Qin Xu's words gave Lu Bu a wake-up call. More than 100,000 Yellow Turbans, excluding the old and weak female dependents, are no less than 60,000 or 70,000 young and strong, of which there are no less than 20,000 elite Yellow Turban soldiers who are comparable to ordinary soldiers. Although they have all unloaded their weapons, it is not very reassuring to have so many newly attached troops in Linzi City, even if there are two battalions of personal guards and divine bows.

"Well, that's your suggestion! Order Han Guang to lead the elite of the headquarters, and follow the army to listen to your dispatch! Lu Bu didn't think about it, so he handed over the command of the 20,000 army to Qin Xu, and the generals in the tent looked envious.

"Besides, bring those people who went to camp first to protect you!" Lu Buluo groaned and instructed, "On the battlefield, the blades and arrows are not long-sighted, and I can't protect you if something happens!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll be on the sidelines to admire the demeanor of the lord and the generals!" Qin Xu looked at the "ill-intentioned" gaze of the generals with a wry smile, knowing that if he didn't say something, he was afraid that he would be "remembered", so he paused and said: "It's actually a bit of a waste to let all these yellow turban young people go to farming, Xu suggested, after this war, you might as well supplement the strength of each battalion with the selected 20,000 yellow turban elites, how about it?" ”

"Huh? That's fine! According to what Master Qin said! Lu Bu looked at the "greedy" gaze of the generals below after hearing Qin Xu's words, smiled and nodded, which can be regarded as letting the generals inherit Qin Xu's favor.

was constrained by Wang Yun everywhere when he was in Chang'an, and it was not easy to maintain an army of 20,000, and then when he arrived in Hanoi, after all, he was a guest army, and it was not easy to recruit soldiers; Now that I have arrived in Qingzhou, I have my own territory, but Linzicheng is a big city and a small people, although there are many displaced people, but the good and the bad are uneven, and the expansion of the army has been delayed again and again. Now that it is easy to have a sufficient source of soldiers, even if Qin Xu doesn't say it, Lu Bu has to find a way to enrich the army with new recruits and replenish fresh blood.

Due to the urgency of time, Lu Bu excitedly carried forward Dayu's style of passing through the door without entering, so that Qin Xu had no choice but to give up the idea of seeing the two daughters in leisure, and went straight to Han Guang's garrison with Lu Yi and the remaining four hundred soldiers who went to the camp first.

Near Lishan in Jinan Province, this was originally the scope of activity of Jiang Jun, the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves nicknamed "The Great General", but at this time it was occupied by a large number of soldiers and horses who did not know their intentions.

Sure enough, it was as Cheng Yu expected. After learning of these things, Cao Jun's soldiers and horses, except for Cao Chun who led people to control the private soldiers of the big clans in the city who wanted to go out of the city, because Cao Cao's prestige in Jinan was still there, the people in the city who knew about it did not resist too much. Fortunately, the ultimate goal of Cheng Yu and the others was to wait for the opportunity to sneak attack Linzi, so they didn't care too much about the hostile behavior of the big clans in the city, as long as they didn't leak the news to Lu Bu, they didn't send troops to embarrass them, but let them escape the catastrophe.

"Mr. Cheng, we have been in Jinan for two days, why is there no news from Linzi? Isn't something wrong? "Cao Chun is young after all, he doesn't want Cao Ren to be as calm, he thought that he would use the Yellow Turban to besiege Linzi and drag the main force of Lu Bu's army, and he and others would rush all the way over, but he didn't expect that it was already the second day, and those Yellow Turban Army that should have appeared in Linzi yesterday or even earlier still had no trace. Even the so-called liaison messenger Wei Kewei Bodao has not heard from him for several days, Cao Chun was impatient, regardless of Cao Ren's obstruction, and asked Cheng Yu with a slight complaint.

"Don't worry, general!" Cheng Yu was actually a little anxious, and he didn't know what went wrong with this seamless plan. Na Wei is too, isn't it really like Cao Ren was worried before, there is more than enough success and more failure? However, in the face of such a question from Cao Chun, who was twenty years younger than him, Cheng Yu was actually unhappy, but because of Cao Chun's surname, he could only hold back his anger and pretend to answer calmly.

"Don't worry! Don't worry! Mr. Zhongde, in addition to saying these useless words, can you make some fish? Cao Chun was young and short-tempered, and he was very favored by Cao Cao, so he didn't have a good impression of these sub-strategists, so he sneered.

"Zihe! How to talk to Mr. Chung Tak! Cheng Yu's face turned green with anger, how could it feel good to be scolded by someone pointing at his nose, plus Cheng Yu was also a fierce temper, and he wanted to have a seizure right away. Fortunately, Cao Ren saw this in time, pulled Cao Chun aside, and scolded him as a brother, which calmed Cheng Yu's heart a little.

"Report!" Just as Cao Ren was trying to ease the relationship between Cheng Yu and Cao Chun, a Cao army probe entered the camp to report.

"But the Yellow Turban Thief has news? Did Linzi go to war? Cao Chun had been waiting impatiently, and before the scout saluted, he was dragged by Cao Chun and asked.

"Report to the two generals and military advisors!" The tanma was startled by Cao Chun's movements, and saw that Cao Chun had no killing intent, but was just in a hurry, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It is reported that tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves appeared in Zhangqiu, less than thirty miles away from me, and arrived in a moment, only signs of a large number of horses marching were found outside Linzi City, and according to the traces of horses' hooves, there were about two thousand to three thousand people!" ”

"That's all?" After Cao Chun listened, his eyes suddenly widened, and he asked, "There is no other news?" ”

"This ...... Not...... Not. "I don't know why Cao Chun is so angry.

