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

Chapter 188: Daughter of Cao Bao! (Thanks to I'm no Max for the small reward~)

As Tan County was captured, Cao Bao died from his serious injuries.

Lu Bu found Cao Bao's daughter Cao Yuan in the city.

Originally, he was planning to give the other party as a reward to his subordinates.

But after seeing the other person's delicate and beautiful oval face and the teardrop mole at the corner of the eye.

Lu Bu was inexplicably moved.

After hesitating for a moment, he chose to treat it well and did not give it as a reward to anyone.

Cao Yuan knew that the man in front of her had killed her father, but for some reason she could not hate him. Instead, she developed an attachment to him.

The victim actually develops a liking for the perpetrator, which may be what later generations call Stockholm syndrome.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there is indeed something called fate in this world.

After all, Cao Yuan in history was Lu Bu’s second wife…

With the capture of Tan County, it was announced that the Donghai Kingdom was occupied by Lu Bu's army.

There is no need to rush to occupy the surrounding counties for the time being. After all, the more counties you occupy, the more troops you will need to dispatch.

Now that he had successfully occupied Tan County, Lu Bu would follow the plan and join forces with Gan Ning in Jiujiang and Zhang Chao in Guangling to attack Xia Pi.

As long as Tao Qian could take over the tough nut of Xia Pi, he would lose his main base.

Half of the entire Xuzhou fell into Lu Bu's pocket, and the remaining half could be taken at any time!

When Lu Bu was feeling mixed emotions about how things were going so smoothly, bad news suddenly arrived!
A blood-stained scout came from Guangling and cried to Lu Bu:
"My Lord! Guangling City, the seat of Guangling County, has been captured by Liu Bei's army led by Taishi Ci with 20,000 troops!"

"what?!"

Lu Bu's face changed drastically, and he stared at the scout:
"Tell me clearly, what's going on?"

The scout was frightened by Lu Bu's momentum and his breathing was stagnant. He lowered his head unconsciously:
“Just when the lord led his army to invade Donghai State from Haixi County.

"Taishi Ci also secretly led an army of 20,000 to invade Guangling County from Huaiyin County, avoiding Zhang Chao's army and spies, and directly attacked Guangling City!

"Guangling City only has 5,000 defenders, and only Kong Rong is guarding the city.

"Kong Zhu was unable to withstand Taishi Ci's fierce attack and the city was eventually captured.

"Kong Jun was beheaded in public, and Taishi Ci only spent 5,000 soldiers to capture Guangling City, and captured about 2,000 soldiers in the city!"

Hearing this, Lu Bu's face became heavy, but he finally showed a look of enlightenment.

He knows...

He knows it!

It is impossible that Zhuge Liang did not anticipate that he would attack the Donghai Kingdom.

I thought the other side would strengthen the defense of Donghai State, or simply abandon Donghai State and instead defend other counties.

However, they never expected that when Xia Pi City was attacked by two large armies, the enemy could still spare 20,000 troops to counterattack Guangling!
Once Guangling was lost, his retreat was cut off.

In other words, he is now surrounded by the forces of Tao Qian and Liu Bei's army!
Who would have thought that the East Sea Kingdom was actually a trap that lured people into falling into!

But did Zhuge Liang really predict that he would attack the Kingdom of Donghai?
Why was it such a coincidence that Taishi Ci invaded Guangling at the same time as they invaded Donghai Kingdom?

Can this Zhuge Wuhou calculate such a precise time so accurately?
Or is there something else fishy about this matter?

Lu Bu didn't have time to think too much.

Now that Guangling was lost, his food supply was cut off.

The food and fodder from Qu County and Tan County, plus the food they brought with them, were only enough to feed his 60,000 troops for half a month.

If these 60,000 troops do not receive sufficient food and fodder within half a month, they will surely flee.

The whole situation will then become very dangerous!
However, Lu Bu quickly calmed down, and a creepy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. That's right... That's just right!

After all, his opponent is Zhuge Wuhou from the second round.

