The signs of Lu Bu's attack on Jingzhou became more and more obvious, and Su Zhe had to speed up his preparations.

The first thing is, of course, military training.

After Liu Biao was wiped out this time, the Baibo army, the original descendant army, the Jiangxia soldiers who surrendered, and the number of miscellaneous soldiers and horses added up, and there were also 70,000 people.

In terms of the total number of soldiers and horses, Su Zhe's strength at hand is actually not inferior to Lu Bu.

It's just that Su Zhe's geographical disadvantage is too obvious.

Now his territory, the northernmost Henan County, extends to the south bank of the Yellow River, and the southernmost Guiyang County, which is connected to Wuling, is about to reach Jiaozhou.

In the north-south direction, it spans most of the world and is thousands of miles away.

In the east-west direction, the farthest distance is only a few hundred miles.

That is to say, Su Zhe's ruling area is a long strip shape that is long from north to south and short from east to west.

From the perspective of the terrain, Su Zhe's ruling area is quite fragile, and there are too many key points, and enough troops must be divided to calm down.

The first to bear the brunt of the attack is naturally the line from Wuguan to Hangu Pass, and this side is defended by Dong Zhuo, the most powerful prince at present, and at least nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses have been stationed there.

Although Dong Zhuo has now married him, but when it comes to major interests, this marriage is quite unreliable, once he and Lu Bu fall into a stalemate, it is inevitable that Dong Zhuo will not turn his face, give up the conquest of the two enemies of Ma and Han, and suddenly lead the army to the east and kick his ass.

Dong Zhuo must be guarded against.

As for Liu Yan in Yizhou and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, although these two are self-defending thieves, they must not be guarded against, so Xiangyang and Jiangling must also leave seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses to garrison.

There are also Changsha County and Jiangxia County, one to prevent the rebellion of the four counties in Jingnan, and the other to prevent the threat of Jiangdong.

That is to say, excluding these necessary soldiers and horses, the mobile force he can use is only about 40,000.

Among them, it is necessary to take care of the 5,000 soldiers and horses who stayed in Wandu to "protect" the Son of Heaven, and there are more than 30,000 soldiers who can really be used.

Lu Bu is different.

Cao Cao has been driven to Qingzhou by him, and he can't recover for a while, and only a small number of troops are needed to guard against it.

And Tao Qian from Xuzhou has just been disabled by Cao Cao, and he is thanking Lu Bu for saving his life, and of course he will not attack Yanzhou in a short time.

As for Yuan Shu in Huainan, he was also defeated by Cao Cao last year, and it is rumored that he had just formed an ally with Lu Bu, so naturally he would not pose a threat to Lu Bu.

The only thing that needs to be guarded against is Yuan Shao in the north.

Fortunately, Lu Bu had the Yellow River to rely on, and he also only needed a small number of troops to guard against Yuan Shao.

Moreover, Yuan Shao himself was also sticking with Gongsun Zhan, and had already divided his troops to capture Bingzhou, and sent troops to assist Cao Cao, who retreated to Qingzhou, to seize Qingzhou, and he couldn't divide more soldiers and horses in a short time to threaten Lu Bu.

Luoyang in the east and Nanyang in the south are Su Zhe's territory, which is the direction he wants to attack.

This means that Lu Bu can basically attack Su Zhe with all his strength without any worries.

And Su Zhe could only use half of his strength to deal with Lu Bu.

This is destined to be another war won by a weak enemy.

A few days later, the information finally came, proving Su Zhe's speculation.

Lu Bu has gathered nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses in the area of Xu County, planning to move south and take Wancheng directly.

Before Lu Bu's troops and horses moved, the public opinion offensive had already arrived.

Within a few days, nearly 100,000 copies of the text were distributed to Nanyang counties, including Wancheng.

Lu Bu declared in the text that Su Zhe was Dong Zhuo's second, hijacked the Son of Heaven, rebelled, intended to seek power and usurp the throne, and was a thief of the country.

Lu Bu played the banner of the Qing monarch's side, declaring that he would destroy Su Zhe, save the Son of Heaven, support the Han Dynasty, and revitalize the dynasty.

In the end, Lu Bu arrogantly declared in the article that whoever dares to "help the thief" is tantamount to a traitor, and he will not spare his life.

The text spread, Nanyang shook, and Jingzhou shook.

Who is Lu Bu, that is the number one fierce general in the world, and the world is recognized as the strongest in the world.

is such a terrible enemy, with the newly defeated Cao Cao, seizing the aftermath of Yanzhou, and leading more than 50,000 troops to kill, how can the people of Jingzhou not panic.

Su Zhe was very calm.

