Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 13
Just after nightfall, more than a thousand horse infantry troops under Gao Shun's command left the south of Xiaopei City in light clothes, looking like a fire dragon from a distance.

When the team passed by Ganjiazhuang, they saw a person holding a torch standing by the road at the entrance of the village. The light of the fire was very eye-catching under the night, as if they were waiting for Gao Shun and the others.

Gao Shun led the way, and when he got close, he heard the man shouting, "Is this General Gao?"

Gao Shun thought the voice was familiar, but he rode forward and found that the person was actually Lan Tian.

"What are you doing here, sir?" Gao Shun got off his horse and was extremely polite to Lan Tian, ​​the lieutenant beside him was very surprised when he saw this.

"To wait for General Gao." Lan Tian said, clasping his fists.

Gao Shunxin said that I just met not long ago, what can I do now? "After summer, there are many mosquitoes in the countryside, sir, I'd better go home and rest first. Now Gao is busy with military affairs and can't stay for a long time. After I come back, I will go to the village to bother you."

"I know that the general's military affairs are urgent, so I can only say one word to block the way here." Lan Tian said earnestly.

"But why?"

"I expect the general to seize Xiapi and leave. My foster sister and foster father should be in Xiapi city. I would like to ask the general to take care of you for your kindness. Lan Tian is very grateful." Lan Tian bowed and saluted.

Gao Shun was shocked when he heard this, the lord Lv Bu must have made a hasty decision to capture Xiapi tonight, why did Lan Ziyu know?At this time, he looked at Lan Tian again.

I thought that Lan Tian could only farm, cook, and tell stories, but now that I think about it, could he be able to figure it out?
"Sir, please go back, Shun has his own concerns." Gao Shun helped him up and got on his horse, but he didn't agree to Lan Tian directly.

Gao Shun then urged the army and horses to march quickly, and finally arrived outside Xiapi City in the middle of the night. Xu Dan opened the city gate to welcome the army into the city as agreed in advance.

After entering the city, Gao Shun first sent troops to occupy the city gate tower and various key terrains. Zhang Fei panicked after hearing the news and mobilized his army to fight.

At this time, Lu Bu's rear team had arrived, and the two sides fought in Xiapi City at night. Zhang Fei was defeated because he was unprepared, and finally escaped from the city with his own bravery and dozens of cavalry. All fell inside.

After the victory, Gao Shun restrained the soldiers not to disturb the people, and his trapping camp rushed into the government office immediately, and captured Gan Qian, Gan Ji and other family members in the back hall.

Gao Shun saw that among the captured family members, there was a woman who was as beautiful as a flower and a jade. He guessed that she should be Liu Bei's wife, so he asked, "Are you Liu Bei's wife Gan?"

"The general wants to humiliate me? Then you can only get a corpse." Gan Qian said coldly, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Qian'er, don't be impulsive." Gan Ji whispered from the side, he and Liu Bei hadn't had a good time in Xiapi, and the sound of fighting in the city at night made him terrified.

"You two, don't be afraid. I know Lingdi Lantian and I will protect you as much as possible." Gao Shun nodded.

After all, Gao Shun asked his subordinates to take the two of them to the camp.

Lu Bu and his generals are mostly lecherous, if outsiders discover Gan Qian's beauty, it will definitely hurt Lan Tian, ​​the righteous sister.

Just as everyone was retreating, a sassy figure rushed in and shouted impatiently, "Where is Mrs. Gan?"

"Miss?"

"General Gao?"

When Lu Lingqi saw the beautiful woman beside Gao Shun, she knew that she was Lantian's righteous sister Gan Qian, and she thought that a hero like Liu Bei would never marry an ugly peasant woman.

"These two are Mr. Lan's righteous father and righteous sister," Gao Shun hesitated to speak.

At this moment, Lu Lingqi understood Gao Shun's thoughts, he had the same thoughts as her.

Lu Lingqi said with relief: "The general's camp is full of men. It's inconvenient for Mrs. Gan to be with you. You'd better settle them with me."

Lu Lingqi has extraordinary martial arts skills. Although she did not lead the army in battle, she commanded a 50-strong female guard, which was responsible for protecting the female family members.

"It's very good, otherwise the lord asks me for someone, and I don't know what to do." Gao Shun said.

"Sister Gan, you and uncle please come with me." Lu Lingqi said very respectfully.

