Chapter 315
Xiahou Dun led [-] soldiers to charge the hillside once, but was beaten down by the Jiefan soldiers led by Lu Bu.
Back in front of Cao Cao, he told Cao Cao the whole process of the battle.
After listening to Xiahou Dun's narration, Cao Cao frowned and his face was very ugly.
Judging from the situation in which Lu Bu led the Jiefan soldiers to counterattack, they were not affected by the lack of food and grass at all.
Cao Cao couldn't help being a little upset.
Signaling Xiahou Dun to step back and rest first, he asked Guo Jia, "What does Feng Xiao think about this?"
Guo Jia replied: "Judging from the situation of Lu Bu's counterattack, they should still have enough food and grass. The soldiers are not hungry because of the lack of food."
"I said that Lu Bu knows how to demonize. Otherwise, why would he be able to eat for a month with so little food and grass, and until now the soldiers have not been tired of fighting due to lack of food."
"My lord," Guo Jia replied, "Let's not say whether Lu Bu understands the demon art or not. The most important thing right now is that we have to send out scouts to find out whether he has other ways to deliver food and grass up the mountain."
"Do you suspect that he has opened up food and grass in other directions?" Cao Cao said with uncertainty: "If she really opened up food roads, our scouts should have discovered it a long time ago, and it is unlikely that there is no feedback by now. Fengxiao should Remember, Lu Fengxian once returned to his youth overnight, if it wasn't for the demon method, how would he do it?"
Guo Jia also had a serious face.
He didn't say a word, but he somewhat agreed with Cao Cao's statement.
Lu Bu's behavior these days is indeed very strange. He first returned to his youth overnight, and after conquering Yuan Shu, he repeatedly brought out new weapons, making it hard to guard against.
Especially the rumored air force, although Guo Jia didn't see it, he firmly believed in its existence.
After all, not only on the battlefield, but someone even said that soldiers flying in mid-air can be seen in the sky of Pengcheng almost every day.
What one person says may be a rumor, and what two people say will make people feel suspicious. When three people say the same thing, even if the thing itself is fictional and exaggerated, most people will believe it.
If hundreds of people, thousands or even tens of thousands of people rumor the same thing, even if they don't want to believe it, they still have to believe it.
There are never groundless rumors, and even rumors are debunked in a very short time.
The rumor that Lu Bu has an air force has long been rumored, and when this rumor was spread, no one tried to expose it.
It can be seen that the Air Force does exist, but whether it is on this battlefield or not is not known to Guo Jia.
"Whether he has demon skills or not, I still think the lord should send scouts to investigate first." Guo Jia said: "If Lu Bu really has demon skills, we will think of other ways to deal with him. If he doesn't have demon skills, our family will Random guessing here, wouldn't it give him a boost of momentum, and imperceptibly affect the morale of his own soldiers?"
Cao Cao still agrees with Guo Jia's statement.
He nodded and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao thinks so, then follow Feng Xiao. How many scouts to send and where to place them are all up to Feng Xiao to decide."
"Thank you, my lord, for your success." Guo Jia immediately thanked Cao Cao, and then withdrew, "I'll take my leave first, arrange the scouts out, and report to my lord when I hear back."
Looking at the hilltop where Lu Bu was stationed, Cao Cao had a very bad expression on his face. When Guo Jia resigned, he just nodded silently.
Guo Jia stepped back and came to the side to greet the guards: "Come here."
The guard stepped forward.
"Send fifty scouts to go around the mountain and see if Lu Bu has deployed a secret passage to deliver food." Guo Jia ordered the guards.
The guard agreed and arranged scouts according to Guo Jia's order.
It didn't take long for fifty fast horses to leave the barracks and run towards the hill where Lu Bu was stationed.
On the hill, Lu Bu, who had just retreated, also looked at Cao Jun.
A fight with Xiahou Dun made him feel that this battle was not easy to fight.
Let's not talk about how brave Xiahou Dun is, no matter how brave he is, he will not be his opponent.
Just talk about the soldiers he brought.
Seeing that the defeat had been decided, the soldiers of the Cao army brought by Xiahou Dun were not at all chaotic, and they were able to maintain an orderly formation while fighting and retreating.
Lu Bu asked himself that it was absolutely impossible for his soldiers to achieve such discipline and battlefield awareness.
Frowning, Lu Bu looked at Cao Cao's barracks in the distance.
"Marquis of Chu." Sun Ce came to him and asked him, "How did the soldiers of the Jiefan Soldier fight just now?"
Without looking back, Lu Bu's gaze remained on Cao Cao's camp: "This time we are really in big trouble."
"The meaning of Marquis Chu is..." Sun Ce didn't quite understand what Lv Bu meant, and Lv Bu didn't make his words very clear, so he couldn't help asking.
Only then did Lu Bu turn his head to look at him, and said with a slight smile, "I don't have any other intentions, I just think this battle will be difficult, beyond our imagination."
"I also ask the Marquis of Chu to make it clear," Sun Ce clasped his fists and asked Lu Bu to make his words more clear.
Talking like this now, it is impossible for anyone to understand what Lu Bu said.
"I led the Jiefan soldiers and encountered the enemy on the mountainside." Lu Bu said, "I don't want to say how strong the enemy is. Instructions, the soldiers actually consciously set up a retreat formation, fighting with us, while retreating to the outside of the forest. When we chased outside the forest, soon the enemy came to support, knowing that it would be no good to continue fighting, I immediately Withdrew back with the soldiers."
"The Marquis of Chu clearly discerns the situation." Sun Ce said, "If I lead the soldiers down the mountain, I'm afraid they will go all the way to Cao Cao's barracks."
"You only noticed that I judged the situation and led the soldiers to withdraw as soon as possible. Why didn't you notice the more important thing?" Lu Bu asked him.
Sun Ce was taken aback by the question, and he asked Lu Bu, "What is the more important thing Chu Hou said?"
"Even if they are defeated, they can still be orderly, and form a retreating formation to fight with us." Lu Bu asked: "If it is replaced by annoyance soldiers, do you think it can be done?"
"I guess..." Sun Ce frowned, and said to Lu Bu: "With the current Jiefan soldiers, it is impossible to do it."
"Even you yourself said that it is impossible to do it with the current trouble-fighting soldiers. If the other side judges us, what will they think?" Lu Bu asked Sun Ce again.
Sun Ce was at a loss as to how to respond.
"Xiefanbing is the elite that I gave you to practice, but just now when I went to the battlefield, I realized that this elite is not as strong as I thought, at least the discipline shown by the enemy when they retreat is not ours. Troubleshooting soldiers can do it." Lu Bu turned to look at Sun Ce: "What is an elite? An elite does not just require that they can destroy the defense in one go when attacking. For the elite, what is more important is that the battlefield situation is not conducive to When we were there, they could maintain good discipline and calmly withdraw from the battlefield without any confusion."
Looking at Cao Cao's barracks again, Lu Bu said, "Our Troubleshooting Soldiers are not elite yet, but the enemy army we are facing is really elite. So I say, this battle is not easy to fight."
The two were talking when Zhao Yun came over.
When he reached Lu Bu's side, he whispered, "Hou Chu, just now I found enemy scouts going around the hill to investigate something."
"What else can they investigate?" Lu Bu twitched the corner of his mouth slightly: "They are just investigating whether we have a secret channel for transporting grain and grass."
"The secret passage for transporting grain and grass?" Sun Ce said in surprise, "We follow Chuhou, and we didn't know there was such a thing."
"Not only do you not know, but I actually don't know either." Lu Bu chuckled and said to the two of them, "Just let them investigate, don't bother."
"What Chu Hou said is that there is nothing to investigate anyway." Sun Ce said with a smile: "I don't know what Cao Cao will think after they investigate and report back to Cao Cao."
"Cao Cao's expression must be pretty." Lu Bu said, "Since he came here, he has been worried about something. I thought about it carefully, and he must be worried about whether I understand the magic."
"Demonic law?" Sun Ce and Zhao Yun glanced at each other.
Zhao Yun said: "We have been following Marquis Chu for so long, and we have never seen any demonic methods used. How could Cao Cao have such a funny idea?"
"It's not that his idea is funny, but that when people encounter unexplainable problems, they will choose to use something beyond existence to give a reason to these unexplainable phenomena. Our military rations have been eaten for a month, and until now the soldiers We haven't been affected by the lack of military rations. You know, we don't bring much luggage up the mountain. But any scout with some experience in the battlefield can judge how long the military rations we carry can last. How could Cao Cao know that what we carried Bing is not the military rations he understands, but the military rations that are completely beyond his understanding. I have never seen it, nor eaten it, and I don’t know the magical effect of this kind of military rations. If it were you, how would you explain it?"
Sun Ce looked at Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also looked at Sun Ce.
Zhao Yun replied: "What Chu Hou said is indeed reasonable. If it were me, I would definitely use the reason that the other party's general knows the magic of demons to find a reasonable explanation for this matter."
"So, we don't care about how they investigate. What we have to do is to hold on to this mountain and not give Cao Cao a chance to advance." Lu Bu then told Zhao Yun: "Zilong, tonight, the air force is Cayenne attacking. Take all the existing oil bottles and throw them into Cao Cao's barracks from mid-air. After such a long confrontation, Cao Cao must see our air force. Otherwise, he will always guess there, and I will feel tired and panic for him. "
Zhao Yun bowed and saluted: "Don't worry, Marquis Chu, I will definitely make Cao Cao look good tonight."
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The scouts sent by Guo Jia scouted around the hill where Lu Bu was stationed for a whole day.
Throughout the day, they checked four or five times.
On the first pass, the scouts found nothing.
But they still didn't give up. Since Lu Bu couldn't finish the food no matter what, and he only brought so much luggage, the only explanation was that there must be a secret channel nearby to send the food to the mountain.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Lu Bu to fill the stomachs of the soldiers when the food and grass were about to run out.
