In the meeting hall in the front yard of the palace, Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and others were all present, and even Lu Bu and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun under his command also had seats.

When Lu Bu came here, everyone was not surprised, but Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were also invited by Liu Wei to discuss the matter, which was really a bit unexpected by the generals under Liu Wei.

These two are the generals under Lu Bu's command, especially Gao Shun, although he trained the most capable of fighting under Lu Bu's trap camp, but once he fights, he will be overtaken by Lu Bu and transfer the military power to Wei Xu. In Lu Bu's army, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were not favored.

Liu Wei invited these two people, but ignored Wei Xu, who had always been treated by Lu Bu, and made everyone including Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun puzzled.

The Hedong military newspaper had just arrived, and everyone in the hall didn't know what Liu Wei had summoned them to do. However, from Liu Wei summoning everyone to the palace, the generals faintly felt that they were about to go to battle.

"Your Highness has arrived!" As soon as everyone in the hall sat down, a Yu Linwei shouted from outside the door, and then, Liu Wei took four brightly dressed Yu Linwei into the front hall.

Seeing Liu Wei coming in, everyone hurriedly got up, bowed to him with their fists, and saluted: "I've seen Your Highness!" ”

With his arms outstretched and his hands pressed towards everyone, Liu Wei walked quickly to the main seat and sat down behind the low table.

The four Yu Lin guards who had entered the hall with him stayed at the door, guarding the main entrance like statues with one hand on their hips and the other on the hilt of their swords.

When Liu Wei sat down, everyone in the hall also sat down, and all eyes looked at Liu Wei.

"This king just got the Hedong military report!" Looking around at the people in the hall, Liu Wei said to them: "Liu Yu has been defeated and has been killed. Wen He had already persuaded Yuan Shao that the Jizhou army was on the way to defeat Gongsun Zhan. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Wei paused, frowned slightly, and then said to everyone: "After the annexation of Liu Yu, there is no hidden danger in the east of Gongsun Zhan, and his ambition has swelled to the extreme. Not long ago, he secretly colluded with the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, and agreed that the Montenegrin Army would move from west to east, and Gongsun Zhan would attack Yuan Shao from east to west. In addition, Yu Poison led 100,000 Montenegrin troops, which have entered the northeast border of Hedong, and our border soldiers are struggling to resist. ”

Until Liu Wei finished speaking, everyone in the hall was speechless.

Lu Bu, who had just come to Luoyang, saw that no one spoke in the hall, so he first looked at everyone, then stood up, strode to the middle of the front hall, clasped his hands into fists, bowed down to Liu Wei and said: "The Yellow Turban of Montenegro dares to invade Hedong, and the last general is willing to lead the army to exterminate it, and His Royal Highness only needs to allocate 30,000 horses to the last general......

"General Lu, don't worry!" Before Lu Bu's words were finished, Xu Shu, who was sitting first on the left, stood up, waved his hand at him, stopped his words, and then hugged his fists and said to Liu Wei: "Dare to ask Your Highness, what are your plans?" ”

"The Yellow Turban of Montenegro, although it is a rabble!" His eyes fell on Xu Shu, and Liu Wei said to everyone in the hall: "But they have been fighting with the official army for more than ten years, and now the combat power is not expensive, our army must not be careless!" This king plans to personally conquer and exterminate the Yellow Turban of Montenegro and eliminate Yuan Benchu's worries! ”

"The main force of our army is only tens of thousands!" Liu Wei proposed a personal expedition, and Pang Tong on the right also stood up, clasped his fists and said: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses Your Highness wants to lead in person?" ”

"Seventy thousand!" Turning his head to look at Pang Tong, Liu Wei said to him: "Including the 10,000 soldiers under the command of General Lu, this time to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army, General Lu will be the vanguard!" ”

When marching and fighting, the vanguard undertakes the responsibility of opening roads and building bridges in the mountains, and in the army, the status is second only to the main general. Asking to lead the army to exterminate the Black Mountain Army, Lu Bu did not have the hope that he would be promised, and Liu Wei asked him to be the vanguard, which was already an unexpected joy.

