Cao Cao's camp, after listening to the reports, Cao Cao was so angry that he kicked the table.

The grain and grass were burned to the point that only three days' rations were left, and Na Lu Bu Xiao'er even escaped.

Angry, furious.

But as a lord, even if you are angry, you have to be calm.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Cao Cao looked around at everyone: "Everyone, what is the situation now?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and finally Guo Jia took the lead in speaking: "Lord, now we only have three choices. ”

Cao Cao's face softened, and he hurriedly asked, "Feng Xiao and say!" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "One, withdraw the troops immediately, and wait for the whole army to fight again." Second, send troops to besiege and kill Lü Bu and force the city to surrender. Third, tomorrow will storm Pi and break the foundation of Lu Bu. ”

Cao Cao exhaled deeply, thought for a moment and said, "Pass the order, and attack Pi tomorrow!" ”

On the second day, Cao Cao's army stormed Pi. Arrows flew like locusts, and rivers of blood flowed.

"Resist, give me everything!" Zhang Liao in the city killed the enemy while shouting: "Cao Cao's grain and grass have been burned by Wen Hou, defend the city, Cao Cao will be defeated!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The morale of the army was high, and they killed Wei Hehe.

Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou several times, either slaughtering the city or flooding, causing Xuzhou to be devastated. The people of Xuzhou hated Cao Cao to the bone and wanted to eat his flesh raw.

Seeing that the city could not be attacked for a long time, Cao Cao was even more irritable.

"Report!" As soon as the messenger came rushing over: "Report to the lord, Zang Ba is leading the troops to come, and it is less than 20 miles away from our army." ”

"What!" Cao Cao couldn't help but scold: "Damn! ”

Although I had known that Zang Ba had sent troops for a long time, I didn't expect it to be so close.

The city has not been able to be attacked for a long time, how can this be good.

At this moment, Guo Jia couldn't help but admonish: "Lord, we can't do anything, we must withdraw immediately." Zhang Yang has already committed Xingyang, if Xingyang is lost, Xuchang will not be guaranteed! ”

"Damn!" After Cao Cao shouted in annoyance, he had to give a solemn order: "Pass the order and retreat!" ”

The herald immediately galloped to convey the order to withdraw.

In the afternoon, Lu Bu, who was hiding in the woods, couldn't help but come out to investigate the situation.

He set a large number of traps in the woods, but none of the enemies attacked.

But the news sent to find out made Lu Bu cry and laugh.

He didn't expect Cao Cao to retreat so simply.

Didn't even come to him for trouble.

Also, if he hits Xiapi, he will have nothing. It would have been much easier to send a large army to search for his whereabouts.

Well, great!

escaped this catastrophe, and from then on it was the time when he was flying in the sky and dominating the world.

However, when Lu Bu led more than 200 trapped camps back to Xiapi, he saw Zang Ba's soldiers and horses besieging the city.

Lu Bu couldn't help but sink his heart, because at this time, Zang Ba was only in alliance with him, and he didn't recognize him as the master.

After repeated battles with Cao Cao, there were less than 10,000 of his soldiers and horses left.

Now Zang Ba's strength is obviously stronger than him, if Zang Ba has any ideas, then his situation is still worse.

The two soon met, and Zang Ba stepped forward.

"Warm wait!" Zang Ba clasped his fists and saluted.

"General Zang!" Lu Bu smiled: "Thank you General Zang for leading the troops to help!" ”

"Hahaha!" Zang Ba said with a smile: "Wen Hou is invincible, he has already defeated Cao Cao, but it is too late!" ”

"That's nature!" Lu Bu smiled back, and then said with a straight face: "General Zang, now that the troubled times are coming, all the candidates are competing for hegemony, I want to achieve a great cause, I don't know if General Zang is willing to be like-minded?" ”

At the same time, Lu Bu tightened the halberd in his hand. With the distance between him and Zang Ba now, he is completely confident to solve Zang Ba.

Now his turf is unstable and he has to make a ruthless move.

According to history, after Lu Bu's death, Zang Ba voted for Cao Cao. In other words, he is not a material who can be a waiter.

Besides, not everyone can be a candidate, and without fame, this is absolutely impossible.