The scouts who did not give up walked around the mountain several times.
They rummaged through almost every suspicious place.
However, the so-called food road was not found...
Although he didn't believe that there was no grain road on the hillside, the facts were right in front of his eyes, and the scouts could only bring back the results of their investigation and report to Guo Jia.
After getting the results from the scouts, Guo Jia did not immediately report to Cao Cao.
He invited Xun You aside, and the two whispered about it in the open space of the barracks.
"It's true that the scouts didn't find a secret way to transport grain and grass up the mountain?" Xun You said suspiciously, "According to the luggage that Lu Bu brought up the mountain before, it shouldn't be like this at all..."
"I don't think so either." Guo Jia replied, "But that's the truth. Our scouts didn't find any sign of him secretly opening a secret passage near the hillside, and we didn't find any enemy grain trucks going to the places leading to Xuzhou." Come here."
"There is no food, and there is no secret passage to deliver food." Xun You asked Guo Jia, "Could it be that Lu Bu really has demon skills?"
"That's hard to say." Guo Jia replied: "Back then Zhang Jiao could turn beans into soldiers, but why is it impossible for Lu Bu now? It's just that I always feel that there are some unclear things in it..."
"Is there anything that I can't explain?" Xun You replied, "I can't think of any other more reasonable explanation except that he knows the magic of demons. Or I should report it to the lord first and see what he says..."
"My lord has long believed that Lu Bu understands the magic of demons." Guo Jia said, "That's what I'm worried about. If he believes so, it will definitely shake the morale of the soldiers of the three armies."
"Feng Xiao can talk to the lord alone." Xun You said, "It's impossible to hide these things from the lord. After all, it belongs to military affairs. If you deliberately cover up the facts in order not to let the lord know, the crime is not small."
Guo Jia nodded: "Gongda is right, I'm going to report to the lord."
"Be filial if you work hard." Xun You bowed his hands.
Guo Jia bid farewell and left.
Since it was calculated that Lu Bu should have no food and grass, Cao Cao would look at Lu Bu's army stationed on the opposite hill every day in the barracks.
The battle flag was still waving in the wind on the hills, and Lu Bu didn't seem to be in the predicament of lack of food.
Looking at the hills full of battle flags, Cao Cao's face was very ugly.
The scouts of the Cao family are very experienced, and it is impossible for them to misjudge how much food and grass the enemy has.
But Lu Bu's food seemed to be inexhaustible no matter how much he ate.
No matter how he thought about it, Cao Cao couldn't figure out what method he used so that he couldn't finish eating the food and grass.
Just when he was full of troubles and didn't know how to find out how much food Lu Bu still had, Guo Jia came to him.
"My lord, the scouts I sent to investigate the situation have returned." Guo Jia said: "They brought back news that they did not detect any secret passages for transporting grain and grass near the hill.
"No secret passage?" Cao Cao asked in surprise.
"No." Guo Jia's answer was exactly what Cao Cao didn't want to hear.
"Have you asked the scouts to check more times?" Still not quite giving up, Cao Cao asked him.
"The scouts I sent out are all experienced. They searched four or five times without finding any secret passages, but they still found nothing." Guo Jia said: "Actually, my lord doesn't need to pay too much attention to this matter. , I always feel that although Lu Bu didn't dig a secret tunnel on the side of the mountain, he must have other methods to transport grain and grass to the mountain."
"What can be done?" Cao Cao asked, "Could it be that they will dig a secret passage underground?"
Having said that, Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
Seeing what he was thinking, Guo Jia hurriedly asked: "Does my lord think that Lu Bu will hollow out this mountain and go all the way to Xuzhou to transport grain and grass to the mountain?"
His question confused Cao Cao: "Why do you have to go all the way to Xuzhou?"
"My lord, have you heard that grain and grass are being transported from Xuzhou?" Guo Jia asked again.
Cao Cao suddenly didn't know what to say.
The scouts he sent recently were all searching for Lu Bu's food and supplies.
However, no matter how hard the scouts searched, they couldn't find out how the food and grass were sent to the mountain where he was stationed.
"You mean..." Cao Cao asked suspiciously, "It's impossible for him to hollow out the mountain?"
"Does my lord think he will?" Guo Jia didn't answer, but asked back.
Hollowing out the mountain is a huge project.
Xuzhou did not deliver even a grain of grain. If Lu Bu really opened a passage underground, it would take two or three years to complete the long distance.
It took such a long time, even if it was digging a tunnel, it would be impossible for him to hide the eyes and ears so that everyone would not notice.
"What Feng Xiao means is that it is impossible to have a passage dug underground?" Guo Jia's words could not be more clear, Cao Cao asked with a very ugly face.
"I don't want to say that, but in fact I think so." Guo Jia replied.
"Can't we just waste ourselves like this?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia, "Don't Feng Xiao think that we should do something to succeed?"
"Of course." Guo Jia said, "I think it's time for the lord to attack the hill."
"They are at the top, we are at the bottom." Cao Cao shook his head, "If we attack forcefully, we don't know how many soldiers will die."
"Although we can't find any traces, I believe that Lu Bu must have a solution to the military rations." Guo Jia asked Cao Cao: "Don't you want to know how he can let the soldiers arrive with so little baggage?" Can you still fill your stomach now?"
Cao Cao really wanted to know how Lu Bu could not leave any traces, and still keep the soldiers from lacking military rations.
He frowned and asked Guo Jia, "How do you think we should attack the mountain?"
"My lord, have you noticed that the four sides of the mountain are not very steep?" Guo Jia pointed to the hill where Lu Bu was stationed, and said to Cao Cao: "No matter which direction our army launches an attack, if they can't support it, they will attack from the other side. run away."
"Then what are you going to do?" Cao Cao asked him.
"Dig a deep ditch in front of the mountain to bring the nearby water sources here." Guo Jia said: "Build a moat for them, leaving only one exit for evacuation. There is a river to separate them, and we can also set fire at the foot of the mountain." .Because the river is across, we can set fire at the bottom of the mountain. Then why do we need the Lord to lead the army to fight up the mountain? As long as the fire is strong, I still don’t believe that Lu Bu will not go down the mountain.”
The strategy proposed by Guo Jia is really the most suitable way to attack Lu Bu at the moment.
Cao Cao immediately told Xu Chu next to him: "Zhongkang, pass on our military order to let the soldiers open a river around the hills. The depth of the river must be at least four people, and the width must be a distance that is impossible for a horse to leap into the air. After the excavation is completed, and then lead the water from the nearby river there, I want to see what else Lu Fengxian can do to deal with this."
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Guo Jia suggested to Cao Cao that he dig rivers around the hills.
Cao Jun took action immediately.
Countless Cao Jun soldiers gathered at the foot of the mountain, sweating profusely, digging the river.
On the hillside, Lu Bu and the generals looked at Cao Jun at the foot of the hill.
Zhuge Jin came over and said, "Marquis Chu, Cao Cao seems to be going to drive a river around the hills."
"I can see it." Lu Bu nodded, "He wants to use the river to block us on the mountain first, and then set a fire at the foot of the mountain. With the river blocked, the fire cannot spread to the surrounding area, nor will it affect Cao Jun. We don’t want to go down the mountain, we have to go down the mountain.”
"What should we do?" Sun Ce asked Lu Bu, "Could it be possible to wait for them to do this on the mountain?"
"Of course not." Lu Bu smiled slightly: "He can do whatever he wants? Does he think this is the former Xiapi? He thinks so, I am no longer the Lu Bu of Xiapi city!"
"Zilong." Lu Bu said to Zhao Yun on the other side: "Cao's army will be very tired at night from digging the river today. It's time to burn their barracks."
"I understand." Zhao Yun agreed, and then asked Lu Bu, "Will all the air forces attack, or only some of them?"
"Since we are going to attack, of course we should attack all of them." Lu Bu said, "First burn them and let Cao Cao know that not everything will be taken by him."
"That's right." After giving the order, he said to Zhao Yun, "Remember to drop a few more oil bottles on Cao Cao's camp."
"Don't worry, Marquis Chu, I understand." Zhao Yun agreed.
During the day, Cao Jun was digging a river under the mountain, but Lu Bu on the mountain did not respond.
The river course cannot be opened in a day or two.
Surrounding the hills, it is impossible to open a river without a month or two.
Lu Bu was really not in a hurry to deal with those Cao troops down the mountain.
What's more, at night, when the oil bottle is thrown, I don't know how many Cao Jun will die in the fire.
And Hebei must be eager to compete with Cao Cao during the day?
Lu Bu was not in a hurry, and had no intention of dealing with Cao Jun, but Cao Cao was very anxious when he looked at the soldiers of Cao Jun who were under construction.
It is not clear how many days the grain and grass in Lu Bu's army can last, he can only hope to dig it out and set fire to the mountain.
As long as the fire burns, either Lu Bu will be burned to death, or he can only go down the mountain to face Cao Cao.
Although the number of soldiers brought was not large, only more than [-], Cao Cao had great confidence in them.
The [-] soldiers are all Tiger Guards.
The Tiger Guards are warriors who have fought a hundred battles. They have a strong sense of discipline, and no matter whether they are advancing or retreating, they will not show even a trace of confusion.
No matter who it is, meeting such an army is like having a nightmare that may never wake up.
The generals of Cao Jun dug for a whole day, but they just dug some deep holes at the foot of the mountain.
These pits surround the hills, and as long as they are connected in a line, it will be a deep ditch.
Connecting the pits into ditches is not as simple as digging pits, and it is impossible to do it in ten days and a half months.
The sky gradually darkened.
Guo Jia asked Cao Cao: "My lord, do you want to continue tonight?"
