Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 144
Chapter 140 Four

Not long after the generals left, a soldier brought Wang Gui, the prefect of Tianshui, to Lu Bu.

"General Qi, bring Wang Gui here." A soldier said after bringing Wang Gui to Lv Bu.

"Let him come up." Lu Bu said, and then waved his hands to let the soldiers back out.

"General, I, Wang Gui, am the prefect of Tianshui County. As the head of a Han county, your people dare to put me under house arrest. The general wants to give me an explanation, otherwise I will definitely go to the court when I enter the capital. You are accused of lax military management." As soon as Wang Gui came up, he yelled at Lv Bu, trying to scare Lv Bu.

"Hahaha, my subordinates are rough people and don't know how to be polite, but the prefect laughed at me. This general will definitely teach them a lesson, so don't worry about it." Lu Bu laughed and comforted Wang Gui.

"When the general said that, Wang felt relieved. The general is the leader of an army, and I believe he will not break his promise." Seeing that Lu Bu did not embarrass himself, but had a kind attitude, Wang Gui immediately became happy.Then he said: "General, I still have important matters to go to Beijing, please let my family go with me for your convenience." Seeing that Lu Bu was easy to talk, Wang Gui immediately wanted to take the opportunity to leave Tianshui.

"Hey, Lord Wang wants to leave Tianshui, and Lu Bu will naturally not stop him. However, Lu Bu was ordered to fight Xiliang, and now the enemy army is coming in large numbers. Your Excellency is going back to Beijing again, and the people of Tianshui have changed their minds. Lu Bu Wuneng wants to borrow something from you. With the hearts of the people in Tianshui, please don't refuse." Seeing that Wang Gui wanted to leave Tianshui, Lu Bu sighed and said leisurely.

"Hahaha, although you and I have not met each other for a long time, we have become friends since we first saw each other, and we have a very happy conversation. Feel free to say anything the general has, as long as it is Wang Gui's, he will never refuse." Wang Gui said with a laugh.

In Wang Gui's mind, as long as he can escape from Tianshui, avoid this war, and spend some money, it's nothing, so Wang Gui fully agreed when he heard Lu Bu's words.

"The things I'm talking about, other than your Excellency, it's impossible for anyone else to take them out. What I want is your head on your neck." Lu Bu said, pointing to Wang Gui's head.

"What? General, this is not a joke. I am the court prefect, you, you dare to kill me?" Wang Gui was startled and finally realized that Lu Bu wanted his head.

"Prefect Wang, now that foreigners are invading, the lives of the people in Tianshui are at stake. As a prefect, Mr. Wang doesn't think about serving the country or how to protect the people. Instead, he wants to flee with money and abandon the people and the city. Although Lu Bu's status is not high , but I can't think of anything else in the world other than Your Excellency's head, which can make the people trust the court again and work together with our army to fight against the enemy." Lu Bu said embarrassingly, and his righteous words are also reasonable.

That's right, now that the enemy is at hand, if Lu Bu wants to devote all his strength to defend Tianshui City, he must make the people of Tianshui unite with one heart and one mind, but the best way to make the people of Tianshui trust him is to kill Wang Gui On the one hand, it can deter all those who are lucky, and on the other hand, it can unite all the people of Tianshui.

"General, you can't do this. I am a member of the imperial court. If you do not follow the rules, you will definitely be investigated by the imperial court." Wang Gui was finally shocked and hurriedly found out the life-saving straw of the imperial court. Know her tricks.

"Huh, come here. Wang Gui, the prefect of Tianshui, fled privately with money when the enemy army invaded. He was taken out and beheaded, and his head was hung on the top of the city to warn those who had ulterior motives. Everyone knows how powerful they are." Lu Bu snorted coldly, ignored Wang Gui's begging for mercy, and just shouted to the soldiers outside.

"Yes, General." Immediately, a guard rushed in and pulled Wang Gui out who had collapsed to the ground in fright.

Not long after, there was a bloody human head on the gate of Tianshui City. People passing by could recognize it as long as they carefully identified it. It was the head of their former prefect Wang Gui.And under Wang Gui's head, there was an An Ming notice posted, which naturally stated Wang Gui's crimes, and one of them was particularly eye-catching, which said that Wang Gui had fled without authorization and was beheaded for public display.The notice also said that now that the war is imminent, anyone who flees without permission in Tianshui City will be guilty of the same crime as Wang Gui.This is a warning to those who want to escape, so they have to stay in Tianshui and defend Tianshui with the officers and soldiers.

"General, I have military information to report." Just as Lu Bu finished dealing with Wang Gui's affairs, soldiers rushed in and reported to Lu Bu.

"Oh? What's the military situation? Let's hear it." Lu Bu was overjoyed. What Lu Bu lacked most now was the enemy's military situation. What is the military situation?

"General, this man said he came from Longxi." Just when Lu Bu was suspicious, two guards came to Lu Bu with a soldier covered in blood and said.

Longxi is a county near Xiliang in Tianshui County. Could it be that Longxi is still in the hands of the Han army?Did this person come to report the letter?An idea flashed through Lu Bu's mind in a flash.

