Seeing Lu Bu like a tiger entering the flock, Li Dao still had the heart to resist, and immediately turned his horse and left. Seeing that the boss had fled, where did the soldiers below still have any fighting spirit, they immediately threw away their armor and ran backwards with their feet outstretched.

After only fifty miles of pursuit in Lü Bu, he collected his troops and returned to the camp, and if he continued to pursue and kill, he might be left alone and fled back to Liangzhou.

After Lu Bu collected his troops and returned to the camp, the frightened Li Dao began to gather the remnants of the defeated generals, and there were still more than 10,000 people. While ordering people to set up camp at the foot of the mountain, he sent people to invite Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others to the camp to discuss matters.

Fortunately, the other three armies were not far apart, and after receiving Li Wei's notice, the three generals and Jia Xu, who had just returned to Zhang Ji's army, rushed over one after another.

After beckoning everyone to sit down, Li Dao hung his head and said, "Niu Fu has been wiped out, and our army has also been defeated by Lu Bu. I have invited you here today to discuss a foolproof plan on how to deal with Lu Bu. ”

Everyone knows Lu Bu's bravery, and when they heard Li Dao ask at this moment, everyone remained silent, secretly calculating in their hearts, not to mention fighting alone, even if the four of them rushed up, they were not Lu Bu's opponents, and it was so difficult to defeat him, it was really difficult.

Seeing that the four generals were silent, Jia Xu, who was standing behind Zhang Ji, stood up and said to everyone with a smile: "Generals, don't worry, Jia has a plan to break Lu Bu." ”

When the fourth general was worried, he suddenly heard Jia Xu say that he had a plan to break Lu Bu, and he was immediately overjoyed. Li Dao, in particular, got up from his seat and urged anxiously: "Master Jia, since you have Lu Bu's good plan, let's talk about it quickly." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Although Lu Bu is brave, he has no plan, so there is nothing to worry about. I led the army to defend the valley mouth, and lured him to fight every day, and General Guo could lead the army to copy it, follow Peng Yue's method of scratching Chu, Ming Jin marched into the army, and beat the drum to collect the army. Zhang and Fan Ergong, but divided their troops into two ways and took Chang'an. If he can't save him, he will be defeated. ”

After listening to Jia Xu's strategy, everyone applauded. Guo Yan also stood up and said: "Li Zhiran and I each set up a battalion, and we are fighting each other. When Lu Bu attacked Zhiran, I attacked behind him; When Lu Bu attacked me, he attacked from behind him, making him take care of one thing and lose the other. However, the two generals Zhang and Fan took a different route and went straight to Chang'an. ”

After Jia Xu waited for Guo Yan to finish speaking, he said with a smile: "What General Guo said is extremely true, we let Lu Bu be tired here, and he has no time to take care of the Beijing Division. When he learns that the Beijing division is in danger, he must hastily withdraw his troops, and then we will chase and kill him, and when he escapes to the Beijing division, there will not be many soldiers and horses left. In this way, it will be easy for us to take the Beijing Division. ”

After listening to the beautiful scene described by Jia Xu, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou couldn't sit still, and stood up at the same time and said to Li Dao and Guo Yan: "The two generals set up camp here, and the two of us bypassed Lu Bu's camp overnight to get the Beijing division. ”

After Zhang and Fan left, Jia Xu said to Li Dao again: "General, Jia thinks it is better to set up the camp on the mountain, so that even if Lu Bu leads his troops to attack the village, we can block it!" ”

Li Dao, who had long been frightened by Lu Bu, heard Jia Xu say this, and nodded again and again: "What the military advisor said is extremely true, and he immediately ordered someone to move the camp to the mountain. ”

The next day, Lu Bu led his troops to the bottom of the mountain to challenge, no matter how he scolded, Li Dao just closed the door. It was almost noon, and suddenly there was a report from the Malay: "Qiqi Wenhou, there is a soldier and horse in the rear who are clamoring to come, as if they want to copy the rear road of our army." ”

When Lu Bu heard that a group of soldiers and horses had come from the rear, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Have you ever seen the other party's banner clearly?" ”

Tanma nodded and said, "There is a 'Guo' character written on the Daxu Banner!" ”

Knowing that the soldiers and horses came with the word "Guo" on the banner, Lu Bu immediately said disapprerovitically: "It turned out to be Guo Yan'er, wait for me to lead the troops to kill him." Pass on my order, the rear army will be changed to the front army, and the front army will be changed to the rear army, and immediately go to meet Guo Yan'er. ”

Lu Bu's soldiers and horses immediately turned around to meet Guo Yan's soldiers and horses, and even when the two sides were still two miles apart, Guo Yan's soldiers and horses suddenly turned back. Lu Bu was about to urge the army to cover up the killing, but who knew that another explorer came to report: "Qiqi Wenhou, Li Dao opened the gate of the village, and he is coming behind the back of our army." ”

Hearing that Li Dao had come out of the village, Lü Bu immediately ordered to stop the pursuit of Guo Wei's army and turn around to meet Li Dao's army. Who knew that when Lu Bu rushed to the foot of the mountain with his soldiers and horses, Li Wei's soldiers and horses retracted back into the village. Lu Bu, who was furious, immediately ordered his soldiers and horses to attack the mountain, preparing to catch and tease Li Dao, who was teasing him, and break him into thousands of pieces.

