Lu Bu rushed into Cao's army twice in succession, and the total number of Cao's army killed exceeded 200.

Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren knew that they could not resist his attack by their backs, so they ordered the soldiers to retreat to the mountain.

In addition, they also made people dig a lot of pitfalls on the only way up the mountain.

As long as Lu Bu dares to come, no matter how fast he is, it will be difficult to avoid the trap.

After making the arrangements, Cao Ren still said with concern: "I always feel that this arrangement is still inappropriate."

"Apart from this, we have no other way." Xiahou Dun replied: "The red rabbit that Lu Bu rode was like a pegasus, but it could come to us in an instant. He himself was extremely brave. Not to mention that we were not opponents, even if the soldiers of the army joined forces, they might not be able to do anything to him."

Sighing and looking at the Xuzhou army stationed at the foot of the mountain, Cao Ren didn't speak for a while.

After a while, he said, "Lu Bu rushed to two games just now. If he had attacked us at that time, our army would have been defeated by him. But why didn't he do that..."

"It should be that Lu Bu is too arrogant." Xiahou Dun replied: "He didn't take us seriously at all, so he told us that he would lead the army to break the attack tonight."

"I gave us a chance to prepare for most of the day. I want to see how he can break through our army." Cao Ren frowned and asked Xiahou Dun: "Are the excavated pits dense? Are there wooden thorns prepared in each pit?"

"Everything is ready." Xiahou Dun replied: "As long as Lu Bu dares to come, he will definitely fall into one of the pits. Even if he avoids the wooden thorns inside, our soldiers can still shoot him from above."

"Since we are ready, I'll feel relieved." Cao Ren replied: "My lord gave us this place, which is why we trust us. If we fail to defend it, we will give Lu Bu the opportunity to attack. What will we see in the future?"

"Zi Xiao is talking about it." Xiahou Dun replied: "But we didn't expect that some days we hadn't seen Lu Bu was so strong that he could have reached such a situation. If he fought alone, he would probably not have his opponent in the whole world."

"If you want to defeat Lu Bu alone, only the gods can do it." Cao Ren said: "Since he is brave enough, we cannot let him live again. As long as Lu Bu is alive, the Lord will be fair in the Central Plains, and then Bei Gu's plan will not be achieved."

"The lord should have sent us a military advisor at the beginning." Xiahou Dun replied: "If there is a military advisor, we should have a greater chance of winning against Lu Bu."

"After passing Lumen Pavilion, go west, Xun Gongda is here in the next defense." Cao Ren said: "Even if Lu Bu is really capable of breaking us, I feel that he can't get it."

"Xun Gongda is very smart and has a similar experience with Guo Fengxiao." Xiahou Dun nodded: "If the trap cannot trap Lu Bu, we might as well go to the next place, so as to meet with General Yu Jin and add some strength to them."

"What Yuan Rang said coincides with what I thought." Cao Ren said: "But before that, we were still thinking about how to break Lu Bu and it was safer to break Lu Bu. Even if we couldn't defend Lu Menting, with our ability, we shouldn't be defeated by Lu Bu in a battle..."

"What he wants is to defeat our army in one battle." Xiahou Dun replied with a serious expression: "Once it is really broken by him, it will be a trivial matter for us to sweep the floor. The trouble we bring to the lord is not something we can afford."

"What Yuan Rang said." Cao Ren narrowed his eyes slightly and said to Xiahou Dun: "The more Lu Bu wants to break us, the longer we need to defend us, at least let him know that Lumenting cannot be taken away by him if he wants to."

Still feeling that there was too little defense, Cao Ren ordered to the captain beside him: "Take some more people and prepare more pitfalls while it is still early."

The side general responded, greeted a group of soldiers and dug a pit on the mountain road.

The horse stood at the foot of the mountain, and Lu Bu looked above the hill.

Sun Ce, who was following him, asked, "Why did the Chu Hou just look at the mountain? Could it be that the enemy has other arrangements on the mountain?"

"They dug a lot of traps on the mountain road." Lu Bu said.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, he vaguely heard the conversation between Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun on the mountain.

Lu Bu himself didn't understand why he could hear their conversation.

