The first snow fell in Tongguan on this night.

In the Guannai Council Hall, Pang Tong was dressed in cashmere, and his hands were repeatedly baked on top of the brazier to keep warm, but his expression was extremely heavy.

"Shi Yuan, Cao Jun came from afar, it must be a tired army, I want to lead a surprise attack on his forward garrison army, as long as their giant trees are burned, within a radius of dozens of miles, there are neither forests nor cities, and tens of thousands of Cao troops are like camels on the wasteland to be slaughtered.

But you think this is Cao Cao's life, he must have made complete preparations, okay, I will listen to your abandonment of action, why do you still look like a great enemy.

Today's Cao Cao is not so powerful, and I, Lu Bu, am not the Lu Bu of the past, so I don't need to look sad. ”

Looking at Pang Tong's appearance, Lu Bu felt unlucky just like losing a battle.

If the two sides were really in the field, Lu Bu felt that he could crush Cao Cao.

"Wen Hou forgive me."

Pang Tong hurriedly turned to Lu Bu on the handsome chair and arched his hand, "It's not that I look like I'm facing a great enemy, but we are already facing a huge challenge in front of us, so we have to be cautious." ”

Lu Bu chuckled and glanced at Pang Tong, "It's serious." ”

"Wen Hou, Cao Cao is by no means easy to match, and he is the only one who can fight with Wen Hou today."

Pang Tong paused, and said contemplatively: "Please think about it, Wen Hou, this Tongguan is not only a dangerous pass, but also a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, 20,000 people stationed in Cao Cao is enough to stop Cao Cao's 80,000 people, but how many of us have us?" Ninety thousand, but they are all elite troops under the command of Wen Hou, Cao Cao is still coming, what does this mean?

It shows that he must have a careful plan. ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu clasped his hands to his chest, savored the truth, and slowly bowed his head: "There is some truth, so, what are you thinking?" ”

"I'm thinking about how I would break through this Tong Pass if I were Cao Cao."

Looking at Pang Tongyi's serious face, Lu Bu came to a trace of interest, not bad, yes, worthy of being a talent that Yunwen values, and he has a little bit of strategizing.

He stood up and walked to the brazier, took off the wine gourd from Pang Tong's waist and handed it to the other party, and said calmly: "Then. Let's talk about it, what have come to mind. ”

is different from Cao Cao and Ma Teng, Lu Bu can make you speechless when he is domineering and coercive, but he can make you feel like a year-old friend.

Pang Tong smiled and poured a sip of wine, and then muttered: "After thinking about it, there are only two ways to break it." One is the lifeblood of the three armies, which Wen Hou should have seen the harm during the Guandu War. ”

Lu Bu smiled disdainfully, that was just my son-in-law's means, what did it have to do with Cao Cao, but he still nodded in agreement.

Pang Tong continued: "The two are separated. The Marquis of Lanling defeated the ten departments in the Guanzhong and used the discord strategy, Wenhou Don't forget that Ma Teng and they are in the Guannei at the moment.

In the trilogy of our army, one-third of them are the old departments of Xiliang, if there is a rift between the two sides, Cao Cao will respond from outside the pass, and the city will be broken only within a snap of his fingers. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Bu finally began to feel a little solemn.

This is something that has to be guarded against.

Ma Teng is different from others, he has just joined his command, and he definitely can't talk about any feelings, once there is any trouble, he will not have any hesitation when he sells himself.

And it was a last resort, plus Ma Chao and Pang De are also somewhat capable, and the combat power of Xiliangbu is also strong, if it is really an incident, it is really tricky.

In fact, this is also the reason why Lu Bu did not agree to let Ma Chao take people to Xiliang, these little tigers have not been completely domesticated, and they are not enough to be entrusted with important tasks.

Especially after Pang Tong reminded him like this, his suspicion became even heavier, and he rubbed his beard root and said in a deep voice: "There is no problem at the end of the grain and grass camp, although Zhang Yan was the first rat at both ends earlier, but his little cubs and family members are all in the northern country, so they should not be rebelled by Cao Cao."

