Zhou Yu said that they were almost driven out of the city by Cao Cao's troops. Lu Bu asked: "Did Cao Cao always supervise the battle in the city?"

"He is not just supervising the battle." Zhou Yu replied: "He was taking Xu Chu all over the city. There was almost no Cao army who didn't know that Cao Cao was in the city and was still with them, so it was difficult for Cao army to solve the problem in the city. Outside the city, Cao army followed us and stared at us fighting. It was not until the Hou Chu appeared that the situation of the battle improved."

Looking at Liu Xie who was protected by Lu Bu, Zhou Yu asked, "Is this your Majesty?"

"That's right." Lu Bu said: "Send someone to protect Your Majesty, so don't make any mistakes. I will lead the soldiers to clear the Cao army in the city."

Neither Lu Bu nor Zhou Yu mentioned that Cao Cao would be likely to resist stubbornly.

He put Liu Xie down from the horse and handed it to Zhou Yu, and Lu Bu rode his horse away.

Zhou Yu ordered the soldiers: "Prepare a carriage for His Majesty."

Before the carriage arrived, Liu Xie asked Zhou Yu: "General Zhou, aren't you and General Lu planning to pursue Cao Cao?"

"The Chu Hou should not have thought about pursuing him, nor did I have thought about persuading him to pursue him." Zhou Yu replied: "Cao Cao would give up Xu Du, but it was not because he did not have the ability to fight for the last battle, but because he felt that the last battle was meaningless. Outside the city, Yuan Shao was eyeing him. Our army was bound to win Xu Du. If Cao Cao did not withdraw and fight to the end, he would only benefit Yuan Shao's fisherman. It can be said that this battle was not because we won, but Cao Cao let us win."

Looking at Liu Xie, Zhou Yu bowed and said, "The Lord Chu has rescued His Majesty, please rest assured. From now on, no one will threaten His Majesty. When you arrive in Pengcheng, the Lord Chu will protect you well and will no longer let His Majesty suffer the pain of being held captive."

When he followed Lu Bu to escape from the palace, Liu Xie had already felt that his life might be more relaxed when he went to Pengcheng this time than in Xu Du, but it was not so easy to seize power from Lu Bu.

Not to mention anything else, just look at Lu Bu's prestige in the army.

When he did not appear, the Xuzhou army was not strong enough and was almost driven out of Xudu by Cao's army.

When he appeared on the street, the Xuzhou army, who was originally at a disadvantage, was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood and launched a fierce attack on Cao's army.

What's even more terrible is that the appearance of Lu Bu not only inspired the Xuzhou army, but also gave Cao army a deterrence.

He was deeply afraid of him. Seeing him killing him, Cao's army was instantly depressed.

One has increased and the other has declined. The Xuzhou army launched a fierce attack. The Cao army, whose morale has become depressed, gradually became dissatisfied. He also learned that Cao Cao had retreated outside the city, and many people retreated one after another.

Xu Du's battle lasted for a whole night and was not completely over until the next afternoon.

Lu Bu's personal companion brought him the Red Rabbit.

Put on the familiar Red Rabbit BMW, he rode on the horse and walked towards the palace accompanied by generals such as Sun Ce and Gao Shun.

"Master Chu." Sun Ce said: "After the city was broken, we had already been to the palace, and the paratroopers were almost wiped out. After searching the entire palace, we did not see many living people."

"All thousands of paratroopers were broken inside?" Lu Bu asked with a cold face.

"That is, not only the paratroopers, but the enemy was too tenacious when siegeing the city, and Cao's army followed him outside the city. Our army did not have any advantage at all at first. If the Chu Hou had not reversed the occupation in time and occupied it, the entire army would have been wiped out."

"The price, this price is too heavy." Lu Bu said: "I knew Cao Cao was strong for a long time, and I never thought about destroying him, but we all underestimated the strength of Cao's army. If Cao Cao hadn't been worried about fighting against us, even if he won in the end, he would have been destroyed by the soldiers in Hebei. Even if I turned the situation around, I would not be able to defeat Xu Du at all."

I have already deeply felt what Lu Bu said, and Sun Ce and others deeply agree.

The arrogance before the siege and the contempt for Cao's army were gone at this time.

"What does Chu Hou think Cao Cao's next step?" Gao Shun asked: "Do you want to send troops to pursue him?"

