The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 748 Calling
Seeing that Lv Bu had no more text, Mi Zhu couldn't help asking: "When will the imperial court's appointment edict be announced to the world?"

Lu Bu glanced at Mi Zhu, and there was a bit of indifference in his voice: "As soon as your food can be delivered, the imperial court will give Liu Bei the title of Xuzhou Shepherd."

Obviously, Lu Bu no longer believed in Mi Zhu's verbal agreement.

Mi Zhu looked embarrassed, feeling a little displeased in his heart.Fortunately, he knew that if he turned against Lu Bu now, the gain would not be worth the loss, so he endured it and didn't say anything.

"If there is nothing else, you can leave." Lu Bu waved his hand lightly, and issued an order to evict the guest mercilessly.

Mi Zhu didn't intend to stay here any longer, so he bid farewell to Lu Bu and planned to return to Xuzhou to raise 50 shi for food and grass.

"and many more."

When Mi Zhu was about to walk to the tent door, Lu Bu stopped him.

Mi Zhu paused, turned around, and looked at Lu Bu suspiciously, not knowing why.

Could it be that Lu Bu wants to go back on his word?
Mi Zhu pondered in his heart.

"You came from Guanzhong?" Lu Bu asked him.

Mi Zhu nodded.

"Has the gentleman's health ever improved?" Lu Bu asked aloud, remembering that when he set out last year, Xie Keke was very sick and very weak.

At this time, Mi Zhu admired Xie Ce's prophet, but since he agreed to Xie Ce, he would definitely fulfill his promise, so he concealed it for Xie Ce: "Back to the general, Mr. Zhicai is in good health, and recently There is a newcomer in the house, and her complexion is much more rosy."

Hearing this reply, Lu Bu couldn't help but put a smile on his majestic face.

Not long ago, Xi Ce's wife gave birth to a baby girl, and Xi Ce named her Xi Yi, with the small character Nian Zhao.

After Lu Bu learned about this through letters, he also laughed very happily.He also said that when his two sons grow up, one of them will marry Xi Ce's daughter as his wife.

This baby is close, but it was agreed a long time ago.

After getting the answer he wanted, Lu Bu waved his hand to signal Mi Zhu that he could leave here.

Mi Zhu opened the curtain and went out. Zhang Liao in the tent immediately got up and clasped his fists, begging for orders: "My lord, we can't just sit and wait for death, we must show Cao Jun some color!"

Since Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, within one month, he organized several large-scale counter-offensives in a row. He counter-attacked five or six counties occupied by the Lu army in a row, and repeatedly sent people to harass the main roads for transporting grain, making Lu The soldiers were miserable.

In the current situation in Yanzhou, among the eight counties, only one Shanyang County is still in Cao Cao's hands.

According to the thinking of normal people, in the face of Lu Bu's surging army of 10,000+, anyone who understands the art of war knows that they should defend the city.

As long as Lu Bu can't attack by force, over time, he will naturally retreat.

But Cao Cao seemed to have gone crazy. Not only did he not choose to defend Shanyang to the death, but he continued to send troops to provoke the soldiers of the Lu army in various counties in Yanzhou, and even a lot of fierce battles broke out.

At the beginning, Lu Bu obviously did not expect Cao Cao to take the initiative to launch an attack. When he came back to his senses, several counties had already been taken by Cao Jun.

After losing a few small cities, Lu Bu could still sit still, but his generals quit.Since they came out of the customs, they have almost won every battle and are invincible. When they suffered from this kind of aggrieved, they all begged to fight Cao Jun to the death.

Lu Bu sent someone to challenge Cao Cao, but Cao Cao unexpectedly agreed.

So, the two sides started a confrontation here in Heze.

Lu Bu had 12 soldiers and horses, but Cao Cao only brought [-] soldiers and horses, relying on Heshan to build a strong high fort.

A few days ago, Lu Bu sent people to fight every day, but Cao Cao didn't seem to care about it. He just confronted Lu Bu's army every day, and there was never any big battle.

If things go against the norm, there must be demons.

Perhaps it was because he had read a lot of military books, but Lu Bu always felt that Cao Cao was secretly brewing a bigger conspiracy.

In the last life, Lu Bu was overthrown by Cao Cao in Yanzhou, so in this life, he was extra cautious and didn't want to make a half-step wrong.

Even in the face of the challenge from Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong and others, Lu Bu did not nod in agreement until he understood Cao Cao's plot.

He just ordered all places to be strictly guarded and not to attack without authorization.

In this way, Cao Jun became even more unscrupulous.

It would be fine if they were determined to fight, but most of the time Cao Jun mainly harassed them. As soon as Lu Bu's reinforcements left, they immediately dispersed.After a few days, it was put on a new place again.

Lu Bu was troubled by this.

While leaving the tent to get some air, Lu Bu bumped into Guo Jia, who had come idly by.

"My lord, you don't seem to be in a good spirit?" Guo Jia greeted with a smile.

Lu Bu sighed melancholy, took Guo Jia around the barracks, and said with a slightly reproachful tone: "Feng Xiao, you know that I am worrying about Cao Cao's affairs, and you don't give me any advice."

"Aren't I afraid to mislead you, my lord?"

The smile on Guo Jia's face remained undiminished. Cao Cao had a heavy army in his hand, and his nephew and uncle of the Xun family were by his side to advise and plan, and ordinary schemes could not be fooled by these two.

"Then tell me your opinion." Lu Bu looked at Guo Jia, wanting to hear the son-in-law's opinion.

Guo Jia touched his chin, and the words were meaningful: "My opinion is not important, but I don't know if my lord has noticed it. Since Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, your temperament seems to have changed a lot?"

"Is there?" Lu Bu asked suspiciously.

Guo Jia nodded and pointed it out without hesitation: "Although I don't know what my lord has experienced, I can tell that you really want to defeat Cao Cao. , I think too much over and over again, so I often worry about gains and losses, afraid of failure, and extremely eager to win..."

Guo Jia made it very clear that Lu Bu was bound by his own worries.

"Then tell me, what should I do?" Lu Bu asked Guo Jia blankly.

When Guo Jia heard this, he seemed to have heard a great joke, and asked Lu Bu, "You are the master, what should I do if you ask me?"

Afterwards, Guo Jia took out a copper coin from his pocket, threw it high into the sky, and landed on the back of his hand.

"Guess, is it heads or tails?"

Guo Jia covered the copper coin with his palm and asked Lu Bu.

"Negative." Lu Bu didn't understand the significance of Guo Jia's move, and he didn't see clearly just now, so he gave an answer casually.

Guo Jia moved the covering palm away, and the copper coin that emerged was indeed the reverse side.

Seeing this, Lu Bu felt inexplicably happy.

Guo Jia put away the copper coins and said with deep meaning: "In fact, fighting is the same as guessing copper coins. You either win or lose. If you don't take action, how do you know that you won't be the one who wins in the end? Victory or defeat is a common thing in war. It’s no big deal even if you lose, just take it lightly, you are a mighty general!”

Lu Bu savored these words carefully, and when he seemed to realize something, Guo Jia had already gone far.

(End of this chapter)