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At the end of the day, when Cao Xing galloped his horse around Xuzhou City, he raised his head and looked at the huge city walls a few miles away. The torches on them were still bright, and the patrolling teams were walking back and forth from time to time. He wiped the sweat from his face and pulled the reins to continue heading east.

Guan Yu suddenly led the troops and appeared under the Xiao Pei City, allowing Gongsun Xu and Gao Shun to thoroughly confirm that Liu Bei was going to attack and attack him. At this time, Guan Yu's men surrounded a few of the city gates, but fortunately, they did not have many people, and their morale was not high either. Gongsun Xu personally brought White Horse Camp's cavalry to protect Cao Xing, and the latter easily broke through the weak encirclement of the Xuzhou Army.

He suddenly thought of something and hurriedly walked forward. The face of the sand on the riverbed immediately changed. The sand was extremely moist; it was obvious that this place had been submerged by the river water not long ago! In the past few days, there had not been any abnormal weather within the Xuzhou. There was only one explanation for this situation, and that was that a large portion of the river upstream had been intercepted! The distance from here to Xuzhou City was only a few dozen kilometers, and the person who had the most possibility and ability to do this was Liu Bei, and at this critical juncture, Liu Bei's intention to stop the river was clear as day!

After Cao Xing understood this point, his heart burned with anxiety. He hastily fed some bean cake to the horse, drank some cold water himself, and then jumped onto the horse's back and gnawed on some rations as he ran forward.

After almost an hour, Cao Xing suddenly heard some movement in front of him. He quickly jumped off the horse and rushed to the hillside in a hurry to take a look, only to see a camp three to four li away at the foot of the mountain. Behind the gates, there was a familiar "Lu" banner that could be vaguely seen under the light of bonfires and torches.

Reaching out to touch a handful of sticky blood, he couldn't help but grin bitterly and grimace in pain. Before, he was so anxious that he only knew how to ride on horseback and was completely oblivious to the fact that those few areas had been worn out on the horse's back. His gaze looked to the east where the light was coming from, and he saw that there was clearly a military camp on the ground, which was much higher than the riverbank. It was extremely quiet, and obviously, it was the Xuzhou Army's camp. He turned around and pulled the warhorse back. Just as he was about to jump onto the horse, he shook his head, tied the reins to a tree, and put a bamboo halter on the warhorse's mouth. Then, he started down the hill.

At this time, in Lv Bu's tent, Lv Bu was listening to him listlessly with his head lowered.

Zhang Liao accompanied them at the side, his face looking very serious.

Chen Gong said respectfully: "Master, ever since I saw Liu Xuande, this king had always felt that he was extremely abnormal, especially when he retreated to master when we were setting up camp. That's why I invited General Wen Yuan to come with me to meet Master. The three of us will discuss it carefully, and we might be able to figure out where Liu Xuande's plan is! "

Lv Bu yawned, and waved his hands casually, and said: "I think Mr. Gong Tai is overthinking it! Not to mention if Liu Xuande really wants to deal with me, even if he has ulterior motives, he only has a few thousand more troops than us, and with my camp taking up a lot of land, what can he do to me? I actually hope that he can attack our camp and I'll definitely make it so that he won't be able to come back! "

Last night, after the sky had darkened, Lv Bu had listened to Chen Gong's suggestions and set up many deer skin s outside of the camp, and also made the archers camp near the fences of the camp. The moment someone got near, they would be blocked by the deer skin and become a live target for the archers. Not far from the fence, there were a few trenches with many wooden spears and bamboo spears stuck inside. Once you fell inside, you would be pierced to the point where you could easily be detected by the soldiers standing guard on the watchtower. In addition, the ground outside the camp was also hidden with countless stumbling ropes. If a person rode a horse near, there was a high chance that he would trip over the ground and reveal his whereabouts.

It was because he had done a lot of preparations in advance that Lv Bu was not afraid of Chen Gong's worries. He was not afraid of Liu Bei's sneak attack and was instead anticipating Liu Bei leading his troops to strike him with his head full of blood.

"My lord!" Chen Gong cried out, and said anxiously: "Liu Xuande is extremely scheming, why would he do something as foolish as forcing his way into our camp? Once he takes action, he will definitely come from a place beyond our expectations! "

Lv Bu yawned again, and spoke with misty eyes: "Mr. Gong Tai, tell me, what tricks and tricks would Liu Xuande use?"

"This …" Chen Gong was at a loss for words. If he could guess, why would he ask Zhang Liao to come and speculate with him?

