuwei Battalion and Jin Yiwei and other strong teams. Secondly, it is the wolf cavalry army under the command of Lu Bu, the reason why Yanzhou fell is due to the wolf cavalry army, and an iron cavalry of more than 10,000 people beat Cao Cao's more than 100,000 troops to retreat and collapse; This lesson can be described as extremely painful, and Cao Cao will remember it in his heart. The last well-known team is the Danyang elite soldiers under the original Xuzhou Mu Taoqian.

In addition, there is a white horse cavalry under the command of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, there is a first-class soldier under the command of Yuan Shao of Jizhou, which is known as the first army in the world, and there is a black feather bow and crossbow battalion with extraordinary combat power under the command of Yuan Shu of Yangzhou; There are also two strong troops under Liu Biao's account in Jingzhou, one is the Jiangxia Naval Division led by Huang Zu, and the other is the Changsha Army led by Liu Biao's son Liu Pan.

In contrast, Cao Cao originally had a powerful force under his command, which was the Qingzhou soldiers, who claimed to have 100,000 people. It's a pity that the 60,000 Qingzhou soldiers in the first battle of Feiyundu were all wiped out, and the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers were no longer in the climate, and their combat strength was greatly damaged. In view of this, Cao Cao urgently needed to form an invincible force that dared to fight tough battles and win battles, so as to resist the sharp sword troops under the command of various princes, in case of emergency. Therefore, when Cao Cao recaptured Yanzhou, he immediately formed an iron cavalry, from which the tiger and leopard cavalry came into being, and quickly became the first strong force of Cao's army.

At the same time, with the appearance of the tiger and leopard cavalry, its first commander Cao Chun also became famous, known as "the first general of the Cao army", both civil and military, amazing talent. Under the city of Puyang, Cao Chunli fought Lu Bu for more than 70 rounds without defeat, which shows his bravery; Sticking to Dong'e for half a year without losing, winning the last foothold for Cao Jun, it shows that he is brave and strategic, calm and serious. Then there were the tiger and leopard cavalry trained by his own hands, and on the day he became an army, he overwhelmed the battalions and won the first place, thus establishing the status of General Cao Chun.

As the saying goes, the times create heroes, if it weren't for the fact that Cao Jun was in danger and was about to be destroyed, Cao Chun would probably be difficult to get ahead, and he would be suppressed by the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, etc. all his life, and always be under their backs. However, it was precisely because of the current situation that Cao Chun stepped forward in times of crisis and won Xun Yu's admiration and appreciation in one fell swoop. Then it came out on top. became the most appreciated general by Cao Cao, so he regarded him as a confidant and was promoted to the general of the Praetorian Guard. Left behind in the state pastoral office.

However, Cao Ren has always been at odds with his younger brother Cao Chun. is also a member of the Cao clan, and the reason why Cao Chun has always been infamous is not unrelated to Cao Ren's secret suppression. It is precisely because of this that Cao Hong and the Xiahou brothers also have very little contact with Cao Chun, as if they were excluded from the Cao clan, so that Cao Chun has no chance to show his strength in front of Cao Cao. As a result, it was buried among many generals.

However, for Cao Cao, he was not prejudiced against the people of the Cao clan. treats everyone equally, and has always regarded the Cao clan as a close confidant. This time, Cao Chun has been buried for many years, and he must be compensated for both public and private, not to mention Cao Chun's strong martial arts and outstanding strategy. This made Cao Cao pleasantly surprised. Naturally, it is necessary to make an exceptional allocation and entrust it with important tasks.

To this day, Cao Ren has to accept the reality that his younger brother Cao Chun is indeed a general, and his talent is far above his brother. As time passed, Cao Ren gradually let go of his prejudices, released his old suspicions with his younger brother Cao Chun, and reconciled. Cao Cao praised this move. is also relieved, after all, clan infighting really shouldn't be. And as the patriarch of the Cao clan, he is also powerless for the entanglement between Cao Ren and Cao Chun's brothers. Fortunately, Cao Ren is worthy of being the chief general of the Chinese army he values the most, he is tenacious, knows how to weigh the weight, and takes the initiative to take a step back and reconcile with Cao Chun, so everyone is happy.

