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

Chapter 42: Lv Bu is a common man! He is too much of a bully! (Thanks to Brother Gang for his two monthly tickets~)

After listening to Yan Qingqing's words, Lu Bu roughly understood what the other party meant.

Anyway, Huang Yueying shouldn’t be ugly overall, at least she won’t make people explode at first sight.

But maybe there are things like birthmarks on the face that affect the beauty?

If that were all, he could still accept it.

When the time comes, blow out the candles and cover yourself with the quilt. Who will be able to see what the other person looks like?
As long as she has a nice voice and a hot body, that's enough.

Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief:

"In this case, I trust your decision!
"I will write back to Huang Chengyan and ask him to choose an auspicious date for me to marry Huang Yueying."

Lu Bu still has a good impression of Huang Yueying.

Putting aside his appearance, his talent is obvious to all.

Although there was no emotional basis, the aristocratic families of this era often entered into marriages for political purposes.

Lu Bu was not too opposed to this.

Why not get a beautiful bride and the support of the Huang family?

As for why Huang Chengyan wanted to invest in himself, he also figured it out.

Not to mention that Jiangxia was now under his control. On the other hand, Zhuge Liang was only eleven years old at that time.

The fame and strength have not been fully demonstrated.

Although his wisdom and strategy were not as good as Zhuge Liang's, he was still the most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms!

Huang Chengyan probably chose to invest in him because of this.

……

Within a few days, Huang Chengyan wrote back and set the date for his and Huang Yueying's wedding.

Although marrying Huang Yueying is equivalent to taking a concubine.

But the Huang family is the largest family in Jiangxia after all, and they should be given enough face.

All aspects of the ceremony were carried out in accordance with the standards for marrying a wife.

However, after completing the whole process, it will take more than a month.

Taking advantage of this time, Lu Bu began to finish up various affairs in Jiangxia.

After marrying Huang Yueying, he would return to Lujiang and go to Wancheng to marry Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao.

Huang Yueying was an accident, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were the true love!
However, there is still a long time before the one-year deadline with Mr. Qiao ends, so there is no rush to go back.

Even if you want to take a concubine, you have to wait for a period of time. If you do it too frequently, people will gossip.

……

Recently, Lu Bu has received a lot of news.

The first was Cao Cao in the north, who defeated the recently powerful Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou and formed the "Qingzhou Army", which was said to have 300,000 soldiers!
However, he knew very well that most of them were refugees and some insignificant bandits.

The real elite troops are estimated to be only 30,000.

But even so, it is a huge boost in strength for Cao Cao!
After all, when Lu Bu conquered Jiangxia County, he only had a few thousand soldiers.

Moreover, Cao Cao also took over the entire Yanzhou, a total of eight counties!

Although what he can actually control is definitely not that much, it is still much stronger than the two counties he currently has.

Lu Bu knew that he had to hurry up.

The more territories you capture in the early stages, the easier it will be to fight in the later stages.

Otherwise, once Cao Cao gains power, he will be an extremely difficult enemy to deal with!

……

On this day, Lu Bu was counting his troops.

When he first captured Jiangxia, his total military strength was 33,000.

Later, after recruiting soldiers and concentrating troops from other counties, the number of troops reached nearly 40,000.

I heard that the dowry Huang Chengyan gave to his daughter also included 5,000 soldiers from his household.

If this is taken into account in advance, his total military strength would now be 45,000!

Not bad, barely catching up with Yuan Shu in Nanyang. But it is not enough, whether compared with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao or the imperial court's troops, there is still a huge gap!

Only by eliminating all the small forces around us as soon as possible can we have the foundation to compete with those big forces in the later stage.

When Lu Bu was thinking about the next target of attack, Qiao Rui, a general under Yuan Shu, suddenly found him:
"Marquis Wen, you have now conquered Jiangxia County and obtained a lot of troops.

"You promised to return my master's 10,000 soldiers. Isn't it time to fulfill your promise?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled bitterly:

"I will never forget the kindness of your master.

“However, Jiangxia has just stabilized, and we still need to send troops to garrison in various places. We really don’t have any extra troops to return to Brother Gonglu.

"Anyway, Brother Gonglu and I didn't agree on how long I have to pay it back.

"General Qiao, please wait for a while. When I recruit more troops, I will send them to Brother Gonglu!"

Hearing this answer, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared on Qiao Rui's face.

But this is the other party's territory after all, so he can't show it.

He could only return to the tent, write a letter, and ask someone to send it to Wancheng.

……

Wancheng.

After reading Qiao Rui's exaggerated letter, Yuan Shu slammed the letter on the bent-foot table and shouted angrily:
"Lu Bu, you bastard! You are going too far!

"I lent him five thousand soldiers out of kindness, but now he has no intention of returning them! This is outrageous!"

Looking at his master's furious expression, chief strategist Yan Xiang sighed and shook his head.

At the beginning, he advised the other party not to believe Lu Bu's flattery and lend him so many soldiers.

As a result, the other party insisted on saying something like "killing three birds with one stone".

Facts have proved that loaned soldiers are like spilled water. It is impossible to get them back!
Seeing Yan Xiang remained silent, Yuan Shu guessed that he was secretly criticizing him, and asked in a cold voice:

"Master Yan, this fellow Lu Bu owes you soldiers and horses and won't return them. Do you have any way to get them back?"

Yan Xiang looked at Yuan Shu speechlessly.

You pooped yourself, and you really want others to clean up your ass?
But after all, he was the opponent's strategist. Yan Xiang hesitated for a moment and could only say:

"My lord, don't worry too much. Fortunately, you listened to my advice and replaced the 5,000 soldiers with old, weak and disabled soldiers.

"Even if they don't come back, it won't have much impact on our army."

Yuan Shu snorted heavily:
"Do you mean to let me lose these five thousand soldiers and General Qiao Rui in vain?"

Yan Xiang shook his head slightly:

"General Qiao Rui has 500 soldiers under his command, and they are all elite soldiers.

"If he wants to come back, it would be enough for him to bring these five hundred soldiers back.

"Since Li Jue and Guo Si entered Chang'an and handed over their troops to Your Majesty.

"Jingzhao County has gradually stabilized and has 80,000 soldiers!
“If we insist on going south and clashing with Lu Bu at this time.

“By then, Wancheng will be empty, and His Majesty will issue an imperial decree requiring us to hand over our military power.

"When we disagree, they take advantage of the situation and attack us. How should we deal with it?"

After listening to Yan Xiang's analysis, Yuan Shu's brows had already furrowed:

"Does that mean I have to swallow this loss?"

Yan Xiang smiled slightly:
“That’s not the case…My Lord, please write three letters.

"One letter to Liu Biao of Xiangyang, one letter to Kong Zhu of Runan, and one letter to Zhang Chao of Guangling, inviting them to join forces to fight against him.

"Liu Biao was recently deprived of Jiangxia by Lu Bu, so he must be holding a grudge and will definitely accept our invitation.

"And Lu Bu's next military move will most likely be to capture Jiujiang.

"If we take it down, it will be a huge threat to Kong Rong and Zhang Chao.

"As long as we explain the pros and cons to them, they will agree to send troops!"

(End of this chapter)