Chapter Twenty-Nine: Counting is Counting
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The war drums outside the city shook the sky, and Lu Bu ordered to bury the pot and make rice on the fourth watch. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the sun was just on the floor line, Lu Bu's 2,000 troops were lined up outside Xiapi City, and the drums were beating in the sky.
The chariot hurriedly put on his armor and got on his horse, and when he came to the city tower, he saw that Lu Bu's army had already lined up in battle formation, just waiting to fight.
"Bring it up!"
As soon as the car was ordered, the heads of Lu Bu's wife Yan Lin, his second wife Cao Ling, and his concubine Diao Chan stuck out of the arrow stack.
Lu Bu rode in front of the war horse in front of the battle, encouraging morale, seeing the arrow stack appear three of their own longing heads, the horses running in front of the formation slowly stopped, at this moment, Lu Bu had the urge to rush to the city, the family building in his arms, Lu Bu suddenly felt that in addition to these three heads, there was nothing else in his heart, as long as his family was around, go to his mother's hegemony.
"General... General, it's okay if you're okay, it's okay if you're okay..."Yan Lin saw Lu Bu standing outside the city, and repeatedly said in a voice that she could only hear, because her face was full of tears, after Lu Bu was captured, she often dreamed of Lu Bu being killed in her sleep, and woke up from the dream many times, and the tears never dried, and then finally saw Lu Bu alive with her own eyes, and a thousand words came to her mouth, only turning into simple expectations.
Lu Bu could see Yan Lin's gently squirming lips, see her face full of tears, and a hint of brilliance appeared in her red and swollen eye circles because of her appearance.
"General, you don't have to care about the concubine, just attack the city and kill these thieves." Cao Ling was born in Jiangmen, and his temperament was much stronger than Yan Lin and Diao Chan, and he said loudly to Lu Bu, who was in the position outside the city.
"General, if there is an afterlife, the concubine is willing to accompany you again." After Diao Chan finished speaking, he was about to jump downstairs, but was dragged back by the fast-eyed defenders of the city.
Seeing that the three of them were taken hostage by the soldiers defending the city, the Lu Bu army outside the city set up a position but was restrained and hesitated. At this time, he couldn't jump off the building if he wanted to, Yan Lin didn't want to embarrass Lu Bu and lose the opportunity to seize the city, so he shouted loudly:
"The concubine is ashamed of the general, the general is trapped, and the concubine has no face to see the general again. For the sake of the big plan, the general only waved his army to attack the city and kill these thieves, and did not have to care about the three concubines. Take good care of our daughter, and the concubine will die without regrets. β
Lu Bu opened his mouth and couldn't say a word for a long time. He wanted to keep talking to them, but he couldn't, he couldn't show any care, or he would hurt them.
Lu Bu raised the snake spear in his hand and ignored his family: "Che Zhifu, if you don't open the city gate, you will be captured." If you dare to resist, when I break the city, there will be no chickens and dogs. β
"Lu Bupifu, Ruxing's unrighteous soldiers have invaded our city and want to plot against you?" Che Xuan drew his sword in his hand and loudly condemned Lu Bu.
Che Xuan pulled out his sword, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at Yan Lin, full of threat. Seeing that the opponent's master would draw his sword and point it directly at his wife, Lu Bu was startled and was about to stand up, and the unilateral stirrup could not be forced, so he gave up.
Lu Bu looked at Che Zhou holding a sword in his hand, and his heart was full of hatred. If you want to keep your family small in this troubled era, you must have the strength that others dare not underestimate, so that Lu Bu's ambition to dominate the world is unprecedentedly firm, how can you protect your family if you don't have the strength?
"I am the general of the Han Dynasty, and it is the duty of the minister to set the country to serve the Son of Heaven, and now the Cao thief coerces the Son of Heaven to defeat the loyal ministers, and the people and gods are angry. Thou shalt eat the king's lu, do not think of return, but help the abuse, in fact, you are disloyal and unjust, what is wrong with the teacher of benevolence and righteousness to crusade against rebellion? β
"The prime minister is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven is pro-scarf, you are guilty of rebellion, and the Son of Heaven has issued an edict to crusade, when will you be a loyal minister again?"
"Cao thief coerced the Son of Heaven to kill loyal ministers, the decree came from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and everyone knows the heart of the disobedient, as a Han Chen, why do you follow the thief, why don't you fight the rebel thief with me, and return the world to a bright and clear world, and leave the name before and after you."
"Lu Bu! Let your tongue be like a spring, dare to take a step beyond the city, and I will take your family to sacrifice the flag. Che Zhou saw that he couldn't take advantage of the righteousness, so he directly threatened Lu Bu's family.
