The three countries are very nuclear

Upstairs in Xiping County.

Lu Bu looked down worriedly, Zhang Liao's tens of thousands of troops started a new round of siege.

Although Lu Bu didn't talk about faith, he recognized and killed his adoptive father everywhere, but this did not prevent him from thinking that he was an excellent general.

But... Zhang Liao under the city is really too difficult to deal with.

At the beginning of the war, Lu Bu, relying on his bravery, did not choose to defend the city. Instead, he went out of the city and fought several battles with Zhang Liao in an attempt to stop the enemy from beyond the border of Nanyang.

The result was an unsurprising fiasco.

The basic basis of Yuan Shu's rule is still the aristocratic family, especially after Xuzhou formulated many decrees restricting the aristocratic family.These gentlemen, who are used to being masters, were naturally unwilling to compete with the mud legs, so they fled in all directions, and most of them fell into the arms of Zhu's father.

In such a big environment, although the soldiers under Lu Bu's command can be called elite, it is hard to say that these soldiers have a sense of belonging to Yuan Shu, the king of Liang.

Anyway, they were born as cows and horses, and both left and right worked for the masters above. Naturally, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was not as good as that of the Xuzhou army with an ascending channel.

What's more, the situation in the world is almost clear now. Guan Yu's repeated victories in Yuzhou also dealt a morale blow to Yuan Jun in Nanyang.

Seeing that Zhang Liao's army could not be defeated, Lu Bu used his housekeeping skills-leading the charge to boost the morale of his subordinates, hoping to turn the tide of the battle.

Then, Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong jointly gave him a hard hammer.

Lu Bu knew Zhang Liao's martial arts, he was infinitely weaker than himself, but where did this Huang Zhong come from?
Compared with Zhang Liao in strength, he is not inferior!

Where did Liu Bei get so many monsters?

Of course, there is another more important reason, that is, Lu Bu is old and his physical fitness has already begun to decline, and he is much weaker than when he was at his peak.

Lu Bu, who was born in the first year of Yuanjia, is now over fifty, only one or two years younger than Huang Zhong, and he is no longer the unparalleled flying general whom he looked down upon back then.

Not to mention being hammered by Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong, he was shot in the butt by an arrow when retreating, and he has just recovered now.

Seeing that the imperial army kept pouring into the towers below the city, and even the city walls that Lv Bu had expanded these days almost collapsed, Lv Bu had no choice but to step up and order his soldiers to fight to the death, and even personally put on his armor and hand-to-hand soldiers to fight. wave of attack.

It was more than two hours since the war started, and finally the retreat horn sounded from the city.

At this point, Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his gaze to the enemy's banner below the city.

There, stood his old friend Zhang Liao.

At this moment, Zhang Liao, after the siege battle was over, rode his horse to the bottom of the city, staring at Lu Bu who was a bit embarrassed on the tower.

"Wen Yuan, why bother to force you!"

On the tower, Lu Bu shouted loudly.

Zhang Liao replied solemnly: "Fengxian, it's not that someone can't tolerate you, but it's just that he was ordered by the emperor to attack the national traitor Yuan Shu, so he had to do so."

This formulaic answer made Lu Bu in the city very dissatisfied.

Fighting for supremacy in troubled times depends on strength, what morals are you talking about with me, I, Lu Fengxian, never believe this!

"Wen Yuan, in the past, you and Gongyi fought against the Hulu side by side in Bingzhou, but now we meet each other in battle. It's really a trick of luck."

Although these words were made by Lu Bu with feelings, they happened to hit Zhang Liao's weakness.

I think back to when I was young, the three of them were officials in the frontier, fighting against the barbarians who went south to loot together, how many times they fought side by side, went through life and death, how could they easily forget.

It's just that you, Lu Fengxian, shouldn't have broken your promise, backstabbed Ding Yuan and joined Dong Bandit's command.

Regarding Ding Yuan's death, Zhang Liao didn't feel much emotion in his heart.

He was born and raised in Yanmen, and Ding Yuan had served as governor of Bingzhou for less than a year. Zhang Liao and him only had the status of master and slave, and did not have a deep friendship.

It's just that you, Lu Bu, are morally wronged by doing this, and are not ashamed by the people of the world.

But thinking about the old friendship and the mission on him, Zhang Liao still decided to give Lu Bu a chance.

"Fengxian, in the past you and I were considered brothers, but now I can't bear to meet in battle. As long as you turn your back on your arms and surrender with courtesy, I will protect you with your wealth and life, and you will not lose your position as a Marquis!"

In front of the two armies, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhang Liao's ability to say these words naturally required a lot of courage.Because he couldn't go back on his word, and had to bear a series of possible consequences later on, even Huang Zhong and Ju Shou next to him frowned.

General Zhang's move was a little reckless.

