"Someone came back to pull. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" A pro-soldier who accompanied Zhou Cang to guard the door shouted loudly.

Zhou Cang was shocked when he heard this, Huo Ran stood up and rushed towards the faint figure, "Lord, it's the lord who is back." Seeing that although Lu Bu was a little haggard, he was unharmed, Zhou Cang first cheered loudly, took the reins of the horse, and led the way in front. Fu whispered to Lu Bu again: "The lord has a precious body, how can he be so pro-leader, if he wants to kill the enemy and have his own warehouse as a pioneer, if the lord has a mistake, Cang Zeng can explain to the generals." ”

Hearing Zhou Cang's words, Lu Bu was also a little moved, Zhou Cang didn't follow him for a long time, but he was so worried about himself, it can be seen that his heart is Chicheng.

patted Zhou Cang's shoulder, Lu Bu said shamefully: "Ben will also be a momentary pleasure, Ben will promise that there will never be a next time." He added, "If there is, I will take you with me." ”

Zhou Cang was overjoyed when he heard this, "In front of the lord, he has his own warehouse to charge for the lord." ”

"Haha." Lu Bu laughed, and when he heard Lu Bu's laughter, Zhou Cang's face was also filled with a little smile.

After laughing, Lu Bu asked, "I don't know how the generals are?" ”

Seeing that Lu Buyan was very serious, Zhou Cang immediately put away his smile and said solemnly: "The news of the generals is not known yet, but there are some scattered soldiers, because they lost their own generals, they automatically walked back, and brought back hundreds of war horses by the way. ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed, he only had thousands of war horses, and he actually captured so many war horses this time, but it was a bumper harvest.

Zang Ba and Lu Bu were not worried, if they couldn't even defeat the fragmentary enemy army that had fled, they would deserve to die.

"Let's go, go to the lobby with Ben and wait for them." Lu Budao.

In the hall of the county government, Zhang Hu saw that all the generals had arrived, but he was late and a little embarrassed, "It's late, I hope the lord will forgive the sin." ”

"Huh." Lu Bu said with a smile: "Killing the enemy is meritorious, what is the crime." Tell us about your department. ”

Zhang Hu was a little excited, "Because of the darkness of the night, he didn't know how many people he had killed, captured more than 150 war horses, and only brought back more than 700 people." ”

"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded and said to Wu Sui: "Now that all the generals have arrived, tell you the results of the battle." ”

"No." Wu then replied: "In this battle, our army suffered 1,000 casualties, most of whom were killed by the enemy or by mistake by their own people in the dark of night, killing countless enemies, capturing 300 prisoners, and capturing more than 1,300 war horses. ”

After listening to Wu Sui's report, Lu Bu first exhaled, picked up the tea on the case, moistened his somewhat dry throat, and then swallowed his saliva fiercely, before he smiled and said: "God bless, Cao Agui will not vomit blood and die." ”

Haha everyone burst into laughter, and after laughing, Wu Sui sighed: "It's a pity that Xiahoudun." ”

"yes." Lu Bu was a little remorseful, but also a little glad, that general must be Xiahou Xuan, with his relationship with Cao Cao, if he killed him, he might be ...... himself.

"General, what should I do?" In the darkness of the night, a pro-soldier asked.

Xiahoudun, who was surrounded by his own soldiers, looked tired, his eyes were red, and he said hoarsely: "Look around, collect the remnants, and collect as much as you want." Xiahoudun knew the importance of Cao Cao of these soldiers, there were still strong enemies in the north, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses besieging Xiapi were all Cao Cao's belongings, but he had defeated more than 15,000 people.

How good is this, Xiahoudun sighed, how many are collected.

By dawn, Xiahoudun gathered more than 1,500 remnants of the army, and returned to Cao Cao's camp in Xiapi with an army that had lost ninety percent overnight, and waited for Cao Cao's fate.

A day and a night later, Xiahoudun returned to the Cao army camp outside Xiapi City with a group of remnants.

The civil and military forces stood on both sides, and Cao Cao naturally sat on the main seat.

"My lord, I have failed to live up to my lord's expectations, and out of 15,000 people, I only brought back more than 1,500 people." Xiahoudun took off the golden helmet on his head and put it under his armpit, knelt down bibiously, and said in shame.

Cao Cao's eyes were slightly red, and his expression was even more tired than Xiahoudun's, after receiving Xiahoudun's defeat, Cao Cao didn't sleep all night, after all, as a superior person, he still had to think about more things, he had to find a way to replenish the lost strength, and he also had to think about his attitude towards Lu Bu's forces in the future.

However, he has a lot of feelings for Xiahoudun, not only his confidant and love general, although the Cao and Xiahou families are divided, they still advance and retreat together, and Xiahoudun is a brother.

Seeing that his armor was untidy, his cloak was scattered, he was haggard, and he was also slightly heartbroken, and sighed, Cao Cao walked down slowly, personally helped Xiahou up in person, and said: "Yuan Rang, don't blame yourself, who would have thought that Lu Bu would go to Mount Tai alone, and the march was so fast, and Yuan Rang's defeat was not a crime of war." Fu straightened Xia Houdun's head again, and said softly: "Go down first to wash and rest." ”

Seeing Cao Cao protecting himself like this, Xiahou was even more ashamed and wanted to die in his heart, holding his hoarse voice, and anxiously wanted to plead for himself, "Lord..." ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said undoubtedly: "Come on, help General Xiahou down to rest." ”

"No." Two pro-soldiers outside the tent entered in response, helped up Xiahoudun and went out, Xiahoudun saw that Cao Cao had made up his mind, and had no choice but to let the two pro-soldiers help him out of the tent.

