Unlike Gao Shun's stubbornness, Cao Xuan surrendered quickly, perhaps because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, or maybe he was already dissatisfied with Lu Bu, and before Liu Ze could persuade him to surrender, Cao Xuan took the initiative to beg to surrender, which surprised Liu Ze.

The capture of Cao Xing was originally unexpected. During the war that day, Liu Ze just set up a bureau for the trapping camp, the purpose was to capture Gao Shun and the trapping camp, and for Lu Bu's other departments, it was just a division of troops to contain them. Cao Xuan attacked the left flank of Liu Jun, Gao Ran was ordered to lead the army to meet the enemy, in the melee Cao Xuan shot an arrow into Gao Lan's helmet, fortunately Liu Jun's armor quality is very good, Cao Xing's arrow did not hurt him, but it also made Gao Ran frightened, and then he was even more angry, waved his gun and pounced, and Cao Xuan was entangled.

Cao Xing's archery is like a god, but the martial arts in his hands are a little worse, Gao Ran is also a famous general in Hebei, and he is also known as one of the four court pillars in Hebei back then. At this time, Gao Shun had fallen into the formation, Lü Bu was also defeated, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and Lü's army retreated on all fronts. Cao Xuan also wanted to retreat in a hurry, but Gao Ran was stubborn, he fought desperately, picked up a vacant and wanted to escape, but the war horse stepped on a corpse, the horse lost its front hooves, and Cao Ran fell directly from the horse, and naturally became Gao Ran's prisoner.

Gao Ran escorted Cao Xuan into the tent, coinciding with Gao Shun being escorted out, unlike Cao Xing's dejection, even if Gao Shun was tied, he was the same with his head held high. As soon as Cao Xuan entered the big tent, he knelt down for Liu Ze and bowed his head.

Liu Ze smiled slightly, it seems that Lu Bu's subordinates are not all sworn friends like Chen Gong Gaoshun. Since Cao Xuan is willing to surrender, it also saves him a lot of tongue.

"Lord, Lu Bu is newly defeated, and he will definitely not dare to fight again, and he will definitely defend the city. The walls of Tancheng are strong, and it is not easy to attack, can the lord have a good strategy to break the enemy? "Mi Zhu is more anxious than anyone else, most of his family and his industry are in Tancheng, and if he can't get it back, he will lose a lot.

Liu Ze was very calm and said, "The lonely city cannot be defended for a long time. The treasury of Tancheng has long been devoid of a grain of millet. Lu Bu has tens of thousands of horses and horses, and if he doesn't solve the problem of grain and grass, how can he defend Tancheng? Wenhe, do you think Lu Bu will stick to Tancheng or abandon the city? ”

Jia Xu said: "Tancheng at this time is just a piece of chicken ribs for Lu Bu. The food is tasteless. It's a pity to abandon it. But Lu Bu is not a decisive person, and if he really wants him to give up the painstakingly obtained Xuzhou, he must be unwilling. What's more, Lu Bu has turned his back on the lord, although the world is big. But there was no place for him to stay, and his subordinates deduced that Lu Bu would definitely die to protect Tancheng. ”

Guan Yu said: "There is no food and grass inside, and there are no reinforcements outside, so I want to see how he can keep Tancheng?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Since Lu Bu wants to protect Tancheng, he must solve the two major problems of grain and grass and reinforcements, Xiaopei still has a garrison of Lu Bu, and the grain and grass are sufficient, with Lu Bu's current strength, it is difficult to hold two cities at the same time, he is very likely to abandon Xiaopei and concentrate all the soldiers, horses, grain and grass in Tancheng." ”

Liu Ze nodded and said: "Wen He is reasonable, it is Lu Bu's general Wei Xu who guards Xiaopei, this person has no special ability, and his status is higher than Gao Shun, Cao Xing and others by virtue of the relationship between him and Lu Bu. Abandon Xiaopei and go to Tancheng, you must pass through Pengcheng, order Xu Rong, set up an ambush in Liuxian, as long as Wei Xu dares to come, take it immediately. "Xu Rong is a good fighter in ambush warfare, Cao Cao and Sun Jian have both been defeated under his men, and cleaning up Wei Xu is just a piece of cake.

Jia Xu said again: "Lu Bu is trapped in the lonely city, he must not sit still, and he must seek reinforcements. Qingzhou Tian Kai and the lord intersected and fought against Yuan Shao, Lu Bu naturally couldn't count on it, Xuchang's Cao Cao soldiers were many generals, but he had a deep hatred with Lu Bu, and this road was basically hopeless. The only thing Lu Bu could count on was Huainan's Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu was newly defeated in Xuyi, his strength was not greatly damaged, but he planted a grudge with the lord, Yuan Shu was a man who would be avenged and greedy, as long as Lu Bu allowed him to benefit, Yuan Shu would definitely be moved, and the lord could not be guarded against. ”

Liu Ze laughed and said: "The people of the Yuan family have a characteristic, more scheming and less decisive, indecisive, the battle of Xuyi, although Yuan Shu's ten fingers only hurt three of them, but it is enough for him to hold his wrist and heart ache for a while, Lu Bu Xu Zhi Yuan Shu is tempted, but Yuan Shu will definitely hesitate to wait and see, as long as we can take Lu Bu in a short time, it will naturally break Yuan Shu's coveting heart." ”

On the Pengcheng side, good news soon came, Xu Rong set up an ambush in Liuxian, broke Wei Xu's 7,000 people with 3,000 men, captured Wei Xu alive, and seized countless grains and grasses.

