Chapter 35: Pengcheng Fire
When Lu Bu returned to the camp, he saw that Gao Chao was leading the soldiers as if he were facing a great enemy, and he was directing the soldiers to patrol around. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lu Bu looked at the superb in the distance, although he was trembling, he was quite good at commanding the defense, and he might be able to become a good general after training.
Gao Chao saw that it was Lu Bu who led the army back to the camp, so he slowly calmed down and greeted Lu Bu.
LΓΌ Bu returned to the camp, and An sent a good military doctor to bandage the wounds of Li Damu and other wounded soldiers, and sat in the big tent waiting for the chariot to send a messenger. I felt that after a long, long time, I still didn't see the messenger coming, and Lu Bu couldn't hold back anymore and shouted outside the big tent:
"Someone."
"Send someone to invite the messenger of the chariot to come to my camp, and there is something important to discuss."
Lu Bu couldn't sit still, Chen Deng was going to Xiapi, since Cao Cao didn't kill Chen Deng, it means that he would choose to use his family to appease Chen Deng.
The envoy sent by Lu Bu was halfway there, and happened to meet Zhang Chang, who was hesitant to move forward. It turned out that Zhang Chang was afraid that Lu Bu would ruin his life, and he received the task of sending him to Lu Bu's camp again, only to feel that his nose was cut off and ached in severe pain, and he was close to Lu Bu's camp, so he took a step slower, and in the end he didn't dare to take another step forward, and he scared Lu Bu enough to stop moving.
Seeing that the envoy he sent out returned with Zhang Chang, Lu Bu's heart relaxed.
"Mr. Zhang, don't come unharmed?" Lu Bu had been waiting at the gate, and when he saw Zhang Chang coming in the distance, he ran out of the distance and enthusiastically took Zhang Chang to the camp regardless of his identity.
"I don't know where the thief is?" Lu Bu organized his lines first, what he should have done has been done, and he can trade logically, without being suspected by Cao Cao.
Zhang Chang first watched Lu Bu cautiously, not daring to say anything that annoyed Lu Bu, so as not to give his life. Seeing that Lu Bu was no longer as arrogant as before, and looked stammering, Zhang Chang was relieved.
"We'll be at the Wind Pavilion tonight!"
"How can this be?" Lu Bu muttered to himself, his voice was just soft enough for Zhang Chang beside him to hear.
"The history of the car assassin does not care about General Zuo's siege of the city, and he does not want General Zuo's family to be damaged, and he is still willing to send General Zuo's family out of the city." Zhang Chang didn't dare to ask for Peng Cheng directly, and cautiously hinted at Lu Bu from the side.
"Damn Cao Ren!" Lu Bu suddenly slapped his chest hard, looking very uncomfortable: "If it weren't for Cao Ren's cavalry Fuwu, I would definitely be in Xiapi City at this moment!" Why is it difficult to choose! β
"I hope General Zuo will make a decision as soon as possible, and Chen Deng will be here soon."
Lu Bu suddenly put away the enthusiasm on his face, his eyes were blood-red, and he glared at Zhang Chang: "Are you forcing me?" Chop! β
Xiao Xiong and Li Damu beside him responded to the call, so they carried Zhang Chang to the side, knelt on the ground, took the knife handed by the little soldier, and gestured on Zhang Chang's neck how to cut it easily.
"General Zuo spares his life, I am thinking about General Zuo, why is General Zuo angry?" Zhang Chang didn't want to retain the last bit of the dignity of a scribe, he clamped his ass tightly, and he would definitely be scared of shit and urine on the spot.
Lu Bu stretched out his hand to stop it, and a person took small steps, pretending to struggle for the last time, and suddenly laughed loudly: "There are thousands of cities, and it is difficult for the family to recover." Go back and tell Che Zhou that I will exchange Pengcheng for my family, and ask him to send someone to Pengcheng to receive the city, and at the same time send my family out of the city tonight. β
"Then how did the general have time to send someone to order the guards of Pengcheng to change the city?"
"I have already seen through Cao's tricks, and I dare not hand over my family to Chen Deng, and I want to exchange my family for my city when Chen Deng returns. At the same time, I am afraid that my policy will not be able to make a contribution, and I have arranged to stop it yesterday, as long as Huaidong is on fire, Pengcheng Zhang Liao will raise the fire as a signal to respond, and you will wait for the release of people. β
Lu Bu can't care whether his family can return safely now, Pengcheng is on fire, whether Che Xuan will release people as agreed, he wants to gamble, bet that Cao Cao will not let Cao Chun die under his own revenge. Other than that, he couldn't do anything more for his family to keep them safe.
