The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 304
Early the next morning, Chen Gong accompanied Lu Bu out of Pengcheng towards the coal mine.

Unlike going to the coal mine the day before, this time Lu Bu was accompanied by Sun Ce and his subordinates.

It wasn't long before the five thousand Jiefan soldiers put on the new armor.

They drove out of Pengcheng in a neat formation, and followed Lu Bu to the coal mine.

Jie Fanbing's armor was bright and shiny, and the weapons and armor in his hands were also recently replaced.

The weapons in the hands of the soldiers gleamed coldly in the sun.

People who don't know where they are, may think that they are about to go out when they see this team of people.

On the way to the coal mine, Chen Gong asked Lv Bu: "The Marquis of Chu intends to stay in the coal mine, but never thought that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao might soon have troops to suppress the land?"

"The coal mine is only more than ten miles away from Pengcheng. If something happens, I can go back immediately." Lu Bu said: "With you and other people guarding the city, I have nothing to worry about. On the contrary, the coal mine has many facilities that are not perfect. Difficult to sleep."

"The Marquis of Chu cares deeply about the mine craftsmen, they must be grateful." Chen Gong responded.

"I don't need them to be grateful to Dade." Lu Bu said: "The artisans work in the mine to earn benefits for us. Improve the facilities so that they can stay in the mine with peace of mind. I don't ask for anything else, just a peace of mind."

"How to deal with Mao Jie?" Chen Gong asked afterward.

It had been a few days since Mao Jie came to Xuzhou. When Lu Bu met him, the two broke up unhappy and never paid any attention to him.

From the inside and outside of Lu Bu's words, it can be heard that as long as the Cao family's intention is not good for him, he will immediately turn against him, but Mao Jie is not in a hurry to leave.

Don't just look at the surface of anything.

If Lu Bu said this, he might not necessarily do so.

Although he knew that Cao Cao had been afraid of Lu Bu for a long time, and had already developed murderous intentions, Mao Jie believed that, as Cao Cao's staff, he should understand the matter before going back to report.

Now that the situation is complicated, if Lu Bu has no intention of rebelling against Cao Cao, but Cao Cao points the finger at Xuzhou, it will give the Yuan family in Hebei a chance to go south!
In the battle of Yijing, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, and the north was unified from then on.

With the rapid expansion of strength, Yuan Shao has become the strongest hero in the world.

With the strength to dominate the world, no one would dare to be mediocre, and from then on, he will stop participating in the conquest of the world.

Mao Jie always believed that Yuan Shao was Cao Cao's biggest enemy.

As for Lu Bu, although his power expanded rapidly, he did not have a deep foundation. At least within three to five years, he would not be able to threaten the Cao family.

On the way to Xuzhou, Mao Jie had already made up his mind that when he saw Lu Bu, he had to make the situation serious first, and see how Lu Bu would react.

While making this decision, he also knew that he was playing with fire.

If Lu Bu is too quiet, it does not mean that he is loyal to the Cao family and is not afraid of being tested.Considering from another level, it is precisely because he has already made arrangements in secret, that's why he refuses to let people see his flaws.

On the contrary, if Lu Bu could not stabilize and decided to rebel against Cao Cao first, no one would be able to pull him back to Cao Cao.

The war between the Cao and Yuan families against Xuzhou is likely to break out in the near future.

What made Mao Jie unable to leave Pengcheng immediately was precisely his attitude when meeting him.

At first Lu Bu was really respectful and polite to him, but his expression changed only when he said something suspicious.

After turning his face on the spot, Lu Bu had nothing to say. He was not sure that he would rebel against the Cao family. Mao Jie was even more confused. Of course, it was impossible to take the initiative to ask Lu Bu to leave.

If Lu Bu sent someone to chase him away, Mao Jie might still think that he really planned to betray Cao's family.

However, Lu Bubing didn't do that, he just left him in his residence and ignored him ever since.

Chen Gong asked how to treat Mao Jie, and Lu Bu said: "He is just an envoy sent by Cao Cao. Anyway, sooner or later he will turn against Cao Cao. It is okay to kill Jiqi. It is also fine to keep him and send a message to Cao Cao." I didn't talk too much, and I could even use him to please Cao Cao..."

"The Marquis of Chu probably didn't intend to curry favor with Cao Cao at all." Chen Gong replied, "If you want to kill him, you already did it. How could you wait until today?"