The village had already prepared, and attacked Lu Bu's soldiers and horses up the mountain, and immediately fell with arrows and stones, and the soldiers who beat them cried wolves. Seeing that his subordinates could not rush up, Lu Bu personally rode his horse to the hillside, but the stones that rolled down from the hillside and the arrows shot made him too busy to take care of himself, and he had to retreat in disgrace.

Just when he was about to organize his men to attack the mountain again, Tanma hurriedly came to report: "Qi Wenhou, Guo Yan's army is coming towards our army. When Lu Bu heard that Guo Yan's army was coming again, he had no choice but to order the troops to stop attacking the mountain and turn around to meet Guo Yan's soldiers and horses.

Looking at Lu Bu's soldiers and horses in the distance, Li Wei, who was standing on the watchtower, asked Jia Xu: "Jia Junshi, Lu Bu's soldiers and horses have withdrawn, do we take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing?" ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Jia Xu shook his head and said to Li Dao: "Although Lu Bu said that he would withdraw his troops, he would definitely prevent our army from going out of the village to pursue. If our army pursues at this moment, it will inevitably lose its troops. It is better to wait for Lu Bu's soldiers and horses to go farther, and then go out of the camp to make a noise, so that he has to be exhausted. ”

Don't look at Jia Xu is Zhang Ji's adviser, but Li Wei obeyed him, and when he heard him say this, he immediately ordered his subordinates: "Pass the order, without my order, no one will go out of the village, otherwise it will be killed." ”

As Jia Xu expected, Lu Bu prepared an elite army, ready to kill a horse gun when Li Dao went out of the village to pursue. But it had been four or five miles away from Li Dao's camp, but Li Dao still didn't make any movement, so Lu Bu transferred this army to the front team and prepared to rush to meet Guo Yan.

This time, when Guo Yan waited for Lu Bu's soldiers and horses to enter a distance of 300 paces, he ordered the soldiers and horses to turn around and return to the camp. Lu Bu wanted to wave his army to chase after him, but Jun Sima persuaded him: "Wen Hou can't do it, the soldiers of our army are already exhausted, it is better to set up camp first, and after recuperating tomorrow, it is not too late to attack Li Guo and the others." ”

Lu Bu took the persuasion of the military Sima as the wind in his ears, and he insisted on ordering the soldiers and horses to pursue Guo Yan. The soldiers, who had long been exhausted, did not dare to disobey Lu Bu's military orders, but they had already greeted the female relatives of Lu Bu's family several times in their hearts.

Since Guo Yan's camp was also set up on top of the cottage, the soldiers who Lu Bu ordered to attack the village were all beaten back with rocks and bows and arrows. Just as Lu Bu was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, the probe horse galloped over. Seeing the horses coming in a hurry, Jun Sima's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he thought to himself: Could it be that Li Wei's soldiers and horses came out of the stockade again?

His suspicion was soon confirmed, and it was the Tanma who had come to report to him that Li Dao's soldiers and horses had left the camp and were heading for the army. When Lu Bu heard this, he couldn't help but jump like thunder, and just as he was about to order his soldiers and horses to turn around and attack, he was persuaded by Jun Sima: "Wenhou, don't." In the opinion of the last general, Li Guo and the others must have a master behind them, otherwise our army would not be so exhausted. It's better to find a place to camp for the time being, and fight again tomorrow. ”

For Jun Sima's proposal, Lu Bu did not refuse again, but ordered the army to retreat ten miles and choose a location close to the water's edge to set up camp.

That night, when Lu Bu was discussing with the military Sima in the tent how to crack the tactics of Li Guo and the others, a small colonel walked in from outside and reported: "Qi Wenhou, the grain and grass of the Jingshi have arrived. The grain officer was outside the tent, waiting for the order. ”

After hearing this, Lu Bu said without raising his head: "Let him in!" ”

After a while, a handsome young general with a helmet and armor strode into the tent. He came to a stop five or six steps away from Lu Bu, clenched his fists and bowed: "See Wen Hou!" The last general was Zhang Liao, the commander of the cavalry, and on the order of Wang Situ, he sent 50,000 pieces of grain and grass to Wen Hou......"

Lu Bu, who was originally absent-minded, couldn't help but raise his head after hearing the other party's self-reported name clearly, looked at the other party and said in surprise: "You are Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan?" ”

"That's right, it's the last general!"

