Xu Rong's wishful thinking crackled, but it was not as good as the sky, and the next day, when he was ready to surrender, he was told by Tanma that Sun Jian himself had left Xingyang overnight and disappeared.

"I was in a hurry, and I didn't even dismantle the camp!" Lu Bu took the men and horses to check around, and came to Xu Rong and said.

Xu Rong frowned: "There's no reason, this is not like Sun Jian's style!"

"General Qiyu, the villain found a letter in Sun Jian's camp!"

A soldier came over with a letter and handed it to Lu Bu, Lu Bu took it, but he didn't open it and read it, and handed it directly to Xu Rong: "I, Lu Bu, am a rough person who can't read, or can you come and see it?"

"Hehe, the general is really good at laughing, you used to be the chief bookkeeper under Ding Yuan, can you be illiterate? I think you were too inferior by the two boys Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong, right?" Xu Rong smiled while opening the letter, but his face gradually became unpleasant.

Lu Bu saw it in his eyes, knowing that there would definitely be nothing good in the letter, and asked, "What did Sun Jian write?"

Xu Rong folded the letter and sneered: "It is said that the purpose of his original coming here was to arrest Fan Chou, but the current situation has captured Fan Chou, and the purpose has been achieved, so he naturally wants to retreat and leave!

"What an arrogant tone, I should have fought with him yesterday, but unfortunately my body was infected with wind and cold, cough-" Lu Bu smiled slightly, coughing a few times from time to time.

Xu Rong shook his head lightly: "It's not that simple, Dian Wei must have brought some news to Sun Jian, it may be good news or bad news, but now it seems that bad news is more likely!"

Before he finished speaking, a horse came to report: "General Qiyu, although Sun Jian led his troops to retreat from Xingyang, he let his subordinates Huang Gai and Han Dang Zhu Zhi garrison Chenggao, in an attempt to cut off our connection with Hu Zhen's Daduhu! Even Xiahou Yuan led troops to Chenggao, adding up to about 3,000 people!"

Xu Rong listened, not angry but laughed: "Sun Jian is really okay, he left a hand before leaving, Chenggao is the only shortcut to Xingyang Tongshui, which shows that it is to prevent us from transporting grain to Hu Zhen, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't obstruct it, anyway, there is no grain and grass to transport here, and besides, I don't plan to transport it!"

When Lu Bu heard this, he was shocked, could Xu Rong have other plans? He looked at Xu Rong and said nothing.

At this time, a cavalryman came in the distance, and Lu Bu recognized it as Hu Zhen's person, so he sneered and said to himself: "The one who urged the army food is here!"

Xu Rong also saw it, and he was unhappy in his heart, but he still forced himself to smile and watched the cavalry arrive.

"I've seen Xingyang Ling, I've seen the young general, Dadu Hu has led 30,000 horses to confront Gao Yi and Bao Xin in the water village, my vanguard Huaxiong has fought several times, defeated Bao Xin's brother Bao Tao, and killed the enemy general Yu Shi and Pan Feng, and hit Gao Yi himself, Dadu Hu to the court to show General Huaxiong's exploits, the lord has added General Huaxiong as the governor of the cavalry, Gao Yi collected troops and shrank without fighting, trying to hold on to Dadu Hu, Dadu Hu special order villain came to urge the two to urge food, hoping to send it early, so as not to disturb the army's heart!"

Lu Bu and Xu Rong glanced at each other, and then they knew the truth about Sun Jian's retreat, it turned out that he was supporting Gao Yi, no wonder, in addition to Sun Jian's tiger battalion under Gao Yi's tent, he really couldn't find a few fierce generals who could win more with less, I am afraid that Sun Jian took the initiative to leave and wanted to compete with Huaxiong.

However, there are so many words in front of this herald, and the two know that the last sentence is the point, in the name of meritorious service, urging the army to eat food, if you don't give it, you will delay the military plane, if you give it, what will you give?

"I know, you first report to Dadu Hu and Huadu Governor, and then I will send grain and grass, but Sun Jian also sent a few generals to defend Chenggao, and General Lu and I have to pull out this nail to ensure that the grain road is smooth, so it may be a few days late to arrive in grain, please Dadu Hu and Huadu Governor don't be anxious!"

Xu Rong smiled and sent the herald away, but saw Lu Bu looking at him with puzzled eyes: "Brother Xu is crazy? As far as I know, you and my army have not raised a little grain and grass, right? If this crime of war falls, it will be the head of the people!"

"Hehe, that's good, so we can't let Hu Zhen win the battle anymore!" Xu Rong said leisurely.

Lu Bu looked at Xu Rong, and the doubts in his eyes gradually deepened.

Xu Rong didn't hide it, and said directly: "Although the general is the righteous son of the lord, but the state army, like me Xu Rong, is not the lord's descendant troops, they are all meritorious and unrewarded, and they have been punished heavily.

Lu Bu knew that Xu Rong had something to say, otherwise it would be impossible to say it to him alone, but he was even more afraid that Dong Zhuo had arranged for Xu Rong to test his loyalty, so he only pretended not to understand Xu Rong's words: "What does Brother Xu mean by this? It's really confusing, in the past, Ding Yuan was responsible for me, so I didn't kill him, but my father-in-law is now as kind to me as a mountain, how can I, Lu Bu, not know how to repay my kindness?"

