Zhou Yu said that they were almost driven out of the city by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, and Lü Bu asked, "Has Cao Cao been supervising the battle in the city all along?" ”

"He's just overseeing the war." Zhou Yu replied: "He took Xu Chu all over the city, and there was almost no Cao Jun who didn't know that Cao Cao was in the city and was still with them, so it was difficult for Cao Jun in the city to solve, and Cao Jun outside the city followed behind us to stare at us, until Chu Hou appeared, and the battle situation improved." ”

Looking at Liu Xie, who was protected by Lu Bu in front of him, Zhou Yu asked, "Is this Your Majesty?" ”

"Exactly." Lu Bu said: "Send someone to protect Your Majesty, don't make any mistakes, and I will lead the soldiers to clear the Cao army in the city." ”

Neither Lu Bu nor Zhou Yu mentioned that Cao Cao was likely to resist stubbornly.

Putting Liu Xie down from the horse and handing it to Zhou Yu, Lu Bu rode the horse and left.

Zhou Yu instructed the soldiers: "Prepare a carriage for Your Majesty." ”

Before the carriage arrived, Liu Xie asked Zhou Yu: "General Zhou, don't you and General Lu plan to pursue Cao Cao?" ”

"Chu Hou shouldn't have thought about pursuing, and I haven't considered persuading him to pursue." Zhou Yu replied: "Cao Cao will give up Xu Du, but not because he is not capable of fighting the last battle, but because he feels that the last battle is meaningless. Outside the city, Yuan Shao was eyeing the tiger. Our army is bound to win Xu Du. If Cao Cao didn't withdraw and fought to the end, he could only let Yuan Shao benefit from the fisherman. It can be said that this battle was not won by us, but by Cao Cao. ”

Looking at Liu Xie, Zhou Yu bowed and said, "The Marquis of Chu has rescued Your Majesty, please rest assured." From now on, no one will threaten Your Majesty. When he arrives in Pengcheng, the Marquis of Chu will also be well protected, and will no longer let His Majesty suffer from being held hostage. ”

When he followed Lu Bu to escape from the palace, Liu Xie already felt that when he went to Pengcheng this time, his life might be more relaxed than in Xudu, but it was not so easy to seize power from Lu Bu.

Not to mention anything else, just look at Lu Bu's prestige in the army.

When he didn't appear, the Xuzhou army was not strong enough to even be driven out of Xudu by the Cao army.

When he appeared on the street, the Xuzhou army, which was originally at a disadvantage, was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and launched a fierce attack on the Cao army.

What's even worse is that the appearance of Lu Bu not only gave the Xuzhou army encouragement, but also gave the Cao army a deterrent.

had a deep fear of him, and seeing him killed, Cao Jun was instantly demoralized.

The Xuzhou army launched a fierce attack, and the morale of Cao's army, which had become low, gradually became weak, and learned that Cao Cao had retreated outside the city, and many people also retreated.

The battle in Xudu lasted all night and was not completely over until the afternoon of the next day.

Lu Bu's personal entourage brought him a red rabbit.

Changing into the familiar Chitu BMW, he rode on horseback and walked to the palace accompanied by generals such as Sun Ce and Gao Shun.

"Chu Hou." Sun Ce said: "After the city was broken, we had already been to the palace, and the paratroopers were almost completely wiped out. I searched the entire palace, but I didn't see a few alive. ”

"Thousands of paratroopers all folded inside?" Lu Bu asked with a cold face.

"Exactly, not only the paratroopers, when attacking the city, the enemy army was too stubborn, and there were Cao troops outside the city to follow and kill, and our army did not have any advantage at first. If it weren't for the timely reversal of the occupation by the Marquis of Chu, it was likely that the entire army would have been annihilated. ”

"The price, the price is too heavy." Lu Bu said: "I have long known that Cao Cao is strong, and I never thought of destroying him, but we all underestimated Cao Jun's strength. If Cao Cao hadn't been worried about resisting us, even if he won in the end, he would have been wiped out by the soldiers and horses of Hebei, and even if I turned the tide of the battle, I wouldn't have been able to take Xu Du at all. ”

Lu Bu's statement was already deeply felt, and Sun Ce and the others all deeply agreed.

The arrogance and contempt for Cao Jun before the siege were all gone at this time.

