Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 83
Chapter 83

It was night, outside Guangzong City, around the camp of the officers and soldiers, a group of soldiers and horses were patrolling. Suddenly they saw the torches on the Guangzong Tower lighted up, and a figure flashed out. In front of this group of soldiers.This group of soldiers was startled at first. It must be that the distance between this group of patrolling soldiers and the city wall has already exceeded the distance of a stone's throw.That person can shoot a bow and arrow from the city tower, how strong must that person be.

Seeing this posture, Xiaoxiao, who took the lead, hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the arrow that had been shot, and saw a note tied to the arrow. Xiaoxiao didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly sent the arrow to Lu Zhi. before.

"My lord general, when I was inspecting outside, I found a feathered arrow coming from the top of the city tower. I didn't dare to neglect it, so I sent it to my lord."

This small school has been in the army for many years and has seen some battles. Naturally, he also knows that this kind of arrows shot from the city usually have secrets. If they can be picked up, they can be easily rewarded by the Shangguan.So after the little school got the arrow, it sent it to Lu Zhi non-stop, hoping that Lu Zhi could do him some good.

But at this moment, the little schoolboy glanced at Lu Zhi's table, and saw that there were seven or eight arrows on the table, which were similar to the arrows he brought over.And Lu Zhi's face at this time was also very gloomy.Xiaoxiao couldn't help but her heart skipped a beat.

"Have you given this feathered arrow to others to look at?"

Lu Zhi took the feather arrow handed over by the primary school, but did not open the note on the feather arrow.It was just a vague question.

"The villain just picked up the feather arrow and sent it to the adult. Except for a few people who patrolled with the villain, no one else knew about it."

The little schoolmaster hurriedly replied, feeling uneasy.

Lu Zhi saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so he didn't say much, he just waved his hand and made the little school retreat.

"Meng De, guess what is written in this note?" Lu Zhi raised the arrow that the little school had taken over to Cao Cao on the side, and asked.

"Hehe, General, I think it should be Zhang Jiao's letter of persuasion for the General to surrender." Cao Cao replied with a slight smile.

"I think the same as Meng De. The letter just now is already ten secret letters sent by the Yellow Turban." Lu Zhi said slowly, as if he was thinking about something.

"General, this is the No. 12 seal, how is the general going to deal with it?" Cao Cao asked Lu Zhi with a worried expression.

"Meng De has always been resourceful and good at planning. I don't know what Meng De thinks about this matter?" When Lu Zhi heard Cao Cao's question, he didn't answer directly, but asked Cao Cao how to do it.

It turned out that Lu Bu had someone write more than a dozen letters with the same content under the cover of night, and shot them from every corner of Guangzong Qiang City to around the camp of the officers and soldiers, in order to pass on the contents of his heart to all the people in Lu Zhi's army. Faction people know.

The letter was written in the name of Zhang Jiao, and the content was very simple. It said that now that the Yellow Turban is powerful and has defeated Huangfusong in Yingchuan, it will surely establish an indomitable deed and create an eternal deed. Lu Zhi has admired him for a long time, and he hopes that Lu Zhi can help him achieve great things. If Lu Zhi gathers a crowd and returns, Zhang Jiao can set up another general's seat under the three brothers to arrange for Lu Zhi. In the future, the Yellow Turban will be successful Therefore, it is indispensable for Lu Zhi to be a king with a foreign surname, and his ancestors are glorious.At the end of the letter, he said that the Yellow Turban Army was active in Chenliu a few days ago and met a man who claimed to be Yuan Shu. This Yuan Shu claimed to be a child of the Yuan family. If he is willing to surrender the Yellow Turban, Zhang Jiao is also willing to hand over Yuan Shu to Lu Zhi in order to show his sincerity.

Lu Bu wrote this letter very carefully. First of all, he wrote that Zhang Jiao attached great importance to Lu Zhi and wanted to persuade Lu Zhi to surrender. The status of the current Zhonglang General is not known how much higher.

Zhang Jiao wants to recruit Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi will definitely not agree, but if he does not agree, he must take action, either attack the city with troops, or write a book denouncing Zhang Jiao's crimes, and send a letter to the three armies to set the record straight.

It's a pity that Lu Zhi can't do these two things now. First of all, Lu Zhi has few soldiers. With a mere 22 soldiers, he can attack a city guarded by [-] people, unless Lu Zhi's brain is broken, so he can't use troops.

Writing a call to action, angrily reprimanding Zhang Jiao, and sending a letter to the three armies to set the record straight would indeed let others know that Lu Zhi was committed to the imperial court and had no intention of surrendering the Yellow Turban, but this would not have ruined Yuan Shu's life.I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.Once Yuan Shu died, who could guarantee that Yuan Kui would not trouble Lu Zhi.Even if Yuan Kui didn't look for him, Lu Zhi wanted to keep Yuan Shu as the son of the old Yuan family.

What's more, Lu Zhi also wanted to take this opportunity to buy some time for the officers and soldiers. Zhang Liang's troops came to Guangzong, and the Yellow Turban Army is no longer able to deal with Lu Zhi's 7 troops. Lu Zhi has already written to the court. He mobilized Bingzhou Dingyuan and Beiping Gongsun Zan to help out. He believed that as long as the imperial court agreed, the army and horses from the two places would arrive in a matter of time. When the time came, the three-way attack would definitely break the Yellow Turban.What Lu Zhi lacked now was time. When Lu Zhi was thinking about how to gain time, this letter of persuasion was sent.This can indeed buy Lu Zhi time, but the price is really too high for Lu Zhi.

