Puyang City was originally the seat of the East County, occupied by the Black Mountain Bai Rao, after being broken by Cao Cao, who was the Taishou of the East County at that time, it has been garrisoned by Cao Cao's close general Xiahou Yuan led by 20,000 troops, echoing with other cities.

Originally, Xiahou Yuan was very puzzled by Cao Cao's loan to Lu Bu, who is Lu Bu? Tiger of the World! If he didn't take advantage of the tiger's fall in Pingyang, he would be strangled when Lu Bu gained a firm foothold in Qingzhou and enriched his strength, and then threatened Yanzhou in turn, the consequences of the tiger's return to the mountain, Xiahou Yuan didn't believe that Cao Cao couldn't see it. But out of obedience to Cao Cao, although Xiahou Yuan had the idea of going out of the city to compete with Lu Bu's 20,000 troops, he still endured it, confined the four gates of Puyang, and ignored Lu Bu's crossing.

Fortunately, Lu Bu only stayed outside Puyang City for one night, and set out early in the morning, which made Xiahou Yuan puzzled and helpless, but Xiahou Yuan still felt that something was wrong, and sent countless probes to follow Lu Bu's march.

"General Miaocai, the lord's secret order!"

Lü Bu's army had been gone for two days before Xiahou Yuan received a secret order from Cao Cao's messenger, and learned that Cao Cao had led an army of 30,000 in his headquarters, with his brother Xiahoudun as the vanguard, and rode lightly to pursue Lü Bu.

"I'll just say, with Meng De's temperament, how could he let Lu Bu enter Qingzhou so easily." Xiahou Yuan patted the bamboo slips and said with a smile: "It seems that Meng De wants to catch Lu Bu off guard!" ”

"General, Lu Bu has been away from Puyang for two days, and I will wait for this time to go on the expedition under the secret order of the lord, will I?" Xiahou Yuan's deputy general Li Dian asked suspiciously.

"Man Cheng doesn't know!" A proud smile flashed on Xiahou Yuan's face, and he said: "The lord knows my talent very well, don't say that Lu Bujun dragged his family and led the family for only two days, that is, he walked for five days. ”

"In that case, the last general is invited to be the vanguard!" Li Dian hugged his fists.

The whole Yanzhou moved because of one news. Puyang, Jibei, and Chen Liu's troops and horses were frequently mobilized, and the targets were all placed on Lu Bujun, who had lost the effectiveness of containing Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao.

"Qin Xu, it seems that as you said, this Cao Cao has really made a move!" Lu Bu sat on the red rabbit horse, a trace of contempt flashed on his face.

Since Lu Bu got the news that Qin Xu got from Jia Xu, he drove out overnight, as in Yecheng, and shared the burden of grain, grass and horses, except for Lu Bu's family and Cai's father and daughter, everyone abandoned the car and rode on the horse, and marched to Jibeiguo, the last city in Yanzhou East County, and at the same time widely spread the horses and paid attention to the movements of the Cao army.

It has been three days since he left Puyang, and he is no more than a hundred miles away from Jibei Kingdom, and three hundred miles to the east, he has entered the jurisdiction of the former Qingzhou Thorn History Department.

Originally, there was nothing to do all the way, but just now, Lu Bu suddenly got a report from Tanma, the soldiers and horses of Jibei were abnormally mobilized, and the soldiers and horses of Cao Chun, the general of the Cao army, had begun to move towards his side, and there was also news of Cao's army's actions in the west and southwest, which was very likely to be what Qin Xu had predicted before, the soldiers and horses of Cao Cao's headquarters and Puyang Xiahou Yuan's department.