Turning his head to look at Sun Ce, Lu Bu said, "Actually, since the day I agreed to keep Bofu, I have already offended the whole world."

Lu Bu and Chen Gong were talking about Mao Jie, but Sun Ce didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned to him.

Looking at Lu Bu in a daze, Sun Ce asked, "Why did Marquis Chu say that?"

"What's the relationship between Bo Fu and Liu Biao of Jingzhou?" Lu Bu didn't answer directly, but asked him this question.

Frowning slightly, Sun Ce's face suddenly turned ugly: "The Marquis of Chu should know that my father was killed at the hands of Huang Zu under Liu Biao's banner. Huang Zu and I have a bloody feud, how can Liu Biao escape from it?"

"That is to say, the hatred between Bo Fu and Liu Biao is very deep." Lu Bu pressed.

Sun Ce nodded with an ugly face.

"Liu Jingsheng and Bofu don't live together, he must want me to kill Bofu." Lu Bu smiled slightly: "As long as Bofu is dead, he will have one less enemy in the world. For Liu Jingsheng, wouldn't it be It could not be better?"

Hearing what he said, Sun Ce froze for a moment, and looked at him in astonishment.

Chen Gong nodded silently, and the expression on his face became a little complicated: "Chu Hou accepted Bo Fu and everyone in Jiangdong, in fact, he also accepted the hatred between him and Liu Jingsheng. As for Cao Cao, he wanted to let Chu Hou At the end of the day, Xuzhou and Yangzhou are now in the hands of Chu Hou, if you can still sit still, it will be really strange."

"Not to mention Yuan Benchu's side." Lu Bu smiled slightly: "The big-eared thief Liu Bei is still in Hebei, and he should hate me even more than Cao Cao. Now that Cao Cao is trying to unite with Yuan Shao to crusade against me, how could Liu Bei let this go?" Why don’t you make something out of this opportunity?”

"I thought Chuhou got a lot of benefits from Jiangdong, but I didn't expect Jiangdong to bring so many troubles." Sun Ce said, "I have nothing to say. If a big war really comes, I would like to follow Chuhou and fight with him." The enemy will fight to the end."

"My weak enemy is strong, and my strong enemy is weak." Lu Bu smiled faintly: "The battle has not yet begun, and we only judge from the surface strength that we may not be their opponents. But war is never Sure, who dares to say that we, who look weak, will definitely lose?"

He then ordered Chen Gong: "Gongtai returns to Pengcheng, sends Mao Jie outside the city, and asks him to return to Cao Cao. Remember to treat each other with courtesy, although they may meet each other in a short time. Face matters, more or less still have to be done.”

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Since Guo Jia arrived in Yecheng, Feng Ji, who had opposed joining Cao Cao in the crusade against Lu Bu, also changed his mind, and Yuan Shao began to conspire against Xuzhou.

However, Yuan Shao is not Cao Cao after all.

Once Cao Cao made a decision, he would implement it to the end unless he found that there were indeed problems.

Yuan Shao was much more indecisive.

During the rebellion between Li Jue and Guo Si, Lu Bu came to Hebei with remnants after the city of Chang'an was broken, and served him for a while.

At that time, he was competing with Gongsun Zan for Hebei, and Zhang Yan, a black mountain bandit in the Taihang Mountains, also cooperated with Gongsun Yan to fight against the Yuan family.

Yuan Shao's mind was on Gongsun Zan, so he handed over Zhang Yan to Lu Bu to deal with him.

Lu Bu fought bravely, and whenever he went to battle, he would take the lead. For a while, Yuan Shao was very satisfied with him.

However, not long after, Yuan Shao discovered that Lv Bu was growing his strength in secret, and he didn't know what he was plotting.

After all, Yuan Shao is a generation of heroes.

Any hero must be suspicious.

A careless and heartless person can only be a general at best, and has no ability to control the overall situation and control everyone under his command.

Regardless of whether Yuan Shao or Cao Cao can achieve today's achievements, the innate suspicion has just played the role of escorting them!
Feeling suspicious, Yuan Shao sent someone to investigate Lu Bu's every move.

At that time, Lu Bu, of course, couldn't wipe his butt clean. He knew that Yuan Shao had doubts about him, and he also knew that with his strength, it was impossible to shake the big tree of Yuan Shao.

