The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 444 Passing on the Crisis
Wen Chou originally wanted to ask the teacher for his crimes, but unexpectedly, he was questioned by Lu Bu's words.

Zhuma stood outside the city gate of Xuchang, he looked up at Lu Bu on the tower with a blank expression on his face.

Lu Bu's face was ashen, and he looked at each other.

Lu Bu on the tower didn't say a word, but Wen Chou was still muttering in his heart.

He fought with Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, and he didn't have a chance to get close to Luanjia before he drove Cao Jun away.

When Cao Jun was repelled and he asked Liu Xie to go out to meet him, he found that there was no sign of the emperor in Luanjia.

Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately rushed to Xuchang with his soldiers, intending to question Lu Bu.

What he didn't expect was that Lu Bu didn't admit it at all, but instead questioned him, where did he get the emperor.

Looking up at Lu Bu on the top of the wall, Wen Chou tried his best to recall whether he had seen Liu Xie.

After thinking about it, he never expected to see Liu Xie's trace.

He asked Lu Bu on the top of the wall, "King Chu, are you sure His Majesty is not in the city?"

Lv Bu sneered: "General Wen asked, could it be that he doubts me?"

"Don't dare." Hearing that Lu Bu's tone was not kind, Wen Chou replied, "I don't doubt the King of Chu, but I just feel that this matter is indeed very strange..."

"There are a lot of strange things." Lu Bu said, "Your Majesty followed Luanjia out of the city. If the general hadn't made such a fuss, Xiahoudun brothers would not have been able to catch up. The two old generals, Cheng and Han, planned to fight to the death. , but I didn’t want to be an enemy of General Wen, so I had to lead the soldiers back. Before I questioned General Wen, the general came to question me instead, so I just wanted to ask the general, what is the reason?”

"King Chu, calm down." Facing Lu Bu's questioning, Wen Chou replied, "Let me go back and investigate this matter. Maybe there is something wrong with it."

"What else can there be?" Lu Bu said to him with a cold face: "If your Majesty is really captured by Cao Cao, Wen Chou, I will not spare you!"

Lu Bu's threatening words made Wen Chou feel cold, and his whole body shivered subconsciously.

"I'll go to the army to inquire again. If there is any news, come and tell the king of Chu immediately." Lu Bu was really angry, and Wen Chou was a little afraid of him. He replied, turned around and ran to the Hebei army he brought.

Wen Chou withdrew, and a smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth.

Sun Ce behind him looked at Wen Chou who was evacuating, and asked, "King Chu, if Wen Chou reacts, wouldn't it be very troublesome?"

"When he reacted, Zilong and Ziyi had already escorted the emperor to Pengcheng." Lu Bu said, "The more doubts Wen Chou had in his heart, the more he would think that the emperor was taken captive by Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. We don't have to do anything, as long as we are here Just wait. Before long, Yan Liang and Wen Chou will send troops to attack Cao Cao. Their two armies are fighting lively, we just wait and watch from the sidelines."

"The King of Chu thought that Yan Liang and Wen Chou would send troops to attack Cao Cao?" Sun Ce said in disbelief, "Earlier, the King of Chu asked them to send troops, but they always delayed for various reasons. How could they be willing to send troops to attack Cao Cao?"

"Of course it's for the sake of the emperor." Lu Bu said, "Wen Chou came to question me, but I gave him a big blow. The previous doubts about us have now been passed on to Cao Cao. For the same reason, Cao Cao is also suspicious. Looking at them, thinking that His Majesty was captured by them, I was worried that I would not find a chance to attack the two of them, and if they killed them, they would just fall into Cao Cao's arms."

"It turns out that the king of Chu is planning to wait here." Thinking about the reason, Sun Ce nodded and said, "As long as Yan Liang and Wen Chou send troops to attack Cao Cao, we can sit back and watch the tiger. When they both lose in the fight, we may be able to profit from it. "

"No!" Lu Bu smiled slightly, and said to Sun Ce, "We don't participate in it, we just watch it like this. When they finish fighting, we should also withdraw our troops and return to Pengcheng."

"The King of Chu is not going to take advantage of the situation to destroy Cao Cao?" Sun Ce asked suspiciously.

"Destroy Cao Cao?" Lu Bu asked back: "Cao Cao didn't hurt his vitality. He just lost Xu Chang and the emperor. How can it be so easy for us to destroy him?"

