Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Hu Zhen died because he was too conceited and carried himself too much. This incident seemed to have nothing to do with Lu Bu, but it also seemed to be related. Historically, it was Xu Rong who was assigned to deal with Sun Jian. Lu Bu replaced Xu Rong with Hu Zhen, and asked Hu Zhen to go to Yingchuan to make a contribution first, which aroused Hu Zhen's conceit.

As for the record of Lu Bu's 500 cavalrymen attacking the camp, Hu Zhen used it as an example himself, but he forgot that he did not have Lu Bu's strength at all.

Lü Bu had expected Hu Zhen's death, and he was only slightly surprised. However, Hua Xiong jumped up from his seat and asked, "How could he be dead? Three thousand cavalrymen, and the enemy only had twenty thousand. How could he die in battle?"

Lü Bu said, "Who can say for sure on the battlefield? If he had the martial arts skills of Ying Wei, it would be unlikely that he would die in this situation. But he's already dead, so there's no point in saying this now. And there's no one in charge at Guangcheng Pass right now. You and Li Meng are both captains under Hu Zhen. I wonder who should take Hu Zhen's place temporarily?"

Although Hua Xiong's brain was not very flexible, he understood what Lu Bu meant when he heard what he said. The lord appointed Lu Bu as General of Cavalry, in charge of all the troops. Who would take over this position temporarily was just a matter of Lu Bu's words. He asked this to make him take sides.

Compared with Hu Zhen and even Niu Fu, Hua Xiong naturally prefers to work under Lu Bu, not only because Lu Bu is the lord's son-in-law and may inherit the lord's position in the future, but also because Lu Bu can lead them to victory, and Lu Bu also saved his life in Beimang Mountain.

Hua Xiong immediately clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to guard Guangcheng Pass for the General of the Cavalry. If you have any orders in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Lu Bu stood up and supported his arms. "There's no need to risk your life. We both serve our lord. I only hope that you can stand by my side when I need you in the future!"

Hua Xiong was loyal to Dong Zhuo. As long as Dong Zhuo was alive, he would never betray Dong Zhuo and follow Lu Bu. Besides, Lu Bu would not break with Dong Zhuo unless he had no choice. So the best result was that Hua Xiong could follow Lu Bu to Bingzhou after Dong Zhuo's death. Although Hua Xiong was not good at commanding troops, he was good at charging, and Lu Bu currently lacked such talents.

Hua Xiong grinned, "Don't worry, General, I will definitely stand on your side!"

After successfully winning over Hua Xiong, Lu Bu was worried about the safety of Guangcheng Pass, so he asked Hua Xiong to lead the 1,000 soldiers who were escorting food and grass back that day, and asked Wei Xu to lead 500 people to help Hua Xiong guard the pass.

However, before Hua Xiong returned to Guangcheng Pass, urgent news came from there that Sun Jian had killed Hu Zhen and led his troops to attack the city the next day. In just half a day, Guangcheng Pass was captured, Li Meng was killed in the battle, and the remaining thousand troops fled to Xu Rong at Dagu Pass.

Guangcheng Pass was lost, and Lu Bu didn't want to send anyone to retake it, so he ordered Hua Xiong and others to temporarily guard Dagu Pass and Yique Pass with Xu Rong.

After Sun Jian captured Guangcheng Pass, his troops stopped in Liang County for rest and recuperation. At the same time, under the banner of eliminating traitors and supporting the Han Dynasty, he actively recruited soldiers and young men from various counties and prefectures south of Henan Yin, and his troops continued to expand.

The news of the loss of Guangcheng Pass not only reached Sishui Pass, but also Dong Zhuo's side. So far in this battle, both sides have won and lost, but from a geographical point of view, the coalition's front line is advancing step by step, and the logistics supply line is getting longer and longer, while their own defense line is shrinking. Dong Zhuo's army has relatively few soldiers and horses, and the defense capability is actually stronger with a smaller front line, but Dong Zhuo is afraid of death. How can he watch those who are attacking him advance step by step?

So Dong Zhuo gave Lu Bu an order, ordering him to repel the coalition forces within one month.