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"Report ?????? There is no ambush in Luoyang City, and now the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials are resting in the ruins of the palace, and there are only more than 100 followers with them. ”

As the scout quickly returned, Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Xun Yu and the others suddenly sighed, and their expressions couldn't help but relax.

"The army continued to move forward and went straight to Changle Palace." At Cao Cao's signal, Cao Ren waved his hand, and five thousand tigers and leopards rode in response.

In a few moments, Cao Zhen led the army forward and entered the Luoyang Imperial City in advance, while Cao Cao, Cao Ren and Xun Yu were slowly walking with their own soldiers. While riding his horse, Cao Cao turned his head and said to Xun Yu: "According to the law of the Great Han Dynasty, foreign ministers still need to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven to show their loyalty. What should we do if we waited for this day and night march to be in too haste, and did not prepare anything to pay tribute? ”

Xun Yu's expression moved when he heard this, he thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "The lord doesn't have to worry too much, there is a plan to solve the siege of the lord." ”

"Oh? If there is any good policy, you might as well say it bluntly. Cao Cao said in amazement.

Xun Yu said with a smile: "This time, the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials fled and returned from the rule of Li Thief, it was not easy, and they must have experienced many hardships and died for a lifetime. When they returned to Luoyang at this moment, they must be short of food and clothing, hungry. Let's think about it, what do people need most when they are hungry? At this time, no treasure in the world can compare to a hot meal. Therefore, we do not need to prepare tribute, we only need to order some meals to be prepared. ”

"Hehehe! If this is true, it is very good. Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, stroked his beard, and said with deep feelings: "In the past, Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and he was most eager to eat a mouthful of hot rice and drink a mouthful of broth when he was on the run, and I expected that the same would be true of the Son of Heaven and the officials. Cao Ren, go and prepare some dough and chicken soup immediately, there must be no mistake! ”

"No, the last will obey." Cao Ren gladly accepted the order, and then took more than 100 soldiers to ride horses to a nearby village.

As soon as Cao Ren and the others left, Cao Cao and Xun Yu heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves behind them, and then saw a sentry galloping over, and flew off their horses and reported urgently: "My lord, thirty miles from the rear, I found that a large group of men and horses were rushing to Luoyang, and we could catch up with our army in half an hour!" ”

"Ahh Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others changed their voices when they heard this, and they exclaimed. Cao Cao frowned, and asked sharply: "Have you ever seen which way the rear army is under the banner of the princes, is it the Xiliang Army or the Jizhou Army?" Hurry up! ”

The sentry cavalry hurriedly said: "The other side has a lot of soldiers and horses, there are 50,000 people, and they are under the banner of Yuan Shao of Jizhou. ”

"Huh———" Cao Cao sighed after hearing this, his frosty expression relaxed slightly, and said thoughtfully: "It turned out to be Yuan Shao." I didn't think he would come to meet him, but I didn't expect him to come this time. The most unlikely people to take over all led the army to Luoyang with great fanfare, so it can be inferred that there must be many princes who came to meet him this time. Within three days at most, the princes of all parties will come one after another, and the day when the princes of the world will gather in Luoyang is just around the corner. ”

After a pause, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xun Yu, his face was ugly, and he said in a deep and worried voice: "It seems that I may have run for nothing this time??????

Xun Yu's expression was solemn, his brows were furrowed, and he lowered his head and thought about it while saying in a soft tone: "Don't worry, lord. As the lord said, even Yuan Shao of Jizhou, the fourth and third dukes, came, and the other princes must also lead troops to come, after all, the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials are the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and their importance is self-evident. Before Li Thief controlled the Son of Heaven and commanded the world, so that the princes of all walks of life were repeatedly coerced by him and suffered deeply, such as fleeing Chang'an with hundreds of officials today, this is a God-given opportunity in front of all the princes.

Whoever can control the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, rule the world, occupy the name of righteousness, and his strength has skyrocketed countless times. What a temptation this is, and who can be indifferent? However, a God-given opportunity often means that danger lurks, and when the princes of all walks of life gather, an unprecedented melee will break out. And this is the opportunity we are waiting for, as long as we plan properly, we may not be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"I hope so." Cao Cao sighed lightly, immediately lifted the reins of his horse, and while galloping his horse, he shouted: "All the soldiers speed up and follow me into the city??????"

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