Xuzhou, Xiapi.

Yangzhou pastoral?

Lu Bu looked at the edict in his hand, and looked at Chen Gong, Zhang Liao and others on the side with some blankness: "Cao Mengde's edict, is it wrong?" ”

Chen Gong sneered: "Cao Cao is as cunning as a ghost, not to mention such a big thing, how could he be mistaken, this move is obviously deliberate." ”

"What's the explanation?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong suspiciously, his strategy was unparalleled, but on top of the overall situation, he obviously lacked enough insight to understand the true meaning of Chen Gong for a while.

Chen Gong sneered and said: "At present, Hebei is powerful, and it is even more sacrificed to the abolished emperor and the emperor of Xuchang to fight against each other, whether it is righteousness or prestige, it is not inferior to Xuchang, the so-called heaven has no two days, and there are no two masters in the country, whether it is Cao Mengde or Li Ziyang, if you want to occupy the righteousness, you must quickly defeat the other party, so that you can really occupy the righteousness and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes." ”

"What does that have to do with me being the pastor of Yangzhou?" Lu Bu puzzled, although Xuzhou is adjacent to Yangzhou, but there is a Yangtze River in the middle, Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, most of them are northern foot soldiers, good at cavalry and foot warfare, but if you talk about water warfare, don't say ordinary soldiers, that is, he Lu Bu will not be much stronger than ordinary people when he gets into the water, although Lu Bu sometimes looks at the problem a little naïve, but it does not mean that he is really stupid, he doesn't think that with this paper edict, those big families in Yangzhou, as well as the little overlord of Jiangdong who has just risen, will really obediently hand over the territory rights in his hands to himself, not to mention, Now that Lu Bu's energy is gathered in Xuzhou, how can he have extra energy to occupy Yangzhou?

However, if you can get Xu Yang Erzhou at the same time, you will be equivalent to having half of the Central Plains power, which is not much worse than Li Ziyang, right?

For Li Xuan, Lu Bu has always had a very complicated feeling. admiration, but more but dissatisfied, often thinking that if he stands in the same position as the other party, he may not be able to do better, because since he broke away from Chang'an, he has always been aiming at Li Xuan. At the beginning of the seizure of Xuzhou under the advice of Chen Gong, it did not mean that he would compete with Li Xuan in the future, but at the same time that he was growing, Li Xuan was also growing, and the distance between the two sides was not only not decreasing, but it seemed to be constantly expanding, which made Lu Bu very uncomfortable.

"I want to fight a decisive battle with Li Ziyang. The rear naturally cannot be unstable, this move, is nothing more than the hope that we and the Jiangdong Sun Ce will attack each other, so that he has no worries, if I expect it to be correct, Jingzhou, I am afraid there is a similar deployment, between Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu. It also seems that there is a lot of grudge, if the two sides have a dispute during this period. No surprise! Chen Gong sneered.

"Then don't I wait for the edict?" Lu Bu thought about it, although he was also quite excited about Yangzhou, but at the moment, his foundation is not thick, and he dominates the two states alone, which sounds good. But it's not very practical, let's run Xuzhou honestly.

"Bong, why not?" Chen Gong sneered: "Can Feng Xian know that the false path is destroyed? ”

"I don't know." Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong who was a little speechless, this guy is deliberately burying me, right?

Chen Gong also glanced at Lu Bu speechlessly, do you need to be so straightforward? Shaking his head, he said, "You can pretend to be edicted." On the grounds of insufficient grain and grass, please Xuchang allocate some grain and grass, now the war is tight, Cao Cao will not agree, then we can ask the Xuchang court for life, by means of the crusade against Yangzhou, Cao Cao led the troops to the Northern Expedition, Xuchang must be empty, whether he allows it or not, we can take this opportunity to send troops to Xuchang, in one fell swoop to win the emperor, the Son of Heaven to order the princes! ”

"Brilliant plan!" Lu Bu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, although Chen Gong's strategy made him a little dizzy, but it also secretly matched the way of the art of war, if he could win the emperor, he would be able to occupy the righteousness like Li Xuan, order the princes, and more importantly, from now on, he would no longer have to have a headache for an official, and then he would only have the share of issuing official hats to others, rather than begging others to issue him official hats.

"This plan must not be known to Chen Qi and his son, otherwise it will be useless!" Chen Gong said in a deep voice, although there was no direct evidence, but during this time, he had faintly noticed that the Chen father and son might have secretly colluded with Cao Cao, but this had to be guarded against!

"Why is that?" Lu Bu was puzzled, the Chen clan was a big clan in Xuzhou, and it was the first clan force to serve him, and in the past, he also helped Lu Bu to give advice and solve many problems, and gradually he was already relied on by Lu Bu as a confidant, and now Chen Gong's words suddenly made him a little unhappy.

