Leading an army of 20,000 to advance towards Xiaopei, arriving only six or seven miles away from Xiaopei, Lu Bu found an army facing them in front of him.

The sun had set, and the orange sun covered the land.

Although he was still a few miles away from Xiao Pei, Lu Bu seemed to smell a faint smell of blood in the air.

The team slowly moved forward, and the black-pressed Cao Jun array gradually appeared in Lu Bu's field of vision.

Seeing the large array of Cao's army at sunset in front of him, Lu Bu raised his arm and stopped the march of the army.

"Array!" Looking at the Cao Jun who appeared in front of him, Lu Bu lowered his voice and gave the order to line up with his own soldiers behind him.

The soldiers answered, then turned their horses and shouted to the army in the rear: "The general has an order, line up!" ”

The order to line up was issued, and the 20,000 Xuzhou troops immediately set up a formation.

Compared with the Cao army, the Xuzhou army under Lu Bu lacked training and had not experienced much war, although the number was more than the Cao army, when looking at the Cao army, many soldiers showed a trace of fear.

Lu Bu's army stopped marching, and the Cao army in front had no intention of advancing towards them.

The sun had set below the horizon, and there was only a patch of orange on the horizon, and night was about to fall.

A few days later, Liu Wei in Luoyang City got the report of the battle.

Holding the battle report from the scout in front of him, Liu Wei faced the lake in the back garden, and was silent for a long time before ordering to a personal soldier behind him: "Go and invite General Deng." ”

After the soldiers left, Liu Wei held the letter in his hand, stared at the sparkling lake in front of him, and was speechless for a long time.

Although Wang Liu promised to be the master of Liu Wei's children, the children had not yet grown up to the age of being able to learn swordsmanship.

Now she still follows behind Liu Bian, and bears the responsibility of protecting Liu Biao with Wang Zhen, but she no longer has to worry about the palace guards.

Liu Wei stood by the lake, speechless for a long time, Wang Liu and Wang Zhen, who were standing behind him, glanced at each other, and did not dare to ask Liu Wei what happened.

Soon after being ordered to summon Deng Zhan's guards to leave, Deng Zhan hurried to the Luoyang Palace.

"Your Highness!" Under the guidance of the guards, he walked quickly behind Liu Bian, Deng Zhan clasped his fists with both hands, bowed down to Liu Bian, and asked, "I heard that His Royal Highness summoned the last general, but what about the last general going to Xuzhou?" ”

"You take a look at this first!" Handing the battle report in his hand to Deng Zhan, Liu Wei frowned tightly, still looking at the lake in front of him, and did not look back at all.

Taking the battle report from Liu Bian's hand, Deng Zhan briefly skimmed the side, and when he finished reading it, he asked Liu Bian with a slightly confused expression: "Your Highness, the Xuzhou army and the Cao army are fighting near Xiaopei, and the victory or defeat of the two sides is unknown......

"The outcome is unknown!" Before Deng Zhan's words were finished, Liu Wei turned to him and said, "Lu Bu, this guy is willing to completely bury the Xuzhou army!" ”

"Your Highness, this ......" Holding the letter in his hand, Deng Zhan's expression became more and more confused, and he asked Liu Bian: "How can you see that Lu Bu is going to be defeated?" ”

"The Cao army under Xiahoudun and Li Dian is now short of military food and the soldiers have no winter clothes!" Looking at Deng Zhan, Liu Wei frowned, and said to him: "What Lu Bu has to do now is just order Xiao Pei to defend it. Although Xiaopei City is not high, and there are not many defenders in the city, there is no problem in defending the first half of the month and January! ”

"In this way, Lu Bu started the decisive battle too early......" Liu Wei said this, Deng Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then said as if he suddenly realized: "If Lu Bu drags on for some time, the morale of the Cao army will definitely be discharged, and then the decisive battle will be launched, and it can be broken in one fell swoop!" ”

"General Deng only said one thing, but he didn't say the second!" Liu Wei raised his finger and shook it in front of his nose, and said to Deng Zhan: "Lu Bu only needs to be patient for more than ten days, and the Cao army will not be able to break through Xiaopei, and the morale will definitely be low." But today's Cao army has no military rations, no winter clothes, and no support from the people in Xuzhou. They are born after death, and once they are engaged, the soldiers will not have to die! And Lu Bu's army was a temporary patchwork, and it had never experienced war at all, so how could it fight with Cao's army? ”

"General Deng!" Having said this, Liu Wei turned to Deng Zhan and said: "Although it is not yet winter, this king expects that once this winter is over, Cao Jun will definitely enter Xuzhou in the spring of the next year, and Lu Bu's defeat will only be in the spring!" You immediately lead the dragoon guards to Xuzhou, remember not to fight with Cao Jun, just wait for Lu Bu's defeat and save him before Cao Jun kills him! ”

"No!" After Liu Wei's order, Deng Zhan responded and said to Liu Wei: "The last general will leave for Xuzhou." ”

"And!" Deng Zhan was just about to turn around, but Liu Wei called him again and said to him: "Lu Bu has a deep love for Princess Anyang, Princess Anyang is unwilling to come to Luoyang to avoid the war, and I think I am also ready to die with Lu Bu." While rescuing Lu Bu, he also rescued Princess Anyang and Chen Gong, and the king of Chen Gong kept him useful! ”

"Your Highness, rest assured!" He hugged his fists again and saluted Liu Bian, and Deng Zhan said to Liu Bian: "The last general will retire!" ”

watched Deng Zhan leave, until Deng Zhan's figure disappeared from view, Liu Wei turned his head to look at the sparkling lake, and an extremely complicated look flashed in his eyes.

