Chapter 47 Take the initiative

When Sima Fang saw Lu Bu, he saluted respectfully, and then presented Yang Biao's official letter to Lu Bu, and introduced the composition of the reinforcements of Si Li. Lu Bu expressed his gratitude, and everyone entered the city together, and Lu Bu wanted to set up a banquet to receive the two as usual, but was rejected by Sima Fang.

Sima Fang is the most upright and fair, and he is loyal to his duties. When he was in Luoyang, he was known for his outspokenness. He said to Lu Bu: "It's too late to defend, lest you delay military affairs, how dare you feast and drink first, because of selfishness and forgetfulness, the general should immediately go to the court to discuss the matter, and make arrangements for the war in advance." ”

Lu Bu admired the spirit and spirit of some scholars in this era, and naturally agreed. After entering the city, the banquet was canceled, and a meeting was immediately convened in the lobby of the General's Mansion, which seemed to have become the general headquarters of the Xianbei operation.

The new map has been hung up, Hu Dahu Er, who was ordered to go out of the fortress, this time risked his life to approach the Xianbei royal court to reconnoitre, and the cartographer of the team drew a new grassland topographic map, which clearly marked the direction of the mountains and rivers from the Han Biansai to the Xianbei, the distribution of the rivers, the location of the Xianbei tribes, the population geometry and the garrison of troops.

After everyone sat down, Lu Bu took a look at the hall, it was really full of talents. There are Jia Xu, Fu Zhu, Sima Fang, Li Su, Guo Xun, and more generals, Gao Shun, Gongsun Zhan, Xu Huang, Xu Rong, Zhang He, Fang Yue, Jin Riyan, Jin Rigang, Guan Hai, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Cao Xing (Ding Yuan returned to Jinyang and left Cao Xing and his two thousand Han troops to Lu Bu), and behind him stood Dian Wei and Zhang Liao. Although some of these people are not their subordinates yet, they are also at their own disposal for the time being, and this feeling is not very good.

Lu Bu first asked Li Su to introduce the latest information of the Xianbei people to everyone. Li Su combined with the new map to introduce to you one by one, "The ten major tribes of the Xianbei people have all arrived at the royal court of Danhan Mountain, according to the reliable news sent back by the informant who bought it, the number of troops sent by each tribe has been determined, of which the golden family and the company headquarters have dispatched 60,000 royal court iron guards, the Kebineng department has dispatched 50,000 horsemen, the Kuitou department has dispatched 50,000 horsemen, the eastern Xianbei Tuoba Department, Suli Department, and Murong Department have each sent 10,000 horsemen, and the remaining four tribes have each sent 5,000 horsemen, a total of 210,000 horsemen. ”

"However, in addition to the strong combat strength of the cavalry of the three major tribes, the cavalry of the other tribes is suspected of making up the number, and it is said that there are old and young, and they are not as elite as the clan. In addition, the royal court of Danhan Mountain is not far from Biansai, only more than 300 miles away from Gaoliu, but Youzhou is blocked by the Great Wall, and Yanmen and Dingxiang also have Great Wall, so it is very likely that they still enter from the clouds and then go south to disturb. ”

Lu Bu nodded, and motioned to Gao Shun to introduce his existing troops, after all, Guo Xun, Sima Fang, Xu Rong and others only arrived today, so they didn't know much about it. Gao Shun received the order and introduced loudly: "As of today, the strength composition of our Han army is as follows, and the original establishment of the state army in the camp is three brigades, two infantry brigades, each with 4,500 people, and the cavalry brigade, after strengthening, 5,000 people, and a new reserve infantry brigade with 5,000 people, a total of 19,000 people in the camp, and 12,000 infantry from the county army, and 15,000 people from the Xiongnu servant army, all of which are cavalry. The total number of troops in the state was 46,000. ”

"Jizhou reinforcements, 25,000 people, including 5,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. Youzhou reinforcements, 15,000 people, 5,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, plus 30,000 reinforcements from today's channel, including 10,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry, all the army totals 116,000 people, but except for the 10,000 infantry in Youzhou, most of them are border troops, and the rest of the infantry are almost all county soldiers, and their combat power is not high. ”

After Gao Shun sat down, Lu Bu finally stood up, he looked around at the people present before he spoke: "After listening to Li Su and Gao Shun's introduction, all the monarchs here should know the situation on both sides of the enemy. The situation is not optimistic, the gap between the enemy and us is not small, although we have received reinforcements from various states, but nearly half of our army are county soldiers, how much strength can be exerted on the battlefield, presumably everyone also knows it, so we must win by surprise. ”

"Next, I will talk about the battle plan that I discussed with the military advisor, Mr. Fu Zhu, General Gao Shun, and Lord Gongsun Zhan, and is still improving, if you have better opinions, you can also add, and I hope you must keep it confidential, this battle plan is only known to everyone here, if it is leaked, there will be no forgiveness." Everyone promised.

Lu Bu continued: "In recent years, the border defense of our Han army has been shrinking day by day, the population has moved inward, and after the unification of Xianbei, Tanshihuai has established his royal court in Danhan Mountain, which is only more than 300 miles away from my border fortress, and he has ill intentions. The Xianbei people are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and three hundred miles are coming in an instant. Therefore, we cannot sit back and wait for the enemy to attack, in that case, the Xianbei people have too many choices, and all the passes along the Great Wall may become their targets, so we should take the initiative and force them to fight a decisive battle with us. ”

When Lu Bu said that he took the initiative to attack, everyone in the hall, except for a few people who participated in the formulation of the battle plan, everyone else was taken aback, and Guo Xun, the assassin of Youzhou, was the most timid, "General Lu Bu, we have few people, and there are many Xianbei people, it seems that it is better to hold on to the city." ”

Lu Bu waved his hand, "Lord Guo, the Xianbei people also had a drought this summer, and they had no food to survive the winter, so they chose to attack me in the south." Their 200,000 cavalry gathered in one place, the people ate and fed the horses, and the consumption was huge, and they were more anxious than us to finish it early, looking forward to a decisive battle with us as soon as possible. ”

"So I decided to take advantage of their eagerness to fight a decisive battle, and to take the initiative to attack, so that they would have no time to worry about anything else, and fight us in the place of our choosing, which would also be the best protection for the other border counties. The place of the decisive battle is here. ”

Lu Bu pointed to a place on the map, "It's Liangcheng, it's here to fight the Xianbei people." There is the Great Wall in the east, the Yinshan Mountains and the Great Wall in the west, and only Liangcheng is a low hilly area, which is the best choice for the cavalry army, and I am sure they will not miss it. ”

"Next, I will announce the specific deployment, everyone must strictly follow the order, there will be no forgiveness for violators, I will kill first." Lu Bu finally showed a trace of murderous aura at this time, and everyone stood up and listened attentively, as timid as Guo Xun, they were already in a cold sweat.

"Lord Sima Fang, you lead 10,000 Sili infantry to stay in Yunzhong, and are responsible for ensuring the safety of the logistics transportation line from Yunzhong to Zhenling to Luo County. Lord Guo Xun, you lead 10,000 Sili infantry to strengthen the border defense of the Dingxiang and Yanmen armies, and you can only defend the city, not attack. The rest of you will march with me to Liangcheng and set up a large camp. We will have a decisive battle with the enemy here, and I will inform the appropriate people one by one of the specific tactical arrangements. ”

Since it is clearly written on the holy decree, in this battle, Lu Bu is the main general, and he can move as he sees fit. Guo Xun, Sima Fang, Fu Zhu and others all said nothing, and each was ordered to carry out the task assigned by Lu Bu.