Cao Cao and others took advantage of the night and quickly moved towards Luoyang.

The road was still unobstructed and very smooth. Cao Cao's heart became more and more at ease, and he began to look forward to the scene after leading his troops into Luoyang.

The troops advanced all the way, and the front was approaching Mangshan, which was the northern barrier of Luoyang. As long as you pass through this, you will be not far from Luoyang.

A few months ago, Dong Zhuo denounced Cui Lie and others to welcome Liu Bian and Liu Xie's civil and military officials here.

"Quick, pass through Mangshan at full speed and strive to enter Luoyang before dawn!" Cao Cao looked at Mangshan, which was pitch black in front of him, and gave an order to advance quickly.

The troops quickly began to cross Mang Mountain along the mountain path and continued to move forward.

Just when ten thousand soldiers and horses had basically entered the Mangshan Mountain Road, a fire suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain in front of him. It was a ignited torch, which instantly illuminated the night sky.

Seeing the fire rising, an ominous premonition suddenly arose in Cao Cao's heart.

He met Han Tao for many years, especially when he was fighting against the Yellow Turban Army together, he repeatedly used fire attacks and defeated the enemy, which made Cao Cao still feel scared when he remembered it.

Could it be that the road ahead was unobstructed and all the illusion? Han Tao set up an ambush here.

Cao Cao's idea was confirmed as soon as it arose.

As a torch was ignited, several torches were quickly lit on the top of the mountain in the distance. Under the torch, several soldiers in orange uniforms appeared, which were Han Tao's Jincheng County soldiers.

The two people standing at the front of the team, one is Zhang Liao and the other is Xun Yu.

Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao from afar and laughed: "Cao Mengde, you are so slow. I am here on the order of my lord. I have been waiting for you here for a long time!"

Han Tao is a person who pays great attention to intelligence. From the time he came to Hulao Pass with his troops, he drew a large number of shadow messengers and embroidered clothes to point their fingers, ordering them to try to sneak into the coalition forces and grasp the various movements of the coalition forces at any time.

Although the departure of Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others did not quickly attract the attention of Yuan Shao and others, it was immediately passed on to Han Tao.

When Han Tao heard that it was Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Bao Xin and Liu Bei, the three brothers were missing, and knew that they would never escape at this time, and they must have other purposes, so he immediately summoned Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others to discuss.

"Lord, Cao Cao has always been a deceitful. Now that our army's offensive is so fast, they cannot match it. They must have thought about it." Jia Xu first expressed his attitude.

"That's right, from the intelligence, they divided their troops and went north and south respectively. They should have wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that our army and Dong Zhuo were attacking the coalition forces at Hulao Pass. According to the original plan of three troops advancing, they went around and sneaked into Luoyang to cut off our retreat and cut off our supplies." Han Tao told everyone his guess.

"The lord is very reasonable, which is in line with Cao Cao's usual style of doing things! He thought he could secretly travel to Chen Cang without knowing it, but he didn't expect that our army's intelligence organization was so powerful that he had already understood their actions. Next, he asked the lord to order and dispatch soldiers to ambush them." Xun You said with a smile.

"Lord, my uncle and nephew have occasionally made suggestions since he followed him, but he has never participated in commanding the battle alone. Can we give this credit to the two of us this time?!" Xun Yu took the initiative to ask Han Tao for his order.

Han Tao knew very well that the uncle and nephew of Xun in history were actually not only very skilled strategists and politicians, but also very good military talents.

When Cao Cao fought with Lu Bu and Yuan Shao, he handed over the rear to Xun Yu to command the defense. He also commanded the soldiers to resist Lu Bu and Yuan Shao's fierce attack, which shows his ability.

Now that he took the initiative to ask for his order, Han Tao naturally would not refuse.

"Since Wenruo is determined, thank you and Gongda! You can bring Wenyuan, Gongming, Guan Hai, and Guan Cheng with four people, and bring 20,000 troops and return to Luoyang quickly. As for how to prevent and set up an ambush in Luoyang, it is up to you to decide."

Han Tao's consistent principle is to use people without doubting others. Since he gave Xun's uncle and nephew the opportunity, let them do their best.

"Thank you, lord, we will do our best to live up to our lord's entrust!" Xun Yu and others respectfully accepted Han Tao's appointment.

"Wen Ruo, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian are not eliminated as soon as possible, they will definitely become our confidant in the future. You must make careful arrangements and try to kill them!" Han Tao specifically reminded Xun Yu.

In real history, the Cao, Liu and Sun families only grew stronger after completing the bid for Dong. Of course, Han Tao did not want these three enemies to grow stronger and more trouble for himself.

It is of course the best result to kill them in the cradle while they are not yet full of wings.

Xun Yu was puzzled. Although Cao Cao and Sun Jian had some strength and mind, they had only a few thousand people at most. As for Liu Bei's eyes were shot blind, only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed him. What kind of troubles could arouse? Why did Han Tao attach so much importance to them?

Xun Yu knew that Han Tao had deep meaning in his work, so he didn't dare to ask too much, but just responded respectfully: "Don't worry, lord, I will make careful arrangements!"

A few people said goodbye to Han Tao and quickly returned to Luoyang after seeing Hulao Pass. After all, they were heading westward and moving straight forward, so the speed was naturally much faster than Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others.

Xun Yu marched all the way, studied the terrain around Luoyang, and finally made a plan to divide his troops.

He and Zhang Liao, Guan Cheng and Guan Cheng set up an ambush on Mangshan with 10,000 troops, waiting for Cao Cao and Bao Xin's troops.

Xun You and Xu Huang and Guan Hai brought 10,000 troops to set up an ambush in Longmen Mountain south of Luoyang, waiting for Sun Jian and Liu Bei's troops.

Xun Yu lurked here and kept sending secret sentries to investigate the marching route of Cao Cao's soldiers, and confirmed that they were indeed coming in an ambush circle, so he waited for them to fall into the trap himself...

At this time, Cao Cao's troops were completely trapped in the siege. Xun Yu was no longer polite and appeared directly and "helmed" Cao Cao.

As Xun Yu spoke, Zhang Liao beside him waved the flag in his hand, and torches were lit up on the tops of the mountain road, and countless soldiers holding crossbows pointed the arrow points in their hands at the Cao family army and Bao Xin's troops at the foot of the mountain.

When Cao Cao heard this, he was shocked and panickedly ordered to his subordinates: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"

Zhang Liao would not give him another chance to escape. He immediately waved the flag in his hand and roared: "Shoot the arrow!"
Chapter completed!