Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 108: The Evildoers of the Zhuge Family! (Thanks to the book friend 2023…1212 for the reward and support~)

Lougangzhong.

Lu Bu patted Gan Ning on the shoulder and praised him:

"Xingba is truly a great general! Xingba should be credited with the victory over Wujun!"

Gan Ning immediately clasped his fists humbly:

“If it weren’t for the Lord’s attack from the rear, we wouldn’t have been able to capture Lougang so easily.

"And I also have the help of my brother Ziming and my brother Gongfu.

“Without their trust and support, I would not have been able to achieve such great success.”

Lu Meng smiled slightly at this.

Huang Gai showed a guilty look, and bowed to Gan Ning and Lu Bu to apologize:
“Earlier, Huang had questioned the Lord’s decision and General Gan’s ability.

"Now it seems that it is the master who has a good eye for talent, while Huang has no eyes for talent!"

Gan Ning waved his hand modestly:
"Brother Gongfu, you are too kind. I am a nobody, but my lord has suddenly given me an important position. Any normal person would be dissatisfied.

"But after this battle, we must work together and strive for our lord's hegemony.

"We should stop harboring grudges against each other over something as trivial as a position."

Huang Gai nodded solemnly:

"General Gan is right! I will never make the same mistake again."

Seeing his subordinates getting closer, Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction.

With the deaths of Yan Baihu and Xu Gong, Wujun, as his eighth county, was taken over without any suspense.

As for the remaining counties, we just need to win them over and the county magistrates will surrender voluntarily.

Of course, Lu Bu's work did not end there.

The most important resource of Wujun is not anything else but the four major families living here!

Lu Bu first sent Zhu Huan back to Qiantang County to persuade Zhu Zhi to submit to him.

He then returned to Wu County in person to have a conversation with Gu Yong and promoted him to be a county official.

Gu Yong was grateful for Lu Bu's attention to him, and immediately transferred 5,000 soldiers from his family to support Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was very happy about this, and he held Gu Yong's hand and talked with him all night.

After some communication, Gu Yong discovered that this Wen Hou was more knowledgeable than he had imagined.

He knows astronomy from above, geography from below, three religions and nine streams, he knows everything!

His admiration for Lu Bu gradually transformed his consideration of family interests into true worship.

Afterwards, Lu Bu went on to visit the Lu and Zhang families respectively.

With the Gu family taking the lead, and Zhu Huan from the Zhu family taking the initiative to show goodwill.

As expected, the Lu and Zhang families also invested in Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu went to the Lu family, he also made a special visit to Lu Xun, who was only ten years old.

Although the little guy is young, he is well-educated and thoughtful.

In front of Lu Xun's grandfather Lu Yu, Lu Bu praised Lu Xun for his ability to turn the tide and burn down the camps!
Lu You didn't understand what he meant, but Lu Bu smiled mysteriously and then asked the other party to bring Lu Xun back to Shouchun with him.

There are more outstanding talents on the other side of the Yangtze River, which will be of greater benefit to Lu Xun's growth and education.

Lu Yu did not agree immediately, but only said that he would consider it.

Lu Bu did not force it. After all, he had not yet gained the full trust of the Lu family.

But I believe that once the other party thinks it through, they will understand my good intentions.

When Lu Bu returned to Wu County, he suddenly received a piece of important news from the other side of the Yangtze River:
When Cao Cao attacked Danyang, he chose to attack Xuzhou.

The result was that he was defeated by Tao Qian who allied with Liu Bei!

Lu Bu was stunned at that time!

How can this be?

How did Tao Qian's fighting ability and Liu Bei's limited military force defeat Cao Cao who had an army of more than 100,000?

At this time, Liu Bei had almost no other talented people except Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Even if Tao Qian was willing to hand over his tens of thousands of troops to Liu Bei for command.

It is simply a fantasy to want to fight against Cao Cao who has countless powerful generals and top strategists!

But even so, something that goes against history and reality still happened...

After Lu Bu thought hard, he suddenly thought of something!

He had been searching for information about Zhuge Liang before, but could not find any trace of him.

Later I learned that the other party had left Yuzhang...

If his guess was correct, the other party might have gone to Qingzhou to find Liu Bei!

If this is true, there is only one possibility for Zhuge Liang, who was only twelve years old, to take the initiative to find Liu Bei...

It was that Zhuge Wuhou, who was also a reborn person!
When Lu Bu heard the news, he was shocked.

You must know that in history, Zhuge Wuhou was able to pacify the southern barbarians and fight in the northern border in the desolate land of Yizhou.

