The cold winter is finally over.

When the spring breeze sweeps across the earth, the young grass pulls out its first shoots.

An army marched from Xuchang in the direction of Xuzhou.

It was Cao Cao who led this army, and it was Liu Bei who came to serve him like a lost dog.

"Xuande Gong!" The army slowly marched in the direction of Xuzhou, and Cao Cao asked Liu Bei beside him as he walked: "I heard that the King of Qin sent war horses to Lu Bu several times, but I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"That's what happened!" Riding forward with Cao Cao, he heard Cao Cao ask about the war horses that Liu Wei gave to Lu Bu, and Liu Bei replied: "The war horses have been sent a total of five times, and Bei has also seen those war horses. Although they are not high-quality horses, they are also northern horse breeds, which are much taller than the southern horse breeds commonly used as war horses in the Central Plains. ”

"In this way, Lu Bu has a decent cavalry under his command!" Cao Cao frowned slightly, groaned slightly, and then said to Liu Bei: "If our army and Lu Bu are fighting outside the city, what does Xuande Gong think is the chance of victory?" ”

"Lu Bujun is mostly old, weak, sick and disabled!" Liu Bei did not hide the situation of Lu Bu's army that he said he knew, and said to Cao Cao: "Only the trapped camp is strong. On the same day, Lu Bu rebelled in Luoyang, trapped in the camp and fought with the Tiger Benwei under the command of King Qin, which he saw with his own eyes. Although there are only more than 700 people, their combat power is extremely strong! ”

"Even King Qin's Tiger Benwei can't deal with them?" Turning his head to look at Liu Bei, Cao Cao was also stunned.

"No!" Liu Bei shook his head and said to Cao Cao: "Although the trapping camp is strong, but the Tiger Benwei is pressing the trapping camp in a corner, although the fight between the two sides is fierce, it is obvious that the trapping camp is at a disadvantage!" ”

Liu Bei said that Hu Benwei would be pressed and beaten by the camp that day, and Cao Cao was silent.

On the same day, he welcomed Liu Xie to Xuchang, and it was Liu Wei who secretly released water.

Liu Bian's move made Cao Cao very clear in his heart, as the abolished emperor, Liu Biao has always been Liu Xie's biggest taboo, and it is impossible for him to obey Liu Xie's orders.

Since the Son of Heaven is holding the princes hostage, Cao Cao will definitely start a protracted war with Liu Wei in the future.

Now the two sides are at peace, but there is still a lot of secession in the world, and Liu Wei and Cao Cao are not ready to fight with a powerful enemy.

Thinking that he would meet Liu Wei on the battlefield in the future, Cao Cao's brows also frowned slightly.

Compared with Liu Wei, his power is not strong.

Although Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi took advantage of the catastrophe a few years ago, the two places were allocated to Liu Bian, so that Liu Bian was too busy fighting the disaster to look south.

But natural disasters do not occur every year, even if they occur every year, if only one place is used as bait to prompt Liu Wei's army to lie dormant in the territory.

Liu Wei was not only able to expand his territory without bloodshed, but also took this opportunity to train his troops on a large scale, and once the day of the decisive battle came, the trouble for Cao Cao would be greater than if he had not been delayed.

"Cao Gong!" Cao Cao didn't say anything, but a gloom appeared on his face, Liu Bei seemed to see something, and hurriedly asked him, "Could it be that Duke Cao is worried about King Qin's southward journey?" ”

"Huh!" When Liu Bei asked, Cao Cao smiled and said to Liu Bei: "Xuande Gong thinks too much, although Lu Bu said that he rebelled in Luoyang, but the King of Qin has no intention of punishing him!" Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent him a lot of war horses! ”

"Then what is Cao Gong worried about?" Turning his head to look at Cao Cao, Liu Bei couldn't hold back for a while, and asked Cao Cao a question.

"What I'm worried about is just that Lu Bujun is trapped in the camp!" There has always been an indescribable distrust of Liu Bei, Cao Cao will not talk to him, but just indifferently responds: "The camp is strong, our army doesn't know how many soldiers will be buried in the battlefield!" ”

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Liu Bei didn't say anything more, but silently followed Cao Cao forward.

Cao Cao personally led a large army to march into Xuzhou in the name of helping Liu Bei seek justice.

Xiaopei City in Xuzhou.

After the whole winter, order in the city has been restored, and the people who still hated Cao Jun that day have gradually become accustomed to the new owner of the city under Cao Jun's control.

On the wall of Xiaopei, Xiahoudun and Li Dian stood side by side.

Looking at the vast wilderness outside the city, Xiahoudun said to Li Dian: "Man Cheng, I heard that Cao Gong has sent troops to Xuzhou, what should I do?" ”

"There are more of our troops than Lu Bu!" As soon as Xiahoudun's question was asked, Li Dian took over his words and said to him: "It's just that we were able to win Lu Bu earlier, because our army was in a desperate situation, and the soldiers all died in order to survive!" Now that Lu Bu's army is under attack, they are the ones in a desperate situation, and our army is in Xiaopei, and Cao Gong's army is helping, and the soldiers no longer have to fight to the death. It is categorically inappropriate to attack rashly before Cao Gong comes here! ”

"So what?" Turning his head to look at Li Dian, Xiahoudun asked a little depressedly: "Could it be that our army is waiting here for Cao Gong to come and personally attack Lu Bu?" ”

"That's the way it goes!" Chao Xiahoudun grinned, Li Dian said: "However, before Cao Gong came here, our army could send troops to attack Lu Bu's grain road and disturb his army's morale, and when Cao Gong came here, he could break the city of grain in one fell swoop!" ”