Knowing that Yuan Shao found out what he had done behind the scenes, it would not end well. Lu Bu led his men to escape from Hebei overnight and went to Xuzhou. Later, Liu Bei pretended to let Xuzhou go, and he took Xuzhou unceremoniously. It's gone, and the two of them will never live together.

Of course, those things were all done by the robbed Lu Bu.

Today's Lu Bu, although the memory of the past will be fed back in his brain, he is no longer the Wen Hou who is called the slave of the three surnames by the world!
Before Guo Jia came to Yecheng, Yuan Shao had also heard about Lu Bu's overnight youth.

No matter how you think about it, it seems impossible. Of course, he will send someone to investigate.

Several groups of people were sent out, but the news they brought back was the same. Lu Bu, who had already passed middle age, was indeed young now, and he looked only seventeen or eighteen years old.

Knowing all this, Yuan Shao was obsessed with wondering how Lu Bu could be so young overnight for a while.

Forty years had passed, and Yuan Shao could feel that his physical condition was getting worse year after year.

The energy and high-spiritedness he had when he was young are now gradually leaving him.

Lu Bu can be young overnight, Yuan Shao thinks that he must have found a way to live forever...

When people encounter things that cannot be explained clearly, they will always habitually find plausible reasons.

But after finding the reason, many people can't realize that the reason is just an excuse of their wishful thinking. As the days go by, they will accumulate more and more belief in the authenticity of the reason.

In the end, people will even forget that they put an explanation on something in the first place, just because they couldn't find the real answer at that time, and found a plausible excuse.

Once this stage is reached, the pretext becomes the truth, and even those who found out this pretext and were not necessarily able to completely convince themselves will believe its authenticity!
Yuan Shao is such a person who was blinded by the reasons he found.

At first he was not very convinced that Lu Bu had found a way to live forever, but as time went on, he became more and more convinced of this statement.

When everyone in Hebei was arguing whether to attack Cao Cao or Lu Bu first, Yuan Shao had a plan in mind.

He also knew that Cao Cao was the biggest threat. Compared to the Cao family, Lu Bu might just have an itchy skin.

However, there was a voice deep in his heart that kept telling him that if he joined forces with Lu Bu to attack Cao Cao and failed to grasp Lu Bu's life and death, it would be impossible to get news about immortality.

Throughout the ages, many emperors and generals have explored the mystery of immortality, but no one has pryed into the door at all.

Suddenly there was a news that Lu Bu returned to his youth overnight, and it was verified that there was such a thing, so how could Yuan Shao not be tempted?
It's just that it's hard to express his thoughts directly in front of everyone in Hebei, so he allowed the debate to continue.

Feng Ji was persuaded by Guo Jia to change his mind, and it happened to fall into Yuan Shao's arms. He didn't have the slightest hesitation, and immediately decided to attack Lu Bu.

The decision was made, and within a few days, Yuan Shao was a little entangled again.

After much deliberation, Cao Cao was still the greater threat to him.

If he joined forces with Lu Bu to attack Cao Cao, wait until the Cao family was defeated, and then attack Lu Bu with a backhand, not only would he be able to destroy Cao Cao, who would become a hindrance to his southward travel, but he would also be able to hold Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other places in his hands.

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Shao felt that his decision was a bit hasty.

Although Cao Cao didn't send anyone to urge him, Yuan Shao knew very well that the current stability was only temporary.

Whether it is for the interests of the Yuan family or the Cao family, the current stability must be broken.

What lies ahead of him is when the stability will be broken and by whom.

After breaking through, who will be allied with whom, and who will be enemy with whom.

Judging from the current situation, Yuan Shao is still optimistic. After all, Cao Cao sent Guo Jia to Xuzhou to win him over, and he has made his position clear. The main enemy will be Lu Bu, not him!

Sitting in the study, Yuan Shao had a stack of letters in front of him.

These letters are all information about Cao Cao and Lu Bu sent from various places.

Discussing who to attack with his subordinates is just a final decision. As for Yuan Shao, he still has to analyze who should finally send troops to attack through the information obtained from various channels.

While flipping through the letter, a guard came to the door.

The guard reported to Yuan Shao: "My lord, Liu Xuande asks to see you."

At first Liu Bei fled to Hebei because of the clothing belt edict. He first went to Qingzhou to ask Yuan Tan to see him, and Yuan Tan recommended him to Yecheng.

