Just like the first half month of the Xuzhou army coming to Xudu, the night always came as scheduled.

The Cao army at the head of the city is still playing a game of archery, and in the military camp of the Xuzhou army, hundreds of hot air balloons are ready to take off.

Lu Bu got on one of the hot air balloons, and Tai Shici jumped on it after him.

After they got on the hot air balloon, the Zhou paratroopers also chose the balloon they were going to carry and climbed on.

Under the balloon, Zhou Yu and the others who came to see him off gave a deep salute to Lu Bu.

Zhou Yu shouted: "Congratulations to Chuhou for his victory!" ”

Everyone was about to shout, but Lu Bu hurriedly stopped: "Don't make a sound, Gong Jin will just shout alone." His voice alone wouldn't have traveled that far. If you all shouted out, wouldn't you tell Cao Cao that I was going to go? ”

Everyone who understood it suddenly saluted him, and said in a small voice: "Congratulations to Chuhou on his victorious return!" ”

Lu Bu bowed his hand to everyone as a resignation, and he asked Tai Shici, "Are the soldiers ready?" ”

"Back to Chuhou, everything is ready." Tai Shi Ci responded.

Lu Bu waved his hand and gave the order to set off.

More than 100 hot air balloons carrying thousands of paratroopers and soldiers rose into the air.

Looking around, Lu Bu felt that it was also very imposing to see so many hot air balloons floating towards Xu Du, but he also understood that in the face of Xu Ducheng, where nearly 100,000 Cao troops were stationed, the previous pot of paratroopers he brought was simply a group of sheep thrown into the tiger's mouth.

As long as there was the slightest mistake in decision-making, he and the paratrooper soldiers would no longer have to think about returning to Pengcheng.

The hot air balloon rose into the air and flew towards Xudu City.

Since the hot air balloon needs to heat the air with a flame to reach the internal air, because the heating is lighter than the outside air, thus prompting the balloon to rise into the air, the use of open flames is inevitable.

But where there is an open flame, there will be a fire.

Even on the ground, Cao Jun could easily spot them flying in mid-air.

The hot air balloon marched towards Xudu at a very slow speed, and the Cao army, who was originally shooting arrows to win a reward on the city wall, stopped.

The soldiers of the Cao army looked up one by one, looking at the "starlight" in the night sky that was advancing at a low speed.

"Lu Bu has attacked!" There was silence at the scene, and I don't know who shouted, breaking the silence on the city wall.

Guo Jia, who had been guarding the city wall, shouted to the soldiers: "Tanunu and thunderbolt carts, all for me." Shoot as many arrows as you can, and throw as many rocks as you can! ”

The Cao army at the head of the city woke up from a dream, and they ran to the crossbows and thunderbolts.

The balloon flew very high, looking down at the small black dots running back and forth on the city wall, a light smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth, and he said to Tai Shici beside him: "Cao Jun still thought that their crossbows and thunderbolts would be effective against our air force. If I had used a glider, those rags might have done a little bit. I'm using hot air balloons, and even if they fire all the arrows, none of them will hit us. ”

"It's so high, I shouldn't have missed." Tai Shi Ci glanced down and replied.

The Cao army at the head of the city had already begun to fire crossbows and thunderbolts, just as Lu Bu expected, the arrows they fired and the stones they threw could not reach the height of the hot air balloon flight, so they lost their strength and fell down one after another.

Looking down at Cao Jun, who was busy working below, Lu Bu had a playful smile on the corner of his mouth: "I didn't find you in the past, but today I realized that Cao Cao was so stupid." ”

"Cao Cao stupid?" Tai Shi Ci was stunned and asked Lu Bu, "Why did Chu Hou suddenly have these feelings?" ”

"Don't Ziyi think Cao Cao is stupid?" Lu Bu asked him with a smile.

"I don't think Cao Cao is stupid." Tai Shici said: "Cao Cao is also the hero of the world, if he is stupid, I am afraid that there is no shrewd person in this world." ”

"He is indeed a hero, and he is the one who almost killed me." Lu Bu said: "When it comes to eloquence and martial arts, he is indeed not lost to others. But when it comes to deploying defenses, I give him a stupid assessment, and I'm already exalting him. ”

Lu Bu continued: "When I was in Dangshan, I also used hot air balloons when I fought with him, and he didn't know that our air force had this kind of flying equipment that could fly very high in addition to gliders. To deal with our air force, he only deployed crossbows and thunderbolts at the head of the city. You know, those two things, once they get past their shooting range, they're just scrap wood. ”

