Chapter 66: Fueling the Flames
At this moment, I only heard someone shouting in the distance, "General Zhang, someone is stealing the camp, and the lord calls you to return to the camp to help the emergency." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ When Zhang Fei heard this, he pushed Hao Meng away with both hands, hit the horse and left, and his soldiers followed in an uproar, even ignoring the prisoners he had just captured.
Xu, Wang, and Hao were stunned for a moment, you look at me, I look at you, this result is too unexpected. "Could it be that Marquis Wen knew that I was waiting to come back today and sent someone to answer me?" Xu Yan said first.
"How can Wen Hou know that I will wait for a few days to return, I'm afraid it's someone else, right?" Wang Kai said.
"Don't guess either. No matter who it is, anyway, we should survive the death, or enter the city as quickly as possible. Once Zhang Fei comes back, I won't have a chance to leave again. β
Hao Meng said in his heart, I have already made a trip to the Ghost Gate just now, and the two of you still have the leisure to guess this. Xu Yan and Wang Kai thought to themselves, it was important to save their lives, and hurriedly returned to Xiapi with the rest of the soldiers. As soon as they entered the city, Xu Yan and Wang Kai rushed to Lu Bu's mansion to pray, and Hao Meng led the troops back to the camp.
After settling the soldiers, Hao Meng returned home with his relatives, only one street away from home, and suddenly jumped out of several soldiers to block the way.
"Who are you waiting for, and why are you here?" Hao Meng was taken aback.
I saw a soldier clasping his fists and whispering, "General Hao, don't come unharmed." β
Hao Meng was startled, looked at it, and exhaled softly, "Chongru, why are you here?" Aren't you afraid that General Ben will arrest you and sacrifice you to Wen Hou? β
Liu Yong smiled: "Lu Bu hates Liu Yong, but General Hao has an old relationship with Liu Yong, shouldn't this be the case?" Besides, if it weren't for me, you think Yide would let the general into the city so easily? β
"We thought that someone really robbed the camp, but it turned out that Chongru did it. But why? Hao Meng's heart moved, and he immediately understood Liu Yong's thoughts, and said, "Do you want to sneak into the city, and then steal the city gate and let Cao Cao in?" β
Liu Yong smiled and said, "General Hao thinks that he can take the city gate with the strength of a few people like me?" If I want to steal the city gate, will I show up here to tell the general? β
Hao Meng was right to think about it, and suddenly asked again: "Does Chongru want to persuade me to wait for the city to be sacrificed?" Although I am not talented, I will not turn my back on the old master, and I advise you to break this thought as soon as possible. β
Liu Yong said: "General Hao is too worried, Liu Yong has no such plan." β
"It's not, it's not, what exactly do you want to do when you enter the city?"
Liu Yong smiled: "General Hao, don't worry. After some time, there will be changes in the city, and General Hao will ask Liu Yong to help the staff with ideas. β
Hao Meng was even more suspicious when he heard it, are you so godly? Do you know what's going to happen in a few days? But thinking that Liu Yong had just saved his life, he said, "Okay." However, Chongru can only be in my house, and must not go out, otherwise once the news leaks, you and I will not be able to save our lives. β
"Don't worry, general, Liu Yong knows the severity."
Besides, when Xu Yan and Wang Kai saw Lu Bu, they told Yuan Shu's meaning.
"Looks like we have to send it." Lu Bu sighed, "How about I let Gao Shun send it?" β
"Wen Hou, the Cao army outside is under siege, and we all took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Cao army and General Hao to escape. Now that Cao Cao is prepared, it is even more difficult to break through. It's not that we underestimate General Gao, not to mention Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, or Xiahoudun and Cao Hong's generation who came to intercept and kill, can General Gao resist it? If you can't break through, it's a small matter, and if you miss it, your life will be great. I think we have to be escorted by Wen Hou personally. β
Lu Bu was the only girl, and he loved it like a treasure, so he said, "Okay." Tomorrow, with Gao Shun and Zhang Liao as the vanguard, I will personally send them to 200 miles away, and then let the two of them send them? β
"That's the best."
