The battle of Mt. Bagong was over. Chen Lan and Lei Bo were beheaded on the spot. Chen Lan's army was also incorporated into the army. Chen Lan's army of more than 10,000 was reduced to less than 1,000 people. Yu Province's cavalry of more than 2,000 was reduced to only 800 with injuries. If they had not acted quickly, they might have been killed by the Lvbu's Army.
Only less than 2,000 of the 5,000 supply troops were left. Half of the City Guard was killed. His personal guards were completely annihilated.
"My Lord, is Hanyang really okay?" Chen Gong frowned and said. Liu Mang had been kneeling in front of the pile of corpses for a long time without saying a word.
Lü Bu also looked at the direction of Chen Gong and sighed. "Let him be!" Chen Gong was not a general. He had never experienced the pain of seeing off his fellow soldiers on the battlefield. Lü Bu had experienced it before. From the beginning of his military service until now, many of his brothers and personal guards had died to protect him. Many of the people who had fought side by side with him could no longer be seen.
"Um!" Chen Gong nodded and did not say anything about this matter. Instead, he took out an account book. "My Lord, please take a look at the treasures and provisions in Mt. Bagong!" Mt. Bagong had been captured and Chen Lan was dead. Mt. Bagong had become an ownerless land. So, all the treasures originally hidden by Chen Lan had become Lü Bu's spoils of war.
"So much?" Lü Bu picked up the account book. Originally, he thought that Chen Lan had separated from Yuan Shu, at most, he would have thousands of gold in provisions and provisions. But who would have thought that there would be so much.
Just the amount of gold alone is more than ten thousand gold. Not counting the jewelry and jades, the amount of grain and provisions is more than fifteen thousand shi. The account book in Lu Bu's hand has been loaded onto the carriages and horses. There are more than thirty carriages full of treasures.
"Chen Lan and Lei Bo are just Yuan Shu's subordinates. How can they have so much?" Even if Chen Lan and Lei Bo robbed Yuan Shu, they should only have food. Where did these gold jades come from? Lü Bu had once been the ruler of a province. Even in a prosperous place like Xu Province, Lü Bu had never seen so much gold and jade.
"My lord!" Shaking his head, Chen Gong continued, "According to Chen Lan's surviving army, those ten thousand dans of grain were indeed robbed by Yuan Shu. However, the rest of the gold and jade were saved by their king Chen Lan and Lei Bo!"
"Yuan Gonglu is so generous?!" Chen Lan and Lei Bo were originally Yuan Shu's subordinates. How generous was Yuan Shu to be able to bestow them so much? Moreover, Lü Bu also knew that Chen Lan and Lei Bo had a cavalry of 2000 men. To be able to raise 2000 cavalry meant that they could raise 20,000 infantry. With such strength, they were definitely rich people.
"It's not that Yuan Gonglu is generous. It's that he dares to take everything!" Chen Gong said angrily, "Just Chen Lan's wealth is equivalent to the wealth of a province. Even if Yuan Gonglu occupies Yu and Yang provinces, it's impossible for him to be so generous as to reward his subordinates! Do you know why there are so few people in Huainan? In addition to the annual war, there are also heavy taxes. I once asked a commoner. This Yuan Gonglu has already collected taxes for ten years! The commoners can't even store a single ration! "
"Yuan Gonglu is really like this?!" Lü Bu himself did not think that he was a good warlord because he had always been militaristic. Xu Province had never been able to recover under his rule. The commoners could only barely survive. However, compared to Yuan Gonglu, Lü Bu was really a wise lord. The commoners under Yuan Gonglu's rule could no longer survive. First, Yuan Gonglu scraped off a layer of the commoners' wealth, then his subordinates scraped off another layer. It could be said that they scraped off the commoners' flesh and blood.
"Yuan Gonglu, Yuan Gonglu, it's a waste of his reputation as one of the Three Dukes of the Fourth Generation!" There were many warlords in chaos, and many of them were descendants of aristocratic families. The virtues left by the ancestors were all used up by this generation.
"Gongtai, take out the 10,000 shi that Chen Lan stole from the provisions and send it to Yuan Gonglu in Shouchun!" Lü Bu said.
"Milord, you?!" Chen Gong did not understand. These provisions were exchanged with the lives of the Lvbu's Army. Now they were going to send it to Yuan Shu?
"Chen Lan stole 10,000 shi of provisions from Yuan Shu. These should be used by Yuan Shu to raise his army!" Lü Bu said indifferently. "The 10,000 shi of provisions were stolen, so Yuan Gonglu raising his army is a problem. But even so, he still borrowed 5,000 shi from me, Lü Fengxian. This favor must be returned!"
"But, we have already helped him kill Chen Lan and Lei Bo!" The 5,000 shi of provisions were used to pay for Chen Lan and Lei Bo in Bagong Mountain.
Now that Chen Lan and Lei Bo were dead, the loot naturally belonged to the Lvbu's Army.
"Gongtai, I don't like to owe people! I have already made up my mind. You go and do it! " After saying that, Lü Bu left. In fact, Lü Bu did not say anything. Yuan Shu lacked provisions, so it was impossible for him to stand and starve to death! He needed to find provisions. Within a radius of a hundred li, there were no other forces except for Bagong Mountain. The only ones left were the common people! They were already on the verge of death. If Yuan Shu plundered them again, they would not be able to live anymore.
Giving Yuan Shu provisions was also to prevent him from harming the common people.