What's more, Cao Cao was blocked out of the pass, how to bypass this Tong Pass to sneak attack the grain and grass, is it possible to cross the Yellow River north and wade into the Wei River? ”

"Wenhou, this battle is very important, we win, we can take the two states of the Central Plains directly, Cao Cao only has Yizhou and half of Jingzhou, it is the end of the strong crossbow;

On the contrary, Cao Cao won, and Sizhou will be returned to Cao Cao, and he can follow the example of Emperor Gaozu to raise an army in the country of abundance, and send troops from the throat of Sanqin to win the world.

Therefore, I hope that Wen Hou will not take the matter of the grain and grass camp lightly, and transfer another 5,000 troops over. ”

Lu Bu frowned and looked at Pang Tong, he had already given Zhang Yan 5,000 soldiers, do you want to give it again?

His original intention was to attack Cao Cao head-on, and he was not too willing to waste too much military strength in the grain and grass camp.

But after savoring Pang Tong's words, and then thinking of Yuan Shao, Lu Bu finally nodded, "Listen to you, and call another five thousand people over." ”

"Thank you, Wenhou." Pang Tong breathed a long sigh of relief.

When you are a strategist, what you are most afraid of is not that your opponent is powerful, but that your lord will not listen to your own opinions.

Of course he was very happy that a reckless lord like Lu Bu could listen to the words of his strategist who had just surrendered.

Only then can the position of the lieutenant general of this military division be truly confirmed.

"As for the Ma family you mentioned, we can't drive the Ma family back to Chang'an just to prevent Cao Cao, right?" Lu Bu looked at Pang Tong in embarrassment.

"But not at all."

Pang Tong smiled, after all, he had just finished the discord plan, of course he knew how to deal with it, "Just replace all the scouts in the army with the Northern Army, so that the Xiliang soldiers will not have a chance to spread the news;

Moreover, the Ma family's mansion must be monitored by a special person, and whenever there is a letter, it must pass through the hands of Wen Hou, so as to eliminate the possible suspicion of collaborating with the enemy. ”

Pang Tong's appearance can be regarded as well-intentioned, on the surface, it seems to be to protect the Ma family, but in fact, he is protecting them.

Under such circumstances, once Cao Cao used the divisive strategy, Lu Bu would not be suspicious in his heart, at least not to get a few fake letters to provoke a conflict between the two sides.

"That's a good idea."

Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction, and patted Pang Tong's shoulder with his right hand, "Shiyuan, do you know why I trust you so much?" ”

"I don't know." Pang Tong shook his head.

"Because Yunwen believes in you, there are not many talents that can make Yunwen value, one Jia Wenhe, one Zhao Zilong, one Xu Yuanzhi, oh yes, and Zhenrong, all of them can be regarded as having made great contributions."

Lu Bu did not shy away from the slightest idea whether his inner words would cause any thoughts on this genius of the time.

Fortunately, in this world, sometimes the truth is much more practical than flattery, especially for a smart person like Pang Tong, he bowed his head heavily, "I will live up to the expectations of Marquis Wen and Marquis Lanling." ”

"By the way, you also said just now that Cao Cao must have been prepared before he dared to take the risk to go north, and you said that the surprise attack on his strikers was worried that there would be an ambush, but you can't just do it.

Our army's soldiers, horses, grain and grass are above Cao's army, there is no need to be afraid, now the Guannai is supervising the construction of thunderbolt cars, and tung oil is also enough, I see, there is no need to compare any strategies with his virtual and real reality, in the face of overwhelming strength, everything is in vain. ”

Listening to Lu Bu's words, he was ready to take the initiative to attack, and forced him with a thunderbolt, depending on how long he Cao Cao could last.

Of course, it may also cause a situation of thunderbolt bombardment, but Pang Tong knows that Lu Bu doesn't care, as long as the guardrail is damaged, this stockade will be useless, and Cao Cao can be dealt a fatal blow at any time.

