The strategists of the Three Kingdoms period mainly came from Yingchuan and Huiji. Thus, Lu Bu had come here directly. He had thought that he would meet some great talent, but he realized that there was a huge gap between his dream and reality.
There were indeed many famous people in the State of Wu, but that was during Sun Quan's reign. It was still more than ten years from now, and those famous people were probably still studying hard.
Since he couldn't find any famous talents in Yangzhou, he would go to Xuzhou. Lu Su lived in Linhuai, Xuzhou. He should be the young master of a rich family now. And Chen Deng, he was only elected at the age of 25. Now, he should still be studying hard at home. Lu Bu couldn't miss this expert in agriculture and intelligence.
Both of them lived in Xiapi County, which was not far from Yangzhou. Lu Bu brought Dian Wei across the Yangtze River, passed Guangling, and arrived at Xiapi. This time, he no longer discussed the general trend of the world and the suffering of the people with them. He directly brought up the emperor and used the imperial edict to scare them.
Looking at the young Lu Su and Chen Deng behind him, Lu Bu felt proud. What surprised him even more was that Chen Deng's father had followed his son to Chang 'an. This old official fanatic didn't seem to be like the one in history who was always worried about his past.
When they reached Nanyang, the group split into two. Lu Bu, Gan Ning, and Dian Weikan escorted the craftsmen to Qingzhou. His guards and cavalry were led by Sima Hui to Hongnong. They were waiting for Lu Bu to arrive before going to Chang 'an. Otherwise, when everyone realized that they had been deceived, it would not look good.
Chen Gong's military and political talents were indeed outstanding. In just a few months, he had already included Changyi, Ye County, Zhaoyuan, Huang County, and Penglai in his intelligence. Although the strategy used was a little despicable, the effect was very good.
He first let Le Jin pretend to be a Yellow Turban soldier, occupy the county town, and rob the county government and the big families in the county. Then, he waited for Zang Ba's righteous army to arrive and capture them. Following that, they began to measure and distribute the land. The increase in land also made Chen Gong more confident. He directly re-divided the land with an area of ten mu per person. This attracted many people from other counties. Hearing that the rent here was so cheap, many people rushed here with their families, waiting to distribute the land.
The increase in population also led to the expansion of the army. Chen Gong reorganized the Yellow Turban Army that had come to cause trouble and obtained 50,000 troops. The rest were all dismissed and returned to the fields. The land could not remain barren forever.
Although it was winter, many people did not have much food. Fortunately, they had obtained a lot of money and food, so they could last until next year. It was also close to the sea, and the aquatic products were also very rich. There would no longer be famine.
Chen Gong followed Lu Bu's instructions to find Taishi Ci and even occupied his hometown, Huang County. He also followed Lu Bu's instructions to worship Taishi Ci's mother. Unfortunately, he did not stay in Huang County. Instead, he went to chase after the Yellow Turban Army. Chen Gong had just missed him.
When Lu Bu arrived at Changyi, Chen Gong was arranging the residences and land for the people in Penglai. Lu Bu had no choice but to rush there again. Anyway, it was not far from the naval bases he had chosen, which were in Weihai and Yantai.
Seeing Lu Bu, Chen Gong immediately reported the progress of the civil and military affairs. However, Lu Bu was not too concerned about these things. In comparison, he cared more about recruiting talents. However, he was disappointed that Taishi Ci did not get his hands on it. Fortunately, his mother was already here. With his filial piety, he would definitely come back. There were still many opportunities.
However, Chen Gong had taken Guan Hai back, which surprised Lu Bu. This way, the North Sea would not be besieged by him, and Taishi Ci would not have to join Kong Rong's camp.
After giving orders to Chen Gong, Lu Bu specifically told him to take over the two counties as soon as possible. He also asked him to help Gan Ning build a navy of ten thousand soldiers. Then, he left Qingzhou in a hurry. He was desperate to go back and kill Dong Zhuo. He wanted to take over Yongzhou and develop his own army. He was too far behind.
After reading the information that Chen Gong had gathered, he learned that Yuan Shao in the north had already occupied half of Youzhou. Because of Yuan Shao's help, Kobineng had happily retreated back to the grassland. If it were not for Geng Wu and Guan Chun holding Yuan Shao back, Gongsun Yue would have been captured.
Cao Cao had also successfully driven Liu Dai out of Yanzhou, and he now had forty to fifty thousand men under him. Naturally, he couldn't just enjoy it himself and ignore his father. He asked Ying Shao, the prefect of Mount Tai, to go to Langya to pick up his father and clansmen.
Who would have thought that the commandant Zhang Kai, who Tao Qian had kindly sent to escort them, was greedy for the Cao family's hundred carriages of money and directly killed Cao Song's entire family, robbing the money and defecting to Yuan Shao.
Ying Shao escaped from death and immediately rushed back to tell Cao Cao. Cao Cao burst into tears when he heard this. On one hand, he was sad about his father's tragic death, but on the other hand, he was happy that he finally had an excuse to expand his power. Thus, after crying, he immediately mobilized all three armies, leaving only Cheng Yu to guard Yanzhou. The whole army marched toward Xuzhou.
Tao Qian of Xuzhou had originally agreed to Liu Biao's request and let Liu Bei lead 10,000 troops to attack Nanyang. Now that he had encountered such a situation, he wanted to cry but was not tired. He hurriedly called back Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao.
