Chapter 106: Devouring Wolves
Sure enough, when Lu Bu heard Chen Gong's words, his face naturally showed joy. Lu Bu also fought all his life, and in his life, only the battle of Tiger Prison made him famous in the world.
"What the public station said is not bad, just a Cao Cao, Bu naturally didn't take it to heart." Lu Bu heard Chen Gong's praise, and immediately said arrogantly.
At this time, Chen Gong smiled and nodded, this was what he needed. If the commanders of the three armies are not confident, then there is no need to fight this war, and the momentum is particularly important, and the commanders are afraid of Cao's army, so how can they ask the soldiers to show 100% strength to fight.
"There is one more thing, since Liu Bei wants to do things for Cao Cao, then I will take Liu Bei first. So the tone Liu Bei came to attack, I might as well take the initiative to attack and hit Liu Bei by surprise. Chen Gong said with a gloomy face.
In Chen Gong's opinion, Liu Bei's threat is no less than Cao Cao's, Liu Bei's person seems to be nothing, and his behavior makes Lu Bu look very pedantic, but in Chen Gong's opinion, Liu Bei's behavior is very able to buy people's hearts.
Although the human heart is something that cannot be seen or touched, it often has a great impact. The people are very simple, and whoever is good to him, he will help. And Liu Bei is known for his benevolence and righteousness, so the people like to be close to him. Although Liu Bei is condescended to Xiao Pei in this matter, if he is really given a piece of territory, then his achievements are also limitless.
Take Xuzhou as an example, although Cao Cao's crusade against Xuzhou was not bloody and the people were not happy, it was not much better. However, not long after Liu Beicao took over Xuzhou, he quickly settled down the entire Xuzhou, which is precisely because of Liu Bei's aspirations, so Liu Bei is quite famous in Xuzhou. And in the hearts of the people, only Liu Bei can govern Xuzhou.
So if Liu Bei really led his troops to attack Xuzhou, it was inevitable that the people of Xuzhou would do something. Although the city of Xuzhou is sharp, if Lu Bu provokes a civil uprising, then the matter will be out of control. Therefore, instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative to attack, so that Liu Bei can be eliminated in the bud.
"This matter can be arranged by the public platform. A little Liu Bei, Bu doesn't take it in his eyes yet. "When it comes to Liu Bei, Lu Bu's momentum is naturally different. After all, Lu Bu had defeated Liu Bei miserably, so he despised Liu Bei very much.
"The lord can't be underestimated, although Liu Bei's strength is meager, but he is victorious in the hearts of the people, if the time comes to provoke a popular uprising, then the matter will be big." Chen Gong said in a deep voice.
Lu Bu thought for a moment, and then nodded in agreement. Chen Gong's words were not bad at all. Although Liu Bei has no strength, and he still has some women's benevolence, Lu Bu still knows a lot about Liu Bei's name of benevolence and righteousness. It was because Liu Bei won the hearts of the people that he obeyed Chen Gong's orders and expelled Liu Bei's three brothers. Now that Liu Bei's three brothers have come to crusade against him, there is really a possibility that a civil uprising will break out.
Since this is the case, Nabu obeyed the construction of the public platform. Sent troops to attack Liu Bei. Lu Bu said. Spread the order and ordered 20,000 troops. Crusade against Liu Bei. ”
"No." Chen Gong received the order, and then went down to prepare. Soon, the whole of Xuzhou fell into tension.
For a time, because of a secret letter, the entire Xuzhou fell into chaos. And several princes adjacent to Xuzhou also kept spying on Xuzhou. They want to know what happened in Xuzhou.
"Lord, the big thing is not good, Lu Bu sent 20,000 troops, and he is coming to Xiaopei." Xiao Pei guards the council chamber. Sun Qian hurriedly ran in and came to Liu Bei, Sun Gan hurriedly spoke.
"What?" Hearing Sun Gan's words, Liu Bei was immediately taken aback. If you go to crusade against Lu Bu yourself, then you will have the initiative. Advance can be attacked, retreated, and defended, so that you can keep yourself invincible. And if Lu Bu comes to attack, he can only passively defend the city, after all, it is very difficult to have a piece of territory.
No matter how small Xiaopei is, and he is sandwiched between Cao Jun and Lu Bujun, his status is awkward, but this is also a piece of territory. Even if it is difficult to survive in the cracks, but if you persist, there is still a certain future, after all, Liu Bei has been in exile for a long time, so he still cherishes it very much.
