Yes, Cao Cao regretted it. He regretted that he shouldn't have provoked Lu Bu so quickly. He regretted that he shouldn't have provoked Lu Bu before pacifying the north.

originally thought that he would be able to get Lu Bu at the same time. As a result, Lu Buyagen did not have much to lose.

People are not only Xu Qing Erzhou, but also have the resources of the Japanese country!

At the same time, Cao Cao also underestimated the cohesion of the people under Lu Bu's rule.

In recent years, the lives of the people of Xuzhou have been getting better and better, the legal system has become more and more sound, and the people are very attentive to Lu Bu. In this way, it is already difficult to form a truly effective insurrection.

And now, Youzhou has not been flattened, but the merger state that has just been won has also been lost. In this way, how can Cao Cao not regret it.

Although he still didn't understand why Lu Bu chose to merge with Jizhou instead of Jizhou, he knew that with his current strength, he couldn't beat Lu Bu.

What to do, what to do?

The ministers were silent, and they were all frightened.

Breaking four counties in a month, and it is almost unimaginable victory, it is unimaginable.

What is a big victory, that is, Lu Bujun Yagen won the victory without any losses.

Now Lu Bu has to merge with the state again, and his strength has increased again.

In terms of soldiers and horses on the surface, Lu Bu is no less than Cao Cao.

In addition, there are nearly a million slaves.

In today's situation, the best way is, of course, to negotiate peace with Lu Bu and strive to recuperate.

But just after being beaten by Lu Bu, he didn't even dare to fight back, so he went to negotiate peace, and everyone present didn't dare to speak like this.

In the end, Jia Xu said: "If you lose the state, you will lose it, but the state is short of food, and now it has added hundreds of thousands of people, and it will be difficult for Lu Bu to last for a long time." As long as we cut off his Yellow River transportation channel, I believe that it will not be long before there is a shortage of food in the state, and there will be riots. ”

When he said this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Cao Cao was also instantly happy: "Well, that's good. We were able to quickly take the annexed state, but it was also due to the lack of food in the annexed state. As long as the Yellow River is cut off, see how Lu Bu develops and merges the state! ”

Everyone was happy, but Xun You hugged his fists and said: "Although this strategy is good, it is not easy to go overboard at present." The two generals, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, were both captured by Lü Bu, and we should try to redeem them. ”

As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao's heart instantly cooled.

This is really his brother, how can he not be in a hurry. What's more, Cao Ren and Cao Hong are both generals in his army, and there is no room for mistakes.

After everyone discussed, they blocked the Yellow River to coerce Lu Bu to release them.

The war in the state has come to an end temporarily, and according to the calendar of this world, it is almost the New Year.

In this way, Lu Bu also ordered the three armies to be sacrificed, so that everyone had a lively New Year.

When the family was supposed to be reunited, everyone was brought to war by Lubra. If they don't eat well and dress well, how can Lu Bu be worthy of them.

And once rewarded, materials are naturally more scarce.

At the same time, Lu Bu also inspected the treasury of various prefectures.

The problem is very serious, and the most serious thing is, of course, the lack of food.

At this time, there is no water source, and the state will not be able to grow much food at all.

Even wheat, it was only after Lu Bu flourished that people began to grow it.

But if you plant it, you can't grind it, and you have to rely on Lu Bu's business luck here.

Prior to this, Bingzhou relied on Jizhou to receive grain. Now, of course, it has to be transported from Xuzhou.

However, Lu Bu was not nervous.

Nowadays, dryland species such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are available. The current population and land of the state will not be short of food for at least twenty years.

Because the population of the state is too small now, I am afraid that there are only about one million people in the entire state.

Thinking about the fact that there are only one million people in a huge state, how can Lu Bu not sigh.

However, Lu Bu has every reason to believe that as long as the coal comes out of Bingzhou, Bingzhou will definitely be rich.

As soon as the New Year passed, on the Yellow River, 200 cargo ships sailed neatly to Bingzhou.

This batch of materials was too important, and Pang Tong even sent Wei Xu to lead 3,000 armor soldiers to escort them.

