Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 37 You Know Me Best Cao Cao
Seeing Lu Bu's questioning, Yan said, "Although General Gao is a loyal and upright man, he and Chen Gong have always been at odds. Feng Xian defended the city with two people. How can they agree? Besides, Chen Gongtai and Cao Cao are old. General Going out alone and entrusting him with important affairs, once there is a change in the city, how can I be the general's wife again?"

Gao Shun's character is upright and difficult to get close to others, no matter whether he is a scholar or general, he has few close friends. Chen Gong used to be favored and proud in Yanzhou, so he didn't like him.

The last time Yuan Shu came to commit a crime, Chen Gong was unwilling to offer a conspiracy. In addition, when Hao Meng was punished, he even confessed that the accomplice was Chen Gong. The doubts deepened.

"Ma'am is right. People in Xiapi are panicking now. I am afraid that Hao Meng's rebellion will happen. But now that Cao's army is strong, I have to mobilize all my troops to defend the city. The safety of the house depends on Lingqi's female guards. She is now What about people?" Lu Bu asked.

"It should be in the camp." Yan said.

"It's nonsense, Gao Boping doesn't know the seriousness." Lu Bu walked out angrily.

Before leaving the government office, Lu Bu secretly sent Xu Si and Wang Kai to go out of Xiapi and go south to Shouchun to seek help from Yuan Shu.

He rode his horse to the camp, and he found that Lu Lingqi was in Gaoshun's camp.

Lv Bu rushed into the big tent angrily, and angrily said: "The Cao thief is in a hurry to attack the city. If you don't stay at home to protect mother, what are you doing in my general's camp?"

"I..." Lu Lingqi lowered her head and was at a loss for words.

"And you, it's fine to let her mess around, what time is it now?" Lu Bu blamed Gao Shun again.

"The last general is guilty, please punish him." Gao Shun clasped his fists and admitted his mistake.

Lu Bu knew that Gao Shun was not at fault for this matter, so he said to Lu Lingqi coldly, "Aren't you going back to protect mother?"

"Oh"

"Wait a minute, what are you holding in your hand?"

"what?"

Lu Lingqi got up and wanted to leave, but Lu Bu found that her hands were behind her back, as if she was holding something.

"Nothing." Lu Lingqi shook her head and said.

"Don't give it to me?" Lu Bu stretched out his big hand and shouted.

Lu Lingqi had no choice but to pass the bamboo slip over.

Xiapi was surrounded too urgently, Lu Lingqi wanted to ask Gao Shun to find a way to ask Lan Tian for advice, but the guy hesitated, and finally took out such a letter, Lan Tian predicted that he couldn't bear to say it.

Lu Lingqi handed over the bamboo slips and ran out of the camp. Lu Bu held it in his hand and thought over and over again. At this moment, he noticed that Gao Shun's expression was different, so he asked, "What is this?"

Gao Shun was loyal to Lu Bu, so he uttered all of Lan Tian's prophecies like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

Lu Bu was shocked when he heard this, and then he sighed: "This son is really capable of being a ghost. If I used my plan to tie him back and marry Lingqi as his wife, how could I, Lu Bu, be in trouble today? Gongtai misled me. , the public platform misunderstood me."

"My lord, what should we do now?" Gao Shun asked.

"Xiapi must be defended if it can be defended, but if it cannot be defended, it will be surrendered." Lu Bu said helplessly.

Gao Shun was silent after hearing this, and after Lu Bu finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Who does Lan Ziyu want you to learn from?"

"Seven Monsters of the South of the Yangtze River."

Lu Bu is already very familiar with the plot of the Condor Shooting. He said in his heart that the martial arts of the seven monsters in the south of the Yangtze River are meager, and their role in the book is nothing more than helping Guo Jing to enlighten him. What is this Lan Ziyu trying to say?

Lu Bu was pacing in the camp, suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind: Could it be that this guy wants Gao Shun to protect Guo Jing like he protects Lingqi?

"Boping, how will I treat you?" Lu Bu stopped and turned his head to ask.

Gao Shun was taken aback, clasped his fists and said, "My lord has shown me the grace of knowing you, and Shun will repay you with death."

Lu Bu stretched out his hand and said, "Boping's loyalty, Bu already knows very well, Lantian asked you to learn from the seven monsters in the south of the Yangtze River, why do you talk about life and death lightly? If I don't survive this battle, protect Lingqi for me."

"My lord, what is this?" Gao Shun was puzzled.

