Chapter Seventy-Three: In the Way of Others, Killing People and Punishing Hearts!
"Heh,......" Zhang Han chuckled, lowered his head and continued to think about the topic of Fang Cai, and said: "Zang Ba gathers the people of Mount Tai, retreats into the mountain, enters the Chen soldiers, and can be regarded as deeply attached to the hearts of the people. ”
"But they gather people to stand on their own, but they are left and right, this is like a businessman waiting for a price to sell, always have to see a few more, and it will be difficult to collect and surrender for a while, after all, it is often the lives of tens of thousands of people, and it is impossible to agree in one breath."
"Yes, ordering people to give favors is the same as Tao Qian's courtesy back then, so you don't have to be too anxious."
"It's Lu Bu...... You're right," Zhang Han thought for a long time and said, "Your Chen clan abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the light, and sacrificed Xia Pi, which is actually the biggest harm to Lu Bu." This knife is far heavier than defeat, and if it stabs him in the back, why worry about it? ”
That's why I'm more worried! Chen Deng couldn't help it at all in his heart, we betrayed Lu Bu like this and sacrificed the city, causing Tancheng to fall into a siege, and after he Lu Bu knew about it, he must have been furious and anxious to save him.
However, once Lu Bu knew that the siege could not be taken, he would definitely flee.
The advantage of his own part is that as an elite iron horseman, he has experienced a hundred battles, and he can survive no matter whether he wins or loses, how can he be a general? The wolf rider is not good at attacking the city, but he is very good at riding in the field, he can't beat it, he can abandon his wife and daughter and run!
This kind of thing is not without precedent!
There are many people who abandon their wives and daughters because of the defeat of the army, but it is difficult to ensure that they will make a comeback, come back for revenge, and be stared at by a tiger wolf, which is not comfortable.
Chen Deng wanted to know, Zhang Han and Xi Zhong...... In other words, Cao Gong, in the end, is there any confidence that Lu Bu will be killed in this battle and will never be troubled.
Thinking of this, Chen Deng took a deep breath and arched his hand: "I understand that since the Chen family has opened the gate of Xiapi City, it is destined to return to Cao Gong, and there must be no two hearts, so we should help each other." ”
The implication is that the Chen family has been pulled into the water, so he will do his best to help the lord defeat Lu Bu and then kill him, Zhang Han translated it in his heart.
"So, if you have a plan in the future, please don't hide it privately, and we can work together to discuss getting rid of the thief."
His attitude is very sincere, after all, what the Chen family is most afraid of now is that Cao Cao will not admit it, and only give merits and rewards, but he will not get rid of Lu Bu, after all, it is Lu Bu among those who are known as flying generals, and it is not too much for Cao Cao to think about soliciting.
What if Lu Bu is obedient in the future? made meritorious contributions to Cao Cao, and then rose to prominence, quite relied on, he came to take revenge again, can the Chen family in Xuzhou afford it.
Xi Zhong and Zhang Han smiled without saying a word, and glanced at each other.
Seeing that Chen Deng was anxious, Zhang Han said: "Then, it depends on how Lu Bu chooses." ”
Originally, Zhang Han also thought that he could annihilate Lu Bu's army in one fell swoop, but Xi Zhicai taught him some knowledge, in short...... Hard.
If Lu Bu runs with an iron heart, robs the people all the way, and goes straight to Shouchun like a bandit, he will become Yuan Shu's most powerful halberd, and he will definitely make a comeback in the future.
But if he doesn't run and tries to fight, he will have a chance to trap him in Xuzhou, and now it depends on his first choice.
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At the border of Pengcheng, Lu Bu returned to the army to rescue, after several desperate kills and repelled Cao Hong's front soldiers and horses, he broke a hole and led the army back to Xiapi, his grain and grass were no longer enough to fight, so he could only quickly return to the territory to garrison, wait for the grain road to be restored, and send food to recuperate.
During this period of time, although there was no big war, he was very tired of being harassed by cavalry, although he himself was quite familiar with cavalry combat, and he was brave in the battle of the iron cavalry, and he was not afraid of Cao Cao's elite cavalry, but he couldn't stand the constant attack.
These cavalry are very cunning, they don't come to fight bloody battles at all, they just disturb the morale of the army outside, and they look like they are ready to attack at any time, but if you really ignore them, you will take the opportunity to rush and shoot arrows and kill them, and then they will leave.
Lu Bu only reacted a few days later, there was no point in fighting them like this, it would only increase the casualties of his soldiers and horses, and the best way to ask the cavalry to attack and harass was to find a city to station.