"Of course we must continue." Cao Cao said, "Yuan Benchu's two armies should have already set off. They are not dealing with Lu Bu. If they hit Pengcheng first, what's the point of us attacking Xuzhou?"
Cao Cao decided to continue digging ditches at night, and soon another group of Cao soldiers replaced those who were sweating like rain during the day.
At the foot of the mountain, Cao Jun soldiers were lighting torches and digging canals.
Looking down from the mountain, the torches held up by Cao Jun are like stars at night, illuminating the lights below the mountain.
"Cao Cao really wishes to wipe us out immediately." Looking down the mountain, Lu Bu smiled, and said to the people around him: "If he knows, everything he is doing now will be of no use to us at all. , I don’t know what he would think.”
"Marquis Chu, when will the air force attack?" Zhao Yun got impatient and asked Lu Bu.
Lu Bu replied: "Wait a little longer before they changed people. Those who returned to the barracks have not yet fallen asleep. When they are all asleep, it will not be too late for us to start."
Seeing that Cao Jun's officers and soldiers digging the river had changed, and Lu Bu still didn't plan to launch an attack immediately, Zhao Yun and others were also a little anxious.
Looking at Cao Jun who was busy down the mountain in full swing, the two generals Zhao Yun and Sun Ce wished they could rush down immediately and kill them on the spot.
Especially Zhao Yun, he looked at Cao Jun's barracks a little far away from time to time, with strong longing in his eyes.
Zhao Yun was waiting for Lu Bu to order the air force to set off, while Sun Ce could only wait and watch from the top of the hill.
After waiting for nearly an hour, the night became darker.
Lu Bu looked up at the sky.
The moonless night sky is full of stars, and the twinkling stars and the beating fire on the ground complement each other, as if they are saying hello to each other.
"Zilong, get ready to go." After a while, Lu Bu finally said this.
Zhao Yun, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, got the order, and immediately responded, and turned around to greet the soldiers to prepare to attack Cao Jun's barracks.
The order was issued, and the air force officers and soldiers found their own flying equipment one after another.
The air force officers and soldiers using the glider strapped the crossbow and oil bottles to the sides of the glider, and they themselves held the handles, waiting for the order to take off at any time.
The soldiers who boarded the hot air balloon put an oil bottle in and lit the stove to provide heat for the hot air balloon.
The stove burned, and the hot air balloon quickly inflated.
Due to the traction of ropes on the ground, they did not fly into the sky.
Zhao Yun ran back to Lu Bu and said to him, "Report to Marquis Chu, the soldiers are ready."
"Soldiers, tonight we are just burning Cao Cao's barracks, not to fight them decisively." Lu Bu said: "Everyone throw the oil bottles they carry into the enemy's barracks, withdraw immediately, and don't want to fight."
Zhao Yun took the order and ran quickly to convey Lu Bu's order.
But in a moment, countless gliders rose into the sky from the top of the mountain, and twenty hot air balloons also rose into the air.
The speed of the glider was extremely fast. They flew towards Cao Jun's barracks, but the hot air balloon that followed them had not yet left the hill.
Since becoming the commander of the air force, Zhao Yun has also learned to control the glider, and his control skills are quite good.
Flying at the forefront, Zhao Yun stared at Cao Jun's barracks that were getting closer.
Behind him was a black mass of glider with no end in sight.
Twenty hot air balloons fell far behind.
Getting closer to Cao Jun's barracks, Zhao Yun controlled the glider and flew up a little more.
When he flew over Cao Jun's barracks, he took off the oil bottle hanging on the wing and threw it to the ground.
The oil bottle fell to the ground, smashed into pieces, and the oil splashed everywhere.
In fact, when they flew away from the hill, Cao Cao had already seen them.
Under the night sky, gliders all over the sky, like countless huge bats, flew over the area operated by Cao Jun.
Looking at this scene, Cao Cao opened his mouth slightly in shock.
Guo Jia had previously told him that Lu Bu had an air force under his command.
Without witnessing it with his own eyes, Cao Cao has always refused to believe that people can fly into the sky.
The glider covering the night sky in front of him completely shattered the doubts in his heart. Flying with the Lu Bu Air Force in the night made Cao Cao more convinced that he knew sorcery.
"My lord, they really have an air force!" Guo Jia came to Cao Cao's side, pointing to the glider flying in the night and the hot air balloon slowly flying towards the barracks.
"I saw it." Looking at the sky in astonishment, Cao Cao opened his mouth slightly in shock, and while responding to Guo Jia, his eyes were still looking at the gliders and hot air balloons hovering above the barracks.
"I only heard that there are, but I didn't expect there to be so many." Guo Jia was also very surprised by the scene in front of him.
"Lü Bu has such a killer weapon, how can we deal with him in the future?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia in a panic when he recovered.
"My lord, don't worry, there will always be a solution." Guo Jia responded.
At the same time as he responded, the gliders hovering over the barracks began to retreat towards the hill.
The twenty hot air balloons also fired arrows with fireballs towards the barracks.
Thousands of gliders threw [-] oil tanks into the barracks, and counting the hot air balloons, the barracks were full of sprayed oil.
The rocket fell into the barracks, and the flames were stained with oil sprayed on the tents and the ground, and the fire quickly ignited.
The entire barracks was engulfed in flames in an instant, and Cao Jun's soldiers who had already fallen asleep were awakened by the sound of oil tanks falling from the sky.
The air force attacked quickly and withdrew even faster.
When the hot air balloon launched the rocket, many Cao Jun ran out of the camp.
They ran out of the tent, without realizing what happened, the rocket with flames fell from the sky.
The rocket ignited the fuel, and Cao Jun, whether he had already run out of the tent or hadn't run out at all, was swallowed into the flames.
Cao Cao, who was still watching the soldiers digging the canal not far from the hill, was shocked to see the barracks engulfed in flames.
The people who followed Cao Cao saw this evening, and at the same time, they were all secretly glad that they didn't stay in the barracks...
The raging fire engulfed the barracks, and the screams of countless people could be heard in the fire. In the light of the fire, many figures could still be seen running back and forth.
The people who were engulfed by the fire had no ability to determine the direction at all, they could only run around by their intuition.
Intuition in times of crisis often pushes people to death.
The people who were running fell down one by one, and only a few people who were covered in flames ran out of the barracks.
Cao Jun who was nearby hurried forward and beat the flames on them.
The Xuzhou army, which had been passive all the time, finally launched a counterattack.
And this counterattack actually took Cao Cao's entire barracks.
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On the hill, seeing the success of the air force, Lu Bu told Sun Ce: "Bo Fu, greet the Troubled Soldiers, and follow me to fight."
Then he shouted to Zhuge Jin: "When Zilong comes back, let him lead the soldiers except the air force and kill us down the mountain to meet us."
Sun Ce, who had been eager to try for a long time, could not delay getting the order, so he agreed and rushed down the hill with Lu Bu.
The air force burned Cao Cao's barracks, and the soldiers on the hill were very cheered up when they saw it from a distance.
Lu Bu gave the order to attack, and the Xiefan soldiers immediately followed him and Sun CE down the mountain.
Zhao Yunfei returned to the top of the mountain.
As soon as he unloaded the glider, Zhuge Jin ran in front of him: "General Zhao, Chuhou and General Sun led the Xiefan soldiers and killed them down the mountain. He ordered General Zhao to lead the other soldiers down the mountain except for the air force."
"Thank you, General Zhuge." Zhao Yun cupped his hands in thanks, and shouted: "Except for the air force, the other soldiers will follow me down the mountain."
The dark Xuzhou army shouted and rushed down the hill behind Zhao Yun.
When Zhao Yun led the Xuzhou army rushing down the mountain, Lu Bu and Sun Ce had already fought Cao's army at the foot of the mountain.
Holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, Lu Bu shuttled back and forth among Cao's troops, and everyone he met, whether they were generals or soldiers, fell to the ground one after another.
During the vertical and horizontal exchanges, he can't remember how many Cao generals he killed, and there are already countless soldiers.
Sun Ce, who was suffocating all over his body, rushed down the mountain as if he had entered the land of no one. Although he didn't shuttle like the wind among the enemy troops like Lu Bu, he also beheaded an unknown number of Cao troops in a short while.
Cao Cao was still trying to command the soldiers to charge and kill, and there were bursts of shouts from the hillside.
The Xuzhou army led by Zhao Yun rushed down like a tide.
Realizing that the situation was not right, Xu Chu, who was always by Cao Cao's side, shouted: "My lord, I can't hold this place anymore, let's go!"
He thought that as long as he dug the river around the hills, he would be able to defeat Lu Bu, but Cao Cao thought that the barracks were actually burned down by Lu Bu's air force overnight.
I don't know how many soldiers died in the flames.
When Lu Bu led the Xuzhou army to rush down the hill, Cao Jun rushed to fight. Although the soldiers of the Tiger Guards had strong combat capabilities, they still suffered a big loss when they were caught off guard.
Xu Chu advised Cao Cao to withdraw, but Cao Cao of course refused.
He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Go if you want, I'm not going anywhere!"
Lu Bu has led the Xuzhou Army to control the initiative of the entire battlefield. If Cao Cao does not leave, he may become his prisoner.
Feeling anxious, Xu Chu shouted: "My lord, I'm sorry!"
After shouting, he was picked up by Cao Cao, and he ran to the war horse with him on his back.
Running to Cao Cao's mount, Xu Chu put him on the horse's back, looked back, and slapped the horse's butt hard.
Before Cao Cao could recover, the war horse neighed, raised its hooves and galloped forward.
Xu Chu glanced back, he was about to get on his horse when he saw Sun Ce rushing towards him.
Seeing Cao Cao fleeing, Sun Ce chased after him and ran into Xu Chu.
Stepping forward, Lu Bu blocked Sun Ce's way: "What are you doing?"
"Cao Cao's bastard is right ahead, I'll go get his head." Sun Ce shouted, "You man, if you want to save your life, get out of the way!"
