Yanzhou, Dingtao.

"Knock knock ......"

The fierce drums of war suddenly rose into the sky, shaking the entire city in an instant.

Lu Bu woke up from his sleep, turned over and jumped up from the couch. Xiaocao, who was sleeping inside, also screamed, hugged Lu Bu, and her body couldn't help but tremble.

Lu Bu turned around and gently patted Xiaocao's emaciated shoulder, a little speechless. For more than two years, Xiaocao has been displaced with him, fighting everywhere, and sometimes he can't even eat, and he is miserable. At the moment, he still couldn't give Xiaocao a stable and warm home, and Lu Bu couldn't help but feel extremely guilty.

When Lu Bu fled Chang'an before, he was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to take his family with him, but fortunately Pang Shu took Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao in a messy situation, and then took Mrs. Yan and others out of Chang'an in the name of an envoy.

Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao followed Lu Bu's trail all the way, fortunately the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty was not too chaotic at this stage, plus there were a few guards, and they finally arrived at Yuan Shu's place without danger, and they were sadly surprised to learn that Lu Bu had left......

Fortunately, Yuan Shu did not have the habits of Lao Wang, and he was quite chivalrous, so not only did he not embarrass Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao, but even sent some people to escort them to Yanzhou under the banner of the Yuan family, so that Lu Bu, who was originally dissatisfied with Yuan Shu, suddenly had a great impression of him.

However, after Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao came to Yanzhou, they did not live a comfortable life for a few days, and at the earliest, Lu Bu still had some advantages over Cao Cao, but I don't know why it suddenly turned around, and Cao Cao had the upper hand, which simply made Lu Bu at a loss......

"Don't be afraid, it's okay, as long as I live, no one can hurt you." Lu Bu patted Xiaocao's shoulder lovingly, and comforted him in a low voice, "I'll go out and have a look, you wait for me here." ”

"Is the city unfortunate? Are we going to die? Xiaocao gradually let go of the hand that was holding Lu Bu tightly, but she was still uneasy and asked in a low voice.

"No......" Lu Bu squeezed out a smile, then got up and walked out of the room.

Xiaocao clung to the futon tightly, and two lines of tears rolled down quietly.

"What's going on!" Lu Bu boarded the city in a few steps, stared at the Cao army troops outside the city, and said, "Is there any news from the people sent to contact Zhang Yuanjun?" ”

"I'm afraid Zhang Yuanjun has fallen for the trick......" Chen Gong's face was gloomy, and his brows were tightly wrinkled together.

"How?" Lu Bu turned his head and asked.

Chen Gong's brows were twisted in one place, almost as if he was about to wring out the water, and said: "According to the itinerary, there should have been news a long time ago, but there has been no response so far...... And these Cao soldiers actually waved down so boldly, without the slightest sign of worrying about the back...... It can be seen that Chen Liu did not send troops......"

"And Chen Liu's troops have not been dispatched, one is that Zhang Yuanjun was deceived by Cao Thief's clever words, and the other is afraid that he will ......" Chen Gong said, his face became more and more ugly. Originally, the army was stationed in Dingtao, and Chen Gong's plan was to lure Cao Cao south, and then Zhang Miao sent troops from Chen Liu, so that Puyang could be attacked in the north and Cao Jun in the south, but what he didn't expect was that the Cao army arrived, and Zhang Miao's soldiers and horses were nowhere to be seen.

Zhang Miao and Cao Cao have also been friends for a long time, if Lu Bu directly crushed Cao Cao in one fell swoop before, then naturally there is nothing to say, but now Yuan Shu's strategic focus has shifted to the south, although there is a part of the troops left, but it is mainly based on defense, so there is no movement after a sortie and no return.

Chen Gong's previous perfect plan to strangle Cao Cao by the three-way army ran aground like this, making Chen Gong himself feel embarrassed.

The key is that at such a juncture, Zhang Miao actually dropped the chain!

Lu Bu almost jumped to his feet, the most annoying thing was that Chen Gong spoke slowly, and left a while, but now he could only endure his temperament, hammered on the battlements of the city wall, and said, "I'm afraid what?!" ”

"Or the general's intentions......" Chen Gong sighed and said slowly, this one is more likely.

"General?!" Lu Bu's eyes widened.

Chen Gong was silent.

Lu Bu glared and couldn't help but roar: "Didn't Zhang Envoy Jun say that he was instructed by the general!" Why is it a general again now?! ”

Chen Gong sighed, shook his head, and did not speak. Chen Gong didn't guess what Yuan Shao was thinking, but if he guessed, he was helpless and couldn't make any effective response.

Yuan Shao was dissatisfied with Cao Cao, which was the reason why Chen Gong and Zhang Miao dared to openly rebel against Cao Cao.