"Chasing?" Lu Bu said: "This battle did not hurt the root of Cao Cao at all. He just lost Xu Du and took His Majesty by me. What's the difference between us sending people to pursue him, and letting the pursuers die?"

"If I were him, I would have entered Chang'an first and then Pingyizhou in Hanzhong. Separated from me by using Shu Road, and wait until it grows strong enough before sending troops to retake the Central Plains."

"What Chu Hou meant is that Cao Cao would go to Yizhou?" Gao Shun asked.

"What else can he do except this?" Lu Bu said: " Staying in Yuzhou is just fighting with us. In the end, it will not be good for him or us. Cao Cao is not stupid, and he knows that through this battle, the Yuan family already had the idea of ​​annexing him. Instead of staying here, it is better to find another place to stabilize. The world is so big, with Cao Cao's ability, can't we find a place to stay?"

"In other words, sooner or later, we will meet Cao Cao in close combat." Sun Ce frowned.

"That's certainly, but not recently." Lu Bu replied: "Cao Cao knew my strength and also understood the ambition of the Yuan family. The loss of Xudu this time was due to our strong attack, and the reason why the Yuan family was eyeing him. What Cao Cao most wanted to see was a war between me and Yuan Shao. Although Cao Cao and I were not dead, one of them was defeated and they could still find a way out. But Yuan Shao and I were different. Once the two sides started a war, we would definitely fight to seize the last inch of territory from each other. What Cao Cao wanted to see was who, Yuan Shao and I, could finally win in this battle."

Walking along the street filled with bloody smell, full of corpses and blood, Lu Bu continued: "It is better to say that Cao Cao refused to fight to the death and gave Xu Du to us."

The generals all looked solemn and didn't say anything more.

Before going to the expedition, some of them believed that the gap between the Xuzhou army and Cao Cao was not big, and this expedition would likely destroy Cao Cao.

It was not until now that they realized that Lu Bu was really on the brink of danger. With the concerns of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he found a slight tiny of hope in the cracks, thus seizing Xu Du and snatching Liu Xie into his hands.

"At later, Yuan's army will come outside the city." Lu Bu ordered the generals: "Close the city gates and tell them that the city is being cleaned up, and Xu Du was also taken over by our army and ask them to retreat to Hebei."

"Do you want to be more tactful?" Gao Shun asked first, then said to Lu Bu: "It is not that easy for Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops to come to Xudu. It is probably not easy for them to withdraw their troops."

"It's really not easy." Lu Bu said: "But Yuan Shao didn't have any scruples. Our army stopped them from entering the city. Yan Liang and Wen Chou wouldn't dare to go to war with us rashly. In a short time, Yuan Shao will send someone to Xudu. At that time, I have something to say to them."

"Yuan Shao came here to ask for His Majesty today." Sun Ce said: "Your Majesty has been obtained by us, and after Cao Cao left, he will definitely make a big announcement. At that time, even if we do not admit it, or if Your Majesty has been killed, Yuan Shao will not believe it."

"Don't admit it? Why?" Lu Bu sneered: "I will not only admit it, but also let Your Majesty and I climb to the top of the city, and let Your Majesty and I meet Yuan Shao's envoy. Only everyone in the world knows that Your Majesty is in my hands will be useful to me. Otherwise, if so many soldiers are lost, what am I going to do? Is it just to rescue him from the dire straits? It's just to capture the Xu Du City, which has been broken by the battle?"

The generals looked at each other and said nothing more.

The battle in the city was over. As he walked forward, Lu Bu saw some Xuzhou troops starting to clean up the bodies, and some people used wooden barrels to hold water, splashing on the ground and walls, trying to clean the blood.

When he arrived at the palace and walked into the gate, Lu Bu found that most of the corpses here had been cleaned up, but the remaining blood stains on the ground were still there, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

"How is Fuwan and his son?" Lu Bu said: "I heard Ziyi say earlier that he watched Xiahou Yuan chop Fuwan with his own eyes."

"Fuwan's son found two, and he and the other two sons found only corpses." Sun Ce replied: "Fuwan is also very interesting. It is said that the soldiers who brought support are so weak that they are not as good as refugees. I don't know how he trained the soldiers."

"He dared not train soldiers." Lu Bu replied: "Since he accompanied the emperor to Xudu, Fuwan has been asking Cao Cao to remove him. Others' officials are getting bigger and bigger, and he is the only one, and the officials are getting smaller and smaller."

