Lu Bu's Ambition

Chapter 324 Cao Cao's Decision
Compared with Li Shimin's army composed of the Xiliang Army and the former Luoyang Army, the military discipline is scattered, and Cao Cao's army that has fought in the South and the North in the past few years has better military discipline.

Under the setting sun, under Cao Cao's order, the army began to stop charging, and gradually began to gather and line up on the ground.

However, Li Shimin's army was still a little disorganized, with hair fluttering in the autumn wind, Cao Cao looked around with a cold face and said coldly: "The army retreats slowly."

As soon as Cao Cao's army withdrew, Li Shimin's face was livid after seeing it, and he stared angrily at the big flag with Cao characters in the distance, it's hateful.

At this moment, he knew that Cao Cao had put him together, and the surrounding wolf riders suddenly broke out in a disorderly manner, galloping wildly.

Under the leadership of Lu Bu, the four thousand wolf riders turned into small groups of elites, galloping wildly like a loose pack of wolves, looking for opportunities.

"My lord!" General Cao Jun choked up his breath and shouted, but Cao Cao waved his hand indifferently to stop the words of the generals under his command.

"withdraw!"

Knowing that there was nothing to be done, Cao Cao decisively issued the general order to withdraw the troops. After reading Xi Zhicai's pale cheeks, there was a blush of satisfaction.

This is his lord, resolute and resolute. After discovering that something could not be done, he gave the military order to retreat without the slightest sign of procrastination.

This is also Cao Cao's shrewdness. After Cao Jun retreated first, Li Shimin's army became the target of the Bingzhou Army.

"My lord!" Xia Houyuan clasped his fists unwillingly and shouted in a low voice, but Cao Cao's indifferent eyes responded to him.

"Let's stay with the Li family and play with the Bingzhou army slowly. The cavalry under this general must not be defeated here. Xuzhou is still waiting for us."

The cavalry led by Lu Bu was horrifying, galloping like a pack of wolves in the wilderness. If the two armies could firmly crucify the infantry of the emperor at the beginning, maybe there would be a turning point.

But Cao Cao also saw that it was only a possibility, not a certainty. The fierceness of the Bingzhou iron cavalry, especially under the leadership of Lu Bu, would cause heavy losses and even a disastrous defeat even if it was a hard fight.

Because the general of this cavalry is Lu Bu, the invincible and mighty flying general, Cao Cao discovered the weakness of his cavalry in just a few moments of fighting.

Under the bloody sunset, Cao Cao's army began to retreat. Looking at the big flag with the word Lu in the distance, Cao Cao clenched his hands into fists.

In his heart, he was secretly looking forward to the next meeting on the battlefield. He must let Lu Bu see that the cavalry under his command are not inferior to the elite of the world.

It can be said that this is the portrayal of the cavalry under his command. If Lu Bu didn't take casualties into account, once the formation is set up, the four thousand cavalry under the leadership of Lu Bu will have a good chance of piercing and defeating their two armies.

Recalling the scene just now in my mind, Lu Bu's five hundred cavalry, each wearing black armor, was hit like a torrent of steel, and almost all of their cavalry were knocked over.

Looking back, under the blowing autumn wind, Cao Cao stared into a pair of eyes, and saw the cavalry behind him, all of them were in crumbling leather armor, and some were even broken leather armor. Except for the generals in the army, the heavy armor almost none.

At this time, Cao Cao looked greedily at Li Shimin's army. Although most of the armor was neatly made of leather, even those who didn't know how to do it could clearly see that the armor of this army was absolutely excellent.

The defeat was because the cavalry under his command had not been formed for a short time, the cavalry under his command did not have excellent armor, and the defeat was that he did not have a qualified cavalry commander.

Although he was defeated, Cao Cao's face was full of fighting spirit, and a raging flame was burning in his heart. The defeat is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that he has no mentality to face defeat.

The wailing of Bingzhou wolves were everywhere in the wilderness, criss-crossing the ground like wolves and tigers, but Lu Bu's leading wolf was looking at the battlefield from afar.

"My lord, Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops."

Hearing the ecstatic shouts of the cavalry behind him, Lu Bu smiled and nodded lightly, waved his big hand and shouted: "The army retreats slowly vertically and horizontally."

haha~
The wilderness under the setting sun was full of laughter from the Bingzhou cavalry, and Li Shimin, who looked at the distance at a slow pace, was full of anger.

But he didn't dare to lead the army to rush over, and at the same time, he was frightened by Lu Bu's courage, and even used the emperor as a bait. Once he led the army to charge up, the wolf riders would definitely flee.

However, this group of wolf riders scattered in all directions will gather behind him, forming a torrent of steel, and rush out directly from behind him.

"Withdraw!" An angry voice gnashed his teeth and shouted from his mouth. Li Shimin suppressed the anger in his chest, and he was defeated. He was defeated in just a moment. It was the first time he tried the taste of failure since his debut.

"Haha~ Shameless boy, come here if you have the guts."

Hua Xiong led hundreds of cavalrymen with long arms, don't yell and scold Li Shimin, but he couldn't hide the deep hatred in his eyes.

"My lord, order the pursuit, this battle will definitely wipe out the Li family's bandits."

Looking at Li Shimin who was slowly retreating, Hua Xiong and the embarrassed Xiong Kuohai clasped their hands together and shouted expectantly at Lu Bu.

Before Lu Bu could speak, Zhang Liao exclaimed, "No." Seeing Hua Xiong glaring at him and Xiong Kuo Hai's eyes, Zhang Liao gave a wry smile.

"The two generals, if there is only one pursuer from the Li family, Liao Ding should ask the lord to pursue him, but there is still Cao Cao's army."

Xiong Kuohai glared at Zhang Liao with an angry look on his face, while Hua Xiong at the side calmed down, reached out his hand to stop Xiong Kuohai and said in a deep voice, "Okay, that's it."

Under Xiong Kuohai's puzzled eyes, Hua Xiong said with a gloomy face, "Once the army pursues the traitors from the Li family, Cao Cao's army will detour to pursue the Son of Heaven, and then!"

Speaking of this, Xiong Kuohai also realized that there were only two thousand infantry in the emperor's army. Why did Cao Cao and Li Shimin give up the pursuit at the same time, and they didn't want to make wedding dresses for each other.

Although Zhang Xi's two thousand infantry were one step ahead, if the two families cooperated sincerely, under the galloping cavalry, they would definitely be able to catch up in half a stick of incense.

But at that time, they will face the endless pursuit of Lu Bu's wolf cavalry. Whoever grabs the emperor will be the target.

In the absence of reinforcements, neither Cao Cao nor Li Shimin had the confidence to escape from Luoyang under the pursuit of four thousand wolf riders.

Moreover, it was getting dark soon, once Lu Bu went mad under the night, the army might mutiny in the endless pursuit.

Therefore, Cao Cao gave up the tempting goal of the Son of Heaven after just trying it out. He didn't have the background of combining states with a steady stream of cavalry.

Cao Cao, who was in the Central Plains, saved up this cavalry in the past few years by living frugally. In troubled times, this is the foundation of his life, and he can't give up.

Especially since his territory is next to Lu Bu, even if he wins the emperor, and Lu Bu leads an army across Guandu to directly attack Yanzhou, then Liu Bei in Xuzhou will not waste the opportunity in vain.

At this time Xuzhou is his strategic center of gravity, and even though Li Shimin is extremely unwilling, he can only give up when he is isolated and helpless.

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