The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 323 Stationed here
Ling Cao sent Jinzhu to Pengcheng, and when he was about to enter the city, he sent two cavalry to Dangshan to deliver a letter to Lu Bu.

From Pengcheng to Dangshan, it takes only two or three days to travel quickly.

Lu Bu got the news, and heard from the soldiers how Zhou Yu oppressed Fengji, so that before the two sides started fighting, Yuan Shao took out twenty dou of gold beads to redeem him.

After listening to the soldiers' narration, Lu Bu waved his hands and said, "You two go back and tell General Ling to hand over the gold beads to the treasury, and let the treasury calculate the equivalent value. When the soldiers return to Pengcheng with a complete victory, Then I will ask Gongjin to hand over copper coins equivalent to gold and pearls, and ask him to distribute them to the soldiers as a reward."

Upon receiving Lu Bu's words, the two cavalrymen were overjoyed, but they didn't dare to reveal anything, so they resigned and left.

When they left, Sun Ce asked Lu Bu, "Marquis Chu, what does Zhou Gongjin mean?"

"What does it mean?" Lu Bu smiled slightly: "He got the twenty dou of gold beads, and they were not items captured on the battlefield. They didn't need to be sent to the treasury at all. He sent the gold beads to the treasury for nothing more than He wants me to understand that he has already made plans to fight Yuan Shao. On the other hand, he wants to see if I have the courage to reward the three armies. If I really leave these gold beads, he will despise Yuan Shao. I, wanting to mobilize him in the future will not be as easy as it is now."

"I have known Gongjin for many years, and I have never seen him behave like this." Sun Ce shook his head in disbelief and said, "I don't think he has so many purposes. Maybe Jinzhu sent to Pengcheng because he really wanted to Fill the treasury and help the Marquis of Chu."

"Bo Fu and him have known each other for many years, so there is no need to try this way." Lu Bu replied: "You also know that my reputation was not very good in the early years, especially when Liu Bei wandered around, he would always spread everywhere that I have a third surname. The words of the house slaves. The heroes of all walks of life don't have a good impression of me, and no one is willing to join me in the crusade against other people."

With a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, Lu Bu continued: "It is reasonable to say that I have such a bad reputation, and it is impossible for me to gain a foothold in this world. But now I don't need to be recognized by those so-called heroes. Since Xuzhou With you, as long as I do one thing, I will soon face the whole world alone. Even if the whole world comes to deal with me, what can I do?"

"Dare to ask Marquis Chu, what is it you want to do?" Zhou Yu asked Lu Bu.

"What I want to do is to let you know that I treat my subordinates with sincerity." Lu Bu replied, "No matter what I have been like in the past, as long as I am different from the past in the future, who else can tell me?"

"The Marquis of Chu underestimated Liu Xuande." Sun Ce said, "It is said that he went to Jingzhou, and he has already voted under Liu Biao's banner."

"Where Liu Xuande votes, there will be no peace." Lu Bu smiled and said to Sun Ce: "I have known for a long time that Bo Fu and Liu Biao have enmity. If Xuzhou is to grow stronger, it will definitely attack Jingzhou in the future. When Jingzhou is defeated That day, I tied Liu Biao and Huang Zu and handed them over to Bo Fu, what do you think?"

"If the Marquis of Chu can do this, my late father and I will both be grateful for your kindness." Sun Ce bowed and said to Lu Bu: "Since I captured Jiangdong, I have been thinking about avenging my father all the time. It's just a pity that Liu Biao has many soldiers and horses, and they are quite There are a few fierce generals, so nothing has been done. If Chu Hou can really let me kill the enemy, even if I give my life, I will have no regrets!"

"Bo Fu is filial, and he is full of abilities." Lu Bu replied with a smile: "How could I be willing to ask you to give up your life?"

After getting Lu Bu's promise, Sun Ce didn't say anything more.

He has followed Lu Bu for some time, and he has learned a lot about this lord.

Lu Bu was not as heartless and ungrateful as the outside rumors said. On the contrary, Sun Ce often felt that he had a deep affection for his subordinates.

Otherwise, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and the others wouldn't have followed him to the death when he was so downcast that he was about to die.

