At the end of September of the third year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, the year has entered autumn, and after the weather in the north has become cooler, it is developing towards a cold trend.

In such days, there is an endless stream of people who are busy making a living outside, especially in this troubled world, there are more things to consider, if only one person has enough food and clothing for the whole family is not hungry, it is not worrying, but most people have families, and it is difficult to ensure that all the family is available labor, so only adult men who are the pillars of the family can go out to work.

Fortunately, although the world is not peaceful now, and it is not uncommon for princes to fight, everyone is still restrained, and there are very few cases of recruiting new soldiers for the sake of blindly expanding the army, which has caused public resentment to boil, so for the time being, there is no need to produce the kind of adult able-bodied men who hide all kinds of things in order to escape military service.

This has something to do with the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and after Lu Bu became the lord of Luoyang and worshiped as the Tai Lieutenant, the majesty of the Son of Heaven has been greatly improved compared to Dong Zhuo's period, after all, what happened to the little emperor secretly is not very clear even to the abbot and a few concubines, I just think that Lu Bu has won his trust and reuse, and everything is handed over to him, even Fu Wan and Dong Cheng, the two abbots who have been very respected before, sometimes think of it and can't help but feel all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, so it becomes that Lu Bu is acting in respect of the holy order, It is not a puppet who was manipulated and controlled by others during the Dong Zhuo period.

Another reason is that at present, the princes of all the worlds are extraordinary, even if they are not good at governing places, it is enough for them to know how to make good use of people as lords, so that in addition to the differences between good and bad production and economic prosperity in all parts of the world, prefectures, counties and counties. Most of them are relatively calm, and there are not many places like Qingzhou, where almost most of them belong to thieves.

However, during this period of time, those pedestrians who passed by on the road from Luoyang to Jizhou were either for livelihood, or for business, or for other things that they didn't know what to do, and their faces were all the same solemn.

Even if you are a fool, you can feel the oppression of the atmosphere at this time, even if most of the distance of a mile is relaxed and leisurely, but as long as even for a moment, those heavily armed and well-faced army soldiers swept around you, and the body felt stiff for a moment, it was good, and for a long time afterward, it was like walking like a walking corpse. The head feels blank more. The breathing is also short, rough and heavy, which is a huge stress that comes with being forced.

Speaking of surviving in this troubled era, even those small people who are fighting have their own set of survival philosophies. The most important thing is to be able to get used to it. Don't say that the gall is fat or not. But adaptability must be strong, but even so, it can't withstand wave after wave of continuous impact. It was okay at first, but slowly I began to wonder if something big had happened, and it was strange that my mind was still at peace.

In these years, although everyone is not unfamiliar with perennial wars, people's attitudes are often like this, at first it is war-weary, and then it slowly becomes numb, and finally it becomes angry, because war-weariness is accumulated to the peak, at this time it is like a powder keg, just a little bit of everything, and everyone can see the final result.

This situation is even worse in the area from Luoyang to Jizhou, not to mention anything else, the Yellow Turban Rebellion started from Jizhou, swept most of the states and counties in the world, and was almost affected by the Luoyang City at the foot of the Son of Heaven, if it weren't for Ma Yuanyi, Tang Zhou, these Yellow Turban people exposed their feet, not to mention how terrible the Yellow Turban Rebellion would be if it was well prepared and not hastily started in the future, just in this capital, although the rabble could not set off a big wave after all, but in the face of a prepared enemy, a vicious battle was inevitable.

And the so-called quelling of the Yellow Turban Rebellion is not so simple, Baibo, Montenegro and other Yellow Turban remnants of all kinds of scars are on your side, whether it is this thief and bandit, or when the time comes, the officers and soldiers, the imperial army to suppress the thief, of course, the most affected are the surrounding people, and even many times for them, "soldiers are like bandits, better than bandits".

Not to mention the two alliance of princes' armies, it was Dong Zhuo, the so-called national thief, but in fact, on the way when their troops gathered, everyone knew what was going on, like Lu Bu and Cao Cao, there were still a few under the command of strict laws after all, and many small princes did not have any scruples at all in this process, only took care of their own selfishness, and did their best to plunder along the way, anyway, Dong Zhuo was there to carry the black pot.

