In the summer of the fifth year of Xingping, Dong Zhuo and the imperial court had moved to Changsha City to hide from the aggressive Gaoshun forces in the north.

To the north of the Yangtze River, Hu Zhen was left in Xiangyang City, Cheng Lian in Wancheng, Zhang Ji in Jiangxia County, and Guo Yan in Nanjun, about 100,000 infantry and 20,000 sailors.

Gao Shun has never decided on the final strategy for dealing with the imperial court, so he has not been able to launch a full-scale attack.

Xi Zhicai and others were so anxious that they persuaded Gao Shun to enter the army every day, they thought that they could unify the Central Plains by eliminating Dong Zhuo.

In the end, Gao Shun adopted Jia Xu's suggestion and adopted a compromise method, first launching an attack on Dong Zhuo from Qinguan in Jiangdong to contain Dong Zhuo's forces and prevent Liu Pan from being wiped out; At the same time, Lu Su and Cao Cao of Jiangbei launched an attack on Dong Zhuo's forces in Jiangbei, first occupying the Jiangbei region and weakening Dong Zhuo's strength, and then launching a thunderous blow after he made a final decision.

The Gao Shun forces gave full financial support to Qin Guan, Lu Su and Cao Cao, but did not support the personnel, which made the three of them very happy.

In this way, Gao Shun does not have to bear the charge of taking the initiative to attack the imperial court.

At present, the strength of Yizhou's naval army is still relatively weak, and the strength of the infantry needs to be improved, so it will not participate in the war for the time being.

Qin Pass was the strongest, with a trap camp, 5,000 crossbowmen, 15,000 Danyang soldiers, and 20,000 cavalry, and the locally recruited officers and soldiers could be defended, but he was also under the greatest pressure.

Cao Cao's forces were the weakest, but he was full of confidence, striving to occupy Nanyang County, coercing Xiangyang County, and cooperating with Lu Su's actions.

Lu Su's troops are medium, but they have to take on the biggest war mission.

The three parties received orders to declare war against Dong Zhuo within about a certain amount of time.

Cao Cao adopted Chen Gong's strategy and acted step by step; Now that he has won, his achievements are not great, but his defeat will directly affect his position in the future, so he must be cautious.

Chen Gong has been aggrieved for so many years, and finally has a chance to show his skills, and his enthusiasm is high.

Cao Cao and Chen Gong took a long time to come up with a detailed war plan.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao were stationed in Fathercheng County to attract the defenders of Luyang; Cao Chun and Chen Gong led their troops from Kunyang County, first occupied Ye County, and then went straight to Duyang County and Bowang County, and approached Nanyang County to govern Wancheng, and at the same time cut off the retreat of the defenders of Luyang City.

The location of Duyang County and Bowang County is the "Fangcheng Xia Road", which is the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, the only place where Jingchu leads to the Central Plains, and it is a hilly belt between Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, which cannot be bypassed.

Then, Cao Chun and Chen Gong were stationed in Bowang County to stop Cheng Lian's reinforcements; Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao immediately marched and besieged the city of Luyang.

Le Jin and Li Dian divided their troops to occupy Wuyang, Pheasant County, and Li County, those county towns are all empty cities, the people have all been moved away, and only a few troops are responsible for guarding the left and right, and the defenders will quickly surrender when the army goes.

After taking Luyang City, gather officers and soldiers from all walks of life, and then march to Wancheng.

On the other hand, there was a disagreement on Lu Su's side; In the past few years, Lu Su has developed with peace of mind and actively trained his troops, and his officers and men have been trained for so many years, and they have never had the opportunity to fight in real combat, and they are full of expectations for this war, and their morale is very high.

Zhou Tai was stationed in Xunyang County, naturally hoping to attack Jiangxia from the south, and with the assistance of the naval army, cut off the return of the defenders of Jiangxia County and obtain the greatest results.

However, the army Sima Wei Yan hoped to send troops from Wuyang Pass, take the lead and occupy Suixian, Zhangling and Anlu counties, cut off the land connection between Xiangyang County and Jiangxia County, and then rest assured that Jiangxia County would govern Xiling City.

Wei Yan was from the north of Wuyang Pass, and was very familiar with Wuyang Pass, and the three counties he hoped to occupy were the famous "Suizao Corridor" in later generations, and their strategic position was very important.

