Lu Bu had also been a prince for more than ten years, and he immediately heard the true meaning from Yuan Tan's words.

As mentioned earlier, the biggest problem for coalition forces now is a lack of trust.

This is also the fundamental reason why Lu Bu is worried, Lu Bu can think of this, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao can think of it even more, and if you want Lu Bu to risk leading the army deep into the hinterland of Youzhou, then you must make Lu Bu believe that the three of them will not harm him at a critical moment.

And the solution for the three is also very simple, send hostages!

It is true that in the confrontation between countries, even the heirs of the monarch are victims who can be discarded at any time, and sending Cao Ang, Yuan Tan, and Liu Feng (Liu Bei Yizi, Liu Chan has not yet been born) as hostages does not make the alliance completely reliable.

However, there was no need for Cao Cao and the others to trap Lu Bu, at least not until Shang Ji was completely wiped out.

They just tricked Lu Bu and wiped out Lu Bu's entire army, so what? Didn't the relieved merchants still have to beat them to death? Could it be that you would be very happy to die behind Lu Bu?

Interest is the cornerstone of trust, and the arrival of Cao Ang's three protons is the last layer of insurance.

It is impossible for the three of them to have a son and a confidant general respectively in order to trap Lu Bu to death, right? Liu Bei: They're not neurotic!

Seeing that Lu Bu didn't answer, Liu Feng, who had been silent, spoke: "Wenhou, I promise here on behalf of my father and two uncles that after defeating the killing of Shangji, Youzhou and Muzhou will all be ceded to Wenhou, and forty percent of the confiscated materials and property will go to Wenhou!" ”

Lu Bu thought about it, exchanged glances with Zhang Liao next to him, and then got up and said, "Since this is the case, I can't say that I will shirk it again." The three of them are all young and handsome, and with the help of three of them, it is easy to break the thief army! ”

After speaking, Lu Bu looked at the three of them again and asked, "The three virtuous nephews have come from afar, why don't we repair for a few days before we set off?" ”

Of course, the most anxious of the three is Yuan Tan, after all, Yuan Shao is being beaten up crazily, but at this time, he saw him and said: "The military situation is urgent, why worry about a little dust?" Dare to ask Wen Hou to send troops as soon as possible to save the people and the danger! ”

"Okay, since the three of them insist on this, then they will send troops tomorrow!"

After speaking, Lu Bu turned his head to look around, and finally locked his gaze on Gao Shun: "Degao, leave you two million troops to contain the enemy army in Gaoliu City." ”

"Subordinates take orders!"

"Okay, the rest of the generals, ...... allowed to go"

"Enlighten the lord, urgent military situation!"

"Bring it on!"

Immediately, a guard sent the information to Lu Bu, and Lu Bu opened it and looked at it, his face changed.

Yuan Tan frowned, and arched his hand: "Dare to ask Wen Hou, but what happened?" Of course, if it is inconvenient to disclose, then it will be reckless to be a brat. ”

"It's nothing, Diao Chan's men have arrived."

Lu Bu didn't hide it, and directly handed the information to Yuan Tan.

A few people took a look, it said that Ma Chao, the general under the command of Diao Chan, was leading a million Xiliang Iron to ride in the direction of Pingcheng, in order to avoid misunderstanding, Ma Chao also deliberately crossed from the northern part of Bingzhou, which originally belonged to the Xianbei grassland, and now it is less than five hundred miles away from Pingcheng.

To be honest, Lu Bu didn't want to deal with Ma Chao.

At the time of Dong Zhuo's discussion, Ma Chao was still under Dong Zhuo, and many of Ma Chao's relatives and friends died at the hands of Lu Bu. Later, Diao Chan recovered the Ma Jiajun, and Lu Bu occupied Bingzhou, and Diao Chan who occupied Chang'an often faced each other, and there were generals who died in the hands of the other party in three days.

Fortunately, Ma Chao and Shang Ji also have a feud.

At the beginning of the fight against Dong, Ma Chao's brother Ma Xiu died in the process of fighting, and it was Huang Zhong, the general of the Shang Army, who killed Ma Xiu.

Yuan Tan also saw Lu Bu's unhappiness, and hurriedly said: "Wen Hou, this sincerity is in danger of survival, since Princess Chang'an has a heart, it is not good for us to turn it away, besides, Ma Mengqi bravely crowned the three armies, it is a rare general, with the help of General Ma, our chances of success have greatly increased, and I also ask Wen Hou to focus on the overall situation and forgive General Ma for some offenses." ”

"Since Xiansi (Yuan Tanzi) and nephews have spoken, let the past go with the wind!"

After speaking, Lu Bu turned to look at Zhang Liao and said, "Wenyuan, you take someone to greet Meng Qi, so as not to make any trouble." ”

"It's the lord!"

Zhang Liao clenched his fists and took the order.

"For the rest of the people, prepare for the expedition according to the plan, and the order to go out tomorrow will not change."

At noon the next day, Lu Bu's army set off.

In this raid, Lu Bu personally served as the commander, Cao Ang and Yuan Tan followed, and none of the important generals under his command were left except for Gao Shun, who continued to sit in Pingcheng to contain the enemy army.

The remaining important generals, Ma Chao and others, led an army of nine million and rushed to Muzhou with great momentum.

These nine million troops are all cavalry, and they are all high-level cavalry, and they are very mobile, which is also where Lu Bu's confidence lies in daring to take risks.

In recent years, with the development of the grassland by Shangji, a lot of cities have been established one after another, each city is a core pastoral area, and the scientific, reasonable and efficient development of animal husbandry has achieved very obvious results.

The output of the grasslands in these years, or GDP in recent fashionable terms, is almost six times that of the Xianbei period.

But even so, limited by the special environment of the grassland, Muzhou as a whole is still in a vast and sparsely populated state, and it is not possible to see a town for hundreds of miles.

Moreover, the terrain of Muzhou is flat, which is very suitable for high-speed maneuvering of cavalry. Lu Bu's nearly 10 million iron horsemen stepped into Muzhou, like a tiger out of the cage, invincible.

Fortunately, Lu Bu is not in the mood to loot the ordinary towns of Muzhou now, his only goal is the Liaoxi Corridor, as long as this main artery of east-west communication between the Shang and Shang armies is cut off, no matter how powerful the Shang army is, it will never be possible to fight hungry, right?

After it was determined that Lu Bu would send troops, Liu Bei and Cao Cao on the Qingzhou battlefield, and Yuan Shao on the Youzhou battlefield strengthened the offensive intensity at the same time.

It can be said that the princes of this alliance really tried their best, not only did not drag their feet, but also helped each other sincerely united, and each sent their own elite troops and the most powerful generals to ensure victory with one blow.

Shang Ji also seemed to be in a hurry, and all the county soldiers left behind in Youzhou and Ping Prefecture were dispatched, and tens of millions of militia were mobilized to help protect the security of the Liaoning West Corridor.

However, the West Liaoning Corridor is really long, and from Muzhou to the West Liaoning Corridor, during the period, there is no danger to defend, Lu Bu's army can break through from any point, and tens of millions of troops are scattered to the vast West Liaoning Corridor, and the average number of troops is very thin.

What's more, these tens of millions of troops are mainly newly recruited militiamen, and their combat effectiveness is very unoptimistic.

In view of this, many princes are optimistic that Lu Bu hit the seven-inch vital point of the Shang army this time, and the myth of Shang Ji's invincibility will also end here!

However, is this really the case?

At least some of the core generals of the Shang Ji army even looked forward to Lu Bu's arrival more than the princes.