"It's just that! Don't be like this with your own soldiers! Cao Ren grabbed Cao Chun's arm and instructed Tanma and Yan Yuese: "Hard work! Go down and rest! ”

"No!"

"Mr. Zhongde, what do you think should be done now? It seems that the Yellow Turban Thief did not attack Linzi City as promised, why does Cao feel as if he came to see me and wait? Cao Ren put down Cao Chun's arm and asked Cheng Yu, who was also confused, "Is it possible that Nawei did not persuade the Yellow Turban Thieves to attack Linzi, but instead surrendered these Yellow Turban Thieves?" ”

"Humph!" Before Cheng Yu could answer, he was glanced at by Cao Chun's non-yin and non-yang eyes, and interjected disdainfully: "I think it looks like that Wei failed this trip and was detained by the yellow scarf, not only told me the intention of waiting for the yellow finch behind, but also was forced to ask about the whereabouts of our wait, this is to start a war against our army!" Zixiao, you don't want to think about it, these are the Yellow Turban thieves who serve the people on weekdays and are bandits in times of chaos, and talking about cooperation with them is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger. I think it's better for me to order all the soldiers and horses and kill him! ”

I have to say that it is often reckless people who are smart, because no matter how clever the tricks that manipulate people's hearts, they are all ineffective in front of such straight-eyed people. Cao Chun's words are indeed infinitely close to the truth, if they really follow Cao Chun's words, relying on the strength of 15,000 Cao troops, maybe they can really capture the hated Qin master book in one fell swoop in the more than 20,000 Yellow Turban troops and 400 Xianden camps.

"Son and you stand down!" Cao Ren saw that after Cheng Yu heard Cao Chun's words of pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, his face was purple, and his chest fell together as if he was holding back his anger, and hurriedly pulled Cao Chun away, and Cheng Yu bowed his hand and apologized: "Mr. Zhongde, don't take it to heart, my disciple is also worried about the lord's affairs, and his temperament is stinky, you must not be like him!" When we return to the northern kingdom of Jibei after we have succeeded, I will take the blame for my husband with my son and Dingran! ”

"General Zixiao is serious!" Cheng Yutie blushed, forcibly endured the anger in his chest, pulled the corners of his mouth and reluctantly made a smile, and said: "What the two generals said just now is actually reasonable, but when it has not been explored clearly, it is better to be safe, it is only twenty miles to the left and right, and the horse can go back and forth in half an hour, it is better to send some people to ask, and the truth can be revealed." ”

"That's it!" Cao Ren nodded helplessly, glanced in the direction of Northeast Zhangqiu, and said angrily: "These yellow turban thieves! Dare not follow the plan! Very bold! Hum! Kill them sooner or later! Someone ...... coming."

Whether it is Cheng Yu or the Cao brothers, it is estimated that even if they want to break their heads, they will not think that at this time, Wei Ke, who has pinned infinite hopes on them, and the yellow scarf, who had the idea of unloading the mill and killing the donkey from the beginning, have already far exceeded their expectations.

Twenty miles, it is said that it is not close, and it is said that it is not far away. When Cheng Yu, Cao Ren, and Cao Chun were waiting for the news of the horse tan, suddenly another horse tanma broke in in a panic, and said breathlessly: "Two generals and military advisors, it's not good, Lu Bu!" Linzi ......"

“TNND！ Say it! What happened to Lu Bu and Linzi? Cao Chun grabbed the neck of the visitor without saying a word, sprinkled all the anger just now on this innocent Tanma, and said angrily to the frightened Tanma, "Look at what, ask you, say it quickly!" ”

"Report, report to the general, my subordinates have found out that Lu Bu led the cavalry and suddenly appeared in the area of Yanchi in Jinan, less than twenty miles away from our army!" Tanma said at a faster pace, not daring to look at Cao Chun's angry gaze.

"What? Didn't you just say that there was no response in the direction of Linzi? How much effort is this, Lu Bu is about to come to the front? Will he not be able to fly? Cao Chun pushed the horse to the ground and yelled angrily.

"How many people are there in Lu Bu?" Cheng Yu, who had been silent, suddenly asked.

"Probably, about two or three thousand!" Tanma lay on the ground and didn't dare to move, and replied.

"Go down! Zihe, you also go down and prepare the soldiers and horses to prevent Lu Bu from kicking the camp! Cao Ren saw Cheng Yu frowning, as if he had some thoughts, and hurriedly ordered Cao Chun and the tanma to go out, and said to Cheng Yu with a smile on his face: "Mr. seems to have some concerns, I don't know what to do?" However, I don't think Lu Bu is targeting us, after all, our whereabouts are top secret, and it is impossible for Lu Bu to be unpredictable, otherwise he would not have attacked us with just such a little bit of military art. According to Cao, those yellow turban thieves were inconsiderate and alarmed Lu Bu. That's why Lu Bu came here. But it also happened to fulfill our intentions, if we waited for us, we would also plan it, and when Lu Bu fought with the Yellow Turban Thieves, we would have wiped them out! ”

"What General Zixiao said is very reasonable! I hope Lu Bu's goal is really not to wait for us! In that way, after we besieged and killed Lu Bu, the dragons in Linzi City would be leaderless, and they would naturally collapse without a fight. Cheng Yu listened to Cao Ren's analysis, and his face gradually softened. Nodding with a smile, he agreed with Cao Ren's opinion, pursed his lips and groaned for a while, and said with a wry smile: "But I don't know why, Yu is always a little uneasy, I hope it is the illusion that victory is in sight!" ”