Lu Bu's Ambition

Chapter 364 The Opportunity for a Decisive Battle

In the early morning of the second day, Lu Yu walked out of her tent refreshed and walked towards the handsome tent with an unprecedented fighting spirit.

As soon as she walked outside the handsome tent, she heard the conversation inside. Lu Ying stopped and listened quietly to the conversation with her ears up.

"How's the situation in the wounded barracks?"

"Reporting to my lord, fortunately there are a large number of siege equipment, and the casualties are no more than 5000. Last night, at least [-] brothers survived."

For a moment, there was a relaxed gasp in the tent, and when Lu Ying stepped into the tent, she saw her father's exhausted appearance, it must have been a sleepless night.

But after the report was over, the captain clasped his fists respectfully, turned and left, and saw his son come in, but Lu Bu sighed softly.

"You stay here, Poppy."

"Promise!" Lu Yu did not feel dissatisfied with her father's military order, but instead cupped her fist respectfully.

Three days later, the army was raging in the prefectures and counties, and it seemed that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses were everywhere. For a while, people in Zhuo County were panicked, and the army was attacking everywhere.

Even if there was a siege weapon in this war, the soldiers and horses under Lu Bu's command took a full two months, and tens of thousands of casualties took over the entire Zhuo County.

Soldiers and horses attacked everywhere, it was impossible to defend against, without any plan, it was just to fight wherever it was easy to fight, and the remaining strong city became an isolated city, and then was surrounded by the army behind and finally conquered or opened the door to surrender.

Two months later, it was already hot summer, and the cicadas were buzzing, and green beauty was everywhere.

"My lord, apart from the soldiers and horses guarding Zhuo County, the army that can be drawn out is no more than [-]. If you wait for more than a month, after the rear recovers from injuries and rejoins the battlefield, you can get tens of thousands of soldiers and horses."

Listening to the report of the soldiers under his command, Lu Bu nodded indifferently, and all the generals in the tent were full of murderous aura after two months of conquest.

"Hehe~ Gongsun Zan has already called the battle!"

At this time, Lu Bu directly picked up a bamboo slip from the desk, on which was written a decisive battle between Yuyang's armies, and the outcome would be determined in three days.

After seeing this letter of war, all the generals in the tent were startled, and then roared angrily: "My lord, this Gongsun Zan clearly wants to provoke the lord."

None of the generals was a fool. They were obviously the most prosperous county guards in Youzhou. Although they had gone through two months of conquest, they all clearly realized that the defense of Zhuo County was not as tenacious as imagined.

This was Gongsun Zan's conspiracy. Using Zhuojun as bait, after two months of conquest, the soldiers and horses were exhausted both physically and mentally.

More importantly, the wounded soldiers stayed behind, and they had to guard all parts of Zhuo County, and there were very few soldiers and horses that could be drawn out.

At this time, someone even shouted angrily, "If I knew this was the case, I should have led the army to kill this group of grasshoppers."

It was because Zhuojun did not have the tenacious resistance as imagined. Although Lu Bu obtained a relatively complete Zhuojun, there was also a price.

That is how many people in Zhuo County are sincere, so they must be suppressed with a large army. Otherwise, once a large number of troops are deployed, there may even be a rebellion.

It was reported that Gongsun Zan led [-] soldiers and horses to camp outside Yuyang, waiting for Lu Bu's army to arrive.

"Hehe~ Gongsun Zan is indeed going all out, he can only win but not lose, and I'm waiting!"

When he said this, Lu Bu stared coldly at the generals in the tent, and shouted proudly: "Yuan Shao's 20 army is still defeated by our [-] soldiers. Could it be that Yuan Shao's defeated generals will still succeed!"

This sentence has already shown Lu Bu's heart for a decisive battle. Some of the generals understand it, but some don't.

"I also hope that my lord will rest the fury of the thunder for a while, and don't be fooled by Gongsun Zan's tricks. It will only take a month or so before the wounded soldiers recover and join the battlefield, and our army will expand by tens of thousands of soldiers at our fingertips."

Lu Bu, who was in high spirits, was suddenly poured cold water by Gao Shun. Some of the other generals might agree with Gao Shun's idea, but after hesitating for a moment, they still didn't come forward.

But Jia Xu and Guo Jia saw Lu Bu's eager intentions, and their lords didn't want to give up when they had such a good opportunity to fight to determine the outcome.

Without him, in this battle between the two armies, as long as the winner is determined, Youzhou will suffer the least damage, and Lu Bu was also tempted in this way.

Bingzhou is already disabled. Although it has begun to recover in the past few years, the population still needs to wait for at least a few years. No one wants to get a tasteless Youzhou.

Among the four prefectures in Hebei, Bingzhou can be said to be the poorest and least populous prefecture under successive years of conquests. Jizhou is the most prosperous but has also experienced several years of conquests. Fortunately, the foundation is still there.

The remaining Qingzhou has been infested by bandits year after year, and there is no chance to breathe. It can be said that apart from Bingzhou, Qingzhou's economy and population are the worst.

After finally getting a chance to get a perfect Youzhou, no one wants to be disabled.

Guo Jia knew, and Jia Xu also knew that if he gave up the chance of a decisive battle this time, there would be no such chance again, and Gongsun Zan would not foolishly give Lu Bu a chance.

The problems seen from different angles are also very different. Almost all the generals only see the situation in front of them, but they don't see the impact on the overall situation.

"Afternoon, Yuyang City will have a showdown in three days' time!"

promise!
Lu Bu ignored Gao Shun's advice, but decided to launch a decisive battle with firm will, and the time was set in three days.

Seeing that the lord had decided to go to war, Gao Shun didn't feel any embarrassment, his face was neither happy nor angry, and he retreated lightly. To him, it was just to put forward his own ideas. If the lord insisted on doing something, then he would Go all out to help the lord win any battle.

This is the reason why Gao Shun can still be trusted by contradicting Lu Bu everywhere. It has nothing to do with loyalty, but Gao Shun's ability.

In the battle of infantry, no one under his command can stand beside this person. Zhang Liao is good at cavalry, Yang Lin is good at infantry and horse. They seem to be incompetent in everything, but they are invulnerable when they cooperate perfectly.

In terms of the ability to command an army, Yang Lin is ranked first, but when it comes to hard-to-hard offensive and defensive battles, Gao Shun is number one.

And Zhang Liao is better at cavalry raids, deep in Lu Bu's combat method of wolf cavalry when he dominated Yanmen.

Following the order for a decisive battle three days later, all the generals stepped back with a clasped fist, ready to prepare for the battle.

Of the people who left, only Lu Bu, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu were left, while Dian Wei walked out of the commander's tent to inspect the surroundings.

After everyone left, the determination on Lu Bu's face slowly dissipated, but there was a worry in his expression.

"Feng Xiao, is this serious?"

After hearing the lord's question again, Guo Jia gave a wry smile, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Jia has already said to bring the young lord with me, look at how you are so absent-minded now, lord, how will you fight a decisive battle in three days."

Seeing the dissatisfied look in his lord's eyes, Guo Jia smiled wryly, and sighed: "After the investigation of the school affairs office in the past few years, after the disbandment of Baima Yicong, some of them disappeared secretly. It is estimated that a new cavalry will be formed. , but this hidden army was not found in this battle, so it is probably close to ten.”

"My lord, do you still remember the first battle in Zhuo County!" At this time, Jia Xu said lightly, with a look of suspicion on his face.

(End of this chapter)