The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

"Fake defeat" means feign defeat. Fake is fake. No matter how similar you pretend, no matter how good your acting skills are, there will be loopholes, and Sun Fu's acting skills are not very good. After all, Lu Bu was a veteran of many battles. Even if he didn't detect clear evidence, his subconscious would tell him that Sun Fu's defeat was false, and he had a reason for it? Indeed, as he said, "doubtful".

Cao Xing's request to fight was not approved by Lv Bu.

Sun Jian's strategy of "pretending to defeat the arrogant enemy", lured Lü Bu to attack the city, and then attacked him from within and outside to defeat him, did not work.

Sun Jian's strategy did not work, but for Lu Bu, the county seat of Yan County was not easy to capture.

For one thing, as Lu Bu said, Sun Jian, known as the "Tiger of the East of the Yangtze River", was a fierce general himself, and the generals and soldiers under his tent were also brave. Second, the city of Yan County and Song Qian and Sun Fuying in the north of the city formed an antagonism and helped each other. Lu Bu's available siege forces were scattered, and three times, and because Lu Bu didn't listen to Gao Shun's advice, he allowed his generals to loot the people. As a result, all the people in Yan County were willing to help Sun Jian. In order to defend the city, the rumors that Sun Jian and Xun Zhen were besieged by the joint forces of Sun Jian and Xun Zhen were still spreading in Lu Bu's army.

Combining these four reasons, after Sun Fu feigned defeat, from the middle of the month to the end of the month, Lü Bu besieged Yan County for nearly half a month, without any progress.

It started raining that day, and it started to rain in the early morning, and it became heavier and heavier.

Lü Bu suspended today's siege and asked the soldiers of the three armies to rest for a day.

In the afternoon, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun came in the rain and went outside their tents to see him.

Lu Bu told them to come in.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun entered the tent, only to see Zhang Liao frowning slightly, Gao Shun looking serious, and both of them looking worried.

Lu Bu asked, "What's wrong?"

Gao Shun said: "Ming Gong, the rumors in the camp have been repeatedly banned, and now they are spreading more and more."

Zhang Liao said: "At the end of the morning, I will inspect the headquarters. Outside a tent, I heard the soldiers chatting inside. Duke Ming, guess what they said?"

"What is it?"

Zhang Liao looked worried and said: "They actually spread the word, saying that the letter of praise has been lost, and Duke Ming stayed behind the letter of praise and other ministries in Runan counties, and almost all the troops were wiped out! The reason why Duke Ming still stayed in Yingchuan and attacked Yan County, It is precisely because the letter of praise and Runan County have been lost, and Duke Ming has nowhere to go, so he has to do his best to conquer Yan County and gain a foothold because of the so-called 'fight to the death'."

When Lu Bu heard the words, he was furious and said, "Isn't this nonsense? Not to mention the failure of the letter of praise, even if the letter of praise is really under siege, I can't just sit back and ignore it, I must have saved it long ago! Such a rumor! , there are people who believe it?"

Zhang Liao has a rough understanding of literary and ink, and knows some allusions, so he quoted two stories and said: "Ming Gong, there is a saying, three people became tigers and Meng mother jumped over the wall, no matter how outrageous the rumors are, and there are many people who spread them, even if they didn't believe it at first Yes, in the end, it will inevitably be dubious!"

Lu Bu asked angrily, "Where are those soldiers now?"

Zhang Liao replied: "At the end of the general, he has already executed them everywhere for the crime of 'promiscuous army'."

"Promiscuous army" is to spread rumors and create trouble in the army and shake the hearts of the army.

Even though Lu Bu heard that these soldiers had been beheaded, he was still angry and asked Zhang Liao, "Where did they hear this rumor? Did you ask?"

"The commander asked, but they didn't know where they came from, they just said they heard it from other soldiers in the battalion. Duke Ming, from this we can see that there must be quite a few soldiers who have rumored this rumor now. These soldiers At the end of the day, the generals can act according to the military law, kill them to show the public, and spread rumors to the public. When the generals think about it, they can't kill them all. Therefore, the 'other soldiers' mentioned by them have not been investigated in depth."

