Wen Chou originally wanted to ask Xingshi to ask for the guilt, but he didn't expect to be asked by Lu Bu.

Standing outside the gate of Xuchang City, Zhu Ma looked up at Lu Bu on the city tower with a blank face.

Lu Butie blushed and looked at each other.

Lu Bu on the city tower didn't say anything, but Wen Chou kept muttering in his heart.

After a fight with Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, he didn't have a chance to get close to Luan Jia before driving Cao Jun away.

When Cao Jun was repulsed and he stepped forward to ask Liu Xie to meet with him, he found that there was no trace of the emperor in Luanjia.

Realizing that the situation was wrong, he immediately rushed to Xuchang with his soldiers and wanted to question Lu Bu.

What he didn't expect was that Lu Bu didn't admit it at all, but asked him where he got the emperor.

Looking up at Lu Bu at the head of the city, Wen Chou tried his best to recall whether he had seen Liu Xie.

Thinking about it, he didn't expect to see Liu Xie's traces.

He asked Lu Bu at the head of the city, "Are the kings of Chu sure that His Majesty is not in the city?" ”

Lu Bu sneered: "General Wen asked this, could it be that he doubted me?" ”

"Don't dare." Hearing that Lu Bu's tone was not good, Wen Chou replied: "I don't doubt the King of Chu, but I feel that this matter is indeed very strange......

"There are so many strange things." Lu Bu said: "Your Majesty is following Luan out of the city, if it weren't for the general's trouble, the Xiahoudun brothers would not have been able to catch up." The two veteran generals, Cheng and Han, planned to fight to the death, but they didn't want to be enemies of General Wen, so they had to lead the soldiers back. I haven't questioned General Wen yet, but the general came to question me, and I just wanted to ask the general, what is the truth? ”

"The King of Chu is angry." Facing Lu Bu's questioning, Wen Chou replied: "Let me go back and inquire about this matter, maybe there is something wrong with it." ”

"What else can there be?" Lu Bu said to him with a cold face: "If Your Majesty is really taken by Cao Cao, Wen Chou, I will not spare you!" ”

Lu Bu's threatening words made Wen Chou's heart cold, and he subconsciously shuddered.

"I'll go to the army to inquire again, but if there is any news, come and inform the king of Chu immediately." Lu Bu was really angry, and Wen Chou was also a little afraid of him, so he replied, turned around and ran to the Hebei army he brought.

Wen Chou withdrew, and a smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth.

Sun Ce, who was behind him, looked at Wen Chou, who was evacuating, and asked, "King Chu, if Wen Chou reacts, wouldn't it be very troublesome?" ”

"By the time he reacted, Zilong and Ziyi had already escorted the emperor to Pengcheng." Lu Bu said: "The more doubts Wen Chou has in his heart, the more he will think that the emperor has been taken captive by Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan. We don't have to do anything, just wait here. It won't be long before Yan Liang and Wen Chou will send troops to attack Cao Cao. The two armies of their two armies were lively, and we just had to wait and see from the sidelines. ”

"Does the King of Chu think that Yan Liang and Wen Chou will send troops to fight against Cao Cao?" Sun Ce said in disbelief: "Earlier, the King of Chu asked them to send troops, but they always delayed for various reasons. How could this be willing to send troops to attack Cao Cao? ”

"For the Emperor, of course." Lu Bu said: "Wen Chou came to question me, but I gave him a disadvantage. The suspicions that had been given to us before were now transferred to Cao Cao's head. In the same way, Cao Cao was also suspicious of them, thinking that His Majesty was seized by them, and he was worried that he couldn't find a chance to attack the two of them, and once they were killed, they happened to fall into Cao Cao's hands. ”

"It turns out that the King of Chu is here to design and wait." Thinking about the reason, Sun Ce nodded and said, "As long as Yan Liang and Wen Chou send troops to fight against Cao Cao, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger." When they lose the fight, they may be able to profit from it. ”

"No!" Lu Bu smiled slightly and said to Sun Ce: "We don't participate in it, just watch it." When they are done, we should also withdraw our troops and return to Pengcheng. ”

"The King of Chu doesn't plan to take advantage of the situation to destroy Cao Cao?" Sun Ce asked suspiciously.

"Kill Cao Cao?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically: "Cao Cao didn't hurt his vitality, he just lost Xuchang and the emperor, we want to destroy him, how can it be so easy?" ”

"Is it hard to do that?" Thinking of just that, Sun Ce was a little annoyed.

