In the spring of 194, a war that had been brewing for half a year finally began. Ma Chao sat in Wuchao to command the overall situation, and when he saw that the north had been pacified, he had the heart to fight a quick battle with Yuan Shao. To this end, after careful consultation with Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Fu Zhu and other strategists, he made the latest strategic deployment for the current situation.

First of all, Zhang He, who was sitting in Qingzhou, led 50,000 troops to attack Yanzhou, and the troops approached the rear of Cao **. In this way, the pressure on Lu Bu can be relieved, once Lu Bu gets out, it will naturally be Lu Yi and Cao ** who are unlucky, and in addition, it can also prevent Cao ** from desperately attacking Xu Huang and Wen Ping in Xuzhou with Yan Liang and Sun Ce.

Secondly, Xu Huang and Wen Ping were ordered to temporarily take the defensive, mobilizing the people of Xuzhou to resist Yan Liang and Sun Ce's hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops. There is no need to stretch the battle line so long now, Ma Chao personally sits in Wuchao, Pang De is approaching the ancient city, as long as the two armies can break through the hinterland of Yuan Jun ** into Yu and Yang, Yuan Shao will definitely wave his army to rescue. In this way, Yuan Shao's forces could be concentrated together for a decisive battle, so as not to delay for too long and waste money and money.

In the end, Ma Chao personally led the elite forces to invade Yanzhou, completely purge the large and small warlords in Yanzhou, and include the land-rich Yanzhou into his territory.

After making up his mind, Ma Chao handed over the task of guarding Jizhou to the veteran generals Huang Zhong and Fu Hu, and he led 80,000 troops to Yanzhou with Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Cao surname, Zhao Fu, Cheng Jian and others! At the same time, he sent an order to Pang De in Jingzhou, asking him to try to capture the ancient city, trap the troops in Runan, and force Yuan Shao to return to the army to save himself.

Half of the 80,000 troops were Zhao Yun's cavalry, including Gao Shun's heavy infantry such as the trap camp. For several months, Gao Shun has been stationed at Bishui Pass, and can send troops to attack Chenliu at any time. Chen Liu's Daliang City still has Chen Liu's Taishou Zhang Miao and Han Meng, the general under Liyi, confronting each other, as long as he echoes Zhang Miao, it is not difficult to take Chen Liu.

Everything was ready, just when Ma Chao was about to cross the river and send troops, suddenly a personal soldier came to report, Lu Bu came to ask for a meeting, and there was an urgent military situation.

Ma Chao frowned, and immediately ordered someone to bring him in, and after careful questioning, it was Cao ** and Lu Yi who couldn't help but make a move, and the two armies totaled 100,000 people to attack Dongjun.

Lu Bu led his generals to resist Ben could not be easily broken, but Cao ** saw that Ma Chao used Xiangyang artillery to attack the city and was unfavorable, and he also started the idea of a stone thrower. After months of preparation, Cao ** finally paid off his hard work under the gathering of all the skilled craftsmen in the army, and although the stone thrower developed was far less sharp than the Xiangyang cannon, the principle was the same. Similarly, heavy objects were used instead of manpower, and the siege efficiency was greatly increased, causing a lot of casualties to Lu Bu in less than two days.

Lu Bu was afraid that he would not be able to resist, so he hurriedly sent a pair of men and horses to sneak out of Dongjun at night to ask Ma Chao for help, and sent a handwritten letter, which said: If Ma Chao does not send troops to destroy Cao, he will join Yuan Shao's camp, and it is inevitable that the soldiers will fight each other in the future, and the meaning of the threat is self-evident.

Ma Chao has always eaten soft rather than hard, and after reading the letter, he couldn't help but be furious, got up and shouted: "Okay, you are a slave with three surnames, if you weren't promoted, you would have been able to have what you are saying today?" You don't want to repay the favor, it's just that you repeat it, you dare to threaten the general, it's hateful! After that, he handed over Lu Bu's handwritten book to Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others to circulate.

