At the beginning of September, the weather turned cooler.

In the Central Plains, there are still wars.

Yuan Shao of Jizhou, under the planning of Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, captured Yanmen Pass and cut off Zhang Yan's retreat.

Zhang Jaw led an army of 50,000 to the aid of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and besieged the city of Beiping.

Gongsun Zhan sent a letter to Zhang Yan, asking Zhang Yan to lead the army to the west gate, raise torches, and flank Yuan's army.

Yuan Shao robbed this secret letter, and planned the plan, and ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead an army of 100,000 to go and raise torches. Gongsun Chan thought that the help had arrived, and led the army out of the city.

So, Gongsun Chan was killed and defeated, and returned to the city to hold on.

After Zhang Yan learned the news, she retreated back to Yanmen Pass in fright. Detour to Wei County, Shangdang, and return to the Taihang Mountains.

Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses were completely lost, unable to fight against Yuan Shao, and in mid-August, he set himself on fire.

Since then, Yuan Shao has achieved the nominal unification of the north, and has jurisdiction over the four prefectures of Hebei, Bing, Qing, and You, and his strength is better than before.

In the east, Sun Ce recruited troops, expanded his military strength, and with the help of Zhou Yu, captured the seven counties of Jiaozhou. According to the historical trajectory, he should have returned to Yangzhou and captured Lujiang, Huiji, Wujun, etc., but due to the great battles of Cao Cao, Lü Bu, and Yuan Shu, Sun Ce gave up his plan to cross the river.

In Yangzhou.

After Lu Bu led the army to Wanling City, Cao Xing was appointed as the chief soldier of Jian'an County and stationed in Jian'an. Zang Ba is the chief soldier of Danyang County and is stationed in Wanling. Wei Xu was the commander-in-chief of Lujiang County and was stationed in Fanyang.

Each of the three led 15,000 soldiers and horses, and was responsible for promoting the policy of benefiting the people and purging the remnants of the family in the territory.

At the same time, the armies of Zhang Liao, Luo Cheng, and Xiang Yu all assembled in Wanling City, ready to enter Huainan at any time.

On this day, Lu Bu received a tip-off report, summoned the subordinate soldiers, and discussed the strategy of marching.

In the lobby, Chen Gong, Zhang Feng, Li Yuanba, Xiang Yu, Luo Cheng, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Zang Ba stood in two rows, and Lu Bu walked in with the map he had just drawn.

"My lord." The crowd gave up.

"No courtesy."

Lu Bu asked people to hang up the map, faced everyone, and said: "I just received news that Cao Cao's army has captured Yuzhang County, Wu County, and more than half of the cities of Lujiang and Huainan. Zhang Xun was persuaded by Cao Cao to surrender, and the Yangzhou clan also fell to Cao Cao. ”

Chen Gong frowned slightly: "Zhang Xun has an army of 100,000, and the big families also have many private soldiers. All in all, Cao Cao's current strength should be around 300,000. ”

"Well, Mr. Gongtai, just guess it." Lu Bu sat down with a smile, glanced at the secret report in his hand, and said: "A total of 330,000, not counting the soldiers and horses stationed in Yuzhang County and Wu County, if all of them are counted, there should be 350,000." ”

"So much.... Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were taken aback.

Luo Cheng looked worried.

Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba were very excited.

Xiang Yu said: "The more the better, less is not enough to kill." ”

"General Xiang, don't treat Cao Cao as Yuan Shu. Cao Cao's army is extremely elite. Chen Gong reminded.

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Cao Cao is indeed different from Yuan Shu, just 70,000 Qingzhou troops and 5,000 tigers and leopards are enough to give us a headache." Coupled with Zhang Xun and the soldiers and horses of the family, it is really difficult to deal with. ”

"Now there are two roads in front of us, the first way is to eliminate Yuan Shu first and capture Shouchun. The second way is to attack Cao Cao. What do you think is the best way to get in? ”

"I advocate attacking Yuan Shu." As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Zhang Liao said: "Yuan Shu has lost most of his soldiers and horses, and he can't compete with our army. If Shouchun can be captured, it will be beneficial for our army to resist Cao Cao. ”

"Not really. Cao Cao's troops in Huainan are obviously sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, if we attack Shouchun for a long time, we will definitely be attacked by Cao Cao, and the situation will be even more dangerous at that time. Luo Chengdao.

"The last general advocated attacking Cao Cao. Cao Cao is a fierce enemy, and he must be eliminated first! Gao Shun said.

The generals were gossiping and discussing fiercely.

Lu Bu looked left and right, and he couldn't make up his mind.

"What is Mr. Gongtai's good plan?" Lu Bu asked.

Chen Gong thought for a moment and shook his head: "There is no good way to be lowly yet. I don't know what the lord means? ”

Lu Bu said: "I tend to attack Yuan Shu first. There are two reasons for this. Shouchun City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is an important fortress to resist Cao's army, and capturing Shouchun is equivalent to planting a nail in front of Cao Cao. In the past few months, Cao Cao would rather die than attack Shouchun, didn't he just think, do you want to fight for the profit of the fisherman, I don't want him to get his wish. After I capture Shouchun City, I'll see how he benefits. ”

"Second, Yuan Shu was defeated again and again, there were no soldiers to adjust, no generals were available, everyone rebelled and left, and his strength was not as good as before. Although there is a strong city garrison, it is difficult to hold it for a long time, and it is impossible to compete with our army. ”

After speaking, Zhang Liao raised his hands in agreement.

Luo Cheng and Gao Shun have great opinions. Gao Shun strongly persuaded Cao first and then Yuan.

As for Xiang Yu, there is nothing to say, he can attack anyone, in his eyes, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are all rats to be slaughtered, he only expects to go to the front line quickly and compete with Yuan Shu and Cao Cao.

"Mr. Gongtai, you are a military advisor, you should also tell me what you think." Luo Chengdao.

Chen Gong's face was full of sadness, and he couldn't make up his mind, and after thinking about it, he said truthfully: "Lord Yu, the humble position tends to attack Cao Cao first. Cao Cao defended according to the danger, sat back and watched the success or failure, if he was not driven out of Yangzhou, he would inevitably attack our army, causing great difficulties for our army to attack Yuan Shu. If the lord attacked Cao Cao first, he would not have this worry, because Yuan Shu's strength was weak and he would not dare to attack our army. Our odds are much better. ”

"Besides, if we can't defeat Cao Cao, even if we capture Shouchun City, what's the use?"

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and there is no accurate conclusion.

Everyone fell silent...

Lu Bu stared at the map, looking for the enemy's flaws, preparing to make a final decision. Whether it is attacking Cao Cao or Yuan Shu, you have to choose one. It's unavoidable.

"Newspaper... A person came from outside the house, claiming that he had a strategy to break the enemy. The soldiers of the Dragon Guard ran into the lobby and reported to Lu Bu.

Everyone turned around and looked outside.

Lu Bu asked, "Who is it?" ”

"I don't know. He only said that he had a strategy to break the enemy. ”

Lu Bu found a place to sit down, waved his hand, and said, "Let him in." ”

"No."

A little later, a thin man, dressed in a gray robe, walked in with a graceful demeanor.

His eyes were piercing, his appearance was gentle, and he had a confident smile on his face. Walking room, the fairy wind bone, giving people the feeling of four words--- unfathomable!

walked to the middle of the hall and saluted Lu Bu: "Grass people Liu Ji, see the general." ”

(Note: Liu Ji is Liu Bowen, surnamed Liu Mingji, and the word Bowen.) ）

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