Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Seeing that Gao Shun was about to leave, Lan Tian hurriedly took out a piece of bamboo from his bosom and handed it over, saying, "General, I don't know what will happen next? Thanks to the general's blessings several times, Lan Tian can't thank you, only the number as a gift, I hope the general will treasure……"

Gao Shun took a look at the bamboo piece, and wrote a letter: lighter than a feather, heavier than Mount Tai.

Lan Tian reminded himself again, could it be that the lord's danger is imminent?

Gao Shun kept the bamboo slips close to his body, and then left in a hurry after cupping his fists and saluting.

Lan Tian walked back to the gate of the courtyard and found that Gan Qian was also staring into the distance.

"What is sister thinking?"

"I'm wondering when Xuande will return. This time Xiaopei was trapped, and his entire army was almost wiped out. If General Gao didn't take care of him a few times, how would the consequences be good?" Gan Qian sighed.

Lan Tian smiled and comforted: "Sister, don't worry, General Liu will be back soon, and he will be soon."

Gan Qian saw that Lan Tian's words were convincing, so she asked, "How can you see that?"

"Yuan Shu and Lu Bu allied Cao Cao with peace of mind? General Liu will surely go to Xudu if he is defeated, and Cao Cao will definitely send troops to Xuzhou when he hears the news. Let's wait for a while and see." Lan Tian said.

Seeing Lan Tian's convincing words, Gan Qian couldn't help worrying again. The name Cao Cao was too terrifying in Xuzhou, and she didn't know how many lives would suffer.

Only ten days after Gao Shun returned to Xiapi, Cao Cao personally led an army to conquer Xuzhou.

When Chen Gong heard the words, he offered a plan: "Cao Cao will be exhausted when he is far away. The general can lead his troops to reject Pengcheng, and then rely on the terrain to fight steadily. The so-called exhaustion and decline, once they are dragged into winter, Cao's army will definitely retreat."

Chen Gong didn't work hard when Lu Bu beat Yuan Shu, but he was more active than anyone else in dealing with Cao Cao at this time.

Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong suspiciously, and then said: "I already understand the plan of the public platform, wait for me to discuss it with Boping and Wenyuan first."

"Okay, general, remember, if you are late, you will change." Chen Gong instructed.

Lu Bu didn't discuss with Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, but went to Chen Gui's house in Xiapi instead.

Chen Gui suggested that Lu Bu should wait for work in Xiapi, and then rush out when Cao Jun came, taking advantage of the situation to drive Cao Bing into Surabaya.

Chen Gui also said that he was going to Guangling, and asked his son Chen Deng to bring troops, horses, money and food to help.

Lu Bu was overjoyed after hearing this, so he refused to follow Chen Gong's advice and went to Pengcheng to resist the enemy.

In October of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's troops came to Pengcheng and slaughtered men, women, old and children.

Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling, wanted to lead his troops to rescue Lu Bu, but he was frightened when he heard that Pengcheng was slaughtered, so he changed his course and led the county soldiers to open the way for Cao Cao's advance.

When Cao's troops reached the outskirts of Xiapi, Lu Bu personally led a large army to meet the enemy, but failed several times, so he led his troops back to Xiapi to defend.

Cao Cao sent people to shoot letters to the city, saying that Lu Bu condoned the bandits Han Siam and Yang Feng to make Xu Yang a disaster, and colluded with the national thief Yuan Shu to make trouble.

Lu Bu was defeated before, and now he received a threatening letter from Cao Cao, and then he felt frightened and thought of surrendering.

Chen Gong was shocked when he found out, and he advised him, "Cao Cao will not last long if he is far away. If the general leads troops to garrison outside the city, I will stay inside the city with all the generals, thinking that we are going to fight the corner.

If the Cao thief attacks the general, the palace will lead the troops to attack the rear, and if the Cao thief dares to attack the city, the general will also attack the rear.After ten months, Cao's army will run out of food. At that time, if we attack together, we will be destroyed. "

At this time, Chen Deng turned against the enemy and Chen Gui was not in the city. No one around Lu Bu asked for advice, so he had to listen to Chen Gong's plan.

Wanting to order Chen Gong and Gao Shun to defend the city, he led troops out of the city to garrison in order to cut off Cao Jun's food road.

