Chen Qun first went to Xiangcheng to explain Cao Cao's shengyi and Jia Xu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jia Xu enthusiastically left Chen Qun in Xiangcheng to entertain for a night. Jia Xu has long thought about the pattern of the world, the battle between Cao and Yuan is unavoidable, and now is the key time to choose a team.

Cao Cao is shrewd, brave, decisive, and far superior to the princes of the world in terms of employing people, and is the best choice, Jia Xu stayed in Xiangcheng to wait for Cao Cao's envoy to arrive.

Jia Xu was worried that Chen Qun would not be able to persuade Zhang Xiu, so he personally accompanied An Le, who went to Zhang Xiu's garrison, to meet Zhang Xiu together.

Zhang Xiu heard that Jia Xu was coming, and hurriedly went out of the city to greet him. Zhang Xiu has great respect for Jia Xu and is completely obedient.

"How did Mr. Wenhe come to Anle? Could it be that he is worried that he will not be defeated by Lu Bu? Zhang Xiu bowed down from afar and said happily.

"Definitely. This matter is a long story, let's talk about it first. Jia Xu said.

"Sir, please." Zhang Xiu respectfully let Jia Xu go first, and he performed the gift of a disciple, half a step behind Jia Xu.

After entering the big tent, the guests and hosts sat down.

Jia Xu introduced to Zhang Xiu on the main seat: "This is Chen Qun and Chen Changwen, entrusted by Cao Gong, to recruit the general. ”

Zhang Xiu hesitated and said: "If I kill Cao Cao's eldest son, how can Cao Cao allow me?" ”

"Cao Gong's ambition is ambitious, and he must ignore his previous personal grudges, and the general is undoubtedly undoubted." Jia Xu analyzed Cao Cao's character very thoroughly, and Cao Cao would not hold a grudge against Zhang Xiu because of the old enmity the day before yesterday.

Zhang Xiu listened to Jia Xu's words, pinched the sleeve of his sleeve and hid the letter written by Lu Bu, as Lu Bu said, Jia Xu persuaded him to serve Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu said one of the sentences in the letter, hoping that Jia Xu would solve his doubts: "I killed him, I don't feel at ease, why do I look at him?" Although Cao Gong is magnanimous, if his descendants seek revenge, how can he continue to kill his grandchildren? ”

"If the prime minister remembers old grudges, Anken will make a certain general to marry. If the general is still not at ease, he would like to say that the general and Cao Cheng are good for Qin and Jin. Chen Qun said.

During the discussion, it was suddenly reported that Yuan Shao had a messenger coming.

Zhang Xiu invited the envoy into the big tent, took the letter handed by the envoy, and also talked about Zhao'an, and handed it to Jia Xu after reading it.

Jia Xu first asked: "The northern Youzhou has been decided, what does Yuan Gong want to do?" ”

"I am in a humble position, and I don't know the deployment of the general. The general and Liu Biao of Jingzhou both have the style of a national soldier, so they came to ask for ears. The messenger replied.

"You can go back to Yuan Benchu and say that his brother can't tolerate it, how can he tolerate the world's warriors!" Jia Xu tore up the book in front of him and retreated.

Jia Xu did this, so he had no choice, Zhang Xiu was shocked: "Now Yuan is strong and Cao is weak, why did he destroy the book?" ”

"General, look at it, Yuan Shao is strong, and even the envoy sent is a humble pawn, and I don't want to see him like this envoy. Cao Cao was weak, and the envoy Chen Changwen sent was a famous man in Yingchuan, and Cao Cao would be happy if he had the help of the general. In contrast, the general can also determine who to follow. Jia Xu said.

Zhang Xiu suddenly asked: "I heard that Chen Changwen was once enshrined in Lu Bu, what is his person?" ”

"Lu Bu is notorious, and he doesn't say anything." Chen Qun said.

Zhang Xiu couldn't decide whether to join Cao Cao, so he turned around and asked Jia Xu: "How does Lu Bu compare with Cao Cao?" ”

"Capricious, forgetful of profit, difficult to survive for a long time. The world is not Cao Gong. "Jia Xu and Lu Bu are old acquaintances, when they were under Dong Zhuo, Jia Xu heard of the name of Lu Bu, and the people of Xiliang will fall to today's fields, and they will also be given by Lu Bu.

