Chapter 172
Tai Shi Ci left in a dashing manner, Lu Bu wanted to stop but it was difficult to start, so he could only give up.
The mood also became very lost, but the arrival of Kaiyang made Lu Bu lift his spirits.
Chen Gong and the others looked at each other, they couldn't figure out how anyone from Kaiyang could come here, it was obvious that they had come to find Lu Bu on a special trip.
Under the leadership of the pro-army, the person who came into the big tent was a thin old man with triangular eyes, and at first glance he was a person with a belly of ghosts.
"In Xia Deng Ying, he is the chief bookkeeper under Zang Shuai, and on the orders of Zang Shuai, he came to Yanzhou to find Wen Hou." Deng Ying said.
"How do you know that I'm here?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.
Deng Ying smiled bitterly and said: "Don't hide Wen Hou, Zang Shuai only said that Wen Hou is in Yanzhou, but I don't know the traces of Wen Hou, Xiao Lao'er, I went around Yanzhou for five days, and it wasn't until yesterday that I heard the news of the attack on Puyang City, and I didn't know the trace of Wen Hou, so I came along the Beihai Sea and met Wen Hou here." β
Deng Ying is also a bitter * B person, Zang Ba asked him to go to Yanzhou to contact Lu Bu, because he didn't know the exact location of Lu Bu, he let Deng Ying go around in Yanzhou like a headless fly, turned around for five days, and finally found Lu Bu, the emperor lives up to his wishes!
"Zang Ba asked you to come, why did you do it?" Lu Bu asked.
Deng Ying said helplessly: "Here is a letter written by Zang Shuai to Wen Hou, he said that Wen Hou will know it at a glance. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom.
Chen Gong stepped forward, took the letter, and handed it to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu opened the letter, looked at it hurriedly, smiled, and hurriedly handed it to Chen Gong, "Gongtai, you can also take a look." β
"Good!" Chen Gongcheng took it in fear. Hurriedly glanced at it. Said: "Yuan Shu and Cao Cao made peace. Let Zang Ba also have a sense of crisis! β
Lu Bu quickly sorted out the ins and outs, Ji Ling's army stopped, and there was no friction with Cao Cao, which made Zang Ba realize that Yuan Shu was likely to make peace with Cao Cao, and once Yuan Shu and Cao Cao couldn't fight, he would be in danger if he stayed in Kaiyang.
In Yanzhou, the rear, Lu Bu's fire burned for a long time. didn't burn up, Zang Ba began to get anxious.
As long as Cao Cao has his hands free, he will inevitably have to clean him up, and in the face of Cao's army, Zang Ba is not sure that he can defeat Cao Cao, so he has to send people to Yanzhou to find Lu Bu, hoping to connect with Lu Bu and resolve the crisis in Kaiyang.
As for what he knew about Lu Bu, Lu Bu would be in Yanzhou, mainly because of the letter sent by Lu Bu. The letter stated that Lu Bu would personally lead the troops out of the customs, and Zang Ba thought that Chen Liu was defeated. He thought that Lu Bu was very likely to have arrived in Yanzhou, and Deng Ying, a hard-working little old man, was sent out.
In the letter, Zang Ba explained the idea of surrendering to the imperial court, and he hoped to bring his Taishan people to submit to LΓΌ Bu.
Lu Budao: "Gongtai, do you have any ideas?" β
"Well, lord, I think that with Zang Ba's army of soldiers and horses, it is enough to make Cao Cao suffer a small loss, as well as Liu Bi and Gong Du in Runan, the lord can also summon them over!"
Chen Gong said with a smile.
"Okay, Deng Ying, you go back and tell Zang Ba that since he wants to return to the imperial court, he must abandon Kaiyang and bring his subordinates over to make peace with me." Lu Bu said.
Zang Ba's army, about 15,000 people, most of them are the remnants of the Yellow Turban, the combat effectiveness is not excellent, it can be regarded as good, and the grain and grass are also sufficient, but for many years of occupying the mountain as the king, Zang Ba is a little weak, in the face of Cao Cao's soldiers, he feels very difficult, thinking about it, he decided to defect to Lu Bu.
