Lu Bu was extremely disappointed when he heard this. He and the people around him looked back, and saw that the general had galloped in front of them, and it was none other than General Cheng Lian.

"Why are you so alarmed?" Lu Bu asked with a frown.

Cheng Lian cupped his fists and replied: "Hao Meng suddenly rebelled, seized dozens of horses, and took Qiao Rui, a prisoner of war, to the southeast."

"What?" Lu Bu was shocked.

Cheng Lian continued to add: "General Zhang has led his troops to pursue him. He asked the late general to ask Wen Hou for instructions whether to deploy troops to pursue and intercept him."

After hearing this, Lu Bu's expression calmed down a little, and he smiled awkwardly at Han Xian and Yang Feng next to him, "Zhang Liao is my trusted general, and he will definitely be able to chase down the traitor Hao Meng."

"What Marquis Wen said is true." Han Xian and Yang Feng complimented in unison.

Upon seeing this, Chen Gui admonished and said: "Marquis Wen and Hao Meng have less than a thousand troops, and most of them are infantry. It is enough for General Zhang to pursue them. The most urgent thing is to cross the river while the morale is high, and the main business is to destroy Yuan Shu."

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"Crossing the river?" Lu Bu hesitated.

"General Lu, before we went out with Zhang Xun, he once said that he would have help from within. I think Hao Meng has already been incited to rebel. General Zhang is now dividing his troops to pursue him. It may not be appropriate to cross the river at this time. If Yuan Shu attacks him halfway across the river,

What can I do?" Yang Feng will just accept it now and don't want to waste his strength by fighting across the river again.

"That makes sense, what do you think, doctor?" Lu Bu turned to ask Chen Gui again.

Chen Gui guessed Yang Feng's intention and knew that Xuzhou's troops alone could not complete the cross-river battle, so he stroked his beard and replied: "Yang Chaqi has carefully considered it, so he can only return to Xiapi as soon as possible. Yuan Shu deployed internal forces before the war.

This shows that the instigation of rebellion has been completed a long time ago. I think it must be Han Yin and other envoys, and maybe Hao Meng is not the only one..."

"Will there be others?" Yang Feng looked curious.

"Han Yin used to be in Xiapi and made friends with many civil servants and generals. Among them, Hao Meng was not the closest..." Chen Gui's words were directed at Chen Gong.

When Lu Bu heard this, he nodded and sighed: "Fortunately, Hao Meng is allowed to fight with the army. Otherwise, if he is responsible for the defense of Xiapi City, the consequences will be disastrous. Now that Gao Boping is guarding Xiapi, there is no need to worry about losses in the rear."

"Although General Gao is a good general, there are too few defenders left behind. Since Marquis Wen is not planning to build ships to cross the river, he should rush back to Xuzhou with his troops."

"Hao Meng kidnapped Qiao Rui and must return to Huainan to join Yuan Shu, but why did he go east?" Lu Bu said to himself.

Chen Gui stroked his beard and analyzed: "Perhaps they plan to cross the river from the lower reaches of the Huai River, and then take a detour back to Shouchun. After all, Hao Meng only has less than a thousand men, and most of them are infantry. To escape by land from the west is to seek death."

"Let Zhang Liao continue to chase, while the others collect the baggage and food, and immediately return to Xiapi." Lu Bu waved his hand and gave Cheng Lian a military order.

"The general will go immediately to deliver the order."

Cheng Lian was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped in time by Chen Gui.

"General Cheng, wait a moment." After Chen Gui said this, he turned around and offered advice to Lu Bu: "Yuan Shu has always been arrogant. Today, he was defeated at the hands of Marquis Wen. He shouldn't leave quietly. Why not let the soldiers shout across the bank and humiliate him?

This trip is not in vain.”

"What the doctor said is true. Cheng Lian, hurry up and make arrangements. Everyone curses three times, 'The bones of the Yuan family are waste of war. Sooner or later, they will be captured and their necks will be washed and slaughtered.'"

"only."

Yuan Shu, who was on the south bank of the Huai River, had just finished consoling and receiving Zhang Xun when he suddenly noticed that the soldiers on the other bank were moving forward.

While the soldiers in Huainan were wondering, people on the other side started yelling and yelling. The harsh sound was like a heavy rain, falling in everyone's ears.

