Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 107 Dare to make a fool of yourself even if you have a small skill?

In the wilderness late at night, the bright moonlight shone on the earth, so that the twenty grain trucks traveling south would not be blinded.

The cool evening wind blew, swaying the reflections of the branches and leaves in the forest under the moonlight, and the wailing of night owls from time to time made the 500-member food protection team feel even more heavy.

Tonight's mission is not for military merit.

In the distance, a pair of eyes were watching the marching food team. After they entered a fork in the road and determined the route, he turned around and got on the horse, and galloped away.

After traveling five miles, he came to a dense forest and got off his horse, "General, Lu Jun has left Anlin Road, and his subordinates have checked ten miles behind to confirm that there is no ambush!"

Sitting on a raised stone, Li Tong held the Zhudi sword with both hands, closed his eyes, and seemed to be asleep.

After a while, he waved his hand and said, "Explore again!"

"Here!"

After the scout left, the lieutenant at the side asked puzzledly: "General, since there is no ambush, why don't you act decisively, or something will change if it's too late."

Li Tong was noncommittal and said nothing, like a statue.

As his first battle after joining Cao Ying, even if he was robbing food, even if there were only 500 people on the opposite side, he would not dare to take it lightly.

Because he clearly remembered that there were two dense forests along the way of Anlin Road, and the dense forests could be ambushed.

He had to wait until the other party walked out of the wilderness and confirmed that there was no risk around him before doing anything, since he was not in a hurry anyway.

What's more, he brought [-] cavalry with him, and the speed of food and grass, as long as he is willing, he can catch up with him after sleeping.

There was fire in July, and the wilderness at night was already a bit chilly, but there were no shortage of mosquitoes in the dense forest, and Cao Jun, who was ambushing here, was tossed tirelessly.

Finally, after an hour and a half, the scout came back again.

"General, Lu Jun exited Anlin Road and entered Qianhewan."

Hearing this, Li Tong finally opened his eyes.

There is a flat river in Qianhewan, and there is no shelter on all sides. Eight hundred cavalry can kill them all in a moment.

Also, don't worry about ambushes.

"Soldiers obey orders!"

"Subordinates are here!"

"Follow me to Qianhe Bay!"

"Here!"

There are only 500 people on the other side, and it is obviously just a robbing of food, which makes your blood boil, so it is impossible, the centurion of the cavalry thought in his heart.

A group of [-] riders, with a man in the title and a horse with hooves bound, killed them in the direction of Qianhewan.

Perhaps it was because the night in the wilderness was so quiet that the sound of horseshoes could be heard clearly even if it was wrapped in coarse cloth; or maybe it was because the moon was so bright that night that it could be seen several miles away.

In short, Li Tong and his men were still two or three miles away from the grain truck, and the people in the grain transport team began to shout in panic, "Enemy attack! There are cavalry enemy attack! Run!"

With just a shout, the 500 people left the grain truck and fled in all directions regardless. The goal was also very clear, which was to go in the opposite direction, hoping that the other party would have scruples and give up chasing and killing.

"Don't chase anymore! I'm afraid there may be fraud!" Rushing to the grain truck, Lu Jun had already run away.

If you want to chase, of course you can catch up, but Li Tong knows very well that his mission is to rob food, not kill people.

He turned over and got off the horse, drew out the sword at his waist and stabbed it at a rough sack on the grain cart, and the wheat in it flowed out after he pulled it out.

"Withdraw!" After confirming that there was no mistake, he took the grain truck and turned around.

Qianhewan is not too close to Cao Jun’s camp. There are more than 40 miles of road. In addition, there are several water veins passing through along the way. To find the shoals and wading, the [-] cavalry can only slowly hold the food. car.

As a result, Liu Bei's scouts found out that the food was robbed and passed the news back to Ankou, and they hadn't returned to the camp yet.

"What? All twenty grain trucks were robbed?"

Liu Bei, who was wearing an inner jacket and a satin robe, didn't even wear shoes, and ran out of the room when he heard the news.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood at the door, their expressions were not very good.

