On the second day of the first month of the seventh year of Chuping, the Bingzhou army besieging in Shaling suddenly broke out of the siege of the Guanzhong army, and crossed Lou Fu to Yangqu to meet with Huaxiong's department, and then a total of 40,000 horses and horses on both sides were nailed to Yangqu to block the Jingcheng army. On the one hand, Pang De was ordered to lead the troops along the line of Yinshan to begin to deploy, and on the other hand, he ordered the four battalions of soldiers and horses to recover the county towns that had not yet been taken one by one, and then Long Jun ordered Chang'an to select officials to send them to the north to ensure that the four counties in the north could immediately fall under the jurisdiction of Guanzhong.

Half a decade later, Guanzhong has completely controlled the four counties in the north, and the war in Shangdang is also coming to an end, Lu Bu's 30,000 soldiers and horses continue to retreat, and now they have been forced to the Zhongdu generation by the coalition army, Zhang Liao and others had no choice but to give up Yangqu and go to Mengxian to help defend the northern part of Taiyuan for a dying struggle. At this time, Zhao Yun and Xu Huang also rushed to Long Jun's army, for fear that the two of them would leave for too long, which would make Xianbei people have different intentions, so the Guanzhong army gathered in Lou Fu and killed along the Fenshui to Fenyang.

So far, only Taiyuan County and Xihe Half County have not been captured by the coalition forces. Looking at the demoralized Bingzhou army, Lu Bu returned to the tent in a gloomy manner, and at this time Chen Gong was already waiting for Lu Bu in the tent, ready to discuss a strategy to break the enemy. It is winter, and Zhao Yuze is in the midst of ice, if an army is sent from Zhao Yuze to detour behind the coalition army, it may be possible to use the other party's grain and grass transportation problem to suspend the prestige of the coalition army. However, as soon as Chen Gong said the strategy, Lu Bu shook his head and denied it.

After negating Chen Gong's strategy, Lu Bu took out the sword on his waist and wiped it slowly, and said without raising his head, "The general trend is no longer with me, and this plan of the public platform can only delay the opponent's offensive, and cannot relieve our army of danger." Instead of wasting troops on this kind of thing, our army might as well join forces with the Mengxian army, relying on Taiyuan Jiancheng to drag on with it, what do you think? ”

After speaking, Lu Bu stabbed his sword into the air, and a sonorous sound came to mind in the air. Seeing Lu Bu like this, Chen Gong was full of words of consolation, and he couldn't say a word, and the current situation was just as Lu Bu said, and the state army had no hope of victory. But the eldest husband is born a hero, how can he lose confidence just because of the failure in front of him? After waiting for Lu Bu to withdraw the long sword, Chen Gong said in a deep voice, "In fact, although the current strength of our army is not enough, if the lord is willing to bow down and choose a side to take refuge, after the situation is stable, he will rise again in Tudongshan, and I can't say that the lord still has any hope of winning the championship." ”

"Seeking refuge in someone else?" Hearing this, Lu Bu sneered, stared at Chen Gong, and asked with a smile, "Who do you think I should take refuge in?" Yuan Benchu of Jizhou or Cao Mengde of Yanzhou? Or is it Liu Bei from Qingzhou? Or maybe Long Jun's bastard? ”

Without waiting for Chen Gong to respond, Lu Bu put away his smile and said with a disdainful expression, "If it is Long Jun, at least he can spare my family's life, but according to his methods, a comeback will only be a delusion." If it's anyone else, I'm afraid that after eating away at the army in my hands, our group of people will go to see Lord Hades! Yuan Benchu was good friends with Dong Zhuo back then, if I hadn't killed Dong Zhuo, I'm afraid this kid would have already secretly controlled Bingzhou, how could he spare my life with such a grudge? Cao Mengde's traitorous generation had an old grudge against the public platform back then, and he would repay us with kindness. As for that Liu Bei, he is just a coward. Thousands of miles away from Qingzhou, he didn't dare to accept us at all. ”

Hearing this, Chen Gong was silent, but as Lu Bu said, the male lord of the world would not give Lu Bu a chance, even if he valued Lu Bu's bravery, he didn't dare to keep it for too long, after all, Lu Bu was also a prince. But if he accepted his fate, he Chen Gong would not be happy, so he said softly, "Then our army might as well gather in one place to break through to the south, enter the south of Sili, and break into Jingzhou, what do you think?" Liu Jingsheng also has the heart to win the championship, but his methods are not flattering, coupled with the weakness of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses, if our army supports him, he will never refuse, and will even treat the lord well, in order to ask the lord to help him fight for dominance in the world. ”

"Forget it! Liu Jingsheng has been to Jingzhou for many years, and now he has not sorted out the forces in Jingzhou, which is enough to see his ability. If our army goes, I'm afraid that those forces under him will join together to be hostile to our army, don't you see that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun have allied with me, these two people are Liu Biao's henchmen, we serve Liu Biao, can they not worry about the loss of military power? At this point, Lu Bu changed his comfortable posture, leaned on the screen behind him, and continued with a sneer: "Besides, do you think Yuan Benchu will let our army break through and compete with Long Jun for Taiyuan?" With Cao Mengde here, Yuan Shao would not be hostile to Long Jun at this time. I now understand the minds of these princes, for it is far better for them to have one less enemy than one more. ”

Seeing that Lu Bu was particularly transparent about the situation at the moment, Chen Gong sighed slightly, if Lu Bu had such wisdom at the beginning, it would be better not to give Cao Cao a chance to start a war, and after digesting the forces of Yuzhou, he would provoke the relationship between Yuan, Cao and Liu, and enter the pass in the west at this opportunity, and it would be impossible to say that the Central Plains melee and the state would become the final victor. However, it was futile to think about these things today, so Chen Gong got up and gave a salute to Lu Bu, and said, "Since the lord has decided to fight to the death with the other party, and his subordinates are determined to advance and retreat with the lord, please forgive me for the matter of stooping down and surrendering to the lord in today's account." ”

