Hearing Xi Yu's words, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia were at a loss: Why is Mr. Xi talking so nonsense? Is he suffering from heart failure?

Although the two of them were worried about Xi Yu's illness, they only dared to ask curiously, "Sir, what is a plumber and what is housekeeping?"

……

A month has passed, and Pingshou City is still very peaceful. Lu Bu closed the city gate and stood guard.

Despite this, Xi Yu still did not dare to be careless. He had already made careful arrangements and would never give Lu Bu a chance to make a sneak attack or break through.

Even if Lu Bu can break out, he can only go west.

On this day, Huang Zhong brought the latest battle report from the west.

"Sir, I just received news that Duke Cao set out from Xuchang and personally deployed defenses along the river, completely blocking Yuan Shao's way of rescuing Lu Bu."

"Okay." Xi Yu nodded.

As expected of Cao Cao.

In Xi Yu's view, Cao Cao's strategic vision is one of the best among the princes today. Apart from this, only Yuan Hao may be able to compare with him.

However, Yuan Shao has an unstable personality, so he can only occasionally be as resourceful and far-reaching as Cao Cao. More often, Yuan Shao is resourceful but not good at making decisions. The difference between him and Cao Cao is really huge.

Yuan Shao had many ideas, but he was procrastinating and not decisive.

After learning that Cao Cao had arrived near Guandu and vigorously deployed defenses, even Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan stopped entering Qingzhou.

Cao Cao therefore took the opportunity to occupy the Yellow River and Jishui, and set up a camp with 3,000 troops stationed to accompany Cao Ren, with Xu Chu serving as his guard.

There are 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed around the camp, but the surrounding terrain is not flat, which results in the camps being scattered and not centralized enough.

"I see..." After listening to Huang Zhong's report, Xi Yu nodded, now he knew what Cao Cao was doing behind him.

Since Cao Cao is willing to deploy the defense himself, if he sees Yuan Shao withdrawing his troops, he will probably follow him back to Xuchang.

"Has my lord returned to Xuchang? Which general is stationed in He and Jishui now? Is it General Cao Ren?"

Xiyu asked.

Cao Ren is a general who can advance and retreat in a controlled manner. He can advance and attack, and retreat and defend. Although he dare not say that he is "enchanted" with his troops, he still has his own unique features.

For Cao Cao, Cao Ren was a rare general under his command.

If Cao Ren were stationed in He and Ji, the defense would be simple and Lu Bu would have nowhere to escape.

"It's not General Cao Ren, but Duke Cao himself who is guarding it. He wants to watch the battle from a high place."

"Gong Cao's original words were that he wanted to see with his own eyes how Xuzhou's soldiers and horses defeated Lu Bu!"

"Cao Gong even promised that on the day when your Majesty's troops defeat Lu Bu, he and your Majesty will compose poems and have a good time drinking and talking by the river in Beihai!"

Huang Zhong said with a smile.

This recent battle has been very easy.

They only need to absolutely obey Xi Yu's leadership and deployment, follow Xi Yu's combat strategy, and work step by step. First, they will find a way to obtain a map of the surrounding area, then spy on the strength of the defense forces, and finally, they will either occupy the passes, valley entrances, or forests where the ambush can be buried.

, or destroy it directly.

Then he used black cavalry and white cavalry as threats to assassinate the generals around Lu Bu and destroy their supplies, so that Lu Bu did not dare to camp in the wild and had to stay close to the city, thus constantly suppressing the scope of activities of Lu Bu's troops.

Xi Yu wanted to use this strategy to gradually devour Lu Bu's troops, then gather the people in the city, and finally bring all the people in Qingzhou to submit voluntarily.

However, if Xi Yu's plan succeeds, to Lu Bu, it will be tantamount to a slap on Lu Bu's cheek.

I will seize the land that you, Lu Bu, cannot manage, and I will help you manage it. In the end, the people in the city will still be grateful to me, and even scold you, Lu Bu, for your incompetence. How can Lu Bu not be angry like this?!<

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"What did you say?!" Xi Yu said loudly with a look of shock on his face, "Brother, do you call this personal guarding?!"

"The last time we said goodbye, I asked you to keep it in mind, but now it seems that you have forgotten it again!

Xi Yu sighed, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to start wandering again and actually leave the land of Xuchang.

……

A few days later, the golden sunset gradually disappeared, and the dark night slowly fell.

Yellow River, Jishui Camp, the Chinese military camp built along the river.

While Cao Cao was eating, he looked at the map not far away.

Cao Cao ordered his scouts to make many improvements based on Xi Yu's map, but continued to use the scale and labels created by Xi Yu, and later used simplified graphics to construct lines.

