Chapter 278 Deepening into the Enemy Realm
That night, I made noodles with cabbage leaves for my child and served with some old pickles. It tasted so delicious. The first thing a person thinks about when he is not full is to eat enough, and he will only think about other things after he is full.
The next morning, the couple went to work. When they arrived at the brick factory, they saw that they were finished. They were completely different from Chenliu's brick factory. They used wheelbarrows to push bricks, models to make bricks, and coal to burn bricks. The technology and technology are very different. Now they are mainly made of large blue bricks and large blue bricks to build city walls.
However, it is easier for veterans to learn it.
Chen Gong adopted a strategy of recruiting people bit by bit. Young and strong people entered the workshop, but without any skill.
Recruiting people is just the first step, and the second step is to keep people and let those who come to settle down.
Chen Liu, in the biting cold wind, the shopkeeper Chen Laoqi of the Chen family caravan led two friends around in the slums to take the opportunity to promote the business while selling needles and thread. In half a month, five or six thousand people were recruited, all of whom were refugees, helpless refugees.
There is no easy thing in the world. The three of them worked all morning. At noon, they found a place to be leeward and roasted some beef jerky. This is the best food ration transported from Youzhou. If you eat a little less, you will have a lot of energy.
The sound of horse hooves came, and a team of patrol soldiers came over. The captain led the team to point at the spear: "It's those three, take them down for me."
Chen Laoqi and the other three were frightened. At the beginning of the mission, Chen Gong told them to be careful. Once Cao Cao discovered it, he would probably lose his mind.
When the three of them saw that something was wrong, Chen Laoqi shouted: "The three of them ran separately, went into the woods, and each one ran to make a profit."
He started running like a rabbit, stepped on his calves and slept hard, and ran quickly towards the woods not far away. The Cao army cavalry chased after him.
"You can't let them run away if you catch them."
A dozen cavalrymen chased people on foot, don't be too relaxed. They still have to catch them alive. If they want to die, they would have been shot to death.
After a while, Chen Laoqi and another guy were overturned to the ground on the spot, the rope was tied into rice dumplings, and they were taken away.
A guy who escaped, Chen Houzi, was a clever ghost. He entered the dense forest and hid it. He hurriedly walked towards Xiaopei when Cao Bing left.
Because he was worried that Cao's army would be allowed to return to Xiaopei overnight.
In the early morning, at Xiaopei Station, Lu Bu led Lu Tong and Feng Xiong to train a total of 2,000 Xuzhou cavalry to come here and inspect the work.
At this moment, the escaped friend Chen Houzi rushed over.
"Sir, our shopkeeper Chen Laoqi and Li Laoliu were captured by Cao Bing outside Chenliuliang County yesterday afternoon. Life and death are uncertain now."
"What, Chen Laoqi was captured by Cao's army?"
Chen Laoqi is the head of a small caravan in Chen Gong's family. He has made a lot of contributions to selling wine and buying horses. An army cannot rely solely on fighting, killing, but also has logistical support.
"Well, the three of us ran separately. They were intercepted by the cavalry. I hid in the woods and escaped the disaster."
Lu Bu waved his hand and asked someone to take the map. Chenliu was a very large county under Cao Cao. Liang County, the easternmost part, was next to Xiaopei's west.
"Chen Houzi, you are familiar with it along the way. Let's go and save Chen Laoqi back."
"Familiar, familiar, very familiar, and I've been there for more than a dozen times."
"Okay, get on the horse, let's set off right away."
Master Zhao next to him was shocked: "My lord, you're right. You have to think twice before you send troops to do so. It's not worth it to save the two caravans."
Lu Bu shook his head: "It's all your own people, it's definitely worth it. Surrender and save people and leave. You can settle the refugees from here."
Lu Bu flew on the red rabbit horse, shook the Fang Tian Hua Ji, and led two thousand cavalrymen to set off immediately.
