Guo Yan slapped his thigh: "Lu Bu is amazing, that is also a person, we have so many soldiers, can we still be afraid of him?" ”

Fan Chou shook his head: "Lu Bu is unstoppable, this is the consensus. We don't need to have a hard time with him, all he wants is money, food and horses, to be precise, horses, why don't I go out and talk to him." ”

Li Wei was overjoyed, going out to negotiate was an extremely risky errand, and he could die at any time if the talks broke down.

"Okay, there is Brother Lao, as long as you don't be too harsh, we will promise him."

It was great that Fan Chou was willing to go here, and immediately brought dozens of personal soldiers to open the east gate and came to the gate of Lu Bu's camp.

Lu Bu, Chen Gong, and Xu Rong greeted them at the door.

"General Fan, please forgive me for missing the distance."

Fan Chou was confused, why was Lu Bu so polite, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted.

"Wen Hou, you're welcome."

"Please, please."

Lu Bu approached Fan Chou to the Chinese army and ordered a banquet to entertain Fan Chou.

Lu Bu didn't mention any conditions, and arranged for Yellow River carp, braised mutton, seasonal vegetables, and desserts to attract Fan Chou.

Chen Gong and Xu Rong also toasted constantly.

Chen Gong repeatedly praised Fan Chou as a military master, and he used soldiers like a god.

Xu Rong, not to mention, is very respectful.

Fan Chou didn't dare to drink high, and after the banquet, Fan Chou asked: "Wen Hou, if you have any conditions, just mention it, and try to agree if you can meet it." ”

"Nothing else, Ben Jiang seems to be strong and strong in Qingzhou, but in fact he is poor and scum, and that place is a scorched earth under the chaos of the Yellow Turban Army. The soldiers don't even have leather armor, and if you ask me to do so, there are only two. The first one is to divide me with 5,000 sets of cowhide armor, and then let Emperor Xian issue an edict and hand over Rencheng to my Qingzhou jurisdiction. ”

Fan Chou thought about Lu Bu's condition is not high, leather armor is very precious, but who is it.

If it is a prince of the Central Plains, it is not easy to get a set of leather armor, because the cattle in the Central Plains are all cultivated land, and only old and sick can have cowhide.

But Xiliang is different, Xiliang has many nomadic tribes, cattle do not need to plough the land, eat meat, so there are a lot of cowhides, five thousand sets of cowhide armor, but one or two thousand cowhides.

As for Rencheng County, Fan Chou doesn't know where this small place is, as long as it doesn't affect their prestige in Luoyang, what is the unknown Rencheng County, isn't that trivial?

"Okay, Wenhou, I'll take care of this, go back and discuss it, and I'll send the leather armor early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, there are some small gifts for General Fan here."

Lu Bu beckoned, and asked Fan Chou to bring a sharp snowflake iron knife and five boxes of exquisite wine. ”

Fan Choumei smiled: "Wen Hou is too polite, then laugh at it." ”

"In the future, our caravan from Qingzhou will go to Xiliang, and I hope that General Fan will arrange more people from his hometown to take care of it, so as not to embarrass them."

"Definitely, definitely, certainly not embarrassed. Liangzhou Qingzhou family. ”

Lu Bu joined hands with Fan Chou and went out of the camp together.

"General Fan, take care, especially when drinking."

Fan Chou didn't take it seriously, just when Lu Bu said drunk, he turned over and took the team back to the camp.

Li Dao was very happy: "Lao Fan, you came back very quickly, how about it, Lu Bu didn't make it difficult for you, right?" ”

"How can it, although Lu Bu is powerful, he is too young after all. I move it with affection, and I know it with reason. He said that he would return to Qingzhou, but the only thing was the same, Qingzhou had just been established, and the soldiers and horses did not even have leather armor, and he wanted 5,000 sets of cowhide armor. There is also the fact that he wants to be a city and a county. ”

Li Dao was also a little blindsided when he heard this request, and Lu Bu's appetite became smaller?

