Chapter 764

The defeated soldiers nodded and thanked him hurriedly.

In a short while, soldiers brought them water and beef jerky.

The dozen or so people wolfed down the beef jerky and water.

Seeing that the defeated soldiers in front of him were full and satisfied, Cheng Lian began to ask on behalf of Lu Bu: "Did the East Central General lose the battle?"

All dozen or so people shook their heads.

Hmm?

Cheng Lian was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Bu and continued to ask: "Since there was no lost battle, why are you here? Where are the armies of the East Central General and the North Central General?"

"Reporting to the General, we were stationed outside Guangzong City."

"But..."

"But the night before last, I don't know what happened, but the North Central General Lu Zhi's army suddenly surrounded our camp."

"At that time, the camp was in chaos, and we didn't know what happened."

"At that time, we thought it was the Huang Jin thieves from Guangzong City who had broken out, so we fled outside the camp."

"But the next morning, we met other soldiers who had escaped and learned what happened."

"It is said that it seems the East Central General Dong Zhuo was captured after being invited to a banquet by the North Central General Lu Zhi, and the troops under the East Central General Dong Zhuo were all taken over by the North Central General."

"What?" Cheng Lian widened his eyes: "You said the East Central General was captured after being invited to a banquet by the North Central General?"

Lu Bu on the side also widened his eyes after hearing this.

What is going on?

Dong Zhuo was captured by Lu Zhi?

The soldiers nodded and said: "It is said so, but we are not sure."

Cheng Lian turned to the side and whispered in Lu Bu's ear: "General, with the ability of the Lord's father-in-law, even if he couldn't fight the Huang Jin thieves, it wouldn't be like this."

"The General has also seen the strong troops under the Lord's father-in-law, and there are only those eight hundred Flying Bears, which are not something the Huang Jin thieves can contend with. I estimate there must have been some changes."

"What these soldiers said is likely true; I will inquire carefully."

Lu Bu nodded immediately.

Cheng Lian, who turned back, immediately asked: "Tell us everything that happened before."

Following Cheng Lian's questioning, the soldiers said more and more, and Cheng Lian also learned more.

It turned out that these soldiers were not Dong Zhuo's direct troops.

But county soldiers recruited in Henei before setting out for Luoyang.

And the soldiers also described the battle situation of besieging Guangzong City before, including Dong Zhuo's siege without attacking, which led to Lu Zhi coming to find him several times.

As for what exactly happened that night, the soldiers only gave a general idea.

But based on the soldiers' account, Cheng Lian still inferred a general result from the soldiers' words.

After the dozen or so defeated soldiers were taken away, Cheng Lian pulled Lu Bu aside.

"General, I estimate that the Lord's father-in-law, Lord Dong, avoided the battle, and Lu Zhi took advantage of the banquet to strip Lord Dong of his military power," Cheng Lian whispered.

"Ah?"

Lu Bu replied with some surprise: "Then Lu Zhi doing this, isn't he afraid that the Lord will come to trouble him in the future?"

Cheng Lian shook his head and said: "Hard to say, maybe Lu Zhi has orders from the court, but I'm not sure yet."

"Then... then what can we do now?" Lu Bu asked.

Cheng Lian thought for a while and said: "That depends on what the General dares to do."

Lu Bu immediately became spirited.

Dares to do?

As long as he doesn't poke a hole in the sky, what else is there that he doesn't dare to do?

"Just say it boldly, what else is there that I don't dare to do."

Cheng Lian smiled: "Since the General has this kind of spirit, then we are not afraid to make things bigger. Anyway, ignorance is no excuse, and this is just a good opportunity for the General to perform in front of the Lord."

Lu Bu nodded vigorously.

Must perform.

Must perform well, otherwise, when will he be valued?

When will he be able to learn the Lord's heaven-shaking strike?

"Done, just say it, how do we do it?" Lu Bu looked at Cheng Lian with burning eyes.

Cheng Lian leaned in and began to whisper in Lu Bu's ear.

Lu Bu nodded while listening: "Good, good, let's do it this way."

"General, don't worry, ignorance is no excuse, they can't do anything to the General. Besides, with the Lord here, they don't dare to do anything to the General."

"The General is now serving as the vanguard, this is a god-given opportunity."

"The Lord's army is behind, and it won't be long before they come over."

"The General can send troops to notify the Lord while heading there."

Lu Bu nodded in agreement with Cheng Lian's plan.

Before long, Lu Bu's order was issued, and more than a thousand vanguard cavalry moved rapidly towards the direction of the boundary bridge, and then headed straight for Guangzong City.

It was afternoon.

Guangzong City, on the city wall.

Due to the changes in the Han army outside the city, Jia Dong and the others in the city were not idle.

In addition to mobilizing the city defense and preparing to deal with Lu Zhi's siege at any time, they also began to carefully monitor the movements outside the city.

After Lu Zhi's army surrounded the West Camp last night, they began to transfer the troops that originally belonged to Dong Zhuo in the West Camp.

Then they began to redeploy the army.

They redeployed the encirclement around Guangzong City from three directions.

Originally, there was only encirclement on the east and west sides outside Guangzong City.

But now it has become an encirclement on the east, west, and south sides.

Only the north side was left with a gap.

Surround three, release one.

It seems that the north side is a gap for survival.

But if you really wait to open the city and flee from the north, that is truly falling into an irrecoverable situation.

The vast majority of the Huang Jin army were infantry, basically without cavalry.

And the Han army's cavalry was a crushing force against the Huang Jin army in the wilderness.

Otherwise, how could the fifty thousand troops led by Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo have shattered the more than one hundred thousand Huang Jin army led by the brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang in one encounter.

Afterwards, they relied on several thousand cavalry to pursue Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.

Several thousand cavalry chasing tens of thousands of Huang Jin soldiers is not a joke.

On the city wall on the east side of Guangzong City.

Holding a silver spear, wearing silver armor and a white robe, covered with a dirt-yellow short jacket, and wrapped in a yellow turban, Zhang Xiu was patrolling the city wall with his soldiers.

From last year to now, although it has only been a year, Zhang Xiu obviously has more composure than a year ago.

Increasingly having the demeanor of a great general.

"Commander, look outside the city."

Suddenly, one of Zhang Xiu's soldiers pointed outside the city.

Zhang Xiu turned his head to look.

In the distance, a few miles outside Lu Zhi's Han army East Camp, a cloud of yellow dust suddenly appeared.

Zhang Xiu only took one look and concluded that it was a cavalry with extremely fast speed and was moving towards Lu Zhi's East Camp.

Zhang Xiu, holding the Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix Spear, leaned against the battlement and looked carefully outside.

The rolling dust was like a dirt-yellow city wall.

In just a moment, Zhang Xiu had already seen the number of the cavalry clearly.

At least a thousand riders.

"Quick, send someone to notify the Divine Envoy and the others immediately," Zhang Xiu said, looking at the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers nodded and walked down the city wall to notify Jia Dong and the others.

Before long, Jia Dong, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, and Hao Zhao all came to the east city wall together.