Chapter 822 The Problem of Grain and Grass
Compared to Xu Huang, who was already extremely restless, Lu Bu's anxiety was even better, and what he was worried about was the opposite of Xu Huang.
The reason why Xu Huang was anxious was completely out of consideration for the battle situation.
As a general who is extremely loyal to the lord Cao Cao, Xu Huang has always believed that completing the tasks given to him by the main bus is the most important duty for him.
But Lu Bu did not give his loyalty to Cao Cao, and it can even be said that since he Lu Bu began to betray his first father-in-law, Ding Yuan, his loyalty has completely disappeared.
And devoting himself to Cao Cao's account is only a temporary expedient measure.
What's more, he and his first strategist, Chen Gong, were ready to rebel long before they surrendered to Cao Cao.
Since this is the case, whether the battle situation in Yangzhou is won or lost is completely indifferent to Lu Bu, what he is worried about is whether his ambition will be discovered by Cao Cao.
Otherwise, why is it that the grain and grass that should have been transported a long time ago can't even be seen by now?
The only thing that can be explained is that Cao Cao has realized that he has already rebelled against him.
Then it is very likely that he will have to face the army sent by Cao Cao to capture him.
But on the other hand, his current strength is almost negligible compared to Cao Cao.
Now there are only three or four generals under him, and they are all temporarily promoted from the army, and these people are simply useless in the face of Cao Cao's fierce generals.
Not to mention the widows, what makes Lu Bu even more frustrated is that even if he has been in the army for a long time, he can now be sure that the soldiers who will follow him, in addition to the hundreds of people he brought, there are less than five hundred!
The number of soldiers is the truest portrayal of himself now, how can such strength compete with Cao Cao?
Now once Cao Cao starts to do something to himself, he doesn't even need to spend too much effort, he only needs to send a brigade of partial divisions to nip his tiny strength in the bud!
Lu Bu hadn't slept for days, and he had been thinking about how he could escape with his family once things got to the worst.
But no matter how much he tried, he couldn't find a way out of this predicament.
So in the past few days, Lu Bu has become more and more anxious, he is afraid that suddenly one day the army sent by Cao Cao to arrest him will suddenly appear outside the camp.
At such a time, suddenly a junior colonel under Lu Bu walked in quickly, he first gave Xu Huang a fist salute, and then knelt down on one knee in front of Lu Bu and said loudly:
"General Qiyu, the team delivering the grain has arrived five miles outside the camp, and at most there is a cup of tea to arrive, but ......"
Before the little colonel finished speaking, Lu Bu couldn't hold back his mood, he rushed out of the side of the little colonel, and went straight to the gate of the big camp.
It was Xu Huang who followed him closely, and Xu Huang was also worried about the grain and grass in the past few days.
Although his worries were completely different from Lu Bu's, but without the grain and grass army, his heart would definitely be unstable, so he would not be able to fulfill the lord's entrustment to him this time.
Lu Bu and Xu Huang came to the camp gate of the camp one after the other, and they could already see a huge convoy outside the camp.
The convoy was made up of pack horses, and the stuff they pulled was what they needed most now.
This discovery made the two of them frown for the past few days and slowly relaxed.
But soon, the faces of Lu Bu and Xu Huang became ugly again.
Because they found that there was a problem with the length of the convoy that came this time, according to the previous delivery of more than a month's worth of military rations, the length of the convoy this time was reduced by half!
Xu Huang's first thought was, is there a problem in Qingzhou?
Otherwise, why would the lord reduce the supply of grain and grass to them, as for the lord who was suspicious of himself, Xu Huang couldn't believe it at all!
And Lu Bu's mood was much more complicated, originally when he heard that the grain and grass had arrived, he still wondered if he was a little worried these days.
But now it seems that Cao Cao has really become suspicious of himself.
Otherwise, why, not enough to distribute grain and grass to yourself?
Originally, the distribution of grain and grass for a month at a time was already very excessive, and in case something happened during the period, I didn't even have a way to deal with it.
But now Cao Cao has actually reduced his grain and grass distribution, if it weren't for the fact that this old man had become suspicious of himself, Lu Bu couldn't think of a reason for Cao Cao to do this!
At this point, Lu Bu was even more dissatisfied with Cao Cao, but now Lu Bu is no longer the reckless man who drew his sword against him when he disagreed, and he learned to hide his emotions under the guidance of Chen Gong.
So knowing that Cao Cao might have doubted himself, Lu Bu didn't show any dissatisfaction in front of Xu Huang at all, but just used silence to put pressure on Xu Huang.
In fact, the previous relationship between the two of them was already known to passers-by.
Don't look at the two complementing each other when fighting against the enemy, but this is all when Lu Bu has no disagreement with Cao Cao.
Once Lu Bu has a slight disagreement with Cao Cao, as long as Xu Huang is slightly aware, then Xu Huang will immediately organize the strength to take Lu Bu down directly!
This is also the reason why Cao Cao was relieved and sent Lu Bu to Yangzhou to fight.
Xu Huang is a nail that Cao Cao planted in Lu Bu's army, a nail that can kill Lu Bu at any time!
Xu Huang himself knows this, and Lu Bu is also very clear, so what Lu Bu has for Cao Cao has always been conveyed to Cao Cao through Xu Huang.
Only Xu Huang felt that Lu Bu's request was reasonable, and he would definitely convey it truthfully to his lord.
If Lu Bu's request couldn't even pass Xu Huang's level, then it would be impossible for this request to be sent to Cao Cao for him to decide.
Now Cao Cao gave himself so little food and grass that it was not enough to continue fighting.
Lu Bu decided to wait until the grain and grass arrived, and he sent Xu Huang to attack Shouchun.
Anyway, this is the right of his own commander, and Xu Huang has no reason to object at all.
At that time, in accordance with the rules of the army, he divided fifty percent of the grain and grass delivered this time to Xu Huang.
Once Xu Huang can't capture Shouchun City before the grain and grass are exhausted, even if he wants to engage in Xu Huang's military law, then Xu Huang can't say anything about himself, even if he wants to blame Xu Huang, he can only blame his master Cao Cao!
Thinking of this, Lu Bu made up his mind completely, and he just silently watched the team transporting grain and grass slowly approaching.
When the grain truck at the front had just arrived at the gate of the camp, Xu Huang beside Lu Bu suddenly rushed out.
Xu Huang's actions shocked Lu Bu's heart, could it be said that this was a signal that Xu Huang was going to do something to himself?
Not good!
He must react immediately, otherwise it will be too late by the time Xu Huang starts to act!