"What Gongyou said is true?" Liu Bei had a glimmer of expectation in his heart, how much he hoped that Sun Qian would say that it was fake. But I saw that Sun Qian nodded helplessly and said: "The scout has news that Lu Bu has led an army of 20,000 and has set off. ”
Hearing this, Liu Bei slumped in his seat. After a while, Liu Bei hurriedly spoke: "Quick, quickly find Yun Changyide, and let Zizhong and Xianhe come to the council hall to discuss the matter." At this time, Liu Bei had a trace of helplessness on his face, he was only 5,000 soldiers, and nearly half of them were recruits, how could he hold Lu Bu's 20,000 army. Moreover, Lu Bu personally led his troops to come, presumably to take down Xiao Pei in one fell swoop.
Soon after, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu and Jian Yong came to the conference hall one after another. For Liu Bei to call himself so anxiously, this made everyone very puzzled, and they didn't know what happened to make the lord so impatient.
After everyone gathered in the meeting hall today, they saw Liu Bei sitting on the main seat with a gloomy face. Seeing Liu Bei's expression, everyone knew that Liu Bei was in an unusually bad mood. Obviously, something must have happened, otherwise, Liu Bei would not have shown such an expression.
Seeing that everyone had entered the conference hall, Liu Bei said to everyone: "The news just came that Lu Bu personally led an army of 20,000 and has come straight to Xiaopei. ”
Hearing this, except for Zhang Fei in the hall, the faces of the rest of the people became very dignified Pei has a total of only a few thousand soldiers, and Xiao Pei's city defense is quite weak, so how can he defend Lu Bu's 20,000 army. So, this worries everyone in the hall. Of course, this does not include Zhang Fei.
"Hahaha." Zhang Fei smiled heartily, and then said loudly: "What am I, it turned out to be Lu Bu'er's attack." Big brother, you don't have to worry, give me 3,000 soldiers, and I will capture Lu Bu for you alive. Since he's here, I'll go find him. ”
Zhang Fei's headless sentence, everyone ignored this sentence intentionally or unintentionally.
"Yide, can you be quiet for a while, I didn't see that the eldest brother was in a bad mood." Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei on the side. As he spoke, Guan Yu also provoked his Danfeng eyes and glared at Zhang Fei.
Hearing Guan Yu scolding himself, and being glared at by Guan Yu again, Zhang Fei muttered a few words secretly, and then stopped talking.
Zhang Fei stopped talking, the meeting hall fell silent, and the entire hall fell into a very solemn atmosphere. Lu Bu's 20,000-strong army was like a mountain, pressing everyone in the hall a little hard to breathe.
"Lord, Lu Bu is powerful, and if we can't beat him, facing him is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." Sun Qian got up and said.
Hearing Sun Gan's words, Zhang Fei pursed his lips, and just as he was about to refute it, he saw Liu Bei staring at him, so Zhang Fei could only pout, and then stopped talking. However, although he didn't speak, Zhang Fei still pricked up his ears to listen to how the matter was resolved.
"I also know about this matter, but Gongyou, you also know that Xiaopei's defense is weak, even if it is defensive, I'm afraid it won't last long." Liu Bei said with a very solemn face. Today's situation can be described as worrying, and it is a dilemma.
Withdraw, the territory that I have won so hard will be lost, but I don't know how long I can hold it. And with his thousands of soldiers, how could he defeat Lu Bu's 20,000 army.
"Lord, you might as well ask Cao Cao for help." Mi Zhu suddenly spoke. Hearing Mi Zhu's words, a hint of joy flashed in Liu Bei's eyes. The reason for this battle was caused by Cao Jun, so it was inevitable to find Cao Jun to help Liu Bei.
And Xiao Pei is the checkpoint from Xuzhou to Yanzhou, to put it bluntly, he is guarding the door for Cao Jun. Therefore, Cao Cao will definitely not watch himself perish with his own eyes.
"It's a feasible plan." Liu Bei nodded. Then Liu Bei turned his head and said to Jian Yong: "Xianhe, this matter will be handed over to you." "Jian Yong is Liu Bei's lobbyist, so of course he went to ask for help.
"Don't worry, the lord is willing to give up this life, and he also asks Cao Cao to come to help." Jian Yong stepped forward and said. He knew that Xiao Pei's life and death were all on him, which made Jian Yong feel that he was under great pressure.
"Xianhe will send an envoy to Xuchang now, otherwise, I am afraid that the reinforcements of the Cao army have not yet arrived, and Xiaopei has been broken by Lu Bu." Liu Bei got up and said. Now he has to compete with time, as the saying goes, time is life, and every time he wastes time, the situation he finds himself in is more dangerous.
However, although Liu Bei was confident that Cao Cao would be able to send reinforcements, Liu Bei was still a little worried. Cao's army was strong, but what it lacked was grain and grass. Even if Cao Cao can come to reinforce the army, I'm afraid it won't come too much, after all, grain and grass are particularly important. It is absolutely painful to have a strong army and no military rations. (To be continued......)