"Your Majesty, the enemy army did not pursue our army, but began to occupy various advantageous positions and lay defensive lines." A few days later, the Han general Wei Chi Tuo came to Lu Bu and bowed.

Lu Bu deliberately gave up dozens of miles of land, wanting the Xing Dynasty army to pursue, and tried to introduce the other party into the feng shui bureau arranged in advance, but after the Daxing army broke the Dahan defense line, they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but fought steadily, first took back all the cities that were beaten this time, and began to lay the defense line, looking like they were going to fight a protracted battle with the Han.

Lu Bu opened a projection of the mountains and rivers of Daxing, and Yu Chituo understood, and stepped forward to mark down the cities that the Daxing Dynasty has currently recovered.

"Let's go and pacify the soldiers and horses, and set up a defensive line." Lu Bu pondered for a moment and then said to Wei Chituo.

"Yes!" Yu Chituo agreed, turned and left.

"Your Majesty, if the other party and our army continue to confront each other like this, just the consumption of grain and grass will make our army several times that of the Xing Dynasty." An accompanying strategist bowed down and said, "In this way, it only takes a few years to delay, and our army will run out of food and grass and have to retreat!" ”

The land occupied by the new dynasty is not enough to feed the army, and the grain and grass must be transported from the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the consumption of grain and grass is not only the consumption of the front-line army, but now it is a long-distance battle, and the consumption in the process of transportation is even higher than the consumption of the army, and the requisitioned people will also have a certain impact on the production in the Han Dynasty.

This is the first time that the Han has fallen into disadvantage in the confrontation with Xingguo.

"The most taboo and impetuousness in the war, there were many tailwind battles before, and now they are frustrated, and the soldiers will inevitably be impetuous, but you are my Han think tank, if you also start to be impetuous, then this battle will be suspended." Lu Bu looked at the strategists and sighed.

"Your Majesty is very true." A group of advisers hurriedly bowed down.

In the next two months, Lu Bu tried several times, the other party's layout was quite rigorous, and there were not too many flaws in the general direction, even if there were, some were traps, and some could be quickly made up, and the Han army failed to bargain for two months, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate.

However, two months is enough for the intelligence network established by Lu Bu to find out who the current coach of Daxing is.

Previously, the commander of Daxing was Wu Yong, the general of Daxing, in the confrontation with the Han Dynasty, he was defeated one after another, and the Han Dynasty entered the Xing Dynasty for 800 miles, and Daxing lost more than 100 cities.

It was a taboo to change the commander in battle, but in the case of Wu Yong's successive defeats, the coach of Daxing had to be changed, and Wu Yong obviously couldn't stop the Han soldiers.

But the Han soldiers were so prosperous that even the general Wu Yong was beaten into a running general, and the other generals were not as good as Wu Yong when they asked themselves, so they naturally did not dare to take over the position of the commander.

Now the commander's name is Min Yanzhang, who was originally a servant of the Daxing Dynasty Army, a six-grade official position, and was not qualified to lead the troops, but no one in the Daxing generals was willing to lead this hot potato, and Min Yanzhang recommended himself to be willing to lead the troops and retreat from the enemy for the country.

Min Yanzhang: Male, forty-nine years old, a philosopher in the east of Daxing, a poor family since childhood, like to study, served as a county commander when he was young, and was promoted to Taishou at the age of thirty-seven because of his outstanding political achievements, and later to Shi for three years, at the age of forty-one, he was reactivated by the imperial court, entered the court as an official, and did a military servant, until he led the army, he has been in this position.

Min Yanzhang's information was placed on Lu Bu's desk, just looking at this information, it was really mediocre, and he didn't even have the experience of leading troops before, and from the two months of temptation, Lu Bu also found that the other party's ability to lead troops was actually not outstanding, and it could even be said to be immature.

But this person has grown up quite fast, and can quickly check and fill in the gaps, and most importantly, this person seems to have made up his mind to play a war of attrition with Lu Bu, and he can't defend it, just waiting for the food and grass on the Han side to run out and retreat.

During this time, Min Yanzhang only did one thing, constantly checking and filling in the gaps, looking for loopholes in defense, studying the attack routines of the Han army, and trying to restrain them.

"Your Majesty, judging from this person's intelligence, he just can't defend it." One of the strategists frowned.

"If you just stick to it, you're not afraid, but what you're afraid of is that the other party doesn't want to win at all." Lu Bu said a little helplessly: "But if there is a little bit of a heart of victory, even if we are determined to defend it, we can also transfer them out if we throw a few bait, the heart of victory and defeat, any military general will have it, as long as there is, there is a way to transfer it out, but he is not!" He knows that he is not capable of using troops, so he only defends, and this is the problem! ”

Sometimes the most afraid of the opponent in the war is self-aware, just like now, people know their own shortcomings, so they will never make random moves, and even Lu Xuan guessed that he only put forward a general idea of the layout of this defensive line, and he will not personally command the soldiers how to defend, as long as the officers and soldiers of each army are ordered not to send troops without authorization, and it is enough to ensure a stubborn attitude.

"The so-called long-term defense must be lost, this is not a long-term strategy." One of the strategists frowned.

"How long does it take?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically.