After Xiahoudun was helped out of the tent, Cao Cao's expression changed, and he asked everyone: "The matter has come to this, don't you know what you think?" ”

Guo Jia and Xun You, who are divided into the left column, glanced at each other, and now the grain and grass in the army are gradually running out, and the foreign aid in Xiapi has already arrived in Zhangxian County, and the fighter plane has been lost, and staying here is really empty of grain and grass. Cao Cao knew all this, but he couldn't say that hundreds of thousands of troops besieged Xiapi but returned in vain, which was really detrimental to his majesty.

sighed at each other, only Dan was a courtier, and the two of them came out at the same time and said: "The soldiers are tired today, and Lu Bu has led reinforcements to enter Jinxian County, and the fighter plane has been lost, so return it and return it." After a pause, the two of them asked for guilt again: "After besieging Xiapi for a long time, Ming Gong wants to withdraw his troops and return to Xudu, but it is recommended by us, this is our fault, and I hope that Ming Gong will punish him." ”

Cao Cao saw that the two of them took the initiative but when they were angry, he also sighed in his heart, not that he Cao Cao was narrow-minded, but that his position in the court was not stable, and there must be someone in this battle, but it must not be him, and he could only say: "Guo Jia and Xun You are guilty of negligence, and the official is demoted to three levels, fined for one year, and the whole army is opened, and the army is returned to Xu Du." ”

"Xie Minggong." Guo Jia and Xun You hugged their fists and thanked them.

"No." Everyone also took the order to go, but Guangling guarded Chen Deng too much, and asked for orders: "After this battle, the Lu and Cao families have made a feud, and Lu Bu will definitely send troops to retaliate in the coming day. "His family is still in Guangling, if Lu Bu retaliates, it will be difficult for the gods to save it, for today's plan, only to bring the troops back quickly to set up defenses, has been according to Lu Bu.

Cao Cao also knew what Chen Deng was thinking in his head, but he really needed to put a nail in Xuzhou, and Chen Deng was the best choice.

"Hmm." Nodding, Cao Cao said: "Your soldiers and horses are only 3,000, according to Lu Bu, it is not enough, and Gu will increase the number of troops by 2,000, a total of 5,000 people, and you will return to Guangling to make a good living." ”

"No." Chen Deng was overjoyed.

Jian'an three years, December, winter.

Cao Cao led his troops to besiege Xiapi for more than two months and 15 days.

……….

"General, Cao's army has pulled out of camp." A pro-soldier panted and pushed open the door of the building and reported.

"What." Gao Shun kicked the case to the ground, grabbed the collar of the pro-soldier and shouted.

The pro-soldier was overwhelmed, and could only say intermittently: "Cao... Army... Camp is up. ”

Gao Shun was overjoyed, threw off his own soldiers and rushed out, seeing the crowds on Cao's side, he put away the camp tent and went west after a while.

"Thou shalt not let up here." After giving instructions to the little school, Gao Shun walked down the city wall quickly, turned over his horse, and hurried towards the Chen Palace Mansion.

At the gate of Chen Palace, I met Zhang Liao and the other three who also came in a hurry, and everyone was smiling and relaxed.

Chen Gong was already waiting in front of the study after being reported by his subordinates, "Please be listed as a general." Seeing Gao Shun and the others smiling, Chen Gong also guessed a few points.

After everyone sat down, the anxious Cao Xuan opened his mouth to report the good news: "Sir, Cao Thief has withdrawn." ”

Although Chen Gong guessed a few points, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, Cao Cao's siege of the city was very fierce in the past few days, and even the recruits recruited by Zhang Liao were used.

After the great joy, Chen Gong said solemnly: "If you can't relax as a general, you should send scouts to find out the news." ”

"Hmm." The generals nodded, after all, the danger has not passed, and if Cao Cao comes to counterattack, he has to guard against it.

Seeing that the generals had already understood, Chen Gongfang said with a smile: "After the news is confirmed, the general should send someone to clean up the city, move the corpses outside and bury them, and then notify the hostesses to welcome the return of the lord." ”

"That's nature." Everyone nodded in response.

At night, around eight o'clock.

In the study, Lu Bu lay on the desk, using the faint light of the oil lamp to deal with the trivial matters reported below.

When Lu Bu received Cao Cao's retreat, he was also ecstatic, first swept the counties of the Lang Evil Country with more than 7,000 people in his hands, and appointed Zhang Hulang as the lieutenant of the Evil Country, Pei Yuanshao and Yin Li as his deputies, leaving 2,000 soldiers and horses, and deploying with Kaiyang as the center.

When passing through the East China Sea, the counties along the way, it had already been rumored that Cao Cao's army had retreated, and the city gate was opened to welcome Lu Bu, and those county orders and county magistrates Lu Bu did not embarrass them, and there was no promotion or surrender, leaving only 2,000 soldiers and horses, with Zhang Da as the captain of the East China Sea, and Wu Dun, Chang Feng and others to assist.