When Lu Bu returned to the camp at Panshiao, it was already dawn.

After he flew off his horse, he put Fang Tian's halberd on the ground, and spread his arms, "Unload your armor!" ”

The soldiers on the side immediately stepped forward and took off his cloak and armor one by one.

Rao is like a perpetual motion machine Lu Fengxian, after such a night of tossing, he was also tired enough, and as the more than thirty pounds of head-swallowing beast face armor was taken off, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

He walked to the side of the water tank, picked up the water and slapped it on his face, and wiped the marks that had coagulated into a blood scab.

When wearing armor, it is not obvious that this Lu Bu has knotted muscles on his body, and he is full of feared power.

"Wen Hou!" Xu Sheng ran over quickly.

"How?" Lu Bu was still cleaning the blood stains on his body, eliminating the tiredness all over his body, but he just glanced at Xu Sheng, seeing that he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, thinking that he couldn't get anything.

"Cao Ying's grain and grass were also fired, but more than 22,000 stones, 1,081 war horses, and a lot of baggage, armor, and ordnance could not be counted."

Not bad, Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction.

"By the way, Wen Hou, General Gao inspected those war horses and picked out one hundred and fifty-seven, saying that they are high-grade horses, which should be the elite horses under Cao Cao."

Lu Bu was stunned, there were more than 100 horses, plus the high-grade horses he had obtained from chasing the tiger and leopard horses, it was close to 400 horses, so that he could also enrich the old team of Bingzhou, which could be regarded as supplementing the loss of the first battle of Donglinkou.

"Well done, lead those more than 100 horses to the stable where Bingzhou rides."

"Whoa!"

After Lu Bu cleaned the blood stains on his body, he walked into the Chinese military tent naked, and he didn't pay attention to it.

I wanted to take a break, but Zhang Liao ran in quickly.

"Wen Hou!"

"Wen Yuan is here, sit down." To Zhang Liao, Lu Bu was still very polite and made a gesture of please.

But Zhang Liao didn't sit down, and hugged his fists with a smile, "Wen Hou, Wei Xu has already led the soldiers and horses back to Yangyuan first, and the last general has come to report today's victory, in this battle, I and Wei Xu killed more than 1,800 Cao troops, and ambushed more than 400 enemies, Cao Cao's general was also captured by the last general, and now he is escorted back to Yangyuan." ”

With a decent record, Lu Bu just bowed his head silently and said casually: "These scouts have already been reported to me, there is no need to make a special trip." ”

After many years of getting used to it, seeing Lu Bu so calm, he knew that the gains at the end of the camp must be extremely rich, so these gains could not make Lu Bu excited, but it didn't matter, he came so far not to report his achievements.

"Wen Hou, this is the military budget of the general's department at the end of the next season, please take a look at it." Zhang Liao held the bamboo slip in both hands and handed it over.

Lu Bu glanced at him in some surprise.

At this time, what military spending is to throw the bamboo slips aside, "It's all a step-by-step thing, what is there to see, just like last season, a lot of yours." ”

"Why don't you Wen Hou take a look?" With a smile on his face, Zhang Liao handed the bamboo slip to Lu Bu again.

Lu Buyi pushed away the bamboo slip with excitement, glanced at it casually, and suddenly his eyes were round, and he exclaimed: "Twenty thousand gold? Why don't you grab it! ”

"Wen Hou, you can't say that, of course Jiujiang's military expenses can't be used so much, but my more than 800 old brothers have followed me since Yanmen, and Peping has also created a trap camp, my brothers are good at swords and arrows, loyalty, and bravery, and they will never lose to the trap camp.

In the past year or so, our territory has expanded so much, it's time to arm them with a little money, and I have an explanation for the following. ”

For the generals, it is understandable to want to build a backbone of their own and an elite division, especially an old team like this, everyone is not willing to treat them badly.

But Lu Bu just sighed, shook his head and said: "Wen Yuan, there is really no money, you look at the plate is not small, there are many places to use money, this battle has killed seventy percent of the ordnance, grain and grass I have accumulated for more than half a year."

In addition, seven of the 12 counties in Anfeng County have become ownerless cities, broken eaves and broken walls, and if you want to repair them, I am afraid that more than half of the taxes after the autumn harvest will be invested. ”

Hearing Lu Bu's bitter words, Zhang Liao was not discouraged, after all, 20,000 gold is indeed an astonishing amount.

Retreated and said: "Then, the last general and Wei Xu ambushed Cao Cao and captured more than 80 war horses, I have seen it, they are all fine horses, and they are enriched to the end general's department, which should not be too much." ”

Less is less, and less adds up.

