Lu Bu and others traveled day and night, rushing to Bingzhou at the fastest speed, and arrived at Jinyang, the seat of Bingzhou, in just four days. Lu Bu didn't have time to go back to the house to change his clothes, so he went directly to meet Ding Yuan.

When they came to the yamen of the state capital, Ding Yuan and others were discussing the military situation, and when they saw Lu Bu coming back, Ding Yuan was overjoyed and said: "Zhonglang will be back, congratulations." ”

Lu Bu respectfully replied, "Thank you, Lord Shi." ”

Ding Yuan waved his hand and signaled Lu Bu not to be polite: "Now that the military situation is urgent, don't worry about so much red tape, and wait for the celebration of you in the future." ”

Lu Bu replied: "Military affairs are important, and it should be so. ”

"Hmm." Ding Yuan nodded, and introduced to Lu Bu: "Ten days ago, the Xianbei leader and the company gathered a total of 120,000 people from all parts of Xianbei to attack our state, and at the same time attacked the four counties of the border pass, fortunately, our army has been on alert, so the response is quite fast, Shuo Fang, the officers and soldiers of the second county of Yunzhong refused to defend the city for more than ten days without major problems, but Wuyuan County suffered heavy losses, Taishou Wang Zhi is nowhere to be found, Dingxiang County due to the face of Xianbei's main force of 60,000, the pressure is the greatest, barely supported for seven days and finally broke through, and now the Dingxiang defenders have retreated to Yanmen under the leadership of Taishou Li Wei, Defend Yanmen Pass with the defenders of Yanmen County. ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but gasp and said, "Shuff, 120,000 people, since the last raid on the grassland, the Eastern Xianbei Department no longer obeys the command of He Lian, how can there be so many people?" Is it ......?"

Ding Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, Helian has done his best this time to bring revenge on all the strong men of the Xianbei tribe that he can command." On the side of our army, there are now 12,000 defenders on Shuofang, led by Taishou Dewey and Song Xian; Wang Qi, the Taishou of the clouds, led 8,000 defenders; Wuyuan Taishou Wang Zhi is missing, and now Cheng Lian leads 10,000 people to defend; Yanmen was guarded by Li Wei in Dingxiang, Zhang Quan and Hao Meng in Yanmen, with more than 18,000 defenders. The rest of the counties are currently only guarded by county soldiers, and this time the Xianbei invaders also instigated many horse bandits to come, but fortunately, some Han horse bandits were unwilling to be driven by foreign races to drag them down. Now the available troops in the entire state are all in Jinyang, with 20,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry. Now that you have returned, this cavalry will now be under your command. You, what do you think? ”

Lu Bu had already thought on the way back this time, this time Xianbei must beat the other party to be afraid, otherwise such a frontier disaster will always be in the throat, which is not conducive to the future development of the state. Once the war in the Central Plains began, there would be no spare power to prevent Xianbei, and the tragedy of Wuhu Chaohua would be staged at that time. This time, He Lian poured the strength of the whole clan to come, not only did not scare Lu Bu, but on the contrary, he was in the middle of it, and he could wipe out these alien races.

Lu Bu said categorically: "My lord, the last general hopes to go on an expedition again, and this time he will not stop without breaking the oath of the Xianbei Royal Court!" ”

Before Ding Yuan could speak, Tian Xing suddenly jumped out and said: "My lord, my lord, General Lu's last expedition to the hinterland of the grassland did not mention the loss of labor and money, and it did not achieve the expected results. The lower officials thought that it was better to follow the practice of previous years, go south for defense, and wait for Xianbei to retreat on its own. ”

As soon as Tian Xing's remarks came out, many civilian officials immediately agreed, and even several civilian officials even came out to support his proposal, and all the military attaches were angry at it.

Facing Tian Xing's provocative gaze, Lu Shu turned a deaf ear and said to Ding Yuan sincerely: "What Lord Tian said is true, the last expedition was not without success, and this time Xianbei came to attack, and the eastern part did not participate in it is proof. And this time Xianbei came to commit because my Han disaster had just been peaceful, and Xianbei thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. This just shows the insatiable nature of the grassland barbarians, if you blindly retreat, you will only let the aliens bully our big man, and only by taking the initiative can we do it once and for all. Lu Bu's words immediately caused a chorus of conciliatory voices from the generals.

Originally, Ding Yuan was born as a military general, and he was already enthusiastic, but the court was weak, and every time he faced Xianbei, he could only passively defend and even swallow his anger, and in recent years, with the growth of Lu Bu, the battle against Xianbei has been repeatedly won, which has also rekindled the veteran's enthusiasm.

Therefore, after listening to Lu Bu's words, Ding Yuan stood up and said: "This official has made a decision, and I hereby order Lu Bu to prepare for the northern expedition on the same day, and the 30,000 iron cavalry will be fully handed over to Lu Bu's command, and Lu Bu will be allowed to have the right to make decisions on the spot." The remaining 20,000 infantry were used as reserves, and the officer personally supervised the grain and grass! The rest of the officials have no objection! ”

"Order!"

At this moment, the 30,000 cavalry in the school field were quietly lined up in a huge phalanx, not even the men and horses did not make a sound, every young face was full of perseverance, and every pair of eyes were blooming with my invincible murderous aura. The black armor on his body is in stark contrast to the dazzling light reflected by the steel gun in his hand in the sun, but it produces a unique charm that makes everyone who sees it awe-inspiring, which is the real military demeanor.

