Puyang, Yanzhou.

"Big brother, I will report that Cao Ying has returned to Jiyin, and is now heading in the direction of Dongjun (it is said that it is Dong'e City, which appears in the 11th chapter of the romance). Big brother, you say, should we go to 'greet' Cao Ying? Zhang Liao walked quickly into Lu Bu's mansion and asked.

Lu Bu threw away the official document in his hand and laughed: "Hahahaha, Cao Mengde is finally here!" As long as Cao Ying's Yanzhou army is defeated, who else in the entire Central Plains can stop the iron hooves of my and the state army? The three armies were ordered to set off on the third watch and the fourth watch, and they must arrive in Dong'e City before noon tomorrow. Tomorrow, I'm going to have a big battle with Cao Ying!! ”

"Obey!!"

Yanzhou Juancheng.

"Lord, it's only a day away from the boundary of Dongjun now, do we have to travel overnight tonight?" Cao Hong asked Cao Ying with a somewhat tired face.

"Zilian, a few days ago, I asked Zixiao to lead 10,000 soldiers in Chen Liucheng to join our army, and now there is any news from Chen Liu?" Cao Ying didn't answer Cao Hong's question, but while looking at the map of Yanzhou in front of him by the light of the candlelight, he opened his mouth to ask Chen Liu, Cao Ren's news.

"According to the news just now, according to the footsteps of their infantry army, Zixiao's Chen Liujun is about two days away from here. If we continue to travel overnight tonight, I am afraid that when we are fighting with Lu Bu, Zixiao's Sergeant Chen Liu will not be able to participate in the battle in time. Cao Hong crossed his fingers and counted before he answered.

Cao Ying frowned and asked again: "Then the military order I sent to the Tiger Prison to Miaocai, has he not replied yet?" ”

Cao Hong scratched his head and pointed out of the tent and said, "Miaocai he"

"Xiahou Yuan is here!!" Listening to a strong voice, a general who walked like a dragon broke into Cao Ying's assassination mansion in a hurry.

"Uh, Miaocai has arrived?! So fast? It arrived faster than the messenger I sent to Chen Liu's back and forth, and it was really fast!! Cao Ying was horrified by the speed of Xiahou Yuan's march.

"Hahahaha, this time I received a military order from my eldest brother, and I led 20,000 tigers and leopards with Cao Chun Xingye to ride over, but it was the footsteps of Xiliang's war horse." As soon as he mentioned those Xiliang war horses that had been obtained from the Tiger Prison, Xiahou Yuan was excited.

"Can the military affairs of the Tiger Prison Pass be arranged? After all, Lu Bu's journey from the Yellow River waterway is not a long-term solution, but we still can't lose the Tiger Prison! Cao Ying put the candle in his hand back on the desk, turned to Xiahou Yuan and asked.

"Eldest brother, rest assured, the guard who is responsible for taking over my town to guard the Tiger Prison Pass is Hua Xin Huaziyu. With him and 30,000 elite sergeants here, the Tiger Prison Pass can definitely be defended. Xiahou Yuan stayed with Hua Xin for a period of time and admired his talent very much.

"Well, if Hua Xin is in charge of guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, it can worry me." Cao Ying has seen Hua Xin a few times, and he is still very relieved to face Hua Xin, who is known as the 'dragon head'.

The relationship between Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ying is extraordinary, in the early years, Cao Ying committed something, and Xiahou Yuan once took the sin for Cao Ying. So compared with Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahoudun, Cao Ying's relationship with him is more intimate.

Xiahou Yuan was not afraid of Cao Ying's scolding, so he directly picked up a bowl of water on Cao Ying's case and drank his belly, wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth and said, "Is there any movement on the side of the Bingzhou Army?" ”

Cao Ying poured a bowl of water for Xiahou Yuan with his own hands before saying: "I only know that Lu Bu is now going around to relieve the hungry people in Puyang, Dongjun and other places, but the army is not moving, it stands to reason that they should get the news of our army's art of war Dong'a, what Lu Bu thinks is not obvious for the time being." However, all the troops that Lu Bu brought to Yanzhou this time had horses as their foot strength, and as long as he wanted, he could rush from Puyang to Guandu or Dong'e City in half a day. ”

"Humph! Lu Bu is also too rampant, and before he has fought with our army, he has begun to buy the people of Puyang and Dongjun? He is not afraid that if he is defeated, won't the grain and grass spent be empty of bamboo baskets? "Ever since Xiahou Yuan was defeated by the rampaging Huaxiong sword, he has always been resentful of Lu Bu's merger army.

