"Please tell the King of Chu that Ben Hou knows how to do it!"

The envoy was overjoyed, and already understood that the Marquis of Tonglu had taken refuge in Lu Bu.

At the same time, Youzhou Yuyang.

Yuan Xi also met with the envoy sent by Lu Bu.

Although the three brothers have now joined forces, Youzhou is Yuan Xi's territory, and it is naturally Yuan Xi who is in charge.

And when they saw the piles of gold bars stacked in front of them, the three brothers' eyes all lit up.

After the light, Yuan Xi said in a straight voice: "The sincerity of the King of Chu, General Ben has seen it, I don't know what the King of Chu wants?" ”

The envoy smiled: "It's very simple, the prince wants to form an alliance with the general. The prince said that he only took and annexed the state. As long as the Yuan family does not invade the state, the prince will never invade Youzhou. Moreover, a large amount of coal is exported to Youzhou every year, and the price is absolutely fair. Now there is a large ship docked on the coast, which contains a thousand stones of coal, which is also a gift from the prince to the three generals. ”

Wow!

The three brothers were all surprised, this Lu Bu sent gold and coal, and the sincerity had to be said to be absolutely sufficient!

Coal, in particular, is simply out of everyone's reach.

It's too cold in the north, and this winter, I just don't dare to go out.

If you want to cut wood for heating, it is also a variety of difficulties.

If you can reach a commercial cooperation with Lu Bu, after having coal, Youzhou will not be afraid of the cold in winter.

After the excitement, Yuan Xi asked: "There is nothing wrong with forming an alliance, I don't know what the king of Chu wants General Ben to do?" ”

The messenger said: "It's nothing, Cao Cao is a national thief, and the world will ask for it." The prince only hopes that after Cao Cao's troops are out, the general can lead his troops to conquer Jizhou. If the general can capture Jizhou, the prince will never conquer Jizhou. The two sides of Lu Yuan are still friendly allies. ”

As soon as these words came out, the three Yuan brothers all understood Lu Bu's intentions.

Yuan Tan instantly snorted coldly: "Don't say it so high-soundingly, Lu Bu just wants us to contain Cao Cao's forces!" ”

The envoy coughed dryly, but also said directly: "That's true, then I don't know how the three generals view the alliance?" ”

The three brothers couldn't help but send an envoy to discuss.

What contributed to the concentricity of the three brothers was naturally the decline of the Yuan family and the beating of Lu Bu and Cao Cao.

But no matter how much you hate, in front of interests, all hatred will be suppressed.

Yuan Shangdao: "Bingzhou is a desolate place, and there is a shortage of food, which has always been supplied by Jizhou. The real rich place is Jizhou. Cao Cao moved the population to Jizhou, which now has a population of nearly 6 million, the largest in the world. As long as we get Jizhou, there is still a day to compete for power. ”

Yuan Xi nodded, Youzhou is also short of food, but as long as there is a land in Jizhou, it can be solved.

Although he hates Lu Bu, he hates Cao Cao the most.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's attack, how could Yuan's foundation fall to this point.

No matter how the three brothers fought, it was also an internal strife.

In the face of foreign enemies, of course, it is unanimously external.

Yuan Tan also said: "Jizhou is the foundation of my Yuan family, and now if we want to attack, we must also take Jizhou." And to take Jizhou, the best time is to take advantage of Cao Cao's troops. In this way, an alliance with Lu Bu is the best policy. ”

The three brothers were united and soon concluded a peace treaty.

Only after obtaining Jizhou will they have the opportunity to continue to compete with Lu Bu.

Therefore, now that Lu Bu has taken the initiative to come to the alliance, of course, it is the best.

After getting the news, Lu Bu couldn't help but be happy. In this way, he will be stable after the annexation of the state.

As long as Cao Cao comes to attack, he will face a sneak attack by the Yuan army behind him.

In this way, Cao Cao will be difficult to take care of, and it will become an embarrassing situation.

Lu Yuan's alliance became again, and Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh.

This is a troubled time, and all parties can fight yesterday and today, and today and tomorrow.

