Chen Guo, Xinping, is less than two hundred miles away from Xuchang.

In order to avoid being detected by Cao Jun, Lu Bu not only asked all the accompanying soldiers to change into Cao Jun's military uniforms this time, but also chose to travel day and night.

"My lord, it's night." Hao Zhao came to Lu Bu's side lightly and woke Lu Bu up.

Resting in the wild, Lu Bu slept very lightly, but he would wake up when there was a stir, and shook his head, Lu Bu This time, in addition to weapons and war horses, even the armor was the armor used by the generals of the Cao army.

Silently, he grabbed a handful of soil on the ground and slammed it on his face, so that his mind was clearer, and he turned his head to look at Hao Zhao and said, "Order the soldiers to continue to move forward, and strive to be able to reach Xinji before dawn." ”

Xinji was a small county, only fifty miles away from Xuchang, and as long as they got there, they could reach Xuchang in two hours at the speed of their march.

This raid on Xuchang, Lu Bu did a very spiritual job according to Chen Deng's plan, and now his banner is still in Huaiyin, where Gao Shun is there with Liu Beixu and the snake, and even Qin Li and Chen Gong don't know, in order to be able to succeed in a surprise attack without Cao Cao knowing, and after robbing the Son of Heaven, he quickly turned back to Xuzhou!

Woo~

A gust of wind blew, and the soldiers around involuntarily shrank their necks, but Lu Bu stared, and in his sight, a ghost guard appeared in front of Lu Bu.

"See the lord!" The ghost guard knelt down miserably at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu waved his hand, looked around, took the ghost guard to a secluded place, and said in a deep voice: "Are you the ghost guard next to Cao Cao?" ”

"Yes, the last general came to inform the lord on the order of General Zhou." The ghost guard bowed and replied.

"What?" Lu Bu frowned and asked.

"Back to the lord, Cao Cao has received the news of Sun Ce's withdrawal from the army, and ordered Cao Ren to go to Xuchang to set up defenses!"

"Cao Cao...... Know what I'm doing? Lu Bu was startled when he heard this, and stared coldly at the ghost guard.

"I don't know, that Cao Cao seems to have guessed after hearing that Sun Ce is defeated, and he is worried about Xuchang's safety." The ghost guard shook his head and said.

Just guessed, he sent back such a general as Cao Ren, Lu Bu also had to marvel at Cao Cao's acumen, now that Guandu is there, Cao Cao's troops are not much, in this case, Cao Ren is also sent back such a general and an army, which shows Cao Cao's worries about the rear.

After all, the current situation is a little different from the history that Lu Bu knows, Cao Cao faced Yuan Shao this time, not only did Lu Bu fail to eliminate the rear, after Xuzhou retreated, in order to guard against Lu Bu, he did not conquer Nanyang again, Zhang Xiu is still entrenched in Nanyang, Cao Cao also needs to guard against soldiers and horses from Nanyang, and there are really not many soldiers and horses that can be used to fight with Yuan Shao.

After Lu Bu pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you know where Cao Ren is now?" ”

"The number of people in our department is limited, and Cao Ren has not left anyone around to monitor him." The ghost guard shook his head, there were only dozens of ghost guards under Lu Bu's command, and there were eight of them left by Lu Bu on Cao Cao's side, two of them were in Xu Du, and the other six were around Cao Cao to monitor Cao Cao's main movements, Cao Ren just went all the way to the division and did not send anyone to monitor.

"You go to find Cao Ren, whether you find it or not, before nightfall tomorrow, go to Xinji to meet me!" Lu Bu said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" The ghost guard agreed, turned around and disappeared.

Lu Bu looked left and right, the soldiers and horses brought this time had been assembled, and Lu Bu turned over and straddled the red rabbit horse.

"Let's go!"

After a simple order, Lu Bu ordered Hao Zhao to lead the soldiers and horses forward, and he hid in the army, so as not to encounter Cao Jun to be recognized, although the probability is not large, but according to Chen Deng's words, this trip must be bold, and the second must be cautious, and it is cautious!

Lu Bu's figure and appearance are already eye-catching, if he is in charge of leading the troops, even if he changes his clothes and armor, he will be easily recognized, but now mixed in the crowd, Fang Tian's halberd is hung on the horse's back, even if someone pays attention, they just think that he is tall, and the chance of being found will naturally be greatly reduced.

Torches lined up in the dark night into two long dragons, silently on the flat ground fast forward, occasionally someone stumbles, after all, the night march, there are many difficulties, the biggest problem is night blindness, in addition to the generals who do not worry about food and clothing on weekdays, most of the soldiers have different degrees of night blindness, even if there is torch lighting, it may not be able to see too clearly.

It is also Lu Bu who brings elites this time, so that he can travel at night, if it is an ordinary army, it is already good to be able to travel twenty or thirty miles at night, like Lu Bu, it is simply a fool's dream to be able to travel eighty miles in one night.

There was nothing to say all the way, and at dawn, Lu Bu and his party had already traveled outside the county seat of Xinji, in order to avoid being detected, Lu Bu found a mountain forest in the north and began to wait for the arrival of night, and at the same time sent a sentry to explore the direction of Xuchang.

Xinji was already very close to Xuchang, less than fifty miles away, and it was easy to be discovered, and at dawn, Lu Bu did not dare to show up, waiting for night to fall, and at the same time waiting for news from the ghost guard.

Even if he succeeds in raiding Xuchang without alarming the defenders of Xuchang, the victory or defeat is five or five, Lu Bu did not bring any siege equipment, and it is impossible to attack the fortified city, so he has to create more opportunities for himself, if Cao Ren has not returned to Xuchang, then he is Lu Bu's opportunity.

Occasionally, some Orions will pass by, in order to avoid revealing their whereabouts, Lu Bu directly asked these Orions to be tied, although it was Cao Jun's dress, but a Cao Army that should not have appeared at such a close distance appeared, Lu Bu believed that Xun Yu in Xuchang City would definitely be suspicious.

In the evening, according to the news from the scouts, a lot of secret posts were arranged outside Xuchang City, once there was a situation, these secret posts would immediately notify Xuchang City through wolf smoke and rockets, these secret posts were distributed in all directions, and it was extremely difficult to completely clear them.

"Lord, in this way, there is only one way to attack!" Hao Zhao's face was a little solemn.

"No, there's still a chance." Lu Bu shook his head, his cold eyes looked in the direction of Xuchang, Lu Bu on the battlefield was like a wolf king waiting to catch his prey, he had enough patience to wait for the best time to catch his prey.

And this timing did not make him wait longer.

When night fell, a gust of wind blew, and the ghost guard had already appeared in front of Lu Bu.

"How?" Lu Bu didn't look at him, his eyes looked in the direction of the remnant sun, and asked leisurely.

"I've found it, and I'm coming from the direction of Big Thorn Township." The ghost guard bowed.

Big Thorn Township?

Lu Bu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he looked at the ghost guard and said, "Probe again, and report its movements at any time." ”

"Whoa!"

The ghost guard disappeared in an instant, and Lu Bu turned over and stepped onto the red rabbit.

"Lord, but you want to attack?" Hao Zhao stepped forward and asked.

"No, go hunting first!" Lu Bu shook his head and walked towards the outside of the dense forest.

"Hunting?" Hao Zhao was stunned, but when he saw that Lu Bu had already set out, he immediately stopped saying a word and ordered the soldiers to follow Lu Bu's footsteps and rush to the direction of Da Thorn Township.