Chapter 115: Working Together
"I know. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info that's why I handed over this important task to the two of you. Lu Bu said very clearly: "You two are my right-hand men, and both are indispensable." The matter was settled. β
Cao Cao's balancing technique Lu Bu can't play, and he can't play it, since he can't do it, he can only make his subordinates into an iron bucket, if one day his subordinates collectively rebel, it can only show that he is very unpopular, and he doesn't blame others.
"The lord or me and the public will go to Hefei with him." Zhang Liao and Wei Yue stood up at the same time and said.
"I'm sure the two of them can work together. Besides, Wen Yuan, I have other tasks to arrange. Lu Bu directly refused, this matter has reached a juncture that cannot be avoided. As soon as the voice changed: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a mistake, you will be punished." Zang Ba sank into the sand and folded his halberd, demoting him to an infantry captain. Gao Shun captured Guangling City, defeated Sun Quan's army, and was promoted to Bingzhong General. Chen Gong and Xu Shu sacrificed wine for the military division. Zhang Liao has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, rewarded 1,000 taels of gold, expanded the number of soldiers under his command by 1,000, and made up for the temporary lack of soldiers in the future..."
Except for Gao Shun and Chen Gong, the others Lu Bu had already promoted their official positions, and only rewarded them with money and food. The only one who didn't have anything rewarded was Lu Qiling, who was standing outside the door and looking inside, and when she was really deliberating, she didn't even have the qualifications to enter the lobby, so how could Lu Bu reward her? Because he is her father, when she wants everyone under her command to affirm, Lu Bu will reward her, otherwise he will finally hand over the power to her, not only to her, but also to everyone, Lu Bu hates this evil old society very much in his heart.
"What do you disagree with?"
Lu Bu saw that no one had any opinions except Zhang Liao and Wei Yue, so he said: "Chen Gong and Gao Shun stay, and the others will go and prepare separately." β
After everyone left, Lu Bu turned around and asked Gao Shun and Chen Gong: "Do you two have any objections to my arrangement?" β
Chen Gong and Gao Shun bowed their heads and did not speak.
Lu Bu continued: "How is Wei Yue? β
"Loyal, with him to protect the lord, I don't have to worry about the lord's security." Gao Shun said first.
Chen Gong thought for a while and said, "It's worth fighting." β
"I want to make him the commander of the first army, how about it?"
"No! Wei Yue has the courage and no strategy, and it is difficult to take on a big responsibility. Both were against it at the same time.
"Yes. I'm thinking about a question, since Wei Yue, a brave and unscrupulous reckless man, can see the problem that I arranged for the two of you to go to Hefei together, can you two see it? β
"Jida and I have nothing to say." Chen Gong said.
"Do you know the reason why the princes of the Eighteenth Route returned home?"
"The princes of the Eighteenth Route seem to be powerful, but they can't work together." Chen Gong continued.
"Then our army is now compared with the princes of the Eighteenth Road, who is stronger and who is weaker?" Lu Bu turned his head and asked the taciturn Gao Shun.
"Far from it." Gao Shun has always been in style, trying to be as concise as possible.
"Then the two of you are still fighting openly and secretly? There are lessons from the past but not from them, do you want us to repeat the mistake of the fall of the princes of the Eighteen Roads? Chen Gong and Gao Shun were very ashamed when they heard Lu Bu's words.
"The two of us will work together to defend Hefei." Chen Gong and Gao Shun hurriedly bowed down and said.
