"As a general, your life is no longer yours. You must not let your brothers die for your own selfishness... Give up when you need to. If you don't give up, you will only lose. More... more!" Zou Xiangyu said.
"Sister, let me choose again, I will still do it, but this time I will not let my three brothers play, but myself." Li Hugo said.
"You stupid brother, you are so stubborn. You make me wonder how I can live? In order to save a useless person like me, you have to get in with so many people, you..." Zou Xiangyu shook his head and said.
Li Yuguo clenched his fists: "My wife has been killed by Cao Mengde, and my adoptive father Lu Zhi was beheaded by Cao's thieves, and his head was hung on the top of Luoyang City. My brother-in-law is dead... Now I only have one sister left, you He is my only relative. If I don’t have any relatives around me, what’s the point of living alone?”
"If you say that again, I will kill myself in front of you immediately!" As he said that, Zou Xiangyu put the sword above his neck.
Xun Yu hurried over and said: "Madam, sister-in-law, please don't do anything stupid... If you commit suicide here, then so many of us have died, wouldn't it be in vain? And the three brothers died not far away, does Madam-in-law know this rule?" Who is Wei? He is the most powerful general under Cao Cao, the number one general! This Dian Wei is said to have the strongest strength in the world, even stronger than Lu Bu!"
Zhao Yun also came up and said: "Sister-in-law, if you really commit suicide now, then the lives of our brothers will be in vain! How can they rest in peace under the circumstances?"
"Big Brother is right. If Big Brother refuses to save his loved ones, who will follow Big Brother? You are Big Brother's sister, but you are also half of Big Brother's benefactor. A person can be so indifferent to his own benefactor. He treats others. It is conceivable... and the three brothers of Zhoucang died for their confidants! They died in the right place and died with smiles. You must know that their reputation will be praised by the world in one household, because they killed the unique one in the world. Dian Wei!" Xun Yu said.
At this time, Zou Xiangyu had already softened her heart. Zou Xiangyu said, "Even so, then Cao Jun..."
"Cao Jun will not pursue us. The soldiers and horses used by Ma Chao and Zhao Yun just now are our most elite soldiers and horses. Cao Jun is suspicious by nature. They will definitely suspect that we have reinforcements, so the Xiahou brothers were not willing to fight at that time." Li Yuguo said.
"But what I'm concerned about now is, where do we go from here?" Zou Xiangyu said.
Li Yuguo thought for a while: "We now have fifteen thousand soldiers and horses. If we go to some small places, I'm afraid they won't dare to accept it. And now the Central Plains has been occupied by Cao Mengde and Yuan Shao. I think this Cao Yuan war will happen sooner or later." Let’s start. In that case, how about we go to the south first?”
"The battle between Cao and Yuan? How did the lord guess it?" Xun Yu's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said.
Li Yuguo said slowly: "Originally, the leader of the princes in the world was Yuan Shao, but now Cao Mengde has control of 300,000 soldiers, horses, food, and wages, and he also occupies important places such as Luoyang, Chang'an, and Yanzhou. He holds the emperor to command the world. What do you think of Yuan Shao? Will you be convinced? He has shaken Yuan Shao's dominance, so Yuan Shao will definitely not tolerate him. As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. This is the truth. And the strength in the south is complicated, which is exactly where we can flex our muscles, such as Liu Zhang, Tao Qian, etc. We are passive, Yuan Shu is our life and death enemy, Sun is now plotting Jiangdong, etc... "
When Li Yuguo said this, everyone nodded, and Zhao Yun said: "I wonder where brother is going?"
"Go to Jingzhou to find an old friend." Li Huguo said.
Naturally, he would look for opportunities to take back the kindness he had spread out. Just at this moment, a cavalry force arrived from a distance. Li Hugo looked up and found that the person coming was Lu Qiling. Lu Qiling came to the front of the formation and took out a cavalry from her arms. Bamboo tube, inside this bamboo tube is the engagement letter prepared by Lu Bu for Li Huguo. Of course, this is also unilateral and has not been shown to Li Hugo.
Li Huguo said, "She's my niece. Why are you here? It's said that your father and Chen Gong went to Xuzhou to seek refuge with Lord Tao Qian. Why didn't you go?"
"I was killed..." Lu Qiling said, her eyes a little red.
"What's going on here?"
"In order not to drag me down, my mother actually used herself as bait and rushed off a bridge. She was completely submerged by the river..." As she said this, Lu Qiling started crying.
Li Yuguo said hurriedly: "As long as you stay alive, we are about to go south. How about you, a hundred riders, go south with me and then find your father?"
"I... I..." Lu Qiling didn't know what to say.
Xun Yu was so smart that he immediately came over and said, "Miss Lu, can you come with me?"
Lu Qiling said: "Sir, you are..."
"Come..." Xun Yu and Lu Qiling came to the river and said, "I'm very sorry about your mother. Poor parents in the world. Although you saved your mother, at the critical moment, your mother was willing to give up her life for you. , Miss, may I ask if this letter is for General Li?"
"Yes, that's right, sir, you are smart." Lu Qiling said.
She immediately gave the letter to Xun Yu, but her face turned red.
But Xun Yu frowned as he took the letter. Lu Qiling said, "Sir, is there anything wrong with this letter?"
"There is no problem, but now is not the time..." Xun Yu said, "As you know, my lord and his wife love each other very much. They were friends in times of need and vowed to grow old together. However, their lover died halfway, and my wife was captured by Cao Cao. As for the harm, my lord is loyal to the Han Dynasty and a very affectionate person. If Miss Lu gives this letter to my lord at this time, I am afraid that my lord will reject it immediately."
"But...but I have nowhere to go. My father arranged this to give me a place to stay. If I go back now, my father will not tolerate me. Besides, Tao Qian's son gave my father a letter of appointment before, and he was I rejected it outright, Tao Qian's son must hate me..." Lu Qiling said.
Xun Yu thought for a while and said: "My lord plans to go to Jingzhou this time. In my opinion, it is better to do this... Miss, I will go with my lord to the nine counties of Jingxiang and test my lord again. If If my lord wants, the lady can show him this letter. If my lord has not yet come out of the pain, the lady can listen to my plan... this way, this way... "
As he spoke, Xun Yu whispered softly into Lu Qiling's ear.
Lu Qiling said happily: "What a good idea. Why do you help me, sir?"
"A country cannot be without a king for a day, nor can it be without an heir for a day. There must be a woman by my lord's side. This can also let my lord know that there are people behind him who need his protection, so that he will not do anything impulsive again. As for the matter, in the previous battle at Sanlipo, if Cao's army had not been outnumbered, I am afraid that our lord would have died." As he spoke, Xun Yu shook his head.