In the eyes of many people, it is a little incredible for Jin King Lü Bu to sit back and watch Cao Cao annex Qingzhou and Liu Cheng let Tao Qian Xuzhou, at this time, isn't it the best time for Jin King Lü Bu to send troops?

From a common sense point of view, this is indeed the case, especially when Cao Cao led the army to attack Qingzhou, Lu Bu sent troops, which can be said to have both a righteous reputation and benefits, why not do it.

In fact, Lu Bu did not fail to take this into account, but after consulting with Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Fa Zheng, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Kuai Yue and others, he still resisted the temptation to send troops and chose a safe strategy.

As Jia Xu said, when the current situation is today, after experiencing incomparable chaos, it is clear enough, no matter how Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, Liu Yan and others jump, with their mere territory and strength, can they still compare to the state army?

This sentence, Lu Bu understood it to mean that now, time is on his side, and every day that passes, his strength will increase much more than Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce and others, so why grab a little time and force a war without being fully prepared?

Moreover, now that the initiative to go to war or not is in his hands, there is no need to care about whether it is a year in the morning or a year in the evening.

For a whole year, from the third year of Jian'an (198) when he accepted the surrender of Zhang Ji of Nanyang and Liu Cong of Xiangyang, to the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Lu Bu, the king of Jin, has been methodically dispatching troops and preparing grain and grass to prepare for the last battle of dominating the world.

The spring breeze once again blew on both sides of the green river, and the king of Jin, Lu Bu, personally led the army and went east out of the Tiger Pass. When he stood on the high wall of the Tiger Prison Pass, overlooking the army like a rolling torrent to the east, the heroism in his heart was beyond words.

Over here. It was the place where he became famous all over the world, and at that time, he never imagined that after a few years, he would lead the army east to complete the last battle to dominate the world.

For this big war to dominate the world, he can be said to have poured out of the nest.

Leaving Gao Shun and Jia Xu to sit in Chang'an, Zhang Yan and Ma Dai to guard Xiliang, Zhang Ji to guard Xiangyang, and the rest of the places. Including his fiefdoms of Jinyang (PS: Taiyuan), Hedong, Hanoi, Luoyang, Nanyang and other places. They are only stationed in the local garrison, and they are generals. All of them are on the way.

Merely. He was divided into five troops, marching in unison.

On the first road, Commander Zhang Liao went south from Youzhou and pointed directly to the Bohai Sea; The second route starts from Pu Duong and Hanoi. Commander Huaxiong, attacking Dongjun; The third way, that is, the army commanded by Lu Bu, went out from the Tiger Prison to the east. directly pounced on Chen Liu and Chen Guo; On the fourth road, starting from Nanyang, Xu Huang commanded and attacked Yingchuan, and together with Lu Bu's army, surrounded Liu Bei's Chen State; The fifth road is the navy, with Cai Mao as the commander, Zhang Yun and Huang Zhong as auxiliaries, and goes down the river, but the task of the navy on this road is not to fight a decisive battle with Sun Ce's Jiangdong naval army, but to contain it.

The two armies led by Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong actually played a role in containing Cao Cao's army, so that Lü Bu's main army and Xu Huang's Nanyang Front army could attack Liu Bei with confidence.

Even the front army led by Zhang Liao, Hua Xiong and Xu Huang was equipped with 3,000 elite cavalry, 6,000 foot soldiers, 4,000 strong crossbow foot soldiers, and more than 100 crossbows.

And the main army led by Lu Bu is even more powerful, with 10,000 elite cavalry, 30,000 foot soldiers, 10,000 strong crossbow foot soldiers, and more than 500 crossbows, which are enough to smash any resistance that blocks the way.

The scale of such an army seems to be much inferior to the scale of the army of Liu Bei and Sun Quan after Cao Cao unified the north after Cao Cao unified the north, but in fact, because the troops led by elite cavalry and sharp pawns, a larger number of auxiliary troops were not counted, so the strength was only higher than Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops, not lower.

When Lü Bu's army was launched, everyone would understand why he preferred to sit back and watch Cao Cao and Liu Bei annex Qingzhou and Xuzhou respectively.

Liu Bei was the first to feel the huge pressure rushing to his face, because he had found that in front of Lu Bu's army, what means of dividing troops, joint attacks, sneak attacks, ambushes, cutting off grain roads, etc., seemed to be completely useless in front of Lu Bu's army, on the one hand, because the Kwantung counties were mostly Pingchuan with an unobstructed view, and there were no mountains and rivers to rely on, and the crossbows in Lu Bu's army were simply nightmarish existences, which not only made the elite cavalry he was proud of have nothing to do, but also wanted to cut off the grain route of Lu Bu's army. It is also impossible to do it because of the presence of the crossbow.

He originally chose Chen Guo Chen County as the government office, because it is located in the center of Yuzhou, can be fortified to Chenliu, Yingchuan, Runan counties, and the counties near Xuzhou, now, Lu Bu's army since the Tiger Pass, all the way steadily and steadily, from Henan Yin's Zhongmu, into Chenliu, everywhere he went, because he gave up the useless consumption of troops along the way to resist, the county government thought that he had given up, have asked for surrender.

As soon as this precedent was opened, the situation in various places was out of control, and wherever the imperial army went, the counties and counties asked for surrender, and the army of Lu Bu from all walks of life could obtain grain and grass from all over the country, and the pressure on the supply of grain and grass was greatly reduced.