"What does Chu Hou think Cao Cao will do next?" Gao Shun asked, "Do you want to send troops to pursue?" ”

"Chase?" Lu Bu said: "This battle didn't hurt Cao Cao at all, he just lost Xu Du, and I took away His Majesty." What is the difference between sending men and horses in pursuit and sending the pursuing soldiers to their deaths? ”

"Withdrawing from Xudu, Cao Cao should abandon Yuzhou, after all, there is no territory here that he can stabilize." Lu Bu said: "If I were him, I would enter Chang'an first, and then enter Pingyizhou in Hanzhong." Separate me from me through the Shu Road, and wait until it is strong enough to send troops to retake the Central Plains. ”

"What does the Marquis of Chu mean that Cao Cao will go to Yizhou?" Gao Shun asked.

"What else can he do?" Lu Bu said: "Staying in Yuzhou is just a fight with us. In the end, it won't do him or us. Cao Cao was not stupid, knowing that through this battle, the Yuan family already had the idea of annexing him. Rather than stay here, it's better to find another place to stabilize. The world is so big, with Cao Cao's ability, can't he find a place to stay? ”

"In other words, sooner or later, one day, we will still meet Cao Cao in a short battle." Sun Ce's brows furrowed.

"Of course, but not recently." Lu Bu replied: "Cao Cao knows my strength, and he also knows the ambition of the Yuan family, and the loss of Xu Du this time is due to the reason for our strong attack, and there is also the reason why the Yuan family is eyeing it. What Cao Cao wants to see most is a war between me and Yuan Shao. Although Cao Cao and I are not dying, if one side of each side is defeated, we can still find a way out. But Yuan Shao and I are different, once the two sides start a war, they will definitely fight to seize the last inch of territory from the other side. What Cao Cao wants to see is who can win in this competition between me and Yuan Shao. ”

Walking along the bloody streets, full of corpses and bloodstains, Lu Bu continued: "It is not so much that we took Xudu, but that Cao Cao refused to die and gave Xudu to us. ”

The generals all looked solemn and did not say anything more.

Before the expedition, some of them thought that the gap between the Xuzhou army and Cao Cao was not large, and this expedition was likely to destroy Cao Cao.

It was only now that they understood that Lu Bu was really in danger, and with the scruples of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, they found a trace of insignificant hope from the cracks, so as to seize Xu Du and Liu Xie.

"Later, Yuan Jun will come outside the city." Lü Bu instructed the generals: "Close the city gates, tell them that the city is being cleaned, and Xudu has also been taken over by our army, and ask them to retreat to Hebei." ”

"Should you be tactful?" Gao Shun first asked, and then said to Lu Bu: "Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops came to the vicinity of Xudu, and I am afraid it will not be so easy for them to retreat. ”

"It's not easy." Lu Bu said: "But Yuan Shao doesn't have any scruples, our army prevents them from entering the city, Yan Liang and Wen Chou will not dare to start a war with us rashly, and it won't be long before Yuan Shao will send someone to Xu Du." When the time comes, I will have something to say to them. ”

"Yuan Shao came here to ask for His Majesty." Sun Ce said: "Your Majesty has been obtained by us, and Cao Cao will definitely make a big deal about it after he leaves." At that time, even if we don't admit it, or say that His Majesty has been killed, Yuan Shao will not be able to believe it. ”

"Don't admit it? Why? Lu Bu sneered: "Not only will I admit it, but I will also let Your Majesty follow me to the top of the city, and I will also let Your Majesty and I meet Yuan Shao's envoy together." Only when all the people in the world know that His Majesty is in my hands will he be of use to me. Otherwise, so many soldiers have been lost, what am I trying to do? Is it trying to save him from the dire situation? Is it to take this Xu Capital City, which has been torn to the point of being destroyed by the battle? ”

The generals looked at each other one by one and did not say anything more.

The battle in the city was over, and as he walked forward, Lu Bu saw that some of the Xuzhou soldiers had begun to clean up the corpses, and some had brought water in wooden barrels and splashed it on the ground and walls, trying to clean up the bloodstains.

When he came to the palace and walked into the gate, Lu Bu found that most of the corpses here had been cleaned up, but the blood stains on the ground were still there, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

"What happened to Fu Wan and his son?" Lu Bu said: "I heard Ziyi say earlier that he watched Xiahou Yuan cut down Fu Wan with his own eyes. ”

"Fu Wan's son found two, and he and the other two sons only found corpses." Sun Ce replied: "It is also very interesting to finish the ambush, it is said that the soldiers and horses who brought support are so weak that they are not as good as the homeless, and I don't know how he trained the soldiers." ”

"He didn't dare to train soldiers." Lu Bu replied: "Ever since I accompanied the emperor to Xudu, I have been asking Cao Cao to cut officials. Other people's officials are getting bigger and bigger, and he is the only one, and the officials are getting smaller and smaller. ”

"How could a cautious person like him lead his troops to attack the palace when our army was about to attack Xudu?" Sun Ce asked puzzledly, "What benefits does he want from it?" ”

"The emperor is in the palace, what benefits do you think he wants?" Lu Bu asked him.

