This time, Lu Bu led the army to concentrate all his efforts against Yuan Shu. Although he achieved a great victory, it led to the emptiness of the power on the northern border. Lu Bu did not expect that this would become a fatal negligence. Although Chen Gong, the strategist in Lu Bu's army, thought of this, he believed that it was the righteousness of his own side to go to war with Yuan Shu. I believe that Cao Cao would not dare to attack him at this time at any time. In addition, Yuan Shu had mobilized more than 100,000 troops before, and the pressure on him was very huge. He knew that drawing troops from the north to fight was actually equivalent to drinking poison to quench his thirst, but he couldn't control so much.

But at this moment, Cao Cao had secretly mobilized 50,000 troops and led him to Taishan County in person. He took advantage of Lu Bu's victory in the battle and was not prepared for his own defense and directly led his army to launch a sneak attack on Xia Pi.

The person who came up with this idea for Cao Cao was Sima Yi, the newly appointed military advisor of Cao Cao. Although Sima Yi was young, he was no worse than Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others. He was especially good at conspiracy and tricks, and he could be said to be a terrible person.

In fact, Sima Yi was originally from Wen County, Hanoi, but due to the war, he strongly advocated moving to Liyang with his brothers. This was Yuan Shao's territory. Originally, this place was a very safe place, but since Yuan Shao was defeated in the war in Hanoi, it has become unsafe. Although Pei Qing did not take advantage of the victory to attack Jizhou, both Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan aimed at this place, which made Sima Yi feel that sooner or later there would be war here, so it would be better to move back to Hanoi. He believed that with his talents, he would soon be appreciated by Pei Qing.

However, what is surprising is that although the prefect of Hanoi Xun You admired Sima Yi's talent very much and recommended it to Pei Qing, he never replied. Even Xun You didn't know what Pei Qing meant, but Xun You knew that Pei Qing must have his purpose in doing this, so he did not dare to appoint Sima Yi at will.

Sima Yi stayed here for a while, and saw that Pei Qing ignored him at all, and knew that he had no chance to be an official under Pei Qing's command, so he had to secretly leave Wen County and go to Luoyang to meet Cao Cao. In his opinion, although Cao Cao's future is not as good as Pei Qing, he may not be able to compete with Pei Qing in the future.

Xun You actually knew about Sima Yi leaving, but he felt that he had spoken out before and did not allow Sima Yi to be valued. He felt a little guilty about Sima Yi, so he turned a blind eye and let Sima Yi leave.

Sima Yi soon became famous after he arrived in Luoyang again. Cao Cao sent someone to summon him to the government, but he repeatedly declined. In the end, Cao Cao threatened Sima Yi's family, so Sima Yi had to agree to serve Cao Cao. As a result, the two talked freely. Cao Cao was surprised to find that Sima Yi was a gradually strategist. He was immediately happy and immediately appointed Sima Yi as his military advisor and entrusted him with important tasks.

This time, the plan to attack Xuzhou was Sima Yi's first plan. At the same time, this plan was approved by Guo Jia and Cheng Yu. Only Xun Yu was hesitant, but could not stop Cao Cao's determination, because Cao Cao knew that he had a grudge against Pei Qing and Lu Bu. If he did not take the initiative to deal with Lu Bu, he would probably be attacked by Pei Qing and Lu Bu in the future. At that time, he would be too passive. Since this is the case, he might as well take the initiative to attack directly and eliminate Lu Bu first. This not only reduces a threat, but also strengthens his strength and gains greater confidence in the decisive battle with Pei Qing.

So Cao Cao immediately launched an action and captured Lanling and Tan County in Donghai County with lightning speed. Because Lu Bu was not prepared, Cao Cao's army seemed to have entered a deserted land along the way. He saw the wind and surrendered. He knew that the army had arrived at the city of Xia Pi. Then Lu Bu woke up as if he had just started a dream and hurriedly led his army to resist.

But at this time, Lu Bu's army was sent to resist Yuan Shu. Although news of victory in the front line came, the combat troops were all on their way back, and there were only 5,000 people stationed in the city. Although these 5,000 people were elite, how could they compare to Cao Cao's 50,000 troops?

This time, in order to ensure that the army could capture Xia Pi in time, Cao Cao specially brought Le Jin, the generals under his command who were the best at siege under his command, and with Dian Wei, Yu Jin, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and other generals. Before siege, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to manufacture hundreds of large-scale siege equipment overnight. After the siege order was issued, Cao Cao personally beat the drums to boost morale. Seeing this, the generals under his command all fought bravely. The number of Cao's army was large and they were so brave in fighting. Although Lu Bu was brave, how could he withstand the fierce attack of so many people? Just after a meal, Xia Pi City was captured. Seeing this, Lu Bu had no choice but to escape with his wife Yan and Chen Gong.

However, Chen Gong was very unfortunate during the escape. His war horse ran slowly and was injured by a wandering arrow. He threw Chen Gong off his horse with a tragic cry and threw Chen Gong into a dilemma. When Lu Bu discovered this scene and turned around to save him, Chen Gong had been caught by the pursuers behind him and then became Cao Cao's captive.

Lu Bu was extremely shocked when he saw this scene. He knew that things could not be done, so he had no choice but to run away. Fortunately, his Red Rabbit Horse ran fast, and his martial arts were superb, so no one dared to take it, so he was able to escape smoothly.

Seeing that Lu Bu was out of trouble, Cao Cao was very uneasy and quickly ordered the deployment of defense. At the same time, in order to avoid the tendency of the people in the city to collude with the enemy, he directly ordered the city to be massacred. In an instant, the entire Xia Pi City was immediately in a catastrophe. The officials and soldiers and civilians in the city were killed, which was simply a hell on earth.

After escaping, Lu Bu soon arrived at Huailing City where Zhang Kai was stationed. After seeing Zhang Kai, he briefly told him about the matter, and then asked Zhang Kai to lead his army to Xia Pi immediately to help him take back Xia Pi, and his tone was quite impatient.

Zhang Kai did not really surrender to Lu Bu. Now that he saw Lu Bu deprived him of military power, he was immediately dissatisfied. However, he did not show it, but pretended to be respectful and advised Lu Bu to rest for one night first, and wait until the army set off tomorrow morning to attack the city. It was only one night, and Cao Cao could not hold on to what he should have been unable to defend.

Lu Bu is now tired and hungry, and he saw that his wife Yan is also very tired now, so he agreed and prepared to rest for the night, and then lead his army to retake Xia Pi early the next morning.

However, what is unexpected is that during the banquet that night, Zhang Kai and his soldiers took turns to toasting Lu Bu, and actually got Lu Bu drunk. Just when Lu Bu was unconscious, Zhang Kai sneered and ordered Lu Bu to be tied up tightly.

Originally, Zhang Kai wanted to kill Lu Bu, but later he thought that even if he killed Lu Bu, he could not escape the crisis. So he sent an envoy to see Cao Cao, told Cao Cao the news that he had captured Lu Bu, and explained to Cao Cao that he was not the one who killed Cao Song before, but was ordered by Tao Qian. As long as Cao Cao agreed to forgive his mistakes in the past and allowed him to seize the East China Sea, he was willing to hand over Lu Bu. Otherwise, he would have to lead a 50,000 army to fight Cao Cao to the death. At that time, both sides killed each other and could only benefit others.
Chapter completed!