Niu Fu and Hu Chi'er escaped for thirty miles, and when they saw that Li Su had collected his troops and returned to the camp, they began to gather their troops and horses and set up camp on the spot. When the soldiers and horses were counted, Niu Fu was about to cry, and in the battle with Li Su, half of the soldiers and horses were broken.

Just as he was sitting in the tent in a daze, considering whether he should ask Li Dao for help, a subordinate suddenly came down to report: "General Qiyu, Jia Junshi is asking to see you outside the tent!" ”

Hearing that Jia Xu was coming, he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, please!" But without waiting for his subordinates to leave, he hurriedly stood up and walked out: "Let's go out of the tent to greet him in person." ”

Niu Fu came to the tent and saw Jia Xu standing alone outside the tent, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen Jia Junshi!" ”

"General Niu!" Jia Xu hurriedly returned the salute with a smile: "Jia is polite." ”

After the two came to the tent and sat down, Jia Xu asked straight to the point: "I heard that General Niu and Li Su fought a battle today, I don't know what the outcome is?" ”

The little smile that squeezed out of Niu Fu's face immediately froze on his face after hearing Jia Xu's question. If it was someone else, he would have called someone out of the way a long time ago. However, the other party is Jia Xu, a celebrity in front of Li Dao, not only can he not offend him, but on the contrary, he has to think of ways to please him.

Therefore, he rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, and then said to Jia Xu with a sad face: "Don't hide it from Jia Junshi, today our army and Li Su's army encountered, originally our soldiers and horses were not as many as his, plus Li Su's martial arts were far superior to a certain one, so when the two armies fought, our army suffered a small loss." ”

When Jia Xu heard Niu Fu say this, he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart: "I lost half of the people and horses, and I said that I only suffered a small loss." However, considering that Niu Fu still has use value, because he said with his usual expression: "General Niu don't worry, with Jia's understanding of Li Su, he will definitely get carried away after today's small victory." If you go to the camp at night, you will surely win a great victory. ”

Niu Fu looked at Jia Xu without saying a word, and thought to himself: "Is this Jia Junshi here to help me or harm me?" Our army is newly defeated, morale is low, go to steal the camp and rob the village, can we beat Li Su? ”

Jia Xu guessed what he was thinking from Niu Fu's hesitant expression, and hurriedly said: "General Niu don't worry, there will be no precautions in Li Su's camp tonight, if you take advantage of the dark to steal the camp and rob the village, you will definitely be able to win a big victory." ”

Seeing that Jia Xu said so surely, Niu Fu gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and said decisively: "Okay, since Jia Junshi said so, then immediately rectify the people and horses, and set off to rob the camp in the third watch." ”

At the third watch, Niu Fu took his remaining 3,000 soldiers and horses to a place not far from Li Su's camp. To be on the safe side, he did not immediately launch a night attack, but sent scouts to investigate.

Not long after, Tanma hurried back, and reported with a look of surprise: "General Qiyu, Li Sujun's defense is lax, except for the soldiers guarding the gate of the village, there is not even a patrol in the village. The villain had come close to observe that the soldiers should all be sleeping in their tents. ”

After Niu Fu waited for Tanma to finish speaking, he turned his head and asked Jia Xu: "Jia Junshi, although Li Su is not a good fighter, he has also been in the army for more than ten years, how can he not be defenseless at all, is it a trap he set for us?" ”

"General Niu, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again," Seeing that Niu Fu was still hesitant at this time, Jia Xu hurriedly urged him: "If Li Sujun discovers us, then this battle will have to be fought, and if it is not fought, it will have to be fought." Please also ask the general to make up his mind as soon as possible. ”

Niu Fu, who was difficult to ride a tiger, heard Jia Xu say this, so he could only raise his weapon high, and then shouted loudly: "The whole army will attack with me!" After saying that, he rode out first, and thousands of soldiers followed him closely, rushing to the Li Su military camp not far away.

Li Su's soldiers and horses only won a big victory during the day, so they naturally thought that they would be safe and sound tonight, except for a few soldiers guarding the gate of the village, there was not even a patrol team. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the sentry standing on the watchtower immediately shouted below: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" ”

Before he could finish his words, he was shot through the throat by a flying arrow, and with a muffled grunt, he fell from the watchtower. The soldier guarding the door picked up the spear in his hand and tried to stop the rushing cavalry, but he was knocked into the air by the galloping horse, landed a few feet away, struggled on the ground twice and swallowed.

After Niu Fu's soldiers and horses rushed into the stockade, they immediately set fire to them everywhere. When I saw someone escaping from the tent, I came forward with a knife or a shot, and in a short time, the camp was littered with fallen corpses.

