The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 421 The only way is to die

When Lu Bu came to Xudu, he did not order the soldiers to attack.

Cao Cao waited for a few days, but did not see any movement, and felt very disturbed in his heart.

Standing on the city wall of Xudu, he looked at the Xuzhou army camp outside the city: "Since Lu Bu is here, why has there been no sign of attacking the city? What is he waiting for?"

Cao Cao's words seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be asking people around him.

Guo Jia, who was standing behind him, said, "I think Lu Bu is waiting for the best opportunity to defeat our army."

"The best chance to defeat our army?" Cao Cao asked in surprise, "Isn't our defense here not tight enough?"

"It is precisely because of the strictness that Lu Bu is cautious." Guo Jia said: "Our army not only guards Xu Capital City like an iron barrel, but there are many soldiers outside the city. Once Lu Bu attacks the city, the soldiers outside the city can Launch an attack on him. At that time, he will be difficult to care about, and he will definitely be defeated."

"But he should also understand that just waiting like this is not good for him." Cao Cao said: "Our army has blocked his retreat, and it is impossible for him to withdraw. The only way out before him is It is to break through Xudu and drive us out of Xudu city."

"It is precisely because of this that Lu Bu is cautious." Guo Jia said: "He also knows that the current situation is extremely unfavorable to him. If he wants to survive, his only chance is to defeat Xu Du in one battle."

"Defeat Xudu in one battle?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Xudu is so well defended, and Lu Bu is worried that I will kill the emperor. He should also know that he wants to defeat Xudu in a single battle." No, it's totally impossible."

"Lv Bu in the past certainly couldn't do it, but it's hard to say for Lu Bu now." Guo Jia said: "I always feel that he is planning something in the dark, but I can't tell what's wrong."

"Even Feng Xiao can't see through what he is planning, that is, there is no plan at all." Cao Cao said, "Don't worry about Feng Xiao, you and I know Lu Bu's ability. This time he can come to Xudu. He has already come to an end. I will destroy him outside Xudu City, and then take his head."

"It is said that Yuan Benchu ​​also sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to station not far from Xu." Guo Jia reminded the lord not to be too lax. "

"Until the battle is clear, Yuan Benchu ​​will not move." Cao Cao said: "He sent troops here just to show us. If we really consider his soldiers and horses, we will let him Proud."

"My lord's analysis is thorough. I think too much." Guo Jia replied.

When talking with Guo Jia, Cao Cao's words were indeed full of confidence.

But he himself knew very well that Guo Jia mentioned that Lu Bu was waiting for the opportunity to break the city in World War I, which made him feel very uncertain.

Guo Jia's saying is correct, the current Lu Bu is no longer the Lu Bu who was besieged by him in Xiapi and even begged for mercy.

Lu Bu outside the city not only possesses a level of bravery that no one can figure out how superb it is, but his thinking is not something that ordinary people can easily compare.

Looking at the Xuzhou military camp outside the city, Cao Cao asked Xu Chu beside him, "Zhongkang, have you seen Wenhe?"

"Mr. Jia seems to have a lot of things to deal with recently." Xu Chu replied, "I saw him take General Miaocai to his home earlier."

Cao Cao didn't say a word, he knew what Jia Xu was going to do with Xia Houyuan at home.

Although he didn't say anything, Cao Cao was muttering in his heart that Jia Wenhe was still not very reliable in his work.

The things that had been discussed with him a long time ago were only done now.

At the same time, Jia Xu's home.

When he came home with him, Xia Houyuan asked Jia Xu in confusion: "Lü Bu's army besieged the city, and the lord has gone to the top of the city. Why did Duke Jia invite me to his house?"

"I'm doing something for my lord." Jia Xu said to Xia Houyuan: "My lord recently encountered a difficult matter. After thinking about it, no one else can handle it. The general can only do it."

"If I go out of the city to fight Lu Bu, I don't have the ability." Xia Houyuan waved his hands and said, "I have seen Lu Bu's ability, and if I meet him on the battlefield, within ten rounds, I will definitely be killed by him. "

"The general is very brave, and he is always high-spirited." Jia Xu asked with a smile, "Why did you lose your confidence?"

"It's not that I've lost confidence. I'm definitely not his opponent." Xia Houyuan said, "In the battle of Dangshan, I was among the generals who fought against Lu Fengxian. I watched him pick and kill several of our generals with my own eyes. , so many of us haven't been able to do anything to him, so what can I do by myself?"

