Lü Bu led the army out of Pengcheng and headed for Zhongli.

Knowing that Lu Bu was coming, Chen Zhi and Zhongli County Commander took a group of officials out of the city to greet them.

When entering the city, Chen Zhi followed Lu Bu.

"Uncle Zhi stayed in Zhongli, it's been hard these days." Lu Bu said hard.

"It's not hard." Chen arrived, and then asked Lu Bu: "Wen Hou has not returned to Pengcheng for many days, why did he lead the army back?" ”

Lü Bu had agreed with him that once Cao Cao left Shouchun, he would send someone to send him instructions for the next step.

But what Chen was waiting for was not an order, but a living Lu Bu!

"Something has changed." Lu Bu asked, "Have you heard that Sun Ce occupied the Lujiang River?" ”

"I've heard about it." Chen Zhi replied: "Sun Ce's speed is really not slow, we didn't react, he had already taken Lujiang." ”

"I personally led the troops to Zhongli, just to join forces with you to recapture Lujiang from Sun Ce." Lu Bu asked, "If Uncle Zhi encounters Sun Ce, what are the chances of winning?" ”

"There should be five or five." Chen Zhi replied: "Although Jiangdong Xiaobawang has a great name, I will not be afraid of him. As long as he dares to come, I will dare to fight him for three or five hundred rounds! ”

"Uncle Zhi is really arrogant." Lu Bu laughed, and then asked Chen Dao: "Did you pick out the elite I wanted you to choose before?" ”

"Picked a few, not a lot of them." Chen Zhi shook his head: "The soldiers are all newly recruited, and it should be okay to let them plough the fields, but there is still a lot of difference if they pick up their weapons and go into battle to kill the enemy." ”

Lu Bu asked, "How did you solve it?" ”

"There's no good solution." Chen Zhi replied: "If there are many wild beasts nearby, I can still let them hunt wild beasts to exercise killing and courage, but the Huainan area has been very embarrassed in recent years, and the wild beasts have been hunted by the people, and there is no chance for them to exercise their courage." ”

"Courage must be tested on the battlefield." Lu Bu looked back at the army following him: "If you really can't draw people here, you will be drawn from the Qingzhou army." ”

"That's a lot of that." Chen Zhi replied: "Since Wen Hou brought the Qingzhou army to Huainan, I found that many of them can be trained to become warriors in a hundred battles. ”

"I want you to practice the elite, how many people do you think are suitable?" Lu Bu asked.

"Five thousand!" Chen Zhi replied: "As long as there are 5,000 people, I can train an invincible elite for Wen Hou." ”

"Go back to the barracks and pick it up!" Lu Bu said: "Let every soldier wrap a red scarf on his head, and choose red for his battle robe, including your flag!" ”

The Han Dynasty was still red, and the military flags and soldiers' robes were red.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, heroes from all over the country have recruited rebels, and each place has its own five lines of battle flags and armor as the main colors.

Cao's family is water, so the soldiers under Cao Cao's command are all black robes, and the battle flag is also black.

In the past, Lu Bu always believed that his five elements belonged to the earth, so the soldiers' robes and battle flags were based on earthy yellow.

There was a big red flag fluttering in the earthy yellow battle flag, which needless to say was also very eye-catching.

Chen Zhi knew very well that Lu Bu gave him a privilege that others could not ask for.

He said to Lu Bu: "The battle robes and battle flags are secondary, the main thing is to select soldiers, there are a lot of soldiers and horses under the command of Wen Hou, but it is not a particularly simple matter to select 5,000 elites." ”

"The Qingzhou Army can't be selected, and you will be asked to pick if there are new recruits in the future." Lu Bu said very angrily: "But before you gather five thousand men, don't neglect the training of other soldiers. ”

"What Wen Hou explained, I will definitely do it with all my heart." Chen Zhi replied: "There is something I would like to ask Wen Hou for permission. ”

"Whatever you say, as long as I can do it, I will agree." Before Chen Zhi could say what was going on, Lu Bu had already agreed.

"Wen Hou is going on this expedition, I want to be a pioneer." Chen Zhi replied: "I also know that there are still Zilong and Wen Yuan in the army, and I am the shallowest in terms of qualifications, so I shouldn't have made such a request." And yet I want to ......"

"You want your soldiers to have more experience." Lu Bu said: "If you don't say anything about this matter, I will also consider it." Whether it's hunting wild beasts or practicing killing skills on the school grounds, it's better to put them on the battlefield. Only when they are accustomed to life and death and blood can they be regarded as a real elite. ”

"Wen Hou can understand, and I can rest assured." Chen Zhi said: "Once on the battlefield, the soldiers and I will definitely not disappoint Wen Hou!" ”

Lu Bu led the army into Zhongli, and of course someone from Cao Cao's side would send the news.

Sun Ce, who was stationed in Wancheng, was also reported.

Sun Ce once worked under Yuan Shu, and later used the heirloom jade seal to exchange 3,000 men and horses from Yuan Shu.

He successively defeated Jiangdong Yan Baihu and others, pacified Jiangdong, and sat firmly on the throne of the lord of Jiangdong.

At that time, Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, was killed by Huang Zu, a subordinate general of Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

The Sun family and the Liu family in Jingzhou have a common enmity.

Since Sun Ce was in charge of Jiangdong, he had sent troops to attack Liu Biao several times, and the most important thing was to attack Huang Zu, who was entrenched in Jiangxia.

The crusade against Lujiang was because Sun Ce considered that once he gained a firm foothold in Lujiang, the Yangtze River danger of Jingzhou Liu Biao would be useless in front of him.

Beitu is a matter of time, but it is not an urgent need for Sun Ce, what he wants to do most is to break Jiang Xia and cut off Huang Zu's head to pay tribute to Sun Jian!

Attacking Liu Xun was only the most fundamental part of Sun Ce's strategic intent to defeat Jingzhou.

Liu Xun is just a stepping stone for Sun Ce's great cause!

I thought that I could lead the army to attack Shouchun after defeating Hefei, and once Shouchun City was breached, I could shrink the front, and while guarding against the Xu capital Cao family, I would conquer Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Sun Ce didn't expect that before Cao Cao sent troops, Lu Bu actually led his troops into Zhongli, and he had the momentum to drive to Lujiang immediately.

Inviting the staff and generals who went out with the army to the front hall of the official mansion, Sun Ce asked everyone: "We took the Lujiang River, and Lu Bu led an army of 30,000 to enter Zhongli, he must have bad intentions." What do you think I should do to force Lu Bu back? ”

"Lu Bu's dispatch of troops is both reasonable and unreasonable." One of the people sitting there said: "Fortunately, he doesn't have many soldiers and horses, and we have to beware of Cao Cao, we are not without a chance of winning." ”

The man who spoke was about forty miles away, his skin was fair-skinned and his face was shrewd.

He is none other than Zhang Zhao, who Sun Ce relies on very much.

Zhang Zhao and Sun Ce had a deep friendship, knowing his ability, Sun Ce asked, "Zibu has a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Lu Bu is nothing more than a martial artist, and now he has Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Chen Zhi under him, so he dares to provoke the general." Zhang Zhao said: "If the general retreats, he must be even more arrogant, it is better to personally lead the army into Huainan to fight a decisive battle with him!" ”