noffsinger Chapter 161 Lü Bu: My wife ran away? Why is Wen Yuan imitating me?
Chapter 161 Lü Bu: My wife ran away? Why is Wen Yuan imitating me?
A temporary military camp
Lu Bu lay on the wooden stretcher, raised his right hand, and murmured:
"Water...water...I want to drink water."
Upon hearing Lü Bu's call, his personal guards quickly brought a bowl and filled it halfway with water.
"My lord, you've finally woken up!"
Chen Gong strode in from outside the tent.
Upon seeing Lü Bu awaken, a hint of joy flashed across his face.
It has to be said that Lü Bu's physique was simply freakish.
Originally, the army doctor estimated that it would take at least ten days for Lü Bu to wake up.
But now, only five days have passed.
"Gongtai, where am I now?"
"Has our army... been defeated?"
Lü Bu drank the water in the bowl in one gulp, then looked up and asked Chen Gong.
Chen Gong felt reluctant, but he still chose to face reality and told Lü Bu about the many things that had happened.
When Lü Bu learned that Gao Shun had been captured, the Trapped Camp had been captured, and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry had been wiped out, he almost fainted again.
He remained unmoved when he heard the news of Lü Lingqi's capture.
Anyway, it was a daughter, and Lu Bu didn't really think much of her anyway.
Once we have a base, I'll have another son with Wang Ruohua!
The Lu family line wouldn't have ended in this generation.
Speaking of Wang Ruohua, Lü Bu asked in confusion:
"By the way, where is Ruohua?"
"Where did she go?"
Lu Bu looked around and saw that apart from the captured Gao Shun and Lu Lingqi, there was no one else.
Zhang Liao and Chen Gong were both present, but Wang Ruohua was nowhere to be seen.
Chen Gong and Zhang Liao looked at each other in bewilderment.
Finally, it was Chen Gong who spoke:
"My lord, after you fell into a coma, the lady left our army and took more than ten servants from the Wang family to Bingzhou, saying that she was going to seek refuge with her cousin Wang Ling."
"What!?"
"How dare she?"
Lu Bu's veins bulged, his blood rushed to his head, and he fainted once again.
Wang Ruohua was the youngest daughter of Wang Yun, who was backed by the Wang family of Jinyang (also known as the Wang family of Taiyuan).
Many people believe that given the hatred the Xiliang army harbored towards Wang Yun, they would certainly massacre Wang Yun's family after capturing Chang'an.
pity.
Most of the Wang family members were not in Luoyang at all, but in Jinyang, the capital of Bingzhou.
After Wang Yun died, the head of the Wang family became Wang Yun's eldest nephew, Wang Ling.
Wang Ruohua, the daughter of Wang Yun and the second wife of Lü Bu, has now left Lü Bu and returned to the Wang family.
Although Wang Ruohua did not say that she wanted to dissolve her marriage with Lü Bu.
But in reality, the two will likely never see each other again in this lifetime.
Wang Ruohua has enough resources to marry someone else.
Wang Yun's youngest daughter, the legitimate daughter of the Wang family of Taiyuan, and Lü Bu's former second wife.
These three identities combined, for some friends of the Seventh, are, well, quite attractive.
Chen Gong sighed softly.
The wall fell and everyone pushed.
Indeed, the original wife is the best.
This second wife, at the slightest sign of trouble, is ready to break up the marriage.
Of course, even among first wives, there are different kinds; not all first wives can share hardships.
A hint of sadness flickered in Zhang Liao's eyes.
Even Wang Ruohua abandoned Lü Bu.
Is Zhang Liao really going to follow Lü Bu down this dark path?
An invisible shadow loomed over Lü Bu's army.
A few days later, the army finally fled Yanzhou, this place of sorrow.
But at this time, Yuan Shu had already gone to Yingchuan to confront Cao Cao.
Lu Bu's army is facing a new problem.
Should we go to Yingchuan to meet Yuan Shu, or go directly to Runan?