On the second day of the second watch, Lu Bu asked his daughter to say goodbye to his wife Yan, wrapped it in a cloth, and carried it on his back. Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were draped all over their bodies, and led a thousand men and horses to open the way in front, protecting Lu Bu and sneaking towards Liu Bei's camp.
Just before Liu Beizhai, only to hear a drum, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei blocked the way and shouted: "Lu Buxiu go!" Lu Bu had no intention of fighting, so he let Gao Shun and Zhang Liao intercept him, and he took the road. After walking for only two miles, Xu Huang blocked the way again, "Lu Bu, the prime minister has laid a net of heaven and earth, quickly get off the horse and be bound!" β
Lu Bu turned his horse's head and wanted to find a way to break out of the encirclement, but it was not easy to say. LΓΌ Bu went east, and Cao Bing went east; LΓΌ Bu went west, and Cao Bing went west.
As a last resort, Lu Bu had no choice but to raise his halberd to face the battle, but there were more and more Cao troops, and the shouts of killing on all sides were earth-shattering. Lu Bu had to take care of both people and horses, and after a short time, he sweated profusely. Lu Bu looked at it, if he continued to fight like this, I would have to die of exhaustion if I didn't die in battle, and if I injured my daughter again, it would be worth the loss. So Lu Bu didn't dare to rush again, so he had to turn his horse back to the city. Guan Yu, Xu Huang and others did not chase after them, and each led their troops back to the camp.
If you can't send your daughter here, Yuan Shu's rescuers won't be able to come there. Lu Bu was depressed in his heart, and let Yan's and Diao Chan, Jiao's wives and concubines accompany him to drink and have fun all day long, and after a short time, his body became weaker and weaker day by day.
One day, Lu Bu got up and looked at the bronze mirror, only to see that the person inside was blinded and looked depressed, Lu Bu was startled, how did I become like this? Lu Bu picked up the mirror, threw it into the ground, and ordered, "From now on, all residents of the city will abstain from alcohol." If you have another drink, chop! β
Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hao Meng and other four people have a very close relationship, and it is strange to see Liu Yong in Hao Meng's mansion, but fortunately, Liu Yong did not say anything to persuade him to dedicate the city, only to talk about friendship, so everyone only did not know, but they were fine.
On this day, everyone was gathering in Hou Cheng's mansion, and they were drinking happily, when they suddenly heard of Lu Bu's ban, these good drinkers were indignant in their hearts, but they didn't dare to go against it openly, but just cursed a few words in private and asked people to withdraw the wine. Liu Yong saw it in his eyes, secretly happy in his heart, called Dong Xian, and gently instructed a few words in his ear.
In the evening, there was meat and no wine in the banquet, and everyone was out of interest, and the wine worms in the stomach were strange, and their hearts were unbearable, so they scolded their mothers again. At this moment, Hou Chengjia's horse ran in, "General, it's not good, the horse was stolen." β
Hou Cheng is a person with average martial arts, but he is very good at raising horses, and loves horses like life, he heard that his beloved horse was stolen, how can he still sit still, and hurriedly took his own soldiers to chase, Hao Meng, Song Xian, and Wei Xu had nothing to do, and they also followed.
When the horse thieves saw Hou Cheng and others chasing after them, they immediately abandoned their horses and ran into the alley. When Hou Cheng saw that the horse was recovered, he didn't chase after it, and led the horse back to his house.
Song Xian said: "Second brother, everyone has worked hard to help you snatch the horse back today, so you have to celebrate." Why don't we have a drink? β
"Good!" Everyone agreed.
