Ling Cao sent the golden beads to Pengcheng, and when he was about to enter the city, he sent two cavalrymen to Dangshan to deliver a letter to Lü Bu.

From Pengcheng to Dangshan, it is only two or three days away.

When Lu Bu got the news, he heard from the soldiers how Zhou Yu squeezed Feng Ji, so that before the two sides were about to start a war, Yuan Shao took out twenty buckets of gold beads to ransom people.

After listening to the soldier's story, Lu Bu waved his hand and said: "You two go back and tell General Ling to ask him to hand over the gold beads to the treasury, so that the treasury can calculate the equivalent value, and when the soldiers return to Pengcheng with a complete victory, I will ask people to hand over the copper coins equal to the gold beads to Gong Jin, and ask him to give them to the soldiers as a reward." ”

Receiving Lu Bu's words, the two cavalrymen were overjoyed, but they didn't dare to show it, so they responded and retreated.

When they left, Sun Ce asked Lu Bu, "Chu Hou, what does Zhou Gongjin mean?" ”

"What does it mean?" Lu Bu smiled slightly: "Twenty buckets of gold beads were obtained by him, and they are not materials captured on the battlefield, so they don't need to be sent to the treasury at all." He sent Jin Zhu to the treasury just to make me understand that he was ready to face Yuan Shao. On the other hand, he wanted to see if I had the strength to reward the three armies. If I really keep these gold beads, he will despise me, and it will not be as easy as it is now to mobilize him in the future. ”

"I've known Gongjin for many years, and I've never seen him do anything like this." Sun Ce shook his head in disbelief and said: "I don't think he should have so many purposes, the golden beads were sent to Pengcheng, maybe he really wanted to fill the treasury and help Chu Hou." ”

"It is precisely because Bo Fu and he have known each other for many years that there is no need to be tempted like this." Lu Bu replied: "You also know that my reputation was not very good in the early years, especially when Liu Bei wandered around, he would always spread the saying that I was a slave with the third surname. The heroes of all walks of life also have no good impression of me, and no one will join forces with me to crusade against others. ”

With a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, Lu Bu continued: "It stands to reason that I have such a bad reputation, and it is impossible for me to gain a foothold in this world. But now I don't need to let those so-called heroes agree. Since Xuzhou has you, as long as I do one thing, I will soon be alone in the whole world. Even if the whole world came against me, what would it do to me? ”

"Dare to ask Chu Hou, what is the one thing you want to do?" Zhou Yu asked Lu Bu.

"What I want to do is nothing more than to let you understand that I am sincere to my subordinates." Lu Bu replied: "No matter what I have done in the past, as long as I am different from the past in the future, who else can say that mine is not?" ”

"Chu Hou underestimated Liu Xuande." Sun Ce said: "It is said that he went to Jingzhou, which will already be invested in Liu Biao's banner." ”

"Where Liu Xuande throws, there will be no time for peace." Lu Bu smiled and said to Sun Ce: "Bo Fu has a grudge against Liu Biao, I have long known it. If Xuzhou wants to grow, it will definitely break through Jingzhou in the future. On the day when Jingzhou was defeated, I tied up Liu Biao and Huang Zu and handed them over to Bo Fu to dispose of, what do you think? ”

"If Chu Hou can really do this, my father and I will be grateful for kindness." Sun Ce bowed and said to Lu Bu: "Since the capture of Jiangdong, I have always thought about avenging my father. It's just a pity that Liu Biao has a large number of soldiers and horses, and there are quite a few fierce generals, so it has not been successful. If Chu Hou can really let me slash the enemy, even if I hand over my life, I will have no regrets! ”

"Bo Fu is filial, and he is full of ability." Lu Bu replied with a smile: "How could I be willing to ask you to hand over your life? ”

After getting Lu Bu's promise, Sun Ce didn't say anything more.

He had been following Lu Bu for some days, and he also knew a lot about this lord.

Lu Bu is not as unsympathetic as rumored by the outside world at all, on the contrary, many times Sun Ce also feels that he has a deep affection for his subordinates.

Otherwise, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others would not have sworn to follow him when he was so down-and-out that he was about to die that the city was about to be destroyed.

