Li Mao nodded to Zhang He and retreated before he could do anything. It was not normal at all. There must be something fishy here.
"Ignore him, the army is on alert. Several military captains are coming with me to discuss carefully what kind of medicine is sold in Lu Bu's gourd."
Zhang He is also a little depressed now. He is not afraid of Lu Bu's army coming to attack the city, but it is so mindless that they come and then retreat, which really makes him feel a little uncomfortable. If he doesn't understand the reason, he may lose sleep at night.
"promise."
This is great. The two sides who were originally at war with each other directly turned into a peaceful mode.
Lu Bu's people gathered together to discuss whether Zhang He was in the camp, and if so, why he was hiding, what he was hiding, and what back-ups he had.
"Tell me about it."
Lu Bu glanced at Cao Xing and Song Xian. To be honest, he envied Yuan Shu. Not only were his generals like a rain, but he also had so many resourceful people. Not to mention the four major conspiracies in Jizhou, just talking about Chen Gong, Zhang Zhao was also responsible for the Yizhou offensive.
Jia Xu is not an ordinary person. If any one of them can help him, why is he so distressed now?
"General, if it is really Zhang He and his Jianzhong Army in the city, what is his plan?"
Song Xian glanced at Lu Bu and directly said the question he had been thinking about. Let's not say whether this camp in Daocheng is Zhang He. Just assume that he is, so what is he planning now?
"What's the picture?
It must be to defend Yingdao City and open the way for Yuan Shu's army later."
After hearing Song Xian's words, Cao Xing directly expressed his thoughts.
"Guard Yingdao City?
Open the way for Yuan Shu?
Then why not leave Yingdao City?
As the saying goes, endure the calm for a while and take a step back to open up the sea. When our scouts invaded the camp road, he should have been aware of it and had time to lead his troops to withdraw from the camp road city, but why didn't he leave? "
Song Xian glanced at Cao Xing and asked again.
"This is the point. If it is really Zhang He, he is definitely not a fool, and his Fuchuan spies have also entered Yingdao City, so he must understand that our 70,000 troops are coming to kill. Although he can resist for a while with Yingdao City, he
Are you so sure that you can hold on until reinforcements arrive?"
Lu Bu glanced at Song Xian. Faced with his question, Lu Bu was also very confused. This was what he wanted to ask. He didn't understand whether Zhang He was too confident or because he thought he was really vulnerable and could not break through the defense of his camp.
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"Could it be said that his reinforcements are right in front of him and will arrive in a moment?
Is this Yingdaocheng a bait to hold us back?"
Cao Xing glanced at Lu Bu and expressed his opinion directly.
"Reinforcements are in sight?
Is Yingdao City a bait?
Kanyu."
Song Xian was stunned when he heard Cao Xing's words, and then came directly to Kan Yu and looked at the map in a daze.
"Cao Xing, are you sure there are no traces of enemies in Yingpu?"
Song Xian suddenly shouted to Cao Xing.
"I'm sure there is absolutely no enemy army in Yingpu."
Cao Xing glanced at Song Xian, you don't believe me, do you?
"Lord, based on all the signs, if the Yingdao City in front of you is really a bait, then it is very likely that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, and this place is definitely right here."
Song Xian pointed to the location on Kanyu. This place was none other than Lingdao City where Zhao Yun and the others evacuated.
"You mean to send people to Lingdao right now?
To check if any enemy reinforcements have arrived?"
Cao Xing frowned. Lingdao was at most two days away from here. If the enemy's reinforcements really arrived at Lingdao, they might attack him at any time.
"Lord, I suggest you retreat immediately and return to Xie Mu."
Song Xian did not answer Cao Xing's words, but just cupped his fists towards Lu Bu. Like Lu Bu, he felt that the Yingdao City in front of him was like a man-eating beast that had opened its bloody mouth and would devour them at any time.
"Tell me what you think."
Hearing that Song Xian directly wanted to withdraw his troops, Lu Bu was also confused. Although he felt that Yingdao City in front of him might be in danger, he would not withdraw his troops and return to Xie Muba now.
"If the enemy's troops arrived at Lingdao or were actually in Lingdao City, then why didn't they directly support the camp?
This is because we want the camp road to hold us back and create opportunities for other soldiers and horses.
This is a pocket, and we have already penetrated into it. Now the enemy may penetrate the pocket. If we are too late, we may suffer a big loss."
Song Xian directly expressed his thoughts to Lu Bu. If he didn't leave now, he might not be able to leave then.
"Song Xian, didn't you scare yourself? Is it as mysterious as you said?"
Cao Xing glanced at Song Xian. To be honest, he really didn't believe it. He had only been here three days. Why did you say that they had already planned to set a trap for him, but he jumped in like a fool?
Come in, how is this possible?
"Cao Xing, Yuan Shu has countless talented people, so it makes sense that he could set up such a trap, but how to judge whether it is true or false? If the enemy only deliberately did it to show us, and there are no reinforcements in Lingdao, then we will do this
Running away in despair would make people laugh out loud."
