In July of the fifth year of Guangxi, Lü Bu led his army south.

If you rely on the supply of Jizhou, you can maintain Lu Bu's rule in Bingzhou, but in this way, you will have to rely on people and be controlled by Yuan Shao, which is difficult to accept for Lu Bu, who is extremely ambitious.

Therefore, seizing the rich land of the Central Plains is the meaning of the question after Lu Bu completely took the state.

Yuan Shao established Liu He as emperor and built the capital in Xindu. Named a great general, Lü Bu also accepted the canonization of the Xindu court as a hussar general. Although they are under Yuan Shao, in fact, the two are still in an alliance that does not belong to each other.

For Lu Bu's military action to the south, Yuan Shao still gave great support. even allocated a part of the grain and grass to the Bingzhou army as support for the south.

Although Yuan Shao also understood that if Lu Bu's strength expanded, it would inevitably form a situation where the tail would not fall, or even fight against himself, but now that he and Gongsun Chan were in a showdown, he was powerless to go south before he eliminated Gongsun Zhan. Not only that, but he also had to guard against the imperial court and Gongsun Chan attacking him from both sides, or profiting from the battle between himself and Gongsun Chan. However, Lu Bu went south to give himself time to solve Gongsun Zan with confidence, so he had no choice but to express his support for his military action.

For the military campaign to the south, Lü Bu gathered 10,000 Bingzhou light cavalry - this was already the limit of the military strength of the Bingzhou army. This time, it can also be said that Lu Bu gambled all his blood capital. In order to increase his momentum, Lü Bu also sent people to contact the Xiongnu tribe and invite them to go south together.

Although there were "Five Articles of Han-Hungarian Friendship" between the Luoyang court and the Xiongnu, in fact, the imperial court's control over the Xiongnu was far less powerful than that of the Qiang people. On the contrary, Lü Bu had a resounding prestige among the Huns.

After the Xiongnu received Lu Bu's invitation, Yu Fuluo and his younger brother Hu Chuquan were actually quite covetous of the Huahua world in the Central Plains. But Yu Fuluo's son was still a hostage in Luoyang, and Yu Fuluo did not dare to openly follow Lu Bu to send troops.

The brothers spent a long time together and finally came up with an idea. Hu Chuquan came forward to lead the troops to follow Lü Bu south, while Yu Fuluo pretended to oppose the dispatch of troops and was "placed under house arrest".

30,000 Hun cavalry, plus 10,000 light cavalry, and some other Bingzhou soldiers and horses, a total of 50,000 people, went south together.

At the same time, Lu Bu also sent people to Hedong to rebel against Yang Feng, the captain of Hedong, and asked him to raise troops to respond to him.

Yang Feng was originally the general of the White Bo Army in the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and he followed Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, and Lu Bu fought in the east of the river, Yang Feng surrendered the city, and in order to show his loyalty, he also killed Li Dao's entire family.

Lu Bu admired him very much and recommended him as the captain of Hedong. Yang Feng accepted Lu Bu's favor and immediately responded to Lu Bu's rebellion.

Most of the Hedong Mansion Army was adapted from his original Bai Bo Army, and he obeyed his words, so he didn't encounter much obstacle. Yang Feng first sent Li Le to seize the granary for rebellion, and then sent his subordinate Xu Huang to lead troops to surround the Taishou Mansion and force the Taishou Chongfu in Hedong to surrender.

How could he easily surrender to a thief, he climbed up the wall and said to the thief army surrounding the mansion outside: "I have read all the history books and found that the loyal and righteous people were killed because of their loyalty, and they will be remembered in the history books for generations." And those who cause trouble in the world for their own selfishness, even if they can be arrogant for a while, they still can't escape the criticism of the history books after a hundred years. I don't know the princes, although I don't know why the princes want to do this thing that helps the people to abuse and leave a stench for thousands of years, but they are willing to follow the loyal and righteous people of their ancestors to seek benevolence, and never live as a tiger. ”

The words of the brush were awe-inspiring, and the soldiers under the wall were ashamed. Seeing that it was Xu Huang who was in the lead, Chong Fu asked coldly, "I didn't think that Xu Gongming was also here?" ”

His words were filled with deep disappointment, and Xu Huang bowed his head in shame.