Although Liu Bei's background is humble, but for so many years he has played the banner of the emperor's relatives. At first, there were not many soldiers who believed in him. With the growth of his strength and fame, some people even had doubts about his identity for their own benefit. , It is still publicly recognized as his royal family.

It has been many years since Liu Bei came out of the mountain.

Whether he is really a royal family is no longer important, what is important is that many people, even many people in high positions, recognize his status as a royal family.

For these reasons, when Liu Bei fled to Hebei, Yuan Shao even went out to meet him for three hundred miles.

But after arriving in Yecheng, Yuan Shao never arranged practical work for him.

Yuan Shao didn't know what kind of person Liu Bei was.

When Tao Qian killed Cao Cao's father because of his subordinates, Cao Cao sent troops to attack, and Liu was entrusted by Beihai prefect Kong Rong to lead the army to help.

When Cao Cao retreated, he should have returned to Beihai to report to Kong Rong.

But he didn't do that, but stayed in Xuzhou.

Later, for some unknown reason, Tao Qian gave Xuzhou three times and insisted on letting Liu Bei take over everything in the Tao family.

Tao Qian's move was rumored to be a virtuous person, but Yuan Shao didn't believe that at all.

He is also in charge of Hebei and has several sons under his knees.

As a father, everything in his hands is not passed on to his son, but he is begging for nothing to give it to an irrelevant outsider?
Anyway, Yuan Shao didn't believe it...

If Yuan Tan hadn't sent someone to send a letter to Yecheng, saying that he had received Liu Bei and was about to introduce him to Yuan Shao, he would not have been able to turn around like a virtuous corporal and run three hundred miles to pick up such a hot thing. Back to Hebei.

The guard reported that it was Liu Bei who asked to see him, Yuan Shao frowned.

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I don't want to see Liu Bei, but he has already arrived at the door, so it's not good to refuse directly.

Although he didn't want to see him, Liu Bei came to join him after all, and he was still decent in terms of etiquette.

Yuan Shao ordered the guards: "Hurry up and ask Xuande to come in."

The guard took the order and led Liu Bei into the study after a while.

After entering the study, Liu Bei bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "I have met Yuan Gong."

"Xuande came just in time." He didn't want to see Liu Bei at all in his heart, and when he came in front of him, Yuan Shao still had a smile on his face: "I happen to have something to ask you."

"If Mr. Yuan has anything to ask, please make it clear." Liu Bei bowed back.

"I heard that Lu Bu was young overnight, and I sent people to inquire about it, and they all said that it was true, but no matter how I thought about it, I felt that something was wrong. It is common sense that people are born, old, sick, and dying, but how could he be young overnight?"

Liu Bei has been in the world for many years, and is often chased away in embarrassment, so he has long developed the ability to penetrate people's hearts.

Yuan Shao asked about Lu Bu's one-night youth, and Liu Bei replied: "After he returned to his youth, I actually met him a few times. The rumors are true, he is indeed a youth now."

Mentioning Lu Bu, Liu Bei's expression became very ugly. He said to Yuan Shao: "If Mr. Yuan wants to know what method he used, it is best to capture him and torture him. Outsiders can only see that he has become younger, but they don't know why. What."

After staring at Liu Bei for a while, Yuan Shao asked, "Do you also think I should attack Lu Bu?"

"Lü Bu robbed my wives and took them to the back house." Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said, "He and I have been at odds for a long time, but Mr. Yuan treats me well, and I can't just talk about attacking him for my own sake. benefit."

The festival between Liu Bei and Lu Bu is very clear to the world.

It had long been expected that he would suggest a crusade against Lu Bu, but Yuan Shao did not expect Liu Bei to say such a thing.

"Xuande might as well talk about the advantages and disadvantages of attacking Lu Bu." Yuan Shao motioned him to continue.

"Let me first talk about the disadvantages of attacking him." Liu Bei said: "Lv Bu is entrenched in Xuzhou. He won Yangzhou a few days ago. Sun Bofu led the entire Jiangdong to serve under his account. It can be said that his power has reached its peak. However, although he He has grown rapidly, but his foundation is not very stable. Regardless of Xuzhou or Yangzhou, he has not yet established a firm foothold. It is much easier to defeat him than to be an enemy of Cao Cao."

"Since it is easy to defeat Lu Bu, why do you still say it is a disadvantage?" What Liu Bei wanted to say, Yuan Shao had already heard it from his staff, but he still asked a question pretending to be puzzled.