Pang Tong shook the wine gourd in his hand, above the wilderness, Lu Bu personally led the army to go, and it was really difficult to play any tricks.

Moreover, he can't deny the lord's opinion at every turn, and people also want to be embarrassed.

After thinking for a moment, he bowed his head and said, "Wenhou Mingjian." ”

"Good!"

Lu Brown laughed loudly, "Your temperament is quite to my liking. ”

Lu Bu didn't come to rob the camp, whether it was Cao Cao or Fa Zheng, they were all very surprised.

After all, Cao Jun had prepared a large amount of fire oil, so he was waiting for them to invite him to eat a fire, which would damage his thousands of war horses, but he didn't come.

The stockade is where Cao Jun's lifeline is, and Pang Tong must be able to see it at this point, and what surprised a few people was not that Pang Tong could see the clues, but that a reckless man like Lu Bu, who started from scratch today, should have looked at people with his nostrils a long time ago.

Such a person prides himself on being brave, and I am afraid that there are few people in the world except Lin Mo who can persuade him, let alone Pang Tong, who has just surrendered.

It's really weird.

Originally, he pointed to the First World War to hurt Lu Bu, so that he could be honest for a while, it wouldn't take long, about a month would be enough.

Now, what Cao Cao lacks most is time.

He must buy these hours for Zhong Xuan, Chen Dao, and Wu Yi so that Fazheng's plan can be carried out perfectly.

Otherwise, with these 80,000 people, let alone tackling key problems, it is said that it can be gnawed away by Lu Bu in the field battle.

Now that he has chosen to acquiesce in the fact that he is stationed, let's drag it out.

It's best that no one does anything during this time, just consume it like this, and see who suffers in the end.

Cao Cao has full confidence in Fazheng's plan, and just the thoroughness and far-reaching of this plan should not lose to Lin Yunwen.

"Sikong."

Outside the tent, Xu Chuhu stepped in, stepped forward and said, "Lu Bu is out of the customs." ”

"How many." Cao Cao's heart sank, and his face was still light and light.

"I don't know, there is no end in sight, at least there are 30,000, there are six or seven thousand cavalry alone, and there are also thunderbolts."

After Xu Chu finished speaking, Cao Cao laughed, "Lu Bu is really different from what it used to be, he has such a big pomp and circumstance when he moves his body casually, and he also brings a thunderbolt." ”

"Sikong, the last general is invited to fight, and he is willing to kill Lu Bu in front of the two armies!"

After Dian Wei finished speaking, Xu Chu immediately added: "I'll go too!" ”

These two people can be regarded as the two heroes of the tiger under Cao Cao, and the two of them also have an absolute understanding of Lu Bu's martial arts.

During the Battle of Xingyang, Dian Wei fought close to Lu Bu; During the Battle of Puyang, the six generals of the six generals fought against Lu Bu, including Xu Chu and Dian Wei.

Dare to say such cruel words because the most recent fight was also the Battle of Puyang ten years ago.

Ten years, how many decades are there in life.

Not everyone can carry through one decade after another in their peak period.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu both firmly believe that Lu Bu, who is about to run for fifty, has long since lost the fierceness of the tiger prison of the past.

Not long ago, the front of the battle overturned Ma Chao?

Of course, they also know, but how capable Ma Chao is, it is unknown, God knows if he is a piece of water-injected pork that is actually difficult to deserve under the fame.

What's more, Dian Wei and Xu Chu are both world-class fierce generals, and people also have this capital arrogance.

"The last general is willing to go with him!"

"The last general is also invited to fight!"

"The last general will go too!"

As soon as Dian Wei and Xu Chu took the lead, the others began to shout one by one.

Zhang He and Xu Huang also have some foundation in Cao Ying, and they can speak louder.

And Wu Lan, Ling Bao, Deng Xian and Liu Bi, who had just been put into Cao Ying, also came out one after another.

Cao Cao laughed with satisfaction, "Everyone, it's not time to fight with Lu Jun yet, let them make noise for a while, and then make a choice when their spirit is gone." ”

If it's just about fighting generals, in fact, the current Cao Cao is not panicking.

