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Chapter 334: Lu Bu: Cao thief misled me! The blue-eyed thief misled me! Let Zhang Liao install it!

Gao Lan's arrival attracted the attention of everyone in Tai'an Hall. To be more precise, they were attracted by the "good news" he mentioned.

"Great victory in Yangzhou?"

Liu Xie's eyes lit up when he heard this. He was about to get up and leave, but he sat back down again and asked anxiously, "My dear, please tell me quickly!"

He hasn't heard good news for a long time.

And it was a great victory!

A battle that can be called a great victory involves at least tens of thousands of people, and it took place in Yangzhou. Could it be that Zhang Liao and Sun Quan joined forces to defeat Cao Cao?
Gao Lan was excited and said, "Your Majesty, the traitor Sun Quan pretended to surrender and attacked General Zhang Liao when he was stationed in Huainan County and comforting the people."

"An army of 30,000 men besieged Hefei for five days. When General Zhang Liao and Sun Quan arrived in person, General Huang cut off their retreat and led 800 elite soldiers to charge into the battle line, eventually capturing Sun Quan alive!"

"In this battle, we killed 7,000 enemies and captured more than 20,000. Sun Quan and his generals all surrendered!"

"The entire territory of Xuzhou has been recovered, and the three counties in northern Jiangbei have been recovered!"

"General Zhang Liao is currently escorting Sun Quan and a group of enemy generals back to their victorious destination. They will arrive at Yecheng soon!"

After Gao Lan finished speaking, the hall fell into silence.

All the civil and military officials were dumbfounded. They looked at each other, communicating with their eye contact, to confirm whether they had just heard correctly.

Eight hundred defeated thirty thousand? Captured the bandit leader alive?

This is simply a fantasy!
Thirty thousand people are not thirty thousand pigs. Even as brave as Lu Bu, he only managed to defeat Sun Ce's ten thousand men with his thousand cavalry and behead them.

Zhang Liao defeated 30,000 with only 800 men and captured Sun Quan alive. How much more difficult was it than Lu Bu killing Sun Ce?
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Cui Yan reacted the fastest. After being shocked, he immediately said to Liu Xie excitedly: "Sun Quan has been captured, and the three counties of Xuzhou and Jiangbei have been recovered!"

"Your Majesty is one step closer to unifying the world and restoring the Han Dynasty!"

Cui Yan faced Liu Xie and bowed.

Upon hearing this, all the ministers came to their senses. While they secretly cursed Cui Yan for speaking so quickly, they congratulated Liu Xie.

"General Zhang Liao is extremely powerful, not inferior to Lord Wen!"

"Eight hundred defeated thirty thousand. This is not only because of General Zhang Liao's bravery, but also because God helped our Han Dynasty and Your Majesty. That's why the blue-eyed thief was defeated!"

"Long live the Han Dynasty, long live your Majesty!"

"The unification of the world is just around the corner!"

"If Your Majesty had not sent General Zhang Liao to attack Sun Quan, how could we have achieved such a great victory? I think most of the credit for this victory goes to Your Majesty!"

The ministers kept flattering and fawning on him.

At the beginning, there were some exaggerations about the Liao Dynasty, but later on, most of the comments were praising how wise and brave Liu Xie was, and how God blessed the Han Dynasty, which enabled them to achieve such a great victory.

Although Liu Xie would not really believe these flatteries and think that this great victory was truly his own achievement, he was very happy in his heart.

He knew that it was right to replace Zhang Liao with Zhang He to guard Bingzhou. To deal with the capricious blue-eyed thief Sun Quan, Zhang Liao was the most effective.

It’s a pity that Sun Shiwan became Sun Sanwan.

If Zhang Liao does not have any more outstanding achievements in the future, it would be difficult for him to be enshrined in the Temple of Martial Arts after his death.

Putting aside these random thoughts, Liu Xie continued to ask: "What are the movements of Cao thieves?"

"The Cao thieves are stationed in Jiangdong and have not made any movement for the time being." Gao Lan replied, "However, news has come from Yanzhou that Cao's army has withdrawn from Guandu and is heading towards Jingzhou."

"Right now, Lord Wen has crossed Guandu and entered Xu County. Yuzhou will be recovered soon."

Hearing this, Liu Xie frowned.

Did Cao's army at Guandu go to Jingzhou?

After some contemplation, he said to Gao Lan, "Send a message to Lord Wen to station the troops in Yuzhou for precaution, and then return to the court."

"Since we have won the battle against the enemy this time, I will reward the officials who have made contributions."

Although Lu Bu failed to defeat Cao Cao, he did gain control of the two large states of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and recovered the Central Plains region.

