After the generals arrived, Lu Bu looked at the generals and frowned and said, "Lord, order us to retreat!"

"Why? Wen Hou, why do we retreat? Although the thief army outside the city has many powers, they can do nothing to do with us! And they will definitely not last long! Why do we retreat when the victory is imminent?" Cao Xing looked at Lu Bu with his fists.

Lu Bu sighed and said, "The Prime Minister said that the capital was basically completed and Luoyang has become an empty city, so the Prime Minister ordered us to withdraw to Hangu Pass west of Luoyang to continue defending. In this way, our food route will be much safer."

"Mr. Wen, if we retreat, the thief army will definitely chase us. We must make complete preparations in advance." Cao Xing continued.

Lu Bu nodded: "I just want to discuss this with you."

Wang Jing stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Wen Hou, Mo will be willing to stay and cut off the rear."

Lu Bu waved his hand directly: "You'd better forget it! I have to come in person for the final break."

"Mr. Wen, I will stay and accompany Mr. Wen!" Wang Jing insisted.

Lu Bu smiled slightly: "Follow you! The three thousand brothers under your command are all cavalry, so it's better for you to stay. Do the other brothers have any opinions?"

Cao Xing clasped his fists and said, "Wen Hou, my subordinates suggest that we set up an ambush on the way to retreat. If any thief dares to catch up, we will deal with them!"

Lu Bu shook his head: "General Cao, you're thinking too much! I'm sorry they don't have the courage! Don't you see that no thieves outside the heavenly gate dare to attack the city desperately? They are all trying to protect themselves. So no one of these people dares to really pursue us."

"Wen Hou, we must not be careless! Our subordinates are willing to stay and help Wen Hou." Cao Xing clasped his fists and said.

Lu Bu nodded: "Okay! Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Hou Cheng and Wang Jing stayed with me to cut off the rear. Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, you three took the infantry and baggage to retreat first. Just leave us three days of dry food and water."

"As for the order!" After receiving the order, the generals left one after another.

After Wang Jing returned to his residence, Lao Xia, Wang Fang and Xu Huang arrived together.

"Master, sir!"

Wang Jing was used to the different names of the three, so he nodded to the three: "Everyone sit down and say."

After the three of them sat down, Wang Jing said seriously: "The Prime Minister ordered Wen Hou to retreat. I requested to stay and cut off the rear with Wen Hou. Do you have any objections?"

Wang Fang looked at Xu Huang and shook his head slightly when he heard this. Xu Huang also shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, Wang Jing nodded: "Okay! It's good if everyone has no objection!"

Xu Huang frowned and said, "Sir, forgive me for being stupid. I don't understand why the prime minister wants to withdraw his troops? The coalition of the Kanto princes cannot win. They have their own ulterior motives. We don't have to worry about them. They will suffer from civil strife after a long time."

Wang Jing looked at the confusion in the eyes of the three of them and smiled slightly: "Do you really not understand the strangeness of this?"

All three nodded.

Wang Jing continued to laugh and said, "Actually, it's very simple, because the Prime Minister did not want to go to war with the coalition forces of the princes. It can even be said that the princes joined forces to raise an army this time, which helped the Prime Minister a great favor."

"Sir, can you explain it more clearly? Why do I become more confused the more I listened?" Xu Huang said with a frown.

Wang Jing nodded: "The Prime Minister was originally willing to move the capital to Chang'an, but the Prime Minister was unable to find a suitable excuse. The heroes raised an army to conquer the Prime Minister, which just gave the Prime Minister enough reason.

I think you have also learned about the recent situation in Luoyang. Many families of aristocratic families are dissatisfied with the prime minister, and the prime minister temporarily suppresses the verbal of these people through extraordinary means.

But the Prime Minister knew very well that he could not always suppress the world by relying on violence, so the Prime Minister wanted to move the capital to Chang'an. Because Chang'an is the territory of the Prime Minister. When he arrived in Chang'an, he had to his own home. All foreign aristocratic families lost the foundation to resist the Prime Minister."

Xu Huang nodded: "I understand! The lord's words made my subordinates suddenly understand!"

Wang Fang kept nodding, while Lao Xia smiled slightly.

Seeing this, Wang Jing said seriously: "The purpose of the prime minister has been achieved, so all the princes will lose the value of reuse. The prime minister is very clear that as soon as he withdraws his troops, all the princes will accelerate civil unrest. Why don't you withdraw your troops?"

Wang Fang frowned and said, "Young Master Wang can see it clearly! Your Majesty, if the current situation changes again in the future, I hope your Majesty can give you more advice. I will really not see through this situation!"

Wang Jing gently patted Wang Fang on the shoulder: "Don't worry! They are all their own brothers. Okay, you can go down and prepare first."

Wang Fang and Lao Xia clasped their fists at Wang Jing and then turned around and left, but Xu Huang stayed.

Xu Huang, who was idle in the room, stepped down and fisted at Wang Jing and said, "Lord, the latest data, the rescue club has grown to nearly 20,000 members."

After hearing what Xu Huang called him, Wang Jing happily grabbed Xu Huang's hands: "Gongming, what did you call me just now?"

"Lord! I am willing to follow my lord to the death to accomplish great things!" Xu Huang bowed to Wang Jing.

Wang Jing hurriedly supported Xu Huang: "Gongming! Hahaha...! That's great! It's really great! Please rest assured Gongming, I will definitely win a bright future for you."

"The subordinates believe in the lord's ability."

Wang Jing smiled and looked at Xu Huang: "Gongming, you just said that the reinforcement club already has 20,000 brothers?"

"Yes, lord!"

