Chapter 40: A Brief Gathering

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Lu Bu sent Zhang Liao as the vanguard of Lu Xiangdi, and he took Chen Gong, Xiao Xiong, and Li Damu to escort his family as the rear army, fearing that he would be caught up by Cao Cao's army behind, and ran towards Lu State day and night.

Zhang Liao first returned to the base camp of Lu County, Lu County guard Wang Mao was a soldier sent by He Jin to Hebei ten years ago, and he had been following Zhang Liao from birth to death, and saw a big banner on the horizon from afar, and soon a cavalry came to report to the city and shouted, Lu Xiang Zhang Liao came back.

Wang Mao opened the city gate and welcomed Zhang Liao into the city, and the city was full of busy soldiers, repairing the city wall. It turned out that Cao Cao sent his generals to attack many times, but they were all held by Wang Mao, and the six counties of Lu were captured by four counties, only when Fenyang County in the north was attacked by Cao soldiers, Zang Ba happened to come back from Yanzhou and supported Fenyang to repel Cao's soldiers, and Zang Ba was in Fenyang.

Zhang Liao saw that Lu County was intact and had not been taken away by Cao Cao, so he sent someone to inform Lu Bu.

As soon as Lu Bu entered the city, he sent people to Fenyang County to ask Zang Ba to bring troops to Lu County to meet.

Lu Bu has only put down the center of the earth for the time being, this way to escape, it is very dangerous, he has to escort his family, the march is slow, once he is entangled by Cao Cao's light pursuit, he will lose his family again after running.

After entering the county seat and settling down his family, LΓΌ Bu ordered Zhang Liao to send scouts to investigate the movements of Cao Cao's army, and at the same time stepped up the construction of the city of Lu Xiang, so that Cao Cao suspected that he wanted to use Lu County to fight against him.

deliberately gave Zhang Liao Chen Palace a day off, so that he could have time to reunite with his family for many days.

After arranging affairs, Lu Bu walked towards a ruined manor in Lu County, and the owner of this manor heard that Lu Bu's army was coming to Lu County, so he fled from the city overnight, and Lu Bu had a place to settle his family.

Although he knew that his family was in the backyard in front of him, Lu Bu walked to the door, and he still had the unbelievable feeling of being in a dream in his heart.

"Husband!" Cao Ling was younger, about the same age as his daughter, and when he saw Lu Bu in a daze at the gate of the courtyard, he ran up and grabbed Lu Budi's arm affectionately and dragged him to the backyard.

"Madame, haven't you been scared all the way?" Lu Bu saw that Cao Ling was eccentric, and he couldn't see that he was afraid at all.

"With a husband here, the concubine is not afraid." Cao Ling tilted his head to look at Lu Bu, his eyes full of admiration.

"As a husband, I will definitely protect you in the future." After Lu Bu finished speaking, he felt unconvincing, and added: "You have to believe me. ”

"I believe it, 'Lu Bu among people, Red Rabbit among horses' husband is the most powerful hero in the world."

The two of them talked, alarming Yan Lin and Diao Chan, who were busy in the backyard.

"The general and husband are back?" The two of them squeezed out of the door in surprise at the same time, and Yan Lin naturally reached out to pull Lu Bu's hand.

Seeing this, Cao Ling hurriedly pulled his arm away and took a step back, Diao Chan was also one step behind Yan Lin, standing in front of Lu Bu and looking at Lu Bu with ruddy eyes. When Lu Bu saw it, he sighed in his heart, the distinction between dignity and inferiority in the family is so serious, how can he want to overthrow the rule that has lasted for hundreds of years that civilians are not allowed to read and write.

Lu Bu suppressed the worry in his heart, hugged Yan Lin and Diao Chan into his arms, buried his face in the sight of their two ends, his nose was a little sour, and he let go of the worry in his heart before he found that he had the urge to cry.

Snorted embarrassedly, trying to cover it up, and found that Cao Ling on the side looked like he wanted to throw himself into his arms but didn't dare to, Lu Bu hugged it with his big hand and hugged all three girls in his arms.

Yan Lin opened Lu Bu's hand with his small hand: "General, this is daytime!" ”

When Lu Bu heard Yan Lin's words, his old face turned red, the four of them were still by the courtyard gate, and the guards outside did not squint, but their expressions were strange and aggrieved.

Letting go of Yan Lin, Lu Bu saw that she and Diao Chan were both wearing scarves: "Madame cooks herself?" ”

"The general has been eating and raining for days, and he has not had a full meal, and now he is fleeing, and there is no slave and maid by his side, so can the general not be able to drink the wind?" Yan Lin said with a smile while wiping the grease on her hands with a scarf.

Only then did Lu Bu find that there were four small black handprints on his armor, Yan Lin and Diao Chan were busy in the kitchen, and only Cao Ling was playing outside waiting for him to come back.

"Madame, hard work." Lu Bu was holding Diao Chan with one hand and Yan Lin with the other, and was about to walk into the hall, Cao Ling saw Lu Bu holding Diao Chan and followed behind with a small mouth.

Yan Lin obediently let Lu Bu lead him to take small steps forward, and at the same time looked back behind Lu Bu, as if he was looking for something, and suddenly stopped.

Lu Bu saw Yan Lin stop suddenly, and looked back in confusion.