Lu Bu directly ignored the car, of course he was not here to attack the city, or to show his face, to make a look of courting his family to stay east of Huaishui, to buy time for Chen Palace to transport grain and grass, and Lu Bu did not have siege equipment at all, there were a few simple ladders tied to the ground with bamboo poles, I am afraid that the length of this ladder could not reach Chen Lou, only used to show the ground to the car.
Lu Bu looked back and saw that because Lu Bu had just detained all kinds of rebellions on the chariot with the attitude of a loyal minister, the soldiers believed it and regarded themselves as righteous incarnators.
Rows full of nails, like hedgehogs, big shields raised in their hands: "Kill!" β
Under the leadership of Mi Fang, the soldiers were uniform, and the sound of killing pierced the sky.
LΓΌ Bu sent soldiers to invite the battle, but Che Zhou just guarded the city and did not send a single soldier to fight.
Seeing the loud soldiers sent by Lu Bu to scold the war downstairs, Che Xuan was so angry that he jumped to his feet again and again, he had never seen that general who made the soldiers scold so embarrassed and insulted Sven, and greeted the eighteenth generation of ancestors and female family members one by one.
"Lu Bupifu, if you dare to insult me again, don't blame me for being merciless." Che Xuan couldn't bear it anymore, and sent someone to push Yan Lin and the three of them to kill the sacrificial flag.
Lu Bu was frightened by Che Xuan's move, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to stop scolding. Seeing that Lu Bu in the city not only stopped the soldiers shouting and scolding, but also ordered the entire large array to retreat slowly, as if they were going to withdraw their troops back to the camp.
Che Xuan held a sword in one hand, pointed at Yan Lin and the three of them with the other and laughed: "With these three women here, I don't have to worry about it." β
After finishing speaking, he felt that the eyes of his subordinates were full of disdain when they looked at him, and hurriedly added: "You can protect Pi from loss." β
Not long after Lu Bu retreated, a fast horse came to the drawbridge: "Report, Prime Minister report urgently!" Quickly lower the drawbridge. β
As soon as he saw the envoy sent by Cao Cao, the chariot hurriedly lowered the drawbridge to let the messenger pass, and then put down the hanging basket to pull the envoy up to the city. After receiving the letter from the messenger, the more he looked at it, the more incredible he felt.
I saw that Cao Cao asked him to exchange Lu Bu's family for Peng Cheng, and ordered it to be completed when Cao Cao's army arrived, if Lu Bu did not agree to the exchange, he must send his family to Lu Bu within two days, in a word, do not let Chen Deng see that Cao Cao intended to give his family to Lu Bu before his Chen Deng's arrival.
"If Lu Bu's family is not in my hands, once Lu Bu waves his army to attack the city, how can I retreat from the enemy?"
The main Bo Liu Wen walked out of the crowd quickly and said, "The car stabbing Shi is too worried. Lu Bu's lone army to cut down Pi is for his family, and the prime minister's army will soon come back to help, and Lu Bu will definitely not fight the prime minister alone; Moreover, Lu Bu just captured Pengcheng and slaughtered countless children of the family, his face and heart did not match, and the rear was turbulent. β
"Lord Liu is polite. Who is willing to talk about exchanging Pengcheng with Lu Bu for his family? β
After hearing what the car was saying, the subordinates looked at the nose and nose, but they didn't look at the car. Everyone is not stupid, once Lu Bu heard that a woman was exchanged for a city, although Lu Bu was brutal, he was not stupid, and Cao Cao could figure it out. I'm afraid that before I finish speaking, I will be angrily clicked away by Lu Bu.
Seeing that no one dared to take over this errand, and Cao Cao's orders could not be disobeyed, a fierce light flashed in Che Zhou's eyes: "Then take the lot and decide." β
The unlucky staff under the tent cried with a sad face, and it was he who drew it: "Please take care of my family." β
After finishing speaking, he went down to prepare and prepared to go to Lu Bu's camp.
Lu Bu had just withdrawn and marched seventeen or eighteen miles, only to see more than 100 soldiers fleeing in front, Zheng Kai was protected in the middle by this group of embarrassed soldiers, and before he could reach the army, Zheng Kai prostrate on the ground: "The subordinates were ignorant, and they were taken away by Cao Ren's tricks, and their subordinates were outnumbered, and they tried their best to get out of the encirclement." β
After hearing what Zheng Kai said, Lu Bu was suddenly furious, afraid that Cao Ren would steal the camp, and Lu Bu specially left the accumulated more than 1,100 soldiers who belonged to Lu Bu before to stay in the camp, instead of leaving the surrendered Cao soldiers to guard the camp because he was afraid that Cao Ren would cooperate with the outside world. Cao Ren, who was defended by 1,000 cavalry, actually lost the camp.
Lu Bu said with a dark face: "Pull it down and cut it." β
"The lord spares his life..."Zheng Kai saw that Lu Bu was going to behead him, and he couldn't maintain his previous calmness anymore.
