A fire broke out on the hillside where Lu Bu was stationed.

At the top of Xia Pi City, the soldiers looked nervously at the hills swallowed by flames in the distance.

It is impossible to know the cause of the fire, and everyone is worried about Lu Bu.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun stood side by side.

Their palms were filled with sweat, and the fire hills in the distance made them feel extremely worried.

"Look at General!" Suddenly, a soldier pointed at the hill and shouted: "The flag on the top of the mountain..."

Looking to the top of the mountain, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun vaguely saw the shadow of the battle flag swaying in the sky.

"General Lu is fine!" Zhang Liao shouted: "Soldiers, guard Xia Pi and wait for General Lu to come back!"

The sound of horns came from Cao's army camp.

The horn sounded, and countless Cao troops came out of the camp to form a formation, and a new battle was about to begin.

The fire burned for two days.

Lu Bu and more than 200 soldiers guarded the top of the mountain. They cut off all the nearby trees. Although the flames could not burn them, it was unbearable for two days of baking.

The ground was so hot that it could cook potatoes. The soldiers could only put their armor under their bodies and curled up to sit when they went to bed at night.

They could hold on for two days under the high temperature of flames, but they found a look at the spring on the top of the mountain.

The flowing mountain springs brought them coolness and sweetness, and also eliminated a lot of heat for them.

The flames on the hillside have been extinguished, and sparks remain in the trees burning into coke, and blue smoke has emerged.

Some soldiers wanted to go down the mountain to check but were stopped by Lu Bu.

"The fire has just been extinguished, and there is no one standing on the hot ground." Lu Bu said: "Wait for two hours, the ground will cool down before going down the mountain."

"Rise the battle flag and dance in the wind, so that the soldiers guarding Xia Pi can see it!" He shouted to the soldiers holding the battle flag again.

Several soldiers raised their battle flags and waved in the wind.

At the end of Xia Pi, the soldiers who resisted the fierce attack of Cao's army for two or three consecutive days were already very tired.

Someone shouted: "General Lu is calling us!"

The soldiers resting on the battlements stood up one after another.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun also ran to the edge of the city wall and looked at the distant hillside.

On the hillside, several battle flags were swaying in the wind, and it was obvious that someone was holding them and waving them.

"Soldiers!" Gao Shun turned around and shouted to the soldiers on the top of the city: "General Lu sees everything we do here. Follow General Lu and guard Xia Pi!"

"Follow General Lu and defend Xia Pi!" The soldiers shouted.

Cao's army had no effect in siege. On the distant hillside, Lu Bu asked the soldiers to wave battle flags, as if they were demonstrating to them.

Looking at Xia Pi, which he could not capture for a long time, Cao Cao looked very bad.

"Duke Cao, Yuan Shu has sent troops!" Just as he was about to order another attack, the guard behind him pointed to the hillside where Lu Bu was stationed.

Turning his head and looking at Cao Cao saw that there were only a few broken battle flags on the top of the mountain.

Although the distance is very far, he can tell from the color of the flag that it was Yuan Shu in Huainan.

Cao Cao ordered: "Send a probe to find out how many soldiers Yuan Shu sent."

Of course, the battle flag on the hillside was not Yuan Shu's reinforcements.

Two soldiers sent by Lu Bu earlier arrived in two carriages with hundreds of new battle flags.

In addition to the battle flag, they also brought several sets of armor made according to the standard of Yuan Shu's army.

The battle flag embroidered with the word "Yuan" fluttered in the wind on the top of the mountain. Looking from a distance, it was like countless soldiers and horses stationed on this hill.

"You guys change into Yuan Shujun's armor." Lu Bu ordered several soldiers: "Cao Cao would not retreat easily when he saw the battle flag. He would definitely send people to investigate. He would intercept their scouts and leave two living people back to report the news."

Several soldiers changed their clothes and hurried down the mountain.

As expected, they encountered Cao's scout at the foot of the mountain.

Taking advantage of the scout's unpreparedness, the soldiers who were dormant in the dark shot and killed two of them and jumped up.

The remaining scouts saw that Yuan Shujun was rushing out, so they didn't dare to turn around and ran to Cao's camp.

What the scout brought to Cao Cao was the news that he was mentally prepared but was most reluctant to hear.

"How many troops Yuan Shu sent?" he asked the two scouts who had come back after luck.

"We were ambushed and didn't see many people." A scout replied.

"Lord, the military rations are insufficient, otherwise..." Guo Jia whispered beside him.

"Even if the military rations are sufficient and Yuan Shu sent people over, we have no chance of winning." Cao Cao ordered: "Send the order and return to Xudu!"

The Cao army, who had been besieging Xia Pi for several months, finally prepared to withdraw.

"Does your lord be unwilling to accept it?" Cao Cao was still looking at Xia Pi, and Guo Jia asked.

"I have been surrounded for several months, but in the end I have returned in vain." Cao Cao said, "How can I be willing?"

"We are likely to lose if our army does not withdraw." Guo Jia replied: "If the lord is unwilling to give up, he can lead the army to attack again in a few days."

"Yuan Shu sent troops to help, and Lu Bu and him have resolved the war. How easy is it to attack again?" Cao Cao sighed.

"Although the scout encountered Yuan Shujia's soldiers, he did not see the army." Guo Jia said: "I think there is only one Lu Bu on the hillside."

Cao Cao was stunned: "Fengxiao means..."

"Lu Bu wanted his lord to withdraw his troops, so he thought of pretending to be Yuan Shu to help." Guo Jia replied: "In fact, if he didn't do this, Xia Pi could not capture it for a long time, and the army had no food and supplies, so the lord couldn't hold on. He did this just to find a good excuse for his lord to retreat."

There was no food in the army, and Cao Cao really had no reason to persevere.

He nodded, narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Xia Pi: "I feel more and more that Lu Bu is different from the past..."

"Actually, I think he is different from the past." Guo Jia said: "But these are no longer important. The most important thing now is to return to Xudu safely and fight again when you choose a date in the future."

Cao's army withdrew, but Lu Bu did not lead his troops down the mountain immediately.

Several groups of people were sent to investigate and confirm that Cao Cao had left, so he led his troops to leave Shangang.

When Lu Bu came outside Xiapi City, the soldiers guarding the city quickly opened the city gate.

Chen Gong, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were all waiting at the city gate.

When Lu Bu entered the city, the three of them bowed and bowed: "Congratulations to Mr. Wen for successfully retreating the enemy!"

"Wen Hou is mighty!" An officer raised his arms and shouted on the top of the city.

Then all the soldiers guarding the city cheered.

With a proud look on his face, Lu Bu said: "Although Cao Cao retreated, Xuzhou has experienced wars. If we do not step up the rectification of local recruitment, this will happen sooner or later."

"What are the plans of Mr. Wen?" Chen Gong asked.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?" Lu Bu did not answer, but asked back.

"Including the wounded soldiers, there are about two thousand people."
Chapter completed!