The crowd couldn't give an answer, yes, how long is it?

A strategist stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, if it is that Min Yanzhang below, since he knows that the head-to-head confrontation is not the opponent of our army, then if he wants to send troops, he will only take the initiative to attack until our army is impetuous, and he will reveal an absolutely big flaw." ”

"But the people of the Xing Dynasty may not be willing to wait forever, and the minister has a plan, or he can break this person's stubborn strategy." A strategist bowed down, and seeing Lu Bu nodding, he continued: "Kill it!" ”

The tent is full of shrewd people, and they instantly understand the other party's intentions, which is a frontal way, and they have to find a way behind the enemy.

"This person's biggest weakness is his background, which can make our army's secret son continue to praise this person's merits in the Daxing Dynasty, and at the same time spare no effort to belittle that Wu Yong." The advisor smiled.

The Daxing Dynasty is different from the Han Dynasty, even if there is a mountain and river seal, it has only been obtained recently, Min Yanzhang is nearly fifty years old, the highest has been a Taishou, and it has been a matter of two years, everyone is mixed with officialdom, so I naturally understand why this is so, and now I am almost fifty, and I am still a soldier in the army, which shows that his network background in officialdom is average, and such a person is difficult to deal with in the front, but the back is extremely weak.

Lu Bu bowed slightly: "This plan is feasible, you might as well give him some more merits, pass on my military order, the generals who have defeated Wu Yong before, go into battle together, let them enter the army on their own, if they can break the enemy army, it will be their great merit." ”

If the other party can't hold it, then there is no need for this killing plan, but if it is held, then there will be material for propaganda in the rear.

"Yes!"

With Lu Bu's order, the Han generals led by Wei Chituo went into battle together, and took turns to launch an offensive against the Daxing defense line, and even the newly captured flying boats, magic weapons and crossbows were also used, but the other party had the help of the Dao Alliance, and also had air means, and they fought for half a year.

And half a year is enough for the secret son arranged by Lu Bu in Daxing to move Min Yanzhang's name.

Yangguan City, Min Yanzhang's military tent, several generals looked at Min Yanzhang who was worried, and wondered: "Min Shuai, now that the Han has withdrawn, this onslaught has failed, why is Min Shuai worried?" ”

"Yes, Dashuai, now that Daxing is in the court, the people are about to worship Dashuai as a military god."

Min Yanzhang shook his head helplessly when he heard this: "If virtue is not matched, there will be disaster!" ”

"Where did Min Shuai's words come from?" A general was puzzled: "With the great handsome's merits today, who dares to say that the great handsome is not worthy?" ”

Min Yanzhang shook his head and sighed, he didn't explain, and he couldn't explain it.

This virtue does not refer to his personal virtue, but his family background, connections, and background, Min Yanzhang is very clear that he is just using the right method now, whether his ability or identity is not worthy of the current praise from the people, the greater his reputation, the more dangerous he is.

This matter may be the opponent's means, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is not only able to use troops, but when he can't break through the front, it is normal to start from his own weaknesses, just like Min Yanzhang can block the menacing forces of the Han Dynasty, but also sees that although the Han is strong, but the weakness of the logistics is too long, it will inevitably not be able to hold it for a long time, as long as it enters a stalemate with the Han, then this battle will be won.

The truth is actually not difficult to understand, but the problem now is that many people will think that he can do such a simple truth, and now that he is too famous, his dissatisfaction is certain, and the next enemy he will face may not be the Great Han Lu Bu, but the Daxing Ministers.

And Daxing Tianzi Dugu Hao...... Min Yanzhang understands too well, he will not fully support himself, he will only seek balance.

But now is not the time to check and balance yourself.

But just like when he was forced to give office, this time, Daxing's reaction was not as expected by Min Yanzhang, three months later, in Min Yanzhang's helplessness and bitterness, the imperial court ordered that the crown prince Dugu Ming would replace Min Yanzhang to lead the troops, and the general Wu Yong would be the deputy general.

As long as you learn from Min Yanzhang, it's enough to stick to it.

However, in the second month after Min Yanzhang was transferred, Lu Bu asked Wei Chituo to send a special gift to Dugu Ming.

Yangguan City.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this is a gift sent by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, saying that it is for His Royal Highness." A general came to A Dugu Ming with a wooden box in his arms and bowed.

"Send Hongu?" Dugu Ming looked at the wooden box and said with some doubts.

This is so decent, what did the Emperor of the Han Dynasty do when he gave himself a gift?

"Your Highness is careful of deception, or do you ask the Dao Elders to come and see, is there any poison?" Wu Yong reminded on the side.

Although Dugu Ming felt that Lu Bu, as the son of a country, it was impossible to use such a means that could not be put on the table, but there was no need for him to take risks, so he immediately invited a few Yuanying Daoists stationed here to let them see if there were any means here?

"There are no means, it's just ...... What's in the box, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still doesn't want to look at it. Several Taoists probed for a moment, and then looked a little strange.

"Why is that?" Dugu Ming saw that everyone didn't say anything, when he opened the wooden box with a smile, a beautiful women's dress was lying quietly in the wooden box, and the smile on Dugu Ming's face gradually became cold.

"The dog thief deceived me too much!"

(End of chapter)