Lu Bu looked at Liu Biao, Liu was pale, shook his head and said, "He Xian, Xiao Xiongye!" In the future, the rebels will be this butcher! How could the old man and the Han clan surrender to a rebellious minister and thief? Even if the old man dies alone, he will not become the lackey of the butcher! ”

"Father-in-law is serious! There is a cloth, how can the butcher be arrogant! Lu Bu hurriedly spoke out to comfort Liu Biao. Liu Biao's opposition was so resolute that Lu Bu couldn't abandon it, and he ran to surrender He Xian. So, Lu Bu turned his head and asked Chen Gong again: "Is there a good plan for Gongtai?"

Chen Gong said helplessly: "The southwest of Yuzhou connects Jingzhou and Sili, and He Xian's sphere of influence; It connects Yangzhou in the southeast and is the sphere of influence of Yuan Shu; To the north, it connects Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which is Cao Cao's sphere of influence and is the real place of the four wars. Cao Cao regarded me as an enemy, and Yuan Shu abandoned me again, if I became an enemy with the Nanyang army again, our army would be overthrown only in an instant. ”

When Lu Bu heard this, he sighed and said, "Is there only one way for our army to choose a bloody battle?" ”

"Would the general rather fight to the death than surrender?" Chen Gong asked again.

Lu Bu shook his head and said, "Don't fall!" My father-in-law is right, since Chang'an said goodbye, He Xian and I have sworn not to stand apart. Instead of taking humiliation on yourself, it is better to fight to the death! The Nanyang Army is known as the elite of the world, and the Flying Bear Army under my command is just trying to see what is so good about this world's leading strong army! ”

Chen Gong saw that Lu Bu had made up his mind, so he had to offer another plan and said: "If you don't surrender the Nanyang army, you can only surrender to Yuan Shao in the north!" Yuan Shaohu is in Ji and has the appearance of a hero. If the generals are like-minded, Yuan Shao will definitely meet each other! ”

"Yuan Shao?" Lu Bu didn't have any friendship with Yuan Shao, but he didn't have much of a holiday. If he defected to Yuan Shao, Lu Bu had no resistance in his heart. Lu Bu looked at Liu Biao and wanted to ask what Liu Biao meant. Although Liu Biao is a member of the royal family, he is also a member of the party. In the early days of his career, Liu Biao had received a lot of help from Yuan Kui, the former Taifu, and Yuan Feng, the former Situ, and of course he was no stranger to Yuan Shao. During their stay in Luoyang, the relationship between the two was still very close. Defecting to Yuan Shao, Liu Biao nodded in agreement.

"It is a good choice to defect to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao is far away in Jizhou, and I am trapped in the Yingchuan territory, how can I go?" Lu Bu asked puzzled.

"Kill the past, of course!" Chen Gong said sharply: "Since it is inevitable that there will be a big war, it is better to target Cao Cao, who has an old grudge!" To the north of Yingchuan is Chenliu County in Yanzhou. Cao Cao appointed his brother Cao Ren as the county guard, leading 20,000 troops to guard Chenliu. As long as our army pretends to hold on to Yingchuan and secretly raids Chenliu, Cao Cao will inevitably not be able to react. When Cao Cao learned the truth, he gathered a large army and rushed to Chenliu, our army had already defeated Cao Ren and passed through Chenliu. From Chenliu to the west into the Zhongmu area under the jurisdiction of Henan Yin, there is a large ferry in Zhongmu, which is called Guandu. Our army can cross the river from Guandu and go to Jizhou Muye. ”

Lu Bu calculated the marching route described by Chen Gong, although the risk was not small, but it was always better than smashing the Nanyang army to death.

"What if Yuan Shao refuses to accept our army when he arrives in Jizhou?" Lu Bu asked about the hidden worries in his heart.