It just so happened that Zhang Liao had made great contributions and needed to be rewarded, so it would be better to recall Lu Bu, Zhuge Liang and others together, and also discuss how to deal with Cao Cao.

"promise!"

Gao Lan clasped his fists and accepted the order.

……

After the court meeting ended, all officials dispersed.

Yang Biao and his son walked out of the palace together, but all the officials avoided them intentionally or unintentionally.

Even Fu Wan snorted coldly when he saw Yang Biao, without even giving him a good look, and left with Dong Zhong.

This made Yang Xiu, who was preparing to salute, look a little embarrassed.

After Fu Wan walked away, he lowered his voice and said to Yang Biao beside him: "Father, did we do something a little too much today?"

In fact, his original idea was just to donate all the land developed by the Yang family to the national treasury, and he did not think of taking advantage of this opportunity to gain any benefits.

It was his father Yang Biao who suggested that he donate the money openly at the court meeting, and take the initiative to apologize to the emperor, and then stage such a drama.

Whether you plead guilty or not, the result will be completely different.

If they do not apologize, it means that the Yang family just donated the land they obtained through pioneering, and did not harm the interests of other families.

But by choosing to plead guilty, the emperor found a good reason to punish the major families. After all, they had the example of the Yang family.

The benefits of doing so were of course enormous. He was promoted directly to the central government and was favored by the emperor; but at the same time he was also met with hostility from other families.

Because this time, the Yang family stepped on everyone's heads and used them all as stepping stones.

"Dezu, you are still too young."

Yang Biao had a dull expression. He squinted his eyes at the officials walking on the straight imperial road in front of him and spoke lightly.

"Life is a process of being alone and helpless. You have grown a lot more than before and you can stand on your own, but your heart is not ruthless enough."

"Do you believe that if they thought of this method before us, they would be more ruthless than us?"

Yang Xiu remained silent with a complicated expression.

Yang Biao looked at him deeply and said earnestly: "Dezu, you will walk on your own path in the future. You must judge right and wrong, success and failure, survival and death by yourself at every step."

“Don’t be assimilated by the hustle and bustle of the crowd, don’t be swayed or swayed by the crowd, but be firm in your own beliefs and path.”

"If it fails, it will be destroyed into ashes, leaving the wind and frost to carve into my heart."

"I have done my best to send you to the core and to the emperor. The future depends on you."

Yang Biao didn't care how many people would be offended by today's incident, because to put it bluntly, it was a struggle for interests. Those people were heartbroken about the interests they had lost, and were just envious of the interests that the Yang family had gained.

"I understand, father." Yang Xiu nodded solemnly.

……

Yuzhou, Xu County.

This seat of Yuzhou, once Cao Cao's base camp, has now been captured by the army led by Lu Bu.

The word "capture" may not be quite accurate. It can be said to be a direct occupation to be precise. The process was extremely smooth and there was no resistance.

Because Cao Cao's troops had already withdrawn from Xu County, and only some city defenders were left. How could they dare to resist when they saw Lu Bu leading a large army to attack?

Open the city gate directly to welcome the royal army into the city.

The first thing Lu Bu did after entering the city was to lead his troops to raid Cao Cao's house, but unfortunately he found nothing and only an empty mansion.

"Another damn wasted trip!"

Lu Bu kicked over a table and couldn't help cursing, his tone full of unconcealable frustration.

Although he had known for a long time that Cao Cao was no longer in Xu County and had fled to Jiangdong, he still felt extremely annoyed when he saw the deserted mansion.

It feels like punching cotton.

He had come here intending to make a contribution, but as he fought his way from Yanzhou to Yuzhou, he encountered an Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, which he could not break.

Later, when Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun broke the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation and began to attack Guandu, he thought he could finally make a big move. However, not long after, the Cao army stationed at Guandu also retreated.

He led his troops into Yuzhou unimpeded, fought all the way to Cao Cao's lair, and captured an empty city.

There are no enemies, no food, and no people.

There is nothing of value!
Zhao Yun, who was standing by, comforted him by saying, "Don't be angry, Lord Wen. The purpose of our trip is to capture Yanzhou and Yuzhou."

"At least we won two states."

It would have been fine if Zhao Yun hadn't comforted him. But once he did, Lu Bu became even more depressed. He said gloomily, "The problem is that we didn't capture these two states. It was Cao Cao who didn't resist."

"Besides, I can't even boast about this kind of record. If I dare to brag to the public that I captured two states, Zhang Wenyuan would laugh his teeth off when he knew about it."

It would be easier if we encountered enemy resistance.

The key is not touching anything.

The only enemy they encountered at Guandu was defeated by the joint efforts of Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang, so it had little to do with him as he was just paddling along from beginning to end.

So how could he not feel depressed?
Zhao Yun didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only pat Lu Bu on the shoulder, then go down to lead the troops to continue searching Cao Cao's mansion to see if they could find some letters or something like that.