Cao Ying secretly sighed and said, "As soon as Yuan Shu, a thing that forgets his righteousness, retreats, we will have to face at least two-thirds of Lu Bu's army. Although we in Yanzhou have been recruiting troops in the past few years, compared with the Bingzhou Army, which has Sizhou and Bingzhou and also controls more than 100,000 guards in Luoyang, our foundation is still too thin. The reason why Lu Bu dared to start buying people's hearts right now was because he was confident that he could defeat me Cao Ying and take the entire Yanzhou! ”

Cao Hong just wanted to say something, but Cao Ying's tone changed again: "However, I, Cao Ying, may not be so vulnerable!" It took several years of hard work to accumulate this family business, and Lu Bu wanted to annex me, but he wanted to see if he had such good teeth!! The three armies were ordered to continue to rush overnight tonight, and to enter the territory of Dongjun before dawn tomorrow.

If we can't set up camp before Lu Bu's army arrives, and face the plain with no danger to defend together, we will suffer too much against the 100,000 cavalry of Lu Bu! I want to use the method of step-by-step to squeeze the activity space of Lu Bu's cavalry little by little, and reduce Lu Bu's cavalry advantage to the minimum! ”

"No!"

Dividing line

"Cao Ying has already set up a camp? The action is really fast! Originally, he wanted to use cavalry to surprise him when his foothold was not stable, but now it seems that Cao Ying is really not an easy person. Lu Bu stood at the head of Dong'e City, chuckling and talking to Zhao Yun, who had just reported to him the latest developments of Cao Jun.

"Does the lord say that he wants to fight Cao Ying?" Zhao Yun asked with some excitement.

Lu Bu stared at the lights in the Cao camp in the distance, and replied with some expectation and some apprehension: "Ah, the decisive battle." Hehe, the decisive battle between my Lu Bu and Cao Ying, I don't know whether it is to achieve Cao Ying's sudden prestige, or to maintain my hussar general's victory in a hundred battles as always. ”

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "If we dispatch 100,000 cavalry this time, can we still lose to almost the same number of infantry troops?" ”

Lu Bu shook his head and said: "If the opponent is Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao, I may be very sure of the outcome of this battle, but if the opponent is replaced by Cao Mengde, no one can say that they can defeat him until the last moment." ”

Zhao Yun looked at his senior brother with some surprise, it was the first time he had seen his invincible senior brother, who had shown such a melancholy look before the war. Even Zhao Yun himself reined in a little, and gradually became a little proud because he seemed to have the advantage of an absolute surname.

The second said.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! In the sound of the earth-shattering war drums, Lu Bu rode the Red Rabbit Divine Horse and carried the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, and led the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army to rush out of the gate of Dong'e City, and galloped towards the Cao Army camp a few miles away.

"Wen Qian, you stay in the camp and lead the crossbowmen to respond at the edge of the camp, if Lu Bu dares to lead the cavalry to charge into battle, he will shoot arrows with me!!" Cao Ying put on his cyan armor and put on his own red cloak, and hung the two swords that were sharpened like clay from the hands of famous artists, 'Qing Yu' and 'Yitian', on the left and right sides of Huang Feidian, who loved his horse claws, and turned over to his horse and commanded to his subordinate general Le Jin.

"Don't worry, my lord, the camp will be handed over to me!" Le Jin gave a military salute to Cao Ying and said in a firm low voice.

"Follow me out of the camp for a hundred paces, and camp up!!" Cao Ying instigated Huang Feidian, a claw under his crotch, and rushed out of the camp surrounded by generals such as Xu Chu, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Hong, and Li Dian.

Lu Bu looked at the Red Rabbit Horse from afar, and saw that although Cao Ying's military formation had not yet been fully established, the figures in the camp a hundred steps away were flickering, obviously ambushing countless crossbowmen to guard against his iron cavalry charging formation. Lu Bu raised the halberd in his hand, and the guards behind him who were responsible for delivering Lu Bu's military orders immediately blew the horn and issued a military order to the blank cavalry troops to stop advancing with different lengths.