"With me here, how can I let you injure my lord?" Xu Chu let out a loud cry, and rushed towards Sun Ce.
Seeing him approaching, Sun Ce also raised his weapon and went up to him.
The two killed more than ten rounds, and there was nothing they could do about each other.
Just when they were in full swing, hordes of Cao Jun rolled towards them like a flood.
It was Cao Jun who had lost his main general and lost his will to fight.
When they bumped into each other, Xu Chu and Sun Ce were unprepared, and they were rushed away.
Cao Jun's torrent swept Xu Chu forward, but Sun Ce stopped after beheading five or six Cao Jun.
Lu Bu rushed to Sun Ce's side with a group of relievers.
He asked Sun Ce, "Did Bo Fu see Cao Cao?"
Sun Ce replied: "I saw a man helping Cao Cao onto his horse, and he fought with me, and was just swept away by Cao Jun."
While the two were talking, Zhao Yun also rushed in front of them with a spear in his hand.
Also experienced a fight, Zhao Yun's silver armor and white robe was stained with blood.
When he came to the two of them, he said to Lu Bu and Sun Ce: "I just saw Bo Fu fighting with Xu Chu, and I was about to step forward to help, but was stopped by Xia Houyuan and Le Jin. I killed them and ran away, but when I looked again, Xu Chu disappeared. .”
"It turns out that Xu Chu was the one who fought with me just now, and his martial arts are really good." Sun Ce praised: "If there is another chance, I really want to have a good competition with him."
"Cao Cao hasn't gone far, so Bo Fu and I went after them with Jiefan soldiers." Lu Bu told the two of them: "Zilong leads the troops to take down Dangshan County first, and when Bo Fu and I come back, we will take the city next to Xuzhou." All the cities were captured."
Sun Ce and Zhao Yun agreed.
Zhao Yun led the soldiers to turn around and attack Dangshan County, while Sun Ce followed Lu Bu to pursue Cao Cao.
The Jiefan soldiers had already experienced two fights. In the previous one, they had little advantage, and their morale improvement was not very obvious.
In tonight's battle, the air force first set fire to Cao Jun's barracks, and then Lu Bu led them rushing down the mountain, breaking through Cao Jun's defense line at the foot of the mountain.
After several days of confrontation, Lu Bu defeated the enemy in one battle, and the morale of the soldiers suddenly rose, and they worked harder when chasing and killing Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was put on the horse by Xu Chu, Xu Chu didn't wait for him to react, and slapped the horse's buttocks hard.
The horse was in pain and led Cao Cao to gallop all the way. After a lot of difficulty, he grabbed the reins of the horse.
Cao Cao, who grabbed the reins, hadn't stabilized his emotions yet, and a group of people rushed towards him quickly.
Seeing that group of people, Cao Cao turned around and wanted to run away, but a voice stopped him all: "My lord, it's me, Yu Jin!"
Hearing the shout, Cao Cao was relieved.
He turned his head and shouted to Yu Jin, "Wen Ze, I'm here!"
Yu Jin came to Cao Cao with a group of Cao troops: "The last general protector is late, please forgive me!"
"Don't tell me to forgive me." Cao Cao said to Jin, "Hurry up and send me back to Xudu first."
Yu Jin agreed, took the team of soldiers and escorted Cao Cao to speed towards Xudu.
Along the way, they met Guo Jia and others who had fled, and called together the old troops who had fled.
Lu Bu and Sun Ce chased them all the way and killed many Cao soldiers. Seeing that they had lost sight of Cao Cao, the two also knew that going forward would be an area where Cao Cao's power was even greater, so they had to give up the pursuit.
Reining in the steed, Lu Bu looked forward and said unwillingly, "I let Cao Cao run away. I don't know how much trouble it will cause in the future."
"Earlier, the Marquis of Chu had planned to retreat to Jianye. It was unexpected to defeat Cao Cao here." Sun Ce said, "Since he has already escaped, we should simply take down all the surrounding cities. Cao Cao will commit another crime in the future." Xuzhou, or if we attack Xudu, Pengcheng will not be on the periphery of the battle. We don't have to go far and go to the enemy's territory to fight."
"Bo Fu is right. Since he gave these places to us, it is inappropriate for us not to want them. We will inevitably feel sorry for Cao Cao's kindness, so let's take them down first." Lu Bu said: "Wait until there is a war in the future. These places are springboards, and we will save a lot of trouble."
"Marquis Chu is right." Sun Ce asked, "What should we do now? Do we want to chase further?"
"Cao Cao has disappeared, so it's meaningless to pursue him any further." Lu Bu said, "Let's go back first, and wait until Zilong takes Dangshan County and settle down the air force first."
Lu Bu and Sun Ce turned around and walked back with the Jiefan soldiers.
They were about to come to the hill where they were stationed before, and they saw some Xuzhou soldiers busy burying the corpses.
Zhuge Jin was waiting for them.
Seeing the two of them coming back, Zhuge Jin greeted them and said, "Report to Marquis Chu, General Zhao has sent news from Dangshan County, saying that the county has been taken down. Please Marquis Chu and General Sun go check it out."
"Take it down?" Lu Bu asked Zhuge Jin in disbelief.
It was still dark when they chased Cao Cao.
After chasing all the way, I failed to catch up and turned back. Although the sky was already dark, the sun had not yet appeared on the eastern horizon.
Zhao Yun led his troops to attack the city. Lu Bu thought it would take at least three or four days, but he didn't expect that Dangshan County had already been captured before they came back.
Arriving outside Dangshan City, Lu Bu saw that the battle flag of the Xuzhou Army had been replaced on the top of the city.
He was about to greet the soldiers to enter the city, when countless glider flew overhead and flew into Dangshan County.
There are twenty hot air balloons swaying unhurriedly in the sky, flying leisurely towards Dangshan County.
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When Lu Bu and others arrived, Zhao Yun, who got the news, went out of the city to greet them in person.
Following behind Zhao Yun was a group of officials of all sizes from Dangshan County.
The officials of the Han Dynasty all thought about the same in their official uniforms.
The heroes from all walks of life thought they were the thighs of the Han Dynasty, so apart from the different styles and colors of the war robes of the soldiers, the official uniforms of the officials under the rule were basically the same.
When he came to the gate of the city, Lu Bu glanced at the officials and asked Zhao Yun, "How did Zilong take down Dangshan County so quickly?"
"The Marquis of Chu ordered me to lead the army to attack Dangshan, and I led the soldiers here. The county magistrate opened the city gate and let us enter the city." Zhao Yun replied, "It is said to be an attack, but in fact it didn't cost a single soldier. "
"Zilong still has high prestige." Lu Bu said with a smile, "If I came here, I'm afraid they wouldn't do it."
"If Marquis Chu comes, we will open the city gate earlier." The official who looked like a county magistrate behind Zhao Yun said with his head down: "We have all admired Marquis Chu for a long time, and now we can open the gate to welcome him. Chu Hou, it is really an honor..."
"We passed by here before, and we didn't see you open the city gate." Lu Bu interrupted him: "Cao Cao was defeated, you didn't want to defend the city but opened the city gate to protect your own family. Helping me enter the city without hurting a single soldier is somewhat creditable."
Lu Bu pinched his chin, frowning in embarrassment: "Tell me, how should I settle down."
When he uttered the words disloyalty and injustice, the officials were so frightened that their legs went limp, and some of them almost fell limp to the ground.
Glancing over their faces, Lu Bu said, "Why don't you all resign and return to the fields. I will let people buy good farmland and houses for you. In troubled times, it is better to have a field and house of your own, and to stay away from conquests from now on. If you are an official here, you will lose your head someday."
"Thank you, Marquis Chu!" The officials knew very well that Lu Bu didn't kill them, it was because of their dedication to the city, if they had extravagant demands, they might really be killed, so they hurriedly thanked Lu Bu.
Zhao Yun accompanied Lu Bu into Dangshan County.
On the way to the government, Lu Bu said to him: "We failed to catch up with Cao Cao, and there will definitely be countless troubles coming from Xudu in the future. Dangshan and other places are far away from Xudu, but they are very close to Pengcheng. The past few days have been hard work. Dragon, win over all the surrounding cities."
"The entrancing that Marquis Chu said is..." Zhao Yun subconsciously asked.
"As long as you don't need money, you can do whatever you want." Lu Bu grinned at him.
Zhao Yun was taken aback for a moment, then he understood and shook his head and smiled.
Lu Bu asked him to win over the surrounding cities, and he also said that as long as it didn't cost money, he would do anything.
Give beauties and officials, which one is not linked with money?
Intimidation is the only way to get the most benefits without spending money.
When meeting local officials who are like soft-footed shrimps, intimidation is of course useful.
If you meet tough local officials, you may have to fight a fight.
"I have been confronted with Cao Cao for so long, but I never thought that the final battle would be won so easily." As soon as he arrived at the government office, Lu Bu said to Zhao Yun, "The Air Force has made great contributions to this battle. I will reward them well later on."
"If the soldiers know that Chuhou has such thoughts, they must be deeply moved." Zhao Yun cupped his hands and saluted.
"We defeated Cao Cao, and we don't know what happened to the other groups of troops." Lu Bu said, "If any group of troops fails to stop the enemy, Pengcheng will be in danger, and what we have done before will be in vain."
PS: Some people say that chapters are too expensive, it is necessary to explain.In the past, it was a small chapter of [-] words, and a chapter of a thousand words was ten cents.In order to avoid being lazy, now I only write chapters of [-] to [-] words, [-] cents per thousand words, and [-] cents to [-] cents per chapter.Chapter charges are based on the number of words, and the charge per thousand words has nothing to do with the chapter itself.It’s not that the chapters are expensive, it’s just that the current chapter is equivalent to five to six chapters in the past
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Xiahou Dun led [-] soldiers to charge the hillside once, but was beaten down by the Jiefan soldiers led by Lu Bu.
