Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1260 Yanzhou is panicked at the beginning

  Yanzhou, Dingtao.

   "Boom boom boom boom..."

  The violent sound of war drums suddenly soared into the sky, shaking the entire city in an instant.

   Lu Bu suddenly woke up from his sleep, turned over and jumped up from the couch. Xiaocao, who was sleeping on the inside, also screamed and hugged Lu Bu, his body trembling uncontrollably.

   Lu Bu turned around, patted Xiaocao's thin shoulder lightly, a little speechless. For more than two years, Xiaocao has followed her to and fro, fighting everywhere, sometimes even without food, suffering unspeakably. Lu Bu couldn't help but feel extremely guilty for not being able to give Xiaocao a stable and warm home right now.

When Lu Bu fled Chang'an before, he left in a hurry and did not have time to take his family with him. Fortunately, Pang Shu took in Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao in a messy situation, and then used the name of an envoy to send Mrs. Yan and others to him. I was taken out of Chang'an.

Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao followed Lu Bu's trail all the way. Fortunately, the Central Plains of Han Dynasty was not too chaotic at this stage, and there were a few guards, so they finally arrived at Yuan Shu's place without any danger, and the result was tragic. Knowing that Lu Bu has left...

Fortunately, Yuan Shu didn't have the old king's habit, and he was quite chivalrous, so not only did he not embarrass Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao, he even sent some people to **** him to Yanzhou under the banner of the Yuan family, so that Lu Bu, who was originally dissatisfied with Yuan Shu, Immediately, his impression changed a lot.

However, after Mrs. Yan and Xiaocao came to Yanzhou, they did not live a comfortable life for a few days. In the early days, Lv Bu had some advantages against Cao Cao, but for some reason, he suddenly changed his position, and Cao Cao had the upper hand. This simply made Lu Bu at a loss...

   "Don't be afraid, it's okay, as long as I live, no one can hurt you." Lu Bu patted Xiaocao's shoulder lovingly, and comforted in a low voice, "I'll go out and have a look, you wait for me here."

   "Is the city unable to hold it? Will we die?" Xiaocao gradually let go of Lu Bu's hand, but still felt uneasy, and asked in a low voice.

   "No..." Lu Bu squeezed out a smile, then got up and walked out of the room.

  Xiaocao clutched the quilt tightly, and two lines of tears rolled down quietly.

   "What's going on!" Lu Bu boarded the city with a few steps, staring at Cao's troops outside the city, and said, "Is there any news from the person sent to contact Mr. Zhang?"

   "I'm afraid Mr. Zhang has fallen for it..." Chen Gong's face was gloomy, and his brows were tightly knit together.

   "How to say?" Lu Bu asked, turning his head.

Chen Gong frowned in one place, almost wringing out water, and said: "According to the itinerary, there should have been news a long time ago, but so far there has been no reply... And these Cao soldiers are so bold that they marched down without the slightest There is no sign of worrying about the future... From this, it can be seen that Chen Liu has not sent troops..."

   "But Chen Liu didn't send troops, one is that Mr. Zhang was deceived by Cao thief's clever words, and the other is that I am afraid..." Chen Gong said, his face became more and more ugly. Originally, the troops were stationed in Dingtao, and Chen Gong's plan was to lure Cao Cao to go south, and then Zhang Miao sent troops from Chenliu. The soldiers and horses were nowhere to be seen.

Zhang Miao and Cao Cao have also known each other for a long time. If Lu Bu directly crushed Cao Cao in one fell swoop before, then naturally he would have nothing to say, but now Yuan Shu's strategic focus has shifted to the south. After dispatching once and returning without success, there was no movement.

  Chen Gong's perfect plan of strangling Cao Cao by the three-way army before it was stranded in a mess, which made Chen Gong feel very embarrassed.

  The key is that at such a juncture, Zhang Miao actually lost the chain!

  Lu Bu was about to jump up. The most annoying thing was that Chen Gong spoke slowly, leaving a little bit behind, but right now he could only hold back his temper, hammered on the wall of the city wall, and said, "I'm afraid what?!"

   "Maybe the general..." Chen Gong sighed, and said slowly, this one is more likely.

   "General?!" Lu Bu's eyes widened.

  Chen Gong was silent.

   Lu Bu stared at him, and couldn't help shouting: "Didn't Mr. Zhang say that he was ordered by the general! Why is he now a general again?!"

  Chen Gong sighed, shook his head, and did not speak. It's not that Chen Gong didn't guess what Yuan Shao was thinking, but he was helpless if he guessed it, and couldn't make any effective response.

