Cao Chong led Dian Man and Xu Yi led 500 elite Cao troops to the east, chasing the emperor Liu Xie and the hundreds of officials in the court who were accompanying him.

However, the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole behind him, and Cao Chong and others followed the emperor closely, but they didn't expect that Deng Ai and Yuan Mai were following these two boys.

At this moment, the emperor's troops had already reached the border west of Yanzhou and were about to arrive in Sili.

From Xudu to Sili's border, although there are many checkpoints along the way, the important soldiers and generals either go north to negotiate with Cao Zhi or move to the southwest to block the 50,000 elite soldiers who could invade Zhongzhou at any time. Even though a few soldiers wanted to stop them, they were blocked by Xun Yu against his will.

Seeing that the emperor and his party's ceremonial guards were getting farther and farther away, Xun Yu's heart became colder and colder, but he had no choice but to go to Xijing helplessly.

The emperor and his party hurried towards the west. The emperor sat on the imperial carriage with a high spirit. There were all civil and military officials behind him, including soldiers, servants and servants. The most were the thin and soft frames of the officials accompanying him. The carriage carried things, which was very spectacular.

Liu Xie left Xudu, like a dragon going out to sea and birds returning to the forest, and he felt very comfortable. While looking at the convoy behind him, he smiled and asked Xu Shu who was following the carriage, "Xu Aiqing, in your opinion, how about my troops? Is it quite spectacular?"

Xu Shu gently waved his horse whip and looked back at the team with only two thousand warriors behind him. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly that Liu Xie was a terrifying country bumpkin.

"Those people are you talking about?"

Liu Xie nodded proudly and said, "Yes, these two thousand dead soldiers are all the dead soldiers teams that have been secretly trapped by loyal ministers in the court over the years. This time, he returned to Luoyang. These dead soldiers are my confidence and courage to start a crime! With them as the pillars, I will definitely be invincible and invincible!"

Xu Shu looked at Liu Xie coldly for a while, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, if Your Majesty uses these people as the team, I'm afraid that it will be defeated in less than three months."

Liu Xie frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Xu Aiqing, although these people are not elite soldiers, they have been strictly trained over the years. Aiqing has never seen them take action, so he knows that they are useless? It's arbitrary."

Xu Shu smiled faintly and said, "Don't watch them do anything, just watch them march Brethren knows that they are new recruits who have never fought in a day. The father-in-law trains his majesty. Of course, he does his best, but the father-in-law and the others are just civil servants after all, and do not understand the military strategy. These people have only trained brute force. But they are not responsible for the army. It is okay to be a guard, but they are afraid that they are still a little far away for the soldiers."

Liu Xie was depressed when he heard this and said sadly: "Since that's the case, what should we do?"

Xu Shu smiled and said, "If Your Majesty trusts me, after returning to Luoyang, you can give me the right to train this army and be responsible for recruiting new troops with full authority. I cannot guarantee that I can train a army of war that will be invincible, but within three months, I can also train a qualified personal army of the emperor to open up your territory and compete for the world."

Liu Xie was overjoyed and said, "Your dear not only knows strategy, but also trains troops?"

Xu Shu said: "Military and War is my leader. In Xinye, I also helped Liu Xuande train an elite force and defeated Cao Ren and Li Dian."

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll ask my dear to take charge of the military strategy in the future!"

"How dare I not do my best?"

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion behind them. When they were young, they saw Geng Ji, the young mansion, rushing towards him.

"Your Majesty, the scout came to report. Ten miles behind, hundreds of soldiers were coming towards us! The soldiers and horses were not under the banner, but they were not like the guardians of the pass! Please give me instructions!"

Liu Xie was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly turned to ask Xu Shu, "Xu Aiqing, what's going on?"

Xu Shu's expression remained unchanged and said calmly: "What else can it be? It must be Cao Zhi who got the news and sent troops to chase him."

"What?" Liu Xie suddenly felt a sudden trembling when he heard this and said, "My dear, what should I do?"

Xu Shu glanced at Liu Xie indifferently and said, "Your Majesty, look at our formation on the eastward journey. Your Majesty and the officials in the important town are in front, while the officials with lower positions, accompanying servants and baggage are behind. Does Your Majesty know why this is?"

Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this, thought for a while, and said, "Those who stayed in the rear are all unimportant officials and supplies. Is it my dear intention to use them to block the pursuers?"

Xu Shu glanced at the emperor deeply, said no more, but bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please go quickly. I will go to the rear to command the death soldiers and the servants of various departments to block His Majesty for a while."

After saying that, he turned around and left without caring about the emperor's opinion.

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Under Cao Chong's leadership, the five hundred generals were approaching the rear of the emperor and his team. At this time, Xu Shu had already arrived at the rear. While he ordered the personnel behind to lie on the road as defensive fortifications, he asked these people to hold weapons and garrison on the spot, setting up a formation to resist Cao Chong's team.

Seeing the people behind the emperor's team posing a defensive posture, Dian Man beside Cao Chong asked loudly: "Young Master, the opponent blocks the road with his baggage and blocks it on the spot. What should we do?"

Cao Chong looked up and looked forward, saying, "Although the opponent has a large number of baggage and a large number of people, it seems that they are just subordinates and servants, and they are not considered soldiers at the forefront. The two generals each led a hundred soldiers and horses, attacked from both sides and broke through the formation."

After saying that, Cao Chong added another sentence: "It's urgent, and it's impossible not to fight. But please ask the two generals to kill less and save more lives of living beings. We should take it as the priority to welcome the emperor back."

"promise!"

As Cao Chong's order was issued, Dianman and Xu Yi each led a Biao army, divided into two groups, and rushed towards the baggage team in front.

