Chapter 5: It's harder than ever to deal with
Cao Jun, who was guarding the military rations, didn't expect that someone would suddenly kill him.
LΓΌ Bu led two hundred elite cavalry to rush into the barracks, and Cao's army hastily responded to the battle.
Picking up Fang Tian's painting halberd, he was like a sharp knife inserted into tofu, opening a bloody path in the Cao army that stepped forward to block him.
The two hundred elite horsemen who followed him wielded their weapons and slashed at the enemy, and at the same time untied the oil canisters they carried with them and threw them at the mountains of grain and grass.
The jar smashed on the sack, making a "crackling" crunch, and oil splattered everywhere.
Several horsemen put their lighted arrows on their longbows and shot them towards the grain mountain.
On winter nights, the wind is dry and cold.
The flaming arrows hit the oil-soaked sack, and the flames rose instantly.
The wind fuels the fire, and it spreads fast.
Red flames burst out, and several thick black plumes of smoke billowed into the air.
"General, the pursuers are coming!" Lu Bu slashed and killed Cao Jun who was trying to extinguish the fire, and a cavalryman shouted anxiously.
"How far is it?" Lu Bu asked.
"One mile at most." The cavalry replied.
"Wait until they get to the outside of the camp." Without stopping to wave the halberd, Lu Bu shouted loudly.
Two hundred elite horsemen rode back and forth in the camp, and the Cao army guarding the camp could not resist and fled in all directions.
With each additional moment, the flames became more intense.
When the pursuers were about to reach the outside of the camp, the whole camp was lit red by the flames.
"Let's go!" The flames soared into the sky, and it was impossible for Cao Jun to save the grain and grass, so Lu Bu roared and led two hundred elite horsemen to gallop away.
The Cao army, who had caught up, could only watch the flames devour the grain and grass, and although they tried their best to put out the fire, they were not of much use at all.
Cao Jun was busy fighting the fire and did not divide the pursuers to chase after him.
After galloping with two hundred elite horsemen and walking five or six miles, Lu Bu glanced back.
Behind him was the dark night, where could you still see half of Cao Jun.
In the distance, the fire was blazing, and half of the night sky was reflected like a sunset.
Raising the halberd, he shouted: "Slow down and return to Xiapi!" β
After burning Cao's army's grain and grass and retreating, the soldiers who followed Lu Bu out of the city breathed a sigh of relief.
Slowly, some whispered conversations about what they had done in the battle.
Among them are no less boastful and boastful of each other.
didn't bother to care about them, Lu Bu didn't stop them.
Without food and grass, it is impossible for Cao Jun to hold out for long.
By the time food is transferred from all over the country, I am afraid that the Cao family's army has already starved to death.
Even if Cao Cao doesn't want to retreat, he has to withdraw!
After this battle, the siege of Xiapi was solved.
Escaping the catastrophe of the White Gate Tower, Lu Bu did not feel much easier.
Xuzhou is located on the eastern coast, and there are no natural hazards to defend on all sides.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the north, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao in the south, no matter which side is much stronger than him.
He still has a long way to go to survive in troubled times.
After walking more than ten miles, Lu Bu saw a torch appear in front of him.
The number of torches is not too many, at most more than twice as many as theirs.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun defended Xiapi to the death, and it was impossible to divide troops to greet them, and they could only meet the soldiers and horses of the Cao family.
Raising his arm, Lu Bu shouted, "Line up to meet the enemy!" β
Only then did they withdraw from under the noses of the pursuers, and there was another interception in front of them, and the two hundred elite horsemen clenched their weapons and looked at the fire that was getting closer and closer with a solemn expression.
It was Liu Bei who led the army to intercept it.
He set off a moment later than Xiahoudun and the others.
By the time he left the barracks, Xiahoudun and the others had already walked away with their pursuers.
Liu Bei did not choose to catch up, but led five hundred soldiers and horses to make a detour to block Lu Bu's retreat.
Xuzhou was taken away, so that he defected to Cao Cao like a lost dog, and Liu Bei had long hated Lu Bu!
If it were anything else, he would definitely not help the Cao family wholeheartedly, except for killing Lu Bu, he was more active than anyone else.
Getting closer and closer to Lu Bu, when Liu Bei saw that it was the enemy standing in front of him, he raised his long sword and pointed over: "Lu Bu, you should be punished for your treachery, since you met me, why don't you get off the horse and die?" β
Lu Bu laughed: "Liu Xuande, was your head kicked by a donkey or stepped on by a chicken?" Just by your little bit of Taoism, if I want to be really ruthless, is it possible that you still want to leave alive? β
"The three family slaves have no faith and no righteousness, and everyone will be punished!" Liu Bei shouted: "When I capture you and send you to Cao Gong, you will know what regret is!" β
"Open your mouth and close your mouth, what are the three surnames of domestic slaves." Lu Bu said with a smile: "There are hundreds of surnames in the world, and I can use whichever one I like." I use a lot of surnames, but I can only say that I am detached and free and easy, and I am not confined to the old. Who is like you, but you always do some things like men and women who steal and prostitute, no matter where you go, you are like a-stirring stick, you have to muddy the water and fish in the troubled waters. β
Liu Bei's face turned red when he was choked by Lu Bu's words.
Lu Bu didn't intend to spare him, and then said: "Let me ask you, how many times have you abandoned it just because your family is young?" The people next to the pillow are all abandoned by you like mustard, who else will you have sincerity? How dare a shameless thing like you say anything to me with a shy face? β
The snow-white face swelled into the color of pig liver, and Liu Bei gritted his teeth and hated to rush up and bite Lu Bu to death immediately.
Waving his hand, Lu Bu said contemptuously: "I'm tired of fighting today, and I don't have the interest to kill you, get out!" β
"Lu Bu, you dare to be rude!" Without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, a person next to him rushed out.
This person's complexion is jet-black, and the dark night is natural, if it weren't for the torch held by the soldier behind him, it is estimated that he can only see his staring ring.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be a ring-eyed thief who embroidered and painted red better than a woman." Glancing at Zhang Fei, Lu Bu laughed: "Why don't you go back and sew and mend your husband's clothes, and come here to make trouble with me?" β
has had contact with Lu Bu for a long time, and Liu Bei has the impression that he should not be good at words.
It is precisely because he is not very good at speaking that he has been criticized for many years and cannot refute it.
But this Lu Bu in front of him seemed to be a different person.
He speaks sharply and scolds without mercy.
Regardless of his shortcomings or strengths, he can be used as a scolding asset.
Staring at Lu Bu, Liu Bei faintly noticed that this former opponent seemed to have become more difficult to deal with than before......
"If you want to fight, you will fight, if you don't fight, you will get out!" Lifting the halberd and pointing at Liu Bei, Lu Bu shouted: "I don't want to say anything more about you who pretends to be the emperor, treacherous, and seems to be loyal but harbors evil intentions. β
Trembling after being scolded by Lu Bu, Liu Bei shouted: "Who will take off his head for me!" β
Zhang Fei rode his horse and killed: "I will kill this thief for my brother!" β
There was another person standing beside Liu Bei.
This person is wearing a green robe, his face is red, his eyes are slightly squinted, and he gives people a sense of calmness at all times.
He is Guan Yu, another fierce general under Liu Bei.
Seeing Zhang Fei rushing out, Guan Yu urged him to step forward: "I will punish the thief with my third brother!" β