"Father! Father! Something bad has happened. Lu Bu has led his army into the city from the west gate!" Yuan Shu's son-in-law Huang Yi was shouting from a distance on a fast horse. When he came to Yuan Shu, he dismounted and wanted to pull him away.
This shout immediately caused the busy soldiers to stop and stare blankly at their son-in-law.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Even if Lu Bu attacks the city, it can't be so fast!" Yuan Shu threw his hand away and glared at Huang Yi viciously.
"Father, damn Lu Su, it turns out that the guards who came with him to escort the grain and grass were all Lu Bu's people. They opened the west gate and let Lu Bu into the city!"
Huang Yi's eager explanation failed to wake Yuan Shu up. He grabbed Huang Yi's lapel and hissed: "Ximen has three thousand soldiers and three thousand elites! If they can't stop hundreds of guards, what are they going to eat?" ?”
"During the battle, our people discovered that those were not the guardians at all, but the trapped camp led by Gao Shun. They were all highly skilled in martial arts, and they were able to fight a hundred. Moreover, they launched a sudden attack. Our army... was invincible!" Huang Yi was also caught by the attack. He slapped his thigh angrily.
"What did you say..."
Yuan Shu was stunned and said foolishly: "Trapped in the camp, how could it be that he was trapped in the camp..."
Huang Yi said that Lu Su's troops stormed the city and he believed it. After the incident of divine punishment, many people became rebellious, not to mention Lu Su who had just defected to Lu Su.
But Yuan Shu felt that it was unacceptable to be trapped in the camp.
In other words, Lu Su had been plotting against him from the beginning, and the so-called defection was simply a false surrender!
That's not right. How did he know that Shouchun would be in trouble today? It should be noted that everything today was thanks to that stone tablet.
Could it be that...
Yuan Shu's pupils suddenly focused. At this moment, he knew all the causes and consequences. The so-called stone tablet was buried by Lu Su in advance. He had been waiting for this day!
"Impossible! How could a slave with the third surname have such a design, how could he have such a mind! Impossible!" Yuan Shu completely collapsed, roaring hysterically, and even wanted to go to Lu Bu to ask for details.
"Father, retreat quickly. Lu Bu has already entered the city. It will be too late!" Huang Yi and his cronies around him were urging him.
Yuan Shu, who had collapsed, couldn't listen at all and was still furious. With no choice, they could only use brute force to take away the ninth-five-year-old man.
That night, the sounds of fighting, wailing, horse hooves, and begging for surrender were heard one after another in Shouchun City. The battle did not end until daybreak.
On the streets that were still bustling in the past, blood gathered into streams, corpses were lying in various places, and the smoke ignited in several places declared the cruelty of last night's battle.
At the crossroads, Lu Bu stood with his head held high, wiping the blood on his cheeks. Looking at the soldiers cleaning the miserable streets, he felt a strange emotion in his heart.
I never thought that I, Lu Bu, would be able to invade Shouchun City one day...
"Report! Report to Marquis Wen that the Huainan Army in the city has been cleared and there are many captured enemies. General Zhang Liao is counting and summarizing them!"
"Report! Report to Marquis Wen that the granary in the south of the city has not been damaged at all. After interrogation, the total amount of grain stored is 800,000 dan!"
"Report! Report to Marquis Wen that more than 2,500 war horses have been seized at the school grounds!"
"Report! Report to Marquis Wen. General Gao Shun sent someone to report. A large number of gold objects, no less than one hundred thousand, were found from the puppet palace. There are also various treasures. They are not very numerous and cannot be counted at the moment!"
"good!"
As the four sergeants came to report respectively, Lu Bu struck each other with fists and palms, and his joy suddenly appeared.
The harvest of prisoners of war, war horses, grain, grass and money has greatly exceeded Lu Bu's expectations.
With these trophies, he can expand his troops to double or even more in a short period of time.
"Haha, congratulations to Marquis Wen. This victory has doubled the strength of our army!"
Chen Gong, Chen Deng and Lu Su gathered around him and congratulated Lu Bu.
This is indeed an exciting thing. To exchange for such a small price for a county and so much loot, there are only a few cases in history that can compare.
Lu Bu smiled and nodded at them, thus responding to them.
Then, he took a deep breath and looked in the direction of Xuzhou with a deep look.
Yunwen, you really should be here to share this joy with me. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today.
After thinking of his son-in-law, Lu Bu frowned and said quickly: "Jade Seal!"
Then, he looked at Lu Su and said, "Take me to Yuan Shu's Golden Palace!"
"Here!"
The four of them rode towards the Golden Palace of the Royal Palace.
