The news that Wei was about to send troops to attack Lu spread far and wide, and it also surprised the spies of many countries, and they did not receive a trace of news beforehand.

The situation was urgent, and the partner spies used various channels to transmit the news back to various countries, among which the Lu spies were the most anxious.

That night, the news had reached the palace of King Lu, and Liu Bei, who heard the news, convened a meeting of his subordinates overnight to discuss how to deal with Cao Cao, who came to attack.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that a large army be sent to the border to meet the battle immediately, resist the city and defend it, and at the same time ask for help from other countries." Strategist Chen Deng immediately came out and suggested.

The land of the four battles in Xuzhou, the terrain is flat, there is no danger to defend, and in the face of Cao Cao, who has a strong army, there is no chance of winning in the field, only to retreat to the big city, the strong wall is clear, and perhaps it can hold on until the arrival of reinforcements.

Liu Bei directly showed displeasure after hearing this, although he said that the territory of Lu was not large, there were only four counties in Xuzhou (five counties of Xuzhou, of which Guangling County was in the hands of Yuan Shu), but it could be regarded as a large number of soldiers.

So far, only the four counties under his control have recruited nearly 350,000 soldiers and horses, including the leading general, his two sworn brothers are not weaker, and Lu Bu, who is known as the tiger, and several generals under his command, although their relationship is not harmonious, but Liu Bei has absolute confidence to resist Cao Cao.

Liu Bei simply rejected Chen Deng's suggestion, and then ordered: "Pass the decree, order the general Lu Bu to lead an army of 100,000 to garrison Xiaopei to meet Cao Cao, and the hussar general Guan Yu to garrison Lanling to guard against the Wei army in the direction of Mount Tai, as for Lang Quan, it will be garrisoned by General Cao Bao." ”

If Wei raised troops, they would inevitably enter Xuzhou from Mount Tai and Pengcheng, and the soldiers of Mount Tai should capture Langya and the East China Sea.

And Xiao Pei, located in Pei State, is currently divided into two by Lu State and Yuan Shu, with Xiao County as the boundary, across the water, and Xiao Pei is in the hands of Lu State, which is the only place for Wei to enter Pengcheng.

Lu Bunai is Cao Cao's mortal enemy, besides, his family is still in Xiapi, and he is not afraid that he will not die.

"Your Majesty, think twice." Chen Deng bowed again.

"Hmph, why should Yuanlong raise the morale of others and destroy the prestige of Lu State, my Lu State may not be better than him Wei Guoruo." Liu Bei brushed his sleeves away, leaving Chen Deng, whose face was uncertain, standing in place.

And just when the war between Wei and Lu was about to break out, Zhang Zai, who was in Tang State, received a good news from Li Jing, and in just a few days, he had already taken the whole county of Hedong.

The country that occupies the east of the river controls the throat of the world.

There is still some truth in this sentence, although the world here is more inclined to refer to the two capitals, that is, Chang'an and Luoyang, but this is not a lie.

The east of the river is close to the two capitals, the west of Puhan can directly take Chang'an, the south of the Yellow River from the Kunshan can go straight to Luoyang, it can be said that it is a must for the soldiers, not to mention, here is also the gateway to the south of the Tang Kingdom.

It's just that the Hedong region has always been in the hands of the Taishou Wangyi, and he is a complete royalist, even if the Han family is dead and the vassal states stand side by side, he still has not returned to obedience or self-reliance, and still regards himself as a Hanchen.

After Guo Yan and Li Dao fought to no avail, they retreated to the Hedong region and attacked Wang Yi, but with the help of Jia Kui, Wang Yi successfully held Hedong and expelled Guo Yan.

And now, the world is in turmoil, Zhang Zai naturally wants to take Hedong without blood, and for Jia Kui, Zhang Zai also wants to take him under his command.

