Chapter 214 Waiting for the fierce generals in the dark night, Gao Shun completely returns to his heart!
"Found it."
The soldier nodded affirmatively.
In an instant, Lu Bu came up and all the generals in the tent hesitated.
Unwilling to give in, Lu Bu felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, like thorns on his back. The calmness on his face suddenly disappeared, replaced by sadness and nervousness.
He clutched the silk book in his hand tightly, with a faint murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
The anger that had been suppressed for a long time could not help but surge and surge at this moment, as if it was about to break through all obstacles and explode completely.
Lu Bu glanced at Song Xian and Wei Xu below, and winked at them.
Song Xian and Wei Xu nodded to show their understanding, and at the same time looked at their colleagues beside them to wait for Lu Bu's order.
At the same time, they all turned towards Li Jue and Guo Si, as if they were ready to kill them at any time.
At this moment, even Li Jue and Guo Si couldn't help feeling that the atmosphere had changed.
The wolf-riding generals in the tent all had their eyes wide open with anger, and the people on the left and right had vague intentions of surrounding them.
Li Jue felt more and more that something was not right about this matter. Someone coming tonight must be of great importance.
But at this moment, he didn't dare to act rashly at all.
Although the two of them carried weapons with them and broke in all the way without being disarmed, facing the experienced Wolf Cavalry generals and the brave and skilled Lu Bu, they had no confidence in victory.
"General."
The Xiliang soldiers did not notice this subtle change.
He leaned forward and handed over his hand, and asked tentatively: "Do you want to take him into the Chinese army?"
Li Jue's throat rolled and he didn't want to continue. However, the matter had come to an end. If he was not escorted to the account, Lu Bu would feel suspicious of him, which would be more of a loss than a gain.
"Um."
Li Jue nodded: "Bring him here so that I can interrogate him."
As he spoke, his anger decreased a lot.
Guo Si naturally understood what Li Jue was thinking and echoed: "That's right, you need to be cross-examined."
The two exchanged glances with each other, already feeling connected.
Not long after.
Cao Xing was led into the central army by two Xiliang soldiers.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Cao Xing, but Gao Shun was nowhere to be seen.
Huh?
What's going on?
Lu Bu was surprised and his eyes flickered.
Why is there only Cao Xing but no trace of Gao Shun?
Although he had doubts, Lu Bu was secretly relieved that Gao Shun was not caught.
"Cao Sima."
Li Jue turned to look at Cao Xing and asked, "I heard that you brought someone back from outside?"
Cao Xing's eyes widened with anger and he glared at Li Jue fiercely: "General Li, you must provide evidence when you speak. I brought someone back, but I didn't bring him back from outside. He was my subordinate."
"oh?"
Li Jue indeed had no evidence. He was just an informant in the army who discovered this person and secretly reported: "Your subordinates?"
Cao Xing nodded, raised his head and said proudly: "Of course! His old illness has relapsed. I brought him back to treat his injuries and give him medicine. I just happened to be here to report on the military situation. Isn't it okay?"
"Can!"
The other party's words were very reasonable, and Li Jue naturally nodded in agreement, but then the conversation changed: "Where are the wounded?"
Cao Xing said casually: "Of course I am resting in the wounded soldiers camp."
Li Jue snorted: "Can we bring him up for confrontation?"
Cao Xing was not afraid at all: "Why not!"
"good!"
Li Jue marveled at Cao Xing's sophistry and turned around and said, "Follow Cao Sima to the wounded camp and bring the wounded up for confrontation."
The Xiliang soldier nodded: "No."
Cao Xing suddenly turned around: "In that case, come with me."
The two of them came out of the military tent together.
now.
The atmosphere in the tent relaxed.
Although Lu Bu didn't know how Cao Xing did it, at this moment, he was completely relieved.
Cao Xing has always been cautious, which is why Lu Bu ordered him to guard the military camp.
Since Cao Xing dared to take Xiliang soldiers to the wounded camp to find people, then there would definitely be no problem in nine out of ten cases.
Lu Bu turned to look at Li Jue and said coldly: "General Li, I didn't expect that you have arranged spies in the army to spy on me. I wonder if the Prime Minister knows about this?"
Before coming here, Li Jue had already thought of his words, so without thinking, he handed over his hand and said: "It's not that I arranged an informant to monitor the general, it's just that someone on patrol happened to find the trace."
"oh?"
Lu Bu would not believe Li Jue's lies: "The scope of your responsibilities is far different from that of me, Lu Bu. Logically speaking, how can you know about my camp?"
"Could it be..."
Lu Bu leaned forward slightly, and his cold voice was full of murderous intent: "You don't believe me, general, and you actually send patrols deep into my camp's defense area?"
Li Jue cupped his hands and said calmly: "This matter is indeed due to our negligence and our failure to clearly explain the scope of our responsibilities. However, Jue believes that you and I are one body and patrol each other, so there is nothing wrong with it."