"Cao Cao has already retreated, why is the Marquis of Chu still here?" Sun Ce said to Lu Bu: "I heard that General Zhao has also captured the surrounding cities, and the defense along the line can be said to have been deployed. Let's retreat to Pengcheng to rest and wait until Cao Cao comes. It shouldn’t be too late to kill and come back.”

"The last time he fought with Cao Cao, he didn't suffer any injuries." Lu Bu said, "He just couldn't face the air force, so he retreated for the time being. I think that one day, sooner or later, he will come back from the fight, maybe this day will not let him go. We waited too long."

"We have an air force, so we can drop oil tanks on Cao Cao's head at any time, and give them some rockets." Sun Ce smiled slightly: "I don't think Cao Cao will have a chance to defeat our army even if he comes again."

"When Cao Cao comes again, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to deal with." Lu Bu shook his head, "He still has Guo Jia, Xun You and others by his side. The next fight should not be as simple as the last one."

"Marquis Chu thinks they will think of a way to deal with the air force?" Sun Ce didn't quite believe Lu Bu's statement.

The air force's glider flies above the distance that the arrow can reach, let alone a hot air balloon.

Attacking Cao Jun from mid-air, no matter how capable Cao Cao's soldiers are, they can't do anything to the air force.

No matter how you look at it, Cao Cao came here again, and it was just to die.

But Lu Bu had an indescribable feeling, he always felt that the next fight would not defeat Cao Cao as easily as the last one.

Either Cao Cao will not come, and once he does, he must be fully prepared.

"Did Zilong come back?" Lu Bu suddenly asked Sun Ce.

"It is said that he is already on the way." Sun Ce replied: "Tonight, he should be able to rush back to Dangshan."

"When Zilong comes back, call him into my room." Lu Bu said, "You will come over then. We have to discuss how to deal with Cao Cao's next attack."

"I understand." Sun Ce responded immediately.

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Lu Bu got the news that Zhou Yu had extorted [-] dou of gold beads from Yuan Shao later than Cao Cao got the news.

After withdrawing from Xudu, Cao Cao was still in a bad mood.

In recent days, he sent people to invite Guo Jia several times, but every time the people who went there brought back news that Guo Jia was not in the city.

The sudden disappearance of Guo Jia and the failure to say hello to him made Cao Cao even more upset.

Could it be that Guo Fengxiao also suddenly left him because he was defeated last time, planning to find another master?

In Cao Cao's mind, this thought flooded in countless times, and he even thought about sending someone to capture Guo Jia back.

Every time he had this thought, Cao Cao would force himself to think that Guo Jia didn't really abandon him, but just left Xudu temporarily for other reasons, and would return sooner or later.

More than ten days after returning to Xudu, Cao Cao was discussing with Xun You and others how to attack Lu Bu next time, when Xu Chu walked into the front hall.

He bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Master, Guo Fengxiao is back."

"Feng Xiao is back?" He was almost convinced that Guo Jia had betrayed him and left. When he heard that Guo Jia was back, Cao Cao's eyes lit up and he quickly told Xu Chu, "Why don't you invite Feng Xiao to come to me?"

Xu Chu agreed, bowed and retreated.

Everyone sitting there frowned slightly.

Guo Jia disappeared suddenly, and many of Cao Cao's staff believed that he had abandoned Cao Cao and fled Xudu.

Hearing that he was back, everyone took it for granted that Guo Jia couldn't find another way out, so he could only return to Cao Cao's side.

When Xu Chu led Guo Jia to Cao Cao, all the people sitting there looked at Guo Jia, and their expressions were not very good.

Some people even thought of getting up and questioning Guo Jia why he abandoned the lord and left alone these days.

When he came to the front hall, Guo Jia didn't pay any attention to the crowd, but went directly to Cao Cao and bowed: "I report to Mr. Cao, I have found a way to break the Xuzhou Air Force."

"What's the way?" Guo Jia said, everyone couldn't believe what he said was the truth.

Even Cao Cao asked with some doubts: "What does Feng Xiao think should be done to break Lu Bu's air force?"

"It's very simple." Guo Jia replied: "On the way back to Pengcheng, I asked the lord if he had ever seen a bird being shot. The lord told me that at that time, Lu Bu's air force was nothing more than a group of soaring birds. For the birds in the sky. We just have to shoot them down."

