Sun Gan did not immediately agree to Lu Bu's request, although the situation was indeed developing as Liu Jian expected, but Sun Gan did not immediately express his attitude in front of Lu Bu, he deliberately said that he would go back to Liu Jian to make a final decision.

If you are acting, you must act like it.

Agreeing so happily all of a sudden, didn't it make Lu Bu suspicious?

Sun Qian returned to Liu Jian's camp and conveyed Lu Bu's meaning to Liu Jian.

The current situation can be regarded as playing into Liu Jian's hands.

Liu Jian walked to the inner tent and looked at the picture hanging on the screen in the tent, the light in his eyes was shining.

"Lu Bu and Niu Fu, this is to take the opportunity to hide in Xingyang, let me and Yuan Shao fight hard, and then make a profit...... Very good, as I thought, I was tired of Gongyou going to see Lu Bu again, and said that I promised him! ”

"Whoa."

Sun Qian immediately received the order, and then walked out of the tent again, and without stopping for a moment, he went to Lu Bu's camp again.

After Sun Qian left, Liu Jian touched his chin and said to himself: "Next, where and at what time, Yu Xingyang will deal with Lu Bu and Niu Fu and take them by surprise." ”

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu, who was holding a black feather fan, said slowly behind Liu Jian's back: "The lord is wrong, he is not ambushing them in Xingyang, but ambushing them on the way to Luoyang. ”

Liu Jian was taken aback when he heard this, he hurriedly turned around and asked Jia Xu for advice: "What does Wen He mean by this?" ”

Jia Xu swayed the black fan again and again, slowly came to the map in the tent, and used the fan to the Luze place leading to Luoyang in the Lu Bu camp, and said: "Luze is a swamp, there are large and small lakes, the path is intricate, it is a necessary place to turn from Xingyang to Luoyang, you can set up an ambush here, fight here, if you are prepared in advance, you can greatly reduce the combat power of the elite cavalry of the Xiliang soldiers and the Bingzhou army, or you can succeed for a while." ”

Liu Jian didn't ask how to ambush, but said: "Wen He hasn't answered me yet, why are you ambushing here?" ”

Jia Xu said lightly: "The last official thinks that Lu Bu and Niu Fu will definitely pretend to retreat to Xingyang first, and then turn back halfway and secretly go to Luoyang to station, because there's someone the lord cares about the most. ”

Liu Jian's eyes suddenly narrowed: "Teacher? ”

"Exactly, Duke Lu is in Luoyang at the moment, and with all due respect, Duke Lu is the biggest weakness of the lord,"

"Lu Bu and Niu Fu went to Luoyang, and on the surface of the outside world, they used the strong outline of Luoyang City as an excuse to hold on, but in fact, they controlled the weakness of the lord, which made the lord's mind chaotic, and he was at a disadvantage in the competition with Yuan Shao, so that it may create an opportunity for Yuan Shao, so that it is easiest for the lord and Yuan Shao to form a lose-lose situation, so that Lu and Niu can achieve the greatest benefit!"

Liu Jian narrowed his eyes: "Lu Bu and Niu Fu may not have thought of this." ”

Jia Xu said: "The lord's words are very true, but Lu Bu and Niu Fu can't think of it, but Dong Xiangguo may not think of it, and what Dong Xiangguo can't think of, Li Ru will definitely think of." ”

Jia Xu's words sounded the alarm for Liu Jian.

Not bad, Li Ru!

On the surface, at the moment, on the side of the Xiliang Army, his opponents are Niu Fu and Lu Bu, but in fact, his current opponent is no longer these two people.

Behind these two people, standing are Dong Zhuo and Li Ru!

Especially Li Ru, like Jia Xu, is a well-known poisoner, if it is said that this kind of yin damage method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle comes from Li Ru's planning, it is completely possible.

For Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, Jia Xu does have more say than Liu Jian, after all, he is much more familiar with these two people than Liu Jian.

Therefore, in this matter, Jia Xu's words had to be listened to.

"God is fortunate to have Wen He by my side, otherwise, I may not be 100% sure of dealing with a poisoner like Li Ru."

"The lord praises it."