Back in front of Cao Cao, he told Cao Cao the whole process of the battle.
After listening to Xiahou Dun's narration, Cao Cao frowned and his face was very ugly.
Judging from the situation in which Lu Bu led the Jiefan soldiers to counterattack, they were not affected by the lack of food and grass at all.
Cao Cao couldn't help being a little upset.
Signaling Xiahou Dun to step back and rest first, he asked Guo Jia, "What does Feng Xiao think about this?"
Guo Jia replied: "Judging from the situation of Lu Bu's counterattack, they should still have enough food and grass. The soldiers are not hungry because of the lack of food."
"I said that Lu Bu knows how to demonize. Otherwise, why would he be able to eat for a month with so little food and grass, and until now the soldiers have not been tired of fighting due to lack of food."
"My lord," Guo Jia replied, "Let's not say whether Lu Bu understands the demon art or not. The most important thing right now is that we have to send out scouts to find out whether he has other ways to deliver food and grass up the mountain."
"Do you suspect that he has opened up food and grass in other directions?" Cao Cao said with uncertainty: "If she really opened up food roads, our scouts should have discovered it a long time ago, and it is unlikely that there is no feedback by now. Fengxiao should Remember, Lu Fengxian once returned to his youth overnight, if it wasn't for the demon method, how would he do it?"
Guo Jia also had a serious face.
He didn't say a word, but he somewhat agreed with Cao Cao's statement.
Lu Bu's behavior these days is indeed very strange. He first returned to his youth overnight, and after conquering Yuan Shu, he repeatedly brought out new weapons, making it hard to guard against.
Especially the rumored air force, although Guo Jia didn't see it, he firmly believed in its existence.
After all, not only on the battlefield, but someone even said that soldiers flying in mid-air can be seen in the sky of Pengcheng almost every day.
What one person says may be a rumor, and what two people say will make people feel suspicious. When three people say the same thing, even if the thing itself is fictional and exaggerated, most people will believe it.
If hundreds of people, thousands or even tens of thousands of people rumor the same thing, even if they don't want to believe it, they still have to believe it.
There are never groundless rumors, and even rumors are debunked in a very short time.
The rumor that Lu Bu has an air force has long been rumored, and when this rumor was spread, no one tried to expose it.
It can be seen that the Air Force does exist, but whether it is on this battlefield or not is not known to Guo Jia.
"Whether he has demon skills or not, I still think the lord should send scouts to investigate first." Guo Jia said: "If Lu Bu really has demon skills, we will think of other ways to deal with him. If he doesn't have demon skills, our family will Random guessing here, wouldn't it give him a boost of momentum, and imperceptibly affect the morale of his own soldiers?"
Cao Cao still agrees with Guo Jia's statement.
He nodded and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao thinks so, then follow Feng Xiao. How many scouts to send and where to place them are all up to Feng Xiao to decide."
"Thank you, my lord, for your success." Guo Jia immediately thanked Cao Cao, and then withdrew, "I'll take my leave first, arrange the scouts out, and report to my lord when I hear back."
Looking at the hilltop where Lu Bu was stationed, Cao Cao had a very bad expression on his face. When Guo Jia resigned, he just nodded silently.
Guo Jia stepped back and came to the side to greet the guards: "Come here."
The guard stepped forward.
"Send fifty scouts to go around the mountain and see if Lu Bu has deployed a secret passage to deliver food." Guo Jia ordered the guards.
The guard agreed and arranged scouts according to Guo Jia's order.
It didn't take long for fifty fast horses to leave the barracks and run towards the hill where Lu Bu was stationed.
On the hill, Lu Bu, who had just retreated, also looked at Cao Jun.
A fight with Xiahou Dun made him feel that this battle was not easy to fight.
Let's not talk about how brave Xiahou Dun is, no matter how brave he is, he will not be his opponent.
Just talk about the soldiers he brought.
Seeing that the defeat had been decided, the soldiers of the Cao army brought by Xiahou Dun were not at all chaotic, and they were able to maintain an orderly formation while fighting and retreating.
Lu Bu asked himself that it was absolutely impossible for his soldiers to achieve such discipline and battlefield awareness.
Frowning, Lu Bu looked at Cao Cao's barracks in the distance.
"Marquis of Chu." Sun Ce came to him and asked him, "How did the soldiers of the Jiefan Soldier fight just now?"
Without looking back, Lu Bu's gaze remained on Cao Cao's camp: "This time we are really in big trouble."
"The meaning of Marquis Chu is..." Sun Ce didn't quite understand what Lv Bu meant, and Lv Bu didn't make his words very clear, so he couldn't help asking.
Only then did Lu Bu turn his head to look at him, and said with a slight smile, "I don't have any other intentions, I just think this battle will be difficult, beyond our imagination."
"I also ask the Marquis of Chu to make it clear," Sun Ce clasped his fists and asked Lu Bu to make his words more clear.
Talking like this now, it is impossible for anyone to understand what Lu Bu said.
"I led the Jiefan soldiers and encountered the enemy on the mountainside." Lu Bu said, "I don't want to say how strong the enemy is. Instructions, the soldiers actually consciously set up a retreat formation, fighting with us, while retreating to the outside of the forest. When we chased outside the forest, soon the enemy came to support, knowing that it would be no good to continue fighting, I immediately Withdrew back with the soldiers."
"The Marquis of Chu clearly discerns the situation." Sun Ce said, "If I lead the soldiers down the mountain, I'm afraid they will go all the way to Cao Cao's barracks."
"You only noticed that I judged the situation and led the soldiers to withdraw as soon as possible. Why didn't you notice the more important thing?" Lu Bu asked him.
Sun Ce was taken aback by the question, and he asked Lu Bu, "What is the more important thing Chu Hou said?"
"Even if they are defeated, they can still be orderly, and form a retreating formation to fight with us." Lu Bu asked: "If it is replaced by annoyance soldiers, do you think it can be done?"
"I guess..." Sun Ce frowned, and said to Lu Bu: "With the current Jiefan soldiers, it is impossible to do it."
"Even you yourself said that it is impossible to do it with the current trouble-fighting soldiers. If the other side judges us, what will they think?" Lu Bu asked Sun Ce again.
Sun Ce was at a loss as to how to respond.
"Xiefanbing is the elite that I gave you to practice, but just now when I went to the battlefield, I realized that this elite is not as strong as I thought, at least the discipline shown by the enemy when they retreat is not ours. Troubleshooting soldiers can do it." Lu Bu turned to look at Sun Ce: "What is an elite? An elite does not just require that they can destroy the defense in one go when attacking. For the elite, what is more important is that the battlefield situation is not conducive to When we were there, they could maintain good discipline and calmly withdraw from the battlefield without any confusion."
Looking at Cao Cao's barracks again, Lu Bu said, "Our Troubleshooting Soldiers are not elite yet, but the enemy army we are facing is really elite. So I say, this battle is not easy to fight."
The two were talking when Zhao Yun came over.
When he reached Lu Bu's side, he whispered, "Hou Chu, just now I found enemy scouts going around the hill to investigate something."
"What else can they investigate?" Lu Bu twitched the corner of his mouth slightly: "They are just investigating whether we have a secret channel for transporting grain and grass."
"The secret passage for transporting grain and grass?" Sun Ce said in surprise, "We follow Chuhou, and we didn't know there was such a thing."
"Not only do you not know, but I actually don't know either." Lu Bu chuckled and said to the two of them, "Just let them investigate, don't bother."
"What Chu Hou said is that there is nothing to investigate anyway." Sun Ce said with a smile: "I don't know what Cao Cao will think after they investigate and report back to Cao Cao."
"Cao Cao's expression must be pretty." Lu Bu said, "Since he came here, he has been worried about something. I thought about it carefully, and he must be worried about whether I understand the magic."
"Demonic law?" Sun Ce and Zhao Yun glanced at each other.
Zhao Yun said: "We have been following Marquis Chu for so long, and we have never seen any demonic methods used. How could Cao Cao have such a funny idea?"
"It's not that his idea is funny, but that when people encounter unexplainable problems, they will choose to use something beyond existence to give a reason to these unexplainable phenomena. Our military rations have been eaten for a month, and until now the soldiers We haven't been affected by the lack of military rations. You know, we don't bring much luggage up the mountain. But any scout with some experience in the battlefield can judge how long the military rations we carry can last. How could Cao Cao know that what we carried Bing is not the military rations he understands, but the military rations that are completely beyond his understanding. I have never seen it, nor eaten it, and I don’t know the magical effect of this kind of military rations. If it were you, how would you explain it?"
Sun Ce looked at Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also looked at Sun Ce.
Zhao Yun replied: "What Chu Hou said is indeed reasonable. If it were me, I would definitely use the reason that the other party's general knows the magic of demons to find a reasonable explanation for this matter."
"So, we don't care about how they investigate. What we have to do is to hold on to this mountain and not give Cao Cao a chance to advance." Lu Bu then told Zhao Yun: "Zilong, tonight, the air force is Cayenne attacking. Take all the existing oil bottles and throw them into Cao Cao's barracks from mid-air. After such a long confrontation, Cao Cao must see our air force. Otherwise, he will always guess there, and I will feel tired and panic for him. "
Zhao Yun bowed and saluted: "Don't worry, Marquis Chu, I will definitely make Cao Cao look good tonight."
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The scouts sent by Guo Jia scouted around the hill where Lu Bu was stationed for a whole day.
Throughout the day, they checked four or five times.
On the first pass, the scouts found nothing.
But they still didn't give up. Since Lu Bu couldn't finish the food no matter what, and he only brought so much luggage, the only explanation was that there must be a secret channel nearby to send the food to the mountain.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Lu Bu to fill the stomachs of the soldiers when the food and grass were about to run out.
