Chapter 457
Not only did Zhang Fei look at Lu Bu unpleasantly, but Lu Bu also didn't like Zhang Fei.
Different from the original world line, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang killed Lu Bu, in this world line, perhaps because the appearance of Yan Shao changed history, so that the feat of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang did not succeed, but became Lu Bu's subordinates.
For a warrior, the defeated general obviously does not need to pay too much attention.
It's just that Zhang Fei, a defeated general, doesn't even have a little self-knowledge, he jumps quite well in front of his eyes, and repeatedly speaks disrespectfully to him, which is how can Lu Bu, who is not very broad-minded, endure it???
It's just that at that time, Lu Bu sent people under the fence, and he couldn't help but rely on Liu Bei's snort to live, and even Xiao Pei, who was entrenched, was given to him by others.
In this case, no matter how much Lu Bu dislikes Zhang Fei, he can't show it, but Zhang Fei is also Liu Bei's sworn brother. Don't see Xuzhou, Liu Bei seems to be very welcoming and polite to Lu Bu on the surface, that's just a job of face, there is really a problem, Liu Bei's top priority must be his brother.
If there is a conflict, it will definitely be Lu Bu who will really suffer.
During the period of time that Xiao Pei was stationed, Lu Bu had always endured himself, and after Yan Shao had a conflict with Lu Bu, Lu Bu chose to support Yan Shao without thinking about it, in addition to Yan Shao being quite good to him before, there were also factors in this regard.
Now it's good, before he can make trouble, Zhang Fei actually humiliated his father-in-law in public at the banquet.
It depends on the owner to beat the dog, not to mention that Zhang Fei is still his father-in-law, if he doesn't even react, how will Lu Bu raise his head in the future?
Originally, Lu Bu turned his back on Liu Bei, but he still hesitated a little. At least on the bright side, Liu Bei was still relatively good to him, so he had no reason to do it, and he betrayed two lords in a row, and he carried the infamy of three family slaves on his back, and Lu Bu was also a little bored.
Zhang Fei is such a hand, it is really a combination of new hatred and old hatred. The hatred of the pull was so dead that he didn't hesitate at all.
When Chen Gong came out of the room, looking at the empty room, Lu Bu gritted his teeth and smiled. "Ring-eyed thief, this time I came to see how you plan to explain to Liu Bei."
Now, the capture of Xiapi has become a secondary matter, and what he is looking forward to seeing is what Zhang Fei looks like in front of Liu Bei after losing Xiapi.
After returning from Chang'an, he got the thousands of prisoners of war of the Xiliang army, which greatly increased Lu Bu's strength. Those prisoners of war were the elite of many battles, and they were definitely stronger than the soldiers and horses recruited in Xiaopei. In addition, during this period of time, Gao Shun and other generals under Lu Bu's account have been practicing day by day, and the run-in has been very fast.
Chen Gong just went out and gave orders, Gao Shun and other generals had already begun to gather soldiers and horsesββββ Lu Bu had already prepared almost before, especially grain and grass, and it had been prepared for a long time, so there was no need to waste too much time to gather the soldiers and horses.
At the same time, Chen Gong also sent someone to Xiapi to contact the Cao family and prepare for the matter.
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The affairs of the Cao family are actually very easy to handle, because of Cao Bao, they can be resentful of Zhang Fei, and after Cao Bao woke up, he was also thinking about avenging his son-in-law. He had already contacted Lu Bu about the matter before, but now it was just a matter of course.
Over there, Zhang Fei didn't take the matter to heart after humiliating Cao Bao, and he didn't even have any remedial measures. Only Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and others felt that something was not good, so they sent someone to secretly send a letter to Liu Bei who was on the front line and informed Liu Bei of the matter. Unfortunately, the letter was not delivered at the right time.
At that time, Liu Bei's situation was not very good, and he had fallen into an obvious disadvantage on the battlefield. Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were in a hurry, didn't have the heart to care about this matter at all, and they didn't even pay much attention to the content of the letter. When Mingjin withdrew his troops, he even forgot all about the letter, and patronized how to redeem the occupation.
Chen Deng and Mi Zhu's thoughts can be said to have been completely wasted.
And...
