Lu Bu was startled, and hurriedly turned his horse to meet the battle, he had long lost his fighting spirit when he had been running all the way, and his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and he was worthy of a draw with Guan Yunchang.Before he had fought for ten rounds, the Yan man Zhang Fei had already chased after him from behind, Lu Bu was shocked, and hurriedly left Guan Yunchang, fought a bloody way with Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, and rushed towards Xiapi.Fortunately, Xiapi was safe and sound, and the defender Hou Cheng had already learned the news and led an army out of the city to respond.Under the joint efforts of Zhao Yu and Liu Bei, Cao Cao soon occupied most of the cities in Xuzhou.Let's say that after Cao Cao got Xuzhou, he was overjoyed, and set up a banquet to reward the generals, first to praise him, and then to discuss the current situation.It seems that Cao Cao is determined to attack Lu Bu in one fell swoop this time, and the target is Xiapi.Cheng Yu was the first to speak: "Lu Bu now only has one city in Xiapi, if we push too quickly, there will only be two results, one is to fight to the death, and the other is to take refuge in Yuan Shu." ”Guo Jia, who was sitting behind Zhao Yu, also said unexpectedly: "What Lord Cheng said is extremely true, if Lu Bu and Yuan Shu unite, it will be difficult to attack, and the current situation should send people to guard Huainan Trail Road, defend Lu Bu internally, and Yuan Shu externally." ”Cao Cao saw that the heavyweight advisers of the two sides had a common strategy, and hurriedly issued a military order, and the next day, led by Cao Cao, he personally led the army to lead troops to capture Xiapi.While marching, Zhao Yu took advantage of some gaps to quietly pull Guo Jia aside and asked: "Fengxiao, why did you suddenly give Cao Cao a plan before, but you didn't say that there were Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others near Shandong, these are Lu Bu's soldiers and horses."
If we were to engage Lu Bu and these men would lead an attack, we would definitely suffer a loss, I don't believe you didn't think of that. ”Facing Zhao Yu's curiosity, Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "The lord trusts me Guo Jia so much, Guo Jia will not give up, but has the lord forgotten that when you assassinated Dong Zhuo in Chang'an, you met the three fierce generals under Lu Bu, and one of them was Zang Ba."
You are still fighting with him, and he is quite appreciative of this person, Guo Jia heard from the words of the lord that he wanted to accept it, and this time is an opportunity, so I omitted this chess piece.The purpose is to prevent Cao Cao from interfering with him, and when we return from defeating Lü Bu in the future, we can subdue him from there. ”Zhao Yu felt a feeling in his heart and said: "Okay, you give Guo Fengxiao, it's really a roundworm in my stomach, I almost even hid it, but if we attack Lu Bu for too long, then Zang Ba will not attack" Guo Jia said very naturally: "This really shouldn't be, even if he leads the army to come, it will be difficult to recover the defeat of Lu Bu's army, and when the time comes, you only need to send a general to block Zang Ba from joining Lu Bu's army." ”In Xiapi City, Lu Bu has enough food for himself, and there is a risk of Surabaya, so he can be worry-free as long as he sits and guards safely, and he has no intention of fighting back.Today, Lu Bu was resting in the back garden, and Chen Gong hurriedly came and said: "General, today Cao Cao led a large army to come and prepare to set up camp in front of our army. ”How do you know that in the face of Chen Gong's clever plan, Lu Bu had no time to pay attention to it, waved his hand and said: "Gongtai doesn't know, our army has been defeated repeatedly, and the morale of the army has declined, so don't act rashly, now the whole army should be repaired, take the city as a defense, step up protection, wait for the other party to attack, and you will die if you go out of the city." ”After speaking, seeing that Chen Gong still wanted to explain, he waved his hand impatiently and asked him to retreat.Faced with Lu Bu's attitude, Chen Gong seemed to have gotten used to it, shook his head and left with a sigh.A few days later, Cao Cao's camp was settled, and he led the army to approach the city, and sent people to ask Lu Bu to answer, and Lu Bu learned that Cao Cao personally came to attack, and hurriedly walked up to the city tower.Cao Cao saw Lu Bu and drove forward and said: "Fengxian, I learned that you want to marry that Yuan Shu, so you led a heavy army here, Yuan Shu has a great crime of rebellion, and the crime is unforgivable."
And you, as a flying general, have the merit of begging for Dong Zhuo, why did you abandon this merit and take refuge in the traitor, if I break through this little Xiapi, you have no way to escape, if you go out of the city and surrender early, and assist the Han royal family with me, I can also protect your position as a marquis. ”Cao Cao's words suddenly came to Lu Bu's heart, and Lu Bu hesitated for a moment and said: "Cao Gong's grace, Lu Bu is well known, I hope that Cao Gong will temporarily withdraw from the army, and it will be good for me to discuss and discuss." ”Suddenly, Chen Gong scolded on the side: "Cao Ah hides that you are a traitor, look at the arrows." ”After the words, I saw an arrow feather flying out, right in the middle of Cao Cao's cover, so startled that Cao Cao almost fell off the horse, Cao Cao was furious, pointed at Chen Gong and said viciously: "Good Chen Gongtai, I swear to kill you." ”After speaking, he waved the flag to attack the city, Lu Bu regretted it, and even blamed Chen Gong again and again.Chen Gong didn't explain much about this, but said earnestly: "General, you don't know, who is Cao Apu, his treacherous and cunning person, he wants to discuss with the general to protect the Han Chamber, but in fact, he wants to wear down the general's morale." ”After several days of siege, the two sides lost a lot of soldiers and horses to each other, but for the siege battle, Zhao Yu did not participate, such a siege did not have much meaning, and the losses were too heavy.In the face of Cao Cao's frenzied frenzy, Lu Bu's defense of the lower Pi was also quite difficult, Chen Gong after Cao Cao's attack retreated, and hurriedly found Lu Bu to discuss: "General, Cao Cao led the army to crusade far away this time, and there will never be a big protracted battle, now the offensive is gradually weakening, it seems that its edge is over, the general can take advantage of the next wave of siege to retreat, lead the foot cavalry out of the city, stationed in a place outside the field, I will lead the rest of the soldiers to close the city gate and not go out."