"Could it be that he also wants to learn from Cao Cao, take the emperor into his hands, and come to the Son of Heaven to order the princes in the future?" Sun Ce smiled and shook his head: "It's not that I look down on him, with his little ability, even if he gives the emperor to him, he won't be able to do anything big." ”

"Bo Fu's opinion is the same as mine, but it's a pity that there are a few people in the world who can clearly understand themselves?" Lu Bu said: "When I decided to send troops to fight against Cao Cao, didn't I recognize the gap between them? This time the army was dangerous, and although we achieved our goal, we also suffered too heavy losses. ”

Walking into the backyard of the palace, Lu Bu instructed Sun Ce again: "Send someone to inform Zhou Gongjin and ask him to escort the emperor to the palace." I want the emperor to truly feel the benefits of being the Ninth Five-Year Emperor. ”

Sun Ce instructed the guards behind him: "Go and pass on the order of the Marquis of Chu." ”

After the guards left, Sun Ce asked Lu Bu, "Is it possible that the Marquis of Chu wants to ......?"

"Let Your Majesty come to court." Lu Bu smiled slightly, and said to him and the generals: "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty has not been in the court for a long time, hasn't he really become a puppet?" Cao Cao treated His Majesty like this in the past, which made him feel that his life was not happy. After all, he is the emperor of the dynasty, and we can't be like Cao Cao. Treat Your Majesty, of course, with a respectful appearance. ”

When Lu Bu said this, the generals looked at each other one by one.

From Lu Bu's words, some shrewd generals vaguely heard something.

More generals are unclear, and they really think that Lu Bu wants to push Liu Xie to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Honor.

But what Lu Bu said next made the generals completely understand, he didn't think about giving power to Liu Xie at all, but just let Liu Xie go to the court to make a show, and there was an emperor in the court: "If you have some small things, you can tell Your Majesty in the court." For example, if someone's armor is old and needs to be replaced, or whose children want to start a family, ask His Majesty to give him a marriage. Just talk to him about this kind of thing, and as for marching and fighting, don't mention it in front of him. ”

"We understand what Chu Hou means." Everyone replied.

"Of course, I will also ask Your Majesty to announce the reward for each of you in the court." Lu Bu continued: "It's really not like a good thing to just get an edict to be sent around all day long. Rewarding meritorious officials, no matter how it is, they must have the appearance of the court. ”

After walking around the harem, Lu Bu said to the generals: "If you want to say that Your Majesty is also pitiful, you have been in Xudu for so long, and there are not a few concubines in the harem. Later, let people choose some show girls from the officials' families, and it is time to set up another queen for His Majesty, and choose a few more concubines. ”

"When people are comfortable, they will always think about things that they don't usually dare to think about and don't want to think about." Lu Bu smiled: "Your Majesty used to be aggrieved, so it is understandable that there are no beauties in the harem." Now that I've saved him, he shouldn't have any more troubles, and it's strange that he doesn't want to hug left and right. ”

"From which officials' homes does Chu Hou plan to search for beauties?" Gao Shun asked.

"Of course not in your people's homes." Lu Bu asked with a smile, "Could it be that some of you want to become a relative of the emperor?" ”

"Of course not!" The generals responded one after another: "Chu Hou feels that he will arrange it properly, so he will arrange it, and I will follow it." ”

"Choose from the family of the old minister of the original Han Dynasty." Lu Bu said: "Send someone to Yingchuan and choose two from the Xun family." Send people to other places, and let them send show girls to all the powerful people in the Han court. ”

Everyone already understood what Lu Bu meant, he didn't plan to let his subordinates have anything to do with Liu Xie, he just didn't want to give Liu Xie a chance to win people's hearts.

Those old ministers of the Han Dynasty did not have any loyalty to Lu Bu, and under the guise of the emperor's election and the harem concubines, they went to those people's homes to bring show girls, firstly, to make a gesture to hold up the Han royal family, and secondly, to let the world see, he did not want to hold the Han family tightly in his hands. The most important thing, of course, is that Lu Bu doesn't want Liu Xie to do some tricks behind his back, after all, Cao Cao already had a precedent for the edict back then.

Walking out of the backyard of the palace, Lu Bu went to the front yard and led the generals to the main hall.

He and the generals dismounted, and Lu Bu instructed everyone: "We are waiting for Your Majesty here." ”()

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