Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 186: Mi Fang of Qu County! (Thanks for the monthly ticket support from me even though I can’t get another me~)

"what?!"

"Xuzhou's rear is empty? How is this possible?"

Zhou Yu's words once again made everyone in the room feel unbelievable.

Lu Bu looked at Zhou Yu, who was full of confidence, and asked on behalf of everyone else:
"Why is Gongjin so sure?"

Zhou Yu smiled confidently and said:

"Last month, Cao Cao was defeated and lost Taishan County, Jibei State, and Lu State.

"And Liu Bei's mere fifty thousand soldiers and horses are not enough to defend the three newly acquired counties.

"He will certainly ask Tao Qian to send troops to help guard these three counties.

"Tao Qian had a total of 70,000 soldiers and horses. Apart from the 30,000 in Xia Pi, he could only mobilize 40,000.

“Each of the three newly acquired counties must be guarded by at least 10,000 people.

"There are only about 10,000 defenders left for Langya, Pengcheng and Donghai.

"Therefore, I can conclude that the East Sea Kingdom should only have about 5,000 soldiers at this moment, and Langya Kingdom and Pengcheng County should have 5,000 people equally!"

After listening to Zhou Yu's analysis, everyone seemed to be enlightened.

If this is the case, it would not be difficult to capture and defend the Donghai Kingdom with only 5,000 defenders.

Moreover, the defenders of Xia Pi City will definitely be tied down. The only ones who can effectively support the Donghai Kingdom are the 10,000 defenders of Taishan County!
If everything goes as Zhou Yu expected, then there is a high probability that the Donghai Kingdom can be taken down and firmly defended!
Seeing that no one questioned Zhou Yu's decision, Lu Bu stood up and walked to Zhou Yu with a smile on his face:
"Okay! Then we will decide to attack the East Sea Kingdom. This matter must be kept strictly confidential. Everyone present here is someone I trust.

"If this matter is leaked, I will hold you accountable!"

As Lu Bu spoke, his majestic tiger eyes swept across the crowd, and no one dared to look him in the eye!

"Then, we should discuss the specific battle plan..."

Time has unknowingly come to June.

Although the weather is still hot, the temperature has dropped a lot compared to May.

In the previous month, Lu Bu's army not only agreed on a battle plan, but also prepared all the food and supplies.

Now the total number of troops under his command has increased from 210,000 to 230,000.

There are 120,000 troops that can be mobilized!

Following Lu Bu's order, Sun Ce led an army of 20,000 from Runan to launch a feint attack on Pei State.

Gan Ning led an army of 40,000 from Jiujiang, and Zhang Chao led 20,000 of his own troops from Guangling to attack Xia Pi County together.

Lu Bu's instructions to them were to try to capture as many as possible.

If they cannot take it, they must tie down the defenders of Xia Pi and prevent them from returning to defend the Donghai Kingdom.

Lu Bu personally led an army of 50,000, and with Wei Xu as the vanguard and an army of 10,000, they quietly entered Haixi County in the north of Guangling County.

He planned to use the largest number of troops and take over the Kingdom of Donghai as quickly as possible!
After all, the opponent is Zhuge Wuhou, and Lu Bu cannot guarantee that his men will not underestimate the enemy.

Only he himself understood how terrifying Zhuge Wuhou was, and therefore he would treat this battle with the utmost caution!
Zhuge Liang had been able to predict that Cao's army would drop plague-infected corpses in Jiangxia, and he might have guessed that they would attack the Donghai Kingdom.

But no matter how sophisticated the opponent's strategy is, it is impossible to deploy too many troops in the East China Sea Kingdom if the total force is not enough to be deployed.

After all, Cao Cao had already agreed on a time with him to send troops to Chen and Liang at the same time.

Zhuge Liang also needed a large number of troops to be deployed in these two counties.

In this battle, Cao Cao used up all the combat power he could mobilize, with a total of 50,000 soldiers available for combat.

If he loses again, he will never have a chance to turn things around!