"Big brother, this Cao Ying's military formation is quite exquisitely arranged, if our army wants to break through head-on, I am afraid that we will pay a heavy price." Gao Shun accompanied Lu Bu to stand on the high slope and look at Cao Ying's military camp, and after a careful inspection, Gao Shun whispered in Lu Bu's ear.

Lu Bu's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "Try to fight with Cao Ying as much as possible, and you must promise not to attack Cao Ying's camp alone." ”

"Yes."

To say that Cao Ying relied on tens of thousands of crossbowmen behind him, and calmly arranged his troops under the watchful eye of Lu Bu's more than 80,000 cavalry, and Lu Bu and other generals waited patiently for more than half an hour! This made Cao Ying, who originally wanted to give Lu Bu and the state army a dismount, a little disappointed.

After the military formation was all arranged, Cao Ying, under the escort of Xu Chu and Xiahoudun, slowly walked out of the military formation, and shouted loudly: "Lu Hussar is not harmed?" I heard that Lu Bu Hussar had just married in Luoyang a few years ago, I don't know why Lu Hussar didn't enjoy the gentle township in Luoyang, but ran to my Yanzhou territory to take my city for no reason? ”

Lu Bu smiled coldly, and instigated the red rabbit horse under his crotch to carry Fang Tian's painting halberd and jumped out of the battle and shouted: "Cao Ying! Do you still have the face to speak? Back then, you failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo and escaped from Luoyang in a hurry, if I didn't let you live in Lu Bu, how could you have the scenery of later issuing an edict to lead the princes of the Eighteenth Road to capture the Tiger Pass?

But not only did you not show gratitude, but a few months ago, while I was unprepared, you actually communicated with the thief Li Qi to sneak attack my tiger prison. made me lose my army and lose face, you won't forget this festival, right?

In the name of avenging your father, you led the army to attack the counties of Xuzhou without taking the court, and wantonly slaughtered hundreds of thousands of unprovoked people in Xuzhou with personal anger! How can the court let you go as disloyal and unrighteous as you? Now, I, Lu Bu, on the order of the Son of Heaven, personally led the Heavenly Army to Yanzhou to crusade against you Cao Ying, if you know the current affairs, you will quickly dismount and surrender, see that we have had several friendships in the past, I am willing to play the Son of Heaven for you, and the crime should be punished lightly!! ”

After listening to Lu Bu's loud drink, Cao Ying looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahahahaha, Lu Bu!" You're so ashamed!! Back then, you helped Dong Zhuo to resist the Qinwang of the Eighteenth Road princes, and you took advantage of Dong Zhuo's unpreparedness to personally slaughter Dong Zhuo, who was an ally of yours! Now you want to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes, do you really think that no one in the world knows your ambition? Hmph, there is no other lord in the sky! Today, let me Cao Ying and you Lu Bu, in this land of Yanzhou, see who is worthy of being the lord of Yanzhou! War!! ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Lu Bu's mouth: "Hmph, it's exactly what I want!" Since it's useless to say more, let's see the truth under your hands! War!!! ”

"Who took this fang with me?" Cao Ying looked back and drank.

"Xu Zhongkang is willing to kill this person!!" Xu Chu, who had long had a fighting spirit for Lu Bu, who occupied the reputation of 'the world's number one general', slapped Dawan Ma on the crotch with the back of his knife and killed Lu Bu directly in the formation.

"Hmph, can one Xu Chu capture me? Joke! Lu Bu lightly clamped the belly of the red rabbit horse with his legs, and the red rabbit horse, which was very well-known, neighed, shook its four hooves and rushed towards Xu Chu like a red lightning.

"Look at the knife!!" Xu Chu let out a tiger roar, and the Tiger Monarch knife in his hand slashed straight at Lu Bu's neck with the sound of wind and thunder.

"Qiang !!" Lu Bu's halberd seemed to be an understatement towards the tip of Xu Chu's knife, and after a loud bang, Xu Chu and his horse were shocked back a few steps away by Lu Bu!

Xu Chu's hands trembled slightly from the huge impact, and his face turned pale as he turned the horse's head smartly without Lu Bu's command, and launched a second attack on him.

Xu Chu took a deep breath and tightly grasped the hilt of the Tiger Monarch Knife with both hands: "Roar!! ”

Where the halberds intersected, sparks flew around! To Lu Bu's surprise, Xu Chu, this guy, had obviously lost the impact of the horse, but he actually blocked his deadly halberd with his own brute strength alone?