In this case, the resentment in the hearts of the people in this area has already accumulated to a certain extent, and they are really just waiting for an opportunity to detonate.

Fortunately, some changes that occurred before this have alleviated these phenomena, that is, naturally after the previous 100,000 Xiliang iron cavalry to the dynasty really won the trust and support of Liu Xie to expel the princes of all parties, Lu Bu in Luoyang "rule" can be regarded as a few months of Taoguang obscurity, during this period in the area from Luoyang to Jizhou, although because of the relationship between Lu Bu and Yuan Shao, there is no communication, but it can be regarded as peaceful, and it is also one of the few in recent years to maintain a relatively long period of peace and stability.

Of course, the appearance of these passers-by is a bit like a frightened bird, obviously the peace of the previous months could not completely reassure them, and the frequent movements of the army during this time have made everyone's hearts even more apprehensive, and some people's hearts can't help but rise

"I have long known that it is impossible to be calm all the time, and it is so", but unfortunately in addition, they can't do anything, in the face of the tide of troubled times, the only thing they can do is to passively welcome all the arrivals, and they don't even know how to make some preparations.

However, among the uneasy passers-by, there was a father and son, who were unusually conspicuous in their hurry, and the reason why they were conspicuous was because although the father's face was also uneasy and worried, it was obviously different from the people around him, and when the troops passed by him just now, the others were all panicked, but he was able to be calm and unaffected, but fortunately, the people around him did not notice them; At the same time, his eyes were full of worry, and he looked at his son beside him from time to time. Obviously, the source of worry is different from others, not for the sake of livelihood or the safety of his own life, but for his son.

Compared to the father's burly physique, this son looks thin, and if it weren't for the fact that the two are seven or eight points similar in appearance, it is hard to believe that this is a father and son.

And the son's figure is like this, but it is not because of age, this is a real yellow face and thin muscles, but it is not like a poor guide zhì starvation, not to mention that his father's body is unlikely to starve him. Looking at him, the color of love flashed in his eyes. It couldn't be abused, and a sickly flush gushed out from time to time on the yellow, thin and slightly pale face at the moment, so it could be concluded that this was a strict patient.

Not only is his face ugly and emaciated, but his son's mobility is also not good at this time. Often, a few steps may require a little respite. But the father didn't hold him or carry him behind his back to help him relieve some of the pressure. He was allowed to walk like this, but his steps were also very slow, obviously waiting for him deliberately.

It's not fun to watch, of course. Or what is not to be seen for his son, the reason why this father does this is because he wants to exercise his son's own ability to bear, in fact, this child is indeed suffering from incurable diseases, at this time this son's illness is not considered to be the time of the attack, once the attack starts, the head is painful, the pain at that time is difficult to bear, the father has no other way to help him relieve the pain, can only think of such a stupid way, thinking that when he is tormented by all kinds of pain all the time, even if he is really sick, At least it won't be so uncomfortable all of a sudden.

This father was originally a person with some status, but since his son suffered from this strange disease, all his thoughts were only on treating his son, and he took his son directly from his hometown to travel all over the world to find a famous doctor but could not get it, this is not to say that he can't find a famous doctor, but it's useless to find it, even if some of the so-called famous doctors can diagnose what kind of disease they have, but they can't do anything, they only know that they are terminally ill and incurable, but as a father, of course, they refuse to give up any hope and possibility. This is the bloodline of several generations in his family, and the feelings are deep, where can he give up so easily.

The reason why he is now running in the direction of Luoyang is naturally to seek medical treatment, which is after hearing that the folk legend of the divine doctor Hua Tuo is now a medical officer in the imperial court, he specially came to seek medical treatment.

At this time, the father was also exhausted, and came from Nanyang, and there was not much silver on his body at this time, so the father and son spent the night directly on the sky and the earth all the way, and they came to rush during the day, eating some dry food when they were hungry, and getting water anywhere when they were thirsty, and now they are finally very close to Luoyang.

