Due to Chen Deng's sudden attack, all areas north of the Si River in Xiapi County were fallen into Cao Cao's hands.

On the other hand, because Zhang Liao's army did not arrive at the Pengcheng area to reinforce Lu Bu's defense line in time, Cao Cao took advantage of the arrival of Chen Deng's army and Lu Bu's army was temporarily in chaos, and decisively asked Cao Zhen to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to build a floating bridge in the Si River at night. Before dawn, it successfully raided Lu County. Soon even Fu Yang and Wu Yuan succeeded one after another.

At this time, Zhang Liao, who had just received the emergency order from Lu Bu, had missed the best time to go south. He was blocked by Xiahou Yuan's men and it was difficult for Duyang to break through the defense line set up by Cao Cao, and he failed to succeed in several attacks.

Seeing that the gateway to the west of Xia Pi had already opened, Lu Bu had no other choice, so he had to let Gao Shun, the only one who could handle the great responsibility, lead his army to resist Chen Deng's attack in the south, and personally lead the army to face Cao's army in the west.

In his opinion, if Cao Cao's army was quickly defeated by him, Chen Deng would retreat without fighting.

Cao Cao, who was sitting in the tent, saw that the clamp-shaped encirclement of Lu Bu had been formed, and was discussing with Liu Bei how to quickly conquer Xia Pi City to capture Lu Bu alive. At this time, the messenger outside the tent reported urgently:

Lu Bu personally led the iron cavalry to capture Lu County and was coming to fight towards Pengcheng.

Liu Bei knew Lu Bu's bravery and terribleness. Now he was very close to Pengcheng occupied by Cao Cao, and Lu County would be completely exposed to Lu Bu when Lu County was destroyed. Therefore, Liu Bei was very worried and said to Cao Cao:

"Ming Gong, Lu Bu was the tiger general at that time, and I think if I could let Yun Chang and Yide go and resist Lu Bu?"

Cao Hong, who was standing aside, was very unhappy after hearing this. He snorted coldly: "Since Liu Yuzhou's military generals are so brave, why have they been defeated by Lu Bu several times before and ended up in a mess of abandoning the city and fleeing?"

"You must not be rude, I have always known Yun Chang's heroic power." Cao Cao reached out to stop Cao Hong, then turned his face to smile at Liu Bei:

"I think I'd better let my people try it first. If it really can't be stopped, it's not too late to ask Yun Chang to go then."

Liu Bei was very curious about who could stop Lu Bu in Cao Cao's tent. At this time, Cao Cao told the following order:

"You go to Cao Zhen's tent immediately and ask him to order his troops to fight Lu Bu."

After the messenger retreated, Liu Bei felt a little ridiculous. Cao Zhen was just a young boy under 20 years old. Even though he was very skilled in martial arts, his experience on the battlefield was far worse than that of Lu Bu. Letting him fight directly with Lu Bu was simply seeking death. However, looking at Cao Cao's calm and confident expression, Liu Bei still buried this idea deeply in his heart.

After Cao Zhen received the order, he said to the deputy general Hao Zhao beside him: "The lord asked me to fight Lu Bu. Although we have the advantage in general, we still fight the trapped beasts. Lu Bu is not yet at the end of his journey. It seems that he has a difficult problem for me."

Compared with Cao Zhen's calmness and calmness, Hao Zhao could not hide his inner excitement at this time. He had long wanted to compete with a hero like Lu Bu, and hurriedly persuaded Cao Zhen to fight. Cao Zhen patted Hao Zhao's shoulder and smiled:

"Don't worry, we are still very young, and there are still many big battles in the future."

Then he walked behind Hao Zhao, put the helmet on his head, and walked out of the tent with a serious and calm expression:

"What we have to think about now is how to fight the battle in front of us."

After hearing this, Hao Zhao sighed to himself: "It would be great if Sima Yi was there, he would have the most ideas."

At this time, Cao Zhen's army camped about fifteen miles northwest corner of Lu County. After receiving Cao Cao's order, he immediately ordered the army to set off and seized the bank of the Si River, which was only one river from Pengcheng before Lu Bu.

