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

Chapter 229 Military Order (Thanks to Empty City for the small reward~)

After hearing Ni Heng's advice, Lu Bu's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Zhengping's words make sense. In this case, please write a military order for me and have someone deliver it to General Zhang Liao.

"Let him lead the troops of Jingzhou and wait for an opportunity to attack the border of Yizhou!"

Seeing that his lord adopted his suggestion, Ni Heng was overjoyed.

After Dong Bai got paper and pen, he immediately wrote down the military order for the other party on the stone table.

After stamping the seal, Lu Bu ordered Wei Yan, Bu Zhi, Lu Fan and others to personally deliver the letter to Jingzhou and assist Zhang Liao in the battle.

After Ni Heng finished writing the military order for Lu Bu, he continued:

"In addition to Liu Yan, there is also news from the court that the emperor recognizes Liu Bei as his uncle and appoints him as the governor of Yuzhou and Xuzhou!"

Upon hearing the news, Lu Bu stopped chewing the Hu Bing for a moment, but soon started moving again.

This was not unexpected to him.

After all, Liu Bei was a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty.

Although there are thousands or tens of thousands of people with the same identity as him, he is the only one whose name can be found in the royal family tree.

Moreover, compared to Lu Bu, Liu Xie obviously trusted Liu Bei, who was of the same clan and surname, more.

The other party must know that in his previous life, Liu Bei became emperor right after he abdicated.

But he was no longer the emperor at that time. Even if he had not died, he would definitely accept the fact that Uncle Liu could continue the Han Dynasty for him.

And now, with him, Lu Bu owns two states.

Although Liu Xie had a good relationship with him, he must have been aware of his ambitions.

Even if the country will eventually change hands, it is better for it to fall into the hands of the Liu family than into the hands of someone else.

The fact that the other party chose to join forces with Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao this time is enough to illustrate this point.

Of course, Lu Bu would not turn against Liu Xie because of this incident.

He knew very well how much hatred the other party had for Cao Cao.

Given a chance to strike at his mortal enemy who had seized his kingdom in his previous life, he would naturally not let it go.

It was obviously impossible for Zhuge Liang to use this to destroy his relationship with Liu Xie.

As long as he does not fall out with Liu Xie, Zhuge Liang, who aims to revive Shu Han, will sooner or later make Liu Bei and Liu Xie fall out.

If the two sides fall out, the initiative will be in my hands.

At that time, it would be profitable for him whether he supported Liu Xie in attacking Liu Bei or attacked Liu Bei directly.

Of course, no matter how he thinks, he cannot easily control how the future will develop.

After breakfast, Lu Bu took the two Qiao sisters and Ni Heng out for a walk.

Coming to the top of the city wall, Lu Bu looked at the people who were harvesting in the fields. Seeing the satisfied smiles on their faces, he couldn't help but smile.

As he is now resting and recuperating, the military farming system has naturally been implemented long ago.

Soldiers usually go to reclaim wasteland in the morning and return to the barracks for training in the afternoon.

When there was no war, working in the fields was equivalent to earning military merit, so the soldiers were quite enthusiastic about farming.

Lu Bu knew very well that since ancient times, strong people have all loved to cultivate land.

Whether it is Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei or even Deng Ai, the talented people in history who destroyed Shu, they all liked to cultivate land.

The military farming system not only allowed them to obtain large amounts of food, but also solved the problem of soldiers having nothing to do during peacetime.

At the same time, it can greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of the people to participate in military farming, because the people who participate in military farming can be exempted from military service and corvee labor.

Although I have not started a large-scale war now.

But whether He Qi attacked Shanyue or Zhang Liao attacked Yizhou, a large amount of food and grass was needed.

The Huainan area where he is now can become the logistics base for these two places.

Time unknowingly came to the beginning of September.

Nanjun, Xiangyang City.