Logically, there are many teams behind the emperor and the side with baggage as the barrier to defend, so they should have the advantage. However, most of these people are just followers of Liu Xie or loyal officials of the Han Dynasty at all levels, and they are not very capable. In Yuan Shang's words, at most they are a group of slags with only 5 combat power.

Although Cao Chong only had 500 troops, each of them belonged to elite soldiers, and one was worth ten on the battlefield. This group of weak brigades must have only the only one to be slaughtered when facing them.

What's more, on the other hand, Cao Chong, the two generals Dianman and Xu Yi, who led the troops, were both descendants of the tiger-body ape squad. The father and son were famous. Although they were not considered first-class generals, they also practiced martial arts with their fathers for many years, and their martial arts skills were extremely comparable.

Xu Yi's long-handled steel knife was powerful and swung Huo Shengfeng. He only slashed a baggage truck blocking the road and led the soldiers to kill the generals. Dianman on the other side was even more powerful. He followed the natural divine power of his father Dian Wei, and he danced a big iron halberd with his left and right hands, rushing back and forth. No one dared to approach the land half a foot.

Although Xu Shu kept asking people to hang the car in the road and blocked it, he could not stop the attack of these few hundred people. He let them continue to attack inside.

Seeing that the obstacles set by his celebrity were as weak as the conflict between Dian Man and Xu Yi, Xu Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Sure enough, although his side had made Xu Du, his strength was still too weak. At the critical moment, there was not even a general who could entrust major events. Just facing two young generals who were unknown, it would be so embarrassing. If Cao's real fierce general came, what would happen?

When he was in Xudu, although he recommended a group of people to Liu Xie, he only recommended them. He has not started to hire him yet!

And even if all those people were hired, they were still much worse than those of Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Ma Chao under Yuan Shang, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang under Cao Zhi, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao under Liu Bei's tent, and even said that they had no comparison value at all.

Xu Shu sighed to the sky, frowned and pondered. Now all the famous generals in the world have fallen into the hands of the major princes. Where should the emperor's good generals be?

Just when Dianman and Xu Yi broke through the rear of the emperor's guard of etiquette, he suddenly heard a loud horn sound from afar almost soaring into the sky, and the sound came straight from behind Cao Chong's troops.

"Woo...woo..."

Dianman and Xu Yi were shocked and almost pulled the horse's reins at the same time, turning to look.

But when a cavalry team still had hundreds of people appeared from a distance, the army formed a battle storm line, rushing towards them with a terrifying aura like a terrifying sea of ​​people.

Dianman and Xu Yi glanced at each other and saw a look of surprise in each other's eyes.

Although they didn't know who the opponent was, the two knew that the only soldiers sent by Prime Minister Cao to chase the emperor this time were our own troops. In this way, the other party would definitely not be his reinforcements!

The two swallowed gently, hurriedly returned, surrounded Cao Chong, lined up with soldiers, staring quietly at the soldiers in the distance.

Seeing this, Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and ordered the team behind to retreat slowly, but he did not act rashly and looked away quietly.

When they were young, they saw the soldiers and horses coming to a distance and stopped. The four leaders, the two of whom were not old, looked like Cao Chong, and there were two powerful generals around them. Judging from their appearance and body, they seemed to be good at it.

Dianman and Xu Yi were intentionally trying to get on, but they were stopped by Cao Chong. Cao Chong thought for a moment, immediately took two steps forward, and bowed to the opposite side.

"I dare to ask who is the leader of your army? Can you come out to answer?"

The troops on the opposite side were quiet and no one answered.

Cao Chong raised his eyebrows and said, "Cao Chong, please answer the leader of your army."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Mai's eyes lit up opposite him. He also took two steps forward and said loudly: "You... are Cao Chong?"

Cao Chong nodded and smiled, "I'm right here, I wonder if this young master's surname Gao?"

Yuan Mai waved his hand carelessly and said, "It's okay, I am the fourth son of the former Grand Marshal Yuan Shao. Today, the consul of the Wei Wei Yuan Shang. The surname Yuan is Yuan, and I am the young master!"

At this moment, all parties were quiet, and Yuan Mai's voice was loud, and it soon fell into the ears and eyes of everyone from all parties.

Cao Chong frowned. Before he saw Yuan Mai and others coming, he roughly guessed that the other party was a Yuan army, but he didn't expect it to be a Yuan noble. At this moment, the prodigy began to think silently in his heart.

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, first looked at Yuan Mai's team, then turned to look at Cao Chong's team, and a strategy to hold back the troops of both sides began to rise suddenly in his heart.

With a slight wave, Xu Shu ordered a close-killer beside him and said, "Go, find Fu Baolang for me, hurry up!"

"promise!"

Cao Chong was anxious to find the emperor. Seeing Yuan Mai and others coming, he couldn't help but feel anxious. After thinking for a while, he bowed and said, "I heard that Daming of the Fourth Prince of Yuan in Hebei for a long time, and I feel very comforted when I meet today. I wonder if Mr. Yuan is not in Hebei, what is the important thing for coming to Sili?"

Yuan Mai waved his hand carelessly and said, "Don't talk about anything else, Cao Chong, I heard that you are young and congratulated. When you were five or six years old, you would have the wisdom of becoming an adult and known as a child prodigy. I am not convinced. Today I will compare with you! Do you dare to compete with me?"

Cao Chong was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect Yuan Mai to say this: "What does Mr. Yuan mean?"

"We compare wisdom. I won. The name of the prodigy belongs to me, and you worship me as your godfather! If you win, the name of the prodigy belongs to you. How about I accept you as your godson?"

Cao Chong frowned when he heard this and kindly reminded Yuan Maidao.

"Young Master Yuan Si, let's not talk about anything else. You can put forward such fair conditions as soon as you open your mouth. You don't treat me as a child prodigy at all... Do you think I am a divine pig?"
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