Lu Bu's cavalry came out of the Qingni Pass, and there was a small river in front of them. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Is this river a river?" Lu Bu asked.

Although Lu Bu had stayed in Chang'an for two years, he still couldn't understand the specific terrain around Chang'an. The Bahe River is one of the so-called "eight rivers around Chang'an".

"General, I'll send someone to ask the local guide." A soldier stepped out of the column and said.

Soon, the soldiers captured an old local farmer. The old man trembled and couldn't say a word.

"Don't be afraid, the old man is a benevolent and righteous army, and he has no offense with the people, can you tell me that this river is available for boating?" Lu Bu reassured.

"This river is called blue water, the water level is very shallow, and there are many dark rocks in the river, so you can't sail on it. It is not until there is a confluence of other rivers near Lam Tin that boats can be sailed. ”

"Can bamboo rafts be used upstream?"

"I don't know."

Lu Bu gave the old farmer some grain, and after he left, Lu Bu instructed Zhou Cang: "You send someone to send the news back to Chen Gong, and ask him to send someone to inspect it, and fill in whether the boat can be sailed after filling in the supplement." It is also possible to use bamboo rows, which will save a lot of manpower to carry grain and grass. ”

In one day, the cavalry rushed to Lantian County.

Lu Bu approached the guard general and asked, "Is there any news from Xinfeng County?" ”

"The front line has sent back good news, General Huang Zhong, General Zhang Xiu, and General Lu Meng are in charge of Xinfeng, and Xinfeng has been completely controlled in their hands." Lantian Guard said.

"Oh? How did you resist Zhang Ji's counterattack? Lu Bu asked curiously.

Zhang Xiu's defeat defeated Lu Bu's front-line soldiers, and he was very curious about how these three people held the city. Although Huang Zhong is known as an enemy of 10,000 people, if he is really on the battlefield, a hundred and ten soldiers can put him down.

"Zhang didn't fight back, as if he had fled." The guard said proudly.

"But flee to Chang'an?" Xu Shu suddenly asked.

"Exactly."

"It's broken. This one doesn't seem to be idle. Xu Shu said.

"How so?" Lu Bu asked uneasily.

Judging from Zhang Ji's flight to Chang'an, this person is either greedy for life and afraid of death, or a talented person. Judging from his defeat of General Zhang Xiu, it just proves that this person is extraordinary, so it is speculated that Zhang Ji saw through the weakness of our army, and if he defended Chang'an, it would be difficult to overcome. Xu Shu said.

"I didn't expect that thousands of calculations were calculated, and Zhang Ji was missed." Lu Bu said. Where does he calculate, he just uses historical memory to measure a person's ability, he has never heard of Zhang Jiji at all, so he didn't think of Zhang Ji before.

Xu Shu's speculation is completely consistent with Lu Bu's thoughts, it seems that even if Zhong Xuan leaves Chang'an, it will not be easy to capture Chang'an.

"How do you think the formation should be arranged?" Lu Bu already had a conclusion in his heart, and he wanted to see what Xu Shu thought.

"Now it seems that the attack on Chang'an will be a protracted battle that cannot be conquered in a short time. Its city wall is all made of loess rammed, four zhang high, four zhang to five zhang wide base, there is a moat of three zhang wide and one zhang deep outside the wall. The east wall is 12 miles long, the west wall is 10 miles long, the south wall is 15 miles long, the north wall is 14 miles long, and the northwest wall is lower than the south bank of the Wei River. Xu Shu said.

Needless to say, it's a behemoth, where did Lu Bu go to find a four-zhang high ladder? This necessitates the creation of large siege equipment such as catapults, high turrets, and wells, which will take several months just to build, and may not necessarily be able to capture the city. It was very difficult to fill the trench in the face of the rain of arrows from the defenders, and it had to be piled up with human lives.

It is also necessary to defend the city wall, the Chang'an defenders need to defend a total of fifty miles, at least dozens of barracks need to be set up in the city, and at least 10,000 soldiers are needed to defend in order to support in time, they don't know where the city wall Lu Bu will attack at all, so the defenders must be evenly distributed throughout the city wall.

"Siege for reinforcements!" Lu Bu and Xu Shu said at the same time.

"Yes, Chang'an is a strong city in the world, the city is strong, and the moats are dangerous. It is difficult to overcome before the Xiliang army comes to help, so it is better to repel the Xiliang army first, and then make a plan. Sooner or later, the defenders in the city will run out of food, and once they run out of food, our army will win without a fight. Xu Shu said.

"That's what I mean, first defeat the two strong enemies of Weinan and Huayin in the east, and then go west to Huxian to support Wei Yan, as long as you occupy Meiwu and build a beacon tower along the bank of the Wei River, even if there are 100,000 iron horsemen in Xiliang, you will not be afraid." Lu Bu said.

"What the lord said is very true, the east guards Tongguan, the west guards Meiwu, the south guards Wuguan, and then builds a beacon tower on the Wei River, Chang'an has no worries. As long as the Xiliang coalition forces are blocked from counterattacking, and then each is broken, the pass can be determined. ”

The idea is very wonderful, but Meiwu is not so easy to overcome, it can be said that it is more difficult to conquer than Chang'an, as long as Wu Xi can't defend it, Lu Bu's 100,000 army has no way to take it, Lu Bu is secretly anxious.

"First send an order to Xinfeng, order Lu Meng to defend the city, Huang Zhong and Zhang Xiubu army first, go to Huayin to annihilate Duan Xuan, and I will lead the cavalry to arrive later."

Lu Bu rested for one night in Lantian and set off for Xinfeng after dawn. He was now walking in the realm of a strong enemy, and he didn't dare to be careless, and no one knew if an enemy army would emerge next.

