Chapter 71: Kunyang
Kunyang is close to Nanyang, which was originally the junction of Cao Jun and Zhang Xiu's strength, and there were a large number of Cao Jun garrisons.
However, with Cao Cao's attack on Zhang Xiu before, although in the end because Cao Cao bullied Zhang Xiu's aunt, Zhang Xiu was kicked out of Wancheng, but he still occupied the four counties of Wuyin, Yexian, Wuyang, and Duyang.
In Lu Bu's memory, in fact, Zhang Xiu at this moment should have surrendered to Cao Cao when he conquered Nanyang after Cao Cao broke Xuzhou, but I don't know if it was because Xuzhou was not broken by Cao Cao, and the battle of Guandu at this moment has also come to an end, but Zhang Xiu did not surrender to Cao Cao as Lu Bu knew about history, but Zhang Xiu did not intervene in this war between Yuan and Cao.
The smoke of gunpowder was still drifting, but a sudden war did not last long, there were not many Cao troops stationed in Kunyang, and Lu Bu was suddenly attacked at dusk, and the soldiers defending the city were shot and killed by Lu Bu in the air before they even had time to react, and a not so tragic battle had ended when Lu Bu entered the city.
The royal flag at the head of the city was not replaced, and Lu Bu did not have the intention of occupying Kunyang, he captured Kunyang just for supplies.
Next to the stable, Lu Bu broke the eggs, stirred them with the forage, fed them to the red rabbit, ran continuously, the red rabbit's fat fell a lot, this long-distance run, the most expensive is not manpower, but horsepower, although the explosive power of the war horse is amazing, but if it is about endurance, the horse is actually inferior to people, from Xuzhou to Xuchang, along the way, in fact, most of the time, including Lu Bu, are on foot, only when they fight or have to hurry, they will get on the horse.
Chitu is still like this, not to mention the war horses of other soldiers, this time to capture Kunyang, people are okay to say, the most important thing is that they must give forage to the war horses, they need enough supplies.
"Lord, this is the Kunyang County Order." Hao Zhao walked over with a scribe and pushed him to Lu Bu's side.
"Xiaguan Zhao Wen, see Wen Hou!" The scribe bowed to Lu Bu with some fear.
"I want you to do something for me." Lu Bu touched the head of the red rabbit horse, glanced at Zhao Wen, stopped looking at him, turned his head and continued to feed the horse.
"Although Wen is humble, he is also loyal......"
"Kill!" Lu Bu said indifferently.
"Whoa!" Hao Zhao's eyes flashed fiercely, and he directly drew his knife and slashed.
"Slow!" Zhao Wen's legs trembled, and he fell to the ground with a pop: "What does Wen Hou command, the lower officials will go all out!" ”
"You should have it here!" Lu Bu looked at Zhao Wen: "Thirty customs clearance letterheads, I want to see them before sunrise." ”
The customs clearance seal letter is the customs clearance certificate of the county officials under Cao Cao's rule, but the general customs clearance seal at the county order level can only allow a maximum of twenty county soldiers to pass the customs, and no matter how much, you need to apply to the county government, and you can't issue too much at a time.
"This ......" Zhao Wen's face changed, although it was not a secret, how could Lu Bu know it so clearly, and even knew the quantity?
"Kill!"
"Slow!" Zhao Wen showed a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying: "Wen Hou, it's not that the lower officials are unwilling, but even if there is, Wen Hou has a lot of people like Wen Hou who have passed the customs clearance with the same county letterhead, how can the guards not doubt it?" ”
"It's my business, you just do it, and you don't need to worry about the rest." Lu Bu glanced at him lightly and said: "After I leave, you can go and report to Xun Yu, but now, it's best to listen to me, of course, you can also choose not to listen, Kunyang County Cheng should also be able to get it." ”
"Whoa!" Zhao Wen bowed bitterly, cautiously glanced at Hao Zhao who was standing with a knife, moved away with small steps, and saw that Lu Bu did not make any movements, so he let out a sigh of relief and fled as if flying.
"Lord, what this person said is not unreasonable, I and more than 600 people, passing the customs at the same time, it is already conspicuous, and they also hold the seal of the same county, and the soldiers guarding the customs will definitely be investigated." Hao Zhao waited for Zhao Wen to leave before looking at Lu Budao.
"From here, there are seven roads to Shangcai." Lu Bu pondered, "For every twenty people, our army can be divided into thirty-seven teams. ”
"The lord is saying that they will pass through the seven roads separately, and then choose one of the places to assemble??" Hao Zhao said with a smile.
"I want Xun Yu to think like this." Lu Bu shook his head and said: "Although I don't know when Xun Yu will notice, but today has not found our whereabouts, with Xun Yu's ability, I am afraid that we will guess that we will go the opposite way, here is less than two hundred miles away from Xuchang, a rapid march can be reached in one day, if we can lure it to these seven roads, we will have the opportunity to use these customs clearance letters, break through the volume of the city, go around Zhongyang Mountain and then go down the river, you can go straight to Wufang or Yang'an, and there, you will be out of Cao Cao's territory!" ”
When Hao Zhao heard this, he nodded, this plan is not bad: "It's just that the area of Huangshui is difficult to walk, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time, and the area of Zhongyang Mountain is Zhang Xiu's station, will he ......?"
"Our army is running one after another, the army is tired, it is better to take a detour than to let the soldiers work hard, as for Zhang Xiu...... Hopefully it won't come across. Lu Bu shook his head, the current situation was different from what he knew, Zhang Xiu's side was at least easier than running in the hinterland of the Cao army.
"You can rest for the night tonight, inform the soldiers to have a good rest, and tomorrow morning, bring enough food and grass for three days on the road!" Lu Bu said in a deep voice.
It is only fifty miles from Kunyang to Juancheng, and they can reach it in half a day at their marching speed, but on the way, they have to pass through Lishui and Yexian, and if they want to avoid the eyeline of these two cities, they need to take a detour, which will delay a lot of time, as for Juancheng, it is best to capture it, he needs to supply there, even if they can't capture it, three days of grain and grass are enough for them to get out of Cao's sphere of influence and get to the area of Zhongyang Mountain, as for the rest, they can only find a way there.
"Whoa!" Hao Zhao agreed, bowed and left.
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Xuchang.
The night was dark, but the Shangshu Mansion was still brightly lit.
"Xun Linggong, from Dajiao Township to Xihua and Dingying, no trace of Lu Bu was found, but in the Fenqiu area, someone saw a large number of our soldiers passing by, but our army did not look for it over there!" A military general entered the main hall and bowed to Xun Yu, who was looking at the map.
"Fenqiu?" When Xun You heard this, his eyes looked at the map, his brows furrowed, and then he said: "Good Lu Fengxian, hurry, immediately send people to Yexian, Kunyang, and Yingyang to investigate, and go out of the city to search for all the soldiers and horses and withdraw to standby!" ”
"Whoa!" The military general agreed, bowed and retired.
Xun You looked at the map, paced back and forth, and then recruited a personal guard and said: "You immediately hold my arrow, send people to the various checkpoints leading to Runan, and order all checkpoints to be guarded and set up beacon towers, but if there is movement, immediately light the beacon fire!" ”
"Whoa!"