Just when Cao Cao's troops were divided into two routes, respectively in Juancheng and Liqiu, and Nanpi to confront Huaxiong and Zhang Liao's army, Lü Bu and Xu Huang's army led by Lü Bu and Xu Huang were like a bamboo, forcing Liu Bei to retreat from Chen County to Xiapi, and it was difficult to make up his mind to gather all his forces and fight to the death with Lü Bu's army.

Xiapi is surrounded by mountains and rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, in the palace, important people under Liu Bei's account are all there, generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun, Yan Liang, strategist Xi Zhicai, Shi Tao, Cui Jun, all with solemn faces.

Only Xi Zhicai was lying on a soft couch, from time to time he let out a heart-rending cough, since he fell ill a year ago, Xi Zhicai has never recovered, and his body is not strong, so he looks even more thin.

Liu Bei looked at Xi Zhicai from time to time, and the thick worry between his eyebrows was undoubtedly revealed.

In the hall, the atmosphere was very heavy, gathered here in Xiapi, but all Liu Bei's belongings, 5,000 elite cavalry, 50,000 foot soldiers, rough appearance, the strength of the army is almost the same as Lu Bu's army, but everyone here knows that among the 50,000 foot soldiers, only 30,000 can really be called elite.

Bang!

Just when everyone was silent, Zhang Fei smashed on the desk in a circle, making a muffled sound, and then he scolded impatiently: "Lu Bu, this bastard, relying on the big killer weapon of the crossbow, he is arrogant all the way, if he has a kind, why not use the crossbow, just take the fine horse, and compete with my old Zhang!" ”

Although Zhang Fei said it with great momentum, but this was heard in the ears of everyone, even if Shi Tao and Cui Jun and others were not familiar with military affairs, they also knew that even if Lu Bu really didn't use the crossbow as a big killing weapon, he only brought 5,000 elite cavalry to face off against the 5,000 elite cavalry led by the third general Zhang Fei, I am afraid that Zhang Fei is more likely to lose.

You must know that Lu Bu once used 8,000 fine horsemen to confront Tuoba Xianbei's more than 10,000 iron cavalry, and as a result, Lu Bu won a big victory, Tuoba Xianbei's commander Tuoba Lin was killed in battle, and the rest either fled or were adopted by Lu Bu as a five-year shepherd slave.

If it weren't for the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei herdsmen, as well as the Hetao pasture, how could Lu Bu have expanded such a number of elite horses in the last two years.

After Zhang Fei roared, he saw that no one was talking, and after thinking about it, he knew that he was just talking big, his face was slightly red, and he reached out and scratched the back of his head with some embarrassment, not daring to say anything more.

Fine rides, a full 10,000 fine rides, car crossbows, a full 500 miles of two car crossbows!

Liu Bei sighed in his heart, it's all this time, how can he not know that this guy Lu Bu has always been hiding his family background intentionally or unintentionally, and now, all his family background has been revealed, and the two armies have not yet fought, so with such a strong family background, he first added a huge and invincible pressure to his side.

"Zhicai, you, what is the best plan? You don't need to get up and be polite, just lie down and talk! ”

In desperation, Liu Bei had to turn to Xi Zhicai, and asked with some heartache, at the end, seeing that Xi Zhicai wanted to sit up a little, he hurriedly waved his hand and said a few words.

Xi Zhicai knew his own family affairs, so he just lay down like this, panting slightly, and replied: "Lord, Lu Bu, the momentum has been completed, the soldiers are strong, difficult to shake, Zhicai, only shallow knowledge, except, except for sticking to Xiapi, waiting for filial piety, gathering a large army to help, there is no other way." ”

Liu Bei was slightly disappointed in his heart, all along, Xi Zhicai had never let him down, in fact, this time, he had not disappointed him, and since even Xi Zhicai had no good strategy to break Lu Bu's army, then in Liu Bei's opinion, there was really no good way to think of it.

"Lord, in fact, there is still a way ......"

Just when Liu Bei couldn't think about it, he suddenly heard Xi Zhicai add another sentence, and he couldn't help but be happy, and hurriedly looked down, just the moment Xi Zhicai's eyes touched, he suddenly understood, and knew what Xi Zhicai said "There is still a way", what he meant, couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and was stunned.

Xi Zhicai's words were quite light, but everyone present could still hear them clearly, everyone's reaction was exactly the same as Liu Bei's, the difference was that a few people reacted quickly, and a few people never came back to their senses.

It was Shi Tao, Cui Jun, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu who reacted, and it was Zhang Fei, Ji Ling and others who didn't come back.

Especially Guan Yu, Danfeng's eyes were wide open, his left hand stroked the long beard under his chin, and stared directly at Xi Zhicai, which was incredible.

Just when Zhang Fei was overjoyed, looking forward to Xi Zhicai saying the following, Cui Jun got up and came to the hall, bowed to Liu Bei, and said pleadingly: "Lord, what Zhicai said, Jun Shen thinks so." ”

After expressing his own attitude, Cui Jun showed a sad and unbearable look on his face, and continued: "Since the moth thief made a rebellion, it has been fifteen years, the world is in chaos, thieves are rampant, and the people are not at peace for a day, and now, the world is unified, and the dawn of peace in the world has appeared, my lord, why not follow the trend and ...... with it."

"What?!"

Before Cui Jun finished speaking, Zhang Fei's big voice sounded like thunder, and before the words fell, he got up and ran in front of Cui Jun, glared at him angrily, and shouted: "Do you want the eldest brother to surrender?!" (To be continued......)

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