But now......

Maybe Chen Gong Zhang Miao and others contacted Yuan Shu, which caused Yuan Shao to feel unhappy, or Yuan Shao just wanted to beat Cao Cao, not to pinch him to death all at once, or Cao Cao sent someone to Yuan Shao's feet crying and shouting and hugging his thighs, which reminded Yuan Shao of some childhood friendship, anyway, now Yuan Shao has supported Cao Cao in turn, making Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, Lu Bu and others not human beings inside and out......

Although they only sent some money, food, soldiers and horses, which was not much, it already showed an obvious attitude, causing the Yanzhou scholars who were originally shouting and shouting at Cao Cao to kill are now much more silent.

Yuan Shao's favorite thing is nothing more than the word "balance", in his opinion, it may be just right to have Zhang Miao to contain Cao Cao, so Zhang Miao either believed it, or gave in, Chen Liu did not send troops to support, and now Lu Bu can only fight alone.

"Zhang Envoy Jun's place, there is nothing to count on......," Chen Gong said in a deep voice, "Wen Hou, we should break through immediately, if we are slow, I am afraid that we will not be able to ......"

Chen Gong couldn't judge whether he, the main plotter who betrayed Cao Cao, was within the scope of pardon or not, but he thought that most of them were not, so it was impossible for Chen Gong to return to Chen Liu, and Tao Cheng was small, and there was not much food in stock, and it couldn't support it for long, so it could only break through.

Lu Bu looked at Cao Jun under the city, gritted his teeth and said, "Break through? Where can you go to break out? It's better to go out of the city and fight, and see if this camp is broken! ”

There were some Cao troops who came in the early stage, but maybe they used the strategy of encircling three ques, or maybe the number was not enough to surround the Dingtao group, but they only surrounded the north and east, and there were no camps in the west and south, and the soldiers and horses were set up, and the attack was not very strong.

"According to Captain Wei's previous report, Cao Thief's army has left Puyang and is divided into multiple units...... But only one appeared under the city...... Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Wenhou, although the Xiahou army under the city is only 4,000 people and cannot besiege the city, if we attack, we may not be able to conquer the camp in a short time...... In addition, Wen Hou please see ......"

Chen Gong pointed to a few hills in the northeast direction of Dingtao and said: "Although this mountain is not high, it is enough to block our view, and the north and east of the city are all blocked, or to prevent us from sending people out of the city to investigate...... In the past two days, I have seen forest birds hovering on the mountain without falling, which means that there must be an ambush of Cao's army in this mountain, and if we rush to attack, I am afraid that it will be ......taken by them."

"Boom!" Lu Bu hammered his fist on the wall battlement and lowered his voice, "You can't fight if you fight, and there are no reinforcements to defend it!" Fuck it! ”

Chen Gong continued: "Wen Hou is not in a hurry, now it seems that if we break through, Cao Thief Xiahou may not dare to chase after him!" But now there are only two directions, one to the south and the other to the west......"

"To the south, to the west?" Lu Bu muttered and repeated.

"Yes, to the south, you can go to Yangzhou, you can also go to Xuzhou......" Chen Gong had obviously been thinking about this question for a long time, and said very smoothly.

"Yangzhou? Xuzhou? Lu Bu scratched his head.

Chen Gong glanced at Lu Bu and said, "...... I heard that there are internal differences in Xuzhou, there are those who are close to the general, and there are also those who are close to the general, if Wen Hou goes, he can maneuver around it......"

"Then to the west, it is to cast the ...... of the Yang" Chen Gong continued to say the answer to the choice question, "The Son of Heaven issued a recruitment order to show that he was thirsty for talent, and Marquis Wen was originally an important minister of the imperial court, and returning to the imperial court was also a proper intention, and the Son of Heaven would naturally gladly accept ......"

Anyway, the general Yuan Shao's attitude is unclear, and Chen Gong himself is also a double-standard person, so he is very unhappy with others stabbing in the back, so he doesn't even consider it, and in the rest of the directions, only Xuzhou and Heluo are more suitable.

As for Jingzhou, now Liu Biao is already an iron bucket, and others can't interfere.

Heluo Luoyang?

Lu Bu raised his head, squinted his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "Isn't there a Hongnong Yang clan in the place of Luoyang?" Is there a place for it? ”

"Wen Hou doesn't know, Hongnong Yang and the general Zhengxi have a lot of discord...... Chen Gong said slowly, his eyes showed a light of calculation, "I heard that the Hongnong Yang clan was defeated by the general of Zhengxi in the previous expedition to Guanzhong, and now I heard that he led the army to the west again, although he took Tongguan, but he couldn't advance or retreat, and there were already many complaints in Luoyang...... If the general goes west to Heluo, he can raise the banner of righteousness, protect the Son of Heaven on the surface, abandon the intention of the vain minister, and ...... smoothly."

