The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 153 Don't invest money in unnecessary places

Chen Gong, who was guarding Pengcheng, heard that Lu Bu was back, and hurried to greet him.

When he saw Lu Bu, the army had already entered the city.

Stopping his horse, Lu Bu told Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan will take the soldiers back to the barracks first."

Zhang Liao took the order, and Chen Gong stepped forward.

Chen Gong witnessed the soldiers passing by: "When the soldiers went out, their armor was torn, but when they came back, their armor was bright and their morale was high. Marquis Wen really brought them out."

"No matter what kind of soldiers, as long as they are in my hands, I can bring them out." Lu Bu responded very confidently: "When I led the army to set off, Pengcheng was still poor. In just a few days, Gongtai took the place The management is well-organized. I have a public platform, but I still worry about Xuzhou's death?"

"Marquis Wen is too praised." Chen Gong said modestly.

Lu Bu then told Zhao Yun: "Zilong go ahead and arrange the kitchen to prepare a banquet. I want to have a few drinks with Yuan Rang."

When Xiahou Dun came to Pengcheng, both Chen Gong and Lu Bu knew what he wanted to do.

Chen Gong glanced at him, but just cupped his hands symbolically.

Zhao Yun took a step ahead and arranged a banquet.

Lu Bu returned to the government, accompanied by Chen Gong and Xiahou Dun.

Pengcheng used to be the capital of Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu.

In the past 400 years, although the people of Pengcheng have been deliberately keeping it, but the barracks left by Xiang Yu finally only remained a dilapidated General Commander's Terrace.

Lu Bu rebuilt the former site of the barracks.

Although it is impossible to be the same or even similar to Xiang Yu's back then, for this city that once witnessed the great achievements of the Western Chu Overlord, it has regained some honor.

Although the official residence and the barracks are far apart, standing at the main entrance of the official residence, you can still see the newly built barracks in the distance.

Accompanying Lu Bu to the gate of the official mansion, Xiahou Dun looked at the military camp in the distance: "Marquis Wen built a military camp in Pengcheng?"

"If the barracks are not built, where will the soldiers live?" Lu Bu responded frankly.

"The Taizu once ordered not to renovate the Pengcheng barracks. This decree has been passed down for hundreds of years." Xiahou Dun said: "Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there has been no decent barracks in Pengcheng..."

"It is precisely because there is no decent military camp that Liu Xuande slaughtered here." Lu Bu replied: "No matter where they are, the guards are the backbone of the people and the thick shields to protect the people. Back then Liu Xuande easily The attack on Pengcheng, but Cao Gong led the army to besiege Xiapi, but the siege did not go down, isn't it because there is no military camp here?"

Xiahou Dun was stunned, he didn't know how to respond.

Liu Bei didn't have any special advantages in fighting, and he lost a lot of soldiers and horses when he attacked Pengcheng.

But it really didn't take much effort for him to capture Pengcheng.

Under Liu Bei's attack, Pengcheng was so fragile at the beginning, like a dead leaf fluttering in the cold wind, it could be torn off from the trunk with a little more force.

"Xuzhou is adjacent to Yuzhou, and it is also connected to Huainan. Who is Wenhou building a barracks in Pengcheng to guard against?" Xiahou Dun asked unceremoniously.

"Cao Gong trusted me and handed over Xuzhou to me. Of course I will serve him wholeheartedly." Lu Bu grinned: "Pengcheng has a barracks, and I can keep the army here. Once Cao Gong needs it, my soldiers can go out immediately , To open up the territory and expand the land for Cao, and achieve an inexhaustible achievement!"

"Marquis Wen is really loyal to the lord." Xiahou Dun said with sarcasm.

But Lu Bu didn't seem to hear it at all: "Of course, General Yuan Rang still doesn't know much about it. I have always been the most loyal person. It's fine if Mr. Cao doesn't believe me. Since he is willing to believe me, he also handed over the Qingzhou Army If you leave me, why should I not worry about Mr. Cao?"

He took the initiative to mention the Qingzhou Army, and Xia Houdun took the words: "The Qingzhou Army is actually..."

Xiahou Dun wanted to say that the Qingzhou Army was actually lent to Lu Bu by him privately.

But Lu Bu didn't give him a chance to speak at all: "I know that the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army are very troublesome. Many people think that they have no military discipline and banditry because of their yellow scarves. Although I don't spend many days with them, I can see The soldiers are very eager for military exploits. Military exploits can change their fate and their lives, not only allow them to support their families, but even turn them from bandits into real soldiers. What they want is actually not much, they just I just want to be recognized."

Lu Bu didn't say how aggrieved the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army were in the past, but Xiahou Dun's face had become very ugly.

Judging from his analysis, he has given the soldiers everything they could hope for.

The soldiers return to Lv Bu, even if they are taken away by force, I am afraid that the Qingzhou Army will still make trouble with Cao Cao in the future.

After all, the Cao family did not treat the Qingzhou army with the same heart and soul as Lu Bu.

"The reason why I came here is actually..." Although he felt that the Qingzhou Army might not want to return to Cao's house, Xia Houdun still wanted to explain his purpose of coming.

From the standpoint of the Cao family, he would rather let the Qingzhou army be left idle as before, rather than sit back and watch Lu Bu use them to achieve a great cause and compete with the Cao family!

Of course Lu Bu understood what he meant, and he also knew that it was impossible for Xiahou Dun to consider issues from the standpoint of Qingzhou Army soldiers.

Before Xiahou Dun could understand what he had said, Lu Bu said, "Let's not talk outside the door either. We're all here, so let's go to the government first!"

Once again Lu Bu interrupted what he was going to say, Xiahou Dun's head was full of black lines.

Considering that there were many opportunities to mention the Qingzhou Army to Lu Bu at the banquet, Xiahou Dun held back the anger in his heart, got off his horse and followed him into the government.

The newly-built Pengcheng military camp is magnificent and occupies a vast area, while the government has only strengthened some of the original foundation.

Compared with the military camp he saw, Xiahou Dun felt that the government was really shabby.

Looking around, he asked Lu Bu: "Marquis Wen built the barracks wantonly, why didn't he renovate the official mansion too? When Liu Xuande broke through Pengcheng, this place suffered a lot too!"

"The military camp can invest more, but the government doesn't need it." Lu Bu replied: "The soldiers should practice and live in the military camp. They live comfortably and practice in a wide area, so that they can learn more about killing the enemy. And The government is only dealing with local affairs, but Pengcheng is poor but has an extremely extravagant government, if all regions follow suit, wouldn’t all the money be spent in the most unnecessary places?”

He then smiled at Xiahoudun: "Maybe Yuan Rang doesn't know that I'm poor, and spending an extra copper coin in an unnecessary place will hurt me for a long time!"

(End of this chapter)