Liu Jian then stretched his finger to the vicinity of Luze on the map, and began to think about how to ambush here in order to achieve the best effect.

"Wenhe, in your opinion, if Lu Bu and Niu Fu are defeated, what kind of actions will Dong Zhuo's side make?"

Jia Xu replied without hesitation: "According to the last official's understanding of Dong Xiangguo, Xiangguo may personally send troops to compete with the lord!" ”

"Dong Zhuo personally sent troops ......," Liu Jian muttered silently.

"Yes, if Dong Zhuo personally sends troops, what he carries must be the most elite troops in the Xiliang Army, and the soldiers and horses of the lord who are now in Sizhou may not be enough to match him, and the lord still needs to write a book to urge, so that the reinforcements from Youzhou and Qingzhou will arrive in Sizhou as soon as possible, so that they will have the power to fight with Dong Zhuo."

"I know, I'll write a book, and urge the reinforcements to arrive soon."

"Arrive before Dong Zhuo arrives in Sizhou."

……

……

I have to say that as a former colleague, Jia Xu still knows Li Ru very well.

Li Ru really sent a message to Lu Bu, telling him that if he could lead Liu Jian to fight Yuan Shao, he would let Lu Bu first pretend to retreat to Xingyang, and then turn around on the way to Xingyang to defend the town.

As long as Lu Bu and Niu Fu's soldiers and horses enter Luoyang, it will be equivalent to controlling Lu Zhi, and Liu Jian will be affected by the imbalance of mentality.

This is a great benefit to our own side.

At that time, he and Yuan Shao will both lose.

Since Li Ru's opinion has been transmitted to the front, it means that Dong Zhuo agreed, and Lu Bu and Niu Fu naturally had to comply, so after the two of them got Liu Jian's accurate reply, they set up troops and headed in the direction of Xingyang.

During this period, Lu Bu's scouts also went to investigate Liu Jian's news.

After Lu Bu and Niu Fu left, Liu Jian really began to march and went straight to Yuan Shao's Yingshui camp.

At this moment, Lu Bu and Niu Fu's calculations completely fell.

Unexpectedly, Liu Deran, the hero of Hebei, was also used by them once!

This is really a point to brag about for Lu and Niu.

……

It's late autumn, and the weather in Henan is already very cool, and it even feels a little cold at night.

Lu, who has quietly transferred from Xingyang to Luoyang, Niu Headquarters, chose to camp in Luze tonight.

According to the time, the soldiers and horses of Lu Niu and the others should actually arrive in Luoyang the day before yesterday, but it is not a coincidence, because it is the autumn rain season, and the face of the heavenly prince is uncertain, maybe when, he will give you a sudden rainfall, and before the rain, he didn't even say hello.

Marching in the rainy season was the hardest for the soldiers, especially for the army of Lu Niu, who had been traveling for several days in a row, and they felt even more tired at the moment.

However, seeing that he was about to arrive in Luoyang, for the sake of the soldiers, Lu Bu still decided not to rush too much, especially in the rainy season, it was not possible to travel at night, which was really harmful to the army.

Luze is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it can be regarded as a good place for soldiers to recuperate.

But what Lu Bu and Niu Fu never expected was that at this moment, not far from their camp, Liu Jian was personally leading a group of sentries to secretly observe their camp.

"Lord, it seems that the Xiliang army is very tired from marching for days, and there are only three teams patrolling the camp outside the camp, and the interval is not short." Xia Houlan pointed to the military camp not far away and said.

In this kind of temporary camping, and it is still a territory that is not dangerous to defend, there are usually enough patrols to send out camps, and even a large number of sentinels...... In this way, the Xiliang army first went to Xingyang, and then went to Luoyang, and it has not been hindered for several days, coupled with Liu Jian's previous arrangement for the generals to go south, making it look like they were going to fight Yuan Shao, this illusion made Lu Bu and Niu Fu confident that they would not be discovered.

The two of them estimated that they were a little floating.

But who would have thought that Hebei's soldiers and horses would return to the division so suddenly?

