Seeing this, Xue Lan hurriedly walked back, but Li Dian had already stood by the suspension bridge and blocked the way.

So he didn't dare to go back to the city, he actually went in the direction of Juye, and the other soldiers followed, thinking that he could escape smoothly, but he was driven over by Lu Qian on a horse, bent his bow and shot an arrow, and died under the horse, and the other thieves were scattered, so Cao Cao finally took back Yanzhou, which originally belonged to him.

With such a good start, the strategist Cheng Yu invited troops to attack Puyang directly. Cao Cao ordered Xu Chu and Dian Wei to be the vanguard, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to be the left army, Li Dian and Le Jin to be the right army, Cao Cao himself to take the Chinese army, Yu Ban and Lü Qian to be the rear.

When the soldiers arrived in Puyang, Lu Bu was about to fight in person, but was stopped by Chen Gong and said: "Cao Cao is now in a victorious posture, we can't rush to attack, wait until all the rewards gather together and then go to the decisive battle!" ”

Lu Bu will definitely not flinch when he encounters a fight, and said: "I have crisscrossed the Central Plains and have never met an opponent, how can I be afraid?" So he didn't listen to Chen Gong's advice, took the soldiers out of the battle, and scolded: "Cao thief personally sent him to death, I have to come to collect the head." ”

Xu Chu heard that the other party was so unreasonable, so he came out and fought more than 20 rounds, without distinguishing the winner or loser. Cao Cao said: "Lu Bu is not a person who can be beaten by himself. So he sent Dian Wei to also go to battle, and the two attacked together, Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan on the left, Li Dian and Le Jin on the right, and the six members will attack Lu Bu together.

Although Lu Bu was heroic, he couldn't withstand the attack of Liurao, so he quickly retreated and returned to Chengzheng

When he walked to the gate of the city, he saw Tian standing in the city, and when he saw Lu Bu coming back, he put away the drawbridge instead, and Lu Bu shouted: "Hurry up and open the door!" ”

Tian said: "I have already surrendered to Cao Cao." ”

Lu Bu scolded a few words, and felt that the chasing soldiers behind him were very tight, so he took the soldiers to the direction of Dingtao.

Chen Gong hurriedly opened the east gate to protect Lu Bu's old exit from the city, and Cao Cao also got Puyang, because the other party made meritorious service, so he forgave him for his previous crime of deception.

Liu Ye said: "Lu Bu is like a tiger, now is the time when he is sleepy, the timing is very good, and he can't stand firm." ”

So Cao Cao sent Liu Ye to hold Puyang and rushed to Dingtao with his troops.

At this time, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Zhang Chao were all in the city, and Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, and Hou Cheng patrolled the sea to collect food and did not return.

Although Cao Cao rushed to Dingtao, he did not send troops, and he did not even take the initiative to fight, but only went down to the village in a place near forty miles. Just when the wheat was ripe in Jijun, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to cut the wheat for grain.

If there is a fine work, he reported to Lu Bu, who came to watch with a pair of men and horses, approached Cao Cao's camp, and saw that the trees on the left were very lush, and he was afraid that there were ambushes inside, so he went back.

Cao Cao knew that Lu Bu had come, and went back, and said to the generals: "Lu Bu suspects that we have ambush soldiers in the forest, and we can plant some more flags in it to increase his doubts." There is a long embankment on the west side of the stockade, and there is no water, so you can ambush the elite soldiers here. Ming Lu Bu will definitely come here to burn the forest, and when the time comes, the elite soldiers behind the embankment will come out and cut off the way back, then Lu Bu can be captured alive. ”

So only more than 50 drummers were left to beat drums in the village, and the villagers were caught in the village to shout, and the elite soldiers were ambushed in Zheng of the embankment

After Lu Bu went back, he still discussed with Chen Gong and told Chen Gong about the situation.

Chen Gong said: "Cao Cao is scheming, but he still can't underestimate the enemy." ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "Sir, I'm scared, I have to have a plan, that is, to attack with fire, so that his ambush soldiers have no place to stay!" ”

So Chen Gong and Gao Shun were left to defend the city, and the army went to watch and prepare to set fire.

From a distance, I saw some more flags in the forest, and it became more clear that the ambush soldiers were inside, and he led the soldiers to move forward quickly, setting fire on all sides, but it burned for a long time, and the smoke was billowing out, but there was no one.

I was about to go to the stockade to check the situation, but I heard a loud drum beat. was in doubt, suddenly a pair of people and horses came out from behind the stockade, and Lu Bu hurriedly drove out.

Then a cannon sounded, and the soldiers in ambush in the embankment all came out, and Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Li Dian, and Le Jin rushed to kill them.

Lu Bu knew that this was an ambush, and he would definitely not be able to defeat it, so he fled, and the other generals who followed were not so lucky, and they were killed by Le Jin's arrow.

Most of the men and horses brought by Lu Bu were lost, and some survivors went to report the situation to Chen Gong, saying: "Now we are an empty city, and it is not interesting to defend it again, so it is better to leave." ”

So together with Gao Shun, with Lu Bu's home, abandoned Dingtao and left, Cao Cao took the victorious troops, and went to Dingtao City to kill, the momentum was like a bamboo, Zhang Chao killed himself, and Zhang Miao went to Yuan Shu.

In this way, the whole of Shandong was basically controlled by Cao Cao, who began to pacify the people and repair the city.

Lu Bu recalled all the generals, also found Chen Gong, and discussed: "Although we don't have many people, we can also defeat Cao Cao." So he returned with his army.

The news of Cao Cao's defeat of Lü Bu in Dingtao spread far and wide, Lü Bu collected the remnants of the defeated army and gathered on the seashore, and Lü Bu's other generals also came over, wanting to fight Cao Cao to the death again.

Everyone discussed together, and Chen Gong said: "Now that Cao Cao's power is very large, we have lost the capital to fight with him, we should find a place to recuperate first, and then it is not too late to challenge him." ”

Lu Budao: "Now that Yuan Shao in Hebei is very powerful, how about I go to him?" ”

Chen Gong said: "It's not impossible, but we have to go to Jizhou to find out the situation first, and then go to defect." Lu Bu agreed.

Yuan Shao also heard the news of Cao Cao and Lu Bu's two armies fighting each other in Jizhou, and the strategist interrogated and said: "Lu Bu, he is a person like a jackal, a tiger and a leopard, if he gets Yanzhou, he will definitely find a way to plot Jizhou, so we might as well help Cao Cao to attack him, so that there will be no disaster." ”

So Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang with 50,000 soldiers to assist Cao Cao.

When Xizuo got the news, he immediately rushed to inform Lu Bu, who was very surprised when he arrived and discussed with Chen Gong.

Chen Gong said: "I heard that Liu Bei is in charge of Xuzhou, and we are definitely not suitable to go to Yuan Shao in this situation, so it is better to go to Liu Bei." ”

Lu Bu didn't have a better way, so he followed the advice and went in the direction of Xuzhou.

Since Liu Bei accepted Xuzhou, the pattern has become much larger, Yuyi, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also took the opportunity to get together, but Xuzhou is the Central Plains after all, the place is still a lot richer, and life is more convenient than when it was in Daoxiang Village.

In addition to talking about current affairs and politics with Liu Bei, Yuyi is to learn martial arts with Zhang Fei and others, but the flying knife technique has always been Yuyi's unique skill and has always been hidden.