Walking into the backyard, Lu Bu is in front of Chen Gong is behind, and the two of them walked along the bluestone path for a long time without saying a word.

When he arrived at the corridor on the pond in the back garden, Lu Bu stopped.

Holding the railings of the corridor with both hands, he looked down at the fish in the pool.

Koi carp that was specially cultivated for viewing in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and most of the fish swimming in the pond were red-tailed carp with red tails.

After a long silence, Lu Bu asked Chen Gong: "The public platform will still guard Pengcheng this time?"

"If Chu Hou thought I should go somewhere else, Pengcheng could be handed over to others to guard." After following Lu Bu to the backyard and walking along the way, Chen Gong was already a little nervous, so he replied immediately.

"Don't think too much about the office." Lu Bu didn't look at him, but still looked at the fish in the pond: "I don't mean anything else. You have been with me the longest, and you also know me the best, know what I want, and what I want to do, so he summoned everyone to discuss this result."

"I know this incident was a transgression." Chen Gong quickly replied.

"Are you too few who are outspoken?" Lu Bu finally turned his head and looked at him.

After following Lu Bu for many years, before the Battle of Xia Pi, even if he got angry, Chen Gong dared to contradict him.

But for some reason, now that he was just watching Lu Bu, he felt uncomfortable all over, as if his body was burned by flames.

Seeing Chen Gong's crampage, Lu Bu turned his gaze away: "Please stay, not to blame you, but just want to ask you, other places are capable people who are planning and planning. I will face Cao Cao personally, who will help me?"

"We have discussed it, and Zhuge Jin is very good at Zhang Zhao and the Marquis of Chu." Chen Gong replied: "These two of them were also Jiangdong..."

"I still know a little about their abilities." Lu Bu interrupted Chen Gong: "Zhuge Jin is okay with military use. As for Zhang Zhao, I think he is more suitable to stay at home and strengthen the place."

Turning back to Chen Gong, Lu Bu asked, "I will move your deployment a little. Will you have any objection?"

"I dare to ask how the Lord Chu planned to move?" Chen Gong asked.

"Zhang Zhao stayed and guarded Pengcheng with you." Lu Bu said: "You handed him some of the things you have in your hands. You have worked very hard after following me for so many years. Now there are more and more talents available, so you can't even have to work on many things alone?"

"I understand what Chu Hou meant." Lu Bu asked Chen Gong to assign some of the matters in his hands to Zhang Zhao. He knew that no matter what he said, it would be impossible for Lu Bu to change his mind, so Chen Gong agreed immediately.

I had long felt that Lu Bu was different from the past. This time when he returned to Pengcheng, Chen Gong still maintained his original style, without any concern that he should make some adjustments based on Lu Bu's changes.

If it weren't for today's court discussion and Lu Bu expressed his dissatisfaction in public, he would have not considered these things at all and would still do things according to his past style of dealing with others.

It has caused dissatisfaction with Lu Bu, and he also knows that Lu Bu is impossible to argue with him now.

If you argue with Lu Bu like you did back then, you will probably ignore it at all, causing the Chu Hou to turn around and leave.

Chen Gong was not worried that he could not argue with Lu Bu, but he couldn't stand being neglected and ignored him.

If Lu Bu was in the past, he would have no way to deal with Chen Gong after being furious.

Now Lu Bu has not only returned to his youth, but his temperament seems to have changed a lot.

Every time he talks about things with him, Chen Gong can feel that his personality is less indecisive and more decisive.

If Lu Bu was dissatisfied with the assignment of Chen Gong and others today, he would refuse to talk again, or simply subvert the results of the discussion among the public, and he would make another arrangement that may not necessarily conform to the situation on the battlefield.

But the person in front of him didn't do that.

Although he was dissatisfied with the public's discussion before informing the court, he did not make any arrangements and directly assigned tasks according to the negotiation results.

If it were the one who had not returned to the young, such a result would have never happened.

The one in the past either would not raise any dissatisfaction. Once he proposed it, he would always make some troubles on his own initiative.

"After the court, I want to ask you how you arrange my troops." Chen Gong's face was a little embarrassed, and he felt a little uncomfortable. Lu Bu said, "But I thought about it again, if I am not satisfied with your arrangement and rejected it in front of everyone, you will not look good on your face. So I left you behind to ask about this."

The meaning in Lu Bu's words is actually very clear.

He just wanted to tell Chen Gong that I would like to give you a face in the court discussion, so that you must not do anything embarrassing, otherwise you will not be so beautiful next time.

Chen Gong is extremely smart, so how could he not hear what he meant?

"I have recorded all the things that Mr. Chu said." Chen Gong asked Lu Bu: "Do you dare to ask Mr. Chu, are there any other instructions?"

"You go and do it first, I'll tell you something for me, and I'll invite him over." Lu Bu turned around and looked at Chen Gong.

Chen Gong bowed and sued him for leaving.

Watching Chen Gong walk away, Lu Bu turns around and walks towards the end of the corridor.

When he and Chen Gong came to the backyard, Sun Ce kept following them.

When Chen Gong left, Sun Ce followed.

He said to Lu Bu: "The Chu Hou valued Chen Gong, but he seemed to have the intention of covering the sky with one hand. Today, he did not report things, and was simply telling the Chu Hou what should be done and what should not be done."

"It's not that easy to change the habits I have developed." Lu Bu replied lightly: "The reminder I gave him is enough. If he doesn't understand it, it will be difficult to deal with."

"How could Chu Hou endure such an arrogant person?" Sun Ce said: "Who dared to act like this when I was in Jiangdong?"

"The difference between us is that you have been like that from the beginning, and I have not changed a little until now." Lu Bu turned around and grinned at him: "It is not a day or a night to develop a habit. Changing a person's habits is not something you can do in a day or a day. Chen Gongtai has already done this. If I want to reverse his habits, it may take a lot of time."

