Chapter 539: Preparing for War
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Guan Yu escorted Liu Bei, who looked panicked, to Li County, Liu Bei looked at the 8,000 army behind him with a gloomy face, but now there are less than 3,000 men left, most of them are empty-handed, without a piece of armor, and the army is discouraged and demoralized.
The capital that he had finally saved was lost like this, Liu Bei felt a monstrous hatred in his heart, and looked in the direction of Chang'an with a hideous face, and his dark eyes showed a look of choosing people and devouring them.
"Phew~"
Guan Yu strangled the war horse fiercely, turned over and dismounted, strode towards Liu Bei, and said urgently: "Big brother, you can't stop." It's better to hurry up and return to Luoyang as soon as possible~"
"Report ~ Luoyang Urgent Report ~"
Guan Yu's voice fell, a fast horse galloped over, and the pennann flag inserted in the north of the cavalry was waving in the wind, Liu Bei heard the Luoyang emergency report, and instinctively felt uneasy in his heart, and stepped forward and said sharply: "What's the matter?" ”
"Lord~"
The cavalry strangled the war horse, rolled off the horse, and crawled in front of Liu Bei, kneeling on the ground and saying urgently: "Luoyang urgent report, Lu Bu led the troops to attack Luoyang, and the hundred officials in the court have been slaughtered by the Lu Bu army, and the military division was killed in battle, only the three generals escorted the Son of Heaven to the Taishan army." ”
"What? What did you say? The military division was killed in battle, and the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China have been killed by Lu Bu? Liu Bei's eyes were black, and he almost fainted, but fortunately, Guan Yu on the side was quick and helped Liu Bei.
Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Second brother, hurry, go straight to Taishan County!" ”
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Xuchang, Yuzhou, Cao Cao's official residence.
Cao Cao was discussing with Cheng Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia and others about suppressing the rebellion in the territory, when he suddenly saw the general Cao Ren hurriedly enter the hall and said urgently: "Lord, Luoyang is urgent." ”
"Huh?" Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "Something happened in Luoyang?" ”
Cao Ren said: "Just made a detailed report, Lu Bu took advantage of the battle between our army and the Yellow Turban Thief Army Danshui, and raised troops to attack Luoyang, and now all the officials in Luoyang City have been slaughtered by Lu Bu, and the hundreds of officials in the court and the central government are dead!" ”
"What! Is there such a thing? Cao Cao said in a loud voice, "How could Lu Bu sneak attack Luoyang?" Where did the military rations come from? ”
Xun You's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "It must be Zhang Bao who took advantage of Liu Bei's troops to sneak attack Chang'an, and in turn formed an alliance with Lu Bu to order him to attack Luoyang, but I didn't expect Lu Bu to slaughter hundreds of officials in the court so frantically." ”
Guo Jia said: "In other words, the Son of Heaven has fallen into the hands of Lu Bu? In this way, Lu Bu has Zhang Bao to subsidize the grain and grass, and in the blink of an eye, he can recruit troops and buy horses, and he can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so Lu Bu has the capital to compete for the world! ”
"But......" Cheng Yu's eyes showed a look of surprise and hesitation, and asked Guo Jiadao, "Why did Lu Bu attack Luoyang at the risk of the world's disapproval?" You must know that Luoyang and Jinggi are important, the Son of Heaven is related, and the interests are easy, who among the princes in the world does not eyed it? Lu Bu is not afraid of the alliance of the princes of the world? ”
Guo Jia smiled faintly: "Lu Bu Puffer, how can you think of the consequences?" Zhang Bao expected that Lu Bu would be able to carry out this plan without foresight! ”
"Zhang Bao~" A sharp edge flashed in Cao Cao's narrow little eyes, and then he said sharply: "Cao Ren listens to the order!" ”
"The last general!"
"With you leading 20,000 soldiers and horses, you will pursue Lu Bu with all your might, and you will definitely snatch the Son of Heaven back!"
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Wuwei County, Gaoshun Battalion.
