Chapter 15: Where to Go From Here
A winter snow adds a touch of chill to the already warming climate, and the early morning mist has not yet cleared. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Next to the official road, a hare with its two forelimbs was digging the snow on the ground to feed, and did not notice a hungry wolf quietly approaching it.
The hungry wolf had obviously been hungry for a long time, and at this moment he looked at the fat hare in front of him with greedy eyes, and was about to pounce on it and enjoy this delicious meal, when suddenly, a pair of wolf eyes suddenly widened, turned his head to look, and at the same time the hare seemed to notice the noise, and looked in the direction of the official road.
It was the early morning when the morning sun was born, and there was still a thin layer of mist in the air, and at the end of the official road, faintly, there was a dull thunder, and a group of cavalry appeared at the end of the line of sight, looking from a distance, like a torrent, with a power that crushed everything, rushing towards this side.
The wolf shuddered, turned around and ran, and the hare slipped into the hole in the snow that he had dug out, leaving only a shaggy ass shivering in the cold wind.
"Sigh law ~" Lu Bu pulled the reins of the horse, and more than 500 cavalrymen behind him pulled up the reins of the horse at the same time, although the movements were not neat, but they all showed good riding skills, these 500 people were the most elite group of people under Lu Bu's command, and they were selected by Lu Bu from thousands of troops and horses one by one, and were divided into Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Hao Zhao and his own command, as for how to choose, it was naturally the result of screening one by one by insight.
"Lord, we have been running for more than an hour, and it is impossible for Cao Jun to catch up." Gao Shun rode his horse to Lu Bu's side, turned his head to look at Xiapicheng, which was no longer visible, and took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
"Let's rest for a while and eat some dry food." Lu Bu nodded, turned over and dismounted, bent down and picked up a handful of snowflakes from the ground and wiped them on his face, the cold snowflakes melted on his face, and the chill that instantly emanated soaked under his skin, making Lu Bu's originally somewhat chaotic mind clear up in an instant.
"Where is this?" Turning their heads to look at Chen Gong, they just chose the opposite direction to Cao Bao and them, as for the destination, Lu Bu didn't know, even in the previous life, in the era of advanced information, he had the ability to get lost, let alone now.
"Yemapo, five hundred miles to the east is the boundary of Donghai County." Chen Gong followed Lu Bu's example and washed his face with snow, and found that this method was not bad.
"Tokai?" Lu Bu looked at the east, smiled bitterly and shook his head, what is the East China Sea and the West Sea, now it is Cao Cao's territory.
Lu Lingqi turned over and dismounted, came to Lu Bu's side, and asked in a low voice: "Dad, Xiaoniang just asked me to ask, where are we going now?" ”
Lu Bu has three wives, the wife is a powerful daughter of a family in Bingzhou, Yan's, that is, Lu Lingqi's biological mother, in the previous bumps, unbearable to run around, not long after arriving in Xiapi, he died of incense, and his predecessor was also discouraged because of this, did not listen to good advice, and finally caused everyone to rebel and leave, if it were not for Lu Bu's coincidence to possess him, now I am afraid that the corpse will also stink.
There is also a flat wife Cao, who is Cao Bao's sister, Lu Bu first came to Xuzhou, in order to consolidate his position and marry with Cao, it is a political marriage, and the feelings are also the lightest, and he has disappeared when Xuzhou fell before, as for Diao Chan, although the entry is earlier than Cao's, but because of identity problems, she has always been a concubine, and she is also the only woman Lu Bu follows now, which is the little lady in Lu Lingqi's mouth.
Counting, Lu Bu can be regarded as one of the few good men of the Gu family during the Three Kingdoms period, no matter the rise or fall, he will take his women with him, but unfortunately, Lu Bu has been in a state of displacement since the fall of Chang'an, and finally took Xuzhou, but he was driven out by Cao Cao after not sitting for long.
Where to?
Lu Bu sighed, casually broke a dead branch on the ground, this is also the most confused place for him now, if ten years earlier, the princes of the world are fighting, Lu Bu has a lot of ideas, and there are many places that can be used as the foundation of his life, for example, Jiangdong at that time was in a state of chaos, in addition, the land of Yongliang is also a good choice, no matter how bad it is, it can also compete with Zhang Xiu for the ownership of Nanyang, although it is sandwiched between Cao Cao and Liu Biao, it can also be left and right, with Lu Bu's ability, it may not be impossible to find a place to survive between the cracks.
It's a pity that he crossed the most desperate time for Lu Bu, and it was also when Lu Bu ran out of gas, Jiangdong already had a master, although Sun Ce was not treated by the Jiangdong family, but at least people were still from Jiangdong, not to mention that Lu Bu didn't understand water warfare, even if he did, even if he killed Sun Ce, it was impossible for the Jiangdong family gate valve to accept himself, identity, first of all, is a chasm, don't look at Lu Bu is now General Wei and Wen Hou, the official is the best, but in the eyes of those reborn gate valves, Lu Bu is also a mud leg, wanting to integrate into this circle, It is impossible to accumulate more than three generations.