……

Guangling County, Haixi County.

As night fell, Lu Bu immediately left Haixi County with his 60,000 troops who had gathered their strength during the day, and quietly entered the territory of Donghai Kingdom!
Their primary target of attack was Yilu Township in Qu County.

According to the investigation by the scouts sent by Lu Bu, the defenders of Qu County were less than 2,000. But in order to prevent accidents, Lu Bu chose to take it slow and cautious, step by step!
When Wei Xu's vanguard troops arrived at Yilu Township, they occupied the entire township without any effort.

A township is much larger than a village and is equivalent to a collection of several villages.

Although there were some militiamen among them, they had no ability to resist compared to the well-equipped and well-trained officers and soldiers.

Under Lu Bu's strict orders, Wei Xu did not harm any villagers.

Although he was the vanguard this time, he couldn't wait to fight the enemy.

But he also knew that the main goal of this battle was to capture Tan County, the capital of the Donghai Kingdom!

As long as he can capture Tan County, he will be the primary hero, and there is no need to count the number of enemy heads to calculate his credit!

Soon, the 50,000-strong army led by Lu Bu caught up.

After a brief rest in Yilu Township, everyone continued on their way to Qu County.

When the army arrived at the city of Qu County, the two thousand troops of Qu County finally reacted.

Originally, when seeing Wei Xu's 10,000-strong army, the defender of Qu County thought he could still hold off.

However, when he saw tens of thousands of troops approaching from the rear facing the rising sun, the magistrate of Qu County immediately opened the gate and surrendered.

Two thousand against sixty thousand, there is no need to fight at all!

Even if the casualty ratio was one to ten, the opponent could have crushed them several times!

Not to mention that under normal circumstances, it is rare for combat casualties to exceed one to five.

After Lu Bu's army entered the county town, they immediately took control of the entire Qu County.

Even so, Lu Bu still couldn't feel at ease. Instead, he felt that the invasion was going too smoothly.

Did Zhuge Wuhou really not guess that they would invade the Kingdom of Donghai?
Did they think of this possibility but felt it was unlikely, or did they not have enough troops to make more deployments?
After all, this time, he and Cao Cao joined forces to attack, with a total force of up to 170,000!

Even if Liu Bei and Tao Qian had a total of 120,000 troops, they could only mobilize half of them at will.

It is still very difficult to defend the entire Xuzhou and half of Yuzhou with 120,000 troops.

Lu Bu couldn't figure it out, so he didn't think much about it and could only take one step at a time.

Lu Bu did not rush to Tan County, but instead ordered people to search the city for the Mi family, a famous wealthy businessman in Xuzhou.

If the Mi family members are still here and have a lot of money at home, it proves that Zhuge Liang probably didn't know they would come here.

Otherwise, Zhuge Liang would definitely transfer these strategic resources away.

Not long after, Lu Bu, who was resting in the county government, saw Wei Xu coming over with an ugly and short man.

Wei Xu clasped his fists and said:
"My lord, I have captured this fellow named Mi Fang.

"But his elder brother Mi Zhu is not at home.

"In addition, we seized thousands of taels of gold and silver and 10,000 dan of grain and grass from the Mi family!"

After listening to Wei Xu's report, Lu Bu's brows relaxed slightly.

The Mi family left behind so many resources, so Zhuge Liang probably didn't think they would take the risk of attacking the Donghai Kingdom.

However, out of caution, Lu Bu still looked at Mi Fang who was kneeling on the ground and trembling.

Regarding this guy who betrayed Guan Yu together with "Fu Shiren" in history and caused Guan Yu to lose Jingzhou.

If he had not traveled through time, the other person would definitely be the person he wanted to kill the most.

But now Guan Yu has become his enemy, and the enemy of his enemy is actually his friend.

Lu Bu wanted to get some information from the other party, so he asked sternly:

"Where is your brother Mi Zhu now? Where is the main force of Liu Bei's army?"

(End of this chapter)