The next day, Lu Bu reported the war plan to the emperor. He planned to use Cao Xing, Li Su and others to guard Chang'an; Ma Teng led his troops to Fufeng to meet the follow-up Liangzhou army going to Long; Han Sui and Song Jian led their troops to
Dong, Hao took over Hongnong to rescue Dong Cheng; he used Gao Shun, Gao Ya, Zhang Liao and others as minions, Liu Hei, Chen Wei and others to transport the baggage, led thousands of horses to the north, and took advantage of the victory to seize the land east of the river.
After the emperor's approval, the capital began to prepare for this matter intensively. The gold and silver rewards were distributed the next day, and the three towns of Longyou were relieved and had no objections after learning that they had no heavy responsibility.
At least from this point of view, Liangzhou was still in harmony. Only at this time, the heavy snow continued, and the dispatch of troops was inevitably delayed. It was not until the 13th day of the winter lunar month that the ice and snow subsided, and Lu Bu resumed his journey. p>
Before setting off, Jia Xu specifically asked Lu Bu: "It is extremely difficult to attack the city in winter. I wonder if the general can be sure?" Lu Bu replied directly: "There are many guards in the east of the river and their fighting spirit is low. What are you worried about? It is normal for ants to attack the city.
, it's enough to attack." Jia Xu shook his head and said: "If you attack the city like this, the general will undoubtedly sacrifice his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything." Lu Bu asked in return: "Then according to Wenhe's opinion,
, is there a way to destroy the city?" Jia Xu laughed and said: "There is actually no way to destroy the city, but there is a way to capture the city without fighting." He then said: "If the enemy of Puban cannot hold on,
, the general could ignore him and continue walking north. He looted the countryside and brought food to Anyi, Linfen and other places. All the villages he encountered were burned down, and all the soldiers and civilians who fled for their lives were killed. There were many people everywhere.
Raise the flag so that the enemy does not know who we are or not. Then let out the news. Anyone who dares to hold on and refuses to surrender will be punished by massacre of the city. When the rebel army hears the news, their morale will inevitably be shattered. They will either leave the city for a decisive battle or abandon the city and flee. Then the east of the river is the enemy.
It's a hit." After hearing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but smile and said: "Wen He's words are reasonable, but in my opinion, there is no need to go to such trouble. If I can't attack the city, it won't be too late to use this strategy again." After that,
Without further delay, Lu Bu immediately led his troops across the Wei Bridge, intending to pass through Gaoling and reach Linjin in ten thousand years.
When he passed Gaoling, he saw the battlefield where he fought with the Liang army. He sighed in his heart. Pointing to the frozen Wei River, he said to Zhang Liao: "It's a pity that the brothers who followed me into Luoyang from Shangdang are now less than a thousand.
Most of them are buried here. Even if you are rich now, who can you talk to?" Zhang Liao said: "As long as the general can start well and end well, and help your majesty achieve great achievements, then my reputation as a Shangdang warrior will be as good as that of Yuyang.
Let your reputation as a sudden knight last forever." Lu Bu nodded slightly and said, "Even though you are here, you can't just pass by. When the champion defeated the Huns and rewarded the soldiers in Hexi, he poured the wine into the spring water and drank with the three armies.
Today I remember Pao Ze, and this is how I should do it." After saying that, he took out two jars of Xiangyang yellow wine given by the emperor, had people break the river ice, and sprinkle the wine into the Wei River.
He muttered silently in his heart: "Gentlemen, you were buried in the water in the past because I, Lu Bu, was incompetent. But if you have souls after death and can taste the rice wine brewed by this river, please bless me and help me achieve unparalleled achievements and become famous.
Eternal!" That night, they built a camp by the Wei River to rest, and called five local pavilion chiefs.
He said that he wanted to inquire about the opinions of the people in Guanzhong after the Liang army entered the capital, as well as the recent situation around them. These pavilion chiefs heard that the new general had issued an order and did not dare to neglect, so they all knelt down in the middle of Lu Bu's tent. Lu Bu asked, "They
Just answer, not daring to look up.
But in the final analysis, it was just Lu Bu who wanted to hear some compliments. The several pavilion chiefs were very sensible. Lu Bu asked what the public opinion was, and they said something about the two thieves being unjust. The general obeyed the order in time, and the people heard it.
Han Lin's words made Lu Bu feel happy, but he didn't want to show it, so he kept stroking his chin to hide his smile.
It was when Gao Shun asked them if there had been any unusual movements around them recently. One person said that he had heard the news that there seemed to be horse bandits running around in the Pinyang area in the past two days, but they did not hurt anyone, which was very strange.
After hearing this, Gao Shun paid great attention to it and discussed with Lv Bu whether it was the cavalry from Jinyang. Lv Bu disagreed and said that there are horse bandits in winter. It is a natural thing. Now it is only ten days since Chang'an went to the city. Where is Jinyang?
Are there reinforcements?
There is no need to be so worried. He asked the man again, "Do you know how many horse bandits there are?" The man replied that he didn't know, and Lu Bu became less and less concerned about it.
So on the second day, Lu Bu led his army from Gaoling, arrived at Lianshao after ten thousand years, rode directly through the frozen Luoshui River, and then arrived at the foot of Linjin City.
At this time, the news that he led the army to fight had been known to Hedong, and the police training quickly rushed to Jinyang and Luoyang.
However, Lu Bu was not afraid of being discovered at this time. After all, he not only wanted to march quickly, but also to pacify the counties in Guanzhong was one of his goals.
Therefore, although he was attacking on horseback, he made a big show of it along the way, hoisted the banner of general, and ordered his troops to go down the mountain to call for the thieves. Everyone in the village pavilions along the road trembled and feared when they heard about it.