Lu Bu knew the danger of this battle, so he went to the back hall to get the cloak and bid farewell to his wife and children. At this time, Yan Shi hesitated to speak.

"Madam has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Chapter 37 You Know Me Cao Cao Best

Seeing Lu Bu's questioning, Yan said, "Although General Gao is a loyal and upright man, he and Chen Gong have always been at odds. Feng Xian defended the city with two people. How can they agree? Besides, Chen Gongtai and Cao Cao are old. General Going out alone and entrusting him with important affairs, once there is a change in the city, how can I be the general's wife again?"

Gao Shun's character is upright and difficult to get close to others, no matter whether he is a scholar or general, he has few close friends. Chen Gong used to be favored and proud in Yanzhou, so he didn't like him.

The last time Yuan Shu came to commit a crime, Chen Gong was unwilling to offer a conspiracy. In addition, when Hao Meng was punished, he even confessed that the accomplice was Chen Gong. The doubts deepened.

"Ma'am is right. People in Xiapi are panicking now. I am afraid that Hao Meng's rebellion will happen. But now that Cao's army is strong, I have to mobilize all my troops to defend the city. The safety of the house depends on Lingqi's female guards. She is now What about people?" Lu Bu asked.

"It should be in the camp." Yan said.

"It's nonsense, Gao Boping doesn't know the seriousness." Lu Bu walked out angrily.

Before leaving the government office, Lu Bu secretly sent Xu Si and Wang Kai to go out of Xiapi and go south to Shouchun to seek help from Yuan Shu.

He rode his horse to the camp, and he found that Lu Lingqi was in Gaoshun's camp.

Lv Bu rushed into the big tent angrily, and angrily said: "The Cao thief is in a hurry to attack the city. If you don't stay at home to protect mother, what are you doing in my general's camp?"

"I..." Lu Lingqi lowered her head and was at a loss for words.

"And you, it's fine to let her mess around, what time is it now?" Lu Bu blamed Gao Shun again.

"The last general is guilty, please punish him." Gao Shun clasped his fists and admitted his mistake.

Lu Bu knew that Gao Shun was not at fault for this matter, so he said to Lu Lingqi coldly, "Aren't you going back to protect mother?"

"Oh……"

"Wait a minute, what are you holding in your hand?"

"what?"

Lu Lingqi got up and wanted to leave, but Lu Bu found that her hands were behind her back, as if she was holding something.

"It's nothing..." Lu Lingqi shook her head and said.

"Don't give it to me?" Lu Bu stretched out his big hand and shouted.

Lu Lingqi had no choice but to pass the bamboo slip over.

Xiapi was surrounded too urgently, Lu Lingqi wanted to ask Gao Shun to find a way to ask Lan Tian for advice, but the guy hesitated, and finally took out such a letter, Lan Tian predicted that he couldn't bear to say it.

Lu Lingqi handed over the bamboo slips and ran out of the camp. Lu Bu held it in his hand and thought over and over again. At this moment, he noticed that Gao Shun's expression was different, so he asked, "What is this?"

Gao Shun was loyal to Lu Bu, so he uttered all of Lan Tian's prophecies like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

Lu Bu was shocked when he heard this, and then he sighed: "This son is really capable of being a ghost. If I used my plan to tie him back and marry Lingqi as his wife, how could I, Lu Bu, be in trouble today? Gongtai misled me. , the public platform misunderstood me..."

"My lord, what should we do now?" Gao Shun asked.

"Xiapi must be defended if it can be defended, but if it cannot be defended, it will be surrendered..." Lu Bu said helplessly.

Gao Shun was silent after hearing this, and after Lu Bu finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Who does Lan Ziyu want you to learn from?"

"Seven monsters in the south of the Yangtze River..."

Lu Bu is already very familiar with the plot of the Condor Shooting. He said in his heart that the martial arts of the seven monsters in the south of the Yangtze River are meager, and their role in the book is nothing more than helping Guo Jing to enlighten him. What is this Lan Ziyu trying to say?

Lu Bu was pacing in the camp, suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind: Could it be that this guy wants Gao Shun to protect Guo Jing like he protects Lingqi?

"Boping, how will I treat you?" Lu Bu stopped and turned his head to ask.

Gao Shun was taken aback, clasped his fists and said, "My lord has shown me the grace of knowing you, and Shun will repay you with death."

