Not long after, news about Lu Bu followed one after another. Some said that he led his army to the north, and some said that he led his army to sweep the south. At least seven or eight statements were said. Cao Cao couldn't help but get anxious and cursed: "Can that bastard Lu Bu has the clone technique? Otherwise, how could he appear in so many places at the same time?"

Xun You clasped his fists and said, "It should be Lu Bu who divided his cavalry into multiple strands and destroyed and attacked everywhere."

Cao Cao nodded and asked, "Where do you think Lu Bu is now?"

Xun You said with embarrassment: "Lu Bu and the others are all cavalry, coming and going without a trace, wandering around, and they aim to destroy, so they cannot predict their whereabouts!"

Cao Cao looked thoughtful and paced back and forth.

Xun You looked at Cao Cao and couldn't help but say, "The suggestion of Fengxiao is of course very reasonable! It's just that it's hard to stop these cavalry if you don't transfer the troops south!" Cao Cao nodded and said, "Then take a compromise strategy. The commander Xun Yu and Xu You divided the troops to help Yanzhou with 150,000 troops, and Xu You led them to help Yanzhou. "Xun You clasped his fists with joy and said, "Lord is wise!" Cao Cao immediately returned to the capital of Puyang, wrote an order, stamped his seal, and asked the commander to send it to Xuchang immediately for Guo Jia to take a look. If Guo Jia thought it was feasible, he immediately sent it to Youzhou. The commander took the order and left.

Cao Cao paced back and forth in the hall, and Xun You stood aside and watched. He knew that his lord was worried about Lu Bu's whereabouts, but he could not predict Lu Bu's actions, so he did not dare to speak rashly. In fact, it was not difficult to predict Lu Bu's whereabouts in a big way. Lu Bu aimed to destroy it, so he was the main target of attack. However, there were many such places, so it was difficult to accurately predict Lu Bu's whereabouts. Generally speaking, Lu Bu should give priority to attacking those who had more food and grass reserves.

City, but this is not necessarily the case. Just like not long ago, Yanzhou City and Puyang, Yanzhou City obviously did not have much food and grass, but nearby Puyang stored a large amount of food and grass. Moreover, Yanzhou City is tall and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Logically speaking, Lu Bu should go to attack Puyang, but the fact is that Lu Bu went to attack Yanzhou first. From this point of view, Lu Bu seemed to have no rules to find in his attack. He seemed to attack at will. If he could fight, he would go into the city. If he could not fight, he would go away immediately. This was the most troublesome situation.

Cao Cao paced and said, "Lu Bu! Lu Bu! Where will your next target of attack be?" Suddenly, Cao Cao stopped, opened his eyes and said, "Xuchang!"

Xun You heard this and felt unbelievable, "This is impossible! Lu Bu should know that Xuchang's city is extremely tall and sturdy. Not to mention cavalry, even infantry, with enough siege equipment, it is difficult to attack! Moreover, there are tens of thousands of defenders in Xuchang City now. Wouldn't Lu Bu die when he attacks Xuchang?"

Cao Cao shook his head, "Lu Bu is crazy, impulsive and very stingy, so Xuchang is the most likely target. Now that I personally led the army, he must have known it, so he is very likely to attack Xuchang!"

Xun You felt that what Cao Cao said made sense and hurriedly said, "Lord, since you guessed that Lu Bu's target was Xuchang, we have to go back to help quickly! Although Xuchang has tens of thousands of defenders, we are afraid of everything! Just like Puyang, we originally thought it was foolproof, but we didn't expect it to be lost in an instant! Lu Bu was reckless, but his martial arts were really too strong, and sometimes he could really achieve unexpected results!"

Cao Cao smiled, "Xuchang is different from Puyang, so Gongda doesn't have to worry!" He paused, "But you are also saying that you are afraid of anything! This Lu Bu Fangtian Painted Sphur Red Rabbit Divine Horse is really careless!" Then he shouted, "Come here!" A personal soldier officer immediately entered, clasped his fists and asked, "What are the instructions?" "Go and call the messenger." The officer Yingnuo said, ran down, and a moment later he led a messenger to Cao Cao to pay homage to Cao Cao. Cao Cao took down one of his close-fitting jade pendants and handed them to the messenger, and ordered, "Take my jade pendants back to Xuchang as fast as possible, convey my words to Guo Jia, and said that Lu Bu was very likely to attack Xuchang and ask him to deal with it carefully." The messenger bowed and replied to him, and then ran out.

Xun You couldn't help but say, "Lord, since you know that Lu Bu might go to Xuchang, should we do this?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "There is Fengxiao in Xuchang, so there is no need to worry too much. If Lu Bu wants to go to Xuchang, he must pass through many rivers, and most of these rivers can be wading by water. Only Yingshui can only be wading by water in a section near Fugou. This is a trade channel, and Lu Bu will not know. We do not support Xuchang, but rush to block Lu Bu's retreat near Fugou. I want to see, if I block the back road, where else can he run?"