Everything is based on profit.

For the sake of interests, for the sake of the alliance, not to mention materials, even if it is to marry a daughter and send a wife.

Even a big man like Cao Cao and Sun Quan can't escape such a fate.

In order to stabilize Liu Xie, Cao Cao married three daughters.

In order to gain an alliance with Liu Bei, Sun Quan married his sister-in-law.

Even Cao Cao and Sun Quan are like this, not to mention the other candidates.

Even if Lu Bu wanted to get Yuan Shu's funding, he also married his daughter.

It's just that he regretted it later.

History has changed, but the style remains the same.

At the beginning, Cao Cao was in danger, and in order to seek Lu Bu's help, he also married three daughters.

I don't know what kind of outcome Sun Quan will face in the future.

Lu Bu smiled, didn't think about it anymore, and continued to move forward.

Lu Ling attacked the city all the way, and he took over the city in the rear, and all kinds of mergers and rectifications.

And the siege speed even exceeded Lu Bu's expectations.

Lu Bu didn't expect that the resistance along the way was very small, and he basically surrendered.

Yes, the capitulationists accounted for more than eighty percent.

First, they had just voted for Cao Cao, and they were already considered the defeated side.

Cao Cao is a wolf, then Lu Bu is a tiger, what if you vote again.

Second, Lu Bu's conditions are too good. Not to mention that the people do not have to pay land tax and poll tax, and those who serve as soldiers will have high salaries from now on.

If people don't have anything to eat, they will be subsidized first.

With this kind of temptation, whoever is so full has nothing to do has to do it against Lu Bu.

Even if the general doesn't rebel, when all the soldiers rebel, what can the general do.

Take a look, look at how awesome Lu Bujun is. In such a cold weather, everyone is dressed warmly. Look at them again, who is not shivering with cold.

Therefore, surrender early, and you can still enter the house early to warm up.

In less than a month, Huang Zhong's army attacked Taiyuan County, the seat of the state administration.

As long as Taiyuan is taken, within a winter, Lu Bu can take the entire state.

Then, the military and government affairs were rectified and the state was stabilized.

Due to the defection of the Marquis of Tongluo, Shangdang County was soon taken by Lu Bu.

Lu Ling advanced all the way, but was stopped by Cao Jun in Leping County.

The defender of the city, General Cao Cao, Cao Ren.

The 10,000-strong army was guarding Leping City, which made Lu Ling very helpless.

Because Cao Ren directly sealed the city gate with stones, the cannon couldn't open it at all.

Thinking about it, Cao Ren had already learned the information that the Lu army had bombarded the city gate with artillery.

In this way, if you want to attack the city, you can only climb the city and attack it.

Although there are cannons, they have limited reserves, and they can't be bombed as much as they want. Every time you hit a shot, that's money.

Lu Ling ordered the construction of siege equipment such as ladders and prepared to take a hard attack.

It took five days for Lu Ling to finally prepare a group of siege equipment.

At the same time, 20,000 reinforcements sent by Lu Bu also arrived.

30,000 to 10,000, Lu Ling is full of confidence.

After a period of baptism of war, these recruits can be regarded as mature.

Charging into battle is no longer a problem.

Soon, the official siege of the city.

The messenger stepped forward again: "Cao Ren, my general recognizes you as a general, and he can't bear to kill you." Surrender as soon as possible, and you will be spared death! ”

Lu Ling has been devastating all the way, and Cao Ren naturally will not have the heart to underestimate the enemy.

Cao Ren said coldly: "Hugh wants to be noisy, this general will not surrender!" Someone, give me arrows! ”

As soon as the words fell, a dense array of arrows shot down the city.

How the messenger was not frightened and hurriedly retreated.

However, the arrows were so dense that the messengers could not retreat at all, and they were quickly shot off their horses.

If it weren't for the heavy armor, I was afraid that I would have been shot to death on the spot.

Fortunately, the messenger was only slightly wounded, and it was the horses that died.

But this angered Lu Ling, and Lu Ling immediately ordered: "Siege!" ”