The scouts who did not give up walked around the mountain several times.
They rummaged through almost every suspicious place.
However, the so-called food road was not found...
Although he didn't believe that there was no grain road on the hillside, the facts were right in front of his eyes, and the scouts could only bring back the results of their investigation and report to Guo Jia.
After getting the results from the scouts, Guo Jia did not immediately report to Cao Cao.
He invited Xun You aside, and the two whispered about it in the open space of the barracks.
"It's true that the scouts didn't find a secret way to transport grain and grass up the mountain?" Xun You said suspiciously, "According to the luggage that Lu Bu brought up the mountain before, it shouldn't be like this at all..."
"I don't think so either." Guo Jia replied, "But that's the truth. Our scouts didn't find any sign of him secretly opening a secret passage near the hillside, and we didn't find any enemy grain trucks going to the places leading to Xuzhou." Come here."
"There is no food, and there is no secret passage to deliver food." Xun You asked Guo Jia, "Could it be that Lu Bu really has demon skills?"
"That's hard to say." Guo Jia replied: "Back then Zhang Jiao could turn beans into soldiers, but why is it impossible for Lu Bu now? It's just that I always feel that there are some unclear things in it..."
"Is there anything that I can't explain?" Xun You replied, "I can't think of any other more reasonable explanation except that he knows the magic of demons. Or I should report it to the lord first and see what he says..."
"My lord has long believed that Lu Bu understands the magic of demons." Guo Jia said, "That's what I'm worried about. If he believes so, it will definitely shake the morale of the soldiers of the three armies."
"Feng Xiao can talk to the lord alone." Xun You said, "It's impossible to hide these things from the lord. After all, it belongs to military affairs. If you deliberately cover up the facts in order not to let the lord know, the crime is not small."
Guo Jia nodded: "Gongda is right, I'm going to report to the lord."
"Be filial if you work hard." Xun You bowed his hands.
Guo Jia bid farewell and left.
Since it was calculated that Lu Bu should have no food and grass, Cao Cao would look at Lu Bu's army stationed on the opposite hill every day in the barracks.
The battle flag was still waving in the wind on the hills, and Lu Bu didn't seem to be in the predicament of lack of food.
Looking at the hills full of battle flags, Cao Cao's face was very ugly.
The scouts of the Cao family are very experienced, and it is impossible for them to misjudge how much food and grass the enemy has.
But Lu Bu's food seemed to be inexhaustible no matter how much he ate.
No matter how he thought about it, Cao Cao couldn't figure out what method he used so that he couldn't finish eating the food and grass.
Just when he was full of troubles and didn't know how to find out how much food Lu Bu still had, Guo Jia came to him.
"My lord, the scouts I sent to investigate the situation have returned." Guo Jia said: "They brought back news that they did not detect any secret passages for transporting grain and grass near the hill.
"No secret passage?" Cao Cao asked in surprise.
"No." Guo Jia's answer was exactly what Cao Cao didn't want to hear.
"Have you asked the scouts to check more times?" Still not quite giving up, Cao Cao asked him.
"The scouts I sent out are all experienced. They searched four or five times without finding any secret passages, but they still found nothing." Guo Jia said: "Actually, my lord doesn't need to pay too much attention to this matter. , I always feel that although Lu Bu didn't dig a secret tunnel on the side of the mountain, he must have other methods to transport grain and grass to the mountain."
"What can be done?" Cao Cao asked, "Could it be that they will dig a secret passage underground?"
Having said that, Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
Seeing what he was thinking, Guo Jia hurriedly asked: "Does my lord think that Lu Bu will hollow out this mountain and go all the way to Xuzhou to transport grain and grass to the mountain?"
His question confused Cao Cao: "Why do you have to go all the way to Xuzhou?"
"My lord, have you heard that grain and grass are being transported from Xuzhou?" Guo Jia asked again.
Cao Cao suddenly didn't know what to say.
The scouts he sent recently were all searching for Lu Bu's food and supplies.
However, no matter how hard the scouts searched, they couldn't find out how the food and grass were sent to the mountain where he was stationed.
"You mean..." Cao Cao asked suspiciously, "It's impossible for him to hollow out the mountain?"
"Does my lord think he will?" Guo Jia didn't answer, but asked back.
Hollowing out the mountain is a huge project.
Xuzhou did not deliver even a grain of grain. If Lu Bu really opened a passage underground, it would take two or three years to complete the long distance.
It took such a long time, even if it was digging a tunnel, it would be impossible for him to hide the eyes and ears so that everyone would not notice.
"What Feng Xiao means is that it is impossible to have a passage dug underground?" Guo Jia's words could not be more clear, Cao Cao asked with a very ugly face.
"I don't want to say that, but in fact I think so." Guo Jia replied.
"Can't we just waste ourselves like this?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia, "Don't Feng Xiao think that we should do something to succeed?"
"Of course." Guo Jia said, "I think it's time for the lord to attack the hill."
"They are at the top, we are at the bottom." Cao Cao shook his head, "If we attack forcefully, we don't know how many soldiers will die."
"Although we can't find any traces, I believe that Lu Bu must have a solution to the military rations." Guo Jia asked Cao Cao: "Don't you want to know how he can let the soldiers arrive with so little baggage?" Can you still fill your stomach now?"
Cao Cao really wanted to know how Lu Bu could not leave any traces, and still keep the soldiers from lacking military rations.
He frowned and asked Guo Jia, "How do you think we should attack the mountain?"
"My lord, have you noticed that the four sides of the mountain are not very steep?" Guo Jia pointed to the hill where Lu Bu was stationed, and said to Cao Cao: "No matter which direction our army launches an attack, if they can't support it, they will attack from the other side. run away."
"Then what are you going to do?" Cao Cao asked him.
"Dig a deep ditch in front of the mountain to bring the nearby water sources here." Guo Jia said: "Build a moat for them, leaving only one exit for evacuation. There is a river to separate them, and we can also set fire at the foot of the mountain." .Because the river is across, we can set fire at the bottom of the mountain. Then why do we need the Lord to lead the army to fight up the mountain? As long as the fire is strong, I still don’t believe that Lu Bu will not go down the mountain.”
The strategy proposed by Guo Jia is really the most suitable way to attack Lu Bu at the moment.
Cao Cao immediately told Xu Chu next to him: "Zhongkang, pass on our military order to let the soldiers open a river around the hills. The depth of the river must be at least four people, and the width must be a distance that is impossible for a horse to leap into the air. After the excavation is completed, and then lead the water from the nearby river there, I want to see what else Lu Fengxian can do to deal with this."
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Guo Jia suggested to Cao Cao that he dig rivers around the hills.
Cao Jun took action immediately.
Countless Cao Jun soldiers gathered at the foot of the mountain, sweating profusely, digging the river.
On the hillside, Lu Bu and the generals looked at Cao Jun at the foot of the hill.
Zhuge Jin came over and said, "Marquis Chu, Cao Cao seems to be going to drive a river around the hills."
"I can see it." Lu Bu nodded, "He wants to use the river to block us on the mountain first, and then set a fire at the foot of the mountain. With the river blocked, the fire cannot spread to the surrounding area, nor will it affect Cao Jun. We don’t want to go down the mountain, we have to go down the mountain.”
"What should we do?" Sun Ce asked Lu Bu, "Could it be possible to wait for them to do this on the mountain?"
"Of course not." Lu Bu smiled slightly: "He can do whatever he wants? Does he think this is the former Xiapi? He thinks so, I am no longer the Lu Bu of Xiapi city!"
"Zilong." Lu Bu said to Zhao Yun on the other side: "Cao's army will be very tired at night from digging the river today. It's time to burn their barracks."
"I understand." Zhao Yun agreed, and then asked Lu Bu, "Will all the air forces attack, or only some of them?"
"Since we are going to attack, of course we should attack all of them." Lu Bu said, "First burn them and let Cao Cao know that not everything will be taken by him."
"That's right." After giving the order, he said to Zhao Yun, "Remember to drop a few more oil bottles on Cao Cao's camp."
"Don't worry, Marquis Chu, I understand." Zhao Yun agreed.
During the day, Cao Jun was digging a river under the mountain, but Lu Bu on the mountain did not respond.
The river course cannot be opened in a day or two.
Surrounding the hills, it is impossible to open a river without a month or two.
Lu Bu was really not in a hurry to deal with those Cao troops down the mountain.
What's more, at night, when the oil bottle is thrown, I don't know how many Cao Jun will die in the fire.
And Hebei must be eager to compete with Cao Cao during the day?
Lu Bu was not in a hurry, and had no intention of dealing with Cao Jun, but Cao Cao was very anxious when he looked at the soldiers of Cao Jun who were under construction.
It is not clear how many days the grain and grass in Lu Bu's army can last, he can only hope to dig it out and set fire to the mountain.
As long as the fire burns, either Lu Bu will be burned to death, or he can only go down the mountain to face Cao Cao.
Although the number of soldiers brought was not large, only more than [-], Cao Cao had great confidence in them.
The [-] soldiers are all Tiger Guards.
The Tiger Guards are warriors who have fought a hundred battles. They have a strong sense of discipline, and no matter whether they are advancing or retreating, they will not show even a trace of confusion.
No matter who it is, meeting such an army is like having a nightmare that may never wake up.
The generals of Cao Jun dug for a whole day, but they just dug some deep holes at the foot of the mountain.
These pits surround the hills, and as long as they are connected in a line, it will be a deep ditch.
Connecting the pits into ditches is not as simple as digging pits, and it is impossible to do it in ten days and a half months.
The sky gradually darkened.
Guo Jia asked Cao Cao: "My lord, do you want to continue tonight?"