But the more sincere Zhang Liao was, the harder it was for Lu Bu to agree.

He betrayed the master twice successively. If he showed any wavering now, it would definitely arouse Yuan Shu's fear, so he flatly refused immediately:

"Wen Yuan's kind intentions, a certain heart accepts it, but it's just that a certain person has received the great favor of King Liang, so how can we bear it, Wen Yuan can lead the army to attack the city as much as possible!"

Hearing this, Zhang Liao hesitated for a while, and when he was about to continue persuading, Ju Shou next to him coughed twice, dissuading him:
"General, Lu Fengxian's reluctance to betray the Lord is also reasonable. No matter how much the general persuades you, it will be in vain. On the contrary, the court will lose the court's dignity for nothing."

"Ugh……"

Zhang Liao sighed and had no choice but to let it go.

The reason why Jushou didn't want Zhang Liao to continue persuading Lv Bu was because he was afraid that Zhang Liao would get deeper and deeper, and the second was because Lin Chao had made it clear that Lü Bu was uneducable and it would be useless to keep him.

Under such circumstances, it is unwise for Zhang Liao to protect his family and life.

Of course, based on the situation in Xuzhou in the past, bringing Lu Bu in would be a ticking time bomb.But the situation is different now, Lin Chao thinks he can control the bomb, so it doesn't matter if he surrenders.

It's just that Lin Chao wouldn't say these words clearly, so Ju Shou didn't dare to make random guesses.

After returning to the formation, Zhang Liao ordered the soldiers to rest for two hours, and then launched an attack again.

As for Lu Bu in the city, he already regretted not agreeing to Zhang Liao just now.

Because the grain and grass that should have arrived the day before yesterday had not yet arrived, and the soldiers in the army had already begun to lose their temper.

"Who is it, who is breaking my way behind my back!"

Lu Bu slammed his fist on the table, his eyes were red, like a ferocious beast that wanted to kill someone.

The general Cheng Lian clasped his fists and said: "General, the army is almost out of food. If the food and grass are not available in a few days, the soldiers are afraid... our army will also be destroyed without attack."

Hearing this, Lu Bu set his sights on Xu You, and said, "Military Master, for the present plan, how should we deal with it?"

Before Yuan Shao's defeat, he sent Xu You to ask Yuan Shu for help, but before Yuan Shu's reinforcements arrived, he killed himself, and Xu You naturally took advantage of the situation to join Yuan Shu, and now he was sent by Yuan Shu to help Lu Bu.

Of course, there is also the meaning of surveillance.

Just now on the tower, Lu Bu categorically rejected Zhang Liao's persuasion to surrender, also because he was in the army.

It is really a bit of black humor that the two youngsters get together, but they are wary of each other and surrender.

After hearing Lu Bu's words, Xu You also had a headache.

Lurking in the enemy's rear is already a difficult task, not to mention cutting off the enemy's food routes, it is even more difficult.

But even so, he sent a large army to search for it several times, but he still failed to find this mouse, which shows the cunning of this person.

Xu You even once thought that it was Lin Zichu who personally led the army to attack behind him, otherwise how could others have such ability?

"General, in my humble opinion, we should take out all the food in the army and let the soldiers have a full meal to stabilize the morale of the army. After all, the enemy is in front of us, so we must not mess up. Secondly, we should also send a general Xiao to lead the army to sweep Even if you find nothing in the grain road, you can go to Wancheng and ask the king to allocate grain and grass, so that the army can escort you, so you can be safe."

Facing Zhuge Liang's disappearance, Xu You's method was old-fashioned, but it worked.

Don't you like to rob food, then I will use the army to escort.

Anyway, given the distance between Wancheng and Xiping County, the embarrassing situation of food being eaten up on the road would not happen.

Hearing this, Cheng Lian next to him immediately clasped his fists and said, "General, the last general is willing to lead the army to clean the grain roads, find out the thieves in the dark, and then go to Wancheng to escort the grain!"

Lu Bu nodded, and now it can only be like this.

However, Lu Bu was still a little worried that Cheng Lian would not be able to accomplish anything alone, so he sent Wei Xu to accompany him.

While Lu Bu was preparing for Zhang Liao's attack, in the camp outside the city, Ju Shou had already made a plan with Xu Shu, preparing to use a special method to win the war.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, everyone looked at the marching map on the bluestone board, while Ju Shou was explaining it.

"Everyone, now the enemy general Lu Fengxian is defending Xiping, with nearly [-] troops under his command. I don't know how many years and months it will take to break through the city by force. It is better to connect the battlefield and attack everywhere to destroy Yuan Shu!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals in the tent were puzzled.

"Military division, how to connect the battlefield?"

Zhang Liao asked.