Deng Ying agreed repeatedly, and Lu Bu rewarded him with some more property, so that he left happily.
"Come on, go chase Tai Shi Ci and let him come back! I have decided, send troops to Beihai, and fight Cao Cao and Yuan Tan to the end! Lu Bu said.
"No!" Several pro-soldiers hurriedly chased after him.
Lu Bu thought about it, sat down, and wrote a letter to Liu Bi and Gong Du in person, and ordered someone to send it to Liu Bi and Gong Du.
Zang Ba's army is undoubtedly a send-off, and with this new force, Lu Bu is confident that he can compete with Cao Cao.
Not long after, several pro-soldiers returned, but they didn't see Tai Shici's figure, and they smiled bitterly: "Lord, that guy has a good temper and doesn't want to come back!" β
Chen Gong said with a smile: "It seems that the lord must chase it in person, or if he doesn't chase it, the lord will send troops to Beihai anyway." β
Lu Bu smiled, "This is a capable general, a little temper is understandable, I will chase it personally, it's okay, come and prepare a horse, I'll ask him to come back!" β
Out of the handsome tent, the red rabbit horse ran over early to wait, Lu Bu turned over and got on the horse, rushed out of the tent, and chased after Tai Shici and his party.
After running for twenty miles, Lu Bu saw the figure of Tai Shici and his party.
"Ziyi, don't go!" Lu Bu shouted from afar.
Tai Shici was shocked when he heard Lu Bu's voice, he didn't want Lu Bu to chase after him in person, no matter what Lu Bu said, he was also warm, and the pillars of the imperial court would deign to him, which was really rare in the world.
Thinking about it, Tai Shi Ci couldn't go anymore, just a few small soldiers chased after him, Tai Shi Ci thought that Lu Bu looked down on him, or teased him, so his temper was strong, and ten cows couldn't pull it.
"Warm." Tai Shi Ci waited for Lu Bu to catch up, and greeted lightly.
"Ziyi, what I promise you is that it is nothing to send troops to Beihai." Lu Bu said with a smile.
Tai Shi Ci looked at Lu Bu in surprise, and calculated in his heart that Lu Bu was so contrasting before and after, what happened? Cao Cao and Yuan Shu quit their troops and returned to Yanzhou, once his retreat was cut off, he Lu Bu was a dead end!
Is it because of those few words of mine? Impossible, he Lu Bu is not a three-year-old child, just lie to him a few words, and he will lead the army to help?
There must be something hidden in this!
Tai Shici's mind was spinning rapidly, no matter what he Lu Bu was for, in short, he was willing to send troops to Beihai, and I could be considered to have completed the task, and finally lived up to the expectations of Kong Rong and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
"Thank you for your wait!" Tai Shici hurriedly dismounted and thanked him.
"Ziyi doesn't have to be polite!" Lu Bu hurriedly grabbed Tai Shici.
"In this way, to rescue Beihai, you need to think in the long run, Ziyi will return to the camp with me and analyze the situation in Beihai. I can send troops to attack Guan Hai's weakness. Lu Bu said sincerely.
Tai Shi Ci is not easy to refuse. Follow Lu Bu all the way back to the barracks
Kaiyang Zangba decided to return to Lu Bu. His more than 10,000 soldiers also packed their packages, dragged their families and mouths, and went to Beihai.
Another force in Yuzhou, Liu Pi and Gong Du, this pair of difficult brothers and brothers, can be regarded as tragic urging, with more than 10,000 brothers to attack Xuzhou's rich and rich Xiapi, but they have not yet reached Xiapi. It was broken by Cao Hong's first brigade of troops, with heavy casualties, and he lost his armor all the way before he escaped with his life.
The two of them were sad, but they didn't dare to go back to Runan, they knew that Cao Cao had always been vicious, and they would definitely take the opportunity to cut off their retreat and defeat Runan.
