The army was stationed for several days only a few miles from Shouchun.

Lu Bu sent countless scouts, but he never got any news about Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu and the Jiangdong Army led by him seemed to have evaporated out of thin air.

Still not too desperate, Lu Bu sent a lot of scouts.

Finally, he was rewarded.

Zhou Yu, who fled into Bagong Mountain, had already left Huainan and entered the Lujiang River under the cover of the mountains and forests.

By the time Lu Bu got the news, Zhou Yu had already passed Hefei and was heading towards Wancheng.

failed to capture Zhou Yu, and Lu Bu was very disappointed.

The soldiers have been stationed in the field for too long, and they should also return to the city to eat a decent hot meal and rest for some days.

Knowing that it was impossible to capture Zhou Yu again, Lü Bu had no choice but to order the army to return to Shouchun.

When they came to Shouchun, Yan Xiang, Chen Dao, and Zhang Liao were already waiting outside the city gate.

stepped forward to salute, Yan Xiang said: "Congratulations to Wenhou for his successive victories, and now there are rumors in the army and in the locality, saying that Wenhou is invincible in all battles descended from heaven." ”

"I accept invincibility, and the generals will forget it." Lu Bu laughed and said to Yan Xiang: "If I have to say that I am a mortal, I think I should be a demon lord. ”

Lu Bu looked up at the front: "Once the success is achieved, ten thousand bones will wither, and when I calm the world, I don't know how many people will die in the war." The world has become like this, and only people like me can bring it back to unity! ”

When he said these words, Lu Bu was full of confidence.

Zhao Yun and the others didn't think anything of it when they heard it.

When Yan Xiang heard this, his heart was churning.

He heard something unusual from Lu Bu's words.

The same feeling he had comprehended in Yuan Shu before he became emperor.

Lu Bu has a heroic heart.

Since the Battle of Xiapi, he reversed the way of heaven and escaped death, and there has been one more hero in the world.

It's just that he hasn't fully grown up yet.

"Let's go into town." Lu Bu greeted everyone and took the lead towards the Shouchun City Gate.

After entering Shouchun, Zhang Liao asked: "Wen Hou, did you let Zhou Yu run away?" ”

"Zhou Yu is terrible." Lu Bu smiled: "He knows that he is not our opponent, and after he entered Bagong Mountain, he never came out again." By the time I got the news about him, he had already escaped from Hefei. Even if I send cavalry to chase after me, it will not be possible to catch up. What's more, just cavalry, there is no chance of victory at all. ”

"What are Wen Hou's plans?" Zhang Liao asked again.

"Sun Bofu retreated to Anhui City, and Zhou Gongjin must have followed." Lu Bu said: "The soldiers have been fighting for days and have long been exhausted. If you go to fight against Anhui City again, it will be a labor battle. I plan to let the soldiers rest for two days in Shouchun before going to attack Wancheng. ”

"Xiahou and Xiahou Yuan have returned to Xudu for a few days, isn't Wen Hou worried about them at all?" Zhang Liao said: "If Cao Cao raises sword soldiers, with our current ability, I am afraid that he will not be his opponent." ”

"Now I'm not what I was before the Battle of Xiapi." Lu Bu said with a smile: "The 30,000 Qingzhou Army was reorganized by me, and there are many soldiers recruited later. There are tens of thousands of troops in Xuzhou alone, and we still have 20,000 soldiers in Qingzhou who are being trained by General Gao and General Sun. With an army of tens of thousands, no matter how strong Cao Cao is, he will not be able to wipe us out in one fell swoop. I can afford it, and how long can he spend with me? ”

"The number of our army is indeed not too small, but Wen Hou led his troops to Anhui City, if Cao Cao comes...... Zhang Liao asked: "Do you want to transfer Zhongli's men and horses to Shouchun, after all, Shouchun is a big city, and Zhongli is just a small city." ”

Lu Bu turned his head to look at Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan reminded me that I will send an order for General Ji to bring troops over." ”

Not to mention that Lu Bu is preparing to send troops to Anhui City.

Only said Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan.

They would only allow the capital, and Cao Cao guessed what was happening.

In Cao Cao's study, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan stood side by side in front of him.

Guo Jia, Xun You, Xun Yu and others sat on both sides in two columns.

"Shouchun is just lost?" Already knowing the whole story, Cao Cao asked the two of them.

His tone was soft, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him.

"It's all my fault." Xiahoudun lowered his head guiltily and replied: "Miaocai also persuaded me at the beginning, but I didn't listen to ......"

"It's not my brother's fault." Xiahou Yuan replied: "My brother proposed to fight, and I strongly agreed. On the contrary, Yan Xiang once dissuaded us......"

"Yan Xiang dissuaded you?" Cao Cao said, "That's interesting. They want Shouchun, but Yan Xiang will advise you two not to fight. No matter how you think about it, you will feel that this matter is very strange. ”

"Actually, it's not that weird." Guo Jia interjected and said: "Although Lu Fengxian wants Shouchun, he doesn't want our army to be ambushed by the Jiangdong Army. Yuan Rang and Miaocai stayed in Huainan, and it was also good for him to be able to contain Zhou Yu. In fact, before they fell into the Jiangdong ambush, Shouchun had already been taken by Lu Bu. ”

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan looked stunned, and the two glanced at each other.

"No......" Xiahou swallowed his saliva and said in disbelief: "It was Yan Xiang who persuaded us to send troops to intercept Zhou Yu. I considered that I couldn't be too far away from Shouchun, so I set up defenses on Bagong Mountain, and I didn't find anything wrong with Shouchun. ”

"Just because the two generals didn't notice it doesn't mean nothing happened there." Guo Jia shook his head: "They can enter Shouchun by consolidating the city defense." The defenders were defenseless, as long as they opened the city gates, Shouchun would be theirs. ”

Staring at Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, Guo Jia then asked, "The two generals entered Bagong Mountain, did they get any more news from Shouchun?" ”

It's okay if he doesn't ask, but when he asks like this, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan were stunned for a moment.

After the two of them entered Bagong Mountain, they really didn't get any news from Shouchun.

According to what Guo Jia said, when they entered Bagong Mountain, Shouchun had already fallen into the hands of Lu Bu.

"Isn't that the case?" Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan looked at each other with stunned expressions, Cao Cao had completely understood, but he still asked the two of them.

"Exactly." The two of them bowed their heads in response.

fully understood what was going on, Cao Cao's face did not change very well: "In this way, Lu Fengxian has long wanted Huainan, otherwise he would not have worked so hard to capture Shouchun before." ”

"But we really can't do anything to him right now." Guo Jia said: "It's better to let him first, wait until the time comes, and then take Xuzhou in one fell swoop." ”

"When does Bonghyo think the time is?" Cao Cao asked.

"Wait until the lord stabilizes the Central Plains, and then it's not too late to deal with Lu Fengxian." Guo Jia said: "Now the lord has to stabilize him and let him stand on our side first, so as not to cause accidents in the future." ”