Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

As for the strategy for attacking Bingzhou, Lu Bu had already made a plan in mind. While stabilizing the internal situation, he would first take Baibo and then pacify the Southern Xiongnu. As for Heishan, Lu Bu's original idea was to kill Zhang Yan and then absorb his troops. However, after listening to Jia Xu's analysis of the situation in Bingzhou, he gave up this idea. It was a bit difficult for him to absorb all the 100,000 bandits in Baibo at the moment, let alone the millions in Heishan.

As for Black Mountain's strategy, it is currently tentatively decided to form an alliance. Of course, this will depend on how the situation in Jizhou and Youzhou will develop in the future.

Lu Bu's gaze fell on Linfen County and he said simply, "Catch the thief and the leader, and kill the chicken to scare the monkey!"

The purpose of Lu Bu's attack on the Baibo bandits was not only to eliminate the destabilizing factors around Bingzhou, but also to absorb the population. Therefore, too many battlefields could not be opened up, and the scale of the war should be kept as small as possible to reduce unnecessary casualties.

Jia Xu nodded and looked at the map. "It would be easy to march from Taiyuan along the Fen River to Linfen. However, before we march, my lord, you might as well surrender Yu Fuluo first."

"Take Yu Fuluo in? He is now following Yuan Shao with Zhang Yang. Why would he surrender to me without sufficient benefits?" Lu Bu said.

Although his dream friend Zhang Yang is now with Yu Furuo, he has no contact with Zhang Yang in this life because he defected to Dong Zhuo early. Also, because he let Dong Zhuo squeeze out Ding Yuan's position as the governor of Bingzhou, Zhang Yang in this life did not follow Ding Yuan, but directly got together with Yu Furuo after Zhang Yi died in battle.

Now both of them are dependent on Yuan Shao. In comparison, Yuan Shao has money, territory and family background. There is no reason for them to abandon Yuan Shao and turn to Lu Bu.

Jia Xu said, "Whether Zhang Yang is willing to surrender to you, my lord, I cannot guarantee, but Yu Fuluo would definitely be more willing to follow you."

He then explained, "Yufuluo was the son of Qiangqu, the former Chanyu of the Xiongnu. After Qiangqu's death, he was the rightful heir. However, the imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion of the Southern Xiongnu, and Yufuluo went to aid the Han. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left, the royal court rebelled, Qiangqu was killed, and the Chanyu position was taken away by someone else. Although he still proclaimed himself Chanyu, he has been wandering around the Han Dynasty, unable to return to the royal court."

"Why did Yu Fuluo cleave to Yuan Shao? He hoped Yuan Shao would send troops to help him return to the royal court. However, although Yuan Shao is powerful, Jizhou and Bingzhou are separated by the Black Mountain. If Yu Fuluo wants to return to the royal court and eliminate the rebels, relying on you, my lord, is clearly more reliable than relying on Yuan Shao."

"Furthermore, if you wish to completely pacify the Southern Xiongnu in the future, Yu Fuluo would be a good chess piece. Recruiting him would be mutually beneficial."

After listening to Jia Xu's analysis, Lu Bu suddenly understood. Indeed, the Southern Xiongnu were different from the Baibo. Even if they had already surrendered to the Han Dynasty, they were still foreigners. He could not absorb the Southern Xiongnu like he did to the Baibo, let alone slaughter them all. To govern this place well, it would definitely not work to simply use Han people to manage it. Then Yu Furuo and his forces could be used by me.

Moreover, if Yufuluo is captured first, it will be easier to pacify the Baibo Army later.

Having said that, the matters that should be discussed at today's meeting were basically agreed upon. Lu Bu wrote a letter to Yu Furuo that day and sent someone to deliver it to Wucheng.

In the next few days, Lu Bu was busy selecting the Feixiong Army and reorganizing the three armies. During this period, he also summoned the prefects and commanders of Taiyuan, Yanmen and Xihe counties. Of course, these two commanders were no longer commanders.

The two captains were extremely dissatisfied with Lu Bu's behavior of dismissing court officials without authorization, but no matter how dissatisfied they were, they also knew that Lu Bu's troops could not be handed over to them, and they themselves did not have the ability to do so. After a few complaints, they obediently handed over the official seals.

