Chapter 115: The Only Death Through the Ages
Cheng Yu obviously overestimated the adaptability of Cao Ren and Cao Chun and the tacit understanding with him Cheng Yu.
If the old Cao family brothers chose to believe Cheng Yu when they heard the sound of Mingjin, and turned around and left without saying a word, maybe they could really be different from Cheng Yu and escape alive in front of Lu Bujun, who was already exhausted by resisting five times the enemy's army.
Unfortunately, this is only if. Don't mention Cao Chunben and Cheng Yu are not quite right; Although Cao Ren got Cao Cao to make him have to cooperate with Cheng Yu's strict order, after all, he and Cao Chun are compatriots of the same mother, and Cheng Yu is not very good at being a person, how can Cao Ren not have some prejudices against Cheng Yu?
It was such a stunned kung fu that the two brothers lost the most appropriate opportunity to escape!
In a chaotic battlefield, how can you run if you want to? 20,000 Yellow Turbans joined the battle, making the flat land that was not large before Lishan even more crowded. When the soldiers of the Cao Army saw that the "reinforcements" who had placed high hopes on them suddenly "defected", some of them were still in shock, and some of them had already become ghosts, and the rest either knelt down obediently and asked to surrender, or fled the battlefield in a panic, and the scene was out of control for a while.
These two brothers are not Lu Bu, they have the Red Rabbit Horse and Fang Tian's Painted Halberd, and the trapped camp of the Xuanjia Heavy Horse behind them as a signboard, no matter where they go, it is not easy for the two brothers to be forcibly rescued by their subordinates Lu Bu's attack range, and it is simply delusional to want to run fast in this chaos.
"Two General Cao! General Lu, the lord of my family, didn't mean to hurt the two, but I sincerely wanted to invite the two of you to Linzi as guests, and I hope that you don't refuse, so as not to have other misunderstandings! "To be able to say such a damaging thing, except for Qin Xu, he doesn't think about it as a second person. The 20,000 Yellow Turban troops quickly controlled the situation, so that Qin Xu, under the escort of the first camp, and Lu Bu stopped the two of them in a hurry.
"There are a lot of people in the old flying cavalry battalion in this battle, you won't have another meaning, right? These two are Cao Cao's brothers, don't think about surrendering to you, kid! Lu Bu, who had already experienced a similar scene, pouted at Qin Xu, signaled Cheng Lian to be beside him, don't go too far, and said.
"Yes, Master Qin, I can't give our old man an outlet!" Cheng Lian said with a smile. also knew that if Qin Xu hadn't arrived in time this time, he might not know how much of the flying cavalry battalion he had just formed would have been left in the end, so Cheng Lian really couldn't complain about Qin Xu and Cheng Lian. I just hope that Qin Xu won't be too tolerant.
"Lord, Xu wants these two people to be of great use!" Qin Xu glared at Cheng Lian angrily, but he didn't want Lu Bujun to settle down easily, just because of Cheng Lian's bad breath, Yanzhou and Qingzhou became an endless situation like Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in Hebei. whispered beside Lu Bu.
"It's just two defeated generals, what use can they do if they know that they can't be surrendered? Tell me about it? Although Lu Bu had to deal with the aftermath of what he had to do for Qin Xu from time to time, he couldn't beat and scolded Lu Lingqi from the side, and he had a headache; But he was interested in Qin Xu's ghost idea and asked.
"My lord, what do you think these two people look like?" Qin Xu did not directly answer Lu Bu's words, but pointed at Cao Ren and Cao Chun, who were glaring angrily, and asked Lu Budao.
"Like what? The two are just ordinary people, and there is nothing outstanding about it? "Just won the battle, Lu Bu is really in a good mood, and he even made a joke about the Cao family brothers in public, which made Cao Ren and Cao Chun's faces turn green, even if you Lu Bu is lucky to win, you won't be so insulting, right?
