Lu Yi's words made everyone feel refreshed.
Immortal monument.
Thirty-six heroes.
There is still a chance to become king!
They have never thought about this!
No, don’t even dare to dream about it.
Unexpectedly, in this short period of time, Lu Yi had already thought about it.
Everyone saluted Lu Yi and said, "I will follow my lord to the death!"
"Follow the Lord to the death!"
"Follow the Lord to the death!"
The shouts echoed for a long time, making the whole government office rustle.
Lu Yi sent all the civil servants and generals to their jurisdiction, and then he and Liu Ye, Cheng Pu, Tai Shi Ci, and Xu Shu processed the latest information, and then prepared to go north to capture Lujiang County.
After all, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles with no danger.
What left several people quite speechless was that the latest intelligence from five days ago showed that Cao Cao was still reorganizing his troops in Xudu and had not sent out troops yet!
You know, Cao Cao sent invitations to Lu Bu and Sun Ce two months ago, inviting them to encircle Yuan Shu.
Lu Bu, who was named General of the Left by Cao Cao, not only did not send troops after encircling Yuan Shu, but instead united with Cao Cao, angered Yuan Shu, and was attacked by several armies sent by Yuan Shu.
However, ten days ago, Yuan Shu was defeated!
Yuan Shu's army, numbering 100,000, faced off against Lu Bu's thousands of troops, but he was defeated!
According to intelligence, it was Lu Bu who adopted Chen Gui's strategy and induced Yuan Shu's generals, Yang Feng and others, to stab him in the back.
After Yuan Shu was defeated, he did not dare to attack Lu Bu and could only temporarily suspend his troops.
Looking at this information, Cheng Pu looked at Lu Yi eagerly and said: "It is outrageous that Yuan Shu, who has so many soldiers and horses, could be defeated. Now, should we continue to go north to capture Lujiang County? Yuan Shu has 100,000 people. We can be defeated by Lu Bu's thousands of soldiers and horses, so can we!"
Taishi Ci, Xu Shu and Liu Ye all looked at Lu Yi.
Lu Yi tried hard to recall all the records about the Three Kingdoms that he had read.
After a while, he said: "Since Yuan Shu was defeated by Lu Bu and Cao Cao is still arranging his troops in Xudu and is still stalling, let's wait a little longer."
"In this situation, I don't doubt that we can defeat Yuan Jun."
"Yuan Shu has turned his back on morality, and his soldiers are not of one mind."
"However, if we can minimize our losses, then we should do so."
"Moreover, compared to our eagerness to attack Yuan Shu, there are others who are more eager than us."
"That's Cao Cao."
"Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, thus challenging the authority of Emperor Xu Du. Now that Cao Cao is holding the Emperor hostage to order the princes, it is impossible for him to sit back and watch Yuan Shu become arrogant and domineering."
"Now he is still reorganizing his army and horses. I guess he is collecting enough food and grass."
"After all, he had just defeated Lu Bu in Yanzhou, then immediately became King of Qin, and then was defeated again in Wancheng. With such frequent wars, there must be a shortage of food and grass."
After a pause, Lu Yi looked at Liu Ye, Cheng Pu, Taishi Ci and Xu Shu and said, "I think we can ask Lu Da, who is doing business on the north bank, to transport a batch of grain and grass to Cao Cao to support him. In this way, he should be able to speed up. What do you think of the speed of the official expedition against Yuan Shu?"
Liu Ye and the others looked at each other for a moment.
Liu Ye said: "That's okay. The problem is, my lord, you have already arrived at Jiangdong. If Yuan Shu comes and asks you to send troops at this time, what should we do?"
Cheng Pu and Tai Shi Ci were both a little confused.
Sun Ce had already broken with Yuan Shu before his death. How could Yuan Shu ask Jiangdong to send troops now? ask for contempt?
Only a few people in Jiangdong, including Nangong Yan, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Xu Shu, Qiao Hao, and Lu Da, knew about the connection between Lu Yi and Yuan Shu.
Seeing Liu Ye asking this, Xu Shu rolled his eyes and said, "How about taking advantage of the situation?"
Lu Yi and Liu Ye looked at Xu Shu doubtfully.
Xu Shu said: "We agree to send troops, and the lord will go north in person, pretending to go to Shouchun, and pass by the Lujiang River. At that time, let General Cheng Pu and General Taishi Ci lead their troops to prepare outside the city."
"And the lord led the personal guards and a group of dead soldiers into Shu County."
"My lord has come to help Yuan Shu. It is impossible for Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang, to miss my lord."
"After the lord entered the city, he met with Liu Xun, and the soldiers killed Liu Xun directly. At that time, we shouted loudly. General Cheng Pu and General Tai Shici outside the city heard the shouts and immediately launched an attack on the city."
"In this case, we can seize Lujiang County at the minimum cost, and we don't have to wait for Cao Cao to encircle us."
"On the other side, Lu Da will send grain to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao hears that Lujiang has been captured, he will definitely send troops immediately."