"Cao Cao has retreated, why is Chu Hou still here?" Sun Ce said to Lu Bu: "I heard that General Zhao has also taken the surrounding cities, and the defense along the line can be said to have been deployed. We will retreat to Pengcheng to rest, and it should not be too late to wait until Cao Cao comes to kill him. ”

"Last time I fought with Cao Cao, he didn't hurt his muscles and bones." Lu Bu said: "He just can't meet the air force, so he retreats for the time being." I think sooner or later, he will come back, and maybe this day won't keep us waiting too long. ”

"We have an air force here, and we can throw a gas tank on Cao Cao's head at any time and bring them some rockets." Sun Ce smiled slightly: "I feel that even if Cao Cao comes again, he will not have a chance to defeat our army." ”

"Cao Cao comes again, I'm afraid it's not so easy to deal with." Lu Bu shook his head: "There are Guo Jia, Xun You and others by his side." The next fight shouldn't be as simple as the last one. ”

"Chu Hou thinks they will think of a way to deal with the Air Force?" Sun Ce didn't quite believe Lu Bu's statement.

Air Force gliders fly above the distance that an arrow can reach, let alone a hot air balloon.

Attacking Cao's army from mid-air, Cao Cao's soldiers, no matter how capable they are, can't do anything to the air force.

No matter how you look at it, Cao Cao came here again, and it was just a death.

But Lu Bu had an indescribable feeling, he always felt that the next battle would not be as easy to defeat Cao Cao as the previous one.

Cao Cao either didn't come, and once he came, he must be fully prepared.

"Has Zilong come back?" Lu Bu suddenly asked Sun Ce.

"Say it's already on the way." Sun Ce replied: "Tonight, he should be able to rush back to Dangshan." ”

"When Zilong comes back, call him to my room." Lu Bu said: "When the time comes, you will also come, how to deal with Cao Cao's next round of attacks, we still have to discuss a way." ”

"I see." Sun Ce immediately responded.

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Lu Bu got the news that Zhou Yu had blackmailed twenty buckets of gold beads from Yuan Shao, which was a little later than Cao Cao got the news.

withdrew Xu Du, Cao Cao was never in a very good mood.

In recent days, he has sent people to invite Guo Jia several times, but each time the people who went brought back the news that Guo Jia was not in the city.

Guo Jia disappeared suddenly, and he didn't greet him, which made Cao Cao's mood even more unhappy.

Could it be that Guo Fengxiao also left him suddenly because he was defeated last time, and planned to find another master?

Cao Cao's heart poured out this thought countless times, and he even thought about sending someone to arrest Guo Jia back.

Every time this thought came up, Cao Cao would force himself to think that Guo Jia didn't really turn his back on him, but for other reasons, he left Xu Du temporarily, and he would still come back sooner or later.

More than ten days after returning to Xudu, Cao Cao was discussing with Xun You and others how to crusade against Lu Bu next, and Xu Chu walked into the front hall.

He bowed down and bowed to Cao Cao: "Lord, Guo Fengxiao is back." ”

"Bonghyo is back?" was about to decide that Guo Jia had turned his back on him and left, when he heard that Guo Jia was back, Cao Cao's eyes lit up and he hurriedly ordered Xu Chu: "Why don't you ask Feng Xiao to come to me?" ”

Xu Chu agreed, bowed and retreated.

Everyone in the audience frowned slightly.

Guo Jia disappeared suddenly, and many of Cao Cao's staff believed that he abandoned Cao Cao and fled from Xudu.

Hearing that he was back, everyone took it for granted that Guo Jia could not find another way out, so he could only return to Cao Cao's side.

When Xu Chu led Guo Jia to Cao Cao, everyone sitting looked at Guo Jia, and their faces were not very good.

Some people have even thought of getting up and asking Guo Jia why he would abandon his lord and leave alone these days.

When he came to the front hall, Guo Jia didn't pay attention to everyone, but walked directly to Cao Cao and bowed: "Qi Cao Gong, I have found a way to crack the Xuzhou Air Force." ”

"What's the idea?" As soon as Guo Jia spoke, everyone couldn't believe that what he said was the truth.

