In order to avoid unnecessary conflict with King Chen, and to avoid the suspicion of Cao Cao in the north caused by the transit of the army through Chen, Lü Bu chose to follow the southernmost part of Chen, set out from Liang State, entered the northern part of Runan, and traveled all the way west into Jiwu, never encountering Wei Xuan's army. This somewhat surprised Lu Bu and Chen Gong.

However, as the scouts continued to pass on the news, Lu Bu understood that Wei Xuan's army was not far from his own path. Because since the day today, five or six waves of scouts have been intercepted by enemy scouts, and the one or two who occasionally escaped back were also with arrows stuck in their bodies. Using scouts to isolate the battlefield is a method used by Wei Xuan, and Lu Bu once learned it.

Sure enough, by the time the army reached twenty miles closer to Jiwu, he could already see dozens of enemy scouts in a group, and his own scouts had no way to advance to explore more detailed information.

Lü Bu immediately ordered to camp on the spot, and then beat the drums to gather the generals. Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Gao Shun and others are also generals now, and Cheng Lian, Hao Meng and others, who did not follow Lu Bu to stay in Yanzhou, Jibei, Rencheng and other places, also led 10,000 troops alone. Follow Lu Bu???????????????? At least the ones on the side are also lieutenants and lieutenant generals who lead 5,000 soldiers.

Of course, these people admired Chen Gong very much like Lu Bu, and Lu Bu, with the support of Chen Gong and the wealthy families of Yanzhou, spent 15,000 people in two months to sweep almost the entire Eryanzhou, and the strength of the army soared to 50,000 or 60,000.

So when Lu Bu asked, everyone turned their eyes to him.

Chen Gong is very satisfied with this kind of treatment now, after he led the Yanzhou wealthy clan to welcome Lu Bu to expel Cao Cao and almost succeeded, although Wei Xuan's dispatch of troops was a bad thing, after all, Lu Bu from a Lu country to the current six counties of Yanzhou The strength is not the same. Before deciding to greet Lu Bu, he calculated that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu would not be able to participate in this dispute, but he didn't expect Wei Xuan to be nosy. Of course, it turned out that Wei Xuan was definitely not meddling, but made huge profits, occupied the neighboring Chen Liu, and provided a guarantee for his own market share.

Chen Gong would have been a pity for a long time, because Cao Cao had the support of Yuan Shao and Wei Xuan, and even if Yuan Shu fully supported Lu Bu, it would be difficult to distinguish between the superior and the inferior for a while. But I didn't expect that Yuan Shao would ascend again and shout, and the Anti-Defense Propaganda Alliance was formed, and Lu Bu's original goal was only slightly modified to become the will of the allied Zhong Xuan. The capture of Chenliu and Dongjun was just a priority. Now that the five-party alliance is attacking Wei Xuan at the same time, Lu Bu's chances of taking Chen Liu have doubled. But the more smooth it is, the more it can't be taken lightly, and it must not be as simple and rude as King Lu Buyi in Jiangxia and Runan. Because Chen Gong is a strategist!

Chen Gong straightened his beard and said with a smile: "Duke Ming, our strength is the weakest among the five-party coalition forces, but we are facing Chen Liu, which Wei Xuan has recently occupied, Chen Liu's northeast is connected to Dongjun, once we and Wei Xuan are in a stalemate, Cao Cao may take the opportunity to go east to recover Yanzhou." Although Yuan Shao verbally promised that he would restrain Cao Cao, he had to guard against it in the face of huge interests. ”

Lu Bu was confused, why did he come to Chenliu now, and the focus of Ang Zheng became Cao Cao again?

Chen Gong continued: "Ming Gong, Wei Zhongdao is proficient in the art of war, and there are many Yingchuan celebrities around him to plan for him, and now among the five roads, Chen Liunai is the Central Plains, and when the war on all sides cannot be taken into account, Wei Zhongdao will definitely give up Nanyang or Merge Zhou to force Hanoi, Yingchuan and Chen Liu, and the new knowledge that Chen Liu must hoard heavy troops." Even if Ming Gong was able to win the head-to-head battle with Wei Zhongdao, he would definitely suffer heavy casualties. Assuming that the Five-Way Coalition Army achieves its goal, then it will definitely seek a counteroffensive after returning to Henan, and Yingchuan and Chenliu will definitely become its preferred targets. If the second Yuan can't succeed, then Yuan Shao will definitely turn to Youzhou, and Cao Cao will definitely go east to Yanzhou in response to Yuan Shao.

No matter which situation occurs, Ming Gong's command is afraid that he will not be able to resist the attacks of Wei Xuan and Cao Cao from both sides. Don't forget that Liu Bei in Xuzhou is also thinking about Ming Gong.

Therefore, in order to preserve its strength, our army should take the lead in a stalemate with Wei Zhongdao outside the city, and at the same time can contain Wei Zhongdao and Cao Cao. and so on for the other ways to fight first. If the coalition forces have the advantage, Wei Zhongdao will definitely send Chen Liu's troops and horses to support. If Yuan Shao had a stalemate in Hanoi, he would have urged Cao Cao to join the war. Wei Zhongdao is one to five, the longer the time drags on, the greater the consumption of grain and grass, and the exploitation of the local people will inevitably intensify. Chen Liunai is a newly attached land, to ???????????????? When we wait for the people of Shandong to stay behind, the capture will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, if only our army's attack on Chenliu goes smoothly, Yuan Shao is unwilling to see our side continue to expand our troops and the Yanzhou Five-Party Alliance will definitely collapse. Now that our army is weak, it is better to take advantage of the alliance to stabilize Yanzhou and strengthen its own forces. ”

Lu Bu nodded, and the generals also looked at Chen Gong with admiration, this is judging the situation, Lu Bu is a latecomer, and he needs the most time to expand his power instead of coming up directly to fight.

