"Are you secretly laughing at me for having no way, and no one will help?!" Lu Bu sneered, he was in a hurry, but he was poured a basin of cold water by Chen Gong's words.

Cao Cao has morality, so I am a man without morality? It's time for a big defeat, right, do you want to see whose tent you're standing in?

Lu Bu glanced at Chen Gong, slightly unhappy in his heart.

"Alas, I didn't mean that," Chen Gong sighed helplessly, "Morality has been lost as early as Tao Qian's time, Cao Cao occupied Xuzhou twice, in the name of quelling the rebellion and avenging his father, both times he was benevolent in Xuzhou, leaving an excellent reputation. ”

"I said a long time ago that Feng Xian should not take over Xuzhou, and should take a place to garrison immediately," Chen Gong said this, his face was a little regretful.

But now Tao Qian has died of illness on the way, and his family has returned to his hometown in Danyang to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and it is useless to blame him.

"Don't say it," Lu Bu waved his hand irritably, "Now let's go back to the army and clean up the grain road." ”

Chen Gong did not answer, but was thinking about the strategy at this time, returning to the army to remove the obstacles on the grain road and return to Xiapi, which seemed to be the only way.

But because of this, Chen Gong was even more afraid, Cao Cao's use of troops has always been treacherous and elusive.

There is only one way left, and it may not be left by him, because Cao Cao must have thought that Lu Bu would immediately send troops to intercept him, how could he not leave a backhand?

"Fengxian, don't worry......" Chen Gong hurriedly said, anxiously walked up to Lu Bu, and said the concerns in his heart.

Lu Bu was suddenly reminded and was stunned.

At this time, there is a feeling of restraint, Cao Cao, a traitor, since the war with him, I have not even seen his face, but I already feel that he is being calculated everywhere.

Shouldn't I go to the rescue? If you don't go, when the grain route is completely cut off, you won't be able to send anything, and the whole army will die sooner or later.

"What can I do?"

Chen Gong thought for a while, barely squeezed out a stable smile, and said to Lu Bu: "Fengxian, you must not be disturbed. ”

"It is imperative to return to the army to rescue, of course we have to rescue, but how to go and how many soldiers and horses to divide need to be carefully discussed, otherwise we will fall into Cao Cao's treacherous scheme."

"What the public platform said is very true," Lu Bu calmed down, returned to the main seat and sat down, looking at the desk in front of him with solemn eyes.

His thoughts continued to diverge, thinking about the current situation: "Cao Cao first defended to the death, and after I was tired, he defeated Wenyuan to calm the army's heart, and after that, I showed that the enemy was weak and retreated more than ten miles to lead them out of the city to chase." ”

Cao Jun did have the mind to chase, so he went out of the city and camped, but he did not dare to pursue rashly, so he could only send a sentry to investigate, and then attack and harass. This is not that Cao Cao is scheming and expects the enemy first, this is that he has suffered a loss!! ”

Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered a major event, "When he was in Bian Shui, Cao Cao was in a hurry to chase deeply, and he was defeated by Xu Rong!" Almost wiped out! He should remember this kind of defeat, and at the beginning of the battle of Bian Shui, I also led the troops on the side, and Xu Rong was in the same column, Cao Cao was afraid that the battle would happen again. ”

"That's right, exactly!"

Thinking of this, his face was full of joy, as if he had caught something in an instant, Cao Cao was not so terrible, on the contrary, he was actually afraid of being ambushed, so he hesitated and used his troops so cautiously.

"He cut off the grain route, detoured to our army, and must have sent a large number of troops......"

"And Cao Ren has already led his troops out of Pengcheng in order to chase our army all the time, so it's better to do the opposite and attack the camp!"

Lu Bu made up his mind that at this time, there was still ten days of food in the army, even if the surprise attack failed, he could still defend back, and once the return army raided, he could even let the Cao army in the rear come to the rescue, and when they relaxed and made an opening, they could break through the encirclement and return to Xiapi.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu quickly got up and faced Chen Gong, and said eagerly: "We will directly attack Cao Ren's camp!" Plunder the grain and grass in their camps! In this way, the Cao army in the rear must come to the rescue! You can set up another ambush and wait! ”

Chen Gong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, feeling that this plan was feasible, he didn't have to be led by Cao Cao's nose, and he could hold the power of dispatching troops in his hands.

"This plan is feasible," Chen Gong arched his hand and said, "Wen Hou will go, and leave an elite army to garrison here." ”

"Well, this plan will definitely break the game." The more Lu Bu thought about it, the more feasible it became, or he could follow the example of General Xu Rong who defeated Cao Cao in a battle.

Let the world know that Cao Cao is not a terrible person, his record of losing his armor still exists, and there will be more in the future!