Chen Gong's intention was for Lü Bu to join forces with Yuan Shu.
Even if Lü Bu's surprise attack on Yanzhou failed.
When you need men, having a fierce general like Lü Bu to help you would probably prevent Yuan Shu from showing any disrespect to Lü Bu on the spot.
after all.
Everyone is growing.
The Yuan Shu of today is not the arrogant and domineering Yuan Shu of the Allied Forces era.
She definitely has the emotional intelligence one would expect.
but……
Chen Gong did not expect that before he and Lü Bu could go to Yingchuan to join Yuan Shu, problems would arise within the army itself!
……
Night falls
After dinner
Zhang Liao walked to the edge of the tent, quietly opened a letter, and his hands froze in mid-air.
"This...this handwriting, is it Boping's?" (Gao Shun's courtesy name was Boping; another account says his courtesy name was Xiaofu, but there is no historical evidence to support the Xiaofu claim.)
If the person who wrote the letter to Zhang Liao had been someone else, Zhang Liao certainly wouldn't have been so shocked.
But who is Gao Shun?
He was Lu Bu's only true and die-hard loyalist!
Now, Gao Shun, posing as a member of Cao Cao's army, wrote a letter to Zhang Liao, urging him to surrender together.
This must have been a devastating blow to Zhang Liao!
"Wait, could this letter be a forgery?"
Although the handwriting was indeed Gao Shun's, Zhang Liao still held onto a sliver of hope.
but……
As he pondered, Zhang Liao suddenly closed the letter and his eyes also closed slightly.
It felt as if two little people were arguing inside him.
The little person on the left said:
"Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun has already surrendered, what are you still standing there for? Are you really going to shed your last drop of blood for Lü Bu?"
The little person on the right said:
"Don't listen to him! That letter was definitely forged from Gao Shun's handwriting."
"How could Gao Shun possibly surrender? And you, Zhang Liao, if you surrender, you'll be condemned!"
The little figure on the left slapped the little figure on the right and sneered:
"What nonsense are you spouting? Following Lü Bu will improve your reputation?"
"Who is Lü Bu? He's a traitor who has served three masters, a patricide!"
The little figure on the right was completely silent, then struggled to say one last time:
"Anyway, one must be a loyal subject and not betray others."
The little figure on the left delivers the final critical hit:
"Betrayal? This is clearly abandoning darkness for light!"
"Besides, if we really want to discuss the issue of betrayal, doesn't Zhang Liao's betrayal of Ding Yuan by following Lü Bu mean he wasn't a traitor?"
Zhang Liao opened his eyes and crushed the little man on the right side of his mind, who represented blind loyalty, with a single slap.
"I'm sorry, Fengxian, I didn't want this to happen, but you really... have disappointed me so much!"
Zhang Liao drew his weapon, the Mastiff Dragon Blade, and led his personal guards toward Lü Bu's camp!
In the camp
Lü Bu is applying medicine.
Thanks to his incredibly strong physique, his martial arts skills have recovered to 60% in just over ten days.
As long as you persist with applying the medicine and abstain from alcohol, you should recover in another ten to twenty days.
Suddenly, a sense of vigilance arose in Lü Bu's heart.
With his excellent hearing, he suddenly heard what sounded like shouts of battle coming from not far away!
"Could it be Cao Cao's pursuing troops?"
Lu Bu dared not be careless and quickly raised his halberd.
Without Red Hare, Lü Bu could only pick a decent chestnut horse from a pile of warhorses.
But how can this chestnut horse compare to Red Hare?
Feeling the oppressive force emanating from Lü Bu and his halberd, the chestnut horse suffered terribly.
"This is……?"
When the so-called "Cao army" arrived in front of Lü Bu, Lü Bu was completely dumbfounded.
For some reason, Lü Bu suddenly recalled the night he attacked Ding Yuan and blurted out:
"What is Wen Yuan doing?"
"Why do you imitate me?"
……