Chapter 583: Before the Great War
In the third year of the Han Dynasty, this year, at the beginning of spring, the atmosphere in the four states of Hebei, Hebei, You, and Qingdao in the north also began to be tense. In the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao single-handedly fought against the three major princes of Lu Bu, Liu Bei, and Gongsun Du, and opened up the three major battlefields of Julu, Bohai, and Youzhou, and stubbornly resisted the offensive of the three princes, so that everyone in the world knew the strong strength that Yuan Shao had.
After the winter of last year, because the weather in the north was very cold and not suitable for fighting, the four princes in the north began to tacitly start a truce, but no one withdrew from the battlefield, such a situation made Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, and Gongsun Du The four princes are very clear that when the spring comes, it is the time for the bloody battle.
And these princes have a hunch in their hearts, that is, this big war may determine how the situation in the north will develop in the future, whether Yuan Shao's family will dominate and become the overlord of the north, or will Lu Bu, Liu Bei, and Gongsun Du divide Yuan Shao's strength and compete for the north again?
The answer to everything will soon be known. The months of fighting last year had already made several major princes figure out the situation of their opponents, and now it was time to start killing moves.
Ren County, Julu County, which was originally a defensive base established by Liyi to resist Gongsun Zhan's attack, has now become the command center of Lu Bu's army. After the winter, although Lu Bu was not afraid of the weather changes, he could not ignore his subordinates, so he followed Chen Gong's advice and collected his troops and returned to Ren County, while stabilizing Changshan and Julu, and on the other hand, letting people mobilize more grain, grass and baggage from Bingzhou.
Although Bingzhou was barren, the soldiers of Bingzhou could get a large number of cattle and sheep from the Southern Xiongnu in the north, especially after Lu Bu returned to Bingzhou, the Southern Xiongnu did not dare to go south, and also plundered a large number of cattle and sheep. Therefore, the soldiers under Lu Bu's command are actually not short of food, that is, the weapons and armor are not as good as Yuan Shaojun, but last year, they fought for a long time and defeated Yuan Shaojun several times, and Lu Bu also captured a lot of weapons and armor from Yuan Shaojun. Moreover, behind Lu Bu is still the support of the hidden sect of Lingyun Tianchi, who was born in Diao Chan and Mu Shuang, so there is no need to worry about logistics for the time being.
After the beginning of spring, Lu Bu greeted Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others, and then arranged troops and horses in various parts of Julu, ready to attack Wei County at any time, and it was best to kill Yecheng in one fell swoop and take the city where Jizhou Prefecture was located.
Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun also understood what Lu Bu wanted to do, and this was also what they wanted to do for them, after all, now Changshan and Julu were already their territory, and it was absolutely impossible to let them out. And in order to consolidate his rule over these two places, Yuan Shao must die.
Last year, if it weren't for Yan Liang's last-minute breakthrough and ability to block Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao's use of most of his forces against them, Wei County would have been attacked by them a long time ago.
"Gongtai, mobilize grain and grass, I'm afraid we will have a fierce battle next, so this grain and grass must be supplied first."
The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the march and the battle, the grain and grass are very important, even if Lu Bu has now broken through to the Xuan Transformation Realm, he still needs to eat to supplement his own consumption, so that he can always maintain himself at the peak, not to mention the other soldiers.
"Wen Yuan, Yan Ming, inform the soldiers and let the soldiers get ready, we may attack at any time."
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun also gave up their orders.
Bohai, after Wen Chou led the troops to Bohai, he was stationed in Nanpi, and Zhang He Gaolan joined forces to build a defense line to resist Liu Beijun's attack, and Liu Bei also attacked Nanpi City several times, but after the addition of Fu Zhu and Wen Chou, Yuan Shaojun took the strong city of Nanpi as the foundation, and under the design of Fu Zhu, he never went out of the city, and he was stuck in the city.
In the face of such a situation, Liu Bei and the others were also a little helpless, they also thought about letting Guan Yu break the city, but there was also a Wen Chou in Nanpi City, which was also in the Xuan Transformation Realm, and his strength was no worse than Guan Yu, so it would not work to rely on Guan Yu's personal strength to break the city.
Since the city can't be broken, then take a detour, but once it is detoured, it means that Liu Bei will expose his logistics channel to the eyes of Yuan Shaojun in Nanpi City. The most important thing is that there are tens of thousands of Yuan Shaojun in Nanpi City, as well as wise men such as Fu Zhu and Dong Zhao, as well as famous generals such as Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Lan.
So this Nanpi City has now become a big stone in front of Liu Bei, and if he is not solved, Liu Bei will not be able to enter Jizhou at all. Now Yuan Shao and Lu Bu are in a stalemate in Wei County, in a situation where the winner is half the winner, Liu Bei believes that now only he can kill Wei County, then Yuan Shao will definitely lose.
"Strategist, is there a way to solve this Nanpi City?"
Liu Bei thought hard for a long time and couldn't come up with any good way, so he could only set his sights on Meng Fang, who is now the first military division under Liu Bei, and is highly valued by Liu Bei, and even Meng Fang's status has surpassed Guan Jing, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others. However, Meng Fang also has this ability, not only is he outstandingly resourceful, but he also represents the Jixia School Palace.
Meng Fang touched his beard, and then said to Liu Bei: "Lord, the army may not be able to pass, but Bai Ma Yi is no problem, according to his subordinates, we can order General Zhao to lead Bai Ma Yi to Wei County first, or let General Taishi attack with the army, in this way, our large army will stay here and stalemate with Wen Chou and a few people, and use General Zhao and General Taishi to support Lu Bu, which is enough to defeat Yuan Shao." Once Yuan Shao is defeated, these Wen Chou people must have no intention of holding the city, after all, Yuan Shao is the foundation of Jizhou, if Yuan Shao is gone, even if they can block us in the Bohai Sea, what can they do? ”
Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "The military advisor is high-minded, okay, then that's it, I'll let Zilong and Ziyi lead the white horse to attack and help Na Lu Bu defeat Yuan Shao." At the same time, he told Yun Chang and Yide that during this time, they would increase their offensive against Nanpi City, and they would not let Na Fu and others find out the clues. ”
Looking at Liu Bei's appearance, Meng Fang was also very happy, as a strategist, what he most wanted to meet was the lord who could listen to his words, so that he could have a sense of accomplishment in his actions. Although Liu Bei is not obedient to Meng Fang now, he is not much worse. Of course, Meng Fang also felt that it was very promising to follow Liu Bei, and it could be said that it was a bright road. Take a look at the latest chapter of "Wu Yao Mountain and River Claw Book House of the Three Kingdoms" to read for free for the first time.