Summer dusk, evening breeze.

In Xuzhou Prefecture, there are hundreds of flowers blooming in the back garden and colorful butterflies are flying, which is a beautiful scenery.

The courtyard is deep, with weak willows supporting the wind and green water lotus flowers reflecting red.

In the pavilion to the east, Lu Bu, wearing a thin brocade robe with an open collar, lying on the wide rattan chair. There is a young beautiful girl on both sides, hugging her left and right, accompanied by beautiful wine and beautiful women. Eating rose apples (grapes) without the skin of rose apples, drinking wine without the wine cup, the beauty opens her mouth when eating, so she is so carefree!

Indeed, for Lu Bu, the past six months have indeed been the most comfortable and comfortable time he has lived in many years of war, carefree and comfortable physically and mentally.

Since the end of the Battle of Huainan, although he had lost a lot of troops, he had obtained a lot of supplies, money and food, and returned with a full load.

It is worth mentioning that on his way back to Xuzhou, the officials of all counties and counties along the way went out of the city to greet each other, warmly presented each other, and gave them good wine and food to reward the army. Although these counties had been included in the rule of Li Li, Lu Bu was Li Li's father-in-law, so the officials along the way did not dare to be negligent and welcomed them enthusiastically, and gave them a lot of money before leaving.

In this way, along the way, Lu Bu made a fortune and was satisfied to lead his troops back to Xuzhou. When he entered the city that day, he had less than 30,000 troops under his command, but he brought more than 200 chariots of money, food and supplies, so that the convoy that returned with a full load was even more spectacular than the troops under his tent, which surprised countless people and was amazed.

Shortly afterwards, Li Li led his army to Hebei and immediately lifted the threat from Xuzhou, allowing Lu Bu to enjoy the glory and wealth and become the king of Xuzhou who dominates the country with peace of mind.

Since then, the Xuzhou Prefecture Palace has sung and danced every day, drumming the zither and blowing the volleys, and the beakers and swallows are happy and carefree. Lu Bu is addicted to it, wandering in the singing and dancing of the beards all day long, drunk in the gentle countryside, drinking endlessly, and taking away beautiful wine.

It can be said that: I look at the flowers in my drunken eyes, smell the fragrance of flowers in my dreams; I feel pity for the tenderness, and lie high on the knees of a beautiful woman. I am proud of myself and drink with me. The beauty is accompanied by my dreams; I wake up and lie horizontally, and I still lie on the knees of a beautiful woman.

A month ago, when he learned that Li Li was defeated in Yecheng, Lu Bu laughed out loudly after a moment of loss of consciousness, drinking three hundred cups that day, full of passion, Ye Yu's three girls.

Obviously, this news made Lu Bu feel excited. He was so excited that he couldn't hold on himself and was completely crazy. This was because in his impression, it seemed that Li Li had never suffered a defeat or suffered such a big loss after so many years.

In one battle, more than 200,000 troops were lost completely, miserably, and extremely defeated. As a result, Li Li took the lead and became the prince with the largest number of soldiers and horses among the princes in the world. He was firmly the leader of all the princes. He was so popular after defeating the battle. Only Li Li was the only one in the world, and the other princes could not stand against him, so he was ashamed of himself.

Therefore, Lu Bu was gloating and held a banquet in the mansion for three consecutive days, drinking happily with his subordinates in Xuzhou. He drank very much every day. Even if he was drunk, he was still laughing happily and mocked Li Li in public: "Li Wenchang is always arrogant, but he didn't expect you to have today, which is so satisfying!"

However, since he learned that Li Li had successfully broken through and returned to Bingzhou without any damage, Lu Bu was depressed again. On the day he wrote the news back, he slapped the table in the lobby of the provincial governor's mansion and cursed Cao Cao who missed the opportunity: "Cao Mengde was wise but was confused for a while. Since he sent Liu Bei's common man to intercept Li Li, he was really stupid! It is such a good opportunity to trap Li Li in Ye City. It's a dream, once a lifetime. It's a pity that Cao Cao actually watched Li Li break out of the siege and escape from heaven. Cao Mengde is really incompetent, stupid as a pig!"

Since then, Lu Bu stayed in the door for three consecutive days and drank all day long. At this point, the provincial governor's mansion, which had been lively for half a year, finally became quiet. The Xuzhou subordinates did not need to attend the banquet every day, nor did they need to search for the dry mind to flatter Lu Bu, and they were happy to be quiet.

In the pavilion, Lu Bu was lying in the arms of a beautiful girl, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep, while another beautiful girl skillfully beats his legs and rubs his shoulders. At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came from the corridor of the water pavilion, causing Lu Bu to suddenly look at Wei Xu, who was jogging towards the pavilion in a cold manner.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

After a while, Wei Xu jogged into the pavilion, and gasped quickly and said anxiously: "Report to the lord, the Xiliang army has now entered Xuzhou."

"Uh! What did you say?" After hearing the Xiliang army was coming, Lu Bu suddenly stood up, stepped in front of Wei Xu, reached out to grab his collar, and instantly lifted him up, causing Wei Xu's report to stop abruptly, and he was immediately blushed and his neck was thick, and he couldn't breathe.

However, Lu Bu ignored this and asked anxiously: "The Western Liang army actually entered Xuzhou. Why didn't you report it long ago? Why did you delay it until now?"

"Cough cough cough!" Wei Xu tried hard to break free while coughing violently. At this time, Lu Bu noticed that he was so slapped that he could not speak, so he let go of him, glared at Wei Xu, and stared coldly.