"Dare to ask Yuan Gong, who is the biggest threat to Hebei now?" Liu Bei did not directly explain, but asked Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao pretended to think about it, and said to him, "I don't think Lu Bu is threatening Hebei, but Cao Mengde."

"Exactly." Liu Bei said: "If Yuan Gong and Cao Mengde's allied forces defeat Lu Bu, the Yuan and Cao families will immediately turn against each other. Cao Cao should have made preparations long ago. Dare I ask Yuan Gong if he is prepared?"

When he promised Guo Jia to attack Lu Bu together, Yuan Shao was making two-handed preparations.

When Lu Bu is defeated, he will send troops to attack Xudu without Cao Cao's first attack.

Of course Yuan Shao would not tell Liu Bei these plans, after all he never really regarded Liu Bei as a member of Hebei bureaucrats, at most he just regarded him as a guest here.

When he came to Hebei, Liu Bei planned to ask Yuan Shao for something, but he mentioned it twice, but he always found reasons to shirk it.

Liu Bei is not blind either, he knew Yuan Shao had scruples about him, so he stopped mentioning it altogether.

On the surface, Liu Bei was a guest in Yecheng with peace of mind, but deep down he was very anxious.

In Xudu back then, although Cao Cao controlled him tightly, he would still give him some things to do. If Cao Cao had not had a high prestige in front of his subordinates, maybe he could really occupy the magpie's nest like he did with Tao Qian back then. , Take Cao Cao's territory into his hands.

Coming to Hebei, Liu Bei didn't expect to be able to achieve much. After all, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are both heroes in the world.

To regard them as Tao Qian and his ilk, it can only be said that he is extremely stupid.

But Liu Bei is thinking about how to get the most benefits from Hebei so that he can leave here in the future with a stronger hand than he has now.

Although Liu Bei's plan was good, Yuan Shao didn't give him a chance.

It has been a few days since I came to Hebei, and I can't use it at all. The generals and staff in Hebei don't like him very much. Even if I want to secretly win over some people who are close to him, it is impossible. How can he not feel bored?

Asking to see Yuan Shao, Liu Bei wanted to inquire about the tone and see if he could get some benefits from the crusade against Cao Cao or Lu Bu.

Yuan Shao mentioned that when Lu Bu was young, Liu Bei knew that his chance had really come.

But he was not in a hurry to encourage Yuan Shao to attack Lu Bu.

Not being trusted, the more anxious he was to ask Yuan Shao to do something, the more suspicious Yuan Shao would become, and in the end he messed up the matter.

Asking Yuan Shao if he was ready, Liu Bei lowered his head, and did not make another sound with a respectful look.

"I'm really not prepared." Yuan Shao nodded pretendingly, and then asked Liu Bei, "Xuande thinks I should attack Cao Cao first?"

"I can't say who to attack first, and I dare not make a decision for Duke Yuan." Liu Bei replied, "There are disadvantages and advantages to defeating Lu Bu first."

"Xuande thinks it's good to attack Lu Bu first, let's listen to the defense." Yuan Shao motioned him to continue.

"Let's attack Cao Cao first. Once things are done, of course Lu Bu will not be Yuan Gong's opponent." Liu Bei said: "But Yuan Gong's family is attacking him. If he retreats to the south of the Yangtze River to defend the natural danger, it will not be so easy to capture him. Can't catch Lu Bu, from whom did Yuan Gong ask the key to immortality?"

When Liu Bei mentioned immortality, Yuan Shao froze for a moment.

After all, he is a hero in the world, the unnaturalness on his face just flashed, and then he returned to normal: "Xuande, please continue."

"If Duke Yuan wants to capture Lu Bu, he must join forces with Cao Cao to crusade against Xuzhou." Liu Bei said, "Lu Bu and Duke Yuan have no deep hatred. He served Cao Cao earlier and is now being attacked by Cao Cao. Once defeated, he will never survive If I were him, I would definitely choose to go close to Hebei when it was hard to fight. After all, being captured by Yuan Gong is much better than being captured by Cao Cao."

"Being captured by me is better than being captured by Cao Cao?" Yuan Shao really didn't ask knowingly, he really didn't understand where Liu Bei got such a statement.