"The balloon does fly high." Tai Shi Ci asked Lu Bu, "If the Marquis of Chu deploys a defense, how will he prepare?" ”

"Dig a trap in the ground." Lu Bu said: "Dig a big trap, as long as there are paratroopers falling in mid-air, they will fall directly into the trap." If there is that thing, it would be better to stay in Xudu as many paratroopers as there are on the ground. Not to mention fortifying us everywhere, even if Cao Cao doesn't pay attention to us at all, we won't be able to do anything big. ”

"The paratroopers were created by Chu Hou, and of course Chu Hou knows how to deal with them." Tai Shi Ci said: "Before today, paratroopers had never been put on the battlefield, and Cao Cao didn't know how to deal with it, and he couldn't be blamed. ”

"Ziyi, this will always speak for Cao Cao." Lu Bu replied with a smile: "That's it, you don't think he's stupid, then it's good that he's not stupid!" ”

The balloons moved forward slowly, their every move under the watchful eye of Cao Jun on the ground.

Looking at the trajectory of the balloon, Guo Jia at the head of the city shouted: "It's not good, they are going to the palace!" ”

"Quick! Quickly dispatch troops and horses to the palace. Guo Jia shouted at the top of his voice: "Never let Lu Bu see the emperor!" ”

Guo Jia's order was given, and immediately a group of thousands of Cao troops ran towards the palace.

When Lü Bu attacked, Cao Cao had already returned to the mansion and slept.

For many days, Lu Bu did not attack, so Cao Cao was also a little lax.

I thought it would be the same as a few days ago, and the two sides spent another quiet night in the confrontation inside and outside the city.

Cao Cao never imagined that Lu Bu would suddenly attack and launch an attack on Xu Du without warning.

Xu was in a mess, and Cao Cao, escorted by Xu Chu and a team of guards, left the mansion and hurried to the city wall.

Although Cao Cao was still sleeping when Lu Bu entered the city, the speed of the hot air balloon was indeed too slow, so that Cao Cao ran out of the mansion and still saw the more than 100 hot air balloons floating in the night sky.

"He wants to go to the palace!" The hot air balloon had hovered directly above the palace, and Cao Cao shouted when he saw this: "Hurry up and send someone over to destroy all the enemy troops entering the city." ”

"Don't worry, lord." Cao Cao looked anxious, and Xu Chu persuaded: "The palace is guarded by General Xiahou Miaocai, and there are many soldiers there. Guo Fengxiao had just dispatched thousands of soldiers to help, and even if the enemy suddenly killed, it would be impossible for them to curry favor in front of so many soldiers. ”

Looking at Xu Chu, Cao Cao frowned, and instructed him: "Don't wait until the city to fight, you go and send my family out of the city now." ”

"If I'm leaving, what will my lord do?" Xu Chu replied: "It's better for me to arrange for someone else to escort me, and I myself will stay with the lord." ”

"It's not like I'm without people around me." Cao Cao said: "Only if you escort your family, I can rest assured!" ”

"Where does the lord want me to escort them?" Xu Chu asked.

"To the west." Cao Cao replied: "Go to Chang'an, you protect your family and wait for me in Chang'an." ”

"I'm still not at ease with leaving my lord here." Xu Chu said: "Why don't the lord go with me!" ”

"If I leave, Xu Duke will really lose it!" Xu Chu was still reluctant to leave, and Cao Cao shouted to him: "Xu Zhongkang, are you going to disobey the military order?" ”

After being drunk by Cao Cao, Xu Chu reluctantly bowed to him: "I will escort the lord's family out of the city first, and then come back to pick up the lord when they are settled." ”

After explaining his family to Xu Chu, Cao Cao shouted to the guards: "Quick, go, Cao Chun will find it!" ”

Lu Bu led the paratroopers and took a hot air balloon to the sky above Xudu, but they had not yet landed, and the city of Xudu was already in chaos.

Cao Cao asked the wicked to find Cao Chun, and Cao Chun, who was really busy preparing his soldiers to resist the attack of the Xuzhou army, hurried with a team of people.

Seeing Cao Cao, Cao Chun asked, "What's wrong with the lord?" Where is Xu Zhongkang? ”

"I'll let Zhong Kang escort the family members first." Cao Cao said to Cao Chun: "The enemy army is about to enter the city, you escort us around the city, so that the soldiers can see me by their side." ”

"The Lord is not allowed!" Cao Chun was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Once the enemy army enters the city, there will definitely be fighting everywhere. The lord walked around, undoubtedly to the enemy to shoot. ”

"If I don't move around, and the soldiers think I'm running away, who will go out of their way to deal with Lu Bu?" Cao Cao said: "As long as we defend the city so that Lu Bu cannot seize the city, the army outside the city can give him a hard blow from behind." Although Lu Bu is menacing, he is definitely the last of the strong crossbows. If we were scared by him, we would really lose! ”

When he said this, Cao Cao almost shouted.