Liu Yong said: "Wen Hou can have an order, and there are people in the whole army who drink alcohol, behead!" Do you generals dare to disobey? β
"When I heard that there was wine, the gluttonous worms in my stomach came up, so it should be okay to drink two sips, right?" Wei Xu licked his lips.
"If you let Wen Hou know, you will all have trouble." Liu Yong said coldly.
"If Chongru is intelligent, there must be a good way." Hao Meng said.
Everyone also felt reasonable, and they all looked at Liu Yong, their faces full of expectation. Liu Yong smiled secretly in his heart, pretended to ponder for a moment, and said, "This thing is also easy to do." We reported to Lu Bu about today's brothers' meritorious service, and then sent him the wine and asked him to drink it first. As long as Wen Hou drinks it, we can drink heartily. β
Everyone applauded, and Hou Cheng selected two jars of the best wine, and the big guy sent it to Lu Bu together, "Wen Hou." Something will be told at the end of the day. β
Lu Bu looked at these two jars of wine, and couldn't help but be angry, "Hou Cheng, I just passed down the order to stop drinking in the whole city, why did you bring wine up again and openly disobey my order?" β
"Wen Hou, please calm your anger, there is a reason why the last general will send wine."
"Speak!"
Hou Chengcheng reported the theft of horses to Lu Bu, "It's not that we intend to drink, but we think that everyone is looking for horses and working hard, and begging Wen Hou to reward the brothers below." β
Lu Bu waited coldly for Hou Cheng to finish speaking, and said angrily: "Bold Hou Cheng, you dare to disobey my orders!" Left and right, push Hou Cheng out and cut it! β
came over left and right, tied Hou Cheng's arm, and pushed it out. Hao Meng and the others saw that the situation was not good, so they knelt in front of Lu Bu with other generals to plead, "Wen Hou, now that the morale in the city is low, it is even more disadvantageous to kill the generals, and Hou Cheng offered wine for a reason, please forgive Wen Hou and spare Hou Cheng." β
Lu Budao: "Hou Cheng's violation of the general's order is a capital crime. Well, remembering his past merits, and the generals also interceded for it, they spared him the death penalty and beat him with a hundred rods. "Everyone, when you hear it, you can't be killed." Wen Hou, please spare your life, you can't save your life by beating General Hou like this. β
"Then I will be punished with fifty rods." Everyone had to plead again, and Lu Bu flicked the sleeves of his robe, "Do you also want to disobey my orders?" Everyone didn't dare to say any more, so they had to beg the executioner to be lighter, and Rao was like this, and he also beat Hou Cheng half to death.
Everyone carried Hou Cheng into the house, and Song Xian said: "Lu Bu is really ruthless and unjust, you have been with him for so many years and have made many military exploits, but he doesn't even talk about it at all." β
Wei Xu also said: "This Lu Bu used to drink with his wife and concubine every day, but now he doesn't want to drink it, why don't you let us drink it." β
"yes. Lu Bu didn't adopt Mr. Gongtai's strategy, but listened to the woman's words, which was good, but it was good, but only the lonely city of Xiapi remained. I think Cao Bing will come in sooner or later, what can we do! β
A few people, the more you say a word, the lower the mood, the more you say the cooler your heart, and there is no sound for a moment.
Song Xian suddenly whispered: "Brothers, why don't we leave Xiapi and vote for the Ming Lord?" β
Wei Xu gasped: "It's okay to go, but what else is there to vote for, are we still in the grass?" β
Hao Meng said: "Chongru is in the house, it is better to welcome us to Cao Cao." β
"But we haven't built an inch, and Cao Cao won't necessarily take us in." Song Xian was a little worried.
Hou Chengdao: "Why don't you invite Chongru here and see what he has in mind?" β
"That's right! Right! Right! How did you forget him. β
After a while, Hao Meng invited Liu Yong over, told everyone what they thought, and asked Liu Yong to help him get an idea.
Liu Yong nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Lu Bu is invincible, you say, apart from his own bravery, what else can he rely on?" β