"If the General wishes..."
Li Jue took a deep breath, paused briefly, and finally said: "The patrols of the Wolf Cavalry can also come to our Xiliang camp to inspect, and we can supervise each other."
"Well said!"
Lu Bu took the opportunity to take over the conversation and turned to look at Song Xian: "Captain Song has clearly remembered it. This is General Li's personal agreement. He will arrange patrols to patrol the camp of the two men later. Do you understand?"
Song Xian cupped his hands and responded sonorously: "No."
Li Jue's face looked a little ugly, but he had no choice but to admit defeat: "No problem! After the general returns to camp, we can also arrange patrols to patrol the wolf cavalry in an open and honest manner, and we can supervise each other."
Lu Bu sneered and didn't take it seriously.
Anyway, there are already Xiliang people's informants in the camp, so he doesn't care about adding more. On the contrary, he is upright and has never disdained such dirty behavior. Today, he can be justified.
When the Prime Minister is not here, how dare you, Xiaoxiao, to be so presumptuous?
Lu Bu's anger was beyond words.
At this moment, Li Jue and Guo Bang were finally defeated!
It didn't take long.
Cao Xing brought the wounded to the Chinese army.
Li Jue winked at the Xiliang soldiers, and the soldiers nodded, indicating that there was no communication between the two during the whole process.
Cao Xing took a deep breath and turned to look at Li Jue: "General Li, if you have any questions, you might as well ask directly."
Li Jue's eyes fell on the wounded: "Are you the patrol tonight?"
The wounded man nodded: "Exactly."
“Where does the old injury come back?”
"Near the South Gate Bridge."
"Have you ever made any noise?"
"have."
"What's the fuss about?"
"My old illness has returned and the pain has returned. Can I go back to rest and rest?"
"oh?"
Li Jue stared at the other party with burning eyes: "Is this really true?"
The soldier nodded affirmatively: "That's right."
Li Jue asked again: "After returning to the camp, did you go straight to the wounded soldiers camp?"
The soldier hummed: "That's right."
"What about Cao Sima?"
"Go to the Chinese army and report the military situation."
hiss-!
Li Jue took a breath.
It's unbelievable, it's really watertight.
However, the more this happened, the more suspicious he became.
Although my own spies did not hear clearly the content of the other party's call, they witnessed with their own eyes that Cao Xing and the man were talking and laughing all the way towards the military camp, and two of them entered the central army.
This person is lying, Lu Bu is lying.
There must be something fishy about this.
But as for this, Li Jue no longer intends to pursue it.
After all, now that he is in the enemy camp, isolated and helpless, if it leads to a mutiny, wouldn't it be an advantage to King Hongnong?
It's better to leave it at that for now and try to report it to the Prime Minister before it's too late to make a decision.
Lu Bu turned to Li Jue proudly: "General Li, do you have anything else to ask?"
Li Jue shook his head, clasping his hands and cupping his fists: "General, I was reckless. I hope you will forgive me."
"That's all."
How could Lu Bu, who felt guilty, dare to pursue the matter further?
He let out a sigh of relief: "You are also thinking about the overall situation. I don't blame you, general. But next, the general will have to make certain sacrifices for the overall situation."
"oh?"
Li Jue did not expect Lu Bu's counterattack to arrive so quickly.
He asked tentatively: "I don't know, General, what do you mean by this?"
Lu Bu went straight to the point and said without any nonsense: "Just now I was discussing the military situation and I thought that passive defense is the way to death. We must cooperate with the initiative to attack in order to be in a more active position."
"therefore."
Lu Bu said seriously and sonorously: "My general has decided to order you two to send some cavalry each to raid the opponent's food route. If you can cut off his food route, you will be able to hold on longer."
Guo Si on the side suddenly became unhappy: "General Lu, we can send troops, but do you also have to send troops?"
Lu Bu turned his head and glanced at Guo Si: "My general is stationed at the south gate of Luoyang. Facing most of King Hongnong's troops, it is really difficult to mobilize manpower, so I will not participate in this raid on the grain road."
"you......"
Guo Si was about to defend himself, but was interrupted by Li Jue with a wave of his hand: "Don't worry, general, we will find a way to send cavalry to disturb the safety of his food routes."
Lu Bu smiled lightly: "That's very good."
Li Jue cupped his hands and cupped his fists: "In that case, we will leave for now."
Lu Bu waved his hand: "Cao Sima, send off the two generals for me."
Cao Xing handed over his hand: "No."
Immediately.
He turned around and waved his hand in an invitation: "Two generals, please."
Li Jue and Guo Si retreated in dismay without saying a word.
The two of them had just left the military tent, and Kuanglang's laughter immediately sounded:
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Hahaha!"
"Look at how Li Jue smells. It's so refreshing."
"That's how you have to play with them."
