Chen Gong and the others were already waiting outside the front hall door.

Lu Bu came, and they came forward to salute.

"Wen Hou went to Xu Du and everything went well?" Chen Gong asked.

"Coming to you is going to be a big deal." Lu Bu said: "Liu Xuande borrowed 5,000 troops from Cao Cao on the grounds of attacking Huainan and has already gone on the road. ”

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

Chen Gong asked, "When did it happen?" ”

"He left half a day before me." Lu Bu said: "I guess he deliberately made a detour to avoid the people sent by Cao Cao to pursue, so he came later than me." ”

"Even if it takes a detour, it shouldn't take more than two days." Yan Xiang said: "If Liu Xuande attacks Huainan, it will really be occupied by him......

"His purpose is not Huainan, but Xuzhou." Lu Bu said: "We have to prepare in advance, once Liu Bei comes, it is best to let him come and go!" ”

Looking at Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Ji Ling, Lu Bu asked, "Three generals, how is the conscription done?" ”

"Wen Hou's guess is right, Huainan does have a lot of refugees." Gao Shun replied: "We recruited Jingzhuang into the army, and everyone else was settled by the public platform. ”

"Jingzhuang was recruited into the army, was it forcibly arrested?" Lu Bu is still more concerned about whether the recruits are strong men or voluntarily join the army.

Soldiers who volunteer to serve in the army will most likely move forward bravely on the battlefield in order to survive with enough food to eat.

And the strong men who were forcibly captured, they didn't want to be soldiers in the first place.

Sending those people to the battlefield is nothing more than a recharge of numbers.

The Yellow Turbans have been in trouble for so many years, but they haven't become much of a climate, one is that they started with Taiping Road, and their roots are not deep.

The second reason was the lack of training of the Yellow Turbans, and when they encountered a disciplined army, it was impossible to quickly enter the battle, even if they were numerous.

The most important reason is not these, but that the Yellow Turban Army would take all the men and women away every place they went.

The people who are not far away from it go to the battlefield, how can they fight with their lives.

Several factors combined to doom the Yellow Turban Army to failure.

If Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and the others forcibly arrested Ding, Lu Bu really had to consider whether he could take those people to the battlefield.

"You don't have to catch Ding at all." Gao Shun replied: "We only said that we could have enough to eat, and every family would be resettled, with a field to grow and a house to live in, and most of the strong people followed." ”

The recruits were not recruited by arresting Ding, and Lu Bu was a lot more relieved.

He then asked, "How is the training of the recruits?" Is there any distribution of armor and weapons? ”

"Xiapi is very poor now, and the armor and weapons are not evenly distributed." Gao Shun replied, "Many recruits can only wear their original clothes. ”

"I'm about to go into battle, and I don't even have all the armor and weapons, do you want them to die?" Lu Bu said: "In any case, even if it is a debt, you have to buy all the weapons and armor in a short time. ”

Gao Shun didn't answer, but looked at Chen Gong.

Government affairs are all handled by Chen Gong, and weapons and armor involve the use of craftsmen, of course, Chen Gong has to do it.

Lu Bu's gaze also fell on Chen Gong's face.

"The government really doesn't have any money at all." Chen Gong was embarrassed: "Craftsmen also have to eat, I'm afraid I ...... if I don't give money."

"Tell them that once I defeat Liu Bei, all the expenses will be doubled." Lu Bu said: "I have to use extraordinary methods in extraordinary times, and I asked for some food from Xudu. It won't take long to send it to Xiapi, but I think the food hasn't arrived, and Liu Xuande must have come first. ”

"Cao Cao didn't beat us, but gave us back food?" Zhang Liao looked surprised.

Lu Bu pursed his lips: "There are no eternal allies and no eternal enemies in this world. I have the same interests as Cao Cao, and of course he will help me. ”

"What's more......" he smiled, and he continued: "Now I am engaged to him, and in a few years, Miss Cao will marry the Lu family." They have become in-laws with each other, and unless their interests are too deep, they will not easily move their swords. ”

Lu Bu mentioned that he and the Cao family became in-laws, and Chen Gong and Yan Xiang suddenly had an epiphany.

But Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Ji Ling were at a loss.

Miss Cao should still be young, and after a trip to Xudu, it was already an accident that Cao Cao didn't kill him, and she was able to get married to the Cao family......

"Congratulations to Wen Hou, the Cao family will do something in the future." Chen Gong bowed.

Yan Xiang followed and saluted.

Zhang Liao and the others were at a loss and didn't want to ask too much, so they had to follow and congratulate.

Just as Lu Bu guessed, Liu Bei led the army to leave Xudu.

In order to avoid the envoys that Cao Cao might have sent to ask him to return, he first advanced fifty miles to the east, then led his army north, and walked another one or two hundred miles before turning to the southeast.

Originally, he didn't have to go too far to be detoured like this, and walked an extra one or two hundred miles.

In the era of high-speed railways and bullet trains two thousand years later, one or two hundred miles is really nothing.

But in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when the transportation capacity was very backward, a hundred miles had to go for a long time.

And most of the officers and men in the army are infantry soldiers.

The armor and armor that each soldier carried were heavy.

The army was followed by the grain carts, and of course the speed was not too fast.

It had been three or four days since Lü Bu returned to Xiapi, and Liu Bei led his troops and horses into Xuzhou.

Entering Xuzhou, Liu Bei rushed all the way down.

On the day he led his troops into Xuzhou, Lu Bu got the news.

Since he couldn't pay the wages, Chen Gong only found more than a dozen craftsmen.

People are often selfish, knowing that Liu Bei led the army to come, once Xiapi is lost, many people will be implicated, but most craftsmen still only promise to occasionally help build weapons, but it is impossible to concentrate on labor.

More than a dozen craftsmen who were willing to work intensively were gathered together by Chen Gong and beat day and night.

Every day, a pile of weapons and armor is sent to the barracks, and more and more new recruits are equipped with weapons.

A few days later, Liu Bei advanced to a distance of no more than ten miles from Xiapi.

In the military camp in the city, Lu Bu also came to the school field.

Two thousand fully equipped recruits stood behind the queue of veterans.

Having never been on the battlefield, the recruits still seemed very uneasy, even though they were all volunteering in the army.

"Not long ago, we drove the enemy away from our doorstep, and a few days after the stoppage, someone came to the door again." His eyes wandered over the faces of the soldiers, and Lu Bu shouted: "Your homes are all in Xiapi, and once they invade, they will burn your houses, play with your women, beat your children, and eat your food." ”

He walked back and forth in front of the array, and the eyes of the soldiers shifted as he walked.

"Watching them break in and act recklessly, do you agree or not?" Lu Bu asked the soldiers loudly.

"No!" The thunderous response shook the sky.

The apprehensive recruits straightened their chests at the shout.

"It's good if you don't say yes." Turning to face the array, Lu Bu said: "Since you don't agree to let them in, go out with me and make them scared, so that they don't dare to come to Xuzhou again!" ”