Life is like a line, sometimes intertwined at the crossroads of destiny, but more often than not, it takes two unrelated tracks and never intersects again.
If Lu Bu knew that one of his biggest enemies, Chen Mu, was sitting on that fleet, he couldn't guarantee that he would not have any sense to catch up with him on a red rabbit horse, then jump onto the ship and use his own
Fang Tian drew a halberd and gave him a halberd.
But at least now Lu Bu doesn't have that much free time to care about this. In fact, he vaguely guessed that this might be a ship from Qingzhou, because the direction of the fleet's sailing was to Qingzhou, and apart from Qingzhou, there was only one ship from Jingzhou in the Han Dynasty.
Liu Biao has the ability to have so many naval vessels.
But it was impossible for Liu Biao's fleet to appear on the Yellow River, so naturally only the world-famous Qingzhou Navy could do this.
But Lu Bu was too lazy to think so much. He only cared about whether he could get the status, glory and wealth he deserved. He didn't want to get involved in other idle matters.
Seeing that he had arrived at the edge of the Yellow River, Lu Bu raised the Fangtian Painted Halberd in his hand and said to Zhang Yang and many athletes behind him: "Brothers, hurry up and go to Luoyang. We will be rich!"
Zhang Yang followed Lü Bu not only because they were from the same hometown, and later when Lü Bu fled back to Guandong from Chang'an, they met many people in Shangdang and became close friends. More importantly, he followed Lü Bu because he believed that Lü Bu was brave and good at fighting and would definitely do something great, so he followed him.
Now that he knew that the court would reuse them after returning to Luoyang, Zhang Yang was very happy and said to Lu Bu: "Fengxian, after passing Dongjun, we will reach Henan. We will soon be able to go to Luoyang. What do you think the court will arrange for us to do?"
Before Lu Bu could speak, Wei Ji was moved in his heart and said tentatively to Lu Bu: "General, Shangshu Ling sent me a message before, saying that there was a rumor in the court that he wanted the general to serve as the shepherd of Bingzhou to recover Bingzhou. The general thought this was a wonderful thing.
Not good?"
"Going to Bingzhou?"
Lu Bu's eyes widened and he said, "What's the point of going to the bitter cold land in the north of the Great Wall? I've been there for more than twenty years and I'm tired of it."
Wei Jian rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "General, we must go."
"oh?"
Lu Bu was surprised and asked: "Why?"
Wei Jian persuaded: "General, think about it, who is in the hands of Bingzhou at this time?"
"Yuan Shao?"
"Yes, Yuan Shao is like a centipede insect now, dead and not stiff. In the future, the general will enter the court and serve as an important force of the court to fight Liu Bei's army separately, so as to prevent Liu Bei's family from becoming dominant and controlling the government. But if the general has not made any achievements, his subordinates will also
Without a source of food and fodder for our troops, how can we compete with them?”
"you mean?"
Lu Bu groped his chin and said, "Let me go to Bingzhou. After occupying Bingzhou, I can use Bingzhou as the foundation to support the imperial court?"
"Exactly."
Wei Jian nodded and said: "Although Bingzhou is a bitter cold place, it is also a place with strong military sources. By winning Bingzhou, the general will have the merit of destroying Yuan Shao, and secondly, he will strengthen himself. After all, the Sanhe area is quite in decline now, and he wants to support it."
It is extremely difficult for a general to provide food, grass, troops and horses."
In fact, Luoyang Sili is indeed not as prosperous as it used to be, but after becoming a little more stable over the years, it has gradually recovered a lot of popularity. The total population of Luoyang, Henan, Hanoi, Yingchuan and other counties is close to one million.
Bingzhou is Shanxi, which was a treasure land for coal production in later generations, but at this time it was a bitter cold land. The population of that place was less than one million during the reign of Emperor He. After years of war, it is now even more desolate.
So if it is used as a base area, only Shangdang and Taiyuan still have some population. After Yanmen Pass, it is basically a deserted area with only grassland.
Therefore, it can be said that sending Lu Bu to Bingzhou does not mean letting the tiger return to the mountains, but it means that given the current situation of Bingzhou, it will not be able to develop on a large scale.
But Lu Bu thought that he still had the support of the imperial court. Although Bingzhou was bitterly cold, it was indeed as Wei Ji said.
"Um."
He nodded and said: "Bo Xi is right. If the court really wants me to go to Bingzhou, then I will go. At least it will be better than being so aggrieved in Xuzhou."
Wei Jian smiled slightly and said no more.
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Yanzhou, Jiyin County, Dingtao.
Guo Jia quickly walked into Cao Cao's mansion. His face couldn't be said to be pretty, but it wasn't ugly either.