Cao Chun knew that it was impossible to convince him, so he had to answer and said to Cao Cao: "The lord is walking around under my escort, if you meet a strong enemy, I will block it, and the lord can only retreat to a crowded place." Our army has a large number of soldiers and horses in the city, and even if Lu Bu's army enters the city, they will not be more numerous than us at first. If you go to a crowded place, you will definitely meet our soldiers. ”

"I've written down everything you said." Cao Cao instructed Cao Chun: "Let's go!" ”

Escorting Cao Cao boosted the morale of the defenders in the city, but Cao Jun only felt as if his heart was being weighed down by some heavy object, so that he couldn't even breathe.

Carrying a weapon and following Cao Cao's side, Cao Chun looked around vigilantly, afraid that he would suddenly kill a Xuzhou army that didn't know where he came from, and behead Cao Cao in front of him.

Looking at Cao Cao again, in the face of such an embarrassing situation, he was not chaotic at all, and he was very heroic.

Cao Cao has not escaped, and it can be said that he has escaped a lot of times in his life.

When he fled in the past, Cao Cao knew very well that the general trend had gone, and it was impossible to reverse the situation with his ability, and if he didn't run, he would just die in vain, so he chose to flee at that time.

At present, Lu Bu is about to attack Xudu, and the danger is imminent, but Cao Cao did not choose to flee, but let Cao Chun protect him and walk around the city to boost the morale of the soldiers.

Cao Cao decided that his deployment in Xudu was completely superior, and Lü Bu's attack on Xudu was exactly what he expected.

Under Cao Chun's escort, walking through one street after another, Cao Cao let every defender in the city know that he was with the defenders.

At this time, the hot air balloon that Lu Bu was riding also reached the top of the palace.

Standing on the hot air balloon and glancing down, Lu Bu said to Tai Shici: "After we land, you will immediately gather the soldiers together." We don't have many people in the first place, and if we spread out, we can easily be broken by the enemy forces. ”

"I have written down everything that Chu Hou ordered." Tai Shi Ci replied and looked down at the palace directly below.

The Xudu Palace at night gives people an indescribable sense of desolation.

It does not have the grandeur of the Luoyang Palace, nor the vigor of the Chang'an Palace, and it is not even as good as the so-called palace built by Yuan Shu when he was the emperor in Huainan.

The Xudu Palace, from the inside to the outside, exudes a kind of melancholy that makes people feel inexplicably desolate.

"Let's go!" Tai Shi Ci was still looking at the palace below, and Lu Bu had already shouted, jumped up, and jumped down with a parachute on his back.

Seeing Lu Bu jump out of the hot air balloon, Tai Shici also jumped out.

The two jumped out of the balloon one after the other, and the paratrooper soldiers also jumped out one after another.

The night sky blooms with huge mushrooms.

Cao Jun on the ground had never seen what a paratrooper was, although Cao Cao had received news before that it was Lu Bu training an army that fell from the sky, but how to land down was still a mystery to Cao Cao and Xu Du!

Lü Bu and Tai Shici led paratroopers to descend from the sky and landed towards the palace where Liu Xie lived.

The "big mushrooms" blooming in mid-air are getting closer and closer to the ground, and the Cao army in the palace can already see clearly that it is the Xuzhou army with huge "mushrooms" that have fallen.

"The enemy is coming!" The shouts of the Wei army came from the palace, and the paratroopers of the Xuzhou army in mid-air opened their longbows one after another, firing arrows at the targets they could see.

Attacked by arrows, Cao Jun, who reacted, also pulled the bowstring and launched a counterattack.

With the rain of staggered arrows, Lu Bu and Tai Shici landed on the ground with thousands of paratroopers.

Paratroopers have long been familiar with parachuting.

Before their feet landed, they unloaded their parachutes, took off their shields from their backs with their weapons, and rushed towards the nearest Cao army.

Lu Bu, who was carrying Fang Tian's halberd, fell to the ground with his feet, he drew the halberd, cut the rope of the parachute, and then briefly judged the direction and rushed towards Liu Xie's bedroom.

There was a commotion in the palace and shouts of killing everywhere, and Liu Xiehe curled up in the corner of the dormitory, trembling all over, for fear that bad luck would befall them in the next moment.