This is a tough personality. When others say light words, they will be proud of Lu Bu. They sit down with the red rabbit horse and the sky halberd in their palms. Where can they go in the world?
There were dozens of Cao army guards at the junction of Liang County. They did not resist at all. When they saw Lu Bu's banner, they ran away directly. Lu Bu left a hundred cavalry guards to lead the other cavalry forward quickly. They arrived outside the south gate of Liang County before noon. The army stopped horses, untied the saddles, the horse rolled on the sand, and the soldiers set up lunch boxes to cook food.
Feng Xiong rode alone, rushed to the outside of the city gate, shouting: "Listen, listen, please ask the county magistrate to come out and answer."
After a while, a county magistrate in his fifties came out with kind eyes and bowed: "The opposite side is Marquis Wen."
Lu Bu urged his horse to come: "Who is from Gui County?"
"Li Long, this county, don't know what happened to Wen Hou?"
"Mr. Li, please release the two caravan staff immediately."
County Magistrate Li was shocked. It was incredible. In order to save the two friends, he actually brought troops to him. The army spent a lot of money.
"Wen Hou calmed down. He was captured by Chen Liujun's garrison commander, so he was locked up in the city, but I don't have the authority to release people."
"Then I'm sorry, I'll attack the city in a while. How long can your small city last? The army will not leave any other people."
"Oh." County Magistrate Li sighed helplessly, "Mr. Wen later, I'll try it."
County Magistrate Li went down to the city. After a while, a gap was opened in the city gate, and Chen Laoqi and the guy were tied up and released.
Feng Xiong grinned and said, "Lord, you are so famous that you actually scared the county magistrate and immediately handed over it to someone."
"What's so proud of a county magistrate? The eighteen princes were so scared by me that they dared not fight. Let's go, the goal is achieved, and retreat immediately."
The trumpet rang, and more than 2,000 cavalrymen were preparing their troops and horses, leaving nothing but horse manure.
County Magistrate Li shook his head helplessly and let the criminal go. Cao Cao probably wouldn't let him go. Don't let him go. It's a small county town with only a few hundred soldiers. How can he resist Lu Bu?
When he went home to pack up the gold, silver and soft houses, he was about to escape, but he was a mouse who was penetrated into both ends of the bellows and was squeezed.
Lu Bu is a master of art and courage, and he is not in a hurry to go back.
It was not until the next morning that he returned to the junction of Xiaopei that Song Xian mobilized Xiaopei's 1,000 infantry troops to be on high alert.
Seeing Lu Bu, Song Xian was very happy: "Lord, I finally came back safely."
Lu Bu smiled and said, "It seems dangerous, but in fact there is no risk. The Cao army is stationed far away and the marching in winter is slow, making it difficult to form a surround, not to mention that the Xuzhou cavalry has a strong impact and is not afraid of surround."
Chen Laoqi and two friends came to Lu Buma, cried and burst into tears, and knelt down: "Thank you for your kindness to save me, I will never forget it."
"Since you are working for Xuzhou, in danger, I will definitely not sit idly by. Well, it's okay, go back to recuperate, and when the injury is healed, you have to continue working for Xuzhou."
"Don't worry, I'm going to pieces for Xuzhou, so I'm not refusing to do anything."
This incident was very shocking to the caravan and the soldiers. Nowadays, the shopkeeper of the caravan was not as good as a dog in the eyes of the generals. Unexpectedly, in order to save two people, Lu Bu actually led two thousand cavalry to attack the enemy's hinterland. This friendship is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea.
"The poaching plan is suspended, so don't send people there. Xiaopei's entire army is on guard and transfers one thousand iron horse troops from Lusu's troops to set up defenses. The eight thousand iron cavalry of Xuzhou stopped taking vacations and entered a state of combat readiness."
"Yes, lord." Zhao Zhubo immediately drafted an order, and Lu Bu checked correctly and issued a transfer order. The place where Xiaopei, Rencheng and Cao Cao handed over was in war readiness.
Chapter completed!