Although the relationship between Chong Fu and Xu Huang is not too familiar, they have also had some contact with officials of the same county. For Xu Huang, a young general, Chong Fu still showed an appreciative attitude. once praised Xu Huang for his rigorous management of the army and his ability to be Zhou Yafu. Now that Xu Huang has rebelled from Yang Feng, the disappointed attitude revealed by the kind of Fu made Xu Huang ashamed, and he hid his face and retreated behind the military formation.

After saying that, he walked down the wall. Although the mouth cannon was so enjoyable that Xu Huang and the others were embarrassed, they also understood that the predicament at this time would not be solved.

Loyal ministers died in state affairs, and there was nothing to hesitate about. He returned to the mansion and killed all his wives and children, and then set a fire in the mansion and sat motionless in the lobby.

Flames raged around him until the roof of the lobby collapsed, eventually burying the loyal soul.

The kind of whisk is so resolute, and he sees death as home, which makes Xu Huang and others sigh. The withdrawal army returned the matter to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng didn't care about the life or death of Chongfu, what he really cared about was whether he could firmly grasp the power of Hedong. The surrender of the kind of whisk can be used as a façade, if it is stubborn, killing him in the end will not have much impact on the overall situation.

After Yang Feng responded to Lü Bu's uprising, Lü Bu sent a letter to the imperial court to worship him as the general of the southern expedition, and sent troops to Chang'an to contain the imperial court's troops, while he led the Bingzhou army all the way south and forced Hanoi.

Lu Bu went south, and at the same time gave Yuan Shu a chance. Lu Zhi was worried about the safety of the rear, so he prepared to withdraw his troops. Ji Ling, who was once suppressed by Lu Zhi, was able to carry out a counterattack, and even attacked Yingchuan, and killed Jizhou Mu Kongling, but in the end, because of the coordination of the Society's strategy against Yuan Shu's general Yu Yu, he raised troops to revolt and burned the grain and grass in Ji Ling's camp. Ji Lingjun had no choice but to retreat.

Although Ji Ling, who attacked Yingchuan, retreated, on the other hand, Liu Xuan, a Yangzhou pastor who attacked Yuan Shu's old nest Shouchun, had to withdraw because of Sun Jian's arrival.

Originally, Sun Jian attacked Yingchuan, but later Liu Jian attacked Shouchun, and Yuan Shu was afraid, so he transferred Sun Jian back to relieve the siege of Shouchun. This made Sun Jian, who had always wanted to compete with Lu Zhi, who was famous in the world, sigh a pity.

And Liu Miao was afraid of Sun Jian's force, so he withdrew his troops to Niuzhu to build a camp, and ordered the generals Fan Neng and Yu Mi to guard Hengjiangjin, and Zhang Ying to defend Likou to resist Sun Jian.

Sun Jian saw that Liu Xuan's camp was stable and eager to attack, so he sent his eldest son Sun Ce to lead a thousand cavalry to lure the enemy, lead Liu Xuan's army to attack, and then lead the army to a decisive battle.

Fan Neng and Yu Mi saw that Sun Ce had few soldiers, so they really hit the plan and went out to attack Sun Ce.

Sun Jian saw that Liu Miao's army had moved, and he was about to act according to the plan, but Yuan Shu suddenly ordered Sun Jian to stop his military action against Liu Jian and attack Xuzhou instead.

Sun Jian was stunned after receiving Yuan Shu's order. The former army has been sent, and now it is ready to fly, is Yuan Shu doing this to take the lives of the front-line soldiers as a child's play?

Sun Jian jumped and scolded in the military tent, but he did not dare to directly disobey Yuan Shu's order, and was forced to have no choice but to ride a fast horse back to Shouchun to tell Yuan Shuchen about the benefits.

It's just that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and Sun Jian didn't move for a while, making Sun Ce's 1,000 cavalry suddenly become a lonely army.

Sun Ce didn't expect that the originally planned reinforcements did not arrive, but Fan Neng and Yu Mi's army was already approaching, and they were advancing extremely quickly, their thousand men and horses were in danger, and the whole army was filled with a pessimistic mood.

Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing was also by Sun Ce's side at that time, and when he saw that the enemy's troops were large and our army was in danger, he came to Sun Ce's camp and persuaded him: "Fan Neng's army is moving quickly, obviously he has heard that General Sun is trapped by Yuan Shu's order and will not reinforce Bo Fu. Now that the situation is critical, Bo Fu should take a small number of people to go first, and I will break it for you here. ”

Sun Ce shook his head and said: "These thousand people are all children of the clan, and they are related by blood, how can the nephew abandon them." ”

Wu Jing was in a hurry and said: "Only by saving his life can he make a comeback, Bo Fu is the eldest son of General Sun, and he is the most promising person in the younger generation of the Sun family, how can he easily die here?" ”

Sun Ce said: "Things are not yet in the end, and there may be a turnaround. ”

No matter how Wu Jing persuaded him, Sun Ce still stubbornly refused to leave. Wu Jing had no choice but to withdraw from the camp.

In the evening, Zhou Yu came to Sun Ce's tent with a happy expression, and Sun Ce asked curiously after seeing it: "Now that the strong enemy is approaching, why is Gongjin so relaxed?" ”

Zhou Yu pursed his lips and said, "When did Fan Neng and Yu Mi become strong enemies?" ”

Zhou Yu's words made Sun Ce smile helplessly, and said: "There is a huge disparity between the strength of our army and Fan Neng's army, and Gong Jin should not underestimate the enemy. ”

Zhou Yu blinked mysteriously and asked, "Although the enemy soldiers are powerful, Bo Fu may have a plan to break the enemy in his heart, right?" ”

Sun Ce smiled knowing that he had guessed his thoughts, and said, "I can't hide anything from Gongjin!" ”

"The soldiers are fast, and Bo Fu must also be implemented quickly."

The cooperation between the two has long been very tacit, and Sun Ce's thoughts are also clear.

"That's nature." Sun Ce nodded and walked out of the tent.

The endless sky outside was dotted with stars, Sun Ce looked at the sky and said with emotion: "The eldest husband walks between heaven and earth, and he must make some earth-shattering deeds to be worthy of this good body." Although there are crises now, why not turn around in the midst of crises? ”

Zhou Yu also walked out and looked up at the starry sky side by side with him. It's just that when he opened his mouth, what he said had nothing to do with Sun Ce's anger.

"I heard that my uncle has found a good family for Bo Fu, it is Da Qiao, the eldest daughter of Qiao Guolao in Anhui County, and Bo Fu is going back to get married after this campaign, right?"

Zhou Yu paused when he said this, and said to himself: "I heard that Da Qiao has the posture of captivating the country, and he is a good match for Bo Fu." She is said to have a younger sister. Well, I'm not too young. ”

Sun Ce had a black line on his head on the side, and the arrogant and dry emotions that had just been brewing were destroyed by Zhou Yu. He couldn't help but shout angrily: "Gong Jin! ”

It's just that the stiff face showed a helpless wry smile for a moment.

For Zhou Yu, he couldn't be angry.

Sun Ce ordered the soldiers and horses to gather, and he came to the front of the team and said to them loudly: "The situation is critical, and I know that the princes are uneasy. However, don't forget, you don't forget, we are Jiangdong men, in the past, Xiang Yu led tens of thousands of Jiangdong warriors to defeat more than 400,000 Qin troops in Julu. At this time, Liu Xuanjun is also several times as many times as me, don't you dare to reproduce the exploits of the overlord of Chu? ”

"Dare!" The soldiers in front of him immediately cheered up in unison.

Sun Ce said: "Now that Liu Xuan's army has deceived us with few soldiers, and there is no backup, and he is negligent in guarding against us, we will ride around Fan Neng's army and take Niu Zhu directly and kill Liu Xuan." At that time, Liu Xuan's army will be leaderless, and we will defeat them one by one. ”

Sun Ce's 1,000 soldiers and horses are all children of the Jiangdong tribe, and the army has always been of one heart and one mind. A few days ago, the army was approaching, and I didn't know how to deal with it, so everyone panicked. At this time, Sun Ce had already pointed out the direction for them, and naturally their morale was greatly boosted, and they rose up that night, and the troops rushed to attack Niuzhu.

Zhou Yu found Sun Ce before setting off and said to him: "Bo Fu is going, and my brother will not accompany him?" ”

Sun Ce was slightly stunned. Although he is messing around on weekdays, Zhou Yu never jokes when he is serious. He's not a man to fight.

"Where is Gong Jin?" Sun Ce asked curiously.