"Of course we must continue." Cao Cao said, "Yuan Benchu's two armies should have already set off. They are not dealing with Lu Bu. If they hit Pengcheng first, what's the point of us attacking Xuzhou?"
Cao Cao decided to continue digging ditches at night, and soon another group of Cao soldiers replaced those who were sweating like rain during the day.
At the foot of the mountain, Cao Jun soldiers were lighting torches and digging canals.
Looking down from the mountain, the torches held up by Cao Jun are like stars at night, illuminating the lights below the mountain.
"Cao Cao really wishes to wipe us out immediately." Looking down the mountain, Lu Bu smiled, and said to the people around him: "If he knows, everything he is doing now will be of no use to us at all. , I don’t know what he would think.”
"Marquis Chu, when will the air force attack?" Zhao Yun got impatient and asked Lu Bu.
Lu Bu replied: "Wait a little longer before they changed people. Those who returned to the barracks have not yet fallen asleep. When they are all asleep, it will not be too late for us to start."
Seeing that Cao Jun's officers and soldiers digging the river had changed, and Lu Bu still didn't plan to launch an attack immediately, Zhao Yun and others were also a little anxious.
Looking at Cao Jun who was busy down the mountain in full swing, the two generals Zhao Yun and Sun Ce wished they could rush down immediately and kill them on the spot.
Especially Zhao Yun, he looked at Cao Jun's barracks a little far away from time to time, with strong longing in his eyes.
Zhao Yun was waiting for Lu Bu to order the air force to set off, while Sun Ce could only wait and watch from the top of the hill.
After waiting for nearly an hour, the night became darker.
Lu Bu looked up at the sky.
The moonless night sky is full of stars, and the twinkling stars and the beating fire on the ground complement each other, as if they are saying hello to each other.
"Zilong, get ready to go." After a while, Lu Bu finally said this.
Zhao Yun, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, got the order, and immediately responded, and turned around to greet the soldiers to prepare to attack Cao Jun's barracks.
The order was issued, and the air force officers and soldiers found their own flying equipment one after another.
The air force officers and soldiers using the glider strapped the crossbow and oil bottles to the sides of the glider, and they themselves held the handles, waiting for the order to take off at any time.
The soldiers who boarded the hot air balloon put an oil bottle in and lit the stove to provide heat for the hot air balloon.
The stove burned, and the hot air balloon quickly inflated.
Due to the traction of ropes on the ground, they did not fly into the sky.
Zhao Yun ran back to Lu Bu and said to him, "Report to Marquis Chu, the soldiers are ready."
"Soldiers, tonight we are just burning Cao Cao's barracks, not to fight them decisively." Lu Bu said: "Everyone throw the oil bottles they carry into the enemy's barracks, withdraw immediately, and don't want to fight."
Zhao Yun took the order and ran quickly to convey Lu Bu's order.
But in a moment, countless gliders rose into the sky from the top of the mountain, and twenty hot air balloons also rose into the air.
The speed of the glider was extremely fast. They flew towards Cao Jun's barracks, but the hot air balloon that followed them had not yet left the hill.
Since becoming the commander of the air force, Zhao Yun has also learned to control the glider, and his control skills are quite good.
Flying at the forefront, Zhao Yun stared at Cao Jun's barracks that were getting closer.
Behind him was a black mass of glider with no end in sight.
Twenty hot air balloons fell far behind.
Getting closer to Cao Jun's barracks, Zhao Yun controlled the glider and flew up a little more.
When he flew over Cao Jun's barracks, he took off the oil bottle hanging on the wing and threw it to the ground.
The oil bottle fell to the ground, smashed into pieces, and the oil splashed everywhere.
In fact, when they flew away from the hill, Cao Cao had already seen them.
Under the night sky, gliders all over the sky, like countless huge bats, flew over the area operated by Cao Jun.
Looking at this scene, Cao Cao opened his mouth slightly in shock.
Guo Jia had previously told him that Lu Bu had an air force under his command.
Without witnessing it with his own eyes, Cao Cao has always refused to believe that people can fly into the sky.
The glider covering the night sky in front of him completely shattered the doubts in his heart. Flying with the Lu Bu Air Force in the night made Cao Cao more convinced that he knew sorcery.
"My lord, they really have an air force!" Guo Jia came to Cao Cao's side, pointing to the glider flying in the night and the hot air balloon slowly flying towards the barracks.
"I saw it." Looking at the sky in astonishment, Cao Cao opened his mouth slightly in shock, and while responding to Guo Jia, his eyes were still looking at the gliders and hot air balloons hovering above the barracks.
"I only heard that there are, but I didn't expect there to be so many." Guo Jia was also very surprised by the scene in front of him.
"Lü Bu has such a killer weapon, how can we deal with him in the future?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia in a panic when he recovered.
"My lord, don't worry, there will always be a solution." Guo Jia responded.
At the same time as he responded, the gliders hovering over the barracks began to retreat towards the hill.
The twenty hot air balloons also fired arrows with fireballs towards the barracks.
Thousands of gliders threw [-] oil tanks into the barracks, and counting the hot air balloons, the barracks were full of sprayed oil.
The rocket fell into the barracks, and the flames were stained with oil sprayed on the tents and the ground, and the fire quickly ignited.
The entire barracks was engulfed in flames in an instant, and Cao Jun's soldiers who had already fallen asleep were awakened by the sound of oil tanks falling from the sky.
The air force attacked quickly and withdrew even faster.
When the hot air balloon launched the rocket, many Cao Jun ran out of the camp.
They ran out of the tent, without realizing what happened, the rocket with flames fell from the sky.
The rocket ignited the fuel, and Cao Jun, whether he had already run out of the tent or hadn't run out at all, was swallowed into the flames.
Cao Cao, who was still watching the soldiers digging the canal not far from the hill, was shocked to see the barracks engulfed in flames.
The people who followed Cao Cao saw this evening, and at the same time, they were all secretly glad that they didn't stay in the barracks...
The raging fire engulfed the barracks, and the screams of countless people could be heard in the fire. In the light of the fire, many figures could still be seen running back and forth.
The people who were engulfed by the fire had no ability to determine the direction at all, they could only run around by their intuition.
Intuition in times of crisis often pushes people to death.
The people who were running fell down one by one, and only a few people who were covered in flames ran out of the barracks.
Cao Jun who was nearby hurried forward and beat the flames on them.
The Xuzhou army, which had been passive all the time, finally launched a counterattack.
And this counterattack actually took Cao Cao's entire barracks.
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On the hill, seeing the success of the air force, Lu Bu told Sun Ce: "Bo Fu, greet the Troubled Soldiers, and follow me to fight."
Then he shouted to Zhuge Jin: "When Zilong comes back, let him lead the soldiers except the air force and kill us down the mountain to meet us."
Sun Ce, who had been eager to try for a long time, could not delay getting the order, so he agreed and rushed down the hill with Lu Bu.
The air force burned Cao Cao's barracks, and the soldiers on the hill were very cheered up when they saw it from a distance.
Lu Bu gave the order to attack, and the Xiefan soldiers immediately followed him and Sun CE down the mountain.
Zhao Yunfei returned to the top of the mountain.
As soon as he unloaded the glider, Zhuge Jin ran in front of him: "General Zhao, Chuhou and General Sun led the Xiefan soldiers and killed them down the mountain. He ordered General Zhao to lead the other soldiers down the mountain except for the air force."
"Thank you, General Zhuge." Zhao Yun cupped his hands in thanks, and shouted: "Except for the air force, the other soldiers will follow me down the mountain."
The dark Xuzhou army shouted and rushed down the hill behind Zhao Yun.
When Zhao Yun led the Xuzhou army rushing down the mountain, Lu Bu and Sun Ce had already fought Cao's army at the foot of the mountain.
Holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, Lu Bu shuttled back and forth among Cao's troops, and everyone he met, whether they were generals or soldiers, fell to the ground one after another.
During the vertical and horizontal exchanges, he can't remember how many Cao generals he killed, and there are already countless soldiers.
Sun Ce, who was suffocating all over his body, rushed down the mountain as if he had entered the land of no one. Although he didn't shuttle like the wind among the enemy troops like Lu Bu, he also beheaded an unknown number of Cao troops in a short while.
Cao Cao was still trying to command the soldiers to charge and kill, and there were bursts of shouts from the hillside.
The Xuzhou army led by Zhao Yun rushed down like a tide.
Realizing that the situation was not right, Xu Chu, who was always by Cao Cao's side, shouted: "My lord, I can't hold this place anymore, let's go!"
He thought that as long as he dug the river around the hills, he would be able to defeat Lu Bu, but Cao Cao thought that the barracks were actually burned down by Lu Bu's air force overnight.
I don't know how many soldiers died in the flames.
When Lu Bu led the Xuzhou army to rush down the hill, Cao Jun rushed to fight. Although the soldiers of the Tiger Guards had strong combat capabilities, they still suffered a big loss when they were caught off guard.
Xu Chu advised Cao Cao to withdraw, but Cao Cao of course refused.
He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Go if you want, I'm not going anywhere!"
Lu Bu has led the Xuzhou Army to control the initiative of the entire battlefield. If Cao Cao does not leave, he may become his prisoner.
Feeling anxious, Xu Chu shouted: "My lord, I'm sorry!"
After shouting, he was picked up by Cao Cao, and he ran to the war horse with him on his back.
Running to Cao Cao's mount, Xu Chu put him on the horse's back, looked back, and slapped the horse's butt hard.
Before Cao Cao could recover, the war horse neighed, raised its hooves and galloped forward.
Xu Chu glanced back, he was about to get on his horse when he saw Sun Ce rushing towards him.
Seeing Cao Cao fleeing, Sun Ce chased after him and ran into Xu Chu.
Stepping forward, Lu Bu blocked Sun Ce's way: "What are you doing?"
"Cao Cao's bastard is right ahead, I'll go get his head." Sun Ce shouted, "You man, if you want to save your life, get out of the way!"
