Gao Shun finished his military training at the school field and returned to the camp to find a bamboo basket in his tent. His subordinates informed him that a farmer had brought it from Xiaopei.
He vaguely felt that it was related to Lan Tian. When he opened the bamboo basket, there was only a basket of grapes. Was it just to give this away?
Gao Shun was cautious, so he took out all the grapes, and finally found the bamboo slip at the bottom of the basket. Lan Tian's message was concise and concise, which was to ask Lu Bu to save Liu Bei.
Gao Shun has a very high political consciousness and will not waver in his loyalty to Lu Bu because of his friendship with Lan Tian.
He left a bunch of grapes and gave the rest to Lu Lingqi, telling her that there was a letter at the bottom of the basket.
Lu Lingqi owed Lan Tian a favor, and if she didn't repay it, it would be up to the girl's choice.
After getting the grapes from Lantian, Lu Lingqi's face was full of happiness. She learned to put the grapes in wooden barrels and put them in well water to chill.
While the grapes were being chilled, Lu Lingqi hid in her boudoir and took out the bamboo slips to look at them carefully. Unfortunately, there was no content of her own in chatting for a few words. Even though she was angry, she kept the bamboo slips.
Although the handwriting was quite ugly, it was a gift from Lantian to her. Lu Lingqi didn't know how difficult it was for this guy to practice calligraphy, and it was even more difficult to carve words on bamboo slips. It was pretty good to be able to recognize it.
Although Lu Lingqi has a bold personality, she is not stupid. She will not go to Lu Bu stupidly for Lan Tian's invitation. Instead, she first brings the washed and chilled grapes to her mother Yan to taste.
The grapes in autumn were dark purple and black, and they were already overripe. After eating them, Mr. Yan nodded and praised them, and asked, "These grapes taste great, even better than the ones you picked in Xiaopei. I wonder where my son came from?" Where can I find it?"
"General Gao met me by chance in the city. He knew I loved this food, so he bought some and sent it over." Lu Lingqi said.
"Boping has a noble character. The general asked him to teach you, which can be regarded as a wise eye." Yan sighed.
"Well, although General Gao is not as good as Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian who followed his father from Bingzhou, his extraordinary talents and self-discipline have won him his father's trust."
Yanshi clearly understood Gao Shun's character. She took a few pills and suddenly thought of the farm boy, "Lingqi, do you remember that farm boy in the past? When you were in Xiaopei, you often went to his house to eat and drink. "
"Mom, are you talking about Lan Ziyu? This guy is very good at farming. I think he will live a good life in Xiaopei, but..."
"Just what?"
Lu Lingqi paused for a moment before sighing: "It's just that Ji Ling is going to attack Xiaopei now. I don't know if this blind sword will harm Chi Yu..."
"The world is in chaos now, and it is not our women's turn to worry about these military and national affairs." Yan shook her head.
"My son heard that Yuan Shu will retaliate for his anger, and my father and Shouchun will postpone their wedding. This will definitely offend that person..." Lu Lingqi said worriedly.
Yan sighed: "General, you have a long-term plan, but it is a pity that your marriage has been delayed..."
"My daughter doesn't have to worry about getting married. If Ji Ling breaks Xiaopei and Yuan Shu goes north to attack Taishan, wouldn't our Xuzhou be in danger?" Lu Lingqi continued.
After hearing this, Mrs. Yan was very surprised and asked in surprise: "Could someone teach you? Is it Chen Gongtai?"
Lu Lingqi shook her head and said: "Just now I saw this bamboo basket containing grapes, and suddenly I was inspired. Mother, do you want to remind father? All his subordinates have their own selfish motives..."
"Well, I don't care about this. Only my family is of the same mind. I will send some grapes to him later and remind him by the way." Yan said.
The weather was still unbearably hot in autumn. At noon, Lu Bu was sitting in the backyard pavilion drinking wine and enjoying the coolness. Yan followed him and brought iced grapes.
"Is there something like this in Xiapi? Where did you find it, madam?" Lu Bu asked while eating.
