In Rangcheng, in a second-level mansion, Jia Xu, who is slightly bloated and wearing a plain Confucian robe, is examining the letter in his hand with a pair of sinister eyes.

After a long time, he slowly put down the silk cloth and sneered, "The blessings of riding a horse and riding a sedan are a blessing, and the destiny of carrying a heavy load on a cart is a fate. After all, you can't escape or hide from your destiny.

Who would have thought that Lu Fengxian, a warrior under Dong Zhuo in the past and reviled by the princes, would today be in two states and control seven counties."

It is said that one knows destiny at fifty. As he grows older, Jia Xu becomes more and more aware of destiny, making it futile to try to change one's destiny against the will of heaven.

Either Cao Cao or Liu Bei might think that Lu Bu found a good son-in-law, which saved him from a desperate situation.

But in Jia Xu's opinion, this is the noble person that his Lu family should be destined to be.

Today, he is already stronger than the once unparalleled Dong Zhuo.

He stood up from the couch, then walked to the window sill, looking at the willow leaves blowing in the wind outside the window and lost in thought, "Lü Bu, Lu Fengxian, I think this game of chess is worse than Cao Mengde."

Liu Biao only has a false reputation. He has been ignored by the four major families in Jingzhou. Rangcheng is not a place where you can stay for a long time. You cannot be a watchdog for a lifetime.

Judging from the situation, Jia Xu was already leaning towards Cao Cao, but the humiliation of Wancheng happened not long ago, so he wanted to wait until Zhang Xiu suffered a defeat in Jingzhou before suggesting him to surrender to Cao Cao, and he had completed the change in his identity.

Now it seems that he may have to think about it differently.

Yu Zi still has some friendship with Lu Bu. He also knows Cao Cao, but the friendship is obviously not as good as Lu Bu's.

When Yu Gong goes to Cao Ying, he has to wear the hat of a surrender on his head and go to Lu Ying. He invited me to go, so the difference is not small.

A war between the two families is imminent, and the smoke can be smelled from more than 800 miles away.

But even if Lu Bu is really defeated, he will not be buried in the grave after all.

"Sir, sir!"

A sergeant ran in, bowed and said: "My Lord, please come to the school grounds!"

"I know." Jia Xu waved his hand and put the silk cloth under his clothes.

Jia's Mansion is not far from the General's Mansion where Zhang Xiu lives, just a street apart, but to get to the school grounds, you have to ride a horse faster.

When they arrived at the school grounds, the soldiers were carrying bags of grain bags from the carriages into the camp.

"General, it seems that Liu Biao didn't want to delay the food supply this season. The portion seems to be quite large." After dismounting, Jia Xu walked to Zhang Xiu's side.

"Lu Bu sent me a total of thirty thousand dan. He wrote to me, praising our old friendship and not being able to bear the cold shoulder from me when I left him alone, so he sent me this food and grass. If you are willing, you can go to Xuzhou to work together with him on the great cause."

Zhang Xiu sighed lightly and said with some shame: "When we were in Luoyang, we really shouldn't have deceived him about his identity as an enemy general."

The war in Guanzhong has been going on for many years, and the people's livelihood has been in decline. The brothers are so poor that they can hardly take the blame, otherwise they would not come to Jingzhou to plunder.

The food and grass that Liu Biao sent last time was only 5,000 dan, which was not enough for the brothers to spend for one season.

At this time, the 30,000 stones of food and grass sent by Lu Bu was like a help in times of need for Zhang Xiu, and it was hard not to feel grateful.

Jia Xu squinted his eyes and twirled his gray beard, and struck at the same time. It seemed that Lu Bu was really prepared and determined to win.

"What does the general think?" Jia Xu took the initiative to open the topic.

"Although there was some rift with him in the past, now he takes the initiative to send food, clearly trying to clear up the past feud."

A look of admiration appeared on Zhang Xiu's face, and then his eyes darkened, "And he is right, he and I both have a common mortal enemy, which is Cao Cao. If we don't join hands, we will be annexed by Cao Cao sooner or later."

After saying that, he looked at Jia Xu, obviously asking for advice.

Jia Xu held his hands in front of him and did not answer immediately. After thinking for a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "What the general said is reasonable. Liu Biao was not even willing to allocate food and grass in Jingzhou. If Cao Jun comes to invade, I will wait for him."

He must be the first to bear the brunt. A gentleman would be wise not to stand behind a dangerous wall and leave as soon as possible."

I didn’t say anything. It’s a fact that life here in Jingzhou is difficult. As for whether to go or not, you can make your own decision. I have no objection.

Zhang Xiu thought about it carefully, Jingzhou is really not worth staying. Let's go find Lu Bu. I only have seven or eight thousand men left, and he doesn't look down on me. He treats me like a brother. He is much better than Liu Biao.

Regardless of my intentions, thirty thousand stones of food and grass are not part of a fake.

With such a mind and structure, you can’t go wrong if you are on the same page.

"Let's go to Geyang and Anfeng. I heard that Yuan Shu has been indulging in vocal music and arrogance there. There have been several mutinies among his subordinates. He has too much time to take care of himself. We should not be in trouble if we take the road there."

