Originally, how could there be no slightest disturbance in the mobilization of the army, and as soon as the opponent got the news, of course he would arrange defenses as soon as possible. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But Lu Bu is an exception, his army is arranged in a mess, in the south and in the north, and it is always in a state of mobilization. Zhang Xiu didn't guard against this tired division at all, and the soldiers under Lu Bu didn't get rest, so it was impossible to have much combat power. Lu Bu went north to Runan to escort grain and grass, and Zhang Xiu only thought that Lu Bu was just to escort grain and grass.

After several months of continuous battles, from Xuzhou to thousands of miles, Lu Bu knew that his main soldiers were very tired, and they were now relying on a single breath to persevere, and once they suffered a major defeat, they would be defeated like a mountain. Now that he is in danger again, competing with time, he has to continue to fight.

Lu Bu couldn't afford to lose, and in the face of the poisonous Jia Xu, he fought with a spirit of 100,000 points, attached great importance to this opponent, and must take it step by step.

Although Liu Ye's strategy is not outstanding, he can grasp people's hearts, in front of Jia Xu, any trick may be recognized, Lu Bu intends to use strength to break the skill, and does not plan to use tricks to break Zhang Xiu.

In the past few days waiting for Liu Ye, Lu Bu first secretly increased his troops in the direction of the ancient city, and then planned to quickly capture Lushan with lightning speed, blocking Zhang Xiuxiangcheng's troops from moving south, as well as the reinforcements that Cao Cao might send.

Lushan is located between Wancheng and Runan, west of Funiu Mountain, east of Pingding Mountain, northwest into Luoyang, northeast to Yingchuan, Xuchang and other places. It is the junction of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, regardless of the region. At present, Zhang Xiu is sending troops to guard this pass. Across the river from the west is Wancheng, and its strategic value is very important to Lü Bu.

Lushan is both a checkpoint and a city, and Lu Bu was worried that once he provoked a fight with Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao would intervene sideways, and decided to send a heavy general to guard this pass.

"Who does Zi Yang think I should hand over Lu Shan to guard?" Lu Buchao asked Liu Ye, who had just arrived in the ancient city. He was ready for everything, and staying in the ancient city was waiting for Liu Ye to arrive.

"There are many talents under the general's account, but Xu Xuan has not yet returned to his heart, so he cannot be entrusted with a big responsibility; Lei Xu and Songshan Lei Bo are younger brothers, and it is inevitable that he will not be rebelled by Lei Bo if he guards this pass; Xun Gan, Yan Xiang and the like can't take on this big responsibility, and the rest of the candidates are only Zang Ba, Ji Ling, and Lu Meng. Liu Ye said.

"Zang Ba and Zhang Xiu have an old relationship, the two armies are facing each other, Zang Ba may be able to surrender Zhang Xiu in battle, so Zang Ba will be excluded again." Lu Bu also reported a glimmer of hope for the recruitment of Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu has a general reputation in the Kanto, especially in the north, and is known as the king of guns in the north, Lu Bu planned to recruit Zhang Xiu to guard the north a long time ago, but the cruelty of ideals and reality.

Lu Bu continued: "Lu Meng is a rare wise general for a long time, but not now. Gong Du Liu Bi also did not have the ability to guard this pass, and only Ji Ling was left after eliminating them one by one. ”

"Although Ji Ling is a general, he is loyal and righteous, and he can take this position." Liu Ye agreed.

"When will the troops be sent? Do you want to write a war letter to Zhang Xiu? Liu Ye asked. Although a surprise attack can catch the opponent by surprise, it will lose its righteousness and arouse the condemnation of the world. According to the rules, of course, it is necessary to first condemn the other party with righteousness and awe, and then issue a war letter and wait for the opponent's reply.

"Hurry up with power." Lu Bu has long been infamous, and he still cares about the condemnation of the world? Of course, he wanted to sneak attack Zhang Xiu.

"How about sending troops tomorrow morning?" Lu Bu picked up the process of the battle book and asked directly.