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By the time they crossed the west bank of the river, it was already the morning of the seventeenth day of the winter lunar month. The clouds in the sky were very light, the wind was very light, and the sun was shining brightly, but there was no temperature. As everyone walked in the snow, they felt that the sky and the earth became even more brilliant.
But it also became more indifferent.
Lu Bu walked ten miles east from the river, and all he saw on the road was a scene of all the vegetation and trees, and no villages left in the wild.
When he arrived at the foot of Puban City, he looked up at the city head and saw that the walls were covered with crimson flags. Everyone under the banners was wearing armor, holding bows and guns, and they were already in full formation.
He watched for a while and saw that the enemy's morale was high and they were not easy to fight with. He couldn't help but feel evil in his heart and said sarcastically: "Unexpectedly, the mangy dog has lost his master, but he still has the courage to dare to fight with the tiger!
"Although he knew it was disadvantageous, Lu Bu still wanted to attack.
On that day, he ordered his sergeants to raise mountains of earth from the south, north and west of the city to carry out a siege.
At the same time, the war drums continued all night long, and there was never a moment of peace in the city. Only at the beginning of the siege, Lu Bu encountered great difficulties.
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In winter, the soil is hard and hard, so filling and excavation is not only time-consuming, but the excavated soil is also hard and brittle into lumps. Without sending people to crush it, it will be difficult to fill the mountain.
Under such circumstances, Lu Bu raised the earth mountain twice on the first day, and both collapsed. However, under the rain of arrows from the bows on the city, although the soldiers were wearing armor, they were not seriously injured, but they were unable to fight back, which would only increase the number of injuries.
Under the premise, morale has been helplessly depressed.
Seeing this, Lü Bu captured more than a thousand local people that night and spent two days supervising the construction of ladders to rush the chariot. Afterwards, he had more than a hundred ladders. Lü Bu then sent the people ahead to build ladders towards Puban to attack the city.
The people were originally extremely frightened, but they were forced by swords and had no choice but to huddle forward carrying the ladders. In the eyes of the people on the city, they looked like ants carrying the ladders that were much larger than themselves.
Some of them were soldiers from the local county soldiers. The defenders couldn't bear to kill them, so Chen Deng sternly scolded them before throwing the prepared stones at the wall.
It was just that they were a little slow in the end. Several ladders were mounted one after another, and the Liang soldiers climbed up with iron pockets and arrows in their iron armor.
When they thought about it, as long as they could climb the city wall and fight hand-to-hand with the defenders, these wealthy children from the east of the river would definitely be unable to resist, and they would only be able to capture the city in an instant.
But what they didn't expect was that as soon as they climbed to the top of the wall and reached out to grab the ladder with their hands, they were covered with slippery ice and there was no way to use any force. The defenders took advantage of them when they were at a loss to use the prepared weapons in advance.
The big sticks kept beating the Liang army, and the Liang army was unable to resist. They were either knocked down from the city by the big sticks, or they had no choice but to retreat on their own.
As for the rush of cars under the city, the defenders also repeatedly poured water on them, causing a thick layer of ice to form in front of the city gate.
The ice layer was a steep slope. The Liang soldiers pushed the cart forward, but found that they could not push it up at all. They had to ask the villagers to cut the ice in front of the city gate. However, in this way, the ice layer was completely cut.
The car cannot be pushed forward.
After another two days of this, Lu Bu had no choice but to stop attacking the city. He called all the generals from the left together and continued to discuss how to break the city.
But after discussing for half a day, they still couldn't agree. Zhang Liao advised Lu Bu: "In the past few days of attacking the city, it can be seen that there are not many defenders in Puban, so it is not a problem. Why waste time here? Since the general wants to take all of Hedong, it is not appropriate to do so.
Don't stick to one corner, but look at the overall situation. Why not abandon this city temporarily and go straight to Pingyang. The walls of Pingyang are short and our army is caught by surprise, so we will be able to defeat it in one battle!" After Lu Bu heard this, he immediately remembered Jia Xu's words before leaving.
Strategy.
He also knew that the war was not a trivial matter. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "There is no need to go to Pingyang. As long as we capture Linfen, we won't be afraid of Jinyang's reinforcements." After that, Lu Bu immediately rectified his soldiers and abandoned Puban.
Ignore it and continue heading east.
That night, they arrived at the salt pond and stopped to rest by the pond. At this time, fire suddenly appeared in the distance to the north.
The cavalrymen had all dismounted, but they quickly got back on their mounts. Some people asked whether the enemy's scouts were coming?
Others said that they couldn't be scouts. There must be a lot of people marching with fire at night.
In the midst of suspicion, gradually, there were more and more fires ahead, and they slowly spread until they were completely connected to the north, like a fire dragon.
Someone stood on the horse and looked towards the shining light of the fire. Except for streams of snow and dust rising from the trees like mist, nothing else could be seen.
People commented: "How many people are here? It seems like a lot." After a while, the noisy sounds of drums and sergeants also came over.
The sound became louder and louder, like the waves of the Yellow River crashing against the rocks on the shore. Some people panicked and said, "Are you surrounded? Let's rush out quickly!" However, Lu Bu forced them to be silent.
Looking at the hesitating fire dragon opposite, he said with a smile: "These little thieves don't dare to act rashly, so why should we retreat?" He listened for a while, analyzing the enemy's accent, and finally said with a smile: "It seems that the ones coming are from the Huns.
The cavalry is not worth mentioning! This is the time for me to establish my power!" He was right. The more than 10,000 knights coming from the opposite side were the Xiongnu reinforcements that Chen Qun invited from Meiji.