Zhang Liao's words are very reasonable. The so-called "law does not blame the public", there may be hundreds or thousands of soldiers who spread rumors, and they can't be killed. There is no need to mention the attack.

Gao Shun said: "Ming Gong, this matter is of great importance and should not be ignored. We must try to solve it as soon as possible!"

Rumors have been circulating in Lu Bu's army for a long time. If it could be solved, Lu Bu would have solved it long ago. The problem is that he can't think of a solution. Lü Bu was helpless and said, "Your words are very true, but I don't have a good plan, what can you do to solve this problem?"

"Only now, there is only one way."

"any solution?"

"The last commander still dares to ask Duke Ming to send a letter of praise, and to send some family members of our soldiers who live in the city, and let them show up and tell me the generals in the camp, the praise is actually worry-free. In this way, the rumors can be self-defeating. "

This is a good way.

Speaking of which, Baoxin is not very far from Yan County, only more than two hundred miles away, and from Baoxin to the area where Runan and Yingchuan meet, all the counties south of Rushui are now under the control of Lu Bu. There are no enemies on most of the journey. It seems that this is completely possible. In fact, Gao Shun said, "I still dare to ask the Duke of Ming to send a letter of praise." It was not accepted by Lu Bu at that time. This is because the problem lies in the fact that there are no enemies on "most of the journey". After leaving Runan County and entering Yingchuan County, this is Sun Jian's territory. Lu Bu has already detected that Sun Jian is in this area. , scattered a lot of rangers and scouts, he considered that if the family members of his army generals and soldiers who came from the commendation letter were robbed and killed here by Sun Jian's troops, the worse result was that Sun Jian's troops captured some of them. If it is true, then Sun Jian will show the captured family members to the soldiers in his camp. I'm afraid more soldiers will believe the rumor that "the letter of praise is besieged", or that "the letter of praise has been trapped".

Then, since you are worried that the family members of the soldiers may be robbed and killed by Sun Jian's troops, can you make the defenders of praise and credit send more escorts? It is difficult. This is because, although Baoxin has not been besieged, the troops of Hongzi and Li Tong have indeed appeared in the north of Baoxin. If the family members of the soldiers came to Yan County, then once Hongzi, Li Tong and others launched an attack on the praise letter, the praise letter might really be in danger. Therefore, this method of sending multiple **** forces is not easy to use.

Lu Bu said, "Zixiang, didn't I already tell you about this method? It's not appropriate to use it! Is there anything else you can do?"

"...There will be no other way at the end."

The rain was rustling, hitting the top of the tent, making a non-stop sound, making Lu Bu upset.

He got up from the table and came to the entrance of the tent.

The tent door was open, and Lü Bu raised his eyes to look out, and the rain was like thousands of white lines, falling from the sky in a boundless manner, filling the entire camp. The gray and black tents near and far were all drenched in the rain. On the main road in the battalion facing the main tent, there were few soldiers, only a group of patrolling soldiers, walking slowly across from the distance, listening carefully, except for the sound of rain, and occasionally the sound of horses neighing. .

Lu Bufei is a person who is indomitable, not afraid of difficulties, and will only find ways to solve them.

The fortified city ahead is difficult to conquer, the rumors in the camp are hard to contain, and all kinds of troubles come to mind.

He complained, "God! Okay, why is it raining? I'm so tired that I can't attack the city today!"

The rain didn't stop at once.

It rained day after day, and every day was poured down by heavy rain, and it continued to fall for seven or eight days, and it did not get smaller.

Early in the morning at the end of March, and the sky was not yet clear, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun joined hands again to ask to see Lu Bu.

Lu Bu hadn't woken up yet, when he heard the two of them begging to see him, he got up and called him inside.