When I arrived at the palace gate, I found that the place was tightly surrounded by the trapped camp.
Lu Bu pushed the door open and found Gao Shun already inside. He walked up quickly holding a brocade box and whispered: "Marquis Wen, the last general has ordered the camp to be cleared."
Opening the brocade box, there was a turquoise jade seal placed inside.
The last time I saw it was in Dong Zhuo's hands.
Lu Bu breathed a long sigh of relief and gently stroked the jade seal, "It's good if you find it, it's good if you find it..."
Gao Shun asked the trapped camp to clear the area, which meant that the news was blocked. Coupled with Lu Bu's reaction at this time, the three counselors looked at each other with worries on their faces.
"Marquis Wen, Yuan Shu was defeated because of it. Marquis Wen must not make the same mistake again!" Chen Gong was the first to speak.
"What Gongtai said is true. Marquis Wen must not have any strange thoughts based on this!" Lu Su also followed suit and bowed.
Chen Deng followed and bowed, "Marquis Wen, please forgive me for speaking frankly. In the final analysis, the jade seal is just a stone. If it is not in the hands of the emperor, it will be a disaster!"
Lu Bu did not answer them, but picked up the jade seal and turned it over. Looking at the eight characters "accepted by this Mingming, and lived forever" engraved on it, it was difficult for a normal person not to be moved.
But after a moment, he put the jade seal back, then turned to look at the three of them, smiled lightly, and then laughed loudly.
"Why, are you afraid that I will use it to become emperor?"
Facing Lu Bu's question, the three of them laughed and shook their heads, "I don't dare."
"You are all wrong. This jade seal is not a disaster, but an artifact that stabilizes the situation for me." Lu Bu said nonchalantly.
The stone that had just fallen hung up again. The three of them looked at Lu Bu with a bad feeling in their hearts.
This jade seal is obviously a disaster. Sun Jian and Yuan Shu both paid a heavy price for it. Why would Marquis Wen still want to take it for himself?
But Lu Bu waved his hand and said calmly: "Boping, send a team of fast horses to escort Yuxi to Cao Jun's camp in Ku County. Remember to make a big fanfare!"
"Here!"
After Gao Shun left, Lu Bu looked at Lu Su again and said, "Immediately people posted notices in the counties of Jiujiang and Xuzhou, saying that the imperial general and Marquis of Wen, Lu Bu, had conquered Shouchun, the puppet capital, recovered the jade seal passed down to the country, and dedicated it to The imperial court.”
After two military orders in a row, the trio of counselors fell into a state of confusion again.
this...
Marquis Wen, why is this?
"Wonderful! Marquis Wen is so creative!"
Chen Gong was the first to react, and couldn't help but laugh, "Let the world know with great fanfare that Marquis Wen is a minister of the country, loyal to protect the country, and returned the jade seal to Cao Cao, so that we can feel at ease With Jiujiang County firmly in place, Cao Cao no longer has any reason to attack us!"
"No wonder Marquis Wen was so nervous about finding the jade seal just now. Could it be that he had already made a plan beforehand?" Chen Deng was also frightened. From the suppression of Tiandao to the return of the jade seal to stabilize Jiujiang, this series of punches can be said to be interlocking. It's amazing.
"Cao Cao fought a bloody battle with the Huainan Army in Ku County, but in the end it was Marquis Wen who benefited. How could he not be angry? But once the jade seal is returned, no matter how angry he is, he will be dumb and eat coptis."
Lu Su was also speechless and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Marquis Wen has a son-in-law like Yunwen, so why worry about failing to achieve his great cause."
The corners of Lu Bu's lips raised proudly, he tugged on the red robe of Xichuan Baihua behind him, and said with a slight smile: "I really want to know what Cao Cao's reaction was after receiving the jade seal."
Later, he put away his arrogant mood again, perhaps because he was not in Pengcheng and always worried that Lin Mo would leave suddenly.
With this idea, he couldn't be happy at all. He said in a deep voice: "Zijing quickly went to handle the notice. Gongtai and Yuanlong assisted Wenyuan in quickly distributing food, soldiers, horses and ordnance. We also need to take back Guangling." ,besides..."
Lu Bu squinted his eyes, pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head, "After all this is finalized, I have to rush back to Pengcheng as soon as possible."
He knew that his worries were actually not without reason.
For such a big matter, even if I didn't issue an announcement in Pengcheng, Yunwen would definitely know about it. I hope he hasn't guessed my identity yet.
If my strength can be improved to compete with Cao Cao, maybe he will be willing to give up the idea of surrendering to Cao...
