Chapter 7: True and False Li Kui
At the end of February 199 AD, LΓΌ Bu had just repelled Cao Cao and began to march south against Chen Deng, and the army went all the way, and the counties and towns along the way surrendered, and entered the Guangling territory within two days.
Lu Bu sat leisurely in the carriage, and his ambition made Chen Gonggan anxious.
Chen Gong hurriedly said: "Lord, ten miles ahead is Guangling County. β
Lu Bu got up and sat down, and scolded in a low voice: "What did Gao Shun do, didn't he let him slow down and run so fast!" β
"Gongtai, give orders to go down, camp on the spot, and stop marching."
Chen Gong asked puzzledly: "Lord, the soldiers are very fast, and such a delay doesn't make Chen Deng take precautions!" β
Lu Bu said to himself: "Gongtai, how many days are there for the New Year?" β
"The day after tomorrow!"
Lu Bu said with a sullen wry smile: "It's really a pain in idleness, the year is not good, the public desk wrote a letter, telling Chen Deng that Xiapi was robbed and flooded, and the soldiers were hungry and cold, and there was nowhere to go, so he asked him to prepare cotton clothes, grain and grass, and send them to the camp on the day of Keri." β
Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu hesitantly, feeling that he had misheard.
Lu Bu said jokingly: "The public station will do it, I am going to get off the car to move my muscles, and I have been lying in this carriage for a day and a night, and I am tired to death." β
Chen Gong had no choice but to comply, in his opinion, this kind of child's play may not work.
Guangling County
Chen Deng hugged his old father and said worriedly: "Father, have you heard that the Lu thief has led troops to kill?" β
Chen Qi said in an old-fashioned manner: "Are you afraid? β
"I'd rather be broken than broken, I don't know who will kill the deer, and the child will definitely let him return it in vain."
Chen Jue was happy and said approvingly: "Lu Bu is a martial artist, perverse, he will die sooner or later, my son doesn't have to panic, the old man has a plan to let Lu Bu retreat by himself." β
"Please teach me, Father."
Chen Jue said slowly: "Xuzhou is initially decided, there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals, you send a henchman to see Yuan Shu, Yangzhou has been in drought for many years, and there is no harvest, Yuan Shu has long wanted to go north to return to Yuan Shao, you clearly intend to join forces with the two families to carve up Xuzhou, Yuan Shu should send troops to attack Xu, and open up the only way to go north." β
Chen Deng agreed, got up and retired, and ordered his subordinates to do it.
As soon as the letter sent to Shouchun left the city, Chen Deng received a letter from Lu Bu, and said with a smile: "This Lu Bumo is not crazy, he actually asked the official to send him cotton clothes, grain and grass, which is extremely ridiculous!" β
"Where is Lu Bu's army stationed?"
The county lieutenant replied: "Ten miles away from the city, I will camp in the morning, and I can't figure it out!" β
Chen Deng instructed: "Don't be careless, send more scouts to monitor, don't fall for Lu Bu's tricks." β
"No!"
The county lieutenant took the order and left, and the county man said: "My lord, I heard that Chen Gong, a strategist under Lu Bu, is thoughtful and vicious, so you must guard against it. β
Chen Deng despised and said: "The dog who lost his family, don't be afraid, you quickly go to prepare materials for defending the city, this time I want to make Lu Bu look good." β
"No!"
With the retirement of the county minister, Chen Deng had another plan, and hurriedly put pen to paper: The prime minister personally opened, and the micro-minister Chen Deng reported that Lu Bu had sent troops to Guangling, and the thieves were strong, and it was difficult to be thoughtful.
After Chen Deng finished writing, he sealed the fire paint and called his henchman and said: "You go out of the city immediately, go to Xudu quickly, and present the letter to the prime minister, there must be no mistake."
The house slave knew that the matter was urgent, bowed down to receive the order, and took a fast horse in the house, and went out of the city to Xudu.
Compared with Chen Deng's foresight, Lu Bu seemed ridiculous, the army had been repaired for almost a day, and there was no movement for a long time, and at this time he actually set up a ring in the army.
There is a roast fat pig in the ring, the aroma is fragrant, and the saliva is gluttonous.
Lu Bu looked at the results of his labor for most of the day, and laughed loudly: "This pig is cooked by Benhou himself, and eating a bite can make people reminisce for half a year, and they are extremely happy." If you want to eat meat, you can eat it with an open stomach as long as you can beat one of the ten people in front of you, but the ugly words are ahead, and there will definitely be no good meat to eat when it is too late. β
The ten people in front of the ring are the elite of Gao Shun's camp, and the kung fu of naked hand-to-hand combat is not to say that one is a hundred, but dozens of people can't help them.