"The order, with Yan Liang as the vanguard commander, enter from the west, Wen Chou attack from the east, Han Meng, Jiang Qi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Ei's battalions of soldiers and horses, follow Yan Liang and Wen Chou to enter, and all the troops will go straight to the big tent of the Chinese army to fight Niu Fu! It is better to kill the generals and capture the flag to chill the hearts of their troops! In this way, the enemy army can be routed and scattered, and the thief will capture the king first. ”

Xia Houlan asked a very stupid question on the side.

"Although Niu Fu is a Zhonglang general, when it comes to fame, he is far inferior to the flying general Lu Bu, if he wants to cut the heart of the enemy, why not kill Lu Bu? Instead of going to kill the cow? ”

"Kill Lu Bu?"

The corners of Liu Jian's mouth twitched a little, and he looked at Xia Houlan: "You cut?" ”

Xia Houlan was not frightened, but said with great certainty: "I see it!" ”

"Rest fast, you...... I'm afraid you're not good enough for people to slaughter. ”

Liu Jian unceremoniously poured a basin of cold water on Xiahoulan, and then said: "Once the fight starts later, let the drum sergeants I prepared in advance go around his camp, gongs and drums sound in unison, and shout to kill, so that the enemy army will not be able to figure out the number of our army in a hurry, and lose its morale!" ”

"No...... But my lord, if I fight head-to-head, I may not lose to Lu Bu......"

"Go aside!"

……

"Boom!!"

"Knock knock!"

"Kill!"

The sudden shouting and killing sound from outside the camp reached the military tent, causing Lu Bu, who had gradually fallen into a dream, to wake up in an instant.

Almost without hesitation, he got up and yelled outside:

"Armor! Take my halberd! ”

When it comes to facing the enemy in battle, marching and fighting, Lu Bu is indeed the top in the world.

There is no doubt that you have been attacked!

But in the face of this situation, Lu Bu's face was still like sinking water, and his emotions were not turbulent...... At least on the surface, there are no waves.

Shan Chong is worthy of his evaluation of the four words "Lu Bu among people".

It is no wonder that he fought with Xianbei and Xiongnu in the border county back then, and this kind of unpreparedness often occurred, and over time, he exercised Lu Bu's extremely strong ability to resist pressure when dealing with sneak attacks.

At this time, on the east and west sides, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were the vanguard of the front, and the two of them each led two thousand Youzhou elite cavalry to raid the enemy camp.

Since it is a stealing camp, the actions of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who are at the forefront, are the key to success or failure.

As long as the temporary deployment of the enemy in the camp can be quickly disrupted and enough chaos to the other side, then this sneak attack will basically be successful.

Lu Ze, where Lu Bu and others stationed troops, because this place is a wetland, will restrict the movement of the cavalry to a certain extent.

But this point, Liu Jian had already checked in advance.

Perhaps for other people's cavalry, the swamp wetland is somewhat of an obstacle to action, but for Liu Jian's cavalry, this obstacle has been controlled by him to the minimum.

Because his cavalry had horseshoes.

In fact, when Liu Jian first arrived in Jizhou, he could configure horseshoes for his cavalry in batches, so that the wear and tear of his cavalry's hooves was minimized, and the service life of the horses was delayed to the greatest extent.

But Liu Jian didn't do that in the end.

At that time, Liu Jian focused on developing his own power, rather than competing with the herdsmen to dominate the world, and he felt that the frequency of wars at that time was low, and there was no need to let the horseshoe come out.

After all, this kind of thing is not very technical, and the sooner it comes out, the easier it is to be copied by others.

When the time comes, when you really want to fight frequently, I am afraid that the early advantage will be gone.

So Liu Jian has been delaying until this year.

In the first year of Xingping, Liu Jian felt that the time was ripe, and finally made up his mind to manufacture horseshoes in large quantities.

The main effect of the horseshoe is two, one is to reduce the wear and tear of the horse's hooves, increase the service life of the horse, and the other is to strengthen the grip of the horse.

With the horseshoe, the cavalry of Yan Liang and Wen Chou would be greatly less hindered by the muddy ground.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The whistle in charge of the night patrol shouted loudly and woke up the camps.

