led the army back to Luoyang without authorization, Wei Yan was worried all the way, until he received Liu Wei's order, knowing that Liu Wei did not blame him, and he was a little calmer in his heart.

The 20,000 Qin troops led by Wei Yan marched all the way to the west towards Luoyang, while the Qin army stationed in Xia Cai was under the command of Jia Xu and others, preparing weapons, grain and grass, and preparing to attack Xudu.

Jia Xu and others did not ask Liu Wei for instructions on whether they could send troops, in their opinion, the main force of Cao's army is now in Xuzhou, and the area around Xudu must be empty.

As long as Xu Du is captured, the rivalry between Liu Wei and Cao Cao will come to an end.

Zhang Liao and Tai Shici did not agree with sending troops, but the two did not object, but only led the troops and horses of their headquarters and sat in the city.

As for Lu Bu, who was eager to seek merit, he would not let go of such an opportunity to expand his merits, and he prepared his troops and horses for several days, and when he felt that he could already go on the expedition, he couldn't hold back his temperament and looked for Jia Xu to discuss how to send troops.

On the city wall of Xia Cai, Jia Xu stood alone between the two battlements, his brows slightly twisted and looked out of the city.

Earlier, when he mentioned to Lu Bu and others that he could send troops to Xudu, Jia Xu also had Zhou Xiang's considerations, but he didn't know why, the closer he was to the day of sending troops, the more uneasy Jia Xu felt in his heart.

In the past few days, he has been thinking about where this uneasy feeling comes from, and after thinking about it, the final answer he got is that the uneasy feeling stems from their decision to send troops and did not present it to Liu Wei.

The army was stationed in the city of Xia Cai, and Liu Wei did not mean to send troops to Xudu, but only sent a group of soldiers and horses to Xuzhou to help.

The battle of Xuzhou has ended, Liu Bei once again abandoned his family, and under the support of Zhang Fei, fled from Xuzhou and went to Yuan Shao, Hebei.

The whole of Xuzhou once again fell into the hands of Cao Jun.

Once Cao's army occupied Xuzhou and Yuan Shao's army moved south, Cao's army had a maneuver of retreat, and the battle situation was a little more complicated.

At this time, if he didn't give Cao Jun a head-on blow, Jia Xu would not be much optimistic about Yuan Shao's southward movement.

Although the Cao army is inferior to Yuan Shao in terms of overall strength, the soldiers of the Cao army, when they fought with the Qin army, had already shown their strong combat strength.

Moreover, Cao Cao's fierce generals are like clouds, and the ministers are not as different as the ministers under Yuan Shao.

The advantage in military strength is just a superficial advantage, and if you really want to compare the strength of the two sides, Cao Cao's strength is not much weaker than Yuan Shao.

If there is no heavy blow to Cao Cao at the moment, the war that will occur in Yuan Shao's southward journey, no one can say who will kill the deer.

Regarding the upcoming attack of the Xia Cai Qin army, Jia Xu had two possibilities.

One possibility is that the Qin army completely defeated the defenders of Xudu, occupied Xudu, and plundered Liu Xie to Luoyang. This possibility, in terms of the current form, can completely destroy Cao Cao's reliance, and it is also the most beneficial to Liu Wei.

Another possibility is that the Qin army's attack did not go smoothly and failed to break through Xudu, but in the process of attacking, it was possible to annihilate more Cao troops and clear the way for Yuan Shao to go south in the future.

For example, today, the biggest threat to Liu Wei is Cao Cao.

The Qin army, which had never been defeated in the south and north, was also repeatedly frustrated in the battle with Cao Cao.

"Zhonglang!" Just as he was looking out of the city, thinking about the pros and cons of the expedition, Jia Xu heard a deep voice behind him.

Without looking back, he could hear that the voice was from Lu Bu.

Jia Xu, who is also an old acquaintance with Lu Bu and already knows a little about Lu Bu, will definitely not hear his voice wrong.

Turning to face Lu Bu, Jia Xu clenched his fists and asked Lu Bu with a smile on his face: "Wen Hou came here at this time, but is it for the expedition?" ”

"Exactly!" hugged his fists and gave Jia Xu a salute back, Lu Bu walked to the battlements, held the battlements with both hands, looked outside the city and frowned tightly, and said to Jia Xu: "The army under a certain command has been prepared, just waiting for Zhonglang to find the best fighter!" ”

"Fighters are available at any time, it depends on how Wen Hou decides!" Jia Xu did not give Lu Bu a direct answer, but said to him: "The main force of the Cao army is in Xuzhou at this time, and only the Qingzhou army is guarding near Xudu. The Qingzhou army was born in the Yellow Turban, Cao Cao was very indifferent to it, and his combat power was limited. ”

In his early years, he also followed Ding Yuan and fought against the Yellow Turban Army, and Lu Bu always had a contemptuous attitude towards the combat strength of the Yellow Turban Army.

Hearing that Jia Xu said that there were mostly Qingzhou troops around Xudu, a smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth, and he arched his fist at Jia Xu and said, "In this way, General Ben will go to order troops!" ”

Lu Bu was in a hurry to lead the army out of the city, but Jia Xu did not stop him.

The strategy of attacking Xudu was set by him, and he would not stop the army from going out at a critical juncture.

After Lu Bu bowed to Jia Xu, he didn't wait for Jia Xu to return the salute, so he quickly ran down the city wall and went to the barracks.