Although the scout map is not as good as Xi Yu's White Cavalry, the improved map looks much clearer and more detailed than before.

At this time, Cheng Yu, who had been standing next to Cao Cao, looked quite flustered and nervous.

"Prime Minister, now Lu Bu is at the end of his rope, but don't pursue the poor enemy, and give him a way to survive!"

"If we push Lu Bu too hard, Lu Bu will definitely risk his life to resist. This will not be easy for us. We might as well go back first. After the situation here is completely stable, it would be good to come back here or here again!"<

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Hearing this, Cao Cao smiled lightly while eating, "Haha... Cheng Yu, when did you become so timid and fearful?"

"This, my lord, is not a sign of being timid, but a sign of caution."

"Hahaha..."

Cao Cao tapped on the map with his chopsticks and said calmly, "Now the defense strategy of our military camp is to lure the king into the urn."

"It's best for Lu Bu to come, but I'm worried that Lu Bu won't dare to come. If Lu Bu wants to break out, he has to escape to the west. If we can capture the Yellow River, Jishui and other places to the west, Lu Bu can successfully escape to Yuan Shao."

"In my opinion, Yuan Shaopi will never lead troops to rescue Lu Bu."

Cao Cao was full of confidence and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Cheng Yu, as a commander and a general, you must not change your composure even if Mount Tai collapses in front of you!"

"This..." Cheng Yu was stunned and muttered.

"What are you mumbling about? Why don't you speak louder?"

"Ah, I mean... Master Xi, you have romantic feelings."

"What is it? Feelings?" Cao Cao was very anxious, what the hell is this?

Cheng Yu thought for a moment and quickly explained.

"Romanticism, doctrine, feelings," Cheng Yu thought for a moment and said, "Probably, it's the pursuit of very beautiful things, such as composing poems by the river..."

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Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Hahaha! Yes, yes, I call it romanticism? It's a really nice name."

"Cheng Yu! Remember, no matter when, where, or what happens, you must stay calm and don't panic, and don't get angry. Anger will only reduce your wisdom and decisiveness. Do you understand?"

Cao Cao gave a serious and thoughtful lesson.

However, as soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, in the military tent at the door, a man suddenly came with a strong wind.

As soon as this person came in, he opened the curtain and came in with a strong wind. Cao Ren looked extremely panicked, and he arrived in front of Cao Cao in a few short steps.

"Lord, something serious has happened. Please leave quickly. Lu Bu is rushing towards our Chinese army camp!!"

"What are you talking about?!" Cao Cao yelled, holding the meal in his right hand with a look of shock on his face.

"My lord, Lu Bu knew that you were in the army, yet he dared to attack on his own initiative. In my opinion, Lu Bu was desperate and had to defend himself. Now Lu Bu must want to fight to the death!!"

After saying this, Cao Ren glanced at Cao Cao, then gave a look to Su Wei and Xu Chu, asking a few people to take Cao Cao away.

Cao Cao said in disbelief, "Why do you want me to leave?! If you want me to leave, I will never agree!"

Cao Cao said disapprovingly, "Even if Lu Bu comes to kill me, I believe you can definitely kill Lu Bu for me. Even if you use arrows, you can kill him with random arrows!"

"Is it possible that he, Lu Bu, still dares to go out in force?!"

Cao Cao looked very unhappy.

Upon seeing this, Cao Ren immediately knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said: "We have already stopped him, but Lu Bu has already decided to die. I dare to conclude that Lu Bu wants to die with his lord this time!!"

Yu Jin: "What?"

Cao Cao rolled his eyes, looked nervous, and smiled slightly, "Haha, is that so?!!"

"Bang!"

Cao Cao suddenly put the bowl on the dining table.

"Absolutely impossible!! Lu Bu can be so ferocious?!"

Cao Cao's body shook violently, and his heart was very complicated. But at this moment, Cao Ren had just returned from the front line, which meant that Lu Bu had indeed come to kill him.

Judging from Cao Ren's tone and expression, Lu Bu must have come with the intention of dying this time.

Cao Cao asked in a deep voice, "How many troops did Lu Bu come this time?"

Cao Ren replied eagerly, "Lü Bu dispatched almost all the troops and horses from Bingzhou this time, and also mobilized a large number of troops from Qingzhou, the total number is by no means less than 30,000!"

"Furthermore, facing the encirclement, Lu Bu had no scruples at all and charged fiercely all the way!"

Cao Ren looked at Cao Cao, "If we delay any longer, it will be difficult for us to have a chance to evacuate!"

Xu Chu knew very well that Cao Ren would never be alarmist at this moment. Cao Ren and others must have been almost unable to resist Lu Bu's oncoming attack.
To be continued...