If it was really that easy to deal with, Cao Pi would not have been so easily defeated when he led five armies totaling 500,000 troops to attack Shu.

Not to mention that the current one is Zhuge Wuhou who has returned with fifty-four years of vast experience and top wisdom from his previous life!

However, Lu Bu knew that he was no longer the same person he used to be.

Instead, they are modern young talents who come with a historical heritage of 1,800 years and stand on the shoulders of countless giants!

In the top collision of modern wisdom and ancient wisdom, he may not be inferior to Wu Hou!
Lu Bu immediately calmed down and quickly thought about how to deal with the current situation.

Since there is not enough food and grass, we must fight quickly and decisively!

What we need to do now is not to recapture Guangling County, but to help Gan Ning and Zhang Chao as soon as possible, take down Xia Pi County with the huge military advantage, and re-establish the connection between ourselves and our own forces!
Even if Zhuge Liang were reborn, he would not be absolutely invincible!

As long as he does not deviate from the scope of human beings, he will inevitably make miscalculations.

And he did not forget that he was the most powerful general in the world!

Sometimes, in the face of absolute force, even the most ingenious strategies will not be effective!
Lu Bu immediately wrote a letter, saying that he was about to go to Xia Pi to attack, and ordered Gan Ning in Xia Pi to support him.

He then handed the letter to a soldier and asked him to deliver it quickly to Xia Pi.

……

Xia Pi County, Siwu County.

Siwu County is located on the northern border of Xia Pi County, adjacent to Donghai State.

At this moment, a black-faced man with a height of eight feet, a leopard head, round eyes, a swallow chin and a tiger beard was standing on the tower of Siwu City, looking towards the direction of the East Sea Kingdom, with a contemptuous smile on his face:
"That slave of three surnames really fell into Zhuge Military Advisor's trap!
"What the hell, the exiled immortal of literary skills and the demon king of martial arts are just a bunch of shit in my opinion!"

Next to the black-faced man stood a wise young man with a sword at his waist and a chivalrous look on his face.

Listening to the black-faced man's abuse, the young man shook his head slightly:

"Military Advisor Zhuge Liang said that we should never underestimate Lu Bu.

"He is not only extremely brave as you, General Zhang, but also seems to have a different wisdom than before.

"He can unify the entire territory of Yangzhou and Jingzhou. This guy must not be underestimated!"

Zhang Fei sneered:
"Why should Yuanzhi boost others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige?

“After this battle, his Yangzhou land will be gradually eaten away by our army!
"Sooner or later my elder brother will replace that fellow Lu Bu and become the most powerful force!"

Seeing that Zhang Fei insisted on saying this, Xu Shu did not refute, but just smiled and shook his head.

Originally, Xu Shu looked down on the young Zhuge Liang, who was only fourteen years old.

After all, the Zhuge family is not a famous family. They only have some prestige in Langya, and they are not famous at all outside Langya.

But when he learned that it was this man who had helped Liu Bei defeat Cao Cao's 50,000-man army with only 10,000 soldiers, Xu Shu gradually changed his mind.

What surprised him most was that a few months ago, the other party actually took the initiative to send someone to find him at Mr. Shui Jing's place and invite him to work together.

Although he didn't want to agree at first, Mr. Shuijing suddenly said:

"This boy has the talent to change the world. If you help him, you can ride the wind and waves and reach the pinnacle!"

It was because of this sentence that he came here with a skeptical attitude.

After just a conversation, he was sure that the other party had extraordinary talent that was beyond his age, and he began to work with him wholeheartedly!
Later, when Cao Cao attacked for the second time, it was also with the joint efforts of him, Pang Tong and the young Zhuge that the enemy was repelled again!

This incident also made him realize Zhuge Liang's extraordinary strategy and extremely sophisticated strategic deployment, which made him respect him even more.

While Xu Shu was thinking about this, the soldiers under the tower suddenly pushed a soldier from Lu Bu's army up to the tower...

(End of this chapter)