Chapter 867: The Way to Conquer the Counties
After returning to the army and explaining the matter to Liu Bei, Liu Bei was relieved: "Yide, that Zang Ba can appoint Lu Bu to guard Langxie, he must have certain skills, and the soldiers and horses under his command, although there are only three thousand, when defending the city, the damage that can be brought to our army is still very great." ”
"Big brother, Zang Ba is a timid person." Zhang Fei said.
Liu Bei said with a smile: "Yide doesn't have to be discouraged, my brother has already found a way to break through the counties." ”
Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and if he broke through the counties, this war would be smoother.
The counties are obstacles on the road of the Qingzhou army's attack, and it is impossible to ignore the existence of the counties, and the best way is to break through the counties, so that the defenders of the counties will not play the slightest role, so that the army will not have more worries when attacking.
Besides, the troops deployed by the Xuzhou army in Langxie are the 3,000 soldiers under the command of Zang Ba, as long as Zang Ba is defeated, the rest of the war will be simpler.
Xuzhou is rich in materials, and the materials obtained after conquering the counties can alleviate the needs of the army, and even get sophisticated blades and armor from the hands of the Xuzhou army.
Liu Bei has a lot of coveting for the equipment of the Xuzhou Army, although Liu Bei's army also has a hundred refining blades, more of them are equipped in the hands of generals, as for ordinary soldiers, it is impossible to get a hundred refining blades.
Since Zhang Fei fled from Xuzhou, the relationship between Liu Bei and Lu Bu has deteriorated a lot, and he even took Liu Bei directly into the blacklist for Lu Bu, and it is impossible to trade with Xuzhou.
Faced with such a situation, Liu Bei had no better way but to ask for assistance from other princes.
Yuan Shu co-opted Liu Bei and let Liu Bei attack Xuzhou, which must have given certain benefits.
In the face of these benefits, Liu Bei can't refuse, and besides, Liu Bei himself has a grudge with Lu Bu, if he can break through Xuzhou, in Liu Bei's opinion, it is a thing worth being happy about.
Lu Bu, who is in charge of Xuzhou, is a great threat to the princes, and if Lu Bu is eliminated as soon as possible, it will make the princes more harmonious and stable.
If Lu Bu knew the thoughts of these princes, I don't know what kind of feelings he would have.
When he was strong, the princes had a lot of compliments for him, and even spared no expense in order to trade with Xuzhou.
In fact, such a thing happened to the princes, which is a normal thing in itself.
In many cases, in order to develop their own strength, the princes will not give up easily as long as they can use the means, and if they get benefits, they will have more help for the princes.
When the princes develop their strength, they themselves have to encounter all kinds of difficulties, and when overcoming these difficulties, it is far from enough to rely on superficial means, and the use of other means to solve the problem is an acceptable thing in the eyes of the princes.
In the matter of fighting against Lu Bu and befriending Lu Bu, it is the same, when Lu Bu's strength is so strong that the princes can only make friends, they will send envoys to Xuzhou, even if they are a little unsightly, they must have friends with Lu Bu.
As for saying that when Lu Bu is at a disadvantage, they will stand up and say bad things about Lu Bu, making Lu Bu's reputation even louder.
Lu Bu has already seen such things, so in terms of reputation, Lu Bu will not care more, what he pursues is victory in the war, and it is the enemy army in the war who pays a heavy price for their actions.
If Lu Bu's existence is ignored in the war, it will be the most dangerous thing for the enemy.
Lu Bu is not only a brave and warlike general, but also a commanding cavalry, but also a world-famous one.
"Big brother, is there any way to directly attack the counties?" Zhang Fei is in a hurry.
At this time, there are only Liu Guanzhang and Kong Rong and Kong Rong's henchmen and generals in the big tent of the Chinese army, otherwise, Liu Bei would not have mentioned such an important matter.
Liu Bei said with a smile: "After Lu Bu took charge of Xuzhou, he acted perversely, and the people were full of grievances, such a traitor, naturally there will be no shortage of people of insight to resist, for the brother has already got in touch with the Zhu family in the city, and after three days, the people of the Zhu family will open the city gate to welcome the army into the city, even if Zang Ba has 3,000 soldiers and horses to prevent our army from entering the city, it is impossible." ”
Speaking of this, Liu Bei's words have a strong confidence, if he can successfully break through the counties this time, it will be a great achievement, and if the counties are breached, the army will be able to directly smash Huanglong and directly shake Lu Bu's rule in Xuzhou.
At that time, Lu Bu only relied on the soldiers and horses under his command, and it was impossible to do more when he wanted to fight against Yuan Shu.
When fighting against Lu Bu, there can be no slackness, the previous wars have shown very well that when Lu Bu leads the army to fight on the battlefield, how much harm will be brought to the enemy, in the past, Yuan Shu sent troops to attack Lu Bu, that is, Lu Bu was defeated, such a failure, but let Yuan Shu suffer heavy losses.
What followed was the development of Lu Bu in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and if Lu Bu was allowed to continue such a momentum, it would also be a disaster for Liu Bei, who let Liu Bei attack Xuzhou when Lu Bu occupied Xuzhou before.
Lu Bu's reputation among the princes relied on the victory of the war, as for the fact that he occupied the plain at this time, in Lu Bu's eyes, he was just a weak existence, and it was impossible to form more threats to Lu Bu.
Fortunately, Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou this time was so powerful that even Liu Biao, a well-known existence among the princes, was included in the alliance, and the impact of such an attack on the stability of Xuzhou was predictable.
As long as Lu Bu can be defeated, the rest will be simple, and then the princes of all parties will be able to distribute the benefits after the war is over.
As Liu Bei, who took the lead in breaking through Lu Bu's army, gained not only fame, but also benefits.
"The reason why I was able to have a connection with the Zhu family is all due to the credit of Beihai Taishou." Liu Bei set his eyes on Kong Rong.
Kong Rong has a great reputation among the literati, although Kong Rong has a big gap compared to Liu Bei and others in training soldiers and horses, but with the name of the Kong family, Kong Rong can do many things that are unimaginable to the princes.