Early the next morning.
Both sides of Cao and Liu broke up camp and headed south, but not long after leaving, Cao Cao received news from the scouts. Yuan Shu had already taken action and responded. He sent Li Feng, Liang Gang and Lejiu with 30,000 troops to Qiaojun. Kill here.
They prepared to resist Cao Cao and Liu Bei's attack on Huainan.
"It's really Li Feng and the others!"
After reading the scout's information, Cao Cao was shocked and said: "The transfer is right again."
Liu Bei listened and got a very important message from it.
Chen Zhou could predict in advance who Yuan Shu would send to fight them.
How can this be?
Could this be the power of a prophet?
It's simply a magical method.
Liu Bei was shocked!
At the same time, it was so sore that my teeth fell out.
Why can't such a powerful person serve me?
"Luckily I guessed it right!"
After Chen Zhou got this result, when he saw the people around him, they looked at him in surprise, and he could only say something modestly.
After the surprise, they continued their march.
The army went all the way south and when they arrived near Yicheng County, they finally met soldiers led by Li Feng and others.
Cao Cao carried out Chen Zhou's plan and did not fight Yuan Shu's men directly. Instead, he used the method of pulling and attrition to first contain the strength of Yuan Shu's men and at the same time inquire about the situation of Lu Bu, Sun Ce and others.
Various scouts, agents, and spies were put into action quickly.
While fighting a tug of war, they followed Chen Zhou's plan to drive a wedge between Lu Bu and Liu Bei.
The war against Yuan Shu and the conquest of Xuzhou officially began.
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At the same time.
Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun and Ji Ling under Yuan Shao also began to send troops to attack Huailing and Xuyi. They decided to strike first and attack with force before Lu Bu's army arrived and captured these two cities.
After gaining the advantage, the three divided their forces and continued to advance north, preparing to attack Xiapi.
Lu Bu responded immediately and launched a counterattack under Chen Gong's arrangement.
Although their troops were not as large as Yuan Shu's, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the trapped camp were the best among the best, and Lu Bu's bravery buffed the soldiers. The two sides met near Suiling and Xiaxiang, and the war was about to break out.
The army led by Qiao and Rui could not shake Lu Bu at all.
Then Chen Gong gave advice and gave strategies on how to fight. Lu Bu successfully defeated the enemy and captured Qiao Rui alive, while Ji Ling and Zhang Xun fled.
They finally realized how brave Lu Bu was.
How terrifying is the Bingzhou Wolf Rider.
Gao Shun's trap is so powerful.
After the war, clean up the situation.
Lu Bu was sitting on the red rabbit horse, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, with blood dripping slowly along the tip of the halberd.
The scene was littered with enemy corpses, which showed how brutal this battle was.
"How dare a group of miscellaneous fish come to attack my Xiapi?"
"If I hadn't run fast, I would have made it impossible for any of them to escape!"
Lu Bu's tone was full of disdain for Yuan Shu, and he laughed loudly after speaking, as if no one in the world was his opponent.
"Marquis Wen is so brave that no one in the world can defeat him."
Chen Gong rode up from behind and said slowly: "With our current advantage, we have settled the situation here, so we will continue to pursue south and break into Huainan as soon as possible. We will attack Hefei first and cut into Yuan Shu's rear. Starting from Hefei, we can attack Wujun in the south and Shouchun in the northwest, so we can quickly seize territory."
"good!"
Lu Brown said: "I will listen to the public station and pass the order. The whole army will be ready as soon as possible and continue to move south tomorrow."
But right now.
A soldier carrying the message hurried over and said: "Marquis Wen, sir, we captured a man of Cao Cao's and got a secret letter from him."
"Cao Cao's secret message?"
Chen Gong was a little interested in this secret letter. He took it and opened it, and the expression on his face suddenly became wonderful.
"Gongtai, what kind of secret message?"
Lu Bu noticed something strange about Chen Gong and asked immediately.
Chen Gong handed the secret letter to Lu Bu and said, "This is the secret letter from Cao Cao to Liu Bei. They agreed that when we go to war, we will sneak attack Xiapi and no longer attack Yuan Shu."
"What!"
Lu Bu didn't even look at the letter, and immediately said angrily: "How dare that big-eared thief! Look at my Fang Tian Hua Ji, how can I stab him to death!"
At the beginning, he left Xiapi through Liu Bei, attacked Xiapi by surprise, and successfully captured the city.
Now that he got this news, Lu Bu was very sensitive about stealing.
He thought that Liu Bei must also want to use this method to fight back Xiapi, so he would never allow it and would fight back immediately.
"Marquis Wen, don't be angry."
Chen Gong was unexpectedly calm and analyzed: "We can't judge the authenticity of this letter for the time being. Maybe Cao Cao did it deliberately to alienate us?"
That makes sense.
Lu Bu's anger slowly subsided and asked, "What should we do?"
Should we continue going south to fight Yuan Shu now, or go back to protect the base camp?
Chen Gong was silent at first, a little hesitant. This letter did have an impact on their plan and also affected their judgment.
"First arrange for people to go back and find out what the situation is. Just in case, we will continue south." Finally, Chen Gong gave the plan.
Just as Lu Bu was about to execute his plan, a fast horse came rushing over from the direction of Xiapi.
"Marquis Wen, it's not good!"
The knight immediately ran up to Lu Bu, tightened the reins hard, and said urgently: "We found out that a group of soldiers of unknown origin, numbering about five thousand, appeared from the direction of Pengcheng, preparing to approach our Xiapi, but they didn't We immediately attacked Xiapi, as if we were waiting for something. We judged that they were from Cao Cao and Liu Bei, as their flags appeared in the army."
"What?"
Lu Bu was shocked again.
Even Chen Gong couldn't calm down now.
Just after intercepting Cao Cao's secret message, we immediately received news that Cao Cao's troops were suspected of approaching Xiapi, and the situation became serious.
"Gongtai, what should I do?"
Lu Bu asked immediately.
Chen Gong couldn't make up his mind for a moment and asked, "Go and check Liu Bei's situation quickly. I want to know what Liu Bei is doing now."
The soldiers who sent the message immediately arranged for people to investigate.
But not long after, they came back again.
"Marquis Wen."
"All the scouts we sent out to keep an eye on Liu Bei have not heard back for several days and cannot be contacted."
"We cannot determine where Liu Bei is and what he is doing."
This news continued to shock them.
"You...the scouts haven't heard back for several days, and they can't even be contacted. Why didn't you tell me clearly earlier?"
Chen Gong was about to be furious. All these factors greatly affected his judgment.
At the same time, I felt the crisis.
Three bad news came in a row. Chen Gong analyzed these news and found that the current situation was not conducive to them. He said: "Cao Cao and Liu Bei must have other plans. In addition to attacking Yuan Shu, they may also want to conquer Pi."
"Damn big-eared thief!"
Lu Bu's anger burst out again and asked, "What should we do?"
"Let Gao Boping take two thousand people back first, and then meet the troops approaching Xiapi to defend Xiapi."
"Qin Yilu, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu led five thousand troops to guard Xuyi and Huailing."
"Marquis Wen and Zhang Wenyuan led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to attack Xiaopei as quickly as possible and defeat Xiaopei as soon as possible."
Chen Gong gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Bei wants to defeat Pi, so we will defeat his Xiaopei."
Xu Du was too far away for them to fight, but there was no problem in fighting Liu Bei's Xiaopei and stealing each other's homes.