Only Gao Shun frowned and asked: "Military Division, if General Wei has the advantage in the field and takes all the breakthroughs, but our army does not grasp the opportunity of his failure to complete the scheduling and layout of the defense to attack Chenliu, the longer the time drags on, the more difficult it will be to attack?" ”

Chen Gong glanced at Gao Shun and said with a smile: "Do you think Wei Zhongdao can take out 200,000 or even more soldiers to deal with the allies when he has just finished the decisive battle in Guanzhong, even if he has his supply of grain and grass, can it be more powerful than Youzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Jingzhou and most of Yuzhou combined?" Another very important aspect of fighting a war is the source of reserves. The combined population of Wei Xuan's so-called three states is only one of Jizhou, Yan, Jing, and Henan. ”

Gao Shun didn't agree with Chen Gong, he looked at Lu Bu and said: "General, in the Monkey Clan that day, although we are not a prince, the generals under General Wei's combat power and most of the people here have seen it. By the way, the 40,000 Yanzhou troops today can't stop the 15,000 or 6,000 people in the prefecture back then. The previous time, Zhang Wenyuan stuck the main road leading to Jibei and Shanyang in Dongjun, but there were more than 10,000 iron cavalry, and their combat power was stronger than that of the elite cavalry of Xiliang. By the way, if you can't take Chen Liu, it is better to move to Chen Guo, wait for Chen Guo to be taken, and then go north to attack Dongjun, and then integrate all the troops and horses in Yanzhou and then try to Chen Liu. ”

Gao Shun mentioned the Monkey Clan, the faces of many generals were not good-looking, and Lu Bu also frowned, the fiasco of the day was vividly remembered, second only to the capture of Chang'an by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others in Chang'an City.

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Since Zhang Liao appeared in Yanzhou, the people stationed in Chen Liu this time must be mainly Zhang Liao's department, so in the face of the heavy cavalry and the rogue fighting style of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and others, his title of flying general is useless in front of these people. But if you follow Gao Shun's method, I'm afraid that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will turn their faces in advance.

Chen Gong didn't know the specific situation that day, but when he saw everyone like this, he also knew that that that station had a great impact on Lu Bu and the others. However, in order to persuade Lu Bu to adopt his own method, he still stubbornly said: "Wei Zhongdao's army has expanded rapidly in recent years, and its training level and weapons and equipment must not be compared with that day. If Wei Zhongdao had the pride of the day, he would definitely occupy the Liang country first, and as long as there were 20,000 people in the Liang country, our army would be helpless for a while and a half. Since he chose to give up Liang Guo, it means that he is not sure and has to shrink.

For the sake of the overall situation, Wei Zhongdao must also want to defeat our army first, only after Chen Liu breaks the siege, he can divide the two routes to the north and the south to form a local battlefield advantage. Since Wei Zhongdao wants a quick decisive battle, we should hide our edge and stalemate and consume with them. ”

Chen Gong felt that his words were about to be forced to be inconsistent by Gao Shun. After all, Chen's position is important, and Wei Xuan may also take a solid defense and wait???????????????? Other battlefield support.

Midori pondered for a while and said, "Rest well tonight, and tomorrow send someone to come close to me to test it, and see who the lord of the city is and what the enemy's determination is." In addition, Chen Guo also had to send someone to make peace in person, if King Chen was willing to stand on the side of the general, then there was no need to worry about Cao Cao suddenly going south to attack our army. ”

Chen Gong and Gao Shun looked at each other at the same time and turned to Lu Bu: "Ming Gong, our army is tired, you should be careful of the enemy's night attack." ”

Lu Bu smiled: "Of course, the general will be careful, but if it is Zhang Wenyuan, his heavy cavalry may not dare to attack at night." That kind of heavy cavalry is best used in decisive battles, and the two sides set up arrays and use heavy cavalry to tear apart each other's infantry phalanxes is the essence of cavalry warfare. However, just in case, the soldiers were asked to dig more traps in the four states of the camp. As long as he Zhang Wenyuan comes, he will definitely not be able to go back. ”

Everyone was relieved to see that Lu Bu did not take it lightly, but the camp of 40,000 people would not be able to be built in a while. After the orders were transmitted, Lu Bu called Gao Shun and Wei Xu to take a team of personal soldiers in the direction of Jiwu, preparing to personally investigate the defense of Jiwu.

Lu Bu and the others followed the line from Jiwu to Chenliu. Sure enough, there were far fewer scouts to avoid encountering.

When I found a small mound near Jiwu, I finally saw clearly that the banner of the word Wei was flying high above the head of Jiwu City! Everyone searched the city for a while, but they did not find the temperament of Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and others, and it was basically certain that this should be Wei Yun stationed again.

didn't see Wei Xuan and Zhao Yun, and Lu Bu was a little disappointed in the south in his heart. And Gao Shun took the opportunity to suggest: "General, although the stalemate of the military division is good for law enforcement, our army is far away from Yanzhou, and there is also a gap between Liang and Chen, in fact, the two are not safe, if General Wei and Wen Yuan and others send people to bypass Chen Guo or Dongjun to modestly attack the rear of our army......

Lu Bu thought for a while and said, "This situation should be considered by the military advisor, but after we go back, we will tell the military advisor about the situation here, and then send someone to test it tomorrow morning before making a decision." ”