After Gan Qian followed Liu Bei, she was considered a woman who had seen the world. She followed Lu Lingqi with Gan Ji, thinking in her mind why brother made friends with Lu Bu's general?
After Lu Bu captured Xiapi, he called himself Xuzhou Mu. The official seal that Liu Bei gave him in hypocrisy was now in his hands.

"I don't want Xuzhou to fall into my hands so easily, Gongtai, what should we do next?" Lu Bu asked in the governor's hall.

"Zhang Fei was killed in the battle last night. Liu Bei will surely come back to seize Xiapi upon hearing the news. Now we must guard the city tightly and ask Yuan Shu for food as soon as possible. Right now the military strength is increasing and there is a serious shortage of food and grass." Chen Gong said.

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Yuan Gonglu, the fourth generation and fifth prince, will never break his promise, so I will write a book and send it to Huainan."

"I heard that after the battle last night, General Gao and Ms. Lu went to the back hall to rob people at the same time. I don't know who got Liu Bei's family in the end? My lord can use this to threaten Liu Bei to stop the army." Chen Gong suggested.

"It's Lingqi who wants to go. She told me that the disaster is worse than his wife and children, so let her deal with it first. Besides, Liu Xuande and I are from the same border area. Using my wife and daughter to blackmail him, wouldn't it be my prestige? "Lu Bu said.

Chen Gong nodded and said: "Miss Zhai has a kind heart, but the general will not be kind to women in the future. Bandit Cao can slaughter Pengcheng in the blink of an eye."

"A man doesn't judge a hero by how much he kills. I don't want to stand shoulder to shoulder with Cao thief in this massacre of a city." Lu Bu snorted coldly.

Chen Gong smiled wryly to himself, what I'm talking about is not Cao thief massacring the city, but his ruthlessness by unscrupulous means to achieve his goal, but then he remembered the reason why he left him.

Isn't it because Cao thief is too vicious?Although Lu Bu is a common man, he is much more magnanimous than Cao thief.

While Lu Bu was sending people to Huainan, Zhang Fei also met Liu Bei's defeated army on his way south.

Liu Bei was already defeated by Yuan Shu, and now he lost Xiapi and his family and generals, but because he had an alliance with Zhang Fei in Taoyuan, he didn't scold him too much.

The three brothers gathered troops to attack Xiapi. Lv Bu was now backed by the city, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Liu Bei was unable to overcome after a long battle and was defeated.

Liu Bei then led the remnant army to attack Guangling County, but was defeated by Yuan Shu's army again, and finally had to withdraw his troops and temporarily settle in Haixi County.

At this time, Liu Bei's remnants were short of men and horses, and faced with the dilemma of running out of food and grass, everyone felt that their future was bleak.

At the time of crisis, Mi Zhu, formerly a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, extended a helping hand. He donated [-] slaves and gold and silver goods.

After hearing that Liu Bei's family members were all trapped in Xiapi, Mi Zhu married his younger sister Mi Zhen as his wife to encourage him to regain his strength.

Although the urgent need was resolved, Yuan Shu's determination to destroy Liu Bei was not dead.

When Liu Bei was at a loss, in order to survive in this troubled world, he could only beg for surrender to Lu Bu who stabbed him in the back with hatred.

Because of Yuan Shu's delay in paying the promised military rations, Lv Bu accepted Liu Bei at the suggestion of Chen Gong, ordered him to station in Xiaopei to guard against Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and generously returned his family and generals.

Gan Qian's father and daughter followed Liu Bei on the way back to their hometown, but now there is an extra beautiful wife beside her husband.

Gan Qian sat silently in the carriage along the way, Gan Ji thought her daughter was upset because of Mi Zhen's affairs, so she comforted her and said, "Qian'er, it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, besides, our Gan family came from a humble background, so we don't know how to deal with it." It is also a great blessing for Xuande to be a concubine."

Gan Qian shook her head and said: "Daughter is not worried about this, we were still taken care of after Xiapi City was destroyed, Daddy, don't you think Brother Tian is a little bit capable?"

Ganji took a deep breath and sighed: "I can't see through the fields either, but after returning to Xiaopei, I plan to go back to live in Gan's Village. I've been digging the land all my life, and I'd rather be more intimate with the land."

"That's good, anyway, brother will take care of you." Gan Qian said.

(End of this chapter)