"Duke Yuan may not necessarily kill him, but Cao Cao will definitely kill him." Liu Bei said, "If you are captured by Duke Yuan, you may die, or you may not die. If it falls into Cao Cao's hands, how can Lu Bu survive?"

After Liu Bei's explanation, Yuan Shao immediately understood.

He nodded and said, "From what Xuande said, I probably know what to do."

"That's right." Yuan Shao changed the subject and asked Liu Bei, "You came to see me, do you have anything to say?"

"I have nothing to say, I just feel that Mr. Yuan has too many things to do recently, and I am a little worried that Mr. Yuan is too tired, so I came to take a look." Liu Bei replied, "Can I have a few words with Mr. Yuan to relieve Mr. Yuan's boredom?" , and I feel at ease."

"Xuande is bothering you." Yuan Shao said: "If there is nothing else, you can go back first. I still have some important matters here, and I have to discuss with Zhengnan, Yuantu and others."

"I'll take my leave first." Liu Bei came here to hear the news, and from Yuan Shao's expression, he probably judged that once the Hebei army goes south, it is likely to attack Xuzhou.

Having already made a rough judgment in his heart, Liu Bei didn't delay any longer, and told Yuan Shao to retreat and leave from Yuan Shao's study.

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When he came to see Yuan Shao, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were waiting in the front yard of the house.

Seeing Liu Bei coming out, the two came up to meet him.

Guan Yu asked, "Brother, how are you doing?"

"Go out and talk." Liu Bei looked around, lowered his voice, and walked to the main entrance of Yuan's house first.

Leaving Yuan's house, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed closely beside him.

Guan Yu asked again: "What explanation did Yuan Benchu ​​give?"

"I didn't give any explanation." Liu Bei replied.

Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and stared: "We have been in Yecheng for a long time, and he didn't give my brother an official position. Is it possible that he wants us to be idle like this? If it goes on for a long time, won't he want my brother to do nothing?"

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense." Liu Bei glared at him, "Just now I met Yuan Gong and talked to him about Cao Cao and Lu Bu. Judging from what he meant, it seemed that he was very interested in Lu Bu's young age."

Mentioning Lu Bu, both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were full of indignation.

At the beginning, Guan Yu asked Lu Bu if he had seen his sister-in-law, but Lu Bu told him that he had not seen the two wives at all.

When he came to Hebei to meet Liu Bei, it was only later that he heard that Lu Bu actually left the two wives in the back house...

He obviously got the two wives, but Lu Bu refused to return them. It is needless to say what he wanted to do.

Liu Bei had long given up the fantasy of bringing back the two wives Gan Mi, but when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei mentioned Lu Bu, they would still be filled with resentment.

Neither of them looked very good, but Liu Bei said to them calmly: "Yunchang, Yide, the past is over. Women are just clothes on their bodies. Even if they have been following us all the time, we still have to change them when it's time to change them." Change. As long as you two are still by my side, my siblings will be there. If a person has siblings, what else in the world will be difficult for him?"

"But thinking of the two sisters-in-law being humiliated, I feel bad." Zhang Fei said angrily: "Sooner or later, I will catch Lu Bu, cut off his words, and stuff them into his mouth go."

"You two virtuous brothers don't need to be angry or anxious." Liu Bei said calmly: "Lu Bu owes us, and he will get it back sooner or later. He robbed my two wives, and I will take them back sooner or later." All the women in his backyard!"

After hearing what he said, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked better.

Liu Bei then said to the two of them: "I heard that there are many beauties in Lu Bu's back house. When Pengcheng was captured, our brothers each robbed two of them. Let him also taste the feeling of his wife being robbed."

"Brother said so, I seem to see that the color of Lu Bu's hair crown is a bit green." Guan Yu grinned and said something in agreement.

He said reserved, but Liu Bei raised his face and laughed.

The guards following them and passers-by on the street heard his laughter and looked over one after another.

Feeling a little lost, Liu Bei smiled and waved his hands, and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "You two brothers, this is not a place to talk, let's go back and talk about it!"

After speaking, he took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's hands, talked and laughed with them and went to the residence.

After seeing Yuan Shao, Liu Bei saw the possibility of attacking Lu Bu, so of course he was full of joy.

After sending Lu Bu to the coal mine, Chen Gong returned to Pengcheng with a heavy heart.

News had spread to Pengcheng a long time ago that Cao Cao sent Guo Jia to Yecheng, intending to unite with Yuan Shao to crusade against Xuzhou.

