Lu Bu was anxious to return to Chang'an, not only because the army of Zhang Ji and Fan Chou was at the city, but more importantly, he was worried about Diao Chan's safety. He did not want such a charming beauty to be taken away by the rebels. Therefore, after defeating Li Jue, he urged his subordinates to speed up and run to the capital quickly.

When Lu Bu's subordinates heard that the capital was in crisis, they had some unstable morale, but because they were worried that once they set out, Li Jue on the mountain would follow him and pursue him, they remained vigilant enough. After defeating Li Jue, the soldiers and generals returned home. After running less than twenty miles, the soldiers and horses were in chaos. When they ran forty miles, the infantry had already been dropped from behind by the cavalry, and some soldiers with weak constitutions were even dropped.

In this situation, Li Jue's pursuers rushed up again. Seeing this, the captain behind the palace stopped fighting with Li Jue, and at the same time sent someone to report to Lu Bu and asked him to bring people to help. Before Lu Bu's reinforcements arrived, a group of people suddenly came out of the left wing, completely disrupting Lu Bu's rear army. It turned out that this was Guo Si's right-road army.

The rear team, besieged by two groups of people, was struggling to support him, and then the left army of commander Jia Xu was killed. Seeing that the three groups of people arrived at the same time, the captain who had broken the rear had no intention of fighting, and immediately turned around and fled first. The soldiers below, when they saw that all the officials had escaped first, naturally would not stay here to die, so they turned around and fled eastward like a tide.

When Lu Bu received the report from the rear army, he learned that Li Jue's troops had come again, and was furious and immediately rushed over with a group of people, preparing to kill Li Jue again. Unexpectedly, the defeated soldiers retreated like a tide, blocking his way. Seeing the arrival of three wolves and tigers in Xiliang soldiers, he could only roar, turn his horse's head and retreat with the defeated soldiers.

Although Jia Xu was a strategist, his riding skills were extraordinary and he soon caught up with Li Jue in front. He said to Li Jue with some breath: "General, there are many old Xiliang subordinates in Lu Bu's army. You might as well send someone to shout to them that you can surrender them."

Jia Xu's words reminded Li Jue that although Lu Bu had many soldiers, he was basically all Western Liang soldiers. Some were the soldiers who brought when Dong Zhuo came to Beijing; some were the soldiers who had recently surrendered to Lu Bu. These people were not convinced by Lu Bu, and as long as they sent someone to shout, they would definitely turn against each other.

After making up his mind, Li Jue called two subordinates and ordered them: "Hurry up and order people to shout: Any children of Xiliang, as long as they put down their weapons, will not be killed."

Li Jue's order was quickly conveyed. Not long after, the mountains and fields were shouting: "Any children of Xiliang, as long as they abandon their weapons, will not be killed!"

Don’t see Lu Bu’s army defeated, but during the pursuit process, Li Jue and others would encounter small groups of troops to resist from time to time. With the shouts of surrender, the resistance on the battlefield disappeared. The Lu Bu’s army threw down the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground to surrender. Li Jue asked Jia Xu to lead some of the people to collect surrendered troops, while he and Guo Si continued to lead the cavalry to chase Lu Bu.

It was dark that Li Jue's pursuit came to an end. Lu Bu gathered his troops and counted them, and almost drew his sword to kill people. When he returned to the capital when he drove the camp, he still had 70,000 troops under his command, but now there are only less than 30,000 left. Except for those who died in battle, the rest surrendered to Li Jue.

Lu Bu summoned his subordinates to discuss matters, and many people were absent. After careful interrogation, almost all of these people died in the chaos. Zhang Liao asked Lu Bu with an expressionless face: "Wen Hou, what should we do if Li Jiejun chases him again tomorrow?"

Lu Bu is a brave but not a resourceful person. It’s okay to charge in the battle, but letting him make a decision would cost him his life. There was a military Sima who could help him plan, but unfortunately, in today’s melee, the military Sima also died in the chaos, so no one helped Lu Bu give advice anymore.

Lu Bu never dreamed that Li Jue, who was defeated twice, could defeat him to lose his troops. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow we will fight with Li Jue. When Li Jue is destroyed, it will not be too late for us to return to the capital."

When Zhang Liao heard Lu Bu say this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said, "Mr. Wen, please leave me five thousand soldiers and horses. I will stay and cut off the rear. The army that protects Mar. Wen will withdraw back to the capital."

