"Xuchang has been lost!?" When Lu Qian heard the news, his first reaction was that the person who delivered the message had been bribed. Xia Houyuan was still fighting with the Xuzhou Army over at Peijun, so why did Xuchang fall first?
"You thief, how dare you deceive me!?" Lu Qian's eyes shone coldly as he grabbed the messenger by the collar and lifted him up.
"General, what I said in my humble position is absolutely true. How dare you deceive the general?" The messenger was startled and defended loudly.
"The main force of the Xuzhou Army is still fighting with our army. Lu Bu is so powerful, how could he attack Xuchang so quickly?" Lu Qian shouted angrily.
Regardless of Cao Cao's ability, considering Xuchang's defense and taking ten thousand steps back, if Lu Bu could attack Xuchang city, Xuchang would have no problem holding on for a year or two.
"Back to the general, Lu Bu personally led his cavalry to the city of Xuchang a month ago. Sikong was forced to leave the city. His son-in-law Chu Nan led 30,000 Jianghuai troops into Runan. Generals Xiahou Dun and Cai Yang died in the battle. Runan fell, and Sikong
Liu Bei was ordered to lead the army to go on an expedition, but was defeated by Lu Bu in the Black Lu Stream. Zhang Fei died in the battle, Mr. Yuan Chang was captured, Liu Bei and Guan Yu disappeared, and Lu Bu's army colluded with Zhang Xiu of Nanyang to attack Xuchang. Sikong had no choice but to send troops."
The messenger took a breath and continued: "Sikong Yu Lu Bu fought in the Linying area. Unfortunately, he was killed by Na Lu Bu. Lu Bu took advantage of the situation and attacked the city of Xuchang. Chariot general Dong Cheng, Zhong Ji and others secretly surrendered to the enemy. There were also people in the city.
The enemy carefully spread rumors and lost all the popularity of the people. Finally, during the civil strife in the city, Nalu Bu invaded Xuchang, causing Xuchang to fall! Young Master Cao Pi ordered us to quickly inform the generals, defend the territory and wait for an opportunity to counterattack."
Lu Qian's hand holding his collar gradually relaxed, but his brows furrowed even more tightly.
The fall of Xuchang was unbelievable, but Cao Cao's death was even more unacceptable to him. He looked at the messenger blankly, sat down feebly, waved his hand and said, "Get off now!"
"Here!" The messenger was so frightened that he quickly bowed and left.
"Come here!" After the messenger left, Lu Qian shouted to the door.
"General!" Two personal guards came in and saluted Lu Qian.
"You two set off immediately and go to..." Lu Qian was about to give instructions when he saw a personal guard coming outside the tent and saying: "General, General Xu Huang is outside the tent asking for an audience."
"Xu Huang?" Lu Qian looked happy when he heard this, stood up and said: "Please come quickly!"
"General, General Xu is here with his troops." The guard hesitated and said.
Leading troops?
Lu Qian frowned when he heard this, stood up and said, "Wear armor for me!"
The two personal guards who were called in by him quickly tied up Lu Qian and put on his armor. Then Lu Qian led his soldiers and horses to the outside of the camp. They saw a group of people arrayed outside the camp. The number was not large, only a thousand people.
On the left and right, looking at the momentum, they must be elites. Xu Huang is in front of the formation. There is a young man beside him, but Lu Qian has never seen this man. Looking at his position, Xu Huang is obviously below the young man.
"Brother Gongming, what do you mean?" Lu Qian led his troops out of the camp, looked at the soldiers behind Xu Huang, and asked with a frown.
"Xuchang has fallen, Duke Cao has died in battle, Marquis Wen welcomes the emperor and becomes the orthodoxy for the world, I..." Xu Huang looked at Lu Qian, sighed and said: "This time, your majesty came to lobby the generals.
We have to fight again to avoid the loss of life!"
Lu Qian rode his horse back and forth, looking Xu Huang up and down and said: "So, brother Gongming is here to persuade me to beg for mercy from my enemies like you?"
Chu Nan rode his horse and came to Xu Huang's side. He smiled at Lu Qian and said, "General Zike's words are wrong. They are all Han officials. How can they be enemies? Doesn't the general hate the imperial court?"
Lu Qian frowned and looked at Chu Nan: "Who are you?"
"Xiapi, Chu Nan!" Chu Nan cupped his fists and smiled.