"After all, we are the ones who attract Yuan Shu's attention."
"As soon as Cao Cao sends troops, Lu Bu will definitely not give up and will definitely send troops."
"Yuan Shu's troops will definitely be attracted away, thereby reducing the pressure on Lujiang."
"In other words, if we take Lujiang, as long as we can survive a short siege, we will be safe."
Liu Ye heard what Xu Shu said and hurriedly agreed: "I think Yuan Zhi's plan is feasible. However, the lord must take a risk."
Cheng Pu said anxiously: "It's impossible! My lord is the master of Jiangdong, how can we take risks? What should we do if something happens again?"
Now Sun Ce is dead in Jiangdong.
Cheng Pu couldn't imagine what would happen to Jiangdong if he lost his new lord again.
Taishi Ci also said: "It's too dangerous."
Lu Yi smiled and said to Cheng Pu and Tai Shici: "I won't take risks. I know that Liu Xun loves money very much. When the time comes, we bring more money and kill him while he is obsessed. We are very likely to succeed." If you don't worry about my safety, that's okay. When the time comes, I'll just bring more dead soldiers."
"Shi Huan and the eight hundred Danyang elites are actually enough."
"For the sake of safety, let Xu Sheng, Ling Cao, and Zhou Tai each lead a hundred dead men to follow."
Then he looked at Tai Shici and said, "Young General Ou A has always been by my side. His force is no less powerful than yours. What are you afraid of?"
Young General Ou A is what Nangong Yan calls himself to the outside world.
Because the Nangong family did not want to involve the court, Nangong Yan kept his name anonymous.
Therefore, even now, outsiders only know that there is a "Little General Ou'a" beside Lu Yi, but the specific name is not clear.
Nangong Yan used his identity as Ou A to fight against Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci, both of whom maintained an undefeated record.
After hearing what Lu Yi said, Taishi Ci was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "In this case, it should be fine."
Cheng Pu still wanted to object.
It can be seen that Taishi Ci also compromised and could only give up and said: "That's it!"
Upon seeing this, Lu Yi immediately wrote two letters.
A letter was sent to Lu Da, who was doing business on the north bank of the river, asking him to deliver a maximum amount of grain and grass to Cao Cao in Xudu.
Another letter was sent to Liu Xun in Shu County, Lujiang. The letter stated that he was already the lord of Jiangdong. He heard that Cao Cao and Lu Bu wanted to surround Shouchun, so he led his troops north to Shouchun to prepare for assistance and asked Liu Xun to let him go. By then, I hope to meet Liu Xun when I pass by Shu County and I will give him some generous gifts to thank him.
The reason why I wrote this is because Liu Xun on Yuan Shu's side also knew that Lu Yi was closely connected with Yuan Shu.
Even Liu Xun, together with Lu Yi, Lu Su, and Liu Ye, destroyed the Zhou family in Lujiang and a group of bandits in Zheng Bao in Lujiang.
After writing the letter, Lu Yi ordered Cheng Pu and Tai Shici to return to the military camp, and each recruited 10,000 troops to prepare to cross the river north to Ruxukou.
When Lu Yi was preparing to lead his army northward.
The outskirts of Xiaopei.
On a small road.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tian Yu and other hundreds of people, all covered in blood, looked towards the direction of Xiaopei City with tired faces.
They had just experienced a life-and-death battle and were defeated!
It turned out that after Liu Bei was taken away from Xuzhou by Lu Bu, he was placed in Xiaopei by Lu Bu.
How could Liu Bei be so willing?
Xuzhou was given to him by Tao Qian, the former Xuzhou Mu.
Now, it was taken away by Lu Bu!
Can you swallow this breath?
Therefore, he endured it until Yuan Shu heard that Lu Bu had been named General of the Left by Cao Cao and wanted to encircle him with Cao Cao. He became furious and sent several armies to attack Lu Bu.
Liu Bei and his party thought the opportunity had arrived.
While Lu Bu was leading his troops to deal with Yuan Shu, Liu Bei recruited troops from all over Xuzhou and soon gathered more than 10,000 people.
However, what they never expected was that Yuan Shu's army of 100,000 men was defeated by Lu Bu's thousands of men!
Moreover, after Lu Bu finished the battle, not only did his number of troops not decrease, but they increased to tens of thousands!
Lu Bu heard that Liu Bei was recruiting troops in Xuzhou when he sent troops. How could he not know what Liu Bei wanted to do? So he led his army to attack Xiaopei, defeating and occupying Liu Bei's last foothold.
This time Lu Bu did not keep Liu Bei alive and even wanted to kill him.
Liu Bei couldn't stop Lu Bu at all, so he could only escape from Xiaopei with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tian Yu and hundreds of soldiers.
A group of family members were also trapped in Xiaopei City.
Liu Bei looked at Xiaopeicheng and burst into tears.
He had fought with Lu Bu many times, how could Lu Bu let his family go again?
Liu Bei's heart bleeds when he thinks of his family members being executed.