Zhang Bao led an army of 60,000 troops, galloping day and night, and finally arrived at the Gaoshun camp in the evening, Zhang Bao, who was dressed in dark iron armor, strode into the big tent of the Chinese army, went straight to the main position, threw his cloak and sat on the main seat, and his face was like a terrible ghost Dian Wei, a bearded man He Manmen God guarded Zhang Bao left and right. Xu Chu, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Zhang Niujiao, Cheng Yuanzhi, Peng Tuo, Liao Hua, Jia Xu and other general civil and military ministers stood in two columns.
Zhang Bao's scorching gaze swept over the faces of every general, and finally landed on Gao Shun's grim face, and said in a deep voice: "General Gao Shun, how the battle has been in the past few days, you can talk to the generals and listen to it." ”
"Yes!"
Gao Shun took a steady step, came to the giant military topographic map, the topographic map hung on the side of the tent, this is the habit of Zhang Bao to bring up, every city, mountain, river on the topographic map are detailed and clear on it, knowing that the other is invincible, so every time the general leads the troops, all hang the giant military topographic map in the tent, at a glance.
"My lord, generals, please take a look." Gao Shun pointed to Anyi Mountain, and said in a deep voice, "This place is ordered to Anyi Mountain, the mountain is high and dangerous, Ma Teng stationed 35,000 soldiers and horses here, including 30,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, and a total of three camps are built, and the finished glyph is built." The battalion on the left is garrisoned by his son Ma Chao with 10,000 people, and the battalion on the right is guarded by the Xiliang general Pang De, and Ma Teng leads 15,000 men and horses to defend the Chinese army camp. ”
"Hmm!" Zhang Bao bowed his head slightly, turned his head to Jia Xu and said, "Ma Teng's three battalions are finished in the shape of a glyph, one of them is attacked by the enemy, and the other two battalions can quickly lead troops to rescue, so it's a bit troublesome!" ”
"It's not surprising that the camp is so well defended, and the victory or defeat of the leading troops lies in the general!" Jia Xu smiled indifferently and asked, "General Gao Shun, I have heard that you have fought with Ma Tengzi and Ma Chao, according to your opinion, how is his person?" ”
Gao Shun groaned: "Although Ma Chao is young, his martial arts are extraordinary, and the last general thinks that he is not an opponent. As for the art of war, the last general once fought with it, and the cavalry under his command was brave and good at fighting, and the order was forbidden, and the plan of defeat could decisively order a slow retreat, and he was also a person who was proficient in the art of war. ”
Zhang Bao frowned slightly, in history, he was the five tiger generals in Liu Bei's army, according to records, he fought with Zhang Fei without winning or losing, his martial arts must be extraordinary, and it is reasonable for Gao Shun to be invincible. That Pang De is even more famous, Zhang Bao has already experienced his skills in the early years, there are two large battalions guarding this, and he is anxious to be afraid that it will be difficult to capture, but Tianshui City still has more than 100,000 Qiang army besieging the city, and it is in danger, and if you delay it for one more day, Tianshui City will become more and more difficult.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bao said in a condensed voice: "Gao Shun, since you have led troops here, can Ma Teng send people to meet the battle?" ”
Gao Shun shook his head and said: "Let the last general send people to lead troops to insult him, Ma Teng just refuses to go out of the village to face the battle." ”
"Unwilling to fight?" Zhang Bao said coldly, "Ma Teng has made up his mind to lead troops to defend it, has Ma Teng's army ever explored the source of water?" ”
"I've found out!" Gao Shun pointed to a certain place on the map, and said in a deep voice, "The last general sent someone to secretly investigate, the source of Ma Tengjun's water is not far from Anyi Mountain, and he takes water in the middle of the night every day. ”
"Hmm!" Zhang Bao bowed his head slightly, his sharp eyes were staring at the military topographic map, pointing to a mountain next to Anyi Mountain, turning to Gao Shun and asking, "General Gao Shun, what kind of mountain is this mountain called?" What is the mountain? ”
Gao Shun looked at the map and said in a deep voice: "This mountain originally had no name, because legend has it that someone heard the phoenix chirping in the mountain, so everyone called it Fengming Mountain." Fengming Mountain is a hundred miles in circumference, all of them are low hills, but the middle dangerous peak is tall and 100 zhang. ”
"Oh?" Zhang Bao Huoran turned around and said loudly, "Wenhe, how about going with me to get dressed?" ”
Jia Xu said happily: "Do you dare to disobey your fate? ”