We agreed that you, a weak strategist, would fight against three heroes by yourself?

Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "That's right. Pi'er has reached the age where he can exercise his responsibilities, so let him be stationed in Xuchang. However, Pi'er is young after all, and he has to rely more on Wen Ruo for matters in Xuchang."

Xun Yu raised his hands and saluted, "Here."

Xun Yu's face was expressionless at this moment, and it was difficult for others to know what he was thinking at this moment. He had a serious face and was very deep, so he never showed any emotions easily.

…

In December, Cao Cao personally led troops from Xuchang to the north, setting up defenses and garrisoning troops in Guandu, Baima, Yanjin and other places.

In this battle, it is very necessary to start a war with Yuan Shao in advance.

On the other side, under the leadership of Xi Yu, people and soldiers from all over the country continued to build food stations along the marching route.

At this point, the entire northern Yanzhou, northern Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and parts of Jizhou have entered a very tense war situation!

At this time, Lu Bu's mansion was in Beihai City, Qingzhou.

A lady who was as beautiful as heaven and full of charm personally put a robe on Lu Bu, and said softly, "General, with the cold wind biting, who are you going to fight?"

"I don't know what I love, it's because Xiyu bullied me too much!" Lu Bu said in anger.

"General, but I heard that Mr. Xi..." The woman next to Lu Bu looked like a woman shy of the moon. She had a voluptuous figure, and her movements were natural and charming.

"General, from my point of view, I heard that Master Xi is very kind and righteous, and is definitely not a vicious person. General, why don't you consider joining forces with him..." the beautiful woman said softly.

"Diao Chan! What do you mean by this? Are you asking me to surrender to him?!"

Lu Bu's eyes were bloodshot, staring at his concubine in disbelief.

Lu Bu's first wife was originally from the Yan family, and they had a daughter named Lu Lingqi, but now Lu Bu dotes on his concubine Diao Chan the most.

But Lu Bu never expected that his favorite concubine would actually try to persuade him to surrender to Xi Yu, which made Lu Bu very angry.

Diao Chan was not afraid of Lu Bu and said, "General... I always feel uneasy when I see you. I can't sleep all night. I always talk about you, Mr. Xi. Naturally, I also want to solve the problem for the general."

"Unfortunately, I am a female prostitute and don't know how to help the general. However, I know this, sir. If the general takes the initiative to show his kindness and make a friendship with him, we may be able to exchange for peace."

"This is nonsense, a woman's opinion!"

After saying this, Lu Bu immediately straightened his armor, his majestic and majestic body suddenly stood upright, and glanced at Diao Chan in a very condescending manner.

For some reason, Lu Bu suddenly felt a sense of irritability in his heart at this moment, and he really didn't want to talk to Diao Chan anymore.

In recent months, Lu Bu has been worried about the affairs in Xuzhou. He and Diao Chan have not slept in the same bed for several months, and they are only called husband and wife.

Lu Bu originally thought that relying on the wealth of Qingzhou, he would be able to go south to capture Xuzhou and defeat Xi Yu.

What he didn't expect was that Xuzhou Xiyu now dared to take the initiative to attack Qingzhou.

But Lu Bu knew very well that today's Xuzhou has developed commerce and abundant talents. Moreover, he is proud of the development of business and the many talents. The Xuzhou that he has arrived now can be said to have strong troops and sufficient food and grass. No one dares to challenge Xuzhou easily.

Lu Bu looked at Diao Chan and smiled lightly, "Haha... Diao Chan..."

"I heard that Xi Yu has five wives and concubines, all of whom are beautiful and fragrant. Judging from this, Xi Yu probably likes beauties the most."

Lu Bu stared at Diao Chan and laughed in a low voice, "Diao Chan, you have the appearance of a fish out of place and a graceful figure. Xi Yu will definitely like you. I will give you to Xi Yu. How about it?"

Diao Chan was so frightened that her face turned pale. She immediately knelt on the ground and bit her lip. She was even shocked and humiliated in her heart, "General... I gave you advice to help you solve your problems. Why did the general say such hurtful words to me?" !”

Lu Bu suddenly said coldly, "Hehehe... you think I'm afraid of Xi Yu?"

After saying that, Lu Bu stood up and picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd from the shelf in the inner room, and said very coldly, "If you think that Xiahou Dun is so arrogant, he will be killed by me and throw away his armor!"

"Now that Xi Yu has come to seek death, how can I not kill him! I will definitely cut off Xi Yu's head to let you know that a mere Xi Yu is nothing of any importance. I have never been afraid of him!"