Lu Bu patted his arm lightly, and said with a smile: "Bo Fu doesn't need to be impatient, it's not so easy to defeat Cao Cao, let's let him get away first." Cao Cao lost Yuzhou, like a broken arm. Originally, he beat people with two arms, but now he only has one arm, what can he do to us? ”

Hearing what Lu Bu said, Sun Ce thought that it was indeed the case.

Cao Cao lost Yuzhou and lost the emperor, for him, it was indeed like breaking two arms.

Cao Cao was strong at the beginning, and Lu Bu was indeed not his opponent.

After this crusade, the strength of the two sides has been reversed.

From now on, Lu Bu no longer has to be afraid of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao, and he must always be on guard against his crusade.

"Cao Cao retreated, but we were caught between him and Yuan Benchu." Sun Ce said to Lu Bu again: "In case the two families unite to crusade against the King of Chu, it will not be easy to deal with it at that time. ”

"When you get to that point, you don't know how to keep going." Lu Bu said: "It's too early to think about that. ”

Lü Bu was stationed in the city of Xuchang, waiting for news that Yan Liang and Wen Chou had launched an attack on Cao Cao.

Leaving from outside Xuchang City, Wen Chou rushed to the direction where Yan Liang was stationed with 10,000 soldiers.

Seeing that he led the soldiers back, Yan Liang took a few relatives to greet him.

"How?" Seeing Wen Chou, Yan Liang split his head and asked, "Have you found the emperor?" ”

"Only Luan was robbed." Wen Chou replied: "At that time, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan led the troops to rob people, and the soldiers and horses under Lu Bu who escorted Luan Jia retreated without a fight, and I took the soldiers to drive Cao's army away, but there was no one in Luanjia. Although the soldiers who were guarding Luan at that time were questioned, no one saw where the emperor had gone. ”

"Could it be that the emperor was not in Luan in the first place?" Yan Liang frowned and asked his question.

"At first, I suspected so." Wen Chou replied: "For this reason, I also went to Xu Du on purpose, and I also met Lu Bu there. ”

"How?" Yan Liang knew very well that to know the emperor's whereabouts, Lu Bu was the key.

"Judging from what he said, it shouldn't have anything to do with it." Wen Chou said: "He was also very angry, and said that if the emperor falls into the hands of Cao Cao, he will definitely not rest with me." ”

Wen Chou described Lu Bu's performance at that time, which made Yan Liang feel a little confused.

"So, Lu Bu really doesn't know where the emperor has gone?" Yan Liang asked Lu Bu.

"It should be." Wen Chou replied: "Otherwise, he wouldn't question me in turn, at least when questioning, he should feel empty-hearted." ”

Yan Liang nodded: "You're right, it seems that most of the emperor fell into the hands of Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan." They are also fierce generals under Cao Cao, since they are here to rob the emperor and do not succeed, how can they easily retreat? ”

"That makes sense." Wen Chou nodded: "I also think that they should have snatched the emperor away, and in that fight, although we have the advantage in numbers, we should not win so easily." ”

"Since the emperor is likely to be taken captive by them, are we ......?" Wen Chou then asked.

Yan Liang thought for a moment and said to Wen Chou: "I also think that we should attack Cao Cao, but we don't have many soldiers and horses, what do you think is the chance of winning?" ”

Wen Chou's face was even more solemn than just now.

He and Yan Liang led an army of 100,000 to the vicinity of Xuchang, and they never thought of confronting Lu Bu or Cao Cao head-on.

With such a small number of people, it is impossible to defeat either Lu Bu or Cao Cao.

On the day that Lü Bu attacked Xuchang and took the city, the two armies fought in the city, and the losses on both sides were not small.

If there wasn't that battle, Yan Liang and Wen Chou wouldn't even dare to stay around for too long.

Although Lu Bu drove Cao Cao out of Xuchang, Cao Cao did not break his muscles and bones, and with their little soldiers and horses, it was really not an easy thing to shake Cao Cao.

After making these calculations in his heart, Wen Chou said to Yan Liang: "Although we don't have many soldiers and horses, I don't think we will necessarily lose to Cao Cao. If we just go back, we won't be able to substitute for the main bus. I think, we should try it anyway. Of course, it would be great if we could snatch the emperor back, even if we couldn't get it back, we would have something to say when we saw the lord. ”

"That's all it takes." What Wen Chou said was indeed reasonable, Yan Liang nodded and said: "Let's think about how to use troops against Cao Cao in order to snatch the emperor back from him." ”

Yan Liang and Wen Chou planned to attack Cao Cao, and Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan also led the soldiers to retreat to Cao Cao's army.