To be honest, not only did Cao Xing not believe in Song Xian, but even Lu Bu didn't believe it. Although he said so, if there were no reinforcements elsewhere, it would really be embarrassing to go back like this.
Is it terrible to be embarrassed? What is terrible is that if he loses his life at this moment and flees back to Xie Mu in despair, it is unknown whether Shi Xie can continue to join forces with him, regardless of others. After all, 70,000 soldiers and horses are guarded by 30,000.
When the soldiers came back from fear, they were simply straw bags among straw bags.
"General, as General Cao Xing said, you can send people to Lingdao now to explore the enemy's situation, and additional personnel should be sent to explore the south."
It's not that Lu Bu couldn't understand what he said. After all, it would be a bit bad to embarrass Shi Xie.
"It's enough to go to Lingdao to investigate. Why send people to the south to investigate?"
Cao Xing glanced at Song Xian and asked him to go to Lingdao to investigate. He understood, but he sent people to the south to investigate. Why?
"You are still afraid that this is a trap, so you sent people to the south just to detect whether there are any enemy troops behind us."
Lu Bu is certainly not stupid. Song Xian is sending people south all the time. He is obviously afraid that the enemy's soldiers have already circled behind him.
"That's exactly what it means. We don't know how far Yuan Shu's troops have progressed. It would obviously be inappropriate if we only explore Lingdao without looking behind us."
Song Xian saluted Lu Bu with clasped fists and directly expressed what he meant.
"Okay, let's do it like this. You two should leave now, each with a team of troops to investigate. Cao Xing, you lead people to Lingdao, Song Xian, you lead people to the south. You must find out the traces of the enemy for me.
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Since Song Xian said this, Lu Bu had nothing else to say, so he directly asked the two of them to lead their troops in two groups to explore the actions of the Jizhou Army.
"promise."
"promise."
The two men also knew that the military situation was urgent, so they each made a promise, and then each led a team of cavalry and galloped eastward and southward.
Lu Bu has the result here, and the discussion in Yingdao City has just begun.
"Tell me what you think of Lu Bu's unusual behavior today."
Zhang He glanced at the several captains, with a trace of confusion in their eyes.
"General, do you think Lu Bu noticed something?"
To be honest, no one can guess what Lu Bu is thinking now, so Li Mao can only think about the worst.
"You mean Lu Bu realized that Yingdao City was a decoy, so he withdrew his troops and returned to the camp?
But we didn't reveal any flaws, and the soldiers and horses in Lingdao should not have been discovered by them, so why should he find something wrong here."
Zhang He glanced at Li Mao, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. To be honest, even if he had ten thousand thoughts, he couldn't think of any flaw in him.
"I don't know about this either, but now this is the only way to explain the anticlimactic retreat during the day."
Although Li Mao proposed this idea, he only proposed it. He really wanted to give an explanation. It would be strange if he could come up with it.
"Tell me, let's deal with the worst case scenario now. Everyone, tell us, have we exposed any flaws in the past two days that Lu Bu noticed?"
Zhang He also knew that Li Mao was in a bit of a dilemma, so he turned his attention to the people around him. He couldn't believe that he couldn't figure out the reason after working together.
"There are no flaws. If the only bad thing is that he hit Lu Bu too hard, if I were him, I might have withdrawn my troops and stopped attacking."
A captain glanced at Zhang He and muttered something directly from his mouth.
"Wait, Jiang Chi, what did you say?"
Hearing Jiang Chi's words, Zhang He was stunned. He felt as if he had caught something.
"I said that I hit Lu Bu too hard. If I were him, I would have withdrawn my troops and stopped attacking. What's wrong?"
Jiang Chi glanced at Zhang He, couldn't help feeling depressed, and repeated his words again.
"This is it."
Zhang He glanced at Jiang Chi, and he finally knew why.
"General, please make it clear, my subordinates don't understand."
Li Mao glanced at Zhang He, full of doubts.
"Hey, I blame my negligence. Maybe I really hit Lu Bu too hard. The wave of kerosene bullets just broke his grass shield. I reacted too quickly this time, so he must have noticed that I was here.
here,
Moreover, I am here and hiding my whereabouts. Although Lu Bu is a fierce general, he has also experienced hundreds of battles. It would be strange if he still can't see that there is a problem in such an obvious situation."
Zhang He knew that they were doubtful, so he did not hide it and directly expressed his thoughts.
"General, what you mean is that Lu Bu can judge your identity through your military tactics. Is he so good?"
Li Mao was the first to disagree with Zhang He's words. It's not like he had never fought against Lu Bu. If Lu Bu was really that good, he wouldn't have been defeated repeatedly in the face of the Jizhou Army. Although he knew it in a subtle way, it had nothing to do with Lu Bu.
It seems like I can't get on top of it.
"Lu Bu is not a simple person. You said that he may not understand the strategy, but in a real battle between two armies, ordinary people are definitely not his opponents. He will notice the slightest mistake or something wrong."