However, there was something even more heartbreaking for him.
That is, from then on, he became a person without foundation again.
Slowly turning his head and looking at the hundreds of people around him, Liu Bei raised his head and sighed.
Moreover, I have become this person again.
It was the same as when I left Zhuojun.
Liu Bei felt extremely chilled when he thought about how he had been on the war for several years and was left penniless.
Tian Yu looked at Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, all of them were dejected, and sighed secretly.
He has been following Liu Bei on his expeditions since he was a teenager.
Now he is twenty-five years old.
Still nothing accomplished.
Looking at people like Liu Bei, they are in such a state that they have no chance of getting ahead.
Life is only a few decades long. If you continue to mess around like this, you will only be mediocre for the rest of your life.
I thought of the letter sent home by my old mother, saying that she was old and could no longer see clearly. She could see other people's children around her, and she was alone and very lonely.
Tian Yu hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth and rode forward, came to Liu Bei, clasped his fists and said, "Brother."
Liu Bei was feeling sad.
Suddenly he heard Tian Yu calling him, so he wiped the corners of his eyes, looked at Tian Yu and said, "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"
Tian Yu took a deep breath before summoning up the courage to take out his old mother's family letter from his arms and said, "I never told my elder brother that some time ago, my mother sent a family letter saying that she could no longer see clearly. Alone and helpless, you want me to go back——"
Tian Yu's words made Zhang Fei furious and said: "Tian Yu, you bastard, what are you talking about!"
Zhang Feice came immediately, grabbed Tian Yu's collar, pulled him off his horse, and yelled: "You want to leave at this moment? You ungrateful guy!"
Guan Yu hurriedly held Zhang Fei's wrist, shook his head and said: "Third brother, don't be reckless! Fourth brother has been following us for several years and has been working conscientiously. He is not an ungrateful person. Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety, so he chose to go home to serve his elders. Mother, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
Zhang Fei was furious.
Liu Bei said in a hoarse voice: "Third brother, what the second brother said makes sense, please let go."
Zhang Fei angrily turned to Tian Yu.
Tian Yu blushed, lowered his head, and did not dare to say a word.
Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei and Guan Yu again.
Seeing that both of them signaled him to let go, Zhang Fei released his grip on Tian Yu's collar and rode away angrily.
Guan Yu hurriedly chased after him and said, "Third brother, where are you going?"
Liu Bei watched Guan Yu chasing Zhang Fei, smiled bitterly, looked at Tian Yu and said: "Fourth brother, I, Liu Bei, am incompetent and can't let you get ahead. After this, we brothers don't even know the possibility of meeting each other?"
Tian Yu wanted to say, yes.
However, when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
The world is in chaos.
The possibility of meeting again is indeed very small.
Seeing that Tian Yu didn't answer, Liu Bei knew that Tian Yu had decided to go, so he closed his eyes and said, "Okay, Guorang, you can go."
Guorang, the name of Tian Yu.
Tian Yu then raised his head, glanced at Liu Bei reluctantly, took the horse and was about to leave.
After walking a few steps, Tian Yu stopped again.
Liu Bei was overjoyed and hurriedly chased after him and asked: "Fourth brother, are you not ready to leave?"
Tian Yuqiang laughed, squeezed out a smile and said, "No. Brother, I just want to know, where are you going now?"
Liu Bei's heart felt cold, but he could only exhale a long breath and said: "The Emperor has arrived in Xudu. I want to go to the Emperor and shed my last drop of blood for the Emperor to restore the Han Dynasty."
"Moreover, Cao Cao and I once asked for the Yellow Turban together and recruited troops in Pei State, so we have some friendship."
Tian Yu shook his head and said: "Brother, Cao Cao is a traitor. He seems easy-going, thirsty for talents, and too suspicious. Brother, you are the kind of person who needs others to be without suspicion, or you can only dominate one side. Cao Cao You can't go there."
Liu Bei frowned and said, "Where to go?"
Tian Yu looked to the south and said: "Recently I heard that Jiangdong changed its owner, Sun Ce died in battle, and Lu Shijun took over as the lord of Jiangdong. We have all been in contact with Lu Shijun. I feel good about this person. He gives people a very sincere feeling. Feeling. Moreover, the insight is profound and cannot be compared to ordinary people."
"Brother should not have forgotten that he previously disapproved of you taking Xuzhou, and thought you couldn't hold it. He suggested that you go to Jiangdong or Yizhou to develop."
Liu Bei hesitated and shook his head.
Tian Yu said tentatively: "Brother, do you feel that Lu Shijun's status was not as good as yours before, but now he has become a prince, and you can't let it go?"
Liu Bei's face turned red and he said, "It's nothing. How could I be so petty?"
Tian Yuqiang laughed and did not persuade him any more. Instead, he suddenly knelt down and bowed to Liu Bei. Then he stood up, got on his horse and said, "Brother, see you later!"
After saying that, he galloped away on horseback.
(End of chapter)