The world is big, but there is no place for the other two!
Liu Bi and Gong both thought tragically.
The remnants of the defeated army were only six or seven thousand, and there was also a great shortage of food, grass and materials. Poor enough to loot nearby villages or small towns.
"Brother Liu Bi, where should our brother go!" Gong Du asked Liu Pi.
Liu Bi sighed. "I didn't expect Cao Bing to be so powerful, he actually defeated us all at once, and now Runan must have been cut off by him, and we are homeless."
A large number of people were resting in a village, all of them were yellow and thin, skinny, most of them were unclothed, without armor and weapons, seeing this scene, it was natural to think that Liu Pi and Gong Du would lose the battle for what they wanted.
Several pro-soldiers slaughtered an old hen that they had snatched, burned it into chicken nuggets, and before it was cooked, they gave it to Liu Bi and Gong Du.
"Today, apart from Lu Bu Neng and Cao Cao, who else can defeat Cao Cao!" Gong Du said vaguely.
Liu Bi said: "Let's lead our brothers to Lu Bu, I want to take so many people with me, no matter what he Lu Bu says, he will also make me two big officials." β
"Also, the letter he sent us last time had a lot of intention of surrendering, go to him, don't ask for a high position, just for glory and wealth!" Gong Du said with a sigh of relief.
The two of them have lived a long time, and they dream of living a rich life, and they don't have to fight to the death.
This kind of day of licking blood on the tip of the knife, they are really afraid.
The people sent by Lu Bu to Yuzhou to deliver letters to Liu Bi and Gong Du learned that the two unlucky ghosts rushed to Xiapi and were defeated by Cao's army in a battle, and even the old nest was copied by Cao Cao, so he had to go around to find out the whereabouts of the two.
Liu Pi and Gong had no food to eat, so they had to loot everywhere in Xuzhou, which caused a huge panic among the people in the countryside, and the matter soon spread, and Cao Bing naturally launched an encirclement and suppression of them.
After many inquiries, the envoy sent by Lu Bu finally figured out the whereabouts of the two, and speculated in his heart: These two people have more than 10,000 soldiers, and after such a toss, I don't know how many soldiers and horses are left, if there are two or three thousand old, weak, sick and disabled, even if they are recruited to Beihai, it will be useless, at most they will be cannon fodder, and waste food!
But this is also the task assigned to him by Lu Bu, and he can only work hard to do it well.
Liu Bi and Gong were chased and killed by a small group of Cao soldiers, throwing away their armor, and only 5,000 of the six or seven thousand people remained, and unexpectedly, most of these 5,000 people were physically strong people, as long as they were trained, they could also become elite soldiers.
This is mainly due to Cao Bing, under their pursuit, the old, weak, sick and disabled were left behind and used as cannon fodder because they could not outrun those young and strong.
The envoy found Liu Bi and Gong Du in a village where chickens and dogs were not left, and when the two saw the messenger sent by Lu Bu, they immediately snotted, if Lu Bu was in front of them, they must step forward and hug Lu Bu's thigh, and complain.
When the envoy saw that Liu Pi and Gong had 5,000 people left, most of whom were young and strong, and had considerable physical strength, they were very satisfied, and immediately asked the two to quickly reorganize their troops and horses and rush to Beihai.
Liu Pi and Gong Du did not hesitate, and immediately set off with their entire army and went straight to Beihai
The situation in Beihai is no longer optimistic, the 50,000 Yellow Turban Army is like a huge wave on the sea, smashing towards the small Beihai City, and Beihai City is like a flat boat, swaying in the sea, and there is a possibility of being subverted at any time.
Above and below the city, the corpses were piled up, the blood was like a river, and the spirit of every soldier collapsed to the extreme, facing the hungry wolf-like Yellow Turban Army, fighting desperately.
Kong Rong was anxious, the time he agreed with Tai Shi Ci was almost up, but he hadn't seen Tai Shi Ci's shadow yet, and there was no so-called reinforcements, was my Kong Rong going to die here? (To be continued......)