After Lu Bu left, he was also on the city wall, but Zhang Liao and Tai Shici, who were far away from Jia Xu before, walked side by side in front of Jia Xu.

"Zhonglang!" When they arrived in front of Jia Xu, the two of them clasped their fists and arched towards Jia Xu, and Zhang Liao asked Jia Xu: "This time Wenhou goes on the expedition, can Zhonglang have a decisive strategy?" ”

"There is no decisive strategy!" Shaking his head, Jia Xu turned to face Zhang Liao and Tai Shici and said, "When Wenhou went on the expedition, the person he faced was the Qingzhou Army. If the Qingzhou army and our army fight head-on, with the bravery of Wenhou and the strength of the soldiers, the Qingzhou army is definitely not an opponent......"

"When two armies clash, how can they fight in a position every battle?" Without waiting for Jia Xu to finish speaking, Zhang Liao said with a little hesitation on his face: "The last general thinks that this time Wen Hou will go on an expedition, he should ask for the permission of His Royal Highness!" ”

Zhang Liao said such a sentence, and Tai Shici on the side also couldn't stop nodding.

Seeing that the two of them didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about this expedition, Jia Xu lowered his eyelids, groaned slightly, and said to Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan is extremely worried! Cao Cao's staff are all scheming, although Wen Hou is brave, his wisdom is insufficient! The two generals should prepare their troops and horses, and gallop out of the city at any time to help! ”

Jia Xu's strategy is also to leave a way back for Lu Buwan in the event of his defeat.

But Jia Xu didn't know that Guo Jia had expected that the Qin army would be deployed like this earlier, and he had already set up a bureau, just waiting for the Qin army to go out and get into the bureau himself.

Lu Bu got off the city wall, stepped onto the war horse, led a few personal soldiers, and galloped towards the military camp.

At this time, the sky was still bright, and there were still many people walking back and forth on the streets of Xia Cai City.

Riding a war horse, Lu Bu rushed along the street in the direction of the barracks, while waving a horse whip and shouting: "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! Don't get in the way! ”

Heavy horses' hooves trampled on the bluestone-paved ground, making a burst of "thumping" horses' hooves.

The sound of horses' hooves and Lu Bu's shouts was particularly harsh in the streets where many people were walking.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the people on the street dodged and dodged to the side, watching the back of Lu Bu leading several personal soldiers to disappear at the end of the street on fast horses.

Since the Qin army occupied Xia Cai, the city of Xia Cai has become more and more stable day by day, and the people have long been accustomed to the governance of the Qin army.

I hadn't seen the Qin army so busy for many days, and when Lu Bu led people to run from the street to the barracks, the people who had dodged to both sides of the street all stretched out their heads to look at their backs, discussing something with each other.

With a few personal soldiers, they galloped all the way, and after a while, Lu Bu and the others came to the outside of the Yamen of the military camp in the city.

The Qin army, who was guarding Yamen, saw that it was Lu Bu who was rushing on his horse, and he didn't dare to step forward to stop him, so he rode his horse and rushed into the barracks.

Rushing into the barracks, Lu Bu rode towards the school yard on horseback, and at the same time instructed the soldiers who followed behind him: "Pass the order, the generals under the command of this general, come to the school field immediately!" ”

"No!" Several of the soldiers answered, and rushed towards the barracks in all directions.

The soldiers conveyed the order to the soldiers under their command, and Lu Bu was alone, riding a horse, and walked towards the school field without hurrying.

The soldiers did not practice at this time, the school field was empty, there was not even a single figure, and the big drum placed on the high platform of the school field was unusually eye-catching.

When he arrived at the high platform, Lu Bu turned over and jumped off the horse, jumped onto the high platform in a vertical stride, crossed his hands on his waist, and waited for the arrival of the soldiers under his command.

After a while, a few soldiers who had received the order came to the school on horseback.

When the soldiers arrived at the school grounds, they jumped off their horses one after another, clenched their fists and bowed to face Lu Bu, and one of them said to Lu Bu: "General Qiqi, we have already passed the order, and the soldiers will arrive immediately!" ”

Nodding, Lu Bu didn't speak, he had already seen that in the barracks everywhere, there were many soldiers of the Qin army dressed in neat armor, carrying blades and shields, and they were running towards him.

More and more soldiers of the Qin army gathered on the school ground, and under the command of the officers, the Qin army who came to the school field soon lined up one by one.

The phalanx of the Qin army was neatly sequenced, standing on the high platform, looking at the Qin army in the phalanx, the corners of Lu Bu's mouth finally showed a smile.

It's just a small half of tea, and 20,000 Qin troops gathered on the school ground.

These Qin troops, all of whom were soldiers under Lu Bu, stood on the school ground, and all the Qin troops raised their heads and looked at Lu Bu standing on the high platform.

"I'm waiting for the town to guard Cai, and I haven't fought for a few days, and I've already suffocated a bird!" When the soldiers of the Qin army lined up in a phalanx, Lu Bu crossed his hands on his waist and shouted to them: "Sue General Sùben, do you want to fight with the Cao army?" ”

"Yes!" Almost at the same time as Lu Bu's words fell, 20,000 Qin troops responded in unison.

Near the barracks in the distance, some soldiers of the Qin army who were not subordinate to Lu Bu stretched out their heads and looked towards the school field.

From the faces of those Qin Jun who were looking around, they could even see the envy and jealousy of the Qin Jun who were about to have the opportunity to go out of the city to fight with Cao Jun on the school field.