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

Chapter 113 Crisis, Still

By the time Lu Bu returned to the Panshi'ao camp, it was already daylight.

After flying off the horse, he put Fang Tian's painted halberd on the ground, spread his arms, "Remove the armor!"

The soldiers on the side immediately stepped forward to take off his cloak and armor one by one.

Even Lu Fengxian, who is like a perpetual motion machine, was exhausted after such a night of tossing. After taking off the 30-jin swallowing beast mask, he let out a long sigh of relief.

He walked to the side of the water tank, took the water and slapped it carelessly on his face and body, wiping away the marks that had solidified into blood scabs.

It's hard to tell when he's wearing armor, but now Lu Bu's body is full of muscles, full of dreadful strength.

"Marquis Wen!" Xu Sheng ran over quickly.

"How is it?" Lu Bu was still cleaning the blood stains on his body, eliminating the fatigue all over his body, he just glanced at Xu Sheng to see that he was smiling from ear to ear, and it seemed that it was not fruitful.

"Cao Ying's food and grass were also caught in the fire, but more than 2 stones and 81 horses were rescued, and there were too many armors and armors to count."

Not bad, Lu Bu nodded in satisfaction.

"By the way, Marquis Wen, General Gao inspected the horses, and picked out 150 seven horses, which he said were top-grade horses. They should be the well-ridden horses under Cao Cao's command."

Lu Bu was stunned, there were more than 100 horses, plus the top-grade horses he got from chasing the tiger and leopard cavalry, it was close to [-] horses, so it can also be enriched into the old team of Bingzhou, which can be regarded as a supplement to the battle of Donglinkou. damage.

"Well done, take the more than 100 horses to the stables of Bingzhou Riding."

"Here!"

After Lu Bu washed the blood stains on his body, he walked into the Chinese army's tent with his upper body bare and careless.

I wanted to take a rest, but Zhang Liao ran in quickly.

"Marquis Wen!"

"Wen Yuan is here, sit down." To Zhang Liao, Lu Bu was still very polite and made a gesture of invitation.

But Zhang Liao did not sit down, and clasped his fists with a smile, "Marquis Wen, Wei Xu has already led his troops back to Yangyuan, and the last general has come to report today's victory. In this battle, Wei Xu and I will kill Cao Jun together." There are more than [-] people, and more than [-] enemies have been ambushed. Cao Cao's general Jin was also captured by the last general, and he is now escorted back to Yangyuan."

With a fairly satisfactory record, Lu Bu just nodded silently, and said casually: "These scouts have already reported to me, there is no need to make a special trip."

After years of getting used to it, seeing Lu Bu so calm, he knew that the gains at the camp must be extremely rich, so these gains could not excite Lu Bu, but it didn't matter, he didn't come so far to report his achievements.

"Marquis Wen, this is the military expenditure for the general at the end of the next season. Please take a look at it." Zhang Liao held the bamboo slips in both hands and handed them over.

Lu Bu glanced at him in surprise.

To talk about military expenditures at this time is to throw the bamboo slips aside, "It's all a step-by-step matter. If there is anything to watch, it's the same as last season. There are a lot of you."

"How about, Marquis Wen should take a look?" Zhang Liao handed the bamboo slips to Lu Bu again with a smile on his face.

Lu Bu pushed aside the bamboo slips in a dispirited manner, glanced at them casually, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Twenty thousand gold? Why don't you grab it!"

"Wenhou, you can't say that. Of course, the military expenditure in Jiujiang can't be so much, but my more than 800 old brothers have followed me since Yanmen, and Boping has also created a camp. My brothers can argue with knives and arrows." , loyal, brave, and will never lose to the trapped camp.

Over the past year, our territory has expanded so much, it's time to spend some money to arm them, and I have an explanation to the people below. "

As a general, it is understandable to want to build a backbone force of your own, an elite teacher, especially an old team like this, and everyone is unwilling to treat them badly.

But Lu Bu just let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "Wen Yuan, I'm really out of money. You see that the plate is not small, and there are many places to spend money. This battle wiped out all the weapons, food and grass that I had saved for more than half a year. Seventy percent.

In addition, seven of the 12 counties in Anfeng County have become ownerless cities with dilapidated eaves and walls. If they want to be repaired, more than half of the tax after the autumn harvest will have to be invested. "

Zhang Liao was not discouraged when he heard Lu Bu's earnest words, after all, [-] gold is indeed an astonishing sum.

The best thing to do is to say: "Then, the last general and Wei Xu ambushed Cao Cao and captured more than 80 horses. I saw that they were all fine horsemen, and they were enriched to the last general's troops. This should not be too much."

Less is less, and less makes more.