After saying this, Lu Bu strode outside.

Diao Chan really had no choice but to frown at Lu Bu.

At this moment, Diao Chan's pink dress was flying in the wind, the ribbons on her shoulders were fluttering in the wind, and her eyes were full of worry.

"General, have you ever thought that if you kill Master Xi, it will be like killing the world's sages. Not only will Cao Cao not let the general go, but even those Confucian scholars will hate you..."

Diao Chan had seen Xi Yu's portrait before, and she felt that Xi Yu was a very kind and honest person.

Not long ago, Xi Yu even saved at least millions of Jizhou people regardless of his own safety.

Because of this, even if Xiyu abolished Confucianism and did deviant things, the people still understood and supported Mr. Xiyu, and this was effective...

The New Year is approaching, but at this end of the year, due to wars, there will definitely be no dance of dragons and fishes. Instead, we should have the heart to die in battle.

At this time, Cao Cao led troops to attack the west of Qingzhou, while Xi Yu attacked the south of Qingzhou. Soon, Lu Bu was attacked from both sides by Cao Cao and Xi Yu, and it was difficult to resist.

The natural moat between Qingzhou and Jizhou was easily taken down by Cao Ren's Leopard Cavalry. They then guarded it and became a natural line of defense for Cao Cao.

If Yuan Tanru hadn't run fast, he might have lost his life long ago.

Within a month, Xi Yu's white cavalry and black cavalry were killing each other like crazy near Beihai.

Whether they were rushing to kill the enemy in a chaotic battle or making a late-night raid, they were all invincible. The soldiers under Lu Bu's command did not dare to camp outside the city. Soon, Lu Bu lost many cities.

Moreover, all the cities were captured for almost the same reason: they did not dare to wander outside!

The camp cannot leave the city.

Like a shrunken turtle, hiding in the city and not daring to go out.

However, the city is not a place they can defend.

The war lasted for the second month, and on Xiyu's side, a large number of catapults were transported to the frontline battlefield.

In this way, Lu Bu and his soldiers were very angry.

If you leave the camp, you will be hunted mercilessly. If you hide in the city, you will be mercilessly bombarded by catapults.

This situation lasted for less than a month, and Lu Bu's most powerful trapped camp and himself were close to being driven crazy. "

Soon, affected by this incident, Lu Bu's temperament changed drastically!

He originally thought that Xi Yu would wear armor and go into battle in person, but who would have thought that Xi Yu would not be on the battlefield at all.

Since the beginning of the war, Xi Yu has been sitting in the rear. Several times on the battlefield, he only fought fiercely with Zhao Zilong, Dian Wei and others.

In this way, at the beginning of the whole war, Lu Bu could only retreat to the land of Beihai and stay in Pingshou City in Beihai Kingdom.

"It's really not easy for me..."

Lu Bu looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, and then drank a sip of wine.

Now, among the surrounding cities, only Pingshou City still belongs to him, and the rest of the territories have all celebrated the New Year!

They are actually celebrating the New Year! !

Xi Yu's soldiers are making dumplings for the common people, in order to win over the homeless refugees and win people's hearts!

The Qingzhou soldiers commanded by Xi Yu were originally from Qingzhou. Xi Yu ordered his Qingzhou soldiers to talk to the people. In addition, Xi Yu was now well-known and could be said to be invincible wherever he went!

"It's really a bastard and extremely hateful!!"

Lu Bu was very angry and extremely disappointed.

He kept banging on the document, and when he felt really uncomfortable, Lu Bu even swung it hard and swept all the books and maps on the document to the ground!

Now, in front of Lu Bu, only Gao Shun, a strong general, and Kong Rong, who bowed his head and sighed, were left.

"General..."

Diao Chan grabbed Lu Bu and gently helped him, feeling very worried about him.

"Get out of here!"

Lu Bu didn't appreciate it at all, he threw Diao Chan away and scolded loudly.

At this moment, Lu Bu was very disappointed. Looking back on his past years, he still didn't understand why he ended up in this situation.

Lu Bu was already irritable and frustrated. When he heard Kong Rong sighing at the side, Lu Bu suddenly stood up, rushed to Kong Rong, grabbed his clothes tightly, and said coldly, "Kong Rong, I have long ordered you to let the nobles join us." Me, why are you so reluctant to do anything?!"

"I treat you well, why do you want to harm me?!" Lu Bu wanted to kill Kong Rong.

"General, general..."

Diao Chan and Gao Shun saw that Lu Bu had murderous intent and immediately stepped forward to stop Lu Bu.