Jiang Qin and Pang De also hoped to start the attack from Xunyang City, so that Jiang Qin's naval army could play a greater role, and Pang De's cavalry could also gallop in the plain area, without passing through the difficult Wuyang Pass and Tongbai Mountain, and the logistics were also guaranteed.

Since the separation from Guangling County, Jiang Qin has become the commander of the naval army, and Zhou Tai has also been promoted to Zhonglang general.

As for those who were in lower positions, or who joined late, they all chose to remain silent.

Lu Su has not been idle in the past few years, since Gao Shun told him that he could not go south to Jiangdong, but could only go west, he had been thinking about this problem; Later, he learned that Jiangdong was also Gao Shun's force, and now that Gao Shun had recovered Yuzhou, he was more confident in his heart, at least he didn't have to worry about the safety of his back and flanks, he only needed to attack; Cao Cao and Chen Gong thought the same thing.

So according to his plan, Lu Su announced: "Haha, since this is the case, then the troops are divided into two routes, the northern route is in charge of the chief of the army, in addition to the men and horses of the headquarters, the five thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry under the jurisdiction of the two captains of Xiyang County and Lu'an County are also under the command of the chief of the army; The remaining 40,000 troops were on the south road, starting from Xunyang and commanded by Ling Ming. ”

Wei Yan objected: "No, it is taboo for soldiers to divide troops in advance." ”

Some people also questioned: "How to ensure the safety of the rear and baggage?" ”

Jiang Qin anxiously asked, "Then how does the navy move?" ”

Everyone was very motivated, Lu Su was very happy, and explained: "Xuzhou secretly assisted us with 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, so we have sufficient troops, and Cao Mengde of Yingchuan County in the north and Qinzhou Mu of Jiangdong in the south are attacking together, even if they divide the troops, it is not a big taboo, let alone worry about the safety of the rear, it is enough to leave 10,000 officers and soldiers; The water army has to act together with the water army of Qin Zhou Mu, so that the strength of sleeping is stronger. ”

Lu Su also planned to let Gao Wei, the governor of the navy, participate in the operation again, and Gao Wei commanded the navy, and the three navy armies would definitely be able to defeat Dong Zhuo's navy, control the Yangtze River waterway, and then control the Han River, then the four counties of Jingzhou and Jiangbei would be in the bag; He has sent someone to contact Gao Wei and Qin Guan, and the result will be available soon; Lu Su was confident that they would take his advice.

In the event of a war, Cao Cao and Lu Su only had one place to face Dong Zhuo's army, while Jiangdong, where Qin Pass was located, had many convenient passages for defense or attack, one was the waterway and the alluvial plain area on the south bank of the Yangtze River, which was easy to attack, but it was not convenient to defend after occupying the territory; The second is the border line between Changsha County and Yuzhou County, and many passages in Luoxiao Mountain connect the two counties, which are also difficult to defend places; This requires Qin Guan to make a balanced and reasonable arrangement, both defensive and offensive.

Fortunately, Gao Shun let him focus on defense, the purpose was to contain Dong Zhuo's forces, not to let him defeat or eliminate Dong Zhuo's forces, so that he would be much easier.

Therefore, after discussing with Liu Ye, Qin Guan decided that Zhonglang General Ji Ling would be responsible for the defense of the western part of Yuzhang County, and go west to Yichun County, not asking him to attack, but only to not lose territory.

The rest of the army was stationed in Chaisang City with him, and with the assistance of the naval army, he gradually attacked, which could not only contain Dong Zhuo's strength, but also take advantage of it, and also support Lusu in Jiangbei.

Gao Wei is also a lover of war, and naturally supports Lu Su's suggestion, if Dong Zhuo's army is eliminated, Dong Zhuo will not be able to move an inch in Jiangnan, and the lord can eliminate it whenever he wants, and completely grasp the initiative in the war.

So he sent someone to contact Qin Guan, and at the same time led the navy to the west, first joined the Lusu navy, appeared in the appearance of the Lusu navy, and went to Chaisang together.

The news that the three forces of Qin Guan, Lu Su and Cao Cao were assembling troops reached Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were shocked, could it be that the three forces raised troops at the same time? They are all people who understand, if they raise troops, there is only one goal, and that is Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo and Li Ruyi discussed, no matter what the purpose of their army gathering, they would defend first and ensure the safety of Changsha City, as for the remnants of Liu Pan, they had retreated to the southwest mountainous area, and they could no longer pose a threat to them, and if they took the opportunity to occupy the Jiangdong counties first, the situation would be better.