The more than 80 war horses are top-grade, and if they are built well, they may be able to form a decent cavalry in the near future.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu waved his hand and refused, "No, I know that the horses you mentioned are the most elite cavalry under Cao Cao's command, and they must be included in the Bingzhou cavalry battalion."

"Again?"

Zhang Liao was a little upset, and said quietly: "It's just more than 80 horses, Marquis Wen, most of these horses were captured by my [-] guards. According to the rules of the battlefield, who gets who?"

If it had been another person, Lu Bu would have slapped him directly, but the other party was Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan, and they were different from others.

Liao Shen and Lu Bu, apart from being fellow Bingzhou fellows, also relied on him and Zhang Yang to sustain the chaos after Ding Yuan's death, so as not to cause internal mutiny.

In addition, along the way from Guanzhong to Puyang, and then to Xuzhou, the God of Liao made great achievements in battle.

To put it bluntly, if Zhang Liao hadn't supported him since Guanzhong, he would never have achieved what he is today. In terms of credit, he is the first one.

Therefore, for him, Lu Bu's tolerance will be greater.

He stood up, walked in front of Zhang Liao, frowned and said bitterly: "Wen Yuan, do you know that more than 400 old brothers in Bingzhou died in the battle of Donglinkou, and the Bingzhou cavalry battalion urgently needs to replenish horses. War horses can't enter the camp at all, only Cao Cao's top-grade elite cavalry can do it."

Lu Bu patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Give me some more time, I promise you, next year's autumn harvest at the latest, I will raise [-] gold for you to arm your people, isn't that all right?"

"Since that's the case, then follow Marquis Wen's wishes."

In fact, as the commander of this army, Lu Bu certainly hoped to train some elites like those in the camp, but the cost is too huge, and it is really not something that can be easily tossed out.

While the two were chatting, a person walked in from outside the tent.

"I will pay my respects to Marquis Wen."

Lu Bu glanced at the visitor, then sat back in the handsome chair, "You're not staying here, what are you doing here?"

"Reporting to Marquis Wen, Brother Yunwen ordered my subordinates to build Liulichang in Pengcheng. Now that the season is over, I brought the proceeds and account books here for him to inspect and accept." Ruo Rong looked proud.

"How much money?" Lu Bu knew a little about this, but not very clearly.

"Not much, not much, twenty-eight thousand gold."

Ruo Rong's understatement left Lu Bu and Zhang Liao stunned.

My god, are you going to rob, so much money?

More than 2 gold, and the autumn harvest tax in Pengcheng is only [-] gold. You have earned so much money in one quarter.

"It's all thanks to Brother Yunwenxian. It's just an errand." Ruo Rong obviously came to show his presence.

After Lu Bu and Zhang Liao looked at each other, they immediately thought about it.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, running errands."

"Not this one, but that one when we came in." Lu Bu asked with a smile.

Ze Rong was stunned for a moment before realizing it, "I have brought over the first season's income and account books of Liulichang, and I want to ask Brother Yunwen to check and accept it."

"Oh"

Lu Bu let out a long ooh, then nodded and said, "You don't know, Yun Wen has already entrusted Wen Yuan with full authority over this matter, Wen Yuan, you can handle it yourself."

"Hehe, alas, my nephew is too embarrassing for me, it's alright, alright, let me put the money first." Zhang Liao walked towards Ruo Rong eagerly, and walked out of the tent.

Guarding Lv Bu, he didn't dare to speak, and when he got out of the tent of the Chinese army, Ruo Rong said with a sad face: "General Zhang, this is absolutely impossible, you took all the money, what can I do with Brother Yunwen?" Are you on a business trip?"

Damn me, why did I come to brag in front of Marquis Wen? This is all right, it's over.

Lin Mo had promised to return half of the money to Ruo Rong. If Zhang Liao took all of it now, Lin Mo would not only lose.

"What nonsense!"

Zhang Liao was condescending, with contemptuous eyes, and said quietly: "I am his uncle, if he dare not give it to me, his legs will be discounted for him."

Then he felt that Ruo Rong was really difficult to explain, so he whispered: "As for the explanation. I will teach you how to say it, just say it, just say it, the truth is true, and never let your opponent guess what you are thinking , he must not expect that I will take his money, right?

This is the so-called surprise, bring it to you. "

After finishing speaking, Zhang Liao himself laughed, this trip was well worth it.

Then he dragged Ruo Rong to get the money involuntarily, and he didn't ask for too much, as [-] gold was worth [-] catties in terms of weight, so several horse-drawn carts were needed to pull it.

So, the money was just taken away by Zhang Liao.