Xu Rong fought this battle simply and beautifully, relying on the dangerous terrain of Liuxian County, the troops were divided into three ways to set up an ambush, and after Wei Xu led the army into the ambush circle, all three roads came out, and Wei Xu's men and horses were cut into four pieces, and they could not care about each other. Wei Xu hadn't understood what was going on, and had been captured alive by Xu Rongsheng. Without a main general, Lü Jun naturally became a headless fly, and most of them were taken prisoner, except for a few who were annihilated.

Liu Ze, who received the battle report, smiled heartily, Xu Rong fought this battle beautifully, not only eating Wei Xu's army and recovering Xiaopei, but also dealt a heavy blow to Lu Bu's determination to defend the city. Tens of thousands of grains and grass fell into the hands of Liu Jun, which made the already struggling Lu Jun even worse, and the form of Xuzhou City was already dangerous.

Pan Feng handed a letter to Liu Ze and said, "Lord, there is a letter delivered from Xuzhou." ”

Liu Ze opened the letter and glanced at it, and said with a slight smile: "Order the army, at the third watch today, attack Xuzhou at night!" ”

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The news of Wei Xu's failure and capture soon spread to Tancheng, and Lu Bu sat down on the table when he heard it, and sighed for a while: "A certain defeat!" When he finished speaking, he was gloomy and sad, and his face was like ashes.

Chen Gong comforted: "Don't worry, my lord, Qin Yilu has already reached Shouchun at this time, and there will be a reward within the day." ”

Lu Bu shook his head and sighed, and said: "It is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water, and at this time it is already difficult to be internal and external, even if Yuan Shu can send reinforcements, I am afraid that I will not be able to wait." When also? Luck also? Lu Bu smiled bitterly and retreated.

Chen Gong was also silent, stood for a long time, looked at the cloudy sky outside the court, sighed, and went home.

Lu Bu's newlywed wife Cao Yun saw Lu Bu coming back, her face was extremely bad, her steps were heavy, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to hug each other, and asked with concern: "Husband, what is the situation outside?" ”

Lu Bu threw her away in annoyance, and said coldly: "Military affairs, why do you women have to worry about it!" ”

Cao Yun was stunned on his face, from the wedding night, Cao Yun had already noticed Lu Bu's coldness, no wonder, her marriage with Lu Bu was originally a political marriage, how could she get Lu Bu's favor with a mediocre appearance, Lu Bu's ex-wives Wei and Yan are quite colorful, and the concubine Diao Chan is even more peerless, after getting married, Lu Bu has not slept with her for a few nights at all, Cao Yun has heard a lot of rumors from his subordinates, saying that Lu Bu has an unclear relationship with several wives of his subordinates. Every time she heard these news, Cao Yun's heart was miserable, she hated it, she hated why her father married her to Lu Bu, as soon as she entered the Houmen as deep as the sea, who did the pain in her heart come to.

Lu Bu was already in a bad mood, but now when he came back and looked at Cao Yun's bitter gourd face, he was even more irritable, and scolded: "You don't give Ben Hou a cold face, if it weren't for your father Cao Bao's instigation, would Ben Hou be able to fall to this step today?" Lack of success, more than failure, throw the hot potato of Xuzhou to Benhou, why am I so fucking unlucky, I met your father and daughter who are mourning stars! What do you cry about? It's so fucking upset, go, bring wine to Benhou! ”

Cao Yun stopped sobbing and hurriedly went down to serve Lu Bu wine and food, Lu Bu borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, and soon became drunk.

The four gates of Tancheng, Lu Bu arranged for Cao Bao to guard, and now Lu Bu's generals are all lost, and there are almost no available people, Cao Bao is his new father-in-law, and he is also a grasshopper tied to a rope with him. Cao Bao also knew that the responsibility was heavy, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he personally arranged for his henchmen Xu Tanzhang and others to guard the city gates everywhere, and he himself was patrolling back and forth to strictly guard against death.

The rapid change of the situation in Xuzhou greatly exceeded Cao Bao's expectations, in his opinion, it was originally a seamless plan, Liu Ze's expedition to Xuyi, Xuzhou's defense was empty, and it was within reach, if such a God-given opportunity was not grasped, I am afraid that he Cao Bao would have no chance to turn over in this life. Of course, attacking Xuzhou is only the first step, and being able to hold Xuzhou is the key. In Cao Bao's plan, it is not too difficult to realize, after Lü Bu attacked Xuzhou, he divided his troops and then took the three counties of Pipengcheng and Guangling, and then Lü Bu's army went south, pointed directly at Xuyi, united with Yuan Shu, and flanked Liu Ze's lone army before and after, so that Liu Ze only had half a life left even if he did not die.

In Cao Bao's eyes, this plan was perfect, but he did not calculate that Lu Bu had just entered Tancheng and had not yet gained a firm foothold, and Liu Ze's army had already driven north and waved under Tancheng. Yuan Shu's 100,000 army, which Cao Bao had high hopes for, collapsed in a few days, and was defeated by Liu Ze's 40,000 horses, which also made Cao Bao's plan fall short.

Cao Bao lamented that he had once again underestimated Liu Ze's strength, and he knew that this would be the last time, and Liu Ze would not give him any more chances. With the despair of dying, Cao Bao worked harder than anyone else, day and night, patrolling back and forth.

"General Cao, there are people raising fire on the city wall!" The sharp-eyed subordinates immediately shouted when they saw that there was an unusual situation on the city wall. (To be continued......)