"Protect the Son of Heaven and abandon the delusional ministers?" Lu Bu pondered for a moment.

Yangzhou, saying it is just one more option, but Chen Gong knows that Lu Bu will not choose, and for the two choices of Xuzhou and Heluo, in fact, Chen Gong is more inclined to go to Luoyang, because now Hongnong Yang has shown a decadent appearance, if Lu Bu is added......

Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu and said, "Didn't Wen Hou Zeng Yan have an old relationship with General Zhengxi?" If you go to Heluo, under the left and right attacks, the Yang family will definitely be defeated! At that time, as long as Wen Hou respects the Son of Heaven, naturally no one dares to disobey ......"

Lu Buhuo woke up and turned his head to look at the rest of the generals around him. And Wei Xu and the others, who were following Lu Bu, understood Chen Gong's words, and they were also a little moved, and everyone nodded in unison.

"That's it!" Lu Bu waved his hand and decisively said, "Clean up the city, integrate the army, tomorrow, no, tonight we will fight our way out of the siege and march to Heluo!" ”

………………………………

A few days later, Puyang, Yanzhou.

"What?!" Cao Cao's eyes widened, turning his mung bean-sized eyeballs into the size of soybeans, and said, "Lu Feng went to Heluo first?!" ”

Don't look at Cao Cao's posture is quite big, in fact, the foundation is also empty now, so Cao Cao didn't dare to fight Lu Bu directly, for fear of revealing any flaws, and the troops left in Dingtao did have an ambush, but it was not as much as Chen Gong imagined......

After all, Yanzhou has just suffered a disaster, and there is a lack of food and grass everywhere, although Yuan Shao's side has received some help, but it is also a drop in the bucket, and it is better than nothing, and it can't support too much consumption.

But Cao Cao couldn't let the people in Yanzhou know the real situation, so he could only send his troops out, and then wave after wave of troops pretending to be Yuan Shao's support drove back, and changed Dong Zhuo's drama back then into a coat and performed again, which can be regarded as shocking the Yanzhou Shi clan who were about to move.

Although it is indeed a good thing to scare Lu Bu away, it is not good for Lu Bu to go somewhere, but he went to Heluo, is this......

Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao's expression and said slowly: "Why does Ming Gong have to mind? Since ancient times, there has been no reason for martial arts to govern the country, and Dong Zhongying is a precedent. Wen Hou goes, if he is based on the court, there will be a dispute, and then the Ming Duke will make a decision. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was relieved.

In the current situation of the Han Dynasty, the habit of rejecting martial artists has penetrated into the bones, and non-proficient scholars are not allowed to enter the court, and non-well-educated Confucians are not allowed to enter the court, which has become a benchmark in the hearts of all scholars in the Han Dynasty, so although Dong Zhuo became a Taishi before, he is still unpopular, and many places are not willing to obey Dong Zhuo's orders at all, which can be clearly seen.

Not to mention Lu Bu. Xun Yu wasn't even more worried about how much of a wave this guy with an obvious shortage of intelligence could make in the court.

"But ......" Cao Cao knocked on the table and said with a frown, "...... Wen Hou and Zhengxi, it is rumored that they are close, if this is ...... If you send a wonderful talent to take advantage of the chaos...... Cao Cao still has some resentment about not being able to receive Liu Xie.

"Ming Gong, the former ancestor started in Guanzhong, and Guangwu was entrenched in Hanoi, which can determine the world, why not? It's all because of the deep roots to control the world! Advance is enough to defeat the enemy, retreat is enough to hold on, although there is a defeat and the end of the great cause. Now Yanzhou is not peaceful, Qingzhou is undecided, and it is in the world, the foundation is unstable, how can it enter the world? Therefore, the Ming Duke should stabilize the place, harvest the cooked wheat, and eat the grain of the livestock to stabilize the foundation. Xun Yu arched his hand towards Cao Cao and admonished, "If the light troops go straight to Heluo, the hearts of the people of Yanzhou will not be stable, and they will add chaos to the chaos, and they will return safely?" Why not take this good opportunity to take the autumn harvest first, pay equal attention to grace and power, win the hearts of the people, sweep away the evil rebellion, and after the foundation is stable, it is not too late to take Xuzhou in the east or Heluo in the west. Wang Minggong thought about it. ”

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, nodded slowly, and finally suppressed his grievances for the time being, and said: "Wen Ruo's words are like a yellow bell, and they are grand. Be good, and do what Wen Ruo says. However, although Cao Cao said this, there was a little indescribable thought rising in his heart, as if he had lost something most beloved, mixed with regret and helplessness......

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came over from outside the doorway, and it was obvious that something had happened......