Zhang Xiu's idea of serving Lu Bu was shattered by Jia Xu's words, Lu Bu's current strength is not necessarily stronger than his Wancheng, and it is not as good as his self-reliance to vote for Lu Bu.

Zhang Xiu wanted to wait for Chen Qun to discuss the marriage between him and Cao Cao before leaving for Xuchang, and said on the pretext: "I can't fly into Xuchang to meet Cao Gong, but I am entrusted with the matter of loyalty, and now I am ordered by Liu Jingzhou to garrison Anle, beware of Lu Bu crossing the line, this matter, I will go to Xuchang in person." ”

With Zhang Xiu's words, Chen Qun did a good job of Cao Cao's explanation, resigned to Zhang Xiu, and went to Runan to recruit An Lu Bu. Before leaving, Zhang Xiuxiang sent ten miles, repeatedly emphasizing that he should not forget the marriage.

Chen Qun went to Runan to find Lu Bu. Lu Bu, who was escorting grain and grass, did not return.

After crossing the Huai River, it began to enter the mountain road, and the grain and grass carts gradually became difficult. After four more days of walking, he barely reached Gepo's generation. It is rumored that the green forest of Runan is a hero, and Lu Buwei is too famous, and the ordinary little thieves dare not show up to rob when they see Lu Buyaqi, but they are safe.

"My lord, it is rumored that there is a force entrenched here, I wonder if it will cut the road and ambush?" Sun Kang stepped forward and said.

"Which force?" Lu Bu asked.

"The remnants of the Yellow Turban thieves, Gong Du and Liu Pi. Liu Pibentun's army is in Xincai City. Runan is separated from Xincai more than 100 miles, after the arrival of the army of Chen Gong's military division, the forces subordinate to Cao Cao were cleaned, Liu Pi was defeated, and fled from the city with the remnants of the defeated army, hiding in the mountains. It is rumored that there are six or seven thousand soldiers under his command, and more than 1,000 war horses. Sun Kang replied.

"So much?" Lu Bu said more, referring to more horses, after he fought from Yuan Shu, there were only more than 400 cavalry left in the archery battalion, and it was not easy to raise enough 500 cavalry. Liu Bi actually had so many war horses, and Lu Bu coveted it. Now that he knows the location of Liu Pi and Gongdu, of course Lu Bu wants to arrest him, not just for the sake of the war horse.

Of course, Lu Bu wants to raise thieves for self-respect, and in the future, he can instruct Liu Pi and the others to pretend to be thieves to rob the family, and then Lu Bu will pretend to be a thief and continue to exploit the family.

"Regardless of whether they will come to ambush our army, send someone to find them for me first, and I will arrest them as thugs." Lu Bu instructed Sun Kang.

After Sun Kang went to An'an to repel Hou to inquire about Liu Pi, Lu Bu instructed Lu Meng: "Ziming will go to your army and horses first, and be ready to meet the enemy at any time." Ben will give you a bet. ”

"Whoa." Lu Meng answered, and went down to straighten out his thousand soldiers. Liu Pigong is only a third-rate military general at most, and he just trained Lu Meng.

Soon a scout came to report, and Liu Pi and the others hid in Dingling Mountain.

Lü Bu told Lü Meng about Liu Pi in Dingling Mountain, and then asked, "Does Ziming have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Lu Meng thought for a long time, and said helplessly: "The enemy army is all frightened by Chen Junshi, hiding in the mountains and forests is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and there is no way to find it. ”

"No tactics can pin hope on the enemy, but the opposite. The enemy wants to hide in the mountains and forests, but we don't want him to hide. Since they can't be found, let them send them to the door themselves. Lu Bu said.

"They're going to deliver it themselves?" Lu Meng asked in disbelief.

"Of course. You can design to lure them out. Lu Bu gradually seduced.

"How can you lure them out?" Lu Meng asked.

"Of course it's up to you to figure out a way to credit you."

Lu Bu left Lu Meng and let him figure out a way by himself, he was about to go to Ge Po, Ge Po is very famous, who let there be a first-class military general here. The Dian Wei War against Xu Chu took place in Gepo.

Half a day passed, and when Lu Bu thought that Lu Meng couldn't think of a way, Lu Meng ran to Lu Bu and said, "Can the general lend me two hundred empty wooden boxes?" ”

"Yes." Lu Bu didn't ask Lu Meng what he was going to do, and happily sent someone to vacate two hundred wooden boxes for him.

