Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 279 New Strategy
Chapter 270 Nine

"This Cheng Pu really knows how to act. This scene is really good. If we didn't know the joints, we would think that Hu Zhen really brought troops to rob the camp." Looking at the fire in the distance , Huang Gai couldn't help admiring, listening to the sound of shouts of killing blowing in the wind.

"This formation doesn't look small. It couldn't be that Hu Zhen really came to rob the camp." Sun Jian also said with some doubts. The plan continues.

The next day, when Yuan Shu arrived with the other princes, he saw that the place where Sun Jian camped had turned into a piece of scorched earth, with many dead bodies and blood stains mixed in it.

"Looks like the battle last night was intense." Yuan Shu said worriedly after seeing the scene.

"This Sun Jian is headstrong and good at killing ministers, so he deserves his retribution. I don't think he has anything to be proud of after his defeat." Kong Ni, governor of Yuzhou, said gloatingly.Ever since Sun Jian was named governor of Yuzhou by Dong Zhuo, Kong Ni had been restless, fearing that Sun Jian would take his place, but now seeing Sun Jian's defeat, Kong Ni was finally relieved.

"Although Sun Jian has a lot of problems, but now he has been defeated, and his life and death are unknown. It will be difficult for us to fight in the future." Yuan Shu frowned and said with a sigh.

"Rear General, don't worry, although Sun Jian is nowhere to be found, we are strong and strong, and within a few days, we will definitely be able to take down Wancheng and then advance to Luoyang." Liu Dai, governor of Yanzhou, said indifferently.It is certain that although Sun Jian is strong, he is only one of the princes. Even if Sun Jian is really defeated, he will have little influence on the princes.

"Sun Jian's big defeat this time shows that Hu Zhen is also a character. The order will be passed down, and all the princes will attack Wancheng together, so as not to be defeated by the enemy one by one." Yuan Shu sent an order.

At this time, on the other side, Lu Bu and his generals finally arrived in Xingyang.

"The young general has met General Lu Bu and General Hua Xiong. This subordinate was ordered to wait for the two generals here, and brought the two generals the military orders from the Prime Minister." Seeing Lu Bu and others coming to Xingyang, a general ran over immediately, He bowed deeply to Lu Bu and Hua Xiong and said.

"What military order does the prime minister have, tell me quickly." Seeing the soldier approaching, Lu Bu said.

"The Prime Minister ordered General Lu Bu to temporarily garrison Xingyang to stop the pursuit of the princes and horses, and to gather as many of our troops as possible. As for General Hua Xiong, the Prime Minister ordered General Hua Xiong to lead his troops to Hulao Pass first. , to protect the prime minister and return to Luoyang." It turned out that Dong Zhuo came all the way to Xingyang after he was defeated in Zhongmou, and asked Fan Chou to organize soldiers and horses in Xingyang to escort him to Hulao Pass. After returning, Li Jue and Guo Si would support their own troops, so they had to stay at Hulao Pass, waiting for Hua Xiong to lead his troops. As for the heavy responsibility of stopping the princes from pursuing troops, it naturally fell on Lu Bu.

"Is there anything else the prime minister wants to explain?" Lu Bu continued to ask after frowning slightly.

"To General Lu Bu, the prime minister is just explaining that he hopes that General Lu Bu will do his best to rescue the soldiers who were defeated by the princes. Those soldiers are hardworking men who have followed the prime minister for many years. The prime minister does not want them to die in vain." The soldier recalled and said.

"How many soldiers are there in Xingyang City now?" Hua Xiong also asked with a frown.

"General Hua Xiong, we still have two hundred people here." The soldier said.

"How can you defend Xingyang with just such a small force? General Lu Bu might as well let me leave some soldiers to help the general defend Xingyang, what does the general think?" Seeing that there are too few soldiers in Xingyang city, Hua Xiong frowned and said to Lu Bu with concern.From Hua Xiong's point of view, Lv Bu only had [-] wolf cavalry in his hands, so it was obviously difficult for him to defend Xingyang. You must know that Zhongmou was defended by tens of thousands of people at that time, so he was easily defeated by the coalition forces of the princes.

"Hehe, General Hua Xiong is worrying too much. Although our army has been defeated, the allied forces of the princes are not monolithic after all. I don't think Yuan Shao wants to push us too hard, lest we have to fight them to the death. Besides, the current situation of our army Strength, for the princes, is just a bigger prince, and the threat to the princes has been greatly reduced. If my estimate is correct, there must not be many princes chasing us. My ten thousand wolf cavalry can handle it. General Hua Xiong should take the troops to find the Prime Minister, since the Prime Minister is waiting for you at Hulao Pass, there must be a reason." Lu Bu rejected Hua Xiong's offer.From Lv Bu's point of view, Dong Zhuo had already expressed his distrust of Lv Bu after he returned to Luoyang with Hua Xiong after he left Hua Xiong.You must know that the biggest force in Luoyang now is the soldier led by Gao Shun.As for Dong Zhuo's decision to let Lv Bu stay behind in Xingyang Duanhou, he was testing Lv Bu's loyalty. Of course, this may not have the intention of weakening Lv Bu's strength.But even so, Lv Bu believed that Dong Zhuo was just guarding against himself now, but had no intention of dealing with him.It must be that Dong Zhuo's strength has been greatly weakened now, and sometimes Lu Bu is still needed to support him.Thinking of this, Lu Bu was relieved a lot.

