Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 449 Journey to Mount Tai
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Cao was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his head in his arms. A map of Yanzhou was spread on the ground in front of Cao Cao. It was obvious that Cao Cao was thinking about the battle strategy against Lu Bu's army.

"Duke Ming hasn't rested yet? You have walked a lot today. I think you are already tired. Why don't you rest early, recharge your energy, and wait until tomorrow." Seeing Cao Cao's frowning, Guo Jia slightly Opened his mouth to persuade.

"Feng Xiao, now that we are fighting against Lu Bu's army, we have lost consecutive battles, so I still have the mind to rest." Hearing Guo Jia's entry, Cao Cao replied without turning his head.However, Cao Cao, who had been staring at the map at this moment, seemed to have discovered something, and suddenly said excitedly: "Feng Xiao, come and see. We have always taken Yanzhou as our attack target, and now Lu Bu Chen Gong They are already in Yanzhou, if we abandon Yanzhou and attack Puyang at this time, Puyang will definitely be empty." Cao Cao suddenly said eagerly as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Hey, Mr. Ming, at this moment, is it true that Mr. Ming still wants to fight against Lu Bu alone?" Hearing that Cao Cao was still thinking about attacking Puyang at this time, Guo Jia sighed and said something that made Cao Cao feel completely helpless. If you think of it.

Cao Cao was startled at first, then looked at Guo Jia thoughtfully and asked, "Sir, please speak up if you have something to say." Cao Cao naturally knew that Guo Jia was not a person who talked casually.It's not that Cao Cao didn't think about Guo Jia's idea. It's just that Cao Cao was very self-confident and felt that his strength was enough to deal with Lu Bu. Even if the other princes were stronger than Cao Cao, Cao Cao didn't think highly of these princes in his heart. What's more, Yanzhou is his territory of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao does not allow other princes to get involved. However, from time to time, he fought for days, and Cao Cao lost both battles. Not only did he fail to defeat Lu Bu, but his own strength was greatly damaged. Even Cao Cao was a little worried about defeating Lv Bu and expelling Lv Bu from Yanzhou, let alone other people. Faced with such a situation, Guo Jia's words at this time unintentionally stirred Cao Cao's heartstrings , Jian Jian is as strong as Cao Cao, and hopes to find reinforcements to deal with Lu Bu with him at this time.

"Minggong, at this time our army only has three cities, Juancheng, Dong'a, and Fan County. If our army can win quickly and drive Lu Bu out of Yanzhou, then Minggong can become the lord of Yanzhou again. However, our army When there were many soldiers, it was impossible to defeat Lu Bu quickly. Now that the strength is greatly reduced, the soldiers and horses can only compete with Lu Bu. In addition, Lu Bu owns a city that is a hundred times larger than our army, and his strength is increased by a hundred times that of our army. Once time is delayed, Our army will not be able to resist. Therefore, if we want to deal with Lu Bu, we can only bring foreign soldiers into Yanzhou to solve the crisis in Yanzhou." Guo Jia said here and looked at Cao Cao again.

Cao Cao just nodded to signal Guo Jia to continue talking.

"Yuan Shu in Nanyang has always had great ambitions. If Duke Ming can use Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan County to make things happen, Yuan Shu will definitely be willing to send troops to help. In order to lead the army to take Sizhou directly, he will definitely be able to take Sizhou, so that Lu Bu can't take care of both ends. In addition, although Ma Teng in Bingzhou is a chess piece arranged by Lu Bu in Hebei, Ma Teng was once a general of the imperial court, so how could he be willing? For people's use, Minggong can make people meet Ma Teng one after another to attack Lu Bu, and I believe Ma Teng will be very interested in it." For Guo Jia, since Yanzhou won't be able to take it back for a while, he might as well look further away. And at this time, I discovered the weakness of Lu Bu's army's long battle line. In order to protect Sizhou, Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong only had 40 troops in Wancheng, but Yuan Shu had [-] troops, and Yuan Shu's advantage It lies in the large number of soldiers, while Cao Cao's advantage lies in generals and strategies. If the two can cooperate well, then they still have an advantage in facing Lu Bu.In Guo Jia's design, a very important factor was to use Yuan Shu's greed to send Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan County to Yuan Shu to show the sincerity of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's cooperation, thus pulling Yuan Shu into the battle in Yanzhou. However, Cao Cao's goal was aimed at Sizhou, which was weakly defended.

A few days later, Cao Cao rushed back to Juancheng with his remaining soldiers and horses. He was not fighting Lv Bu, but seemed to want a truce with Lv Bu.But anyone can see that this is the prelude to the coming storm.

"My lord, I don't know what your lord's plan is when Cao Cao was defeated and escaped from Juancheng." Knowing that Cao Cao had retreated from Juancheng, Chen Gong approached Lu Bu and asked.

"Gongtai, why don't you tell me your opinion first?" Looking at Chen Gong, Lu Bu smiled slightly and asked back.