The four-character short sentence is catchy and has some rhymes.

Especially the phrase "war waste" is extremely insulting.

Facing the insults from the soldiers on the north bank, the people on the south bank were like wooden piles, without the courage to even fight back. Yuan Shu's face turned gloomy and black. When he was about to organize a fight back, dust suddenly rose on the other bank, and Lu Bu led his army to fight back north.

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Han Xian and Yang Feng unexpectedly defected in front of the formation. For the first time, Yuan Shu did not get angry.

Returning to Shouchun two days later, Yuan Shu lay in the harem and drank all day long. At this time, only wine could relieve his sorrow. He thought it was a shame to lose to Lu Bu. After all, Lu Bu was driven to Xuzhou by Cao Cao.

I have lost to Cao Cao and Lu Bu, who will I lose to in the future? If I lose to Sun Ce or Liu Bei again, I will be ashamed.

Zhang Xun led an army of 100,000 to go on an expedition, but Hui Shouchun only had less than 10,000 left, including 3,000 from his own direct line and more than 1,000 from Qiao Rui's tribe. His guard chief, Li Tun, was also lucky to survive.

After arranging the surviving soldiers, Li Tun followed Long Xiang's example and knelt down outside Qiao Mansion with a cane on his back to plead guilty.

Although it was already warm in Huainan in May, he still needed to wear some single clothes to resist the wind and cold. Li Tun knelt outside the house with his upper body covered, his skin turned red and purple from the cold, and he had goose bumps.

Mrs. Chen is bedridden due to worries, so Qiao Wei is currently in charge of all the affairs of the Qiao Mansion.

Knowing that Li Tun had "beared a thorn to plead guilty", Qiao Wei asked her third brother Qiao Min to go and deal with it.

When he came to the gate of the mansion, Qiao Zhen saw that although Li Tun looked pitiful, he was not angry at all. He asked condescendingly: "Uncle Li is my father's guard chief. Shouldn't he be by my side at all times? Why can you come back?"

He was captured? Did you perform your duties?"

"The last general is guilty, and the last general deserves to die. At that time, Han Xian and Yang Feng were too close to the general. They suddenly kidnapped him and launched an attack. The last general had no time to react..." Li Tun lowered his head and explained to the end, his voice getting quieter because

He really didn't do his job.

"The matter has come to an end. It's useless to come here to apologize. Go and try to save my father..." Qiao Nian shook his head.

Li Tun replied sonorously: "The last general wanted to apologize to his wife in person, and then he went to ask General Zhang for help and asked him to send an envoy to negotiate with His Majesty..."

Qiao Wan frowned and said calmly: "Uncle Li, please get up first. You know there are many female relatives in the family. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to be like this. It's more important to go and do business. I will explain it to your mother..."

"Young Master, I'm sorry, but I was too anxious. Then I'll go and ask General Zhang first, and then I'll come back to see my wife and young lady tomorrow..." Li Tun realized that he had said something wrong and quickly apologized with his fists clasped in his fists.

"Yeah." Qiao Ma waved his hand gently.

Li Tun was naive about politics. Even if Zhang Xun, a colleague of Qiao Rui, wanted to help, Yuan Shu would not take the initiative to give in and ask for peace at this time. What's more, Yuan Shu hid in the harem all day drinking heavily, and foreign ministers would not meet each other.

No chance.

After several days of bad news, Chen, who was lying on the bed, struggled to be helped up by Qiao Wan, and walked out of the bedroom staggeringly.

"My mother is ill, where do I want to go?" Qiao Wei reported the news tactfully and rushed to the door in time to stop her.

With a sick look on her face, Mrs. Chen waved her hands gently and said, "I can't count on the others. Go and prepare the carriage quickly. I want to go to the palace to see Your Majesty..."

Qiao Wei supported Mrs. Chen and advised her sincerely: "Mother, your Majesty is in trouble right now. He doesn't even see the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. You may not be able to see him."

"I have to go..." Ms. Chen ignored her and tried to push Qiao Wei away. However, she was so weak that she had no strength at all. She struggled a few times before getting angry. Suddenly, Qiao Wei's cry came from outside the hospital.
Chapter completed!