As soon as he came to Luoyang, he had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and he was happy in his heart, Lu Bu hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed down, and thanked Liu Wei: "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

"The military report said that the Montenegrin Army was divided into two groups, one of which passed through the annexation of the state, bypassed the east of the river, and went straight to Jizhou." He pressed his hand towards Xu Shu and the others, and when a few people returned to their seats and sat down, Liu Wei said to everyone in the hall: "The other branch, led by poison, entered Hedong from Bingzhou and went straight to Puzi through Xinshui. At present, our army is resisting the attack of the Montenegrin army in the Puzi area, and Anyi has also allocated more than 10,000 defenders to rush to help, but the soldiers and horses allocated by Anyi are soldiers of the partial battalion, and their combat strength is not strong, and they are afraid of encountering the enemy army and not getting much benefit. ”

Looking around at everyone, Liu Wei's gaze fell on Xu Shu's face the most, and asked him, "I don't know what the military advisor thinks our army should do?" ”

"In the Puzi area, the terrain is complex." Liu Wei asked him a question, Xu Shu frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said: "In the meantime, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and they are close to Xinshui. Most of the Yellow Turbans in Montenegro are infantry, and the cavalry of our army cannot be used in the Puzi area, so they can only fight with infantry. If the Montenegrin army holds the pass, let alone 70,000 people, even if it goes to 700,000 people, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it. ”

Liu Wei knew that Xu Shu hadn't finished speaking, so he didn't ask, just looked at him silently.

Sure enough, seeing that Liu Wei didn't ask, Xu Shu continued: "Your Highness might as well order the Puzi garrisons to evacuate the city, and the reinforcements from Anyi and the defenders who evacuated the city will escort the people away from the battlefield, and before leaving, all the grain and grass in the city will be burned, and not half of the grain will be left for the Black Mountain Yellow Turban." However, copper coins and brocades should be left with more ......."

"What do you mean by ......?" When Xu Shu said this, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "If the Black Mountain Army doesn't enter the city, what should it do?" ”

"In the past, generals such as Yang Feng and Han Xian joined His Royal Highness and have become officers and soldiers, and now they are strong in combat and have outstanding military discipline!" A faint smile hung on the corner of Xu Shu's mouth, and he said to Liu Wei: "If the official army attacks the city and the defenders in the city withdraw, and you get an empty city full of copper coins and brocade, the officials and soldiers may still hesitate, and they don't know whether there are traps or not, and they won't easily enter the city." But the Montenegrin army was the remnant of the Yellow Turban Party back then, and it was not recruited by the imperial court, the soldiers had no military salaries, and the military rations were often poor, and they lived by looting on weekdays. There are many riches in the city, how can they not enter the city? At that time, His Royal Highness only needs to lead the army to besiege the city, set up an ambush in the ravine, and exterminate the reinforcements, and the Montenegrin army in the city has no food, so it can only surrender! ”

"Good plan!" After listening to Xu Shu's words, Liu Wei slapped the table and said to everyone: "According to the plan of the military division, this expedition, the prince led the army to postpone, and General Lu led the vanguard to Xinshui, occupying the river bank and waiting for the army. ”

"Zhang Wenyuan! Gao Shun! When Lu Bu stood up and held his fists to receive the order, Liu Wei said to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun: "You two, for General Lu's subordinate left and right deputy vanguard, help the general seize the north bank of Xinshui, any general in the army, but there is no disobedience, you can cut it first and then play!" ”

"No!" The two of them, who had never been reused by Lu Bu, heard Liu Wei say that they wanted them to be Lu Bu's deputy pioneers, so they hurriedly stood up, and they all hugged their fists in response with gratitude.

