Comparing the strength of Ma Han and Lu Bu, no matter from that point of view, Ma Han is ten times stronger than Lu Bu, so in the eyes of the world, Lu Bu will be defeated, and there is no suspense.

It is not uncommon to win more with less in history, such as: Han Xin's backwater battle, breaking the Zhao army, Xiang Yu's defeat of 400,000 Qin troops in Julu, Liu Xiu's defeat of Wang Mang in Kunyang and so on.

But among these generals who command the army, which one of them is not a figure who shocks the past and the present, Lu Bu is just a capricious and untrustworthy villain in their eyes, far from being comparable to these characters.

Lü Bu led his troops to raid Tianshui, defeated Xu Rong, captured him, and collected all his troops.

On that day, Xu Rong was beheaded in public, and Cao Xing took the edict and counted Xu Rong's crimes of betraying the Son of Heaven, betraying Dong Zhuo, and fornicating with Ma Han, and directly marked Xu Rong as a traitor.

These Xiliang soldiers are loyal to Dong Zhuo from the bottom of their hearts, but they are unwilling to fight with Ma Han, after all, they are all their own family.

If you want these people to fight Ma Han with all their hearts, you must use both soft and hard measures, so that these people think that Ma Han is a rebel and an evil party, and they are the side that represents justice, so that they will naturally resist Ma Han in their hearts.

This approach is a bit naïve, the effect is not very obvious, Xiliang is located in a remote area, the people are fierce, and they don't understand this kind of loyalty and benevolence in Confucianism, they only know who gives them benefits, and they will listen to whom.

Executing Xu Rong and announcing his crime is to make them understand that there is only one way to die when they are traitors, and you all give me honest orders.

Subsequently, Lu Bu also said some words to encourage morale, and carried Dong Zhuo out, in order to win the hearts of the army, this trick worked much better, most of the Xiliang soldiers listened to Dong Zhuo, and saw that Lu Bu became Dong Zhuo's spokesperson, and they all obeyed Lu Bu's orders.

Lu Bu was not in a hurry to return to Xining, but carried out a major rectification of the Xiliang soldiers in Tianshui, and replaced all important positions with sergeants who were loyal to him, so as to ensure his mastery of this Xiliang army.

Secondly, there is another reason, that is, to wait for Zhang Lu to send someone to send the grain.

The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the war is not only about fighting troops, but also requires a large amount of material supplies and consumption, and the battle with Ma Han cannot end in a few days, this will definitely be a protracted battle.

Xining's grain and grass were only enough for the soldiers to consume for a month, and if this problem could not be solved, it would definitely be a hard wound for Lu Bu's army.

Jia Xu used the property in Yi Wu to make deals with Zhang Lu, and bribed Yang Song and Yang Ren, the important ministers around Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu was very resistant to trading grain and grass with Lu Bu, no matter what time it was, it was an important link to maintain the survival of one party's strength, and every penny was good.

Although he Zhang Lu has been running Hanzhong for many years, and the warehouse is rich in grain and grass, he also understands that Lu Bu is Dong Zhuo's general, and not long ago Xu Rong also attacked Yangping Pass, wanting to enter Hanzhong and occupy his territory.

It's easy to supply Lu Bu with food and grass, but what if Lu Bu defeats Ma Han and turns around and comes to invade him? Isn't this playing with fire**!

Yang Ren and Yang Song immediately admonished Zhang Lu to sell grain to Lü Bu, their reason was that if Lü Bu had no grain and grass, he would definitely not be Ma Han's opponent, then he would inevitably seek a way out, and it was very likely that he would attack Hanzhong.

At that time, the war in Hanzhong will be chaotic, and the biggest loss of interests will be Zhang Lu, who will exchange grain and grass for tranquility, which is cost-effective.

Moreover, you can secretly form an alliance with Lu Bu, so that you don't have to worry about Lu Bu biting back after defeating Ma Han.

Yang Song and Yang Ren also persuaded Zhang Lu to take the opportunity to increase the price and knock Lu Bu hard.

Zhang Lu himself is also a Taoist priest who spreads the Wudou Rice Sect, and he can mix with the position of Taishou in Hanzhong, firstly, with the help of Liu Zhang's father, and secondly, the contacts accumulated by his father and grandfather over the years.

This has little to do with himself, although he is also a hegemon, Zhang Lu is a novice in many ways.

was fooled by Yang Song and Yang Ren casually, and immediately agreed to trade with Lu Bu, but the people's hearts were not enough to swallow the elephant, Yang Song and Yang Ren saw that they had reaped so many benefits from Lu Bu, and they wanted to make a little more.

So, the price of the grain and grass they supplied to Lu Bu was extremely high, and Lu Bu had Yi Wu's belongings, and he didn't care about this little money.

But in order to get more benefits from the next transaction, Yang Song and Yang Ren only agreed to trade with Lu Bu for a month's worth of grain and grass first.

This made Lu Bu angry, and he couldn't wait to arrest Yang Song and Yang Ren immediately and strangle them to death.

The war with Ma Han could not end in a very short time, it would be a war of attrition, a protracted war, and if there was not enough food and grass, it would have a great impact on Lu Bu's entire plan.

But I can't manage so much at the moment, so I can only transport this batch of grain and grass back first, and then discuss countermeasures with Jia Xu.

With a month's worth of grain and grass, Lu Bu, Dian Wei and others returned smoothly, and the elimination of Xu Rong was just a small warm-up before the war for Lu Bu and others, and the real show was still to come.