"Cao Cao has coveted Qingzhou for a long time, if it weren't for the fact that he had just won Yanzhou, his strength was not enough to annex Qingzhou again, and Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian's forces were entrenched in Qingzhou, so he would not let the lord enter Qingzhou so easily." Qin Xu chuckled and said: "Now Hebei is in chaos, just one Tao Qian is not in Cao Cao's eyes at all, so this Qingzhou has become a place of right and wrong a few days ago, and has become a fragrant bait, with Lao Cao's temperament, of course, he is not willing to cheapen the lord for nothing." ”

"Isn't he Cao Mengde afraid that others will laugh at him for breaking the covenant?" Lu Bu frowned and said: "I remember that when their princes met the alliance, only Cao Cao abided by the covenant and went to intercept Dong Zhuo, and I almost wiped him out, why this time?" ”

"Don't forget the lord, his old Cao and Lao Yuan are also allies, the lord has hated Yuan Shao, Cao Cao can be said to lure the enemy deeper, and only then will he be with the lord and the snake, which Cao Cao did!" Qin Xu said as if he didn't care: "Besides, even if Cao Cao doesn't say anything, it is estimated that people in the world will not be very Cao Cao, because of your reputation, ahem!" ”

"Humph! How did you get so noisy! A trace of embarrassment flashed on Lu Bu's face, he glared at Qin Xu with a dark face, and said angrily: "With this idle effort, go and ask Lao Gao and Wen Yuan to discuss their military accounts!" ”

"No!" Qin Xu left in response. Ever since he had a deep conversation with Jia Xu, Qin Xu had realized the weakness of Lu Bu's military situation, his reputation! Or rather, righteousness!

In this era of the late Han Dynasty, having a good reputation often yields unexpected benefits. For example, the old Brother Liu, who is still nesting in Pingyuan County, if it weren't for Liu Da'er, who sells straw sandals, who claims to be a relative of the Han family, and cries and cries to get a good reputation, I am afraid that he will not be able to reach Xichuan with the unlucky luck of who he has taken refuge in, and he will not even be left with a scum.

When Cao Cao welcomed Lu Bu into Yanzhou, he held high the banner of righteousness, saying that he was to protect the heroes of Zhu Dong and not to chill the righteous people in the world; When it was discovered that Lu Bu's entry into Qingzhou was actually of no benefit to him, he surrounded Lu Bu on three sides, and it was also a righteous and awe-inspiring declaration to help his ally Yuan Shao seek justice! From this point of view, in the hearts of all the people who have ideas in the late Han Dynasty, the so-called righteousness is just a justifiable reason when I beat you.

And Lu Bu, killed Ding Yuan to join Dong Zhuo, and killed Dong Zhuo to stand on his own, although after Lu Bu left Ding Yuan's army, it turned out that the generals under Ding Yuan's command were able to follow Lu Bu with all their hearts, which is very strange, but no matter what the real reason is, Lu Bu's disdain to justify, coupled with the more and more outrageous rumors, is destined not to be accepted by some moral gentlemen.

Lu Bujun has been running around before, and now it is easy to have a place to stand, and the reputation that Lu Bu does not pay attention to has become an important factor in curbing the development of Lu Bujun, Qin Xu decided to test Lu Bu's bottom limit, but fortunately, although Lu Bu's face was almost green by Qin Xu's words, he didn't go too far.

Qin Xu fled as if to pass Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and other generals to Lu Bu's side to discuss how to deal with Cao Cao's army attacking from three sides, and Zang Hong, who had been following Lu Bu's personal guard camp, called Zang Ba to his side.

Although Lu Bu had arrangements for Zanghong's father and son, under the urgency of time, the two temporarily followed Lu Bu's side, and happened to hear the conversation between Qin Xu and Lu Bu just now.

Qin Xu's almost presumptuous words did not make Lu Bu turn his face, making Zang Hong's gaze at Qin Xu a little strange. Coupled with the rumors of various versions of the "Qin Master's Book's Moonlit Night Private Meeting" that were vaguely circulating in the barracks, Zang Hong, who was old and sophisticated, had to face up to this doll's master's book.

"It's just that you rely on nepotism to get the favor of the lord, Dad, you take Qin Xu too seriously." I don't know why, Zang Ba didn't have a reason to look at Qin Xu very well, and seeing that Zang Hong specially called himself to lecture for Qin Xu, he said impatiently: "With the ability of my father and son, I am afraid that there will be no future under the command of the lord?" I think the lord is just soft-hearted! Isn't this lord not taking the surname Qin seriously, otherwise why is it just a small master with no real power? ”

"Xuangao!" Zang Hong is satisfied with his son, but this unyielding temperament makes Zang Hong quite a headache, but fortunately, Zang Ba still respects and admires Lu Bu very much, otherwise Zang Hong really doesn't know what kind of mess this kid will make.