Chen Gong said: "Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have been fighting in Youji for a long time, and a large part of the reason is that Yuan Shao's cavalry is too weak. Even if Gongsun Chan is defeated, it will be difficult to deal a devastating blow to the Youzhou Jingqi. And the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under the command of the general happens to be the nemesis of the Youzhou Elite Cavalry. General Yuan Shaode is like a tiger with wings. In public and private, Yuan Shao would not refuse the general's surrender. If Yuan Shao really doesn't know anyone and is unwilling to accept the general, the general can go to Bingzhou by the way! ”

"And the state? That's right! This general is the state pastor appointed by the imperial court! Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and he remembered the edict of the Han Emperor that He Xian secretly sent not long ago.

Speaking of this state pastor appointed by the imperial court, Liu Dai, who stayed on the side, was suddenly embarrassed. Speaking of which, he is still a serious Yanzhou pastor! It's not like wandering in Yuzhou to eat soil now!

"Just do what the text does! It's just that who should take on the task of pretending to stick to Yingchuan? "Lu Bu is a little troubled.

Chen Gong didn't speak, and turned his gaze to Liu Dai, who was secretly arguing with himself. Liu Dai was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that his hard days of wandering were about to come to an end.

In August of the fifth year of the first peace of the Eastern Han Dynasty (194 AD), He Xian and Yuan Shu reached an armistice agreement. After He Xian rested in Lujiang for ten months, under the leadership of Yuan Shu's envoy Yuan Lian, he led his 50,000 Nanyang troops to Yuzhou. Gan Ning was promoted from captain of Changshui to general of Xizhonglang, and led 30,000 Nanyang naval troops to garrison Lujiang and was fully responsible for the military. Qiao Mao is the county guard of Lujiang and is responsible for all civil affairs except the military. In addition, more than 7,000 wounded of the Nanyang Army boarded the ship from Wankou Port and transported directly to Huyang Port near Xinye by water, and then transferred to Nanyang by land. Lu Su originally asked to stay in Lujiang to assist Qiao Mao in handling government affairs, but He Xian ruthlessly refused. Although Lu Su's character is trustworthy, but if he can't guarantee that Sun Ce or Zhou Yu will make trouble, if Lu Su is secretly kidnapped to Jiangdong, where can He Xian be reasonable? So, He Xian appointed Lu Su as his own army and stayed under Jia Xu's account.

In September, the Nanyang Army was stationed in Pingyu, Runan Metallurgical Institute. 37 counties in Runan, 21 counties in Peiguo, 9 counties in Chen State, 8 counties in Liang State, and 6 counties in Lu State all obeyed Yuan Shu's arrangement and accepted the rule of the Nanyang Army. Only Yingchuan County, judging from the information replied by the spies, the soldiers and horses of the 17 subordinate counties were mobilized very strongly, and it seemed that they were preparing for a big war.

"It doesn't make sense! Lu Bu is a profit-seeker, there is no reason to ask for a battle that must be lost! In the camp of the Nanyang Army, Jia Xu stared at the city defense map of Yingchuan County, puzzled. The goatee under the jaw has been cut off by no one.

Compared with Jia Xu's distress, He Xian is much calmer. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, Lu Bu is capricious, even if he really surrenders, He Xian will not dare to reuse it. If he wants to fight to the death, then let's fight! Among the 50,000 soldiers and horses brought, He Xian deliberately ordered Zhao Yun, Wen Ping, Wei Yan, Xu Huang and Pang De, that is to say, several generals who fought in Yangzhou He Xian did not leave any behind, and all of them were brought to Yuzhou. To deal with Lu Bu, the more fierce generals, the better.

"Could it be that Lu Bu has already fled Yingchuan?" Lu Su accompanied Jia Xu to stare at the map and analyze it for a long time, and suddenly a sentence came out.

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Lu Su said calmly: "All the arrangements and transfers in Yingchuan County now show a sign of fighting to the death and not retreating. But this is obviously diametrically opposed to Lu Bu's "unprofitable" personality. Putting aside all the anomalies in Yingchuan County, I considered the issue of Yuzhou as Lu Bu and found that there were only two ways to survive: either surrender to our army, or find a way to escape. Now, Lu Bu has never shown signs of surrendering, that is, he has fled. ”