"Listen to the soldiers, the lord has an order, and the one with a long beard under his chin is Cao Cao, and he will go all out to hunt down and kill Cao thief!"

Hearing Huan Fei's broken drink, Li Li shook his head helplessly, turned his head to look at Guo Jia who was covering his ears, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Flying Tiger quickly stopped, there was no need to waste his efforts. If the thief is nearby at this time, and you shout out in this voice, he will not immediately cut off his beard, and he will not dare to show his head when he lurks! ”

"Ugh!" After hearing Li Li's words, Huan Fei was stunned: "This is not good, that is not good, then what do you say you should do now?" Can we still let the thief escape from under our noses? ”

Speaking of this, Huan Fei's face was full of anger, and he was full of righteous indignation: "Thinking about that Cao thief, he repeatedly wants to kill the lord and then quickly, the previous assassination of Bufu has not yet ended, thirteen days ago, Cao thief sent people to burn down the granary under the eyes of the mermaid, this time the Cao thief is even more vicious, trying to sneak attack Hangu Pass." It can be seen that Cao Thief is bent on being the enemy of our Xiliang Army, and his heart is not dead, showing that he is not at odds with the lord. What's more, the brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan died at the hands of us and others before, and just now General Hu Che'er attacked and killed his eldest son Cao Ang in front of the battle, and the lord even captured Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and Cao Anmin's uncle and nephew. Under the careful counting, almost half of the people of the Cao thief clan are dead or alive in our hands, this beam is big, and between each other is either you die or I die, there is no other way. ”

“??? In view of this, the last general thought that this battle of Feiyundu was a rare good opportunity, and if he could kill Cao Thief in one fell swoop, it would be a great trouble for the lord and my Xiliang army! Don't miss the opportunity, lose it again, my lord. The last general asked for an order to lead 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 county soldiers to immediately launch a comprehensive search, even if the radius of a hundred miles was turned upside down. We must also find out the thief to prevent future troubles! ”

Huan Fei's words really spoke to Li Li's heart, and they were the same as he thought. However, if it is really as Huan Fei said, a comprehensive and large-scale search and arrest, only 20,000 or 30,000 horses is far from enough, and at least more than 50,000 foot riders must be used to search every grass and tree within a radius of 100 miles.

It's too much of a stretch. After all, at present, the Xiliang army and the allied forces of the princes are only separated by a river, and both sides are fierce soldiers and horses, eyeing each other. It was only after the Allied forces crossed the river that a major war was about to break out. At that time, nearly a million men and horses of the two armies will face each other, the Xiliang army will fight to the death without retreat, and the expedition of the princes and allies is also determined to win. An unprecedented war is inevitable. Imminent.

In contrast, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, up to now, Cao Cao's 60,000 horses in Feiyundu have lost most of them, and it is expected that Cao's army will not exceed 30,000 at the valley mouth at the north and south ends. After some pursuit and arrest at this time, it is estimated that the Cao army that can finally escape to Hedong will not exceed 20,000 people, probably about 10,000 people. In other words, Cao Jun's ten pavilions lost eight pavilions. At most, two pavilions of people escaped, that is, more than 10,000 people.

So it goes. Yanzhou Cao Cao's strength will be cut in half. After this battle, nearly 120,000 Cao troops lost nearly half, their strength was greatly reduced, and their strength plummeted, so they became a medium role among the princes of the Central Plains, and they had completely lost their qualifications to dominate the Central Plains.

In this case, even if Cao Cao was able to escape tonight, there was nothing to be afraid of after that. Even, without Li Li personally exterminating him, Lu Bu, who occupies Yanzhou at the moment, alone is enough to destroy Cao Cao. At that time, there were only two ways out in front of Cao Cao, one was to fight to the death with Lu Bu, and the other was to lead his troops to surrender or attach to Yuan Shao; In addition, Cao Qian had the intention to send troops to Jingzhou or Yuzhou, but he was afraid that he would have more than enough strength and lamented in vain.

After secretly weighing the pros and cons, Li Li's face regained his previous calmness, a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and the color of the yin owl between his eyebrows dissipated, replaced by the generosity and self-confidence that only the strong have.

"Don't worry. In my opinion, there is no need to search for a radius of 100 miles. If Cao Cao can be caught, he will give up, but if he can't be caught, it will inevitably affect the morale of the whole army and be unfavorable to the war. Now that the war is imminent, Cao Cao's tens of thousands of horses have now lost most of them, even if he escapes by luck, there is no need to worry. Moreover, Cao Thief's foundation in Yanzhou has been lost, relying only on a few small cities to survive, running out of money and food, and not being able to replenish the soldiers, Cao Cao has been greatly injured in the short term, and it is difficult to protect himself.

Therefore, it is not appropriate for us to make a big move at present, so as not to take care of one or the other, and leave an opportunity for the princes and allies to take advantage of. In the final analysis, the biggest enemy of our army at the moment is not Cao Cao, but the army of princes led by Yuan Shao. How to break the alliance of the princes, is our top priority, as long as we win the battle of Sili, in the subsequent princes' hegemony, our Xiliang army can be invincible, and truly sit on the hegemony of the world's largest princes.

Therefore, I intend that we will each lead a team of soldiers and horses to search and arrest separately, with the primary goal of capturing Cao Jun's subordinates, followed by capturing Cao Cao. Within one day, it would be gratifying if Cao Cao could be caught or killed, but if he could not be caught or no trace of him was found, the whole army must return to Hangu Pass before dark today. This is a military order, you don't need to say more, quickly lead the troops to attack???"

