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Chapter 543: Secret

Zhang Fei immediately glared and said, "Where did the bird man come from? I haven't seen him!" Guan Yu said angrily: "Brother hasn't spoken yet, so you should not speak too much!" Zhang Fei snorted and then started drinking on his own.

Liu Bei said to the veteran: "Take him to the front hall, I'll come soon." The veteran responded and ran down. Liu Bei stood up, looked at Zhang Fei, and said unhappy: "You black guy, stay here and drink, don't go anywhere!" Zhang Fei picked up the wine bowl, curled his lips, and said strange words: "This is not our territory, where can we go?" Guan Yu said angrily: "You black guy, say strange words!" Zhang Fei just sneered.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu left and came to the hall. As soon as they entered the hall, they saw a middle-aged man in casual clothes standing in the hall. When the middle-aged man saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu, he immediately stepped forward and bowed: "I have met the envoy."

Liu Bei replied with a greeting and asked the guest to sit at the left head, and then he walked to the upper head and sat down. Guan Yu did not sit there, but stood on the right head and stood at the right head with his sword.

Liu Bei clasped his fists and said, "I'm so stupid that I don't seem to know the distinguished guest?"

The guest smiled and clasped his fists and said, "There is no name in the lower house, so the envoy naturally does not recognize you, but when you are in the lower house, you often see the envoy, and you have admired the envoy for a long time!"

Liu Bei was even more puzzled, "I wonder where I have seen the distinguished guest?"

The guest smiled and said, "Prime Minister Cao's Mansion."

Liu Bei and Guan Yu were shocked when he heard this.

...

Zhang Lang led a large army to Yuzhou to form a battle formation. The sound of war drums was astonishing as the general Ma Chao rode his horse out to fight. The Cao army in the city was ready for battle. Cao Hong, Yu Jin, the governor of Yuzhou and others climbed to the city gate tower to watch. When they saw the Shenwu general wearing brocade robe, carrying a dragon cavalry and a dark divine horse outside the city, they all showed a little shock. The governor of Yuzhou asked in surprise: "Is this person the legendary 'Jin Ma Chao'?"

Yu Jin frowned and nodded, "It's this person! This general is extremely fierce. He once fought with Lu Bu for more than a hundred rounds without a chance of winning or losing. When Bingzhou fought against the Xianbei people that day, he killed many Xianbei generals and shocked the Xianbei. Many generals in our army also fell into his hands!" The governor of Yuzhou nodded, and looked at Ma Chao who was leaping outside the city and shouting for challenges. He felt as if he was facing a roar of a tiger, and his mind was stirred and he could not do it himself.

The Cao army was still unable to stand up in the challenge of Lu Bu's army. Although it was a little cowardly, no one thought it was inappropriate. The Cao army and Lu Bu's army had confronted each other many times and had deeply felt the invincibility of Lu Bu's army. Everyone from Cao's army believed that if they went out of the city to fight, they would definitely not be the opponent of Lu Bu's army, and fighting with the opponent's fierce general was even more a matter of seeking death!

Lu Bu's army quarreled for a day, but Cao's army never fought.

Lu Bu's army retreated temporarily in vain.

The next day, the main army of Lu Bu's army rose up to the camp and approached Wuli of Yuzhou City. The Cao army in the city was very angry and believed that it was Lu Bu's army despising him. Many generals said that Cao Hong asked for orders to fight in front of him, but they were rejected by Cao Hong.

After another wave of generals who asked for battle went down, Yu Jin said to Cao Hong: "General, Lu Bu is too bullying, and our soldiers are all aroused to fight. I wonder what the general has to plan?" Cao Hong looked at the Lu Bu army camping outside the city under the female wall, frowned and said, "Lu Bu army will move the camp, and will inevitably be exhausted tonight. I plan to go out of the city to attack tonight!"

Yu Jin hurriedly said, "No! General, Lu Bu is extremely treacherous. How could he know that this action is not intended to attract us on purpose?"

Cao Hong frowned and glanced at Yu Jin, "What if you want to do it in your opinion?"

Yu Jin said: "Don't pay attention to anything else, just stick to the city! It's fine if you don't work hard, you can't make mistakes, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. You and I will go to see your lord without a face!" Cao Hong nodded.

It was already deep in the night, and Lu Bu's New Central Army camp had been built. Compared with the hustle and bustle of the day, there was indeed silence in the camp at this time.

Zhang Lang stood on the watchtower accompanied by Wang Yi and looked at the movements in the direction of the city. Now Wang Yi is the only one left of the three female generals beside Zhang Lang. Sun Ren fell ill due to excessive worry and had already been sent to Xuchang. Dong Ying also went there together for care.

General Yan Xing climbed the watchtower and clasped his fists and said, "General, there is no movement in the city. It seems that the other party had never thought of leaving the city to sneak attack us!" Zhang Lang nodded and ordered, "Order the troops to return to the city, and the scouts will continue to monitor the enemy's every move. Don't slack off." Yan Xing clasped his fists and agreed and ran down.

Zhang Lang thought and muttered: "It seems that we can only use the second solution!"

The next morning, the sound of war drums of Lu Bu's army sounded on time. Lu Bu's army came out of the camp to form a formation and the generals came out to challenge. Cao's army climbed onto the city walls one after another. The Cao army was no longer as nervous as before. After all, they had been used to it for a few days, and it was no wonder that it was common to them.

At the same time, in a large tent in Lu Bu's army, many soldiers and craftsmen were busy digging the ground, and the soil they took was piled in the tent. After digging for more than three meters, they stopped digging downward and turned to one side. Dozens of soldiers took turns digging, and dozens of soldiers transported out the soil with the pulleys mounted above the hole, while several craftsmen guided the hole.

Lu Bu's army challenged all day and still returned empty-handed as usual. In the middle of the night, when people reached out to see their five fingers, hundreds of soldiers carried the soil accumulated in the big tent in the dark out of the military camp and fell far away to a place that they could not see dozens of miles away.

For the next period of time, Lu Bujun was like going to work every day, leaving early and returning late, just challenging and not siege the city. Cao Jun had already relaxed, and Cao Hong and the governor were relaxed, but Yu Jin frowned, and there was a vague feeling in his heart.

That night, Cao Hong, the governor, Yu Jin returned to the hall of the capital, put down his weapons, took off his battle robe, and sat down one after another. The governor smiled and said, "If Lu Bu did this every day, I would be relieved!" Yu Jin frowned and said, "This is really abnormal! Why did Lu Bu never attack the city and just bluff? Will he have any conspiracy?"

Cao Hong disagreed, "What conspiracy can he have? Could he attract us here and secretly send troops around us to raid our rear? If so, there is no need to worry at all! We have sufficient money and grain reserves here and do not need money and grain support from the rear at all. If Lu Bu wants to make trouble, let him do it!"

Yu Jin lowered his head and was silent. He felt that Cao Hong was right. His current front could be said to be impeccable. However, Lu Bu is not an easy person. He would never be able to bluff here after he had nothing to do, right? He must have had some conspiracy!
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