"How could a cautious person like him lead his troops to attack the palace when our army was about to attack Xudu?" Sun Ce asked in confusion: "Does he want to get any benefits from it?"

"The emperor is in the palace. What benefits do you think he wants?" Lu Bu asked him.

"Can he also want to learn from Cao Cao and get the emperor into his hands, and to use the emperor to command the princes in the future?" Sun Ce smiled and shook his head: "It's not that I look down on him. With his ability, even if he gives the emperor to him, he will not be able to do anything big."

"Bo Fu's view is the same as mine. It's a pity that there are a few people in the world who can clearly understand themselves?" Lu Bu said: "When I decided to send troops to attack Cao Cao, I didn't realize the difference between them? This time the army was in danger. Although we achieved our goal, we lost too much."

Walking into the backyard of the palace, Lu Bu ordered Sun Ce again: "Send someone to inform Zhou Gongjin and ask him to escort the emperor to the palace. I want the emperor to truly feel the benefits of being the Lord of Nine Five."

Sun Ce ordered the guards behind him: "Go and pass the orders of the Chu Hou."

After the guard left, Sun Ce asked Lu Bu: "Can the Marquis of Chu think..."

"Let Your Majesty come to the court." Lu Bu smiled slightly and said to him and the generals: "Will the Emperor of Han have not been to the court for a long time become a puppet? Cao Cao used to treat His Majesty like that, which made him feel unhappy in life. After all, he is the emperor of the dynasty, and we cannot treat His Majesty like Cao Cao. Of course, we must have a respectful look."

When Lu Bu said this, the generals looked at each other one by one.

From Lu Bu's words, the shrewd general vaguely heard something.

More generals didn't understand why, and they really thought that Lu Bu wanted to push Liu Xie to the throne of the Nine Five Priests.

But what Lu Bu said next made the generals understand completely. He had never thought of delegating power to Liu Xie, but just letting Liu Xie go to court to act like an emperor. "If you have some small things, you can tell Your Majesty in the court. For example, if your armor is old and needs to be replaced, or if your children want to get married, please ask Your Majesty to give him a marriage. It is enough to talk to him about such things. As for marching and fighting, don't mention it in front of him."

"We understand what Chu Hou meant." Everyone replied one after another.

"Of course, I will ask Your Majesty to announce the rewards for each of you." Lu Bu continued: "I just make an edict everywhere all day, and it really doesn't look like a person. No matter how good the rewards of meritorious ministers must look like the court."

After walking around the harem, Lu Bu said to the generals: "Your Majesty is pitiful. After so long in Xudu, there are not many concubines in the harem. Later, I will ask someone to choose some beautiful girls from the officials' homes, so it is time for His Majesty to make another queen and a few more concubines."

"As a person is comfortable, he always thinks about things that he doesn't dare to think or want to think about." Lu Bu smiled and said, "Your Majesty used to be frustrated, so it's understandable that there are no beauties in the harem. Now that I have saved him, he should never have any trouble again. It's strange that he doesn't want to hug him left and right."

"Which official's home is Chu Hou planning to search for beauties?" Gao Shun asked.

"Of course it's not the home of you." Lu Bu asked with a smile: "Can anyone among you want to be a royal relative?"

"Of course not!" The generals responded one after another: "Horse Chu felt that he would arrange it as much as he did. We would follow suit and do it."

"Select from the homes of the old Han officials." Lu Bu said: "Send people to Yingchuan, choose two from the Xun family. Then send people elsewhere. Anyone who had the power and power in the Han court would send them a beautiful girl."

Everyone already understood what Lu Bu meant. He did not intend to let his subordinates have any involvement with Liu Xie, but he just didn't want to give Liu Xie a chance to win over the hearts of the people.

The old ministers of the Han Dynasty were not loyal to Lu Bu. They went to those homes to bring their daughters under the guise of the emperor's election and the concubines in the harem. First, they were to take the attitude of holding the Han royal family, and second, they were to let the people of the world see him. He did not want to hold the Han Dynasty tightly in his hands. Most importantly, of course, Lu Bu did not want Liu Xie to do some tricks behind him. After all, Cao Cao had already had a precedent for the edict of clothing and belts.

Walking out of the backyard of the palace, Lu Bu arrived at the front yard and brought the generals to the hall.
Chapter completed!