Logically speaking, one's mistakes will lead to wisdom. Lu Bu suffered such a big loss today, so he should learn some lessons. Unexpectedly, when he heard Zhang Liao say this, he was still stubborn: "It will always be a disaster to keep Li and Guo. When I go to fight tomorrow, I will kill the two under Fang Tian's painting halberd, destroy all of them, and lead the troops back to the capital."

At this moment, Li Jue, who was twenty miles from Lu Bu's camp, was smiling from ear to ear. In today's battle, he surrendered 30,000 of them, including 10,000 of them. With so many soldiers and horses, he was even more sure of his capture of Chang'an.

Li Jue bowed deeply to Jia Xu and said sincerely: "Thanks to the good strategies of the military advisor, we can defeat Lu Bu today and surrender 30,000 troops."

Jia Xu received this gift from Li Jue casually and asked with a smile: "General, I wonder how you plan to deal with Lu Bu tomorrow?"

"Lu Bu's army is in chaos," Li Jue was a little confused by today's victory, so he said carelessly: "When he sets off the camp, we will follow and chase after him, and at the same time let the soldiers shout, so that more Lu Bu's army can surrender to us."

"General, although we have surrendered a lot of Lu Bu's army today, it is not that easy to use the same trick tomorrow." Jia Xu and Li Jue finished speaking, waved his hand and said, "Lu Bu is extremely brave and no one can defeat him. If our army confronts Lu Bu head-on, he will definitely be defeated. Then today's great victory will be gone."

After hearing what Jia Xu said, Li Jue and Guo Si were immediately panicked and quickly asked him for advice: "Military advisor, then what should we do to defeat Lu Bu?"

Seeing that the two of them asked for advice from themselves humbly, Jia Xu smiled slightly and then said, "Two generals, you might as well station the army in two places. If Lu Bu attacks General Zhiran, then General Guo will attack from behind him; when Lu Bu turns around to deal with General Guo, General Zhiran will attack Lu Bu's side again. In addition, we will send people to send letters to the two generals Zhang Fan overnight, asking them to send cavalry to help the battle. I think even if Lu Bu's force group is attacked by our three groups of troops, they can only run away. When Lu Bu's army is exhausted and his morale is disintegrating, we will take the opportunity to cover up and win a great victory. Even if we cannot capture Lu Bu alive, he can become a dog of a loser."

"The clever plan is the clever plan of the military advisor is unparalleled in the world." After Li Jue said this, he quickly wrote a letter to Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, asking a messenger to send him to their military camp overnight and asked them to send troops to attack Lu Bu. After the messenger left, he gave Guo Si another 20,000 troops and went to the camp fifteen miles away, forming a siege with the camp.

The next morning, Lu Bu led his troops to Li Jue's camp to fight. Li Jue still ordered people to hang a high battle sign at the door. Just as Lu Bu was about to order people to attack the camp, suddenly a probe came to report that Guo Si's troops were coming behind him. Without saying a word, Lu Bu ordered the rear army to be changed to the front army, and the front army to the rear army, and to go to meet the enemy.

Unexpectedly, when Guo Si saw Lu Bu's army coming, he quickly turned around and fled back to the camp, closed the gate of the camp, and used bows and arrows to stop Lu Bu's troops from attacking the camp. Lu Bu was attacking the camp here, and the explorer came to report that Li Jue's troops had left the camp and were coming to this place.

Seeing that the two of them used the strategy of the previous few days, Lu Bu couldn't help but screamed in anger, ordering the soldiers to stop attacking the camp and turn around to greet Li Jue.

Zhang Liao saw that Lu Bu was deceived and quickly persuaded him: "Wen Hou, why not leave three thousand soldiers for the general and monitor Guo Si here so that he would not dare to leave the camp easily." Lu Bu, who was blinded by anger, could not hear Zhang Liao's persuasion, and directly brought his troops to greet Li Jue.

After several twists and turns, the soldiers under Lu Bu were exhausted. They came outside Guo Si's camp and were about to bury the pot to make rice when they suddenly heard a shout of killing from the north. Hearing this voice, Lu Bu asked in surprise: "Isn't Li Jue's camp west? Where did this army emerge?" He hurriedly sent a probe to figure out what was going on.

He went quickly to find the horse and came back quickly. He reported to Lu Bu unhurriedly: "Reported to the Marquis of Wen, there were about 10,000 cavalrymen. The words "Zhang" and "Fan" were written on the banner..."

