Cao Cao adopted Chen Mu's strategy and sent Cao Ren to pursue Lu Bu.
On the other hand, he ordered Xiahou Dun to be the vanguard to scout Runan.
On the other side.
Lu Bu and Chen Gong fled to Dingtao.
Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Zhang Liao, and the other generals also gathered at Dingtao.
The moment they counted the soldiers, everyone's hearts turned cold.
There were less than ten thousand soldiers in Dingtao!
The rations and supplies were almost all lost!
Whether it was Lu Bu, Chen Gong, or Zhang Miao, they all looked dejected.
When they raised their troops, they raised their arms and shouted. Almost all of Yanzhou rebelled against Cao Cao.
In the end.
In less than three months, all of them had become stray dogs!
"Gongtai, Meng Zhuo, I intend to join Yuan Shao again. What do you think?”
After a long time.
Lu Bu said.
Although I can't be the herdsman of Yanzhou.
However, with eight hundred Breaking Ranks and a few thousand soldiers, if they joined Yuan Shao, it would be enough for them to gain a foothold under Yuan Shao.
However, Chen Gong had a different opinion.
"Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have always been close. If we confront Cao Cao, Yuan Shao will definitely help Cao Cao.”
"Yuan Shu and Cao Cao have a conflict. If we join Yuan Shu, we can work together to resist Cao Cao!”
" I have offended Yuan Shao many times," Zhang Miao said." Yuan Shao once asked Cao Cao to kill me. If I go to Ye City, I will definitely die!"”
Lu Bu hesitated.
Lu Bu was very unhappy with Yuan Shu. When he heard Chen Gong and Zhang Miao say that they wanted to join Yuan Shu, Lu Bu said angrily,
"Yuan Shu is not a good person.”
"After Li Jue and Guo Si seized Chang 'an, the first thing I thought of was to join Yuan Shu.”
"But Yuan Shu chased me away. I still remember this humiliation!”
Chen Gong and Zhang Miao didn't expect Lu Bu and Yuan Shu to have such a past.
Although they knew that Lu Bu was definitely not telling the truth, the two of them temporarily gave up on the idea of joining Yuan Shu.
Chen Gong pondered for a moment and said,"I'm old friends with Tao Qian. When Cao attacked Xuzhou, I was a lobbyist for Tao Qian."”
"Wen Hou and Meng Zhuo rebelled against Cao and resolved the crisis of Xu Prefecture.”
"Why don't we go to Xu Prefecture and seek refuge with Tao Qian?”
Hearing this, Lu Bu immediately had a plan in mind.
"That Tao Qian is old. He definitely won't be able to be the Prefecture Overseer for long.”
"If I can gain Tao Qian's trust, perhaps Tao Qian will give Xu Prefecture to me!”
Immediately.
Lu Bu was overjoyed." I raised my army to help Tao Qian. Now that I'm in trouble, I expect that Tao Qian will treat me sincerely!"”
During the discussion.
Someone reported that Cao Ren led 10,000 troops and was heading toward Dingtao!
Lu Bu was shocked.”
Chen Gong quickly said," The Cao rebels are powerful. Our army lacks money, food, and supplies. We can't fight for long!"”
"There's no time to lose! We'll go to Xuzhou immediately!"
He made up his mind.
Lu Bu quickly ordered the three armies to leave for Xuzhou.
When Cao Ren arrived at Dingtao, there was only an empty city left!
Cao Ren was furious.
"Damned Lu Bu!"
"It wasn't easy for me to snatch this mission from Miao Cai and Yuan Rang. How could I let Lu Bu escape?”
"Pass down my order, pursue Lu Bu!"
"Anyone who catches Lu Bu will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"
If they were to fight head-on, Cao Ren naturally wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.
But now that Lu Bu had become a stray dog, so what if he was brave?
"I, Cao Ren, am not someone who knows how to fight generals!”
"I, Cao Ren, was personally praised by the lord. I am a person with great talent!”
"Lu Bu, I'll take your head as my contribution!”
Cao Ren's fighting spirit was high, and he led his army to pursue Lu Bu.
Poor Lu Bu, the army was short of food and was unable to fight Cao Ren. Cao Ren chased him all the way to Xiaopei!
At this moment, Xiao Pei.
Liu Bei was stationed here, hoarding money and food, training his soldiers, and thinking about when he could become the herdsman of Xuzhou!
But Liu Bei knew that he could not rush it.
This Tao Qian was not dead yet, and he was in such a hurry to become Xu Prefecture's Overseer. He would definitely be criticized by others!
Fortunately, the aristocratic families of Xu Prefecture had a good impression of Liu Bei.
Whether it was Mi Zhu from Donghai, Chen Deng from Xiapi, or Sun Qian from Zheng Xuan, they had all come to Xiaopei to visit Liu Bei.
Xiao Pei also had Chen Qun and his son, who handled the government affairs for Liu Bei.
Liu Bei searched for talents every day and found two more valiant generals.
One was Chen Dao from Runan, and the other was Xiahou Bo from Qiao County.
The two of them were from wealthy families in Yuzhou.
Hearing Liu Bei's reputation, they all led their troops to join him.
For a moment.
Liu Bei had both martial arts and literature, so his days were very carefree.
Today.
Liu Bei went to Xiaopei to ask for a visit.
Suddenly, Guan Yu rushed over." Big brother, there's an emergency. Two groups of soldiers have appeared in Xiaopei. Looking at their direction, they're coming from Yanzhou!"”
"From Yanzhou?" Liu Bei was slightly taken aback. He then recalled Chen Mu's deduction in Pingyuan County."Lu Bu and Cao Cao are fighting in Yanzhou. If Cao Cao loses, he will definitely join Yuan Shao.”
Suddenly.
Liu Bei's face sank." Chen Gong is old friends with Tao Qian. What if Tao Qian gives Xuzhou to Lu Bu again? Lu Bu is not a modest person. Wouldn't I be drawing water with a bamboo basket for nothing?"”
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