Chapter 366 Compromise

The morale of Yangzhai's defenders had long been crushed by Lu Bu's scene of flying rocks and destroying the city. Facing the Guanzhong Army that entered the city, they failed to make effective resistance and soon died and surrendered.

The prefect of Yingchuan was also captured by Dian Wei and others and brought to Lu Bu.

"Are you the prefect of Yingchuan?" In the government office, Lu Bu looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. He recognized this man. How did he come to Luoyang Zhong back then? His name was not known at the time. After all, he was just a small person at that time. Over the years, Yingchuan has become too thin.

"Exactly." Yingchuan Prefect said proudly.

"You should know why I'm here. Where are Yuan Zhi's family members?" Lu Bu asked.

"Do you think I can tell you?" Yingchuan Prefect said proudly.

"Go and bring all his family members and kill them one by one in front of him until he says so." Lu Bu looked at Dian Wei and his voice became cold.

"Tie Lu, it's no harm to my wife and children. You are like this..." The Yingchuan prefect's expression changed drastically, and he struggled to get up to resist.

"You broke the rules first." Lu Bu lowered his head and interrupted the other party calmly. There didn't seem to be much anger or other emotions in his eyes. He said calmly: "There are some rules that cannot be broken. It's not just you. I will catch them." As for the Yingchuan nobles, it doesn’t matter where they are. As long as Cao Cao doesn’t release them for one day, I will kill them all. Remember, you are not qualified to negotiate terms with me.”

After saying that, Xu Shu left with a complicated look on his face.

This was the first time that Xu Shu faced Lu Bu's cruelty. Just like the legend, countless heads fell to the ground in a fit of anger. But when he was beside Lu Bu, he didn't feel much anger. All Xu Shu could feel was one Calmly, he did not kill out of anger, but a decision made after calm consideration.

There is no doubt that this is the fastest way to save the mother, but that kind of calm choice feels more than ten times more powerful than killing someone out of anger.

Anger actually means being controlled by others, but calmness means self-control, which means that these actions are made after careful consideration. Thinking about the way Lu Bu destroyed the city, Xu Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Such a brave and strategist is the best in the world. Looking at the world, who can compete with him?

The prefect of Yingchuan watched his parents and relatives die in front of him one by one. Lu Bu really could do it, and the barrier in his heart was finally broken. Xu's mother had been sent to Juancheng, and he could not release her.

"In other words, you are useless?" Lu Bu lowered his head and looked at him.

The prefect of Yingchuan suddenly felt something bad and looked at Lu Bu in shock, only to see Lu Bu wave his sleeves: "Kill!"

In an instant, hundreds of heads fell to the ground.

"Thief Lu!" The prefect of Yingchuan's eyes were splitting as he struggled crazily to pounce on Lu Bu.

"I know why you are so unscrupulous in capturing members of Yuan Zhi's family. It's all because he has no power and comes from a humble family." Lu Bu looked at Yingchuan Prefect: "In your eyes, we from a humble family can sacrifice at any time, but you can't. The so-called rules are only for you, but don’t apply them to us. Today, you will tell the world with your blood that rules are necessary. I am a person who has no bottom line than you!"

After saying that, he was dragged directly to join his family.

Since Xu's mother is not in Yangzhai, Lu Bu will naturally not stay in Yangzhai and quickly lead his people to fight in Yingchuan. Yingchuan is the core of the world's gentry and has produced countless celebrities. Nowadays, there are many gentry from Yingchuan under the lords. Lu Bu But this time, these people were taken over directly. Even the county government was taken over by Lu Bu. How could the remaining county towns be blocked.

Cao Cao was prepared to face Lu Bu. When he attacked Nanyang, he was on the offensive, but now he is on the defensive. He thought he could hold it for a few days, but in just ten days, Lu Bu defeated the great city of Yingchuan and captured a large number of family members of officials. , Yu Jin and Li Dian led their troops to encircle and suppress them, but Lu Bu led his crossbow cavalry to kill them from Yingchuan to Chen Guo before stopping. Yu Jin and Li Dian almost broke in.

Juancheng, looking at the information sent in his hand, Cao Cao sat down on the ground weakly, rubbed his temples with a headache and said: "Quickly, order people to send Xu Shu's mother back. Remember, don't wait any longer."

Neither Cao Cao nor Cheng Yu and Xun Yu expected that Lu Bu would come in person, let alone that the defense line deployed by Yingchuan would be so vulnerable.

As for Lu Bu directly annihilating the Yingchuan prefect, it is not surprising. Lu Bu has been ruthless for more than a day or two. However, this result made everyone who wanted to win back the city feel uncomfortable. The combat power of the Guanzhong Army is really terrifying. Even though this is a cavalry led by Lu Bu himself, which is different from ordinary cavalry, its combat power is too terrifying, right?

"Liannu!" After Cao Cao waited for someone to pass on the order, he rubbed his head with a headache, looked at the two men and said, "Pass my order to summon all the famous craftsmen in the country to make a repeating crossbow."

The gap between this equipment is too big. When fighting in Nanyang, Ma Chao almost defeated the enemy with a small number of repeating crossbows. Later, Yuan Shao was also defeated by this repeating crossbow. Although Cao Cao has secretly made repeating crossbows in recent years, it has also achieved some results. But even if a repeating crossbow like the one in Guanzhong was made based on the several captured repeating crossbows, it was still somewhat substandard, at least not as powerful as others.

After Lu Bu's three thousand men almost penetrated the Central Plains this time, Cao Cao made up his mind to make a repeating crossbow stronger than Lu Bu's. Without this thing, he would be at a huge disadvantage against Lu Bu's troops.