After hearing this, Zhang Liao hurriedly said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, this must be Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's troops arrived. Please give me five thousand troops to the general, and the general must block them."

"The other side has tens of thousands of cavalry. What's the matter if you want 5,000 soldiers and horses?" After Lu Bu said that, he made the stupidest decision: "The whole army turned around and returned to Chang'an as soon as possible."

"Mr. Wen, no." Zhang Liao was frightened to death when he heard Lu Bu's order. He quickly persuaded him: "If our army returns to Chang'an at this time, once the bandits chase after him, they will inevitably be defeated. How many people will return to Chang'an by then is still an unknown number."

"Lu Bu's army is in chaos," Li Jue was a little confused by today's victory, so he said carelessly: "When he sets off the camp, we will follow and chase after him, and at the same time let the soldiers shout, so that more Lu Bu's army can surrender to us."

"General, although we have surrendered a lot of Lu Bu's army today, it is not that easy to use the same trick tomorrow." Jia Xu and Li Jue finished speaking, waved his hand and said, "Lu Bu is extremely brave and no one can defeat him. If our army confronts Lu Bu head-on, he will definitely be defeated. Then today's great victory will be gone."

After hearing what Jia Xu said, Li Jue and Guo Si were immediately panicked and quickly asked him for advice: "Military advisor, then what should we do to defeat Lu Bu?"

Seeing that the two of them asked for advice from themselves humbly, Jia Xu smiled slightly and then said, "Two generals, you might as well station the army in two places. If Lu Bu attacks General Zhiran, then General Guo will attack from behind him; when Lu Bu turns around to deal with General Guo, General Zhiran will attack Lu Bu's side again. In addition, we will send people to send letters to the two generals Zhang Fan overnight, asking them to send cavalry to help the battle. I think even if Lu Bu's force group is attacked by our three groups of troops, they can only run away. When Lu Bu's army is exhausted and his morale is disintegrating, we will take the opportunity to cover up and win a great victory. Even if we cannot capture Lu Bu alive, he can become a dog of a loser."

"The clever plan is the clever plan of the military advisor is unparalleled in the world." After Li Jue said this, he quickly wrote a letter to Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, asking a messenger to send him to their military camp overnight and asked them to send troops to attack Lu Bu. After the messenger left, he gave Guo Si another 20,000 troops and went to the camp fifteen miles away, forming a siege with the camp.

The next morning, Lu Bu led his troops to Li Jue's camp to fight. Li Jue still ordered people to hang a high battle sign at the door. Just as Lu Bu was about to order people to attack the camp, suddenly a probe came to report that Guo Si's troops were coming behind him. Without saying a word, Lu Bu ordered the rear army to be changed to the front army, and the front army to the rear army, and to go to meet the enemy.

Unexpectedly, when Guo Si saw Lu Bu's army coming, he quickly turned around and fled back to the camp, closed the gate of the camp, and used bows and arrows to stop Lu Bu's troops from attacking the camp. Lu Bu was attacking the camp here, and the explorer came to report that Li Jue's troops had left the camp and were coming to this place.

Seeing that the two of them used the strategy of the previous few days, Lu Bu couldn't help but screamed in anger, ordering the soldiers to stop attacking the camp and turn around to greet Li Jue.

Zhang Liao saw that Lu Bu was deceived and quickly persuaded him: "Wen Hou, why not leave three thousand soldiers for the general and monitor Guo Si here so that he would not dare to leave the camp easily." Lu Bu, who was blinded by anger, could not hear Zhang Liao's persuasion, and directly brought his troops to greet Li Jue.

After several twists and turns, the soldiers under Lu Bu were exhausted. They came outside Guo Si's camp and were about to bury the pot to make rice when they suddenly heard a shout of killing from the north. Hearing this voice, Lu Bu asked in surprise: "Isn't Li Jue's camp west? Where did this army emerge?" He hurriedly sent a probe to figure out what was going on.

He went quickly to find the horse and came back quickly. He reported to Lu Bu unhurriedly: "Reported to the Marquis of Wen, there were about 10,000 cavalrymen. The words "Zhang" and "Fan" were written on the banner..."

After hearing this, Zhang Liao hurriedly said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, this must be Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's troops arrived. Please give me five thousand troops to the general, and the general must block them."

"The other side has tens of thousands of cavalry. What's the matter if you want 5,000 soldiers and horses?" After Lu Bu said that, he made the stupidest decision: "The whole army turned around and returned to Chang'an as soon as possible."
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