Chapter 371

"More or less!"

Su Xuan nodded affirmatively: "In terms of personal combat strength, Cao Cao is certainly far inferior to Brother Fengxian!"

"But war is often not just about personal bravery, and not entirely about whether the troops are strong or not;"

"Tactics, strategy, schemes, and even the factors of supporters behind the scenes are all very important!"

"Brother Fengxian is indeed brave and unstoppable, but he lacks too much in other aspects. I am not surprised that he was defeated by Cao Cao!"

"Fortunately, he has already left Cao Cao's territory and gone to Xuzhou. Tao Zou Qian is clearly no match for him;"

"Even with Liu, Guan, and Zhang added, it's the same!"

"You don't need to worry about his safety!"

"Not to mention that with his skills, it's impossible for him to truly encounter danger!"

"Even if he does, I have secretly arranged for people to keep an eye on his situation at all times. If necessary, I will save him at a critical moment, so you don't need to worry."

No matter what, Lu Bu was his good brother and Lu spiritual energy's father; he could never sit by and watch him truly get into trouble.

For now, he was just letting Lu Bu continue to roam outside, incidentally weakening the strength of other warlords and disrupting the situation in Xuzhou and other places.

When Lu Bu grew tired in the future, he could naturally come to his side, and he would give Lu Bu a new meaning in life.

"Is that so?"

Lu spiritual energy nodded, half-understanding: "Since Brother Su Xuan said Father will be fine, then I am relieved!"

"Thank you, Brother Su Xuan, for your silent contributions to Father. Our family will repay you in the future!"

"Hehe!"

Su Xuan smiled: "As long as you are happy! I came to find you because I wanted you to write a letter to Brother Fengxian, so he knows your current situation and can be at ease!"

"Mm-hmm! Okay!"

Lu spiritual energy nodded repeatedly: "I'll go write it now!"

Not long after, Lu spiritual energy finished the letter and handed it to Su Xuan.

Su Xuan also ended his time with Xun Cai and the others, left the back garden, wrote a letter himself, and found Jia San, asking him to send the letters out.

That same day, Lu Bu received the reply.

After reading it,

"Haha!"

Lu Bu could not help but laugh aloud: "Chen Gongtai, Su Boyuan has agreed! Later, he will have that kid Su Yu coordinate with me! You can be at ease!"

"Next, we should discuss carefully where to attack next!"

He naturally read Lu spiritual energy's family letter, and seeing his daughter's concern for him, Lu Bu felt warm inside.

His daughter still cared about him!

She even advised him that once he was done roaming outside, he should go to Su Xuan's side early to enjoy a peaceful life, practicing martial arts, drinking wine, and sparring every day.

It must be said, Lu Bu was truly tempted for a moment.

He really wanted to abandon everything in his hands right now and go to Su Xuan's side.

But in the end, he held back!

Not only because he hadn't roamed enough, but also because he had to be responsible for the soldiers under his command and for Chen Gong.

Since they all trusted him, followed him, and placed their bets on him, he naturally could not just walk away and be completely irresponsible.

That would be the behavior of a scumbag.

No matter what, he had to fight with all his might first.

"Really? That's great!"

Chen Gong was overjoyed upon hearing Lu Bu's words, and then replied: "In that case, military equipment and grain are no longer a problem!"

"As for the next target to attack, what does my Lord think of Jianling?"

"This place leads directly to Pengcheng and is located between Xiapi and Tancheng; it is definitely a key location in Donghai Commandery;"

"Taking this place will cut off the main connections between Tao Zou Qian and Tancheng, and even the Taishan Commandery and Langye Kingdom to the north;"

"I believe Tao Zou Qian will definitely be unable to sit still and will send troops out of Xiapi to fight us!"

"At that time, it will be our real opportunity to take Xuzhou!"

As long as Liu Bei and the others are lured out of the city to fight, their advantage will be completely gone, and they will even fall into a disadvantageous position.

In the open field, Chen Gong believed that Liu Bei and the others were definitely no match for his Lord.

"Good! Then let's take Jianling first!"

Lu Bu was also delighted and immediately waved his hand, finalizing the matter.

In Chang'ancheng,

Xu Rong, with the cooperation of Jia Xu and Jia Yi, successfully led the army to break into Chang'ancheng, shattered the defenses of Li Jue and Guo Si, and successfully captured the two of them in the Imperial City.

"Xu Rong! It's you! How could it be you?"

Li Jue and Guo Si only then realized who they had been defeated by, but upon seeing Xu Rong, their faces were full of disbelief: "Shouldn't it be the King of Zou Qian, Su Xuan? Those troops, it's absolutely impossible for them to be your men! They must be the King of Zou Qian's men, right?"

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"What exactly does the King of Zou Qian want to do? Why are you flying the banner of the Xiliang Army? What kind of conspiracy do you have?"

Previously, although they had learned that a group of Xiliang soldiers intended to attack Chang'ancheng,

They really did not know that Xu Rong was behind it.

By the time they knew, this group of "Xiliang soldiers" had already silently broken into the city, killed their way to the Imperial City, and surrounded them.

They hadn't even been surrounded for long before they were completely defeated!

It was simply that the combat power of these people was too ferocious.

Every one of them was no lower than the peak of the Ming-Jin Realm, and there was no shortage of second-rate experts in the An-Jin Realm.

But such people were actually just small soldiers, which made Li Jue and Guo Si, whose strength was only at the late stage of the An-Jin Realm, feel how broken?

So they were only as strong as the opponent's small soldiers?

Such ferocious troops, even if they were just a small unit, could not possibly be possessed by other warlords, and certainly not by Xu Rong; they could only be the King of Zou Qian's.

"Tsk tsk!"

Xu Rong smacked his lips: "You actually guessed it? You are not as stupid as I imagined!"

"Not bad, I have long since defected to my Lord, Su Xuan!"

"As for why we are flying the banner of the Xiliang Army, that is something you don't need to know!"

"I have come to take you, only out of consideration for our past days as generals of the Xiliang Army, to send you on your way!"

"When you go to the Nine Springs and see Lord Dong, remember to say hello to him for me! I cannot go to accompany him! You all should accompany Lord Dong well!"

Saying this, Xu Rong waved his hand at several personal guards to the side: "That's enough! Drag them out and kill them!"

"Yes!"

Those personal guards immediately accepted the order and stepped forward to drag the people away.

Li Jue and Guo Si's faces changed drastically, and they struggled to look at Xu Rong, begging: "No! Xu Rong! For the sake of our time as colleagues, please spare us!"

"Didn't you defect to the King of Zou Qian? We can too! We are also willing!"

"I beg you!"

They still wanted to live!

Who would want to die if they could live?

— Author's Notes —

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