This matter had little to do with Kong Rong. Although he was a famous scholar, the nobles were unwilling to assist Lu Bu. Kong Rong alone could not convince the nobles.

It is true that Lu Bu was too cruel and had been notorious since Yanzhou.

This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Kong Rong. Although he is a famous scholar, one person cannot convince all the nobles, and those people are unwilling to assist Lu Bu.

Now, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu have joined forces, and they are almost the same.

If Yuan Shu did not proclaim himself emperor and attacked from both front and rear, Yanzhou would have a chance to gain it.

But now...

But it was a complete failure!

Diao Chan looked at Lu Bu in front of her and felt very sad. Seeing that there was no one else here, she advised in a distressed manner, "General, why don't you open the city and surrender to Lord Xi?"

"With Master Xi's reputation as a benevolent and righteous gentleman, I will definitely not give you any trouble. With your general's majesty, you will definitely be able to gain an official title under Master Xi and make achievements. Why worry about not having glory and wealth?"

"Snapped!"

Lu Bu slapped Diao Chan hard on the face with his backhand.

Diao Chan was immediately stunned.

"Bitch! Are you talking nonsense?!"

"Is it possible that you have already transferred your feelings to that bastard Xi Yu?! Open your mouth and keep silent, Mr. Xi..."

"I can't wait to kill you immediately!"

Lu Bu's eyes were bloodshot and he stared at Diao Chan fiercely, his eyes were so cold-blooded that it frightened Diao Chan to the core.

Since returning from Dong Zhuo, Diao Chan has never seen Lu Bu so terrifying and terrifying.

Before this, no matter what she did, even if the ministers criticized her, Lu Bu had always protected her in every possible way, and he had never been so vicious and angry with her now.

But now...

Seeing this, Gao Shun said in a deep voice, "General, you are so anxious that you are obsessed with it!"

Now only Gao Shun can talk about Lu Bu.

Diao Chan fell to the ground and raised her head in discomfort. The remaining hope for Lu Bu in her heart gradually disappeared.

Not only Diao Chan, Kong Rong, who was in shock, was also extremely disappointed at this time and just wanted to escape from Lu Bu.

Unfortunately, he really couldn't think of any safe way to escape, because his family and clan were still in Beihai. When he was the governor of Beihai, he did not arrange for his family and clan to evacuate because he cared about the people.

In this way, once Kong Rong wanted to escape with his family and clan, he would be unable to escape Lu Bu's pursuit.

"General, now... we have almost no chance of winning, but if you still want to continue your journey to dominate, the only way..."

There was really no other way, so Kong Rong had no choice but to offer Lu Bu another trick.

This strategy is also a helpless move.

Hearing this, Lu Bu, who was almost desperate, immediately had a glimmer of hope in his eyes, "Sir, please tell me, sir, please save me between life and death!"

"Please sir, teach me!"

Seeing that Kong Rong actually had a plan, Lu Bu's tone suddenly became much gentler. Only then did he notice that his emotions were too extreme just now, which frightened Diao Chan and Kong Rong.

Kong Rong sighed and said after a long time, "General..."

"For today's plan, you can lead a group of soldiers to break through the western border with all your strength, recapture the two natural dangers of the Yellow River and Jishui, and then build a warship to welcome Yuan Shao into the country and join forces with him to fight against the soldiers of Xuzhou!"

"In my opinion, if the general surrenders to Xi Yu, he may be able to maintain the stability of Qingzhou, but it will be difficult for you, general, to do anything."

"Or, it would be better for the general to break out of the encirclement and directly...sincerely surrender to Yuan Shao. With the general's talents, Yuan Shao will definitely take you under his command."

After hearing Kong Rong's plan, Lu Bu was very unsettled.

He slowly sat in a daze on the steps, his eyes were very empty, and Lu Bu felt that his whole mind was in a mess.

In the final analysis, Kong Rong's plan is not much different from Diao Chan's intention, which is to ask him to surrender...

Lu Bu couldn't help but think of all the past events.

Over the years, he traveled to many places and survived. First he went from Chang'an to defect to Yuan Shao, and then to Zhang Yang. Later, he followed the plan of Zhang Miao and Chen Gong and wanted to invade Yanzhou, but failed in the end...

Later, he originally wanted to seek refuge with Yuan Shu, but who would have thought that Yuan Shu would actually proclaim himself emperor. In desperation, Lu Bu had no choice but to separate Qingzhou...

But in this land of Qingzhou, it is okay to defend against Jizhou, but if you want to defend Qingzhou and Yanzhou, it will be very difficult.

