The war horses were driven back one by one by one by the surrendered soldiers of Xingyang. The horse harnesses of these war horses had marks on their master's identity. The soldiers looked for useful crossbow arrows everywhere. The advantages and disadvantages of the crossbow were as obvious as they were. It would be great if they could make millions a day, but in fact, the Shenji Camp was working hard to build them, and there were only two thousand crossbow arrows a day.

The average speed is about 1,000, and it is only about 400,000 in a year. Lu Bu estimated that the reserves of crossbow arrows in Chang'an are only 3 million at most.

After this war, Lu Bu had made up his mind to study with Ma Jun and others whether he could develop methods to produce crossbows faster and improve the crossbow machine.

"Lord, I fought last night and injured several soldiers." After Ma Chao came back from counting the damage, he said to Lu Bu with some regret.

No matter how strong the Flying Cavalry Camp is, it is still a physical body. Although he was not killed in close combat last night, many people were injured.

"Send people to Hulao Pass to escort a batch of medicinal materials and doctors, and add another batch of crossbow arrows and baggage. It is important. Wen Chang leads his army to travel around the world. You are responsible for supervising the transportation of baggage, food and grass, and there must be no mistakes!" Lu Bu gave Ma Chao and Wei Yan one command arrow.

It is somewhat useless to let the Flying Cavalry escort the food and supplies, but there is no way. Although the Flying Cavalry is elite, it depends greatly on logistics. The Flying Cavalry that loses logistics is still elite, but it is impossible to completely eat a large army of 20,000 yuan as easily as before.

After Gao Shun's camp came, Lu Bu considered taking down Ao Cang together.

By then, Xu Rong was in charge of Hanoi, Bingzhou, and Lu Bu were fighting against Yuan Shao's main force here.

"Here!" The two of them hurriedly bowed and took the order arrows and took their own orders to leave.

On the other hand, after Wen Chou was rescued by Guan Yu, the two went straight to Zhongmu, and Yuan Shao's main army was here. On the way, the two met Liu Bei. Wen Chou now knew why Liu Bei was defeated. Seeing Liu Bei's embarrassing look, he didn't say anything. After all, he had the advantage of the city, so he was driven back like a rabbit by Lu Bu. How could he be qualified to laugh at him?

The two sides briefly explained the situation to each other, and Liu Bei said with some concern: "After the loss of Xingyang, Lu Bu will be able to collude with Hulao, and General Jun Yi will be in danger!"

At that time, Yuan Shao led his troops to defend Xingyang and Ao Cang with Zhang He and the other generals. In order to prevent Xu Rong from sending troops rashly, he restrained the opponent's troops here. Now that Xingyang has been taken away by Lu Bu, Zhang He has become the one surrounded. If Lu Bu attacked Ao Cang like he attacked Wen Cang, most of the Ao Cang would be defeated.

Wen Chou nodded: "I have ordered someone to inform Ye Yi to be careful of Lu Bu, and Duke Xuande doesn't have to worry."

The two sides then joined forces and rushed to Zhongmu.

Yuan Shao was surprised when he heard that Liu Bei and Wen Chou arrived and quickly asked someone to bring the two into the tent.

"What happened after you and the two of you were defeated by Lu Bu one after another?" Yuan Shao looked at the two of you and asked with a frown.

"Please forgive me for your crime." Liu Bei sighed and described the process of his journey to his defeat in Lu Bu. Then Wen Chou also told the story.

"Lord, I will not be willing to use my life. The troops led by Lu Bu are far superior to ordinary soldiers, regardless of weapons and armor. It is impossible for our soldiers to resist the enemy." Wen Chou said in the end, his face was decadent.

In recent years, Wen Chou has been practicing martial arts hard and wants to avenge Yan Liang. Now he has finally met the troops led by Lu Bu, but he was beaten and abandoned his armor before even seeing Lu Bu. He left his armor and fled to the city. This is really embarrassing and even more disgusting.

"It's really Lu Bu?" Yuan Shao frowned and looked at the two of them and asked.

If Liu Bei said this, Yuan Shao would definitely not believe it. He just thought that Liu Bei was shirking responsibility. But now he even said this by his confidant general Wen Chou, so Yuan Shao would not believe it.

"I just saw the banner below, but even in Guanzhong, no one can control such elite troops except Lu Bu." Liu Bei bowed to Yuan Shao and said.

Wen Chou nodded along the way. This elite force was different from the elite force they imagined. Now when they think about it, they couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts.

Yuan Shao said coldly: "In the past, a reckless man was huddled in Guanzhong for several years, but it became a climate. In this battle, he will be killed. Xuande, you will enter the camp to rectify it for the time being. Since Lu Bu is here, we will gather heavy troops to strangle him."

Liu Bei nodded. Now that his army has been crippled, he can't lead the troops alone, and Yuan Shao can't give him his soldiers to himself. It would be better to stay in Yuan Shao's camp and see the direction of this battle, so he would have made plans early.

Next, Lu Bu did not continue to attack Ao Cang as Yuan Shao thought, but just defended Xingyang, as if he was waiting for something.

After Zhang He received the news, he realized that Hulao Pass was transporting supplies to Xingyang and led his troops to rob him, but was almost wiped out by Wei Yan and Ma Chao, two battalions of flying cavalry troops.

When he left the city, he brought three thousand soldiers and horses, but in the end he only followed Zhang He with a dozen cavalry. This time, Zhang He truly realized how strong the strong army was as mentioned by Wen Chou.