"Very good, very good." Jia Xu still held his hands and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then let's reply to the letter and choose a day to go east." Zhang Xiu was in a good mood. He didn't want to look at people's faces here for a long time. He went to Xuzhou. Even if he wanted to serve Lu Bu as his master, this guy wouldn't humiliate him like Cao Cao did.

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Moreover, brothers no longer need to go hungry.

No matter how you calculate it, this transaction is not a loss.

In Guangling City, Sun Ce took Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Taishi Ci and others, and they stayed together with the soldiers in the school grounds all night.

Help bandage the injured, comfort those who are still fearful, and encourage those who are timid and trembling. In short, it is to stabilize the morale of the soldiers.

At the same time, Zhou Yu summoned the sergeants who were going to defend the city tomorrow to mobilize before the war.

"The Thunderbolt Chariot is indeed powerful, but it is far from being able to destroy the Guangling city defense. When they throw boulders, we can hide behind the city wall, which means that Tung Oil will be more troublesome.

But tung oil is not a stone that can be obtained everywhere. With an attack like today, the tung oil in the bandit army will definitely not last for two days."

In this era, tung oil is an important material for both military and civilian use, but the output is not so high that it can be purchased everywhere. In addition, with the wars in recent years, the procurement of tung oil by all parties has become even tighter. Even if Lu Bu came prepared, he would not be able to withstand it.

Eight Pili cars were built like this.

After hearing this, the soldiers felt that it made sense, and immediately they were no longer so panicked.

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"There is one more thing that I don't want to reveal, but considering that we are all brothers who share the same destiny, it doesn't hurt to talk about it. According to the frontline military report, Cao Cao is already dispatching troops and preparing food and fodder. He will soon use troops against Pengcheng.

At that time, Lu Bu will die without a burial place."

Sometimes, in order to appease the sergeants and boost morale, lying is a normal method.

Not very ethical, but you have to admit, it works.

As soon as the soldiers heard that Cao Cao was going to stab Lu Bu in the back, their hearts that had calmed down from their fear of war immediately became excited.

It's a good thing. As soon as Cao's army arrives, Lu Bu will definitely come back with reinforcements. Even if he doesn't chase and kill him, he can still get some money in exchange for his contribution to defending the city.

Zhou Yu let out a long breath. The lie was of course a lie, but he believed that as long as Lu Bujun ran out of tung oil, they could do nothing but curse at the gates.

Attack?

Not to mention the four-foot-high city wall of Guangling City, the moat at the entrance is not just a decoration.

When the sky turned white, Lu Bu and his men started to set off. Today's morale was obviously higher than yesterday. Many soldiers who stayed in the camp wanted to see the power of the Thunderbolt Chariot.

The soldiers seemed to be willing to believe that they could attack Guangling City with eight Thunderbolt Chariots.

After a night's rest, Lin Mo recovered a lot and was ready to continue to conquer his psychological limits.

When they arrived at the front line, the soldiers had already pushed all the thunder carts to the gate.

The old rule is that the messengers should run to the city gates with flags and make a noise first. After half an hour, they will think about whether they will open the city or beat you.

It’s still the same old routine as yesterday, first use the boulder to greet you.

But today, the defenders at the city gate were obviously on guard. When they saw the thunderbolt cart loaded with boulders, they immediately moved under the city wall. Even the soldiers and war drums were placed inside to ensure that they would not be hit so easily.

Seven or eight rounds of huge boulders flew up, and they also smashed the edges of some city walls and kicked up a lot of dust, but other than that, there was not much gain.

"Use tung oil, use tung oil to burn!" Lu Bu shouted impatiently.

Then, the tung oil burning process began.

This method is indeed very effective. As long as the tung oil altar is thrown into the city gate, once it explodes, you can always hear heartbreaking screams, and from time to time you can see people jumping from the city gate.

However, the opponent seems to have a way to deal with it. Once the oil splashes on the person, the surrounding defenders will cover the prepared sand and soil on the person on fire. As long as they can resist moving, they will soon die because the air is cut off.

Extinguish.

Of course, serious injuries are inevitable.

In this era when medical conditions are not up to standard, there is no concept of sterility. People who have been burned to death will be infected and will inevitably suffer misfortune.

It's okay for people with minor burns. There is a chance to save their lives.

In any case, after using sand and soil to extinguish the fire, it seems that we have a countermeasure, and the soldiers will not be as panic-stricken as they were on the first day.

Not long after, the thunderbolt car that originally threw the tung oil jar changed to throwing boulders.

"What's going on? Use tung oil!" Lu Bu yelled.

"Marquis Wen, this tung oil is limited. There isn't much left, so you have to use it sparingly."

Liu Ye swallowed his saliva with some embarrassment, then raised his eyebrows and said: "But don't worry, Marquis Wen, I have a backup plan."

Then, Liu Ye's back-up move left Lu Bu with a black line.

I saw the thunderbolt chariot throwing eight jars again. This time, after they were smashed open at the city gate, there was no tongue of fire, but sticky stuff splashing everywhere.

A soldier who was splashed all over grabbed a handful and smelled it, and his face suddenly looked painful.

"What is it?"

"If I guessed correctly, it should be golden juice."

"Damn, these bastards!"
To be continued...