Chapter 553: A Plan to Unify the South

"Hehe, this must be Mr. Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan! I've heard about it before, but this time it's thanks to Mr. Pang Shiyuan's strategy, it just so happens that there seems to be a lack of a military advisor who can help the pharmacist, I wonder if Mr. Pang Shiyuan is willing? Since Lu Rui was already planning to promote Pang Tong, he would not delay any longer, and said directly to Pang Tong.

"Thank you for your love! Pang Tong is determined to live up to his mission! Pang Tong couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, but if he thought about it carefully, wasn't this what he wanted most? Since Lu Rui said so, why should he be polite, so he directly knelt down on one knee and said to Lu Rui.

"Shi Yuan, please hurry up, and the generals, this time the pharmacist is not in Jingzhou, you have also paid a very heavy price in order to deal with Wang Qian, and you have ordered to go down, the families of the dead soldiers must be treated well, from now on, the Jingzhou Army, General Li Daozong is the second in command after Li Yaoshi!" After talking about Pang Tong, Lu Rui looked at Li Daozong again, and directly determined Li Daozong's location and said.

"Thank you, Lord for your kindness!" Hearing this, Li Daozong couldn't help but be overjoyed, and without saying a word, he knelt down on one knee and said to Lu Rui.

For a long time, there has been no doubt that the number one leader of the Jingzhou Army is Li Jing, but when it comes to the position of the second in command, there is actually not much difference, in the hearts of the soldiers, Li Daozong and Lu Bu can both reach this position, and now, it is equivalent to determining this position.

As for Lu Bu, the commander of the Wolf Cavalry Legion was originally Li Jing's direct subordinate troops, except for Lu Rui and Li Jing, there was no way for anyone else to order Lu Bu, so the position of the second-in-command did not have much significance to Lu Bu at all, and Lu Bu himself could not have too much energy to manage things other than the Wolf Cavalry Legion, so he let Li Daozong take the position.

After dealing with some things, Lu Rui found Lin Chen, and now, there are still many things that have not been done.

"Lin Chen, you told me before that Pharmacist Li has now occupied Luoyang and is marching in the direction of Chang'an, and now it is Li Ji who is stationed in Chang'an, and Li Yuanba has also been transferred there by Li Shimin, so he has been in confrontation with Pharmacist Li, right?" Lu Rui found it, Lin Chen, and asked Lin Chen.

"Lord, it's true, and the current situation is very favorable to the Grand Duke, after all, Li Shimin in the rear of Li Ji is busy dealing with Li Jiancheng, there will be no support, and Li Ji's defeat now is just a matter of time." When Lin Chen heard this, he said to Lu Rui.

"That's not a good situation! This is not the situation I wanted! Lu Rui shook his head when he heard this, and said to Lin Chen.

"My lord, do you want the Metropolitan Governor to deliberately defeat and retreat?" Lin Chen already knew Lu Rui's style of acting, and after Lu Rui finished saying this, Lin Chen had already guessed Lu Rui's thoughts, but some things were inconvenient to say, after all, it was not a powerful thing for fame, just know it yourself.

"That's it! You immediately give an order to Pharmacist Li, let him find a way to defeat the battle, and retreat to Luoyang under the pretext of retreating, and remember not to let Li Yuanji see anything. Lu Rui nodded when he heard this, and said to Lin Chen.

"But my lord, now is the time of perennial war, since Luoyang was burned by Dong Zhuo, there has been no sign of recovery until now, the environment is extremely bad, will retreating to Luoyang make the soldiers dissatisfied!" Lin Chen was a little worried when he heard this, and asked Lu Rui.

"I naturally know this, but sometimes, the harsh environment is more beneficial, Luoyang is now burned by Dong Zhuo, so it is also a deserted place, in this way, no matter what we do, we don't have to worry about the feelings of the people, just right, there is a big gift for Li Ji ready." Lu Rui smiled when he heard this, and said to Lin Chen.

