The meeting of the independent house ended quickly, and everyone who was invited by Chen Gong expressed their support for his decision.

Cao Cao's actions in Yanzhou chilled them.

The Cao family was originally from a family of eunuchs, which was already criticized, and last year's attack on 100,000 slaughterers in Xuzhou also made everyone tremble.

In addition, before the expedition, he killed the famous scholar Bian Rang and others, which completely intensified the contradiction between him and the family in Yanzhou.

This made the people of Yanzhou think that Cao Cao was not a suitable lord of Yanzhou.

and not really for their benefit.

Now that Chen Gong has rebelled, and Lu Bu suddenly attacked Yanzhou, they are also happy to do favors.

After the meeting dispersed, everyone returned to their counties and families, and mobilized all their forces to resist Cao Cao.

Chen Gong dispatched all the soldiers and horses in Juancheng and the surrounding areas on the pretext of resisting Lu Bu, organized people to carry a large amount of grain, and secretly hid the precious metals from the treasury to Puyang.

At this time, Puyang was guarded by Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan.

Cao Cao was originally a suspicious person, and this time he sent troops to attack Qingzhou, and he was afraid that Yuan Shao would partner with Yuan Shu to trap him, so he left some men and generals in Yanzhou.

Dongjun is the place where he started, and it is the most important place, so let Xiahou Yuan, a heavyweight general, stay behind.

Xiahou Yuan was also taken aback when he heard that Lu Bu was coming, so he specially led a thousand men and horses to explore White Horse City.

Then he ran into Lu Bu's vanguard.

Xiahou Yuan defeated Cheng Lian first, and almost killed Hou Cheng again, and finally Lu Bu led the cavalry, and Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to lead the army to retreat to Puyang.

The city of Puyang was strong, and Lu Bu led the army to rashly attack the city, but was repelled by Xiahou Yuan.

It was the first time since Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou that he was blocked, so he attacked for another day, but he was still held by Xiahou Yuan.

Lu Bu failed to attack, and he was in a very bad mood, so he returned to the barracks and immediately said to his opponent: "Order, let Gao Shun immediately come over with the trap camp, next time I must capture Puyang and cut off Xiahou Yuan's brain." ”

The subordinates ordered to go to the rear immediately to inform Gao Shun.

The next day, when Lu Bu was waiting for Gao Shun to come and capture Puyang, a report suddenly came from his subordinates.

"The general's big thing is not good, the reinforcements of Cao's army from Juancheng to support Puyang have arrived, and there are as many as 10,000 people."

"Damn! Cao Jun came to help. Lu Bu was suddenly a little anxious, Xiahou Yuan was still able to block his two siegers according to his original strength, and now there are more than 10,000 troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Gao Shun to fight Puyang when he comes.

The current trap camp is not as good as when he was in Guanzhong, and most of the losses have not been replenished, and in addition to running around with him, he has not been well organized, and his strength is not as good as before.

Now that Xiahou Yuan has 10,000 more reinforcements, it will be even more difficult to fight.

"Lord, Cao's army is coming from Juancheng, and if you want to come to Juancheng, it is empty at this time, why don't we attack Juancheng, first take the state capital, capture Cao Cao and his generals' families, and it's not too late to come back to clean up Xiahou Yuan." General Cao Xuan suggested.

The eyes of the crowd lit up one by one.

That's right, Juancheng's Cao army came to support Puyang, and Juancheng must be empty.

At this time, the surprise attack can be taken down in one fell swoop.

Juancheng is not too far from Puyang, and the light cavalry raid will not take a day to arrive.

However, Lu Bu shook his head and said, "No! Take Puyang first, eat Dongjun and attack Juancheng. ”

Lu Bu is naturally good at fighting, not only bravery, but also basic strategies and predictions.

Although Juancheng is close at hand, although it is empty at this time, it does not mean that Juancheng will be really empty when he arrives with his troops.

Won't General Cao of Juancheng transfer troops to other cities and counties around him?

When he arrived in Juancheng, it was estimated that Juancheng would have heavy troops again.

At that time, Juancheng could not be defeated, and Puyang also lost the opportunity to attack, and in the end it was empty.

It is better to hurt his ten fingers than to cut off his full fingers, take Puyang, and Dongjun will be his.

He and the state army will be replenished, and basic strategic points will be obtained, and grain and grass can be replenished.

Everyone didn't understand, and Lu Bu didn't explain, so most of them felt sorry.

At this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "General, great thing!" Great thing......"

"What's the matter, take your time?" Lu Bu raised his eyebrows slightly, could it be that Gao Shun had arrived.

The person who came replied excitedly: "General, Puyang City is open, Puyang City is open, Puyang City is open to our army." ”

"Ugh!" Lu Bu and the generals were stunned for a while.

Puyang City is open, isn't this normal?

Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements came, and it was normal for him to open the city to welcome reinforcements.

But why is it open to our army?

"General, Puyang City is open at the west gate, and the Cao Jun banners on the city have fallen, as if we are invited to enter the city."

Lu Bu and the generals still couldn't believe it, so they rushed out of the tent one after another, kicked high and looked, and sure enough, the west gate of Puyang was wide open, just like what his subordinates reported.

Soon, another Pegasus entered the camp and came to Lu Bu and the others and hurriedly said, "General! Xiahou Yuan took a few men and horses out of Puyang and fled from the east gate to Juancheng. ”

"Hmmm! Xiahou Yuan fled, why is this? Lu Bu wondered.

What the hell is Puyang City doing?

The person replied: "I don't know the general, it seems that the Cao army from Juancheng and the Cao Cao army in Puyang City have fought, and Xiahou Yuan is defeated and runs away." ”

"Hahaha, I know, this is someone who took the initiative to vote for me, wanted to surrender his name, and wanted to sacrifice the city and Xiahou Yuan's head." Lu Bu muttered narcissistically on the spot, and then his eyes lit up, and he said to Wei Xu: "You lead the troops to take over Puyang City, don't mess around, take over the city defense, and I'll talk about other things when I come back." ”

After explaining, Lu Bu said to Cheng Lian and Cao Xing: "You two will take the troops with me to chase Xiahou Yuan." ”

"General, this ......" Wei Xu wanted to say whether this would be a fraud, but he felt that Lu Bu's nerves were too big, how could he see that Cao Jun had taken effect, in case someone transferred the tiger away from the mountain and set up an ambush in the city.

It's a pity that at this time, Lu Bu happily slapped his horse out of the camp, and Cheng Lian, Cao Xing and others led their troops to follow and chase Xiahou Yuan.

In the end, Wei Xu still did not lead troops into the city to receive Puyang City, but stuck to the camp, and when it was dark, Lu Bu led the troops back.

Lu Bu still failed to catch up with Xiahou Yuan, and once again missed the opportunity to kill him, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Xiahou Yuan is one of the fiercest generals under Cao Cao, and he is good at leading troops to resist the enemy.

It's a pity that Xiahou Yuan wants to go, and he can't catch up, although his red rabbit horse runs fast, he is not familiar with the geography of Yanzhou, where can he compare to Xiahou Yuan, who is familiar with the road.

"What's the matter, didn't you take over Puyang City first?" Lu Bu came back and saw that Wei Xu was still in the camp and did not go to take over Puyang City, so he asked a little unhappily.

Wei Xu then said his worries, and Lu Bu laughed and said: "I'm too worried, Xiahou Yuan was chased by me and fled in panic, where do you still have the heart to ambush, and it is even more impossible to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, come with me into the city, I want to see who helped me take Puyang City." ”