Chapter 665

Cao Ren immediately withdrew.

Time returns to a few days ago, on Lu Bu's side.

Although they tried their best to speed up, because there were still many infantry, the speed naturally could not be truly fast enough to shake off the pursuit of Cao Cao's cavalry.

But Cao Cao's cavalry was not numerous to begin with, and only a few thousand were sent to pursue Lu Bu.

They were almost routed by a single charge from Lu Bu.

Then, Cao Hong panicked and led the remaining forces to flee, let alone continuing to pursue Lu Bu; he didn't even dare to stay here.

"Hehe! They really don't know their own strength!"

Lu Bu saw this and had no intention of continuing the pursuit. He just smiled disdainfully, waved his hand to lead the army back, and continued to lead all his troops to withdraw towards Huaiyin.

"Hehe! Congratulations to the Lord for repelling the pursuers!"

Chen Gong couldn't help but smile and congratulate Lu Bu when he saw him return successfully.

"This is nothing!"

Lu Bu smiled lightly and waved his hand: "A mere Cao Hong, with only a few thousand cavalry under his command, dared to come and pursue us. I wonder who gave him the courage?"

"Could it be that he forgot how I bloodied them back then?"

"It seems they are still too forgetful! The impression and lesson I left them were not profound enough! Hehe!"

Thinking back to when they were in Yanzhou, Cao Hong and the others were crushed like dogs by him!

"Hehe!"

Chen Gong smiled and said: "Probably because we lost in the end, so it gave them confidence, making them think we are nothing more than this?"

It can only be said that Cao Hong thought too much.

The reason they lost back then wasn't because you, Cao Hong, were awesome!

"Perhaps!"

Lu Bu nodded noncommittally: "If I wasn't worried about being caught up by Cao Cao's main force, I would have had the heart to directly annihilate Cao Hong and his army just now!"

The main concern was that Cao Cao would send a massive army to pursue and encircle them after learning the news.

In addition, he was also afraid of bringing trouble to Su Xuan.

Although he knew this shouldn't be any trouble for Su Xuan, he subconsciously did so anyway.

More than a day later, Lu Bu and his party successfully arrived at Huaiyin City to meet their families.

Then, they also met Huang Zu, who had been waiting here for a long time.

"Huang Zu greets the Marquis of Wen! After my Lord received the news, he sent us to meet you and escort you to Xiangyang City in Jingzhou. The ships are all ready! I wonder if you have any other arrangements?"

Huang Zu cupped his hands and spoke after seeing Lu Bu.

"Thank you, General Huang!"

Lu Bu also returned the salute and said: "I have no other arrangements! We can set off at any time!"

"However, the troops I brought this time are thirty to forty thousand; with so many people, are there enough ships?"

"In addition, we didn't bring much grain for this withdrawal; should we raise some in Huaiyin first?"

"No need!"

Huang Zu shook his head directly: "There are enough ships! There are even spare ones!"

"As for grain, there is even less need to worry; everything is already prepared!"

"Since you have no problems, why don't we arrange for the soldiers to board the ships now and set off as soon as possible?"

"Firstly, so you can meet with my Lord as soon as possible, and secondly, to avoid being caught up by Cao Cao's pursuers. What do you think?"

He could receive intelligence from the secret guards in Xiapi City at any time.

He also knew that Cao Cao had sent more people to pursue Lu Bu because of Cao Hong's rout.

He just wanted to drive Lu Bu away completely and take over the entire Xuzhou.

It was not appropriate for them to continue staying here.

"Fine! Then I will trouble you, General Huang!"

Lu Bu naturally would not refuse and agreed directly, then introduced Chen Gong, who was beside him, to Huang Zu: "This is my military advisor, Mr. Chen Gong, Chen Gongtai. For subsequent arrangements, you can directly coordinate with him!"

"Good!"

Huang Zu naturally had no objections and immediately began coordinating with Chen Gong.

In just a few hours, tens of thousands of troops boarded the ships in an orderly manner. Afterwards, the fleet set sail, heading east along the river into the East China Sea, then south to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and then west along the river. It took more than a day to successfully arrive at the naval camp in Xiangyang.

"Haha! Fengxian! You have finally arrived! I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Before Lu Bu could even get off the ship, he saw Su Xuan waiting on the shore with a large group of people from afar.

Among them were his wife and daughter, Yan Shi and Lu spiritual energy.

"Hahaha!"

Lu Bu laughed loudly: "I have kept you waiting, Boyuan!"

Soon, Lu Bu and his party followed the ships to the shore, got off, and went straight to Su Xuan. Lu Bu gave Su Xuan a hug, patted Su Xuan's shoulder, and then said with emotion: "You fellow, you have become even more robust!"

"I really owe it to you this time; otherwise, I wouldn't know where to go!"

"I have come to defect to you completely this time!"

"And I don't intend to continue competing for hegemony!"

"So, the thirty thousand plus troops I brought are all yours! I won't care how you arrange them!"

"Of course, if possible, it would be best not to disperse my 2,000 personal guards. In the future, I can at least lead them to form a military formation to fight for you. How about that?"

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't even plan to keep his personal guards.

On the way, Chen Gong had already analyzed and warned him that some things that overstep boundaries must not be done.

No matter how close Lu Bu's relationship with Su Xuan was, once he joined Su Xuan's command, that relationship would change into a subordinate relationship.

The military power that should be handed over must definitely be handed over.

Of course, Lu Bu felt that Su Xuan would marry his daughter sooner or later, so he wasn't worried that his relationship with Su Xuan would deteriorate in the future.

He still understood Su Xuan very well.

"Fine!"

Su Xuan smiled and nodded indifferently: "I will let Zilong handle the handover later!"

"As for your personal guards, just organize them into a separate battalion and let you command them! These are not important!"

"Let's go! Let's go inside and talk! The wind is too strong here!"

As he spoke, Su Xuan pulled Lu Bu's arm and walked towards the main hall of the camp.

Lu Bu naturally would not refuse, and at the same time, he was very satisfied and happy with Su Xuan's attitude.

Sure enough, Boyuan hadn't changed at all! And he didn't care about these things.

But spiritual energy!

Thinking of this, Lu Bu couldn't help but look at Lu spiritual energy and Yan Shi, who were standing on the side staring at him without speaking. Looking at their slightly red eyes, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a slight ache in his nose: "Madam! spiritual energy! I am back!"

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