The two of them each saluted Liu Bei, and then got on their horses together.
"Let's set off and march into Dongjun."
Thirty thousand elite soldiers headed to Dongjun under the leadership of Guan Yu and Cheng Yu.
"Lord, our place is the key among the keys."
Seeing Liu Bei reluctant to leave, Chen Gong smiled slightly. The best thing he valued about Liu Bei was that he valued righteousness and morality.
"Yes, brother, it's time for us to set off."
Hearing Chen Gong's words, Zhang Fei couldn't help but urge him.
"Okay, let's set out with the entire army and aim at Jibei Kingdom."
Liu Bei suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist and pointed to the east. That is Cao Cao's current command post, Jibei Kingdom. As long as he captures this place, basically there will be no trouble in the battle situation in Yanzhou.
The 50,000-strong army was ready to go, like a long dragon coming out of Wuyan, heading towards Jibei Kingdom.
"Lord, Tao Qian's letter asking for help."
Yuan Shao, who was in Nanyang, also received a letter asking for help from Tao Qian.
"Well, what did he say?"
Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You.
"What else can I say? It's nothing more than telling me that I didn't kill Cao Cao's father, that I was wronged, and that I asked the lord to send troops or something."
Xu You also smiled. He knew what Tao Qian's letter said without reading it, but he couldn't do it without this letter.
"In this case, let's send troops as planned."
"promise."
Yuan Shao, with Qiao Rui as the commander, sent 50,000 troops to Xuzhou and attacked Xiapi County.
Yuan Shao and Liu Bei both started, and Yuan Shu naturally couldn't be idle. He did not follow the army, but took Tian Feng and followed Zhao Yun's Ying Yang army to Qingzhou first.
"Master, Yuan Hao, thank you for your hard work."
Jushu went fifty miles out of the city to welcome Yuan Shu's arrival.
"Please note, you've been waiting for a long time."
Yuan Shu was also very moved when he saw Ju Shou coming to greet him.
"I arranged a banquet in the city to welcome the Lord."
"If we postpone the matter of taking over the wind, what's going on in Xuzhou?"
Yuan Shu shook his head. There was no time to eat and drink now. Fighting was the most important thing.
"Lord, Tao Qian's messenger has arrived. At the same time, I also sent out the scouts. Cao Cao is now in Taishan County. According to my speculation, he is likely to attack Taishan County first and then fight in Xuzhou. After all, he cannot leave his back to
Liu Bei's people, so we still have plenty of time."
Although Yuan Shu was a little impatient, Ju Shou had everything under his control.
"Lord, there's no hurry. Let's go to the city first."
Tian Feng smiled slightly at the side. It was just as Ju Shou said, Cao Cao wouldn't be able to attack Xuzhou for a while.
"Well, let's go to the city first."
Yuan Shu led the Yingyang Army and followed Ju Shou into Linzi City, the seat of Qingzhou.
The Chinese lanterns in the Prefectural Mufu Mansion were all lit up, with Yuan Shu at the top of the table, followed by generals such as Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Zhao Yun, Ji Ling, Xu Huang, etc., all present, not one of them left behind.
"Lord, Tao Qian's letter asking for help."
Jushou handed the letter asking for help from Tao Qian to Yuan Shu.
"Well, Tao Gongzu's state governance is good, and his literary talent is also very good. This letter asking for help is really well written. Tell me what you think."
Yuan Shu glanced at Tao Qian's letter asking for help and put it aside. Such a large letter contained only two sentences: Cao Cao is mighty, Mr. Yuan save me.
"My lord, don't be anxious now. If you want Xuzhou, don't be anxious now. How could Tao Qian know how precious we are without Cao Cao's baptism? Moreover, if we send troops now, it is very likely that Cao Cao will directly return to Yanzhou."
Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shu, and he suddenly realized that his wise master in the past was a little impatient today.
"Well, I understand, then just sit back and watch what happens."
Tian Feng's words make sense. If Cao Cao had not attacked Tao Qian, he would not have written a letter inviting him to send troops to help. Cao Cao has not yet attacked Xuzhou. If he sent troops to hold him back, he would probably have many enemies if he wanted to capture Xuzhou.
Waves.
"promise."
The world is in turmoil, not only Yanzhou and Xuzhou, but also Yongzhou and Liangzhou in the west are making big moves.
The first was Lu Bu versus Niu Fu. Although Lu Bu suffered the biggest defeat in history in Bingzhou, losing all his elite troops, he fled back to Hedong in embarrassment.
Niu Fu was very excited after receiving the news that Lu Bu had suffered a defeat, and directly led his army to attack Lu Bu.
"Turtle son Niu Fu, come, prepare your horses, and follow me to lead the army to meet the enemy."
When Lu Bu heard about Niu Fu's advance, he immediately became furious and immediately wanted to raise troops to fight back.
"Lord, you can't do this."
Zhang Liao suddenly jumped out and raised objections.
"Wenyuan, what's wrong? Are you scared?"
Seeing that Zhang Liao, whom he relied on very much, raised objections, Lu Bu couldn't help but frowned.
"My lord, it's not that Zhang Liao is afraid. Our army has suffered a new defeat, its morale is low, and the losses in this battle have been heavy. It is not appropriate for a head-on confrontation with Niu Fu."
Zhang Liao's meaning is obvious. Now is not the time for a head-on decisive battle, otherwise they will lose miserably.
"Zhang Liao, although Niu Fu's troops are many, they are not as elite as ours. Besides, we, Marquis Wen, are so brave. Why should we fear them?"
Song Xian suddenly jumped out and almost pointed at Zhang Liao and said, "You are a coward."
"My lord, it's not that I don't believe in your fighting power, but I'm afraid something might happen in Chang'an if our strength is too low."
Zhang Liao was too lazy to pay attention to Song Xian and looked directly at Lu Bu.
"What will happen in Chang'an?"
Hearing Zhang Liao's words, Lu Bu was a little stunned. He really didn't know what would happen in Chang'an.
"Lord, whoever has a bigger territory and more soldiers and horses among the current big men will have a greater say. Now we have lost half of our elite troops. If the remaining soldiers and horses suffer further losses, then we will be in Chang'an.
It's not a reliance, but a dispensable role. Do you think Wang Yun will look down upon a Marquis Wen who has no soldiers or generals?"
Zhang Liao directly pointed out the key point. After all, in troubled times, what matters is that there are more soldiers than generals. Without soldiers and horses, you are just a loser, and no one will pay attention to you.
"Well, what Wen Yuan said makes sense, but Niu Fu has already come to kill us, so we can't retreat now."
Lu Bu is not stupid. Although he is an idiot in terms of grand strategy, Zhang Liao has put the pros and cons in front of him. If he persists, he is really stupid.
"My lord, if you can trust Zhang Liao, leave this battle to me. I promise to win every battle with minimal losses."
What Lu Bu meant by this was that he knew what to choose, and the next step was up to him.
"Okay, this is my sword. From now on, including me, you can mobilize all soldiers and generals. If there is resistance, you can kill them."
Lu Bu directly took off the long sword from his waist and threw it into Zhang Liao's hand.
"Zhang Liao will definitely live up to his expectations."
After Zhang Liao took control of Lu Bu's army, the first thing he had to do was to withdraw from the original camp overnight. Niu Fu went crazy after finding out the news of Lu Bu's retreat and led his army in hot pursuit of Lu Bu.
