Lu Bu was of course very happy to win the battle, and began to feast and celebrate that night to reward the army.

Chen Gong suddenly came in and said, "Please listen to me!" ”

Lu Bu waved his hand, asked everyone to stop drinking, and said, "What's the matter, I have to talk about it while we are drinking." ”

Chen Gong bowed and said, "I just found on the map that this place in Xizhai is very critical, if Cao Cao takes advantage of everyone's celebration to sneak attack this place, then the consequences will be very serious." ”

Lu Bu smiled: "Cao Cao was killed and fled today, how can he have the courage to come back." ”

Chen Gong said: "The general doesn't know Cao Cao, this person is very good at using soldiers, we must be careful to prevent him from attacking him unprepared." ”

Lu Bu was distracted, and he didn't want to drink anymore, and after thinking about it, he felt that what Chen Gong said was not unreasonable, so he asked Gao Shun, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng to guard Xizhai with some soldiers and horses.

Cao Cao, under the advice of Yu Ban, still adhered to the original path, and had quietly approached Xizhai at dusk, and there were not many people observing Xizhai outside, so he immediately took the soldiers and horses to raid.

Xizhai was suddenly attacked, soldiers and horses ran around, Cao Cao quickly captured this camp, originally thought that he could sit back and relax, four watches, just fell asleep, as a result, Gao Shun took a team of men and horses to kill over, Cao Cao personally fought with soldiers and horses, and Gao Shun's troops fought together, until dawn, suddenly heard the west drum shock, someone reported, it was Lu Bu personally led the troops to the rescue.

Cao Cao knew that Lu Bu was powerful, so he could only abandon the camp in Taozhou, and after Gao Shun got the news, he took Wei Xu and Hou Cheng to chase after him, and Lu Bu personally led the soldiers and horses to kill him. Yu Ban and Le Jin fought with Lu Bu, but they were not opponents, so they could only continue to escape.

Cao Cao fled all the way to the north, and suddenly a group of soldiers appeared behind the mountain, Zhang Liao on the left, Zang Ba on the right, Cao Cao sent Lu Qian and Cao Hong to meet the battle, but they were not opponents, so they could only continue to escape, but this time they changed their position, no longer in the north, but in the west.

I thought it would be very smooth, but suddenly there was a big shout, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, and Song Xian will block the way, and everyone fought hard, so they were able to escape, Cao Cao took the lead in rushing out of the encirclement, but it was not very peaceful after going out, it was all kinds of bow and arrow shooting, and there was no way to move forward at all, Cao Cao fell into a stalemate for a while, and there was no way to continue to escape, so he shouted loudly: "Who will save me!" ”

Suddenly, a military general came out of the army, it was Cao Cao who had previously accepted Dian Wei, he held an iron halberd in both hands, and shouted loudly: "The lord has nothing to worry about, I'm here!" ”

He dismounted from his warhorse, drew a dozen halberds from his bag, clamped them there with his arms, and then turned back to the man on the side and said, "Tell me if you are about ten steps away from me!" ”

So he let go of his footsteps and walked forward with his bow and arrows, and the ten cavalrymen that Lu Bu brought with him rushed over, and the entourage immediately shouted according to the requirements: "There are only ten steps left!" ”

Dian Wei was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Call me after five steps!" ”

It didn't take long for another voice to be heard, "Five steps have also arrived!" ”

So Dian Wei began to shoot with a halberd, which was basically a 100 percent hit rate, and when he went out with a halberd, one of the enemies fell off his horse, and soon killed a dozen or so people, and the others fled because they were afraid.

So Dian Wei returned to his horse, and a pair of large iron halberds rushed over. Hao, Cao, Cheng, and Song couldn't withstand Dian Wei's attack at all, and they all fled, and Dian Wei took the opportunity to kill other enemies, so that Cao Cao could be saved.

The soldiers then arrived, looking for the direction to go back, it was already evening, the sky began to get a little dark, and suddenly a shout came from behind, it was Lu Bu, and said: "Cao thief is leaving!" ”

Cao Cao originally thought that he would leave like this, but Lu Bu came again, everyone killed for a night, and they really didn't have any strength, and now Lu Bu came to chase him in person, so he really didn't have any fighting spirit.

was on the verge of despair, suddenly a group of men and horses came to the south, it was Xiahoudun who brought the troops to the rescue, and fought with Lu Bu until dusk, when it suddenly rained heavily, and they could only disperse and withdraw their troops.

In the panic, Cao Cao was deeply impressed by Dian Wei's rescue, and also re-acquainted himself with this person, so he rewarded him heavily, and also sealed his official position and became the commander of the army.

After a day of fighting, some of them were sleepy. Lu Bu was not familiar with Chen Gong before, but this time Cao Cao's attack on Xizhai was really fulfilled, and he had some trust in Chen Gong's words, and after returning to the camp, he first called Chen Gong to discuss together, and suggested: "There is a rich farmland clan in Puyang City, and there are thousands of servants in the family, who are local representatives, and you can quietly send someone to ask him to write a letter to us, the content is that Lu Bu is cruel and unkind, and the people in the city are dissatisfied and have great grievances. Now I am ready to move the troops to Liyang, now there is only Gao Shun alone in the city, you can march overnight, and I will open the door as the inner officer. If Cao Cao really comes, we lure him into the city, and then set fire to the four city gates, and set ambush soldiers outside, even if he Cao Cao has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, how can he escape in this situation? ”

Lü Bu naturally accepted this plan and sent someone for Tian to send a letter to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was a little worried in the camp at this time, and had lost two games in a row, and suddenly someone reported that someone from the Tian family had come and received a letter, which read: "Lu Bu has gone to Liyang, and now the city is empty, I hope to come over as soon as possible, I am willing to act as an internal response, and plant a white flag on the city wall, and write righteous characters on it as a code." ”

This news rekindled Cao Cao's hope, and sighed: "This is really God wants me to take Puyang!" ”

So he rewarded the messenger with a heavy reward, and gathered up his soldiers and prepared to attack.

At this time, the strategist Liu Ye came out to dissuade him, and said: "Although Lu Bu is brave and unstrategic, Chen Gong has a lot of schemes, I am afraid this is a trap set by them, and I can't help but guard against it." If the Ming Duke must go, he can divide into three teams, put two teams outside the city to respond, and one team enters the city, so as not to fall into an ambush and annihilate the whole army. ”

Cao Cao thought that there was a good way, so he divided into three teams and came to Puyang Chengxia.

Sure enough, he found that there was a flag erected on the city wall, and on the corner of the west gate, there was a white flag with the word "righteousness", and he was very happy, which was basically the same as the content of the letter.

At noon the next day, where the city gate was opened, there were two enemy generals out of the city, the former army was Hou Cheng, and the rear military Gao Shun. Cao Cao hurriedly sent Dian Wei to fight, directly took Hou Cheng, the other party could not beat, so he fled to the city, Dian Wei chased to the vicinity of the suspension bridge, Gao Shun could not block the attack, and retreated to the city.

A few people mixed in with the soldiers, secretly ran over to see Cao Cao, saying that they were the secret envoy of the Tian clan, and they presented a letter, the content of which was: "Around the beginning of tonight, I will strike the gong in the city, and you can enter the army, and I will secretly open the city gate when the time comes." ”