Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 76
Liu Xuan was hugged by the petite Lu Qiling and subconsciously wanted to push him away.

But he put his hands on his shoulders and endured it.

Now Lu Qiling needs to rely on, and Liu Xuan's chest is the only support she can find now.

Lu Qiling, who felt relaxed, clutched Liu Xuan's clothes tightly, buried her head in his chest and cried happily.

From time to time, he rubbed Liu Xuan's clothes from left to right to wipe away his tears. Liu Xuan's chest was soon wet with warm tears.

Lu Qiling cried in Liu Xuan's arms for a while, and her emotions gradually calmed down.

Only then did I realize that the posture between myself and Liu Xuan seemed a bit ambiguous.
Liu Xuan quickly got up, blushed and smiled apologetically,
"I'm disturbing my uncle's rest. Qiling takes her leave."

Then he quickly slipped out with his neck scrunched up like an errant kitten.

After Lu Qiling left, Liu Xuan looked at the large tears on his chest.

The clothes around his waist were even stained with blood.
I couldn't rest for a while.

I couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh,
"Lu Bu, do I really owe you?"

[Notepad opens.]

[In 198 AD, in Huaiyin County, Lu Bu failed to capture Shouchun and was instead besieged by Cao Cao and Liu Bei's coalition forces in Xiapi.Diao Chan came to ask for help to save Lu Bu, even luring him with her beauty, but the education you received since childhood did not allow you to do this, so you rejected Diao Chan.Later, Lu Qiling came to plead for mercy and was willing to pledge her life to persuade Lu Bu to submit to you. You were moved and decided to send troops to rescue Lu Bu. 】

[Trigger challenge mission: Rescue Lu Bu]

[Mission details: Go to Xiapi to rescue Lu Bu]

[Task reward: entry*3]

For such a big thing as sending troops to rescue Lu Bu, it was expected that the mission would be triggered.

And looking at the rewards, you can tell that this task is very difficult.

The next day, when Liu Xuan came to the martial arts arena,
Cheng Hu has finished reorganizing the three thousand tiger camp.

These battle-hardened elites rested for almost half a year. During this period, there were only trivial battles to encircle and suppress bandits.
The weapon in his hand has long been thirsty.

After Cheng Hu conveyed the order to dispatch troops last night, everyone was so excited that they got up early in the morning.

There was even a centurion who took the lead in crowing instead of the rooster,
The rooster almost lost its biological clock.

The one who got up earlier than them was Lu Qiling,

Lu Qiling put on the battle armor Zhao Liniang had prepared for her, carrying a long halberd, and looked heroic.

He actually has a bit of Lu Bu's demeanor.

During this battle, Liu Xuan used Jia Xu and Zhao Liniang to stay in Huaiyin County.
He personally led the [-] Tiger Battalion with Cheng Hu as the vanguard.

And used all the three thousand war horses in Huaiyin,

At sunrise on the mountain top, the army had already finished breakfast and headed towards Xiapi.

Liu Xuan now has endless rice and a secret corner as a portable warehouse.
When an army of three thousand sets out, there is no need for a baggage train.

The war horses gallop and they can reach Xiapi in three days.

Xuzhou, Xiapi.

As the seat of Xuzhou Governor's Office, Xiapi City has a huge area.

The city walls are tall and the city gates are made of ironwood half a meter thick.

If there are enough soldiers guarding the city and sufficient food and fodder,

Lu Bu can defend Xiapi.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei's coalition wanted to storm Xiapi, but the price they paid was not small.

It's just that Lu Bu's current predicament is that there are not enough soldiers and not enough food and grass.

Although summer grain has been collected, many remote counties have not yet had time to transport the grain to Xiapi.
The news of Lu Bu's defeat at Feishui Crossing had already arrived.

The governors and magistrates of some counties simply used this as an excuse.

Leave all the food and grass in the counties.By the time Lu Bu fled back to Xiapi, it was already too late to order the counties to collect grain and grass.

The day after Diao Chan secretly left the city, the coalition forces of Cao and Liu surrounded Xiapi on three sides.

Lu Bu was in a bad mood, and the knife wound on his back was burning.

Diao Chan disappeared again.

The soldiers in the city have no intention of fighting, and the only counselor they can rely on is Chen Gong.

Faced with this situation of being surrounded by three people, there is nothing we can do.

Lu Bu was lying on the couch and asked Chen Gong,

"Gongtai, how is the fighting outside the city?"

Chen Gong lowered his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "From early morning to evening today, the enemy attacked twelve times. Although they did not break the city, they caused a lot of casualties. If the offensive is still so fierce tomorrow, I am afraid the casualties among the soldiers will be even greater."

"How about recruiting some more civilians to help defend the city?"

Chen Gong shook his head, "The day before yesterday, Cao Cao dug up the Huai River embankment and diverted the water to pour into Xiapi. All the civilians were transferred to clean up the flood, and there was really no one left in the city."

Lu Bu hit the couch with a hammer,

"Cao Cao is really hateful. He would do anything to defeat me. If I hadn't been seriously injured, I would have fought out of the city to take Cao Cao's head."

Chen Gong sighed slightly, "My lord, it is useless to talk about this now. Zhang Liao and Gaoshun have organized a defense on the city wall, which should be able to last for a few days. There are only two ways to go now."

"The first is to abandon Xuzhou, gather all the forces in Xiapi to attack the south gate, and escape south across the Huai River."

"The second is to send a group of elite cavalry to kill out of the north gate at night and go to Yuan Shao for help."

Lu Bu frowned and said, "Both of these two options are not the best policy."

"My lord, it's rare to find a way to do it now, how can we still hope for the best strategy?"

Lu Bu was very dissatisfied with Chen Gong's two strategies. It was indeed not what he wanted to give up Xuzhou or go to Yuan Shao.

"Yuan Shaoyuan is in Hebei, with Yanzhou and Qingzhou in the middle. How can he come to Xiapi to save me?"

Chen Gong said: "Of course there is no need for Yuan Shao to send troops to Xuzhou, but now that Yuan Shao is stationed at Guandu, as long as Yuan Shao agrees to take the initiative to go south from Guandu, Cao Cao will definitely withdraw his troops. But I don't know if Xiapi can still hold on when the news reaches Yuan Shao."

Lu Bu frowned and waved his hand.

"It's not feasible, it's not feasible. Yuan Shao is indecisive. He will probably hesitate for ten days and a half on such a big thing as attacking Guandu. By then, Xiapi will probably have already fallen. This is the last resort."

Chen Gong curled his lips and did not argue.

"Then how about abandoning Xuzhou and breaking out to the south? With my lord's courage, it shouldn't be difficult to break through the formation."

Lu Bu shook his arm and grinned at the wound on his back.

"My injury hasn't healed yet. How can I break through? Otherwise, let's wait a few more days and see."

"You go to the city wall to set up defenses, and I will think of a way."

Lu Bu took Chen Gong out and lay on the bed with his eyes closed to rest.

Even Chen Gong could only offer such a helpless strategy. It seemed that Xiapi really couldn't hold on anymore.

"Here, call Song Xian over."

Lu Bu called Song Xian and asked,

"How much food is left in Xiapi's treasury?"

Song Xian said:
"Back to my lord, there is only 300 million yuan in the Xiapi treasury, and the food and grass are enough for the army to last for less than ten days."

Lu Bu pondered for a moment,

"If you organize people to go to the city to collect some taxes, you will need to collect at least 300 million yuan, and you have to do it quickly."

(End of this chapter)