"Report ———!"

Just as Li Li ordered the generals to act separately, a scout rode his horse and galloped over, and before anyone arrived, he heard the voice first: "Report ??? Lord Lord, the two generals He Man and He Yi have caught Cao Cao! ”

"Oh? Caught it, where? Li Li was shocked when he heard this, and rode the Golden Lion Beast King to rush to the scout, and before he could turn over and dismount, he grabbed his collar and asked urgently, "Where is Cao Cao now?" Let He Man and He Yi bring them to see me immediately! ”

"Ahem, ahem!" The scout, who was picked up from his horse by Li Li with one hand, made his cheeks flush, looked horrified, and coughed violently.

"Lord??? The lord is graceful, Cao Cao is hiding under the stone bridge of the official road not far away, just now the two generals He Man and He Yi have captured him, and they are now rushing here. ”

"Huh? Hahaha??? Good, good, good, good! Li Li laughed in amazement, let go of the scout casually, and said with a smile: "Tonight, I was busy looking for Cao Cao for a whole night, but I never saw any trace of Cao Thief. So good, so good! ”

"Ugh!" The laughter stopped abruptly, and Li Li stared at He Yi and He Man with wide eyes as the two brothers escorted "Cao Cao" and walked quickly, and his expression suddenly changed greatly: "This ??? How can it be a red-robed Cao general, this is not Cao Cao! ”

As soon as these words came out, Guo Jia, Li Zhi, Huan Fei, Xu Chu and Chen Zhi and other generals were stunned when they heard this, and the smiles on their faces quickly disappeared.

"The lord, the last two have caught the Cao thief, please deal with the lord??????"

Before He Yi finished speaking, Li Li immediately raised his hand to signal that he didn't need to say any more, and the Golden Lion Beast King stepped forward and instantly appeared in front of the red-robed "Cao Cao".

Taking off the red tasseled helmet of the red-robed "Cao Cao", Li Li sat on the back of the Golden Lion Beast King, his eyes glaring angrily at the white-faced bearded "Cao Cao". But seeing that the person in front of him is not very old, with a immature face, and no hair on his mouth, where is Cao Cao, who is over forty years old, and it is clearly a milky hairy boy who has not yet reached the crown.

It turned out to be empty joy again, and in an instant, Li Li's murderous opportunity suddenly appeared, and such a thought immediately appeared in his mind: "Since you impostor makes me empty happy, then I will let your head fall to the ground and blood will be splashed on the spot!" ”

"You listen to General Ben, I only ask you one word, if you dare to conceal half a word, or deceive General Ben, you will be asked to fall to the ground with your head raised by raising your hand, and the corpse will be broken into thousands of pieces, and the corpse will be abandoned in the wilderness!

Say??? Who are you and where is Cao Cao now? ”

Li Li's angry shout frightened the red-robed "Cao Cao" to tremble, his mud-stained jaw twitched violently, his face turned pale, and his teeth trembled.

"Don't kill me, I beg the general not to kill me! I said, I will say everything, and I will never dare to hide half a sentence. Please be merciful to the general's subordinates and spare your life! ”

"Stop talking nonsense and answer General Ben's question! If you dare to be verbose for half a sentence, you don't have to say anything, just die! ”

"Yes、、、 yes, yes, sin will not dare! The name of the sin will be Cao Zhen, and he is the righteous father、、、 oh no, the sin will be the adopted son of Cao Cao. This is the first time that the sin general has followed Cao Cao on the expedition, and he marched overnight to lurk in the Feiyundu Valley, originally planning to wait until dawn to first infiltrate Hangu Pass by a small group of personal soldiers disguised as ordinary people, and then attack Hangu Pass. I don't think about it, the general is as wise and martial as the gods descend from the heavens, and we were discovered by the general just after lurking, and then the battle for the plank road just now, these generals all know. As for the father-in-law、、、Oh no, where is Cao Cao now, the sin will indeed be unknown??????"

"Whew!" Just when Cao Zhen said the words "I really don't know", Li Li's face was as cold as ice, his sword eyebrows were raised, his eyes were furious, and the Jin Qi war knife in his hand was instantly raised high, making a sharp whistling sound.

"General, move slowly, the crime will be rewarded!"

When the cold blade cut off the messy hair of the sideburns and was about to fall to the neck, Cao Zhen was so frightened that he "pounced" on his knees, and his tongue trembled and said urgently: "When he broke through the valley, Cao Cao hid in the second batch of Cao troops who rushed to the official road, and the person who stood at the mouth of the valley and encouraged the soldiers to charge bravely was Cao Cao, and the people who guarded him were his four personal guards!" ”

The murderous blade was only half an inch away from the outside of Cao Zhen's left neck, and a strand of loose hair was blown to the blade by the cold wind and fell to the ground.

"What the sin general said is true, please believe me, the general!

That Cao Cao has always been suspicious and fickle, his six relatives do not recognize, and he is extremely cunning. As early as when Cao Ang was killed, Cao Cao took off his battle robe and armor, and then asked the criminal general to put it on, and ordered the whole army to rush out of the valley in front of the plank road array on his behalf.

Unexpectedly, he happened to meet the general himself into battle, so the general had to rush forward with courage, but in fact it was just for show. At the moment when the general led the army to rush and kill, the sin general knew the general's tiger power and did not dare to face the battle, so he had to turn around and retreat to the valley, and met Cao Cao on the way. ”

—————— (To be continued......)