"No, no, no, my lord, take a closer look!" Qin Xu looked like a magic stick, his hands were pressed together on the Cao family brothers in the air, and he made a very exaggerated big gesture, and said with a smile to Lu Bu and the generals behind him: "Generals also take a look, don't these two people look like they are piled up with a lot of grain coins?" Glittering gold, very dazzling! ”
"Like! It's so similar! I think it's at least 10,000 stones! Oh no, each of them is at least like 30,000 stones! What do you think of Master Qin? After all, Cheng Lian had the best relationship with Qin Xu, and he was the first to "comprehend" the meaning of Qin Xu's words, and he also echoed and smiled.
"A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated!" Seeing the familiar Qin Xu and the faceless Cheng Lian teasing like this, looking at the two of them as if they were looking at goods, Cao Ren suddenly shouted with a pale face: "Gentlemen, how does Gong Cao treat others, and now that he has fallen here, can he dare to fight with Cao for a while?" ”
"I'd rather die than surrender!" Cao Chun and Cao Ren are the same mother, and this stubble is just right. In addition, these foot soldiers were originally from Jibei Kingdom following Cao Chun, so Cao Chun was still quite confident in his soldiers.
It's a pity......
"Bang dang!"
"Bang dang!"
What responded to Cao Ren was the sound of the remaining twenty or so people throwing their weapons to the ground.
The only death through the ages!
Surrounded by more than 20,000 people, with no way to enter the heavens and no way to enter the earth, it is not too easy to expect these soldiers who have just put down their hoes to join Cao Cao's army in Jibei Kingdom and are willing to die together.
"This is human nature!" The corners of the mouths of the soldiers trapped in the camp behind Lu Bu invariably showed a hint of a nonchalant smile. If they had not gone through the tribulation of living and dying together, these people would never have known what it meant to be called the robes and brothers in the army.
"My lord! It's better to hand over these two gods of wealth to General Cheng's care! I think General Cheng will take good care of them! Just now Cheng Lian was very face-saving, Qin Xu was also happy to repay the favor and suggested to Lu Bu.
"Exactly! But there is one thing, don't let them lose their lives! Lu Bu couldn't help but nod and agreed to Qin Xu's request.
"Don't worry! We will definitely take good care of them! Definitely let them be treated by what kind of fed and what kind of fart that Master Qin said before! A sinister smile flashed on Cheng Lian's face, and he waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to rush up, holding Cao Ren and Cao Chun tightly.
"Shaft! Villain! General Cao won't let you go! This was the last sentence Cao Chun said before the two of them were brutally removed from their jaws.
"Go to Jinan!" With the power of this great victory, Lu Bu strongly announced that he would take the opportunity to enter Jinan City.
This battle took place near Lishan, not far from the city of Jinan (Lixia), the seat of Jinan State Administration, and the screams and fights of the angry men had already alarmed the clans in the city. In order to avoid the pond fish, the gate of Jinan was ordered to be closed tightly by the patriarchs of the major families who gathered together, and all the family soldiers gathered together on the city wall to defend, but I was fortunate to witness the whole process of the whole battle.
It's amazing! I thought that this unequal battle, which lasted less than two hours, no matter how strong Lu Bu's army was, it would take no more than 3,000 cavalry to face 15,000 elite infantry cavalry, even if it was optimistic, it would be a lose-lose ending. Unexpectedly, at the most critical moment of the battle, such earth-shattering changes occurred. The Yellow Turban helps Lu enter the war! In terms of strength and morale, it directly crushed the fighting spirit of the Cao army, which still had most of the remaining army, except for the few who escaped by chance, all of them became prisoners of Lu Bu's army!
How so? Could it be that Lu Bu quietly surrendered the Yellow Turban Thief who had plagued Qingzhou for many years? Seeing that Lu Bu's army is leading the victorious army to Jinan City, the soldiers are in full swing, and the place where the halberd is drawn makes the private soldiers of the various families at the head of Jinan City suddenly have two feelings of war!
Lu Bu is powerful, you can't be rebellious! As soon as this idea was born, it occupied the hearts of the patriarchs of the major families in Jinan City.