After arriving at the designated position, the generals under his command began to worry about Cao Zhen's method of marching and formation:

Lu County is still a distance from Pengcheng, so there is no need to stalk the camp so close to the river. Lu Bu's offensive is fierce, and once he can't resist, he will be completely driven into the river by Lu Bu's army. What's more, Cao Zhen only brought half of his troops, and the other half was taken by Hao Zhao and didn't know where to go. Even if he imitated Han Xin's battle against the water, it would be a bit dangerous to hit the stone with eggs.

Some people think: If you fight for the back, why do you have to prepare so many ships on the shore in the rear? Are you planning to take a boat and escape once you are defeated? Cao Zhen is simply a greedy person who is afraid of death.

Thinking of this, some generals began to complain privately.

Cao Zhen knew the concerns and complaints of the soldiers very well, but he never explained his arrangements.

Soon, Lu Bu, who was eager to win, rushed to the bank of Si River. After Cao Zhen saw Lu Bu's army rushing towards him with great momentum, he ordered the army to retreat quickly to both sides before the soldiers could get on their horses, and emphasized that those who did not follow were killed.

The military orders were like mountains, and the soldiers carried out Cao Zhen's orders to retreat along the north and south directions of the river bank. Seeing that Cao's soldiers fled and even the ships on the shore were too late, Lu Bu couldn't help but laugh at the incompetence of the guards: "It is said that Cao Mengde's subordinates are full of powerful generals. I think they are all greedy and afraid of death. We must use these ships as soon as possible to cross the Si River and take the Pei Kingdom. At that time, I will see how Cao Cao is attacking Xia Pi!"

The Cao army sentries on the west bank of the river were shocked when they saw Lu Bu boarding the ship and heading towards Pengcheng. They were shocked and quickly reported the matter to Cao Cao. The soldiers in the crowd were shocked. The reason why they were frightened was that Cao Cao had already handed over half of his troops to Xiahou Yuan to resist Zhang Liao's southward. In addition, there were infantry led by Xiahou Dun and Chen Denghuihe attacked Xia Pi from the south. At this moment, Cao Hong did not have enough troops to guard the army in Pengcheng. Once Lu Bu landed on the shore, the consequences would be unimaginable.

On the contrary, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing after hearing this. Guo Jia and Xun Youhe seemed to see something and smiled without saying a word. Then Guo Jia said to Cao Cao:

"We might as well climb up the river bank to see the next good show. If we miss it, we may never see it again."

"I'm very honest. I'm going to see how Lu Bu can get under Pengcheng."

Cao quickly agreed to Guo Jia's proposal, and immediately stood at the bank of the river with his counselors, Liu Bei and others, and watched Lu Bu crossing him quickly in the Si River. Lu Bu was particularly excited when he saw Cao Cao standing on the shore, and quickly ordered the soldiers to step up their paddles, striving to quickly land in order to prevent Cao Cao from escaping.

However, what Lu Bu did not expect was that the speed of the ship gradually slowed down. Not only that, when the hull began to be filled with water, soldiers soon discovered that Cao's soldiers were hidden in the river under the ship. They pulled out the plug that blocked the hole that had been teared by Cao Zhen in advance.

As a result, the hull quickly flooded the water, not only could it not sail to the other side, but it also had a crisis of continuous sinking and eventually capsizing.

At this moment, Cao Zhen's army, which had originally retreated, gathered again on the east bank of the river. Cao Zhen ordered the crossbow archers to launch rockets on the ships that Lu Bu's army was riding. Many soldiers of the Lu Bu's army were killed or injured. Seeing this, Lu Bu quickly jumped onto the deck of a ship that was not very flooded with water, and ordered the crossbow archers on the ship to fight and head towards the south bank of the river.

When Lu Bu finally got rid of Cao Zhen's pursuit and went ashore in a mess, there were only more than a thousand soldiers with good water quality left.
Chapter completed!