He almost single-handedly turned around the weakest period of Shu Kingdom, and then he was able to cultivate land and raise troops, and even marched to Qishan six times!
It can be said that his talents are fully utilized in all aspects except for his fighting ability!
If the opponent really came back with fifty-three years of wisdom, strategy and sophisticated means, then this opponent is definitely more terrifying than any other person!
What Cao Cao, what reborn Emperor Xian of Han, in front of such a Wu Hou, they are all brothers!

Moreover, the other party is helping Liu Bei now, obviously he does not intend to repeat the mistakes of his previous life and chooses to gain a foothold in the fertile Central Plains!

If Zhuge Liang really helped Liu Bei stabilize his base in Xuzhou, he could then use it to attack the surrounding areas.

For Lu Bu, it was simply a nightmare!
But after the panic, Lu Bu gradually calmed down and even became excited!
What an exciting thing it is to be able to fight against the complete form of Zhuge Wuhou.

Playing tricks, arranging battle formations, charging into battle...

What kind of sparks will be created when he, the world's number one warrior, faces off against the world's number one thinker?
Lu Bu actually doesn't need to panic.

Winning or losing is not a bad thing for him.

If he wins, he can unify the world; if he loses, he can make up for the Prime Minister’s regrets in his previous life.

The only reason he can't lose is that he doesn't know whether the other party will kill him if he loses.

There is a high probability that he will be killed.

After all, if Liu Bei unified the world, the existence of him, the world's most powerful general, would be a hidden danger that could not be ignored.

Therefore, for the sake of his own life and that of his family, he must do his best to defeat the opponent!

After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Bu's joy about taking over Wujun had long disappeared.

Now that the real powerful enemy has finally appeared, he cannot be satisfied with the current eight counties.

We must acquire more territory before Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang rise to power!

Lu Bu immediately wrote two letters of persuasion for surrender and asked his subordinates to deliver them to Zhuge Xuan in Yuzhang County and Wang Lang in Kuaiji County respectively.

Now that he has taken over Danyang and Wujun, they must be feeling the pressure.

If you are smart, you won't resist any longer.

……

Yuzhang County.

In Zhuge Xuan's left hand was Lu Bu's letter of surrender, and in his right hand was a letter from his nephew Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang's letter arrived one day earlier than Lu Bu's.

Zhuge Liang told him not to surrender to Lu Bu easily.

Instead, he negotiated with the other side to ensure military control over Yuzhang County.

Zhuge Xuan did not expect that his nephew who was far away in Qingzhou had already anticipated that Lu Bu would write a letter to him persuading him to surrender.

This is really amazing!

You have to know that it takes at least one month to get here from Qingzhou.

It was only in the last half month that Lu Bu conquered Wujun.

In other words, the other party knew about Lu Bu’s military plan and results more than a month in advance!
Tsk tsk.

With a nephew like this, I can rest assured.

Naturally, he would listen to the advice given to him by the other party.

Zhuge Xuan immediately wrote a letter back to Lu Bu, expressing his willingness to surrender.

But he needs to have autonomy within the county like Zhang Chao of Guangling County.

If troops are needed, he can send support.

When Lu Bu returned to Wanling County, the capital of Danyang, from Wujun, he happened to receive reply letters from Wang Lang and Zhuge Xuan.

After seeing that Wang Lang was willing to surrender, Lu Bu laughed heartily.

However, after reading Zhuge Xuan's letter, his laughter stopped immediately.

Gu Yong, who came to Danyang with Lu Bu, looked at Lu Bu's face and immediately guessed something, and asked hurriedly:

"Could it be that Zhuge Xuan made excessive demands to the Lord?"

Lu Bu said "hmm" and handed the letter in his hand to Gu Yong.

After reading the contents of the letter, Gu Yong was somewhat confused:

"I feel that... since there is a precedent of Zhang Chao in Guangling, it is not impossible to let Zhuge Xuan have control over Yuzhang County.

“Although the Zhuge family is an aristocratic family.

"But there are no outstanding talents in the family. I think the Zhuge family is not worth worrying about!"

After hearing what Gu Yong said, Lu Bu could understand the other party's thoughts.

After all, Zhuge Liang is only twelve years old now.

Even if Zhuge Liang in his previous life was considered a child prodigy at this age, he would not have had a very loud reputation.

Before Zhuge Liang, there were indeed no outstanding figures in the Zhuge family.

But as a time traveler, he knew clearly how terrifying Zhuge Liang was!
Now we know that Zhuge Liang at this time was most likely a reborn person.

How could he feel at ease handing over the military power to someone from the Zhuge family?
He even suspected that Zhuge Xuan's reply to him in this way was Zhuge Liang's idea!
Therefore, under Gu Yong's puzzled gaze, Lu Bu slowly shook his head:

"No, in the near future you will know what kind of monster will appear in the Zhuge family!"

(End of this chapter)