"Our people chased for ten miles and we didn't see anyone from Lu Jun chasing us. Presumably, all the food and grass have already entered Cao Ying!" Guan Yu looked unwilling.

Five thousand shi, that's five thousand shi of grain and grass, enough for the people in Ankou County to spend for a month, so it was given to Cao Cao for nothing.

For Lu Bu, it was only five thousand stones of food and grass missing, but for the three brothers who were dormant in Ankou, this was their lifeblood.

Zhang Fei was so angry that his beard and hair swelled, and he grinned his teeth and said: "This Lin boy, he still thinks he has some clever tricks, so he squandered the food and grass like this. If it is really impossible, give us the food and grass, and the brothers will be full." To kill the enemy!"

The distraught Liu Bei was not even in the mood to comfort his two younger brothers.

This incident, big or small, caused him to walk out of the room without any pajamas. Regardless of the cold night, he sat down on the stone steps with a solemn expression.

Five thousand shi of grain and grass, that's five thousand shi, and it's not that Lu Bu is so wide-eyed, and the five thousand shi of grain and grass have been used but nothing can be done. Then when he really needs to use food and grass next time, he will still be willing to use it. Why don't you give it?
He had always believed that Lin Mo was a rare genius, and it was unreasonable to ask him to write a letter intentionally to be hijacked by Cao Cao. After all, there was really no place to ambush along the way.

But he is still willing to obey orders, because he also believes in Lin Mo.

As a result, all five thousand shi of food and grass fell into Cao Ying, and our side got nothing.
"There is no such reason in this world!" Obviously, the more Liu Bei thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Foot trick."

Guan Yu squinted his phoenix eyes, stood in front of Liu Bei, and said with a snort, "Young people can't stand the setbacks, and after being frustrated by Cao Cao for a while, they started to make faint moves."

deathly silence
After some time, Liu Bei finally raised his eyes to look at Guan Yu with exhaustion in his eyes, "Has Jingzhou not replied yet?"

I have a vague feeling that I should leave a way out.

He is incomparable with Lu Bu, and he can retreat to Jiujiang if he is defeated at the front line. For Liu Bei, if he is defeated here, he has nowhere to go.

Guan Yu sighed. Although he didn't speak, the answer was already written on his face.

Just when Liu Bei lowered his head in disappointment, Guan Yu added, "However, Liu Biao's son Liu Qi actually sent someone over."

"Where is the messenger? Do you have a letter?" Liu Bei stood up suddenly.

Guan Yu shook his head, "It's just a dictation. Young Master Liu Qi said that his father intends to accept us, but the Cai family has been obstructing it. Young Master hopes that we can go directly to Jingzhou. As long as we arrive, he will mediate among them and he will be able to convince Liu Biao."

This made Liu Bei feel very surprised.

It is true that the four major families of Huang, Cai, Pang, and Kuai control most of the government affairs in Jingzhou's territory, but Liu Biao is not too incapable of accepting such trivial matters as himself. Obviously, he himself is vacillating, so he will go along with it. Cai's intention.

And Liu Qi, as the eldest son, the heir to the Jingzhou family business, how could he use this method to disobey his father.

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If Liu Biao invited him to Jingzhou, of course Liu Bei would not hesitate, but the person who came was Liu Qi's messenger, so this matter had to be considered.

Besides, the current battle situation has entered a stalemate situation, and it is not possible to retreat completely if you want to leave.

In the final analysis, Liu Bei just wanted to find a way out first.

Liu Bei frowned into a "Sichuan" character, and after thinking about it, he shook his head, "Let's see if Lu Bu has a backhand first."

From the defeat at Donglinkou to today's indiscretion, Liu Bei's trust in Lin Mo plummeted.

This is also understandable. Young people, with some meritorious deeds, will inevitably feel elated.

But ah, the real king has always gone through hardships and finally reincarnated as a phoenix.

After some setbacks, he will be in chaos, and it will be difficult to become a master in the end.

