Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Lu Bu said there was no food right away, but Chen Gong didn't believe it. During the time when he decided to choose Lu Bu as the leader, Chen Gong also conducted an investigation on Bingzhou. Not to mention that various places in Bingzhou have been actively reclaiming wasteland and growing grain in recent years, just before the famine last year, the Bingzhou government had sent people to various places in Jingzhou to purchase grain several times, and not long ago they robbed Yuan Shu's grain. At this time, Bingzhou was the place with the least shortage of food.

Chen Gong raised his doubts, and Lü Bu explained, "Sir, you only see the food in Bingzhou, but you don't see how many people need it. There are hundreds of thousands of bandits in Heishan, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in Guanzhong, Jizhou, and Henei, and here in Jizhou, Gongsun Zan may send troops at any time. I have to leave some military rations. I'm not trying to shirk responsibility, but I really can't send any extra food to Yanzhou."

After hearing what Lu Bu said, Chen Gong suddenly realized that the current Bingzhou Mu was no longer just Bingzhou Mu.

He sighed and said, "This year has been difficult everywhere. Most of the grain stored in my Yanzhou Prefecture was taken by Cao Mengde to attack Xuzhou. If you are willing to send troops, I will go back and discuss it with Meng Zhuo. We can all contribute a little to make up enough food and fodder for an army of 10,000 for three to four months."

Lu Bu nodded, "If there is food support, I will send troops south!"

"Then I will take my leave first!" Chen Gong bowed and left.

"If he provides food, can Yanzhou be taken?" Lu Bu asked as he watched Chen Gong leave.

"Or come."

"Why?"

"Chen Gong just said that Cao Mengde left Cheng Yu to guard Dongjun, Xun Yu to guard Jiyin and Juancheng, and Xiahou Dun to guard Dongjun and Dong'e. These people are unlikely to rebel against Cao. Chen Gong has only persuaded Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao of Chenliu County to join you. So even if we take Chenliu, Dongjun will still be in Cao Cao's hands. Jiyin County, with Xun Yu in it, will not respond. And will Dongping, Rencheng, Jibei, and Shanyang County, which are between these two counties and Xuzhou, dare to respond? Cao Cao can turn around and take them down in an instant."

Lu Bu recalled that the situation in his dream was indeed different from now. At that time, it was Chen Gong who stayed behind in Dongjun. After he persuaded Zhang Miao and others, they directly offered Dongjun and Chenliu to him. Then other counties responded one after another. In the end, only three cities in the entire Yanzhou were still in Cao Cao's hands. However, even with only three cities left, he could not defeat him at that time. What a weakling!

"A Chenliu County is fine, neither too much nor too little. It can both put Cao Mengde in a difficult position without affecting the major events here."

Zhang Mo smiled and said, "That's right. According to the message sent by the flying eagle from Xuzhou, my senior brother Liu Xuande has stationed his troops in Xiangben and is currently fighting Cao Cao in Tancheng!"

"Where did he get his troops? I don't think he can defeat Cao Mengde!"

"Gongsun Zan gave him 3,000. On the way to Xuzhou, Kong Wenju of Beihai gave him another 2,000. He also received the 3,000 Danyang soldiers originally stationed by Tao Qian at Langya State. With the help of Second Brother Guan and Third Brother Zhang, these troops are more than enough to give Cao Cao a hard time. Didn't you see that Tancheng hasn't been captured for so long?"

Lü Bu said, "That's impossible to capture. Once we send troops to Chenliu, Cao Mengde will surely be frightened and retreat to defend. Old man Tao will probably be dead soon. This time, Liu Da'er's heroic rescue of Xuzhou has really benefited him."

"Not necessarily. Senior Brother doesn't have a capable advisor around him, and he's too kind and righteous. Perhaps if he's schemed against, he'll be finished. Let's see what happens!"

"Should we help him?" Lü Bu asked. In his previous life, he had lost Yanzhou and was kindly taken in by Liu Bei, but he had been so disloyal as to seize Xuzhou while Liu Bei was away fighting Yuan Shu. Later, Liu Bei was willing to guard Xiapi for him, but he was deceived by Yuan Shu and chased him away. It was truly unethical.

Zhang Mo curled her lips. "How can I help? If I send an advisor, I'm afraid he'll be seduced by his tears. If I send troops, there's no food. And even if he temporarily gains control of Xuzhou, he won't be able to hold it for long between the two powerful enemies, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. At best, I can... send him some useful intelligence."

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"Is Cao's army attacking the city again? Where's Brother Xuande? Is he... is he still there?"

In Tancheng, Tao Qian lay weakly on the couch, listening to the rumbling and fighting sounds coming from outside, and asked anxiously.

Beside the couch knelt his sons Tao Shang and Tao Ying. They were both quite old, but at this moment they were crying like children. Tao Shang wiped his tears and said, "Don't worry, father, Uncle Liu is always here..."

Mi Zhu, Tao Qian's deputy, consoled him, saying, "With Uncle Liu at Xiangben forming a stronghold, Cao's army won't be able to capture Tancheng. My lord, relax and take good care of yourself."

Tao Qian shook his head gently. "I... this illness won't heal. I... I know my own body well. I'm afraid I only have a few days left..."

