From the direction of Dajian Township to Xuchang, almost all the way is a plain area, but it is precisely because of this that it is not easy to intercept Cao Ren's reinforcements.

After all, there is not only one way from Da Thorn Township to Xuchang, which also increases the difficulty of Lu Bu's interception.

As for why Lu Bu didn't take advantage of Cao Ren's return to attack Xuchang first, he naturally had Lu Bu's own considerations.

First of all, according to the news from the sentinel detectives, there are many sentry posts outside Xuchang County, and there are clear posts and secret sentry posts, no matter when Lu Bu attacks from which direction, it is easy to be detected, so that the city is prepared, no matter what, it has to be attacked, and the soldiers and horses brought by Lu Bu this time are mainly cavalry, and he cannot expect the cavalry to rush to the city wall on war horses.

Secondly, once he is entangled by the defenders and Cao Ren comes back in the rear, then Lu Bu will fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on his back, and it will become a luxury to attack the city and kidnap the Son of Heaven;

As for the last point, it is also the most important reason why Lu Bu decided to fight Cao Ren first, that is, Lu Bu wants to use Cao Ren's identity to deceive the city gate.

That Xun Yu is by no means a simple character, if Lu Bu runs to the city with empty mouths and white teeth, there is a chance that he will be recognized, after being reborn, Lu Bu will not be arrogant, but he will not think too highly of himself, compared to playing with people like Xun Yu, he is more willing to break his wrist with Xun Yu.

As for the problem of taking the wrong path, others naturally need to worry, and it is impossible to choose to volley in this kind of place, but Lu Bu does not need to worry, the ghost guard has already found out where Cao Ren is, and he keeps reporting Cao Ren's location back and forth to Lu Bu, and he can accurately find Cao Ren.

It is impossible to ambush, not to mention the Pingchuan in this area, the enemy army can be seen ten miles away, just Cao Ren is on the march, constantly patrolling the surroundings with scouts, Lu Bu has so many men and horses quietly approaching under this terrain without being discovered, unless they all turn into powerful ghosts.

can only attack head-on, but this Yanyu place, a horse and a flat river, is just suitable for cavalry galloping, cavalry fighting, Lu Bu really didn't fear anyone.

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Cao Ren rode his horse and walked in the middle of the group, although he was also stepping up his march, but there was not much anxiety on his face.

Cao Cao's vigilance was not unreasonable, but Xuzhou was thousands of miles away from Xuchang, and if Lu Bu really sent troops, Cao Ren didn't think that he would be able to silently cross dozens of cities and suddenly appear under Xuchang City, so although the march was rigorous, he was not too anxious to hurry.

"General, it's already dark, and Fule is ahead, do you want to go into the city to rest?" A general rode up to Cao Ren and saluted on horseback.

"Hmm." Cao Ren nodded and said, "The soldiers have worked hard to travel overnight, so they sent people to Fule County and notified the county order to prepare meals for us!" ”

The general was about to leave, Cao Ren's horse suddenly neighed without warning, the person stood up, Cao Ren was shocked, and hurriedly hugged the horse's neck with both hands, and the general on the side turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to drag Cao Ren, so that he would not fall.

After a long time, Cao Ren stabilized the war horse, turned over and fell off the horse, a little surprised, his horse was a great horse rewarded by Cao Cao, quite psychic, since he was tamed, he has been quite close to himself, why is he suddenly so irritable today.

Just as he was in doubt, Cao Ren's complexion suddenly changed, and the ground under his feet seemed to tremble.

"Alert!" Cao Ren didn't care about calling people to help him anymore at this moment, so he shouted and turned over on his horse.

At the same time, in the distance, a sentry scout rode his horse frantically to this side, and from a long distance, he let out a terrible neigh: "General, the enemy is attacking!" ”

"Prepare for war!" Cao Ren's face became ugly, he didn't expect that there was really an enemy in this place of Cao Jun's henchman, and he immediately ordered the soldiers to put up a defensive formation.

The sentry had already rushed back to the military formation, and Cao Ren summoned him and said in a deep voice, "Who is the enemy army?" ”

"I don't know, the other party is wearing the uniform of our army, I wanted to come forward to ask, but the other party shot a few brothers with arrows, the lowly duty noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly rushed back, the other party is a cavalry! Look at the number, there are one or two thousand! After the sentry finished speaking, his heart was relieved, and he suddenly felt a stinging pain in his back, and then he found that he had been stabbed in the back by an arrow cluster at some point.

Cao Ren didn't bother to support him, the cavalry that the sentry said had already appeared in sight at this moment, and he looked up, but he saw that under the bloody dusk, a group of cavalry was galloping from the place where heaven and earth meet.

It was indeed Cao Jun dressed up, but looking at the momentum, it was clearly aimed at them, and Cao Ren finally understood why the other party was able to kill his hinterland silently without being discovered.

It's just that I don't know if the other party is Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, or the people and horses sent by other princes, at this moment he can't think about this, the other party's cavalry has been approaching during this time, but the front is a general, wearing Cao Jun's clothes and armor, far away, Cao Ren can't see the other party's face clearly, but the horse under the opponent's crotch still has the weapon in his hand, but it makes Cao Ren's heart tremble.

Red Rabbit Horse, Fang Tian Halberd, I'm afraid that among Cao Jun, no one will forget the owner of these two things, looking at the world, there is only one person who has both at the same time, and that is Yuhu Lu Bu!

The moment Cao Ren saw the Red Rabbit Horse and Fang Tian's halberd, his breath was suffocated, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao's worries were still fulfilled.

At this moment, Cao Ren's soldiers and horses had already formed a circular formation, which was not conducive to engaging the cavalry, but at this moment, Lu Bu did not leave him much time to change the formation.

The crossbowmen in the front row had already set up their crossbows and were ready to fire arrows at any time, but Lu Bu did not rush straight up, but led the soldiers and horses to cross obliquely from outside the circle array, and a rain of arrows broke through the air and was blocked by the shield bearers hidden behind the crossbowmen, but there were still many arrow clusters shooting in through the gaps between the shields, taking the lives of more than a dozen Cao soldiers.

Lu Bu gradually slowed down the speed of his horse, began to circle around the circle, and began to patrol across a stone's throw away, Cao Ren did not move, he would not rush randomly, Hao Zhao had been ordered to lead people to clear the surrounding sentinels, at least in the direction of Xuchang, there could be no Cao army to pass.

Cao Jun's shield is very heavy, in order to be able to block the shot of sharp arrows, they are all made of solid wood wrapped in leather, which is quite weighty, and may be able to support it for a while, but they can't keep it like this, Lu Bu divided the team into four teams, patrolling around the other party from all sides, but he was not in a hurry to impact, as long as the other party showed some flaws, he immediately rode his horse and caged the opponent into his own range, and put a wave of arrow rain.

Cao Ren was also very good, and when the other party suddenly accelerated, he did not hesitate to order the crossbowmen to release the arrows, and the two sides formed a stalemate for a while, but this stalemate obviously did not last long......