"Cao Bidder! You deceive the king and disagree with the princes. I am here to fight against the thieves by the emperor's decree. If you dare not fight, then give up Chenliu quickly. The emperor and the cavalry general will be kind to you and you can still keep the position of Yanzhou Mausoleum! If you resist stubbornly and do not obey the will of heaven, and wait for our army to break through Chenliu, then even Yanzhou Mausoleum will have nothing to do!"

On April 18th, the day after Lu Bu was granted the title by the emperor and Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, who was as excited as chicken blood, took only 800 cavalry to cross the Bian River first and challenge the scolding outside the Guandu camp.

He only brought this little man, of course, not planning to forcibly attack the camp, but just to attack the morale of the Cao army and test it. His subsequent main force was still on the north bank of the Bian River to respond. The elite troops brought by Lu Bu were extremely mobile and flexible. If Cao Cao dispatched a large army to cover the killing, he could retreat easily, and then he would let Zhang Liao cross the river and cut off Cao Cao's return.

Cao Cao also knew Lu Bu’s arrangements, so he never thought of going out to pursue the camp and taking such a superficial trick to lure the enemy.

Cao Cao stood on the barracks of the Central Army and did not dare to stand too close to the gate. He climbed up and looked at the Lu Bu cavalry formation at least three or four hundred steps away in the distance. Guo Jia stood beside him, observing the enemy situation with him and discussing countermeasures.

Of course he knew that Lu Bu was a rare sharpshooter in the world, so when facing Lu Bu, he naturally took strict safety measures and never approached within three hundred steps.

"Fengxiao, you said, if we talk to Yuan Shao about the new conditions for sharing the spoils and the loyalty to King Yan together according to the new rules we discussed recently, can Yuan Shao stop?" Cao Cao's eyes were unscathed, as if he was not concerned about Lu Bu's scolding and scolding, but just asked Guo Jia dullly.

Guo Jia said coldly: "The same thing, Yuan Shao is a greedy person and hates losses. People who are greedy for small people are prone to impulsive when they see profits, and they want to make another profit, but often cannot stop them. Wen Ruo previously suggested to appeal to the emperor and was willing to give up the suspicion of our army to disagree with the princes, but the emperor did not agree. Although the emperor was bewitched by Zhang Miao, Yuan Shao continued to put pressure on the emperor, which was also affected.

Therefore, when dealing with people like Yuan Shao, peace will perish by compromising, and peace will perish by fighting. Ming Gong gave up the six counties and showed the people of the world with sincerity. Yuan Shao continued to press for fear, but the Qu Yuan Shao was not with me. The righteousness of the times had been reversed. At this time, the best choice was to beat Yuan Shao's part and then take advantage of the victory to seek peace.

Let Yuan Shao see clearly that our army still has the power to fight. Before retreating was because our army was in order to preserve the name of benevolence and righteousness, not our army could not defeat it. Moreover, what we had to worry about the most was to make Yuan Shao angry and unable to get out of power because of defeat, so it is best not to attack Yuan Shao's direct favorite general.

Now that Lu Bu is on the verge of patrol, he is given a high-ranking official title by Yuan Shao and is willing to move forward. Then even outsiders can see the rift between Yuan Shao and Lu Bu. Please help Ming Gong to attack quickly and gather the elite of our army to fight with Lu Bu. Let Yan Liang be spared and Wen Chou, and then slightly repel Lu Bu, showing that our army is brave and powerful, immediately ask Yuan Shao for peace.

And he had to use his counselors to Chen Ming's interests around Yuan Shao to let them convey the good intentions of Ming Duke 'helping Yuan Shao consume the unofficial people within the country'. Yuan Shao had a way out and was not the face of his direct subordinates, so he stopped when he saw the good. Yuan Shao was a man who was willing to make plans without making decisions, and he had many counselors under his command and had different opinions. He often could not make decisions. This is a rare opportunity for us."

Cao Cao closed his eyes and thought for a while, and made a decision in his heart with difficulty.

He knew that Guo Jia's political vision was not as good as Xun Yu, but now he was completely unable to follow the path pointed out by Xun Yu, and he had no chance - because the emperor was not good at it!