"Zhao Yun, Guan Hai, Han Xian!" After the arrangements were made for the vanguard, Liu Wei said to Zhao Yun and others: "Zhao Yun is the chief general of the left army, Guan Hai and Han Xian are deputy generals, leading 20,000 horses and horses to set up a formation on the left flank of the Chinese army!" ”

"Tai Shi Ci, Dian Wei, Duan Xuan!" Zhao Yun and the others answered the order, and Liu Wei said to Tai Shi Ci and the others: "Tai Shi Ci is the chief general of the right army, Dian Wei and Duan Xuan are the deputy generals, guarding the right army!" ”

"Yang Feng, Guan Qing!" The left and right wings have also been arranged, and Liu Wei's eyes roamed around Guan Qing and Yang Feng's bodies, and said to the two: "You two accompany this king to guard the Chinese army!" ”

"No!" Yang Fengguan Qing stood up in unison and took over the assignment with his fists clenched.

Liu Wei was about to announce that Pang Tong would be the military advisor of the army, but Zhou Cang, who was sitting on the right side, stood up, clenched his fists and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness, the last general has not yet been appointed in this battle!" ”

"General Zhou has a long way to go!" Hearing Zhou Cang's slightly dissatisfied words, Liu Wei smiled at him and said to him: "The general guards Luoyang, and this king has transferred Tao Hu from Hedong to Luoyang and handed it over to the general's orders. ”

In several consecutive battles, Zhou Cang was left in the rear by Liu Wei. As soon as Liu Biao said that he wanted him to guard Luoyang, Zhou Cang's dissatisfaction suddenly increased a little, and he hugged his fists and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness, since Your Highness occupied Anyi, and even went on expeditions, there was nothing to do!" If the last general stays at home like this and has fat on his body, how will he get on the war horse in the future? How to fight people? ”

After venting and not hiding it, and not waiting for Liu Wei to speak, Zhou Cang tilted his head to the side, sighed and said: "Always at home, the last general is about to hold back a bird!" ”

"General Zhou, don't be annoyed!" Zhao Zhou Cangxu pressed his hand twice, Liu Wei had a smile on his face, and said to him in a very calm tone: "The Black Mountain Army is a rabble, according to the strategy of the army, what is the difficulty of breaking through a group of bandits?" When the king of Japan comes to crusade against Gongsun Chan and fight against the Jizhou army, he will definitely have to go with the general! ”

When Liu Bian promised to attack Gongsun Zhan, he would ask Zhou Cang to accompany him on the expedition, Zhou Cang was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly strode to the middle of the hall, half-knelt on the ground, and said to Liu Bian with his fists: "The last general is reckless, Your Highness is not strange!" When His Royal Highness crusades against Gongsun Zhan, the last general will definitely take the lead and never give up! ”

With an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, he nodded towards Zhou Cang, Liu Weixu raised his hand and said to Zhou Cang: "The general doesn't have to be like this, please get up!" ”

"Luoyang government affairs, you still have to work hard Yuanzhi!" appeased Zhou Cang, and when Zhou Cang got up and returned to his seat, Liu Wei turned his head to look at Xu Shu, then looked at Pang Tong, and said to the two: "This expedition, Shi Yuan is still the military advisor of the army. Now that it is the autumn harvest, Yuanzhi is guarding Luoyang, and he should buy more grain and grass for the army! ”

Xu Shu and Pang Tong got Liu Wei's instructions, and they all stood up and responded.

After the last day, Liu Biancai set his eyes on Deng Zhan, who rarely participated in the court discussions, and said to Deng Zhan: "Since the establishment of the Dragoon Guard and the Yulin Guard, they have never been in battle. The attack on the Black Mountain Army is the time of training, and the king plans to bring all the Yulin guards and dragoons in addition to the 70,000 main forces, what does General Deng think? ”

"Your Highness is wise!" I didn't expect Liu Wei to think of Deng Zhan who took Yu Linwei and the Dragoon Guard to go on the expedition, and after hearing Liu Bian's words, he hurriedly stood up, strode to the middle of the front hall, and said with a fist: "Yu Linwei is a cavalry, and he may not be able to use it in the Puzi area, and the Dragoon Guards are now all swordsmanship, and the last general believes that five hundred Dragoon Guards, fighting in the ravine, will be able to block 10,000 Montenegrin troops!" ”

"Good!" Deng Zhan's words were full of confidence, Liu Wei nodded, and said to everyone in the hall: "All the generals will return to the camp, and in two days, the army will be mobilized!" ”