Cao Cao was sitting on the main seat in the hall, with a pot of charcoal fire beside him. He was reading some documents at this time. When he saw Guo Jia coming in, he put down the bamboo slips and asked aloud: "Fengxiao, what's wrong?"
"Ming Gong, a piece of good news, and a piece of bad news that is not bad."
After Guo Jia saluted, he sat aside.
"Not bad news?"
Cao Cao looked surprised: "What kind of news is this?"
"It's neither good nor bad."
Guo Jia put his hands in his sleeves and said: "We released news that we were going to conquer Lu Bu, but Lu Bu did not respond."
"Um."
Cao Cao nodded: "This means that there is no internal military intelligence department in our mansion."
"But Lu Bu is gone."
Guo Jiadao.
"Lu Bu is gone?"
Cao Cao was surprised and asked: "Where has he gone?"
Guo Jia thought for a while and said, "If there is no accident, Chen Zigui should have taken him to Bingzhou."
"Lu Bu returns to Bingzhou, and the tiger returns to the mountains and forests."
Cao Cao shook his head. A man like Lu Bu was suitable for galloping on the grasslands. Now that he has returned to Bingzhou, he may be stronger again.
Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said, "But the whole mountain belongs to Chen Zigui, and Lu Bu can't escape."
"What's more good news?"
Cao Cao asked.
Guo Jia's face became even more bitter: "It's good news that we don't have an internal intelligence officer in the Yanzhou Mu Mansion. There's also good news. As soon as Lu Bu left, Zhicai had already sent troops to occupy Xiapi in Guangling."
Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "Isn't this good news?"
Guo Jia shook his head: "Ming Gong, Chen Zigui transferred Lu Bu in the name of the imperial court. Does Ming Gong think Chen Zigui has any good intentions? He saw that Yuan Shao was about to die and the Sun family had occupied Huainan, so he specifically left Huaibei to us.
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Cao Cao's face suddenly darkened: "When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. He wants to take control of Hebei, Qingzhou, and everything north of Xuzhou. When we break up with the Sun family, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers.
Fight."
This strategy is similar to the strategy proposed by Guo Jia to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight when Cao Cao was preparing to conquer Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang during the Northern Expedition after the Battle of Guandu. He would withdraw his troops to Henan and wait until Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang completely broke up and the two Yuans started fighting.
Destroy them all in one fell swoop.
The situation now is very different from that in history. The only difference is that at that time, Cao Cao unified Henan and waited to unify Hebei to unify Guandong. Liu Bei was about to unify Hebei, so he tried to transfer Lu Bu away and occupied the Langya Kingdom in the East China Sea to wait and see Henan.
, in order to seize the land of Guandong.
The two sides had a two-level reversal. Chen Mu used Guo Jia's strategy to deal with Cao Cao. After Liu Bei eliminated Yuan Shao, he watched Cao Cao and Sun Jian in Hebei beat the dog's brains out in Henan, and used magic to defeat magic.
But this is a conspiracy, and neither Cao Cao nor Sun Jian can resist it, because Cao Cao has ambitions, and Sun Jian's son Sun Ce also has ambitions. Neither one hopes to fulfill the other, so the two sides can only fight to the death.
"yes."
Guo Jia let out a long sigh: "This is the scary thing about Chen Zigui. We clearly know it's a strategy, but we can't do anything about it."
Cao Cao's right hand gently touched the table, and his eyes revealed a hint of sternness: "It seems that we really can only fight against the Sun family. Feng Xiao, you said last time that Sun Jian and his son were unprepared and could be killed by assassins."
So, what do you think?"
Guo Jia said: "Although Sun and his son are extremely brave, they rely on their own force and are indeed unprepared. But Sun Jian still has four strong generals who follow him all year round. It may not be easy to kill him with assassins."
"What should we do?"
Cao Cao didn't know what to do for a moment. He couldn't help but began to envy Liu Bei. The two sworn brothers were enemies of thousands of people. They also had powerful generals such as Huang Zhongdian, Wei Zhaoyun, etc. under their command. Although the Xiahou Dun brothers were not bad, they were still a little inferior. If he were
If there is any one of them, why should we fear Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his son?
"We can only take one step at a time."
Guo Jia didn't know what to do. He sighed. One step was wrong, and every step was wrong.
After many calculations, he finally discovered that he was being plotted every step of the way. This made Guo Jia, who claimed to be the most intelligent person in the world, quite discouraged. He also felt that in front of Chen Mu, he felt helpless that was difficult to resist.
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The desolate north wind whistled across the vast North China Plain. Outside Liangqi County, looking around, there was already a scene of yellow and brown.
As late autumn approaches, the Taihang Mountains are already filled with a strong sense of autumn. Tired birds return to the woods and the sun sets over the mountains.