"The air force flies too high, and our soldiers can't shoot their arrows so high." Xun Yu asked Guo Jia, "Could it be that Feng Xiao has a way to shoot them?"

"If the arrow can't hit, we can use the crossbow." Guo Jia said: "The crossbow is not enough, we can also make a thunderbolt chariot."

This is not the first time he has proposed the thunderbolt car. Cao Cao has only heard the name, but he can't imagine what kind of ordnance it is.

Frowning, he asked Guo Jia: "What kind of existence is the Thunderbolt car mentioned by Feng Xiao?"

"I left Xudu for the past few days, not because I abandoned my lord, but because I went to develop a crossbow and thunderbolt chariot for my lord." Guo Jia replied, "If my lord is interested, you can come and take a look with me."

It is true that Guo Jia has been away from Xudu for a while, Cao Cao really did not expect that he would be quietly thinking about how to make the step crossbow and thunderbolt chariot.

It seems that if Guo Jia hadn't created these two things, he would not have come back to see Cao Cao.

"Where are the crossbows and thunder chariots?" Cao Cao asked.

"It's just outside the city." Guo Jia replied: "In order to develop them, I can only hide outside the city to hide from others. I haven't reported to the lord these days. Please forgive me."

"Feng Xiao also did this to deal with Lu Bu's air force, how could I not believe you?" Cao Cao said, "Please also ask Feng Xiao to lead the way. Let's go outside the city to see these two killer weapons."

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia to take him to see the thunder chariot and the crossbow, and all the staff and generals got up and followed them out of the front hall.

Guo Jia led the crowd to leave Xudu and came to a village not far outside the city.

The population of the village was small. Before Cao Cao came, a group of Cao troops led by Xu Chu went down to the village.

Xu Chu ordered the villagers to be driven out temporarily, and Cao Jun ran to every house in the village.

Not long after, the villagers living here were driven out of their homes by Cao Jun and asked them to wait outside the village until Cao Cao left.

The villagers were driven out, and Guo Jia led Cao Cao into the village.

"Feng Xiao is in this village these days?" Cao Cao asked him.

"Exactly." Guo Jia replied: "To develop the crossbow and thunderbolt chariot, I want to choose a place that is neither too far from Xudu nor too eye-catching. After choosing and choosing, I finally chose this place." village."

"When you were developing those two things, no villagers came forward curiously?" Cao Cao asked again.

"Of course there are those who come forward out of curiosity." But I won't give them any explanation, and the guards I brought will stop them from a distance, so that they can't see what is developed by borrowing the village. "

"Why can't you develop it in Xudu?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously: "If you develop these in Xudu, I will definitely send troops to guard them. I can also arrange people to buy them in time for what Fengxiao wants. Isn't it safer than here? gone?"

"I am too eye-catching in Xudu." Guo Jia replied: "Every action may fall into the eyes of others. Once the news is leaked, with Lu Bu's ability, maybe he will quickly think of a way to deal with it. If that's the case, my research and development of thunderbolt chariots and crossbows will be useless."

"I understand!" Guo Jia's explanation was finally approved by Cao Cao, and he urged: "Please also ask Feng Xiao to take us to see your newly developed magic weapon."

"My lord, please!" Guo Jia stepped aside and asked Cao Cao to go ahead.

When they came to an open space in the village, a group of guards guarding here hurriedly bowed and saluted Cao Cao.

Cao Cao ignored them, and his eyes fell on the two things covered with linen in the open space.

Those two things are huge in size, and they are eye-catching when placed in the open space.

"Aren't they the same?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia, pointing to the two things covered by the sackcloth.

"Exactly." Guo Jia replied: "As long as we have them, we don't have to be angry with the Xuzhou Air Force. On the contrary, when they see our army in the future, they have to think carefully about whether they should launch an attack at will. "

"Please Fengxiao uncover them and let me have a look." Cao Shuo instructed Guo Jia.

Guo Jia waved his hands at the soldiers guarding the two things.

The soldier quickly ran to the two huge weapons covered by the sackcloth.

When they uncovered the weapons covered with linen, Cao Cao saw two extremely huge wooden weapons.

