The lonely cold rain fell quietly overnight, washing the sky and the earth, drowning out the scattered hoof prints, and trickling into the Huai Shui, rolling eastward.

At the third watch last night, when the Chinese army's big tent was holding a feast, under the arrangement of the military advisor Chen Gong, the Lu Bu camp quickly vacated the western camp tent for the Xiliang army to temporarily rest and recuperate.

The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and without waiting for the Xiliang army to start, the soldiers under the command of Lu Bu set up camp in the open space in the east two miles away from the camp to build a temporary military camp for the Xiliang army.

Xun You, who joined the army, reported the matter to Li Li as soon as possible, and then the military advisers Guo Jia and Gongsun Zan also rushed to Li Li's tent to ask for countermeasures.

Obviously, they all thought that the lord Li Li must have a plan for staying in Lu Bu's camp this time, and the most likely thing was to force Lu Bu to surrender and take his army for their own use.

Among them, Gongsun Zhan has the deepest understanding of this, he was forced to surrender by Li Li that day, but to this day he does not regret it, but secretly rejoices. If it weren't for Li Li's command, his grandson Chan would still be under the attack of Yuan Shao and the barbarians in Jizhou, unable to advance or retreat, suffering from torment, drunk and dreaming of death.

But now it's different. Although he is no longer the lord of a state and a prince, he has completely escaped from Youzhou, as long as he devotes himself to war and follows Li Li to lead the army to fight. Since then, Gongsun Chan does not have to be burdened by the governance of the state and county, no longer has to worry about money, food, baggage, and other things, his body and mind are relaxed, and his body is comfortable. The most important thing is that Li Li trusts him extremely and has no suspicion, and entrusts him with important tasks, so that he is now the only general in the Xiliang Army who commands 50,000 iron cavalry. In addition, Lily saved him from danger twice. Otherwise, his grandson Chan would have been dead for a long time. This appreciation and kindness made him grateful and loyal to Li Li.

It is to live in the camp of Lu Bu with the current army. Gongsun Zhan thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he could force Lu Bu to surrender, collect his soldiers and horses, and then take Xuzhou without bloodshed. What's more, in the eyes of Gongsun Zhan, Lu Bu is at best a brave and reckless man, and he is quite inferior to himself, and it is easy for Li Li to force him down this time.

It's different from Gongsun Chan. Guo Jia and Xun You did not advocate forcing Lu Bu to surrender immediately, but believed that they should be done slowly and not in a hurry. lest Lu Bu make a desperate bet and the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry. If the forced surrender fails, Lu Bu is very likely to strike back, which will be extremely unfavorable to the entire Huainan battle situation. It is likely to make Huainan Yuan Shu a fisherman. Back.

"Hehehe!" After listening to the opinions of Gongsun Zhan, Guo Jia and Xun You, Li Li smiled heartily and said lightly: "Since Lu Bu is so enthusiastic and willing to build a camp for our army, how can I not appreciate it?" Later, Youruo (Xun You) went to thank Lu Bu on my behalf, and informed me that the follow-up army would arrive in the afternoon, and I would hold a banquet in the Shuai tent at that time. Invite Lu Bu and his generals to the banquet. ”

After hearing this, Xun You happily accepted the order. When he was about to turn away, Guo Jia reached out and grabbed him. Motioned for him to wait a moment.

Under Xun You's surprised gaze, Guo Jia took out a stack of letters from his sleeve and handed it to Li Li, and said with a smile: "This is a secret letter intercepted by our army scouts last night. The messenger mistakenly took our scouts as the people who went to answer Lu Bu's tent, so he handed over the secret letter to our scouts very lightly, and was secretly executed by the scouts. ”

After briefly stating the origin of the secret letter, Guo Jia continued: "Wechen has read it just now, this is Yuan Shu's handwriting. The letter stated that Yuan Shu intended Lu Bu to form an in-law, provoke Lu Bu to break away from the alliance against Yuan, and return to Yuan Shu's command. Once this letter falls into the hands of Lu Bu, with Lu Bu's capricious character, perhaps he may really be persuaded by Yuan Shu to abandon the righteousness and take small profits, and turn against each other. Fortunately, this secret letter was intercepted by our army scouts first, otherwise it would have caused trouble and caused trouble. Before Yuan Shu was completely defeated, our allies were once again in turmoil, fighting and fighting. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia paused, looked up at Li Li's expression, and said in a low voice: "Weichen still remembers that after the Si Li War, Lu Bu sent an envoy to ask the lord for help. At that time, at the time of the Yanzhou War, Lü Bu was defeated by Cao Cao, and the situation was precarious, so he sent Wei Xu to Chang'an with a lot of money to ask for help from the lord. That time, it was Wei Chen who met Wei Xu on behalf of the lord, and Wei Chen promised him that he could send troops to rescue Lu Bu, on the premise that Lu Bu must dedicate his eldest daughter Lu Lingqi to the lord as a concubine, and afterwards Weichen also entrusted Wei Xu to bring the dowry to Lu Bu. After the defeat of the Yanzhou army, Lu Bu fled to Xuzhou with the remnants, and did not reply from beginning to end, neither returned the dowry, nor should he answer this family matter, which has been unresolved.

So far, three years have passed since this happened. At that time, Lu Bu's daughter had not yet reached the end of time, but now she has become a big girl. It is said that this woman is slim and beautiful, and she is the first beauty in Xuzhou. Obviously, in order to persuade Li Li to admit this family business, Guo Jia unconsciously began to beat the side drum, trying to arouse Li Li's curiosity. As long as Li Li is tempted, this matter will be sure and certain. Once Lu Bu and Li Li formed an in-law, then it would be natural to take the six counties of Xuzhou into their pockets without much effort. If you marry a concubine, you can exchange it for the huge Xuzhou, and you can't find such a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, so why not do it?