"Is it possible to forget it like this?" Sun Ce was a little annoyed at the thought of forgetting it like this.

Lu Bu patted his arm lightly, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about Bo Fu. It's not that easy to defeat Cao Cao, so we'll let him be at ease first. Cao Cao lost Yuzhou, as if he had lost an arm. Originally Hitting someone with two arms, but now he only has one arm, what can he do to us?"

Hearing what Lu Bu said, Sun Ce thought it was true.

Cao Cao lost Yuzhou and lost the emperor. For him, it was indeed like two arms were broken.

Back when Cao Cao was powerful, Lu Bu was indeed no match for him.

After this crusade, the strength of both sides has reversed.

From now on, Lu Bu no longer has to be afraid of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao must always be on guard against his crusade.

"Cao Cao retreated, but we were caught between him and Yuan Benchu." Sun Ce said to Lu Bu again: "If the two families join forces to attack the King of Chu, it will be difficult to deal with it."

"Only when you have reached that point will you know how to continue." Lu Bu said, "It's too early to think about that now."

Lu Bu was stationed in Xuchang City, waiting for the news of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's attack on Cao Cao.

Leaving from Xuchang City, Wen Chou led ten thousand soldiers to the direction where Yan Liang was stationed.

Seeing him leading the soldiers back, Yan Liang greeted him with a few followers.

"How?" Seeing Wen Chou, Yan Liang asked, "Have you found the emperor?"

"Only Luanjia was robbed." Wen Chou replied: "At that time Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan led troops to rob people. The soldiers and horses escorting Luanjia under Lu Bu's command retreated without a fight. I led the soldiers to drive Cao Jun away, but Luanjia was empty. No one. Although we asked the soldiers guarding Luanjia at that time, no one saw where the emperor went."

"Could it be that the emperor wasn't in Luanjia?" Yan Liang frowned and asked his question.

"At first I also suspected this." Wen Chou replied, "For this reason, I went to Xudu specially, and met Lu Bu there."

"How?" Yan Liang knew very well that Lu Bu was the key to knowing the emperor's whereabouts.

"Judging from what he said, it should have nothing to do with this matter." Wen Chou said: "He was also very angry and said that if the emperor falls into Cao Cao's hands, he will definitely not rest with me."

Wen Chou described Lu Bu's performance at that time, which made Yan Liang feel a little confused.

"So, Lu Bu really doesn't know where the emperor has gone?" Yan Liang asked Lu Bu.

"It should be." Wen Chou replied: "Otherwise he wouldn't question me in turn, at least he should feel guilty when questioning me."

Yan Liang nodded: "You are right. It seems that the emperor probably fell into the hands of Xia Houdun and Xia Houyuan. They are also strong generals under Cao Cao's command. Since they came to snatch the emperor and failed, how could they return easily?"

"That makes sense." Wen Chou nodded, "I also think that they should have snatched the emperor away. Although we had the upper hand in that fight, we shouldn't have won so easily."

"Since the emperor may be taken away by them, shall we..." Wen Chou asked further.

Yan Liang thought for a moment, then said to Wen Chou: "I also think we should attack Cao Cao, but we don't have many troops, what do you think the chances of winning are?"

Wen Chou's face was more solemn than before.

He and Yan Liang led an army of [-] to the vicinity of Xuchang. They never thought of confronting Lu Bu or Cao Cao head-on.

With such a small number of troops, it is impossible to defeat Lu Bu or Cao Cao.

On the day when Lu Bu attacked Xuchang and took the city, two armies fought in the city, and the losses of both sides were not small.

Without that battle, Yan Liang and Wen Chou wouldn't even dare to stay nearby for too long.

Although Lu Bu drove Cao Cao out of Xuchang, Cao Cao was not hurt. With their strength, it was not easy to shake Cao Cao.

After making these calculations in his heart, Wen Chou said to Yan Liang: "Although we don't have many troops, I don't think we will necessarily lose to Cao Cao. If we just go back like this, we can't explain to the master. I think, no matter what , we should all try once. It would be great if we could snatch the emperor back, even if we can’t snatch it back, we have something to say when we see the lord.”

"It has to be like this." What Wen Chou said was indeed reasonable, Yan Liang nodded and said: "We should carefully calculate how to use troops against Cao Cao so as to snatch the emperor back from him."

