February, Xuzhou.

The night wind is cold and blows through the city, whimpering through most of the houses and streets in Xiapi, from time to time there is the sound of beating the watch in the night, occasionally a dog barks in a certain courtyard, the lights are also turned on, and people's words are scolding their dogs.

The sound of beating the watch passed a mansion, and the soldiers on both sides of the gate watched the husband with weapons as he went away from the light of the lantern, and crossed the courtyard, in a certain room of the mansion, the lights were bright and bright, and the middle-aged strategist named Chen Gong was holding a wine cup to drink with the new lord of Xuzhou. In the hall, there are two kneeling seats on the other side, one is Li Su, a fellow villager of the lord, who first instigated Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan and voted for Dong Zhuo, and then killed Dong Zhuo with Wang Yun, Shi Sun Rui and others in Chang'an.

In the original trajectory, he should have counterattacked Chang'an with Guo Yan, Li Dao and other Xiliang generals, fought against Niu Fu, and was killed by Lu Bu after the defeat, but the trajectory was offset at the beginning, and Guo and Li counterattacked in advance, resulting in Lu Bu not fighting with the Xiliang army, he was defeated and fled back to Chang'an, and was wrapped in chaos and fled to Xuzhou with Lu Bu.

Next to Li Su was a sturdy young man, named Sima Yi, who was much worse than the three people here in terms of age, probably because this was not a formal occasion, and of course there was another layer of identity, the disciple of Wenhou Lu Bu. Originally from a famous family, full of classics, after the family suffered a misfortune, fortunately was rescued by Lu Bu passing by, soon after recovering from the injury, he worshiped the unparalleled flying general Lu Bu in the martial arts world as a teacher, and now with his intelligence and intelligence, in just one or two years, he has also made great progress in learning art, and sometimes he will learn strategies and military experience from generals such as Chen Gong and Zhang Liao, and gradually received Lu Bu's attention and began to contact the core level.

In the current banquet, the thing he talked about was not this young man, nor Li Su, but about Yuan Shu's opinion on sending envoys over to the alliance.

“.…… Some time ago, Chen Deng and his son asked Wen Hou not to unite with Yuan Shu, the palace did not agree at this point, if Yanzhou did not move, it was also feasible, and now Cao Cao's soldiers have made it clear, it is very unfavorable for Wen Hou to just take Xuzhou, at this time to refuse Yuan Shu's kindness, the situation, is likely to fall into a crisis of encirclement on both sides. ”

Chen Gong's words stopped as the wine cup fell. He had been in Cao Ying, maybe his ambition was not extended, or for different reasons, he rebelled with Chen Liuzhang Miao, but unfortunately the plan was about to succeed, but Cao Cao killed a horse gun, everything was wasted, after coming to Xuzhou, he made a lot of future plans for Lu Bu, Cao Cao in the west, Yuan Shu in the southwest, and Liu Miao in the south, naturally he would not go to Yuan Shao to ask for pleasure in the Northern Expedition to Qingzhou, and Shouchun Yuan Shu, the place is rich, and the soldiers dare not say that they are elite, but the grain must be enough, and they really want to fight, and they can't afford to stay up for a long time. It is also possible to create a sneak attack for Cao Cao in the west, as for Liu Xuan, it will be across the river, think about it, and finally stay on Cao Cao in Yanzhou.

Lu Bu held the empty wine bowl and listened quietly, the candle flame burned quietly, illuminating his face and extinguishing it, and after a moment of silence, he raised his head and put down the bowl.

"Why does the public station think that Cao Cao's action this time is to crusade against Xuzhou? Why not Wancheng Zhang Xiu? ”

A deep voice asked.

Over there, Chen Gong closed his eyes and stroked his beard: "Since the beginning of spring, if you crusade against Wancheng to avenge the loss of his son, it is reasonable, but why do you need so much baggage to attack Wancheng Zhang Xiu, don't forget, the news that Gongsun Zhi was trapped in Xu Du a few years ago has now been released again, and the purpose of making such a move is already obvious." ”

"Chen Jue and Chen Deng almost mistook me!"

Bang! The fist smashed on a few cases, Lu Bu stood up angrily, walked a few steps back and forth, and raised his hand: "That day, the father and son also asked me to tie up the messenger of the former general Yuan Shu and send it to Xu Du to ask for a reward, and now Cao Cao is going to fight over, what reward do you want, the public platform immediately contacted Yuan Shu, and I Xuzhou is willing to join forces with him to fight against Cao thief." ”

"Yes!"