Zhang Liao was very excited after reading Lv Bu's military order! He was unable to participate in the Battle of Xia Pi, so he went to Xia Pi every few days to inquire about the news.

Fortunately, my lord finally captured Xia Pi City. Although there were heavy losses, it was also a considerable gain.

Guarding Jingzhou was certainly a big deal, but Jiaozhou in the south had no intention of invading, and Liu Yan in the west had no intention of expanding due to a serious illness.

Liu Xie in the north would not take the initiative to destroy the relationship between the two sides.

Therefore, although Jingzhou was a place that military strategists must fight for, the surrounding military strategists had no intention of attacking.

Therefore, Zhang Liao was able to guard the place alone.

Now that he received the news that Lu Bu wanted him to attack Yizhou, he was extremely excited and immediately held a banquet to entertain Wei Yan and others.

At the banquet, Wei Yan toasted Zhang Liao and said:

"I wonder where Brother Wenyuan plans to attack this time?"

Zhang Liao said with a smile:

“In fact, when I was stationed here, I had been observing the movements of Yizhou.

“The situation in Yizhou is now roughly divided into two factions.

"One side supported Liu Yan's third son Liu Mao, while the other side supported Liu Zhang, the fourth son who was easier to control.

“Although there is no overt split between the two sides.

“But the maternal power behind Liu Zhang has been forcing Liu Mao to give up the position of governor of Yizhou to Liu Zhang.

"In addition, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong had also become an enemy of Liu Zhang because Liu Zhang had killed his mother and family.

"We can pretend to support Liu Mao as governor of Yizhou, and then join forces with Zhang Lu of Hanzhong to capture Liu Zhang's Ba County.

"Let's take over Ba County first, and then we can plan our next move!"

Zhang Liao knew very well that Yizhou was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and that there were numerous passes. It would be extremely difficult to take over the entire Yizhou.

After hearing Zhang Liao's plan, Wei Yan's desire to recruit a "surprise troop" came back, and he immediately said:

“Brother Wenyuan can lead the main force from Zigui County in Nanyang County and lead the navy to attack Wu County to attract the enemy’s attention.

"I will lead an army to launch a surprise attack on Beijing County from Taihe Mountain.

"Once Beijing County is conquered, our army can descend from the mountain and join Brother Wenyuan. Then we can take Wu County!"

Hearing Wei Yan's words, Zhang Liao laughed:
"Don't be anxious, Mr. Wen. We will carefully consider how to attack Ba County after we finish drinking!"

After hearing this, Wei Yan could only nod helplessly.

After the banquet, Wei Yan took Zhang Liao to the military camp and admired the various siege weapons they had transported from Lujiang.

Looking at the various battering rams, nesting rams and chariots, Zhang Liao was pleasantly surprised:

"With the help of these equipment, our army will be able to easily capture Ba County!"

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he immediately took Wei Yan and others into the tent to discuss the detailed plan for capturing Ba County.

Wei Yan mentioned his brilliant plan again. After looking at the map, Zhang Liao pondered and said:

“Taihe Mountain is high and has a vast area.

“The soldiers would be exhausted if they climbed up there, and it would be impossible to transport food and siege equipment effectively.

"If we fail to capture Beijing City in a short period of time, I'm afraid the soldiers you lead will starve to death..."

Hearing Zhang Liao's concerns, Wei Yan smiled confidently:
“What Brother Wenyuan can think of, the enemy can certainly think of, so there won’t be too many troops left in Beijing City.

“And our army doesn’t need to bring too much food. We can put enough pressure on the soldiers so that they realize that they can only survive by capturing the city.

"Soldiers must fight to the death and capture Beijing City before the food runs out!"

Seeing that Zhang Liao still had doubts, Wei Yan immediately clasped his fists and said:

"Brother Wenyuan, if you still have concerns, Wei Yan is willing to issue a military order!
"If you cannot take down Beijing City, please behead Yan and make a public display of your authority!"

(End of this chapter)