Looking at the neat 30,000 iron horsemen on the school field, Lu Bu was extremely proud in his heart, this is the steel master he personally trained, the excellent equipment, and the hard training have made these 30,000 people what they are today. And the grassroots generals among these 30,000 people are the soldiers who survived the expedition with Lu Bu, so as long as this army sees blood, it will transform into a new and stronger greedy wolf iron horse.

Lu Bu stood on the high point of the general stage and said loudly: "Brothers, do you know who Lao Tzu is!" ”

Thirty thousand people replied in unison: "General Lu Bulu, the general of Xianbei Zhonglang!" ”

"Haha, that's right, Lao Tzu is Lu Bu! It's the 'flying general' Lu Fengxian who made those Xianbei bastards frightened! The year before last, Lao Tzu took 5,000 people to the grassland and beat Xianbei hard, but these bastards were not convinced, and this year they came again, destroying my homeland, killing my relatives, and insulting my wife and daughter! Can you bear this? ”

"I can't bear it, I can't bear it!" Many of the soldiers who had suffered from the viciousness of Xianbei even shed tears of bitterness.

Lu Bu stretched out his hand and pressed it weakly, calmed down the voices of the soldiers, and said loudly: "Fuck, it's right if you can't bear it, whoever can fucking bear this kind of thing is not the one who takes it." If you can't bear it, you will fuck it, but if you want to fight, you will definitely die, and the year before last I took out 5,000 people, but only more than 3,000 people came back. This time, although there are more of us, 30,000 people, but this time we are facing a total of 120,000 Xianbei people, if anyone is afraid or has concerns and wants to quit, I Lu someone will not stop it! ”

Not a single one of the 30,000 people wanted to quit and expressed their will in silence.

Lu Bu pulled out his sword, pointed to the north and shouted: "Okay, they are all my good sons and daughters of the state!" Brothers, on this expedition, our goal is the Xianbei royal court, and we will not return it if we do not break the royal court's oath! ”

"If you don't break the royal oath, you won't return it! If you don't break the royal oath, you won't return it! If you don't break the royal oath, you won't return it! ”

Afterwards, Tai Shici asked Lu Bu why Lu Bu always used obscenities when he lectured the soldiers before the expedition, wouldn't it be insulting. Lu Bu replied: "The soldiers are all hot-blooded men, if they use the set of etiquette and education as a lecture, it will only extinguish the war in their hearts, and if they are taught according to their tone and tone, it can not only provoke the warriors' fierce fighting spirit, but also make them have a sense of belonging to the death of the soldier as a confidant, so that the soldiers with feelings can exert the greatest combat power in the battle." ”

Early April 185 A.D.

In order to resist the invasion of Xianbei, Lü Bu led the expeditionary force for the second time, this time Lü Bu led 30,000 iron cavalry from Wuyuan, and did not stop after breaking the 20,000 Xianbei cavalry in Wuyuan, all the way to the hinterland of the grassland. Due to this Xianbei people's outpouring of nests, only women, children and old people were left on the grassland, so most of the small tribes were attached to the large and medium-sized tribes and relied on each other.

Lu Bu led the cavalry all the way in, because all the tribes had no ability to resist this time, the speed of the raid was still better than the previous time, Lu Bu scattered several large tribes as last time, and finally came to the royal court of the Xianbei people after more than half a month of expedition.

Although it is the royal court, but if it is put in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it is just a larger town, the Xianbei people do not have the habit of building city walls, so even their royal court is only surrounded by low earthen walls, because the Xianbei army poured out of the nest, so many tribes near the royal court have migrated to the royal court, so that there is a prosperous scene like the Central Plains big city. But what Lu Bu didn't expect was that there were not only troops in the Xianbei royal court, but also a lot of them, there were actually 20,000 or 30,000 people, almost the same as Lu Bu's expeditionary army.

According to Lu Bu's estimate, even if He Lian and the others received the news and followed back when Wuyuan was recovered, it would be about five days later than Lu Bu and the others, how could they wait here for work.

Lü Bu did not act recklessly, but sent a few Han soldiers who often dealt with the Xianbei people to sneak in disguise to find out the news, and they heard it clearly that night, it turned out to be Pu Tou, the leader of the eastern Xianbei, and his younger brother Bu Dugen, who was also Lu Bu's old acquaintance, took advantage of the opportunity of Helian to come to the royal court and occupy the people who wanted to rob other tribes here.

Originally, when the legendary leader of Xianbei Tan Shihuai was alive, the Xianbei tribes were unified under his command, and with his death, although the Xianbei tribes did not fall apart, they gradually began to show signs of splitting. In particular, the son of Tanshi Huai and Lian this person, who were greedy and cruel but did not even have a tenth of their father's ability, and Lu Bu's last raid on the grassland was a complete victory, all of which exacerbated the split trend within the Xianbei Alliance.

Therefore, this time he was forced to come out of the nest, he needed a big victory to consolidate his position and maintain the alliance between the various Xianbei tribes, but what he didn't expect was that Pu Tou, the leader of the eastern Xianbei, was ambitious, and he was ready to overthrow Helian's rule as early as when Lu Bu was humiliated by Ling Helian in the first expedition to the grassland. This time, he received the news of Helian's operation, and immediately took the opportunity to take the warriors of his tribe to occupy the royal court.