Back in Xining, Lü Bu had 10,000 Xiliang soldiers stationed outside the city, and he himself brought grain and grass into the city.

"Congratulations on the triumphant return of the lord!" Jia Xu and others rushed to greet them when they heard the news.

Lu Bu ordered people to bring grain and grass into the army, and walked into the mansion with Jia Xu and others to discuss the next war arrangements.

"Zhang Lu only provided us with a month's worth of grain and grass, which is still far from enough for us." Lu Bu directly threw this question to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "Don't worry, the lord still has some grain and grass in our army, plus these that have been transported back, it is enough, if we can't defeat Ma Han within a month, even if there is more grain and grass, it will not be enough." ”

"Well, what do you mean by that?" Lu Bu was deeply surprised by Jia Xu's words.

Jia Xu said: "Ma Han's troops are ten times ours, they have enough food and grass, and they will not withdraw their troops easily, but we are different, there are few soldiers and little food, if the time consumed is too long, the loser will only be us, so we can't confront them for too long, we must divide the victory and defeat with them within a month!" ”

"In this case, does the military advisor have any ideas again?" Lu Bu said happily.

"Lord, how can I have so many ideas! Now what we have to do is to improvise, and when we confront Ma Han, look for their flaws and defeat them in one fell swoop. Jia Xu took the feather fan and fanned it vigorously.

"Now we can only wait until Ma Han kills me, well, no, why wait for them to kill, we can kill it! Give them a raid! ”

Lu Bu suddenly said with his eyes lit up.

He suddenly thought that in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao led an army of 200,000 to approach Eastern Wu, shocking the entire territory of Eastern Wu, Sun Quan personally led troops to meet the battle, in order to hit the morale of Cao Cao's army, Gan Ning led a hundred cavalry to rob the camp, and scared Cao Cao's army half to death.

I, Lu Bu is dozens of times more powerful than Gan Ning, and I have the evil Dian Wei to help on the side, and the combat power of the wolf rider is so strong.

Such cavalry is stronger than the hundred cavalry led by Gan Ning, and besides, Ma Han and Cao Cao are not of the same level at all.

"The lord meant to raid Mahan······· All right! The lord deserves to be the lord, and you have come up with such a bold battle strategy! Jia Xu thought about Lu Bu's words carefully, and immediately applauded.

"Count me in, raid Mahan, that sounds so exciting!" Dian Wei's "whooping" roar, extremely excited.

Judging from the current situation, Lu Bu's army is in a defensive state, and Ma Han's army is on the offensive, Ma Han just wants to break his head, and he would not have thought that Lu Bu would dare to attack them so boldly.

"My lord, please allow Lingming to say a word." When Pound heard Lu Bu's plan, he immediately got up and spoke.

"Ling Ming just said it, it doesn't hurt." When Lu Bu saw that Pang De was about to express his opinion, he was a little surprised and a little curious.

Pound said with a straight face: "Ma... The army under the command of Ma and Han is not a rabble, the combat effectiveness of their army is not worse than our army, and the defense work is very good, if you want to succeed in an easy raid like Xu Rong, it is very difficult, and please don't risk your life. ”

Lu Bu smiled faintly, Cao Cao was such a cunning person, he was scared half to death by Gan Ning and his hundred horsemen, could it be that Ma Han was more cunning than Cao Cao? Am I not better than Gan Ning?

"Since ancient times, in the case of a huge disparity in strength, only surprise soldiers have a chance to win, if they are sent to the door at the right time, they will only be defeated!" Jia Xu laughed.

"Ma Han, like Xu Rong, would never have imagined that I would raid them, and they would not believe that I would dare to raid them, and this is where my chances of winning this raid lie.

Now there is a huge difference in strength between me and Ma Han, so we must suppress their morale before the big war! ”

Lu Bu said in a deep voice.

Hou Cheng, Song Xian and the others already had opinions about Pang De, the general, and when they saw him come out to oppose Lu Bu's raid plan, they immediately said: "Ling Ming, are you not confident in our eldest brother, or are you afraid of Ma Han!" ”

When Pound heard this, his face turned red and he stopped talking.

Jia Xu made a round, "Don't argue, what Ling Ming said is also for the overall situation, uh, who will the lord take with him this raid?" ”

Lu Bu was stunned, who to take? Isn't this clear! Naturally, the old partner appeared, and he and Dian Wei, Bajian will bring a few more.

Seeing Jia Xu glance at Pang De thoughtfully, Lu Bu immediately understood.

Although Ma Han is not as good as Cao Cao, the defense of the big camp will never be too bad, and if you have an understanding of the strength and strength of the Ma Han big camp, the chances of winning the raid will be greatly increased.

Pang De is Ma Teng's confidant and favorite general, and he must know Ma Han's camp well, if he is brought along, the success rate of the raid is definitely ninety percent.

However, although Pang De surrendered to Lu Bu, he still admired Ma Teng in his heart, after all, Ma Teng was kind to him, and asked him to betray Ma Teng and lead Lu Bu and others to raid Ma Han's camp, even if he killed him, he might not do it.

Lu Bu coughed dryly, "Ling Ming, are you willing to go for this raid?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Pound, and they were also very curious about whether Pound would take his new master to attack the old master Ma Teng.

Pound De heard Lu Bu ask him if he was willing to attack Ma Han, he was stunned on the spot, this question, he has been thinking, if he and Ma Teng meet on the battlefield, how should he face Ma Teng, he can have today, it was all cultivated and promoted by Ma Teng, Ma Teng's kindness to him is too great!