One of them looks like a crossbow bolt, but it is too huge. Even if people can see that it is an ordnance used to launch crossbow bolts, they will not associate it with a strong crossbow.

The shape of the other instrument is somewhat similar to a huge crossbow bolt, except that it has a huge spoon at the end, which looks more like a scorpion made of wood.

Seeing these two ordnance, Cao Cao was puzzled and asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao is..."

"My lord, these two are the crossbow and the thunderbolt chariot." Guo Jia replied: "The crossbow first appeared in the pre-Qin period. The Qin army used it to defeat the six kingdoms and rule the world. Later, Meng Tian also brought it to conquer the Xiongnu and won a great victory. Complete victory. But because it was too heavy, it was gradually forgotten by the world. If Lu Bu had not had an air force, I would not have thought of using it to deal with the enemy troops flying around in the sky."

"Feng Xiao means that stepping on the crossbow can hit Lu Bu's air force?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia.

"Of course." Guo Jia replied with certainty: "The crossbow is so powerful that it is easy to shoot and kill the enemy flying in mid-air. If the Lord doesn't believe it, I can let the soldiers practice."

"Let's rehearse." Having suffered a great loss from the Air Force, Cao Cao couldn't wait to order Guo Jia to let people rehearse the crossbow.

Guo Jiachao nodded to the soldiers standing beside the crossbow.

The soldiers understood, one of them sat on the crossbow, while the other two stood on both sides.

The soldier sitting on the crossbow pushed hard on the machine spring, while the other two soldiers used all their strength from left to right to help pull the machine spring back.

The machine spring was pulled into place, and the soldier on the left took out a huge crossbow bolt and put it on it.

Therefore, it is called a giant crossbow, just because of its size, it is not appropriate to call it an arrow, but it is more appropriate to call it a javelin.

The arrow landed on the crossbow, and the soldier who was pulling the machine spring stepped on the side pedal vigorously.

Just hearing a loud "collapse", the arrow flew into the air rapidly.

Due to the strength of the stepping crossbow, the arrow disappeared instantly when it flew out.

Cao Cao stared in astonishment at the direction where the crossbow arrows disappeared.

The staff and generals who followed him here also looked at a loss.

The crossbow arrows flew out so fast that they didn't even see what happened, the arrows had completely disappeared before their eyes.

"My lord." Xun You, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, said to Cao Cao: "Ta Nu is really capable of dealing with Lu Bu's air force. As long as more than a thousand units are built, once Lu Bu's air force flies into the sky, they will immediately shoot arrows at them. They lost a lot."

"As long as Lu Bu's air force can be completely wiped out, let alone a thousand crossbows, what if there are ten thousand crossbows?" Cao Cao immediately stated that he could mass-produce the crossbows.

"My lord, do you want to see the Perak car?" Guo Jia asked again.

After seeing the power of the crossbow, Cao Cao of course also wanted to see the power of the thunderbolt chariot.

He said to Guo Jia: "Please also order the soldiers to practice the thunderbolt chariot and have a look!"

Guo Jia nodded again to several Cao Jun who were waiting beside the Perak car.

Those Cao Jun also stood beside the Perak Chariot one after another.

Two of them pulled the spring vigorously to wind up the strings of the thunderbolt car, and the other two soldiers lifted the boulder placed aside and put it on the huge spoon of the thunderbolt car.

The giant stone placed the huge spoon, and one of the soldiers pulled the handle next to it hard.

The huge spoon that was originally hanging behind the thunderbolt bounced violently, throwing the huge boulder into the air.

The boulder turned and flew up to a very high place. Cao Cao and others looked up and saw that it lost its strength in mid-air and turned to the ground in the distance.

"Thunderbolt chariots can not only shoot down Lu Bu's air force, but can also be used when attacking the city." Guo Jia said: "As long as the lord gives orders, one thousand thunderbolt chariots and one thousand crossbows each will be built, and attacking Lu Bu should not be a problem."

"Decree." Upon hearing Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao would not hesitate in the slightest. He ordered to the side: "Immediately look for craftsmen and build a thousand thunderbolt chariots and a thousand crossbows."

When an order is issued, someone immediately executes it.