"I still have to go to the city tower to inspect, so you can do it yourself," Lu Bu ordered.

This is the lord Tuogu?Lu Bu had never said such confusing words, but Gao Shun still nodded in agreement.

Xu Si and Wang Kai went to Shouchun to ask for help, but Yuan Shu refused on the grounds that Lv Bu refused to marry him. In fact, this guy was frightened by Cao Cao's beating, and the beating made him realize his true situation. Now he has no ability to fight Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu didn't send troops to rescue him near Huainan, but Zhang Yang, who was far away in Hanoi, wanted to rescue Lu Bu, but was killed by his general Yang Chou.

The city of Xiapi was fortified, and Cao Cao could not go down for a long time, so he ordered people to besiege the city and dig trenches to prevent surprise soldiers from digging tunnels in the city.

Digging is an earthwork. Although there is no need to worry about being attacked by arrows and stones, the soldiers under the command are exhausted every day.

After more than a month of excavation, the soldiers were exhausted, so Cao Cao wanted to retreat.

Xun You, a counselor under the tent, advised: "Lü Bu was brave but not resourceful, and now he has been defeated after many battles, and his vigor has faded. Besides, the three armies are dominated by generals, and the army has no fighting spirit when the leader is weak. Now that Lv Bu's morale has not recovered, then Chen Gong And the strategy is not yet decided, why not take advantage of the situation to attack Xiapi, so as not to raise tigers in the future."

While Cao Cao was hesitating, Guo Jia suggested again: "The next Pi is close to the big river, why not use the water from Yi and Si to irrigate it?"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said with a smile, "Fengxiao is a great plan."

Afterwards, Cao Cao flooded the city with water, and the other three gates of Xiapi were flooded except for the east gate. The guards had to wade across the street, so the action was very difficult.

Lu Bu was depressed after hearing Gao Shun's words. He often hid in the government office and drank with his wives and concubines to relieve his worries.

Xiapi was flooded, and Lu Bu wanted to go out to patrol the city to encourage the soldiers. He got up and saw that his face in the bronze mirror was haggard, and he said to himself: "I was hurt by wine and sex, so I am so haggard."

Later, when Lu Bu was patrolling the city, he issued a ban on drinking to all the generals.

The next day Lu Bu went up to the tower to supervise the battle again, and saw that the city wall of Xiapi was very dilapidated, and the morale of the attacking Cao army remained undiminished.

Lu Bu suddenly shouted at the Cao soldiers under the city: "Tell Duke Cao that if Duke Ming withdraws the soldiers besieging the city, Bu is willing to lead the troops to surrender."

Chen Gong, who was accompanying him, was shocked: "Cao Cao is a traitor, how can he be called Ming Gong? If the general surrenders today, it will be like throwing a stone with an egg. How can he get everything?"

The attacking Cao soldiers were stunned when they heard Lu Bu's words. At this time, Chen Gong didn't know where to get the bow and arrow.

"Gongtai, you." Lu Bu was speechless, so he walked away.

Lü Bu's words spread to Cao Ying, and Cao Cao summoned his counselors to discuss, "Lü Bu has already surrendered, what do you think?"

Neither Xun You nor Guo Jia spoke. They looked at Cheng Yu, the old opponent who defended Lu Bu in Yanzhou.

Cheng Yu had no choice but to say: "Lü Bu is brave and has no plans. He can be a tiger and wolf if he surrenders. It's just repeated by others. This matter has to be decided by the lord."

"What do you two think?" Cao Cao asked Xun You and Guo Jia again.

Guo Jia cupped his hands and said, "Lü Bu is the bravery of a common man. It can be used or not. I suggest killing him to avoid future troubles."

Cheng and Xun were startled when they heard this, and they thought that it was you, Guo Fengxiao, who were unruly and unrestrained.

Cao Cao asked with a smile, "Feng Xiao prevented me from killing Liu Bei in the past, why is he persuading me to kill Lu Bu today? Does this mean that I won't be afraid of harming the virtuous?"

Xun You and Cheng Yu were delighted in their hearts, and they knew that the lord would ask this question.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Liu Bei has always had a good reputation, so killing him rashly is really harmful to the lord. Lv Bu is a villain again and again, so why not kill him? Besides, I guess the lord must be calculating."

Cao Cao pointed at Guo Jia and laughed: "Well, Guo Fengxiao, you know Cao Cao best, hahaha"

(End of this chapter)