"Everything is at Mancheng's disposal!" Knowing that he was not as good as Li Dian in leading the army, Xiahoudun nodded and said to Li Dian: "A certain person obeys Mancheng's dispatch!" ”

"The general is the main general, and Dian is only the deputy general...... "Xiahoudun said that he was willing to obey his dispatch, and Li Dian hurriedly said: "This matter is categorical!" ”

"When the enemy is coming, that can control so much!" As soon as Li Dian's words fell, Xiahoudun waved his hand at him a little impatiently, and said to him: "As long as you can break through Lu Bu, even if you want to be a pawn before Mancheng, you will never say anything!" ”

"In this way, the last general will be respectful rather than obey his fate!" Xiahoudun had already said this, and Li Dian couldn't excuse himself, so he hurriedly responded.

The main force of the Cao army from Xuchang approached Xuzhou all the way, and the Cao army in Xiaopei City was also eyeing it.

Lu Bu in Xuzhou City was restless like an ant on a hot pot at this time.

"Warm wait!" In the small hall in the back garden of the official mansion, Lu Bu walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, walking briskly back and forth in the house, and Chen Gong, who was stunned by his eyes, hugged his fists and said to him: "Wen Hou is so anxious, how can our army fight a decisive battle with Cao Jun?" ”

"Our army is only less than 30,000, but Cao's army is full of 70,000 or 80,000 people!" Hearing Chen Gong speak, Lu Bu stopped, and said to Chen Gong with a depressed heart: "If the Cao army attacks the city, what should I do?" ”

"I am defending Xuzhou!" As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Chen Gong stood up and said to him: "Now that Xiahou and Li Dian occupy Xiaopei, our army's grain transportation is under their noses. If you can avoid Xiao Pei and collect grain and grass in the city, Cao Jun came to Xuzhou, and it is not easy to easily break through the city! Wen Hou doesn't need to hold on for too long, only need to hold it for three or five months, and when the King of Qin marches south, Cao Cao will definitely retreat! ”

"Gongtai always said to the sun that the King of Qin was marching south, but the King of Qin didn't even have any signs of the southern expedition!" Looking at Chen Gong, Lu Bu said with resentment: "How easy is it to stay in a lonely city for three or five months? ”

"There's another plan!" Seeing that Lu Bu was full of upset, Chen Gong said to him: "Wen Hou can send his daughter to Huainan and ask Yuan Shu to send troops to help Wen Hou!" ”

"Yuan Shu?" Chen Gong mentioned Yuan Shu, Lu Bu snorted coldly and said: "Yuan Shu was defeated by the Cao army earlier, I heard that last winter, the Huainan army had no winter clothes, and the soldiers could only hide in the barracks to warm themselves, and many frostbitten people froze to death......

"Yuan Shu is the emperor, and all places have cut off contact with him!" As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Chen Gong took over his words and said: "The Huainan Army has no winter clothes, and that's why. It is precisely because of these that Yuan Shu will definitely send troops everywhere this year. However, Yuan Shu has no long-sightedness, if Wen Hou doesn't send his daughter away, I'm afraid he will remember the old hatred and refuse to help Wen Hou......"

His brows were tightly furrowed, and Lu Bu pondered for a moment before shaking his head and saying to Chen Gong: "Yuan Shu conspires against him, and the world will discuss it." How could he send his daughter to Yuan's house? In the future, once Yuan Shu is defeated, what should a certain daughter do? ”

"How can a woman be read by a woman who has become the world?" Now that his eyebrows are already burning, Lu Bu is still worried about what Yuan Shu will do with his daughter once he is defeated in the future, Chen Gong frowned tightly, and said to Lu Bu: "If Wen Hou continues at this time, Xuzhou will only have to resist Cao Cao independently!" ”

"Everything else can be promised to the public station, but this matter is ......" Chen Gong's words were already filled with anxiety, Lu Bu thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head and said to Chen Gong: "If you send a woman to Huainan, you will kill your own daughter with your own hands!" How can you be born a father? ”

"If Cao's army breaks through Xuzhou and Wen Hou's army is defeated, who will protect the women in Wen Hou's family?" Lu Bu couldn't bear to send his daughter to Huainan, so Chen Gong asked him: "Wen Hou is here, no one in the family will dare to hurt him?" Everyone in the world knows that Wen Hou pays attention to his family, not like a big-eared child, and discards his family in case of trouble! What's more, Wen Hou married the woman to Yuan Shu's son, and when Yuan Shu was defeated in the future, Wen Hou could also take the woman back and then remarry someone else. It's just to marry one more husband, so why bother with it! ”

Chen Gong's words obviously had a role.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the chastity of women was not very important, as long as they were not married to several men in a row, the general women would not be taken in by no one.

What's more, as long as she can keep her status, Lu Bu's daughter may not worry that no one wants it!

After pondering for a moment, Lu Bu finally nodded and said to Chen Gong: "Since this is the case, the public platform is ready!" ”

When he spoke, Lu Bu's tone was a little helpless.

Seeing his appearance, Chen Gong also had a lot of unbearable feelings in his heart, but now that a strong enemy has invaded the territory, he can't compete with the military strength of the Xuzhou army, so he gave Lu Bu's daughter to Yuan Shu, and asked Yuan Shu to send troops to rescue Xuzhou.

When Chen Gong left, Lu Bu walked to the window, looking at the few and bare branches of trees outside the window, and his heart was also at a loss.