At this time, his father's eyes were also full of hope, although this situation had happened many times before, it must be known that he had traveled all over the land of Jingzhou, and had also deliberately been to Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places, and had heard and visited many people with the title of famous doctors before Hua Tuo, it cannot be said that they were in vain, but every time they made the father and son full of hope and finally disappointed but it was certain, and the father's hope was not the first time, but every time it could only turn into disappointment.

Looking at his son, who had sunken eye sockets and was haggard, his father was full of self-blame, he was actually not as confident as he was in the face of seeking medical treatment this time, but of course he couldn't do this in front of his son, on the contrary, he had to smile and say to his son: "Xu'er, do you know the origin of this divine doctor Hua Tuo?" ”

The son shook his head, and the father continued to explain with a smile: "I heard that my father heard that this was specially invited by Taiwei Lu, didn't Xu'er always say that he worshiped the tiger prison god of war, this time I think Xu'er has to fall on him if he wants to recover." ”

I don't know much about Lu Bu's father, but judging from what he saw and heard along the way, this Lu Bu's reputation seems to be good, and his son Huang Xu has already regarded Lu Bu as an idol and target in his heart after hearing about some of Lu Bu's deeds, so he will say this.

Then he looked at a group of military horses that had just left not far away and frowned: "The army has been coming and going frequently these days, I'm afraid there is another war on the Hebei side?" ”

"I heard that Wen Hou is also there?"

Father nodded, "Yes, Xu'er has to get better quickly, so that he can also go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and when the time comes, let Taiwei Lu know the little general who knows my Huang family." ”

Huang Xu pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled hard, but his body seemed to have regained some strength. The reply also became positive, and said: "Father, how long will it take to arrive, what about Luoyang City?" ”

looked at his son who was almost tripped by himself, but his face was full of excitement when he said this, his father frowned, quickly withdrew the two hands that were almost stretched out, and then said: "It's fast, it's fast, Xu'er rest assured, my father will definitely let Nahua Divine Doctor cure you, and I will have to take you to visit Na Lu Taiwei when the time comes." Let him teach you how to draw a halberd. ”

I sighed in my heart. He also said firmly: "It will be!" ”

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Regarding the impact of the repeated deployment of troops, Lu Bu did not fail to take into account that the common people are very sensitive today, and there are some troop movements. Maybe something big happened in their hearts. But it won't have any fundamental implications. Lu Bu didn't need to take any responsibility for this, he just needed to achieve his goal first.

Lu Bu has also investigated clearly, and the three sons left by Yuan Shao at this time and the approximate distribution of their forces. First of all, we have to trace back to the distribution of various forces in Jizhou at this time.

First of all, it is natural that Lu Bu can control the area now, including Zhongshan Kingdom, Julu County and this Wei County, which is equivalent to a whole line in the middle of Jizhou; The rest of the part, except for Bohai County, where Yuan Shao had previously withdrawn troops from all over the country to prepare to resist the joint attack of the armies on both sides of Lü Bu and Cao Cao, and the lack of major generals made the Qingzhou Yellow Turban take advantage of the situation and seize most of the county seat, the rest of the place was still occupied by Yuan Shao's residual strength.

For example, after Wei County was defeated by Cao Cao, he heard that Yuan Shao was dead and fell apart, and he kept the remnants of his troops and retreated directly to Anping Country to settle down, but Yuan Yao, the second son of Yuan, came late and only entered Qinghe Country, and because of the lack of troops under him, the northern rivers did not have time to pay attention.

The relationship between Yuan Yao and Gao Gan is not bad, and Gao Gan actually adheres to a neutral attitude among Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, so he is closer to Yuan Yao, who had no desires and no desires before.

However, whether it is the defeat of the remnants of the high-ranking cadres or the lack of major generals of Yuan Yao, it can only show that the two are really not a threat to Lu Bu, and it is even difficult to cause any trouble, so although he said that he planned to divide the troops into two ways, he must have a focus, and he could only personally lead the troops all the way, so he naturally chose the northwest side, that is, the side where Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang ran together.