"No, Feng Xian just needs to listen to me once!" Chen Gong didn't have any evidence in his hands, Chen's father and son had clean hands and feet, although Chen Gong had been staring at the father and son, but the two were too slippery, even if Chen Gong secretly investigated, he couldn't grasp a trace of actual evidence, plus Lu Bu was increasingly relying on the father and son, Chen Gong thought to himself that if he expressed his suspicions, I am afraid it would make Lu Bu suspicious.

The two met in Chang'an, and along the way, Chen Gong made all the suggestions, although he was a little unhappy with Chen Gong's words, but thinking of Chen Gong's ability, Lu Bu still nodded and agreed.

At the same time, Jiangdong, Huiji, Sun Ce, who had just captured Huijijun, looked at the edict in his hand, a ray of essence flashed in his eyes, and he turned his head to look at Zhou Yu beside him and said: "What Gongjin said is not bad, it seems that Cao Cao is really going to fight Li Xuan!" ”

Zhou Yu, who was dressed in white clothes and white armor, couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Help me this day, when you quickly gather the elite, when the war starts, go north to attack Xuchang, and be sure to welcome Emperor Xian back to Jiangdong!" ”

Sun Ce nodded fiercely, his eyes flashed with excitement, and then he said with some regret: "It's a pity, I can't compete with Na Lu Bu!" ”

Zhou Yu frowned and said: "Bo Fu is now the lord of Jiangdong, and he should focus on the overall situation!" ”

"Don't worry, Gongjin, I still know the severity!" Sun Ce smiled, and then frowned: "Although Cao Cao's old thief's tricks were seen through by Bo Fu, then Lu Bu may not be submissive. ”

"Don't worry." Zhou Yu smiled and shook his head and said: "Lu Bu on the horse may be really brave and invincible, but the god of war who goes into the water is insignificant, if he doesn't come, if he really dares to come, I will let him know how powerful my Jiangdong Erlang is!" ”

"The general is confused! Chen Gongtai mistook the country! "Xuzhou, Lu Bu is not as scheming as Chen Qi in the end, Chen Gong's plan was finally set out by Chen Qi, standing in front of Lu Bu at this moment, he hung his feet and said: "Wen Hou only sees the benefits after success, but have you ever thought that if you can't succeed, what kind of disaster will it bring to Xuzhou?" ”

"This ......" Lu Bu was at a loss when he heard this, he really hadn't thought about this, mainly because he didn't think that he would lose.

looked at Lu Bu's somewhat unhappy expression. Chen Jue took a deep breath and said softly: "I know that Wenhou is brave and invincible in the world, but Wenhou has ever thought that Xuchang is the foundation of Cao Mengde, even if it is the Northern Expedition." Will he really do what Chen Gong said, leaving Xuchang an empty city? ”

"Gong Jue means ......," Lu Bu frowned when he heard this.

"Cao Mengde has been fighting in the south and north over the years, Wen Hou can calculate by himself, Runan, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and even Heluo, Cao Mengde is now under the rule of money and food, the population is innumerable, and there are more than one million soldiers and horses under his command? Even if the Northern Expedition is to be made, how can there be no troops left behind in Xuchang? Wen Hou can think about it, how many soldiers do I have in Xuzhou now? and they will remain in the cities. How many soldiers and horses can Wen Hou take away? Chen Qi smiled bitterly.

"This ......" Lu Bu couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, his foundation was already weak, plus Xuzhou was so troubled by Cao Cao last time, the original land of money and food was rich, although now it is not far from ten rooms and nine empty, but it is not far away, Lu Bu's current soldiers and horses, aside from the necessary garrisons in various places. There are really not many who can go with him.

"Why don't you just give up this great opportunity?" Lu Bu couldn't help frowning. At present, the battle of Cao Li is a big war that affects the world, and for him, it is also an opportunity to rise, so he is really unwilling to miss it.

"Not necessarily!" Chen Qi grabbed the edict on the table. He looked at Lu Budao with a smile: "Although Cao Mengde's calculations are indeed in this, it is undeniable that it is a great time for Wen Hou!" ”

"Oh?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Qi puzzled.

"Although Jiangdong Sun Ce is brave, he has just emerged after all. The foundation is unstable, and I heard that it suppressed the Shi clan with iron-blooded means in Jiangdong, and there have been complaints inside, if Wen Hou goes south at this moment and defeats him in one fell swoop, he can not only obtain Yangzhou, but also take the opportunity to win the heart of the Jiangdong Shi clan. ”

"It's just ......," Lu Bu said with a wry smile: "But no one in our army is good at water warfare. ”

"This Wen Hou doesn't have to worry." Chen Jue waved his hand arrogantly and said: "As long as Wen Hou agrees, my Chen family can support Wen Hou Lou ten ships for Wen Hou's army to cross the river, in addition, my son Chen Deng is also quite good at water warfare, maybe not as good as Zhou Yu, but it is not difficult to secretly send Wen Hou's soldiers and horses across Jiangdong, as long as you can cross the river, I believe that with Wen Hou's bravery, a little overlord in Jiangdong can't stop Wen Hou." ”

"That's nature!" Lu Bu said proudly, it's not that he is arrogant, it's just that in this world, there are really not many people who can defeat him in land battles, and as for the little overlord in Jiangdong, he can only be the king and hegemon in Jiangdong, at least Lu Bu has never put him on the same level.