"General Lu Bu said this, so I won't say anything more. The military situation is urgent, General Lu Bu, take care of yourself, and I will retire now." Hua Xiong waved his hand, and led the soldiers behind him to think about the direction of Hulao Pass and continued. rushed over.

"Brother Lu Bu, please take care of yourself. Ever since I brought you here from Ding Yuan, I have known that brother Lu Bu is a man of great talent and is definitely not something in a pool. I, Li Su, would like to shed my blood for brother Lu Bu. I am absolutely unequivocal. Brother Lu Bu has an order, so Li Su dare not neglect." Just as Li Su was passing by Lu Bu, Li Su suddenly stopped his horse and spoke seriously. The horse goes away.Li Su's meaning was already very clear. Although Lv Bu hadn't separated from Dong Zhuo yet, as long as Lv Bu made a move, Li Su would support it with both hands.

"General, if Li Su's words reach Dong Zhuo's ears, it will be very detrimental to the general." After Li Su left, Zhang Liao who was beside Lu Bu frowned and said.

"Hey, Zhang Liao, do you think my current strength can no longer be accommodated by Dong Zhuo?" After hearing Zhang Liao's words, Lu Bu said with a sigh instead.

"The general meant to turn against Dong Zhuo?" Zhang Liao said in surprise after hearing Lu Bu's words.

"Of course I don't want to turn against Dong Zhuo, but I do have the strength to stand up to Dong Zhuo now. If you were Dong Zhuo, would you allow a subordinate who could stand up to you?" Looking at Zhang Liao's nervous face, Lu Bu asked.

"I won't. But Dong Zhuo probably won't turn against us now, after all, the allied forces of the princes are still eyeing us." Zhang Liao replied after a little thought.

"Is there any way to make Dong Zhuo not dare to turn against us even if there is no threat from the princes?" Lu Bu thought for a moment, then asked.

"This? Unless the general's strength is already higher than Dong Zhuo's." Zhang Liao said.

"Understood, if we can gather these defeated troops for our own use this time, even if Dong Zhuo is really dissatisfied with me, I'm afraid he won't do anything to me." Lu Bu raised his head and looked into the distance Said leisurely.

"The general has this idea, and I am willing to assist the general until death." Seeing that Lu Bu had made up his mind, everyone got off their horses and knelt down to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu's subordinates, both Dian Wei and Zhang Liao, were heroes of the time, so they naturally didn't want to follow a lord who was ordered by others. Now seeing that Lu Bu was determined to surpass Dong Zhuo, everyone's heart was surging.

"Since my lord is going to part ways with Dong Zhuo, why don't you lead the troops to go straight to Hulao Pass, so that you can directly control Dong Zhuo?" Cao Xing stepped forward and said cautiously.

"Hehe, controlling Dong Zhuo doesn't mean you can control Dong Zhuo's men. Besides, the army of the princes is pressing every step of the way. Our first priority is to deal with the princes. Once we get into a stalemate with Dong Zhuo at this time, we will definitely be wiped out by the coalition forces of the princes. What we need to do now is to erode Dong Zhuo's power," Lu Bu explained.

After finalizing the strategic policy, Lu Bu sent out cavalry to the surroundings, and even asked some scouts to lurk near Chenliu after putting on makeup, hoping to meet the scattered Dong Zhuojun, and then bring them to Xingyang for a reconciliation.It's just that the good times didn't last long. Just as Lu Bu was making careful arrangements for the next step, a piece of bad news was brought back by the scouts.

"General, the scouts found a large number of cavalry on the road, and they are quickly approaching our side of Xingyang." Zhang Liao stepped forward and said to Lu Bu.

"Really? Yuan Shao's team has finally arrived. It looks like we are going to have a big battle." Although Lu Bu expected that Yuan Shao would send troops to pursue him, he did not expect it to come so soon.

"General, the scouts reported back not many soldiers and horses, and it seems that they are not Yuan Shao's main force." Zhang Liao continued.

"Anyway, let's get ready to meet them. Pass the order. Except for Dian Wei's men who stay in the city, the rest of the soldiers and horses are all lying in ambush outside the city. When I give an order, all of them will go out to kill the enemy." Lu Bu stood up and ordered. .

"This? The general ordered all the troops except Dianwei to lie in ambush outside the city. Could it be that he is not planning to defend Xingyang?" Hearing Lu Bu's order, Zhang Liao asked in surprise.

"Defend Xingyang? My people are all cavalry. Could it be that we let them dismount and become infantry, and then defend Xingyang? You tell the two hundred soldiers in Xingyang City to open all the four gates of Xingyang City. I have a magical effect .” Lu Bu did not explain his intentions, but a strange smile appeared on his face.

"It's the general, I'll do it now." Seeing Lu Bu's confident look, Zhang Liao didn't ask any more questions. Based on Zhang Liao's understanding of Lu Bu, Zhang Liao believed that Lu Bu must have a way to deal with the enemy.Although Zhang Liao also felt that it was unreasonable not to defend Xingyang, it was indeed not a good idea to let wolf riders defend the city.

(End of this chapter)