Talents of the level of clever calculation are the most important to the princes who are striving for hegemony in the world, because this kind of talent is often extremely powerful in terms of the overall situation, and wars are often aimed at strategy. At the same time, tactics are also very powerful.
It's a pity that there are very few such talents.
Throughout history, dynasties that were able to unify the world all had such figures. Han Xin and Zhang Liang in the late Qin and early Han Dynasties were all temple-level figures.
It's just that Zhang Liang's ability to command troops is poor. He is more of a counselor and plans strategies.
Of course, if we insist on counting, Liu Bang can be regarded as a temple-level master, but like Zhang Liang, his ability to personally command troops is somewhat inferior.
Of course, Su Fan is not lacking in acumen here, because he has a good overall view, and his strategy has gone through thousands of years of history, making his vision no worse than the top strategists in this world.
The only thing missing is the person who coordinates the three armies. Anyone from Chen to Taishi Ci can be a general. Being a commander probably requires many years of experience.
Xu Rong was the closest person, and he happened to meet him. He and Xi Zhicai had been planning for a long time, and finally succeeded.
Of course it is a good thing to conquer Xu Rong.
But then the news brought by Tao Qian and others made Su Fan look bad.
"My lord, it seems that the princes over at Hulao Pass are jealous."
Food and grass have not been delivered for several days. With an army of hundreds of thousands, the daily consumption of food and grass is a terrifying figure.
The food and fodder had not fallen before, but they won the battle, and this problem appeared not long after. Of course, Su Fan knew that someone was causing trouble.
"Haha! Haven't you and I already considered this before?"
Su Fan looked in the direction of Hulao Pass with a disdainful smile on his face.
"But it just so happens that I am not ready to continue. I really have to cross the river and threaten Luoyang. It may cause Dong Zhuo to fight to the death."
Su Fan is not short of food and grass. Half of the military supplies he brought over are still untouched. His logistics are far ahead of this era.
The materials needed by the soldiers, especially military rations, were of the highest quality.
Although military dry food is not as good as that of later generations, dehydrated dry food is more portable, so its logistics are also lighter.
The outside world doesn't know how much supplies he has, but the dry food he has left is enough to feed their army for three months.
He didn't believe that Yuan Shao and the others really dared to cut off their food and grass. At most, they would delay for a few days, just like Yuan Shu cut off Sun Jian's food and grass in the novel.
Lagging behind is a very common thing.
Su Fan really said he was angry, but of course he wasn't. After all, he didn't really come to help the Han Dynasty. He just came here to make a name for himself.
Now he has succeeded and defeated Dong Zhuo's army of 200,000.
No one can cover up this credit alone.
With Gao's behind-the-scenes promotion, at least in Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, Su Fan's reputation is greatly increasing.
Then he waited, and Dong Zhuo secretly sent someone over.
He and Xi Zhicai believed that Dong Zhuo would definitely send someone here. Whether it was to win over him or something else, his goal would be achieved.
Next, wait for the coalition forces to fall apart.
"Haha! Who dares to fight with this general among the rats from Guandong?"
Under the Hulao Pass, he wears a purple gold crown with three prongs on his head, a Xichuan red cotton flowered robe on his body, a chain armor with an animal face and a swallowing head, and an exquisite lion belt on his waist. He carries a bow and arrow with him, holds a painted halberd, and looks down at the world.
This person is Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian, a man who blocked millions of coalition troops at Hulao Pass.
"Damn it! Who dares to fight?"
When Yuan Shao spoke, all the other princes in the camp immediately looked around, completely ignoring Yuan Shao's gaze.
To go to war means to die.
In the past few days, no less than ten Lian Gang generals were killed by this man.
Especially when the opponent fought one against five and killed four people in a row. The last one had half of his arm cut off before he managed to escape.
In the extraordinary world, no one is a fool. After just a big battle, they knew that Lu Bu was not easy to mess with, not to mention that the man's Fang Tian Painted Halberd was stained with the blood of ten Lian Gang generals.
Even those who are conceited will not take risks easily.
There are also many generals who refine Gang in the coalition camp. After all, there are twenty or thirty princes who come, most of them are from first-class families. They have a long history. It is normal to have a warrior who refines Gang.
Even those who are at the fourth or fifth level of refining are not a few. However, these generals are not stupid, and their lord is not stupid either.
The terrifying combat power displayed by Lu Bu was at least a general at the late Shenzang level of Lian Gang, and they might even be at the eighth level of Lian Gang or even higher.
He is almost standing on the top of the transcendent level of Gang Refining. Who would be willing to send someone to die for such a master?
"Brother, this is an opportunity. If we can capture Lu Bu, eldest brother will take the lead in this coalition camp."
Although Liu Bei was living under someone else's roof, Gongsun Zan was really kind to him as his senior brother. He wanted people and horses, and even specially introduced him to the allied princes, and made Liu Bei alone among the princes.
Of course, Liu Bei's total number of troops was only 8,000, and he was at the bottom of the entire coalition.
Those princes never paid much attention to Liu Bei. Even though they knew that his two brothers were martial arts practitioners, they still didn't know the true strength of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
There are thirty or fifty generals who practice Lian Gang in the coalition camp, so they are really nothing.
Moreover, the number of people who died under Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painted Halberd before was counted with two palms.
Since he was not famous and had no family background, people naturally looked down upon Liu Bei. As for Liu Bei's claim to be a descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, people were even less concerned about him.
Prince Jing of Zhongshan is a stallion. No one knows how many blood descendants he has.
No one regards Liu Bei as a descendant of Shenhan, and Liu Bei is not recorded by the clan of Shenhan at all.
No one cared, and sometimes some people even made fun of him, making Liu Bei feel angry among the coalition forces.
But the world is like this. If you want to be respected, then show respectable strength.
Zhang Fei is indeed reckless sometimes, but he also knows that he cannot let his own temper lead, otherwise it will only bring greater trouble to his elder brother.
After feeling frustrated these days, he finally felt that it was time to show off his violent power and let the princes see the strength of his elder brother.
Let them know the consequences of underestimating their elder brother.
"Third brother, is this Lu Bu too strong?"
When Liu Bei heard this, he also knew that his third brother was doing it for him, but he hesitated. Because of the strength shown by Lu Bu, he knew that his third brother was very strong, but it was difficult for him to be Lu Bu's opponent.
"Don't worry, brother, I will definitely get the heads of these three slaves."
Of course, this was Zhang Fei bragging. He knew very well that it would be difficult for him to kill Lu Bu by himself.