Because Zhong Xuan has already given himself the old bottom on the other side, Lu Bu's side, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun are not there, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are in Huainan again, Zhang Xiu went to Xiliang, and Cao Cao knows best what level of full favor is.

As for Zhang Yan, he is just a mountain bandit, so there is nothing to worry about.

Of course, there is also an unknown existence is Ma Chao, I heard that it is very powerful, but I have never seen it.

In other words, most of the current Lu Bu are just middle-level generals.

But what about their own side, Dian Wei and Xu Chu are enough for Lu Bu to drink a pot, Xu Huang and Zhang He are not decorations, plus the Yizhou generals Wu Lan and Ling Bao, who have just surrendered to Cheng and made meritorious contributions, and they rushed up when they were fighting, and it is really unknown what happened to Lu Bu.

Even if Lu Bu can't be killed, there is no problem in defeating him, and it is not uncommon for the main general in front of the three armies to be defeated and then pursued and killed.

However, Cao Cao also knew in his heart that this battle was a battle of his own destiny.

If it is defeated, there will be no place for this Central Plains land.

has no choice but to collide with Lu Bu head-on.

can make him give up Xuzhou and fight in Sizhou, one is that this territory is too important to him, not only can he break the situation of being attacked from three sides, but also restore the channel for the procurement of war horses.

The second is that Fa Zheng's conspiracy is extremely subtle.

Therefore, he knows very well that what he has to do is to drag out time and gain enough time for the operation of the rear Zhong Xuan, and other small fights, winning and losing are not enough to determine the key to victory or defeat.

Cao Cao just asked the departments to prepare for the battle, although he couldn't go out of the village, he still had to guard against the possibility of Lu Bu suddenly storming the village.

Next, it is the expected daily greetings to the three generations of ancestors.

What are you looking at, come out and fight it, you hit me!

Ma Chao was the most energetic, brandishing the tiger-headed Zhan golden gun, with a hideous expression and four consecutive strikes: "Cao thief, traitor, evil thief, reverse ~ thief!" ”

Of course, this kind of way can't scold Cao Jun out of the camp, but now that the thunderbolt hasn't arrived, you don't know what you can do if you don't scold.

If you get too close, you will be greeted by a rain of arrows, and you can only spit lotus flowers to pray for Cao Cao.

After scolding for most of the day, the thunderbolt cars began to arrive one after another.

This is also something that can't be helped, this thing is dead, and it is thirty miles away from Tongguan here, even if it is a thunderbolt with a hundred and ten people, this speed is like this.

In fact, at this point, the sharpness has already retreated.

Except for the physical strength that they had lost by scolding for a long time and hurrying, they had only eaten the meal in the morning, and they had not eaten anything since then.

If it was really an all-out fight, it would definitely be the inferior side, but Lu Bu was not afraid at all, and directly ordered it to be smashed.

Eight thunderbolts, lined up and began to bombard.

But there are also throwers in Cao Ying, and they are not given by Lin Mo at the beginning, they have been improved by Cao Ying's craftsmen, and their power is not lost to Lu Bufang's thunderbolt car.

It was only during this period of confrontation that the sergeants began to nibble on dry food.

One by one, the oil jars were thrown at Cao Jun by thunderbolts, and dozens of catties of boulders were also thrown out of the opposite camp.

But the accuracy is unmatched.

This is not to say that the ranged weapons of the two sides are very different, but the goals are different, and the effects are naturally very different.

As long as Lü Jun's thunderbolt car does not smash into the air, it doesn't matter whether it falls on the fence or inside Caoying.

And Cao Jun's thrower must hit Lu Jun's thunderbolt to resolve the crisis, otherwise this village will be bored with a hole by him sooner or later.

By the time it was dark, the fence of Cao's army had been burned through more than a dozen openings, and it had to be repaired overnight;

On the other hand, Lu Jun's thunderbolt only lost three.

God knows if there will be any new thunderbolts to be delivered tomorrow.

