The cavalry came and went quickly, and under Xiahou Yuan's order, the sound of horses' hooves went away. www.biquge.info Lu Bu was worried that this was another trick of Xun You, so he didn't dare to act rashly, and the army also tended to dig traps while heading towards Huaiyin.

"Big Eyes and Wei Yue are in danger." Lu Bu watched the cavalry leave, but never saw Li Damu and Wei Yue return, and wondered if the two of them escaped Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's pursuit.

The army marched less than four or five miles, and met two people on the road, who turned out to be Li Damu and Wei Yue.

Seeing that the two of them were safe, Lu Bu happily greeted him: "It's good to come back, I'm worried that you won't be able to avoid the pursuit of Guan and Zhang." ”

"Their horses are not as fast as ours, and we have long been left behind in the middle of the road." The two laughed.

Seeing that Cao Bing's cavalry had not been chasing, Lu Bu ordered all his strength to go to Huaiyin City. I didn't see the cavalry chasing after me until I returned to Huaiyin City, so I believed that the Cao cavalry really retreated.

Back in Huaiyin City, Lu Bu sent someone to send his family to Huai'an, he had not received the news of whether Guangling was taken, and Lu Bu did not plan to send his family to Guangling, and Guangling was planned to let the family rebel once. Huai'an is currently the safest place.

While sending people to strengthen Huaiyin and prepare for a big battle, he waited for Cao Cao's army to come south for a decisive battle.

Guo Jia returned to the camp set up by Lu Bu in Huaishui, but he couldn't hold out, and sent soldiers to build a camp, collect grain and grass, and wait for Cao Cao's army to arrive. During this period, he defeated several soldiers sent by Lu Bu to cut off food and grass.

Since Cao Cao received the battle report sent by Guo Jia, he knew that Zuo Ci could subdue Lu Bu's demon arts, and he had no worries, so he ordered the whole army to move and march to Huaiyin in a hurry.

After several days of trekking, Cao Cao's army finally arrived at the Huaiyin camp, the soldiers have been running back and forth in recent years, exhausted, several days of rain and rain, Cao Cao did not arrive in Huaiyin joy, because many of the soldiers suffered from the cold.

In the military tent, Zuo Ci is still in the first place.

Cao Cao picked up his wine glass and said to Zuo Ci: "The immortal master is exquisite, and it is a supreme merit to suppress Lu Bu's demonic arts, and the living beings will be saved from being ruined. ”

Zuo Ci got up and refused: "At this point of declining luck, those who are high officials are in danger, and those who have more wealth are dead." When the world is prosperous, it is not enough to be greedy. Subduing demons and eliminating demons is a matter within the scope of the poor road, and worldly glory is like floating clouds, and the prime minister must not say anything more. ”

Cao Cao repeatedly persuaded him to keep Zuo Ci by his side, but Zuo Ci refused. After thinking about it, as long as Lu Bu was eliminated, Zuo Ci's spell would not be used, so he would no longer force it.

"Xuande's brother Yun Chang defeated Lu Bu before the formation, chasing his second general, only because the supreme good horse could not catch up, this official wants to give Lu Bu's former mount name 'Neighing Wind Red Rabbit Horse' to Yun Chang, don't delay Yun Chang." This red rabbit horse in Cao Cao's hands for two or three months, but no one can tame it, Cao Cao heard that Liu Bei swore never to betray before the battle, and gave the red rabbit horse to Guan Yu at all costs, so as to stabilize the relationship between master and servant, and anyway, this red rabbit horse can only be seen at present, Xiahou and Xu Chu have wanted to tame, but it is difficult to step on the horse. Guan Yu is the most powerful of the generals under his command, as long as Guan Yu can subdue the Red Rabbit Horse, even if he is not Lu Bu's opponent, he can contain Lu Bu.

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your kindness." Guan Yu and Lu Bu have known each other for several years, and they have long coveted Lu Bu's red rabbit horse, and when they heard Cao Cao talk about it, they got up and bowed to the ground because they had asked Du Shi to be dissatisfied with Cao Cao during this time.

"Today, Yun Chang is loyal, more than 100,000 troops!" Cao Cao happily stroked his long beard. stepped down from the main seat and solemnly held up Guan Yu with both hands.

Liu Bei, who was sitting on the side, saw Guan Yu accepting the red rabbit horse presented by Cao Cao, and a trace of anger swept across his face, but he was replaced by a smile in an instant, and nodded at Guan Yu, who was secretly looking.

Guan Yu saw Liu Bei's answer, relieved of the worry in his heart, after Cao Cao helped him up, he first bowed to Cao Cao and retreated, and after seeing Cao Cao's promise, he retreated to Liu Bei, and then turned around and went straight to the red rabbit horse.