Lu Bu now has only two ways to go, the first is to attach himself to a certain prince, but with Lu Bu's glorious past and the dismal end of Lu Bu's past lords, looking at the world, how many princes dare to take him in? Lu Bu himself didn't dare.
As for the second way, it is to find a place where the strength of the family gate valve is relatively weak to pull the mountain and erect a pole, and wait for the times to change, the battle of Guandu and the battle of Chibi are not without the opportunity for him to exert his strength, but such a place is really difficult to find, and even if he really finds it, Lu Bu must find a way to ease the relationship with the family as soon as possible, otherwise, the final result will only be to dominate one side, and if he wants to compete in the world, without the support of the family, it is impossible to complete it.
This is the rule of the game, any world exists, and if you want to have the power to go beyond this rule, you first have to get close to it and use its power.
"Gongtai, what do you think?" After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Bu couldn't think of a suitable place, so he could only look at Chen Gong, the chief strategist under his command.
"Cao Cao shouldn't stay and continue to deal with us." Chen Gong touched his beard and pondered: "So at present, we are still safe, with the power of Wen Hou, if Cao Jun withdraws, no one in Xuzhou can trap him." ”
"Sir, how do you know that Cao Cao will retreat?" Hao Zhao looked at Chen Gong in confusion.
glanced at Hao Zhao in surprise, this young man, it seems that he is Lu Bu's newly recruited general, he is not very old, but he is a talent, his eyes looked at Lu Bu, but he saw that Lu Bu was writing and painting in the snow with a branch, and couldn't help but smile: "Does Wen Hou know the reason?" ”
"Why?" Lu Bu glanced up at Chen Gong, shook his head and smiled: "Yuan Shu was called the emperor a year ago, and now Xuzhou has been decided, if Cao Cao still wants to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes, he must get rid of Yuan Shu as soon as possible, I hope he can stay in Xuzhou for a while longer." ”
Yuan Shu is a touchstone, although the princes of the world are dissatisfied with Yuan Shu as the emperor, but they are also watching Cao Cao's reaction, if Cao Cao does not react, it will not be long before the world will really fall apart, just like the Zhou Dynasty in the past.
"The Lord is wise." A look of relief flashed in Chen Gong's eyes, and his title changed unconsciously.
"It's not hard to guess." Lu Bu shook his head, he really hoped that Yuan Shu could last a little longer, as long as during this period, someone called the king and the emperor, the situation in the world would change again, and at that time, the water in the whole world would be muddy, and he would be able to fish in troubled waters.
However, obviously, it is impossible for Cao Cao not to see the pros and cons clearly, and now that Xuzhou has been pacified, there is no reason to waste time because of a Lu Bu who has lost his foundation and only has hundreds of soldiers by his side.
"Lord, why don't we go to Yuan Shu?" Hao Zhao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Lu Budao: "Yuan Shu is definitely not Cao Cao's opponent, if we help, Yuan Shu will definitely not be able to ask for it." ”
"No way!" Lu Bu, Chen Gong, and Zhang Liao shook their heads at the same time, making Hao Zhao stunned for a while.
"Yuan Shu is now the finger of Qianfu, Cao Cao is now attacking Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu will definitely not be able to resist, and it will soon be destroyed, not only will we not get any benefits, but we will become chaotic ministers and thieves!" Chen Gong shook his head and said.
"However, if we help and with the courage of the lord, Yuan Shu may not be defeated." Hao Zhao was still a little unconvinced.
"If you were Yuan Shu, would you rest assured that you would give me the military power?" Zhang Liao glanced at Hao Zhao, shook his head with a smile, and said.
Lu Bu took a bite of the meatloaf, then spit out, got up from the ground, looked around and said, "Let's find a place to settle down first, Wen Yuan, send someone to take a look around." ”
"There is a small county town nearby, and it is not difficult to enter the city in the name of the lord." Chen Gong smiled.
"Okay, just go there, Wen Yuan, send someone to deliver the book." Lu Bu threw away the meatloaf in his hand, he didn't care about it in the future, but the most important thing at the moment was to solve the problem of food and clothing, these soldiers were no matter how loyal they were, but the emperor was not bad for hungry soldiers, so he couldn't let them go hungry.
Don't look at Lu Bu is now at the end of his rope, but the power of the god of war is not idle, as long as Lu Bu is still alive, in Xuzhou and even the whole world, it is a signboard, the lord of a small county town, how can he have the courage to provoke Lu Bu, after learning the news that Lu Bu appeared nearby, he directly rolled up his belongings and fled, he did not dare to contact Lu Bu at all, but also saved Lu Bu a lot of effort, half an hour later, Lu Bu has already taken five hundred soldiers into this small county town within a radius of only a few miles.