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After seeing the catapult and crossbow designed by Guo Jia, Cao Cao returned to Xudu contentedly.

On the way back, he said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao made these two weapons, I don't believe Lu Bu has any other way to deal with us."

"I've been thinking about it for a long time." Guo Jia replied: "Actually, both the crossbow and thunderbolt chariot can be found from the previous documents, but most people don't pay attention to them."

"Fortunately, Feng Xiao found these documents, otherwise we would have to be suppressed by Lu Bu's air force." Cao Cao said, "When the crossbow and thunder chariot are built, I will see what his air force can do to us. "

"With my lord's ability, it's not difficult to build a thousand crossbows and a thousand thunder chariots." Guo Jia said, "It's just that I worry that after they are all built before attacking Lu Bu, the other troops will return without success."

"Feng Xiao means..." Cao Cao asked uncertainly.

"Building [-] units of each is enough to deal with Lu Bu's air force." Guo Jia said: "When they came, we could already shoot arrows to stop them. When they approached, I don't know how many people were shot down. The number of Lu Bu's air force Not many, the combination of the two weapons is enough to deal with him."

"Feng Xiao is right." Cao Cao nodded, "It's up to you."

When everyone returned to Xudu, Cao Cao returned to the house. As soon as he entered the gate, a captain of the Cao Army greeted him: "Report to my lord, I just got the news that Yuan Shao sent Feng Ji to Zhou Yu's army."

Hearing that Yuan Shao sent Feng Ji to Zhou Yu's army, Cao Cao sneered: "Yuan Benchu ​​is really stupid. He photographed Feng Ji in Zhou Yu's army. In Lu Bu's army, how could Zhou Yu vote for him? I think he will not only fail this time, but will cause trouble."

After briefly analyzing how stupid Yuan Shao's actions were, Cao Cao said to the captain, "Go ahead, what happened next?"

"Feng Ji didn't see Zhou Yu, and when he left, he still spent twenty dou of gold beads to bribe Zhou Yu's subordinate Ling Cao, so he was able to return." The captain replied: "The strange thing is that Ling Cao actually returned to Pengcheng after that. "

"What does Feng Xiao think is going on?" Although Cao Cao was asking Guo Jia, his face was full of complacency, obviously already guessing.

"I don't think Ling Cao asked Fengji for gold beads at all, but Zhou Yu's plan." Guo Jia said, "From the beginning, Zhou Yu never thought of meeting Fengji, so he went to the barracks and never got to meet Zhou Yu." Let’s meet. It’s easy to go, but it’s not so easy to leave. Twenty Dou Jinzhu is exchanged for Fengji to leave, Zhou Yu thinks it’s too much to ask, and Yuan Benchu ​​may not be willing to give it.”

"Feng Xiao's opinion is similar to mine." Cao Cao said, "Ling Cao went to Pengcheng suddenly, just to send the gold beads. If the news had come earlier, I could have arranged for someone to stop him halfway. It's a pity... ..."

After smacking his lips twice, Cao Cao said, "It's a pity that twenty buckets of gold beads just fell into Lu Bu's hands."

"Yuan Benchu ​​really gave twenty gold beads, which is not a good thing for the lord." Guo Jia said: "If he really wants to attack Zhou Yu now, he will never give so many gold beads. Yuan Benchu ​​should be very happy too. Clearly, even if he really sent troops to cross the river, Zhou Yu would not necessarily kill Feng Ji. Unless Zhou Yu couldn't resist, he would be unfavorable to Feng Ji at the last moment."

"Fengji is very important to Yuan Benchu, and I think he might give away gold beads for it." Cao Cao obviously didn't expect this, and said with some hesitation: "Could it be that the Fengxiao Society thought Yuan Benchu ​​too badly?" some?"

"My lord thinks my guess is unreasonable?" Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Fengji is very important but not as important as the world. The reason why Yuan Benchu ​​is willing to give the gold beads is because he thinks he hasn't found the best time to attack. If he thinks When the time comes, how can you care about mere honors? This is just to win people's hearts and let his subordinates know that he is willing to pay such a price for an honor. With this time, his subordinates will also serve their lives in the future .”

Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao frowned: "What Feng Xiao means is that it is impossible for Yuan Benchu ​​to make any moves in the near future?"

"Of course it's impossible." Guo Jia replied: "My lord failed to attack Dangshan, so I retreated to Xudu first, and then ordered General Cao Ren to station near Shouchun and not to move forward. For Yuan Benchu, this is an uncertain situation. Signal. He has always been cautious, how could he take the risk of independent support to fight against Lu Bu?"

After hearing Guo Jia's analysis, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly: "So Yuan Benchu ​​is waiting for me to lead an army to attack Lu Bu. If I fail, he will not order to attack Yanjin?"

"I don't need my lord to accomplish anything." Guo Jia replied: "As long as my lord can defeat Lu Bu's air force and let him see the possibility of victory, his attack on Yanjin may be faster than my lord's attack on Dangshan."

"Yuan Benchu ​​is good at speculation." Cao Cao sneered, "Forget it, since he has such a plan, I'll let him see how he defeated Lu Bu."

He asked Xun You and the others beside him, "How long do you think it will take to build enough thunderbolt chariots and crossbows?"

"Should the lord ask the craftsmen about this?" Xun You said, "We are not craftsmen, and we don't understand these things. My lord asked us..."

"My lord." The others didn't understand, but Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "I made the catapult and crossbow. It took a lot of time to figure them out, but one day is enough to assemble them. As long as there are enough craftsmen, I think it takes more than ten days to get together the thunderbolt chariot and step crossbow."

"Feng Xiao understands this matter better than others." Cao Cao said, "I think it's safer to leave it to Feng Xiao."

"Since my lord has entrusted this matter to me, I will raise funds. In less than ten days, two hundred thunderbolt chariots and two hundred crossbows can go out with the army." Guo Jia replied: "As for the thousand units that my lord asked for earlier , let the craftsmen rush to make it later, and attack Lu Bu at the same time, they should also be able to buy it."

"All the thunder chariots and crossbows that have been purchased will be sent to the battlefield." Cao Cao ordered: "I want to see what role Lu Bu's air force can play in front of the thunder chariots and crossbows."

Cao Cao made a decision, and everyone agreed.

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Just as Guo Jia expected, Yuan Shao arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, but only stationed there to confront Zhou Yu, but he had no intention of marching at all.

Except that the Yuan army on the bank of the Yellow River did not march, he even sent a messenger to order Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang and others to suspend their march and station the army on the battlefield where they were about to go to confront the Xuzhou army who was coming to fight.

The crusade against Xuzhou was the decision Yuan Shao had already made.

He won't change easily, and he hasn't thought about making any changes.

But he didn't want to make Lv Bu an enemy when Cao Cao retreated.

Five armies, three of which were sent by the Yuan family.

Lu Bu also divided his troops into five groups to intercept.

When Yuan Jun and Xuzhou's army confronted each other, Cao Cao set off from Xudu again.

It's just that this time his army has a lot more supplies than last time.

Behind Cao Cao's army, there are also carriages loaded with many wooden accessories.

These bits and pieces were stacked on the wagon, and it was impossible to see what they could be put together.

Leading the army and walking in the forefront, Cao Cao had a proud smile on his face.

From the smile on his face, there was no sign of the last defeat at all, as if that defeat had nothing to do with him.

The army moved forward, and the scouts walking in front continued to send back news.

As he got closer to Dangshan, the news that came back made Cao Cao more and more annoyed.

Dangshan and the surrounding cities were captured by Lu Bu, and the Xuzhou army deployed defenses along the line. No matter which direction the attack was launched from, it was impossible to break through the defense line immediately, repel Lu Bu and enter Xuzhou.

After receiving this news, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia and others who accompanied him on the expedition: "Where do you think I should attack?"

"My lord suffered a big loss in Dangshan last time, and this time I still go to Dangshan." Guo Jia said: "Lv Bu has tasted the sweetness, and he will still deploy the army on the mountain, trying to use the mountain to launch a mid-air attack on our army. attack."

"If he is really like that, I will make him regret bringing the air force here." Cao Cao said almost swollen with enough thunderbolt chariots and crossbows with him.