And Lu Bu is the "warm wait" given by Wang Yun with the order of the Son of Heaven, so he has a foothold.

After all, the Han Dynasty is not dead, and it is still in the time when the candidates are fighting for hegemony and annexing each other.

At this moment, seeing Lu Bu releasing a murderous aura, Zang Ba's heart couldn't help but tremble.

Lu Bu was obviously forcing the palace and forcing him to express his position.

At this moment, Zang Ba couldn't help but think about it.

He just occupied the Liukou in the area of Lu and Taishan, and there were no civil officials under him at all.

With Yuan Shao in the north, Cao Cao in the west, and Lu Bu in the south, he is in the middle of this, and if he wants to survive, he must find a support.

I have to say that now Yuan Shao is in the ascendant and has the strongest power.

Cao Cao has the Son of Heaven in his hands, and he has a large number of military forces, and his power is also not to be underestimated.

Lu Bu is mighty, has the courage of ten thousand invincibles, and the Xuzhou area is also outstanding and powerful.

He originally wanted to travel between the three forces to survive, but now it seems that he can't.

Forget it, since Lu Bu can defeat Cao Cao, it is not bad to think about it. Besides, it's hard for him to leave now.

With a certain heart, Zang Ba hurriedly turned over and dismounted, half-knelt and hugged his fists and saluted: "See the lord!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Lu Bu was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Hurry up!" ”

After getting up, Lu Bu hurriedly said again: "Let's go, follow me back to the city, I will reward the whole army tonight!" ”

"Thank you Wen Hou, no, thank you lord!" Zang Ba hurriedly replied.

"Hahahaha!"

Lu Bu was very happy, because he had finally survived the most difficult catastrophe.

Since he did not die in the White Gate Tower, the candidates still have a place for him.

I have to say, fortunately, there are no cold things such as cotton in this era. The transportation was also very backward, so Cao Cao had to retreat.

Because in ancient times, fighting a war was a logistical war, and without strong logistical support, the war could not be fought at all.

In the evening, a group of civil and military personnel gathered together to celebrate the aftermath of the disaster.

During the banquet, Chen Gong, as a military advisor, said: "Lord, although Cao Cao retreated, after this battle, Xuzhou was ruined and a hundred ruins are waiting to be revived. And it is imperative that we regain lost ground. If Pengcheng and Xiaopei are not recovered, the door of Xuzhou will be wide open, and there will be no danger to defend. Cao Cao retreated in a big way, thinking that there would not be many soldiers and horses left to defend the city. ”

"Hmm!" Lu Bu responded: "Zhang Liao! ”

"The last general!"

"Order you to gather troops and horses tomorrow to recover Pengcheng!"

"No!"

"Zang Ba!"

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead the troops to attack Xiaopei tomorrow, and be sure to take it back!"

"Yes!" Zang Ba responded with a fist.

"Gongtai!" Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong and said solemnly: "From now on, increase our army's military salary by three times." Tomorrow you will issue a proclamation to recruit soldiers, but whoever joins the army, if one person joins the army, the whole family will not go hungry. You will charge me as many people as you join the army. But it must be strong, not old and weak! ”

Now that he has no soldiers in hand, Lu Bu has to use all his troops.

However, Lu Bu's words shook Chen Gong in place, and he was so shocked that he didn't react for a while.

After coming back to his senses, Chen Gong had to say angrily: "Lord, now that the treasury has no silver, two or two grains and grass, let's not talk about conscription, it is difficult to even have food." ”

Lu Bu couldn't help frowning and asked, "How much grain and grass is there in the treasury?" ”

Chen Gonghuan glanced at everyone and said weakly: "At most, it's enough for three months." ”

"Three months?" Lu Bu groaned.

That is to say, at most, it will be supported until spring ploughing, and it will not be able to wait for the autumn harvest at all. If this problem is not solved, the army mutinies one hundred percent.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Bu asked, "Can the city sergeant's family and local heroes have food?" ”

"Yes, yes." Chen Gong sighed: "But now food is more expensive than money, we don't have silver taels, we can't buy it at all!" ”

Hearing this, the corners of Lu Bu's mouth lifted and he said with a smile: "It's good to have food, as for silver taels, I know that there is a place where there is money." ”