Xia Houyuan was a general who led the troops, and he always spoke directly, and he didn't know how to turn around.

From his response, Jia Xu heard that he had a deep fear of Lu Bu, and said with a slight smile, "Don't worry, General, my lord doesn't want you to go out of the city to fight with Lu Bu."

"Since I don't want me to go out of the city to fight Lu Bu, what else is there to do?" Xia Houyuan asked, "Please trouble Jiagong to bring me home and tell me."

"I led the general to the house, of course I was ordered by the lord." Jia Xu said: "The lord wants the general to do another more important thing."

"Besides fighting Lu Bu, I really can't think of anything more important." Xiahou Dun said to Jia Xu: "Please, Mr. Jia, make it clear."

"Go to the palace to protect His Majesty." Jia Xu replied: "When Lu Bu came to Xudu, what he wanted most was to defeat the lord. But he also knew that it would not be so easy to defeat the lord. Since it can't be done, the general What would you choose if you were Lu Bu?"

"Of course it's easier to do." Xiahou Dun replied first, and then looked at Jia Xu with a look of astonishment: "Jia Gong means..."

"If Lu Bu can't destroy the lord, what he wants most is to get His Majesty." Jia Xu said: "That's why the general led the soldiers into the palace to protect the emperor."

"If the city is breached, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect Your Majesty." Xia Houyuan replied, "It's better to let me stay with the lord. Once Lu Bu attacks the city, I can also deal with it."

Jia Xu looked at him with a serious face, and said to him, "General Miaocai still doesn't understand the Lord's intention?"

Looking at Jia Xu blankly, Xia Houyuan was at a loss.

If someone had a clear mind, he should have understood what Jia Xu meant.

However, Xia Houyuan has a solid eye.

Although he wasn't stupid, he couldn't hear the deep meaning from Jia Xu's veiled words.

"It seems that General Miaocai still doesn't understand." Jia Xu sighed, and said to Xia Houyuan: "My lord, what I mean is that if Xu can't keep it, he can't take His Majesty away. Lu Bu's hands."

Only now did Xia Houyuan understand.

Suddenly realized, he looked at Jia Xu in astonishment: "Jia Gong means that the lord intends to kill His Majesty?"

"It's not that you have to kill him." Jia Xu said: "My lord means that when he really can't keep him, I will get rid of him. Anyway, the emperor is still very useful to the lord, and the lord doesn't want him to die. But if he falls into Lu Bu's hands, it will not be so easy to get him back from Lu Bu later."

"If you do this, isn't my lord afraid of being accused of regicide?" Xia Houyuan still felt that something was wrong, and said to Jia Xu: "Maybe my lord has been thinking too much recently and always considers things to be worse. If Mr. Jia If there is a chance, I’d better persuade the lord.”

"Actually, I made the plan for my lord." Jia Xu said to Xia Houyuan: "Although the emperor is important, he can't be used by the lord. It's just a disaster for us to keep him. If the emperor has to be killed at that time, General Miaocai doesn't need it." Worried. Lu Bu led the army to attack Xudu, and the emperor was killed after the city was broken. Among the rebellious army, who knows whether he died at the hands of our people or the soldiers brought by Lu Bu?"

"I still think it's inappropriate to do this." Xia Houyuan frowned, and said to Jia Xu: "My lord has been working hard to restore the Han Dynasty for so many years. Now I want to kill the emperor of the Han Dynasty, which is unreasonable both emotionally and rationally."

"It's not that there are no other clans in the Han Dynasty." Jia Xu replied: "Although the emperor's clan is extinct, there are quite a few other clans surnamed Liu. At that time, my lord will only say that the emperor was killed by Lu Bu. If we support a new emperor to ascend the throne, won't the Great Han Dynasty still be there?"

After all, Xia Houyuan's mind was not as fast as Jia Xu's, and he was confused by Jia Xu's words, and he didn't know how to make a choice.

After a while, Xia Houyuan asked Jia Xu with a troubled face, "Why me?"

"The general is the lord's relative. If the general doesn't go, why should he leave it to someone else?" Jia Xu asked rhetorically.

Cao Cao's original surname was Xiahou. When his father Cao Song was young, he was adopted by his constant servant Cao Teng as an adopted son. Since then, his branch has changed to Cao's surname.