"Miaocai loves bows and sharp blades are taken away, so I will give you Lu Bu's good bow and painted halberd as compensation." Cao Cao saw that Xiahou Yuan looked dejected, he was almost cut off by Lu Bu before this battle, and he had no confidence in the past, so he planned to reward him with the dragon tongue bow and Fang Tian's painting halberd used by Lu Bu as encouragement. This bow and halberd were regarded by Cao Cao as very precious trophies for Xiahou Lian to carry at any time, so that he could watch them from time to time.

Xiahou Yuan heard this and smiled bitterly: "Thank you Prime Minister for your love, it's just that the dragon tongue bow is a six-stone hard bow, and no one in the world can open it except Lu Bu." Fang Tian's halberd will not be used. The prime minister should keep it for himself. ”

Cao Cao's face was slightly embarrassed when he heard this, and when he saw that Xiahou Yuan was not ridiculed, he was relieved and no longer insisted. Reward him with two weapons that Xiahou Yuan can't use, Xiahou Yuan is afraid that he will misunderstand himself and take the opportunity to mock him. Cao Cao looked at the Fang Tian painting halberd sent by Xiahou Lian, and sighed, blaming this Liu Xuande, if it weren't for Liu Xuande taking the opportunity to fall into the well, Lu Bu, a peerless general, would have been under his command, and he could use Fang Tian's painting halberd to a perfect general, it was rare to meet one in a hundred years, but he missed the opportunity, which was annoying.

"Put it away." Cao Cao said to Xiahou Lian, and then said to Xiahou Yuan: "Miaocai will first take care of his injuries, and when he returns to Xuchang, I will build a divine blade for you." ”

"Now Yuan Shaohu looks at Yanzhou, we have been delayed in Xuzhou for a long time, Lu Bu has Huaiyin, he will definitely send people south to take Guangling as the foundation, if he gets Guangling, we will fall into Huaiyin protracted war, now the soldiers are tired, some soldiers in the army are even more cold, if the three armies are infected, our army is in danger. If you don't return to Xuchang in time, it is also dangerous, what is your best plan? Cao Cao said worriedly.

Zuo Ci got up first and said: "Poor Dao has been refining pills for a long time, and I accidentally learned that ginger in Shu can cure wind and cold. ”

Cao Cao was first overjoyed when he heard this, and then sighed: "Xuzhou is far away from Bashu, and it takes half a year to go back and forth, how can distant water quench your thirst?" ”

"Poor Dao, this is for the prime minister." After Zuo Ci finished speaking, he asked people to prepare baskets in the lobby, and in a moment, Zuo Ci threw out a ball of ginger in his hand and put it in the basket, and then stopped after loading several baskets, and asked Cao Cao: "Is it enough?" ”

"It's a pity that the immortal master doesn't want to share the worries of the Son of Heaven." Cao Cao saw Zuo Ci turn over his hand and dug up the ginger in Shuzhong thousands of miles away, which became more and more respectful.

Zuo Ci was not accepted as a national teacher, but just asked the soldiers to carry the ginger down to boil water and take it, saying that it could cure the disease. Cao Cao took his subordinates to inspect the soldiers who had drunk ginger soup, they coughed and faded, and took Zuo Ci's hand to praise for a while, now typhoid fever is a life-threatening talisman, there is no cure at all, Cao Cao didn't expect Zuo Ci to be proficient in Huang Xuan's technique, and he made up his mind to wait for Lu Bu to be destroyed, and then find a way to leave Zuo Ci for his own use.

Seeing that the sick soldiers had improved, Cao Cao's gloomy mood improved, and he returned to the lobby again: "The immortal master cured the soldiers of the wind and cold, my heart is sick, can anyone cure it?" ”

Guo Jia got up and said: "Now that the battle situation is now, we must fight quickly. However, Lu Bu obeyed Chen Gongyan, and it was difficult to separate. How could Chen Gongzhicai see through the reality of the prime minister? If Guangling has been obtained, the three cities of Huaiyin, Huai'an, and Yandu will definitely be in a stalemate with the prime minister, as long as Yuan Shao in Jizhou is dragged south to Yanzhou, the danger of Lu Bu will be solved. However, Lü Butun soldiers Huaiyin three counties, Guangling must be empty, Guangling is new, the people's hearts are unstable, the prime minister can send people to Guangling to find people who are dissatisfied with Lü Bu to capture Guangling, once Lü Bu loses Guangling, he will definitely Huaiyin three counties of the army south to recapture Guangling, the prime minister led a large army to cover the back and chase and kill, even if he can't capture Lü Bu, he can not pose a threat to Xuchang in a short time. ”