Chapter 481: Discussing the dispatch of troops
For Lu Bu, there are three hobbies in life: smoking, drinking, and burning... No, it's a beautiful woman, fighting, fighting for the world.
Although the Wang family is not as charming and moving as Diao Chan, she was born in the Wang family, as Wang Yun's daughter, she has read poetry and books since she was a child, and her appearance is also extremely charming, as if the combination of Diao Chan and Cai Wenji is indeed a peerless beauty, which makes Lu Bu intoxicated and unable to extricate himself.
Lu Bu is lustful and reckless, but he is not stupid. There must be a reason why the loyal and upright Chen Gong has been holding on to the Wang family, and the problems that Chen Gong told him are all reasonable and well-founded, and he also knows that there must be a problem with the Wang family. But every time he saw the other party's delicate and moving expression, coupled with the other party's endless gentleness at night, Lu Bu had to be melted into finger softness even if his heart was like steel, not to mention that Lu Bu was extremely indecisive and emotional. So although he didn't doubt Chen Gong's words in his heart, he couldn't bear to attack the Wang family, and he didn't even ask him.
The reason why Lu Bu is so angry today is actually because of the Wang family, as Chen Gong guessed. Men, in front of women, always want to show their strength, and never admit it. With a slight agitation of Wang's side knock, Lu Bu broke out directly, and made up his mind to send troops.
Facing Lu Bu, who was like an animal in estrus, although Chen Gong knew that holding on at this time was the best choice, he still had to follow Lu Bu's wishes and agree to Lu Bu's troops.
Soon, the six strong generals under Lu Bu's command came to the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion under the notice of Chen Palace. Originally, Lu Bu, who was supposed to have the Eight Warriors and Gao Shun, due to such a change as Yuan Shu, Zhang Liao, the most outstanding of Gao Shun and the Eight Warriors, was directly poached by the shameless Yuan Shu in advance, and Zang Ba, who was supposed to be subdued when Lu Bu entered Xuzhou, now fell into the hands of Cao Cao, and became Lu Bu's enemy, leading the army to attack Qingzhou.
After everyone stood still, Lu Bu took the lead in speaking: "Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Mengde invaded my Qingzhou without declaring war for no reason, which is really hateful, and he is a traitor of the country. If you want to go to the battle, if you have any views and suggestions, you may wish to speak up. ”
Chen Gong took the lead and said: "Lord, Cao Mengde is menacing, and he drove straight to my Qingzhou, although he captured many cities along the road, but the march was too eager, and there were still many cities in the rear that were still in the hands of our army. Why don't the lords and the generals divide their troops and attack directly, directly attacking the rear of Cao's army and disrupting its logistics. As long as Cao's army loses the supply of grain and grass, it will definitely be self-defeating. ”
On the march, logistics are crucial. The three armies did not move food and grass first, and no matter how strong the troops were, they could not do it without logistics. In ancient times, wars were often stuck in front of a certain city or checkpoint, not because there was no way out, and there was no way around the checkpoint and city, but most of them were small roads, which were not conducive to marching and logistical supplies. And if you bypass the city, such a big nail remains in the rear, and if the front army is defeated, there will not even be a chance to retreat.
Therefore, although Cao Cao found a way to bypass Tongguan, he still had to take Tongguan, otherwise it would be impossible to attack Chang'an. Not to mention that the logistics supply can't keep up, if it is stuck under Chang'an, it can't withdraw the army if you want to. Just as Zhang Fei used a trick to win Yan Yan's station in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is easy to find a mountain path, but he still has to win the level.
Cao Cao was anxious to take Qingzhou, so naturally it was impossible to fight steadily step by step, otherwise he estimated that he would not be able to defeat even a county now. Cao Cao led the army commander to drive straight into Beihai directly, in order to capture the thief and capture the king, directly defeat Lu Bu, take it, and then take Qingzhou easily.
Chen Gong saw through Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai's thoughts, although he didn't know that Liu Bei had unexpectedly returned to Yuzhou and was about to send troops to stab Cao Cao's chrysanthemum, but he knew that as long as his side held on, whether it was Yuan Shu Liu Bei's troops or logistical pressure, it was enough to force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops. But Lu Bu, as the lord, was bent on sending troops, and he couldn't stop it, so he could only put forward the best advice on this basis.
"So how are we different from cowards? If you want me to say, let's directly straighten out the soldiers and horses, and fight with Cao Cao with real swords and guns. We have 20,000 iron cavalry and 100,000 troops, and the lord is the invincible number one military general in the world. Lu Bu's brother-in-law, Wei Xu, retorted disagreeably. It seems that he is righteous and arrogant, and what little Jiujiu is in his heart, but only he knows.
Chen Gong angrily scolded Wei Xu, who was pitting his brother-in-law, such a brother-in-law is really more than successful and more than defeated, and I really don't understand why the virtuous and virtuous Wei family has such a treacherous, stupid, disloyal and unrighteous younger brother.
"My lord, General Wei's strategy must not be adopted, Cao Mengde's army is nearly 150,000, and the number of troops is far superior to ours. Moreover, our army is mostly recruits except for the 20,000 iron cavalry of the state, how can we defeat the Cao army that has been fought so much? Even if I win, I'm afraid I will have to suffer heavy damage, and when Yuan Benchu comes to attack again, how can I retreat from the enemy? Cao Mengde has many enemies, and he is a big player, so we don't need to fight with him, as long as he delays for half a month, the other party will definitely be self-defeating! Chen Gong said solemnly.
"Strategist, you're just too cowardly. The army under Cao Mengde is divided into three routes, and there are only two large armies going to our Beihai, and there will be no more than 100,000 people. Cao Mengde's subordinates are mostly recruits, mainly foot soldiers, which is just a charge for our army's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, which can be easily solved. Wei Xu said disdainfully.
Chen Gong glanced at Wei Xu as if he was mentally retarded: "Not to mention the proportion of recruits under Cao Cao, General Wei really thinks that you can solve the nearly 100,000 Cao army with a single charge?" ”
"How not? It's just a group of recruits and miscellaneous soldiers, our army's iron knights are all killed in the sea of corpses and blood, as long as a charge into the enemy's army, the other party will definitely be disheartened and flee without a fight. Wei Xu stubbornly said with his neck strained.
"Hasn't General Wei woken up in the First World War in Northern Xinjiang? Today's cavalry is no longer as invincible as before, and there are many ways to restrain it. Our army has no more than 20,000 Bingzhou iron cavalry, and it is already known to Cao Cao, so it is impossible for the other party to be unprepared. Don't before the enemy is routed, our cavalry will be surrounded and destroyed. ”
The two sides went back and forth, looking at each other fiercely, and they kept arguing in this hall.
"That's it!" In the end, Lu Bu couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but let out a momentum and stopped loudly.
The aura of the world's number one military general instantly enveloped the entire hall, making the others unable to raise their heads.
"What do you five think?" Chen Gong and Wei Xu were in full swing, and Lu Bu had to ask the opinions of others for the time being.