Chapter 640: Cao Cao: It's a pity that Lu Bu's concubine, Lady Wang, escaped (2nd update!)

In Peng Cheng,

"Kill!!! The first to climb! It is Le Jin! Soldiers, follow me and charge! Take the city tower and the city gate! Lead the main army into the city!!"

While Lu Bu was still on his way back to reinforce Peng Cheng, Cao Cao had already launched a surprise attack on Peng Cheng. After a day of continuous fierce attacks,

Peng Cheng, which didn't have sufficient troops, even though its city defenses were tall and solid, was eventually broken through by Le Jin and others.

The West City Gate was taken, and Cao Cao's army of over a hundred thousand was led into the city.

"Retreat! Take the Lady and retreat! Do not defend to the death!"

Seeing that Peng Cheng could no longer be held, Wei Xu and the others immediately took Lu Bu's concubine, Lady Wang, gathered Cheng Lian and others, and urgently retreated from the East City Gate, fleeing eastward.

The speed and decisiveness of their actions meant that the pursuing troops sent by Cao Cao couldn't catch up for a time.

"What a pity!"

Cao Cao stood on the city tower in the east, looking at Lu Bu's troops that had already disappeared, and couldn't help but sigh: "I heard that Lu Bu's Lady Wang is Wang Yun's foster daughter and is extremely beautiful! Wang Yun relied on this Lady Wang to use the beauty trap, making Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu dizzy with infatuation!"

"It's a pity, just let the beauty run away like this! What a pity! What a pity!"

Hearing this, the corner of Zhong Yao's eye twitched, and he looked speechless, but it wasn't easy to say it directly.

Li Old Dian and the others directly acted as if they hadn't heard it.

Their Lord's fondness for married women was a well-known fact; they had long been accustomed to it, and there was nothing to say.

I can only say, as expected of the Lord.

"My Lord, there will be opportunities! We will definitely fight Lu Bu again later, and he will definitely not be the Lord's opponent then!"

At this time, Cao Hong couldn't help but comfort him.

Cao Cao and the others looked at Cao Hong speechlessly.

You really dare to say it!

Lu Bu, hurrying and rushing, met Wei Xu's party dozens of miles away from Peng Cheng.

Only then did he learn the news that Peng Cheng had fallen!

"Damn it! Still let this Cao Mengde succeed!"

Lu Bu waved his fist resentfully, feeling very annoyed in his heart.

He was still impulsive and careless! He couldn't hold back and went to war with Liu Bei again, otherwise, this result wouldn't have happened.

Of course, Lu Bu didn't think it was entirely his fault; it was mainly because Zhang Fei was too bullying.

However, looking at the situation now, he might really have to go to Xiapi to meet up with Liu Bei and jointly resist Cao Cao.

At that time, he would definitely have to face Zhang Fei's mockery. For a time, he even didn't want to go to Liu Bei's side.

However, in the end, he endured it!

Not for himself, but for Chen Gong, he couldn't be so willful.

Chen Gong might have really had the purpose of using him to lead him to Yanzhou to fight Cao Cao at the beginning.

But he had treated him well over the years and had done his best to help him plan; he couldn't pit Chen Gong like this, right?

At least he had to give Chen Gong a decent failure.

"It seems I have to meet Su Boyuan in Southern Jingzhou ahead of schedule!"

"This is not a bad thing! Anyway, I'm already tired of playing the hegemony game and have no interest in these brain-twisting things!"

"Going to Su Boyuan's side is not bad either. It seems quite good to drink with Su Boyuan, Huang Hansheng, Zhao Zilong, and the others every day!"

Lu Bu thought to himself.

Of course, he also missed his precious daughter and his first wife, Lady Yan.

Although he had been communicating with Lu spiritual energy and the others by letter every month for the past year, it was not as good as meeting in person.

"My Lord, what should we do next?"

Wei Xu looked at Lu Bu in confusion.

Cheng Lian and the others were the same.

"There's no other way! I estimate that Taishan Commandery has probably been defeated too! Let's go directly to Xiapi to meet up with Mr. Chen Gongtai and then make plans!"

Lu Bu said, waved his hand, and led the army and his family to turn their horses and rush toward Xiapi.

Half a day later, they returned to the military camp outside Xiapi City.

At this time, Chen Gong hadn't fully prepared to depart, but when he saw Lu Bu return, his heart skipped a beat, and he had a very bad premonition, so he immediately stepped forward and asked: "My Lord! What is this... Wei Xu! Cheng Lian, why are you here too? Could it be that Peng Cheng has fallen?"

"Yes!"

Wei Xu nodded shamefully: "Cao Cao's offensive was too fierce, and we didn't have enough manpower. After insisting for more than a day, it was forcibly broken through!"

"We could only take the Lady and the remaining troops and flee Peng Cheng;"

"We met the Lord who came to reinforce us halfway!"

"Oh no!"

Chen Gong sighed mournfully upon hearing this: "It's over now! I'm afraid Xuzhou cannot be held!"

"My lord, we should make plans early!"

Hearing Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu was also slightly stunned and said: "Chen Gongtai, things haven't reached that point yet, have they? My forces and Liu Bei's have not suffered much loss. If I gather my troops and Liu Bei's now, shouldn't we still be able to fight Cao Cao at Picheng?"

Although he did indeed believe that Xuzhou would sooner or later be impossible to hold, he had not expected Chen Gong to think the same.

This did not seem like Chen Gong's character at all!

"It's useless!"

Chen Gong shook his head bitterly and said: "More than half of Xuzhou will soon fall into Cao Cao's hands. Relying only on Picheng and the small remaining part of Xuzhou, even if we combine our forces with Liu Bei's, we won't be able to hold out for long!"

"Not to mention anything else, just the grain and fodder alone—I'm afraid Picheng won't be able to sustain us for too long."

"However, resistance is still necessary!"

"At the very least, I must make Cao Cao hit a wall and suffer some bitterness at Picheng so that I can vent my anger a little;"