Yuan Shu saw that Chen Gong refuted his words, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen, what you said is not right, when you were stationed outside Shangyong City, General Lu once said that it was because Wang Can was cowardly, so he withdrew his troops. As for why Wang Can led the people to retreat, I think Wang Can wanted to use the people as a shield wall to block our advance, don't you understand such a simple reason? ”

When Chen Gong heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Lu Bu snorted and said, "Gongtai, since you are afraid, stay in the city, and I will take the soldiers to pursue Wang Can, and I won't bother you." As he spoke, Lu Bu looked at Yuan Shu and said: "Wang Can withdraws his troops, this is a good opportunity given to us by God, can we defeat Wang Can in one fell swoop, it's all today, is General Yuan willing to send troops together?" ”

Yuan Shu said proudly: "General Lu is going to hunt down Wang Can, how can he be without Yuan." ”

Zhang Liao's brows furrowed slightly, and he said with some concern: "Lord, Wang Can suddenly led the army to evacuate Shangyong City, and the last general felt a little strange. ”

Lu Bu's face turned cold, and he shouted: "Wen Yuan, if you don't have the courage to lead the troops to chase and kill Wang Can, stay in the city and accompany the public platform." This general can lead the troops alone, and he can also kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. ”

Zhang Liao was silent and didn't speak, so he could only follow Lu Bu to hunt down Wang Can.

Yuan Shu and Lu Bu discussed, and then left the county hall together, gathering soldiers to hunt down Wang Can.

Among the armies of Yuan and Lü, only Chen Gong stayed with some soldiers.

After Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Yuan Shu led the troops away, Chen Gong was still a little apprehensive in his heart, although he couldn't figure out what was going on, but his intuition felt that this was Wang Can's plan to lure the enemy, but he couldn't say why, and he couldn't give evidence, because from the signs of Wang Can's withdrawal, it all showed that Wang Can had retreated, after all, the people's things were emptied.

Worried in his heart, he asked the soldiers to leave Shangyong City and camp outside the city.

……

Lü Bu and Yuan Shu sent troops together and sent countless scouts to find out the news.

Yuan Shu was high-spirited and high-spirited, riding on a horse and looking forward to defeating Wang Can.

He said in a deep voice: "General Lu, although Chen Gong told us that we can't divide the interests of Yizhou after defeating Wang Can, we are so far away from Yizhou, but Cao Cao is the closest to Yizhou, so I think we should go to Yizhou for a trip and leave directly after taking food, people, and money." In this way, there is no such thing as sharing interests with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. ”

Lu Bu looked at Yuan Shu and said, "General Yuan, you haven't been planning this thing for a day or two!" ”

Yuan Shu smiled and said: "Chen Gong's words do make sense, because because the princes of our four roads attacked Wang Can together, the benefits must be divided according to the merits and their own strength, but the two of us are weak, so we still leave early with the people, money, and food, what do you think?" ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "General Yuan's words are reasonable, the people of Yizhou have a solid family background, there are countless grains and grasses, and the population is also large, which is exactly the target of our plunder." After defeating Wang Can, we went directly to Chengdu and plundered, and then retreated from Yizhou and returned to their respective jurisdictions. At that time, even if Cao Cao and Yuan Shao complained, we were not afraid of them. ”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a cavalryman in front of the army came running quickly. The cavalryman roared loudly, a look of joy on his face. He ran to Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, turned over and dismounted, and knelt on the ground to report: "Report, Wang Can's army has been found ten miles ahead!" ”

Yuan Shu immediately asked, "Have you ever found out how many people?" ”

The soldier replied: "There are tens of thousands of soldiers, who are protecting the people's advance!" ”

"Hahaha......"

After Yuan Shu heard this, he laughed and said: "People say that Wang Can is very good at fighting, but I think Wang Can is nothing more than this, and he actually protects the people to advance." Hey, I thought Wang Can would use the people as a human wall to block our advance, but now Wang Can has soldiers protect the people, and he puts the army in danger for the sake of mercy, stupid, stupid, but I like it! ”

Lu Bu looked at Yuan Shu and said, "General Yuan, speed up!" ”

Yuan Shu nodded and moved forward quickly with Lu Bu.

……

Wang Can led the troops to hurry with the people, and the soldiers were behind, and the people were in front.

The people knew that there would definitely be enemy troops chasing them, so they all hurried up when they were in a hurry, young people supported the elderly, middle-aged people held children, and women and children also carried skirts and hurried away.

Even so, the speed of the journey was not fast.

In the rear, Wang Can took Dian Wei, Xu Shu, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai to the rear, while Fa Zheng, Lü Meng, Chen Zhi and Zhang Ren advanced with soldiers to protect the people. In this hurry, the baggage, silk and cloth, money, and food of the army are all behind, which is the most critical thing and very important.

Wang Can rode a black horse and slowly advanced.

Xu Shu followed Wang Can and asked, "Lord, our army has traveled so far, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu must have found that Shangyong has become an empty city, do the army temporarily stop and prepare to arrange a strategy to deal with Yuan Shu and Lu Bu's army." ”

In fact, Xu Shu has already achieved his goal.

Lu Bu and Yuan Shu attacked Shangyong City, but because they did not take Shangyong City, they lost their troops and generals, so they retreated in the camp and did not come out. Now, according to Xu Shu's strategy, after the people evacuate Shangyong, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu will definitely chase after them.

"Da! Da! ……”

In the rear of the army, a scout rode quickly in front of Wang Can, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and reported: "Report, more than 100 cavalry rushed eight miles from the rear!" ”

Wang Can looked at Xu Shu, a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, knowing that Yuan Shu and Lu Bu were coming.

After the scouts retreated, less than a quarter of an hour later, another soldier came running to report: "Report! More than 500 cavalry were found five miles behind, and they were quickly chasing! ”

Immediately afterwards, another scout ran back and reported: "Report, countless infantry have been found five miles behind, and they are quickly chasing after them." ”

With such frequent news coming back, Zhou Tai and the others also knew that Yuan Shu and Lu Bu were coming.

Gan Ning clenched his fists and said, "Lord, the enemy army has already chased after you, how can we attack them?" ”

Xu Shu arched his hand and said: "Lord, the official road is surrounded by either small hills or woods, just enough for the army to ambush on both sides, and when Yuan Shu and Lu Bu catch up, we will immediately launch an attack and defeat them in one fell swoop." ”

Yuan Shu and Lu Bu led the troops to kill, and it was time to fight.

Dian Wei looked excited, and there was a happy look on his face.

After he fought with Lu Bu, he already wanted to fight with Lu Bu in his heart. Now Yuan Shu and Lu Bu are chasing after him, which just gives him the opportunity to kill Lu Bu. Dian Wei saw that Wang Can was silent, his expression was a little anxious, and he said: "Lord, give an order quickly, otherwise when they catch up, we will not be able to set up an ambush." ”

Zhou Tai said: "We have so many people, we will definitely be able to kill Lu Bu in one fell swoop!" ”

Wang Can did not speak, but turned over and dismounted, walked to the baggage, money, silk cloth and other items carried by the army, and said: "We are going to set up an ambush, but we must also set up a cover. He gave orders and scattered all his baggage on the ground, and scattered his money along the official road. ”

An order made the generals' faces change greatly.

PS: The fourth shift is completed, and the rest is finished.