Before Lu Bu newly entered Qingzhou, his foothold was unstable, and he might be able to make a false deal with it, after all, Jinan's national and military affairs have been controlled by the major families in the city for many years, and they have long been intertwined and deep-rooted; No matter how strong Lu Bu's military strength is, in the case of being surrounded by enemies on all sides, for the sake of the stability of the overall situation of the entire Qingzhou, he may still be able to tolerate the military and politics falling to others.
But now it's different, after all, Jinan is under the rule of Qingzhou, and Lu Bu, as the pastor of Qingzhou, is responsible for the military and political shepherding on behalf of the Son of Heaven. Although the chaos of the Han Dynasty has been revealed, and even the Son of Heaven has succumbed to the thief, this rule that has been adhered to for hundreds of years is still the standard that the Han world abides by.
Yuan's suit softened! Cao's army is defeated! Tao Qian didn't dare to speak out! Gongsun Chan is also powerless to start! Even the Yellow Turban can be Lu Bu's reinforcements! Lu Bu has become a leader in Qingzhou, and he will be attached as soon as possible, and he may be able to take advantage of Lu Bu's new Jinan to take the initiative, in order to maintain the glory of the family and the status of the family; If you can't recognize the form and forcibly stop it, you will have to bear the reputation of being a rebel in the court. When the time comes, not to mention how many generations of the family you have inherited, how many generations of the wealthy family you have inherited, before the absolute strength and righteousness of Lu Bujun, you can only be crushed and exterminated, and finally end up with a disaster of destroying the family and the clan!
None of the people who can make a name for themselves in the late Han Dynasty are fools, and the wealthy families of Jinan who have been stealing power for many years will naturally not joke with their own net worth. Just when Lu Bu led the army to the city of Jinan, Kong Chang, the head of the Confucian family who often claimed to be on the side of the Kong family in the city, and other residents of the upper family such as Zhou Chen Qin and other families in Jinan City, respectfully bowed and lined up to welcome the arrival of Lu Bu's army.
These social things are Lu Bu's biggest headache, and the pretense in the clouds and fog of these people has whirlpooled, making Lu Bu one head and two big, and he also deeply understands the difficulties of Zang Hong's conditioning in Linzi, if it weren't for Qin Xu on his side, he really didn't know how to deal with it, and it actually made Lu Bu feel even more tired than the big battle just now.
There are not many civil officials under Lu Bu, and there are only a handful of people who can have the ability to govern a country. It is adjacent to Yanzhou and Xuzhou, which is to guard against Cao Cao's anger and find fault, and to ensure that the road for Xuzhou grain to enter Qingzhou is unimpeded. The candidate for the chief official must be used with confidence and outstanding ability, but the problem is that except for Zang Hong, who wants to govern Linzi, Lu Bu has no one else at hand!
As a last resort, Lu Bu, who had a headache, could only agree to Qin Xu's proposal, and boldly used the former ministers of the Yuan family, Xu You, Feng Ji, and Gong Cao, who were placed in Linzi by their families, as the prime minister of Jinan, Sima and Gong Cao of other departments. He also left the Chenglian Flying Cavalry Battalion and Han Guangsuo, who had just been appointed as the deputy commander of the Flying Cavalry Battalion, led a Yellow Turban with 5,000 people, to reorganize and train on the spot, strengthen the overall strength of Jinan, and at the same time prepare for the arrangement of "trading" with Cao Cao.
In terms of low-level administration, fortunately, the local scholars could not bear to give up their long-occupied vested interests, and under Lu Bu's Huairou policy, the low-level administrative officials were selected from these families, which temporarily avoided the embarrassment of having superiors but no subordinates.
What was the most important thing in the late Han Dynasty? As in the XXI century, talent! Lu Bu has now finally realized what it means to be thirsty for talent! The annex of Zichuan is still on the way, and the administrative officials in Linzi City who are different in face are also useless, and the official gap is very large!