Chapter Nineteen: Xiuer?
The next day, Lu Bu and Li Su conspired for a long time and walked out of Li Su's residence.
Although Luoyang City was in chaos, the street where Li Su was located was basically full of officials from the Han Dynasty, and it was still very quiet, and no soldiers dared to make trouble here.
It was getting late, but there were only a few people on the wide street. Although Jia Xu was not recruited on this trip, he got Li Su. Moreover, Jia Xu had a good impression of him, so it was not a loss.
"Oh, I finally came out once, thanks to Xiu'er."
"Sister Lan'er, Luoyang is very chaotic now. We must be careful, otherwise Lord Situ will definitely blame him if he finds out."
The sounds of the beakers add some vitality to the slightly desolate streets.
Lu Bu's body suddenly froze, and the figure in the distance made him feel familiar, how similar to the little sister he had lost back then.
"Xiu'er, is it you?" Lu Bu murmured.
"Xiu'er is so beautiful. Every time she comes out, she will fascinate the passers-by. I wonder who will be blessed to marry Xiu'er in the future."
"Sister Lan'er, stop talking." Xiu'er said with a slightly red face.
With a white gauze covering her face, Lu Bu dared not come forward to recognize her easily because she was too chaotic because Luoyang City was too chaotic.
Xiu'er in the crowd also noticed Lu Bu not far away. Her familiar face made her a little stunned for a moment. She couldn't forget that many years have passed, but she still couldn't forget that it was the boy who sacrificed himself to save her from the thief. She would never forget that time she spent her whole life.
"Idle people are waiting to avoid it." A team of soldiers came from a distance and kept shouting.
Lu Bu, who was about to come forward to meet him, hurriedly stopped and lowered his head and left quickly.
"Is it him?" Xiu'er still did not take her eyes back until Lu Bu left.
"Sister Xiu'er, do you fall in love with that disciple?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Xiu'er said angrily.
On the fourth day after Lu Bu left the coalition, under the "fier" offensive of the coalition, the Sishui Pass, which was abandoned by Dong Zhuo, was broken.
After breaking through the Sishui Pass, the princes were having banquets outside the Hulao Pass every night, singing praises to their virtues, and not thinking about attacking Luoyang.
In fact, it is no secret that Dong Zhuo wanted to move the capital to Chang'an among the princes, but no one wanted his subordinates to go up and die. He broke through the Sishui Pass. Luoyang was close to him. The princes became much more cautious. Those who could sit here were no fools, and their troops were gone, and they still wanted credit. Is it that simple?
Let’s talk about Hulao Pass, it is the last level to protect Luoyang, and its risk is even worse than that of Sishui Pass.
"General, are you back?" Gao Shun was overjoyed when he heard the news of Lu Bu's return.
"Shunzi, I haven't seen him lose weight in a few days." Lu Bu quipped.
"Recently, General Sun and General Gongsun, General Cao visited the general many times, and Cao Xing represented the general in the tent of the princes." Gao Shun was a little dull and naturally would not complain to Lu Bu.
"Is there anything big in the military?"
"Now there are 8,230 soldiers in our army who have combat power. The injured soldiers were properly placed according to the general's instructions. However, General Yuan Shu repeatedly provoked him repeatedly, saying that the general said he was sick and did not dare to go to the battlefield. His words were very unpleasant." Gao Shun said this and looked a little angry.
"When I conquered Sishui Pass, Bingzhou Erlang actually lost more than 2,000 people. This made me explain to their family after I went back." Lu Bu sighed.
"As for Yuan Shu, don't pay attention to him."
"The general is kind and righteous, and the soldiers will die without regrets." Gao Shun's eyes were slightly red.
Lu Bu shook his head without comment, "Who doesn't want to be alive? The dead soldiers are registered. After returning to Bingzhou, they should properly resettle their families and not let the soldiers shed blood on the battlefield before crying."
Gao Shun's body shook. At this moment, he felt that Lu Bu's figure was so tall. After so many days of the coalition forces, he also understood that the soldiers of other princes often came to him after being seriously injured, but not treatment, but swords. This was also tacit. After all, these soldiers would drag down the army.
Those who were treated were treatments that only those with status enjoyed. Lu Bu’s previous registration of the dead soldiers in the army had already touched the soldiers. After all, no one wanted to die in a foreign land but his family didn’t know the news. If he knew that there were such generous pension conditions, his morale would definitely be even higher.
"I will definitely handle this matter well." Gao Shun said with his fists.
"Well, thank you for your hard work recently." Lu Bu patted Gao Shun's shoulder. Before he could rest, he changed his clothes and walked to the tent of the princes.
"It's not long after the Sishui Pass was broken, General Lu's illness was cured? It's so gratifying." The first person to find that Lu Bu walked in was Yuan Shu. This guy took advantage of Lu Bu's "illness" and excluded him a lot. If it weren't for Cao Xing and Gao Shun's alertness, the Bingzhou Army would have suffered greater losses.
"General Meng Yuan is worried, he is much better." Lu Bu looked at Yuan Shu angrily.
"General." Cao Xing stood up and stood behind Lu Bu calmly.
"General Lu came just right, so he should drink three big bowls." Yuan Shao seemed very happy. As the leader of the coalition army, Dong Zhuo was about to run away. He seemed to see the whole world in his hands. As for the emperor, he didn't even think about going to save him. With the emperor, he, as the leader, wouldn't he be the end of his life?
"Thank you, the leader." Lu Bu nodded to Sun Jian and others, pouring himself and drinking without being sad or happy. He keenly discovered that there was a strange aura among the princes. Yuan Shu was surrounded by princes and urging him to drink, Gongsun Zan was like himself, drinking by himself, and Ma Teng was like, intentionally or unintentionally, the princes on the border were isolated.
A banquet ended in a strange atmosphere, and no one mentioned the attack on Hulao Pass.
As soon as Lu Bu returned to the military camp, Sun Jian followed him.
Lu Bu still had a good impression of Sun Jian and said lightly: "General Sun, what's wrong?"
Feeling the indifference in Lu Bu's tone, Sun Jian smiled bitterly: "General Lu, you have seen the situation of the princes now. It's hard to protect yourself. There are 20,000 warriors, but now there are only more than 6,000 people left. What's even more hateful is that Yuan Shu often deducts the food and supplies of the princes."
"The Yuan family has four generations and three masters. I didn't expect that there would be a scum like Yuan Shu, and the situation of the Bingzhou army was not much better." Lu Bu sighed.
"Brother Fengxian, I heard that the old thief Dong Zhuo was going to move the capital to Chang'an. Since he had conquered Sishui Pass, why not take down the Huzhu, clear the emperor's side, and revive the Han Dynasty?" This question lingered in Sun Jian's mind for a long time.
"Brother Wentai, I have to ask the leader about this matter. I am a little bit light." After hearing what Jia Xu said, Lu Bu naturally would not act recklessly. What he is thinking about now is how to retain his strength and return to Bingzhou.
"I have something to do, I want to trouble Fengxian." Sun Jian said embarrassedly.
Chapter completed!