Lu Bu took a breath on the seal ribbon, and with a "bang" sound, it was greatly stamped on a case to be issued.

Cheng Lian, who was waiting below, took the stamped case and handed it to the bureaucrats who were waiting outside the hall, Lu Bu could have done these things without himself, but considering that Jia Xu had not rested for many days, he called all the officials waiting outside the Taishou Mansion to wait in the hall, and he personally signed the order.

The instructions were passed to the hands of the various officials through Lu Bu's hands, and everyone happily took the orders, and then rushed to where they should go.

After working all morning, Lu Bu was already so tired that his chest was pressed against his back, he put down the brush in his hand, shook his sore arm, and sighed in his heart that the work of issuing orders was really not done by people like him.

Every instruction has to go through all kinds of thinking before it can be stamped and implemented, this is a mental work, Lu Bu once did it, it was a few years ago, when he served as the chief secretary under Ding Yuan's account, and he did such a thing. But now that things are wrong, Ding Yuan has long been a dry bone in the grave, and he has become the supreme ruler of the four counties of Xiliang.

Lu Bu smiled self-deprecatingly, picked up the brush again, and reviewed the instructions of the four counties that were waiting for approval.

"Lord!" Cheng Lian, who was guarding outside the mansion, strode to the council hall and arched his hand at Lu Bu, who was reviewing the instructions.

"Speak!" Lu Bu said and put down the brush and shook his wrist.

"Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Xu Rong, they have arrived!"

When Lu Bu heard this, he quickly put down the work in his hand, got up and asked, "Where are they now?" ”

As early as when Lu Buxi was conquering the Qiang tribe, he asked Zhang Xiu to go to Wancheng to persuade Zhang Ji to come to Longxian, calculate the time, almost four months have passed, Zhang Xiu has returned, and Lu Bu has not seen Zhang Ji and Xu Rong for a long time. That's because Jia Xu considered Zhong Xuan and Li Dian stationed in Chang'an, so he asked them to station their army in Chencang to prevent Zhong Xuan and Li Dian from seizing Chencang and blocking their way eastward.

Now that Cao Cao has moved his capital to Xuchang, it is estimated that there will be no war for a while and a half, so Lu Bu sent someone to summon Zhang Ji and the three people stationed in Chencang.

"Waiting outside the house!" Cheng Lian replied.

Lu Bu hurriedly threw away the brush in his hand. Get up and go out with Cheng Lian to greet him.

Zhang Ji and the three of them came from Chen Cang day and night, and they were more or less tired, but they didn't dare to rest for a while, so they hurried to the Taishou Mansion to ask to see Lu Bu, and then returned to the post house to wash off the dust and sleep comfortably after seeing Lu Bu.

Zhang Ji and the others didn't wait long, they saw Lu Bu striding from the mansion, the three of them patted the dust on their bodies, and walked up to greet them: "Meet Wen Hou!" ”

"Haha, haven't seen you in a few years. The three generals are getting tougher and tougher! Lu Bu stepped forward to help the three of them up, and said with a smile: "The three generals, please follow me into the mansion, and we will go in and talk in detail!" ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey!" , The three of them bowed to Lu Bu, and then followed behind him, and walked into the Taishou Mansion together.

Walking into the meeting hall, the officials who stayed in the hall were dismissed, and the four of them sat down in the order of the host and the guest. They first exchanged pleasantries, and then Lu Bu cut to the topic: "Three generals." Today, the people's hearts are scattered, the government is uneasy, uprisings and rebellions are occurring one after another, there are successive military disasters, and there are wars everywhere. The people of Lebanon have suffered from the disaster of war, and the people are constantly being displaced every year, and the corpses are everywhere. I also want to create a little in this troubled era, but I am suffering from a weak force, so I sincerely invite three generals to help a certain arm, and wait for him to make contributions in the future. ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, got up and said in unison: "Thanks to Wenhou's weight, although we don't have the courage of Xiahou Ying Zhou Bo, nor the talent of Xiao He Chen Ping, we are also willing to serve Wenhou for the work of dogs and horses, and serve the modest strength, although we will die!" ”

Their voices were loud and their words were so neat that it was as if they had been discussed in advance.

"Haha, good, good, to be able to get the help of three generals, just like Gaozu has Fan Xu, now that three of them have joined, a certain is really like a fish in water, and the drought seedlings are in the rain!"

Lu Bu happily clasped his fists at the three of them, and praised the three of them like honey.

Everyone loves to listen to nice words, and the three of them are no exception, Xu Rong wiped the snow-white beard under his chin, and quipped: "I used to call you Fengxian, but now I have to call you the lord."

Xu Rong still vaguely remembers the first meeting with Lu Bu back then, when he was still young and vigorous, sharp, after many years, Lu Bu has added a little calmness and a little less arrogance.

"The old general is polite, if the old general is willing, he can still call a certain first!"

For this veteran who had defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian, Lu Bu didn't dare to hold it up, but unfortunately he was too old, if Xu Rong was a little younger, it would be even more perfect.

Lu Bu's words immediately caused Xu Rong to laugh, and he didn't dare to say in his mouth.

"Lord, this time, we brought a piece of news!" After a while, Xu Rong gradually suppressed his smile and said to Lu Bu Zhengse, who was on the main seat.

