"My lord, Cao Cao set up a battalion on the east and south sides of Ao Cang, and Ao Cang formed a corner with each other, no matter which battalion our army wanted to attack, it would be attacked by Ao Cang and another battalion, with the current strength of our army, it is not suitable to divide troops to attack." Li Ru pointed to the location of Ao Cang on the map and analyzed it to Ye Zhao.

"Lord, why don't you transfer some more people from Luoyang?" Ma Teng on the side suggested.

"There is no need to transfer people, although there are not many troops now, our army only needs to gain a firm foothold in Xingyang here, and it can echo with the tiger prison!" Ye Zhao shook his head, looked at Li Ru and said, "The envoy sent to Jiangdong hasn't come back yet?" ”

Before, when he learned that Ye Zheng had killed Cao Ang and persuaded Lu Bu to fall to Ye Zhao's side, the situation had already begun to get out of control, neither Ye Zhao nor Cao Cao had thought of starting a war so early, and both sides were accumulating strength.

The node of the problem, I am afraid that there has been an irreversible change since Cao Hong mistakenly regarded Ye Zheng as Ye Zhao, Cao Cao moved, Ye Zhao also couldn't move, and with Ye Zheng successfully persuading Lu Bu to defect, Ye Zhao saw the opportunity to unify the Central Plains, so this time the garrison in Luoyang, the number of troops who came in before and after was enough 80,000, but the defensive forces of the Tiger Pass, the troops that Zhao Yun brought to suppress Xiahou Yuan, the men and horses taken away by Guan Yu and the necessary garrisons in Luoyang, so that Ye Zhao can actually bring out only 30,000 people now.

Even if they are all elite soldiers, but Cao Cao's army is also not weak, and it has an advantage in numbers, in terms of common sense, Ye Zhao with an army of 30,000 cannot defeat Cao Cao, Cao Cao did not rely on Ao Cang, but divided the army into three battalions, but also saw Ye Zhao's shortcomings, avoided fighting with Ye Zhao to attack and defend the city, but wanted to defeat Ye Zhao in the field.

After all, no matter how powerful Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses are, they have not reached the point of crushing Cao Cao, at this time, to make use of their strengths and avoid avoiding the previous battle of Xingyang, so that Ye Zhao's siege equipment can exert great power, so they can only choose to annihilate in the wild, although the losses are equally heavy, but at least there is hope of winning.

As for Lu Bu's side, although Cao Cao had secretly contacted Gao Sheng and asked Gao Sheng to contact Wei Qi, he couldn't care about it at the moment, not only him, Ye Zhao also handed over the matter of Nanyang to Ye Zheng, and now he is only waiting for the war here, and he occupies Xingyang at the moment, not to fight Cao Cao, but to cut off the contact between Cao Cao and Xuchang.

However, Ye Zhao and Cao Cao couldn't take care of Lu Bu, but in Nanyang, this time was very lively.

Lu Bu married a daughter, and he married Ye Zhao, who is now in full swing, this is a major event that is enough to affect the overall situation of the world, countless people have set their eyes on Nanyang, even if Ye Zhao and Cao Cao are facing off now, they have not been able to grab too much attention, after all, in the eyes of everyone, it is impossible for Ye Zhao and Cao Cao to distinguish the winner so quickly.

The wedding day was also selected by Ye Zhao and Lu Bu, and now the entire Nanyang is in preparation, but at this time, Liu Biao suddenly sent the generals Wen Ping and Liu Pan to attack, raid Xinye, and kill Hou Cheng, which made Lu Bu furious.

He didn't expect that at this time, Liu Biao would dare to run to provoke him, and he would personally lead the army to destroy the invading enemy.

"Lord, the wedding day is coming, it is not appropriate for the lord to send troops in person, why don't you ask the two generals Wei Xu and Gao Shun to lead the army?" Gao Sheng saw that Lu Bu wanted to do it himself, so he hurriedly came out to persuade him.

"Just a stupid thief, why do you need my two generals to come out together?" Lu Bu said disdainfully: "Wei Xu will go and bring me the heads of Wen Ping and Liu Pan to pay tribute to Hou Cheng's spirit in the sky!" ”

It's not that Lu Bu is rampant, but in the previous battles with Jingzhou, the Jingzhou army has never bargained on the side of Nanyang, as long as it crosses the water and Hanshui, even if the Jingzhou army is outnumbered, it can only tremble under the iron hooves of Lu Bu's cavalry.

Don't look at Wei Xu's reputation, but after all, he followed Lu Bu's southern expedition to the north, commanding the cavalry to fight, although Wen Ping and Liu Pan can be regarded as good generals, but when they met in Nanyang, they could only flee in a hurry.

Of course, after crossing the Han River, the waterways were vertical and horizontal, and the role of the cavalry could not be played, so after crossing the river, Lu Bu failed to do his best several times.

"The minister thinks that in order to avoid extraneous branches, the two generals should go together." Gao Sheng bowed.

"I've made up my mind." Lu Bu frowned and glanced at Gao Sheng.

If Jia Xu was here, I am afraid it would be easy to find out that Gao Sheng had other plans, but unfortunately, Jia Xu has been busy with Ye Zheng and Lu Lingqi's affairs recently, and he happened to be not by Lu Bu's side.

Gao Sheng's heart was beating straight by Lu Bu's gaze, and he hurriedly bowed and saluted, no longer saying more, although he couldn't deceive Gao Shun out together, but Wei Xu took away most of the soldiers and horses, making Nanyang empty but absolute, leaving only one Gao Shun, which had little impact, and continued to persuade him, I am afraid that it will make Lu Bu suspicious, but it is not beautiful.

After bowing down and retiring, after Gao Shun left Lu Bu's general's mansion, he quickly met with Wei Qi and told him about the matter.

"Although Gao Shun stayed, if he was the only one, it would not be difficult to solve it, are you sure Song Xian is willing to help me wait?" Wei Qi looked at Gao Sheng and asked seriously.

"Don't worry, General Song is even friends with me, and besides, he has long had resentment in his heart for Lu Bu's refusal to help him become a marquis over the years, and he has been successfully convinced." Gao Sheng smiled and nodded: "Not only that, Cheng Lian has also promised to let go, and the lord's army can rest assured that it will pass through Niyang!" ”

He has made a wide range of contacts under Lu Bu over the years, Song Xian and Cheng Lian are all close friends, not only because Gao Sheng can observe words and feelings, but more importantly, Gao Sheng will make money.

"Song Xian, Cheng Lian ......" Wei Qi nodded silently, with the help of these two people, plus Hou Cheng of Xinye was killed by Liu Biao, Wei Xu was led to Xinye, and most of Lu Bu's descendants are now in that area, so that Lu Bu's intelligence from Zhuyang to Nieyang has a vacuum, and when Wei Qian's soldiers and horses arrive, plus Song Xian's internal and external cooperation, the matter has been successful.

"If Na Cheng Lian doesn't stop him, my general Xu Huang will be able to arrive in three days, but there is a way to lure Na Lu Bu out of the city?" Wei Qi looked at Gao Shengdao.

Although there is Song Xian, the inner ghost, but this Nanyang City is Lu Bu's territory after all, even if Song Xian defects, but his soldiers may not defect, if Lu Bu can be lured out of Nanyang City, kill Lu Bu outside the city, and at the same time Song Xian took the opportunity to block the city gate and kill Gao Shun, then even if Lu Bu has the ability to reach the sky, I am afraid that he will not be able to stop the encirclement and suppression of countless soldiers.

Hearing this, Gao Sheng was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Maybe you can give it a try." ”