"If the lord wants to sweep away these bandits, he is considering how many soldiers and horses this Jinyang can dispatch now. And how many soldiers and horses can the bandits on Taihang Mountain dispatch. Sun Tzu knows himself and knows his opponent, and he will not be defeated in a hundred battles. If we don't know much about the bandits in Taihang Mountain, we should not use our swords. ”

Xu Shu spoke first.

He is not the restrained young man who first came to Jinyang, and he doesn't even talk much. He assisted Xu Huang to guard the Jingcheng Pass, and also assisted Jia Xu in handling government affairs. Naturally, he understood that this war was not a trivial matter, and he did not object to Lu Bu's mobilization of troops, but before he moved his troops, he must have thought about it clearly.

"Wen You, how many soldiers do you think you should send?"

Xu Shu's words made Lu Bu quite agree, and turned his gaze to Li Ru.

saw Li Ru squinting his eyes, "There are millions of bandits on Taihang Mountain!" can easily draw out more than 100,000 young people. If we want to wipe them out, our army will dispatch at least 30,000 elite divisions! ”

"Thirty thousand."

Lu Bu frowned, "This Jinyang still has 20,000 troops now. If 30,000 elite divisions are needed, then the two generals who are guarding the town must also be sent back. I don't know which two generals to transfer back? ”

"The general of the capture guards the Gaonu of Shangjun, and the general Jianyi guards Hanoi, and the soldiers and horses in these two places must not be reckless! I think we can send the trapping general and the general Podi back. ”

Guo Jia said.

The general Zhang Liao captured 10,000 soldiers and horses in Gaonu, and if he moved, he was afraid that it would make Shangjun unstable. And Xu Rong, the general of Xing Jianyi, who was guarding this Hanoi, could not act rashly. This Hanoi is a big county, and this geographical location is very important, and it must not be lost. Neither of these two people can move, so Gao Shun, the trapping general stationed in Yangyi and Jinyang, and Xu Huang, the general of Podi, who is stationed in Huguan, can be sent back.

It's just that Lu Bu has a different opinion, "Xu Huang is guarding the Huguan, and he doesn't act rashly, so it's better to let Yang Feng come back!" This Yang Feng was originally from the White Bo Army, and he also has some connections with the Black Mountain Army. If he could persuade those thief chieftains on Taihang Mountain to surrender, then he would not have to make much effort. ”

Guo Jia pursed his lips, but he never refuted.

Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu again, "If you want to sweep away these bandits, I'm afraid it will take Xun Yue's time." Wen and you will go and prepare this money and food! And warm clothes! It's September now, and if we can't sweep away these bandits in two or three months, I'm afraid that we will enter a harsh winter. ”

"No!"

Jia Xu leaned over.

Li Ru admonished again, "My lord, I think these bandits on Taihang Mountain must also be prepared for the harsh winter, and they will continue to plunder." Why don't you design these bandits on Taihang Mountain to fall into our trap and then annihilate their main force in one fell swoop? ”

"Oh?"

Lu Bu's eyes lit up, "Wen You, do you mean that we lured those Taihang bandits to come and loot and take the opportunity to wipe them out?" But we don't know where these Taihang bandits will rob, and how to design an ambush for them? ”

Li Ru looked at Lu Bu and stood up from the seat. went around to the map hanging behind Lu Bu, and pointed his finger, "Lord, look, this is Yangqu!" After those thieves on Taihang Mountain looted Yangqu, they went to the well! If they want to plunder, where is the best place? First, don't get too close to Jinyang! Jinyang has elite soldiers garrisoned, if they plunder the counties around Jinyang, with the elite cavalry in Jinyang City, they can completely raid! Second, they won't raid heavily garrisoned cities! Third, what they could loot was definitely the city they could reach along the Jingcheng Road! With these three points, they can determine the scope of their next raid. I thought the next place they would loot would be Yuxian! ”

Looking at the location of Yu County on the map, Lu Bu's brows furrowed slightly. What Li Ru said made Lu Bu a little surprised. If you think about it, it's not impossible! This Zhang Yan of Montenegro is a master who is not afraid of heaven and earth. He dared to confront Yuan Shao's strongman, even if he was somewhat persecuted by Yuan Shao, but he dared to confront Yuan Shao, and he was also a little confident.

His confidence is this million Black Mountain thieves! And the rolling Taihang Mountains! Even though this state is now Lu Bu's territory, this is too far away and where Lu Bu's foundation lies. But that Zhang Yan still dared to rob Yangqu! How rampant this is! If he can loot once, won't he dare to loot a second time?

It's just that......

Lu Bu shook his head slightly, "I'm afraid those Taihang bandits won't be so easy to be fooled!" If we set up an ambush in this county, then we must first transfer the people of this county, and then we must set up ambushes around it. Moreover, it is not certain where this thief is plundering, and we do not know the time, so why should we set up an ambush? ”

"Why emigrate?"

Li Ru's face was a little gloomy, "This Yangqu is the case ahead, even if these bandits robbed this Yu County, they will not kill innocents indiscriminately, at most, they will rob some property!" As long as we can destroy these bandits, the property they plundered will still be in our hands, and then we will return it to the people in Yuxian. Only when these bandits are happy to loot will they not have much will to fight! After their plunder, our army is suddenly attacking, which will surely catch them by surprise and will be defeated! ”

Everyone is silent!

Lu Bu frowned, looking like he was thinking about the feasibility of this strategy. Jia Xu narrowed his eyes, as if he acquiesced? Even that Guo Jia was rubbing the wine gourd, I don't know what to think.

Xu Shu couldn't help it after all, and his eyebrows were cold, "Absolutely not!" How can you ignore the safety of the people for the sake of these bandits! Isn't it their accomplice to conniving at robbers? To act in this way is to have a righteous heart! ”

"What if you can defeat the main force of this bandit in one fell swoop, and let them be connived at once?"

Li Ru said confidently.

"I don't believe it, and I can't sweep them away unless I condone them! We swept away the bandits, just to protect the territory and the people! Can you act like this, but to protect the territory and the people? ”

Xu Shu looked at Lu Bu's body and bowed deeply, "Since the lord killed Dong Thief, how can he follow Dong Thief's actions?" Since I entered the annexation of the state, what I have seen is that the lord is fighting everywhere and settling the rebellion in various places, and I deeply feel the good intentions of the lord and the benevolence and righteousness of the lord, so I want to entrust my body to him! With the benevolence of the lord and the courage of the soldiers, why can't you sweep away these Taihang bandits? In order to sweep away these Taihang bandits, it is really not worth losing people's hearts! I beg your lord to think twice! People's hearts are not easy to come by, and they are only lost in the day! ”

The second update!

(End of chapter)