Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 240 The poor boy Xu Shu

Lu Bu went to vote for Cao Cao, and Cao Cao accepted Lu Bu very happily.

Speaking of which, Lu Bu was lucky.Cao Cao is a person who loves talents very much. If Liu Bei hadn't said a lot in the Three Kingdoms, "Don't you see Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo?", maybe Lu Bu would not have lost his life to Baimenlou.

When Lu Bu heard that Yuan Tan had accepted Diao Chan, he was furious, but there was nothing he could do. Now that he was living under the fence, how could he have the strength to confront Yuan Shao head-on.

Speaking of which, Cao Cao treated Lu Bu really well. He showed the way he treated Guan Yu in history, a small banquet for three days, and a big banquet for five days. He also gave gold and silver treasures and several beauties.And Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cao and Hou Cheng also received rewards.

Beihai City.

Zhang De had just received the news of Lu Bu's fall.

Because of his appearance, Yuan Shao did not have the four prefectures of Ji, You, Bing, and Qing as he did in history, but after the three prefectures occupied by Yuan Shao, they are still very powerful, and there are tens of thousands of people under his command.

More importantly, Zhang De wasn't sure if Yuan Shao would attack Guandu as he did in history. After all, now that Yuan Shao's teeth were itchy, it was hard to say whether he would attack Guandu.

At this moment, Liu Pi and Gong Du walked in.

Both Liu Pi and Gong are old men under Zhang De's command.It has been more than ten years since he followed Zhang De when he was in the Yellow Turban, and the young men are all in their forties now.

However, the two of them have limited abilities after all. Although Zhang De trusts them very much, they have not been able to do much in official positions.Fortunately, both of them are contented people. Knowing that Zhang De has a lot of talents, it is not bad for him to have a place.

This time, the two were sent by Zhang De to take a long trip to Jingzhou.After Zhang De inquired about the whereabouts of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong from Li Yan, he wanted to send someone to Jingzhou for a visit. Liu Pi and Gong Du were taken over by him in Nanyang back then, and they were familiar with the geography of Jingzhou, so Zhang De ordered the two of them to go to Lumen Academy to see if they could trick some talented people in advance.

"My lord, I'm back!" Liu Pi and Gong Du said respectfully.

"Thank you, how are things going?"

"Reporting to my lord, I have spent all my time waiting, and only Xu Shu is willing to come! As for Shi Tao and others, none of them are willing to become officials!"

"Xu Shu is here?" Zhang De was very satisfied with the result.Now Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are only teenagers, Zhang De didn't plan for them to come, and Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Meng Gongwei and Cui Zhouping are all in their 20s and almost [-]s.

Among the four, Zhang De valued Xu Shu the most. For no other reason, Luo Guanzhong made Xu Shu too powerful.At least for Cao Cao who lost Guo Jia, Xu Shu has no solution!
Xu Shu was only in his twenties this year, and he was quite muscular. If he hadn't been wearing a scribe's robe, Zhang De might have thought Xu Shu was a general.

Speaking of which, Xu Shu's family was not rich. Compared with people from such aristocratic families as Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, Xu Shu could only be regarded as a poor boy.It was precisely this thought that when Liu Pi and Gong Du visited Lumen Academy, Xu Shu was the first to agree to become an official assistant to Zhang De.Who told Xu Shu's family to be poor!
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Yecheng.

Tian Feng fiercely knelt in front of Yuan Shao: "My lord! No way! Now that Hebei has been settled, you should rest and recuperate, and you must not abuse military affairs!"

"Come on, Tian Feng disturbed the morale of the army, drag me out!" Yuan Shao shouted, and someone immediately dragged Tian Feng out.

Seeing Tian Feng being dragged out, Yuan Shao stood up and said: "Here's an order, the army will immediately march towards Pingyuan and Leling, ready to attack Qingzhou!"

Ju Shou shook his head helplessly.In Jushou's view, attacking Zhang De is indeed not a wise choice.But Yuan Shao really hated Zhang De to the bone!This point is very clear.

Attacking Zhang De is not a good choice, but it doesn't mean that Zhang De can't fight. Although Zhang De has a lot of generals, he lacks powerful advisers.For example, Chen Gong, who is resourceful but lacking in adaptability; Li Rou, who has never heard of this person himself, and is said to be crippled; and the newcomer Lu Su, who is highly regarded, is just a yellow-mouthed child in his early twenties That's all...

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Whitehorse Harbor.

Now the guard of Baima Port is called Kong Xiu, and he is a general under Cao Cao's command.

"General, I just found out that Yuan Shao's army in Yecheng has begun to move towards Leling!" As the border between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Baima Port is also an important post for transmitting information!

Kong Xiu opened his mouth and said: "It seems that Yuan Shao is going to attack Qingzhou! Well, I got it, let's investigate again!" Then he turned around and said: "Come here, send someone back to report to the Lord immediately!"

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Yuan Shao mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops at once, and naturally he couldn't hide it from Zhang De, so Zhang De immediately sent Li Rou and Xu Rong to Le'an County to deploy defenses, and at the same time ordered Xuzhou soldiers to go north immediately to fight Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's vanguard officer was Chunyu Qiong, one of the "Eight Captains of the West Garden". As an old man under Yuan Shao, Chunyu Qiong knew Yuan Shao well.It was also because of this that Chunyu Qiong won the vanguard position in order to please Yuan Shao.

Chunyuqiong's impression of Zhang De was still the little boy he saw in Luoyang City. Although Zhang De, like himself, became famous through the Yellow Turban Uprising, deep down, Chunyuqiong still looked down on Zhang De.

Chunyuqiong was also a general who had been fighting for many years, after reaching the bank of the Yellow River, he was not in a hurry to cross the river.Instead, they sent people to investigate.

"General, it has been found out that there are many beacon towers on the opposite bank of the Yellow River!"

"Beacon Tower?" Chunyu Qiong was stunned for a moment. Beacon Towers were usually used to deal with nomadic cavalry, so Chunyu Qiong, who grew up in the Central Plains, had never seen Beacon Towers.

At any rate, Chunyuqiong had been fighting for decades. Faced with so many beacon towers, Chunyuqiong was not impulsive, but ordered his subordinates, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, to go and test them out.

Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang led 5000 troops and just started to cross the river when they saw blue smoke rising from the beacon tower opposite.

Le'an Zhangde camp.

"Report to the general and military adviser, the beacon fire is rising on the beacon tower!"

Xu Rong and Li Rou stood up at the same time.Yuan Shao's army finally came!

In the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao led the army of the three states and invaded Qingzhou. Zhang De's general Xu Rong and military adviser Li Rou immediately led the army to resist and repelled Chunyu Qiongdu's army.At the same time, the main force of Zhang De Xuzhou began to go northward, and the battle to determine the fate of the Central Plains was finally about to begin!

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Starting from this chapter, the Battle of Guandu is about to begin!The situation of Dingli will gradually become clear!The battle of Guandu should not drag on for too long...

(End of this chapter)