Chen Gong was a little unwilling, but there was no other way. Once Lü Bu sat down and made a decision, no one could change his mind. Chen Gong was just about to let the soldiers count out 10,000 shi of provisions to send to Yuan Shu in Shouchun.
The arrival of a messenger made Chen Gong's expression change.
"What? You said that Yuan Gonglu left Shouchun?! "Lü Bu was a little incredulous. It had only been a few days and the army had already left.
"Where did he go?!" Chen Gong asked for the purpose.
"I heard that he went to Hebei!"
"To Hebei? Yuan Shao?! " Lü Bu gradually understood. After Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao, Yuzhou was occupied and Yangzhou was in ruins. It was not a place to stay. Staying here was only waiting for death. Therefore, Yuan Shu thought of his cheap brother, Yuan Shao. Previously, Yuan Shu did not leave because of Chen Lan and Lei Bo.
Now that Lü Bu was dealing with Chen Lan and Lei Bo, Yuan Shu seized the opportunity to leave.
"Isn't Cao Mengde in Xuzhou?!" Lü Bu received news that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already stationed troops in Guandu and could start fighting at any time. Xuzhou was already occupied by Cao Cao. Would Cao Cao be so kind as to let Yuan Shu go to Hebei?
"Milord, Milord! In addition to the news that Yuan Gonglu left, he also brought us two other pieces of news! "Chen Gong replied.
"Two other pieces of news?!"
"Yes! The first is that the current ruler of Xuzhou is no longer Cao Mengde! "Chen Gong said.
"Not Cao Mengde?!" Lü Bu was stunned. "Could it be that Yuan Shao has already attacked Xuzhou from Qingzhou?!" Xuzhou was a place where four battles were fought. Other than Cao Cao's Yanzhou, there were also Qingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yuzhou that could be reached!
Yuzhou was also in Lao Cao's hands. Yangzhou's Yuan Shu could not even protect himself. Only Qingzhou's Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, could help.
"It's also not Yuan Tan!!" Chen Gong shook his head. "It's someone that Milord can't guess!"
"Someone that I can't guess!" Lü Bu really could not think of anyone who could snatch food from Cao Cao's hands.
"Liu Bei! Liu Xuande! "Chen Gong said. Lü Bu's eyes were filled with shock.
That person's name came out.
"Liu Big Eared?!" Lü Bu clearly remembered that after Tao Qian gave Xuzhou to Liu Bei, it was seized by him. Liu Bei hated him very much. He could even rely on Cao Cao to attack Xuzhou. However, wasn't Liu Bei's relationship with Cao Cao very good? Cao Mengde had always addressed Liu Bei as his younger brother. "Didn't Liu Bei pledge allegiance to Cao Cao?!"
"He didn't pledge allegiance, he just went into hiding!" Chen Gong looked at Lü Bu with a complicated gaze. In fact, Liu Bei and Lü Bu were very similar. Although Lü Bu was said to be a slave of three surnames because he betrayed three lords, this Liu Bei was also the same! From Huang Jin to Lu Zhi, then to Bei Bei to Gongsun Zan, and then to Tao Qian, it could be said that every person that Liu Bei pledged allegiance to did not have a good ending. Liu Bei also abandoned them a long time ago.
The only difference between Liu Bei and Lü Bu was that Lü Bu personally killed his boss, while Liu Bei slowly went into hiding and allowed his boss to be killed.
In the end, the two of them worked together. Lü Bu first pledged allegiance to Liu Bei and almost killed Liu Bei and seized Liu Bei's Xuzhou. After that, Liu Bei surrendered and pledged allegiance to Lü Bu. He then led Lao Cao to kill Lü Bu and almost killed Lü Bu in White Gate Tower.
Now that Lü Bu was gone, Liu Bei had to put in a lot of effort. After killing Lao Cao's Xuzhou Provincial Governor, Che Zhou, he stood on his own.
"Liu Bei, Liu Xuande!" Lü Bu's expression was also complicated. He seized Liu Bei's Xuzhou and was chased out by Cao Cao. In the end, Xuzhou actually fell into Liu Bei's hands. It could be said that fate made fools of people.
Xuzhou belonged to Liu Bei. Liu Bei should not be able to block Yuan Shu's path.
"What is the second news?" Yuan Shu brought another piece of news.
"There is another news. Runan's Liu Pi subdued Yuan Shao!" Chen Gong said.
"Runan's Liu Pi subdued Yuan Shao?" Lü Bu frowned. Lü Bu did not have a headache when Liu Bei seized Xuzhou. After all, Xuzhou was no longer his. No matter who took it, it had nothing to do with him. He also hoped that Liu Bei and Cao Cao would fight to the death in Xuzhou. This way, he could gain a lot of time.
However, this news gave Lü Bu a headache. Runan was their only route to Xinye. Lü Bu and Yuan Shao had a grudge. The reason why Lü Bu went to Yanzhou from Puyang was mainly because of his grudge with Yuan Shao.
Now, Runan was occupied by Yuan Shao. This was not easy to handle. If they could not go by land, they could only go by water. They had to go through Jiang Xia to Xinye. However, the water route was too dangerous. Lü Bu was not familiar with water battles. Once something happened on the water, the entire army would be wiped out.
"Milord, that 10,000-shi of grain and provisions!" While Lu Bu was still in a dilemma, Chen Gong said another matter that was completely unrelated to Lu Bu.
"Leave the provisions with the army!" Lü Bu waved his hand and said.
"Yes!" After receiving Lü Bu's reply, Chen Gong smiled and agreed. Ten thousand shi of provisions was a month's worth of food for the army. How could he be willing to give it to Yuan Gonglu?
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