Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Lu Bu recognized the soldier who ran in as Lao Ge, one of his own soldiers. Seeing how flustered and unruly he was, Lu Bu's face turned slightly cold.

"What happened? Why are you so flustered?"

Lao Ge had run all the way here, so how could he dare to hesitate?

"Fire, Huaiyang City is already on fire, and there are fires all around,"

"Please explain clearly, why would you be so angry for no reason?"

Lu Bu was a little bit unconvinced. Even if someone accidentally started a fire and ignited flammable materials, it would be quickly put out by the soldiers.

"There are a lot of saltpeter, sulfur, and butter in Huaiyang City. Fires broke out at the four city gates at the same time. It is obvious that there are spies infiltrating the city."

At this point, Lu Bu finally understood what was going on. Just as Ji Ling said, Uncle Liu would not leave Huaiyang City to them obediently. Instead, he had already sent people to place flammable objects and was just waiting for us to enter the city and then set it on fire.

The noisy shouting had reached everyone's ears. Yuan Shu's face turned pale. Fire attack, fire attack again. He almost got burned to death last time, and this time, Uncle Liu actually used this trick again.

"Quick, take everyone out of Huaiyang City."

Ji Ling hurriedly took Yuan Shu outside, and when they reached the street, they found that the soldiers were already in chaos. The fire was fueled by the wind and was getting bigger and bigger. The soldiers were running for their lives frantically, and there was no military discipline at all.

If the fire continues to develop at this rate, it won't be long before Huaiyang City is completely occupied. If they can't escape, all of them will die here.

At this time, Lu Bu also brought his men out. Looking at the means left by Emperor Liu, everyone took a breath of cold air. It seemed that Ji Ling was right. Emperor Liu was not willing to withdraw from Huaiyang, but left a big fire in Huaiyang City before withdrawing.

When Lu Bu and his men escaped from Huaiyang City, the arrogance was no longer on their faces. Instead, they were filled with frustration. Although the fire only caused the loss of a small half of his soldiers, Huaiyang had become an empty city. It was unknown how long it would take to rebuild it.

After scolding Liu Bei for his treachery, Yuan Shu and he reached a strategic cooperation. The first person to be guarded against in the cooperation was Liu Yu.

After Liu Yu retreated to Yuzhou, he would certainly not give up. He would definitely organize troops and attack Xuzhou in a short period of time.

Once Liu Yu attacks Xuzhou, the two must work together to preserve the fruits of victory in Xuzhou.

However, things did not develop in the direction the two had expected. After Liu Yu returned to Yuzhou, he suddenly became silent. He spent the whole day drinking and chatting with Guo Jia and others, and showed no signs of gathering an army to attack Xuzhou.

Time passed quickly, and half a year had passed in the blink of an eye. During this half year, Lu Bu had confirmed that his alliance with Yuan Shu had made Liu Yu wary, and he would not rashly attack Xuzhou until this situation was broken.

After confirming the news, Lu Bu moved the focus of Xuzhou's defense to the north, and he wanted to take his men to deal with Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao designed a plan for Lu Bu to attack Xia Pi, he thought that Xuzhou City would be in his pocket. However, Zang Ba, who was subdued by Liu Bei, immediately surrendered to Lu Bu when Liu Yu withdrew from Xuzhou.

This situation surprised Cao Cao very much, or he had not expected it at all. According to his deduction, Zang Ba was also a hero and had just been conquered by Liu Bei. Now that he heard that Lu Bu had captured Xia Pi City, he would definitely lead people to attack Lu Bu and take Xia Pi back from Liu Yu.

At worst, he would have stood by and made way for himself and Lu Bu to fight, but he chose a path that surprised everyone.

What surprised Cao Cao even more was that Zhao Yun, who was stationed in Xiaopei, also did not target Lu Bu, but frequently appeared on the border of Yanzhou.

At first, Cao Cao thought that the news brought by the scouts was inaccurate, until they frequently appeared around Yanzhou from the directions of Yingchuan and Henei, Cao Cao realized that it was all true.

Seeing this situation, Cao Cao was very depressed.

At this moment, he really wanted to ask Uncle Liu, it was clearly Lu Bu who took away your Xuzhou, why did you frequently deploy troops around Yanzhou?

In view of the fact that Liu Yu's soldiers were taking actions around Yanzhou, Cao Cao had to withdraw part of his troops to defend Yanzhou.

He didn't want to be cut off from his retreat again when he was attacking Xuzhou with all his strength.

Cao Cao knew that if he allowed Liu Yu to occupy Yanzhou, it would be countless times more difficult for him to take it back.

Seeing that Liu Yu had withdrawn from Xuzhou, Yan Liang thought that the strategic plan assigned to him by Yuan Shao had been achieved, so he led his troops back to Jizhou.

A large number of soldiers returned to support Yanzhou, and with the departure of Yan Liang, Cao Cao's ability to attack Xuzhou was greatly weakened.

This series of news made Lu Bu very excited. He gradually felt that he had firmly occupied Xuzhou. Sometimes he even felt that Xuzhou alone could not satisfy his appetite. He wanted to continue to expand his territory.

Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling to stay in Xuyi to manage the land that he and Lu Bu shared equally, and he led his people back to Jiujiang. During the past six months, his power has developed most rapidly.

Since letting Sun Ce lead his men to attack Yangzhou, in such a short period of time, he has already captured Kuaiji and Wujun successively. He has been unstoppable along the way and no one can stop him.

Yuan Shu looked at the battle reports that kept coming in, and the smile on his face never disappeared.

"If I had a son like this, I wouldn't regret dying."

Compared to Yuan Shu's excitement, the two people standing below were obviously a little depressed.

The two looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Yan Xiang bowed and said, "My lord, Sun Bofu was indeed very brave in defeating the enemy along the way, but the people he occupied in the prefectures were all his confidants. We must be on guard against this."

"Sir, you don't need to worry about this. After Sun Jian died, I took in the Sun family and treated them with kindness. Sun Bofu is a young hero, how could he betray me?"

"My lord, you are wrong. When Sun Ce conquered Lujiang County, my lord promised to give it to him. Later, my lord regretted it, and his gratitude towards you changed. If I am right, he will not only not be grateful to you, but also have complaints against you."

"I have already explained the matter of Lujiang County to Bofu in person. How can you say that you are complaining?"

"The lord rewarded him a lot, but what the lord rewarded him was completely different from what he wanted. How could he not complain when the reward was not what he wanted?

Sun Bofu was originally the son of Sun Jian. He had great ambitions and wanted to complete his father's unfinished business. Since he had such ambitions, he would never be willing to be inferior to others. Once he had the opportunity, he would definitely go like a fish into the sea and never come back. "

Seeing Yuan Shu silent, Yan Xiang pondered for a moment and then asked slowly, "Sun Ce is such a hero, doesn't the lord have any fear of him at all?"