Just as everyone was hiding in the woods, a soldier suddenly exclaimed, and then, a crashing sound suddenly came from the mountain col.
Hearing this sound, Lu Bu's expression changed. Before he could check what was going on, a scream suddenly came from the mountain col.
"There is someone, please get up quickly."
A soldier hurried to Lu Bu's side and said hurriedly, "Marquis Wen, it's not good. There is a rope connected in the woods. It was stepped on by a brother, and it was discovered by the superiors."
Lu Bu knew it was not good, so he didn't care about hiding anymore, and hurriedly shouted, "Everyone, listen, rush over to protect the food."
Li Zheng was a little drunk today and was sleeping soundly. He was suddenly awakened by the sound outside. He was a little confused at first, but after a moment he realized, his face changed drastically, and he gritted his teeth and screamed.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
As soon as Li Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from below the mountain col.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Li Zheng's expression changed, he suddenly woke up, and shouted hurriedly, "Quick, everyone go over and protect the food."
After finishing speaking, Li Zheng hurriedly picked up his big knife and ran towards the col.
Li Tian was also sweating profusely and rushed over with a group of people, "General Li, it's bad, someone rushed into the col."
Li Zheng gritted his teeth and asked, "Hurry up and take your brothers to protect the food. Don't let them take it away."
Li Tian wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded, and rushed down the col with his brothers.
Li Zheng led the rest of the people to the top of the mountain col. When he saw the scene below, his face suddenly turned livid.
Countless figures rushed into the mountain col with shouts of death, and the soldiers on their side were unable to resist them.
Li Zheng was so anxious that he screamed, "Hurry up and protect the food. Don't be stunned. You must not let them take it away."
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
At the foot of the mountain col, there were constant shouts of killing. Cao Jun's soldiers were stunned. They only persisted for a moment and were beaten back steadily.
After a cup of tea, Li Tian hurried back and said, "General Li, it's impossible, there are too many of them and we can't stop them."
Hearing Li Tian's words, Li Zheng gritted his teeth. Seeing the countless black figures at the foot of the mountain rushing towards the grain, a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes and he roared.
"Since I can't get it, you can't get it either. Send the order and light the fire immediately. Let's see what they do, hehe!"
Hearing these words, Li Tian was stunned, subconsciously looked at the grain in the col, and said with some reluctance, "With so much grain, it would be a pity if all of it was burned."
Li Zheng snorted coldly, "Even if it's a pity, it's still better than having to go to Lu Bu, right?"
Li Tian sighed, "We absolutely cannot let Lu Bu go. I will take someone to do it right away."
Li Zheng was cautious and worried that the food would be snatched by Lu Bu, so from the beginning, he piled firewood around the food and poured it with kerosene, so that if it met a spark, it would ignite.
Li Tian led a dozen brothers with torches and rushed to the top of the mountain. He looked at the grain below and roared.
"Brothers, throw down the torch."
As the order was passed, more than a dozen torches were thrown down from the mountain col and landed on the pile of firewood.
The kerosene caught fire, and in a blink of an eye, thick smoke billowed, flames burned, and the fire burned violently.
When Han Xu saw the grain pile on fire, he was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he shouted sternly, "Everyone listen to the order, rescue the grain quickly and put out the fire."
When the soldiers of Cao's army in the mountain col saw the fire, they were even more disinclined to fight. They turned around and ran away. Soon, only the soldiers of Lu Bu's army were left in the mountain col, and they were still fighting the fire tenaciously.
Li Zheng glanced at the fire in the mountain col and snorted coldly, "Let them save them, let's go."
Lu Bu had no intention of chasing them, and just kept urging the soldiers to come forward to put out the fire.
Although the flames were very large, they were ignited around the grain piles. The soldiers moved the firewood piles aside and separated them from the grains to reduce the loss of grains.
It was not until daybreak that everyone completely separated the fire from the food. The flames gradually extinguished, leaving only thick smoke floating in the woods.
Lu Bu looked at the grain in the valley, his face a little ugly. Han Xu walked over with a dark face, cupped his hands and said, "Marquis Wen, the fire has been extinguished, and the brothers are resting."
Lu Bu turned to look at Han Xu, frowned and asked, "How much food was lost?"
