Lu Bu arranged for Xiao Qiao's convoy to enter the city alone, and 12,000 Danyang organized the team, each of which was neatly dressed in military coats and his weapons were polished brightly.

Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the southern gate of Xuzhou to return from the battle.

The cheers were trained, the weather was cold, and the team did not rush. They entered the city along the way, allowing the people to disperse early.

Back at the military camp, Chen Gongshen gave a gift: "Congratulations to the lord for obtaining Jinling City and holding the beauty back."

"Public platform, you said it as if I was going to fight Jinling City for Xiao Qiao."

Chen Gong smiled and said, "It's true, it's circulating among the people now that the lord sent troops to Jiangdong for Xiao Qiao and attacked Jinling."

Lu Bu was a little suspicious: "Can this be the remarks Cao Zhe deliberately sent someone to spread?"

Chen Gong waved his hand: "Don't bother you, lord, it doesn't matter whether it is yes or not. Instead, it has become a good story. This trip will successfully capture Jinling, Guangling and Jinling together. From now on, we will not worry about eating rice from now on."

"Yes, the north has always been dominated by coarse grains, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are all coarse grains. Now with the rice combination, it has been even more perfect. What actions did Cao Cao do during this period?"

"Xiahou Dun reorganized 20,000 troops, and his target should be Jingzhou or Yuan Shu. He should send troops after the cold winter."

"It makes sense. Let's continue to inform Jizhou and Rencheng to be vigilant. Cao Cao's war is full of imagination and has to be guarded."

The headquarters issued military orders to strictly order local governments to strictly prevent enemy attacks.

As soon as the military order was issued, Zhuge Liang came, took a letter and gave a gift to Lu Bu and Chen Gongshen.

"Lord, I have some private matters, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take a leave."

"Kong Ming just needs to go and do something, it's okay."

"I made a marriage a few years ago. Huang Yueying, the daughter of Mr. Huang, a famous scholar in Nanyang. I was obsessed with research and never married. But the woman is older and twenty-one years old. If I don't marry her again, I really can't explain it to others."

According to the custom of the Han Dynasty, a girl got married at the age of 18. She was considered a leftover woman at the age of 20. She still didn’t marry her after the age of 21. She really couldn’t explain it.

Huang Yueying is not an ordinary person. His legitimate uncle is Cai Mao, who is the number one general under Liu Biao and is the second-ranked figure in Jingzhou.

Mr. Huang and Zhuge Liang's father and uncle were family friends and had a good relationship.

Lu Bu has married several of them himself, so he must let his subordinates get married.

"Kong Ming is a big deal to marry a wife, so it is natural that it should be correct. But it is difficult to go through the road. You have to go through Yuan Shu's territory and Cao Cao's territory. You must know that we are fighting fiercely now. You go to pick up the bride, which is too risky. What good way does Kong Ming have?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Now there are checkpoints everywhere in Cao Cao's territory, so it will be troublesome if you catch them. You can only take a detour, go west from Hefei, and run to Jingzhou."

"Okay, marrying a wife is a big event in life, you go. But the road is far away and there is no help. Tuiu Dali led 500 cavalry to protect you, be careful along the way."

"Thank you, lord, then I'll pack up and it'll be over tomorrow."

Lu Bu ordered people to take 200 taels of gold, which was a reward for Kong Ming. Zhuge Liang repeatedly refused to accept it, and in the end he only had fifty taels.

Zhuge Liang went back to clean up and planned to set off to pick up his wife in the past two days.

After Zhuge Liang left, Chen Gong stared at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was stared at by Chen Gong: "Business Station, do I have any flowers on my face?"

"No, I feel like my lord wants to make trouble?"

"Ming Kong Ming's words just now made me suddenly realize. I always thought that Jingzhou is very far away from us and I can't call it. But please read the office."

Lu Bu pointed to the map. The distance from Hefei to Jingzhou was only seven or eight hundred miles, and he only had to pass the half-dead Yuan Shu territory along the way, without much attention.

"What the lord means is we going to fight Jingzhou?"

"No, Xiahou Dun goes to attack Jingzhou, let's go to save Jingzhou. Liu Biao is old and no longer as brave as he was. He will definitely not be able to defeat Xiahou Dun by then. We will take the opportunity to send troops to occupy a small part of Jingzhou as a supporter and station it first. Jingzhou has a river connected to the downstream, which is extremely convenient. The most important thing is to curb Cao Cao's development. Imagine that if Cao Cao takes Jingzhou, he will get tens of thousands of elite soldiers and countless food and grass."

Chen Gongshen agreed that although Liu Biao's subordinates were full of powerful generals, they were not good at using them. This time it would be difficult to defend Jingzhou, and it would be certain that he would lose part of the land.

"If you want to move Liu Biao, you must be a soldier. Cao Cao also trained 20,000 soldiers and horses. I feel that he can only take a bite of meat. If we want to go, we have to prepare well. At least 40,000 or 50,000 troops can be used. If we can't get the benefits of Jingzhou, turn to the east and head straight to Yiyang County, so that we can form a three-sided surround Cao Cao."

Lu Bu and Chen Gong carefully discussed it. Now the threat from the Jiangdong naval army will no longer exist in the short term. Sun Quan didn't know where to go. He mobilized the 10,000 troops of Langya as Lian's army, drove them to Hefei, and joined Zhang Liao's army.

Xuzhou's Iron Cavalry was 10,000, and he was transferred to Hefei after the New Year. With the troops from Hefei, Guangling and Danyang, he could have 40,000 elite soldiers.

Note that what we are talking about here is the elite soldiers.

The ordinary soldiers of the Xuzhou army all had helmets and armor, and even worse, they had paper armor, and their combat effectiveness was far superior to that of other princes.

The winter of this year was particularly cold, but the pace of training of the Xuzhou army never stopped.

In the Langya military camp, ten thousand soldiers stood neatly on the military field of the school.

Accompanied by Cheng Lian, Lu Bu stood on the military platform in the cold wind, flags flying, fluttering in the cold wind.

Lu Bu spoke with great enthusiasm: "During this period, you have complained a lot. If you don't fight, you can't get high bonuses and you can't make great achievements."

The troops were silent, and some people complained that other teams often fought wars. The Langya Army fought pirates and bandits. After several trips to Qingzhou, it was just a formality and almost no action was taken, so the military merits were reduced.

"Now, the opportunity has come, there are big moves. But I will tell you that war never treats guests to dinner, it will kill people. You can sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime. Do you have the confidence to do a good job in training?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The sound of mountains and thunderstorms made the tiles on the room ring.

"Okay, give out temporary training bonuses, 200 cents per person, 20 kilograms of pork per person during the Chinese New Year, and 40 kilograms of pickles per person. All supplies will be distributed to the family members, and there is no discounted copper coins for the family members."

On the training ground, small motors started, bows and arrows, cross-country running, riding and shooting, and the soldiers were training in full swing.

A hundred big pots were set up on the edge of the river outside the military camp, and the Huotou Army went all out to kill pigs. After all, it was not a professional butcher and could handle more than 300 heads a day.
Chapter completed!