In Cao Yingli, watching grain carts pushing into the gate, Cao Cao didn't kill Cheng Yu who woke him up, obviously he wouldn't kill people in his dreams.

He patted one of the grain trucks and nodded in satisfaction.

Five thousand stones of food and grass, in this era of constant wars, is definitely a huge fortune.

Although for an army of tens of thousands of people, he can only last ten days and a half months, but the biggest purpose of robbing this batch of food and grass is not to feed his men, but to cut off Liu Bei's supplies and let Liu Bei He doesn't fight himself.

The achievement of the goal is more important than anything else.

"Are there any casualties?" Cao Cao looked at Li Tong with his hands behind his back.

Li Tong smiled arrogantly, cupped his fists and bowed, "Report to Sikong, our army rushed to the grain cart, and Lu Bu's men fled in panic, without losing any soldiers!"

Zero casualties, this has always been the stuff of legend.

But when Cao Cao heard it, the smile on his face froze, and then a subtle change occurred, and his eyes flickered a little.

He slowly turned around to look at Li Tong, and asked word by word: "You mean, you haven't reached the front of the battle, just appeared, and the other party ran away?"

"Sikong, what's the problem?"

When he asked him this question, Li Tong also felt a little unconfident, and quickly explained: "The last general just let people watch them for more than ten miles all the way."

Cao Cao shook his head sullenly, and asked softly, "Don't you think it's going too well?"

"It's going well, isn't it?" Apparently Li Tong didn't have too many thoughts.

Cao Cao glanced at him, the disdain in his eyes was not concealed at all, "Five thousand shi of grain and grass, there are five hundred guards, right? You are only eight hundred cavalry, how could you let them abandon the grain and flee before the battle. "

"The [-] cavalry brought by General Ke Kemo are about to charge. How should we deal with the mere [-] infantry?" Li Tong was obviously not convinced.

Cao Cao snorted, "Let me ask you, how should the grain transportation team lose food and grass according to military law?"

Li Tong raised his head and said: "The grain transport officer should be executed, and the soldiers should be punished with forty sticks. If they abandon grain and escape, they should be executed."

Before he finished speaking, Li Tong himself realized the problem.

That's right, if he just ran away like this, wouldn't he be looking for his own death?

Both left and right are dead, so there must be a glimmer of life after World War I.

If he rushed over with tens of thousands of cavalry, it would be fine if the opponent ran away. I only had [-] cavalry, and no matter how big the battle was, there was a limit to it. There was no reason to flee like this.

After thinking clearly, Li Tong wondered, "Why is that?"

Cao Cao didn't want to talk to this idiot any more, and said loudly, "Grain inspection!"

No matter how stupid Li Tong gave the order, he realized that the food and grass were probably poisonous!
So he hurriedly chased after him, transferred all the grain carts out of the granary, and placed them at the other end.

Then a bag of grain is taken from each car, and then the grain is taken and fed to the live chickens in the chicken coop.

This is the easiest way to test for drugs.

After a while, there was no result, and Cao Cao also felt that he lost interest, so he simply went back to sleep.

But Li Tong couldn't fall asleep no matter what, he must see the result before giving up.

If he robbed a pile of poisonous grain and grass, and didn't have the vigilance to inspect the grain, then let alone credit, it would be good not to be held accountable.

It's a pity that there is no rush, and chickens don't eat at night, so they can only wait.

The chickens didn't start pecking until after dawn.

After another hour, all the pecking chickens lay on the ground with their legs straight.

"Damn, it's really poisonous!" Seeing that the credit was gone, Li Tong slammed his mouth and scolded Lu Bu for being a dangerous villain who dared to poison the army rations. If I don't go to rob the rations today, Liu Bei will I'm going to be poisoned to death by you!

No, no, I have to report to Sikong as soon as possible.

Cao Cao didn't blame Li Tong at all, he sneered triumphantly, "Even if you have a small skill, you dare to make a fool of yourself."

Then he waved his hand, motioning for him to step back and rest.

At the end, he added another sentence: "Let Feng Xiao come over."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)