Chen Gong gave up his hand, and was not in a hurry to leave, got up and walked to the middle, "Wen Hou, there is one more thing, although it is known that Cao Cao and Gongsun have stopped moving, but Wen Hou still needs some time to train the soldiers and horses, you can send one person to Xu Du to maneuver, it is best to delay for a while, and when Wen Hou and the former general's soldiers and horses are in order, even if Cao Mengde wants to fight, he will weigh one or two." ”

In the words of conversation, Li Su buried his head in eating and drinking, for such a thing, he could hardly say, when the long chopsticks picked up a piece of meat, he suddenly found that the hall became quiet, looking up, the tall and mighty body covered the light, standing nearby, Sima Yi and Chen Gong's eyes had all looked at this side, he put down his chopsticks, "....... Is this all over? ”

"You go on an envoy to Xudu."

"Yes...... Na Su went to buy some time for Wen Hou. Li Su stubbornly got up and gave his hand.

Looking at his fellow villagers, Lu Bu patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction: "You are good at lobbying, you will definitely be able to handle this matter well, but you must remember to be careful of Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhi, these two people are not easy to get along, if you can delay for a month, I will let you take charge of the army alone." ”

"That'...... If these two people don't listen to Su, then how should Su get out? ”

Lu Bu turned around and strode back to the long case, and waved his hand heroically: "If the two armies don't fight, they won't ruin your life, and you will naturally retreat at that time." ”

After explaining and discussing some things, Chen Gong and Li Su said goodbye and left. Lu Bu took the two of them outside, he stood under the eaves for a while, the cold wind hit his face, taking away some drunkenness, the footsteps behind him approached, and the sturdy young man came out of it and looked at the master's back: "...... Master, it's really going to war, can Yi go to war? I will not embarrass Master. ”

"Although your martial arts have improved, you are still far from competing with the world's heroes."

The man shrouded in the light of the lantern under the eaves, looking at the dark sky with his hands behind his back, seemed to have a kind of momentum of looking at everything, and his voice unfolded majestically: "....... I, Lu Bu, have not yet been reduced to using a teenager to fight, don't mention this matter again, take good care of your family, and take care of your master and Lingqi. ”

Maybe the effect of drinking some wine, the young man had a little complicated feelings of unwillingness, he clenched his fists under his sleeves, looked at the back of leaving after speaking, and finally let go, the man named Master has an enviable wife and daughter, and a subordinate who follows him with all his heart......

But what about me...... Families are ruined...... Where can my Sima Yi's path go......

The boy looked at the lantern hanging under the eaves, and his eyes became confused.

At the same time, on the head of Lujiang City, the remaining flames were still burning, a large flag of Sun Zi was planted in the city tower, and the corpses and dark red blood were being wiped away in the cleaning of the soldiers.

In the past, he was struggling under Yuan Shu's command, but now, the invincible figure of his father in his memory resurfaces in his mind.

"Father...... Baby, you'll be proud! ”

Thunder rang out in the black sky.

……

Yangzhou Shouchun, black clouds press the city, there seems to be rain.

In the brightly lit mansion, in the joy of silk and bamboo, Yuan Shu put down the wine bottle, looked at the warbler Yanyan in the middle, the long-sleeved dancing courtesan, wiped the wine stains on the short beard with drunken eyes, and smiled at Yan Xiang, the main bookkeeper on the side: "It's ridiculous that Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhi conspired to Xuzhou, don't you know that I have an alliance with Lu Bu." ”

"The lord is far away, and he can't be as good as it."

"But it's a great honor to let those three family slaves climb my Yuan family. I know that Lu Bu only has one daughter under his knees, let him marry this daughter to my son, and after him, Xuzhou will be owned by me without a single soldier. Yuan Shu laughed out loud and explained the metaphor behind the marriage to the civil and military forces around him.

At this moment, he even faintly saw that Xuzhou had been sent to him by Lu Bu......

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March, Xudu.

Li Su, who was originally from Xuzhou, Xudu, brought a large number of carts loaded with gifts, part of which was given to Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and the other part, sent to Sikong Mansion, met Cao Cao, and also visited various ministers in the court, and made excuses, hoping to give Lu Bu the official position of Xuzhou Assassin.

However, soon after, he set his next target on the military camp outside the city - Gongsun Zhi.

I want to leave the last step of the trip.

"The trip to Xudu....... It's not that hard. He sat in the carriage and staggered to himself.