I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 420 Kidnapping Lü Bu
Qingzhou, Linzi.

Lu Bu stared blankly at Chen Deng, who had come to report to him.

"Yuanlong means that a ship has been found on the beach, and it has been confirmed that it was sent by Liu Bei... and he wants me to go to the rescue?"

"It's true."

Chen Deng's expression was extremely solemn.

"It is said that the Prince of Yan left Liucheng undefended, so he led his troops to attack it. But unexpectedly, Gongsun Du betrayed his promise and suddenly attacked Linyu from the rear! Now the Prince of Yan's situation is in imminent danger!"

Lu Bu blinked.

He didn't understand why Liu Bei and Gongsun Du would suddenly start fighting at this crucial moment.

"Are those people who crossed the sea still alive?"

"Alive!"

"Bring it up!"

Before long, a soldier who was dressed in rags, looked haggard, and smelled strongly of the sea was brought up.

"Greetings, General! I beg you, General, to send troops to rescue His Highness!"

The other person was crying urgently, but their thick Hebei accent was easily recognizable.

Lu Bu scrutinized the other man carefully: "Who are you?"

"The personal guards of the Prince of Yan."

The other party answered Lü Bu with a sob in his voice, while continuing to lament, "That old dog Gongsun Du has no martial ethics! Taking advantage of the fact that the Prince of Yan was leading his troops to attack Liucheng, he suddenly led his men to attack. The Prince of Yan could not resist, and even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei died in the chaos! Now we can only hold out in the mountain city!"

The other person kept kowtowing as he spoke, and soon his scalp broke open, and blood spurted out from the wound!

"General! I beg you to send troops immediately! Otherwise, the Prince of Yan... Waaah!"

With a sudden force, the opponent was knocked unconscious to the ground! Lü Bu quickly ordered his soldiers to help him up. Even as he lay dying in their arms, he kept murmuring, "Save His Highness, save His Highness..."

Seeing this scene, all of Lü Bu's ministers and advisors were shocked!

At the same time, Lü Bu believed most of what he said.

Under heaven, besides Liu Bei, who else could raise such a loyal and righteous man?

At the same time, Lü Bu was also shocked: "Even Yun Chang and that little black guy are dead?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both warriors capable of defeating ten thousand men!
At the same time, the two of them were also Liu Bei's core strength!
If both of them were to die, Liu Bei's current situation would indeed be described as extremely precarious!
"But after His Majesty withdrew from Guanzhong, he immediately informed the Grand General that Yuan Tan might advance from Qingzhou!"

As Lü Bu's chief strategist, Chen Gong, who had followed Lü Bu through thick and thin for so many years, hurriedly tried to dissuade Lü Bu.

"The most important thing right now is to consolidate the front line and prevent Yuan's army in Hebei from taking any advantage, so as to protect His Majesty's flanks!"

Before Lü Bu could react to Chen Gong's words, the soldier who had been knocked unconscious below started coughing incessantly, coughing up blood from the corner of his mouth!
"Lu Bu!"

The man's eyes were wide open, bloodshot and the veins around his eyes were bulging, making him look extremely creepy!
"Lu Bu! When you fled from Yanzhou, don't forget that the Prince of Yan took you in! But then you harbored wolfish ambitions and plotted to seize His Highness's throne! You caused His Highness to be exiled to Haixi, almost losing his entire body!"

The other person's throat was already hoarse, and what he said was full of words that pierced Lu Bu's heart.

"Lü Bu! This is what you owe His Highness! You owe His Highness twice! No! You even followed Yuan Tan's orders to attack Xiaopei where His Highness was staying... Lü Bu! You beast! Hahahaha! His Highness is truly blind! Hahahahaha!"

The other party acted as if he were insane, and his words became increasingly unrestrained!
At this moment, Chen Deng angrily stepped forward and kicked the man, knocking him to the ground: "Insolence! How dare you slander the Great General! Drag him away! Behead him!"

"Lü Bu! You have repeatedly betrayed His Highness! You shall die a horrible death! You are now a great general, but even in death you will be a heartless, treacherous, disloyal, and unfilial minister! Lü Bu... Waaah!"

The soldiers dragged and pulled the man away from the hall, but he clenched his fists on the ground, splitting his fingernails in two or three places, and continued to curse Lü Bu! When they tried to cover his mouth, he stuck out his teeth and bit them. Only after kicking him in the chin did they stuff the strips of cloth they had torn off their clothes into his mouth.

"Wait a minute!"

Just as they were about to drag the man away and kill him, Lü Bu finally spoke up to stop them.

Lu Bu's nine-foot-tall, tower-like figure stood up, and in a daze, it was as if the wind and clouds were changing!

Wearing rhinoceros-hide square-toed boots inlaid with jade, stepping on the blood flowing from the fallen fingernails, Lü Bu approached his opponent step by step.

Finally, the two were only one step apart.

The enemy's head was forcefully pressed to the ground by several soldiers.

Even he, upon seeing Lu Bu's boots, felt a strange fear in his eyes.

At this distance, if Lu Bu wanted to, he could easily crush his head with a single stomp!
"release!"

Surprisingly, Lü Bu did not punish the person who dared to offend him; instead, he ordered his soldiers to release him from his restraints.

Lu Bu slowly squatted down, and his domineering face finally came into the man's sight.

He quickly closed his eyes, not daring to look, and was even prepared to face death.

"Even if you're a dog, you're a loyal dog, and I don't hate you."