Lu Bu personally sent Zhang Chang out of the camp, and when Zhang Chang was far away, he ordered the battalions to pack up their utensils and prepare to evacuate. Cao Cao had already returned, and he had successfully blocked Cao Ren and Che Zhou in Huaidong, and if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded by Cao's army.
As soon as it was dark, Lu Bu personally lit the firewood that had been prepared on the top of the mountain.
The fire followed the wind, and after a while, the fire was shining in the sky, and you could feel a heat wave coming from afar.
Seeing the fire outside the city of Xiapi, the car stood on the city wall of Xiapi and looked into the direction of Pengcheng in Huaixi, did not wait long, the direction of Pengcheng flashed in the dark night, the starlight became bigger and bigger, became a torch in the distance, the fire slowly became larger, and finally turned into a sky-high flame, illuminating the entire sky.
"Let go." Che Xuan ordered Zhang Chang to send Lu Bu's family out of the city to give diplomacy to Lu Bu.
A long dragon composed of torches stretches for more than ten miles, it is Cao Cao who led the army to rush to the army of Xiapidi overnight, the fire on the horizon, the army holding the torch on the ground gradually extinguished, and the fire will shine brightly on the earth.
Cao Cao chose a mountain and looked into the distance. Pointing to the sky-high flames, he said: "Lu Buzhi's faintness has no ancients before and after him, Meng Jindu burned the eunuchs with a fire, but he was pointed out by thousands of people, and his reputation began to decline, I don't know who was burned by a fire in Pengcheng today?" Where is the reputation? β
Cao Cao never dared to believe that Lu Bu would abandon his inheritance for the sake of a woman, and he couldn't believe it because of the fire in Pengcheng.
"Lu Bu is dumb and unreasonable, burning Pengcheng for the sake of women can be compared with the princes of Zhou Youwang Fenghuo Opera, for his own selfishness, burning Pengcheng, thousands of people are ruined, Lu Bu is guilty of hard work, and the way to take trouble is to take trouble." Cheng Yu said.
Cao Cao listened, did not reply, just looked at the fire in the distance in a daze, his expression was a little sad, perhaps he was sad for the thousands of people in Haiti who died in the fire.
"Prime Minister, it's windy here, let's go down." Xu Chu saw that Cao Cao was silent for a long time, so he took off the cloak on his body and put it on Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was awakened by Xu Chu, pointed to the fire in the distance and said angrily: "Hate Lu Bu, forcibly collect hundreds of thousands of loads of grain and grass, and now burn them all!" Damn it! β
Xu Chu asked puzzledly: "What do we have to do with Lu Bu burning his grain and grass?" β
"He scraped the ground in many places in Xuzhou, but now he has been burned again, I led the troops to Pengcheng, and the people have surplus food? What do our troops eat? Damn it! β
"I'm afraid Lu Bu will escape again, what is the prime minister's plan?" Cheng Yu asked again.
"The grain and grass are exhausted, I want to go back to Xuchang."
"How can you fight the tiger without dying, the prime minister has not done his full job, once he retires from the army, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cut down Lu Bu again in three or five years. Lu Bu got the day to rest, entangled the army, and the future troubles were endless. Besides, Jizhou Yuan Benchu is about to level Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, if the prime minister does not sweep away Lu Bu, he will definitely face the combined forces of Lu and Yuan, please think twice! Guo Jia was not feeling the strong wind, and coughed non-stop after finishing speaking.
"The army is running out of food and grass, how should this be good?" Cao Cao said sadly.
"Xuzhou Mi family grain and grass thousands of quintals, Mi Fang collaborating with the enemy, joining the enemy, and investing in the enemy, this is a big crime, why didn't the prime minister send someone to ask the crime?"
"I'm afraid that Mi Zhu doesn't know how to prevaricate the excuse."
"I heard that the Lu Bu army plundered and robbed the dock fort everywhere, the prime minister only needs to send troops to the Mijia Dock Fort to find out if the Mi family has hidden the Lu Bu thief army, if the thief is found in the dock fort, wouldn't it be a crime of collaborating with the enemy? Rice grain is not the enemy, why don't the imperial court copy it and destroy the Lu Bu thieves in the dock fort? Cheng Yu thought about it and said a plan.
"Zhongde is here, and I don't have to worry about it." Cao Cao twisted his beard and laughed. Lu Bu forcibly seized the Pengcheng family, and even exterminated the clan, and now the fire of Pengcheng has caused public anger, Cao Cao attacked the Mi family with low prestige to deal with Lu Bu, not only was it not blocked, but I am afraid it would be supported. And if the basin is finally detained on Lu Bu's head, the world will only condemn Lu Bu, making Lu Bu's reputation discredited and difficult to move an inch.