The two of them came to Cao Cao, and before they could speak, Cao Cao split his head and asked, "What?" Did you find the emperor? ”

"I just saw Luan Jia, but I didn't see the emperor." Xiahoudun replied: "When we arrived, Wen Chou had already intercepted the people sent by Lu Bu to escort us. There were more than 10,000 people brought by Wen Chou, although we went forward to fight and did not suffer, but there were too many of them, and we failed to snatch His Majesty down. ”

Lowering him, he said to Cao Cao with a ashamed face: "We failed to take back the emperor, and we humiliated the lord's trust, and asked the lord to surrender." ”

"There are many people under Wen Chou's command, how can you two snatch back the emperor." Cao Cao raised his hand and said to Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan: "What's more, the soldiers and horses sent by Lu Bu are also present, and the number is several times that of yours, if you can still snatch the emperor back, it will be really a strange thing." ”

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan glanced at each other, and both of them showed embarrassment on their faces.

"The men and horses sent by Lu Bu did not stay." "Before we arrived, they had already retreated and were not involved in the fighting. The only ones who fought with our army were the Hebei soldiers and horses of Wen Chou's department. ”

After listening to Xiahoudun's reply, Cao Cao looked at the staff beside him with a stunned expression.

He asked his staff, "Do you think this is too strange?" ”

Guo Jia replied: "This matter is not only strange, if the emperor is in Luan, even if the soldiers and horses sent by Lu Bu know that they can't protect it, they will fight to the death." But they didn't do that, but withdrew directly, didn't the lord feel that there was something strange in it? ”

Cao Cao nodded: "After you say this, I do feel that there are a lot of weirdness. ”

His gaze fell on Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's faces again, and Cao Cao asked, "Are you two sure that the men and horses sent by Lu Bu had been withdrawn before you arrived, and not a single soldier was involved in the battle?" ”

After receiving a definite reply, Cao Cao's brows tightened, and he said to everyone: "Lu Fengxian should understand what it means to him to get the emperor. As long as the emperor is in his hands, he can not only justifiably crusade against me, but also take the world. No matter who he used troops to, he could do so under the guise of the Han court. The biggest gain for him in capturing Xudu was nothing more than getting the emperor. just got the emperor in his hands, but he was robbed before he could send him away, how could he be willing? ”

Feeling annoyed that they couldn't grab Luan, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan were ashamed when they saw Cao Cao.

Cao Cao guessed that the emperor was probably not in Luan's car, and the shame on Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's faces receded, replaced by a look of astonishment.

Looking at Cao Cao, Xiahoudun asked, "Does the lord really think that the emperor is not in Luan?" ”

"I should have left a long time ago." Cao Cao said: "What Lu Bu escorted was just an empty luan. If you don't arrive, Lu Bu's men will definitely clash with Wen Chou's people. When you went, you omitted the affairs of those under Lu Bu. After a fight with Wen Chou, which was delayed for nearly a whole day, the emperor, who had already left Xu Du, went further. Even if we send someone to chase after us now, it is impossible to catch up with us again. ”

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan glanced at each other, and the doubts on their faces were deeper than just now.

"My lord, I feel that the matter is far from over." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Lu Bu has made such an arrangement, and what Wen Chou has robbed must be just empty Luan. If he didn't get the emperor, Wen Chou would definitely go to question Lu Bu. What does the lord think Lu Bu will say to him? ”

Cao Cao only considered that Lu Bu sent Liu Xie out of the city first, and then used Luan to attract the attention of him, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, but he didn't think about the follow-up.

Guo Jia opened his mouth to remind, and Cao Cao suddenly became alert.

Looking at Guo Jia, he asked, "What does Fengxiao mean ......?"

"I think Wen Chou went to Xudu, and Lu Bu would definitely tell him that the emperor was captured by the two generals Yuan Rang and Miaocai." Guo Jia said: "Wen Chou can't understand why the emperor suddenly disappeared, and of course he will suspect that he was obtained by the two generals. Yan Liang and Wen Chou are both fierce generals in Hebei, and they are more than brave and have insufficient intelligence. They decided that the emperor was in the hands of the lord, and of course they would lead the army to attack. ”

"What does Feng Xiao mean, Yan Liang and Wen Chou will lead soldiers and horses to attack us?" Cao Cao didn't ask Guo Jia too surely.

"Of course they will come." Guo Jia said: "Yan Liang and Wen Chou have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and once they come, it will definitely bring a lot of losses to our army." The lord had better plan earlier. ”