"Got it! Got it! Zang Ba rolled his eyes impatiently and said to Zang Hong: "It's still the same sentence, as long as he doesn't come to provoke me, I will definitely not take the initiative to provoke him, Dad, don't worry about it." Now Cao Cao's three-way army is coming to besiege the lord, it is a good opportunity for my son and me to make meritorious contributions, you don't bother me with these pickled things. ”

In the temporary military tent, Qin Xu couldn't understand how Zang Ba looked at his eyes and something was wrong, but now that the situation was urgent, he didn't think much about it. According to the latest news from Tanma, Cao Cao really moved his blood this time, and most of the troops of Chenliu, Puyang, Jibei and other counties were transferred by Cao Cao, leaving only more than 1,000 horses to order Xun Yu to guard Changyi and Chenliu, and to raise nearly 70,000 horse infantry troops.

"Lord, Cao Jun tore up the covenant this time and attacked blatantly, presumably he was fully prepared, and the last general thought that it was better to turn around and fight back directly, and hit Cao Cao by surprise, and capture the thief and capture the king first. The last general is willing to be the vanguard! Cheng Lian had just selected five hundred people from the miscellaneous soldiers to supplement the flying cavalry battalion that had been almost scattered by the Xiandeng battalion, and he was in a hurry to make a meritorious service, so he said to Lu Bu first.

"Lao Cheng, Cao Cao's army has an army of 30,000, and with your little people, there won't be much left in one charge." Hou Cheng retorted unceremoniously: "In my opinion, since the Jibei Cao army is exhausted, then Jibei City must be an empty city, so it is better to let our Shengong Battalion and General Gao's trap camp go out, and simply take Jibei City, according to the city to defend, forgive Cao Cao can not easily get cheap." ”

"Lao Hou is right, I agree!" After Song Xian was betrayed and killed by Wei Xu, the relationship with Hou Cheng became better and better, and when he heard Hou Cheng's suggestion, he immediately echoed: "Although Linzi is not far away, after all, I am not familiar with the situation there. ”

"What do you think of Ziyuan? Let's hear about it, too. Seeing that the generals under his command did not have the intention of cowardly because of the disparity in strength, Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction, and seeing that the newly promoted Sima Zanghong was silent, Lu Bu asked.

Listening to Lu Bujun's question, Zang Hong pondered for a moment and said: "Cao Cao ignored the covenant and suddenly launched an attack on the lord, in fact, he took a great risk. This place is only more than 300 miles away from Qingzhou, speed up the march for two days, if the lord can abandon the heavy and light cavalry, then the Cao army will inevitably make this trip to no avail, after all, the lord is Qingzhou pastor, the amount of Cao Cao did not dare to cross the border easily for no reason, leaving a handle for other princes. ”

"Zang Sima's words are wrong!" As soon as Hou Cheng heard that Zang Hong had the idea of giving up his baggage, he immediately interrupted: "Zang Sima doesn't know, these heavy grains and grass, but the soldiers of our army have worked hard to take them from Chang'an Meiwu and Yecheng, which is the foundation of our army, if you abandon it, how can you gain a foothold in Qingzhou?" It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate! ”

"Humph! Short-sighted! Seeing Hou Cheng refuting Zang Hong, Zang Ba said unhappily: "Now the soldiers and soldiers of our army are gathered in one horse, and the marching speed is far less than that of Cao's army. Not to mention anything else, the Puyang guard general Xiahou Yuan, known as the Shenxing general, if he still didn't give up this thing outside his body, he rushed into Qingzhou to preserve his strength, and was caught up by Cao Jun, what he lost at that time was not only these burdens! ”

"You kid, you have no rules, Lao Hou talks to your father, how can you intervene?" Cheng Lian saw that Zang Ba was quite disrespectful to Hou Cheng's words, and said angrily.

"Shut up, old man! What General Zang Ba said is reasonable! Zang Ba heard that someone agreed with his words, a trace of triumph flashed in his eyes, and when he looked at the voice, it was Qin Xu who spoke, and Cheng Lian, who was still aggressive just now, was stunned by the doll's master book and turned into a squib.