Even Cao Cao asked with some doubts: "What does Feng Xiao think should be done to crack Lu Bu's air force?" ”

"It's simple." Guo Jia replied: "On the way back to Pengcheng, I asked the lord if he had ever seen a bird shot. The lord told me at the time that he had seen it, and the air force under Lu Bu seemed to me to be nothing more than a flock of birds soaring in the sky. We just have to shoot them down. ”

"The air force flies too high, and our soldiers can't shoot arrows that high." Xun Yu asked Guo Jia, "Could it be that Feng Xiao has a way to shoot them?" ”

"If the arrow misses, we can use a crossbow." Guo Jia said: "If we don't have enough crossbows, we can also build thunderbolts." ”

It wasn't the first time he had proposed a thunderbolt, Cao Cao had only heard the name, but he couldn't imagine what kind of ordnance it was.

Frowning, he asked Guo Jia: "What kind of existence is the thunderbolt car that Feng Xiao said?" ”

"I left Xudu these days, not to abandon the lord and leave, but to develop a crossbow and a thunderbolt for the lord." Guo Jia replied: "If the lord is interested, you can go with me to take a look." ”

Guo Jia did leave Xu Du for some days, and Cao Cao really didn't expect that he would quietly ponder the construction of crossbows and thunderbolts.

It seems that if Guo Jia hadn't really created these two things, he wouldn't have come back to ask to see Cao Cao.

"Where are the crossbows and thunderbolts?" Cao Cao asked.

"Just outside the city." Guo Jia replied: "In order to develop them, I can only hide outside the city to hide people's eyes, these days I have not returned to the lord, and I ask the lord to understand." ”

"Feng Xiao also did this to deal with Lu Bu's air force, how could I not believe you?" Cao Cao said: "Please also lead the way, let's go outside the city to see these two killing weapons." ”

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia to lead him to see the thunderbolt and crossbow, and all the staff and generals also got up and followed out of the front hall.

Guo Jia led everyone out of Xudu and came to a village not far from the city.

The population of the village was not much, and before Cao Cao came, a team of Cao troops under the leadership of Xu Chu went down to the village.

Xu Chu ordered the villagers to be driven out temporarily, and Cao Jun ran to every house in the village.

Not long after, the villagers who lived here were kicked out of their homes by Cao Jun, and they were told to wait outside the village until Cao Cao left.

The villagers were driven out, and Guo Jia led Cao Cao into the village.

"Bonghyo is in this village these days?" Cao Cao asked him.

"Exactly." Guo Jia replied: "To develop the crossbow and thunderbolt, I want to choose a place that is neither too far away from Xudu nor too eye-catching. I chose and chosen, and finally chose this village. ”

"When you were developing those two things, no villagers came forward with curiosity?" Cao Cao asked again.

"Of course there are those who are curious." It's just that I won't give them any explanation, and the guards I bring with me will stop them from a distance, so that they can't see what they are borrowing from the village. ”

"Why can't it be developed in Xudu?" Cao Cao said suspiciously: "If you develop these in Xudu, I will definitely send troops to guard them, and if you want anything from filial piety, I can also arrange someone to procure it in time." Wouldn't it be safer than here? ”

"I'm too dazzling in Xudu." Guo Jia replied: "Every move is likely to fall into the eyes of others, once the news leaks out, with Lu Bu's ability, maybe he will quickly think of a way to deal with it." In that case, I would be of no use in developing thunderbolts and crossbows. ”

"I see!" Guo Jia's explanation was finally agreed by Cao Cao, and he urged: "Please also ask Feng Xiao to take us to see your newly developed divine weapon." ”

"My lord, please!" Guo Jia stepped aside and asked Cao Cao to walk in front.

When they came to an open space in the village, a group of guards guarding here saw Cao Cao and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Cao Cao ignored them, and his gaze fell on the two things covered with sackcloth in the clearing.

Those two things were very large, and they were dazzling when placed in the clearing.

"Isn't it the same two?" Pointing to the two things covered by linen, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia.

"Exactly." Guo Jia replied: "As long as we have them, we don't have to be angry with the Xuzhou Air Force, on the contrary, when they see our army in the future, they have to think carefully about whether they should attack at will." ”

"Please also uncover them for me to see." Cao Shuo instructed Guo Jia.

Guo Jia waved his hand at the soldiers guarding the two things.

The soldier hurried to the two large weapons covered with sackcloth.