For Cao Cao, whether it is Cao Hong and Cao Ren with the surname of Cao, or Xiahou Dun and Xiahouyuan with the surname of Xiahou, they are all his relatives.

Xia Houyuan used to be proud of being Cao Cao's relatives.

Jia Xu said a word, and he didn't know how to respond to what he said.

"I'm not going to hide it from General Miaocai." Jia Xu continued, "My lord originally planned to ask Xu Zhongkang to do this, but Xu Zhongkang is not a relative of the lord. Although the lord trusts him, when it comes to dealing with the emperor of Han My lord is not worried about letting him do it."

"Don't need to talk about Mr. Jia." Xia Houyuan interrupted him: "I'll understand if you don't tell me. It seems that I'm the only one to handle this matter."

He didn't ask why someone else wasn't doing it.

Among the Cao Cao clan, although Cao Ren and Cao Hong were also generals leading troops, their martial arts skills were not as good as his.

Xiahoudun's martial arts skills are stronger than his, and now he is leading troops outside the city, only he was sent inside the city.

As for the other generals of the Cao family and Xiahou family, no one can compare with him in terms of martial arts or fame.

Apart from him to handle this matter, there is indeed no more suitable person.

"I have wronged General Miaocai." Xia Houyuan took over the task, and Jia Xu bowed to him and said, "My lord, knowing this, also relieved me from worrying about the future."

"How many people should I bring to the palace?" Xia Houyuan asked, "When will I go there?"

"Is it enough for the general to lead 5000 troops into the palace?" Jia Xu asked Xia Houyuan.

"It's enough." Xia Houyuan said: "With 5000 troops, even if Lu Bu comes in person, I won't let him see the emperor easily."

"Since this is the case, I would like to ask the general to order soldiers and horses to enter the palace immediately." Jia Xu said to Xia Houyuan: "If anyone asks, the general should just say that the lord appointed him, and don't mention that I was the one who told you."

"What is Mr. Jia worried about?" Sensing that something was wrong, Xia Houyuan looked at Jia Xu suspiciously and asked.

"I'm worried about Xun Wenruo." Jia Xu replied: "Earlier Xun Wenruo suspected that I wanted to murder the emperor, so he had already been wary of me. If the general mentions me, it is inevitable that he will not make trouble."

"If Xun Wen has been friends with the lord for many years, he should not be able to do such a thing." Xia Houyuan said: "At most, it is enough to tell him about the interests and disadvantages."

"General Miaocai only knows that Xun Wenruo has been friends with the lord for many years, but he doesn't know that his loyalty to the big man has reached the point of foolish loyalty." Jia Xu said: "If he knew that General Miaocai had the intention to harm the emperor, he would never let us succeed."

"It's just to guard against Xun Wenruo, so others don't have to be wary, right?" Xia Houyuan asked again.

"Of course we have to be careful." Jia Xu replied, "Don't tell me the general knows who will pass on the words to Xun Wenruo and who won't?"

"Don't worry, general." Knowing what Xia Houyuan was worried about, Jia Xu said, "When that day really comes, I will definitely admit that I asked the general to guard the palace. I won't let the lord bear the bad name, and I won't let the general bear it alone."

With Jia Xu's promise, Xia Houyuan was indeed relieved.

He bowed his hands to Jia Xu: "Since this matter is the master's decision, I will not delay any longer and take my leave first."

"Remember, the general, if you can't save the emperor, you must kill him." Jia Xu told Xia Houyuan, "If you see the emperor's decapitated body with your own eyes, the general will leave if there is no possibility of saving his life."

Looking at Jia Xu from head to toe again, Xia Houyuan backed away with a solemn expression, and left Jia Xu's residence.

Although he knew that this was done to protect Cao Cao's interests, killing the emperor was not an easy task.

When Xia Houyuan received this order, he felt very depressed.

Back at the barracks, he summoned his troops and went straight to the palace.

Originally, there were some guards in the imperial palace. Seeing Xiahou Dun leading a black Cao army coming, the guard officer on duty stepped forward: "Dare to ask General Xiahou, what are you going to do?"

"Lü Bu led troops to attack Xudu. My lord was worried about His Majesty's safety, so I specially asked me to lead troops to protect." Xia Houyuan said to the officer, "Let all your people withdraw. From today, I will take over the palace."

The officer was stunned for a moment, and asked Xia Houyuan, "May I ask if the general has the Lord's warrant?"

(End of this chapter)