There are still two days left before the official departure.

Xiao He and Chen Gong counted the grain, grass, and equipment.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Luo Cheng made all preparations on the hour.

Lu Bu went to Yingchun Pavilion to learn about the recent situation in Yangzhou.

According to Pan Jinlian, the current Yangzhou is like a seriously ill person, and it is very bad inside and out. The officials were slack, the family was dissatisfied, and the people were complaining.

Although there are 350,000 troops, there are many factions in the army, they are extremely disunited, and most of them are new recruits, so they cannot talk about combat effectiveness at all. It is undoubtedly the most correct choice to conquer Yuan Shu at this time!

After leaving the Yingchun Pavilion, Lu Bu returned to the Thorn History Mansion and talked to Diao Chan for a long time.

Diao Chan knew that Lu Bu was going on an expedition. She took the skillful maids and hurried out a battle robe overnight. The robe was embroidered with a golden phoenix and blood-red flames.

Lu Bu gave the name, Phoenix Nirvana!

On this day, the weather was clear and cloudless.

Under Pi City, outside the East City Gate, all the armies stood solemnly.

Lu Bu was dressed in golden armor and rode a red rabbit horse out of the city slowly and came to the front of the queue.

Xiao He and Diao Chan stood at the head of the city.

Lu Bu looked back, waved his hand at Diao Chan, and immediately raised Fang Tian's halberd, and shouted, "Go on the expedition!" ”

Tens of thousands of troops left Xiapi City and marched towards Yangzhou.

From Xuzhou Xiapi to Yangzhou Shouchun, it is necessary to pass through the East China Sea, Jian'an, Danyang, three large counties, and then pass through Ji, Hu, Que... and other six counties, totaling no less than 1,300 kilometers.

At such a long distance, if you want to go with great fanfare, of course, you can't hide from the enemy's eyes.

Yanzhou is the closest to Xuzhou and was the first to get the news.

Xu Du.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, all the civil and military forces gathered.

Cao Cao said: "Three days ago, Lu Bu personally led 60,000 troops to Yangzhou. Li Yuanba also went with the army. Ladies and gentlemen, Xuzhou is empty, it's time for us to be ashamed! ”

"Swing Xuzhou! Swing Xuzhou! "The morale of the generals is high.

Cao Cao stood up suddenly and shouted, "The generals will listen to the order." ”

"Wait..." Xun You stood up.

"What do you mean?" Cao Cao frowned.

Xun Yu said: "Prime Minister, I think that it is better to attack Yangzhou than to attack Xuzhou." ”

"What?" Cao Cao said suspiciously: "Yangzhou has 350,000 Yuan troops, there are all the clans stubbornly resisting, and now there are 60,000 troops of Lu Bu, and there are also Li Yuanba, Xiang Yu, etc., how can it be so easy to capture?" Why did Gongda say this? ”

The generals did not understand either.

Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, etc., seemed to understand, but they all remained silent.

Xun Yu said: "Back to the prime minister, Xuzhou is the foundation of Lu Bu, it is very important to Lu Bu, if our army goes, he will inevitably give up Yangzhou and lead the army back." That's when it fell short. And Yangzhou, it seems that the situation is complicated, but it is not. The prime minister only needs to lead the army and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. Wouldn't it be wonderful to wait for Lu Yuan to be injured and then collect Yangzhou? ”

Cao Cao sat slowly, hesitating in his heart.

After a while, he snorted coldly: "Even if Lu Bu leads the army back, I am not afraid!" ”

"Didn't Prime Minister forget Li Yuanba? That's the courage of ten thousand people. Cheng Yu said coldly.

"And Xiang Yu. Although this feather is not the other feather, it is more than that. According to the detailed reports, in the battle of Donghai County that day, Xiang Yu's courage was not weak to Li Yuanba. Xun Yu also said.

Speaking of these two fierce men, the generals lost their temper.

"Fengxiao, what do you think?" Cao Cao frowned, and pinned his hopes on Guo Jia.

"Ahem..." Guo Jia's face was pale and he coughed repeatedly.

Since Si Li's return, his condition seems to have worsened again.

"Ahem... Prime Minister, lowly reconsideration. But it needs to be changed slightly. After Lu Bu left Xuzhou, Xuzhou's troops were empty and could not be let go. Cheng accordingly sent a group of soldiers and horses to capture Donghai County and cut off the grain route of Lu Bu with lightning speed. Secondly, send a weak brigade of recruits to feint to attack Pengcheng and drag Fan Lihua. On the Yangzhou side, elite troops can be dispatched to seize various dangerous places, such as Yingshang, Xiacai, Hefei, Anfengjin and other places, and heavy troops must be sent to guard them. As long as these places are occupied, even if Lu Bu defeats Yuan Shu, or Yuan Shu defeats Lu Bu, the prime minister will be invincible. ”

Cheng Yu frowned and said, "These places that Feng Xiao said don't seem to be too important, right?" Why not seize Huainan and Shouchun? ”

"Huainan and Shouchun are the focus of Lu Yuan's scramble, and now mixing them in will only increase casualties and is not conducive to the overall situation. It is better to concentrate your forces, make a big net, and wait for the fish to take the bait. ”

"Feng Xiao's words are reasonable." Xun Yu nodded.

Xun You said worriedly: "I'm just afraid that if Donghai County is lost, Lu Bu will give up attacking Yuan Shu, right?" ”

"No, he's not going to give up." Cao Cao stood up and said with a smile: "The current Lu Bu is no longer what it used to be, and he has long stopped taking Yuan Shu in his eyes, even if the grain road is cut off, he will capture Yangzhou with all his might." ”

"Prime Minister, if you want to defeat Lu Yuan and be the last fisherman, there is still one thing missing." Guo Jia said suddenly.

"Oh? What is it? Cao Cao asked.

Guo Jia said: "A thing that can restrain Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu." ”

"Yes, these two people are too strong, if we don't restrain them, even if we win Yangzhou, I'm afraid we won't be able to sit still." Xun Yu said.

"But... What kind of things do you need to restrain Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu? ”

"Xiang, Li Zhiyong, beyond the reach of manpower, only with a chariot! Carabiner! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Fengxiao, last time I fought with Li Yuanba, you didn't see that our chariot couldn't help him at all." ”

Guo Jia said: "That's because there is no iron lock." If the iron lock is used to arrange the formation, the tighter and tighter it is, Li Yuanba will not be able to escape. ”

"Good. I immediately ordered the Armory to build 3,000 sets of iron-locked chariots. Although he didn't know if he could do it, Cao Cao still sent someone to do it.

"Back to the prime minister, it only takes thirty sets to trap Li Yuanba."

"Be prepared and prepared." Cao Cao raised his eyes and saw that the generals in the hall had all recovered their morale. It's not like before, because of Li Yuanba's bravery.

Cao Cao said in his heart: "Before the iron-locked chariot came out, it already had such a miraculous effect. Even if you can't lower Li Yuanba by then, it's worth it. ”

We continued to discuss the meeting...

In the end, Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's advice, and made Xiahou Dun the main general and Xun You as the military advisor, leading an army of 20,000 to raid and occupy Donghai County.

Ordered Li Dian and Le Jin to lead 70,000 weak recruits and feint to attack Pengcheng.

Cao Cao personally led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Qingzhou Army, the Tiger Guard, and the newly surrendered 30,000 Xiliang soldiers to Yangzhou.

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