It is worth mentioning that this matter was not Guo Jia's own initiative, but dared to act after convincing Li Li in advance. At that time, Li Li personally promised: "This tiger will be handed over to Fengxiao from now on." As long as it is beneficial to the overall situation, filial piety can be done cheaply, and there is no need to report everything. Since then, all matters related to Lu Bu have been handled by Guo Jia, and information related to Xuzhou has also been sent to him on a priority basis, and he has full authority to dispose of it. In this way, Li Li just casually agreed, but he didn't expect that after a few years, Guo Jia would make up a family affair again.

This is no small matter. You must know that since he accepted Zou Jing, Mengxin and Zhuge Ling three years ago, Li Li has not provoked any women since then. For three years. Li Li never married a concubine again, even during the year when he led the army to the east to conquer Youzhou, he was a "monk" for a year, and he never let Mei Ji or the maid sleep.

But Li Li never expected that Guo Jia would plan a concubine room for him early on. A family affair that has been hidden for a long time has finally surfaced after many years and is in front of you.

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"Isn't that child's play?" As Guo Jia expected, after Li Li read the secret letter, his sword eyebrows furrowed, trying to deny this family business. In fact, he still had some impressions of this matter, and vaguely remembered that he seemed to have promised it, but then he threw it out of the clouds, and he didn't take this family matter to heart at all.

Seeing Li Li's denial, Guo Jia was not surprised, and said unhurriedly: "Yes, Weichen also has this intention." The reason why Weichen mentioned this matter back then was actually a condition to coerce Lu Bu, and the purpose was to force Lu Bu to the command of the lord and make him use it for the lord. Speaking of which, the dowry gifts given to him by Weichen at the beginning were actually all donated by the princes of various towns, and some property was not worth mentioning. In addition, Lu Bu has always been greedy, and there is absolutely no reason to return all the property that falls into his hands. It's just that this guy is extremely hateful, and accepting the dowry but still unwilling to marry the daughter is tantamount to embezzling this valuable gift money in vain. It's outrageous to think about! ”

After a pause in his tone, Guo Jia paid attention to Li Li's expression, and saw that he was still silent, so he continued: "The things of the past have become a thing of the past, and now the world has changed, and things have long been wrong. It is said that after Yuan Shu ascended the throne and became emperor last year, he deliberately wooed Lu Bu, promising heavy profits, and then sent an envoy to marry Lu Bu, wanting to marry Lu Bu's daughter Lu Lingqi to his son Yuan Yao. At that time, Lu Bu was full of promises, if it wasn't for Chen Gong's obstruction, Lu Lingqi would have married to Huainan last year and became Yuan Yao's favorite concubine. As soon as these words came out, Guo Jia noticed that Li Li's face changed suddenly, and a sharp cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Before the words stopped, Guo Jia pretended to be careless and said: "It is precisely because of the obstruction of Chen Gong that this family affair has been put on hold. At present, Yuan Shu is under heavy siege, most of the prefectures and counties under his rule have fallen, the army is disheartened, and the people have rebelled and left, and they are in danger. Therefore, he sent a secret letter to Lu Bu at this time, undoubtedly for two purposes. First, to win Lu Bu back to his side, break away from the Yuan Alliance, and give our allies a counterattack, so as to help Yuan Shu get out of danger. Second, when he was dying, he had to pull a cushion, not only to drag Lu Bu into the water, but also to cause Miss Lu Lingqi to lose her virginity, but also to bury Yuan Shu's father and son. ”

At the end, Guo Jia said lightly: "To this day, there are thousands of generals under the command of the lord, and the ministers are gathered, and the military achievements are impressive. Hugh said that no one knew about the marriage contract between the lord and Miss Lu, and even if someone knew, who would dare to talk about it? blame Lu Bu for being unrighteous and greedy, and marrying a second husband with one daughter not only ruined Miss Lu's reputation, but also damaged the prestige of the lord. Lu Bu's guy is extremely hateful! After speaking, Guo Jia was indignant and angry, as if he was complaining about Li Li and feeling aggrieved for Li Li.

Just as Guo Jia was talking to himself, Xun You stood behind him and pulled his shirt repeatedly, signaling him not to say any more, didn't he see that the lord Li Li's face was already full of iron, and he was angry?

Not only Xun You was frightened and hurriedly stopped Guo Jia, but even Gongsun Zhan, who was standing on the side, was frightened by Li Li's gloomy expression, and continued to give Guo Jia a look, signaling him to stop and stop again. However, Guo Jia was indifferent, and still talked to himself in one breath.

The moment Guo Jia finally finished speaking, the hearts of Gongsun Zhan and Xun You suddenly rose to their throats, lest Li Li be furious and angry with Guo Jia, and even affect the pond fish, affecting the two of them.

At this moment, the big tent was unusually quiet, and the needle drop could be heard. It wasn't until Li Li suddenly spoke that the torturous silence was broken: "Please don't be as good as agitating generals, I didn't expect Fengxiao to use such tricks on me Li Li." But?????? What Feng Xiaofang said is not unreasonable. Lu Bu accepted the dowry, but pretended that nothing happened, could it be that he thought that my Li Li was weak and could not be bullied? Since he received the dowry, his daughter is my Li Li's concubine. How can my Li Li's woman be coveted by others? ”

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—————— to be continued———————————— (To be continued......

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