Autumn.

The General's Mansion.

Back garden.

Mrs. Crepe’s courtyard.

Madam Cree is naturally the former Cree family.

Lying down softly, his upper body resting on Creshi's body, Lu Bu raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling very comfortable.

"Jun Hou, these are black grapes brought from the Western Regions. Try one!"

With Lu Bu's head on his chest, Cree took out a thumb-sized, crystal clear black grape and handed it to Lu Bu's mouth.

"Western Region?"

Lu Bu opened his mouth subconsciously, took Cree's green jade finger into his mouth, and said vaguely:

"From now on, there will be no more Western Regions. They will all be under my direct jurisdiction!"

"What did you say?"

Cree didn't hear clearly, so he took his fingers out of Lu Bu's mouth and stroked his face and asked.

Opening his eyes and looking at the astonishingly beautiful Cree, Lu Bu moved his head slightly and said with a smile:

"Nothing, I said the black grapes from the Western Regions are as delicious as the grapes from the Central Plains?"

"Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, the Cree family pinched Lu Bu's face angrily.

However, someone leaned forward and rubbed the side of Lu Bu's face.

The itching feeling on his face made Lu Bu think about Feifei, and his eyes couldn't help but become eager.

At this moment, a maid came in and said to Lu Bu:

"General, General Cao Xing wants to see you!"

"oh?"

Lu Bu stopped moving.

He stood up, raised his chin with his fingers, and said with a smile:

"Wait a moment, ma'am, I'll be back as soon as the cloth is gone!"

…

study.

"General!"

Cao Xing clasped his fists and said:

"I just received the battle report from the front line. Our troops tried to cross the river many times at Lujiang, Xiakou, and Jiangling, but they were all intercepted by Sun Liu!"

"Um!"

Lu Bu nodded slightly and asked:

"What's the specific situation?"

Cao Xing said:

"The Yangtze River is too wide, and the Sun and Liu warships are constantly patrolling. Our army has not been able to gain a foothold on the river, let alone cross it!"

"That's it!"

Lu Bu sighed and stood up from his seat.

He put his hands behind his back and walked to the window. Looking at the scenery outside, Lu Bu shook his head and said:

"It seems that Wen Yuan and other generals alone will not be able to cross the river south in a short time and pacify Jingxiang and Jiangdong!"

"That's fine!"

He stretched and said slowly:

"Just go out and do some activities!"

Turning around and looking at Cao Xing, Lu Bu smiled and said:

"Inform Wen He and other princes in the court, as well as Wen Yuan and Zixun on the front line, that I want to personally go out and conquer the south in one fell swoop!"

"Here!"

Cao Xing stood solemnly, clasped his fists, and responded loudly.

…

Autumn, the eighth year of Jian'an.

Since Lu's army was on the Yangtze River and had failed to confront Sun Liu across the river for half a year, General Lu Bu decided to conquer it himself.

The elite army was all along the coast of the north of the Yangtze River. Lu Bu did not need to carry troops and horses, but only took 300 personal guards with him. He galloped all the way to Xiangyang with his horses and horses whipped.

Well, this time, in addition to the personal guards, the secretary Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang also accompanied him.

In addition, all the former generals of Cao Ying, including the Cao family and the Xiahou family, followed.

Such as Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xu Huang, Li Dian, Yu Jin, Le Jin, Zhang He, Yan Liang..., etc.

These people had been idle in Xudu for more than two years, and this time Lu Bu brought them all out.

Outside Xiangyang City.

"Let us pay our respects to the lord!"

After hearing the news, Zhang Liao, Hao Meng, Cheng Lian and hundreds of generals in the army came out of the city to greet him. They all clasped their fists in front of Lu Bu and bowed loudly to him.

Zhang Liao was in his thirties, with a rather weathered face, a calm demeanor, and the demeanor of a general without anger or authority.

But in front of Lu Bu, he was no different from the fifteen or six-year-old boy of the past.

With the power of his mind, he understands better than others how terrifying Lu Bu is now.

Just like Zhuge Liang, who has spiritual sense, in Zhang Liao's induction, Lu Bu's aura was as deep as a prison, unfathomable.

Even if he simply stood there, he was so domineering, like a god descending from heaven.

"hehe!"

Sitting on the red rabbit, not moving at all, Lu Bu walked forward in formation, looked at the generals who were greeting him, and said with a smile:

"No courtesy, just follow me into the city!"

"Here!"

Hundreds of fierce generals agreed in unison.

Next, like the stars holding the moon, Lu Bu was surrounded by everyone and entered Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang City.

Prefect's Mansion.

Lu Bu was at the top.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu stood solemnly on both sides wearing battle armor and carrying strong evil aura.

Below, hundreds of generals stood in formation.

"Wenyuan!"

Lu Bu called his name and asked:

"Tell me about the battle in the past six months!"

"Here!"

Zhang Liao came out of the queue, first clasped his fists and performed a military salute, and then told Lu Jun's preparations for the past six months and more than a dozen attempts to cross the river.

It's nothing special.

We are at an overall disadvantage in water warfare. Let alone crossing the river when Sun Liu's warships block it, even our own ships cannot enter the river!

The only progress made was in shipbuilding.

After half a year, Lu Jun built more than 200 large ships, which could accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops and horses crossing the river.

However, the war situation on the river was unfavorable. Although there were tools to cross the river, there was no ability to cross the river.

After listening to Zhang Liao's statement, Lu Bu nodded.

As expected.

No matter whether it was his Bingzhou Army or the soldiers and horses left by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, there were no marine soldiers.

In this case, Lu Jun's foundation for water warfare is zero, and everything has to start from scratch. It would be strange if he could defeat Sun Liu's battleship!

Not to mention fighting on the water, it is not easy for northern soldiers not to get seasick!
To be continued...