Chapter 7 The Siege of Xianbei
At the celebration banquet that day, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Fei were surprised to find that Lu Bu had brought a middle-aged man and was very respectful to him. This is nothing, the most important thing is that the three brothers found that the eldest brother, who had always been strict with him in the past, not only smiled at the middle-aged man, but also called his father-in-law with an aggrieved face!
"Wow! The eldest brother has only been out for a while and has an extra father-in-law? It's amazing! Zhang Fei shouted excitedly. I said that the eldest brother didn't even come to the celebration banquet, it turned out that he was looking for a sister-in-law for us. Hahaha. "Zhang Fei was so happy to see his eldest brother so aggrieved for the first time.
"Oh, are you happy? Yide? A voice that seemed to come from the middle of the winter made Zhang Fei, who was laughing heartily, instantly freeze.
"Woe! Big brother, you're here, then I still have something to do with the third brother, I'll leave first. Zhang Fei turned around and ran away without a trace.
"Cut, kid." Lu Bu saw Gao Shun on the side with a smile and sighed helplessly, "Hey, if you want to laugh, just laugh." Grandma's thoughts, I, Lu Bu, am excellent in martial arts, but I was forcibly adopted as a son-in-law by an old man who was powerless. It's so depressing. ”
Gao Shun chuckled and said, "I'm afraid that the old man's daughter will make the eldest brother really unable to let go, otherwise who can force the eldest brother to be a son-in-law?" In other words, where is this old man sacred? ”
"Hehe, say my father-in-law, alas, don't laugh. said that my father-in-law, he is the great Confucian Cai Yong, Cai Cai Bo, yes. Lu Bu said cheerfully. If I hadn't promised to help their family relieve the pain of exile this time, this Cai family's son-in-law would not be so easy to do. However, I am willing to be his son-in-law, not only because his daughter is really smart and virtuous, but most importantly, I value his reputation in Confucianism. With his presence, there will be much less resistance when we recruit some scholars in the future. This is important for our future development. So how could I refuse this kind of good thing that kills two birds with one stone? ”
"The eldest brother's foresight is really admirable to the younger brother." Gao Shun saw that the eldest brother was very proud, and complimented him without being salty.
"Well, this doesn't look like you usually do, like those sour literati. Let's go drink, oh yes I forgot you don't drink. But it doesn't matter, it's okay to replace wine with tea. Lu Bu grabbed Gao Shun and walked to the banquet, this battle seriously hit the morale of Xianbei, and the people of Jiuyuan City spontaneously gathered some wine buffalo and sheep to reward the army. The morale of the soldiers was high and they rejoiced with the people
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The early autumn morning made people sleep very comfortably, and Lu Bu was sleeping in the city guard's mansion. "Husband, husband." A delicate and lovely voice woke Lu Bu up.
"Huh? Yan'er? Didn't you say it, we haven't gotten married yet, you don't have to call me husband now, I still like you to call me Brother Fengxian. Haha what's the matter? "Lu Bu drank with several brothers yesterday, as well as surnamed Cao and Cai Yong. But Lu Bu was not drunk in a thousand cups in his previous life or in this life, except for Gao Shun, who did not drink a drop of wine, and the rest of the people fell to the ground. In the end, Lu Bu asked Gao Shun to send the rest of the people home, and he carried Cai Yong back to the city guard's mansion. Of course, he didn't do anything at night to blame his uncle for pushing Xiao Luo Lili. Just chatted with the curious Cai Yan for a few hours and slept peacefully in the main room vacated by Cai Yan.
"Well, Brother Fengxian, a strong man named Gao Shun outside the mansion said that there is an urgent matter to discuss with the eldest brother. Seeing his appearance, he was very anxious, so Yan'er hurriedly woke up Brother Fengxian. "Cai Yan's little Lori's love for the name 'Brother Fengxian' is obviously more than the name 'husband'.
"Gao Shun? It's not good, there must be something big, Yan'er, I went out in advance and came back to chat with you. After speaking, he hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the city to guard the mansion.
"Brother Fengxian, you have to be careful!" Little Lori shouted worriedly behind Lu Bu.
"What's going on?" Lu Bu and Gao Shun asked as they rushed to the barracks.
"Big brother, the scouts I sent today have sent back the news that the Xianbei army has come with nearly 20,000 men and horses, and the key thing is that they found the golden eagle banner of the Xianbei king in the banner of the camp. This shows that the elite of the headquarters of the Eastern Xianbei King has come to Jiuyuan, and this matter is in trouble. Gao Shun's handsome face, which has always been calm, is now rarely covered with gloom.
"The king of Eastern Xianbei is also here? I remember that the king of Xianbei in the east of them is called Budugen, why is he here? Could it be the butterfly effect? Lu Bu was puzzled, there was no record in history that Budugen attacked the Han Dynasty in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The two came to the military camp in the city, only Zhang Liao was directing the soldiers to sort out the equipment, Lu Bu looked around and asked, "Where is Yide?" Haven't you gotten up yet? ”
Zhang Liao saw Lu Bu coming, and hurriedly pulled a pawn over, and after whispering a few words, he came to Lu Bu: "Big brother, fourth brother, he drank too much yesterday." You also know that the prohibition of alcohol these days has suffocated him, and he finally seized the opportunity to drink a few more drinks. I've sent someone to wake him up. ”
"Well, forget about him, how is the military situation now?"
"Big brother, now the Xianbei army has nearly 40,000 soldiers surrounding Jiuyuan. Out of the south gate, there were no enemy soldiers, and there were thousands of men and horses at the east gate and the west gate, but these thousands of people were just a miscellaneous army composed of some Xianbei herdsmen. Xianbei's main force is all gathered at the north gate, and I just saw dozens of ladders appear in the Xianbei army, it seems that among the people brought by the Xianbei king are Han craftsmen who can make siege equipment. Zhang Liao's face was a little ugly. Originally, if Xianbei wanted to break the city, he basically had to rely on the accumulation of human lives. However, with the surrendered Han craftsmen building siege equipment for them, their numerical advantage became a problem for Jiuyuan City.
"There is another question, this Xianbei army, nearly 40,000 troops eat horses here, how to solve their grain and grass?" After all, Lu Bu didn't know much about the Xianbei people's surname, so he asked Gao Shun about them.
"Big brother, these Xianbei people don't rely on manpower to use grain and grass like us, they carry the cattle and sheep of the tribe with them, and the cattle and sheep are tied to the cut forage. People eat cattle and sheep, and war horses eat forage. As for the cattle and sheep, they are raised by shepherds in the vicinity. I remember that the scouts reconnoitred and reported that there were at least hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and they had eaten up several pastures. Gao Shun knew that his eldest brother didn't know much about art in the mountains since he was a child, so he carefully explained it to Lu Bu.
"Grazing? Do you mean that they depend entirely on their cattle and sheep for their food, and that their cattle and sheep are all fed by water and grass in the vicinity? Lu Bu asked thoughtfully, and after thinking for a while after getting Gao Shun's affirmation, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei, who had just arrived, glanced at each other after seeing this familiar evil smile, and knew that the Xianbei army outside the city was going to be in trouble.
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