On the way back to the army, Liu Bei met Guo Jia by accident. After a conversation, he was immediately convinced by him and was immediately hired as a military advisor. Guo Jia originally wanted to join Cao Cao. He had also received a letter from Xun Yu inviting him to assist Cao Cao, but he dismissed the idea after seeing Cao Cao's performance. He was preparing to head south to avoid the chaos when he happened to meet Liu Bei. He was immediately attracted by his reputation and became his military advisor.
With Guo Jia's support and the 30,000 troops provided by Tao Qian, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were at the frontline of Dongguan and Langye.
Yuan Shu, who had dodged the sneak attack from behind, immediately stepped up his attack on Liu Biao and sent people to persuade Liu Yao to behave himself. Liu Yao was immediately provoked. He stopped attacking Sun Jian and gathered his troops to attack Yuan Shu's retreat.
Yuan Shu had no choice but to divide his forces to guard the east and west. Fortunately, Ji Ling was also a general, so she managed to hold off Liu Yao. However, the situation on his side had also changed from offense to defense.
On Sun Jian's side, he was like a fish in water. With the death of Huang Zu, no one in Jiangxia could stop Sun Jian's pace. Liu Biao could only use Cai Mao again and let him lead his troops to stop him.
Fortunately, Cai Mao didn't dare to be careless this time, and went all out to defend, causing Sun Jian to be unable to find a way to break through. He had no choice but to attack the south and west, attacking Lingling, Guiyang, and other places. For a moment, he was unstoppable, attacking like a tide.
Lu Bu couldn't hold it in any longer when he saw the others expanding their territory. Otherwise, he would really fall behind them. Although he owned Bingzhou, it was not an exaggeration to say that it had thousands of windows and hundreds of holes. Its population was pitifully small, less than one million. It could not even compare to Luoyang City.
Now, he could only kill Dong Zhuo to gain a good reputation and occupy Yongzhou and Western Liang. At that time, they could send troops to Jizhou.
As for the Emperor, he had also considered it clearly. He would just let him return to Luoyang. Without the obstruction of him and the ministers, he would be able to do things more smoothly. Of course, this emperor definitely could not escape his " protection ". Otherwise, how could he use the tiger's might as a fox?
In Hongnong Prefecture, Lu Bu did not let Huang Chengyan, Lu Su, and Chen Deng follow him back to Chang 'an. Instead, he asked them to stay in Hongnong for safety and confidentiality. After Zhang Liao sent troops to escort Sima Hui and his two disciples to Bingzhou, Lu Bu rushed back to Chang 'an with Dian Wei and Yi Ji.
At this time, Chang 'an was still very quiet. All the officials had succumbed to Dong Zhuo's tyranny. Li Ru's talent was indeed outstanding. On one hand, he supervised the progress of Mei Wu, and on the other hand, he managed the government in an orderly manner. Even Ma Richan and Wang Yun, who stood on the opposite side, had to praise his ability.
Ma Teng, who had been wandering around Luoyang some time ago, finally broke up and sneaked through Yongzhou to Wuwei. Out of the 10,000 soldiers, only 7,000 or 8,000 returned to Wuwei. However, Ma Teng was already content. At least, his life was saved.
Dong Zhuo knew that Ma Teng had returned to Wuwei and immediately thought that Ma Teng had also rebelled against him. He immediately sent Li Cui and Guo Si with 50,000 troops to attack Liangzhou.
Han Sui, who was originally Ma Teng's brother, was tempted by Li Ru and changed sides, catching Ma Teng off guard. Fortunately, his son, Ma Chao, was unusually brave. In the chaotic battle, he charged left and right and found Ma Teng. The father and son joined forces and fought their way out of the encirclement. He brought more than a thousand defeated soldiers and fled back to Wuwei. He brought more than 20,000 troops and began to strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness.
Facing Ma Teng, Ma Chao, and Pang De's sneak attack with a small number of elite soldiers, Han Sui, Li Cui, and Guo Si had no way to break through. They could only combine the two armies and slowly use the force of the army to reduce their losses.
Before arriving in Chang 'an, Lu Bu turned into his cavalry camp to meet Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu. The two of them had been especially diligent in their training recently, and the soldiers had all improved greatly.
Lu Bu looked at the results of the training and plotted with them for a long time. He worked on their minds and finally made them willingly help him eliminate Dong Zhuo.
Yi Ji was left behind to help Xu Huang guard the camp. The two of them were both young people and could get along. Seeing that the two of them were not unhappy, he brought Zhang Xiu back to Luoyang.
Now that Li Cui and Guo Si had led their troops to Xiliang, only Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Zhang Ji, and Yang Feng had military power in Chang 'an.
Yang Feng was currently stationed at the front line of Qinling Mountains, so as long as Zhang Xiu could convince Zhang Ji, he would have a 90% chance of killing Dong Zhuo. He was currently leading 100,000 troops in the construction of Mei Dock. As long as he did not interfere, Lu Bu would not care about Niu Fu's 30,000 Chang 'an soldiers.
Moreover, if he used the right method, he could even take over all 30,000 troops.
After entering Chang 'an, Lu Bu's mood relaxed. He threw all his worries to the back of his mind and wanted to go home as soon as possible. His wife, Lady Yan, and the Zhen family had also arrived in Chang 'an. He couldn't wait to see them as soon as possible. Having inherited part of Lu Bu's memories, he cherished his wife.
Of course, Liu Jian had also prepared an unexpected surprise for him and was waiting for him to return.
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