Zhou Yu whispered in his ear for a while, Sun Ce's face twitched when he heard it, and he asked worriedly, "Is this plan feasible?" ”

Zhou Yu pursed his lips. "Bo Fu has no confidence in his brother so much?"

Sun Ce's face was overjoyed and said, "Gong Jin's use of soldiers is unpredictable. This time, I will act according to Gongjin's plan. ”

A hundred people were assigned to Zhou Yu to take away, and the rest of them traveled day and night, day and night, avoiding Fan Nengjun's scouts and cavalry scouts, and went around to Liu Xuan's Niuzhu camp.

Sun Ce first ordered the soldiers to rest and recuperate. Scouts were sent to investigate the situation of Niuzhu's camp.

Liu Miao really had no precautions against his arrival, and was holding a banquet and drinking in the camp for several days.

The opportunity could not be missed, and Sun Ce led the army to raid late at night. The Jiangdong cavalry fell from the sky like a winged flying tiger, which caught Liu Xuanjun off guard. The whole camp was in chaos at the first time.

Liu Miao did not expect to be attacked, and looked at the chaotic camp, and in a panic, he abandoned the camp and fled with his personal guards.

Niuzhu's Liu Xuan's army had 10,000 people, but because they lost their command, they were killed by less than 1,000 cavalry, and the troops were scattered, and some soldiers even fell into the Yangtze River in a panic.

By dawn, Sun Cejun's army had won a complete victory and seized countless heavy grains and grass.

Sun Ce ordered the grain and grass that could not be taken away to be burned. Then the Hui army did not make any stops to attack Fan Neng and Yu Mi.

After Fan Neng heard that the Niuzhu camp was lost, he hurriedly led the army back with Yu Mi to help.

When the army passed by Chushui, Fan Neng saw that the water level was shallow, so he ordered the soldiers to wade directly across the river.

Fan Neng didn't think that there were several heavy rains a few days ago, how could the water level be so shallow. In fact, Zhou Yu had already calculated that after Niu Zhu was broken, Fan Neng and others would inevitably rush back to help. A dam was built to block the river in the upper reaches of Chushui, which they had to pass through, and when Fan Nengjun crossed the river, the dam was dug again, and the torrent surged, and Fan Nengjun could not avoid it, and most of them were swept into the torrent.

Fan Neng Yu Mi retreated into the high ground with the remnants of the army, and at this time, Sun Ce happened to lead the troops to arrive, and launched an attack on Fan Neng Yu Mi, who had already been demoralized and had lost his troops.

In the melee, Fan Neng Yu Mi was beheaded by Sun Ce, and the rest of the troops were scattered. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu converged.

When the two met, Sun Ce praised Zhou Yu and said: "I led the army to raid thousands of miles, but I only killed Liu Xuan's army, and Gong Jin used the power of water and fire to say that Fan Neng lost most of the Mi Suo, which is really the power of gods and ghosts." ”

At this time, Zhou Yu also put away his usual joked face, and said with a straight face: "Bo Fu runs thousands of miles and wins more with less, this is the merit of Tian Dan and Xiang Yu." After this battle, the whole world is afraid that the prestige of Jiangdong Sun Lang will be spread. ”

The two of them clapped their hands at the same time, looked at each other and laughed.

After Fan Neng, Yu Mi and other main forces were defeated, Zhang Ying, who was guarding Likou, was frightened by Sun Ce's force, gave up Likou and retreated. Liu Xuan's vitality was greatly damaged, and he was no longer able to confront Yuan Shu, leaving a sentence praising Sun Ce:

"It's hard to compete."

Then he cowered in the hinterland of Yangzhou and did not dare to come out. Yuan Shu took the opportunity to encroach on a large area of land in Yangzhou.

After Sun Jian saw his son, Lao Huai was relieved and almost shed tears. He thought that Sun Ce would be more auspicious this time.

After all, his children have grown up.

After this battle, Sun Ce's limelight was unmatched for a while, and he was almost faintly on par with Lu Bu, the first person in the world. There was even a saying that "North Fengxian, South Bofu" began.

And Lu Bu didn't know at this time that there was a young man in Jiangdong whose fame was approaching him, and he was on the road of attacking the Luoyang Imperial Court in the south and expanding his strength. The front of the Bingzhou army has approached the county of Zhisuo Huai in Hanoi.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）