Since the Second Battle of Dangshan, he has felt that he is very different from the past, especially after practicing the halberd technique he obtained in his dreams every day, both visually and auditory, he is much more sensitive than before.

When a person on the mountain speaks, as long as he wants to hear it, he can listen to it in a word.

"How did the Hou Chu know..." Sun Ce was stunned and asked Lu Bu.

"Don't ask me how I know." Lu Bu said: "I said I heard it, and you can't believe it."

Sun Ce swallowed, of course he didn't believe that Lu Bu was the one who heard the mountain man speak.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, he wouldn't listen to the people on the mountain, even if the soldiers not far behind him talked, he wouldn't listen to it.

Turning his head and looking at Sun Ce, he saw surprise on his face. Lu Bu smiled slightly and patted his arm gently: "I'm just talking nonsense. Do you really believe that I can hear people on the mountain?"

Lu Bu admitted that he could not hear people on the mountain. Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief and asked him: "Since you can't hear, how could Chu Hou know that they would dig out a trap on the mountain road?"

"I once entered the Cao army with one man's strength. They were so afraid of me. In order not to let me kill them smoothly, they would of course set up traps." Lu Bu said: "As long as the trap traps me, they will have the chance to shoot me outside. If I die, will you continue to attack Xu Du?"

"The war is imminent, and the Lord Chu dare not say such ominous words." Sun Ce replied: "But after the Lord Chu said this, it is really possible that they deployed traps on the mountain..."

"Let them arrange it." The corner of his mouth slightly raised, and Lu Bu said, "Don't pay attention to their traps and wait until the night to see how I can defeat Cao's army."

Lu Bu was talking to Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu came behind him: "Marquis Chu, I feel it is not safe to go up the mountain to kill Cao's army at night. I just sent people to investigate..."

"Are the nearby hills and forests connected to each other? If the Wei army uses the mountain to cover it, it will be easy to break out?" Before Zhou Yu finished speaking, Lu Bu had already taken over his words.

"Half Chu has sent someone to investigate?" Zhou Yu asked in surprise when he was stunned by Lu Bu's words.

"Of course not." Lu Bu said: "The nearby hills are connected to each other, and you can see with a little care. There is no need to send someone to investigate. However, Gongjin has one thing to do first."

"I dare to ask Mr. Chu, what's the matter?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Gongjin can order the soldiers to cut down the forest near the hill." Lu Bu said: "Around this hill, cut out some areas without trees, and I will be useful until the evening."

"Does Chu Hou want..." As soon as Lu Bu spoke, Zhou Yu understood what he meant.

"That's right." Lu Bu nodded: "I just have to wait until night to force Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren out with fire attack. The nearby hills and grass are connected. If we don't cut out some vacuum areas first, it will probably affect more places. In that case, even our army will suffer. Cut out areas without grass and trees, and when we set fire, even Cao's army will escape, no matter how many Cao's army escaped, we can also kill and injure the enemy more."

"I understand what Chu Hou meant." Zhou Yu replied: "I will arrange for people to do it now."

He then said to Lu Bu: "Marquis Chu, our army cut down trees. Once the enemy discovered them, they will know our intentions..."

"So what can I do if I know?" Lu Bu said: "Even if I tell them blatantly that I will set fire near the hills, what can they do to us? Could it be that they will go down the mountain to fight us? I want them like that, but they dare or not?"

"I understand what Chu Hou means." Zhou Yu responded and bowed to Lu Bu: "I'll go now."

Watching Zhou Yu leave, Sun Ce asked Lu Bu in confusion: "Horse Chu wants to set fire nearby?"

"For us, setting fire is only inevitable," Lu Bu said: "They dug out the trap and just waited for us to charge to put the soldiers in it. I didn't let the soldiers rush, but set fires around. They stood on the mountain, and I didn't want the trees all over the mountain, so they wanted to understand that they might not be able to survive by relying on the hills."

Sun Ce did not say anything anymore, nor did he ask Lu Bu for a fight.