"Your Highness!" Just as Liu Wei was looking at the lake and distracted, a not-so-familiar woman's voice came from behind him.

Hearing the woman's voice, Liu Wei turned around and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

What appeared in his sight was the Yan family and the Cao family who came to Luoyang for refuge.

Since coming to Luoyang, the two women rarely go out all day, and even the princesses who live in the palace have never seen them much.

As soon as Lu Bu engaged Cao Jun in Xuzhou, they came to look for Liu Bian, which made Liu Bian have some doubts in his heart.

"Your Highness!" Before Liu Wei approached, Yan and Cao first saluted Liu Wei, and then Yan asked, "I wonder if Your Highness has any news?" ”

"Nope!" After receiving the battle report, Liu Wei knew that Lu Bu would lose this battle, and Xuzhou would also set at the hands of Cao Jun sooner or later, but he did not need to inform Lu Bu's two wives of this situation, so he lied to Yan and Cao as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Oh!" After getting Liu Wei's answer, Yan and Cao pursed their lips tightly, but the two did not leave.

"What else is wrong with the two ladies?" Seeing that the two of them did not leave, Liu Wei knew that they had other things, so he asked.

"Without him!" Yan and Cao blessed Liu Wei again, first glanced at each other, and then Yan said to Liu Wei: "Yesterday evening, both of us had a dream, dreaming that Wen Hou was covered in blood and walked towards us......"

"The war in Xuzhou is urgent, and the two ladies think about it day and night!" When Yan said that she and Cao both dreamed that Lu Bu appeared in front of them covered in blood, Liu Wei was shocked, and secretly sighed that people's intuition is sometimes extremely sharp, but he didn't say anything about receiving the Xuzhou battle report.

Liu Wei opened his mouth to convince him, but Yan and Cao lowered their heads and did not say anything.

After a moment of silence, the cheeks of the two women suddenly turned red, and they all knelt down for Liu Wei.

Their actions made Liu Wei suddenly a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly stepped forward to support them and said, "Two ladies, why is this? Get up! ”

"The two of us know that Wen Hou can't live with His Highness that day!" Liu Wei stepped forward to help, but Yan and Cao did not stand up, Cao lowered his head and remained silent, while Lu Bu's wife Yan looked up at Liu Bian, and said to Liu Wei with tears in her eyes: "The concubine has been married for ten years in Wenhou, and she also knows him well. Wen Hou is not a faithless and unrighteous person, but he was instigated by the villain that day......"

"Two ladies, please get up, this king knows!" Seeing that the Yan clan was helping him up, Liu Wei raised his hand to the Cao clan who was kneeling on the side, and asked them, "The two ladies want this king to send troops to reinforce Fengxian?" ”

From Liu Bian's mouth to say this, Yan and Cao suddenly felt that the purpose of their coming here was likely to be achieved, and after glancing at each other, Yan lowered his head and said to Liu Bian: "If Your Highness is willing to rescue Wen Hou, even if you are slaves and maids, you will have to repay Your Highness!" ”

"This king is also reluctant to die first!" Looking at the two women in front of him, Liu Weizhen didn't know how to answer them, turned to look at the lake, sighed lightly and said: "It's just that the military food in Luoyang City is insufficient, even if this king has the heart, it is difficult to ......."

"Your Highness......" Liu Bian's words undoubtedly rejected their request, and the newly ignited hope of the Yan and Cao clans was instantly extinguished, and Qi Qi looked up at Liu Bian and called out.

Liu Wei didn't look back, and was silent for a while before saying to Yan and Cao: "If you want this king to send troops to Xuzhou, it is absolutely impossible!" But this king can promise you two here today, so that you two can meet the living Fengxian in the future! ”

The Yan family and the Cao family were originally women with no ambitions, and they came to beg Liu Bi to ask Liu Bi to send troops to save Lu Bu.

After getting Liu Bian's promise, the two were already satisfied, and hurriedly blessed Liu Bian and said: "If Your Highness saves Wen Hou, the two of us are willing to be slaves and maids, and we are willing to persuade Wen Hou to swear allegiance to Your Highness!" ”

With his back to the two, Liu Wei raised an arm to stop them from continuing, and said to them: "The two ladies go back to rest, this king must think about how to protect Feng Xian from dying!" ”

Hearing Liu Bian's words, Yan and Cao were afraid of disturbing his train of thought, so they hurriedly told Liu Biao to retreat and returned to their residence.

Looking at the backs of Yan and Cao's departure, it wasn't until the two of them were far away that Wang Liu whispered to Liu Bian: "Your Highness has already ordered General Deng to lead the dragon cavalry guards into Xuzhou, why didn't you inform the two?" ”

"The dragoon guards enter Xuzhou, and the fewer people who know, the better!" Looking at the lake, Liu Wei did not look back and said to Wang Liu, "Except for the staff and generals, there are not many people who know about this, tell them that if it spreads, Deng Zhan's actions will be more restrictive!" ”