As he spoke, Xi Zhicai saw that Zhang Han seemed to be a little puzzled when he heard the response, and suddenly the whole person was not good.

This kid really has no conscience, the you I recommend are comparable to Jun'en, this is more respectable than the Son of Heaven, I don't ask you how to repay, you kid wants me to die every day?

I'm dead, hello, take over the sacrificial wine, right? Bah!

"If you're in good health, you'll be fine."

"I haven't drunk alcohol recently, I'm not close to women, and I don't have official duties, how can I get sick so easily, Bo Chang is too worried, I'm also a good martial artist, my love swordsmanship-"

"Alright, alright!!"

"It's okay, it's okay," Zhang Han and Dian Wei hurriedly interrupted him, both of them were secretive about this swordsmanship and didn't want to listen to it anymore.

The last time I drank, I almost went to the well when I used the sword technique of interrogation.

That's okay, Zhang Hanxin said that since there is no serious illness, it means that Yanzhou has not experienced a major drought is very important.

You must know that after the original Yanzhou was occupied by Lu Bu, there was a major drought this year, and the fields were really unharvested, forcing Cheng Yu to start adding something else to the military rations.

During that time, plagues were rampant, and the winter was very difficult, and the march was very unbearable, presumably it would make Xi Zhicai sick. But now, all of that has changed.

This is also good news, the sacrificial wine should not be lost, and it can be used for a long time.

After the discussion was dismissed, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's discussion was still not over, he was still asking about the various topography of Xuzhou, and by the way, he asked Liu Bei what he thought and what his plan was.

Liu Bei also admired the current Cao Cao, after all, it was the desire of the people to attack Xu with benevolence and righteousness and virtue, so he told many secrets.

even talked about several celebrities of the Shuren faction, including Sun Gan, Mi Zhu and others, but throughout the whole process, Cao Cao always maintained a slightly perfunctory, embarrassed, and smiling expression.

It makes Liu Bei very strange.

What's wrong? Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others are indeed quite familiar with me, or they can join together, and they will not help Lu Bu, what's wrong with this!?

Liu Bei felt that Cao Cao's smile seemed to doubt his charm.

……

At the same time, when Zhang Han came out, he met Cao Ren, who came back from the herald, and the two nodded and greeted from a long distance, and before they got closer, Zhang Han also hugged his fists and called "General Zixiao", after all, he was also his old boss.

And at that time in the army, this boss was also a real leader, fair to his subordinates, and deeply loved by the soldiers, so he was able to become a Cao Ying general with a very high status.

"Well, Bo Chang, do you think there will be a chance to defeat Lu Bu in the future? Where's the timing?! ”

Cao Ren's tone was still calm, and he really thought that Lu Bu's retreat was a fighter, but as soon as he went, he had calmed down in a short period of time.

The eldest brother often said that the soldier is treacherous, and the truth and fiction should not be trusted, and should be treated calmly and thoughtfully.

If you make a decision with soldiers, you need to be brave and diligent and never regret dying, but before that, you should think twice and take everything into account.

So the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was not necessary to pursue Lu Bu, Zhang Han was right, the person who should be in a hurry was him, not Cao Jun, who was already stationed in Pengcheng County.

However, what Xi Zhicai said just now made him uncertain in his heart, what kind of time is the best.

"General Zixiao, you were also present when Qingxu was pacified, think about how you marched at that time?"

"The cavalry probed the camp, disturbed but not attacked." Cao Ren breathed a long sigh of relief, he was not on the front line at the time, and he was in command of the Chinese army, and his feelings were not so real, but in the past year, every time his subordinate lieutenant general talked about the original battle, he still talked about it with relish.

"General Zixiao shouldn't be so anxious, this merit must be in the general's pocket," Zhang Han whispered something to calm his mind, because he felt that Cao Ren might really be aggrieved, so he was so eager to defeat Lu Bu.

Cao Ren suddenly turned pale, his angular face tightened, his beard fluttered slightly, and he said coldly: "Do you think I am motivated by meritorious service?" ”

Zhang Han didn't speak, and Dian Wei also looked at Cao Ren with a calm gaze.

