Chapter 100: Gossip back to Anyi

Let's say that Lu Bu learned that Yuan Shao had retreated to Yecheng, and knew that Yuan Shao had already injured his vitality, and he was afraid that he would not be able to make a comeback in a short time. He had long known the news of Cao Cao's western entry into Guanzhong, and was worried that Hedong would be taken advantage of by him, so he left Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao to defend Muye, and led 20,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to defend himself.

As soon as he passed the Kei Pass, he received an urgent report from Mengjin: Cao Cao was reorganizing his troops and horses along the Yellow River, intending to capture Anyi and Mengjin, and was building his own warships to renovate the river defense.

Lu Bu said to a group of advisers: "Cao Cao thought that my east of the river was empty, so he wanted to take advantage of the void to enter, but he didn't expect that I didn't use the two places to defend at all, there were heavy troops on the banks of the two places, and there were surprises he didn't expect, this time I'm afraid I will suffer a big loss." ”

Jia Xu said: "Cao Cao, this person is scheming with soldiers, and he should not be underestimated, but the lord still hurried back to help, don't let him take advantage." ”

When the army came to Mengjin, there were Mengjin guards Wang Ji and Mi Heng who came together, and they were overjoyed to see Lu Bu leading the army to help.

Wang Wei was moved by Lu Bu's righteous act that day, and since then he has become Lu Bu's humerus minister, and he is the Taishou of Mengjin, and he is also a faculty member of the college, so he recruited Mi Heng and others, who are quite famous in the college, as staff assistants. During his tenure as Taishou, he strongly advocated the strengthening of the city and river defenses and the opening of commercial markets, which made Mengjin more prosperous than before.

However, although this person has made outstanding achievements, but there are also slandered places, there is a student in the academy, named Lu Rong, is his student, and later people know that this person is actually a woman, Wang Wei not only did not avoid suspicion, but actually included him in the house, as a wife. This kind of unethical behavior was naturally despised by a group of celebrities and Confucian scholars.

When the two got married, there were only a few dozen people who watched the ceremony, which was far from his reputation. Lu Bu didn't care about this, he personally officiated the wedding for them, and teased Wang Ji at that time: "Lu Rong is favored by me, originally I liked to be the only general, but now I have been deceived by you, and you will have to bear her share of the burden in the future." ”

Lu Rong was wearing a wedding dress at the time, and he was no longer the tomboy he was at the beginning, although he was married to a wife, he still did not lose his pride, and said: "Who said that women can only teach their husbands and children, the Lord is open, please allow me to assist my husband and contribute to the Lord." ”

Lu Bunian remembered that she was quite talented in vertical and horizontal and could complement Wang Ji, so he agreed to her and named her a riverbank scavenger, specializing in the security management of riverbank transportation. Lu Rong woman is a general, rare in ancient times, and is rumored to be a good story.

This time, Wang Ji and Mi Heng came to see him, and he came to report on the defense of Mengjin, Wang Ji said: "Cao Cao's generals Xu Chu and Cao Ren led an army of 20,000 people, and they wanted to cross the river several times to attack my Mengjin, but they were all broken by the heavy crossbows that had been placed on the riverbank for a long time, especially the latest equipment of the academy, the power of which was even more terrifying. ”

Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "You see I'm not wrong, Meng Jin has a heavy weapon to defend, so I can sit back and relax." ”

Jia Xu smiled and said nothing, and Lu Bu tried Wang Ji, telling him to be careful, Cao Cao was treacherous, and he might not attack secretly, so he should not take it lightly.

He left another 10,000 troops for him, and then led the rest of the army back to Anyi.

When he arrived in Anyi, he knew that the situation in Anyi was similar to that of Mengjin, Xiahoudun could not cross the river, and he was blocked south of the river bank and could not advance an inch, Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh: "Science and technology are really the first combat force, but it is just dozens of god-breaking crossbows, which are naturally far inferior to the spears and cannons of later generations, but in this era, this powerful giant crossbow is enough to make the enemy fearful." ”

Sima Lang, as the head of the base camp, not only had to prepare grain and grass for Lu Bu's expedition to Yuan Shao, sort out logistics, but also distract himself from the defense of Anyi, which can be described as a high level of hard work, seeing Lu Bu's return, his heart was much more settled, and said: "The lord is not greedy for merit and ventures back to aid Hedong, but it is beyond my expectations." ”

Lu Bu suffered a big loss when he was in Luoyang, and he knew the misery under the nest, if it weren't for God's favor, he would have followed Cheng Lian, Yan Song and others to the dust, if he didn't learn the lesson, wouldn't it be stupid!

Thinking about the battle situation on the northern front, he asked Sima Lang: "Is there any news of Gao Shun and Xu Huang?" ”

Sima Lang shook his head and said: "It's still the battle report from two months ago, the lord has known it for a long time, and since they broke through Handan and Shiyi respectively, there has been no news. ”

This battle started in a hurry, and the original plan was thousands of miles away, originally planned to defend the southern front, the main attack on the northern front, to later Yuan Shao took the initiative to attack, to divide the plan to make Zhang Yang die, if not for Lu Bu's timely response, with lightning to calm the chaos in Hanoi, and in Keiguan with less to win more, defeated Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of troops, otherwise Yuan Shao's army would have been in the city. At that time, Yuan Shao took the opportunity to gather his soldiers and horses, and under the elimination of one and the other's strengths, the disparity in strength would be even greater. Moreover, Meng Jin has no danger to defend, with only a few dozen god-breaking crossbows and 20,000 defenders, how can he compete with Yuan Shao's army of more than 100,000?

