The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 338: Five Golden Fortress

"Ready your horse!"

Cao Cao put on his armor, picked up his sword, and went outside the tent.

The flames dyed half of the sky red!
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and stared at the fire over there.

But after watching for a while, Cao Cao suddenly raised his hand and called Xu Chu.

"Don't prepare the horse! Help me take off my armor!"

Xu Chu:?
Xu Chu pointed anxiously at the fire outside and said, "My lord! This is Liu Bei coming to attack us personally! And he can see the flags of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. How can he take off his armor at this time?"

"Hahahahaha!"

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao burst into laughter after hearing this.

"Liu Bei is trying to scare me!"

"They met him in the daytime and attacked the camp at night. Their preparations must have been hasty, and it was impossible for them to transport Ma Chao's cavalry across the Ying River! In my opinion, Liu Bei must have left the cavalry in the rear camp and only attacked the Ying River with a small force, and then set fire to it in order to cause chaos!"

"If I go out to meet the enemy now, the soldiers will definitely panic and think that it is Liu Bei's cavalry coming!"

"In this case, I will just stay calm and let Liu Bei deal with it on his own!"

"After the fire is out, if Liu Bei doesn't withdraw, I'm afraid he will be the one in trouble!"

"Order to all the generals! Just put out the fire, and everything will continue as usual!"

After saying this, Cao Cao really took off his armor and went to sleep in his tent.

After hearing about Cao Cao's actions, the panic caused by the attack on the camp gradually dissipated among the Cao army generals who were originally a little panicked, and they organized their soldiers to go out to put out the fire in an orderly manner.

……

Seeing that Cao Jun's camp had returned to calm after a brief panic, Liu Bei could not help but exclaim: "It is Cao Mengde after all!"

As Cao Cao guessed, Liu Bei did not have time to plan to transport Ma Chao's cavalry across the Yingshui River. He only led the infantry to set fire to the camp.

Now that he saw that Cao's army camp was not in panic, Liu Bei knew that his plan had been discovered by Cao Cao, and he decisively chose to sound the retreat.

After all, there is the Yingshui River blocking the way. If Cao's army were to react and pursue them, Liu Bei would end up losing more than he gained.

When Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others saw that Liu Bei had ordered his troops to withdraw, although they were resentful, they still retreated to the west.

When Zhao Yun was about to retreat, he suddenly saw a general rushing up with a sword in hand: "You, a nobody, don't leave! How dare you attack Xiahou En's camp! You are courting death!"

Xiahou En was so confident in his bravery that he completely forgot Cao Cao's military orders and rode his horse towards Zhao Yun with amazing power!

Zhao Yun was holding a silver spear. Seeing the opponent rushing towards him alone, he did not dare to be careless, thinking that it was another general of the Xiahou family!
War horses are intertwined.

Weapons collide!

Zhao Yun was suddenly shocked!

Although he could not feel Xiahou En's strength, when they were fighting, Xiahou En's sword directly cut a groove on his spear!
"What a sharp sword!"

Zhao Yun looked at the sword in Xiahou En's hand, and saw the words "Qingguang" written on the sword!

When Xiahou En saw that Zhao Yun was stunned, he thought that the other party was afraid of his strength, so he roared and attacked again!
Now that Zhao Yun had figured out his opponent's strength, he shook his wrist lightly, and the spear shot out like a dragon, attacking directly at Xiahou En's throat!

Blood splattered, Xiahou En covered his neck in disbelief, while Zhao Yun came to his side and swept with his spear, knocking the Qinggang sword in Xiahou En's hand into the air!

Zhao Yun grasped the hilt of the sword and was even more delighted after looking at it carefully!

Tightening the reins of his horse, Zhao Yun did not give the soldiers in Cao's camp a chance to react. He directly inserted the Qinggang sword into his scabbard and then rode away!

After catching up with Liu Bei, Liu Bei saw that Zhao Yun seemed to have blood on his body and thought that he had encountered some difficult person.

Zhao Yun presented the Qinggang sword and said, "I didn't encounter any danger. It was just that a Cao general rushed over and held me back for a while! Then I saw that the sword in his hand was sharp, so I took it back!"

Liu Bei took the sword and saw the words "Qingguang" on it. He was stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.

"It seems that we have not gained nothing today! This Qinggang sword is as famous as Cao Cao's sword Yitian, and it is a magical weapon that can cut iron like mud! It must be heartbreaking for Cao Cao to see Zilong get this sword!"

After that, Liu Bei returned the Qinggang Sword to Zhao Yun: "A sword worthy of a hero! Since it was obtained by Zilong, this sword should naturally belong to Zilong!"

When Zhao Yun heard that Liu Bei had given him the sword, he was very excited and decisively put it in his pocket.

……

Cao Yingzhong.

Cao Cao, who had been pretending to be asleep, now pretended to get up and inquire about the battle situation.

Upon hearing that Liu Bei had indeed withdrawn his troops, Cao Cao showed a smug look on his face: "Liu Xuande has made no progress at all in all these years! Do you think you can deceive me with this trick?"

But when he heard that Xiahou En was killed and even the Qinggang sword was taken away, Cao Cao's eyes still turned red.

"Chase him! Chase him for me!"

Unfortunately, Cao Cao "got up" too late. At this moment, Liu Bei had already crossed the Yingshui River and returned to the camp in Ye County!
"Qingguang! My Qingguang!"

Cao Cao pounded the table angrily, but it was of no use!

