Chapter 148
"Oh. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info" Lu Bu was surprised, his face was a little relieved, and he asked: "How can you see that Ben will lead his troops to conquer Guangling, instead of going south to conquer Yuan Shu?" β
"First, Guangling is located in the east of Xiapi, which is the hinterland of Xuzhou, and the lord wants to expand outward, which must be a thorn in his heart. Second, although Chen Deng is a great talent, his strength is much inferior to Yuan Shu, and the Lord will definitely not attack Yuan Shu first, and then attack Chen Deng. When he mentioned his thoughts, Xu Sheng talked eloquently.
"Well, this kid actually thinks farther than Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu just thinks that Chen Dengheng feels uncomfortable there, as for Yuan Shu, he will vomit blood and die in a few months, and then he can smoothly receive his power, so why bother to spend effort to conquer it." I sighed in my heart that a famous general is a famous general, not something I can compare, and I may use it with this kid.
Lu Bu smiled and said, "Yes, go down and say goodbye to your mother, and I will send someone to inform you tomorrow." β
"No." Xu Sheng was overjoyed, and when he answered, he pulled Wang Gang, who was still a little confused, and ran, he wanted to tell his mother that he Xu Sheng had grown up and could go out with the army, and he was one step closer to his dream of being a general.
"Abba, Qi'er wants to go too." At this time, the baby daughter in her arms called softly.
"Uh." Although Lu Bu said that he would teach her the kung fu of real fighting on the battlefield, how could he let his baby daughter really go to the battlefield to fight those men.
"Abba, that's going into battle to kill the enemy, Qi'er is still young, and Abba will take you there when you grow up." Coaxing, anyway, it's not like the blank check hasn't been opened.
"It's after that again." Lu Lingqi pursed her lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Hmph, forget it if you don't take Qi'er with you." After speaking, he threw down Lu Bu and left.
Lu Bu smiled bitterly, is it a bit too much to raise a daughter, but how cute our daughter is, how willing to scold her.
The next day, the sun was shining in the east, but it was sunrise.
Officially with Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian leading the headquarters of 8,000 people to guard the next Pi, the pioneer Gao Shun has been open for nearly three hours, the vanguard, as the name suggests, is to pave the road and build bridges to take the lead, of course, it is the first army.
"My lord, the army can be pulled out." Military advisor Chen Gong said with a serious face.
"Cao Xing led the cavalry in front, and the general led the Chinese army behind. The army headed east, pointing directly at Ling County. "This is the second time Lu Bu has led troops, and last time those thieves didn't add up to 10,000 people, but now there are 19,000 people, including vanguards and cavalry, cool.
"No."
After a day and night of rapid marching, LΓΌ Bu's Chinese army reached the border of Guangling, but news came from the front: "Gao Shun has captured Ling County, and the whole army is marching towards Guangling." β
"What." Lu Bu was taken aback, although Gao Shun was powerful, but it was not so powerful, with only 2,000 men and horses, not to mention the counties along the way, but also the big county Ling County. "What's going on?" turned over and dismounted, grabbed the collar of the visitor and asked, could it be a ploy set up by Chen Deng.
"In order to be able to collect the effect of the surprise soldiers, the general ordered the whole army to march quickly, but he did not want to flee from the counties along the way, and some places were also full of beacon towers, the general saw that the effect of the strange soldiers had been lost, so he ordered a normal march, but when he arrived in Ling County, it was an empty city, according to the local people, the county order took the soldiers out of the south gate and went to the direction of Guangling." The collar was grabbed, and it was suddenly difficult to breathe.
Putting this person aside, he turned his head and asked Chen Gongdao, "What does Gongtai think?" "Of course, you have to ask an expert about this kind of thing.
Chen Gong thought for a while and said: "This Chen Deng is indeed an understanding person, there are only thousands of county soldiers in the huge Guangling, if they are scattered in each county, of course they will be broken by our army one by one, and the only way to concentrate their troops is to retreat to Guangling and wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements." β
After a pause, Chen Gong smiled and said: "It's a pity, Chen Deng doesn't know that Cao Cao has already clashed with Yuan Shao, and he has no time to take care of himself, he is like an overseas island, surrounded by us on three sides, it is difficult to get news of Cao Cao." β
"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded, he still understood this truth a little.
"Hehe, Chen Deng's plan is easy to break, the lord can order Chen Dao, the prime minister, to send some officials, all the cities abandoned by Chen Deng, take over, and send people to garrison, if this time it is not successful, you can also swallow Guangling Banjun, and his threat to Chen Deng will be even smaller." A hint of wisdom flashed in Chen Gong's eyes, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he said confidently.
If you shrink the line of defense, I will encroach step by step, steadily and steadily, and then there will be no reinforcements outside Guangling, trapped in the city, like a copy of the siege of the billet.
Nodding, Lu Bu turned his head and ordered Yan Ming: "Inform the next minister, Chen Dao, and send civil officials to take over the cities broken along the way." "There are no first-class civil officials and ministers, but there are still talents who manage a county.
"No."
"Kuaima sent an order to Gao Shun, ordering him to camp on the other side of Huaishui outside Guangling City, and wait for the army to arrive, and then join forces to attack the city." After speaking, he turned around and shouted loudly: "The whole army is speeding up, and we will make peace with Gao Shun before dark." β
"No."
Because Gao Shun opened the road in front, this road was extremely peaceful, and the counties along the way were empty, and the treasury was also emptied, leaving nothing for Lu Bu.
"My lord, ahead is General Gao Shun's camp." A personal soldier reported that it was worthy of practicing running for more than three months, but he had traveled more than 650 miles in a daytime, and before dark, he finally rushed to the camp built by Gao Shun outside Guangling City.