He just felt sad for Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun were also powerful generals. Cao Cao arranged them in Lumenting, which should have made Lu Bu suffer so that even if he defeated this place, he would not have much confidence in the war that would follow.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu's performance exceeded Cao Cao's expectations.

Not only did he go in and out of the Cao army twice in succession, he made the soldiers on both sides of the scene look at him.

When Cao's army retreated to the mountain, he thought of cutting off the trees near the hills and isolating the hill where Cao's army hid.

As long as this hill is successfully isolated, it will not be so easy for Cao's army to withdraw.

Looking up the hill, although Sun Ce could not have seen Cao Jun retreating to the mountain.

But he felt desperate for Cao's army.

Cao's army on the hills dug out many traps, and should be still waiting for Lu Bu to lead his soldiers to rush to the top of the mountain.

How could they know that Lu Bu actually had no intention of going up the mountain.

According to Lu Bu's idea, as long as the fire is set around the hills, once the fire spreads, the Cao army on the mountain will not even have a retreat...

Lu Bu led his soldiers to surround the hills.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun on the hillside looked at the Xuzhou army at the foot of the mountain.

Xiahou Dun locked his eyebrows tightly and said to Cao Ren: "Lu Bu has been at the foot of the mountain for a long time. Although he could not find out that we were digging a trap, he should at least send someone to inquire. But not only did he not inquire, he was still watching, as if waiting for something. I don't understand why he had to choose at night instead of launching a fierce attack on our army at dawn. You know, at night, the mountain road is even more difficult to walk."

"It is difficult for people to find out the way when Lu Bu uses troops now." Cao Ren replied: "We should not think too much. I think he just wants to wait until dark to launch an attack. Perhaps he thinks that it is even more difficult for our army to find them..."

As he was speaking, a scout from Cao's army came to the two of them: "Report to the two generals, Lu Bu sent a lot of people to cut down trees along the hills."

"Cut down trees?" After receiving the news, Xiahou Dun looked at Cao Ren in confusion: "What is Lu Bu doing?"

"Cut off the trees near the hill..." Cao Ren frowned and pondered. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he shouted to Xiahou Dun: "No! Lu Bu is going to set fire!"

"Setting fire?" Xiahou Dun was stunned and asked quickly: "What do Zixiao thinks should I do?"

"The way you and I will stick to the mountain will be difficult to work," Cao Ren said: "Give orders to prepare the soldiers and follow us down the mountain!"

"Let's leave now?" Xiahou Dun asked in confusion.

"If we don't leave, we will be trapped here." Cao Ren shouted: "Yuan Rang, don't delay any more, hurry up and take the soldiers out of here with me."

From Cao Ren's anxious expression, Xiahou Dun hurriedly ordered the captain beside him: "Send the military order of General Xiao, and ask the soldiers to prepare and go down the mountain with us."

Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun led Cao's soldiers down the mountain. Lu Bu at the foot of the mountain was originally sitting on a large stone, but suddenly sat up and ordered Sun Ce: "Send the order quickly and let the soldiers who are cutting down trees ignite the fire immediately. After the fire is ignited, evacuate immediately."

"There are not many trees cut down yet." Sun Ce asked blankly: "We need to light the fire now?"

"Look now!" Lu Bu ordered the fire immediately because he vaguely heard Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun discussing to take Cao's army down the mountain.

Of course, Sun Ce didn't know why he suddenly changed his mind.

But since he had already given the order, Sun Ce would not ask much, so he had to make a horn sound and give the order to ignite.

Just as confused as Sun Ce were the Xuzhou troops who were cutting down trees.

Not much had been cut, and suddenly the order to ignite the fire made the Xuzhou soldiers feel at a loss.

However, the soldiers also understood the importance of obeying military orders. Although they were confused, they still ignited the nearby plants and trees and quickly retreated out of the forest.

The fire, which was supposed to be lit at night, was lit several hours in advance by the Xuzhou army.

The fire burned and soon spread into pieces, swallowing up the grass and trees on the nearby hills and everything they encountered.

Standing not far from the hill, Lu Bu frowned tightly and looked at the hill burning with fire.

Sun Ce asked him: "Why did the Hou Chu suddenly decide to ignite the fire in advance?"
Chapter completed!