Lu Bu shook his head: "It's not okay to write a letter, Gongsun Chan has nothing to do with us, although we have been trading normally, but it is for the sake of money, if we want to solve this matter, we have to send troops in person." ”

Chen Gong was stunned: "Lord, you're not kidding." Although Chen Tie is my cousin, for dozens of people, a large number of soldiers and horses are dispatched, and when the soldiers move, the money and food are consumed, and it is even more common for people to die in battle, so we can't kill more people for dozens of caravans. ”

Lu Bu touched the armrest of the chair: "Gongtai still remembers what Ben will often say?" I, Lu Bu's subordinates, do not abandon or give up every brother and every people. Chen Tie and dozens of men were all ordinary people under Qingzhou's rule, and they were Qingzhou's official caravans. Something happened to them, and we have to go thousands of miles. What's more, now that the autumn is high and the horse is fat, it is the time for the grassland horse to be fattened, and we can't come back empty-handed once we go over. Let these people who dare to fight the ideas of our Qingzhou people understand a truth, those who offend me in Qingzhou will be punished even if they are far away. ”

Chen Gong's blood boiled when he heard it, although he was far away, he would be punished, this was something that only happened when the Han Dynasty was strong, and now the Central Plains is in turmoil, the warlords are divided, and there is no longer the force of the year.

The horn sounded, the drums gathered, and the generals quickly arrived.

Lu Bu sat in the center, and Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Xu Rong, Hua Xiong, Hao Meng, Wu Anguo, Guan Hai, Guan Cheng, Zhang Ying, Cao Xing, etc. were all present.

Lu Bu asked coldly: "There is a group of clowns on the grassland, who dare to kill our caravan and kidnap our brothers, what do you say we should do?" ”

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"Ben Jiang has never been righteous and angry, but the majesty of Qingzhou is inviolable, if these people are allowed to succeed, then our caravan will not be able to move an inch in the grassland. When the other princes see that we are weak and can be bullied, they will also want to come and take a bite, this battle must be fought, and it must be fought ruthlessly and won. ”

Everyone nodded, and Xu Rong arched his hand: "If the labor division is far away, the safety of our Qingzhou will also be threatened." Now Han Sui and Ma Teng have raised troops in Xiliang and are ready to fight Li Dao. The other princes had their own minds and had to guard against it. ”

"What General Xu said makes sense, but it still won't be possible to use the main force of our Qingzhou Army to fight a few jumping clowns, and the general has decided to bring only a small number of cavalry."

After a lot of deliberation and discussion, Lu Bu personally led the troops to battle, Yu Ban was the military advisor, and the tent Dian Wei and Cao Xing followed, but only 3,000 cavalry were selected.

The Huaxiong Department drew out 500 of the most elite cavalry, Hao Meng's 300 elite cavalry, Wu'an Guobu's 200 elite cavalry, and Zang Ba's cavalry 1,000. There were four or five thousand cavalry in total, but one man and two horses, except for the necessary supplies, nothing else was brought, and there was a follow-up baggage team to transport.

Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, and the main forces of other ministries stayed behind

The army set off very low-key, and ordinary soldiers didn't know that Lu Bu had led the army to the battle.

Since there was no excess baggage, the march was extremely fast.

He ran out for 160 miles that afternoon, and happened to pass through Pingyuan County the next day.

Guan Yu was patrolling with five hundred soldiers, and was surprised when he saw Lu Bu's banner and the menacing cavalry coming over.

On the one hand, he asked the deputy general to report to Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he led the troops to meet him.

Lu Bu found a spacious place to stop the army, and Guan Yu came over to give a salute.

"Wen Hou, where are you going?"

"The Qingzhou caravan robbed and killed the Wuhuan people in Youzhou, dozens of people were detained, and they would have gone over to save the caravan."

Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lu Bu was still cleaning up Pingyuan County.

"Labor is far away, for a caravan, this price is a bit big."

Lu Bu nodded: "Yes, the price is very high, and the cost of money and food is huge. But today, if I had watched from the sidelines, and he would have come to my own death, no one would have raised my flag and shouted for me, so I would have gone to save people. ”

"Wenhou is righteous, dedicated to the people, admirable, why don't you follow the general."

Next to him, Hua Xiong said coldly: "That's a grassland barbarian, does Captain Guan have that guts?" ”

Guan Yuqi's eyes narrowed: "Thousands of troops, Guan Mou has never been afraid." ”

Li Su fanned the wind beside him: "Then let's go, let the foot soldiers go back, we just need cavalry, hurry." ”

"Okay, I'll go back and tell my eldest brother."

As he was talking, Liu Bei came over with a carriage.

When he was far away, he shouted: "Wen Hou, Wen Hou, I have sent grain and grass." ”

Lu Bu saw that Liu Bei was in a hurry, and the piglets on the cart were only a few dozen catties.

"Why is Xuande so anxious, these little piglets are all pulled, send them back and raise them well, I'll wait for the money and food to be sufficient."

It turned out that Liu Bei was also taken aback when he received Guan Yu's report, after all, the relationship between the two sides was very delicate and could be done at any time.

Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to lead his soldiers to defend the city, and on the other hand, he pulled dozens of pigs, and some grain came out.

However, seeing that something bad was wrong, Guan Yu actually wanted to follow Lu Bu to Youzhou to conquer the Wuhuan people.

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Yun Cong's body is heavy, the horses can't bear such a weight, and the horses will be abandoned before they reach the place." ”

Guan Yu nodded: "What the eldest brother said makes sense. ”

Dian Wei saw Liu Bei grinding and snorted coldly: "This big-eared person is not a good person, and his heart and mouth are different." ”

When Lu Bu saw it, he chatted to death, and a Guan Yu couldn't make much of a difference, so he snorted: "Don't blame Xuande, my brother is open-mouthed, let's say goodbye." ”

Lü Bu led the army to continue north.

The daily march distance is about 150 miles, which is considered a flying army.

On this day, the striker Cao Xuan arrived in Bohai County, and the group went straight to Bohai City.

The city tower had already sounded the war drums and horns, and the city guards hurriedly closed the city gate and pulled up the drawbridge.

The five hundred cavalry stopped from afar, came over to Cao Xing, and shouted: "I am waiting for the military horses under the command of Qingzhou Thorn Shi, and I will rush to Youzhou by the way, and please don't worry about Tian Taishou." Here is a letter written by Wen Hou, which is handed over to him. ”

Cao Xuan nailed the letter to the doorpost of the city wall with an arrow, and the archers on the city tower stared nervously at Cao Xing.

Cao Xuan stepped back and waited.

At this time, Bohai Taishou Tian Yu had already received a letter from Lu Buba, read it over and over again, and handed it to his subordinates after reading it.

"It's strange, dignified and gentle, for the sake of dozens of people in the caravan, he actually went to Youzhou to fight, will there be a fraud?"

His subordinates are also uncertain: "It's hard to say, I don't have anything to do with Lu Bu, it stands to reason that he doesn't need to come to fight our Bohai County, but he has to be guarded, the soldiers go to the city, and the whole army is better guarded." ”

"Okay, prepare another batch of grain and grass and send it to Wen Hou."

The flag on the city wall is silent, but secretly tens of thousands of soldiers have all boarded the city wall, Tian Yu's strength in the Bohai Sea is still very strong, relying on the sea has an advantage, the benefit of fish and salt is very large, rich.

When Tian Yu came to the city tower, Cao Xuan was still waiting.