The other side.

Cao Ren and Cao Chun were leading more than 10,000 people towards Luoyang along the direction of Jishan.

Cao Ren and Cao Chun are brothers from the same mother. They have a close relationship and have no need to worry about anything. Whenever they encounter problems, they speak their mind and never hide their feelings.

"Brother."

Cao Chun's face was solemn: "Lord Cao ordered us to attack Luoyang, which is obviously a risky move! If we lose..."

"What are you talking about, Zihe?"

Cao Ren had a dignified appearance, a brilliant mind and great ambition.

"Now that Lü Bu, Gao Shun and others have all come out in full force, Luoyang is completely defenseless. How can we not win?" Cao Chun's expression was unnatural: "What if?"

"What's the 'what if'?"

Cao Ren scolded his brother, but soon raised his eyes.

"Zihe, tell me the truth! Are you afraid of losing the battle, or are you afraid of becoming an enemy of the emperor?"

After Cao Chun's thoughts were exposed, he sighed heavily: "I really can't hide it from my brother."

"Indeed."

"After all, I still don't want to be an enemy of the emperor."

"Brother, you said that we are all Han officials, so why are we now enemies of the imperial court? And we are directly attacking the emperor's dragon banner! What if father knew..."

"Don't mention my father's name!"

Cao Ren and Cao Chun's father, Cao Chi, died early, but he had served as Taizhong Daifu, Shizhong, and Changshui Xiaowei.

These were positions close to the emperor, and it would be completely unrealistic to say that Cao Chun was not impressed by his father.

So Cao Ren couldn't bear it after scolding Cao Chun: "Zihe, I won't tell you any big principles, I just want to ask you! Who was protecting our hometown during the Yellow Turban Rebellion?"

Cao Chun hesitated for a moment, and replied uncertainly: "Is it Huangfu Song, the General of the Left?"

Cao Ren: ...

He looked at Cao Chun with a headache: "Yes! That's right! It was indeed Huangfu Song who led the troops to defeat the Yellow Turban leader Bo Cai in Yuzhou! But after defeating their main force, there were still small groups of Yellow Turban bandits roaming around. Who was protecting our hometown at that time?"

Cao Chun: "Of course it's my cousin (Cao Cao) and my brother!"

"Yeah!"

This is the standard answer Cao Ren wants to hear!
"That's when I realized that outsiders are unreliable after all!"

"If you want to protect yourself, you can only rely on your blood brothers!"

"And now that things have come to this, does Zihe really think we still have a way out?"

……

Cao Chun was silent.

After all, there are some differences between him and Cao Ren.

Although they are brothers from the same mother, their growth experiences are very different.

After the family split up, Cao Chun lived in Luoyang. Before he was twenty, he entered the court as the Yellow Gate Minister. He did not return to his hometown until Cao Cao fled from Luoyang.

But Cao Ren had been wandering between Huai and Si, during which time he secretly gathered thousands of young people to form a force, acting lawless.

Therefore, even though Cao Chun understood some of the truth in what Cao Ren said, he still did not want to actually fight the Emperor of the Han Dynasty on the battlefield.

Seeing this, Cao Ren knew that he could not convince Cao Chun.

"Zihe only needs to know that this battle must be won!"

"Don't worry about whether the opponent is the emperor or the emperor himself. Only by successfully completing Meng De's tactics can we have a chance of survival!"

"Otherwise, if Lu Bu and Liu Bei attack the Central Plains at the same time, how can we hold on?"

Cao Ren patted Cao Chun on the shoulder and said, "In this battle, you must forget about the emperor and the Han Dynasty!"

"Just think of this battle as one fought for Meng De! To repay Meng De's kindness! Do you understand?"

After being stunned for a moment, Cao Chun smiled bitterly.

Cao Ren is right.

At this point in time, there is no longer any Han Dynasty, and no emperor.

Now all that’s left is our enemies and ourselves!

Cao Chun bowed to Cao Ren and said, "Thank you for your guidance, brother!"

"In this case, please let me be the vanguard and go to find out the real situation of Luoyang first!"

Cao Ren knew that his brother was still a little confused, but would never show mercy in battle, so he readily agreed and even joked with Cao Ren: "Zihe, charge slower! Don't just go over and capture the emperor, leaving me without even a sip of soup!"

Cao Chun took the order and led his army away, but he sent information to Cao Ren only on the second day:

"withdraw!"

"Brother! Retreat quickly! We can't attack Luoyang!"

What is there that cannot be attacked in Luoyang?
Cao Ren thought that Cao Chun was afraid of the Han emperor again, so instead of retreating, he rode at full speed to the south of Luoyang.

When Cao Ren arrived here, he finally realized that Cao Chun was not afraid of the emperor's bluffing prestige.

What Cao Chun was afraid of was the terrifying ten-meter-high platform in front of him!

Jin Yong City!
Every three meters, a terrace appears.

On the terrace were rows of ferocious crossbows, and the densely packed sharp edges were enough to make one feel cold at a glance.

On the second-floor terrace stood a number of elite archers.

Judging from their demeanor and physique, they are undoubtedly the elite in the army, and are sharpshooters who specialize in point-blank shooting!

Although there were no soldiers guarding the top terrace, a flag was flying there that made Cao Ren and Cao Chun look ashamed.

The emperor’s dragon banner!

The emperor is right before our eyes in the impregnable Jinyong City!
(End of this chapter)