  Yuan Shao was dissatisfied with Cao Cao. This is the reason why Chen Gong and Zhang Miao dared to openly rebel against Cao Cao.

but now…

Maybe Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others contacted Yuan Shu, which caused Yuan Shao to feel unhappy, or Yuan Shao just wanted to beat Cao Cao, not all at once, or Cao Cao sent someone to cry and hug Cao Cao at Yuan Shao's feet. The thighs reminded Yuan Shao of his childhood friendship. Anyway, now Yuan Shao has turned to support Cao Cao, making Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, Lu Bu and others not human...

  Although they only sent some money, food and soldiers and horses, the amount was not much, but it already showed an obvious attitude, which caused the Yanzhou gentry who had been screaming at Cao Cao to be killed, but now they are much silent.

Yuan Shao's favorite is nothing more than the word "balance". In his opinion, it may be just right to have Zhang Miao to restrain Cao Cao, so Zhang Miao either believed it or gave in. Chen Liu did not send troops to support him. Now Lv Bu only Can fight alone.

   "You can't count on Mr. Zhang's place..." Chen Gong said in a deep voice, "Marquis Wen, we should break through immediately. If we are slow, we may fall behind..."

Chen Gong couldn't judge whether he, the main planner who betrayed Cao Cao, was within the scope of pardon, but he probably didn't, so it was impossible for Chen Gong to return to Chenliu, and Dingtao City was small and there was not much food in stock. , and it won't last long, it can only break through.

   Lu Bu looked at Cao Jun under the city, gritted his teeth and said, "Break out? Where can we go if we break out? It's better to go out of the city to fight and see if someone breaks through this camp!"

There were some Cao troops who came earlier, but maybe they used the strategy of encircling three queries, or perhaps the number was not enough to encircle Dingtao Tuantuan. They only surrounded the north and east, and did not set up camps in the west and south. The soldiers and horses are set up, and the attacking force is not very strong. Every day is like tapping some drums. From time to time, some drums are played, and people are shouted. It provoked Lu Bu to go out of the city to fight a few times, but was stopped by Chen Gong. .

"According to Wei Xiaowei's previous report, Cao's bandit army has left Puyang and is divided into many divisions...but only one appeared under the city..." Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Wenhou, although Xiahou's army under the city only has 4,000 people , cannot besiege the city, but if we attack, we may not be able to conquer the camp in a short time... Besides, please see, Marquis Wen..."

Chen Gong pointed to several hills in the northeast of Dingtao and said: "Although this mountain is not high, it is enough to block our sight, and the north and east of the city are surrounded, or to prevent us from sending people out of the city to investigate ...In the past two days, I have seen forest birds circling on the mountain without falling, which means that there must be Cao Jun ambushing in this mountain. If we attack rashly, I am afraid it will be taken by him..."

   "Boom!" Lu Bu slammed his fist on the wall and lowered his voice, "I can't fight, and I have no reinforcements to defend! Damn it!"

  Chen Gong continued: "Don't worry, Marquis Wen. Now it seems that if we break through, Cao thief Xiahou may not dare to pursue! But now there are only two directions, one to the south and the other to the west..."

   "To the south, to the west?" Lu Bu murmured repeatedly.

   "Yes, Xiangnan, you can go to Yangzhou or Xuzhou..." Chen Gong obviously had been thinking about this question for a long time, and said fluently.

   "Yangzhou? Xuzhou?" Lu Bu scratched his head.

  Chen Gong glanced at Lu Bu, and said: "... I heard that there are internal differences in Xuzhou. There are those who are close to the generals, and there are also those who are close to the generals. If Wen Hou goes, he can deal with it..."

"Then to the west is to cast Luoyang..." Chen Gong continued to say the answer to the chosen topic, "The emperor issued a recruitment order to show his desire to seek talents. Wen Hou was originally an important minister of the court, and returning to the court is also a As it should be, the emperor will naturally accept it..."

Anyway, General Yuan Shao's attitude is not clear, and Chen Gong himself is also a double-standard person, and he is very unhappy with other people's stabbing in the back, so he doesn't even consider it at all, and the rest of the directions are indeed only Xuzhou and Heluo More appropriate.

  As for Jingzhou, now Liu Biao has managed it as a whole, and no one else can intervene.

  He Luo Luo Yang?

   Lu Bu raised his head, squinted his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "Isn't there Hongnong Yang in Luoyang? Is there any place to live?"

"Marquis Wen doesn't know that the Yang family of Hongnong and General Zhengxi have a lot of discord..." Chen Gong said slowly, with calculations in his eyes. Defeated, now I heard that he led the army to march west again. Although he took Tongguan, he was unable to advance or retreat. There are already many complaints in Luoyang... If the general enters Heluo westward, he can raise the flag of righteousness, protect the emperor on the surface, and reject the meaning of arrogant officials , it should go well..."