"No, this night out of an elite army, before the army to take Lushan." Liu Ye explained: "Send troops tonight, tomorrow to the Pingdingshan area, during the day in the dense forest is not easy to be Zhang Xiu carefully climbed, and it is not easy to be ambushed, tomorrow evening can rush to Lushan, rest for the night, the day after tomorrow early in the morning can launch a surprise attack." ”

Liu Ye said very reasonably, the soldiers went more than 200 miles, and if they didn't rest, they wouldn't have the physical strength to attack the city at all. Rushing to the vicinity of Lushan in the evening, the enemy may not find out, and the next morning to attack the city, not only physical strength recovery, but also the defenders can be caught off guard.

After the two discussed, Lu Bu promoted the general: "General Ji disguised himself as a bandit, set off with 5,000 troops tonight, and went straight to Lushan, and he must not rest on the way, so he must rush to Lushan tomorrow evening to rest for a night, and capture Lushan Pass in the early morning of the day after tomorrow. ”

"The last general commands." Ji Ling took the order and left.

"Zang Ba, Lei Xu, and Lu Meng will return to the camp to reorganize the army, and they will set off at dawn tomorrow. Shu Shao, Xun Gan, and Liu Pi guarded the ancient city, although the ancient city was a small county, it was not necessary to be careless, and it was necessary to contact the Chen Palace sitting in Runan from time to time. Lü Bu was worried that Jia Xu heard that Lü Bu was attacking his Wancheng, and sent troops to capture the ancient city and cut off Lü Bu's connection with Runan. If Lu Bu hadn't worried about Jia Xu's counterattack on Runan, he wouldn't have left Chen Gong in the rear.

In the afternoon of the next day, Lü Bu led an army of 40,000 to the foot of Pingding Mountain. Although the number of troops is large, the real combat strength is less than 10,000, and the others are all going to harvest grain and will not really go to the battlefield. The only advantage of Lu Bu's departure this time was that he did not need supplies, and grabbed food on the spot for military rations.

"Set up camp here tonight." Lu Bu did not dare to lead the army over Pingdingshan overnight, once he was ambushed, or someone set fire to the mountain, it was easy to fall for thieves at night.

"Report, General Pioneer Ji is coming." In the second half of the night, Lu Bu finally received Ji Ling's battle report.

Liu Ye waited for Lu Bu to finish reading the battle report and asked, "How?" ”

Lu Bu replied: "Ji Ling lived up to his trust, and arrived at Lushan in the afternoon and set up camp twenty miles away. He sent people disguised as pedestrians to inspect Lushan, and the general guarding the pass was a military marquis under Zhang Xiu. If Ji Ling's 5,000 people can't take the small pass guarded by 500 people, they won't be able to see me. ”

When Lu Bu saw the battle report, he was relieved that Ji Ling had really arrived at Lushan within the planned time.

On the fifth watch, Lu Bu ordered to bury the pot to make rice, and as soon as the morning dawned, the army crossed Pingdingshan and drove to Lushan.

The march of the army was not like Ji Ling's lightly armed raid, and the speed was much slower. In the afternoon, when Lu Bu was preparing to set up camp, he received a good news that Ji Ling occupied Lushan. After reading it, Lu Bu sent soldiers to shout along the long line: "All the soldiers speed up their pace and rush to Lushan overnight to rest." ”

Countless soldiers complained bitterly: "I can't see the road at night, how can I walk." ”

"After a day's walk on the mountain road, I didn't even eat, and I didn't have the strength to go."

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In this era, night blindness was generally serious, and after eating at five o'clock in the morning, he had been rushing to the road without stopping, and the soldiers who had been following Lu Bu were fine, and most of the soldiers thrown by Yuan Shu sat on the ground and did not want to go again.

"Get up and keep walking, if there is a pause, military execution!" When Lei Xu and the others saw the soldiers sitting on the ground and playing tricks, they asked the overseers to draw their knives and use strong means to kill the most troublesome veteran ruffians, so as to shock the other soldiers.