In this regard, Lu Buhun waved his hand indifferently, and laughed at himself, "What the public platform said is all for my sake, how can I blame it?" Compared with those who are loyal to the general, what the public platform did made me understand what it means to be a loyal person, and I regret that I didn't listen to the words of the public station at the beginning, and guard against Cao Cao and Longjun. In fact, as long as the public station doesn't have the heart to blame me for coveting Yuzhou at the beginning, which led to today's situation, I am already grateful! ”

"The lord is wrong in what he said! It is the duty of our counsellors to plan for the Lord, so why should the Lord be grateful? However, the puppet lord is willing to regret what he did at the beginning, and his subordinates are already content! Smiling and saluting Lu Bu, Chen Gong straightened his waist, walked to Yutu, and said in a condensed voice, "Now the Guanzhong army and Fenyang, the Yuan Cao coalition army is in front of our army, and the Jizhou army of the big mountain on the side of Mengxian County has entered Zhan County, and the three sides have little chance of winning to encircle our army, and the lord has the idea of retreating to Taiyuan, so it is better for our army to withdraw to Taiyuan tomorrow, and use this winter to cast Taiyuan into an ice city to block the three parties, what does the lord think?" ”

Chen Gong suddenly mentioned the issue of war, Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile on his face, and said softly, "Okay, as long as Gongtai is still willing to help me plan, the general will not surrender to the enemy, and after we return to Taiyuan, we will regroup and fight the rebels." ”

"That's how a husband should be!" With a deep snort, Chen Gong clasped his hands into fists and saluted Lu Bu again. Then Lü Bu beat the drum and raised the tent, and the generals shouted to the tent of the handsome, ordering the three armies to withdraw from the central capital and return to Taiyuan on the fifth watch tomorrow.

In the early morning of the second day, after the state army was full of straw men at the head of the central capital, they quietly retreated north by moonlight. And Hu Chuquan, who originally planned to rely on Lu Bu to obtain military exploits, finally understood at this moment that Bingzhou was no longer able to return to the sky, and if he continued to follow Lu Bu's actions, I am afraid that when the coalition forces defeated Lu Bu, he would also be buried with him. So when he and the state army were pushed to Jingling, he wanted to break away from the state army in the name of the aftermath, but who knew that Lu Bu didn't give him a chance at all, and he was depressed.

But the Xiongnu had the idea of withdrawing, so it affected the morale of the Bingzhou army, although the Xiongnu soldiers and horses did not play a role in the battles such as Tunliu, and the morale of the Bingzhou army was also low. But just let the Huns go, I'm afraid that tomorrow Lu Bu will become the commander of the light pole. So Lu Bu called Chen Gong to discuss how to seize the military power of Hu Chuquan.

After understanding what Lu Bu was thinking, Chen Gong pondered carefully, it is certain that Hu Chuquan must not be killed, otherwise it will cause the Hun army to mutiny, but it will not work to force the other party away, because his life will affect many Huns. After thinking about it, Chen Gong said tentatively: "Hu Chuquan, this person is ambitious and talented, and what he thinks about is that he is above the court and ranks Zhu Zi. The lord might as well let Taiyuan Mingzhi work together to recall Huchuquan to Taiyuan for canonization, and then hand over the military power to the lord, what do you think? ”

"Recall Taiyuan to be sealed? Okay, that's it! Hearing this, Lu Bu nodded lightly, although they are now in a weak position, but those people in the court do not dare to raise eyebrows with Lu Bu, if they can exchange high-ranking officials for 20,000 Hun soldiers and horses, it is not a loss-making deal for him, who let the Son of Heaven hold it in his hands!

That night, a horse left Qi County and went straight to Taiyuan, because this place was not far from Taiyuan, when the fifth day and the state army retreated to the city of Jiaoyang, the will of the edict was just sent to the hands of Hu Chuquan. He would have been overjoyed if this decree had been received before he had gone to the party. But at this time, he only had anger and dissatisfaction on his face. Unloading the mill and killing the donkey to cross the river and tear down the bridge is nothing more than that, but he didn't dare to go head-to-head with Lu Bu, and after all, the name of the Wuyuan flying general was enough to make any alien race frightened. Thinking of these, Hu Chuquan took advantage of the military conference at that time and resolutely rejected the will of this edict.

Then, without waiting for everyone to persuade him, Hu Chuquan assured Lu Bu as if he was resigned to his fate, "Please rest assured General Fei, our Hun warriors will never betray you, please look at our army's efforts to help the party, please don't blame our army for thinking about retreating." ”

Seeing that Hu Chuquan made his words clear, Lu Bu stretched out his hand to stop the anger of the others, and then helped Hu Chuquan up, patted the other party's shoulder and smiled, "Hu Chuquan is wrong with this, the brothers of the Southern Huns have come thousands of miles to support us, how can I blame you?" Moreover, you and I are now grasshoppers on the same rope, and whoever gives up the other may not necessarily get benefits. I heard that Long Jun has taken back the beauty that the Son of Heaven gave you. So be it, if our army can defeat this group of rebels, and I will choose the pastures in the state, what do you think? ”

Hearing that Lu Bu painted such a big cake for himself, Hu Chuquan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly learned the etiquette of the Han soldiers' worship, and bowed down on one knee to Lu Bu and promised in a deep voice, "Please rest assured, General Fei, my Hun warriors will definitely look forward to you." ”

"Hahahaha, with the help of the Hun warriors, why can't our army repel the rebels! Call the kitchen order to please! ”

"General Fei, please!"