Lu Bu understood at a glance that many people were extras, which were arranged by Lu Su.

Lu Su was very sure of this. He knew what Lu Bu needed. The people of Xuzhou army were unstable in Jizhou. Most of the rich families and gentry had fences, and such a victory was needed to stabilize the hearts of the army and the hearts of the people.

Lu Bu smiled knowingly: "Zijing arranged well and needed such a celebration to show his military power."

"This victory was too timely. During this period, I arranged hundreds of Iron Horse Army to go back and forth between Jizhou City and Changshan County to let these big families see the speed of our Xuzhou Army. The effect is still very obvious, and no one dares to do anything more."

A few days later, the army also rested and the weather gradually became cold. Lu Bu decided to lead his army back to Xuzhou.

There is no warm winter this year. There is a saying in winter that is: You can’t beat the sticks in three or four. In the middle of winter, there will be huge casualties, even marching. Once you encounter wind and snow, you will suffer heavy casualties.

The deployment arrangements have also been completed, and Chunyu Qiong was transferred to Jizhou for prevention.

Zhao Yun was stationed in Changshan County, Gao Shun and Lusu were stationed in Jizhou City.

Zhang He was transferred to Jinan County.

Lu Su was not worried about the situation in Jizhou: "Lord, please go back to Xuzhou. Cao Cao doesn't have the courage to attack. We are too fast, and the Iron Horse Army can support the White Horse Front in two days, not to mention that Wen Chou and Yan Liang are not ordinary people. Even if Cao Cao's troops attack, there will be no problem for three or five days."

Zhuge Liang pointed to the map: "This time we returned to Xuzhou with great enthusiasm and made great efforts to move westward from Xuzhou to Chenliu. Puyang is more convenient. Although Cao Cao's territory is the most prosperous place, it is also the most dangerous place to guard. With a flat horse and a detour, our cavalry can even go directly to the city of Xudu. When we returned to Xudu, we deployed Cao Xing and Zhou Cang's three thousand light horses in Xiaopei in Xiaopei, and Cao Cao immediately understood what it meant."

Lu Bu praised Lu Su and Zhuge Liang very much. The two of them deeply understood the meaning of blitzkrieg. Concentrate elite forces and strike lightning, and one blow will be hit.

Moreover, blitzkrieg is a psychological tactic. If Lu Bu leads an army of 20,000 to march straight into the city of Xudu.

What would the wealthy gentry who supported Cao Cao think? They would be shaken. People seek profit and avoid harm. Even if they don’t fight in a single place, the blow to Cao Cao will be very huge.

Lu Bu thought for a moment: "Then let's scare Cao Cao, and order the Baima Wen Chou Yan Liang, Rencheng Lu Qian, Xiaopei Song Xian, Danyang Jiling, and various troops to conduct large-scale winter training and make an attitude of attacking Cao's army."

"yes."

The military order was issued immediately, and the journey was 400 miles in a hurry. Wen Chou Yan Liang would receive the letter tomorrow. Lu Qian, Rencheng, could receive the letter the day after tomorrow. Danyang Ji Ling would be slower. It would take at least five or six days to receive the military order.

Lu Bu led more than 9,000 cavalry and seven thousand iron horses to return to Xuzhou slowly. When he returned, he walked slowly, only 120 to 30 miles a day.

The whole journey was marching on his own territory, safe and worry-free. Ten days later, the people of Xuzhou welcomed him, but the people of Luying Village were crying silently and more than 300 people were killed, all of them.

Chen Gong discovered the disadvantages of this centralized resettlement. Once there are major casualties, every village will wear mourning.

"Lord, let's make a scattered resettlement in the future, and provide subsidies for building houses to the soldiers, so that they can go back to their respective villages to build houses."

"What the public station said makes sense. Now that the money is abundant, there is no need to centralize the placement."

After only two months of going out for Xuzhou, he captured the entire territory of Jizhou and captured 50,000 new soldiers and horses, including four generals, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zhang He and Chunyu Qiong.

Arrange the official newspaper to add a special issue of the Battle of Jizhou to describe the achievements of the Battle of Jizhou in detail.

As soon as Lu Bu came back, the entire army immediately mobilized and showed his performance of advancing west at any time.

In fact, Lu Bu didn't plan to fight any more. Nowadays, marching is all about leaving, and people are tired and need rest the most.

Xu Du, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Cao Cao was so angry that his head hurt. Guo Jia next to him was speechless. Guo Jia was originally known as the genius, but now he has no solution.

Jia Xu failed to imitate the Xuzhou Army Iron Horse, and the soldiers could only slide and couldn't ride. However, they made a lightweight cart with one wheelbarrow, which added a lot of help to production and life.

The secret weapon that Jia Xu got back a few days ago was quite good, but unfortunately the craftsman couldn't open it. A craftsman smashed it with a hammer, but the three of them were gone.

However, Jia Xu had a sharp nose and roughly judged that there were charcoal powder and sulfur inside. He had already started experimenting, and believed that success would be a matter of time.

"Now the Xuzhou army seems to be attacking the entire line. What can we do if Fengxiao?"

Guo Jia shook his head: "Lu Bu is pretending to behave, not really wanting to attack, he wants to rest on the whole line."

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"My lord thinks, marching and fighting are the most physically laborious. The real manifestation of a big battle is rest and recuperation, not a large-scale training. A large-scale training is a manifestation of defense."

"So that's it, I'm filial and great talent."

Guo Jia shook his hand helplessly: "Lu Bu has performed too much recently. He originally thought his iron horse was just a decoration, but according to our detailed description, the iron horse is of good quality and can actually ride two soldiers. It is very easy to march a hundred or ten miles a day, and it is really terrible to march one hundred or eighty miles hard."

"How about breaking the road and breaking the main official roads in our territory?"

Guo Jia held the wine glass and didn't say anything for a long time. Cao Cao was under too much pressure recently and his head was already confused. Otherwise, how could he come up with this kind of solution for cerebral thrombosis for ten years?

Guo Jia shook his head: "Our Central Plains is flat and there are no obstacles. Even if the official road is cut off, the enemy will go around from other things. Moreover, once the official road is broken, the economy that is already inadequate will be worse."

Cao Cao sighed helplessly. He once saw that all the heroes in the world were all flies and bedbugs, but now he actually felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

"The troops entered Jingzhou, and now Nanyang is in our hands. It is time to go south. To take down the large granary of Jingzhou, the pressure on our food and grass will be greatly reduced." Guo Jia put forward his opinion.

At this time, Jingzhou was in Liu Biao's hands, so it was not a big problem to take it down.

Cao Cao thought about it and felt that there was a way, so he immediately began to prepare for the southern expedition. This time, he dispatched the general Xiahou Dun, military advisor Cheng Yu, and deputy general Yu Jin to organize a coalition of 20,000 people. Now Xu Du is conducting coordination training and will rush to Jingzhou after the beginning of spring to grab Liu Biao's territory.

Jingzhou has a very huge area, including paddy fields, and the rice yield is much higher than wheat. If Jingzhou is taken, there will be huge grain production areas.

Moreover, Liu Biao was weak and his military was inconsistent, so Cao Cao was imperative and wanted to take Jingzhou in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!