"What the lord said is reasonable, although today's Luoyang has long been turned into nothingness, but the once prosperous scene has long been carved in the hearts of the people of the world, after all, the princes of the world have not really called the emperor, Luoyang is still the place where the people of the world admire, if Luoyang can be held in the hands of the future, who will be able to gain some advantages on the road to the world. Therefore, Li Ji will definitely not give up Luoyang easily when he has an advantage, and will definitely find an opportunity to fight to the death with the Metropolitan Governor, at that time, it is our opportunity. At this time, a person walked in, and this person was none other than Pang Tong.

"Hehe, what Shi Yuan said is reasonable, it seems that Shi Yuan also has the same idea as me." Lu Rui looked at Pang Tong and smiled at Pang Tong.

"The lord has won the award, and Pang Tong just heard the lord's conversation just now, and suddenly the mouth was opened, but if the lord wants to use the wasteland of Luoyang to hit Li Ji hard, Pang Tong thinks that he has not taken the role of this plan to the extreme, and now Luoyang still has more room for development." Pang Tong looked at Lu Rui and said to Lu Rui.

"Oh? Could it be that there is a better way? Please come one by one. When Lu Rui heard this, he immediately became interested and asked Pang Tong.

Pang Tong thought that now by the side of the Metropolitan Governor, there was not only Li Ji as an enemy, but also an enemy with a greater threat there! Pang Tong thinks that we can bring those people with us! Pang Tong looked at Lu Rui and said to Lu Rui.

"Shi Yuan is talking about Cao Mengde? Indeed, now Cao Mengde is my henchman, if I can, I also want to fight Cao Mengde, before, Jia Xu defeated Wu Qi, which made Cao Mengde a great blow to the morale of our army, and our army now urgently needs a big victory to boost confidence in dealing with Cao Mengde. It's just that Cao Jingzong, the defender of Bingzhou, is now fighting with Temujin in the north, and there are enough defenders behind him to guard against our sudden attack. After Lu Rui heard Pang Tong's words, he knew what kind of plan Pang Tong had, but Lu Rui also considered these things, Cao Jingzong was now restrained by Temujin and couldn't pull away at all, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to expose all his backs to Temujin for Luoyang, so Lu Rui really didn't know how Pang Tong was going to do it.

"Hehe, don't worry, don't worry, you don't need to attract Cao Jingzong's main force, you only need to attract a small number of local troops, Pang Tong's purpose is not to take this opportunity to hit Cao Jingzong hard, this kind of thing is not the slightest chance of success now. The purpose of the next is just to give the Metropolitan Governor a reason to start a war with Cao Jingzong. Pang Tong nodded when he heard this, and said to Lu Rui.

"I want to hear about it!" Lu Rui immediately became interested when he heard this, looked at Pang Tong, and asked Pang Tong.

"In this battle, our army successfully destroyed Wang Qian, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to Ying Zheng, and Yue Peng is on the side of the governor, and it is only a matter of time before Meng Tian wins the battle, so that the morale of Ying Zheng's army can be said to have been reduced to the bottom, and this is undoubtedly good news for Xiang Yu, in this way, Xiang Yu's chances of winning are very great. In this way, the most likely thing for Ying Zheng is to ask Li Shimin for help. When Li Dudu retreated and Cao Jingzong went to war, Li Shimin's life would not be easy, and then he supported the banner of Ying Zheng, expanded his territory, and even annexed Xiang Yu and Ying Zheng, after all, in the current situation, blindly recuperating, there is no such opportunity. At that time, the Yizhou side will evolve into a three-way melee situation, no matter who wins in the end, it will be a very advantageous thing for us, while they are fighting a three-way defeat, we can take this opportunity, those Yizhou and Yunnan, at that time, the entire south will be in our hands, and the rest is to fight with Cao Cao in the north. This most threatening enemy. Pang Tong looked at Lu Rui and said his thoughts to Lu Rui.