But soon, countless arrows were seen shooting towards the place where the sound was initiated, and the soldiers patrolling the camp were silent in an instant.

Awakened by the noise, the Xiliang soldiers rushed out of the tent with their ordnance, and before they could figure out what was happening, they saw a rain of arrows rushing towards them.

The biggest difference between the Youzhou cavalry and other cavalry is that the Youzhou cavalry is good at shooting!

"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! ”

"Don't mess around, hurry up and line up, drive the enemy, drive the enemy!"

The Bingzhou army under Lu Bu was all elite, and even if they were attacked by a sneak attack, they reacted as quickly as their main generals, and they all quickly rose up to meet the enemy.

However, the elite level of the enemy army was already within Liu Jian's expectations, and Liu Jian had already made a timely judgment.

The Youzhou cavalry, under the leadership of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, galloped through the enemy camp and shot with bows and arrows, while throwing torches everywhere to set fire to the tents of the Xiliang army and the Bingzhou army.

At the same time, the drums around the camps of the Xiliang Army and Bingzhou became louder and louder, and the shouts of killing became louder and louder, and the officers in the Xiliang military camp couldn't figure out how many people and horses had come from the other side to sneak attack at the moment.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou are indeed very brave.

In the large camp of the enemy army, the only person who can suppress the courage of the two of them is Lu Bu.

As long as they don't run into Lu Bu, Yan Liang and Wen Chou will have no big problem.

In this big camp, there are more than 10,000 people and horses, how can this Lu Bu and Yan Liangwen Chou meet so easily?

Yan Liangwen Chou led the crowd to gallop on horseback, and in the face of those soldiers who wanted to gather to fight them, the two Hebei tiger generals would bravely step forward and take the lead in killing the opponent's offensive.

With the flashing of knife shadows, many people didn't even see their faces clearly, and the appearance of General Wen Er's appearance was beheaded and killed on the spot.

……

……

"Niu Zhong, Zhong Lang, someone, someone robbed the camp!"

The soldiers who came to report were a little stammered because of the urgency of the situation.

"Panic what! Look at your guts! Come with me! ”

Compared to Lu Bu, Niu Fu's state is a bit cheap, although he has a hard mouth, but if you look closely at his facial expressions, you will find that Niu Fu is obviously a little flustered, but he is still pretending to be calm.

Picking up the big knife, Niu Fu rushed out of the military tent and looked around, and made a decision immediately after roughly judging the situation.

"There seem to be fewer enemies in Dongzhai, so you can go to Dongzhai with me to retreat from the enemy, don't panic, the sky is falling and someone is on top of it!"

"Whoa!"

Niu Fu led a group of guards and knights on the war horses, and then ran to Dongzhai.

At this time, on the Dongzhai side, Sima Nai, who was in charge of guarding the town, was Wei Yue and Hao Meng under Lu Bu.

The two of them were directing the soldiers and horses to prepare for battle, when they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and by the light of the fire, they saw that it was Niu Fu and the others.

"I've seen General Zhonglang!"

"Don't panic, you two are here, and the situation will be stabilized!"

Niu Fu galloped his horse while beckoning Wei Yue and Hao Meng to come to his side, and at the same time ordered the left and right to shout his name loudly, so that the people in Dongzhai would know that he had arrived, and the soldiers of the three armies should not panic.

"Niu Zhonglang is coming! Don't mess with the three armies! ”

"Niu Zhonglang is coming! Don't mess with the three armies! ”

“……”

Wherever they passed, the sergeants did become much calmer, and it seemed that as a lieutenant general, Niu Fu's prestige in the army was still very heavy.

But at this time, several fierce generals from Hebei had followed the footsteps of Yan Liang and Wen Chou and killed them from the east and west.

And the shouts of the Xiliang army also reached the ears of some Hebei generals who attacked Dongzhai.

Lu Weihuang, Han Juzi, and Zhao Rong, who took the lead, heard the shouts and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

They immediately led the men and horses of the headquarters to rush straight to the Niu Fu office!

"Who is Niu Fu, don't hurry up and catch it! The Lord has decreed that you are the one who is arrested today. ”

(End of chapter)