"Eh... What the lord said was very true. Chen Lan is despicable and shameless, and it is indeed not a pity to die. But... If a military order is violated and not punished, then who will obey the order in the future? They all fight according to their own will, don't they mess around? ”

Lu Bu thought about it, Chen Gong's words were not unreasonable.

Although he is not disgusted by Xiang Yu's approach, the rules cannot be broken.

"That being the case, after the capture of Yangzhou, punish him. He was punished for running 100 laps around the school yard. ”

"What kind of punishment is this?" Chen Gong rolled his eyes.

"One hundred laps, two thousand miles! It's not called a punishment yet? Do you want to run around the school yard? ”

"Hehe... I can't. Chen Gong waved his hand again and again, and then compromised: "Okay, just according to what the lord said, punish him for running a hundred laps, and it can be regarded as a small lesson for him." ”

"How's the recruitment going?" Lu Bu changed his words and asked.

"The people of Wanling City, most of whom were recruited by the clans, have now become soldiers of the vanguard battalion, and according to the orders of the lord, two hundred people have been selected from them, barely meeting the requirements of the lord."

Lu Bu said: "I just wanted to understand one thing. The real elite should not be in the city. Rather, in the suburbs, in the mountains, or simply bandits. You should send someone out of town to take a look. ”

"How is this possible?"

Lu Budao: "The reason is very simple. Since the second emperor of Huan Ling, the thieves in the world have swarmed, and the yellow turbans have been ravaged, although most of them have been suppressed, but there are a few entrenched in the mountains and refuse to surrender. These people are called Yamagoe, and they are extremely combative. ”

"And in order to resist Shanyue, most of the rural people learn martial arts, and over time, won't they become elite? And the people of Wanling City, with the protection of officers and soldiers, have a dependence mentality, and they are no different from the people in other places, so they are naturally not elite. ”

This question is also what Lu Bu just figured out.

He always thought that Shanyue was a foreign race, but after thinking about it carefully, where did the foreign race come from in the Yangzhou territory? Such as Pan Lin, Peng Qi, Yan Baihu, etc., are all bandits entrenched in Yangzhou.

If you want to talk about Yamagoe, it must be them.

"Well, it must be so!" Chen Gong nodded, agreeing with Lu Bu's statement. He arched his hand and said: "If you are lowly and you are low, you will send people outside the city to recruit elite villagers." ”

"Wait."

Lu Bu took out a map, looked at it, and said: "In the Yangzhou area, there are the most mountains in Huiji County, Jian'an County, Danyang County, Lujiang County, and Wu County, especially Danyang County, where the mountains are hundreds of miles longitudinal and horizontal, and there must be a large number of mountain crossings. Let's not rush to recruit troops just yet. After defeating Yuan, a major clean-up will be carried out to eradicate the entire Shanyue in Yangzhou. ”

"The lord's move can not only expand the army, but also eliminate harm for the people, which is really a great good." Chen Gong's eyes lit up.

"Well, so you can't startle the snake, everything will be said after defeating Yuan."

At this moment, Lu Bu remembered another thing.

Historically, after Sun Ce left Yuan, he occupied several counties in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, including Lujiang, Huiji, Danyang, Wujun, etc., and these cities were about to be occupied by himself, so didn't Sun Ce just stare dryly?

Without the counties of Yangzhou, Sun Ce would not be able to attack Shanyue, nor could he quickly expand his troops, just relying on the place where birds don't in Jiaozhou, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even protect himself, right?

"My lord, the family of Lujiang County was exterminated by General Xiang, and he should immediately transfer troops to replace General Xiang and prepare to attack Huainan. lest Cao Cao take advantage of it. ”

Lu Bu came back to his senses, stood up and said, "I don't want to attack Huainan, but I lack troops now." ”

"Gao Shun's trapped camp recruited troops in Donghai County, and was raided by Xun You and Xiahoudun, although Fan Lihua helped, he couldn't draw troops for a while. Zhang Liao is stationed in Jian'an County, we are in Danyang County, and Xiang Yu is in Lujiang County. The only soldiers and horses that could enter Huainan were the Pioneer Battalion, the Dragon Guard, and Luo Cheng's Division, more than half of which had just surrendered, and it was not enough to resist Cao Cao. If all of them are transferred, Lujiang County and Danyang County will be very dangerous, even if they are not counterattacked by the clan, they will be attacked by the Shanyue people. ”

"The most important thing now should be to defeat Xun You and Xiahoudun, transfer the recruits from Donghai County to Yangzhou to change defenses, and transfer Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's soldiers and horses to enter Huainan with me."

"What the lord said is very true, and he ordered Zhang Liao to lead an army of 10,000 to the East China Sea to assist Gao Fan in breaking the enemy."

"Wait..." Lu Bu stopped Chen Gong and said with a smile: "How troublesome it is to transfer the army there." I'll just go with Yuanba. With my and Yuanba's skills, clean up Xiahoudun, and still have your hands on it? ”

Since the rescue of Xiang Yu, Chen Gong has a new understanding of the skills of Lu Bu and Li Yuanba. Even Yuan Shu's Shouchun City can come and go freely, what other place can't go?

"My lord, be careful in everything!" Chen Gong did not refuse.

Now the front-line war is critical, and there is an urgent need for replenishment of troops, with Lu Bu and Li Yuanba returning, the target is small, the speed is fast, and it can also catch Xiahoudun off guard. It was really the best strategy to defeat Cao Jun.

The matter of recruiting Danyang soldiers has been put on hold for the time being.

Chen Gong sent a message to Luo Cheng and Xiang Yu, stationed on standby.

Early the next morning, Lu Bu and Li Yuanba left Wanling and went to Tan County, Donghai County. On the way, it passes through the four counties of Danyang, Jian'an County, and the three counties of Donghai County, and adds up to more than 1,600 miles.

Even a good BMW can take several days.

In the past few days, the battle situation in Xuzhou and Yangzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes.

First of all, Pengcheng under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, has been besieged by Li Dian, Le Jin, and 70,000 troops, and the situation is critical.

At this critical moment, Liu Bowen appeared to help Song Xian and Cheng Lian break the enemy.

Relying on a southeast gale, Cao Jun's eyes were fascinated with yellow sand, and then, the Pengcheng army was exhausted, and the killed Li Dian and Le Jin fled back to Yanzhou.

In Yangzhou, Zhang Xun was persuaded by Xun Yu to surrender, and the 100,000 army belonged to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's suggestion and sent envoys to lobby everywhere to win the support of the county families.

At the beginning, the clans were reluctant to take refuge in Cao Cao, because Cao Cao also often suppressed the clan, but after the defeat of Yuan Shu, the Yangzhou family was afraid that Lu Bu would capture Yangzhou, so they all took refuge in Cao Cao.

In this way, Cao Cao easily captured Yuzhang County, Wu County, and Lujiang and Huainan.

Until recently, Cao Cao led the army to arrive in the middle of Huainan, between Chengde and Hefei, built a very strong camp, there is a mountain in front, can resist the invading division, retreat there is a road, no fear of pursuit.

On top of that, his camp was also close to the water source, so he could stay there for a long time.

In Chengde and Hefei, there are heavy troops in Dutun.

Such a dangerous place, coupled with the support of Zhang Xun and the Yangzhou family, its power is not insignificant. As Guo Jia said, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, first stand in an invincible position.

Cao Cao has really done it in the past few months.