The more than eighty war horses are all of the highest quality, and if they are well built, they may be able to form a decent cavalry in the near future.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu waved his hand directly and refused: "No, I know that the batch of horses you said is the most elite cavalry under Cao Cao, and they must be included in the Bingzhou cavalry battalion." ”

"Again?"

Zhang Liao was a little unhappy, and said quietly: "It's just more than eighty war horses, Wen Hou, most of these war horses were captured by my eight hundred guards, according to the rules of the battlefield, who has to belong to whom, right?" ”

If this is another person, Lu Bu will be directly on the face, but the other party is Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan, and others are different.

Liao Shen and Lu Bu, in addition to being fellow villagers in Bingzhou, after Ding Yuan's death, they also relied on him and Zhang Yang to support the chaos, so they did not cause an internal mutiny.

In addition, along the way, from Guanzhong to Puyang, and then to Xuzhou, Liaoshen has made great achievements.

To put it mildly, if Zhang Liao hadn't supported himself since Guanzhong, he would never have today's achievements.

Therefore, for him, Lu Bu will be more tolerant.

He stood up, walked in front of Zhang Liao, frowned and said bitterly: "Wenyuan, do you know that more than 400 old brothers died in the first battle of Donglinkou and Bingzhou, and now the cavalry battalion of Bingzhou urgently needs to replenish war horses, and ordinary war horses cannot enter the camp at all, so they can only be Cao Cao's batch of high-grade fine horses." ”

Lu Bu patted Zhang Liao's shoulder, and said earnestly: "You allow me some more time, I promise you, at the latest next year's autumn harvest, I will raise 20,000 gold for you to arm your people, this is always okay, right?" ”

"In that case, then follow the will of Wen Hou"

In fact, as the coach of this team, Lu Bu certainly hopes to train some elites like the trapping camp, but the cost is too huge, and it really can't be tossed casually.

While the two were chatting, a person walked in outside the tent.

"Meet Wen Hou below."

Lu Bu glanced at the visitor, and then sat back in the handsome chair, "You don't stay in Xiapi, what are you doing here?" ”

"Back to Wenhou, Brother Yunwen Xian ordered the glaze factory built in Pengcheng below, and now that the season is over, he brought the income and account books over to ask him for acceptance." Zhen Rong looked proud.

"How much money there is." Lu Bu knew a little about this, but he didn't know it very well.

"No more, no less, twenty-eight thousand gold."

Zhen Rong's understatement directly made Lu Bu and Zhang Liao stunned.

Oh my God, are you going to rob here, so much money?

More than 20,000 gold, the autumn harvest tax in the entire Pengcheng is only 25,000 gold, and you have earned so much money in one quarter.

"This is all the credit of Brother Yunwenxian, it's just an errand." Zhenrong is obviously here to brush up on the sense of existence.

After Lu Bu and Zhang Liao glanced at each other, they immediately thought about it.

"What did you just say?"

"Oh, running errands down there."

"It's not that, it's the same when I came in." Lu Bu asked with a smile.

Zhen Rong was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "The first quarter income and account books of the Liuli Factory have been brought over, and I want to find Brother Yunwen for acceptance." ”

"Oh"

After Lu Bu let out a long sigh, he nodded and said, "You don't know, Yunwen has given full authority to Wen Yuan to handle this matter, Wen Yuan, you can do it yourself." ”

"Hehe, hey, my virtuous nephew is too embarrassed for me, okay, okay, just put the money on me first." Zhang Liao walked towards Zhenrong with his fists, and walked out of the tent with a pull.

Guarding Lu Bu, he didn't dare to speak, and when he got out of the Chinese army's tent, he said with a sad face: "General Zhang, this is absolutely unacceptable, you have taken all this money, how can I pay for Brother Yunwen Xian?" ”

I'm so damned, why did I come to Wenhou to brag about it, it's okay now, it's going to be over.

Lin Mo promised to use half of this money to pay back to Zhenrong, and now if Zhang Liao takes it all, it will not only be Lin Mo who will lose.

"What nonsense!"

Zhang Liao was condescending, his eyes widened, and he said quietly: "I am his uncle, he dares not to give it to me, and his leg is discounted for him." ”

Then he felt that it was indeed a little difficult for Zhen Rong to explain, so he whispered: "As for the explanation. I'll teach you how to say it, you just say it, you just say it, it's true, never let your opponent guess what you're thinking, he won't think I'm going to take his money, right?

It's called the surprise, take it to you. ”

After speaking, Zhang Liao laughed hehe, this trip was too worthwhile.

Then he couldn't help but pull Zhenrong to get the money, he didn't ask for much, 20,000 gold was 10,000 catties, and it would take a few carriages to pull it.

So, the money was pulled away by Zhang Liao.

