In the Xiangling Tomb, which is only more than 20 miles away from Shouchun City, a Cao army of tens of thousands of people is resting in the mountain nest.

This Cao army had not fought with the Huainan army for several days, and the nearby Huainan army did not take the initiative to look for them.

After months of continuous fighting, the two warring sides seemed to have formed a tacit understanding, they only fought a small battle in the field, but a large-scale decisive battle and siege never happened.

Seeing that it was almost late autumn, the weather was gradually getting cooler.

Although Huainan is located in the Huaishui area, it will be very cold in winter.

On the surrounding hills, most of the vegetation has withered.

Standing in the mountain nest, Xiahoudun looked up at the hazy sky, and his brows tightened.

"General Xiahou, what's wrong?" Looking at the sky, a voice came from behind Xia Houdun, and then a roasted rabbit leg was handed to him, only to hear the voice continue: "The weather is going to be cold, if you are hungry again, it is really unbearable!" ”

After taking the rabbit leg handed to him, Xiahoudun did not bow his head, but asked the general who handed him a rabbit leg: "General Li, the weather is going to be cold, if our army is still trapped in Huainan, I am afraid that it will not be able to advance to Xuzhou this year, why do you say Cao Gong is delaying these days?" ”

"I don't know!" Li Dian shook his head, his face was also at a loss, as if he was talking to himself: "The weather is getting colder, and winter will soon begin, even if you enter Xuzhou now, I am afraid that it will not be easy to fight in winter!" ”

"yes!" Nodding, Xiahoudun bit the rabbit leg fiercely, and said to Li Dian: "Since I came to Huainan, I have been fighting with these rabbits and pheasants every day, and I don't know when I will really fight." ”

"Yuan Shu is shrinking in Shouchun, Shouchun City is high and deep, and it is not easy for our army to attack the city!" Shaking his head, Li Dian also said with some annoyance: "Our army is outside the city, and the soldiers are angry with wild beasts all day long, and if this goes on for a long time, I am afraid that the fighting spirit will also be lost." ”

"Report!" While the two were talking, a soldier ran towards them quickly, and when they reached the two of them, the soldier took out a letter from his arms, held the letter in both hands and handed it to Xiahoudun, and said to Xiahoudun: "Duke Cao ordered someone to send a letter. ”

Hearing that Cao Cao ordered someone to send a letter, Xiahoudun first glanced at Li Dian, hurriedly took the letter, and couldn't wait to open it.

After briefly browsing the contents of the letter, Xiahoudun suddenly showed joy and said to Li Dian: "Duke Cao ordered me to send troops to Xuzhou, take Xiaopei first, and then advance to Xuzhou." In the near future, Xiahou Yuan will also lead the army to Xuzhou to help us! ”

After listening to Xiahoudun's words, Li Dian hurriedly took the letter and read it carefully.

When he finished reading the letter, his face was already full of smiles, and he said to Xiahoudun: "In this way, our army will not have to suffer from this old god's idle spirit in the cold and freezing!" ”

"That's what General Lee said!" After receiving the order to march to Xuzhou, Xiahou was as happy as Li Dian in his heart, and hurriedly said to the soldiers who reported the news: "Pass the order, and the army will start immediately!" ”

"No!" I had already heard what was written in the letter from the words of Xiahoudun and Li Dian, and when Xiahoudun announced that he would immediately send troops, the soldiers hurriedly answered and ran to convey the order to the whole army.

The soldiers of the Cao army, who had lived in the mountains for a long time and had long been bored all day long, cheered together after receiving the order to advance to Xuzhou.

They cheered, not because there was a battle to fight, but because they no longer had to be suffocated in this mountain nest.

It was still early autumn when this Cao army set out, and the clothes on the soldiers were not very thick.

It was late autumn, and under the golden wind, scorched leaves fell from the branches of the trees, writhing their characteristic dance in mid-air, and falling to the ground.

Leaving the mountains of Xiangling, the soldiers of the Cao army who followed behind Xiahoudun and Li Dian were frozen in the cold wind one by one, and their necks were shrunk.

As soon as he got out of the mountain, a soldier of the Cao army looked up at the cloudy sky and muttered: "It's going to rain, I'm afraid this winter will come very early." ”

"As long as you don't freeze to death!" The autumn wind blew on his body, and another soldier reached out and hugged his shoulder, and also said: "If I get to Xuzhou, there is still nowhere to go, I am afraid that I will suffer this winter......

After a long delay in Huainan, tens of thousands of Cao soldiers had already held back a depression in their hearts, and when they left the Xiangling Tomb, this resentment was suddenly vented.

At first, it was just a few soldiers muttering quietly, but gradually more and more Cao soldiers participated in the discussion, and the soldiers spoke louder and louder.

Hearing the army behind him talking to each other while walking, expressing his dissatisfaction with coming to Huainan, Xiahoudun frowned, and was about to turn his head to stop the officers and soldiers who were talking, Li Dian hurriedly shook his head at him.

Seeing Li Dian shaking his head, although Xiahoudun didn't know what Li Dian's intentions were, he didn't say anything, and rode towards Xuzhou with Li Dian.