But Wang Yi refused Zhang Zai's surrender, and led the army to make an offensive posture, as a last resort, Li Jing directly used strong troops to oppress, directly designed to surround Wang Yi, besieged but not attacked, and then bypassed the main force in Hedong, and appeared directly in Anyi, Hedong.

In the end, Wang Yi was left with only a lonely city, and the city gate was opened by the bad people in the city, and Wang Yi killed himself after the city was broken, and Jia Kui chose to surrender.

Zhang Zai did not have the slightest surprise about Li Jing's capture of Hedong, today, in terms of the ability to lead troops to fight, how many people are his opponents Li Jing, not to mention, Zhang Zai deliberately transferred Zhao Yun to Li Jing's command.

And after taking Hedong, Zhang Zai can start the next plan.

Wei formed an alliance with Wu Chu and the Jin State, so naturally he couldn't hide it from Zhang Zai, he had already made arrangements, Zhang Zai planned to take advantage of Cao Cao's attack on the Lu State, and he had no time to take care of the Jin State, so he directly sent troops to attack the Jin State and strive to eliminate the Jin State.

And without Cao Cao's support, the Jin State may not be able to resist the iron cavalry of the Tang State, and this time, the worst result is to take the entire territory of Youzhou.

For this reason, Zhang Zai has secretly accumulated a large amount of grain and grass, ready to send it to Xue Rengui's department in Youzhou.

Although after the Battle of Youzhou, Xu Huang and Qi Jiguang were transferred back to the Tang Kingdom, but Luo Cheng was placed in Youzhou by Zhang Zai, serving as Li Jing's deputy general, and the generals of the former Gongsun Zan Department, as well as Tian Yu's assistance, it may be slightly insufficient to fight against the entire Jin Kingdom, but it is still easy to take a Youzhou.

Just when Li Jingjie's report reached Jinyang, Zhang Zaiyi's order had already left Jinyang and headed towards Youzhou, where Xue Rengui was stationed.

"General, the king has an order." Xue Rengui's big tent was suddenly opened, and a soldier walked in and handed a letter to Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui, who was studying the map in the army, heard the words of the soldier, hurriedly took the letter, took a cursory look, a flash of heat appeared in his eyes, he slapped the table suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Pass my general's order, beat the drum and gather the general." ”

The war drums rumbled, and countless soldiers heard the exciting sound of war drums, and they stopped the activities in their hands, their bodies trembled slightly, and the heat in their eyes seemed to be able to burn through all the enemies, and they turned their heads to look at the direction of the Chinese army's big tent, two years of recuperation, they had long been eager for the arrival of the big war.

Xue Rengui was already sitting in the big tent, waiting for the arrival of the generals.

A quarter of an hour later, Xue Rengui saw that everyone had arrived, took out Zhang Zai's order to stamp the king's seal, and said: "Colleagues, I just received an order from the king to use all our forces to attack Youzhou with all our strength, and 50,000 reinforcements are already on the way, so at least take the entire territory of Youzhou in this battle." ”

The generals glanced at each other, looked at Xue Rengui fieryly, and bowed their hands one after another: "Please give the general an order." ”

In the past two years, there has not been a big war, and they have been suffocated, but now they finally have a place to use, and they can't hold back the fighting spirit in their hearts, and they have asked Xue Rengui to fight.

Xue Rengui glanced at the generals in the tent, and finally stopped at Luo Cheng, among the generals in the tent, only Luo Cheng can take charge alone, and he is also a native of Youbeiping, and he is familiar with Youzhou enough.

"Luo Cheng listened to the order, you are the main force in this battle, and ordered you to lead 30,000 troops to march eastward, with the assistance of Youzhou generals, to take Guangyang and Yuyang counties as quickly as possible, and cut off the connection between Jizhou and Youzhou with the Jin army."

"The rest of the generals will go south to Zhuo County with a certain person, ready to resist the counterattack of the Jin army at any time."

"No!" The crowd shouted in unison.