Xinye County, a county in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, is located in the center of the Nanxiang Basin. Xinye is in the north of Wanluo, south of Jingxiang, west of Qinlong, east of Ninghu, fertile field of 100 miles, eight rivers of competition, since ancient times there is "north and south holes, Zhongzhou barrier" said. This place is the main road connecting Xiangyang and Nanyang, and Yuan Shu stationed a large number of troops in Xinye in order to prevent Liu Biaoxing's troops from going north.

Sui County is in the heart of Nanyang County, which is not easy to be attacked, and the army is not strong.

Xinye is the southern gateway of Nanyang County, guarding the security of the south of Wan County, and the garrison is no less than 10,000 troops. It is almost impossible for Wang Lei to conquer Xinye, but it is not impossible to bypass Xinye's army to go south.

Wang Lei rushed with more than 500 Xiliang cavalry, and at the same time sent a steady stream of scouts to investigate.

Regarding Wang Lei's approach, Lu Bu no longer has any opinions. After getting along with Wang Lei for a while, Lu Bu was accustomed to Wang Lei's prudence, where the army went and where it fought, Lu Bu did not mix, and obeyed Wang Lei's orders.

When the army reached the halfway point, Wang Lei repeated his old tricks and divided his troops to advance.

An army went straight to Xinye in the open, attracting the attention of Yuan Shu and Liu Bei.

However, the main force led by Wang Lei and Lu Bu suddenly disappeared and quietly rushed towards the county. The county was Wang Lei's previous goal, but Wang Lei attacked the county on the surface, but actually led troops to attack the county. Now, Liu Bei's troops and Yuan Shu's attention are focused on Xinye, and Wang Lei will definitely be able to achieve results if he returns to the county by surprise with his soldiers.

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Wangji Town is located in the north of Xinye County.

From Yuxian County to Xinye County, Wangji Town is one of the main roads. After Liu Bei turned the direction from the county and arrived at Wangji Town with the soldiers galloping day and night, he was ready to fight Wang Lei to the death with high morale, however, he once again lost Wang Lei's whereabouts. The army stopped, and Liu Bei rested under a tree, his face sinking like water.

The last time he pursued from Shunyang County, he lost Wang Lei, and the final result was that Wang Lei attacked Yuxian County.

This time I pursued from the county, and I chased and lost again, so what about this time?

Where will Wang Lei go?

After two consecutive defeats, Liu Bei's mood can be imagined. At this moment, Liu Bei began to ponder in his heart, Wang Lei must have gone to another place, and once again wanted to surprise attack, but the location of the surprise attack was difficult to determine.

"Someone, bring the map."

Liu Bei commanded, and a soldier quickly brought a parchment map over.

The map was spread out, and Liu Bei carefully stared at Xinye County and Sui County, as well as the counties and towns around Xinye County and Sui County. On the map, there are large and small counties such as Anzhong County, Yuyang County, Chaoyang County, Champion County, and County around Xinye County and Sui County.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao and asked, "Which county do you think Wang Lei might go to?" ”

Guan Yu stared at the map for a long time, and said affirmatively: "I think Wang Lei may go to Anzhong County, Anzhong County is located in the east of Sui County, the distance is only more than forty miles, and it will take less than a day to reach Anzhong County." Moreover, Anzhong County is weak and easy to attack. Wang Lei deliberately led us to Xinye, and after bringing the main forces over, he made a surprise attack on Anzhong County, and he would definitely succeed. ”

Zhang Fei thought about it and shouted loudly: "In my opinion, no matter where Wang Lei goes, the main reason is Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu is really stupid, Wang Lei only has a few hundred people, with Wang Lei's troops, it is difficult to attack any city, regardless of the size of the county, it is not enough to defeat the troops. As long as Yuan Shu gave a death order, let all the cities close the city gates. No matter what news you encounter, you are not allowed to open the city gates, and everything is simple. In that case, Wang Lei couldn't jump for long. ”

Chen Zhi said: "Lord, I insist on staying in Xinye and guarding the main road for Wang Lei to go south. ”

Liu Bei looked helpless and sighed lightly: "Uncle Zhi, the suggestion to hold Xinye is good, but time waits for no one." Wang Lei can delay time, but we can't delay time. It must be resolved quickly, after all, it is Yuan Shu's territory. ”

Chen Zhi was silent and did not speak again.

Liu Bei originally wanted to listen to suggestions, but he didn't expect that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi's suggestions would not work, and he had to take the idea. Liu Bei stared at the map and suddenly said: "If you go south from Sui County, you can go to Xinye, but you can bypass Xinye County, and you can also go to Chaoyang County in the southwest of Xinye County." Wang Lei wants to go south to Jingzhou, and Chaoyang County is also one of the roads. ”

Liu Bei's tone was firm and said, "This time, we will go to Chaoyang County and wait for the rabbit." ”

After a pause, Liu Bei said again: "More importantly, Chaoyang County is close to Xiangyang. Wang Lei wants to go south, no matter what, he needs to come this way. Even if we didn't wait for Wang Lei in Chaoyang County, we could grasp the initiative and not be disrupted by Wang Lei. Strangled his way south, leaving him with nothing to do. ”

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and the others and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Guan Yu said: "I agree! ”

Zhang Fei also nodded and said, "Big brother's opinion is my opinion." ”

Chen Zhi said: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

Immediately, Liu Bei gave an order, and the army immediately set off from Wangji Town and rushed towards Chaoyang County, southwest of Xinye County. Chaoyang County is only a few dozen miles away from Xinye County.

In less than a day, Liu Bei led his troops into Chaoyang County.

The army is hiding, ready to wait for Wang Lei to enter the net. However, what made Liu Bei's heart cold was that after waiting for two days, Wang Lei still did not come to Yangyang County, and Xinye County did not move. Two days later, news finally came back that Wang Lei attacked the county, opened the county gate in the name of Liu Bei's army, and ransacked the county.

When Liu Bei got the news, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He had only left the county before, and he had a noosy when he arrived in Xinye County; Then I went to Chaoyang County and planned to wait for the rabbit, but I didn't expect to pounce.

Successive failures, Liu Bei was hit hard.

Fighting with Wang Lei is like playing hide and seek, and it is a headache.

At the same time, Liu Bei was dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's inaction. All along, it was Liu Bei who kept chasing Wang Lei, and what Yuan Shu did was only to block the checkpoint and not mobilize the army. In view of this, Liu Bei recruited the junior colonel and instructed: "Inform Yuan Shu to transfer troops to encircle the county, even if it is surrounded inch by inch, Wang Lei must be searched." If Yuan Shu does not agree, I will withdraw my troops immediately. ”

The small school got the order, left quickly, and went to Shunyang County.

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In the county, Wang Lei and Lu Bu looked at the results of this time, and the corners of their mouths hooked up with smiles. After searching in the county and county, Wang Lei's cavalry has expanded to 1,000 people, all of whom are fully equipped soldiers. Although the incorporation of some soldiers will lead to a reduction in combat effectiveness, it is necessary to expand the ranks in the face of continuous battles.

A thousand people, barely able to cope with the situation.

Lu Bumo shook his hands and asked, "Brother Xian, we have gone around in a few circles, what should we do now?" ”

Wang Lei said calmly: "I deviated from Yuan Shu twice in a row, thinking about it, Yuan Shu will definitely not be able to hold back, and he will dispatch a large army to surround him." We can't go around in circles anymore, change our goals, and prepare to go to Runan-gun. ”

The corners of Lu Bu's mouth rose and he entered Runan, which is very good.