Lü Meng sent people to fill the wooden box with stones, and then confiscated all the money and property in his tribe and covered the surface of the wooden box. After doing all this, Lu Meng came to see Lu Bu again: "General, can you lend me two hundred scouts?" ”

"Yes."

After Lu Meng brought the scout back to his army, he pretended to stop the song: "Why did you open the box? Don't you understand the truth that wealth is not exposed? ”

"General, when I passed Huainan a few days ago, there was water in the box, and the sun is shining today, so I am worried that the coins will have a patina, so we will dry it." A few creeps hurriedly closed the box.

"I received an order from General Lu to quickly take the money to Runan, and Chen Gong's military adviser asked Zhang Xiu to buy a large amount of grain, but there was no money to pay. Time is pressing, and he is about to break away from the army and take the lead in sending the millions of money to Runan to Chen Junshi. Lu Meng finished speaking to the footmen, and then said to the two hundred scouts:

"I heard that this road is not very peaceful, you must cheer up 120,000 spirits, inspect all the mountains along the way, and if there is an ambush, you must report to the general as soon as possible."

"Whoa." Two hundred scouts galloped from the army and took the lead in patrolling everywhere.

As soon as the scouts left, Lü Meng loaded the cart like a box and broke away from the army and marched in the direction of Runan.

When Lu Bu saw Lu Meng leaving, he said to Sun Kang and Chen Yu: "You two will camp here first, guard the grain and grass, and I will go to pick up Lu Meng." ”

As soon as Lu Meng left on his front foot, Lu Bu took a battalion of five hundred archers and cavalry to fish far behind him.

"Report."

Liu Bi was patrolling nervously, Lu Bu's army passed outside the mountain, could he not be nervous, he had just been defeated by Lu Bu's subordinate Chen Gong, lost the city and was homeless, and now Lu Bu was there in person, and he was full of scouts all over the mountains.

Liu Bi carried the knife in a cold sweat, and asked in a trembling voice, "What's the matter?" ”

"I waited for an enemy scout to sneak around in the mountains, and I caught him." A group of soldiers escorted Lu Bu's scouts to Liu Pi.

Liu Pi's eyes widened, and he asked the scout, "Why do you want to spy on our army?" ”

"The general misunderstood. We were ordered by General Lu to inquire about the situation along the way, and we did not mean to offend the general. The scout hurriedly argued.

"Lu Bu sent you to investigate? Could it be that Lu Bu wants to kill them all? Liu Pi was shocked.

"Definitely. It's not General Lu Bu, it's General Lu Meng who sent us to investigate along the way. ”

"Who is Lu Meng? Could it be Lu Bu's son? Why did he send you and others to investigate? Liu Bi asked.

"General Lü Meng was originally a Jiangdong pawn captured by General Lü, and because of the same sect, he was specially promoted to the general of the First Army." The scout said jealously in his heart: "He was ordered to escort the money to Runan first, and then he sent many scouts to inquire about the situation along the way. ”

Liu Bi heard that Lu Meng was a nobody, and he was promoted because he had the same surname as Lu Bu, and his heart settled down.

"This son harbors evil intentions and is beheaded!" Gong Du roared from afar.

Liu Bi saw Gong Du coming, and asked, "What does this mean by Brother Xian?" ”

"Why did Lu Bu take the money out of the protection of the army and take the lead in sending it to Runan? It's just a temptation to be deceived, and the carving insect skill is not too big to be a certain eye! ”

"The general spares his life!" The scout's spineless legs were weak: "I heard that it was Lu Bu's military advisor Chen Gong and a merchant named Zhang Xiu who bought a batch of grain and grass, and they were short of money to pay, so Lu Meng took the lead in sending the coins to Runan." ”

The scout didn't know who Zhang Xiu was, and Liu Pigong was full of Zhang Xiu's name, and the two listened to the scout's words and became suspicious. Judging from the fact that the scout regarded Zhang Xiu as a businessman, the scout was just hearsay about Lu Bu asking Zhang Xiu to buy food, and of course Lu Bu would not let the scout know the specific plan for such an important matter.

The two tortured the scout, who told him what he had seen.