   "Protect the Son of Heaven and reject false ministers?" Lu Bu pondered for a moment.

Yangzhou, it’s just one more option, but Chen Gong knew that Lu Bu would not choose it. As for the two choices of Xuzhou and Heluo, Chen Gong was actually more inclined to go to Luoyang, because now the Hongnong Yang family has Showing a decadent look, if you add Lu Bu...

Chen Gong looked at Lv Bu and said, "Didn't Marquis Wen once say that he had an old relationship with General Zhengxi? If he went to Heluo, the Yang family would be defeated without a doubt! At that time, only Marquis Wen would protect the emperor, and naturally no one would dare against..."

   Lu Bu suddenly came to his senses, and turned to look at the other generals around him. And Wei Xu and others who were following Lu Bu understood Chen Gong's words, and they were also a little moved, and everyone nodded in unison.

   "That's it!" Lu Bu waved his hand decisively, "Clean up the treasures in the city and integrate the army. Tomorrow, no, tonight we will break out of the siege and head to Heluo!"

  ………………

  A few days later, in Puyang, Yanzhou.

   "What?!" Cao Cao's eyes widened, and his eyeballs the size of mung beans became the size of soybeans, and said, "Lu Feng went to Heluo first?!"

Don't look at Cao Cao's posture is quite big, in fact, the foundation is also false now, so Cao Cao did not dare to fight Lu Bu directly, for fear of revealing some flaws. As much as Chen Gong imagined...

  After all, Yanzhou was hit by a disaster, and there was a lack of food and grass everywhere. Although Yuan Shao provided some relief, it was still a drop in the bucket.

But Cao Cao couldn't let the people in Yanzhou know the real situation, so he could only dispatch his troops out, and then drove back wave after wave pretending to be Yuan Shao's support troops, changing Dong Zhuo's drama back then and performing again After a while, it can be regarded as shocking the Yanzhou gentry who are about to move.

  Although it is indeed a good thing to scare Lu Bu away, but it is not good for Lu Bu to go somewhere, but he went to Heluo. Is this...

Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao's expression, and said slowly: "Master Ming, why should you care about it? Since ancient times, there has been no rule of military men to rule the country, and Dong Zhongying is a precedent. Wenhou will go here. If he stands in the court, there will be disputes." , Duke Ming will make a decision at that time."

   Cao Cao was relieved when he heard the words.

In the current situation of the Han Dynasty, the habit of rejecting warriors has penetrated into the bones. Those who are not proficient in Confucianism are not allowed to enter the court, and those who are not well-educated are not allowed to enter the court. Teacher, but it is still unpopular. Many places refuse to follow Dong Zhuo's orders at all, which can be clearly seen.

   Not to mention Lu Bu. Xun Yu was even less worried about how big a wave this guy with obvious lack of intelligence could make in the court.

"However..." Cao Cao knocked on the table, frowned and said, "...Marquis Wen and Zheng Xi are rumored to be close. If...if we send Miaocai to take advantage of the chaos..." Cao Cao was very sorry for not being able to receive Liu Xie. , I still have some resentment.

"Duke Ming, in the past, the great ancestor started in Guanzhong, and Guangwu was entrenched in Hanoi, so he could rule the world, why? It's all because of the deep roots and solid foundation to control the world! Advancing is enough to defeat the enemy, retreating is enough to hold on, even if there are difficulties and defeats, it will eventually help the great cause. Now that Yanzhou is not in peace, Qingzhou is not settled, and it is in the center of the world, the foundation is not stable, how can it enter the world? Therefore, the Ming Dynasty should make the land stable, the soldiers harvest cooked wheat, and make an appointment to eat livestock grain, so as to stabilize the foundation." Xun Yu bowed his hands to Cao Cao, Admonishment said, "If light soldiers go straight to Heluo, the people of Yanzhou will not be stable, and then there will be more bandits and chaos, and they will return safely? Why not take this opportunity to take the autumn harvest first, pay equal attention to grace and power, win over the hearts of the people, wipe out evil and rebellion, and wait for the foundation After stabilization, it will not be too late to take Xuzhou from the east, or enter Heluo from the west. Hope Minggong will think about it."

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, nodded slowly, and finally suppressed his resentment for the time being, and said: "Wen Ruo's words are like Huang Zhong, and they are grand and authentic. Good, you should act according to Wen Ruo's words." However, Cao Cao Although he said so, an indescribable thought rose up in his heart, as if he had lost something most beloved, mixed with regret and helplessness...

   Right at this moment, a soldier suddenly walked over from outside the hall, apparently something happened...

  (end of this chapter)