After he was silent for a moment, his face relaxed and he continued: "The three lieutenant generals killed by Zhang Liao are all brothers who have been with me for many years. ”

"Now that Zhang Wenyuan is a prisoner, the lord has the heart to love talents and wants to use him as a general, who do I want to avenge this? Naturally, it's Lu Bu. Every time I returned to the camp, my brothers asked me when I would attack Lu Bu to avenge my dead brother to vent my anger, but I could not answer, so I could only try my best to fight for it, so I was anxious. ”

"For though I do not have to go to the bereavement house to face their families, I have to spend day and night in the camp with their robes, and I am also their robes."

"As a general, you should be ruthless, you can't be burdened by emotions, you can fight on the battlefield, and you can't lose your blood, I must at least avenge them."

"Yes, only when I step on the banner of Lu Bu after winning the first battle, can I safely accept these soldiers to entrust their lives to me."

For the sake of the general, the burden should be beared, and without such awareness, the command will not be as heavy as the mountains.

"Understood, General." Zhang Han felt sincerely touched in his heart, and realized Cao Ren's mind from these words.

"Of course, I definitely want merit, and I don't have to hide it," Cao Ren walked forward, walking past Zhang Han and Dian Wei, his footsteps heavy but steady.

After taking a few steps, he paused for a moment and said, "If Zhang Bochang is beheaded that day, I will also avenge you." ”

It's meaningless, but it's heartfelt.

……

Xuzhou, Lvying.

After Lu Bu gave the order, he waited for the hidden laborers to mobilize the people, and he was tired for five days.

There was no movement in Pengcheng at all, the city gate was closed, the city tower was constantly piled up and the city wall was built, and the major passes and trails into Pengcheng County also sent additional defenders.

No matter how Lu Bu dispatched, how he acted, and how he went in and out several times, the defenders of Pengcheng seemed to say, "What else can you do but make me spit?" and were indifferent.

As a result, the morale of the army was even more sluggish, and under the lack of people and horses, Lü Bu was not allowed to garrison with a real retreat, and after recuperation, he transported grain and grass supplies and tried to attack Pengcheng again.

At this time, when it was quiet in the middle of the night, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, which woke up the soldiers of the whole battalion, from the general to the pawn, all of them were immediately startled and did not dare to slack off.

The flag officer under Yamen got the report and rushed to the main tent, at this time, Lu Bu was sleepless all night and just had sleepiness, and he was also disturbed.

"What's the sound?!"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack! The cavalry of the Cao army is outside, raiding our battalion!! ”

"Immediately set up! Cao Ren is so daring, he is attacking at this time! Lu Bu was very uncomfortable, he set up an ambush earlier, and the soldiers did not come when they were angry, but now they came.

"Immediately meet the enemy, and we must not mess up!"

Lu Bu put on armor and helmets, and strode with a halberd drawn by Fang Tian, and a deputy general led a war horse, rode on it and rushed to the front line, but after arriving, there was nothing.

The sound of rolling horses' hooves is gone.

The soldiers guarding the front looked at each other, staring at the front, never daring to move, and were very vigilant.

"What about people? Where is there an enemy attack?? ”

"Prince! There was indeed the sound of horses' hooves! And it's very mixed, with shouts of killing. ”

"But, as soon as we assembled, we retreated."

"What?" Lu Bu's brows suddenly furrowed, and he immediately fell into a daze, what the hell is Cao Ren doing, using this to disturb our army's recuperation, so as to break the army's heart, and then march again?

Hmph, you can't help but underestimate me Lu Fengxian.

"Send a bright post to patrol and defend it, divide it into two battalions to patrol alternately, and at the same time send Hou Cheng to lead the troops to secretly ambush, and if he comes again, he will raid and kill him!"

"Respectfully!"

After a night, two or three more raids came, and Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, who were secretly in ambush, fought with them in the wilderness, and retreated after each was damaged.

However, there was no peace in the next night or two, and he could only retreat a little, which made Lu Bujun's army miserable.

If Lu Bu wants to attack Pengcheng, he must break through from the situation at this moment.

He could only deploy strict troops again, guard against attacks and harassment, and entangle with Cao's army thirty miles outside Pengcheng.

……

Pengcheng, on the city gate.

"Lu Bu has not retreated, and he is still camping."

General Cao Ren reported it, "No matter how you attack, he always puts the layout first, and always occupies the terrain without retreating." ”

Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai immediately looked at each other and smiled, and their expressions were much more relaxed.

"That's good."

Cao Cao nodded.