Li Su, who was sleeping soundly, heard the commotion outside, got up and was about to find someone to ask, when something happened outside, a small colonel rushed in and said to him anxiously: "General, something is wrong, Niu Fu led troops to rob the camp." ”

"Nonsense!" Before the little colonel's words were finished, Li Su scolded him: "Niu Fu's soldiers and horses were only defeated by us during the day, it is estimated that this matter is still panicked, how can it be possible to come to rob the camp." Go out and look again to see what's going on. ”

The junior colonel hugged Li Su and said anxiously: "General, the Niu Fu army is about to rush to the big tent, and if you don't leave, it will be too late." After saying that, he turned his head and shouted outside the tent, "Someone, hurry up and escort the general out of here." ”

With the shouts of the little colonel, three or four soldiers rushed in from the outside, and walked outside with Li Su on their feet. Waiting for the big tent, everyone put Li Su on a war horse without a saddle, and before Li Su could sit down, the little colonel had already slapped the horse's buttocks, asking it to support Li Su to leave this dangerous area as soon as possible.

Seeing the chaos in the barracks, Jia Xu said to Niu Fu: "General Niu, there are also Liangzhou soldiers and horses in this battalion, if you can surrender, you can reduce the losses of our army." You can send people to shout in the camp: Those who abandon weapons will not be killed! ”

Jia Xu's suggestion was in line with Niu Fu's intentions, and he immediately ordered someone to pass on Jia Xu's words. After a few moments, the camp resounded one after another with the shouts of "those who abandon their weapons will not be killed". Li Sujun, who was in chaos, heard that the people who persuaded him to surrender were using a local accent, and where there was still the idea of stubborn resistance, they threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

When counting the results, Niu Fu was pleasantly surprised to find that there were more than 4,000 people in Li Su's army kneeling, and they were about to catch up with his original number of soldiers and horses. Anyway, these obedient soldiers and horses all belonged to Liangzhou, so he was directly incorporated into his army.

And Li Su escaped from the barracks alone and rushed in the direction of Chang'an. He waited until the mount under his crotch could no longer run, and then he grabbed the reins and looked in the direction of the camp in horror, fearing that Niu Fu would lead people to catch up.

This sight immediately frightened him into a daze, and there were actually more than a dozen horsemen galloping towards him along the official road. I had the heart to continue to run for my life, but the mount couldn't run anymore. Li Su turned his heart and decided to tie his hands here. When the cavalry got closer, he found out that it was a group of his own soldiers, and the leader was the colonel who led the horse for him.

Seeing Li Su Lema standing on the side of the road, the junior colonel hurriedly dismounted and saluted: "See the general!" ”

Li Su glanced behind them and found that there was no smoke and dust, which showed that not only were there no pursuers, but even his own routs had not caught up. He hurriedly asked the colonel: "Only a few of you escaped?" ”

Xiao Xiao nodded and replied, "Only a few of us escaped, and the rest were recruited by Niu Fu." ”

Seeing that the matter had come to this, Li Su could only sigh helplessly and take his subordinates towards Chang'an.

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When Lu Bu's army left Chang'an, Fu Zhi also took a few subordinates, disguised as ordinary merchants, and infiltrated Chang'an City. Since Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun both went on a killing spree after they took power, there were many spare houses in the city. When they had entered the city, they found an empty house to live in, and left a secret message nearby, and at the same time the soldiers who had been entering the city one after another met here.

Mo Quan's injuries have not healed, and it was Feng Liang who accompanied him to Chang'an. After he went to the street to investigate, he came back and reported to Fu Zhu: "Fu Jian Army, according to the news that the villain heard, Lu Bu led 50,000 troops, with Li Su as the vanguard, and left Chang'an to meet the 100,000 army of Li Dao and Guo Yan. ”

After listening to the news that Feng Liangtan heard, he nodded in frustration and said with emotion: "The lord is really like a god, and the situation of the Jingshi is really what he judged, and it is exactly the same. ”

When Feng Liang heard that Fu Zhu called Han Zhan the lord, he couldn't help but be secretly taken aback, and said in his heart that the Fu Jian Army used to call Tinghou, why did he suddenly change his words today? However, he didn't care about these details at the moment, but asked anxiously: "Frustrated Prison Army, if Lu Bu's army defeats Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, then won't our plan fall through?" ”

"If Huangfu Song leads the troops to meet the enemy, even if he will not win, he will not be defeated." Fu Zhu sighed and said: "It's a pity that Wang Yun is just self-serving, and he refuses to use what he can, but he just sends Lu Bu to lead the troops into battle. ”