The three coalition forces had a total of 160,000 troops, while Dong Zhuo only had about 50,000. The best way was to defend the passes on both sides and concentrate the forces to repel one of the forces first. However, this was impossible to do within a month. Dong Zhuo's order was really unreasonable.

Although it doesn't make sense, Lu Bu's side seems to be in a weak position now, but all the steps are going according to his plan. With Dong Zhuo's order, he can command even more easily.

So, the next day, two military orders were issued from Sishui Pass. One was to order Niu Fu to try to cross the river and repel Yuan Shao, and the other was to order Xu Rong to gather two thousand soldiers and horses to stand by. Lu Bu himself also planned to go to Xingyang to meet the 100,000 coalition forces outside.

Of course, before Lu Bu gave the order to Niu Fu, he first sent a letter to Zhang Mo. When Zhang Mo saw the news, she felt a little bit amused and helpless. Dong Zhuo's fear of death was really beyond her imagination, which made her trip to Hanoi a bit in vain.

Since Niu Fu would soon receive Lu Bu's military order, Zhang Mo asked Yuan Shao to transfer all of Wang Kuang's troops on the other side of Xiaopingjin to the other side of Mengjin, as if planning to cross the river and launch a violent attack.

Yuan Shao's 30,000 troops gathered on the opposite bank, which frightened Niu Fu greatly. He was about to ask Lu Bu for support, but unexpectedly he received a military order from Lu Bu, ordering him to cross the river and repel Yuan Shao.

"Cross the river? Cross the damn river. Yuan Shao has assembled 30,000 soldiers and horses on the other side. If we cross the river, we will be sending ourselves to die. Lu Bu's mother wants me to die." Niu Fu walked back and forth at the dock with his hands behind his back, cursing angrily.

Guo Si looked at Niu Fu like he was a fool. "General Niu, are you crazy? When General Lu gave this order, he didn't know Yuan Shao was about to come over. Now that they're going to attack first, we can shoot them with rockets from the shore. Our chances of winning are pretty good."

Niu Fu paused and angrily said, "Big bullshit! With the width of the river, their boats will dock before the fire even starts. Then 30,000 people will come rushing in. This dock is too small for horses to run. How can we resist them?"

Guo Si thought about it and realized that although this wasn't really a naval battle, the advantage of his Liang Province soldiers was gone. Guo Si rolled his eyes and said, "Yuan Shao has already transferred all the troops from Xiaopingjin here. We can send a team from Xiaopingjin to attack him from behind before he can send out his troops!"

Guo Si suddenly realized that this plan was feasible. He continued, "As long as a fire breaks out in Yuan Shao's rear, he will definitely return to rescue them. We can then immediately cross the river and attack them from both sides. This battle will surely be won."

This is how Dong Zhuo's army defeated Wang Kuang in history. However, this time, Zhang Mo deliberately lured Niu Fu here. The result is obvious: Niu Fu will never return.

But Niu Fu's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said excitedly, "Good, good, good, this method is very good, very good!"

He clapped his hands and laughed three times, then glanced at Yuan Shao's army on the other side, eager to cross the river, and hurriedly ordered, "Quick, take your men to Xiaopingjin to cross the river. You must burn Yuan Shao's rear camp before he sends out his troops. As soon as the fire starts in the rear camp, I will immediately lead my troops over to cooperate with you from inside and outside."

"Yes!" Guo Si responded with a fist salute and hurriedly mobilized troops.

Just when the war between Niu Fu and Yuan Shao broke out, Lu Bu asked Xu Rong to lead troops to Mengjin, ready to support Niu Fu at any time just in case.

Xu Rong was quite puzzled by this. Since Lu Bu wanted him to support Niu Fu, why didn't he let him help him repel Yuan Shao from the beginning?

Wei Xu explained, "General Lu isn't sure whether Niu Fu will win or lose this battle. If I ask you to help Niu Fu directly, I'm afraid Niu Fu will think you're trying to steal the credit from him."

Is that so? Xu Rong thought about Niu Fu's attitude towards Lu Bu at the Japanese military meeting and understood clearly. Since both of them were his lord's sons-in-law, it was inevitable that they would fight each other. He had achieved his current status thanks to Lu Bu's support and was considered to be part of Lu Bu's faction. If he were to directly help Niu Fu, it would indeed be suspected of stealing credit.