Han Xu took a breath and said, "Three layers of food were lost."
When he heard the number of losses, Lu Bu suddenly took a breath of heartache.
It is simply unforgivable that they burned 30% of the food they bought with so much copper money.
"Han Xu, take people to chase them immediately. You must find them for me."
Han Xu responded hurriedly, and regardless of fatigue, he led the soldiers into the woods to search for the whereabouts of Cao Jun.
Lu Bu led the rest of the soldiers, escorted the food, and slowly went down the mountain.
As soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw a pair of soldiers and horses approaching. When they got closer, they discovered that they were the soldiers led by Chen Gong.
Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong's troops and horses opposite him and was immediately overjoyed. It turned out that there were many prisoners among these troops and horses.
Chen Gong walked up quickly and said, "Marquis Wen, the soldiers of Cao's army wanted to escape from the mountain, but I bumped into them. Except for a few who escaped, the rest were captured."
Lu Bu asked slowly, "Who is leading Cao's army this time? Have you caught him?"
Chen Gong smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I have already asked. The person leading the team this time seems to be a member of the Cheng family, named Li Zheng. Unfortunately, he ran away."
"Cheng's Li family!"
Lu Bu snorted coldly, "The Li family of the Cheng family is really hateful. Not only did they sneak attack on Dingtao and destroy my major affairs, but now they even want to deprive me of my food. It's really hateful.
Take them to the river and deal with them all. Let them see the consequences of opposing me, Lu Fengxian."
After hearing this, Chen Gong waved his hand hurriedly, "Marquis Wen, please calm down. Although the Li family of Chengshi is against us, it is because we harmed Li Dian. There is no right or wrong on the battlefield, only victory or defeat."
Lu Bu snorted coldly, "You want me to let them go?"
Chen Gong shook his head, "Cheng's Li family has been against us several times, how could they let them go so easily?
I have already asked these people, and many of them are members of the Chengshi Li family. As long as we make a little use of them, maybe we can completely eradicate the Chengshi Li family and relieve the hatred in our hearts."
Lu Bu nodded, "Okay, you can handle this matter. Since the Chengshi Li family dares to go against us, then don't be polite and eradicate them."
Chen Gong suddenly said, "Marquis Wen, since Cao Mengde sent people to pick up our food, we can also do the opposite. It is not polite to come and not go back."
Lu Bu turned his head to look at Chen Gong and asked slowly, "You mean, we are also going to pick up Cao Mengde's food?"
Chen Gong nodded, "Yes, we are not the only ones who are short of food now. I think Cao Mengde, who just went through the Xuzhou War, must be even more short of food than us.
As long as they don't have food supplements, it may not be that easy to regain their strength."
Hearing this, Lu Bu was about to agree, but suddenly his heart moved and he suddenly remembered a question. After a long time, he waved his hand.
"Let me think about this matter, and we'll talk about it slowly."
Chen Gong frowned and said, "Marquis Wen, do you have a better way to deal with Cao Mengde?"
Lu Bu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Not yet. It won't be too late to make long-term plans after we return to the city."
The group returned to Puyang with food. Lu came to the study, closed the door, and sat down inside.
Lu Bu was hesitant and didn't know what to do next?
Should we follow Chen Gong's suggestion and rob Cao Mengde's food?
Or try to restore the process to its original state and then profit from it?
Things have changed so much now that they are almost out of my control. I have no idea what will happen next.
Originally knowing the historical process, Lu Bu's thinking felt much clearer, but now, events have become a mess. Things that have not happened are everywhere. Everything has happened. What will happen next, does he really not know? The Chengshi Li family's sneak attack on Dingtao definitely never happened, and the robbery of food was all changed later.
What to do?
Lu Bu has been hesitating whether to restore the incident to its original state as much as possible, or to completely change it?
The question is, if everything changes, do you have any advantage?
Cao Mengde has countless capable people, and even if he explores new processes, they are probably far better than himself.
Lu Bu sat there and kept thinking, waiting until night, but still couldn't find the answer.
Finally, Lu Bu made a decision, and decided in the game!
"Online!"
As the words fell, Lu Bu's eyesight went dark. When it became brighter, he appeared under the big tree of Black Iron Mountain.
In the distance, the huge black iron stone general came into view. Although Lu Bu had seen it once, he still took a breath of cold air.