Lu Bu held his Fang Tian Hua Ji across his legs and sat on the steps outside the lobby, sighing and feeling very depressed.

At this time, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang came over.

Lu Bu said to them weakly, "I have searched the house, but there is no one there. Everything has been taken away. We have come here for nothing."

"Two military advisors, why don't we go to Xuzhou to help Zhang Wenyuan fight Sun Quan? There is really no battle to fight in Yuzhou."

He really couldn't stay in Yuzhou any longer.

Zhuge Liang said, "Lord Wen, there is news from Yecheng. Your Majesty asked us to..."

"Your Majesty's news?"

Lu Bu immediately stood up and interrupted Zhuge Liang before he could finish. His eyes sparkled as he asked, "Did Zhang Wenyuan suffer a defeat and Your Majesty want me to go and help him?"

"Hahaha! I knew that guy is no good!"

When Lu Bu heard the emperor's order, his first thought was that Zhang Liao was no longer able to win the battle, and the emperor asked him to go and provide assistance.

Or maybe this is what he most wants to hear.

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi looked at each other, and Sima Yi continued, "That's not the case. It was General Zhang who won a great victory in Yangzhou, defeating Sun Quan's 30,000 men with only 800 men."

"General Zhang not only captured Sun Quan alive, but also captured tens of thousands of soldiers, recovered the entire territory of Xuzhou and the three counties north of the Yangtze River, and has now returned to the court."

"Your Majesty means that if we take Yuzhou, the war here will basically be over, so let us return to Yecheng as well."

Sima Yi briefly explained the situation.

Lu Bu's body trembled and his eyes widened like copper bells.

Even the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand fell to the ground.

He stared at Sima Yi, and asked with trembling lips: "What did you say? Zhang Liao... defeated 30,000 enemy troops with only 800 men? And captured Sun Quan alive?"

Sima Yi was frightened by Lu Bu's gaze. He nodded stiffly and said, "That's what the decree from His Majesty said..."

After hearing this, Lu Bu felt as if he was struck by lightning. He stood there in a daze, as if he had lost all his energy in an instant.

After a while, he came back to his senses, beating his chest and stamping his feet while cursing: "Cao thief! Blue-eyed thief! You misled me—"

Lu Bu's face was ferocious and he was extremely angry.

He didn't get any credit this time, but Zhang Liao managed to achieve the great merit of defeating thirty thousand troops with only eight hundred men, and even captured Sun Quan alive!

This is something that even he has never done!
He could already imagine how Zhang Liao would act arrogantly and show off his power in front of him next time he met him, so how could he not be angry?
It’s all because Cao Cao is too cowardly and Sun Quan is too useless!

After the anger, frustration followed. Lu Bu said to Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang with a droopy face: "Two military advisors, why don't you go back and I will continue to guard Yuzhou."

"I have not accomplished anything, and I am too ashamed to go back to see Your Majesty."

The fact that he had no face to see the emperor was secondary. His main concern was that he did not want to see Zhang Liao's smug face. It would be better for him to stay out of the spotlight for the time being.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "This is your majesty's order. Besides, there is no war in Yuzhou anymore, so it is meaningless for Lord Wen to stay here any longer."

"Ugh……"

Lu Bu let out a long sigh, knowing that he could not escape this time. He could only grab the Fang Tian Hua Ji on the ground and walked out of Cao's mansion listlessly.

Zhuge Liang looked at Lü Bu's departing figure and smiled faintly at Sima Yi, saying, "Although Lord Wen is a bit rough, he is also a wonderful person with a true character."

After spending some time with Lu Bu, he found that Lu Bu was a pretty good person, just a little bit ambitious, but other than that he didn't have any deep thoughts.

Moreover, after breaking the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, they respected him quite a bit and would not be stubborn and unconvinced.

Sima Yi did not comment, and did not take up the topic. Instead, he asked, "The Cao army in Guandu has retreated towards Jingzhou. Kong Ming, what do you think they are going to do?"

This time, he and Zhuge Liang were discussing how to break through Guandu, but before they could come up with a plan, Cao's army at Guandu withdrew first.

However, the direction of retreat was very puzzling, because this Cao army did not retreat towards Yangzhou, but towards Jingzhou.

Jingzhou was Liu Biao's sphere of influence.

After Liu Biao died, his son Liu Cong succeeded him and supported the false emperor. The situation in Jingzhou became extremely complicated.

What exactly did Cao’s army plan to do in Jingzhou?
　I've been working and writing at the same time in the past few months, and my body is a bit exhausted, so I've slowed down the pace of updating recently. Please forgive me, my dear friends. I will try to update more often.

　　
　
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