After everyone saw it, they were all indignant, and Guo Jia persuaded him: "The lord is angry!" There are one or two best of the best in the following to ensure that the lord has a bad anger in his chest! ”

Ma Chao said: "What is the trick of Fengxiao? Let's hear about it! ”

Guo Jia said: "Lu Bunai is brave and unscrupulous, capricious, forgetful of profit, at most only a horse!" Why be afraid? Such a character is really difficult to use, even so, it is better to let Yuan Shao and Cao ** destroy Lu Bu's living force! ”

Ma Chao sighed: "I don't want to do it, but Lu Bu also has Chen Gong, Zhang Yang and other resourceful people around him. Seeing that the Yuan Cao coalition army cannot resist, it will definitely open the city and surrender! In this way, won't we have another strong enemy? ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "The lord only needs to make an article in it, it is easy to cut off Lu Bu's wings, if he takes refuge in Yuan Shao alone, why is the lord afraid of a martial artist?" At that time, with the courage of the lord, as well as General Huang and General Zhao, they can all defeat Lu Bu, and they will definitely be able to capture him in one battle! ”

Ma Chao nodded, if Lu Bu had no soldiers under his command, even if he took refuge in Yuan Shao, he could only act as a thug, so it would be difficult to affect the overall situation, and he said at the moment: "Feng Xian and talk carefully!" ”

Guo Jia said: "This matter is easy to do, the lord can verbally promise the envoy to send troops to rescue, and in actual action, he only needs to send a pair of cavalry deep into the hinterland of Yanzhou to disturb the enemy, so that Lu Bu will definitely fight with Yuan Cao's allied forces with all his might, and will never surrender with dignity until the last moment!" There are three advantages of this plan, one of which is to use Lu Bu's hand to weaken the forces of Cao ** and Yuan Shao, on the contrary, the same can be used to cut off Lu Bu's wings by using Yuan Cao's coalition army, and the lord only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight! In addition, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao and confronted Yuan Jun, Zhang Miao had a big enmity with Yuan Shao, and had betrayed Cao ** to welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou! Once Lu Bu takes refuge in Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao will definitely take the initiative to ask for refuge in the lord, so that he can reap the benefits of the fisherman! ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed when he heard this, and laughed: "This plan is wonderful!" Fengxian really has Wang Zuozhi's talent! However, this plan still has something to be improved, this general not only has to get rid of Lu Bu, but also has to earn Cao **, Suo surnamed sent troops to contain the main force of Lu Yi, give Lu Bu and Cao ** a fair chance to fight a decisive battle, borrow Cao **'s hand to kill Lu Bu, and then order Zhang He to send troops to destroy Cao **, who was greatly injured! ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Cao ** and Lu Bu have a hatred for taking their wives, and the two of them are natural enemies!" If the lord can hold back Koji Yi and Wen Chou, the two will fight to the end at any cost. Two tigers must be injured when they fight, this plan is feasible! ”

Ma Chao discussed some details with Guo Jia again, and finally met with the envoy again. Verbally, he said that he would immediately send troops to Yanzhou to attack Liyi and Wenchou, and at the same time, Zhang He of Qingzhou would also wave his army to approach Yanzhou, and promised that as long as Lu Bu could destroy Cao **, the post of Yanzhou pastor would still belong to Lu Bu in the future! And a handwritten letter is attached.

When the envoy went happily, Ma Chao hurriedly sent a meteor horse to Xuzhou to convey the order, asking Zhang He to train troops and horses on standby for the time being, and he reorganized the army and prepared to cross the river to meet the 200,000 army of Liyi.

For this reason, Ma Chao changed his plan to attack Chen Liu, concentrated his elite forces on Baima, and ordered Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian to build a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River while Lu Yi and Wen Chou were attacking Dongjun. Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian were originally local generals in Jizhou, and they had been active in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River for many years, with hundreds of large and small warships in their hands, and it was too easy to build a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River.

Three days later, Ma Chao left Huang Zhong to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Wuchao, and ordered Gao Shun and Cao surnamed to send troops from Bishui Pass to Chen Liudaliang, and he personally led 60,000 troops to cross the river from Baima to Yanzhou Jiyin.

Jiyin guard general Li Feng was originally Lu Bu's general, but he surrendered the city because he couldn't stop Chun Yuqiong's attack, so that Lu Bu killed Li Feng's entire family in a fit of rage. In this way, Chun Yuqiong and Lu Yi believed in Li Feng even more, and still let him garrison Jiyin, while leaving the brothers Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang to assist Li Feng.

The three of them naturally knew the movements of the Ma Super Army, but they only had 20,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, which was not enough to resist, so the three of them had already spread the news outside the East County City. Lu Yi didn't want to give up the Dongjun that was about to be breached, so he immediately divided 50,000 troops to Wen Chou and asked him to rush to Jiyin to temporarily drag Ma Chao. (To be continued.) )