As for the three prefects, Lou Bin, the prefect of Xihe County, had not been in office for long and had no connection with the various families in Bingzhou. In addition, his own strength was the weakest, so he surrendered the city to Lu Bu at the first opportunity.

The prefect of Taiyuan County was a disciple of Wang Yun. He knew that the young lady of the Wang family was engaged to Lu Bu, but it seemed that the young lady Wang did not return to Jinyang this time. He did not know what the Wang family's attitude towards Lu Bu was now, so he was respectful on the surface, but was still waiting and watching in his heart.

The governor of Yanmen had been in Yanmen for many years and had deep roots there. He had close ties with the Zhang Liao family and was obviously pretending to obey Lu Bu but actually disobeying him.

However, Lu Bu did not take this person seriously. Now that Zhang Liao has become the commander of Yanmen, as long as the Zhang family is smart, they will definitely stand on Zhang Liao's side. Sooner or later, the position of the governor of Yanmen will belong to Zhang Liao.

Lu Bu started to get busy from the first day he returned to Bingzhou. He waited until the four armies were reorganized and Zhang Liao and Xu Rong returned to their garrisons with their troops. Only then did Lu Bu have some free time and had time to visit his three future brothers-in-law at the Wang family.

Among Zhang Mo's three brothers, Lu Bu had only met Wang Gai and Wang Jing a few times and did not know them well, but he was very familiar with the third brother, Wang Ding. When Lu Bu was Zhang Mo's instructor, he had frequent interactions with Wang Ding and they had a good relationship.

"Brother-in-law!" In the Wang family hall, Lu Bu bowed sincerely to the three brothers of the Wang family.

Wang Ding returned the greeting with a bow, half-jokingly saying, "Fengxian is now the governor of Bingzhou. We dare not accept your gift."

Wang Gai and Wang Jing returned the greeting. Wang Gai said, "My third brother is right. Besides, A-Mo and you haven't gotten married yet. We can't be called brothers-in-law."

Wang Gai said this with some resentment. If it weren't for Lu Bu, his father would not have ended up like this. Although Lu Bu returned to Chang'an to transport his father's body back, A Mo was lost by him. Ading said that A Mo wanted to leave on her own. Wang Gai understood it, but at this time he just didn't like Lu Bu.

Lu Bu also sensed it, but pretended not to hear it, and said a bit shamelessly, "Amo is my fiancée, and the three brothers will be my brothers-in-law sooner or later. There are no outsiders around now, so it's okay to call them brothers-in-law in advance."

Wang Gai snorted coldly, "Then you should quickly find Ah Mo back. She's a weak woman traveling outside. If anything happens to her, you can always marry someone else, but we only have this one sister."

Lu Bu murmured, "I only have this one wife..."

Wang Ding saw that his elder brother was full of hostility towards Lü Bu, so he quickly stepped in to smooth things over. "Don't worry, brother. I've already contacted all the shops, and the Flying Eagle Team in Anren has also been dispatched. We should have news of A-Mo soon. And with Zhongkang accompanying her, she'll be fine. It's really not Fengxian's fault; he's even more worried than we are right now."

Wang Gai also knew that he was being unreasonable, so his expression softened slightly. He gestured for Lü Bu to take a seat and asked, "Isn't Lü Province Governor here just to recognize his relatives?"

He knew that his father had placed the future of the Wang family on Lu Bu. Otherwise, he would not have risked his life to help Lu Bu just based on Amo's relationship.

Lu Bu said, "Since returning to Taiyuan, I have been busy with government affairs and have had no time to visit my three brothers. Today, I am only here to acknowledge my kinship. As for the rest, it depends on your wishes. Regardless of the Wang family's attitude, I will not make things difficult for you."

Wang Gai thought that Lü Bu's immediate advances meant he had something to ask for, but he hadn't expected him to be so polite. Since he hadn't mentioned it himself, Wang Gai pretended to be oblivious and ordered him to leave. "Lü is a very busy man, and he's acknowledged our friendship. We won't keep you any longer. Please return!"

Lu Bu knew that Amo hadn't returned, and this elder brother wouldn't be in a good mood towards him. He had already paid his respects today, so he didn't want to stay any longer. He stood up and bowed, "Then I'll go back first. Goodbye!"