The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 245 Buying People's Hearts
Not long after the army was stationed in Wancheng, Lu Bu led the soldiers back to Xuzhou.

When it came, it was mighty, and when it went back, it was overwhelming.

Sun Ce has also gathered a lot of troops in Jiangdong in the past few years. All the Jiangdong Army has been reorganized by Lu Bu. Except for a small number of troops left to guard the various places, the main force of the Jiangdong Army has been completely incorporated into Lu Bu's tent.

After leaving Wancheng, Lu Bu led his army forward.

He glanced back behind him.

The army following behind quickly expanded from more than 5 to nearly [-].

With an army of [-], he should have been full of pride and longing for the future.

Pang Tong and Zhou Yu's previous analysis of the situation made him feel the crisis.

Cao Cao absolutely refused to watch him grow up, and it was impossible for Yuan Shao in Hebei to see a powerful force appear in Xuzhou in order to advance eastward.

Liu Jingsheng from Jingzhou has always had the ambition of Beitu, but he failed after several attempts, and was controlled by the Jiangdong Sun family, so he relatively stopped.

Now the Sun family is gone, and Jiangdong has fallen into his hands.

Gearing up, the Cao family and the Yuan family, who are both coveting the hegemony of the Central Plains, do not know how they will choose in the future.

The situation seems to be very unfavorable for Lu Bu.

"Marquis Wen, you have to be careful along the way." Pang Tong moved closer to Lu Bu and reminded him in a low voice, "Since capturing Wancheng and forcing the Sun family to surrender, Xuzhou has long been a thorn in the side of others. Do something on the road."

"What Shi Yuan reminded me is that I understand all of these." Lu Bu nodded.

He turned his head to look at Zhou Yu who was following behind, "What do you think Gong Jin thinks?"

"Marquis Wen said before that no matter who comes, it's nothing more than an act." Zhou Yu replied: "In my opinion, the world has been offended, it's better to be more arrogant."

"How crazy? Please tell me, Gongjin." Lu Bu asked him to continue.

"Marquis Wen is now sitting in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and has hundreds of thousands of athletes under his command." Zhou Yu said: "With the title of Marquis Wen, there is no fiefdom, so it is better to let people go to see Cao Cao and ask the Han family to do it for a real prince. .”

"A real prince?" Lu Bu asked, "Gong Jin means..."

"Jiangdong belongs to the land of Wu, and Marquis Wen won Jiangdong, shouldn't he ask the court for a Marquis of Wu to do it?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Although Jiangdong is the land of Wu, it was Pengcheng that I got first." Lu Bu said, "Pengcheng is the former capital of the overlord of Western Chu, and the Shouchun I took from Yuan Shu is also the former capital of Chu during the Warring States period. Marquis Chu, that's more appropriate."

He then asked Zhou Yu: "Who does Gong Jin think is suitable?"

"I have a recommendation, but he is not in the army." Zhou Yu replied.

"Who is this person?" Logically speaking, Lu Bu shouldn't trust the person recommended by Zhou Yu, but he still asked.

"The name of the person I want to recommend is Lu Su, and his name is Zijing." Zhou Yu replied: "This person is honest and has the demeanor of an elder, but he has a lot of eloquence and has a big heart. If Marquis Wen is willing to use him, Marquis Chu's The title should be granted in a short time."

"I'm not in the army, so when he comes, wouldn't it delay the important event?" Lu Bu asked.

"The big thing that Marquis Wen said is nothing more than forcing the court to confer the title of Marquis of Chu." Zhou Yu replied, "This matter can be slow or urgent. I don't think the army will encounter any trouble on the way back to Pengcheng."

Pang Tong, who reminded Lu Bu earlier, said: "Although there will be no large army to harass, we have to guard against tricks in the dark."

"Shi Yuan is right." Zhou Yu agreed and said, "It is true that you have to guard against tricks in the dark. However, there is no conflict with inviting Lu Zijing to come here."

"Who is the right person to invite?" Lu Bu asked.

"I have some friendship with him." Zhou Yu replied, "Besides me, I'm afraid no one else can invite him!"

"Marquis Wen..." Zhou Yu took the initiative to invite Ying, and Pang Tong was beside him trying to remind Lu Bu.

Lu Bu raised his hand to stop him, and then said to Zhou Yu: "Since Gong Jin is sure to invite him, then I will let you go."

"General Youping!" Staring at Zhou Yu, Lu Bu greeted to the side, and Zhou Tai stepped forward immediately.

"Accompany Gongjin for a while, and invite Lu Zijing to come and see me." Lu Bu ordered, "Leave Gongjin's safety to you, and don't let him have the slightest mistake."

Lu Bu promised Zhou Yu to let him go to Lu Su, Zhou Yu was not surprised by this.

Even when he arranged for a general to accompany him for protection, Zhou Yu didn't think there was any surprise.

But he arranged for Zhou Tai to accompany him, which really surprised Zhou Yu.

There was a trace of astonishment on his face, Zhou Yu then said to Lu Bu: "I will definitely invite Lu Zi to come this time!"

"Lao Gongjin." Lu Bu cupped his hands.

Zhou Yu greeted Zhou Tai, and took him and several accompanying guards away from the army.

Watching Zhou Yu's back, Pang Tong said, "It's very appropriate for Marquis Wen to buy people's hearts like this. But if Zhou Gongjin has a heart of gratitude, he shouldn't easily become an enemy of Marquis Wen again."

"Did you try to stop me just now to show Zhou Gongjin?" Lu Bu turned his head and asked Pang Tong.

"Someone has to do bad things." Pang Tong replied, "If I don't do it, who will share the burden for Marquis Wen?"

Lu Bu smiled and patted his arm lightly: "I got Shiyuan, it really seems like I have added an extra arm."

"An extra arm is not enough." Pang Tong said with a smile, "The world is so big that it cannot be won by just a few people. Marquis Wen needs more talents around him!"

"With Jiangdong, talents will come in droves." Lu Bu said, "It's just that compared to Yuan Shao in Hebei and the Cao family in Xudu, the number of talents around me is indeed quite few."

The army continued to move forward, and Zhou Yu and Zhou Tai were also urging their horses to look for Lu Su.

Following Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai asked, "Gong Jin really wants to find Lu Zijing?"

"Lu Zijing is a man of talent, and it is suitable for him to ask Cao Cao for an official title." Zhou Yu replied.

"Didn't Gong Jin think of taking this opportunity to leave Lu Fengxian?" Zhou Tai asked.

"Don't call me Lu Fengxian from now on, you have to call me Lord." Zhou Yu glared at him.

Zhou Tai was stunned.

Two days ago Zhou Yu still called Lu Bu like them, what happened to him now?
Have you completely forgotten the benefits of Sun Ce?

"I thought he would reject my proposal straight away, but unexpectedly he agreed." Zhou Yu said to Zhou Tai: "Not only let me go, but also sent you to accompany him for protection, which shows that he has a broad mind and no doubts about employing people. He voted like this My lord, you and I have a bright future, so what's not to like?"

"But Jiangdong..." Zhou Tai wanted to remind Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu replied: "Jiangdong Sun's family is gone. In a few years, Bo Fu will definitely follow Wenhou wholeheartedly. From now on, we will only have Wenhou, not Jiangdong Sun's subordinates!"

(End of this chapter)