Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 441 The Side of Mount Tai
"Let's listen to what others have to say." Lu Bu shook his head slightly and interrupted the two of them. Although Lu Bu's voice was calm, there was an irresistible momentum in his words, and the two could only stand aside obediently. Say no more.

"I don't know what Gongtai thinks?" Lu Bu ignored the two, but turned to look at Chen Gong and asked.

Although Chen Gong's official position is low, he is just a military counselor, but Lu Bu also attaches great importance to Chen Gong. Chen Gong's talent is very trustworthy, and Chen Gong's record of helping Lu Bu almost occupy the entire territory of Yanzhou these days also shows Chen Gong's talent.

"Cao Cao has 20 soldiers at this time, which is Cao Cao's strength. But this is also Cao Cao's shortcoming, because Cao Cao lost most of Yanzhou's territory at this time, and the production of the remaining three small cities is no longer enough to provide Cao Cao with 20 troops. Food and grass for Wan Dajun. So I think that as long as our army can defend Yanzhou, within a few months, Cao Jun will definitely be unable to support it due to lack of food and grass." Seeing Lu Bu asking, Chen Gong nodded and expressed his thoughts.

As soon as Chen Gong said this, Lu Bu nodded involuntarily. It must be that Lu Bu transferred no more than 20 soldiers from Sizhou. Although he recruited [-] soldiers in Yanzhou, these surrendered troops are obviously not enough for a while. , and using Lu Bu's [-] troops to deal with Cao Cao's [-] troops seems too reluctant, not to mention that there is Yuan Shao behind Yanzhou, and no one can say when Yuan Shao will come out to attack Lu Bu. In this sense, Lv Bu needs more time, time for himself to gradually master these new territories in Yanzhou, these newly recruited soldiers, and for Jia Xu and Xun Yu to train more soldiers.In this battle with Cao Cao, Cao Cao can't afford to lose. Once he loses, Cao Cao will lose everything he has worked hard for many years, and at the same time withdraw from the stage of the world's hegemony.The same Lu Bu can't afford to lose. Once Lu Bu fails, the shortcomings of Lu Bu's lack of stamina will be exposed, making Lu Bu a delicacy that all the princes are eager to enjoy.

"In that case, Gongtai might as well tell us what we should do next." Lu Bu nodded and signaled Chen Gong to continue.

"First of all, Cao Cao knows that Yanzhou has been lost, so he will definitely lead his army to take a shortcut to Yanzhou. Our army can set up an ambush on the road that Cao's army must pass. In addition, you might as well tell the court that Cao Cao is good at using swords and attacking neighbors. State and county, depose Cao Cao from all official positions, and finally, my lord can write a letter asking Xuzhou Taoqian to send troops to pursue Cao Jun. With these three points, Cao Cao will be more desperate than Ding, and it will be difficult to fight." After Chen Gong sorted out his thoughts a little, this Said slowly.

But it is said that Cao Cao led the army to Yanzhou in the starry night, and traveled to the dangerous road of Mount Tai this day.

"The terrain here is dangerous, I'm afraid there will be an ambush." ​​Seeing the steep terrain around him, Guo Jia stepped forward and said solemnly.

"I also know that Lu Bu is not a good man, but our army is running out of food and grass. If we don't capture Yanzhou as soon as possible, there will be chaos among the three armies." Cao Cao knew that Guo Jia's words were right, but he had no choice but to order the soldiers to line up Snake array, pass quickly.He also ordered Xia Houyuan to lead the archer army to the high places in the mountains, in case of emergencies.

"This Cao Cao is really cunning, and even temporarily changed his formation. What should we do, my lord?" Seeing Cao Jun's movement, Dian Wei beside Lu Bu couldn't help but ask.

Although the mountains here are dangerous, facing Cao Jun's 20 soldiers and horses in a long snake formation, the preset ambush circle in this valley may only form an ambush for 10,000 to [-] Cao Jun, and this also indicates that, Once the battle starts, the remaining [-]+ Cao army is likely to surround the mountain from both sides, forming an anti-encirclement to the Lu Bu army on the mountain.

"Hey, are we still afraid that the encirclement will fail?" Hearing Dian Wei's words, Lu Bu just smiled and continued: "Don't worry about other people, our goal is only one, and that is Cao Cao. As long as Cao Cao is dead, everyone else is nothing." .”

"My lord, a group of people has come up, let me deal with them." Zang Ba said at this time when he saw Xia Houyuan leading troops up to search the mountain.

"It seems that Cao Cao knows that we have an ambush." ​​Lu Bu turned to look in the direction Xia Houyuan came up, and then said to Zang Ba: "This battle is only allowed to be defeated but not won. Do you want to go?"

Hearing Lu Bu's words, Zang Ba was taken aback for a moment, then quickly shook his head and said, "Well, I still won't go."

Hearing Zang Ba's words, Lu Bu also smiled slightly, and said to Tai Shici next to him: "In the past, you and Cao Cao had some friendship, today you should go and end this relationship."