These words caused everyone to pause slightly in surprise. "You're right, I did indeed trick Liu Bei a few times. But let me tell you, even if he's made a king now, I'll still hate him! That big-eared scoundrel! So hypocritical! So disgusting!"

"Remember! The only way for the wolf king to protect his pack on the grasslands is to become the most powerful king! Not to befriend rabbits! They're clearly just meat-eaters, yet they put on this hypocritical act. It's disgusting!"

Lu Bu lifted the man from the ground like an eagle carrying a chick, until his feet were dangling in the air at eye level. But the man, whether out of fear or something else, dared not meet Lu Bu's gaze.

Seeing that the other party was avoiding his gaze, Lü Bu was inexplicably angry: "Look me in the eye!"

But the other party never had that kind of courage.

"Tsk! Trash!"

Lu Bu threw the man on the ground as if he were trash, and a faint smell of urine was already coming from the man's crotch.

"But you're right, I do owe Liu Bei a few favors."

"Since he's in trouble and comes to me for help, I'll go and save him this once! From now on, we're even!"

Lü Bu's words greatly surprised Chen Gong!
"General! No! The most urgent task now is to defend Qingzhou!"

Lu Bu frowned.

But Chen Deng, standing nearby, said, "His Majesty and the Commander-in-Chief both estimate that Yuan Shao will attack when the weather turns completely cold, and there is still a month and a half before winter..."

Lü Bu: "A month and a half is enough!"

Chen Gong was anxious to persuade him again, but then he heard Chen Deng whisper, "Gongtai, don't forget that when the General was in crisis, you exchanged letters with Yuan Shu."

Chen Gong's expression changed, and he lowered his voice: "Chen Yuanlong! You're threatening me? What are your true intentions?"

"As a former official of the King of Yan, I naturally have to consider his interests!"

"Bullshit! With your intelligence, don't you know that once the Qingzhou defense line is breached, Yuan's army can advance straight to Pengcheng without any resistance!"

Chen Gong glared at Chen Deng: "If His Majesty is defeated, do you think Liu Bei can survive alone?"

"I can't care about all that now, all I want is for the Prince of Yan to live."

Chen Gong bit his lip hard!

He did indeed do some foolish things back then, such as contacting Yuan Shu, but Lü Bu did not pursue the matter afterward.

This also led Chen Gong to restrain his temper when facing Lü Bu, and dare not speak frankly.

Seeing that Chen Gong had stopped causing trouble, Chen Deng smiled and said, "That's right! Besides, with the strength of the General, he can easily wipe out Gongsun Du... No, let alone wipe him out, just wandering around the Liao River a few times will probably scare Gongsun Du into withdrawing his troops from Linyu and not daring to harm the Prince of Yan."

"Although I have my own selfish motives, it is truly for the sake of the Han Dynasty!"

Something is wrong!
Chen Gong stared intently at Chen Deng!

Something is definitely wrong!
Chen Deng's intentions are probably not that simple!
Chen Deng, however, remained calm and composed, leaving Chen Gong with no room for criticism.

Finally, Chen Deng even extended an invitation to Chen Gong: "Today, I sent a large fish weighing a hundred catties to my home! Would you like to enjoy it, Gongtai?"

"Don't go!"

"That's a shame."

Chen Deng looked regretful.

"I have always loved sashimi. Before, when I ate carp and silver carp, although they were delicious, I often felt stomach pain. But since I started eating seafood, I feel refreshed every day! Especially when I add some shredded ginger and shallots, one bite really makes my mouth water!"

Chen Deng's description was so vivid that it was as if one could see the crystal-clear fish meat right now, but Chen Gong was in no mood to eat fish at all.

Chen Gong himself dared not force Lü Bu to persuade him. He could only write a letter to Zang Ba, who was stationed in Langya, asking him to immediately notify Liu Miao to redeploy the Qingxu defense line. On the other hand, he spent a lot of money to bribe Lü Bu's brother-in-law, Wei Xu, and asked Wei Xu to investigate again under the pretext that the military situation in the northern border was unclear.

After receiving further advice from the Northern Wei, Lü Bu only pondered for a moment before agreeing to this reasonable request. He ordered his generals Wei Yue and Cheng Lian to lead scouts across the Ji River to explore more than two hundred li to the north bank, but they still found no trace of Yuan's army.

“There is no large Yuan army stationed in Pingyuan County. If they were to mobilize troops from Hebei, the Governor and Taishi Ziyi would surely notice and lead troops to support them. So there is no need to worry!”

Lü Bu had a basic understanding of the future battles.

"Moreover, as long as we lead our troops to attack the Liao River area, Gongsun Du will naturally withdraw his troops and return. In this way, the strategy of 'besieging Wei to rescue Zhao' can also relieve Liu Bei's siege!"

After making the arrangements, Lü Bu mobilized his troops to attack Yingzhou, which Gongsun Du had been operating in Qingzhou for a long time.

Although Liu Yi, the governor of Yingzhou, fought valiantly, he only held out for three days under Lü Bu's offensive before the city was breached and he was hanged in the army.

Lu Bu ordered his men to hang Liu Yi's body on the bow of the ship, and then gathered the ships together and headed towards Liaodong!

Just after Lü Bu left.

With a complex expression, Chen Deng wrote a letter and handed it to his trusted confidant.

"Tell His Majesty that we may begin."

"Liu Miao's actions in Shu are truly chilling... I have no other choice but to take this action!"

(End of this chapter)