The most terrible thing is that Lu Jun didn't retreat because it was dark, and buried a pot a few miles away to make food, which is insulting.

Cao Cao immediately approached Fa Zheng and Cheng Yu to discuss, it was not a matter to play like this.

Fa Zheng was also a person with ideas, and immediately suggested that he should take advantage of the darkness to send people to carry water equipment to the Yellow River, which was bound to cause Lu Bu to be uneasy, and when he led the cavalry to charge and kill, he took advantage of the situation to destroy the thunderbolt car.

Cheng Yu suggested that while it was dark, the Lu army tossed for a whole day, and when the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, they went out of the village to sneak attack, and then divided a small group of people to burn the thunderbolt car.

Both methods have relatively high feasibility, but Cao Cao finally felt that this could only solve a temporary emergency.

After all, he wasn't sure if there were any more thunderbolts in Tongguan, you could play a trick and destroy what was in front of you, and when you came back the next day, people would be guarding against you.

It won't take ten days or eight days, and this village will still have to be destroyed.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao took the initiative to propose that tomorrow let Dian Wei go out to fight the generals, and he would fight Lu Bu by name, as long as he dared to fight, when Xu Chu, Zhang He, Xu Huang, and Wu Lan were more able to fight, let alone say any battlefield rules, and a swarm of bees rushed up to fight him.

Even if you can't make a miracle vigorously, the problem of self-preservation is not big after all.

In case they succeed, it feels quite reliable to let Ling Bao and Deng Xian lead the army to kill.

Cheng Yu expressed his support, but Fa Zheng did not express his position.

After all, he didn't know much about the generals of Cao Ying, such as Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhang He and Xu Huang, and even if he had the heart to show his ambitions, he would not be foolish.

Of course, if you can really fight the situation, this method is tantamount to the most direct and effective.

And under the first war, it will definitely make Lu Jun honest for half a month.

In this way, there will be plenty of time for action in the rear.

The only requirement is that even if you want to fight, you must also take into account that if you miss, this village will be dangerous, so the deployment of soldiers and horses in the stockade should not be attack, but defense.

The wise man does not think about victory, but first thinks about defeat.

Cao Cao also agreed with this, anyway, he was not in a hurry to put the fruits of the pursuit to the maximum, and when the time came, there would be cavalry pouring out, and after all, it would be able to cause a lot of damage to the infantry of the Lu army.

The ultimate goal is only to delay Lu Jun's edge, and the rest can not be pursued.

The next day, Cao's fence was once again greeted by the thunderbolts of the Lu army, and several pieces were even knocked out, and the gaps were two or three zhang wide, which was enough for four or five cavalry to rush and kill them side by side.

The price, that is, the tung oil has bottomed out, and they have to continue to carry it from Tongguan, it doesn't matter, they don't dare to come out anyway, Lu Bu is not in a hurry at all.

In fact, it is very risky to push the thunderbolt to the entrance of the other camp.

On the one hand, the thunderbolt is expensive and slow, and it is too easy to be burned by sneak attacks.

Again, once the war doesn't go well, the infantry may not be able to run, let alone these thunderbolts.

So, it's almost not a crushing situation, and few people will adopt this kind of play.

At noon, there was finally movement at the end of Cao Ying.

A group of soldiers and horses rushed out, and the two armies formed a state of confrontation.

At the same time, the sergeants in the stockade were also fighting fires and repairing fences, antlers, and so on.

Finally reluctant.

Lu Bu breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that a power in his body was awakened.

Also excited is Ma Chao, who also pointed to the great achievements he made this time so that his status in Lu Ying could be mentioned.

Before Ma Chao could speak, a swarthy general on the opposite side stepped forward with a double halberd and shouted angrily: "I am Chen Liudianwei, where is Lu Bu, dare to fight with me!" ”

Ma Chao became energetic when he heard it, Dian Wei, Cao Cao's guard general, right, I heard that Cao Cao called him an ancient evil, come on, come and see.

(End of chapter)