If Cao Cao leads the army to attack the general, I will naturally send troops to attack him, if he comes to attack the city, the general will lead the infantry to attack, but in a few days, Cao Cao will inevitably run out of food and grass, and we can break through it in one fell swoop. ”When Lu Bu heard this, he immediately felt reasonable, and hurriedly returned home to prepare, and his wife Yan Shi learned that he hurriedly asked: "Where is the husband packing up and going" In the face of his wife's inquiry, Lu Bu did not hesitate to tell her about the plan offered by Chen Gong, never thought that Yan suddenly burst into tears, and now that the army is coming, the general disregards the safety of his wife and daughter, and goes out alone.If there is a loss in the city, then Chen Gong can sacrifice us to Cao Cao for safety, and then we will no longer be the general's people, the general has ever thought that "Lu Bu became suspicious after hearing this, so he gave up the idea of leaving the city."
Three days later, Chen Gong saw that Lu Bu did not move, his heart was very anxious, he came to see again, and said: "Cao Cao besieged Xiapi on all sides, if he did not send troops early, he would inevitably be trapped, this time Cao's army has little food and grass, and has sent people to Xuchang to transport grain, it seems that it is about to attack my Xiapi, the general can take the opportunity to lead the elite soldiers to cut off its grain route, and Cao's army will retreat without attacking." ”Lu Bu was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly told the Yan family the news, and the Yan family cried again: "The general personally sits in Xiapi, so as to ensure that the Xiapi is not broken, if the general goes out of the city, then Chen Gong, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others can protect my Xiapi If there is a loss, I regret it, of course, the concubine has been abandoned by the general once in Chang'an, fortunately Pang Shu has a private collection, so I can get together with the general, this time the general is far away, don't miss me." ”After speaking, he threw himself into Lu Bu's arms and cried, but Lu Bu still closed the door, Chen Gong couldn't help but sigh and said, "We will die without a place to be buried." ”Seeing that Pi was in danger, Lu Bu's strategists Xu Yan and Wang Kai came to offer advice: "Now Yuan Shu is in Huainan, the momentum is great, the general has had a marriage contract with him, this time it is better to write a letter to Huainan to ask for help, if Yuan Shu sends troops, internal and external attacks, Cao Cao will inevitably be defeated." ”After hearing this, Lu Bu hurriedly wrote a letter in person, and ordered Zhang Liao and Hao Meng to lead 1,000 troops, taking advantage of the second watch, one in front and one behind, to protect Xu Yan and Wang Kai to kill Chen Hengwai and send them out of the pass.For the sake of safety, Hao Meng followed the five hundred people to Huainan with them, and he and Zhang Liao led the rest of the military horses to return.Soon someone informed Zhao Yu to go to Cao Cao's Chinese army tent for a meeting, Zhao Yu waved his hand and didn't ask anything, and said directly to the signal soldier: "It's hard, we'll go over immediately." ”After the little soldier left, Guo Jia couldn't help but ask: "Lord, do you know, Cao Cao is so anxious to let us go to the meeting this time?"
"What else is there to ask for foreign aid just for Lu Bu, let's go, see what this old Cao has to say." ”Zhao Yu waved his hand after speaking, and took Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and Zhao Qin'er to Cao Cao's military tent on horseback.When I arrived at the military tent, I found that some important ministers and generals around Cao Cao had already arrived, and even Liu Guanzhang and the three of them sat honestly on the side, and as soon as Zhao Yu and the four of them entered the tent, Cao Cao personally greeted him: "General Zhao, please take a seat, today's battle has been hard." ”Zhao Yu couldn't guess what he meant, and hurriedly smiled: "Cao Gong really said it, we are just a gesture, if you talk about the credit, it should be the first credit for Cao Gong." ”"Sitting, please."
Let's say, Cao Cao arranged for a few people to sit on his left hand side, and after everyone was seated, Cao Cao moved the topic out: "Everyone, I invite you to come this time, there is something important to discuss, although Lu Bu is brave, but the city of Pi may not be able to be attacked for a long time."
It's just that yesterday Lu Bu sent a messenger to flee in the direction of Yuan Shu in Huainan, I am worried that if Yuan Shu takes this opportunity to attack with a large army and join forces with Lu Buli, I and other heroes will not be able to resist it, I don't know what good strategies you have. ”After Cao Cao finished speaking, he deliberately turned his gaze to Zhao Yu's side, but he didn't want Zhao Yu to keep his head down, as if he didn't listen to his words at all, or didn't take this matter seriously.Liu Bei on the side hurriedly clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Cao Gong doesn't need to worry, that Yuan Shu was also our defeated general in the past, even if he led the troops to come, there is nothing to fear, you can send my three brothers to lead an army, ambush in a pass, and you will definitely be able to repel it." ”"Xuande has this heart, but that Yuan Shu has hundreds of thousands of troops, and the three of you brothers were defeated by Lu Buxin not long ago, and there are only a few thousand troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist."
Cao Cao couldn't help but shake his head and sigh after speaking
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