"That's right, you can't beat them to death."
"..."
After seeing off Li Jue and Guo Si.
Cao Xing returned to the military camp.
Lu Bu couldn't help but be curious and tried to ask: "Cao Sima, where is Gao Shun?"
Cao Xing cupped his hands and clasped his fists: "He should have left by now."
"oh?"
Lu Bu became more and more curious: "How did you deceive Li Jue and Guo Si?"
Cao Xing paused and organized his words slightly: "When the last general entered the rear camp, he discovered the traces of Xiliang soldiers and immediately guessed that they came to capture Shixun."
"As a last resort, the general ordered Shixun to temporarily hide in the rear camp. He walked out calmly, lured him away, and turned to the direction of the front camp. Taking this opportunity, Shixun went straight to the wounded camp and found the wounded."
"..."
"As for now, Shixun must have blended into our patrol and left from the south gate. General, don't worry, Shixun will definitely be fine."
Lu Bu had a look of realization on his face and nodded with interest: "So that's it."
The Wolf Cavalry generals were all amazed and praised Cao Xing's arrangement.
*****
Allied camp.
Outside the Chinese military tent.
Liu Bian was wearing a large cloak and looked up at the bright moon.
It was late, but Gao Shun had not returned yet, and Liu Bian became more uneasy.
On the side, Xun You always accompanied Liu Bian: "Your Highness, don't worry, maybe things are not that bad."
Liu Bian clasped his hands behind his back and sighed: "I hope so. Gu believes in Shixun, but he is just afraid that something will happen to him. If Li Jue and Guo Si notice it, even if Lu Bu doesn't want to kill him, he is afraid that Li Jue and Guo Si will kill him."
You won’t allow it either.”
Xun You naturally knew the risks of this night exploration of the enemy camp: "Your Highness, Gao Shun chose this path himself. No matter what the result is, Your Highness does not need to be too harsh."
"I understand the truth."
"only......"
Liu Bian turned to look at Xun You and said softly: "I just feel worried unconsciously. Even if I lie down, I can't fall asleep. You might as well come out and get some air."
Xun Or bowed his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, Shi Xun will be fine."
Liu Bian simply hummed: "I hope so."
After a while.
"Report—!"
Not far away, a long announcement sounded.
Liu Bian looked around.
But seeing the soldiers guarding the camp hurried back, they leaned over and cupped their hands and said, "Your Highness, Army Commander Gao Shun has returned to camp."
Liu Bian's eyes lit up and he was ecstatic: "Really?"
The soldier nodded: "Yes, I'm back."
"Your Highness!"
At this moment, a voice sounded from the camp gate.
A man wearing a Wolf Cavalry uniform stepped forward quickly.
It's Gao Shun.
Liu Bian judged it all at once.
He hurriedly walked down the steps and stepped forward to greet him: "Haha, I know that Shi Xun will be able to return to camp safely."
Gao Shun really didn't expect that now that it was past midnight, King Hongnong was actually at the gate of the camp, waiting for him to come back.
For a moment, Gao Shun was so moved that he immediately knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and clasped his fists: "General Gao Shun has returned to camp. His wish has been fulfilled. From now on, I will follow His Highness without any second thoughts."
"Please get up quickly."
Liu Bian helped Gao Shun up with his own hands.
He was obviously a burly man, but his eyes were wet with tears at this moment: "Shi Xun, let's go back to the camp and talk in detail."
Gao Shun nodded heavily: "No."
Enter the account in a hurry.
Before Liu Bian could move to the top, he ordered his left and right: "Hurry and make tea."
They bowed to each other: "No."
Liu Bian then turned to the top and waved his hand for Gao Shun to sit aside: "How is it? Are you in danger?"
Gao Shun originally thought that King Hongnong would ask Lu Bu, but he never thought that he would ask himself first.
This proves that in King Hongnong's heart, he is more important than Lu Bu.
How could Gao Shun not be moved?
He took a deep breath and nodded: "We did encounter some dangers. Li Jue and Guo Si almost blocked Shun in the Wolf Cavalry camp. Fortunately, Cao Sima was quick to think and was able to get Shun out of danger."
"The only pity is..."
Gao Shun frowned and said with a hint of regret: "The last general failed to wait for General Lu's reply. I'm afraid the matter of persuading surrender will have to be put on hold for the time being. I hope His Highness will punish you."
"Punishment?"
Liu Bian breathed a long sigh of relief, and his worried heart was completely relieved: "You can come back safely, and I can laugh out of my dreams, so why should I punish you? As for Lu Bu, I have never asked for it."
"If he can surrender, it will be good. If he cannot surrender, I don't care."
"As long as you come back safely."
Liu Bidan smiled and said softly: "I feel at ease now."
Gao Shun was so moved that he cupped his hands and clasped his fists: "How could a general be so virtuous and capable that he should be so favored by His Highness?"