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that even if Xun Yu knew that the emperor could not help him, Xun Yu would not teach him to choose the current path. This was not because Cao Cao had tried this, but before he sent Xun Yu to Luoyang, he secretly sang wine for Xun Yu and asked him secretly when he closed the door and asked.

At that time, there was absolutely no third person present. Cao Cao also drank some of Xun Yu first and confirmed that the other party was already drunk. He could tell whether he was speaking the truth after drinking or concealing his words.

At that time, Cao Cao asked a question that was really unfair and a bit ruthless, so he asked Xun Yu to deduce: If today's Zi is really unsupported and it is impossible to support the Han Dynasty by assisting the current emperor, where should Yan and Xuzhou go?

Of course, when Cao Cao said this, he never said that he would be unfavorable to the emperor, and he would not be unfavorable to the emperor. He just asked Xun Yu to think of a spare tire plan in the worst case.

In other words, he asked Xun Yu in the worst case, whether Yan and Xuzhou should be independent or follow Yuan Shao to support the King of Yan,

I will still support Liu Bei... There is no support anymore. If I follow Liu Bei, I will directly admit that Liu Bei has become emperor.

Or is there a third way, such as making more contributions in the process of attacking the tyrant of the tyrant. If the tyrant of the tyrant is Yuan Shu, after taking down Yuan Shu, continue to kill Sun Ce in the name of "attacking Yuan Shu's remnants", or at least make Sun Ce admit his mistakes and regret, willing to surrender, and then pull a puppet together to support him, such as Liu Biao. Then sit and watch Liu Bei and Yuan Shao fight to the death first.

As a result, Xun Yu's answer to Cao Cao that day was: If that day really came and the emperor was really gone, he believed that directly investing in Liu Bei to fight for a high position would be the most conducive to the unification of the Han Dynasty.

Because the Northern Expedition was successful and the elimination of the traitor Li Jue had proved that Liu Bei was a heroic ruler for the time, and he was favored by God, so there was no risk of usurping the Han Dynasty. Even if Yuan Shao supported King Liu He of Yan, Liu He would inevitably become a puppet held hostage by Yuan Shao, and then the Yuan family would be in the world.

As for supporting the puppet Liu Biao to join forces, Xun Yu never thought about it. He felt that Liu Biao's line could unite was even weaker. Although Liu Biao himself might not have become a puppet completely, he was too old and his son Liu Qi was notoriously cowardly.

When Cao Cao heard Xun Yu's answer, he knew that in the general direction, he could only listen to Guo Jia and Cheng Yu's faction.

"If the emperor is cowardly, he will be bullied, and if the emperor is smart, he will be difficult to follow." A person like Liu Bei is not inferior to him, Cao Cao, his military population, territory, money and food are three times that of him, and his civil servants and military generals are at least twice as talent as Cao Cao. After he goes, he can only be a state governor and a minister, and sooner or later it will be impossible for him to suffer from a generation of princes.

Even if a real man has not yet developed the desire to usurpate the rebellion, he must at least be a hero for a while and let the emperor govern according to his ambitions. How can he live in depression for a long time?

Cao Cao might have been ambitions a few years ago, but he could no longer take them back two or three years later.

...

Cao Cao took back his memories of Xun Yu's words and deeds. Since he had decided, he would fight the battle before him first.

Cao Cao called out the main generals of the army and ordered: "Today let Zhongkang go out to fight and fight Lu Bu, but be careful. If you resist a little more than a dozen moves, you will be defeated. Let Wen Lie and Wen Qian be ready to respond. Lu Bu only has 800 cavalry to challenge, so we prepare for 3,000 cavalry, and if we fail to win, we will cover the retreat. Today, Japan is to make Lu Bu arrogant and send more troops to cross the river to fight us."

"Here! The general will take the order!" Xu Chu took the sword and left.

"Zhongkang! Be careful! Today, Japan is just to be arrogant. After waiting for Zi Lian, Miaocai and others to lead their troops to aid, Lu Bu still feels that our army can be bullied. Then he will pretend to reveal flaws and lure Lu Bu to take the initiative to attack the camp so as to kill and damage the enemy. Never compete with Lu Bu for a while."

"Don't worry, lord!" Xu Chu left excitedly.

Lu Bu was outside the Cao army camp of Guandu, and scolded him for a long time. He also asked his cavalry to sleep or sit, drink water and eat dry food, which humiliated the morale of Cao army.

