The Cao army did not continue to attack the city, and Lu Bu did not go to provoke outside the Cao army's camp, the only thing worth paying attention to is that Lu Bu's actions are somewhat abnormal in the past few days, and a large number of cavalry will be sent every day to strangle Cao Cao's scouts and sentinels scattered around Xiapi.

Cao Cao didn't pay much attention to this matter, he was not in the mood to pay attention to Lu Bu's movements now, because Xu Chu had not come back yet, seeing that the weather had begun to warm up, according to the news sent back by Xu Chu, he should have come back a long time ago, but three days have passed since Cao Cao's calculations, but there is not even a shadow of Xu Chu, which makes Cao Cao have a bad feeling.

The grain and grass in the army have been completely exhausted, but the grain and grass on Chen Qi's side have not been heard for a long time, Cao Cao has sent fifteen groups of men and horses to look for the grain transportation route he formulated, but for three consecutive days, the people who went out to look for it even ran to Chen Qi to inquire, but found nothing.

"My lord." Xiahou came in with a haggard face, and said to Cao Cao: "Last night, a large number of soldiers escaped at night and captured more than 100 people, but more escaped, and the specific number of Mr. Gongda has not yet been calculated, let me report to the lord, if I don't move again, I'm afraid it will ......."

"Where are the people sent by Wen Ruo?" Cao Cao took a sip of water, moistening his chapped lips, not only the sergeant, but even he, the master of the three armies, hadn't eaten for two days at the moment.

"This is the news that has just been sent back, the grain truck escorted by the car has arrived in Dangshan, and now it should have reached the vicinity of Xiaoguan." Xiahoudun handed a piece of paper to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao opened the book, looked at it, shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "This time the grain team has not transported much grain and grass, if it can't break through Xiapi, it will only be enough for our army for half a month." ”

Even if Xiapi is defeated, there is probably not much grain and grass in Xiapi City, and even ......

The latter words, Cao Cao didn't say, but the idea of retreating from the army rose again in his heart, even if Xiapi was defeated, it was meaningless, Lu Bu was now at the end of his rope, even if he left, with the Chen family here, it would never be possible to give Lu Bu a chance to make a comeback, and the army continued to stay here would only wear down the spirit of this army of a hundred battles, and if one was not careful, I am afraid that it would be buried here.

"The lord means ......," Xiahoudun looked at Cao Cao.

"Retire." Cao Cao sighed and said, it is no longer meaningful to continue to stay here, but it is a huge burden for Cao Jun to continue to drag on, not to mention that Yuan Shao's actions in the north have become more and more intriguing recently, and Cao Cao can't waste too much energy here.

"When will you retire?" Xiahoudun asked.

"Tomorrow." Cao Cao thought about it and acted rashly, who knows if Lu Bu will take the opportunity to come from behind his back?

He had to keep his hands on it, the army was now hungry and crazy, and the slightest movement could cause a mutiny.

"Lord!" Xiahoudun was about to leave, but saw Cao Ren enter the big tent with a gloomy face.

"Zixiao, this is ......," Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren with some confusion.

"Lord, Zhong Kang has found it." Cao Ren took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Oh?" When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly got up: "Where is it now?" Has the grain and grass ever been brought back? Tell him to come to me! ”

Cao Ren's eyes were a little red, and he arched his hand at Cao Cao, with a tremor in his voice: "In Zhongkang's life, I'm afraid I will never see the lord again." ”

"What do you mean?" The corners of Cao Cao's eyes jumped, and the bad premonition in his heart became a little stronger.

"Zhongkang was killed!" Cao Ren said hoarsely.

"Impossible!" Cao Cao was furious, kicked over the table, pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed at Cao Ren and shouted: "Zhongkang Yongguan three armies, who in this world can kill him?" ”

"Our people found traces in a dense forest on the way to the grain road, where the soil has been renovated and has a strong fishy smell." Cao Ren closed his eyes and said bitterly: "Zhong Kang, and the corpses of five hundred soldiers, are all buried there. ”

"Who is it!?" Cao Cao said senran.

"I don't know, but judging from the traces at the scene, it should be related to the Chen family!" Cao Ren took a deep breath.

"Chen Qi?" Cao Cao's eyes widened suddenly, and he shook his head and said, "This is impossible. ”

If Chen Jue really wants to yin Cao Cao, there is no need for this, and with the position of the Chen family, there is no reason to be an enemy of Cao Cao.

"We only found the bodies of Zhong Kang and 500 soldiers, but we did not find the bodies of the enemy." Cao Ren shook his head: "Besides, the messenger sent by the Chen family said that in order to avoid the loss of grain and grass, 1,500 Xuzhou troops were sent to accompany and escort them, but we have not found a single corpse of the Xuzhou army, so naturally no one in this world can kill Zhong Kang, but what if it is not an enemy, but a friendly army?" Zhong Kang's wound was in the back of his neck, he was injured by a sharp weapon, he must have been attacked and killed by someone! ”

Someone framed the Chen family!

Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a gleam, and then he shook his head again, in this Xuzhou, except for the Chen family, who has such a big hand?

Lu Bu?

Cao Cao shook his head, Lu Bu is now difficult to protect himself, not to mention, even if Lu Bu has this heart, but in order to avoid being detected by Lu Bu, Cao Cao chose the most unlikely one, not to mention, even if Lu Bu knew the grain road, how could he accurately pinch the time to ambush Xu Chu without being detected by himself.

He thought of Lu Bu's movements in the past few days, and kept sending troops outside the city to strangle the scouts, if those soldiers and horses went out of the city, wait for some people to go out, such as five people going out and four people coming back......

Cao Cao immediately dispelled this idea, it would take at least a few days to do so, and Lu Bu didn't have this time, so it seemed that there was no one else in Xuzhou who had the ability to do this except the Chen family.

It's just that...... Why?

Cao Cao couldn't figure out the reason why the Chen family betrayed him, they sold Lu Bu too thoroughly before, once the Cao army was destroyed or retreated, with Lu Bu's temperament, they had no possibility of getting back to the old relationship with Lu Bu.

If you talk about interests, it is more beneficial to the Chen family to vote for the imperial court, Chen Qi and Chen Deng are by no means short-sighted people, Cao Cao can't think of what interests they have for the Chen family if they do this?

Although Xu Chu's death made Cao Cao sad and angry, it did not make Cao Cao lose his mind, at that moment, Cao Cao shook his head, looked at Cao Ren and said, "Where is Zhong Kang's body now?" ”

"Shipped back to the camp." Cao Ren bowed and said.

"Take me there." Cao Cao's eyes were a little wet, Xu Chu's death was definitely a huge blow to him, among the Cao army, although there were many fierce generals, but Cao Cao's favorite, since the death of Dian Wei, is Xu Chu, not only because Xu Chu bravely crowned the three armies, but also because of Xu Chu's loyalty, that is a subordinate who does not need Cao Cao to use any heart to defend and figure out, Cao Cao believes that even if these brothers of his betrayed him, Xu Chu would not betray himself, and it is precisely because of this that Xu Chu's death was a great blow to Cao Cao.

"Whoa!"