The honey candles in the tent lit all night and were about to burn out. As soon as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun entered the tent, they smelled a strong fragrance of fat powder between their noses. Lu Bu's tent was the Hundred Sons tent, which was large enough to accommodate dozens of people for gatherings, but on the bed deep in the tent, through the hanging red silk curtain, two curvy female bodies could be vaguely seen. , These two women, because Cao Xing saw that Lv Bu was depressed recently, and in order to relieve his worries, he specially sent troops out of the camp, and he did not know where they came from.

With sleepy eyes, Lu Bu only put on a big cloak, revealing his strong and sturdy upper body, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "What time is it?"

Gao Shun replied, "It's almost time for the **** to croak."

Lu Bu glanced out. After Gao Shun and Zhang Liao came in, they covered the tent door and couldn't see the sky outside. He yawned and motioned for Gao Shun to bring the copper basin on top of the basin stand at the corner of the tent. Using the cold water in the basin, he wiped his face and dried it with a silk towel. He was slightly refreshed, and called Gao Shun and Zhang Liao. After sitting down, he also sat on the table and asked, "Why are you two coming to see me so early?"

Gao Shun said, "The last two generals have an important military report, please ask Duke Ming to step back."

Lu Bu was stunned and said, "Where did you come from? Isn't it just you, me, and Wen Yuan in the tent?"

Zhang Liao's bed deep in the tent pursed his lips, reminding Lu Bu that there were two people there.

Lü Bu let out a snort and said with a smile: "Two ignorant women, why do you need to back down? Do you two have any important military reports? Come on quickly."

Gao Shun said: "Ming Gong, it's a matter of great importance, I'd better ask Ming Gong to send the two women to the account for the time being."

Lü Bu said: "Zixiang, you have always had a stern face, and you don't know how to pity Xiangxiyu. It's not yet dawn, and it's been raining heavily, and it's quite cold outside. You asked me to drive those two women out of the tent. Isn't it beautiful to suffer from the wind and cold?"

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao looked at each other, but they both knew that Lu Bu was a heroic husband and admired Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu at the turn of the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially for Xiang Yu and Concubine Yu. Therefore, he has always been considerate towards women. As mentioned above, even Gao Shun and his concubines, Lu Bu usually takes good care of them. From time to time, he will send someone to give them some gifts. Shun and Zhang Liao knew about it, but Lu Bu was afraid that he would not listen to them, so he sent the two women out for the time being.

Zhang Liao said, "Report to Duke Ming, the rain stopped last night..."

"Has the rain stopped?" Lu Bu was stunned, then jumped up from the seat, walked quickly to the tent door, pushed open the tent door, and looked out. The cool air was blowing, but the rain had indeed stopped.

Lu Bu turned it back into the account, and said with great joy: "After seven or eight days of heavy rain, the sky is up and down, the ground is accumulating, and water is everywhere, so that our camp is about to be flooded, and the ground is also full of water. It's all muddy, it makes me so angry and bored! It's finally stopped! Okay, okay, it's great!" He returned to the seat and sat down, ordered Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and said, "Wen Yuan, Zi Xiang , the two of you are going to summon the generals for me now, and discuss the matter of restarting the siege today!"

Zhang Liao had only said half a sentence just now, and he still had the second half left to say. When Lu Bu finished speaking, he respectfully answered "yes", and then said what he had not finished, saying: "Ming Gong , After the rain stopped, the last commander and Zixiang went out to camp at midnight."

"In the middle of the night, what are you two doing out of the camp?"

"The last general and Zixiang touched the outside of the camp built by Sun Wentai in the north of the city. After careful observation, they found that the wall of his camp was damaged by the rain and collapsed several sections!"

Lu Bu was stunned and said, "Has the camp wall at the north camp of Sun Wentai collapsed?"

"Yes, Duke Ming! There are several sections that collapsed, and the length of the collapse is not short. The longest section is almost seven or eight feet long!"

Lü Bu immediately understood the meaning of Zhang Liao's words, he suddenly stood up again, paced in the tent in front of the table, turned to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and said, "You two came to see me to suggest that I send troops to attack the north of Sun Wentai City. Camp?"

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun looked at each other, and the two replied in unison: "Ming Gong expects things like a god, so I will invite the two of you at the end of the day!"

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