Watching the carriages being pulled away, Ruo Rong's heart was bleeding, crying, shouting, bastard, if you have the ability to earn it yourself, what kind of ability is it to rob us of our money, a barbaric thing, a border refugee.
Brother Yunwen, brother Yunwen, I'm going to find brother Yunwen.

Before Zhang Liao went far, Ruo Rong finally came to his senses.

In Lin Mo's military tent, Jia Xu and Liu Ye knelt and sat opposite him. The three of them were making tea, chatting and discussing soldiers.

"Cao Cao's trip was terribly defeated, and his vitality was greatly injured. What do you think will happen next?" Lin Mo brought up the topic.

Now that the Anfeng War has come to an end, it does not mean that there will be long-term peace and stability.

On the contrary, you have to strike while the iron is hot in order to stabilize the ground under your feet.

After all, Cao Cao stationed 10,000+ troops in Xuchang.

Liu Ye glanced at Jia Xu, the old bastard had no intention of speaking at all.

In fact, he has not been in Lu Ying for a long time, but he has roughly figured out the three forces in it. Apart from Chen Gong, who is relatively close to the group of generals, it is the Xuzhou family headed by Chen Deng and Lu Su. Huainan scholars, mainly Liu Ye.

In front of these three forces, his choice is to keep silent and say as little as possible.

Liu Ye blew his nose and began to analyze.

"In this battle, Cao Cao's elite fell to the ground. The giants Cao Chun and Li Tong were beheaded, and Yu Jin was captured. The [-] elite only brought back a few hundred people. However, our army is also in critical condition. Ordinarily, after returning to Xuchang, he should be able to Take a longer break.

However, the spies who came back from the Northern Kingdom said that Gongsun Zan broke seven battles in a row, and the day when Youzhou changed hands was not far away. At that time, Yuan Shao alone occupied Qingyou and Jizhou, becoming the most powerful prince in the Han Dynasty. It is bound to drink horses from the Yellow River.

Therefore, after Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, he either redoubled his forces and formed an alliance with Marquis Wen to cope with the upcoming Central Plains war; or he attacked Xuzhou with lightning speed, trying to annex the two states and resist Yuan Shao with all his strength.

I personally think that Cao Cao should be inclined to the second option. "

Lin Mo and Jia Xu looked at each other, and they both read the intention of agreement from each other's eyes.

Liu Ye's analysis is very accurate, and it can be confirmed that Lin Mo and Jia Xu also agree.

"To be honest, if he came out in full force, there would be no less than 7 to [-] troops, and our army would have only [-] to [-] troops. The difference in strength is almost double. If there is a real fight, our army will still be at a disadvantage."

Lin Mo didn't speak clearly, but both Liu Ye and Jia Xu understood that if Cao Cao made a strong attack, the most likely thing would be to lose both sides, and then both of them would be annexed by Yuan Shao.

Of course, it depends on how long Gongsun Zan can hold on, as long as the whole of Youzhou has not fallen into Yuan Shao's hands, he probably won't consider going south.

Even if Gongsun Zan is really defeated, it will take some time to clean up the chaos in Youzhou.

From this perspective, the probability of Cao Cao storming Xuzhou is very high.

"I also think he will come again. If the three armies come together, then not only are we in danger, but the most troublesome person is probably still holding back."

Finally, Jia Xu spoke.

This is not considered a discussion today, so he chose to add it after the two of them finished speaking.

Liu Ye frowned and nodded slightly, "If we and Cao Cao are in a stalemate in Xuzhou, Sun Ce in Jiangdong will definitely attack."

When Sun Ce was mentioned, all three felt melancholy.

That's right, Jiangdong's little overlord lost his army and generals in Guangling City, how could he be willing to suffer a great humiliation.

This is a headache.

Last time he only came a few thousand people, not that he only had a few thousand people. If he really made up his mind, he could still gather 4 to [-] people.

Thirty to forty thousand people, suddenly attacking from behind, how can we prevent it.

Since the history has been messed up, Lin Mo didn't dare to hope that he could be killed by Xu Gong's retainers just like in history.

Therefore, the next thing to consider is not only to deal with Cao Cao's counterattack, but also Sun Ce's sneak attack.

Originally, there were not many soldiers and horses, and if the troops were divided, the front line would be even more difficult.

"Liu Biao has always had ideas about Yangzhou."

Jia Xu raised her mouth suddenly, probably meaning that this is also a hidden danger along the way.

Liu Ye shook his head, "Although Liu Jingsheng and I are both descendants of the Empress Han, he has many internal troubles, and he may not be able to fully make decisions, and as he gets older, his ambitions are gone.

The biggest problem is still Sun Ce. "

Lin Mo raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Ye, and said with a smile, "Then Zi Yang thinks, did Sun Ce start from Lujiang or Guangling?"

(End of this chapter)