In front of the camp gate, Gao Shun was already waiting respectfully, "Lord, the tent and food have been prepared." β
"Hmm." Turning his head to Zhou Cang and the others, he said, "You and others, preside over military affairs here." Then he commanded: "The others will come." β
Riding a horse led Gao Shun, Chen Gong, and Xu Sheng to the north bank of Huaishui.
Just across from them was a military barracks, hanging shogi embroidered with the word "Chen" in black, "That's?" β
"The last general wanted to cross the Huaishui and camp, but Chen Deng led his troops to be stationed on the south bank, and the last general had few soldiers, so he had to wait for the lord's army to come and cross the river together." Gao Shun explained.
"Oh." Lu Bu was relieved and looked up into the distance. As for the barracks, Lu Buli ignored it, and Chen Deng added up to only a few thousand people, and it was a joke to prevent my 20,000 troops from crossing the river.
More than 1,000 meters ahead, is Guangling City, Guangling is the same as Xiapi, are made of boulders, up to ten zhang, stretching for more than ten miles, now is the time of Huang Kun, the sky is gradually darkening, look at it from a distance, there are only one torch fluttering on the city wall, obviously there are countless soldiers patrolling there.
"What's going on in the city?" Lu Bu asked, he has more than 20,000 people attacking Guangling, and there are only thousands of soldiers in the city, and the people in the city should also have the voice to surrender.
"No movement." Gao Shun replied, thought for a while, and said: "Judging from the previous detailed investigation, there should be more than 5,000 soldiers in this city, and Chen Deng has successively transferred back the guards of all the counties, adding up to more than 8,000 people, according to the layout and size of the barracks, there should be 6,000 soldiers, and the guards in the city should be about 2,000. β
"What does the public think?" Lu Bu rode the red rabbit and turned his head to ask Chen Gongdao.
"The palace thinks that Chen Dengtun's troops in the south of Huaishui are to use this Huaishui to prevent General Gao Shun from continuing to go south, to buy more time for the city, in order to prepare, and now the lord has led a large army here, or retreat to Guangling outside the city, and Guangling is a horn to resist our army, or defend the city to wait for reinforcements, but this is unlikely." Chen Gong analyzed that as soon as Chen Gong's voice fell, the camp on the south bank was slowly dismantled, and the soldiers went south and retreated to Guangling.
"The public platform is really a good strategy. Rest well tonight and cross the river tomorrow. Lu Bu said with a smile, there is a person like Chen Gong under this subordinate, how much trouble must be saved.
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On the other side, the soldiers of Guangling County were slowly retreating to Guangling, and it was the Chen father and son who were riding horses and leading the army in front.
Chen Qi turned his head and asked Chen Deng: "The Art of War: Attacking it halfway is an opportunity to go up." Why didn't Deng'er wait for Lu Bu to cross the river, but chose to return to the city to defend it? β
When Chen Deng heard this, he saluted Chen Qi and explained: "Father, it is indeed the best policy to attack half-crossing, but our army is not small, Lu Bu can divide the troops and cross, and then the army will be alone outside, and it will be dangerous, so the only way to go back to the city and stick to it is to have a glimmer of life." After a pause, Chen Deng sighed and said: "Besides, there are only more than 8,000 people under his command, and it takes most of the troops to defend the four city gates. β
That's right, but it's not a matter of being trapped in the city, and there is a way to defend it for a long time. Chen Qi thought about it, and said worriedly: "This stubbornness is the next policy, although Cao Gong will definitely send troops to rescue, however, Lu Bu still dares to send troops, it must be fully prepared, there are only 8,000 soldiers and horses in the city now, sooner or later it will be broken by Lu Bu, and then the lives of hundreds of people in my Chen family." β
After a pause, Chen Jue's eyes flickered, and he touched the goatee on his chin, which was already completely white, and said, "Deng'er thinks, how about I wait for Kaecheng to surrender?" β
"Ugh." Chen Deng looked up to the sky and sighed, "Cao Gong led an army of more than 100,000 to attack Xuzhou, and he thought that Lu Bu would be defeated, so he led the county soldiers to attack the billet and became the pioneer of Cao Gong." However, there was an unforeseen circumstance, and Lu Bu actually relieved the siege of the billet. Cao Gong also returned to Xu Du, and Er and Lu Bu can be described as deep as the sea. Speaking of this, Chen Deng said coldly: "Otherwise, with the temperament of Duke Cao, not only let Er return to Guangling, but also increase his soldiers and horses, in order to let Er contain Lu Bu and kill Lu Bu when the time comes." β
"There's really no way?" Chen Qi said gloomily.
"Son, he is conceited to have the talent of Wang Zuo, and his husband is in the world, just to find a master and work hard for him, so as to show his strengths. When Liu Bei was based in Xuzhou, he saw that he understood benevolence and righteousness, and his ability to win people's hearts, Gao Ye, thought that he would definitely achieve great things and repay him, but he was robbed of Xuzhou by Lu Buyin, and he had nothing to do, so he abandoned it. Lu Bu took Xuzhou at the age of this person, but his people were brave but not strategic, and he was a repeated villain, thinking that it was not enough to achieve great things, and abandoned it. In the end, he joined Cao Gong, but he could only be trapped in Guangling, and he was bitter. Chen Deng's expression was gloomy and he sighed that his life was miserable.
"In this case, why not abandon the city and flee, because my father heard that Sun Ce in Jiangdong loves talents very much, and with the talent of his son, he will go south to Sun Ce, which will be of great use, and he will not regret the land of Guangling District and a county." After all, what kind of son there is, what kind of father there is, when the matter comes, it will be broken, and there will be no drag.