Such a terrifying creature is simply too difficult to deal with?
After a while, several prompts appeared in front of you.
"Boss, how is the mission going?"
"Boss, answer quickly!"
"Are you still in the game?"
After reading a few prompts, Lu Bu opened the communication, "I'm online, where are you now?"
Lonely Xianyu said, "Haha, boss, you are finally online. We are still on Black Iron Mountain. If you don't come down, how can we leave?"
"By the way, boss, have you completed your mission?"
Lu Bu raised his head and looked at the black iron stone general in the distance, and shook his head with a wry smile, "Not yet."
"Then do you want to continue or go back?"
Lu Bu thought for a moment and said, "Of course I'll continue. If you have something to do, you can go do it first without waiting for me."
"Haha, it's okay. We are waiting for you here. If you need anything, call us over and we will help you."
Hearing these words, Lu Bu shook his head with a wry smile, "Forget it, just stay there and wait until I complete the mission to find you."
After closing the call, Lu Bu raised his head and glanced around, but he was thinking in his heart, how to complete the task?
The monsters on Black Iron Mountain are really powerful, even Lu Bu would not be easy to fight.
However, the benefits obtained are really exciting.
Zhang Liao's success in winning Dingtao was all due to the Flame Stone.
Originally, Lu Bu just wanted to experiment and see what the effect was.
I didn't expect the effect to be so good. Only two flame stones were used to blow a big hole in the city gate.
Although Dingtao's city is not very strong, one cannot deny the power of the flame stone.
No matter how strong the city is, it may not be able to withstand the attack of five flame stones.
Thinking of the flame stone, Lu Bu's heart moved, and his mind suddenly became clear.
Now that all history has changed, it is indeed not easy to restore it to its original state.
The most important thing is that even if he wants to return to his original state, Cao Mengde will not agree. If he takes the opportunity to attack him, won't he still change?
Since you want to change, why do you have to wait until Cao Mengde changes? Can't you change yourself?
If you get enough flame stones, you can lead your troops to attack the city occupied by Cao Mengde.
With such unique conditions, why should we endure it?
In terms of force, Lu Bu knew very well that if there was another battle at Hulao Pass, the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang might not be his opponents, and at the worst they could draw a draw.
Also, there are eight more of his secret weapons, poisonous spider eggs. As long as they are used properly, they can kill Cao Mengde's eight generals.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu's confidence doubled. He turned to look at the leader of the black iron stone men in the distance, his eyes brightened, and he snorted coldly.
"In that case, let's change it."
After finishing speaking, Lu Bu walked towards the leader of the black iron stone men.
Although the leader of the Black Iron Stoneman has a very strong attack power, his weakness is also very obvious, that is, the attack distance is too close. As long as you use the warrior's bow and keep attacking, you can always destroy it.
Wait!
Lu Bu stopped and turned to look at the black iron stone general in the distance, frowning slightly and thinking in his heart.
If we use the method used to deal with the leader of the black iron stone men, is it possible to deal with the general of the black iron stone men?
How far is the Black Iron Stone General's attack?
Thinking of this, Lu Bu changed direction and walked cautiously towards the black iron stone general.
As he walked, he carefully calculated whether the warrior's bow could attack the black iron stone general.
Lu Bu has done experiments. Here, the range of his bow and arrow is about 100 steps. If it is too far, although it can still hit the target, the accuracy is far behind.
Although the Black Iron Stone General is very large, if he is more than 100 steps away, there is a high chance that he will not be able to hit.
This means that the farthest distance of Lu Bu's bow and arrow is only 100 steps.
If the black iron stone general's effective attack exceeds 100 steps, Lu Bu may never have a chance again.
Lu Bu's steps were very light, trying not to attract the attention of the black iron stone general, while looking at the distance between the two sides.
Just when the two sides approached 150 steps, Lu Bu became more cautious. Due to nervousness, there was a slight sweat on his forehead.
As Lu Bu moved forward, he prayed in his heart, hoping that the black iron stone general's attack range would be within 100 steps, otherwise, he might never have a chance again.
"140 steps?"
Lu Bu thought silently in his heart, his palms were already sweating, and he looked at the black iron stone general in the distance with burning eyes.