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu nodded. Because of Guanzhong, the status of this craftsman in the Central Plains has also begun to improve. Especially after the failure of the last alliance to challenge Lu, not only Cao Cao, but also the Sun family in Jiangdong and the Yuan family in Hebei are studying crossbows. Improve it. Next time you fight Lu Bu, you won't suffer a loss in equipment.

As for Lu Bu throwing stones at a hundred steps to destroy the city... Just listen to it. Don't take it seriously. Cao Cao has only dealt with Lu Bu once or twice. If Lu Bu really had this ability, he wouldn't have done it during the Battle of Hulao Pass. That should have been the result, but Lu Bu directly threw stones and defeated the coalition forces.

After all, throwing stones at a hundred steps to break down the city gate is obviously more ridiculous. He would rather believe that the defender was incompetent and fell into Lu Bu's plan and was lured out of the city and destroyed.

But no matter what, Cao Cao did not dare to fight again in this battle. While ordering people to return Xu's mother, he also sent people to surrender to Lu Bu.

It's no good if you don't give in. If you don't give in, Lu Bu will definitely slap him in the face if you don't give in. Although after giving in, it will increase Lu Bu's prestige and indirectly help Lu Bu establish his prestige, but there is no way. If you don't give in, you won't be able to do it. If we can't fight, those Yingchuan officials under him will cause trouble.

Even if he missed this shot, he could only threaten Xu Shu with his mother. But if this rule is broken, will all the people under his rule be hostages?

This incident once again proved that Lu Bu did not regard scholars as human beings. Which prince would dare to block the imperial examination in the future?

In fact, it is true as Lu Bu said, if Cao Cao is much stronger than Lu Bu, then there is no problem for Cao Cao to use this move. Although it is a cheap move, it is absolutely effective. The problem is that Cao Cao is not stronger than Lu Bu. In this case, use this move. , this is helping Lu Bu let go of his moral constraints.

Anyway, as long as you dare to do it, I will dare even more. It seems that this rule still needs to be observed.

If I ever have the power to dominate the world, I will use this trick again.

Cao Cao could only helplessly imagine that his Japanese subordinates had made stronger weapons, and when they overwhelmed the princes, the princes dared to be angry but dare not speak out.

Although this seems very shameless, if I don't think about it this way, Cao Cao will be so uncomfortable that he can't sleep.

Half a month later, Cao Cao ordered Lou Gui to take Xu's mother to Yangdi to meet Lu Bu.

"Why is Marquis Wen doing this? My lord just heard about Yuan Zhicai's name, so he specially brought the old lady to Juancheng to stay for a while. He did not mean to be disrespectful. This is really a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Lou Gui is a famous scholar in Nanyang. He met Cao Cao in his early years. When Lu Bu took control of Nanyang, he defected to Cao Cao.

When he didn't vote for Lu Bu, he naturally looked down on him, but now, in order to take the overall situation into consideration, he had to smile at this person whom he once looked down upon.

"It doesn't matter. I'll do more of these things in the future. I like misunderstandings. This gives me a reason to come to the Central Plains for a walk." Lu Bu asked Xu Shu to pick up his mother back. He looked at Lou Gui and smiled, but this smile was so strange to Lou Gui. It seems to be somewhat contemptuous and discriminatory.

He was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. Now the situation in the world is different from the past. Among the five major princes today, there is an outlier like Lu Bu who doesn't care about his family background. Lu Bu's family background may only be used as a chat when chatting. How could he dare to expose Lu Bu in front of others the same way he did in front of others? This person really dares to destroy you.

"The Lieutenant's words are serious. To express his apology, my lord specially ordered my subordinate to bring several boxes of treasures. I hope the Lieutenant will not refuse." Lou Gui said with a smile.

"Since it is Meng De's good intention, I will accept it. The imperial examination is to select scholars for the country, and it is a major event that benefits the country. The selected candidates will be the pillars of the country in the future. How can they be frightened? Never do these things again in the future. ." Lu Bu looked at Lou Gui and nodded.

After being beaten, he had to give gifts and apologize. In most of his life, Lou Gui had heard of such a ridiculous thing for the first time. However, it happened in front of his eyes and he participated in it. This kind of aggrievedness was more intense than what Cao Cao felt. All true.

At this moment, he could only nod in agreement, and chatted with Lu Bu about Cao Cao's affairs as if on pins and needles. Lu Bu finally decided to let him go: "Everyone else can go their separate ways, but the Xun family needs to come back to Chang'an with me."

"Lieutenant, how can your family want each other?" Lou Gui couldn't sit still. The Xun family was not only a powerful family in Yingchuan, but Xun Yu was Cao Cao's right-hand man. How could Lu Bu take the Xun family away?

"Now that Gongda is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is inappropriate to be alone in Chang'an all the time. We just take this opportunity to bring the Xun family back. If Wen misses his family, he can come to Chang'an to visit." Lu Bu said casually.

Xun You's talent is naturally extremely high, but Xun Yu has been coveted by Lu Bu for a long time, but he has never had the chance. Now that he has seized this opportunity, it would be best if he could take the opportunity to lure Xun Yu here. Even if he can't, it will be as he said. Said that it could put Xun You at ease.

Lou Gui: "..."

Speechless, Cao Cao's methods finally fell on Cao Cao, what could he do? Are you going to directly snatch people away from Lu Bu now?

After looking at Lu Bu, Lou Gui wisely gave up the idea. He didn't have the ability, so he could only let Lu Bu handle it. As for Xun Yu's reaction, we'll talk about it later.

In an atmosphere of friendly negotiation, Lu Bu finally collected a large amount of property. With the full harvest, he joined Gao Shun who came to help him. He transported a large amount of property collected from various tribes in Yingchuan to Guanzhong, saying that the people would be released and the property would be released. I didn’t say I wanted to pay it back...