He turned his head to look at his two sons, tears streaming from his cloudy eyes, which were covered with a layer of mist. "I am not very capable, and my sons are also incompetent. We cannot inherit my legacy. Xuzhou is under siege from both Cao and Yuan. It is as precarious as an egg, and will be lost sooner or later. I will die and put an end to it all. Poor my sons, pity the people of Xuzhou..."

Tao Shang cried, "It's my fault that I'm incompetent and can't share your worries!"

"Father will live a long life..." Tao Ying held his father's hand and burst into tears.

Mi Zhu choked with sobs. Although Uncle Liu was outside helping to contain Cao's army, seeing that Cao's army was determined to take the city, he was afraid that it would not last long.

After a while, Tao Qian stopped crying and suddenly said to Mi Zhu, "Go... bring me the seal of the governor of Xuzhou. I have a letter here, appointing Emperor Liu as governor of Xuzhou... If Tancheng falls, you, you go, pay your respects to Emperor Liu, and then... return to your hometown in Danyang. Don't take up official duties in this life. Just be a carefree and leisurely person. It's better than anything else."

"Father……"

"Tancheng will not be broken..."

The two people's crying became more and more sad. Tao Qian struggled to get up and asked Tao Shang to get paper and pen.

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Outside Tancheng, the sound of killing was deafening. Catapults carrying jars of tung oil flew into the city, battering rams kept hitting the city gates, and two siege towers as tall as the city walls slowly approached. Soldiers poured out from them and charged directly towards the top of the city.

Judging from this offensive, Tancheng may not be able to be defended.

At this time, outside the city of Xiangben, Liu Bei's troops who were preparing to harass Cao's army were stopped on the road by Dian Wei and his men.

Zhang Fei looked at the black man opposite him who was like an iron tower. He was eight feet tall, with a broad waist and round shoulders. He held two double iron halberds in his hands and looked quite heavy. There were many lumps of flesh on his face. His tiger eyes were as big as copper bells. He had a short beard covering half of his face. His face was extremely ferocious and terrifying. Because of his huge body, the warhorse under him was gasping for breath under the weight.

Zhang Fei turned around and asked Guan Yu, "Second brother, is this guy really as powerful as A-Mo said?"

Guan Yu wiped the sword in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, "You'll know after trying it."

"Then let me, your third brother, test the waters first!" Zhang Fei grinned and rushed forward on horseback, holding his Zhangba Snake Spear.

"Hey, little boy, tell me your name. Your master Dian never kills unknown people with his spear." Dian Wei drove his horse forward a few steps and shouted arrogantly.

"My son, your Grandpa Zhang is here!"

Zhang Fei shouted loudly and continued to ride his horse at full speed. He used the momentum of his horse to thrust his snake spear towards Dian Wei's chest. Dian Wei hurriedly raised his halberd to block it.

"clang!"

The clanging of metal was deafening.

As soon as they started fighting, Zhang Fei knew that Amo had not lied to him. This guy was much stronger than him and was a tough nut to crack.

Dian Wei separated Zhang Fei's spear tip and shouted, "Do you dare to dismount and fight?"

You want to trick Grandpa Zhang into fighting on foot? You’re dreaming!

Zhang Fei sneered. If Amo hadn't reminded him, he might have really fallen off his horse. But now he knew that if he fought on foot, he probably wouldn't be able to last more than ten rounds, which would be extremely embarrassing.

It is said that throughout his life, except for the bloody hole he was stabbed by Lu Bu at Sishui Pass, no one had ever been able to leave a single wound on him. But today he met his opponent again.

Zhang Fei's eyes fell on Dian Wei's mount, and he chuckled. He attacked with his spear in all directions, up and down, left and right. Dian Wei was too big for the warhorse to carry him, and his turning and running were much slower than those of ordinary horses. After several attacks, Dian Wei became angry and simply jumped off the horse to fight.

Zhang Fei relied on his advantage on horseback and his high ground to give him a lot of strength, so he was able to hold on.

Later, when Guan Yu saw that Zhang Fei had not been able to defeat Dian Wei after dozens of rounds, he couldn't help but raise his eyelids and thought to himself, this guy's martial arts skills are really amazing!

Ever since the beating of Lu Bu at Sishui Pass, Guan Yu no longer cares so much about martial ethics. Since Amo specifically mentioned it and asked them to be careful of this man, let's go together!

Guan Yu slashed at him with his sword, and Dian Wei blocked Zhang Fei with his left hand and fought Guan Yu with his right hand. After dozens of rounds, he felt a little overwhelmed. After a few more rounds, Dian Wei could no longer hold on. After being stabbed by Zhang Fei, he gritted his teeth and swung the weapons of Guan and Zhang with great force, and fled into the team without looking back.

The PK between the generals is over, and the next step is for the soldiers on both sides to fight.

Dian Wei originally thought that apart from Lu Bu, no one in the world could be his opponent. He did not take Guan and Zhang's shameless siege just now seriously. However, he did not expect that these two were not ordinary people.

Dian Wei lost the fight and was injured. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their troops to attack again, and the intercepting team led by Dian Wei was quickly killed and dispersed. Then Cao Cao was about to capture Tancheng, but his rear was set on fire again, and his efforts were in vain that day.