Therefore, after he broke through the siege of the soldiers and horses under the command of Cao Hong and Cao Ren brothers, he returned to the territory of Xiapi as soon as possible, but perhaps it was fate, and the only one who could garrison the surrounding area was ...... Summerhill.
"Xiaqiu, it's actually Xiaqiu......" Lu Bu, who dismounted and entered the city, walked quite tired and difficult, his thick cloth boots stepped on the dusty ground, and he took off the iron helmet on his head.
Standing beside him was Chen Gong in a black robe, his beard was messy, and Chen Gong, who was no longer the elegant appearance of the Shi clan, had cloudy eyes, and sighed deeply when he followed Lu Bu into the city.
"Actually, it's back here?"
"The Xiaqiu garrison, less than a thousand people, this place is equivalent to an empty city, the surrounding people are all following Liu Bei to go to Cao Cao, if you garrison here, there are many dangers, Feng Xian ......" Chen Gong pulled Lu Bu and said sincerely: "I suggest, rest here for a while, immediately march for another thirty miles, close to Xiapi to feel at ease." ”
"Otherwise, once we are besieged, we will have to defend this city, and this city ...... There is no food stock at all! ”
The people have been taken away by Liu Bei, even if they want to grab grain and recruit husbands, they can't do it, this place is a rice cook.
Lu Bu's heart was even more sudden, and a wave of anger burned in his heart for no reason, if Liu Xuande was stationed in Xiaqiu, how could there be such a defeat today, "Dog thief Liu Bei!" He turned his back on me! When he came to Xuzhou, he was still taken in by Tao Gongzu, otherwise he would have died a long time ago, and he was really a dog thief who fell into the well. ”
"For such a person, how could someone pass on the name of his benevolence? Perfidious ears! The three brothers are all rats in the world!! ”
These words can be said to be scolding and unhappy in my heart, but this is how the march and battle are like this, how can everything be as he wishes?
After a fire was issued, Lu Bu went to the city gate tower and took a look at the city, the city was ruined and collapsed, full of dirt and dust, as well as many debris and discarded things left by the people when they left, and the hundreds of soldiers stationed before were also gray-faced, yellow-faced and thin, and had no combat power at all.
The city of Xiaqiu, due to the relocation of the people, will take at least a few years to rebuild, and there must be enough people to move here, settle down, and continue to settle down in order to have vitality.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu sighed deeply, "This general has been marching and fighting for ten years, and there has never been such a time of defeat, you can't enter Pengcheng first, you can't have food and grass to retreat, and there is no more difficult situation than this......"
He said to himself, a sullen breath welled up in his heart, and he was extremely bored, and people like to think about those ifs who have "failed in success" at this time.
If Yanzhou is desirable, and there are Zhang Miao and Chen Gong to help locally, what will be the outcome?
If you respect Liu Xuande and invite him to stay in Tancheng and guard Tao Qian's business with him, what should you do?
He even thought back to Chang'an at the beginning, if he hadn't dealt with his dear Dong Yifu with Wang Yifu, the ending would have been better, after all, among the generals under Dong Zhuo at that time, Lu Bu had gradually become the one who was deeply relied on.
As soon as he thought of this, Lu Bu couldn't help but think of the gentle township of Tancheng, he was too tired to fight, not only his body was tired, but his mental strength would also be haggard, and now he just wanted to return to Tancheng as soon as possible and run back to the government office to ask Diao Chan where he was.
At this time, Lu Bu's subordinates knocked Hao Meng up the city wall, looking extremely anxious, almost all the way to Lu Bu's side, hugging his fists and saying, "The prince is not good!" The defeated army of Xiapi came to vote, the Chen father and son betrayed the prince, and the city was surrendered to Cao Cao, and now the Cao army has occupied Xiapi! ”
"Huh!?"
Lu Bu and Chen Gong were suddenly struck by lightning, and their eyes suddenly shook.
Chen Gong's face was even more red, stretched out his hand and raised it in the direction of Xiapi, and asked through gritted teeth: "Chen, Chen's father and son, take advantage of my army to go on the expedition, open the door to welcome Cao Cao into Xiapi, and then use their own connections to recruit all parts of the country, so that all counties and counties will respond, this is, this is my strategy!" ”
"Originally, we should have taken Yanzhou like this to expel Cao Cao, why are we using it on ourselves now! Providence so, providence so!! Ahhhh ”
Chen Gong suddenly lost his mentality, as if he had been beaten expressionlessly for three days and three nights with a spoon and then collapsed, he never dreamed that the strategy used to kill Cao at the beginning was actually on him today.
This is using my strategy, and then defeat me, Cao Mengde, your heart is really poisonous!!