A day later, this Cao army was already very close to the border of Xuzhou, and Lu Bu in Xuzhou City had already received the news that Xiahoudun had led the army to Xuzhou.

In the Xuzhou official mansion, when he learned that Xiahoudun was about to lead the army, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart.

With his hands behind his back, Lu Bu paced back and forth in the study, his expression couldn't help but reveal a little worry.

In addition to Lu Bu in the study, there was also a person kneeling, this person was none other than Chen Gong, who Lu Bu had relied on as a think tank for many days.

"Warm wait!" Watching Lu Bu walk back and forth in the study for many times, Chen Gong finally couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Lu Bu: "When Cao Jun enters Xuzhou, Wen Hou only needs to order troops to meet the battle, why are you so worried?" ”

"Cao's army is powerful, and now it's just Xiahoudun's department entering Xuzhou." Hearing Chen Gong call him, Lu Bu stopped and said to Chen Gong: "If Cao Cao comes to Xuzhou from Xuchang again, with Xuzhou troops, how will we deal with it?" ”

"Before the war started, Wen Hou lost his courage first, if this matter reached the ears of the soldiers, I don't know how the soldiers thought!" Looking at Lu Bu, who was looking anxious, Chen Gong stood up and said to him: "Xiao Pei and Xuzhou are in a horn situation, and they cooperate with each other, and they can attack and retreat and defend. Xiahoudun and Li Dian led the army into Xuzhou and must go to Xiaopei. Wen Hou only needs to lead the army in the middle of the interception, and he will definitely succeed! ”

"What the public station said is true, a certain is not afraid of death!" Chen Gong's words didn't seem to attract Lu Bu's attention, Lu Bu walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, sighed and said: "The one who said that he was worried was the wife of the family and the little ......."

"Warm wait!" Lu Bu also mentioned that his family and his wife were young at this time, Chen Gong couldn't help but feel depressed in his heart, and hurriedly said to him: "The two ladies Yan and Cao have now gone to Luoyang, and the only one who stays by Wen Hou's side is Princess Anyang!" With the ability to warm and wait, can't Princess Anyang still be protected? ”

Although Chen Gong's words made some sense, for some reason, Lu Bu just felt bored in his heart.

Thinking about it carefully, he really has nothing to worry about except worrying about his family.

"Now that the weather is getting cooler, the Cao army that entered Xuzhou from Huainan lacks food and grass, and he is also wearing summer clothes!" Seeing that Lu Bu was still standing at the window and looking out, Chen Gong then said to him: "Wen Hou ordered Xiao Pei to defend to the death, and then personally led the army, set out from Xuzhou, and intercepted and killed them in the middle of the road when the Cao army attacked Xiao Pei. Even if Cao Cao led the army to come and Xiahou Xuan's department was destroyed, Cao's army was alone, and Xuzhou was defended! ”

"The public platform is reasonable!" Although the boredom in his heart was still not relieved at all, Lu Bu listened to what Chen Gong said, nodded, and said to Chen Gong: "Tomorrow, I will lead the army to intercept and kill Xiahou Dun!" ”

"Not tomorrow!" As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Chen Gong hurriedly stopped: "Xuzhou has few soldiers, although most of the soldiers and horses under Xiahoudun are poorly equipped, but they are superior in numbers. If Wen Hou leads the army to attack directly, I am afraid that he will not get much benefit! ”

"So what should I do?" As soon as the plan to lead the troops to intercept and kill Xiahoudun and Li Dian was vetoed by Chen Gong, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel bored for a while, and asked Chen Gong: "How does Gongtai think it is appropriate?" ”

"Stay until Xiahou Dun's department surrounds Xiao Pei!" Lu Bu asked how to deal with Cao Jun, and Chen Gong hurriedly said to him: "Xiahou Dun is brave and martial, and his strategy is insufficient, but he is a martial artist. Li Dian, who came with him, was a wise general, I am afraid that before entering Xuzhou, Li Dian had already planned well in the middle of the road, as long as he waited for them to intercept and kill them, I am afraid that he would fall into the trap they had already deployed. For today's plan, only when the Cao army surrounds Xiaopei, reinforcements will be made! ”

Knowing that Cao Jun had entered Xuzhou, Lu Bu, who was already a little unstable in his heart, listened to Chen Gong's words, but the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

At the same time, in Cao Cao's study in Xuchang City.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia sat facing each other, and the two of them were looking intently at the chessboard, deciding the outcome of the chess game, as if they didn't know that Xiahoudun and Li Dian had already led the army into Xuzhou.

"A certain game with Fengxiao has been more than a dozen games." While landing a sunspot on the chessboard, Cao Cao said to Guo Jia: "This chess game is really like a battlefield, arranging troops and setting out to fight, it is really exquisite!" ”

"The game on the battlefield is not the same as the game in the world!" After Cao Cao lost a piece, Guo Jia also put a white piece on the chessboard and said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong is a person who plays games because of the world, why should he mind a win and a loss on this battlefield?" ”

"If you can't win on the battlefield, how can you win the world?" Another piece fell on the chessboard, Cao Cao looked at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, and said to Guo Jia: "With Fengxiao, even if it is a game in the world, I am afraid that it will be handy!" ”