Lu Bu did not expect that Kong Rong would now persuade him to defect to Yuan Shao again.

For some reason, when thinking of this, Lu Bu only felt that he was like a lost dog, several times more miserable than Liu Bei...

Lu Bu felt very unwilling: I, Lu Bu, holding a Fangtian painted halberd and riding a red rabbit horse, should be... the invincible God of War!

However, he ended up being chased around like a rat crossing the street today!

"Impossible! Even if I die in battle, I will never live under anyone again!"

Lu Bu suddenly said coldly.

However, there are less than 9,000 soldiers and horses left in Bingzhou. The rest of the soldiers and horses are all recruited from Qingzhou, but the money for these recruitments is all snatched from the gentry and merchants. Now, all the gentry and merchants are not willing to Support Lu Bu.

This is the most tragic thing for Lu Bu.

Kong Rong looked at Lu Bu and said with a blank expression, "Do you really want to fight?"

"That's natural, I will definitely kill again!!"

Lu Bu gritted his teeth with hatred at this time, "Now that Cao Cao is in the west, I will avoid Xi Yu first. There are many fierce generals around Xi Yu, so Cao Cao must be lacking. In this case, I only need to rush into Cao Cao's base camp and capture him alive. Threatening Xiyu, until then, everything will be unknown!"

"Now, this is my only chance to stand up!"

…

In Qingzhou, it was expected that Lu Bu's troops would not dare to leave the city at this time, so Xi Yu built the camp in a barren mountain.

This place is not far from Pingshou City, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The only thing that needs to be watched out for is the snow on the mountains. Once the snow rolls down, it will definitely block the march.

After the camp was established, Xi Yu ordered the soldiers to light a fire on the hillside, and the snow gradually melted into snow water.

Xi Yu ordered people to build a reservoir to store the melted snow water.

In this way, it not only prevents snow from collapsing, but also uses snow water to prevent fires.

After everything was arranged, Xi Yu walked out of the barracks, followed by Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu.

At this time, Cao Ang was guarding Xuzhou, and Xi Yu had no worries.

Xi Yu led the three of them to the forward camp. An hour ago, Huang Zhong had rushed back with a topographic map near Pingshou City.

Upon hearing that Xi Yu was coming, Huang Zhong immediately walked out of the tent to greet Xi Yu and others.

At this time, Huang Zhong was wearing a white mink fur coat. He had broad shoulders and a fat waist, and he looked very majestic and majestic.

Huang Zhong said confidently, "Sir, I have found out clearly that we only need 50,000 troops to capture Pingshou City!"

Xi Yu smiled faintly and said, "It is feasible to attack by force, but it would be better if Lu Bu leaves the city to fight before attacking."

As he spoke, Xi Yu led everyone on horseback to ride fast to the top of the mountain where they had a wide view and looked at Pingshou City.

Looking from a distance, Pingshou City and Shouchun City are much smaller.

Xi Yu was thinking in his heart: If catapults were used to bombard the city for several days and nights, or if flint, kerosene and other offensive methods were used, Pingshou City would definitely be breached.

Now, what Xi Yu is most concerned about is whether Lu Bu dares to go out of the city for a decisive battle!

In Xi Yu's view, if Lu Bu did not dare to leave the city for a decisive battle, he would have no choice but to flee and seek refuge with Yuan Shao.

However, Cao Cao had already personally led troops to guard the road leading to Yuan Shao. It was basically impossible for Lu Bu to defect to Yuan Shao.

"Pingshou City must be captured!" Xi Yu said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia were slightly moved and said, "Maybe we can wait for Lu Bu to surrender voluntarily. Although this person has no faith, he is a good soldier..."

"There is no need to wait for Lu Bu to surrender..." Xi Yu looked at Ping Shoucheng and said solemnly, "Do you know Diao Chan?"

"Diao Chan?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia looked at each other and felt that there was something in Xiyu's words.

"Who is this person?" Zhuge Liang asked in confusion.

"I have heard a little bit about this person. I heard that this person is..."

Guo Jia did know something about Diao Chan, but he couldn't tell it.

In order to get rid of Dong Zhuo, Diao Chan was used as bait and had to sacrifice her life. Thinking of this, Guo Jia couldn't help but feel a strong sense of tragedy in her heart...

Xi Yu suddenly said in a deep voice, "You know, Diao Chan is a beautiful wife that many men dream of having."

"Lu Bu treated her badly and often beat and scolded her. When Pingshou City is captured, I will take a good look at such a beautiful wife... Even if I become a plumber, a domestic worker or a gardener, I will go Take a look at that Diao Chan!"