At the same time, in the meeting hall of Xiapi City, Lu Bu was sitting at the head of the table with a furious expression. Below him were Lu Lingqi and a group of Lu Bu's generals.
The soldiers sent by Lu Bu to Yueling City to deliver the message to Mu Qing had already returned to Xiapi City. However, the news they brought back from Yueling City had nearly angered Lu Bu to death.
"Refusing to retreat to Xiapi City. Using the strength of 20,000 of Lu Bu's army…to fight to the death with Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan's 100,000-strong allied army in Yueling City!”Lu Bu's face was dark. When he first heard this news, Lu Bu thought that there was something wrong with his ears. With just 20,000 troops, he wanted to fight to the death with the 100,000 troops of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan? Who does Mu Qing think he is? Who gave him the courage? Did he think that he was invincible just because he defeated Guan Yu's army?
"What nonsense! This Mu Qing was simply messing around! It was fine if he died, but he also wanted to drag 20,000 Lu Bu's soldiers down with him.”On both sides of the meeting hall, many high-ranking officers of Lu Bu's army expressed their opinions.
"I told you long ago that Mu Qing was unable to entrust you with this important task, but Lord Lu Bu refused to believe me. What should we do now?"
" He's still young and impetuous. He thinks that he doesn't put the entire Liu Bei Army in his eyes just because he defeated Guan Yu's army…"
" This is too reckless…" Chen Gong frowned, extremely dissatisfied with Mu Qing's actions.
Clearly, no one believed that Mu Qing could contend with Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan's combined army of 100,000 with just 20,000 soldiers. Other than Lu Lingqi, everyone else thought that Mu Qing had gone crazy.
If he wasn't crazy, why would he do such a ridiculous thing?
" Mu Qing, what exactly do you want to do…" In Lu Lingqi's impression, Mu Qing was not such a reckless person.
It wasn't that Lu Lingqi didn't trust Mu Qing, but what Mu Qing had done was simply too ridiculous. She really didn't know how to trust Mu Qing.
Not to mention the 20,000 soldiers led by Mu Qing, even if Lu Bu's army had 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers, it would still be difficult for them to fight against the 100,000 soldiers of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan…
"Chen Gong, tell me, what should we do?”Lu Bu turned to Chen Gong and asked.
"What should we do? What else could he do? " By now, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan's 100,000-strong allied army has already arrived at Yueling City and begun their attack. It's too late to say anything now…" Chen Gong shook his head, his voice filled with helplessness.
"Father, I want to save him!" Lu Lingqi ignored the discussions of the people around her and said.
"Lingqi, Mu Qing is crazy. Are you crazy too?”Lu Bu slammed the table and said angrily,"No, you're not allowed to go anywhere!" Stay in Xiapi City obediently! I can promise you anything else, but I definitely can't do this! I can't let my daughter die!“。
"I must go!" Lu Lingqi had inherited Lu Bu's personality and was extremely stubborn. No one could change her mind. Lu Lingqi picked up her halberd and walked out of the meeting hall without looking back…
"Boom!"
A terrifying pressure erupted from Lu Bu's body like a tidal wave. Just as Lu Lingqi was about to rush out of the meeting hall, she felt a pain in the back of her head…and then her consciousness began to blur…
"Men, take the young miss away.”The person who knocked Lu Lingqi out was naturally Lu Bu.
No matter how important Mu Qing was to Lü Lingqi, he couldn't let Lü Lingqi go to Yueling City! This was his daughter! He, Lu Bu, only had one daughter! Lu Bu couldn't watch her die!
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On Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan's side, after a long period of hard work, the two armies finally managed to break out of the poisonous fog.
Although they had successfully escaped from the poisonous fog, the casualties of the two armies were also extremely heavy…
Liu Bei's 40,000 troops were now left with only 20,000. Gongsun Zan's army was even worse off…More than 30,000 of his 60,000 soldiers had died, and less than 30,000 survived…
There were a total of 100,000 allied forces, but now there were only 50,000 left. More than half of them had died…
Just because they had chosen the wrong path, just because of a seemingly unimportant decision, they had lost 50,000 soldiers and paid the price of 50,000 lives!
The price was too high…
"Big Ear Liu!" The most furious person was Gongsun Zan! He placed all the blame on Liu Bei. If Liu Bei did not think himself clever, how could he have fallen into Mu Qing's ambush? He thought that he was intelligent, but he didn't know that he was being played like a monkey.
He kept saying that Guan Yu lost to Mu Qing because of his intelligence, but wasn't Liu Bei the same?
Compared to the defeat of Guan Yu's army, the consequences this time were clearly more serious!
"And that Mu Qing! He killed 30,000 of my Gongsun Zan's soldiers! If he didn't take revenge! I, Gongsun Zan, am an unworthy person!" At this moment, Gongsun Zan had a furious expression.
"Lord Gongsun Zan, I am indeed at fault…After Lu Bu is eliminated, I am willing to share Xuzhou with Lord Gongsun Zan! How is it?" Liu Bei was also furious, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry. Being called Big Ear Liu by Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei had no choice but to suppress his anger.
Now, he still needed Gongsun Zan's help…
"Humph! I hope so." Gongsun Zan's expression softened slightly after receiving Liu Bei's promise.
Everything was ultimately about benefits.
If they could gain a certain amount of benefits, sacrificing tens of thousands of soldiers was not a big deal for Gongsun Zan's army.
Gongsun Zan didn't really care about ordinary soldiers. He could still recruit them after they died. As long as his trump card, the White Horse Righteous Servant, was still around, he would still have the foundation to stand in the troubled times. Gongsun Zan's earlier 'fury' was actually deliberately faked.
As the ruler of Youzhou, he had seen all kinds of storms. He had long been able to hide his emotions. Although the death of thirty thousand soldiers made Gongsun Zan very sad, it was far from the point of making him "furious".
The reason why he pretended to be furious was because he wanted to gain more benefits from Liu Bei.
Life was like a play, it all depended on acting skills. Not only was Gongsun Zan acting, but Liu Bei was also acting.
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