He knows that it is human nature to fear the strong, and the only thing he can do is to defeat the strong man and become the stronger one, which will naturally make the soldiers and civilians under his command feel at ease.

At that moment, Su Zhe instructed Liu Xie to issue an edict in the name of the Son of Heaven, denounced Lu Bu as a traitor, tried in vain to follow Liu Biao, robbed the Son of Heaven, and called on the soldiers and people of Jingzhou to share the same hatred for the enemy, firmly unite under the command of the general Su Zhe, and swear to follow him to resist the traitors.

The edict of the Son of Heaven was spread, and the uneasiness of the soldiers and civilians in each county was quickly suppressed, and the short-term turmoil was controlled.

And Su Zhe launched a public opinion counterattack, and also began to gather troops and horses, mobilize grain and grass, and prepare to fight Lu Bu to the death in the military.

35,000 soldiers and horses were quickly assembled and ready to go.

Everything was ready, but Su Zhe didn't send troops for a long time, because he was waiting for someone.

……

It's sun, dusk.

Su Zhe was standing in the hall, behind him, looking at the map hanging on the wall, pondering how to fight this war.

At this time, the guards came to report, saying that a person outside the house claimed to be Pang Tong and wanted to ask to see him.

"Pang Shiyuan, you really didn't miss the appointment, it's finally here......"

Su Zhe's spirits perked up, and he immediately brushed his hands and said, "What are you waiting for, quickly invite Pang Shiyuan to me in."

After a while, Pang Tong calmly stepped into the hall.

"Shiyuan, you're finally here, but you want to kill me, haha~~" Su Zhe couldn't restrain his excitement, strode forward, and gave Pang Tong a deep hug.

Pang Tong's face changed, and he subconsciously stepped back, and before he could react, the person had been hugged by Su Zhe into his arms.

"I was thinking about how to fight Lu Bu and you came, you came in time, I won't worry about it now."

Su Zhe became excited, patted Pang Tong's back with both hands, and snorted Pang Tong with every beat.

"I said come, I will definitely come, Brother Su doesn't have to be so enthusiastic~~" Pang Tong used his hands hard, wanting to push Su Zhe away, but his strength was not enough.

Su Zhe let go of Pang Tong at this time, slammed his fist on her chest, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Shiyuan, your chest muscles seem to be big again, how do you practice, teach me too." ”

Pang Tong saw him raise his hand, and knew that he was going to attack his chest again, so he instinctively wanted to raise his hand to block, but unfortunately he was half a beat slower, and he was still beaten hard.

"Hmm~~" Pang Tong let out a shy moan, and his face suddenly flushed.

It's just that she is covered by a human skin mask, even if she blushes, Su Zhe can't see it.

However, the sentence "uh-huh" sounded a bit sissy, and Pang Tong immediately realized that something was wrong in the next second, and immediately coughed twice in a rough throat to cover it up.

"At this time, Brother Su is still in the mood to joke, I can't laugh at it." Pang Tong maintained his calmness and did not show flaws.

"The more the enemy is at the moment, the more you have to stay relaxed." Su Zhe put away his smile, "Okay, okay, I won't joke with you, since you are here, let's talk about how to deal with Lu Bu." ”

Pang Tong said: "Before I give advice to Brother Su, let me do one thing." ”

Su Zhe was stunned.

Pang Tong took a few steps back, waved towards Su Zhe, and arched his hand: "The lord is above, please accept Pang Tong's worship." ”

It turned out that she was going to perform the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, but she knew how to be measured.

Su Zhe praised it in his heart, but he hurriedly helped Pang Tong up, and said with a faint smile: "In my opinion, you don't have to be so formal, but it seems to be raw, just call me a cousin." ”

"That's not." Pang Tong looked solemn, "I am determined to go out of the mountain to assist and serve you, then you are the lord, I am the minister, and the courtesy of the lord and the minister cannot be wasted, otherwise where is your majesty, how to serve the public!" ”

"That's just as well." Su Zhe nodded, and said happily: "Then it's up to you, there will be others present in the future, we are monarchs and ministers, and in private, we are still classmates, you can call me a cousin, just like now." ”

"Understood, Ziming." The corners of Pang Tong's mouth swept into a smile.

After discussing these courtesies of the monarchs and ministers, Su Zhe pulled Pang Tong to the map, and said impatiently: "I just received the information, Lu Bu's army has set off, looking at the route, it should be to take the road from Yexian to Wancheng, relying on the advantage of troops, directly push to the city of Wancheng, Shiyuan, what good plan do you have?" ”

The corners of Pang Tong's mouth raised a sly smile, and said, "Don't hide it from you, I do have a plan." ”