Chapter 57 Go north to Xiangping, Liaodong
Now that Li Ru's one-and-done plan has been adopted, Lu Bu naturally will not delay any longer, so as not to delay the fighter.
So, Lu Bu hurriedly dispatched troops to deal with the southbound Gongsun Du and Goguryeo coalition forces!
And the first major force that Lü Bu wanted to eliminate was Gongsun Du, and then occupied his Liaodong counties, so most of Lü Bu's troops were aimed at him.
As for the alien barbarians Goguryeo, Lu Bu naturally wanted to keep them out of Wen County, and prevent them from entering Wen County to plunder the people, so that Lu Bu suffered heavy losses!
The candidate for the general to resist the 20,000-strong army of Goguryeo was naturally Zhang Liao, who was stationed in the land of Yuanchen Han, as the main general, and Li Ru's brother-in-law Han Zhi as the auxiliary, commanding the 4,000 soldiers under their current command.
Of course, against the 20,000 troops of Goguryeo, plus many of them were cavalry, the little strength under the command of Zhang Liao and Han Zhi was not enough.
Lü Bu planned to let Liu Yi, who had been loyal to him at the beginning, make it clear that he was unwilling to deal with the old lord Gongsun Du, and let him, as one of Zhang Liao's lieutenants, lead the 3,000 Cao troops who surrendered to Lü Bu to rush to Zhang Liao to help in the war.
Of course, the land of the former Benhan had already allowed Lu Bu to firmly rule over it, so naturally there was no need for so many soldiers and horses to be stationed there.
Therefore, Lü Bu transferred back Pei Yuanshao and asked him to lead 3,000 soldiers to the north quickly to assist Zhang Liao in resisting the southward advance of Goguryeo's 20,000-strong army.
As for Liao Hua, Lu Bu believed that with Liao Hua's ability, he would lead the remaining 2,000 soldiers to be stationed in the Dog Evil City, and he would be able to suppress the scene, so as not to make Lu Bu's rear unstable when he fought with Gongsun Du and Goguryeo's army!
Resist the southward movement of Goguryeo's 20,000 army, with Zhang Liao as the main general, Han Zhi, Liu Yi, and Pei Yuanshao as deputy generals, with their ability to command a total of 10,000 troops, they can make Lu Bu worry-free, and then destroy Gongsun Du's forces with peace of mind and occupy his territory, Liaodong counties!
Of course, Lu Bu also sent Chen Gong to give advice to Zhang Liao and them, and jointly resist the southward movement of Goguryeo's 20,000 army.
It took 10,000 troops to resist the 20,000 troops of Goguryeo's southward march, and 2,000 troops to be stationed in the Dog Evil City, plus Lu Bu's base camp Xingba City also had to leave elite soldiers to garrison, so as not to let Lu Bu lead the army to fight on the front line, and it would be bad if his base camp was taken to the end!
Therefore, this time, Lü Bu left Gao Shun, who was loyal to him, and asked him to lead 700 soldiers from the camp and 3,000 elite soldiers to be stationed in Xingba City.
As for Chen Qun and Guo Liang, Lu Bu asked the two of them to collect all the grain and grass for the army in the rear, so that the army of Lu Bu who was fighting on the front line would not run out of food, and then, they were defeated!
After arranging the things to be arranged, Lu Bu personally led the remaining soldiers to go north by boat, with Li Ru, who offered a plan once and for all, as the military division of the army this time, and Cao Bao, Zang Ba, and Zhou Cang as deputy generals, and headed towards Gongsun Du's Liaodong with high spirits.
As for Lü Bu's newly promoted military Sima Wang Dali, Lü Bu asked him to lead 3,000 soldiers to Qingcheng quickly north, and asked him to assist Hao Zhao in defending Qingcheng and temporarily resisting the southward movement of 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong.
Lu Bu believed in Hao Zhao's ability to defend the city, coupled with the fact that Wang Dali, a fierce general, and the 2,000 soldiers he originally commanded, a total of 5,000 soldiers for him to deploy, Hao Zhao was able to resist the southward pace of the Liaodong army before he led the army to Liaodong!
In the middle of the endless sea, a hundred behemoth ships rode the wind and waves, and sailed quickly north towards Gongsun Du's Liaodong.
Located in the middle of the fleet, on top of one of the largest sea ships, Lu Bu was standing on the deck, looking at the blue sea and blue sky in the distance and not knowing what to think.
The sea breeze blew gently, a little cool and wet, Lu Bu knew that the weather had gradually begun to get colder, this was the north, and it might not take a month or two for the cold north to snow.
It's a white world, beautiful and pure, but the snowy weather is also lethal.
Due to the lack of cold protection for the poor people in this era, there are many people who are not so good and will not be able to withstand the cold winter, and many people are frozen to death!
However, this does not include the people of Wen County under Lu Bu's rule.
For the coming cold and snowy winter, Lu Bu attaches great importance to it.
Lu Bu had already asked the officials under his account to build some warm facilities for those poor people in advance, such as a fire kang!
Anyway, in this era, there are ancient forests everywhere, there is no shortage of trees, as long as the people prepare some dry firewood in advance, they can survive the harsh winter warmly.
At the same time, Lu Bu used the elixir and snow salt to exchange a large number of sheep from the nomads in the north, and Lu Bu also happily distributed them to the poor people under his rule, so that they could slaughter sheep for meat, skin and sew wool coats, and at the same time, there were surplus sheep for them to raise to increase their income!
Therefore, what Lu Bu has done to rule the poor people makes them respect Lu Bu like a god!
Not only does snowy weather have a great impact on the people who live here, but it is also not suitable for war.
And Lu Bu led the army north to Liaodong, and he needed to pacify the counties of Liaodong and Goguryeo before the snow season came, and then consolidate the newly occupied territory and recuperate!
Along the way, hundreds of sea ships were like hundreds of behemoth sea beasts, cleaving the waves, rampaging on the sea, and they came to the territory of Gongsun Du in Liaodong smoothly.
Of course, when they entered Gongsun Du's territory, Lu Bu and their fleet also encountered several waves of pirates, but in the face of Lu Bu's unstoppable soldiers, they were either easily destroyed by Lu Bu or surrendered to Lu Bu and their majesty!
Entering Liaodong, the fleet docked in Liaodong County, which was only a small coastal county, facing Lu Bu and them, where was the opponent, they were soon broken through the city by Lu Bu, and bloodily killed some diehards, and since then, Lu has become a county under Lu Bu's rule.
Lu Bu's target is Xiangping, Liaodong, that is, Gongsun Du's old lair, and Lu Bu and they naturally won't stay in the small county town of the Yu family for too long.
After leaving Cao Bao to lead a thousand navy to garrison the Yu clan and guard hundreds of sea ships, Lü Bu led the army to continue towards Xiangping in Liaodong.
Since most of the soldiers and horses in Liaodong were taken away and sent by the ambitious Gongsun Du to go south to conquer Wen County of Lü Bu, Gongsun Du did not have many troops left in Liaodong now.
Along the way, Lu Bu led the army through Pingguo, Wenxian, Anshi, and Xinchang counties, facing the Lu Bu army that seemed to fall from the sky, and Lu Bu's army had an unstoppable front, plus there was not much combat effectiveness in these counties, therefore, under the leadership of the county orders of several counties, they all surrendered very spinelessly, so that Lu Bu and they occupied these counties very smoothly, and then came to their destination this time - Xiangping!