The smile on Yan Lin's face gradually disappeared, her eyes were holding tears, and she asked in a low voice, "What about Qiling?" Why hasn't the general mentioned it for a few days? ”

Lu Bu patted his forehead at this time, he was busy with various trivial affairs all day, he forgot to tell Yan Lin where his daughter was, the more he didn't tell Yan Lin, the more cranky she was, but Lu Bu didn't know how to tell her, he couldn't just say that he was sent to Guangling to be a meticulous worker, which would make her even more frightened for her daughter.

Yan Lin saw that Lu Bu opened his mouth and couldn't speak, and he was even more sure of the guess in his heart, and his tears couldn't stop spilling out.

Seeing Yan Lin crying, Lu Bu felt uncomfortable, and hurriedly said: "Madam is not what you think, Qiling is fine, without a trace of harm." ”

"You lied to me, since it's okay, why haven't I seen her for so many days, she is so clingy to me, she won't come to visit me. No, Qiling will be fine, will be fine..."

Yan Lin was incoherently paralyzed to the ground, and she was about to faint, Lu Bu hurriedly took it in her arms and whispered in her ear: "I arranged for her and Ji Da to go to Guangling." ”

"Really?" A glimmer of hope appeared in Yan Lin's desperate eyes, trying to distinguish whether Lu Bu was a lie to comfort her, or if she was really arranged by Lu Bu to go to Guangling.

"Really, the three of you just need to know, and you must not tell anyone."

Yan Lin saw that Lu Bu said very seriously, believing that her daughter was really fine, and wondered why Lu Bu warned them so seriously, her heart was full of worry: "She won't be in danger, right?" ”

"Don't tell anyone about this, whether you can finally defeat Cao Thief or not is all up to her and Ji Da."

"Ji Da and Qi Ling are far away in Guangling, why do they have to rely on the two of them to defeat Cao Thief?" Yan Lin asked puzzled.

Lu Bu didn't want to tell them too much, they knew too much, but the more worried he became, and said with an excuse: "I'm hungry, let's eat first." ”

Yan Lin saw that Lu Bu had the intention to avoid this topic, and she was even more worried about her daughter's safety, she thought that she almost killed Lu Bu, and she hid her worries in her heart.

Lu Bu never remembered that Yan Lin and Diao Chan could cook, and they ate a meal with relish, a hundred times more delicious than the big pot of rice in the barracks.

After eating, Yan Lin was about to give Lu Bu a wide coat, and Lu Bu grabbed her hand: "Now that Cao Cao's army will arrive at any time, I can't be distracted, I will accompany you to talk and go to the city tower to inspect." ”

"My husband is covered in stinky sweat, don't you wash and leave again?"

Lu Bu suppressed the ripples in his heart, shook his head, pointed to Diao Chan and Cao Ling, who were cleaning the room on the side, and said, "No need to clean, we won't stay for a few days and have to leave." ”

"Leaving again?" The smile on the third girl's face stiffened unnaturally, and Yan Lin forced a smile and said, "Everything is up to the general." ”

"If you want to live, you have to go. I have already made arrangements, just waiting for Cao Cao to arrive. After Lu Bu finished speaking, he got up and kissed Yan Lin's forehead and walked out: "It's not too early, you guys rest early, as soon as Cao Cao's army arrives, we have to flee again." ”

Yan Lin became more and more sure of Lu Bu's speculation about Lu Bu's intention to send his daughter to Guangling, and secretly decided in his heart that he would not let Lu Bu put his daughter in danger in the future.

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he didn't dare to look back at the reluctant eyes of the three people, and turned around and walked towards the city tower.

Lu Bu left the house and went straight to the south gate. As soon as he ascended the tower, he found that Chen Gong was discussing military affairs with Li Damu.

"Why don't you stay at home with your family? They have been frightened for days, and they should take advantage of Cao Jun's future to accompany them more. Lu Bu strode over and smiled heartily. Family is more important than anything else.

"I've already comforted them, Cao Thief is about to come, how dare he still have a child's affection?" Although the overall situation has been planned, Chen Gong still has a sad face, and has been thinking about whether there is anything else that he has not thought of.

"With me and Zhang Liao, Damu, Xiao Xiong and other soldiers here, the lord should accompany a few more ladies at home." Chen Gong persuaded Lu Bu to go home to accompany his family, and in his consciousness, Lu Bu cared more about his family than about the foundation of the country.

"I know in my heart, if I don't have a place to live, how can I accompany my family?" Lu Bu's voice changed: "Is there any news of Cao Cao?" ”

"There is news from the front, Cao Cao heard that the lord is scraping the ground in Lu to collect grain and grass, and sent his generals Xu Huang and Li Dian to be the vanguard, and the tiger and leopard cavalry under Cao Ren's command are the flanks, and he personally led the army to chase after him again." Chen Gong said.

"Okay, continue to recruit people to collect grain, and the soldiers defending the city in Lu County will be drawn out as much as possible to increase to the soldiers who collect grain and grassland." Lu Bu wanted to forcibly expropriate all the edible grain in the Lu country and burn it, and wait for Cao Cao to chase after him to see what his army ate.

Lu Bu turned to Li Damu and said: "You are the main general, Xiao Xiong is the deputy general, and he leads a thousand soldiers to coerce the people along the way to attack the remaining four counties occupied by Cao Cao. ”

Li Damu didn't ask why: "Huh." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and sent someone to inform Xiao Xiong, who was guarding the east gate, to order the death army under his command, and he was about to set off.