"Hehe, it's interesting, that's interesting!!" Lu Bu danced the halberd, staring at Xu Chu with warlike eyes, and finally began to get serious.

"Whew! Whew! Whew! With Xu Chu's violent gasp, Xu Chu's skin quickly changed from an ordinary dark color to a terrifying red color at a speed visible to the naked eye! And one after another of the green tendons all burst out, as if the blood in Xu Chu's body was rapidly reaching the boiling point!

Xu Chu handed over the Tiger Monarch knife in his right hand to his left hand, and his free right hand grabbed the neckline of his armor fiercely and tore it fiercely!

"Click!!" The armor that looked very strong was torn apart by Xu Chu.

"Huh?" Lu Bu's eyes froze, and he looked at Xu Chu who was tearing his armor with some doubts.

"Roar!! Xu Chu, who finally tore all the armor on his upper body and threw it away, roared, and his legs slammed the belly of Dawan Ma under his crotch, and rushed towards Lu Bu with a momentum like a tiger descending the mountain!!

"Lu's Halberd Method - Yellow Sparrow Grab!" The sharp tip of Fang Tian's halberd pecked fiercely at the tip of Xu Chu's knife.

"Boom!!" This time, even Lu Bu felt a slight numbness in his hands, but Xu Chu unexpectedly swung the second knife as if he was not affected! The third knife!!

"Boom!"

"Bell!!"

"Hard-hitting? Accompany you to the end!! Lu Bu's halberd method is not only full of strength but also flexible and fast, but it is the first time that he has been forced to be attacked one after another, and Lu Bu does not use the speed of the red rabbit horse to bully Xu Chu, so he stands in front of Xu Chu and fights with Xu Chu with speed and strength.

The soldiers of the state army over there had always known the invincible bravery of their lords, but they only shouted loudly and did not show any worry. But Cao Jun's side is different, although Xu Chu is known as the first fierce general in Cao Jun.

But who is Lu Bu? That's the man who established the world's number one military general in front of the eighteen princes of the Tiger Prison Pass! Seeing that the confrontation between Xu Chu and Lu Bu entered a white heat, as Lu Bu swung out each halberd, all of them were terrified, for fear that Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Halberd would cut Xu Chu into two pieces!

And Xu Chu and Lu Bu in the center of the battle didn't have time to care about what the soldiers of the two armies thought, the reason why Xu Chu fought to the death with Lu Bu this time was because he knew that he was in the first round of the fight with Lu Bu, not to mention anything else, just compared with the Dawan horse under this crotch and Lu Bu's red rabbit horse, it was at least two or three levels worse. In order to offset this weakness, Xu Chu had to use the Tiger Roar trick to stimulate his potential and fight to the death with Lu Bu.

And after Xu Chu really fought with Lu Bu for dozens of rounds, he was horrified to find that his tiger's mouth was already bleeding, but Lu Bu seemed to be getting braver and braver, and seemed to enjoy his hard-hitting style of play very much! And as Xu Chu's physical strength became worse and Lu Bu's more and more courageous performance, Xu Chu gradually defended more and attacked less.

"Hahaha, happy! It's fun!! It's been a long time since I've done this comfort! In order to thank you, let me show you my full blow. Drink! A halberd sets mountains and rivers!! The Fang Tian Painting Halberd in Lu Bu's hand slashed towards Xu Chu's chest with a scorching aura and a piercing scream in a strange arc!!

"Roar!! Die!! At the critical moment, Xu Chu went against his luck and didn't care about the amazing momentum of Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd, but tried all his strength to slash the Tiger Monarch knife towards Lu Bu's head, but Xu Chu hit the idea of ending up together!!

"Qiang !!"

Lu Bu was unwilling to die with a reckless man, the halberd head of the painted halberd moved slightly horizontally, and the fatal blow that could have been able to cut Xu Chu's halberd in two sections only cut a shallow wound on Xu Chu's arm, and most of the strength of that halberd was evenly matched with Xu Chu's desperate blow.

"Damn Lu Bu!!" Xu Chu knew that he would not be able to defeat Lu Bu, who was almost unharmed, so he could only take advantage of the fact that Lu Bu had not recovered from the blow just now, and held his bleeding left arm to clamp the belly of his Dawan horse, and fled towards Cao Junjun's army in embarrassment.

(To be continued)