After several times, Hulao Pass transported the baggage, Wei Yan almost rushed to Ao Cang City to guard Zhang He and provoked him. Zhang He did not dare to leave the city rashly, but could only watch a large amount of baggage sent to Xingyang under Ma Chao's escort.

"Tell you the general, don't be too arrogant in the future. He can't break the backs of anyone in this world." Before leaving, Wei Yan pointed at the city and shouted arrogantly.

Zhang He looked a little ugly, and he really wanted to go down and kill this little devil in person. Nowadays, young people are becoming more and more unruly, and they don’t understand any rules at all, which is unreasonable.

But in the end, Zhang He endured it. Don’t look at the lack of people on the other side. If he really wants to leave the city, he will suffer the loss. There is no need to be angry with a little devil.

Hey ~

Seeing that Zhang He could actually hold back and not be provoked, Wei Yan felt a little regretful, and laughed and left with his men. Ma Chao had already sent back enough supplies. As for how the lord was going to fight next, Wei Yan was also very curious.

When Wei Yan returned to Xingyang, he found that there were too many troops in Xingyang. Gao Shun had already led his army to Xingyang and hurried to visit him. Not only Gao Shun, but also Li Ru came.

"General, there is Nanyang..." Wei Yan was a little worried about the situation in Nanyang. Gao Shun took away most of the Nanyang army during this trip, and even the most elite camp of the trap came. If Liu Biao or Sun Ce came to attack at this time, the consequences would be...

"Mr. Wen Chang doesn't need to worry. News from Jiangdong has been heard. It has been confirmed that the person Cao Xing shot and killed that day was Sun Ce. Now that Sun Ce is dead, who will be the leader of Jiangdong will inevitably quarrel. Before leaving, the lord ordered people to go to Chang'an. The imperial edict to enthrone Yuan Shu as the governor of Yangzhou may soon come down. Jiangdong will definitely be very lively at that time."

Not only Yuan Shu would covet Jiangdong, but Liu Biao would probably not be willing to be occupied by Jiangxia. Of course, if Jiangdong can launch a new heir as soon as possible and contact other forces to restrain Yuan Shu, that would be another story. After all, Cao Cao now has many reasons to attack Yuan Shu.

Lu Bu's edict cannot be said to be the root of cholera, but it is enough to make the entire Jiangdong and even the princes of Jianghuai have no intention of opposing Lu Bu again, so that he can have more energy to focus on Yuan Shao.

"Lord is wise!" Wei Yan bowed to Lu Bu.

In this way, Jiangdong, Jingzhou, Yuan Shu, even Cao Cao, and Liu Bei will be involved in the Jiangdong matter. This alliance of princes is indeed as unreliable as the original six-nation alliance, and it can be broken with one click.

After answering Wei Yan's doubts, Li Ru looked at Lu Bu and said, "Lord, since we are here, we should take Yuan Shao as the best strategy."

Since Lu Bu was not ready to attack the Central Plains in this battle, it would be useless to continue to spend it here. It would be better to end the battle earlier and fight Yuan Shao back so that they can continue to return to Guanzhong to develop.

In fact, if it were before, Li Ru would not have suggested this. After all, there is no reason to be slow in winning the world. But with the opening of this battle, Li Ru suddenly discovered that in recent years, Lu Bu had gradually gained the strength to surpass the princes of the world, whether it was armaments or equipment.

The reason why he did not wipe out the world is not that he could not do so, but because Lu Bu was waiting and then solved it after he had enough talents to govern the world.

Looking back at Lu Bu’s actions over the years, developing engineering, developing agriculture, establishing academies, promoting folk literacy, and commerce and opening up the Western Regions. Every thing is now looking backwards, and it is of far-reaching significance. He is gradually changing this era with one person's strength, and it is actually a sign of success, which is really incredible!

Li Ru, who saw this clearly, also increasingly agreed with Lu Bu's decision.

Of course, although what Lu Bu did for a long time, there is a disadvantage. Lu Bu's will must be implemented all the time, that is, Lu Bu's best life longer. Otherwise, after Lu Bu's hundred years, Lu Bu's successor may not be able to continue to implement Lu Bu's will. This is the most critical thing.

Lu Bu nodded, he stationed troops in Xingyang, which is exactly what he meant.

He looked at Gao Shun and smiled and said, "Gongzheng left five thousand men to guard Xingyang, responsible for the rear of our army. The rest of the soldiers followed the army to directly take Yuan Shao. This time, most of the generals of the army were Nanyang. Who do you think is suitable to stay and defend the city?"

Ma Chao and Wei Yan lowered their heads silently, hoping that the general would not suddenly see him. If there was a crack in the ground nearby, they would never mind rushing in.

Gao Shun glanced at the two of them, snorted coldly, clasped his fists at Lu Bu and said, "Lord, Ma Chao, Wei Yan, in the battle of Nanyang, has grown up quite well, and has the ability to lead a single army..."

The two looked up and looked at Gao Shun with pleading.

Looking at the two of them looking like they were incredible, Gao Shun held the corner of his mouth and then said with a stern expression: "But these two are naturally irrelevant and are not suitable for defending the city. As far as the general is concerned, although Deng Yu is not as talented as the two, he is quite mature and has a tough temperament, so the general thinks that Deng Yu can take on this responsibility!"

Deng Yu, as Ma Chao's deputy general, made several suggestions to prevent Ma Chao from being wiped out by Cao Cao's plot. In the battle of Nanyang, he performed quite calmly and was indeed suitable as a guard.

Lu Bu looked at Deng Yu several times and smiled and said, "Since Gong said that, Deng Yu will defend the city, and the other soldiers will follow me to fight tomorrow and destroy Yuan Shao!"
Chapter completed!