"Enough!" Lv Bu stretched his body and stood up, "I'm going to sleep again. Mr. Gong Tai, you can go back and rest.

"Feng Xian, hold on!" Zhang Liao hurriedly stopped Lv Bu.

"What else is there?" Lv Bu glared at Zhang Liao impatiently.

Zhang Liao said in a heavy voice: "I also agree with Mr. Gong Tai's guess! Feng Xian, Liu Xuande's actions are really strange! "

"Wen Yuan, how come even you are here?" Lv Bu sighed, turned around and sat down unwillingly, then waved his hand: "Then tell me both of you, what kind of method will Liu Xuande use to deal with us?"

Chen Gong said in a low voice: "Just as Master had said, Liu Xuande would definitely not dare to directly attack, and would definitely use some unexpected means! From what I see, it is very likely that Liu Xuande will set up a conspiracy to deal with Master, and not lead a large army to fight Master! "

"Deal with me?" Lv Bu laughed and said in a disdainful tone, "If I were to fight against Liu Xuande, I will definitely take his life within three moves! Even with Zhang Fei, I have the confidence to kill the two of them within twenty moves! Even if he has a conspiracy against me, as long as I kill my way through, how can Liu Bei and Zhang Fei withstand it? "

Zhang Liao frowned: "What Mr. Gong Tai said is reasonable! Feng Xian, as the proverb goes, two fists cannot fight four hands, if Liu Xuande were to make up his mind to go against you, he would definitely not waste any effort, it would be best to be careful! "

"That's not right," Lv Bu scratched his head and said in a puzzled tone, "I was listening to the two of you guessing that Liu Xuande has some tricks up his sleeve, why did he suddenly pull them all over me? How about I go and rest first. The two of you come wake me up after you've thought about it! "

Chen Gong shook his head and softly sighed: "My lord, the glory and disgrace of Bingzhou Army is solely because of you.

Not long after following Lv Bu, Chen Gong knew that this master's personality was irritable, stubborn, untamed, and extremely stubborn. Once something was decided, it would be difficult to persuade him to change his mind, but every time he brought out the entire army of the Bingzhou Army, Lv Bu would always listen attentively.

When Lv Bu heard the three words "Bingzhou Army", although his expression was somewhat unhappy, he did not say much. He merely waved his hand, signalling for Chen Gong and Zhang Liao to continue speaking.

Chen Gong cupped his fists and said: "Master, I wonder what actions Liu Xuande will take tonight. I hope that you can send some men to secretly approach the Xuzhou Army's military camp to inquire!"

"This …" Lv Bu frowned, and shook his head. "It's not easy! Liu Xuande's campsite was flat, he was afraid that he would be discovered before he even got close! If only Cao Xing was here, he would definitely be able to avoid the eyes of the Xuzhou Army as he is an expert in hiding! "

Chen Gong turned and asked Zhang Liao: "What does General Wen Yuan think?"

Zhang Liao said apologetically: "I am not good at hiding techniques, but I can find a few people to try. Even if I was discovered by the Xuzhou Army, I believe there would not be any danger to my life!"

"Then let's do it this way first!" Lv Bu immediately nodded his head in agreement, looked at Zhang Liao and instructed: "Wen Yuan, go pick your men right now, I'll take responsibility for patrolling and guarding."

"My lord is wise!" Chen Gong stood up and respectfully bowed to Lv Bu.

"Yes sir!" Zhang Liao cupped his fist and turned to walk out.

Lv Bu picked up the helmet on the table and put it on his head, then took off the sword from the wall and hung it on his waist. As he walked, he instructed: "Gong Tai, you should rest here.

"Thank you, my lord!" Chen Gong thanked him and respectfully saw him out of the tent. After sitting down, he frowned and started thinking.

Lv Bu led a group of people to patrol around the camp, and did not find anything abnormal, just at this time, Zhang Liao also rushed over. He originally wanted to hand over the night duty to Zhang Liao to rest after, but he was worried that Chen Gong would nag him again if he went back early, so he brought Zhang Liao and a few other people to the sentry towers, planning to only return to the camp after Zhang Liao's people returned.

There were two watchtowers at the entrance of the encampment, one in each of the four corners. Two soldiers were stationed on each guard tower, who were alternately staring at the outside. Lv Bu went to the sentry tower at the gate first and gave some instructions to the night sentry. Then, he went to the sentry tower at the corner.

The first three watchtowers did not look abnormal at all. When he reached the northwest corner, Zhang Liao suddenly heard some movement from the grass outside the fence. He quickly lit a torch and threw it towards the direction of the sound.