Logically speaking, Lu Bu should have responded, but these days he either walked around to see, or urged the soldiers to step up their military training. It seemed that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao might join forces to deal with him. He didn't care at all.

Accompanying Lu Bu to the coal mine, Chen Gong also proposed to send someone to Hebei.

Maybe Yuan Shao would change his mind if people left Xuzhou, and instead of attacking them, he would join forces with Lu Bu to deal with Cao Cao.

His proposal was rejected by Lu Bu as soon as he said it.

I don't know where Lu Bu got his confidence, but he said that Yuan Shao will definitely cooperate with Cao Cao to attack Xuzhou. What he has to do is not to send people to Hebei to please, but to make full plans to fight.

Unable to convince Lv Bu, he had to return to Pengcheng to dismiss Mao Jie, so Chen Gong had no choice but to let this matter go.

When he returned to Pengcheng, he didn't even go to the official residence, but rushed directly to Mao Jie's residence.

Mao Jie was placed in the embassy building used to receive foreign envoys.

After being left out by Lu Bu for several days, when he heard that Chen Gong was coming, he personally greeted him outside the door.

Not knowing exactly what Lu Bu was thinking, Mao Jie thought that he was going back now, and things were definitely too perfunctory.

Even if he went back, he had to see Lu Bu, or someone under him who held real power, and he had to clarify the matter thoroughly, and it would not be too late to go back.

Standing at the door, Mao Jie saw Chen Gong approaching, and hurriedly greeted him: "Why are you here?"

"The Marquis of Chu went to the coal mine outside the city, and remembering that Xiaoxian was still in Pengcheng, he specifically asked me to come back and see him off." Chen Gong asked, "When does Xiaoxian plan to go back?"

"Chuhou is issuing an order to drive away guests?" Mao Jie asked Chen Gong.

"How is it possible!" Chen Gong replied with a smile: "If it weren't for the extraordinary period, Marquis Chu would like to ask Xiaoxian to stay a little longer."

"Extreme times?" Mao Jie pretended not to know that Cao Cao planned to attack Xuzhou: "What extraordinary times? What Gongtai said made me confused."

"Why do you have to pretend that you don't know what to do in front of me?" Chen Gong shook his head and said with a smile: "We all know what Cao Mengde did. He sent Guo Fengxiao to Yecheng in an attempt to unite with Yuan Shao to attack Xuzhou. Could it be possible to cover up the world? Eyes and ears?"

When Chen Gong mentioned Guo Jia's going to Yecheng, although Mao Jie was a little embarrassed, he was relieved in his heart.

He was fortunate that Chen Gong didn't know that Xu Chu had brought his troops and was rushing to intercept Lu Bu and the family members of Xuzhou officials.

Chen Gong's next words immediately wiped out all the luck he had just had.

"Did Cao Mengde only do this one thing?" Chen Gong asked Mao Jie with a smile: "I shouldn't need to remind you what Xu Zhongkang is doing at this time."

Mao Jie was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "Could it be that the Marquis of Chu knows all about it?"

"Xu Zhongkang sneaked into Xuzhou with so many people, intending to intercept Chuhou's family members on the way." Chen Gong replied: "If Chuhou didn't notice at all, the family members would still be kept in the dark if they were murdered."

"It seems that Marquis Chu has already prepared for it." Mao Jie sighed: "No wonder he said that to me that day..."

"Chu Hou was sincere in his service at the beginning, but he didn't expect Cao Mengde to make such a fuss behind his back." Chen Gong suppressed his smile, and said to Mao Jie: "What he has done, Xiaoxian should not be ignorant."

"Can Gongtai give you a clear explanation, what is Chuhou's plan?" Mao Jie asked, "Is it true that you want to turn against the lord for the sake of mere family?"

"A mere family member?" Chen Gong froze, and asked Mao Jie: "Cao Song was killed back then, why did Cao Mengde raise an army to attack Tao Qian? The order to kill Cao Song was not given by Tao Qian. Now the Marquis of Chu and his family are being stopped. He personally issued the orders of the family members of officials in Xuzhou. Now that this is the case, how can Xiaoxian find a reason for Chuhou not to turn against him?"

Chen Gong spoke every word clearly, and his tone was also aggressive.

People have all the handles in their hands. Even if Mao Jie wanted to defend Cao Cao, he couldn't find a reason to excuse him.