Hearing that it was Zhang Liao, Lu Bu straightened up and greeted him with a smile, "It turns out that Wenyuan is here, God really helps me." ”

Zhang Liao didn't know why Lu Bu said this, he just looked at the other party with puzzled eyes, waiting for him to solve his doubts. The military Sima next to him saw Zhang Liao's thoughts, so he explained to him with a smile: "General Zhang doesn't know, although our army has a large number, there is a lack of good generals. Today, when our army attacked Li Guo and the others, they used the tactic of exhausting the troops, so that Wen Hou could not take care of each other. ”

Zhang Liao is not the kind of brave and resourceless person like Lu Bu, when he heard Jun Sima say this, he immediately guessed his thoughts. Hurriedly asked: "Could it be that Sima Feijun plans to let Zhang and Wen Hou each lead an army to defeat Li Guo and the others?" ”

"That's right, that's right," Seeing that Zhang Liao guessed his intentions, Jun Sima suddenly smiled: "This is the kind of thought below, and before he said it, General Zhang actually guessed it." ”

When Lu Bu saw a powerful helper, he immediately laughed: "With Wenyuan's help, it is easy to break Li Guo and the others." ”

Zhang Liao was not as optimistic about the situation as Lu Bu, he frowned and asked, "Isn't it the four generals Li Guo and Zhang Fan?" Now there are only Li Guo and the others, where will Zhang Fan Er go? ”

Zhang Liao's words gave Lu Bu and Jun Sima a wake-up call, and the two stared at the map on the wall for a moment, and then said in unison: "Could it be that you took a small road and went to Jingshi?" ”

This conclusion immediately scared Lu Bu into a cold sweat, and he immediately wanted to pull out the camp and return to the Beijing Division, but was stopped by the military Sima: "Wen Hou can't, we just guess that the thief army led by Zhang Fan and the two generals may have gone to the Beijing Division." However, before the news was confirmed, they hurried back to the division, fearing that Li Guo and the others would chase and kill, and our army would inevitably suffer heavy losses. ”

Jun Sima's words calmed Lu Bu down. He walked back and forth in the tent a few times with his hands behind his back, and then stopped and asked Jun Sima: "Then you say, what should we do?" ”

"Send people back to Beijing overnight, so that Jingzhong can strengthen its defenses, so as not to be caught off guard by the thief army of Zhang Fan and the others." Jun Sima said to Lu Bu: "And here we divide our troops into two ways, and go to meet Li Guo and the others respectively, so that they do not dare to fight easily. As long as they run out of food, they will fall apart. ”

After Lu Bu and the other military Sima finished speaking, he asked, "I don't know who to send back to Beijing to deliver the letter?" ”

Zhang Liao hurriedly said: "Qi Wen Hou, the last general has two military marquis Cheng Lian and Wei Xu, and they have the strength to let them bring a team of cavalry back to Beijing to report the news, so that the Beijing division can be prepared before the thieves arrive." ”

"That's great!" Lu Bu heard that Zhang Liao said that Cheng Lian and Wei Xu were good, so he hurriedly ordered Sima Xiu to write a letter and report the situation here to Wang Yun in detail. As soon as the letter was written, he handed it to Zhang Liao and said to him: "Wenyuan, you immediately arrange for people to send this letter to Jingshi and present it to Wang Situ in person, and there must be no mistake." Otherwise military law is engaged. ”

"The last general commands!" Zhang Liao agreed loudly, took the letter, turned around and walked out of the big tent.

Zhang Liao returned to his tent, where there were four of his subordinates: Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng. Seeing Zhang Liao enter the tent, the four of them hurriedly stood up and bowed to salute: "Subordinates see Captain Caidu!" ”

After Zhang Liao sat down in the middle, his eyes swept over his four subordinates, and then he said: "I just learned from General Fengxian that only Li Guo and the two are fighting with him now, but the second general Zhang Fan is nowhere to be found. ”

Hearing Zhang Liao say this, the four subordinates looked at each other, and their faces showed surprised expressions. In the end, Cheng Lian asked on behalf of everyone: "Captain Caidu, I don't know where the other two thieves went?" ”

"According to the judgment of Jun Sima, it should be a small road and a sneak attack on the Beijing Division." When Zhang Liao said this, he took out the letter to Wang Yun from his bosom and said to the four of them: "This is a letter from General Fengxian to Wang Situ, I need two people to go to Beijing to deliver the letter......

Before Zhang Liao could say who he was going to send to deliver the letter, the four of them stepped forward at the same time, clasped their fists and said to Zhang Liao: "Captain Qidu, my subordinates are willing to go to Beijing to deliver the letter." ”

Seeing that his subordinates rushed to take on the post of messenger, Zhang Liao's face showed a smile. He said to the four, "You don't have to argue. Cheng Lian and Wei Xu, led a hundred cavalry, took this letter with them, and went to Beijing overnight. Song Xian and Hou Cheng, you two stay and accompany me to challenge Guo Yan tomorrow. ”

Song Xian and Hou Cheng were originally a little disappointed when they heard that Zhang Liao was going to send Cheng Lian and Wei Xu to deliver the letter, but when they heard that they were going to participate in the attack on Guo Yan, they suddenly became happy again.

Before Cheng Lian and Wei Xu left, Zhang Liao told them again: "After the two of you send the letter to Wang Situ, you don't have to return here, just stay in Beijing to help defend the city." ”