"Don't worry, general, I know what to do." Taking a deep look at Lu Bu, Tai Shici already understood Lu Bu's intention.In the past, Tai Shici and Cao Cao had some friendship, but now that the two armies are fighting, there is no longer any friendship on the battlefield. Faced with this situation, the ancients once said that they would shy away from it. Today, Lu Bu asked Tai Shici to deal with Xia Houyuan It means to make Tai Shici stay away.

However, Xia Houyuan and a group of soldiers were carefully searching for the whereabouts of Lu Bujun in the mountains with their bows and arrows. Because of the dense mountains and forests, Xia Houyuan's speed was very slow. Search for traces of the enemy.

"Xiahouyuan, are you looking for me?" At this moment, a voice suddenly came, followed by a whoosh.A feathered arrow shot from the sky, but it went straight for Xia Houyuan's throat.

Sensing the coming of the dangerous breath, Xia Houyuan squatted down first, and then rolled over on the spot.

At the same time, there was only a "chi" sound, and Xia Houyuan's original foothold had already been inserted with a feathered arrow.

"Ah, ah, ah." At this moment, exclamations came from all around Xiahouyuan. It turned out that at the same time that Tai Shici was attacking Xiahouyuan, many soldiers around Xiahouyuan who were attacked made a sound. the sound of screams.

"Lord Cao guessed right. There really are Lu Bu's ambush here." Faced with the sudden scene, Xia Houyuan didn't feel any nervousness. , And sent troops to inform Cao Cao.

"Sure enough, there is an ambush. What should Mr. Cao do now?" After receiving the news from Xia Houyuan, Guo Jia hurriedly came to Cao Cao and said.

"Since we have discovered it, it's nothing. Tell Xia Houyuan to figure out the size of Lu Bu's army as soon as possible. In addition, order Yujin Xu Huang to lead his troops to quickly support Xia Houyuan and wipe out the ambushed Lu Bu army as soon as possible. "Although he knew that there was indeed an ambush by Lu Bu's army, Cao Cao didn't care. He must have 20 troops on his side, and even if he really faced Lu Bu's army, he didn't have anything to worry about.At this moment, what Cao Cao really cares about is when his soldiers and horses can pass through here and reach the city of Yanzhou.

"Yes." Seeing that Cao Cao didn't pay too much attention to the situation in front of him, although Guo Jia felt that it was inappropriate, he couldn't give any reason to object, so he just opened his mouth and passed the order.

"Xia Houyuan, your archery skills are really good, but Cao Gong and I had a good relationship in the past, so I will let you go today, and you can do it yourself." Facing Xia Houyuan, although Tai Shici's archery skills are not weak, but only at the beginning. When Xia Houyuan gradually discovered Tai Shici hiding in the dark, it was difficult for Tai Shici to take advantage of it, so Tai Shici decisively decided to retreat, but even if he retreated, Tai Shici did not He didn't want Xia Houyuan to look good, so he said to Xia Houyuan.

"Son Taishi, don't go." Hearing that Taishi Ci was about to leave, Xiahouyuan's anger burned up. It was just now that Taishici's appearance made Xiahouyuan suffer a lot. , So he jumped out and shot an arrow at Tai Shici's hiding place.

"Whoosh..." What Xia Houyuan never expected was that as soon as Xia Houyuan jumped out, a cold arrow flew from the slanting stab. It turned out that although Tai Shici said he was going to leave, he didn't leave immediately. After finding a hiding place, seeing Xia Houyuan jumping out at this time, he just released a cold arrow.

"So cunning." Knowing that he had been duped, Xia Houyuan only had time to curse in his heart, but he fell straight to the ground, and the feathered arrow shot by Tai Shici also arrived at this time, look at the arrow that flew across Xia Houyuan There was a trace of blood on the placket.

"It's a pity, but it's not bad." Seeing that his arrow missed, Tai Shici could only sigh, and left with the soldiers around him. Xia Houyuan must have superb archery skills. It's not like Tai Shici can match, as long as he can be undefeated under Xia Houyuan's incident, it is already an extraordinary performance.

Following Tai Shici's departure, the forest became silent again.Many Cao Jun began to come out of their hiding places and looked around, but there was no sign of Lu Bujun.

"Chasing for me." Xia Houyuan stood up, uttered three words fiercely, and then got up and chased in the direction where Tai Shici and the others were going away, but with the spare money Tai Shici's ambush, Xia Houyuan's chasing speed so far But it was much slower and more careful.

"It seems that Tai Shici has successfully attracted the attention of Cao Jun, and we will wait for Cao Cao." After waving his hand to get the soldiers sent by Tai Shici to retreat, Lu Bu stretched out his head to look at the formation of long snakes still in the valley. Cao Jun, Lu Bu said slowly.

"General Xiahou has repelled some Lv Bu troops and is continuing to search the mountains." A soldier stood in front of Cao Cao and said slowly after bowing and saluting.

"How many of our troops have already passed through the valley ahead?" After hearing the news from Xia Houyuan, Cao Cao didn't say anything, but turned to Guo Jia and asked.

(End of this chapter)