The generals around him are strong, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both inappropriate warriors, but they just lack a decent strategist to control the overall situation for themselves, and to command the three armies for themselves and give advice for themselves. But after waiting for so long, there is still no such person in front of him, how can Liu Bei not regret it.

But even if Liu Bei was unhappy, he was helpless. What kind of identity he is, but Du Chen is classified as a captain. Taiwei is one of the three princes and is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses. Moreover, Du Chen's lieutenant is not a vain position, he is deeply trusted by Cao Cao and has the ability to take charge of the army under Cao Jun. Especially the Golden Viper Force under Cao Cao, which was formed by Du Chen, and only obeyed Cao Cao Du Chen's orders, otherwise, even if Xu Chu, Cao Chun, Cao Ren, and Gao Shun, the commanders of the Xuanwu Battalion of the Qinglong Battalion, the White Tiger Battalion, the Vermilion Bird Battalion, and the Xuanwu Battalion, were all useless. Moreover, whether it is a military general of the Cao clan or a military general with a foreign surname, as long as he is a military general who holds an important position in the Cao army, he has great respect for Du Chen.

With such a status and identity, how could Liu Bei He De be able to let Du Chen take refuge in himself.

Now let's talk about Lu Bu, in Lu Bu's big tent, Lu Bu's mood at this time can be imagined. He spent so much effort, made so many efforts, and lost the lives of many soldiers, but in the end, he got nothing, how could everyone make Lu Bu feel good.

But I can't blame others for this, after all, Cao Jun's appearance was too sudden, if it weren't for Cao Jun's reinforcements suddenly appearing in Xiaopei, I'm afraid that I would have already left Xiaopei's city at this time. If it weren't for Cao Jun's sudden arrival, he disrupted his combat deployment. There is no way that he will lose so miserably. From the beginning of the development to the present, more than half of his 20,000 people have been killed or wounded, and more than half of them have died in Xiaopei. But he couldn't do anything, and Xiaopei was still under Liu Bei's rule.

In this regard, how could Lu Bu not be angry. Therefore, Lu Bu glanced at the big tent with eyes that wanted to kill, and suddenly the temperature of the entire room dropped by a few degrees. Although Lu Bu has a little less sharpness, his reputation as the world's number one military general is not false at all.

And the only one who did not receive Lu Bu's influence was Chen Gong alone. I saw Chen Gong get up and say, "Lord." The defeat in this battle is all because of me, and I ask the lord to take this sin. ”

For Chen Gong. Lu Bu was naturally very annoyed, if he hadn't let himself attack Xiao Pei, he wouldn't have suffered so many losses. If he hadn't ordered people to fight hard to attack the city, he would still not have received such heavy losses. But Lu Bu was angry. But he didn't wait to lose Chen Palace.

Chen Gong's resourcefulness and role are obvious to all. The reason why he was able to win the huge territory of Xuzhou was because of the wit of Chen Gong, so Lu Bu naturally couldn't lose Chen Gong. At this time, Xuzhou was surrounded by foreign enemies, whether it was Cao Cao, who was in charge of Yanzhou, or Yuan Shu, who occupied Huainan, they all had the idea of taking Xuzhou for their own use. With such a scene surrounded by foreign places, if you want to protect Xuzhou, you also need Chen Gong to give advice for yourself.

Lu Bu thought about the stakes of the matter. Then he said in a deep voice: "The defeat in this battle can't be blamed entirely on the military division, after all, Cao Jun came so suddenly. If it weren't for Cao Jun's sudden killing. Presumably, Xiaopei City has been breached by the military division. The direct leader of the defeat in this battle was the scouts who monitored Cao's army. They clearly told me that Cao's army would not be able to arrive in a few days, and even if it was a rapid march, it would be difficult to reach Xiaopei within five days, but what did Bu see! As he spoke, Lu Bu slapped the table in front of him fiercely.

Losing this battle, someone must bear the consequences and Lu Bu's anger, otherwise he will definitely not be able to feel good in his heart. But he can't touch Chen Gong, so he can only find someone else to be a substitute for the dead. However, it is a bit far-fetched to say that the ghost is dead, after all, it is someone's intelligence error that made Cao Jun's army suddenly appear in the rear of his army, if it is not for his own fast reaction, I am afraid that he has been attacked by Liu Bei and Cao Cao's two armies inside and outside, and even if he is brave, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape from danger by mistake.