Ju Shou smiled, with wisdom shining in his eyes, pointed at the map and said:

"Although Nanyang and Runan belong to Jingzhou and Yuzhou respectively, their borders are connected. Although there are barriers between them, they are enough to march. In my mind, at this time, when our army is confronting the enemy, send someone to invite General Guan March from Runan, attack Wancheng directly, and use this to divide the battlefield so that the enemy can't look at each other from head to tail."

"The strategist's strategy... is rather novel." Zhang Liao pondered for a moment and said, "If the battlefield is to be divided, the enemy's army cannot look at each other from head to tail, and neither can we from head to tail. It's too risky."

"No, the general's words are wrong!"

Xu Shu stood up and said, "The leader of the enemy army can't take care of each other, but our army can't do that."

"Why?"

"Because I have many soldiers!"

Xu Shu gave an impeccable answer.

Zhang Liao still couldn't understand, so he continued to ask: "Military division, can you explain in detail?"

"Of course." Ju Shou nodded and said, "In the past, when His Majesty decided to attack Yuan Shu, the Prime Minister divided the army into three groups in order to give full play to the superiority of the troops. Now our army has won successive victories, and we have recovered and eliminated you. The counties of Yuzhou in Nanwai forced the enemy to defend the isolated city.

General Guan attacked Runan, and General Zilong and we attacked Nanyang. Although there were 50 troops under his command, they were still guarded by the enemy.

According to the intention of the subordinates, one general was left to command [-] troops to confront Lu Fengxian.On the Runan battlefield, General Guan was also asked to stay with [-] troops to confront Sun Bofu.The same is true of General Zilong.

Afterwards, the general, together with the other troops from the two groups, crossed Runan to Wancheng, opened up the fourth battlefield, and went straight to Yuan Shu's lair.

With such a division and encirclement, Yuan Shu's various ministries cannot look after each other, and our army can annihilate them one by one! "

After this detailed explanation, Zhang Liao finally understood, and couldn't help shouting: "Military master's trick!"

With the conditions of this era, if tens of thousands of people find a pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even your army of one million cannot break through.

This is the so-called one husband guards the gate, ten thousand husbands cannot open it!

Previously, the imperial army attacked in three directions, just to give full play to its superiority in strength.But now that the battle situation is stalemate, and the superiority of troops can no longer be brought into play, that's why Jushou came up with this method to break the situation.

This is just like Deng Ai's smuggling to Yinping in the original history. Although Zhong Hui's army has an advantage in strength, it is still blocked by Jiange's natural danger.Deng Ai opened up the second battlefield, and Ji Han was destroyed in one fell swoop.

At this moment, just at that moment!
"General Miao Zan, in fact, this is not my plan." Ju Shou said with a modest smile.

"Oh, who is that, who actually has such a high plan?"

Ju Shou said: "In fact, the prime minister sent a letter yesterday, teaching me to do this."

Hearing that it was Lin Chao's idea, Zhang Liao was no longer shocked.

In fact, this is the humble words of Ju Shou, because Lin Chao is not a master of micro-manipulation, so there is no specific tactical plan in the letter, only two words - pattern!

It's not that the generals' schemes are not smart enough, it's just that they are in the middle of the battlefield, and the only thing they think about is how to defeat the enemy in front of them.

On the contrary, he jumped out of the shackles, and Lin Chao, who was concerned about the situation in the world, saw it more clearly.

After receiving the letter, Ju Shou thought hard all night and finally understood Lin Chao's meaning. After discussing with Xu Shu, he proposed this tactic.

Compared with Deng Ai's smuggling to Yinping, Jushou's tactic is more impeccable.

Even if Yuan Shu understands it, there is no way to crack it.

As Xu Shu said, we have a lot of people!

Of course, Lin Chao also wrote a letter to the other two armies. With the talents of Shen Pei, Xun You, Xin Ping and others, he instantly thought of the same tactics as Ju Shou.

Then the three armies sent messages to each other, and finally in late April, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun reached an agreement and began to act.

Facing Sun Ce who was guarding Runan, Guan Yu left Xu Huang, Tai Shici, and Xin Ping to confront Sun Ce with an army of 20.

Zhao Yun left Gaoshun, Zhang Xiu, and Shenpei to confront Cao Cao with an army of [-], and he personally led an army of [-] to go south to join Guan Yu.

On Zhang Liao's side, Huang Zhong and Xu Shu were also left behind, leading an army of [-] to confront Lu Bu, while he and Ju Shou went south to join Guan Yu.

When the time came to the beginning of May, the three-way army, a total of 16 troops, joined forces in Pingchun County, southeast of Nanyang.

This place is less than three hundred miles away from Nanyang Zhisuo Wancheng.

At this time, everyone in Yuan Shujun still knew nothing about the catastrophe brought about by the imperial army's stealing tactics!