This was a big surprise to Xu Rong, in his opinion, Lu Bu was just a figure with an empty and brave mind the size of a three-year-old child.

But now that he knew he was wrong, he found that he couldn't actually see what Lu Bu was thinking.

But now that the words have been spoken, Xu Rong didn't plan to swallow the words back, he broke everyone else, cleared his throat and said to Lu Bu: "General Lu misunderstood Xu's meaning, Xu's loyalty to the lord is unshakable, it's just that Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong are too bullying, and I, Xu, have suffered some grievances, but what kind of person is General Lu? Xu really can't swallow this bad breath for General Lu!"

Although Lu Bu has not been in Dong Zhuo for the first time, he still knows a little about Xu Rong's personality, he knows that Xu Rong has never said good things about people easily, let alone patting his own ass like today, there must be a demon when things go wrong, he knows that Xu Rong must want to use him to get rid of Hu Zhen, so as to take over the tens of thousands of horses under Hu Zhen's name, and no longer just a nameless Xingyang Ling.

He smiled, since Xu Rong wanted to use him, then make good use of it, this is also an opportunity to make a name for himself in Dong Zhuojun!

"Brother Xu might as well say it directly, listen to it or not, I, Lu Bu, have my own measure!"

Xu Rong relaxed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I led the troops to attack Chenggao, and General Lu led people to bypass Chenggao to spread rumors behind Hu Zhen's army in Bishui, saying that Gao Yi's main force cut off his retreat from returning north to Xiaopingjin, and when necessary, the general can arrange some manpower to set fire to the camp, Hu Zhen will definitely mess up his position, Gao Yi is a smart man, and he will definitely send men and horses to seize this opportunity to attack Hu Zhen, at that time Hu Zhen was too busy to take care of himself, where can he still take care of the battle? It is best that he and Hua Xiong are both killed in the battle in Bishui, and the general can take advantage of the situation! As a sign of sincerity, I plan to put Shi Jian back, what does the general think?"

Lu Bu saw that Xu Rong said in such detail, and knew that it must not be Dong Zhuo who sent Xu Rong to tempt, he understood that Xu Rong could not be reused by Dong Zhuo, so he came up with this method to eradicate dissidents, and he should give Gao Yi a favor in the name of his Lu Bu and Xu Rong, if he can take over Hu Zhen's men and horses at this time, Dong Zhuo will not be impressed by them, if Dong Zhuo is still a person who only reuses his descendants, then Xu Rong will definitely use this great favor as a stepping stone to Gao Yi.

People's hearts are really unpredictable, Lu Bu nodded lightly, he was going to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

Because before coming to Xingyang, Lu Bu had already secretly met with Li Su, and asked him and Gao Shun and others who went with him to wait for an opportunity to cause some small damage to Hu Zhen.

"How is the lord's injury, why didn't Brother Dian tell me until now?"

On the official road back to Bishui, Sun Jian, who was riding a horse and leading the army to gallop, couldn't help but ask Dian Weidao who was also gradually following him with some dissatisfaction, as soon as he heard that Gao Yi was seriously injured by Hua Xiong, he no longer had the intention of attacking Xingyang, anyway, there was no benefit in defeating it, and he really fought with Xu Rong and Lu Bu, and he didn't know how many days it would waste, not to mention that Xingyang was also connected to Xiaopingjin, and it was difficult to guarantee that Niu Fu would not continue to send people to Xingyang to support.

Dian Wei was a little embarrassed, when he came, Gao Yiqian told him to support Sun Jian, but he still accidentally said that he leaked his mouth, now although Sun Jian captured Fan Chou and Hu Che'er, but his face was a dark cloud, Dian Wei was not a character who would explain people, so he had to flick the horsewhip while muttering to himself: "It's all my fault, I was lost with the troops at that time, and I didn't meet the lord in time, otherwise I would have killed him a lot of meat and vegetables with this bastard Shanghuaxiong!"

"You can't blame Brother Dian, it's all of us who are careless, I think Yu She's and Pan Feng's two martial arts are not inferior, but Hua Xiong can kill one enemy and two instantaneously, it can be seen that the strength is really not to be underestimated, I'm afraid that Brother Dian, you will go into battle in person, and he can't help it!"

The drizzle was like silk, falling on Sun Jian's face, he wiped it, and the whole person gradually calmed down, this may be Dong Zhuo's plan early on, Dong Zhuo could have directly appointed Lu Bu as the vanguard, but in that case, Gao Yi will definitely be on guard, and when he goes into battle, he will not be careless, Lu Bu can be called unparalleled, but he can consume his physical strength in wheel warfare, or simply let Zhao Yun, Yan Liangwen, Choudianwei and other masters join forces to fight Lu Bu.

But in that case, the battle here in Bishui will become a protracted battle, and it will not be beneficial to anyone, after all, Dong Zhuo is now considered to represent the imperial court, and the men and horses under his command can only find excuses to cause some small friction with others, and if they officially declare war, they will lose their prestige.

That's why we have to be surprised, so we have to appoint Hua Xiong as a pioneer, this is Dong Zhuo's true intention!

The battle of Bishui, war is not the goal, but to seek peace by war!