"Cao Cao is not a man in the pool. Although the army was defeated and retreated this time, although Cao's army has suffered losses, it is still capable of fighting. I am afraid that retreating at this time is a conspiracy. My lord may as well mobilize troops and horses to besiege Juancheng. Let's see. What conspiracy does Cao Cao have?" Based on Chen Gong's understanding of Cao Cao, he knew that Cao Cao was definitely not a person who would admit defeat so easily, not to mention that Cao Jun still had the strength to fight, Cao Cao had no reason to stop fighting like this, unless there was some new plan.

"Gongtai's words are not bad, and that's exactly what I think. Cao Cao is a hero in the world, how can he give up easily." Hearing Chen Gong's judgment, Lu Bu nodded affirmatively, and continued: "In that case, We can't give Cao Cao any chance to breathe, so you start raising food, grass and soldiers, and prepare to attack Juancheng."

"Yes." Chen Gong nodded in agreement, then looked at Lu Bu strangely and asked, "My lord is not in a hurry to send troops to Juancheng, is there anything else to do?" From Lu Bu's words, Chen Gong had already sensed that Lu Bu The determination to eliminate Cao Cao, but it seems that Lu Bu is not as anxious as Chen Gong, so Chen Gong asked a little strangely.

"Hahaha, I really can't hide anything from the public. A certain family heard that Yanzhou is going to the east, and there are yellow scarf bandits on Mount Tai who are in charge of Hai, and more than ten thousand people gather in the mountains and forests to endanger the place. They have long wanted to go to Pingding and take it for themselves. Yes, but I have never been free, this time Cao Cao retreated to Juancheng, it happened to be an opportunity, so I wanted to lead troops there, what do you think of Gongtai?" Hearing Chen Gong's question, Lu Bu laughed and said.

"When the general said this, I also remembered that the Taishan bandits have gradually grown in strength over the years, but they have caused a lot of trouble to the surrounding counties and counties. If this harm can be eliminated early, the border of Yanzhou will be more stable. It's just that Taishan bandits are not so easy to deal with, I wonder if the general can take them for his own use in a short period of time." Hearing Lu Bu's words, Chen Gong immediately understood, and after days of hard fighting with Cao's army, Cao's army suffered huge losses, but Lv Bu's losses were not light either, so Lv Bu wanted to take Taishan Guanhai for his own use to expand his army, and then send troops to deal with Cao Cao. Somewhat urgent, the Taishan bandits must have lived in Taishan for a long time. Once Lu Bu sees that Lu Bu's army is strong and hides in Taishan, Lu Bu will have nothing to do. This will probably delay Lu Bu's time and give Cao Cao an opportunity, so Chen Gong is also a little worried , It must be that this kind of time difference is not so easy to grasp.

"You can rest assured on this point. When I go to Mount Tai this time, I only need to lead five thousand wolf cavalry and Tai Shici's troops, and the rest of the troops will stay in Yanzhou. It is also enough to preserve Yanzhou. In addition, the [-] Cao troops captured in the last battle with Cao Jun, Gongtai also took advantage of this time to train, and Cao Cao will die when I come back from Mount Tai." Although Chen Gong was still a little worried about Lu Bu's trip , but Lu Bu didn't seem to be worried about appearing confident.

"I'll leave the matter of Yanzhou to the general. It's just that the general wants to subdue the Taishan thieves. I'm afraid it's not enough to bring only these soldiers and horses?" Although Lu Bu looked confident, Chen Gong still said worriedly. .

"I've already made a plan about the Mount Tai thief, so you don't have to worry about it, sir." Faced with Chen Gong's worry, Lu Bu smiled mysteriously, apparently already had an arrangement.It turned out that since he was in Sizhou, Lu Bu had been thinking about the Yellow Turban Army, planning to use this huge force for his own use, but the Yellow Turban Army in the Taihang Mountain area was originally in the hands of Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yan died in the Taihang Mountain area. Without a unified leader, the Yellow Turbans acted independently, and Lu Bu wanted to gather them, but he had nowhere to start, so he delayed it. However, now that Lu Bu has experience in conquering Puyang, Lu Bu is naturally more confident in conquering the Taishan bandits this time. A few days ago, Lu Bu had sent Pei Yuanshao to Mount Tai with some surrendered yellow turban generals, and what Lu Bu wanted to do this time was to show his strength in front of Guan Hai, so that Guan Hai would be afraid and completely surrender to himself.Therefore, Lu Bu only chose the most powerful wolf cavalry and iron-chained cavalry to go this time. As for taking Tai Shici forward, Lu Bu wanted to take this opportunity to visit Tai Shici's hometown in Donglai. Maybe he brought Tai Shici's mother back with him.The last time Tai Shici let Cao Cao go, this was a test for Lv Bu. Lv Bu's strength has developed too fast these years. Even around Lv Bu, there are many sympathizers from other forces. Maybe he will turn to others like this Tai Shici. Now that he has discovered Tai Shici this time, Lu Bu will completely solve Tai Shici's problem. Last time he made a fuss about beheading himself. See Lu Bu's intention clearly, and this time Lu Bu is playing the emotional card, isn't Tai Shici a filial son?Lu Bu, as a captain of the imperial court and a hero in the world, went to invite the old lady in person, and treated the old lady like his own relatives. Could it be that Tai Shici still has two hearts?As the saying goes, the combination of grace and power is the real way of imperial power.

(End of this chapter)