Lu Qian, who has been guarding Mount Tai all year round, has naturally heard of Chu Nan's name. When he heard this, he smiled and said: "Who is this? It turns out that he is the son-in-law of the Lu family. What qualifications do you have to talk to me?"
"First of all, I married the wife through a matchmaker and did not marry into his family." Chu Nan was not angry: "Furthermore, in terms of status, I now control the two counties of Jianghuai, and the general is just a captain of a cavalry. In terms of ability, the general
Suppressing the Yellow Turbans may make the general proud, but I once participated in the pacification of Guangling and defeated Yuan Shu. If the general said that this was to borrow the power of my lord, it is not worth mentioning. I also single-handedly pacified Jianghuai and captured Runan. By the way, Xiahou Dun and Cai
General Zi Ke, the two generals of Yang, should be familiar to each other."
Seeing Lu Qian's downcast face, Chu Nan smiled and said: "I killed Duke Cao, and it was my suggestion to recruit Nanyang's troops to defeat Xuchang. If these generals have done anything before, I will admit that I am not qualified to compete with the generals."
Tell me, if not, I really don’t know where the general’s confidence comes from?”
"You talkative person, Gong Ming, behind you should be the lieutenant generals of our army, why do you succumb to such villains?" Lu Qian snorted coldly, looked at Xu Huang and said: "My lord, the heroic spirit is not far away, since this person is a dangerous person.
How can Lord Gong be so impudent like him? Why don't you kill him!"
Xu Huang did not move, frowned and looked at Lu Qian and said: "Zike, Duke Cao has been defeated..."
"Shut up!" Lu Qian scolded angrily: "My lord has treated you well, but now that my lord is in trouble, you have turned to the enemy, and yet you, a noble man, beg for mercy from the enemy. How could I, a good man like you, Lu Qian, treat you so shamelessly?"
Disciples are friends..."
"It's you who should shut up!" The smile on Chu Nan's face suddenly disappeared, his face turned cold, and he exhaled loudly. Feng Zimi suppressed Lu Qian's voice with the support of Ten Thousand Arms.
"We are friends, but we only care about our own reputation and don't care about the life or death of our old friends. The family records of Gongming are all in Xuchang, and the family records of these more than a thousand soldiers are also in Xuchang. If I die here, have you ever thought about what will happen to their family records?" Chu Nan
He said coldly: "The general claims to be loyal, but he doesn't know whether the general is loyal to the court or to Cao Cao? If he is loyal to the court, I am the emperor's envoy. How can you be loyal if you instigate the Han generals to kill the Han envoys? If you are loyal to the imperial court, I am the emperor's envoy.
Cao Cao, Cao Cao is a thief who deceives the Han people. How can you be loyal to a thief like you?"
"As for loyalty, disregarding the life and death of an old friend's family just to fulfill one's ridiculous reputation, is this also called righteousness?" Chu Nan looked at Lu Qian with a smile and said: "An unfaithful and unjust person actually ridicules others with his loyalty.
How did you say such shameless words!?"
When Lu Qian heard this, he looked at Chu Nan with a serious look: "Shameless villain, if I kill you, do you really think that these more than a thousand people can stop me?"
"You can give it a try." Chu Nan sneered, riding his horse back a few steps: "I'm right here, and the general can come and kill him!"
Lu Qian: "..."
What made him speechless was not only that Chu Nan silently retreated despite his righteous words, but more importantly, Xu Huang raised his axe, and the military formation immediately rose.
Lu Qian looked at this scene and laughed angrily: "It seems that if I don't surrender, Gongming will definitely fight me today?"
"Correction!" Chu Nan said from the side: "It is surrender to the imperial court, not surrender."
"The situation is over, Zi Ke. All the soldiers on this road have surrendered. Don't make any mistakes." Xu Huang looked at Lu Qian and sighed.
"I was promoted by my lord, so I am where I am today..." Lu Qian snorted coldly, and was about to say something about Cao Cao's kindness to him, but was interrupted by Chu Nan.
Chu Nan said loudly: "General, have you ever thought about whether Mr. Cao would still use you again if he didn't have the skills?"
"Shut up, Shuzi, I've tolerated you for too long!" Lu Qian was furious. How could this man come up with so many lies?
"Let's talk about it. As a general, you should be careful not to be impatient. A general who is so irritable is not worthy of a general." Chu Nan chuckled.
Lu Qian snorted and suppressed the anger in his heart. He didn't know why he was so irritable today. Maybe it was because of Cao Cao's death, or maybe he was too unbeatable.