Sima Lang said: "Soldiers and ordnance continue to be sent to Taiyuan, but if the lord can't end the war as soon as possible, I'm afraid that in two months, the military rations we have hoarded over the years will bottom out." ”

Lu Bu was taken aback and said, "The military rations are depleted so quickly? ”

Sima Lang said with a wry smile: "Now that the combined strength of the northern and southern fronts exceeds 200,000, this is not counting the standing garrisons of the rear states and counties, how can so many soldiers and horses be supported with only one state?" If it weren't for the economic improvement in the past two years, a lot of grain has been raised from wealthy merchants and other states and counties, but I am afraid that the grain and grass would have been exhausted. ”

Lu Budao: "This is also why I don't take Guanzhong, but to seek Yizhou important reasons, although Guanzhong is fertile, but the population is large, all forces fight each other, and in recent years, it is not good to operate, can not solve my urgent needs, and Yizhou is not, not only has fertile fields for thousands of miles, although the population is not as crowded as Guanzhong, but the scholars are not as intertwined as Guanzhong, better for my use." ”

In this campaign against Yuan Shao, Lu Bu defeated Yuan Shao's main force, and originally had the opportunity to take advantage of the victory to pursue and seize the land of Yizhou in one fell swoop, but Cao Cao made a hindrance and led the army to look at his side, so that Lu Bu had to return to Anyi. At this time, he can only hope with Gao Shun and others, Gao Shun led the army of 100,000, and Xu Huang, Guo Yan, and Li Dao helped him, and the camp and heavy cavalry in his hands were all the elite in the hands of Lu Bu, I just hope that he will not live up to his expectations and can live up to his trust.

After leaving the barracks and returning to the house, his wife and children were already looking forward to it.

Lu Xing rushed into his father's arms, and after a few months, he had grown a lot taller, and said happily: "My father won the battle, can I have a prize?" ”

Lu Bu sighed in his heart, it was his wife's arms who welcomed him back from victory in the past, but now he has become a son, and the changes are indescribable, and he said with a smile: "In the end, I won the battle or you won the battle, why did you ask me for a prize?" ”

After all, he still took out a book from his hand as if he was magical, and said: "This is the book collected by Yuan Shao's strategist Guo Tu, it is said that it is a lost collection of Qu Yuan's poems, and I will bring it to you if you know that you like words." ”

Lu Xing was overjoyed, and when he got the poetry collection, he threw his father aside and read it with great interest.

Ruyi on the side was unhappy, pouting and saying, "My father has always been eccentric, and he only thinks about his younger brother." ”

Lu Bu smiled: "Nonsense, how could I forget you?" Look at what it is! ”

For example, when he saw the delicate little crossbow conjured out of thin air in his father's hand, he was very surprised, and he snatched it away, and he couldn't put it down, and said, "This is a crossbow arrow?" ”

Lu Budao: "At this time, the latest crossbow designed by Master Huang Chengyan himself is small and exquisite, and can fire three crossbow arrows at a time. ”

It's just that although the small crossbow is delicate and small, it is an adult soldier's weapon after all, and Ruyi is only seven or eight years old now, and it is a little difficult to hold it, but he still holds it in his hand with great interest and repeatedly compares.

His sons and daughters, girls love riding and shooting, and boys love poetry and books, which is really against the common sense of the world.

After sending a pair of children away, Lu Bu noticed that his beloved wife Yan Xiuli was leaning against the door and laughing, Lu Bu walked up to him and said, "Fortunately, Mrs., I am not in the house, and I still want you to bother to take care of all the affairs." ”

Yan Xiuli's eyes were slightly wet, and she said, "It's better than anything else for my husband to return safely." ”

Lu Bu took out a wild flower from his arms, but it was picked by the roadside, and at this time it was pressed into a flower cake in his arms, inserted it in his wife's hair, and said: "This time in the countryside, there is nothing valuable, only this heart, I hope that Mrs. will look beautiful and prosperous." ”

Yan Xiuli saw that he was flamboyant, not even older than before, she disliked him for being perfunctory, and only dealt with wildflowers, but her heart was infinitely sweet, and it was said that it was easy to get priceless treasures, and it was rare to have a lover, and she had a deep understanding of the situation.

Since Cao Cao learned that LΓΌ Bu had returned to Anyi and sat in Hedong, he knew that Hedong was already impregnable and had no chance to take advantage of it, so he ordered Xiahoudun, Xu Chu and others to deploy defenses along the riverbank and face LΓΌ Bu across the bank. Fortunately, when Lu Bu returned to the army, Yuan Shao had a chance to breathe, the war in the north could not be calmed down, and Lu Bu did not dare to open up the battlefield for a while.

After two months of holding on like this, it is the first month of the next year.

On this day, Sima Lang came to see Lu Bu with excitement on his face, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted with joy: "My lord is happy, this is the Gao Shun battle report that just came from Taiyuan." ”

Lu Bu had been worried about the battle on the northern front for a long time, and when he got the battle report, he hurriedly watched it carefully.

The battle report is Gao Shun's tone, which reads: "Our army entered from Shiyi and Handan, and attacked Zhending, Changshan, Julu and other places all the way, invincible, and attacked countless cities. Our army took advantage of the situation to go south and Yuan Shao personally led the army to fight in Qinghe, Yuan Shao was afraid of war, did not dare to do his best, was I broke through the camp, the general Jiang Yiqu sacrificed his life, Yuan Shao led Zhang He, Gao Lan and others to retreat to Yecheng. At this time, Yuan Shao's Yizhou had been captured by me, and his territory was divided into two, making it incommunicable with Youzhou in the north. Yuan Shao was intercepted by me in the south of Yizhou, and it was difficult to escape, but our department has now gathered Yuan Shao to surrender 50,000 troops, and the grain and grass are not enough. ”

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