Chapter 39 Lu Bu was frustrated

The situation of Lu Bu and Chen Gong is ten times worse than that of Cao Cao. Food is the most important thing for the people, and even the most powerful army can't support it without food.After leaving Puyang, their troops began to disintegrate due to the shortage of military supplies. Not only Chen Gong's Yanzhou tribe fled one after another, but even the Bingzhou brothers who followed Lu Bu to death began to betray, and Hanoi soldiers went back to Zhang Yang without saying goodbye.At this time, all military laws and punishments are invalid, and there is a possibility of mutiny at any time.

Lv Bu walked around with the remnants of soldiers and horses. The road was full of barren fields and starved corpses. The soldiers were so hungry that they peeled bark, dug grass roots, swallowed mud pills and even started to eat dead people for a little something to feed their stomachs. , so they drew their swords at each other.The problem is that not only the ground of Dongjun County was affected, but the entire eastern part of Yanzhou was shrouded in hunger and death. The counties and counties along the way were either abandoned cities, or closed their gates and refused to accept them.The common people can't feed themselves, so how can they be allowed to compete for food.In the end, Li Feng suggested that they go to Chengshi County, the base of their Li family forces, to eat, hoping to make connections and raise some food.Lu Bu approved of this method, and sent Li Feng and Xue Lan to lead a team of cavalry to lobby first, and he himself led the troops and horses to follow.

Unexpectedly, by coincidence, not long after Li Xue and Li Xue left Lv Bu, they met Li Gan who was sent by Cao Cao to mobilize troops.He only brought a dozen or so entourages with him, and the Bingzhou cavalry scattered his men without any effort. Li Qian couldn't escape, and was stabbed off his horse with a gun and tied up in front of Li Feng and Xue Lan. Li Feng and Li Qiannai are brothers of the same clan, but their relationship is very bad.Especially after Cao Cao entered Yanzhou, Li Gan followed him to flatten the Yellow Turban, attack Yuan Shu, and fight Xuzhou, but Li Feng strongly opposed the submission of his own armed forces to Cao Cao's command.Because of this, the brothers of the same clan turned against each other completely, until the battle in Puyang, the two belonged to two camps and became enemies.

But even though Li Qian was tied to the ground today, Li Feng still didn't dare to offend him, because he knew that this clan brother's prestige in his hometown was far greater than his own.If Li Gan can be brought back, it will be equivalent to gaining Chengshi, Juye, Lihu and other neutral counties, and the crisis of food supply will be resolved immediately.Seeing that he had been stabbed in the leg, and blood gushed out, Li Feng quickly tore off his sleeve and bandaged his wound himself. "Go away!" Li Gan kicked his leg angrily, "Who wants you to pretend to be a good person?"

Li Feng smiled and said: "We are relatives after all, can't we have a good talk?" "You and I are masters, there is nothing to say." Li Feng said slowly without being angry or annoyed: "Brother, you are confused... Why did we have soldiers and food in Chengshi's counties and surrendered to him Cao Mengde? Liu Dai was the Lord of Yanzhou in the past, why did we use our people? Cao Cao is using you!" Seeing Li Gan turn his head away, the two hurriedly turned aside and continued talking face to face, "Why don't you submit to Lu Fengxian, let's get back together as brothers, how about it? General Lu told me Having said that, as long as we help him stabilize Yanzhou, assign the six counties in southern Jiyin to our Li family. From now on, our Li family will become more powerful, and our children and grandchildren will be rich and powerful!"

"You really have no vision..." Li Gan shook his head and gave him a contemptuous glance, "Do you think you can enjoy wealth and wealth in peace by severing counties and counties? How can the world wait for peace by itself! I bring my family to Cao Shijun, Helping him wipe out the smoldering flames and stabilize the world, so that one day the family will be honored and the descendants will not lose the title of Marquis, that is for the benefit of the Li family, and even more so for the world." Seeing this, Xue Lan couldn't hold back anymore, and scolded: "Li Gan, don't be stubborn. Cao Cao is nothing! He killed the scholars in this state and massacred the people in Xuzhou. Look, what has Yanzhou made him a disaster?"

Li Gan sneered for a while: "It is you treacherous villains who harmed the people of Yanzhou. If you hadn't lured wolves into the house and recruited Lu Bu, why would the fertile land be abandoned when the two armies fought? You were also officials of Cao Shijun, and you have the righteousness of the old master anyway. If you agree, you stay and if you disagree, you are a real gentleman. But you have attracted foreign thieves to invade this state, and provoked wars for no reason. So many people died tragically because of you despicable villains! If you want to kill, kill, why bother?"

Li Feng saw that this rhetoric was ineffective, so he turned around and said: "Who is Cao Mengde? After the eunuch left an ugly and sycophantic minister, he has no orders from the court, and no reputation in the family. What kind of assassin is he! My general Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo with his hands. He is a national hero who is famous all over the world by the title of Marquis Wen, and only by protecting him can he show his ambition and stabilize the world!" Li Gan was furious: "Bah! Blind your dog eyes, Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan for gold and silver, and killed Dong Zhuo after worshiping Dong Zhuo as his father. Do you still want to protect this treacherous villain? Wishful thinking !"

Li and Xue knew that he had made up his mind, but they didn't dare to kill him.When he was hesitating, he saw Lu Bu's men and horses approaching in the dust, so he ordered people to set up Li Gan and retreat in front of Lu Bu.Li Gan saw Lü Bu from a distance, and cursed again: "Lü Bu has killed my prefecture and county! You should be cut into pieces to comfort the people of Yanzhou." "Who is so bold?" Lu Bu was very angry when he heard the insult. Li Feng knew that he was impatient, so he quickly saluted him: "This is my elder brother, who was once served under Cao Cao's tent, and I am trying to persuade him to join you, General."