Lu Budao: "What news? ”

Xu Rong replied: "Cao Cao's father Cao Song was killed in Xuzhou, and at this time Cao Cao was going to avenge his father, why didn't the lord go out of Chang'an, attack Xudu, and serve the Son of Heaven to order the princes?" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, this Xu Rong is worthy of being Sun Jian, who defeated Cao Cao, and he could think of such a strategic goal, if it wasn't for Lu Bu's decision, I'm afraid he would have listened to Xu Rong's words and sent troops to Xu Du. At the same time, he also secretly said in his heart that Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, it should be before the Yanzhou Change, but now things are reversed, first the Yanzhou Change, and then to the Battle of Xuzhou.

Lu Bu shook his head: "Old general, if I want to serve the Son of Heaven to order the princes, I went as early as when Li Dao Guo Yan was in charge, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Xu Rong stroked his snow-white beard, and said secretly in his heart: "Two years ago, Lu Bu had an army of 100,000 under his tent, if he went to attack Chang'an at that time, several of them would definitely respond, it is estimated that Lu Bu also thought of this, the reason why he didn't do this, I'm afraid there are more schemes!" ”

Seeing that he seemed to understand this truth, Lu Bu immediately smiled and said: "Three generals, I have already asked Cheng Lian to prepare a banquet to wash the dust for the three generals, I don't know what the three generals think?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, although they really wanted to go back to the post house to sleep beautifully, but they couldn't refute Lu Bu's face, so they could only respond to Lu Bu at the moment, and it was not too late to go to rest after eating.

Outside the city of Xiapi, hunting with flags.

When he learned that Cao Cao personally led tens of thousands of troops to attack Xiapi, he quickly took over all the affairs of the city, ordered to pacify the people, and mobilized the army to prepare to defend the city.

It was a very painful thing to wait for the enemy to kill, and this nervous mood made Liu Bei's soldiers suffer from insomnia, but what was going to come would eventually come.

It didn't take long for the soldiers at the head of the city to see from afar that the neatly dressed army, which had been hunting with banners and banners, was overwhelming, covered with dust, and killed them like a tide. Gradually, the sound of war drums, shouting and killing, the sound of horses' hooves, and the sound of wheels resounded in the sky, which was terrifying, and this formation frightened the hands of the defending soldiers holding bows and crossbows, Liu Bei pulled out his sword and personally climbed the city tower to command the defense of the city.

Because Liu Bei's reputation is outside, the people of Xiapi City have helped him to defend the city desperately, Cao Cao fought for several days, did not capture the small Xiapi City, but also lost a lot of soldiers, and so on the fifth day, Liu Bei actually opened the city for the first time to meet the battle, the two sides met on the hill ten miles away from Xiapi City, after a burst of bows and crossbows and arrows fired at each other, the two groups of men and horses steadily retracted their positions, and scolded each other in the air.

Cao Cao wore a helmet and a smock belt, and gritted his teeth and looked at one of the generals in the opposite formation: "The big-eared thief who weaves mats and sells shoes, Mr. blocked my army and attacked my camp again, if I don't kill you today, it will be difficult to solve my hatred, and the generals will listen to the order, although they are willing to capture and kill Liu Bei for me!" ”

The reason why Cao Cao was so angry was not unreasonable.

He originally wanted to take his father Cao Song to Yanzhou to enjoy happiness, and the family lived together to enjoy the joy of family, how happy? But he never wanted to be killed by Tao Qian's general, the whole family of forty-three, none of them survived, Cao Cao, who was rectifying the super-outline, heard the bad news, and fainted at that time, almost without anger.

Since ancient times, disaster has not affected the family, this is a word that even a three-year-old child can say, but he hates that Tao Qian, who claims to be a benevolent and righteous gentleman, but does such a contemptible thing, and only hates that he did not kill him when the alliance of the princes of the eighteen towns was in the past.

I want to attack you Xuzhou, that is a conflict of interests between you and me, and before I can fight, you will start to bow down to my family, Cao Cao thought so in his heart, without considering that this was done by Tao Qian's general Zhang Min.

After Cao Cao woke up, he was not enough to dissuade Guo Jia and Xun Yu, so he immediately mobilized troops and horses, and the troops were divided into two ways to enter Xuzhou. I think that Xiahou Yuan is a general under Cao Cao's account, brave and strategic, especially good at running and fighting, and fighting sports warfare, so when he attacked Pengcheng, Pengcheng Taishou was captured alive by Xiahou Yuan in his sleep.

Therefore, how did Tao Qian's men and horses be Xiahou Yuan's opponents, and they were defeated and returned.

Cao Cao sent troops from Qingzhou, with Xiahoudun as the vanguard officer, summoned Li Dian of Chang'an, made him a deputy general, and entered Langya County from Santing, all the way through the pass, and the beginning was also smooth.

However, when he arrived at Jiqiu, Cao Cao suddenly received a battle report: "Yuan Shao sent Fu Hu as the commander, and ordered Liu Bei to rush to the aid of Xuzhou with Pingyuan, first breaking the Yanzhou soldiers and horses, and then leading Xiahou Yuan to return to the rescue and ambush Xiahou Yuan on the way back." After a big battle, Xiahou Yuan was injured by Guan Yu, if it wasn't for Cao Renlejin desperately relieving the siege, he was afraid that he would die in the chaotic army.

Yuan Shao's sneak attack on Yanzhou is reasonable, who is this Liu Bei?

A country man who weaves mats and sells shoes dares to oppose him? Although Yanzhou was defeated, Cao Cao could never turn back at this time, urging the soldiers and horses to continue to advance, and arrived at the city of Xiapi, now the enemy is very red-eyed, Cao Cao also knows that if he wants to kill Tao Qian to take revenge, it is impossible not to defeat Liu Bei. (To be continued......)

PS: I made a mistake in the chapter, and I jumped directly from dozens of chapters, and I was depressed.