Lu Bu heard that Lei Xu was arresting the soldiers who were unwilling to continue on the road, and planned to cut off the heads of the people to use them to announce the three armies. Hurriedly beat the horse to stop Lei Xu's stupid cooking, it is better to be sparse, it is already demoralized, let him make such a fuss, and now it is suppressed, which will only cause the soldiers to centrifuge.

"Keep people under the knife." Lu Bu personally rode on the red rabbit horse and rushed to the Lei Xu army. Seeing that Lei Xu was pushing several soldiers to the front, he shouted from afar to stop them.

"The Lord will save us!" The captured soldier saw Lu Bu rushing from afar and called for help at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu walked up to him, jumped off the red rabbit horse and asked, "What is the crime?" ”

"Neglect military orders." Lei Xu replied.

"It's not the soldier's fault, it's mine. Marching in the middle of the night, the soldiers were hungry and thirsty, and the generals were derelict in their duties. General Ray is not punishable. Lu Bu personally untied the ropes from several soldiers.

"Don't be surprised that you warriors are frightened by this." Lu Bu said as he bent down and apologized.

The onlookers were grateful, there was never a high-minded general who apologized to the soldiers, and even if they were wrong, there were countless reasons to continue to punish the soldiers. The simple soldiers didn't realize that this was Lu Bu buying their hearts. If it weren't for the sake of bribing the hearts of the military, these people seriously violated the military order, and it was completely justified to kill their heads.

Several soldiers who were almost executed knelt on the ground in horror: "Thank you Lord for your life." ”

"General Lu, if you don't punish you severely, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to Lushan today!" Lei Xu stepped forward and said worriedly.

General Ray was wrong. Only with one heart can the soldiers survive a hundred battles. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong today, although he has violated military orders, what he has done is what the non-commissioned officers of the whole army think, once the military law is corrected, the impact will be great, and General Lei is asked to think twice about doing things in the future. Lu Bu said in a low voice to Lei Xu.

"The last general remembered the general's teachings. What's next? ”

The soldier is reluctant to continue on the road, this is indeed a problem, but it is difficult for Lu Bu, he has countless examples to learn from: "In the past, Cao Cao wanted Mei to quench his thirst first, and now I Lu Bu smelled the meat to quench hunger. Send soldiers to announce the whole army, General Ji has prepared wine and meat in Lushan, and everyone can eat and drink when they arrive. ”

"I'm willing to shout and repay the general's life!" The soldier who had been beheaded earlier stood up and said.

"Good. I'll send dozens more people to help you shout. Lu Bu said happily. It would be better if these people added fuel to the matter of Lu Bu's rescue among the soldiers, so that the whole army would know that Lu Bu was a person who loved soldiers like a son.

Lu Bu returned to the Chinese army and said to Liu Ye: "Send someone to send an order to Ji Ling and ask him to prepare wine and meat." ”

Since Lu Bu collapsed at Haikou, he had to fulfill his promise, otherwise the soldiers would feel that Lu Shan had no food, and they would only be disappointed in Lu Bu, and no one would believe his words in the future.

"General Ji Ling set off lightly, don't talk about wine and meat, even if there is no ordinary rice and grain, what should I do?" Liu Ye said.

"Let Ji Ling quickly buy food among the nearby people, and kill and stew animals such as pigs, cows, sheep, and dogs as long as they have meat. Tell him not to take advantage of it, and to buy it at the price, or to buy it by force. "Cattle are the main labor force in arable land, and no one will want to sell them, of course, they can only buy them.

The army heard that there would be wine and meat to eat when they arrived at Lushan, and the pace of advance was a little faster than when they first set off in the morning, and it was expected to arrive at Lushan in the second half of the night, which was shortened by more than an hour. This army also reflects all kinds of bad problems from the side, and the tired division is difficult to fight again. On this expedition, all the unfavorable factors are on his side, and Lu Bu is full of worries about the road ahead.