"In addition, this time, the old man is willing to raise 50,000 soldiers for Wen Hou and donate another 100,000 stone grain and grass to help Wen Hou succeed!" Chen Qi smiled.

"So, thank you Mr. Hanyu!" Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this, he was in charge of Xuzhou for the first time, and Xuzhou was ravaged by Cao Cao, it was the time when the green and yellow were not connected, there was not much grain and grass left in the treasury, and the grain and grass were what he lacked. ”

An imperceptible sneer flashed at the corner of Chen Qi's mouth, but he made an expression of loyalty on his face, nodded and said: "The old man will set up a celebration banquet in Xiapi City, and wait for the triumphant return of Wenhou!" ”

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For Lu Bu, Cao Cao is actually not worried, as Guo Jia said, Lu Bu may hesitate, but Chen Qi there, there is something that Lu Bu can't refuse-grain and grass, grasp this, it is not difficult to persuade Lu Bu to attack Yangzhou, with Lu Bu's level, even if he can't defeat the combination of Sun Ce + Zhou Yu, it will not be difficult to wait for his Northern Expedition to succeed for a while, but at this moment, the battle reports sent back from the front line one after another made Cao Cao feel heavy.

After Yue Fei stationed in Chang'an, he did not enter Hangu Pass in the east, but approached Wuguan, it seems that he was going to Hanzhong, all the way through, the momentum was like a broken bamboo, Chen Cang, Xiegu, Wuguan, could not stop Yue Fei's pace of progress, compared to the brave and good fighting Longcheng soldiers and horses, Hanzhong soldiers and horses are obviously not at a grade, not to mention the generals, a single Yue Fei, looking at the world, can match the few people.

Longcheng took the initiative to lengthen the battle line, which should have been a good thing, but Cao Cao couldn't be happy, because just yesterday, Luoyang and the city of Hangu Pass - fell!

Very abrupt intelligence, Cao Cao almost couldn't believe his eyes, Cao Ren, who had high hopes for himself, was defeated without even holding a single face, and the whole line collapsed, if he didn't know that the intelligence could not go wrong, he almost suspected that his intelligence system had been infiltrated by Dragon City.

Tsai carefully read the battle report three times, Cao Cao slowly leaned back on the chair, and muttered: "Zixiao is not unjust!" Li Jing, hehe, I really don't know where Ziyang found such a handsome talent! Also, who can tell me who this vast sea is? When did the north produce such a fierce general? ”

Guo Jia, Xun Yu and other strategists looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say.

Li Jing, a nameless person, from the beginning, Cao Ren did not put the other party in his eyes, Li Jing also borrowed Cao Ren's heart of light enemy, deliberately pretended to be a light enemy to break into the hinterland of Cao Ren's jurisdiction, easily led Cao Ren's soldiers and horses out of the city, and then ambushed all the soldiers, and captured Luoyang in one fell swoop, Cao Cao from Qingzhou to find the fierce general Yue Xi was shot in the head by a fierce general from nowhere, such a result, it is really terrifying, in the Dragon City, there are so many fierce generals who are not known to the world!

After that, Li Jing showed a peerless commander's plan, or with a surprise attack, or with a trick victory, in just a few days, Cao Cao thought that the defense line was leakless was full of holes, Luoyang, Hanguguan, Xingyang, Hujiao, Mengjin, Gucheng, Heluo area, almost all into the Dragon City control.

Of course, it's not that Cao Cao's defense line is really so vulnerable, in fact, Li Jing is also very appreciative of Cao Cao's arrangement, but unfortunately, it is not Cao Cao who is responsible for defense, but Cao Ren, although Cao Ren is also a general with both civil and military skills, but Cao Ren at this moment is far from reaching the peak state, and there are many shortcomings in his personality that are easily used by Li Jing, which eventually led to the collapse of the Heluo defense line at such a rapid speed.

However, all this was only the beginning, and before Cao Cao could recover from the blow of the fall of Heluo, another battle report once again shocked Cao Cao.

Qingzhou, Gaotang fell.

The main general in charge of the Qingzhou Theater is also an unfamiliar name - Song Que, and what is even more unacceptable is that it was a group of women who captured Gaotang!!

Immediately afterwards, the battle lines in the area of Baima and Guandu were broken almost at the same time, and another unfamiliar name came into Cao Cao's eyes - Kou Zhong.

In just a few days, almost all the front-line checkpoints were broken, and the first line of defense that Cao Cao painstakingly managed was easily broken under the joint efforts of the three commanders of Dragon City.

The attack power of Dragon City exceeded everyone's imagination, Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and a cadre of Cao Yingmeng generals all showed solemn expressions on their faces, a bitter battle was no longer inevitable! (To be continued......)