The emotions that had been brewing were interrupted at this moment. When he wanted to say it again, he lost the anger just now. Lu Qian glared at Chu Nan fiercely. He was holding a breath in his chest, but he didn't know how to vent it. He glared at Xu Huang and said:
"Today I will kill this son. If Gong Ming still remembers the kindness of his former lord, don't stop me!"
After saying that, without saying a word, he raised his gun and started to kill Chu Nan.
Chu Nan looked at him with a smile, but saw Xu Huang galloping out on his horse and stopping Lu Qian with an axe.
"It seems that you and I are enemies rather than friends today!" Lu Qian snorted, no longer polite, and stabbed Xu Huang with his backhand.
After Xu Huang silently parried several times, he sighed, Xuanhua's ax trembled, and made a sharp axe. Seeing this, Lu Qian's expression changed drastically, and he quickly stepped aside to avoid it.
"Kill!" Xu Huang ignored him and headed towards Lu Qian's military camp to kill without saying a word.
Although Lu Qian left the camp, the soldiers didn't know why, but they saw Xu Huang coming with an ax and killed everyone in an instant.
Seeing this, Lu Qian's eyes turned red with anger and he shouted: "Xu Gongming!"
He didn't expect that Xu Huang would take action directly. He roared and went back to rescue him. Suddenly, several spider threads shot towards him. Lu Qian felt something strange and quickly blocked it with a spear, but the spear was blocked by the spider threads.
Stick to it, let out an angry shout, and as the Gang Qi circulates, the spider silk will snap!
When he looked up, he saw four huge spiders surrounding him. At the same time, there were densely packed flying ants and mantises flying in the air, surrounding him.
Chu Nan rode his horse to the rear of the insect army, looked at Lu Qian and said with a smile: "General, this battlefield is not a place where human nature is important!"
Due to Lu Qian's loyalty to Cao Cao, it was obviously impossible to persuade him to surrender at this time. It was Chu Nan who used his emotional power to arouse Lu Qian's anger and make him act emotionally. He was singled out to challenge Xu Huang.
According to what Xu Huang said, Lu Qian was good at commanding troops, running the army, and doing internal affairs. His martial arts skills could only be considered good, but in terms of martial arts skills, he was probably at the same level as the former Hou Cheng who served under Lu Bu.
With Chu Nan's current strength, the opponent can deal with it without resorting to military formations. Therefore, Chu Nan and Xu Huang's plan from the beginning was that Xu Huang would wait for an opportunity to attack his army, while Chu Nan would be responsible for capturing this person alive.
Lu Qian shouted angrily and wanted to mount his horse to kill Chu Nan. However, as soon as he started, the horse neighed and fell to the ground. Lu Qian turned over and jumped off the horse. When he looked down, he saw something unknown.
At that moment, dense ants clung to the horse's body, and its four legs were now turned into white bones.
Regardless of his heartache over the death of his beloved horse, Lu Qian roared angrily, and his whole body was filled with aura, crushing all the ants that were near him, and headed straight for Chu Nan.
On Chu Nan's shoulder, demon ants and demon mantises flew out, one with powerful force and the other with sword skills as fast as lightning, attacking Lu Qian together.
Lu Qian didn't expect that this seemingly weak scribe could have so many tricks. Amid the roar of anger, it was difficult to break through the siege of two monsters. There were also four giant ghost-backed spiders surrounding the four directions, spewing out spider silk from time to time, causing interference.
He moves.
In less than a moment, he became unable to resist. As he staggered, his legs were bound by spider silk. He wanted to use his strength to break it, but this spider silk was not an ordinary rope, and it was impossible to break it by exerting force from within.
.
When he was about to struggle again, the demon ants had already pounced on him and held his hands. He lifted his body up with force, and the ghost-backed spider took the opportunity to shoot out silk threads to bind him, and then circled around him, turning into a human form in an instant.
Giant cocoon.
Lu Qian twisted his body crazily, trying to break free from the cobweb entanglement. However, facing this level of cobweb entanglement, not to mention him, even Xu Huang might not be able to break free in this situation, and could only act like a huge
Silkworms generally squirm around.
"Take it!"
Glancing at the defeated Lu Qian camp, Chu Nan ignored the defeated troops and ordered people to capture Lu Qian. The purpose of this trip was achieved. The next step was to capture Taishan County. Here will be
Becoming the front line to compete with Yuan Shao in the future has great strategic significance!