"Lord, that Zhou Yu has withdrawn!"

When Zhang Liao brought this news to Lu Bu, it was already three days later, although the ghost guard had already sent Zhou Yu's severance, but this was a big deal after all, just like when Sun Ce and Liu Bei did not use troops against Lu Bu here, Cao Cao refused to leave Xuchang, the rear was unstable, and Lu Bu also did not dare to leave Xuzhou lightly.

"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded, he already knew about this matter, but he didn't have too much surprise or surprise, he just handed a battle report to Zhang Liao and said, "Look, what do you think?" ”

Lu Bu forced Cao Cao to withdraw in February of the fourth year of Jian'an, captured Tan County in March, and then captured Chen Deng in May, and then spent nearly a year governing Xuzhou, to May of the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent troops, and Guangling also began to lay out, and now it is the end of August.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he took the gradual hand from Lu Bu, read it carefully, and then spread out a map of the world in front of Lu Bu, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he turned his head to Lu Bu and said: "Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao seems to be defeated. ”

Lu Bu frowned and nodded, Chen Deng also made the same inference, which made him a little puzzled, he remembered that Cao Cao won the battle in his previous life, how to win, Lu Bu didn't know very well, he had turned into a ghost and was entangled in Liu Bei's side, for these things, he only knew, but did not seriously understand, and with his situation at the time, even if he had the heart, there was no way to understand.

Zhang Liao didn't know Lu Bu's doubts now, just frowned and said: "Cao's army is strong and strong, in the local battlefield, it does have the upper hand, the two battles of Baima and Yanjin, the defeat of the Yuan army generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Zang Ba pinned down Qingzhou, Wei Chong restrained and Zhou soldiers and horses, although it alleviated the situation of Yuan Shao's three-way encirclement, but the main force of reinforcements is far better than Cao's army, since March, Cao's army has set up more than 30 dock forts in the south of the river, 70 miles, all of which have been broken by Yuan's army with heavy troops, and now they are facing off in Guandu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, although Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses are not as elite as Cao's army, but they are more than five times as much, as long as they fight steadily, this battle, Cao's army will be defeated! ”

It seems that the defeat of Cao's army is already a sure thing, but what happened in the previous life?

Lu Bu nodded silently, this battle should be regarded as the most glorious battle in Cao Cao's military career, and it is precisely because of the victory of this battle that Cao Cao laid the foundation for the hero.

"Wen Yuan is going to deal with the matter of Tanglin Pavilion, this is the key point between Guangling and Jiangdong, and it must not be lost again." Lu Bu rubbed his aching temples, although he was not stupid, thinking about questions has never been his strong point, but at the moment, Zhang Liao obviously couldn't give him an answer.

"Whoa!" Zhang Liao bowed, turned around and left.

Watching Zhang Liao's figure leave, Lu Bu's eyes became a little deep: "You say, does Cao Cao really have a chance to win?" ”

The one who asked was naturally Chen Deng.

Chen Deng shook his head: "On the battlefield, it is changing rapidly, although the encounter with the lord is bizarre, can it also be regarded as a dream?" What's more, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in the lord's dream, Xuzhou already belonged to Cao Cao, which means that dreams and reality are different after all. ”

"That's right." Lu Bu nodded.

"The lord wants Cao Cao to win?" Chen Deng looked at Lu Bu unexpectedly, although the two families are now called allies, they are actually calculating each other.

"Naturally, if Cao Cao wins, he will inevitably be greatly injured, and he can still deal with him, but if Yuan Shao wins, He. The soldiers of the north are going south, and with the power of Xuzhou, it may be difficult to resist! Lu Bu sighed, Yuan Shao is now in the four states, how much stronger than Cao Cao?

Chen Deng smiled, and asked instead of answering: "Then does the lord know why Yuan Shao is so powerful, and why are there still many talents defecting to Cao Cao?" With only the righteousness of a son of heaven, so many talents can not be gathered, and even people like Guo Jia and Xun Yu voted for Yuan Shao first and then Cao Cao at the beginning. ”

"Why?" Lu Bu thought about it carefully, he had been under Yuan Shao for a while, in fact, Lu Bu was a little less ambitious at that time, if Yuan Shao could treat him well, Lu Bu might directly stay in Jizhou to serve Yuan Shao.

"Yuan Shao is jealous, the rewards and punishments are unknown, and if the military achievements under his command are a little greater, he will be jealous!" Thinking of some unpleasant memories, Lu Bu snorted coldly.

When he voted for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was ravaged by the Montenegrin army, and Lu Bu helped him destroy the Montenegrin army.

"What the lord said, just one of them, Yuan Shao's biggest problem is still employing people, employing people as relatives, the lord can see that now this is the state pastor of the three states of Youzhou, Qingzhou is his eldest son Yuan Tan as the state pastor, and Youzhou is the son of Yuan Xi as the state pastor, and the state thorn Shi Gaogan is also his relative, in addition, Yuan Shao's factions are numerous, this is not a problem, all the princes will have a similar situation, but Yuan Shao, as the head of the people, is unable to reconcile the factional disputes under his command, but let it become more and more intense, even to the point of abolishing the public for private reasons, and now it seems to be powerful, But if he really lets him defeat Cao Cao and occupy Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Sanfu again, his subordinates will inevitably run amok and fight against each other! ”

Chen Deng looked at Lu Bu and said with a smile: "Deng thinks that if Yuan Shao wins this battle, for the lord, not only is it not a crisis, but a good thing!" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, he fell into deep thought, although Chen Deng said that he was talking about Yuan Shao, how much better could his situation be compared to Yuan Shao?

"Does the lord know about the dispute between Chu and Han?" Chen Deng looked at Lu Bu and smiled.

"Of course I know." Lu Bu nodded, he had also read books.

"That lord thinks, who is more powerful, Gaozu or the overlord of Western Chu?" Chen Deng looked at Lu Bu and asked with a smile.

"I am the king of Xiang!" Lu Bu didn't think much about it, this is not a problem, although Xiang Yu is a loser in history, and he does have many shortcomings, but as a general, Xiang Yu has more shining points to attract Lu Bu, although Liu Bang is a high ancestor, but Lu Bu looks down on him a little, but he is just a ruffian.

"But has the lord ever thought about why the one who finally won the world was Gao Zu instead of Xiang Yu?" Chen Deng said with a smile.

"King Xiang is not as shameless as that Liu Bang!" Lu Bu snorted, in fact, this question, after he knew this history, he couldn't figure it out.

"It's a reason, but it's not the main reason." Chen Deng couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and when he looked at Lu Bu after putting aside some identities, he could actually feel that although Lu Bu was brave in the world, he was a little ...... in thinking many times Childish.

"Employing people?" A flash of inspiration flashed in Lu Bu's mind and he looked at Chen Deng.

"Not bad." Chen Deng looked at Lu Bu with some appreciation, he somewhat understood why people like Chen Gong were willing to assist Lu Bu, Lu Bu was not really a scheming man, but many times, his superstition about power made him not good at or disdain to think about problems.

"In fact, the lord and King Xiang are very similar, they are equally brave and brave, and they are equally brave on the battlefield, but they also made the same mistakes." Chen Deng said with a smile: "Gaozu is not as good as Xiang Yu and Han Xin in commanding the army, he is not as good as he is in strategy, and he is not as good as Xiao He in terms of strategy, but he can know how to make good use of people under his command, and he can make the best use of his subordinates. ”