Lu Bu stretched out his hand and said, "Boping's loyalty, Bu already knows very well, Lantian asked you to learn from the seven monsters in the south of the Yangtze River, why do you talk about life and death lightly? If I don't survive this battle, protect Lingqi for me."

"My lord, this is..." Gao Shun was puzzled.

"I still have to go to the tower to inspect, so you can do it yourself..." Lu Bu ordered.

This is the lord Tuogu?Lu Bu had never said such confusing words, but Gao Shun still nodded in agreement.

Xu Si and Wang Kai went to Shouchun to ask for help, but Yuan Shu refused on the grounds that Lv Bu refused to marry him. In fact, this guy was frightened by Cao Cao's beating, and the beating made him realize his true situation. Now he has no ability to fight Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu didn't send troops to rescue him near Huainan, but Zhang Yang, who was far away in Hanoi, wanted to rescue Lu Bu, but was killed by his general Yang Chou.

The city of Xiapi was fortified, and Cao Cao could not go down for a long time, so he ordered people to besiege the city and dig trenches to prevent surprise soldiers from digging tunnels in the city.

Digging is an earthwork. Although there is no need to worry about being attacked by arrows and stones, the soldiers under the command are exhausted every day.

After more than a month of excavation, the soldiers were exhausted, so Cao Cao wanted to retreat.

Xun You, a counselor under the tent, advised: "Lü Bu was brave but not resourceful, and now he has been defeated after many battles, and his vigor has faded. Besides, the three armies are dominated by generals, and the army has no fighting spirit when the leader is weak. Now that Lv Bu's morale has not recovered, then Chen Gong And the strategy is not yet decided, why not take advantage of the situation to attack Xiapi, so as not to raise tigers in the future."

While Cao Cao was hesitating, Guo Jia suggested again: "The next Pi is close to the big river, why not use the water from Yi and Si to irrigate it?"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said with a smile, "Fengxiao is a great plan."

Afterwards, Cao Cao flooded the city with water, and the other three gates of Xiapi were flooded except for the east gate. The guards had to wade across the street, so the action was very difficult.

Lu Bu was depressed after hearing Gao Shun's words. He often hid in the government office and drank with his wives and concubines to relieve his worries.

Xiapi was flooded, and Lu Bu wanted to go out to patrol the city to encourage the soldiers. He got up and saw that his face in the bronze mirror was haggard, and he said to himself: "I was hurt by wine and sex, so I am so haggard..."

Later, when Lu Bu was patrolling the city, he issued a ban on drinking to all the generals.

The next day Lu Bu went up to the tower to supervise the battle again, and saw that the city wall of Xiapi was very dilapidated, and the morale of the attacking Cao army remained undiminished.

Lu Bu suddenly shouted at the Cao soldiers under the city: "Tell Duke Cao that if Duke Ming withdraws the soldiers besieging the city, Bu is willing to lead the troops to surrender."

Chen Gong, who was accompanying him, was shocked: "Cao Cao is a traitor, how can he be called Ming Gong? If the general surrenders today, it will be like throwing a stone with an egg. How can he get everything?"

The attacking Cao soldiers were stunned when they heard Lu Bu's words. At this time, Chen Gong didn't know where to get the bow and arrow.

"Gongtai, you..." Lu Bu was speechless, and walked away.

Lü Bu's words spread to Cao Ying, and Cao Cao summoned his counselors to discuss, "Lü Bu has already surrendered, what do you think?"

Neither Xun You nor Guo Jia spoke. They looked at Cheng Yu, the old opponent who defended Lu Bu in Yanzhou.

Cheng Yu had no choice but to say: "Lü Bu is brave and has no plans. He can be a tiger and wolf if he surrenders. It's just repeated by others. This matter has to be decided by the lord."

"What do you two think?" Cao Cao asked Xun You and Guo Jia again.

Guo Jia cupped his hands and said, "Lü Bu is the bravery of a common man. It can be used or not. I suggest killing him to avoid future troubles."

Cheng and Xun were startled when they heard this, and they thought that it was you, Guo Fengxiao, who were unruly and unrestrained.

Cao Cao asked with a smile, "Feng Xiao prevented me from killing Liu Bei in the past, why is he persuading me to kill Lu Bu today? Does this mean that I won't be afraid of harming the virtuous?"