Watching the carriages being pulled away, Zhenrong's heart is bleeding, crying, shouting, bastards, have the ability to earn it by themselves, what kind of ability is it to rob us of our money, arrogant things, border outcasts.

Brother Yunwen Yunwen, I'll go find Brother Yunwenxian.

While Zhang Liao hadn't gone far, Zhen Rong finally reacted.

In Lin Mo's military tent, Jia Xu and Liu Ye knelt opposite him, and the three of them were boiling tea, which could be regarded as small talk and discussion.

"Cao Cao's trip was defeated, and his vitality was greatly damaged, what do you think the next situation will be?" Lin Mo threw out the topic.

Now that the Anfeng War has come to an end, it does not mean that it can be peaceful for a long time.

On the contrary, it is necessary to strike while the iron is hot in order to stabilize the ground under your feet.

After all, Cao Cao still had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Xuchang.

Liu Ye glanced at Jia Xu, and the old yin didn't mean to speak at all.

In fact, he has not been in Lu Ying for a long time, but he has generally figured out the three forces here, except for the Chen Palace, which is closer to the group of generals, it is the Xuzhou family led by Chen Deng and Lu Su and the Huainan scholars led by Liu Ye.

In the face of these three forces, his choice is to keep his mouth shut, and it is better to say less.

Liu Ye blew his hands and analyzed.

"In this battle, Cao Cao's elite fell, the fierce generals Cao Chun and Li Tong were beheaded, Yu Ban was captured, and the 30,000 elites only brought back a few hundred, but our army is also in danger, it is said that after returning to Xuchang, he should enter a longer period of rest.

However, the spies who came back from the north said that Gongsun Zhan broke seven formations in a row, and the day when Youzhou changed hands was not far away.

Therefore, after Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, he either strengthened his troops and formed an alliance with Wenhou to deal with the upcoming Central Plains War; Or, attack Xuzhou with lightning speed, in a vain attempt to resist Yuan Shao after annexing the two states.

Personally, I think Cao Cao should be inclined to the second option. ”

Lin Mo and Jia Xu glanced at each other, and they both read the intention of approval from each other's eyes.

Liu Ye's analysis is very accurate, and it can be determined that Lin Mo and Jia Xu also agree.

"To tell the truth, if he comes out, there will be no less than 1230,000 soldiers and horses, and our army will have a combined army, but only 60,000 or 70,000, and the disparity in strength will be almost twice as much, if it really starts, our army will still be at a disadvantage."

Lin Mo didn't say it thoroughly, but Liu Ye and Jia Xu both understood that if Cao Cao attacked strongly, the most likely thing was to lose both, and then both were annexed by Yuan Shao.

Of course, it depends on how long Gongsun Chan can hold on, as long as Youzhou has not fallen into the hands of Yuan Shao for a day, he should not consider going south.

Even if Gongsun Chan is really defeated, it will take some time to clean up the chaos in Youzhou.

From this point of view, the probability of Cao Cao storming Xuzhou is very high.

"I also think he will come again, if the three armies are in unison, then we are not only in danger head-on, but the most troublesome person is just afraid that he is still holding back."

Finally, Jia Xu spoke.

This is not a council today, so he chose to add it after the two of them finished speaking.

Liu Ye frowned and bowed slightly, "If we and Cao Cao fall into a stalemate in Xuzhou, Sun Ce in Jiangdong will definitely be in trouble." ”

When Sun Ce was mentioned, the three of them were all melancholy.

Yes, the little overlord of Jiangdong, how can he be willing to suffer great humiliation if he loses troops and generals in Guangling City.

It's a headache.

Last time, he only came a few thousand people, not only a few thousand people, if he really made up his mind, thirty or forty thousand people could still be gathered.

Thirty or forty thousand people, suddenly from behind, how can you prevent it.

Since history has been messed up, Lin Mo didn't dare to hope that he would be killed by Xu Gong's disciples like in history.

Therefore, the next thing to consider is not only to deal with Cao Cao's counterattack, but also Sun Ce's sneak attack.

Originally, there were not many soldiers and horses, and if the troops were divided, the front line would be even more difficult.

"Liu Biao has always had ideas about Yangzhou."

Jia Xu suddenly mentioned it, probably meaning that this is also a hidden danger along the way.

Liu Ye shook his head, "Although Liu Jingsheng and I are both descendants of the Han Queen, he has many internal troubles, and he may not be able to completely call the shots, and he is getting older and older, and his ambition is gone."

The biggest problem is still Sun Ce. ”

Lin Mo raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Ye, and said with a smile: "Then Ziyang thinks that Sun Ce will do it from Lujiang or Guangling?" ”

(End of chapter)