To be honest, even if Liu Bei and Guan Yu really read the above content? And how?
Could it be that Zhang Fei will be punished for this incident? Even if they really decided to punish them, they would wait until they returned to Xiapi.
At this time, the two of them didn't think about what kind of consequences this incident would bring.
Two days later, late at night...
On the wall of Xiapi, the defenders swayed back and forth, but it was late at night, and the torches did not illuminate the distance too far. Even if the guards in charge of the patrol tried their best to look out, they could at most see a few scattered distances. Considering that a significant proportion of people in this era suffer from night blindness, it is somewhat futile.
The success of many night raids in history also has something to do with this.
Maybe it was because the soldiers on the city wall also knew that their patrols were somewhat futile, or it was because they felt that their work was actually meaningless, the location of Xiapi was so safe, and Liu Bei was confronting the Qingzhou army in the north, so it was difficult for the enemy to bypass such a large area as Donghai County and directly attack Xiapi, so those soldiers were not particularly attentive when patrolling.
However, the state of the soldiers on the other side of the city gate is somewhat different.
Unlike the lazy soldiers on the city wall, who wrapped themselves tightly and occasionally chatted about boring topics, the soldiers at the city gate were not only well-dressed, but also had weapons in their hands, and their expressions were even more nervous, especially the person who was the leader, walking back and forth, with an anxious look written all over his face.
Not only those inside the city gate, but also on the city gate tower above the city gate, there are even more soldiers with expectant looks, constantly looking into the distance.
As if expecting something to appear, the rest of the people were nervous.
Just as the night was getting darker, a little fire suddenly appeared in the distance.
At first, the person on the gatehouse still felt that it was not his own delusion. After all, if you keep staring into the depths of the night, you will still be more or less prone to illusions. But after he realized that it was not his delusion, he quickly took out a torch from the fire next to him and shook it back and forth.
Soon, the distant firelight also responded.
After receiving the response, the man immediately became excited.
"Quick, you take it, I'll go down and report the news to the fourth master."
As he spoke, he handed the torch to a person next to him, and he quickly went down from the top of the city gate, and in a short time, he had come to the depths of the city gate.
The person inside the city gate, when he was the most nervous, heard such a dense footsteps, and immediately pulled out the saber on his waist with a nervous expression, and looked in the direction where the voice came from, even if the voice was obviously a person. It wasn't until the firelight illuminated the figure of the person who came, so that he could see the appearance of the person clearly, that he was completely relieved.
"How's it going, is there any news?"
"Yes," the man replied quickly. Fourth master, the signal is coming! β
Hearing this, the person known as the fourth master also breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around and shouted at the people behind him. "Quick, hurry up and open the city gates for me!"
Then he spoke to the man who had come to tell the news. "Go, you run up again."
"Yes!"
After the man left, the man who stayed behind smiled as he looked at the city gate that was gradually being opened.
"Zhang Fei, I see if you can still laugh this time."
The person in charge of opening the city gate is none other than the Cao family.
Before Liu Bei became the ruler of Xuzhou, the first military general in Xuzhou was always Cao Bao himself. The power is extremely powerful, and the influence is all over the entire Xuzhou army. Liu Bei has been in charge for a short time, even if he works hard to let his two sworn brothers take over the military affairs of Xuzhou, it is not possible to do it in such a short time. What's more, they also need to be careful of the backlash between the Cao family and some other families.
Among the soldiers and horses stationed in Xiapi, a considerable part of the soldiers and horses were influenced by the Cao family, and many of the soldiers and horses were essentially the Cao family's private army.
In the city wall of Xiapi, one-third of the city gate is also in charge of the Cao family, and I have to say that Zhang Fei did not do a good job this time.
What made the Cao family hate the most was that after beating Cao Bao, maybe it was because they knew that Lu Bu was actually the son-in-law of the Cao family. Zhang Fei, who was already very dissatisfied with Lu Bu, also hated the Cao family, and in the past few days, I don't know how many times he has made things difficult for the Cao family.
Originally, what Zhang Fei damaged was only Cao Bao alone, but now it is all the Cao family. Now that the people of the Cao family are taking revenge, there is really no burden at all.