And hearing Lu Bu's words, Chen Gong also frowned. It's not that he disagrees with Lu Bu's words, but there are indeed many questions about this matter. In order to be able to take down Xiao Pei, he made full preparations and sent a large number of scouts to Yanzhou and Huainan, the purpose of which was to monitor Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's every move. These people are all carefully selected by themselves, and there will definitely be no one, but since the information is correct, why did Cao Jun appear so suddenly.

Thinking of this, Chen Gong's expression was suddenly stunned, and suddenly, he thought of what happened. There must be a deception in this matter, the pair of Cao troops who came should not have many people, and they all traveled lightly and came day and night, so the pair of Cao troops should not have much combat power. However, after Lu Bu saw Cao's army, he thought that Cao's army had arrived, and in order to prevent himself from being caught in front and rear and falling into danger, he ordered people to withdraw.

But even if he thought of the reason for the matter, Chen Gong didn't dare to speak at this time. Lu Bu was already in a state of rage, and if he provoked him again at this time, I really didn't know what kind of thing he would do. Therefore, this matter can only be stopped here, and must not be mentioned again.

"Cao's reinforcements have arrived, and we have lost the opportunity in the battle of Xiaopei, and if we forcibly attack the city, we will have no chance of winning. Moreover, our army is newly defeated, and the morale of the soldiers is completely lost. Yuan Shu south of Xuzhou is about to move, and I am afraid that it will not be long before he will crusade against Xuzhou, so in order to ensure the safety of Xuzhou, we should withdraw our troops quickly. Chen Gong said to Lu Bu.

And Lu Bu also agreed with Chen Gong's words very much, and then nodded and said: "According to Gongtai's words, the army will rest for the night, and tomorrow we will withdraw the army back to Xuzhou." Lu Bu held back the fire in Xiao Pei's belly, so what mood was there to continue fighting. And he was really worried that something was going on in Xuzhou, and there were constantly enemy troops attacking his grain transportation routes, so he had to guard against it.

Early the next morning, Lu Bujun's barracks became empty, without a trace of human smoke. And when Liu Bei learned about this, he naturally breathed a deep sigh. Lu Bu withdrew his troops, and a big stone that was pressing on his heart was removed. Lu Bu was frustrated in this battle, and he was afraid that he would not be able to crusade against Xiao Pei again in a short period of time. This is undoubtedly good news for Liu Bei. Without Lu Bu's threat, he can continue to recuperate. After he subdued those Lu Bu's defeated troops, he had a certain ability to protect himself.

However, Lu Bu is just a hungry wolf, and Cao Cao is a fierce tiger, although the hungry wolf was defeated and fled with a handful of ashes, but the previous tiger was not easy to deal with.

Cao Cao's soldiers were strong and strong, both in terms of military strength and strength, they were several levels stronger than Lu Bu. And now the Cao army has arrived in Xiaopei, and Cao Ren also led 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Vermilion Bird Battalion into Xiaopei City. If Cao Cao wants to deal with himself, then he will definitely be unable to bear it. I'm afraid that it won't take an hour, and I will be surrounded by groups. Fortunately, Cao Jun didn't have this idea, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.

However, Cao Jun's affairs still need to be solved, and Cao Jun has worked hard to rescue himself, which must have a certain purpose. In terms of Cao Jun's strength, even if he didn't come to rescue him, after Lu Bu took Xiao Pei, he still had the ability to come back after subduing him, so he wouldn't be so thankless to help himself.

However, Liu Bei was indeed a little worried about this matter, and the reason why Du Chen ordered Cao Ren to work so hard to rescue Liu Bei was because he didn't want to see Liu Bei's death so lightly. At this time, it was not the time for Cao Jun to have a showdown with Lu Bu, so Liu Bei was needed to act as a mitigation point in the middle.

Liu Bei is like Xiao Qiang, who has never been able to fight, no matter what kind of failure he experiences, he can seize the slightest opportunity to allow himself to develop here. Therefore, Liu Bei is an absolute talent, and having him stationed in Xiaopei will benefit Cao Jun and do no harm. However, Liu Bei didn't know anything about this, so he was always worried that Cao Ren would be unfavorable to him.

And just when Liu Bei was worried, Lu Bu had already led the army back to the territory of Xuzhou. (To be continued......)