On this side, there are only the two counties of Zhao and Changshan, and the eldest son of Yuan, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, the third son of Yuan, are also really interesting, after leading the troops here together, when they were ready to part ways, they had a dispute because of the uneven number of people and horses, and they were almost about to fight, so it was really a big joke, although in the end the two stopped under the persuasion of Jiang Qi and others, but they did not make peace, and the contradictions between the brothers were also put on the table publicly. After that, it was ironic to come up with something to merge the two counties and only separate the east and west parts, and the two of them occupied the building yì out, and this construction yì was actually passed through guò and implemented.

In a short period of time, the two of them basically made various defense arrangements after the army was stationed, and then they only waited for the specific personnel arrangements to be appointed.

If you really want to talk about ability, these two must be not lacking, not to mention that they were born in the family of the fourth and third princes, and their father is a great man like Yuan Shao, they can become the two candidates who were publicly recommended by Yuan Shao's subordinates, which can already explain some problems.

It's a pity that many times in this world is not the ability to determine a qiē, just like those people who can really mix in the modern cities of later generations may not be people with high IQ, but they must be people with high emotional intelligence, with ability, they also need to have the vision and self-knowledge to match, obviously these Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang do not have, both of them are typical high-minded, ambitious and talented, but they are both very ambitious, and it is not unusual to make some trouble.

As for why the two counties are divided into east and west, this is also very understandable, after all, Zhao State borders Wei County, and here is a place to face Lu Bu, even if it is a straw bag, it is impossible to put Lu Bu in his eyes, and I don't know what will happen to Lu Bu next, anyway, neither of them wants to break into the front line to defend themselves, and only let the other party get benefits, just as Lu Bu thought, they have no idea of losing their lips and teeth at all, let alone cooperating, and now that Yuan Shao is dead, they are all in a state of flying birds, I just want to save myself. How can it be so much to worry about, anyway, there is danger and everyone shares it together, and there is no benefit and refuses to give it up, of course, only in this way can it be handled most fairly and properly, although it is very unreasonable.

When Lu Bu knew these at the time, he could only shake his head and sigh, there are many things in this world that Lao Tzu heroes and heroes are good at, and dragons may not be dragons, but they may also be worms, in fact, to put it bluntly, heredity is only a part. The key is also to educate the day after tomorrow. Obviously, Yuan Shao's sons are not good enough in both aspects, and Yuan Shao's advantages and abilities have not been learned much, but Yuan Shao's shortcomings of being happy and making more decisions have been exhausted, and they have "carried forward".

But Lu Bu won't because he is facing two strange things. Be merciful to them. This time, he deliberately pulled out the 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry that he had originally obtained from Li Yu and the four of them under the banner of respecting the Son of Heaven. It is in order to achieve an overwhelming superiority in numbers, directly crush the past with a strong force, so that the war has no suspense from the beginning.

Of course, this matter also requires a decree from the little emperor on the surface. In particular, this is to block the mouths of some people, after all, these 100,000 people are now directly under the control of the young son of heaven, at least on the surface, according to the procedure, just to avoid arousing the suspicion and criticism of others, and bringing some unnecessary trouble, especially like Cao Cao, who must wish that there would be some chaos on Lu Bu's side, and he would mind fanning the flames, anyway, Lu Bu only needs to move his mouth to these things, and the one who is uncomfortable is also the one in the palace.

Because of Cao Ren's matter, Cao Cao may still hate himself now - Cao Ren himself has no problems, he took good care of it, and he was sent back in good condition, but the price paid for this is not small, it can be regarded as being knocked by Lu Bu hard, it is estimated that Cao Cao will have to tighten his belt to live if there is no new supply for a period of time, it is conceivable that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army who will face Cao Cao to meet Cao Cao's anger will definitely be uncomfortable, and it will be on behalf of Lu Bu.

The 100,000 Xiliang army is no longer the original, and the officers and soldiers of the whole army have not been reborn, they are already strong enough, and it is impossible for Lu Bu to let go of training them before they are completely sure of their loyalty, but they have already been planted by Lu Bu all over his own people, and now even if Li Yu and others are resurrected, they will not have the slightest influence on this army.

