The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 373 Liu Hong enters Pengcheng

Pang Tong and Sun Guan visited Liu Hong, argued with him for an hour or two, and finally persuaded Liu Hong to agree to go to Pengcheng to serve Lv Bu.

Zang Ba couldn't be alone in Mount Tai. Pang Tong arranged for Sun Guan to lead a team of soldiers to escort Liu Hong and his family to Pengcheng.

Starting from Taishan to Pengcheng, the journey is not too far.

A few days later, Sun Guan escorted Liu Hong and his family to Pengcheng.

Knowing that Liu Hong had arrived, Lu Bu went to the gate of the city to greet him in person.

Seeing Sun Guan leading a group of people and escorting several carriages from a distance, Lu Bu got off his horse and stood at the gate of the city waiting.

Sun Guan, who led the soldiers to escort Liu Hong, slowed down and waited until the first carriage in the team was parallel to him. He said to the carriage: "Mr. Liu, the Marquis of Chu came to meet him outside the city gate in person."

Hearing that Lu Bu had personally greeted him outside the city gate, Liu Hong raised the curtain of the car and looked in the direction of the city gate. Sure enough, he saw Lu Bu waiting there with a group of officials.

Seeing Lu Bu, Liu Hong was startled, and quickly told Sun Guan: "General Sun, please order to stop, I want to walk to meet the Marquis of Chu."

"It's still far from the city gate. If Mr. Liu gets out of the car and walks, I can't bear it." Sun Guan replied: "Mr. Liu just sit comfortably, and it won't be too late to get off when you get near the city gate."

Sun Guan did not order the carriage to stop, so Liu Hong could only sit here and wait for the gate of the city.

When Pang Tong and Sun Guan met him, Liu Hong once questioned Lu Bu's character.

When he came to Pengcheng, Lu Bu went out of the city to greet him in person, which really refreshed Liu Hong's understanding of him.

At that time, Lu Bu was canonized by Liu Xie as General Zuo, and after seizing Huainan and other places, he was canonized as Marquis of Chu.

Sitting in Xuzhou and Yangzhou's two governors' departments, even a big border official like the governor is just a small official in front of Lu Bu, not to mention that Liu Hong used to be a mere county guard.

When the team came to the gate of Pengcheng, Sun Guan signaled to stop.

When the carriage stopped, Liu Hong opened the door and jumped out.

Lu Bu had already greeted him, and when he reached Liu Hong, he waved his hands and said, "Is this Liu Yuanzhuo here?"

"It's right here." Liu Hong bowed and said to Lu Bu with a face of shame: "I'm just a countryman, how can I dare to trouble the Marquis of Chu to come out of the city to meet me?"

"Let's not say that Mr. Liu used to be the prefect." Lu Bu replied, "Even if he is really just a person from the countryside, with Mr. Liu's ability, it is worthwhile for me to go out of the city to meet him in person."

Liu Hong replied: "Corporal Chu Hou is respectful and virtuous, which makes me very frightened. I don't know what I can do to get such favor from Chu Hou."

"Isn't the name of a god of calculation enough for me to go out of the city to welcome him?" Lu Bu replied with a smile, "Just ask the people in the world, how many people can compare with Liu Gong when it comes to arithmetic."

"Marquis Chu's words are too much." Liu Hong replied modestly: "There are many talents in the world, and there should be many people who are better at arithmetic than me. It's just that others are not like me, and they always declare to the world that they are obsessed with arithmetic, so The Marquis of Chu may not necessarily have heard of their names."

Lu Bu laughed, and said to Liu Hong: "If Liu Gong knows people who are good at arithmetic, you might as well recommend some of them to me in the future."

Taking a step back and standing aside, he then said to Liu Hong: "Outside the city is not a place to talk, so please come back to the official mansion with me, Mr. Liu, to have a talk."

"Please, Marquis Chu." How could Liu Hong dare to walk in front of Lv Bu, he bowed and asked Lv Bu to go first.

Knowing that he would not leave first, Lu Bula held his hand and said, "Grand Liu will enter the city with me, and we will talk as we go."

(End of this chapter)