Mi Fang, who went out to fight with Lu Bu, hurriedly jumped off his horse and knelt on the ground to plead: "The lord is angry, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and there is a lack of talent under the lord's command, why not let Zheng Junshi make meritorious contributions?" β
Under the protection of Gao Chao and Xiao Xiong, Mrs. Zhang Liao and Mrs. Chen Gong came to Lu Bu, and pleaded together after bowing down.
"General Ben, take note of your head for the time being, and if there is a mistake in the future, he will not be spared. Tell me how you lost your camp? β
It turned out that Cao Ren sent the deputy general Zhu Ling with a small group of men and horses to attack the camp, and then used a trick to lure Zheng Kai out of the camp, and stayed in the camp to protect his family and marched Sima Xiao Xiong saw Zheng Kai in ambush, and it was difficult to hold the camp, so he set fire to the camp, and then escorted his family to find Lu Bu's army, Zheng Kai desperately fought out of the encirclement and caught up with Xiao Xiong and his party, the two gathered together to pick up the path, Cao Ren saw that the cavalry of the trail was inconvenient to pursue, and led the army back to fight the fire.
Only then did Lu Bu realize that he had a high opinion of Zheng Kai, and finally changed his opinion of him, and entrusted him to guard the camp, and he couldn't even see through a simple trick.
"Take back the camp." Lu Bu ordered the army to move forward, and the grain and grass were all in the camp, if you want to drag Cao's soldiers in the east of Huaishui, you must have grain and grass, and if you don't let the soldiers eat, will they die hungry?
Lu Bu led the army back, less than five miles away from the camp, the front was full of dust, a large banner with the word "Zhu" written on it, followed by five hundred cavalry, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbled.
Lu Bu rode to the front of his own army, and raised his spear: "Join the battle to meet the enemy." β
The soldiers had just made a show of strength outside the city of Xiapi, and it was when the morale was high, with the sword and shield soldiers in front, the spearmen in the back, and the archers at the back.
Zhu Ling took the cavalry, and saw from a distance that the front of Lu Bu's battle formation was a row of shields with dense nails, took a breath of cool air, did not dare to give the order to rush into battle, waved the flag, and the cavalry slowly pushed down.
I saw a cavalryman beating his horse and coming to the place where Lu Bu was an arrow in front of the array, and asked, "The thief will come out to talk to Lu Bu." β
Lu Bu was too lazy to speak to a small soldier, didn't Zhu Ling send a small soldier to show off his might in front of the battle just to let his morale fall? If Lu Bu comes out to talk to a small soldier and loses his share, if he doesn't come out to speak, his own soldiers will think that Lu Bu is weak in front of the cavalry.
Taking out a spear from his backpack and knocking the horse's belly, the black horse charged forward with all his might: "Drink." β
With the help of the horse's charge, the spear turned into a meteor and shot towards the small soldier, and the small soldier was nailed together by Lu Bu more than eighty paces apart before the small soldier had time to dodge.
"Ho."
Lu Bu succeeded in one blow, and his morale was even higher, and the soldiers of the whole army shouted and cheered.
Zhu Ling saw that Lu Bu threw a spear and stabbed his soldiers to death with a spear from a distance of one stone, and he was shocked in his heart, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and separated the cavalry from the general's banner and slowly walked towards Lu Bu's army formation.
With the experience of the previous car, Zhu Ling stopped when he was separated by two arrows, and shouted: "I am Qinghe Zhu Ling, I have heard for a long time that General Lu is brave, and I am specially invited to fight today, do you dare?" β
Lu Bu saw Zhu Ling's cautious and very frightened appearance, and said wildly that he wanted to fight with him, looking at the entire big man, who would dare to be so arrogant as him? The other princes may only hear how brave they are, but the generals under Cao Cao's command have been through several fierce battles, and they have long known their own strength, and Lu Bu knows that Zhu Ling is not an arrogant person, but also a famous general with excellent vision, how can such a person not know himself.
When things go wrong, there must be demons, Lu Bu knows that there is fraud, Cao Ren has 3,000 tigers and leopards to ride, Cao Ren heard that he led a large army back to seize the camp, why did he only send 500 people out to meet the battle, did he want to use cavalry to defend the camp? How could Cao Ren be a general who put the cart before the horse!
"Who dares to take the head of a thief and take this head?"
As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Mi Fang came out with a horse: "The last general will go and cut off his dog's head." β
After Mi Fang finished speaking, he carried a big knife and directly killed Zhu Ling who was two arrows away. The two are not equal in martial arts, and you come and I have a lot of fun.
When Mi Fang and Zhu Ling faced each other, Lu Bu was not worried about Mi Fang's safety, he didn't bother to care if he died, and returned directly to the middle of the big array: "Pass my general order, bury the shield behind the big array, cover the shield with mud, and leave only the nails outside." β