……

That night, after Lu Bu deployed, he angrily sent troops, led 3,000 iron cavalry and 8,000 foot soldiers to Cao Ren's camp, leaving thousands of soldiers and horses, and after arriving outside Cao Ren's camp, he raised fire and charged.

After rushing into the camp, they found that there were only a few troops guarding it, and when they saw that they were all retreating and fleeing, they scattered in all directions.

It's an empty camp!

"It's a hit, it's a trick!" Lu Bu even thought that there was a traitor under his command, how could Cao Cao be so clear about every strategy, and always seize the opportunity to design first.

This made Lu Bu extremely uncomfortable, so he could only lead the army back again, and at the same time sent a sentry to guard against the nearby and beware of ambushes, but after running for a long time, there were no ambushes.

After running for a while, Lu Bu became suspicious, stopped in the trail, sent the soldiers and horses out and looked for them, but there were still no ambushes, except for the yellow dogs in the countryside, there was no sign of ambush in the vicinity.

"What is Cao Mengde going to do......" Lu Bu was puzzled, what he was most afraid of when he marched and fought was this situation, he couldn't guess!

Cao Mengde set up an empty camp, obviously luring me in, but he never ambushed me, could it be that as soon as I arrived here, he would run to my camp!?

Lu Bu's pupils shrank sharply, and a spirit seemed to be woken up by cold water, and the whole person's face turned pale, and he urged the horse to take the lead in galloping, and then shouted and ordered: "Return to the camp immediately!" ”

"The prince ordered! Go back to camp now! ”

"Back to camp! Everyone go back to camp immediately!! ”

"Get up and go back to camp! Drive! ”

"Make!"

"!!"

Suddenly, the sound of horses drinking in the forest path became a loud one, and almost tens of thousands of people desperately followed Lu Bu's figure back to the camp.

After returning, the camp was unexpectedly safe and sound.

At this time, Lu Bu could only dismount in a daze, standing in front of the camp and completely losing his ability to calm down.

What the hell is Cao Cao going to do......

He set up an empty camp to lure me, and led the sentry to ride behind me to cut off my food routes, but he did nothing.

Do you have to force me to attack the city?!

After Chen Gong heard about Lu Bu's trip, he fell into deep thought, among the civil and military forces present, he was the only one who had worked with Cao Cao and knew his mind better, but he couldn't guess what he was doing.

"Cao Cao set up this empty camp, in addition to making me wait for the journey, what is the point?" Chen Gong asked to himself, the main thing was that he was also confused, and he didn't know what Cao Cao meant.

With Cao Cao's use of troops, it is absolutely impossible to just play with them, there must be some purpose, he has already worked hard to cut off the back road of the army, cut off the grain route, but do nothing?!

"Fengxian, it's better to retreat back to Xiapi, and you can also clean the grain road again, so you don't have to think about what Cao Cao wants to do......

"Retreat ......" Lu Bu's heart moved, and he was already a little entangled, if he withdrew at this time, his morale would be greatly damaged, and Wen Yuan had been arrested, but he only got these camps, urn cities, small county towns, and township pavilions outside Pengcheng.

These are not of great use, and the real most strategic is Pengcheng, which is the barrier of Tancheng.

Xuzhou has no danger to defend, only these two cities can act as chains to stop the iron hooves of war horses, once lost, Tancheng will be exposed.

However, even if you don't retreat now, the grain route will be cut off, and you can't just force yourself to attack Pengcheng, once you lose, it will be equivalent to a dead end.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu sighed deeply: "It's all old foxes, Yuan Shu only gives food, and doesn't use soldiers and horses...... He must see me bite a piece of meat on Cao Cao before he is willing to send troops. ”

Chen Gong smiled bitterly: "How can the princes of the world have stupid husbands, although Yuan Shu is not as good as Yuan Shao, but he is also a hero, so naturally he will only use it, rather than sincerely form an alliance." ”

"Then, retire! Kill back first, and solve the soldiers and horses in the rear! Lu Bu made up his mind, and the whole army rested for half a day, and then set off immediately.

……

Xiapi.

Cao Hong led the troops to the city, and after seeing the flag, the city gate suddenly opened, and there were two people, an old man and a young man, walked out front and back, followed by many officials, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

From Cao Hong's cavalry, three people came out.

Turn over and dismount to greet him.

The middle man is Xi Zhicai, while Zhang Han on the left, Dian Wei on the right, and Gao Shun, a black iron horseman, and more than 2,000 Cao Hong's children and cavalry.

When he walked to the city, the young Confucian on the opposite side walked over and said, "Xiapi City is here, Lu Bu's guard general Cao Xing has been controlled, and Xuzhou should welcome the Ming Lord and Benevolent Gong, and do not feed tigers and wolves." ”

This person, Chen Deng.