"If he continues like this next time, I will say it for Mr. Chu." Sun Ce said: "When Mr. Chu tells others that if Chen Gongtai asks them to discuss matters behind their backs, they will not need to go. Otherwise, even if the result is discussed, it will not be adopted."

"If I do that, how can Chen Gongtai do things in the future?" Lu Bu replied: "Although he has some problems, he is doing things for me. If I secretly pull his ladder, the impact on him is nothing more than power overhead. However, the impact on me is that many things that should be followed by the rules suddenly have no rules. If I want to straighten them out, I will spend more time than undercutting Chen Gongtai."

What Lu Bu said really makes sense. He had never encountered such a thing before. Sun Ce frowned and could not think of a suitable idea.

"Bo Fu doesn't need to consider these things. Recently, I still think about how to take the heads of their necks when I meet with me on the battlefield. "I find that Sun Ce's face is a little unfair, and Lu Bu said to him in a gentle tone.

Lu Bu didn't intend to spend time on this matter, so Sun Ce certainly didn't have much time to say anything more.

He agreed and followed Lu Bu down the corridor.

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Lu Bu assigned tasks to everyone, and Chen Dao and Pang Tong were the first to leave Pengcheng.

Lead five thousand Baixian troops out of Pengcheng to march towards Mount Tai.

When riding along with Pang Tong, Chen Dao asked: "Today, there is something I have never been able to figure out."

"What did General Chen understand?" Pang Tong asked.

"Either Yuan Shao nor Cao Cao have sent troops yet. How did Chen Gongtai figure out the route they were about to send troops?" Chen Dao said: "And he was very clear about it, as if the Cao and Yuan families had sent troops, and he just got news from the scouts."

"It was not only him who thought of it." Pang Tong smiled indifferently: "It was many people who got together and made some calculations before they could infer how the Cao and Yuan families would use their troops. There were really a few people from Jiangdong who came to see, and some details were still thought of. Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were powerful, I think that as long as we deployed it properly this time, we may not necessarily lose Xuzhou."

"The Chu Hou sent his family to Jianye, and he must have made plans to not be able to defend Xuzhou." Chen Dao replied: "The Cao and Yuan families are fighting. No matter what the outcome is, we have no worries."

"General Chen said," Pang Tong nodded and replied: "The Chu Hou did this to solve his worries. We have no worries, and we have made proper arrangements. No matter how powerful the enemy is, it is not that easy to break through the defense line."

On the way to Mount Tai, Chen Dao and Pang Tong talked about a lot about Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

Although he often didn't understand what Pang Tong said, Chen Dao still felt that he had learned a lot of useful things along the way.

At least he has more confidence in keeping Xuzhou.

The journey from Xuzhou to Mount Tai is not very long.

When the two arrived, Zang Ba and Sun Guan came to greet them.

When they met each other, Pang Tong saw that the two generals were pale and asked them: "The two generals don't look very good. Have you been too busy recently?"

"Don't mention it." Zang Ba said annoyedly: "We are here to resist Liu Bei, and that guy doesn't have a decent fight with us. He always takes people around and walks around. We lead people all the way to chase him. Except for the labor soldiers, there is no chance to fight with him."

"Liu Bei has been in the world for so many years, and has been defeated repeatedly and successfully escaped. He has already developed the ability to escape." Pang Tong smiled and said, "Can the two generals pursue him get benefits?"

"We can't let him wander around Mount Tai and ignore him?" Zang Ba said: "If we don't chase him, he will attack cities, villages and towns, which will make people feel very troubled!"

"Please rest for the two generals from now on, I have my own way to deal with Liu Bei." Pang Tong replied with a smile.

When it comes to Pang Tong, although his wisdom is slightly better, his appearance is very bad.

Especially when I was smiling, my face was not old but my face was full of pleats, and my nose was already eye-catching, making it even more abrupt.

He asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan not to pay attention to this matter anymore.

The two generals looked at each other and could only nod and respond.

Mount Tai did not have many soldiers stationed, and when he received news that Liu Bei had arrived, Sun Guan and Zang Ba urgently mobilized 20,000 soldiers from the surrounding area.

Liu Bei only had three thousand men. Logically speaking, it should not be difficult for 20,000 soldiers to intercept 3,000 enemy troops.

But Liu Bei did not fight them according to common sense.

After entering Mount Tai, Liu Bei did not take it away to Zang Ba and Sun Guan where they deployed a defensive place.

He just raided villages and towns along the way, and often attacked cities.

After receiving the news that he had attacked the city, the Xuzhou army was about to arrive for assistance, but Liu Bei suddenly withdrew his troops and ran to somewhere.

If Lu Bu was in Mount Tai at this time and had learned about the battle situation here, he would have been very moved by the fact that he knew it two thousand years later.

It turned out that in this era, Liu Bei had already known how to use guerrilla warfare to drag down relatively powerful enemies.

Sun Guan and Zang Ba accompanied Pang Tong back to the military camp.

The four people entered the tent.

Pang Tong first read out Lu Bu's appointment, and then said to Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other side generals in the army, the deputy generals: "I am ordered by the Duke of Chu to lead the three armies to guard Mount Tai. I also ask all the generals to be united in heart and virtue with me and advance and retreat together!"

"Abide by General Pang's military orders!" Everyone responded in unison.

Moving everyone to sit down, Pang Tong asked Sun Guan and Zang Ba: "Where is Liu Bei now?"

"We really don't know where he is." Sun Guan replied: "He always fights and changes his place, and harasses the people more than wars. In order to find out where he is, we have sent a lot of scouts, and the news will probably be heard back soon."
To be continued...