"General Gao came across it by chance and bought it for his daughter. You are taking advantage of Lingqi." Mrs. Yan covered her sleeves and said with a smile.
"Boping has become more diplomatic recently. It's a pity that this guy can't drink. It's really a pity in life..." Lu Bu sighed.
"General, what do you think this bamboo basket looks like?" Yan asked meaningfully.
"It's square, what do you think it looks like?" Lu Bu didn't know what Yan meant.
Yan pointed to a grape in the basket and said: "If this is our Xiapi, the entire bamboo basket is the Qingxu area. General, do you think it looks like it?"
"Hahaha, my wife actually told me about the art of war. It was interesting and interesting. What else?"
"If Liu Bei's Xiaopei is defeated by Ji Ling, and then Yuan Shu connects with the generals on Mount Tai to the north, the general's Xuzhou will probably be surrounded by Yuan Shu..." After Yan finished speaking, he threw the grape that represented Xiaopei into the in the mouth.
Lu Bu was leaning on his chair. When he heard what Yan said, his back suddenly felt cold in the hot weather. After he sat upright, he asked, "Who taught you this, madam?"
"How can anyone teach me? It's just because the slave family felt it..." Yan was afraid that what she said was wrong and that Lu Bu would scold her daughter, so she carried it alone.
"Madam, what you said makes sense. Saving Liu Bei is equivalent to saving Xuzhou. Change your clothes with me quickly." Lu Bu stood up and said.
Due to time constraints, Lu Bu put on his robe and went ahead with Cheng Lian.
The two men were accompanied by only more than a thousand personal guards. Before leaving, Lu Bu ordered Gao Shun to stay in Xiapi, and ordered Zhang Liao to lead the rear army to Xiaopei to meet him.
At this time, Ji Ling's army had arrived at the stronghold twenty miles outside Xiaopei. Zhang Fei led 300 cavalry out of the city to fight, and they fought Ji Ling twice with no outcome.
Zhang Fei was brave and invincible. After Ji Ling learned his lesson, he decided to surround Xiaopei with a large army and attack it with 30,000 men. Liu Bei could only send people to defend the city wall.
After the Xiaopei War, all the nearby farms closed their doors, fearing that Chiyu would be harmed.
Ganji saw Lan Tian sitting in the room deep in thought, so he asked: "Why did your plan for Qian'er fail? If the city of Xiaopei is destroyed, I'm worried that Yuan Shu's men will not be as polite as General Gao. Wouldn't your sister be in danger?" Are you done?"
"Don't worry, foster father, there are thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiaopei City, enough to resist Ji Ling for several days. I predict that Lu Bu will come to the rescue." Lan Tian said confidently.
"I hope so. I would have brought your sister back if I had known earlier." Ganji sighed.
After Ganji said something, Lantian seemed to have thought of something. He opened the door and slipped out of the house, and finally went to the woods behind the house.
"Tian'er, what are you doing?" Ganji chased behind and asked in a low voice.
"Father, please go back first, I'll go to the back to relieve myself..."
Ganji was speechless and thought to himself, it’s not like we don’t have a urinal at home. If you don’t farm now, why don’t you leave some manure (fertilizer) for watering the vegetables?
Ji Ling attacked the city until the evening of the second day. He knew that Xiaopei City was short of troops and food, and he could basically take it in two or three days. At this time, a scout suddenly came to report that there was an army of horses galloping towards this direction from the south.
Ji Ling was shocked after hearing this. Could it be that Liu Bei's reinforcements had arrived? So Ming Jin withdrew his troops and stopped attacking the city.
After returning to the camp, the scouts reported again that the cavalry was flying a banner with the word Lu.
At this time, Ji Ling already knew that the person coming was Lu Bu, and he didn't know whether this guy was coming to help him or Liu Bei. He immediately ordered the whole camp to be on alert.
Lu Bu's leading troops arrived and camped southwest of Xiaopei, only three to five miles away from Ganjiazhuang.
Lan Tian saw a long queue of torches outside the house and guessed that mediator Lu Bu had arrived.
This matter is settled.