In Liu Bei's mansion, Jushou Xun Youtian Feng and many counselors, big and small, were sitting in rows. In addition to the three most important ones, there were also some ordinary staff, such as Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Zuo Ji, Liu Qian, Cui Yan, etc.
Now Liu Bei has many talented people under his command, a cloud of advisers, and a rain of fierce generals. There are no less than a dozen generals, including general-level generals, and there are also countless second-rate generals. It can be said that the army is strong and the horses are strong.
At this time, Liu Bei held a meeting of counselors to discuss the next step.
Because according to Chen Mu's original plan, Liang Qi and other places were used as a line of defense to seal Yuan Shao to Handan to prevent him from uniting with Yuan Tan's tribe in Yecheng. This strategy is commonly known as separating the battlefield, so that Liu Bei and Guan Yu
The troops will form a siege on Yecheng, making Yuan Shao unable to support Yuan Tan.
However, what Liu Bei didn't expect was that Yuan Shao did not choose to attack by force as Chen Mu guessed, but went north to Julu, Changshan and other places. Dayou didn't care about the life and death of his wife, children and family, and wanted to regain the lost land first.
mean.
It is indeed troublesome for Yuan Shao to do this, because if he regains the lost territory, he can go south from Anping State, Bohai State and other places to continue attacking the plains, cutting off the connection between the front line and the rear, and preventing grain and grass from being transported westward.
Therefore, whether to continue to attack Yecheng with Guan Yu or choose to go north to pursue Yuan Shao became a point of disagreement among everyone.
"Ming Gong, today the Military Intelligence Department came to report that Yuan Shao has sent people to capture the Hejian Kingdom and is now marching towards the Bohai Sea. If he continues to allow him to capture the Bohai Sea, not only will the military supplies be replenished, but it may also threaten the security of the plains and the rear.
I’m afraid it won’t be easy to transport grain and grass to the front lines.”
Tian Feng pointed to the map of Jizhou placed on Liu Bei's desk and said: "I think even if we can't go north to annihilate Yuan Shao, we should send troops to stop his momentum of entering uninhabited territory. Otherwise, it will not be a good thing for our army."
A good thing."
Liu Bei looked at the map and silently calculated the counties that Yuan Shao had captured at this time. He sighed: "It's a pity that General Xianyu and I fell into the trap, which led to General Xianyu's defeat and his return. He had to retreat to Youzhou, so that
There is no defensive force north of Jizhou, but it allows Yuan Shao to breathe, leaving me in a dilemma."
Jushou smiled and said: "Actually, there is no need to worry, Duke Ming. Jizhou has been fighting with us for many years, and the people are already weak, and there is a serious shortage of young people. Yuan Shao can only supplement some food and grass but cannot expand the army on a large scale. Even if he expands the army, it will have no morale."
It’s just a mob, there’s no need to be afraid.”
"oh?"
Liu Bei asked: "What does Gong Yu mean?"
Jushou glanced at Tian Feng, and had a rare disagreement with Tian Feng, and said: "I think Yuan Shao should be allowed to let go and continue to attack Ye City. Ye City is full of elites. After being destroyed, Yuan Shao's strength will be greatly weakened. When Wei is captured,
After the county, if you go north to eliminate Yuan Shao, you will inevitably destroy the dry and decayed, like plowing a garden and sweeping out holes."
"No."
Xun You said: "If this is the case, Yuan Shao will definitely attack Qinghe State from the Bohai Sea. Our rear grain and grass need to be transported from Qinghe State to Wei County. If Yuan Shao is left alone, the grain and grass may not be maintained, so we may not be able to conquer Ye City."
Tian Feng stroked his beard and said: "Yes, Yecheng has high walls and thick walls. It is not that easy to attack by force. We can only consume them and wait for their food and grass to run out. Now that we have besieged Yecheng for nearly half a year, I expect that the people in the city will
There must not be much food and grass left. If our army withdraws because it runs out of food, wouldn’t it mean that all our previous efforts have been wasted?”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jushou said: "Zigui once said, don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, but should eliminate the enemy's effective force and weaken their strength. Let it go
Yuan Shao seemed to have lost the north of Jizhou, but he captured Wei County and eliminated Yuan Shao's elite. This is more significant from the strategic level mentioned by Zigui. As for the food and grass issue, it is very simple. The general can be stationed in Qinghe
country, just resist Yuan Shao's army attacking the grain road."
"The grain road is too long and it may be difficult to protect it completely. Yuan Shao now has some Xiutu cavalry. How should we compete with his cavalry?"
"Let the three generals go forward. The three generals are powerful and have Qingzhou cavalry. They will definitely not let Xiu massacre the various tribes succeed."
"That's what I say, but we are outnumbered and they have more cavalry."