Yan Liang and Wen Chou planned to attack Cao Cao, and Xia Houdun and Xia Houyuan also led the soldiers to retreat to Cao Cao's army.

The two came to Cao Cao, and before they could speak, Cao Cao immediately asked, "How? Did you find the emperor?"

"I just saw Luanjia, but not the emperor." Xiahou Dun replied, "When we arrived, Wen Chou had already stopped the escort sent by Lu Bu. There were more than [-] people brought by Wen Chou. They fought a battle before and didn't suffer a loss, but they had too many people, and they couldn't snatch His Majesty away."

Looking down at him, he said to Cao Cao with shame on his face: "We failed to win back the emperor, and we have disgraced the entrustment of the lord, and I ask the lord to come down."

"Wen Chou has a lot of troops, how can you two take back the emperor." Cao Cao raised his hand and said to Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan: "Besides, the troops sent by Lu Bu are also present, and the number of troops is several times that of yours. It is really strange that the emperor snatched it back."

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan glanced at each other, embarrassment appeared on their faces.

"The troops sent by Lu Bu did not stay behind." Xiahou Dun replied, "Before we arrived, they had already retreated and did not participate in the battle. Only Wen Chou's Hebei soldiers and horses fought with our army."

After hearing Xiahoudun's reply, Cao Cao looked at the staff beside him with astonishment.

He asked his staff, "Do you think this matter is too strange?"

Guo Jia replied: "This matter is more than strange. If the emperor is in the car, even if the soldiers and horses sent by Lu Bu know that they can't protect them, they will fight to the death. But they didn't do that, but just withdrew , doesn't the lord feel that there is something strange in it?"

Cao Cao nodded: "After what you said, I really think there are a lot of weird things in it."

Looking at Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's faces again, Cao Cao asked, "Are you sure that the troops sent by Lu Bu have withdrawn before you arrived, and that none of them participated in the battle?"

After getting a definite reply, Cao Cao frowned tightly, and said to everyone: "Lu Fengxian should understand what it means to him to have the emperor. As long as the emperor is in his hands, he can not only attack me in a legitimate way, but also Take what you want from the world. No matter who he sends troops to, he can use the guise of the Han court. To seize Xudu, the biggest gain for him is nothing more than getting the emperor. He was robbed when he left, how could he be willing?"

Annoyed because they failed to grab Luanjia, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan were ashamed when they saw Cao Cao.

Cao Cao guessed that the emperor was probably not in Luanjia, and the shame on Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan's faces receded, replaced by astonishment.

Looking at Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun asked, "My lord, do you really think the emperor is not in Luanjia?"

"Should have left a long time ago." Cao Cao said, "Lu Bu was escorted by someone, but it was just an empty car. If you hadn't arrived, Lu Bu's people would definitely clash with Wen Chou's people. If you go, you will save yourself. The matter of Lu Bu's subordinates. The fight with Wen Chou was delayed for nearly a whole day, and the emperor who had left Xudu long ago went even further. Even if we send people to chase now, it is impossible to catch up again .”

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan glanced at each other, and the doubts on their faces were deeper than before.

"My lord, I feel that the matter is far from over." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Lü Bu made such an arrangement, and Wen Chou must have snatched only Kong Luanjia. If he didn't get the emperor, Wen Chou would definitely go to question Lu Bu. My lord thinks What would Lu Bu tell him?"

Cao Cao only considered that Lu Bu sent Liu Xie out of the city first, and then used Luanjia to attract the attention of him, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, but did not consider the follow-up matters.

Guo Jia opened his mouth to remind Cao Cao to be alert.

Looking at Guo Jia, he asked, "Feng Xiao means..."

"I think that when Wen Chou went to Xudu, Lu Bu would definitely tell him that the emperor was captured by the two generals Yuan Rang and Miao Cai." It was acquired by two generals. Yan Liang and Wen Chou are fierce generals from Hebei, they are more than brave, but not wise enough. They believe that the emperor is in the hands of the lord, so of course they will lead the army to attack."

"What does Feng Xiao mean, that Yan Liang and Wen Chou will lead troops to attack us?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia not too sure.

"Of course they will come." Guo Jia said: "Yan Liang and Wen Chou have more than [-] troops. Once they come, they will definitely bring a lot of damage to our army. My lord, it is better to plan ahead. "

(End of this chapter)