"With me here, how can I let you injure my lord?" Xu Chu let out a loud cry, and rushed towards Sun Ce.
Seeing him approaching, Sun Ce also raised his weapon and went up to him.
The two killed more than ten rounds, and there was nothing they could do about each other.
Just when they were in full swing, hordes of Cao Jun rolled towards them like a flood.
It was Cao Jun who had lost his main general and lost his will to fight.
When they bumped into each other, Xu Chu and Sun Ce were unprepared, and they were rushed away.
Cao Jun's torrent swept Xu Chu forward, but Sun Ce stopped after beheading five or six Cao Jun.
Lu Bu rushed to Sun Ce's side with a group of relievers.
He asked Sun Ce, "Did Bo Fu see Cao Cao?"
Sun Ce replied: "I saw a man helping Cao Cao onto his horse, and he fought with me, and was just swept away by Cao Jun."
While the two were talking, Zhao Yun also rushed in front of them with a spear in his hand.
Also experienced a fight, Zhao Yun's silver armor and white robe was stained with blood.
When he came to the two of them, he said to Lu Bu and Sun Ce: "I just saw Bo Fu fighting with Xu Chu, and I was about to step forward to help, but was stopped by Xia Houyuan and Le Jin. I killed them and ran away, but when I looked again, Xu Chu disappeared. .”
"It turns out that Xu Chu was the one who fought with me just now, and his martial arts are really good." Sun Ce praised: "If there is another chance, I really want to have a good competition with him."
"Cao Cao hasn't gone far, so Bo Fu and I went after them with Jiefan soldiers." Lu Bu told the two of them: "Zilong leads the troops to take down Dangshan County first, and when Bo Fu and I come back, we will take the city next to Xuzhou." All the cities were captured."
Sun Ce and Zhao Yun agreed.
Zhao Yun led the soldiers to turn around and attack Dangshan County, while Sun Ce followed Lu Bu to pursue Cao Cao.
The Jiefan soldiers had already experienced two fights. In the previous one, they had little advantage, and their morale improvement was not very obvious.
In tonight's battle, the air force first set fire to Cao Jun's barracks, and then Lu Bu led them rushing down the mountain, breaking through Cao Jun's defense line at the foot of the mountain.
After several days of confrontation, Lu Bu defeated the enemy in one battle, and the morale of the soldiers suddenly rose, and they worked harder when chasing and killing Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was put on the horse by Xu Chu, Xu Chu didn't wait for him to react, and slapped the horse's buttocks hard.
The horse was in pain and led Cao Cao to gallop all the way. After a lot of difficulty, he grabbed the reins of the horse.
Cao Cao, who grabbed the reins, hadn't stabilized his emotions yet, and a group of people rushed towards him quickly.
Seeing that group of people, Cao Cao turned around and wanted to run away, but a voice stopped him all: "My lord, it's me, Yu Jin!"
Hearing the shout, Cao Cao was relieved.
He turned his head and shouted to Yu Jin, "Wen Ze, I'm here!"
Yu Jin came to Cao Cao with a group of Cao troops: "The last general protector is late, please forgive me!"
"Don't tell me to forgive me." Cao Cao said to Jin, "Hurry up and send me back to Xudu first."
Yu Jin agreed, took the team of soldiers and escorted Cao Cao to speed towards Xudu.
Along the way, they met Guo Jia and others who had fled, and called together the old troops who had fled.
Lu Bu and Sun Ce chased them all the way and killed many Cao soldiers. Seeing that they had lost sight of Cao Cao, the two also knew that going forward would be an area where Cao Cao's power was even greater, so they had to give up the pursuit.
Reining in the steed, Lu Bu looked forward and said unwillingly, "I let Cao Cao run away. I don't know how much trouble it will cause in the future."
"Earlier, the Marquis of Chu had planned to retreat to Jianye. It was unexpected to defeat Cao Cao here." Sun Ce said, "Since he has already escaped, we should simply take down all the surrounding cities. Cao Cao will commit another crime in the future." Xuzhou, or if we attack Xudu, Pengcheng will not be on the periphery of the battle. We don't have to go far and go to the enemy's territory to fight."
"Bo Fu is right. Since he gave these places to us, it is inappropriate for us not to want them. We will inevitably feel sorry for Cao Cao's kindness, so let's take them down first." Lu Bu said: "Wait until there is a war in the future. These places are springboards, and we will save a lot of trouble."
"Marquis Chu is right." Sun Ce asked, "What should we do now? Do we want to chase further?"
"Cao Cao has disappeared, so it's meaningless to pursue him any further." Lu Bu said, "Let's go back first, and wait until Zilong takes Dangshan County and settle down the air force first."
Lu Bu and Sun Ce turned around and walked back with the Jiefan soldiers.
They were about to come to the hill where they were stationed before, and they saw some Xuzhou soldiers busy burying the corpses.
Zhuge Jin was waiting for them.
Seeing the two of them coming back, Zhuge Jin greeted them and said, "Report to Marquis Chu, General Zhao has sent news from Dangshan County, saying that the county has been taken down. Please Marquis Chu and General Sun go check it out."
"Take it down?" Lu Bu asked Zhuge Jin in disbelief.
It was still dark when they chased Cao Cao.
After chasing all the way, I failed to catch up and turned back. Although the sky was already dark, the sun had not yet appeared on the eastern horizon.
Zhao Yun led his troops to attack the city. Lu Bu thought it would take at least three or four days, but he didn't expect that Dangshan County had already been captured before they came back.
Arriving outside Dangshan City, Lu Bu saw that the battle flag of the Xuzhou Army had been replaced on the top of the city.
He was about to greet the soldiers to enter the city, when countless glider flew overhead and flew into Dangshan County.
There are twenty hot air balloons swaying unhurriedly in the sky, flying leisurely towards Dangshan County.
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When Lu Bu and others arrived, Zhao Yun, who got the news, went out of the city to greet them in person.
Following behind Zhao Yun was a group of officials of all sizes from Dangshan County.
The officials of the Han Dynasty all thought about the same in their official uniforms.
The heroes from all walks of life thought they were the thighs of the Han Dynasty, so apart from the different styles and colors of the war robes of the soldiers, the official uniforms of the officials under the rule were basically the same.
When he came to the gate of the city, Lu Bu glanced at the officials and asked Zhao Yun, "How did Zilong take down Dangshan County so quickly?"
"The Marquis of Chu ordered me to lead the army to attack Dangshan, and I led the soldiers here. The county magistrate opened the city gate and let us enter the city." Zhao Yun replied, "It is said to be an attack, but in fact it didn't cost a single soldier. "
"Zilong still has high prestige." Lu Bu said with a smile, "If I came here, I'm afraid they wouldn't do it."
"If Marquis Chu comes, we will open the city gate earlier." The official who looked like a county magistrate behind Zhao Yun said with his head down: "We have all admired Marquis Chu for a long time, and now we can open the gate to welcome him. Chu Hou, it is really an honor..."
"We passed by here before, and we didn't see you open the city gate." Lu Bu interrupted him: "Cao Cao was defeated, you didn't want to defend the city but opened the city gate to protect your own family. Helping me enter the city without hurting a single soldier is somewhat creditable."
Lu Bu pinched his chin, frowning in embarrassment: "Tell me, how should I settle down."
When he uttered the words disloyalty and injustice, the officials were so frightened that their legs went limp, and some of them almost fell limp to the ground.
Glancing over their faces, Lu Bu said, "Why don't you all resign and return to the fields. I will let people buy good farmland and houses for you. In troubled times, it is better to have a field and house of your own, and to stay away from conquests from now on. If you are an official here, you will lose your head someday."
"Thank you, Marquis Chu!" The officials knew very well that Lu Bu didn't kill them, it was because of their dedication to the city, if they had extravagant demands, they might really be killed, so they hurriedly thanked Lu Bu.
Zhao Yun accompanied Lu Bu into Dangshan County.
On the way to the government, Lu Bu said to him: "We failed to catch up with Cao Cao, and there will definitely be countless troubles coming from Xudu in the future. Dangshan and other places are far away from Xudu, but they are very close to Pengcheng. The past few days have been hard work. Dragon, win over all the surrounding cities."
"The entrancing that Marquis Chu said is..." Zhao Yun subconsciously asked.
"As long as you don't need money, you can do whatever you want." Lu Bu grinned at him.
Zhao Yun was taken aback for a moment, then he understood and shook his head and smiled.
Lu Bu asked him to win over the surrounding cities, and he also said that as long as it didn't cost money, he would do anything.
Give beauties and officials, which one is not linked with money?
Intimidation is the only way to get the most benefits without spending money.
When meeting local officials who are like soft-footed shrimps, intimidation is of course useful.
If you meet tough local officials, you may have to fight a fight.
"I have been confronted with Cao Cao for so long, but I never thought that the final battle would be won so easily." As soon as he arrived at the government office, Lu Bu said to Zhao Yun, "The Air Force has made great contributions to this battle. I will reward them well later on."
"If the soldiers know that Chuhou has such thoughts, they must be deeply moved." Zhao Yun cupped his hands and saluted.
"We defeated Cao Cao, and we don't know what happened to the other groups of troops." Lu Bu said, "If any group of troops fails to stop the enemy, Pengcheng will be in danger, and what we have done before will be in vain."
PS: Some people say that chapters are too expensive, it is necessary to explain.In the past, it was a small chapter of [-] words, and a chapter of a thousand words was ten cents.In order to avoid being lazy, now I only write chapters of [-] to [-] words, [-] cents per thousand words, and [-] cents to [-] cents per chapter.Chapter charges are based on the number of words, and the charge per thousand words has nothing to do with the chapter itself.It’s not that the chapters are expensive, it’s just that the current chapter is equivalent to five to six chapters in the past
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