Chapter 95 Outside Puyang City, the Eve of the Great War
Lu Bu was furious and wanted to personally lead his army to destroy Chen Liu.
The reason why he is so angry is that his family members are all in Puyang City at the moment!
However, Chen Gong beside him persuaded: "Marquis Wen, calm down. The most important thing for us now is to recapture Puyang. Otherwise, once Cao Cao returns, our army will be in danger of being attacked from both sides."
Lu Bu was already injured, and coupled with the worry for his family in his heart, a mouthful of dark red blood spurted out from his mouth.
"Marquis Wen!"
"Marquis Wen, your injury is okay, right?"
Seeing this, Chen Gong quickly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Marquis Wen. Wait for me to write a letter to the gentry in the city, and I will be able to protect Marquis Wen's family from worries!"
When Lu Bu heard this, the depression in his heart finally dissipated. He held Chen Gong's hand with great joy and said, "Gongtai..."
Chen Gong nodded towards Lu Bu, signaling him to relax.
Then Chen Gong tried to repeat the same trick, trying to find helpers from within while writing letters to the gentry in Puyang City.
But what Chen Gong never expected was that at this moment, the streets and alleys of Puyang City were all controlled by Cao Jun.
You must have remembered Man Chong’s nickname, he is a “cool official”!
Since Yu Jin and Man Chong occupied Puyang City,
Man Chong overcame all opinions and implemented military martial law in Puyang City, with one guard post at three steps and one sentry at five steps. The Puyang City was guarded more strictly than the imperial palace!
Although some gentry and gentry wanted to resist at first,
But after Man Chong killed several waves of people who took the lead in making trouble,
They also finally knew that a stupid young man came to Puyang City, the living king of hell... he couldn't afford to offend him...
Chen Gong's letter was intercepted as soon as he entered the city.
Originally Man Chong was planning to pull off a trick, but unfortunately Chen Gong was not a vegetarian and saw through the flaw in the reply at a glance.
There were no helpers in the city, and they had to evacuate in a hurry after the previous battle.
Not to mention the siege equipment, even most of the food, grass and baggage were lost.
The city wall of Puyang City has been desperately reinforced by Xiahou Dun in the past two years, and now it has reached a height of nearly ten meters.
Looking at the city wall nearly ten meters high,
Even Lu Bu and Chen Gong could only look at the city and sigh.
In the end, they had no choice but to retreat ten miles outside the city, set up camp, and start working on siege equipment overnight.
But Lu Yan, who was well aware of Lu Bu's harm, would not give Lu Bu time to prepare safely.
He, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Xia Houlan only rested for a few hours in Juancheng and then led 20,000 soldiers, marching through starry night. On the second day after Lu Bu's army arrived at Puyang City, they also arrived outside Puyang City.
Lu Bu, who was drinking alone in the tent,
After learning from the spies that Lu Yan had arrived with his army, he hurriedly summoned Chen Gong and other generals and said:
"The ghost of Lu Yan is still there and he is not willing to give our army a chance to breathe. Now they are camping less than twenty miles away from us. What can I do?"
When Chen Gong heard this, he knew that nothing could be done.
Lu Yan's army is only a small part of Chen Gong's worries.
What worries Chen Gong the most is the tens of thousands of troops led by Boss Cao himself.
He sighed, walked to the center of the military tent, raised his hands and said to Lu Bu:
"Chen Liu and Lu Yan can defeat Yuan Shu alone. I should have paid more attention to him long ago...This failure is all due to my poor planning. Please punish me, Marquis Wen!"
"Without Sir's plan, I, Lu Bu, might not even be able to get out of Chang'an.
Not possible here,
At worst, I'll just move to another place, it's just me..."
Lu Bu was still very sober at this time. He knew that Chen Gong was his greatest support and could never let him leave.
Chen Gong was still very satisfied with Lu Bu's attitude, but Lu Bu paid too much attention to his family, which made it difficult for him to say what he said next.
Seeing the hesitation on Chen Gong's face, Lu Bu couldn't help but said: "Diao Chan and Lingqi are both in Puyang... Even if I go alone, I must save them, I must save them!"
Lu Bu's first wife is Yan, Diao Chan is just his concubine. Lu Lingqi is Lu Bu's daughter, the one who will be used by Lu Bu to work with Yuan Shu in the future...
Let’s not talk about how Lu Bu treats his lord or adoptive father. He is really impeccable with his family.
Compared with Lu Bu's high regard for his family, Liu Bei, who abandoned his family many times, was often criticized for his family.
It’s really hard to talk about this kind of thing. Whether it’s good or bad, I’m afraid readers will push it to the ground and beat it.
Lu Bu insisted on saving his family, but Chen Gong and others had no choice but to rush the production of siege equipment many times, preparing to launch a fierce attack on Puyang at dawn the next day.
The night is deep,
Under the bright starry sky,
Lu Bu and Chen Gong stood on a simple sentry tower, looking at Puyang City from a distance.
"Sir, do you think I have any chance of winning if I attack Cao Jun's camp tonight?" Lu Bu asked softly to Chen Gong beside him.
Chen Gong heard this, shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"Then Lu Yan can compete with you, Marquis Wen, and besides, he has Zhao Zilong and Guo Fengxiao by his side..."
"Why does Cao Cao have so many capable people and strangers..."
"Perhaps, he really is favored by God..."
Lu Bu looked back at Chen Gong. He wanted to ask, "Why did you abandon Cao Cao and follow me?"
But thinking that this might be a past that Chen Gong didn't want to mention, Lu Bu suppressed this idea again.
However, Chen Gong had already seen Lu Bu's thoughts. The main reason was that Lu Bu had no palace, and all his thoughts were written on his face.
"Cao Cao's killing of Lu Boshe's family was just a pretext, but the truth is that Cao Cao and I have different ideas..."
Chen Gong took the initiative to talk about the real reason why he left Cao Cao. Lu Bu tilted his tall body slightly and looked like he was listening.
"To put it simply, Cao Cao doesn't care about the interests of the family.
As one of the representatives of the aristocratic family, I am in a naturally hostile position with him."
Didn't Cao Cao himself come from a big family? Why didn't he take into account the interests of the family? Lu Bu didn't understand what he heard.
“From the time Cao Cao issued the order to seek talents that ‘only those who are qualified should be promoted’,
Chenliu County implemented household registration reform again.
Each of these incidents, overtly or covertly, are actually cutting off the roots of the family!"
"..."
Lu Bu still didn't quite understand, but this didn't hinder his communication with Chen Gong.
"Anyway, I don't understand. If we have our own territory in the future, then I'll leave all these things to you, sir."
Isn't this what Chen Gong likes about Lu Bu?
"Marquis Wen...Fengxian, if you treat me sincerely, I will never leave you!"
"I will be the vanguard tomorrow. If...if we really can't save them...then we will evacuate..."
When Lu Bu said the most popular words, his voice was already visibly trembling.
Chen Gong looked at Xiang Lu Bu in surprise. Judging from his pale fists and bleeding lips, Lu Bu had really made up his mind.
"No matter what, we will try our best tomorrow."
After Chen Gong saw Lu Bu's change, he felt a little relieved. He comforted:
"But Marquis Wen, you don't have to worry too much.
Even if he couldn't save his family, Cao Cao would never do anything to them.
Notice,
The reason why Cao Mengde sent troops to Xuzhou is to avenge Tao Qian for robbing and killing his old father!"