Seeing this, Wei Xu did not dare to hesitate. After a quick breath, he quickly reported: "Lord, don't be surprised. The Xiliang army is not here to plot against our Xuzhou, but to attack Yanzhou under Cao Cao's rule." While speaking, Wei Xu waved his hand to signal the personal soldiers standing outside the pavilion to present the bamboo slips in their hands.

Seeing this, the personal soldiers rushed forward quickly and handed all the two bamboo slips in their hands to Wei Xu. After Wei Xu took the bamboo slips, he carefully identified them, and then handed one of the bamboo slips to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu did not unintentionally notice why Wei Xu took the two bamboo slips, and immediately took the book slip and opened it to look.

With ten rows of eyes (the bamboo slips are written vertically), after reading the bamboo slips quickly, the anger on Lu Bu's face gradually faded, and he breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly walked to the seat, sat down leisurely, and threw the bamboo slips on the table in front of him.

The content on the bamboo slips is quite concise and straightforward. The general meaning is: Wuweiying, the troops stationed in Yuzhou and Xu Huang, the troops stationed in Huainan, were ordered to go to Yanzhou to participate in the war. Due to the urgency of time, they used Xuzhou to rush to Yanzhou to join the war as scheduled. For this reason, Bocai asked Lu Bu to be compatible and allowed his troops to pass through.

In addition, the bamboo slips explain the way of borrowing the road in detail, and state that no one along the way will enter the city. If they encounter a city, they will walk around the city to avoid disturbing the people of Xuzhou. It also mentioned that recently a navy of the Xiliang Army went south to Yangzhou and entered Lujiang. At that time, Lu Bushi would need to help him and temporarily borrow some food and grass to replenish the needs of the navy, and would return it twice in the future.

After thinking a little, Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "Bo Cai is so rude. Since he has asked me for help but does not come in person, this move is clearly despising me! Moreover, Yuzhou and Yanzhou are not far away. This guy can lead his troops back to Sili, and then march directly from Sili, without the need to detour Xuzhou. There is also the Xiliang Naval Commander mentioned in the book. He had never heard of the Xiliang Army already having a naval commander, but now a naval commander has emerged inexplicably. The most puzzling thing is that this naval commander actually borrowed from our Xuzhou and borrowed food and grass, but where did it come from? Could it be able to cross the ocean?"

After hearing this, Wei Xu was also confused and knew nothing about it. In other words, his understanding of the Western Liang army was comparable to that of Lu Bu and Lu Bu didn't know anything. Wei Xu naturally didn't know about it after asking questions, so he was unable to answer the questions raised by Lu Bu.

So Wei Xu bowed and stood aside, keeping silent, fearing that he would not answer the question, and was scolded by Lu Bu again.

Seeing Wei Xu standing behind the court pillar with a confused look on his face, Lu Bu couldn't help but be angry and almost wanted to scold Wei Xu, but he finally held it back. After all, Wei Xu was his brother-in-law, and it was very difficult to follow him for many years, and he was always loyal to him. Therefore, Lu Bu was concerned about his old love, but he swallowed it back to his mouth, which was to save some face for Wei Xu.

After a moment of silence, Lu Bu said in a deep voice with anger: "Forget it, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although Li Li was defeated in Yecheng, his strength is still very strong, and he still has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. Therefore, Lu Bu, I, gave him a face this time, and allowed Bocai and Xu Huang's troops to borrow from Xuzhou; however, our army was short of food and grass and could not provide the needs of his navy. Please find another way out!"

Wei Xu received the order when he heard the sound. He immediately turned around and left. He had just taken two steps but turned back and handed the other bamboo slip in his hand to Lu Bu again, and explained respectfully: "Lord, this slip was sent by Cao Cao. Just now, the military advisor (Chen Gong) handed it over to the Mo General and told the Mo General to present the slip to the lord himself and ask the lord to decide."

When he heard Wei Xu mention Chen Gong, Lu Bu's expression changed slightly, and a hint of disgust flashed across the corners of his eyes. He took the bamboo slip with a stern face and then spread it out and looked around.

The content of the book is: Cao Cao wanted to form an alliance with Lu Bu and fight against Li Li, and promised to share the world equally on the day of success, control the country and share the glory together. If Lu Bu could form an alliance with him without any grudges, Cao Cao was willing to give out 100,000 stones of food and grass, 30,000 gold, plus more than a hundred carts of brocade, silk and cloth, all of which were given to Lu Bu to show his sincerity in forming an alliance. In addition, after the two sides formed an alliance, Cao Cao would also give 20,000 war horses to help Lu Bu expand his troops, expand the wolf cavalry, and strengthen the strength of the allied forces.

This volume of alliance book simplified the temptation, like a piece of sweet and fat flesh, which made Lu Bu's eyes shine after reading the book simplified, his eyebrows were dancing, and his heart beat faster.

However, he was quite hesitant about the joint fight against Li Li mentioned in the bamboo slips, worried about gains and losses, and was undecided. This was because he had always been very afraid of Li Li, so that he usually did not allow others to mention Li Li's name in the mansion, as if he was secretive and his fear was fully revealed.

However, Lu Bu never let go of this kind of fat that was sent to his mouth. When Yuan Shu became emperor, he also won him this way and gave him a lot of money and grain in exchange for his support. Now, Yuan Shu has passed away, but Lu Bu is getting more and more prosperous and his strength is getting stronger and stronger. Therefore, Lu Bu intends to use his same trick again and temporarily agrees to form an alliance with Cao Cao and get the money and grain and horses promised by Cao Cao first. As for the matter of joint troops in the future, it is not too hasty and needs to be discussed for a long time.

Just when Lu Bu whispered to Wei Xu how to reply to Cao Cao, he seemed to have forgotten that Cao Cao had always been treacherous and resourceful, so how could he and Yuan Shu and other colleagues beside him?

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