"Lu Bu bravely crowned the three armies, invincible in the world." Feng Liang had heard of Lu Bu's name for a long time, and at this moment, when he heard that Fu Zhu suspected that it would be difficult for him to lead his troops to win, he couldn't help but retort: "Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are definitely not his opponents. ”

"Lu Bu has courage and no strategy, if he charges into battle, he is indeed invincible in the world." Frustrated, he slowly analyzed Lu Bu's person to Feng Liang: "But if he is allowed to lead the troops on the expedition alone, and there is no effective strategist around him to help, it will only be a matter of time before he is defeated by Li Guo and others, and then Chang'an will fall into chaos." Speaking of this, he instructed Feng Liang again: "You go and invite Master Ma Riyan to come here and give him important matters to discuss." ”

The purpose of going to Chang'an this time is only known best by one person, so as to avoid leaking secrets and failing when you get it. But the palace is not an ordinary place, even if the internal turmoil in the capital division becomes a pot of porridge, it is also the most well-guarded place, if you want to rescue Emperor Han Xian from there, without the assistance of important ministers, it is impossible to do it. Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time on the road, he felt that the person he could trust now was none other than Ma Riyan.

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Lu Bu's army was encamping, and suddenly a junior colonel came to report that Li Su was waiting outside the tent. When Lu Bu heard the report, his heart was full of doubts, Li Su, as a vanguard, did not command the battle in front, what did he do when he came to him? In order to find out what was going on, he hurriedly instructed the colonel: "Let him in!" ”

A moment later, Li Su stumbled into the big tent and knelt in front of Lu Bu to plead guilty. Lu Bu saw Li Su's disheveled and embarrassed appearance, and hurriedly asked: "Li Su, as a vanguard, you don't fight in front of the army, what are you doing here with me?" ”

"General, it's not good." Li Su said with a crying voice: "When the last general led his troops to clear out the traitors, he met Niu Fu, the son-in-law of Dong Taishi, and fought with him, which was originally a complete victory. Who knew that he actually led troops to rob the camp in the middle of the night, and the general was caught off guard. After a hard battle, except for the last general and a few personal soldiers who escaped by chance, the vanguard battalion was completely wiped out. ”

"What, the vanguard battalion has been wiped out." When Lu Bu heard Li Su say this, he stood up abruptly and said angrily: "The 10,000 soldiers and horses I handed over to you have been lost in a few days. A wreck like you, what will you do! He shouted out to the tent, "Someone! ”

With the shouting, two soldiers with big shoulders and round waists rushed in from outside, and they clasped their fists at Lu Bu and saluted: "The villain is here, please give the general's orders!" ”

Lu Bu pointed at Li Su with his hand and ordered: "This wretched scumbag that frustrates the spirit of our army will be dragged out and beheaded!" The head was hung at the gate for three days. ”

Li Su never dreamed that Lu Bu would actually kill him. On the way here, he had considered that he and Lu Bu were fellow villagers, and their friendship with each other was also good. Moreover, half a month ago, he also assisted them in killing Dong Zhuo, even if there is no credit, there is hard work. Although his soldiers and horses were completely damaged, Lu Bu would definitely open up for himself. Who knew that Lu Bu actually directly ordered himself to be beheaded, he was so frightened that his soul flew away, and he hurriedly kowtowed again and again, begging bitterly: "General Fengxian, spare your life, spare your life!" You and I are fellow villagers, and the last general once helped you kill Dong ......"

If he hadn't said anything about Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu would have relented for a while, and maybe he would have let him go. But at this moment, hearing that he deliberately mentioned Dong Zhuo's matter, Lu Bu was afraid that he would leak the news, so before he finished speaking, he raised his leg and kicked him in the face, interrupting what he wanted to say later. Then he shouted at the two soldiers: "You are still standing here and doing something, and you will not drag this person out and behead him." But if you hesitate, you will be guilty of the same sin. ”

When the two soldiers heard Lu Bu say this, they were immediately frightened, and when they didn't want to accompany Li Su, they immediately took Li Su out of the big tent. It didn't take long for a soldier to hold Li Su's head on a tray and ask Lu Bu to inspect it.

Lu Bu glanced at Li Su's head with disgusted eyes, and then ordered: "Hang it in Yuanmen for three days, and after the demonstration is completed, throw it to feed the dogs." ”

In order to find out what happened to Li Dao and Guo Yan, he recruited another military marquis and instructed him to immediately send a scout horse to find out the location of Li Guo's army, so that he could lead the troops over and beat them to a ruin.