When they uncovered the weapons covered with sackcloth, what appeared in front of Cao Cao's eyes were two extremely large wooden weapons.

One of them looked like a crossbow bolt, but it was so large that even if it was an ordnance used to fire a crossbow bolt, it would not be associated with a crossbow.

The other device resembles a large crossbow bolt, except that it has a large spoon on its tail and looks more like a scorpion made of wood.

Seeing these two weapons, Cao Cao was very puzzled and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, this is ......?"

"My lord, these two are the crossbow and the thunderbolt." Guo Jia replied: "The crossbow first appeared in the pre-Qin period, and the Qin army used it to break through the Six Kingdoms and dominate the world. Later, Meng Tian also took it to conquer the Xiongnu and won a great victory. It's just that because it's too heavy, it's gradually forgotten by the world. If it weren't for Lu Bu's air force, I wouldn't have thought of using it to deal with the enemy forces flying around in the sky. ”

"Feng Xiao means that the crossbow can hit the air force under Lu Bu?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia.

"Absolutely." Guo Jia replied with certainty: "The crossbow is strong, and it is not a problem to shoot the enemy soldiers flying in mid-air. If the lord doesn't believe me, I can let the soldiers practice. ”

"Let's get a drill." Once suffered a big loss from the Air Force, Cao Cao couldn't wait to instruct Guo Jia to let people practice stepping on the crossbow.

Guo Jia nodded at the few soldiers standing on the side of the crossbow.

The soldiers understood, and one of them sat on a crossbow, while the other two stood on either side.

The soldier sitting on the crossbow pressed the spring hard, and the other two soldiers used all their strength to help pull the spring back.

The spring pulled into place, and the soldier on the left pulled out a giant crossbow bolt and mounted it.

Therefore, it is a giant crossbow arrow, just because of its size, it is not appropriate to say that it is an arrow, but it is more appropriate to say it as a javelin.

The arrow caught the crossbow, and the soldier pulling the spring slammed the pedal on the side.

I only heard a loud sound of "collapse", and the arrow flew quickly into the air.

Due to the strength of the crossbow, the arrows flew out and disappeared instantly.

Cao Cao looked stunned at the direction in which the crossbow arrow had disappeared.

The staff and generals who followed him here were also at a loss.

The bolts flew out so fast that they didn't even see what was happening, and the arrows were completely gone in front of their eyes.

"My lord." Xun You, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, said to Cao Cao: "The crossbow can really deal with Lu Bu's air force, as long as more than a thousand units are built, once Lu Bu's air force flies into the sky, it will immediately fire arrows at them, which will definitely cause them heavy losses." ”

"As long as you can wipe out all of Lu Bu's air force, let alone a thousand crossbows, what if it is ten thousand?" Cao Cao immediately stated that he could manufacture crossbows in batches.

"Do you want to see the thunderbolt?" Guo Jia asked again.

Seeing the power of the crossbow, Cao Cao naturally wanted to see how powerful the thunderbolt was.

He said to Guo Jia: "Please also give an order to the soldiers to practice the thunderbolt and take a look!" ”

Guo Jia nodded to Cao Jun, who was waiting next to the thunderbolt car.

Those Cao soldiers also stood next to the thunderbolt car.

Two of them pulled the springs hard to lift the strings of the Thunderbolt, and the other two soldiers lifted the boulder that had been placed aside and placed it on the huge spoon of the Thunderbolt.

The huge spoon was placed on the boulder, and one of the soldiers tugged the handle next to it.

The huge spoon that had been hanging from the back of the thunderbolt flicked up violently, throwing the boulder into the air.

The boulder flipped and flew up to a very high place, and Cao Cao and the others looked up, seeing that it had lost its strength in mid-air, and then moved towards the ground in the distance.

"The Thunderbolt can not only shoot down Lü Bu's air force, but also come in handy during the siege of the city." Guo Jia said: "As long as the lord orders to build a thousand thunderbolts and crossbows, it shouldn't be a problem to attack Lu Bu." ”

"Herald." Getting Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao would not hesitate at all, and he ordered to the side: "Find craftsmen immediately and build a thousand thunderbolts and a thousand crossbows." ”

The order was given, and someone carried it out immediately.

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After seeing the catapult and crossbow designed by Guo Jia, Cao Cao returned to Xudu satisfied.