Wang Jing nodded: "The number of people is enough! Let all brothers suspend the development of manpower. What we need to do next is to continuously strengthen the brothers' wish to return to Bingzhou to rescue their hometown elders!"

"Okay lord. I also think that the number of people is almost enough. lord, do you want to take the time to meet with your brothers?"

Wang Jing shook his head slightly: "No need for the time being. Let's talk about it when you arrive in Chang'an. As long as the brothers recognize me, it will be enough."

"Please rest assured, lord! Brothers admire his lord's abilities very much! Not to mention that the lord's father is the Situ of the dynasty, the lord's performance at Yangrenguan also allowed the brothers to see the ability to take the initiative. Brothers all believe that the lord will take everyone back to Bingzhou with you."

Wang Jing nodded: "Relieve brothers! At this time of the year after tomorrow, I will definitely take my brothers to rescue my fellow villagers in Bingzhou."

"Okay! Lord, do you want your subordinates to tell your brothers this good news?"

Wang Jing nodded: "Go!"

After Xu Huang left, Wang Jing began to think about how to improve his reputation. After all, all the brothers from the Rescue Club were watching their performance. If they performed mediocrely, they would definitely disappoint the brothers from the Rescue Club.

Wang Jing then began to think about how to show another move when Lu Bu withdraws his troops?

Wang Jing remembered that when Lu Bu withdrew his troops in history, he fought a battle with the pursuers, and Cao Cao threw away his armor and fled.

Wang Jing's eyes lit up when he thought of this. If he could kill Cao Cao in this battle, history would definitely be rewritten! Wang Jing had a deep taboo about Cao Cao.

Although Wang Jing is a future person, Wang Jing, who has traveled through time, realized the terribleness of Cao Cao! Although Cao Cao is not a future person, Cao Cao almost has the insight of a future person!

Coupled with the achievements made by Cao Cao in history, Wang Jing naturally regarded Cao Cao as his number one enemy! So Wang Jing wanted to get rid of Cao Cao as soon as possible.

Compared with getting rid of Cao Cao, Wang Jing would rather give up the opportunity to improve his reputation.

After Wang Jing made a decision in his mind, he began to implement it.

The next day, according to Lu Bu's previous arrangement, Cheng Lian and others evacuated with the infantry in the army. Although many brothers from the reinforcements were worried about Wang Jing's safety, they had to retreat due to the orders of the army.

On the fifth day, Lu Bu led Wang Jing, Cao Xing and others to lead 10,000 cavalry and withdrew from Hulao Pass with two days of dry food and water.

As soon as Lu Bu left, the coalition of heroes occupied the empty Hulao Pass.

After occupying Hulao Pass, the heroes started arguing over Lu Bu who was chasing him or not. In the end, Gongsun Zan took Liu Bei's three brothers and led 5,000 white horses to chase him, and Cao Cao led 3,000 cavalry to chase him.

After Lu Bu led his army to Shilipu, he found that Shilipu was wide in the terrain, which was a very suitable place for cavalry ambush, so he ordered his soldiers to set up ambush at Shilipu.

When Wang Jing saw Lu Bu set up an ambush, he knew in his heart that this was the place where Cao Cao was defeated, so he set up a private place.

Wang Jing did not know which direction Cao Cao fled to after his defeat in history, so Wang Jing divided his fifty guards into four waves and scattered them in four directions, which would have to cut off Cao Cao's retreat and put Cao Cao to death. Wang Jing also personally led Lao Xia to ambush the east.

Wang Jing believed that if Cao Cao retreated, he would definitely run to the east, because the east was the direction Cao Cao was chasing him.

It was noon for Lu Bujun to set up an ambush, and in the evening Gongsun Zan came to Shilipu.

Seeing that there were indeed princes who dared to chase after him, Lu Bu immediately rushed out with his ambushed soldiers.

Although Gongsun Zan's white horse Yicong was ambushed, he was not panicked and quickly arranged a battle formation to fight the enemy. Lu Bu's army did not get much advantage, but Lu Bu's army won because of the large number of people. Xu Huang and Wang Fang also rushed out.

Seeing this, Wang Jing was very curious about where Cao Cao was?

When it was dark, just when Gongsun Zan's white horse was about to endure, Cao Cao led his army to arrive in time and directly joined the battle.

Although Cao Cao led his army to arrive, Cao Cao's subordinates were newly recruited. How could he be the opponent of the Bingzhou Army that had been through the battlefield for a long time? He was defeated by Lu Bu's army in a short while.

Wang Jing and Lao Xia kept lying on the side and staring at Cao Cao, but as it got dark and the battlefield was in chaos, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan and others desperately tried to cover Cao Cao. Wang Jing actually lost Cao Cao's trace and could not find Cao Cao.

Wang Jing quickly said to Lao Xia beside him: "Uncle Xia, hurry up! Come with me to kill! We must kill someone."

After Wang Jing finished speaking, he led Lao Xia and thirteen personal guards to the battle group.

At this time, Gongsun Zan's troops and Cao's army had already begun to retreat. Although Wang Jing wanted to chase him, he was stopped by Lao Xia. Seeing this, Wang Jing couldn't help but sigh: "Cao Cao, you shouldn't die!"

Wang Jing hoped that his brothers who were lying around him could kill Cao Cao. But when the brothers all came back, everyone said that they didn't see the person Wang Jing was looking for, so Wang Jing could only smile bitterly.

Although Lu Bu defeated Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao's pursuers, Lu Bu was also slightly injured, and more than half of the 10,000 cavalry lost, which can be said to be a miserable victory! After all, the combat power of Baima Yicong cannot be underestimated, and Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao's masters also have more masters than Lu Bu's army.
Chapter completed!