Lu Bu has indeed succeeded in losing weight this time.
After this period of consolidation, he completely transformed back into the brave and strong warrior he once was, with a horse that dominated the world and no one dared to stop him.
Li Jue had also heard people say that Lu Bu had become a big fat man, but now, not only did he not show any signs of gaining weight, he seemed to be thinner than when he fought fiercely in Chang'an.
Seeing Lu Bu riding a war horse, swinging Fang Tian's painted halberd, and the fierceness of the people in the field, Li Jue and Guo Si couldn't help but want to go up and slap him.
Li Jue took a deep breath and said loudly: "Lv Bu, I didn't kill you in Chang'an back then, and I feel deeply resentful. Now you help the potters and traitors, and help Zhou to commit evil. It's better than the sins you committed back then. You don't want to repent."
, you still dare to show off your power with me here, isn’t it ridiculous?”
When Lu Bu heard this, he burst into laughter. He used his halberd to hit Li Jue, and gritted his teeth and said: "How dare you rat talk here? This general is personally appointed by the emperor and appointed by the prime minister. The so-called name is justified, just because you two follow
The Xiliang dog that hangs around Cao Cao dares to say that I am rebellious? It is simply ridiculous!"
After saying that, Lu Bu shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him: "Follow me, gentlemen, don't let Li Jue go!"
As Lu Bu's voice fell, he saw the soldiers behind him shouting and charging towards the soldiers and horses of Li Jue and Guo Si.
…
At the same time that Lu Bu stopped Li Jue and Guo Si, Cao Cao also sent another general Xia Houyuan to lead his troops to attack Xuchang, but he was stopped by the Tao merchant who had already planned it and sent Tai Shici.
As for the grain route, the pottery merchants also asked Xuzhou to ambush them secretly to ensure that nothing went wrong.
…
Chen Liucheng.
The pottery merchant's camp was forcibly attacked by Cao Cao. Apart from the main camp, Cao Cao and Tao were fighting in various places around Chenliu City. This made Cao Ren very anxious. He even opened the city and led his troops to attack the pottery merchant with Cao Cao.
The idea of a big camp came to mind.
Cao Ren held a court meeting to discuss the matter with everyone.
Most of the soldiers and horses in Chenliu City were improvised from various counties in Yanyu. These leading generals were not very familiar with Cao Ren, so they were restrained in doing things and did not dare to speak out.
But among everyone, there was a strange one. Needless to say, it was Bao Tao who had been arranged by Guo Jia for a long time.
But he saw Bao Tao stepping out of the squad and said to Cao Ren: "General, you must not leave the city at this moment!"
After saying that, he knelt on his knees and kowtowed to Cao Ren on the ground.
This time, Cao Ren was dumbfounded.
Cao Ren said hurriedly: "General Bao, why is this happening? Get up quickly! Let's talk about anything you have to say!"
Bao Tao stood up and said to Cao Ren: "I don't want anything else. I just want the general to do it for himself and for the lives of the soldiers of the three armies. Don't leave the city easily!"
Cao Ren couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
This guy, who is as timid as a mouse, almost had his head smashed in order to prevent me from leaving the city. Is he guilty or not?
"General Bao, tell me why you don't let me leave the city?" Cao Ren shook his head helplessly and said: "If what you say is reasonable, Cao will naturally listen to you, but if you don't have a legitimate reason, Cao may not do it.
Listen to you."
Bao Tao wiped his forehead, stood up, walked out of the city gate building where Cao Ren held a court meeting, and said to him: "Tao Shang is deceitful and extremely treacherous in his military tactics. He is also a disciple of Huangfu Song. If he gets his true story, if the general goes out of the city to fight with him
, I will definitely fall into an ambush! The general is willing to guarantee it with his life!"
Cao Ren was neither sure nor denied, and just said lightly: "Then tell me, where will the Tao Shang Association arrange an ambush?"
Bao Xin pretended to think for a while, then pointed to the looming woods in the southwest and said to Cao Ren: "Although I don't know much about soldiers, I went to Baibo Valley with Tao Shang to defeat the enemy.
He is so cunning in his military use that if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely set up an ambush in that mountain forest!"
Cao Ren turned around and called one of his lieutenants: "Send someone to investigate the mountains and forests carefully. If there is anything unusual, report back to me quickly."
"promise!"
Cao Ren pondered for a moment, then slowly turned around and returned to the main hall to sit down, and said: "General Bao, you just said you would guarantee it with your life. Cao has written this down. I have ordered the scouts to go and investigate the news. The truth is inconsistent with the reality."
, Cao will follow the military order and take your head!"
When Bao Tao heard this, his legs softened and he almost fell to the ground.
Why is Cao Ren so troublesome? I was just talking, okay?
That was just a metaphor. Are you really going to kill me?
Bao Tao's face showed a hint of pleading: "General Cao...this..."
Cao Ren said calmly: "There is no joke in the army."
With just one sentence, Bao Tao was so choked that he didn't dare to say a word.
Time passed by like a stick of incense. Cao Ren and the generals present carefully studied the city defense matters. Only Bao Tao was frightened and stood there scratching his head. There were dense red spots on his forehead unconsciously.
beads of sweat.
After a while, I saw the scout sent by Cao Ren came back in a hurry.
Bao Tao's spirit was suddenly shaken.
The scout trotted up to Cao Ren, whispered to him, and said in a low voice: "General, there is indeed an ambush of the Tao Shang in the forest. They are Zhang He and Gao Lan, the generals under the Tao Shang. The number of soldiers and horses in the forest is
Quite a few, if we are really blocked by the opponent, we will probably suffer a lot of losses."
Cao Ren nodded suddenly, then waved to the scout, and then looked at Bao Tao with a smile.
"General Bao is indeed loyal, courageous, and far-sighted. Cao admires him and admires him."
After hearing this, Bao Tao almost collapsed on the ground.
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After returning to his military camp, Bao Tao recounted today's events to Guo Jia, and finally said: "Mr. Guo, why do I feel that you are trying to harm me?"
Guo Jia sniffed and said calmly: "You touched your head, are you still there?"
Bao Tao reached out and touched his head and said: "Of course it's still there."
Guo Jia rolled his eyes: "Since your head is still there, why do you think I harmed you?"
"this……"
"Besides, Guo has been following the Prime Minister for many years. Could it be that Guo can't figure out how the Prime Minister will use troops?"
Bao Zhong, who had been acting like a melon-eater next to him, couldn't help but swayed and almost fell over.
He looked at Guo Jia in surprise and said curiously: "Mr. Guo, today you told my brother that there was an ambush in the forest. Didn't you and the Prime Minister specially communicate it in advance?"
Guo Jia laughed and said: "Nonsense, I'm trapped in Chenliu City, how can I communicate with him? That army of soldiers and horses should be specially left there to stop Cao Ren."
"Then you were broken?" Bao Tao said weakly: "For what reason?"
"Because Cao Ren is not determined to leave the city. In this case, why not let you make a contribution, so that you can have a close relationship with him and show your talent? Why not do it?"