Gao Shun said coldly from the front of the elite: "If you lose the face of the camp, get out yourself." β
Lu Bu said before the game that if all ten people in the camp are defeated, they will be punished for half a month and will not be allowed to open meat. This is not simply about eating meat or not, but rising to fame and strength.
Up, or not, the subordinate soldiers began to hesitate, and suddenly one of them said loudly: "I want to try!" β
A swarthy man stepped into the ring and said to Lu Bu: "Prince, as long as you can defeat one of them, you can eat meat." β
Lu Bu smiled and said: "Yes, no matter how tall or short, fat or thin, you choose." β
The big black man pointed to a short elite and said, "This brother, I haven't eaten a few bites of good meat since I was a child, it's really important to be gluttonous, and I'm offended." β
After speaking, the iron fist roared out, hitting the chest of the short elite, the short elite turned around and avoided it, followed the fist, and smacked the black man's back, the black man ate a punch, and said with a smile: I have rough skin and thick meat, don't get in the way, look at the fist.
Another heavy punch came, the short elite didn't dare to be careless, and took a hard move, who knew that this fight was as big as a cow, and he was shocked by his own numbness, and his heart was more cautious.
After more than 20 moves, although the black man received a few punches, he became more and more courageous, and the momentum of the short elite gradually weakened, and he could no longer keep up.
"Pour!"
The big black man roared, like a bison knocking the short elite to the ground alive, and said with a smile: I'm sorry.
Lu Bu saw it clearly, his heart was overjoyed, and he asked, ", do you have a name?" β
"Back to Junhou, villain Li Kui."
Lu Bu's expression changed, and he said secretly: Li Kui? Could that guy be from the Song Dynasty? Also crossed? What a coincidence, this person is also called Li Kui.
Li Kui replied: "The villain was born in a barbarian clan, and my grandmother wanted me to be nine elders for a long time, so she took this name." β
Chen Gong replied on the side: "Nine Shou Kui." β
Lu Bu was relieved and said approvingly: "You are very good, you have eaten this meat, and when you are full, come to me in the camp." β
Lu Bu turned around and said a few words to Chen Gong, and then went back to the camp, his stay here somewhat increased the coercion of the soldiers, so it was better to hand over this place to Gao Shun and Chen Gong to preside, so that they could be more indulgent.
Watching Li Kui eat meat, with this butterfly effect, the soldiers at the bottom couldn't bear it anymore, and volunteered to challenge, and they wouldn't lose their heads if they lost anyway.
From the afternoon until dark, more than 500 people came on the field to challenge, only 30 people won, and every ten rounds a group of elites in the camp were replaced.
The thirty people selected ate the roast fat pig as they wished, and the taste was really unusual, spicy and delicious, and they had never eaten so delicious.
Just because the roast fat pig was smeared with various accessories by Lu Bu, this cooking technique was still unheard of in this era at that time, ordinary people couldn't even eat salt, where did they still have the heart to engage in these bells and whistles, cinnamon bay leaves are also medicinal.
In the big tent, Li Kui was half-kneeling, looking at Lu Bu with sincere fear, for fear that Lu Bu would kill him repeatedly.
"Li Kui, you are willing to be Benhou's pawn."
Li Kui didn't want to think about it, and replied: "The villain is willing, the villain is willing, the villain must serve the prince before and after the saddle, and serve the red rabbit horse." β
Looking at Li Kui with elm head, Lu Bu glanced at him, and said angrily: "Get out of here, let Mr. Gongtai tell you the etiquette." β
Li Kui thought that he had committed another big crime, which made Lu Bu unhappy, and apologized for his sins before getting up and retreating with Chen Gong.
"Sir, does the prince think I'm clumsy."
Li Kui asked stiffly.
Chen Gong smiled and said, "How do you know that the prince asked you to feed the red rabbit horse?" β
Li Kui replied: "The prince asked me to be a pawn of the horse, didn't I go to feed the horse." β
Chen Gong knew that he was simple-minded and not suspicious, so he said solemnly: "The prince intends to promote you, and you will follow the prince in the future, now you can understand." β
Li Kui patted his head, his heart was overjoyed, and he turned around and thanked Chen Gongqian: "Thank you Mr. for your advice." β