Several people have said it over and over again, and they all have reasons.
Historically, Cao Cao attacked Yecheng. He arrived in Yecheng in February and besieged Yecheng. In August, Shen Rong, Shen Pei's nephew, opened the city gates and let Cao's army enter the city. This lasted for a total of half a year. After the city was broken, the food and grass in the city was nearly exhausted.
, which means that Yecheng only had enough food for half a year at that time.
But the situation at that time was different from now. At that time, Yuan Shang ran to the plains to attack Yuan Tan and took away a large number of soldiers and food, which made Ye City relatively empty. Now Yecheng is the front line against the Luoyang Army, with both food and military strength.
It is relatively sufficient to last for so long.
However, after all, Yecheng still has close to 40,000 troops. Forty thousand people plus the entire city's people, wealthy families, and officials of all sizes eat and drink every day. The consumption of food and grass can be said to be an astronomical figure. No matter how much food is stored in the city, it will only be enough to eat in the sky.
Lasts less than a year.
Now they have been besieging Yecheng for half a year, and it seems that Yecheng will not be able to hold on for long. And if Yuan Shao is allowed to wreak havoc in the north, the food route to the front line may be cut off. When the food and grass are empty, Qingzhou will have to withdraw its troops, thus all previous efforts will be wasted.
So the current situation is that Jushou disagrees with pursuing Yuan Shao northward and thinks that the siege of Ye City should be continued according to Chen Mu's previous plan, while Xun Youtianfeng thinks that Yuan Shao should be prevented from continuing to cause destruction in the north.
There were supporters from both directions, but no one said why Guan Yu was not left behind to continue the attack on Yecheng. Liu Bei led his troops north to pursue Yuan Shao.
In fact, this method seems to have the best of both worlds, but the problem is that if only Guan Yu is left in Yecheng, there is a big hidden danger, because his military strength is not enough to besiege Yecheng to death.
Some of the so-called 100,000 troops in Luoyang are in Sili, some are in Yingchuan, and some are in Hanoi. Guan Yu plus the soldiers led by Zhao Yun total only 60,000.
When Luoyang only had a total strength of 60,000 troops, Guan Yu led only 30,000 to 40,000 troops on the front line because the total strength was not equal to the combat strength.
Luoyang Eight Passes, Sili City Defense, and Yingchuan Hongnong all need to be guarded.
Just like before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao clearly had more than 100,000 troops to mobilize, but he could only bring tens of thousands to compete with Yuan Shao.
Later, Chen Mu planned to seize Shexian County and transferred Xu Huang. As a result, Guan Yu's tribe now only has about 50,000 people. It takes ten times more military skills to encircle it. Now there are still 40,000 people in the city. You want to have more than 50,000 people.
It is impossible to besieged and killed in Yecheng.
So once Liu Bei sent troops and horses north to pursue Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan in Yecheng chose to leave 10,000 or 20,000 people, and led some of his men north to attack Liu Bei with his father Yuan Shao. What would Guan Yu do?
If we attack the city, even if ten or twenty thousand people stay behind, it won't be easy to break it. If we don't attack the city and go north to support, then they will have another wave of sneak attacks.
So having the best of both worlds may seem like a good idea, but it's actually not feasible.
However, since he couldn't have the best of both worlds, Liu Bei had to choose between going north or continuing to besiege Yecheng.
The former is to take away Guan Yu and leave Zhao Yun to contain the Yecheng army. The latter is to continue to attack Yecheng and leave Yuan Shao alone.
Duke Ju, Tian Feng and Xun You said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. They all had their own thoughts and reasons.
There is no advantage or disadvantage between the two.
Because Ju Shuo thinks from the strategic level, while Tian Feng and Xun You think from the tactical level, the two sides have different methods and different ideas.
As a result, Liu Bei listened for a long time and felt that there was nothing wrong with what the other party said. For a while, he didn't know what to do because of the disagreement.
After a long time, Liu Bei had no other choice, so he turned to look at Jian Yong and said, "Xianhe, what they said makes sense, but I don't know who to listen to. What do you think?"
Jian Yong didn't have much strategic vision or tactical ability, so naturally he couldn't tell who had a good strategy and who had a bad strategy.
But his ability lies in his emotional intelligence. He had an idea and said to Liu Bei: "Ming Gong, I am not resourceful enough. I don't know who of the three military advisors can speak better. But I know that Zi Gui has no choice but to follow his advice."
wrong."
“You’re listening to Zigui?”
Liu Bei suddenly understood for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Yes, Zigui has made all plans, and he will not be wrong. Then I will listen to Zigui and attack Yecheng!"
Jushou said quickly: "Ming Gong is wise!"
Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind, everyone stopped insisting, and Xun You and Tian Feng kept silent.