Seeing that the sun was already west, it had been humiliating for a long time, and finally the camp gate opened wide. Groups of cavalry rushed out, lined up against the village wall, and the first general came slapped his horse and danced his sword, and the sound was like a huge thunder:

"Lu Bu's husband should not be arrogant! Xu Chu of Qiao County is here! My lord tolerate for a long time. He has the virtue of Duke Wen of Jin retreating from three houses. From Yanjin to Guandu, he has more than five houses! Your lord Yuan Shao is greedy, and you should die here today!"

Of course, Xu Chu was not educated and did not know historical allusions, so the following two sentences "retreat and let go" were taught by Cheng Yu, who took his reins and temporarily at the gate before he took action.

Xu Chu could do it after memorizing the lines for a few minutes. At this moment, he stumbled and scolded and rushed forward.

"What kind of man dares to call me a man? I can't even say it clearly, I'm looking for death!" Lu Bu's eyes slashed, and he grabbed a red rabbit horse, and he met him like an arrow from a string.

If there are vicious eyes watching the battle, it is not difficult to find that the saddles of Lu Bu and Xu Chu both have wooden saddle bridges raised in front and back, and the stirrups on both sides are also made of iron. It can be seen that after the battle between Liu Bei and Li Jue, the cavalry equipment gadgets of Liu Bei's army had spread to Guandong.

Because Yuan Shaojun directly bought Liu Bei's spot penetration rate, the elite cavalry troops were equipped.

Because Cao Cao had no spot stock, he relied on his own temporary imitation. He was a little slower. He only had officers above the age of one and a small number of elite troops, such as the direct-line tiger and leopard cavalry. With such equipment, the soldiers had to wait for another year and a half to produce slowly.

However, a one-on-one challenge of Xu Chu at this level will no longer affect it.

"Clang~" loudly, Xu Chu and Lu Bu's swords and halberds intersected, and a loud bang, the huge force of the countershock made both of them suffocate slightly.

This kind of shock was something that Lu Bu had never encountered in his half-life battle, because they had no double stirrups before, and their efficiency of force when squirting vigorously on the horse's back was naturally reduced. At this moment, their single-handed challenge was no longer the kind of generals in the Three Kingdoms period in history.

If it were placed in the Western world, such knights should use apple wooden rifles that are prone to breaking the gun, and use the breaking of the troops themselves to relieve their strength. How could they bear it like this?

Xu Chu was born with divine power, and at least he could bear it. The tall dark horse under his crotch had already neighed, his breath was like thunder, and his steps were a little shaking.

On the other side of Lu Bu, the Red Rabbit Horse was also born with divine power, and it did not neigh or tremble at all.

"Although Xu Chu is not well-known, his martial arts are more powerful than me, and his strength is not small. If you want to kill him within twenty moves, you can't fight him like this, but you have to fight with him!" Lu Bu moved his arm and thought to himself.

Xu Chu also experienced Lu Bu's strengths in his heart, and refused to let Lu Bu get what he wanted for a while. He just opened the distance and then rushed back to slash. After seven or eight rounds of rushing, Lu Bu caught a chance. After the weapons intersected, he turned his horse's head and fought and chased him.

After all, Xu Chu only has the strength and speed that is comparable to Lu Bu, but if you talk about moves and eyesight, you will be significantly worse. After more than ten moves on the left and right, Xu Chu was in danger.

He knew that this was not a solution, and maybe he couldn't hold on to Lejin Cao Xiu to help the battle. The tiger and leopard cavalry covered him and protected him to retreat. He immediately made up his heart, roared, took out his unique skills, abandoned his big sword and hugged the halberd that Lu Bu stabbed him.

Lu Bu was furious and tried hard to pull the halberd back. The Huaji is no more than a sword spear and other weapons. It has small branches and blades facing the back. Lu Bu is not weak. Just after pulling back for more than half a foot, the Huaji branch was cut directly on Xu Chu's back ribs and arms.

But Xu Chu was also wearing iron armor. The pulling force of this level was that Xu Chu himself held the resistance of the halberd rod. It would be nice if Lu Bu pulled the halberd to 20% of the strength to cut it on the iron armor. In the end, it was just the sharpest position at the tip of the branch, which broke the gap between the scales and armor, and pierced into Xu Chu's ribs for about a 100-inch period, and was sandwiched by the ribs and iron armor.