On the way back, he said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao created these two killing weapons, I don't believe that Lu Bu can still deal with us." ”

"I've been thinking about it for a long time." Guo Jia replied: "Actually, crossbows and thunderbolts can be found in previous documents, but most people don't pay attention to them. ”

"Fortunately, Feng Xiao found these documents, otherwise we would have been pressed and beaten by Lu Bu's air force." Cao Cao said: "When the crossbow and thunderbolt are built, I will see what his air force can do with us." ”

"With the power of the lord, it is not difficult to build a thousand crossbows and a thousand thunderbolts." Guo Jia said: "It's just that I'm worried that I will wait until everything is built to crusade against Lu Bu, and the other people have returned in vain." ”

"What does Feng Xiao mean ......," Cao Cao asked uncertainly.

"Building two hundred units of each is enough to deal with Lu Bu's air force." "When they came, we could already shoot arrows to block them, but by the time they got closer, we didn't know how many people had been shot down," Guo said. Lu Bu's air force is not very numerous, and the combination of the two killing weapons is enough to deal with him. ”

"Bonghyo is right." Cao Cao nodded: "It's according to your meaning." ”

Everyone returned to Xudu, Cao Cao returned to the house, and as soon as he entered the gate, a Cao military captain greeted him: "Lord Qi, I just got the news that Yuan Shao sent Feng Ji to Zhou Yu's army." ”

Hearing that Yuan Shao sent Feng Ji to Zhou Yu's army, Cao Cao smiled coldly: "Yuan Benchu is really stupid, he photographed Feng Ji in Zhou Yu's army, just to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender." But how could he have thought that Sun Ce was in Lu Bu's army, how could Zhou Yu vote for him? I think he will not only not be able to succeed this time, but will also find a lot of trouble. ”

After briefly analyzing how stupid Yuan Shao's approach was, Cao Cao said to the captain: "Go on, what happened?" ”

"Feng Ji didn't see Zhou Yu, and when he left, he still spent twenty buckets of gold beads to buy Zhou Yu's subordinate Ling Cao before he was able to return." The lieutenant replied: "The strange thing is that Ling Cao actually returned to Pengcheng after that. ”

"What does Bonghyo think is going on?" Although Cao Cao was asking Guo Jia about it, his face was full of pride, and he obviously had a guess.

"I don't think it's Ling Cao's asking for gold beads from Feng Ji at all, but Zhou Yu's plan." Guo Jia said: "From the beginning, Zhou Yu never thought of meeting Feng Ji, so he went to the military camp and never met Zhou Yu. It's easy to go, but it's not that easy to leave. Twenty buckets of gold beads in exchange for Ji left, it should be Zhou Yu who felt that he was asking for too much, and Yuan Benchu was not necessarily willing to give it. ”

"Bong-hyo has a similar view to me." Cao Cao said: "Ling Cao suddenly went to Pengcheng, nothing more than to send the golden beads. If the news had come earlier, I could have arranged for someone to intercept it, but it's a pity......"

After smacking his mouth twice, Cao Cao said: "It's a pity that twenty buckets of gold beads fell into Lu Bu's hands like this." ”

"Yuan Benchu really gave twenty buckets of gold beads, which is not a good thing for the lord." Guo Jia said: "If he really wanted to attack Zhou Yu now, he would definitely not give so many gold beads." Yuan Benchu should also know very well that even if he really sent troops to cross the river, Zhou Yu would not necessarily kill Feng Ji. Unless Zhou Yu can't resist it, it will be unfavorable to Feng Ji at the last moment. ”

"Feng Ji is very important to Yuan Benchu, and I think he may be able to give away gold beads for this." Cao Cao obviously didn't expect this, and said with some hesitation: "Could Fengxiao be thinking too much about Yuan Benchu?" ”

"My lord thinks my guess is unreasonable?" Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Feng Ji is very important but not important in the world, so Yuan Benchu is willing to give Jin Zhu, it is nothing more than that he thinks that he has not found the best time to attack." If he thinks the time has come, how can he care about discipline? This is just to win people's hearts and let his subordinates know that he is willing to pay such a price for a discipline. With this time, his men will also die in the future. ”

Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao's brows furrowed: "Feng Xiao means that Yuan Benchu can't make any moves recently?" ”