In the silent city, the sound of the city gate being opened is quite loud, if there are other people around at this time, I am afraid that it will be heard immediately, but unfortunately, there are many people around the city gate now, but they are all people from the Cao family, many of them are the private army of the Cao family, even if they hear it, what can they do?
However, looking at the open city gate, the group of people still became nervous.
If someone finds out, what will happen to them...
At this moment, there was a gentle sound of horses' hooves, and suddenly came, and the first one to jump into everyone's eyes was a mighty general riding on a crimson war horse, with a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, and a seeping silver light under the light of the torch. Behind him, along with several other generals in Lu Bu's army, came in.
"Wen Hou!"
Seeing this person, everyone hurriedly stepped forward to worship.
Lu Bu saw it and nodded unhurriedly. "Where's the father-in-law?"
"The head of the family is still resting at home because he is unwell, but he has already ordered us to be responsible for assisting Wen Hou..."
The man hurriedly said deferentially.
In terms of attitude, it can be regarded as very deferential.
"That's good..."Lu Bu nodded when he heard this, and then turned back to the soldiers and horses under his command and said. Sons, let Zhang Fei, that ring-eyed thief, see how powerful we are! β
The soldiers and horses under Lu Bu's command were all proud soldiers, and when they heard this, they immediately cheered, and under the leadership of several other generals under Lu Bu, they killed along the road. But after a while, the flames were everywhere, and the shouts of killing woke up the whole city. Looking at the cavalry galloping on the street, the people closed the doors and windows in a panic, for fear of attracting the attention of outsiders. Some people hid under the bed in fear.
In the Chen family's mansion, Chen Deng was busy with official business.
Liu Bei was busy in front, and he was also busy to death. A war is not just a matter of the front, it is also about logistics.
Now the logistics are managed by Chen Deng and Mi Zhu, of which Mi Zhu is mainly responsible for raising materials and routes, as for Chen Deng...
He is responsible for security and other aspects, after all, after the materials are raised, how to safely send them to the front line is also a knowledge. The Qingzhou cavalry is famous all over the world, and Xuzhou has no soldiers and horses to compare, if Yan Shao sent all the Qingzhou cavalry out to harass Xuzhou's rear road, you can imagine how serious the problem should be.
If you are not careful, it is very likely that not even a single grain will be safely delivered to the front line.
Just when Chen Deng was busy, a light suddenly appeared outside the window, followed by a burst of shouts and killings.
Chen Deng secretly screamed in his heart/"Oh no." Pushing open the window and looking, I saw that half of the city had been shrouded in firelight, and around the Chen Mansion, the shouts of killing were even more dense.
At this time, someone from outside ran in in a panic and said to Chen Deng. "Master, no, there is a troop of soldiers and horses who don't know where they came from, killed from outside, and now they are advancing along the roads in the city, and many places in the city have been occupied."
Unlike Chen Deng's side, the Mi family got more comprehensive information.
At least unlike Chen Deng, Mi Zhu clearly knew that this group of soldiers and horses who suddenly appeared in the city were from Xiliang...
Why would you know?
Because of the accent, of course.
Mijia is a business family, business throughout most of the world, among the customers there are also Xiliang, Xiliang accent is no stranger, now there are a bunch of Xiliang people in the city, of course, it is easy to judge.
But whether it can be judged or not, at least one thing is still very clear, that is, they can't do anything.
It's not that they don't have any troops in the city that can be mobilized, at least everyone will have a lot of guards and guards, but there is no way to compare with Lu Bu's soldiers and horses. If you are strong, of course it is best to win, and if you lose, I am afraid that you will be beheaded by the whole house.
But the most troublesome thing at the moment is not them, because no matter who occupies Xuzhou, as long as they don't work against the people in power, there won't be much trouble, and the most troublesome person now is Zhang Feicai...
When Lu Bu led the army into the city, Zhang Fei was sleeping soundly on the bed. Even when the shouting of killing had spread throughout the city, Zhang Fei was still sleeping to death, and it was not until the subordinates in his house pushed him awake that he finally woke up.
It's just that...
Looking at the firelight outside the window and the shouting and killing around him, Zhang Fei, who is usually very thoughtful, became unsure of what to do at this time...