Cao Cao had made up his mind and immediately led his army to operate, and tens of thousands of troops rushed towards the Fugu Pass. Cao Cao estimated that if Lu Bu went to Xuchang, he must have crossed Yingshui at this moment. Without further ado, he would seal the Fugu Passage early to avoid long nights of dreams.

Almost at the same time, Ailang was leading more than 10,000 cavalry to cross the Yingshui River from Fugou. The yamen runners in the nearby Fugou County suddenly saw a spectacular scene of cavalry wading across the water not far away. For a moment, they thought it was their cavalry mobilized. They saw the cavalry bypassing their city and running straight towards Xuchang!

Ailang rode his horse and couldn't help but feel an impulse in his heart, and he wanted to go into Xuchang and rescue Xiaoying from her bastard father. At this moment, Dian Wei suddenly rushed to Ailang and shouted, "My lord, there is a letter from Mr. Chen Gong." As he said, he handed a cloth bag to Ailang. Ailang was surprised and reached out to take it, took a look, and asked, "When did it be delivered? Why don't I know?" "It was not delivered, but Mr. Chen Gong secretly handed it to me when we left Xuzhou. He said that if the lord had not passed Yingshui, there was no need to give the letter to the lord. If the lord led his army to cross Yingshui, he would immediately hand it to the lord. He also said that it would not be delayed. Our army had just passed Yingshui, so I handed the letter to the lord."

Ailang couldn't help but mutter, "What's the point of Old Chen doing?" Then he opened the cloth bag and took out the wooden slip inside, and saw it said: "If the general sees this letter, he must have passed Yingshui. Please stop advancing immediately and return to the north bank of Yingshui! If the general stays on the south bank and even attacks Xuchang, he will be cut off by Cao Cao. At that time, the general would be like a tiger entering a cage, and he could only slaughter it. I hope that the general should not take the risk impulse and retreat to the north bank quickly for the sake of all the wives and two ladies at home. Chen Gong paused his head."

Ailang felt very depressed, but he felt that what Chen Gong said made sense, so he couldn't help but stop the horse reins. Seeing this, Dian Weiwenchou quickly stopped the horse reins and ordered the army to stop. The more than 10,000 troops that were galloping quickly stopped, and everyone was watching Ailang.

Ailang looked at Mu Du and felt that maybe Chen Gong had thought it was wrong. If so, wouldn't he have missed a great opportunity to regain Xiaoying? After hesitation and undecided, Ailang finally chose to believe Chen Gong. He raised his head and shouted, "Change immediately!" Wan Zhanqi turned around on the spot, and soon ran through Yingshui along the Fugou passage. Seeing this, the yamen runners on the county wall couldn't help but mutter, "What the hell are these cavalrymen? They ran over and over, are they fun?" The yamen runners next to him laughed and said, "Don't they do whatever they want, who can control them! If you are envious, you can also join the army! Unfortunately, just a few skin and bones, go to the expedition, you will be kicked out!" The yamen runners around laughed, and laughed red and embarrassedly, but they couldn't refute.

Suddenly, a sharp roar came from the air! Several yamen runners heard a crisp sound before they could react! The yamen runners could not help but look at them in the sound, and saw a wolf-tooth arrow nailed to a pillar not far away, and their tail feathers were still trembling! The yamen runners felt inexplicably and couldn't help looking at each other. One yamen runner suddenly shouted, "Hey! There seems to be something tied to the arrow!" Then they walked forward, and took a lot of effort to pull out the wolf-tooth arrow and remove an arrow book from the arrow shaft.

Speaking of which, Cao Cao led a large army to come to Fugou. It took only two days and one night to run hundreds of miles to Fugou.

As soon as Cao Cao arrived at Fugou, he immediately sent scouts to Xuchang to investigate the movements of Lu Bu's army. He then found that Fugou County, not far away, had not been captured by Lu Bu, so he immediately sent people to the county town to bring the county magistrate over.

When the old county magistrate saw Cao Cao, he immediately bowed: "My little man pays homage to the Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao said: "I'll ask you, have there been a large group of cavalry crossing the river recently?"

The old county magistrate hurriedly said: "There were about two days ago, and there were about tens of thousands of cavalry crossing Yingshui..."

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "It was indeed my guess!" Xun You next to him clasped his fists and said, "Prime Minister is wise!" Cao Cao told his orders: "You immediately set up a city on the bank of the river to block Lu Bu's retreat. I want Lu Bu to go without going back this time!" The generals clasped their fists and agreed, and ran down to work hard.

Seeing this, the old county magistrate hurriedly said, "Prime Minister, they, they have already left!"

Cao Cao was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Did you say they left? When did they leave?"

The old county magistrate said: "It was not long after they crossed the river that they turned around and crossed the river and returned to the north bank!..."

Cao Cao was surprised and frowned and muttered, "What's going on? What's going on in Lu Bu? Did he notice my intention? When did he become so smart?" Yan thought of this, he couldn't help but feel depressed. He originally thought he could block Lu Bu in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that he would be useless.
Chapter completed!