"I don't mean just Hefei in front of me, but from now on, the two of you will work together. I, you, and Zhang Liao have lived and died together, what can be more worthy of releasing than living and dying together? Lu Bu suppressed his voice in a low voice: "I rely on Gongtai Yuanzhi, and Wulai Jida Wenyuan." You two are my right-hand men, and you are indispensable. If the two of you continue to entangle, the good situation in front of you will be ruined. β
Lu Bu didn't wait for the two to express their opinions, and continued: "I remember that there is a poem: 'Those who destroy the Six Kingdoms are also the Six Kingdoms, not Qin; Qin is also the one who punishes Qin, not the world. Whew! It is enough to make each of the six kingdoms love his own people; If Qin Fu loves the people of the Six Kingdoms, then the third generation can be the king of all generations, and who will be wiped out? The Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, and future generations mourn them; Later generations mourn and do not learn from it, and it also makes future generations mourn for future generations. β
Thinking back to the day before yesterday, the person who killed my Lu Bu was not Cao Cao, but my Lu Bu himself and my generals. It is a great blessing to be born again, and I am not known to be immortal, let alone summon thousands of souls, so you two should take this as a warning and work together. Lu Bu has never told anyone about the systematic things on his body, even Chen Gong and others thought that Lu Bu could really summon the undead, and Lu Bu felt that he should reveal something to them to know, so that they could have a sense of urgency and reduce dependence.
"Remember the teachings of the Lord, and from now on, we will definitely work with the military advisors." Gao Shun quickly came out of shame, he was always thicker than Chen Gong as a scribe, and bowed down to apologize in front of Chen Gong: "Wanggongtai doesn't care about the past suspicions, forgive Shun for being rude the day before yesterday, and help the lord together." β
Chen Gong saw that Gao Shun took the lead in prostrating on the ground to apologize, as a literati who wanted to save face and was very modest, how could he be willing to lag behind, and hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground with Gao Shun: "Gong Jin listened to the lord's work, and regretted it. Ji Da repaid his grievances with virtue, which made the palace even more ashamed. From now on, you and I will work together, so why worry about the injustice of the world. β
Lu Bu applauded and laughed, and at the same time helped the two of them up: "In this way, I will rest assured that Hefei will be handed over to the two of you." β
Lu Bu asked Gao Shun to lead the trapped camp and the death army under the command of Li Damu, and Chen Gong was the military advisor to set off, hide his whereabouts, and go to Hefei alone.
Lu Bu sent Gao Shun's army out of the city, but he was still worried about the situation in front of him, he was able to defeat Cao Cao and Sun Ce, but it didn't mean that his power was very strong, and he was completely better than treacherous tricks.
Even if Shouchun is defeated, the area of Shouchun and Runan is where the Yuan family is entrenched, but the powerful Yuan Shao in Hebei is thin. The Yuan family has won the support of the family, and it is not easy to uproot it, otherwise Liu Bei, the pastor of Yuzhou expressed by Lu Bu, would not dare to come to Yuzhou to take office even if he was full of ambition.
"Looks like it's time to let those three things come out." Lu Bu thought silently. To calm Yuan Shu as soon as possible and cross Runan, he had no choice. And sooner or later, he will have to face Xiliang Ma Teng Han Sui, and he can't use infantry to compete with Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
"Wei Yue went to the army to select a thousand soldiers who are absolutely loyal, and it is best to merge with the state household registration, except that there is no lack of arms and legs." This matter is too much to do, and if he is not careful, once Han Sui and Ma Teng imitate it, Lu Bu will fall into a catastrophe. He fought nomadic warfare outside the state for a long time, and was skilled in bow horses, and could ride on horseback without much training. LΓΌ Bu made a saddle, and the soldiers could fight on horseback as long as they did not fall off the horse, and they did not need to be too skilled in horsemanship at all.
Lu Bu didn't go back to the county office, and walked directly towards the craftsman camp.
The craftsman battalion is in full swing, the ping pong grinding weapons, the big battle is imminent, even in the middle of the night, it is only taking turns to rest, and there is no stoppage. An old blacksmith saw Lu Buxing coming, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The general came to inspect, and the old slave missed the distance." β
The status of craftsmen is low, and they are not even worthy of calling Lu Bu a lord. Lu Bu hurriedly picked up the old blacksmith, stopped the kneeling craftsmen in the camp, and said with a straight face: "How many times have I said that you are busy with the things in your hands, and you don't need to stop what you are doing to make a big salute. β
Lu Bu treated the artisan battalion very highly, treated them equally, and respected them very much. However, their inferiority complex that goes deep into the bone marrow, and the customs passed down from generation to generation make them afraid to raise their heads and be people, no matter who comes from the army, they kneel down and salute out of instinct.