As long as this matter gets out, Lu Zhi's reputation in his life will probably be completely destroyed. You must know that what a scholar cherishes in his life is nothing but reputation. Be proud of everyone.However, in order to buy the time needed for the Great Han Dynasty to wipe out the Yellow Turbans, it was to destroy Lu Zhi's cherished reputation throughout his life.

Faced with this difficult situation, Lu Zhi thought hard, but to no avail, he could only ask Cao Cao, the eunuch who Lu Zhi had always looked down upon, for advice.

"General, we have been fighting with Zhang Jiao for more than a month in this border of Jizhou, but we have never seen Zhang Jiao use such a powerful strategy."

Cao Cao pondered for a while, and suddenly said this sentence, but did not answer Lu Zhi's question.There is no other way. Lu Zhi is Cao Cao's superior. Naturally, Cao Cao can't let Lu Zhi sell his reputation for the Han court, but Cao Cao can't let Lu Zhi disregard the safety of the Han for his own reputation. Although the two opinions were diametrically opposed, they would offend Lu Zhi if they were spoken out, so Cao Cao could only talk about him from left to right, and moved the topic to another place.

"You mean, an expert has come to Zhang Jiao's army?"

Lu Zhi suddenly raised his head and looked at Cao Cao, but Cao Cao's words reminded Lu Zhi.Lu Zhi used to fight against Zhang Jiao, and he always had the upper hand. As long as Lu Zhi played a trick, Zhang Jiao would be fooled, otherwise Zhang Jiao would not be able to. With an army of 15, he could only be a The defender of the city.But now that Zhang Liang's reinforcements just arrived, Zhang Jiao took the initiative to attack, and as soon as he made a move, he forced Lu Zhi to be unable to resist, and then contacted Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's defeat in Yingchuan, Lu Zhi suddenly felt Cheerful.

"My subordinates think that the person who tied the bell is needed to untie the bell. As long as our army can find out the expert next to Zhang Jiao, there will be a way to solve the current situation." Seeing that Lu Zhi's attention was attracted by him, Cao Cao hurriedly It was not a good idea to present a strategy to Lu Zhi, but it answered Lu Zhi's question.

"Then what should we do now? Zhang Jiao has sent out dozens of letters calling for surrender. Those who are interested in the army probably already know about it. If we don't react, we're afraid that the eunuchs in the court will suspect us." " Lu Zhi looked at Cao Cao, and suddenly felt that Cao Cao was much cuter, not as obtrusive as before, and he must have helped him, so he asked Cao Cao again.

"The general can write a letter to the imperial court, stating this clearly, and stating that we want to take advantage of this opportunity, buy time, wait for reinforcements, and ask the imperial court for approval. In addition, the general will write a letter to the bureaucrats who have made good friends with the court and ask them to help explain it. Come to believe that the imperial court will not make things difficult for the general because of this matter." Cao Cao changed his mind, sorted out the matter clearly, and helped Lu Zhi find a countermeasure.However, Cao Cao's strategy pinned his hopes on the court's trust in Lu Zhi. As a representative of scholars, Lu Zhi was naturally easy to be supported by scholars, but the eunuch party would not support it. Will you support and trust Lu Zhi in the future?The victory or defeat is between five and five.

"Yes, although your method is lacking, but at present, there is nothing better than this. We can only arrange this way for the court first, so how should we deal with Guangzong's side?" ?" Lu Zhi felt a little relieved when he got Cao Cao's plan.

"Every matter on Guangzong's side depends on the determination of the general." Cao Cao said with a smile, and said such an indescribable sentence.

This also shows Cao Cao's attitude on this matter, he can't say more, and he doesn't want to say more.

This matter must have serious conflicts with Lu Zhi himself, so Lu Zhi can only make his own decision, and what other people say will have no effect.

"Order the three armies to pull out the camp early tomorrow morning and retreat thirty miles to the camp." Veins flashed on Lu Zhi's face, and a resolute look flashed out. Lu Zhi had already made a decision, and his order, All the thoughts of the heart have been stated.

"Yes, follow the general's order."

Hearing Lu Zhi's order, Cao Cao hurriedly got up and cupped his fists, and responded with a sound that seemed to praise Lu Zhi's loyalty and sigh at Lu Zhi's fate.

In fact, although Cao Cao did not state his views clearly, he expressed his views on the sidelines. Cao Cao understood this, and Lu Zhi naturally understood it too.

If you want to prove Lu Zhi's innocence, the easiest way is to write a call to action against Zhang Jiao, and then pass it on to the whole army, so why report it to the court?Reporting to the court was just to make Lu Zhi pretend to surrender, but he was afraid that the court would misunderstand, so he did it as a demonstration. But how effective would this kind of cover-up be in a court where loyalty and traitors are not distinguished?Cao Cao didn't know, and Lu Zhi himself had no idea.

When he was about to leave the army tent, Cao Cao took a sneak peek at Lu Zhi, and Cao Cao was astonished to find that Lu Zhi seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden.The north wind blew outside the tent, and for a while, Cao Cao sighed at the fate of being a courtier. As a courtier, even an extremely human minister, so loyal as Lu Zhi, he is just a royal eagle dog. The eagle dog, who gave up everything for his master, still suffers from his master's suspicion.This reminded Cao Cao of a word he had heard somewhere: "dog minister".

(End of this chapter)