The round moon hangs in the air.

Outside Xuxian County.

In the thick of the night, fifty soldiers lined up in the moonlight facing the city wall.

The cold moonlight reflected their faces.

Everyone's face was solemn with Senhan.

"Pay attention to the angle and force of the grappling hook." Lu Bu walked back and forth behind them: "Don't throw too high, and don't throw too low." Too high is not enough distance, too low is not enough height. ”

"Throw!" He shouted.

The soldiers threw their grappling hooks out according to the method he had taught.

Due to the lack of proficiency in use, the grappling hooks flew around, and some of them were even wrapped together in mid-air.

"Go on." Lu Bu shouted: "If you can't throw it before dawn, don't rest!" ”

In the next few days, every night Lu Bu would personally take his soldiers outside the city to practice using the grappling hook.

After a few days of practice, the soldiers' skills in throwing grappling hooks changed from rusty to proficient, and then from skilled to freewheeling.

It wasn't until they were able to hang up on the city without bias every time they threw it that Lu Bu felt satisfied.

After resting in Xu County for a few days, the team left the county seat and continued south.

Shortly after they set out, a river crossed them.

The water is so clear that you can see the stones at the bottom of the river even from the shore.

Stopping in front of them was the Huai River.

The river has been diverted several times in history, initially it had an estuary, and after the Sui and Tang dynasties, it could only be merged into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to enter the sea.

The Huai River that Lu Bu saw at this time was, of course, the one with an independent estuary.

The Huai River before the diversion was clear and docile.

The water glows like jewels in the sunlight, making you feel the urge to grab a handful of water and drink it happily.

"If you cross the Huai River, you will enter Huailing and Dongcheng. Once we pass through, we have to enter Huainan again. Zhang Liao looked at the other side of the riverbank: "Wen Hou really plans to attack Yuan Shu with only five hundred people?" ”

"Assault will definitely not work." Lu Bu smiled confidently: "Have you ever heard of special warfare?" ”

"Special warfare?" Of course, Zhang Liao had never heard of this term.

"Infiltrate the enemy's hinterland with a small number of troops and kill the main general. If we want to take Huainan as soon as possible, we can only use this one method. Lu Bu said: "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have let the soldiers train to use the grappling hook." ”

Zhang Liao looked surprised.

Lu Bu trained his soldiers to use grappling hooks, and he wondered what it was for.

Aside from hooking the city walls, it doesn't seem to cause substantial damage to enemy troops......

It wasn't until now that he understood that Lu Bu had never thought of fighting with Yuan Shu from the beginning.

The plan he made was to sneak into Shouchun quietly.

As long as Yuan Shu is killed, Huainan will definitely surrender without a fight!

Although Lu Bu's tactics were novel, Zhang Liao still felt a little risky.

He asked Lu Bu, "Five hundred people sneaked into Shouchun, if we fail to kill Yuan Shu and are besieged by the enemy, we won't be able to leave." ”

"Let's go? Where to go? Lu Bu smiled indifferently: "Yuan Shu has long been a dead man in my opinion!" We went to Shouchun just to build a tomb for him, and to make the best of the old friendship. From the moment I decided to go to Shouchun, I didn't think that this operation would be unsuccessful! ”

"Cross the river!" Not going to explain more, Lu Bu pointed forward.

Crossing the Huai River, they descended to pass through the two cities of Huailing and Dongcheng.

These two cities are closer to the Huainan border than Xu County.

Especially Dongcheng, which is only twenty or thirty miles away from Zhongli.

Yuan Shu crusaded against Liu Bei that year, and the army entered Xuzhou, and the two cities rose up to resist.

Liu Bei, whose strength was not as good as Yuan Shu's and could not protect himself, asked Lu Bu for help, how could he care about the life and death of these two cities.

After Huailing and Dongcheng were broken, the soldiers and civilians were slaughtered by the Huainan army.

Today, it is devastated and there is no longer the hustle and bustle of the past.

War will always bring endless pain to people.

But since there have been people, the war has not stopped.

Once crawling and rolling on the battlefield filled with gunpowder, using war as a means of making a living, Lu Bu actually felt like a fish in water when he came to this era.

If he hadn't come to the troubled times, but to the peaceful and prosperous times, it is likely that he would have been at a loss and did not know how to spend his life in the future.

Passing through Huailing and Dongcheng, seeing that he was about to enter the territory of Huainan, Lu Bu raised his arm and ordered to stop.

Zhang Liao looked at him suspiciously.

Looking up at the sky, Lu Bu ordered: "Stay in place and leave at night." ”

"The general has an order, stationed on the spot." Zhang Liao then conveyed his order.

The soldiers dismounted, and they did not set up their tents, but each found a flat place to lie down.

On the march all year round, they are all veterans, and they are all elites who were selected by Gao Shun to join the trapping camp.

Every soldier knows very well that the battle is just around the corner, and only by taking advantage of the tranquility before the war to recharge his energy can he live longer on the battlefield......

The Huainan army was defeated in the first battle of Louting.

Except for those who died in battle, the rest of the 5,000 soldiers scattered and fled.

Ji Ling only returned to Shouchun with two or three hundred remnants.

Sending troops to attack Lu Bu, Yuan Shu was full of confidence, he didn't expect to suffer a defeat at all, and he was defeated so completely.

Liu Shen's death in battle made it even more difficult for Yuan Shu to accept.

On the main hall.

Civil and military officials sat in two columns on either side.

Yuan Shutie's face was blue, and his face was ugly and terrifying.

Ji Ling, who had fled back to Shouchun and hadn't had time to freshen up, stood in the middle of the hall with his head down, covered in blood and dirty, making him look very embarrassed.

"Five thousand people were beaten by five hundred people and couldn't find the north." Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and asked, "Liu Shen was also killed, what kind of battle did you fight this time?" ”

"Lu Bu, he ......," Ji Ling lowered his head and wanted to argue.

"There are not many soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and Lu Bu has long been at the end of the crossbow, are you so frightened by him that you dare not let go of the fight?" The corners of Yuan Shu's eyes twitched twice: "If you lose, you will be defeated, and you will still make excuses!" Tell me, why are we outnumbered? ”

Ji Ling's lips moved and he wanted to say something, but he knew that it was impossible for the angry Yuan Shu to listen to any explanation, so he still didn't open his mouth in the end.

"Your Majesty." Yang Hong stood up: "I think it's better to let General Ji tell me how he was defeated, and how General Liu died." Although Lu Bu is the last of the strong crossbows, he is brave after all. It's better to know more than not to know at all. Your Majesty has achieved great things, and the first thing to bear the brunt of is to take Xuzhou. ”

Yang Hong opened his mouth, and Yuan Shu forcibly suppressed his anger and asked Ji Ling, "What did you want to say just now?" ”

"The Lu Bu we saw on the battlefield was only seventeen or eighteen years old at most. General Liu fought with him, and he was cut off by him without half a round. Ji Ling didn't dare to expect Yuan Shu to believe this.

Except for those who witnessed it, I am afraid that no one will believe it.

is obviously past middle age, Lu Bu can actually rejuvenate himself......

It's weird, it's so weird!