"Tell me that if anyone in our army holds a high position and asks others to bow down, he will be given a hundred rods. If there is anyone who does not make a great salute without fault, he shall have twenty rods of the staff. Lu Bu has always emphasized that everyone is equal regardless of whether they are high or low, but this is deeply rooted in everyone's hearts, and no one can accept it at all, and even the ordinary people are panicked when their status suddenly improves.
Lu Bu also wanted to find an appropriate time to disband the camp prostitutes, he was now powerful enough, the family trembled when he heard his name, the most dangerous time has passed, and the combination of tyranny, government and benevolent government can lead to long-term peace and stability.
"Sir, please help me look at this." Lu Bu handed the saddle, stirrups, and horseshoe drawings that he had drawn a long time ago to the old blacksmith: "Can you do it?" β
The old blacksmith was not used to Lu Bu's polite attitude, and looked at the drawings many times before nodding and saying, "You can do it." β
"Well, I will entrust this matter to the old gentleman, and in three days I will have a thousand saddles and stirrups and three hundred horseshoes, how many men does the old gentleman expect to finish?" The Xiahou Yuan war horses that Lu Bu grabbed at the end were all nailed to the horseshoe by Cao Cao, and Lu Bu didn't need to worry about it.
"At least a hundred." The old blacksmith did the math and said.
"So much?" Three very simple things, a person can only make three things a day? Lu Bu is powerless to think of the current time-consuming and labor-intensive workshop, and the current production efficiency is only at this speed, and he can't force it.
"Well, you choose a hundred skilled craftsmen. Each of these three things should be done separately, and the same person should not repeat several steps. I have listed the most critical places, which need to be completed by selecting craftsmen who are loyal to me, and I cannot leave the camp afterwards, and I will be distributed according to the commander of the army, two hundred stone per month. If you leave the camp at will, you will be exterminated. Do you understand? β
Lu Bu repeatedly told the old blacksmith not to leak the news, these few simple things are too widely implicated, Lu Bu is now ordering someone to build, mainly to let the cavalry adapt to the saddle stirrup first, anyway, Cao Cao has groped out the horseshoe, and there are two things Cao Cao may not be inspired to figure it out. What Lu Bu can do is to prolong the time for others to figure it out.
Lu Bu took advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet dawn and returned to the county office to rest for a while.
As soon as the morning dawned, Zhang Liao, Xu Shu and others came to the county office, and Lu Bu also opened his eyes at the same time.
"The lord hasn't slept all night?" Zhang Liao saw that Lu Bu's eyes were bloodshot, and said worriedly: "There are the last generals and others, the lord doesn't have to work so hard, his body is important." β
"There are many crises, how can I sleep peacefully. I'll pay attention when this time passes. Lu Bu didn't know if excessive fatigue would have an impact on the data-based body, he didn't want to be tired to death like Zhuge Liang, and he didn't dare to bet that he would be invincible after the data.
"Wen Yuan will go to fetch Tu Tang first, Yuan Zhi and Sun Kang will be responsible for escorting the grain and grass, and I will cut it off." Sun Kang coerced the people, created a momentum, and waited for Tu Tang to go west to Hefei with great fanfare and persecuted Yuan Shu.
"It's better for me to break the queen, and the lord will go and get Tuzhong." Zhang Liao objected, it is much more dangerous to break it than to go to Tuzhong, which looks like it is going to attack the city, but it is actually relatively safer. Behind him are the Cao soldiers under the command of Che Xuan and Chen Deng, and there are even more alliance troops who have fallen into the ground, once they are not careful, they can't run away if they want to.
"I stayed in Huailing so that the enemy army would not dare to move. It is not difficult for Wen Yuanzhi to get into the middle of the painting, the only thing to worry about is that the Yuan Shu soldiers make trouble along the way. Lu Bu said. No one is more suitable for the aftermath. Zhang Liao has a revenge for killing Huang Gai, and when the Jiangdong Army saw that Lu Bu's army was withdrawn, it may not tear up the alliance and take the opportunity to take revenge. Cao Bing's fear of Lu Bu was too deep, and Lu Bu alone was better than Cao Bing's thousands of troops, and he also left 3,000 defenders.