"Of course not." Guo Jia replied: "The lord failed to attack Dangshan, first retreated to Xudu, and then ordered General Cao Ren to camp near Shouchun and not continue forward, which was an uncertain signal for Yuan Benchu. He has always been cautious, how could he risk independent support to fight against Lu Bu? ”

After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly: "So Yuan Benchu was waiting for me to lead the army to attack Lu Bu, if I didn't succeed, he wouldn't have ordered an attack on Yanjin?" ”

"It doesn't take the lord to get things done." Guo Jia replied: "As long as the lord can defeat Lu Bu's air force and let him see the possibility of victory, his action of attacking Yanjin may be faster than the lord breaking through Dangshan." ”

"What a Yuan Benchu who is good at speculation." Cao Cao sneered: "Forget it, since he has such a plan, I will let him see how to defeat Lu Bu." ”

He asked Xun You and the others on the side, "How many days do you think it will take to build enough thunderbolts and crossbows?" ”

"Should the lord ask the craftsman about this?" Xun You said: "None of us are craftsmen, and we don't understand these things, so the lord asked us ......."

"My lord." The others didn't understand, but Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "I built the catapult and the crossbow, and it takes a lot of time to figure out that they need to be assembled, but one day is enough to assemble them." As long as the craftsmen are sufficient, I think it will be enough to get the thunderbolts and crossbows they need in more than ten days. ”

"Feng Xiao knows this matter more thoroughly than others." Cao Cao said: "I think it's safer to hand it over to Fengxiao." ”

"Since the lord has entrusted me with this matter, I will raise it, and within ten days, two hundred thunderbolts and two hundred crossbows will be ready to go out with the army." Guo Jia replied: "As for the thousand units that the lord asked for earlier, let the craftsmen rush to make them later, and at the same time as attacking Lu Bu, they should also be able to buy them." ”

"All the thunderbolts and crossbows that have been purchased will be sent to the battlefield at that time." Cao Cao instructed: "I want to see what role Lu Bu's air force can play in front of thunderbolts and crossbows." ”

Cao Cao made a decision, and everyone responded.

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As Guo Jia expected, Yuan Shao arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, but was only stationed there to confront Zhou Yu, but he had no intention of marching at all.

In addition to the fact that the Yuan army on the bank of the Yellow River did not march, he even sent messengers with orders asking Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang and others to suspend their marches, and station the army on the battlefield where they were about to rush to confront the Xuzhou army that came to meet them.

The crusade against Xuzhou was a decision that Yuan Shao had already made.

He doesn't change easily, and he doesn't think about making any changes.

But he didn't want to be an enemy of Lu Bu when Cao Cao retreated.

Five road army, three of which were sent by the Yuan family.

Lu Bu also divided his troops to intercept in five directions.

When the Yuan army and the Xuzhou army confronted each other, Cao Cao set out from Xudu again.

It's just that this time in his army, there are a lot more important baggage than last time.

Cao Cao's army was followed by carriages loaded with many wooden accessories.

These fragmentary parts are stacked on the wagon, and it is impossible to see what they can be put together.

Leading the army and walking in the front, Cao Cao had a smug smile on his face.

From the smile on his face, there was no sign of defeat last time, as if that defeat had nothing to do with him.

The army marched forward, and the scouts who walked in front kept sending back news.

Getting closer and closer to Dangshan, the news that came back made Cao Cao more and more annoyed.

Dangshan and the surrounding cities were captured by Lu Bu, and the Xuzhou army was deployed along the line, no matter from which direction to attack, it was impossible to immediately break through the defense line and repel Lu Bu to enter Xuzhou.

After receiving this news, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia and the others who accompanied him on the expedition, "Where do you think I should attack from?" ”

"The lord suffered a big loss in Dangshan last time, and this time he still goes to Dangshan." Guo Jia said: "Lu Bu has tasted the sweetness, and he will still deploy his army on the mountain, trying to use the mountain to launch an attack on our army in mid-air. ”

"If he were like that, I'd make him regret coming here with the Air Force." With enough thunderbolts and crossbows with the army, Cao Cao said with an almost inflated sentence.