Coming to transport grain on a cold day, who can not complain.

But there is no way, Wei Xu also knows the importance of this batch of materials.

However, he was only halfway through when he was stopped.

"General, there seems to be a ship ahead!" The sergeant shouted.

Wei Xu looked at it, and could indeed see a black shadow, and hurriedly shouted: "Bring the telescope!" ”

Soon, the telescope arrived, Wei Xu looked at it, and was instantly shocked.

Nima, there is a dense army on the river!

And as the head of the general, it seems to be Xia Houdun.

Yes, one-eyed, you can't go wrong.

, can't beat.

"Quick, turn the ship's bow!" Wei Xu hurriedly ordered a retreat.

At the same time, Xia Houdun, who was upstream, was waiting for Wei Xuyang to enter the tiger's mouth.

Seeing from a distance that Lu Bu's cargo ship began to stop and turn its head, Xia Houdun couldn't help but sneer: "Hmph, can you run, give me an order, chase me!" ”

Soon, the drums beat loudly, and a group of warships chased after the Lu Bu cargo ship.

How could a cargo ship outrun their empty ship with such a deep draft.

Because the Lu Bu cargo ship turned around, it took a lot of time. Soon, the Cao army warship was about to catch up.

"Hahahaha, who's coming?" Xia Houdun shouted.

"It's you, Grandpa Wei Xu, me!" Wei Xu was not to be outdone.

Nima, still dare to be strong, Xia Houdun said angrily: "Stop the boat and surrender, otherwise don't blame General Ben for throwing you down the river to feed the fish!" ”

Wei Xu smiled: "Let's wait until you catch up with General Ben!" ”

At the same time, he saw that the speed of Lu Bu's ships increased greatly, and he suddenly opened the distance.

it!

What's the situation?

"Damn, you still want to escape!" Xia Hou shouted in annoyance: "Give me full speed to pursue!" ”

With Xia Houdun's order, a group of Cao troops began to row hard, intending to catch up with Lu Bu's merchant ships.

From west to east, the water is flowing downstream, and with the whole army rowing, the speed of the warships is like flying.

Xia Houdun rode the wind and waves, and it was.

It was so cold that his mother shivered.

However, seeing that Lu Bu's cargo ship was getting farther and farther, Xia Houdun was so angry that he vomited blood.

Xia Houdun endured the cold and said angrily: "Damn, haven't you all eaten enough?" I can't even catch up with the cargo ship, what do you want you to do, row hard for Lao Tzu! ”

Cao Bing was also speechless, they had already rowed hard, okay! But seeing that Lu Bu's fleet was getting farther and farther away, Cao Bing couldn't figure it out at all.

There was no way, the Cao soldiers completely used their strength to open the row. Anyway, the more you push, the warmer it gets. In this way, it is not so cold.

However, Lu Bu's cargo ship was still getting faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, everyone could only see small black dots.

And Cao Jun's strength is very wasted, how can he hold it for a long time, but the speed is getting slower and slower.

Xia Houdun was so angry that he vomited blood: "Damn, Lu Bu's boat can't fly, how can it be so fast!" ”

And Wei Xu, who ran away, couldn't help but sneer, comparing the speed with his steamboat, unless you are a Popeye.

However, Wei Xu didn't feel proud for long, but his face changed instantly.

Damn, there's a team behind this, too.

The one who took the lead is also a fierce man, Xia Houdun's brother, Xia Houyuan.

"General, what should I do?"

Wei Xu was also careful that his liver was jumping, this was intercepted by someone.

"The warship turned around!"

With Wei Xu's order, Wei Xu's military ship began to turn around.

"Cannon reload!" Wei Xu ordered again.

Today's plan is to use artillery to survive.

Soon, Xia Houdun caught up, how could he not laugh heartily.

"Hahahaha, run away, you fucking run away, why don't you run away!" Xia Houdun's anger disappeared and he was happy.

It's like the prey has escaped for a long time, and finally can't escape the feeling of the palm of his hand.

Fortunately, I kept my hand back, otherwise I would have really fucking miscalculated.