In fact, after "sending" to the little emperor, he naturally wanted to insert his own people into it, and he did so, but unfortunately the effect was not very good, which is of course, Lu Bu simply can't let that situation happen, once a strange person is found to be inserted, Lu Bu's people will definitely investigate the way first, as long as they feel a little abnormal, the next thing is that all kinds of means come in turn, what kind of exclusion and framing are pediatrics, anyway, they have no place to go, and they leave by themselves, This result naturally made Liu Xie very dissatisfied, but unfortunately he couldn't wait for him to do anything more, he had already been completely controlled by Lu Bu, and needless to say, Lu Bu had already completely taken over the 100,000 military horses in secret, but it was a little troublesome when he led the troops to the battle, and he still needed the holy order to cover up.

However, after leaving Luoyang, there are not so many scruples, Lu Bu has absolute control over the 100,000 army, as long as he gives an order, but because of some concerns, Lu Bu did not plan to rely on them this time, in fact, to put it bluntly, this time they were pulled out just to let them experience the actual battle, although this is not to be a hundred battles, but after all, after many adjustments, and a large number of people planted by Lu Bu, the usual drill training is nothing, and such a frontal battlefield, In order to really play the role of sharpening and running-in.

As for the real main force, it is still the men and horses he transferred before, with zero and zero deductions, plus some more prisoners, rearrange it, except for those who need to be stationed in various places, this time it is still 60,000 people who can be used for the battle.

10,000 of them went to the northeast under the leadership of Zhao Yun to deal with Yuan Yao and Gao Gan, of course, the number of people must be too small, so there are still 30,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry to sweep the formation, Lu Bu is not sure whether Zhao Yun's 10,000 people can cope with it, after all, Zhao Yun's ability to lead troops at this time has not really been shown, and every one is unknown, and those 30,000 people will definitely be invested when necessary, anyway, there is Liangle to help him take care of it; As for the remaining 50,000, it is naturally led by Lu Bu, and there are 70,000 Xiliang soldiers to make a show for it, which is more than enough to deal with the two juniors Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.

At this time, the two Yuan people together, but there are more than 100,000 people, but unfortunately one can not work together, and the second is that the morale of the great injury after Yuan Shao's death has not been able to make up, Yuan Tan and the two only know how to fight for power and profit all day long, and where will they pay attention to this, if they just occupy the land, it will naturally be fine, but when Lu Bu's army arrives, the resistance will be weak, as long as they lose a few more battles, I am afraid that they will soon lose their fighting spirit, and I am afraid that even the two Yuan themselves will have to start thinking about how to find a way back.

After arranging a qiē, Lu Bu was not in a hurry to send troops, this time he wanted a war of speed, so logistics such as military rations should not be considered for the time being, but military intelligence must not be ignored.

Perhaps many soldiers and even the generals themselves felt that it was no big deal to ask for the other party's enemy next at this time, but Lu Bu, the dragon head, could not show this idea on the surface, which was not only to let his troops not relax their vigilance, but also to remind themselves of it.

There have always been too many variables in war, and knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, so Lu Bu has always attached great importance to military intelligence at the same height as logistics, even if it is like now, it is the same as the inevitable victory, otherwise who knows what will happen after a slack off, after all, he can keep his head clear, and the people below can't do it, and now most of them still have to set an example for them: the commanders of the first army are so cautious, what qualifications do they have to relax in advance?

Of course, many things have been found out before, and it is more certain to explore them now, and at the same time, just in case, Lu Bu has already informed Chen Gong and Cangci about them, this is to avoid the rout of Eryuan when the time comes.

When everything was arranged here, and the military situation there came again, and everything was confirmed, Lu Bu first sent Zhao Yun's party to the northeast with wine, and then left Chen Li to supervise the affairs of Yecheng, and he also led the army to leave Wei County and march to the northwest.

He did not hide his combat intentions this time, and truly achieved the fairness, a group of 120,000 people, that is, the banner was unfurled, spears and spears were adjacent, and on the plain ground of Jizhou, where Lu Bu's army passed, often even the tenacious weeds on the ground had to be bent over for several hours before they could fully recover, and even some were simply trampled by the flying horses' hooves and swept out, weeds and dirt flew everywhere, and the army seemed to be rampant.

In just one day and night, the army had already left Wei County and entered Zhao State, and at this time, Eryuan's side had already become a pot of porridge. (To be continued......)