"Drink! I'm just a guard under Cao Gong's account. You, Lu Bu, are also a general of the court, and a prince, you will not lose money to exchange your life with you today!" Xu Chushi was like a crazy tiger, and his face was ferocious, which made Lu Bu very upset.

After all, Lu Bu respects his identity and knows that his life is worth much, at least he has to change to Cao Cao. How could he exchange his life with a savage who came from anywhere?

But at this time, Cao's army had already reacted. Le Jin and Cao Xiu brought some tiger and leopard cavalry to cover up. Although the Cao's cavalry was not good at archery skills, they also followed the order to face Lu Bu and Xu Chu's position and covered the arrow rain.

Fortunately, Lu Bu and Xu Chu were also wearing heavy armor, all made of fine iron. As long as they were not shot into the face or the siblings, they would not be able to make any mistakes.

But the two of them were not so lucky. Although the tiger and leopard cavalry were aiming at Lu Bu, Xu Chu would inevitably block the ballistic when they were close to them. As a result, Xu Chu's horse was the first to be shot in succession and fell down. Even so, Xu Chu still held the pole of the painting halberd tightly, and he also stabbed five or six arrows on his iron armor.

If he dared to go into battle barely today, he would probably have been shot to death by his own people.

When the 800 cavalry under Lu Bu saw the despicable fight of Cao's army, they also came up under the leadership of general Cheng Lian, and they also shot arrows while rushing, but they did not dare to cover Lu Bu and Xu Chu, but they just crossed the general and shot the Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry in the back row.

Lu Bu was not willing to exchange his Red Rabbit Horse with Xu Chu's broken horse for life. Seeing that Le Jin and Cao Xiu came to him, he pushed the halberd pole and slightly resisted two moves. Then he raised all his strength and twisted the halberd pole, turned the blade of the halberd in the same direction as Xu Chu's side, and then suddenly increased his strength and pulled it back, and then ran away with the Red Rabbit Horse. Even so, Red Rabbit was still hit by two arrows, which made Lu Bu feel very distressed.

The two armies then covered the killing, each with casualties. However, after Lu Bu changed his horse and fought again, no one among the officers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry could stop him. They were killed by Lu Bu and dozens of cavalry and seven or eight officers. They flocked and retreated back to the camp. The camp shot the arch and crossbows to stop Lu Bu's pursuit.

Le Jin and Cao Xiu rescued Xu Chu and took off his iron armor to check his injuries. He found that in addition to the two ribs on his back and a wound more than a foot long was cut on Xu Chu's armpit was even more seriously injured. Finally, when Lu Bu pulled out his halberd back, he almost cut it from his armpit to his arm bone, and cut the gap between his arm bones.

"Take Zhongkang down to heal your wounds! You won't leave your disability. Alas, I'm still hasty today. Unfortunately, I haven't gone to fight for a long time, so I can't be arrogant." Cao Cao said with concern.

"Don't worry, lord... I can't die, my arms can't be broken, our arms are thick, and our bones are thick. Being able to fight with Lu Bu is also the long-cherished wish of our warriors." Xu Chu struggled and said a few words before he fell into a coma.

A few days after that, Cao Cao's army indeed made a free battle card, and acted as if no general in the army dared to fight against Lu Bu in the field. He just scolded Lu Bu on the wall of the camp, which made Lu Bu very angry.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren also mobilized a lot of troops from the battlefield on the eastern front of the Bianshui River, secretly mobilizing more than four-fifths of the main force of the Cao army to the side of dealing with Lu Bu.

In contrast, Yan Liang and Wen Chou had only a small number of troops opposite him, and he had set up flags and reduced troops and increased stoves, thinking that he was suspicious of soldiers. However, Yan Liang and Wen Chou did not have high-quality staff officers and military personnel around him, so he did not see through these tricks. He challenged every day and attacked the camp occasionally, and fought no better than Lu Bu's side.

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Let me ask you a little bit. Should I write the struggle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao or report the conclusion. The main reason is that I can only write it in the timeline. I think this order is easy for everyone to understand. The conflict between Cao and Yuan in the setting was indeed before the Battle of Xiliang.
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