"Where is the need to waste so much talk? Push him over!" Lu Bu raised Fang Tian's painted halberd against Li Gan's throat, "Say it, will you surrender or not?" Li Gan had a strong temper, and he yelled at himself: "You are a perfidious person who has no father and no king! You can deceive others but not the sky! I will never vote..." As soon as Lu Bu raised the tip of his halberd, Fang Tian's painted halberd was already deeply inserted into Li Gan's throat. "General..." Li Feng stomped his feet again and again, "This man can't be killed!"

"What can't be killed? Shouldn't you kill me if you scold me!" He stared at Li Feng with widened blue eyes. Li Feng was too scared to speak. "I asked you to stand in front of Cheng Shi, and you have wasted so much time for being a prisoner, why don't you hurry up!" Lu Bu was very angry with what happened these days.Li Feng and Xue Lan were disheartened, so let's go together this time. Li Gan's death, until Cheng Shi didn't know whether it was a blessing or a disaster. Lu Bu led the team to continue to advance. The soldiers walked very slowly because of hunger, and it was already late when they reached Chengshi County.But I saw that the four gates of Chengshi City were wide open. Although this place is a small county, the city is not very high, but within a radius of three miles outside the city, there is not a single house. Lookout, ten steps, one post, five steps, one sentry, very careful - Li's land occupation is more arrogant than officers and soldiers. Fortunately, everyone recognized Li Feng, and with him in front, the militiamen on the base clasped their fists and saluted politely, and some even shouted: "Welcome General Lu here! I have prepared food needs in Chengshi County, please The general entered the city to garrison troops." Lu Bu's soldiers were so hungry that their eyes were the same color as their general's. Hearing that there was food and cheering and running forward, Li Feng also felt a little relaxed, and the brigade ran to the north of the city smoothly.Just when the soldiers were about to enter the city, there was a sudden rumbling sound, the opened city was suddenly closed, and a group of Xiangyong armed with machetes appeared on the tower. The leader was Li Gan's younger brother Li Jin.Li Feng's heart suddenly became cold, and he forced himself to be calm and ran to the front, and shouted on his back: "My dear brother, what do you mean?" Li Jinsheng had a fierce look on his face, opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Uncle Li, where is my brother?" Li Feng wanted to say he didn't know, but on second thought, Li Qian's fleeing subordinates must have arrived in the city first, and he already knew that I had arrested his brother.It is also expected that Li Jin may not know that the man is dead, so he quickly made up a nonsense: "Brother Ling is in the army, walking with General Lu, talking and laughing! You open the city quickly and let us go in. When you are young, you Brothers can meet." "Naughty talk!" Li Jin shouted, "Your subordinate shot him in the leg, how can he still ride a horse? Quickly bring my brother out and let me meet. We may discuss this matter. If you don't see my brother, You don't want to take a grain of grain today!" Li Feng was really panicked: Lu Bu is really a reckless person, even if he tied Li Gan here, he could still exchange some food, but he killed him with a spear, what should I do? Seeing that he didn't say a word, Li Jin understood the reason, and couldn't help crying: "My brother has a strong temper, you must have killed him... Li Shujie, you are really the scum of our Li family!" The army has already approached, and the first person riding the red rabbit horse must be Lu Bu. The evil started in his heart, and the hatred grew from his guts. He shouted: "Lu Fengxian! You killed my elder brother. From now on, you and your subordinates belong to my Li family. Enemy!" He shouted, raising his arms and raising the command flag. Li Feng knew how powerful this flag was, so he was so frightened that he pissed off and jumped into the army.Sure enough, as soon as the flag was erected, it became chaotic: it turned out that the east and west gates had already sneaked out of Xiangyong, and three hundred people came to kill from the east, and the leader was Li Gan's son Li Zheng; Li Dian, Li Gan's nephew, was the leader. Immediately after, thunder, rocks and logs were thrown down from the top of the city tower; Lu Bu was extremely angry. Since he was born, he has gone through many battles with Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao. Even Cao Cao, who has a great strategy, didn't get cheap in front of him. .He couldn't help shouting: "Kill me! Siege the city!" But no one responded, and the soldiers dodged left and right, and it was a mess.Although the township soldiers are weak in combat effectiveness, they can't be resisted by any heavenly soldiers and generals when they attack from all directions.Those elite cavalrymen have become live targets at the moment, and they have to pay attention to stones, avoid bows and arrows, and guard against machetes to cut horses' legs.Chen Gong was protected by soldiers and rushed to Lv Bu: "General, let's go! Otherwise, it's all over, this is a dead place, we can't stay here for long." Lu Bu was so angry that he wanted to cry, so he had to mobilize the red rabbit horse, brandish Fang Tian's painted halberd and dial the arrows to stand out first.Food was not obtained, and hundreds of soldiers and horses were lost, and there were many wounded. After this battle, Chengshi County formally surrendered to Cao Cao for revenge.However, Lu Bu's forces were frustrated again and had to redeploy their strategy.He ordered Li Feng and Xue Lan to lead a small number of soldiers and horses to continue to defend Juye hard to contain Cao Cao's actions; he led a large army to the east of Yanzhou to find Shanyang County to raise food.Along the way, the soldiers and horses were scattered, suffering from hunger, and the power has been in a slump since then, completely losing the initiative to compete with Cao Cao for Yanzhou...