"So, Chu Hou has decided to betray the lord?" Having understood the meaning of Chen Gong's words, Mao Jie still wanted to ask for a definite answer.

"Xiaoxian should go back and tell Cao Mengde that if he really wants to fight, the Marquis of Chu and Xuzhou are waiting for him." Chen Gong said, "It's just that Xuzhou today is different from the battle of Xiapi. Don't forget to remind him, come Xuzhou not only needs to bring more soldiers and horses, but also more eyes. Don't look back, he didn't even understand why he lost his head."

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When leaving Pengcheng, Mao Jie only remembered that Chen Gong personally sent him to the gate of the city.

As for what Chen Gong said, he couldn't remember clearly.

In fact, whether he remembers clearly or not clearly is no longer important to him.

Chen Gong has conveyed Lu Bu's intention, and it is imperative for Xuzhou and Cao Cao to turn against each other.

When he went back this time, he just delivered the letter of war to Cao Cao on behalf of Lu Bu.

Stationed in the coal mine outside Pengcheng, Lu Bu is also paying attention to the news about Cao Cao and Yuan Shao every day.

Chen Gong sent Mao Jie away and sent someone to the coal mine to report to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu and Sun Ce stood at the entrance of the mine, thinking about how to improve the wind bag to send fresh air into the mine.

A messenger sent by Chen Gong found Lu Bu and reported to him that Mao Jie had left.

After waving his hand to signal the courier to retreat, Lu Bu said to Sun Ce: "Get some blacksmiths and carpenters over later, and blow the wind into the mine like this. It's hard for the wind to reach the depths of the mine. We need to improve the ventilation method. "

As soon as the messenger left, Lu Bu changed the subject and talked about sending wind down the well.

Sun Ce couldn't help reminding: "Shouldn't Marquis Chu take his mind off the coal mine and pay more attention to the war?"

"War?" Lu Bu grinned, "The world is peaceful, where is the war?"

"Chen Gongtai has already sent Mao Jie away from Pengcheng, and even explained to him clearly." Sun Ce asked, "Don't the Marquis of Chu think that Cao Cao will lead the army to Xuzhou later?"

"When he comes to Xuzhou, he must first understand what Yuan Benchu ​​means." Lu Bu said calmly: "Our peaceful days, let alone a month. Let’s talk about everything in the coal mine.”

Lu Bu didn't seem to care much about Mao Jie's departure, so Sun Ce asked again: "Is it true that the Marquis of Chu didn't intend to ask about the matter Chen Gongtai mentioned?"

"What's the matter?" Lu Bu asked him in astonishment.

"Marquis Chu and our family members." Sun Ce said, "I know that Lu Zijing does things safely, but Cao Cao sent Xu Chu after all. It is said that Xu Chu is very brave, even if I go, I can at most fight him equally. ..."

"In terms of martial arts, how does Bofu compare with Zilong?" Lu Bu didn't answer, but suddenly said this.

Sun Ce was taken aback by the question, and then said: "I think the same as General Zhao, it's really hard to say who will win in a fight..."

"Compared to Taishi Ziyi, how is Bo Fu?" Lu Bu asked again.

He met Tai Shici in a fight, and of course Sun Ce knew what he was capable of.

He asked Lu Bu suspiciously: "Could it be that the Marquis of Chu has already sent them to escort the family?"

"With their abilities, it should be enough to deal with Xu Chu." Lu Bu smiled slightly, and patted Sun Ce's arm lightly: "I ordered Lu Zijing to escort the family members in the Ming Dynasty, and ordered the two generals Zhao Zilong and Tai Shi Ziyi to escort the family members in the dark. The purpose is to guard against Cao Cao’s harm to our family members. If I openly order the two generals to go, and Cao Cao sends to intercept the family members, Xu Zhongkang will not be the only one!”

It wasn't until Lu Bu told his secret deployment that Sun Ce suddenly realized.

Lu Bu was so calm, not because he didn't put his mind on the war, but because he had controlled the rhythm of the whole war from the very beginning.

There is no need for him to put too much energy on things that have already controlled the rhythm.

PS: I'm not in the mood today. It has been almost 24 hours since [-]:[-] in the morning, and I have only written [-] words.You can go and see "Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Tyrant" by Tianhuang Guihua, "The Rise of the Great Han of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Super Summoning System of the Three Kingdoms" by Jiang Fan

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