Xun You and Cheng Yu were delighted in their hearts, and they knew that the lord would ask this question.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Liu Bei has always had a good reputation, so killing him rashly is really harmful to the lord. Lv Bu is a villain again and again, so why not kill him? Besides, I guess the lord must be calculating."

Cao Cao pointed at Guo Jia and laughed: "Well, Guo Fengxiao, you know Cao Cao best, hahaha..."

Chapter 38 White Gate Tower

Lu Bu's bravery is well known in the world, so why would Cao Cao ask others for his opinion whether to kill or stay?At this time, he asked the three people in front of the account, mainly to see their reactions.

Cao Cao's achievements and strength today are inseparable from the strong support of the Henan gentry. Of course, he also treated the Henan gentry favorably by "repaying his kindness". Xun You and Guo Jia are both from Yingchuan, Henan.

In the past, he set up an army in Chenliu in Yanzhou. At that time, besides the Henan gentry, a large number of Yanzhou gentry participated in the initial investment. However, Cao Cao only treated the Henan gentry favorably, which made Yanzhou people resentful.

Later, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao brought Lu Bu into Yanzhou, mainly because the Yanzhou gentry wanted revenge, and their efforts were not fully rewarded, so why did they support Cao Cao?Although Lu Bu is incompetent, he is willing to reuse Yanzhou people.

The world of adults is not about fighting and killing. They are full of benevolence and morality, and their hearts are full of business. Why would celebrities scold Cao Cao?Why did Yanzhou prefectures and counties completely reverse in a short time?All reasons cannot escape the word interest.

Xun You and Guo Jia asked Cheng Yu to show their attitude first, because Cheng Yu is from Yanzhou. He is not a simple counselor like the former, but an all-rounder who can command soldiers and horses to lead the army in battle. Cheng Yu is now the governor of Yanzhou. Attitude represents the attitude of Yanzhou.

In Cao Cao's heart, even if Lu Bu was invincible, he would not dare to use him. He did not dare to keep such a hidden danger by his side. If the Yanzhou gentry colluded with him to rebel against Yuan Shao, he would die without a place to die.

In Xiapi City, Lu Bu was very angry because of Chen Gong's actions, and this guy suddenly made a very strange move.

Lu Bu excused Gao Shun's inability to defend the city, first demoted him from Zhonglang general to school captain, and then from school lieutenant to military commander, making him change from a city guard to an inner city patrol officer, and gradually faded out of senior generals vision.

Zhang Liao was surprised to become a city defender, and he secretly went to comfort Gao Shun, but the guy was not dissatisfied at all, Zhang Liao admired him.

Not long after Lu Bu's prohibition on alcohol was promulgated, Hou Chengyin, a cavalry general under his tent, recovered his lost horse. Friends and generals brought gifts to celebrate.

When Lu Bu was depressed, he saw Hou Cheng smiling and bringing wine and meat. He felt that this man was despising his military orders, so he wanted to kill him.

Under the begging of all the generals, Hou Cheng finally received a meal of sticks, which beat him to pieces.

Hou Cheng felt resentful because of this, and he conspired with his friends Song Xian and Wei Xu to surrender Cao while he was recovering from his injuries.

Surrendering in advance requires a meeting gift, so they turned their ideas on Chen Gong, who was the biggest opponent of the surrender faction in the city.

In December of the third year of Jian'an, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei Xu and others bound Chen Gong and led the crowd to surrender.

Lu Bu was shocked when he heard the news. He and Zhang Liao went up to the White Gate Tower. Seeing that Cao Jun was fighting bravely to attack first, he was in a hurry. Get to know each other."

"General..." Everyone under his command wept, unable to bear to kill Lu Bu.

"My lord has wanted to surrender for a long time, why bother to seek death?" Zhang Liao persuaded from the side.

Lu Bu then ordered someone to bind him, and then sent someone to welcome Cao Cao into the city. Seeing this, Zhang Liao also tied himself to the Baimen Tower with the Lord.

Cao Cao was supervising the battle outside the city. He had just accepted the begging from Hou Cheng and other generals, when he heard that Lu Bu had also sent someone to surrender, his expression changed and he said, "The big thing is here, hurry up and invite Liu Bei here. Let's go to Xiapi together. See you soon." Our old friend."

People around did not know Cao Cao's intentions, but Guo Jia smiled leisurely.