More than two hours later, Lu Bu arrived outside Xinfeng County.

"Zhou Cang and Wei Yue are burying pots and cooking outside the city, beware of a sneak attack by the enemy, I will go into the city to meet Lu Meng." Lu Bu just went into the city to inspect and see if Xinfengshi was not suitable for temporary grain storage.

Lu Bu took Xu Shu into the city and went straight to Lu Meng's camp.

As soon as he arrived outside his big tent, Lu Bu stopped the herald's announcement, only to hear a quarrel from inside the tent: "General Lu, you gave me so many cotton clothes on credit, didn't you say that you would give the money as soon as possible?" ”

"When will the money that General Lu borrowed from me be repaid?"

"What is the quarrel, will he be like a person who will pay his debts? At that time, it was said that it would be returned in ten days, but it was less than two days later, why did you not believe it? Lu Meng screamed angrily.

"You forcibly took it at the time, and we didn't agree! Do you want to take the people? At the city gate, there can be a notice from the auxiliary general to calm the people, and there is no offense against the people, how is it different from a robber in doing this? Could it be that the auxiliary generals are all robbers? A caustic voice rang out.

"This ...... Can you take it slowly...... I really don't have any money on hand, and when I find the money, I'll pay it back as soon as I find it, really. Lu Meng's pitiful voice sounded in the big tent.

"No, who knows if you'll be in debt!"

"What's going on?" Lu Bu lifted the curtain and went into the big tent and asked Lu Meng in a cold voice.

"Ah...... Will...... Checkmate! Lu Meng stammered a little when he saw Lu Bu suddenly enter.

"Are you a general? But you have to call the shots for us and other grass people, this little general is on credit. A fat-hearted businessman saw that Lu Bu was taller than Lu Meng, and hurriedly cried and said.

"This ......" Lu Meng said with an unspeakable weakness: "One day I asked the soldiers to throw away their clothes, armor and other materials and march to steal the city, and after entering the city, the soldiers can't resist the cold, I ...... So I gave them clothes on credit to keep them warm. ”

Lu Meng peeked at Lu Bu's expression, and saw that Lu Bu was not angry and continued: "I also promised that the soldiers who entered the city would have a reward, but the money I borrowed from General Huang Lao and General Zhang Xiu was not enough to reward the soldiers, and I was afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the soldiers, so I privately borrowed some from the big clans in the city. ”

"There is no money and food in the storehouses in the city?" Lu Bu asked worriedly, Xinfeng is known as the first county in Guanzhong, could it be that Zhang Ji transferred the money and grain in advance?

"I can't use the money and food in the warehouse without permission, and I have to approve the general. So ......," Lu Meng said.

"Come on, pull it out and beat fifty military sticks." Lu Bu's face changed suddenly, and under the frightened gaze of a group of merchants and children of the family, they were dragged out of the tent by a group of soldiers who entered the tent.

"This ...... General, why is that? Lu Meng thought that Lu Bu was going to beat him.

"What I need under my rule is good people, not bad people. At this critical time of war, they do not think of serving the country, but seek selfish interests. I was afraid that I would ask Ziming for an account, so I went out of the city and went elsewhere, which was an enemy. I ordered that if a big family moves out of the city and confiscates the property, all the people will be taken to work as coolies. ”

After Lu Bu checked the grain stored in the warehouse, there were more than 70,000 stones of grain and hundreds of thousands of coins. Unexpectedly, Lu Meng guarded Baoshan without filling his own pockets, and would rather be conspicuous outside than mess with the materials in the warehouse for the sake of the soldiers.

"Ziming did a good job, but he was in a hurry, and he remembered to act cheaply in the future. But give me a book of what you have taken. Xu Shu praised. Few generals will be so unfazed as Lu Meng, and if he uses some of the money and food casually, Lu Bu will not know.

Lu Bu said: "You have made great achievements in capturing the city, and you have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Zuo of the auxiliary army." ”

"General Xie's kindness." Lu Meng was very happy, and secretly rejoiced to follow Lu Bu, if he followed Sun Ce, he was afraid that he would only be a small soldier by now.

"Soon there will be soldiers coming to Xinfeng, your task now is to defend the city, and at the same time prevent the soldiers in Chang'an City from going out of the city to attack Xinfeng, Lantian and other grain and grass behind them."

"The last general will swear to complete the general's entrustment."

"You take the money out of the storehouse and take it to settle your debts. The remaining money is to be used to hire people to build siege equipment, and the craftsmen are not allowed to withhold money from them. ”

Xinfeng is several times richer than Lantian, if it weren't for Lu Meng's tricks, it would be very difficult to storm Xinfeng held by Zhang Ji, which would completely slow down the pace of Lu Bu's army, so that Lu Bu's army would have no place to stand, and how to attack the enemy if he couldn't open his formation.

"Good students treat Zhang Ji's family." Lu Bu commanded. Lu Bu doesn't know what Zhang is, but from the Xinfeng County he governs, it can be seen that this person is really good in internal affairs, and what Lu Bu lacks now is a pillar of internal affairs. He is not very lacking in strategists and generals, and to put it bluntly, fighting a war is the manpower and material resources to fight, and if you want to become strong, you must also do a good job in internal affairs to have the strength of the enemy's stalemate and maneuver.

But Lu Bu did not have the confidence to surrender him, and Lu Bu had already inquired about Cao Cao's repeated attempts to recruit him to Xuchang, but Zhang Ji refused, and the lord chosen by such a person was afraid that he would be as picky as those who were talented in the world.

After Lu Bu finished inspecting the city, he didn't even care about eating, and went out of the city and returned to the bow and cavalry camp outside the city, preparing to catch up with Huang Zhong and Zhang Xiu, who set off first.