"My lord is right." Guo Jia replied: "As long as Lu Bu dares to use his air force, we will make him regret letting the air force come to send him to death." Last time, we suffered a loss in the hands of his air force, and the same thing will not happen a second time, so I think we can advance along the Dangshan line, even if Lu Bu resists stubbornly, with the strength of our army, it should not be completely fruitless. ”

Cao Cao nodded: "The order goes down, and the army continues to advance and fight with Lu Bu on the front line of Dangshan." ”

Leading a large army, Cao Cao marched to the area of Dangshan along the route that had previously been defeated.

Lü Bu's scouts also spotted them.

Soon a scout brought the news to Lu Bu.

After getting the news that Cao Cao's army was coming to Dangshan, Lu Bu made the same decision as Guo Jia guessed.

He ordered the soldiers to climb the hillside, and put all the air forces on the mountain, just waiting for Cao Cao's army to arrive.

On the hillside, Lu Bu looked in the direction where Cao Cao was coming.

Sun Ce, who was standing beside him, said: "Cao Cao has not been repulsed for many days, and he dares to come again, could it be that he didn't hurt when he was beaten last time?" ”

"We really didn't hurt Cao Cao last time." Lu Bu said: "Since he dared to come, he should have thought of a way to deal with our army." It's just that we don't know exactly what his solution is. ”

"It doesn't matter what he does, as long as he comes, we'll go up and fight." Sun Ce replied: "If you beat him in one game, is it possible that you can't win the second game?" ”

Lu Bu didn't say anything.

Although he had already prepared his defenses, he always felt that something was not right.

Zhao Yun on the other side saw that he didn't speak, and also asked, "Is there anything Chu Hou is not worried about?" ”

"Do you think it's weird?" Lu Bu asked, "Cao Cao suffered a big loss here last time, and he also knows that the terrain here is favorable to us. But he still led the army to this side, is he stupid? ”

As soon as he asked, Zhao Yun and Sun Ce glanced at each other, and both of them saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Lu Bu was right, if Cao Cao wasn't stupid, he shouldn't have chosen this path to move on.

Unless he already has a way to deal with the Air Force.

"Marquis Chu, will Cao Cao have a way to deal with the air force?" Sun Ce asked.

This is what Lu Bu was most worried about, and he frowned and did not respond.

Zhao Yun said on the side: "If the Marquis of Chu feels uneasy, when Cao Cao comes, I will lead the Shaobu Air Force to test it." ”

Turning his head to look at him, Lu Bu really felt that it was a solution.

A small number of air forces went to test it, and they could also throw oil cans into Cao's barracks, and they could also ignite raging flames in the enemy's barracks.

Although the ignited flames could not be as fierce as the last time, and it was impossible to completely burn the enemy's barracks, at least it could bring a lot of casualties to Cao's army.

If Cao Cao didn't want to suffer losses as a result, his only option was to come up with the methods he used to deal with the air force early.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu nodded and said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong can go, but don't be too reckless, after all, there are many fierce generals in Cao Cao's army." If you find that the situation is not right, you can return immediately. ”

"Chu Hou rest assured, I will never give Cao Cao a chance to catch it." Zhao Yun agreed.

Lu Bu sensed that Cao Cao's actions were not quite right, but he couldn't figure out what he was secretly deploying.

Cao Cao was also about to arrive at a place not far from the hill where Lü Bu was camping at this time.

It's still the same camp, the same place where he had suffered earlier.

The vegetation here has been scorched, and the ground is black, and not even a single blade of living grass has budded.

Cao Cao reined in his horse, and Guo Jia asked in a low voice, "Lord, do you want to change places?" ”

"Nope." Cao Cao said: "Just stationed here, only by stationing here, can I think of the situation of being beaten by Lu Bu last time to a very embarrassing situation." It is only when I am stationed here that I can remember more about what happened that night. ”

Cao Cao decided to camp here, and of course Guo Jia didn't want to say anything more.

"Pass the order." Cao Cao immediately issued an order: "The soldiers are stationed on the spot, all the thunderbolts and crossbows are fully assembled, and then covered with sackcloth, so that Lü Bu and his men will not discover their existence." ”

After receiving the order, the soldiers of the Cao army moved one after another.

Some soldiers set up tents, while others equipped the thunderbolts and crossbows that they had brought with them.

(End of chapter)