"General, quick, quick, save Longxi." The blood-stained soldier took out a blood-stained white scroll from his bosom, handed it to Lu Bu, and after saying something unclear, he just went like this He died with his arms outstretched.

"He's dead. Take him down and bury him properly." Lu Bu took the white silk from the soldier's hand, put his hand in front of the soldier's nose, and said tentatively.

"Yes." The soldier agreed, and carried the dead soldier out.

At this time, Lu Bu unfolded the white silk and looked carefully.It turned out that this was a blood book, which said: "We are the soldiers of the celestial dynasty, and we should do our best to protect the people of the celestial dynasty. However, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the city will only be broken overnight. If you can save it in Tianshui, you can't. To save them, we must plan early, so as not to be caught off guard by the Qiang people and miss our great Han country." The last signature of this blood letter is a person named Deng Fan, who is this person, but Lu Bu has never heard of it.

"Come here, gather all the generals and hold a military meeting." Lu Bu shouted at the guards outside.

Not long after, Dian Wei, Wei Xu, Zang Ba, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and Cheng Lian arrived one after another.Lu Bu showed the blood book he had just received to the generals to read, and the generals immediately panicked after seeing it.

"Let's fight, general. Although I don't know who this Deng Fan is, since he has such a backbone, we have to save him." Wei Xu said first after reading the blood book.

"Young Master, today's battle is really not enjoyable. Why don't we go and beat his mother so that these Qiang people know how good we are." Dian Wei yelled, but this time he jumped out to support him. .

"Yes, general, let's fight." All the generals also said.

"That's right, the spirit of the army is available." Lu Bu nodded to the generals, then turned to look at Cheng Lian and said, "How far is this Longxi from here? How long will it take?"

"General Qi, Longxi is less than a hundred miles away from here. If we leave now, we can arrive early tomorrow morning." Cheng Lian said.

"Okay, not bad. Let me ask you how many people do you need to defend Tianshui?" Lu Bu continued to ask.

"This?" Lu Bu's question stumped Cheng Lian.Lu Bu's intention was obviously to rescue Longxi, but if Longxi wanted to be rescued, Tianshui's defense could not be relaxed.Since you, Cheng Lian, are Tianshui's local snake, then you can see how many people Tianshui needs to defend this day.As for those defending Tianshui, they naturally couldn't follow Lu Bu to Longxi.

Cheng Lian's eyes swept across the generals. As soon as the generals met Cheng Lian's gaze, they naturally turned their faces away, obviously unwilling to stay. At this moment, Cheng Lian found that Zang Ba was smiling at him. for a moment.Cheng Lian immediately responded:

"General Zang Ba and I are enough to defend Tianshui."

"Okay, since that's the case, Zang Ba and Cheng Lian will stay to defend the city, and they and the generals will follow me to fight." Seeing that Cheng Lian had chosen someone, Lu Bu ordered.

"Wait, my lord, why did I stay with Cheng Lian?" Zang Ba was reacting at this moment, and hurriedly protested to Lu Bu.

"This." Lu Bu couldn't explain Zang Ba's question for a while, and Lu Bu couldn't say: 'Cheng Lian chose you'.Then how can Lu Bu lead the generals in the future?He could only say earnestly to Zang Bayu: "This Tianshui is our homeland. Letting you guard Tianshui is the trust that I and the generals place in you. You have to work hard and don't do anything. error."

"Hahaha, so that's the case. Since everyone thinks highly of me, don't worry, I will definitely keep Tianshui safe." Zang Ba vowed.

"However, before we set off, I have one more important thing to do. Give me an order to bring all the thousand captives to the bank of the Wei River, and I will use their heads to sacrifice the flag." Lu Bu originally planned to sacrifice the flag tomorrow morning Yes, but in the war years, we can only act in a hurry. These 1000 people are not a small force. Once Lu Bu leads the troops away, these 1000 people will not be controlled, and there may be some troubles. It is better to understand early Well, don't worry about it, besides, the Tianshui War is imminent, and there is no food to feed these captives.

Half an hour later, on the banks of the Wei River near Tianshui City, crowds of people, old and young, came to beheaded, crowding shoulder to shoulder.In front of the common people, rows of soldiers who were ready to witness all of this stood neatly.Before the soldiers were the thousand captives who were tied to the ground, and the executioner who was holding a ghost-head sword and was about to cut off their heads.

"Soldiers and soldiers, brothers and sisters of Tianshui County, fathers and folks? Look carefully, these people in front of you are the Qiang soldiers who once acted like wolves and tigers and wanted to destroy our homeland. Today, I, Lu Bu, will use their blood to stain Let the whole world know that the Weihe River that nourishes you is red, that I, Lu Bu, is leading you to defend the great Han and defend the country of the Han family. The achievements of all of you will be like the blood of these Qiang people, dyeing the Weihe River red and red. The Yellow River is admired by the entire Han Dynasty." Lu Bu raised his arms high and roared to the sky.This is not just Lu Bu demonstrating to the Qiang people.It also took the opportunity of beheading the Qiang captives to unite the people of Tianshui and improve their morale.

(End of this chapter)