"Brother Guo, what do you think of this? Will there be fraud? ”

Guo Yan shook his head: "Lu Bu has always been simple-minded, so there should be no conspiracy. You must know that Qingzhou is the most powerful Yellow Turban, and if you want to come to the newly collected Yellow Turban Army without a piece of armor, give it to them. ”

The next day, Fan Chou's troops sent 5,000 cowhide armor, 100 high-quality horses, and the edict of the Son of Heaven to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu saw that there were a hundred more horses, "General Fan, why did you give a hundred more horses?" ”

"Wen Hou gave me strong wine, I gave Wen Hou a good horse, and the gifts were exchanged."

After all, they were all old acquaintances, and Lu Buyi said goodbye, led the army, pulled out the camp, and returned to the Tiger Prison Pass on the same day.

The next day the army returned, and it came very quickly, but it was slow to return, because there were nine thousand more infantry.

Especially in the hot weather, get up early to march, until noon when the sun is big, you have to find a forest to rest, in the afternoon you have to camp before you can walk for a while, a day of marching is only about 70 miles.

A few days later, the army was almost in Qingzhou County.

Lu Bu and Chen Gong only took 500 men and horses, turned south, and went straight to Rencheng.

Rencheng County is actually very small, that is, the area of several small counties.

But there are large lakes and countless rivers in Rencheng, and the water network is dense and full of lotus flowers.

Along the way, Chen Gong sighed with emotion: "The eyes of the lord are getting more and more poisonous, Taishan County is the barrier of Qingzhou, and Rencheng is the barrier of Mount Tai." If Lu Qian takes refuge in our southern gate of Qingzhou, it will be safe and worry-free. ”

"Do you see the boundless lake, from the lake to the south, you can quickly reach Pengcheng in Xuzhou, and go directly to the hinterland of Xuzhou."

Chen Gong suddenly realized, originally thought that Lu Bu ordered the soldiers to learn to swim, and the training of the sailor was a joke, but he didn't expect that Lu Bu had a plan.

At the north gate of the city, the soldiers guarding the city had already discovered that Lu Bu was leading the army, and hurriedly closed the city gate and rushed to the county guard.

"Report, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Lu Bu has arrived with the army."

Lu Qian is not very old, just over thirty, with white teeth and red lips, a short beard, and a medium-thin figure, he is a civil official and a military general.

"Oh, Lu Bu is here, this official has nothing to do with Qingzhou, he is here to do something. How many soldiers? ”

"About five hundred cavalry."

Lu Qian is a big local family, and his martial arts are also good, so he smiled slightly: "No need to be nervous, Lu Bu is definitely not here to fight, go with this official to have a look." ”

On the city gate, Lu Qian looked at Lu Bu and Chen Gong under the city tower with some surprise.

Ordinary people would be an arrow away, but Lu Bu and Chen Gong were not far from the city tower, completely within the range of bows and arrows.

"Wen Hou, Chen Gong, what are you doing in Rencheng?"

Lu Bu shook the edict in his hand: "According to the edict of the Son of Heaven, Rencheng will be under the rule of Qingzhou." Ben will naturally rearrange your Ren Cheng Taishou in the future. ”

Lu Qian couldn't cry or laugh, everyone knew that the Son of Heaven was now controlled by Li Dao, but Lu Qian didn't have the courage to say directly that he would not be the Son of Heaven.

"Open the door, please Wen Hou come in."

Lu Buyi is a master and bold, and only three of Lu Bu, Chen Gong, and Dian Wei entered the city.

Lu Qian was stunned: "Wen Hou, your courage is really admirable, only three people dare to enter my Ren City." ”

Lu Bu laughed: "The princes of the eighteen roads in the world regard it as a mustard. If you talk about guts, my Lu Bu's courage is greater than his body, but it is not a matter of guts in Rencheng in the future, but Zike is my clan, and you and I have no personal enmity, so what reason is there to harm me? What's more, this future Rencheng is not for personal gain, but for the people of Rencheng. ”