"My lord is right." Guo Jia replied: "As long as Lu Bu dares to use his air force, we will make him regret letting the air force come to die. Last time we suffered at the hands of his air force. The same thing is not true. It will happen again, so I think it is possible to advance along the line of Dangshan, even if Lu Bu resists tenaciously, with the strength of our army, it should not be in vain."

Cao Cao nodded: "Pass down the order, the army will continue to move forward and fight Lu Bu on the front line of Dangshan."

Leading the army, Cao Cao marched towards the Dangshan area along the route that had been defeated once.

Lu Bu's scouts also spotted them.

Soon a scout sent the news to Lu Bu.

After receiving the news that Cao Cao's army was about to come to Dangshan, Lu Bu's decision was exactly the same as Guo Jia's guess.

He ordered the soldiers to go up the hill, and put all the air force on the hill, just waiting for Cao Cao to lead the army.

On the hillside, Lu Bu looked at the direction where Cao Cao was coming.

Sun Ce, who was standing beside him, said, "Cao Cao dared to come back not long after he was repelled. Could it be that he didn't feel pain when he was beaten last time?"

"We really didn't hurt Cao Cao last time." Lu Bu said, "Since he dared to come, he must have thought of a way to deal with our army. It's just that we don't know what his way is."

"Whatever he can do, as long as he comes, we can go up and fight." Sun Ce replied: "If you beat him once, is it possible that you can't win the second round?"

Lu Bu said nothing.

Although he had already prepared his defenses, he always felt that something was not quite right.

Zhao Yun on the other side saw that he hadn't spoken, so he also asked, "Is there anything else you are worried about, Marquis Chu?"

"Do you find it strange?" Lu Bu asked: "Cao Cao suffered a great loss here last time, and he also knows that the terrain here is beneficial to us. But he still led the army to come here. Could it be that he is stupid?"

When he asked this question, Zhao Yun and Sun Ce glanced at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Lu Bu was right in asking, if Cao Cao hadn't been stupid, he probably wouldn't have chosen this path to move on.

Unless he already has a way to deal with the Air Force.

"Chu Hou, will Cao Cao have a way to deal with the air force?" Sun Ce asked.

This was what Lu Bu was most worried about, and he frowned and did not respond.

But Zhao Yun said from the side: "If Marquis Chu feels uneasy, when Cao Cao comes, I will lead a small air force to test it out."

Turning to look at him, Lu Bu really thought it was a solution.

A small number of air forces went to test it. They could also throw oil tanks into Cao Jun's barracks, and they could also ignite raging flames in the enemy's barracks.

Although the ignited flame cannot be as violent as last time, nor can it completely burn down the enemy's barracks, at least it can cause a lot of casualties to Cao Jun.

If Cao Cao does not want to suffer losses, his only choice is to take out the method he used to deal with the air force early.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu nodded, and said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong can go, but don't be too rash, after all, there are many strong generals in Cao Cao's army. If you find that the situation is not right, just return immediately."

"Don't worry, Marquis Chu, I will never give Cao Cao a chance to catch him." Zhao Yun agreed without hesitation.

Lu Bu felt that something was wrong with Cao Cao's actions, but he couldn't figure out what he was secretly deploying.

At this time, Cao Cao was also about to reach a place not far from the hill where Lu Bu camped.

It was still the camp, the same place where he had suffered earlier.

The grass and trees here have been scorched, the ground is black, and not even a living blade of grass has sprouted.

Cao Cao reined in his horse, and Guo Jia asked in a low voice, "My lord, do you want to change places?"

"No." Cao Cao said, "I'm stationed here. Only by stationing here can I think of the embarrassment I was beaten by Lu Bu last time. The so-called courage after knowing shame, only by stationing here can I think more about that day. What happened at night."

Cao Cao decided to be stationed here, so of course Guo Jia couldn't say anything more.

"Pass down the order." Cao Cao immediately sent an order: "The soldiers are stationed on the spot, assemble all the thunderbolt chariots and crossbows, and then cover them with sackcloth, so that Lu Bu and his men will not find their existence."

After receiving the order, Cao Jun's officers and men started to move one after another.

Some soldiers are setting up camps, while others are assembling the thunderbolt chariots and crossbows brought with the army.

(End of this chapter)