Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 508 Why Not Save
Killing four generals and seizing the military power, although Chen Gong has paid attention to it, when he actually seized the military power, there were 5000 soldiers and horses when he went to the expedition, but now, the full battle is only 8000 people. Among the [-] people consumed are Died in battle, but more deserters.

Nearly [-] defeated soldiers will pose a huge hidden danger to the security of Hedong.

In addition to the burning, killing and looting of the regular army, the destruction of people's livelihood by stragglers and bandits is also terrifying. If the imperial court ignores this matter, it is not a good thing to let these stragglers spread their poison.

After gaining the military power, Chen Gong began to think about these issues, but he was not too worried about the Bingzhou war.

With the military power in hand, Lu Bu, himself, and Guo Jia are all here, plus a group of generals from Zhao Yun's Yiji Qiren Hall, it is not difficult to win Bingzhou.

"Report!" A personal attendant hurried in and saluted Chen Gong.

"What's the matter?" Chen Gong raised his head, looked at his entourage, and motioned for him to speak directly.

"Hedong sent letter paper." The attendant handed over a roll of bamboo slips to Chen Gong with both hands.

"Oh?" Chen Gong took the bamboo slip and opened it, signed by Guo Jia.

After a while, Chen Gong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Feng Xiao is worthy of the name of a ghost! Solve my serious trouble."

"What's the matter?" Lu Bu, who was dozing off, woke up and looked at Chen Gongdao.

"The broken soldiers who escaped were collected by Fengxiao." Chen Gong explained: "Fengxiao assembled the county guards from all counties to form a large army, and made it appear that each county was heavily guarded, so that those scattered soldiers who fled Not daring to invade rashly, and then, in the name of repairing the city and dredging the river, used labor as relief in various counties to gather all the stragglers and rogues, and arrested a few generals who escaped, this military disaster has been eliminated!"

It's not that these stragglers are powerful, and they don't have any decent generals. When these stragglers gather, they may not be able to stop Lu Bu's eight hundred cavalry from charging.

But their greatest destructive power is not how strong they are, but that they are running around. It is not good for Chen Gong to send out troops to encircle and suppress them for them.

So Guo Jia used this method to take back these scattered soldiers, which can be said to have helped Chen Gong a lot.

Among them, Guo Jia also recommended a county magistrate named Jia Kui. He wanted him to be the county magistrate.

For Guo Jia's small request, as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Chen Gong directly agreed. Hedong was considered a land of no owners before, but now it belongs to them. It happened to be the appointment and dismissal of officials. Originally, this matter should be done by the court. Chen Gong is now away on an expedition, and he doesn't have the energy to take care of the affairs of the bureaucracy, but he can still make decisions about such trivial matters.

"The rear is stable, and the next step is to take back Bingzhou." Lu Bu regained his spirit. This is his hometown. Although it is still a bit far away from his hometown, he almost gave it to Bingzhou in his youth and even half of his youth. Now Returning to his homeland, or coming back as a general, naturally feels different.

"Wait a little longer." Chen Gong said with a smile: "There should be news from Pingyang soon."

Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong, nodded silently, rubbed his face, and wiped away his drowsiness. Then he went to the map and silently studied the map. After I'm going to capture Bingzhou, I'll transfer to Youzhou, did Liangdaogongtai ever think about where I'm going?"

Before, he simulated the battlefield with Chu Nan, Guo Jia and others. Bingzhou is a support, and the real battlefield is still in Jizhou. However, he tried several times according to Chu Nan's plan, but Chu Nan cut off the food road.

The final result is naturally without a doubt, I lost!

Lu Bu also carefully studied the grain roads in Bingzhou. Unlike the Central Plains, Bingzhou has many mountains, not only the Taihang Mountains, but also the Zhongtiao Mountains and the Luliang Mountains. Intermittent, unable to support water transport of food.

This kind of terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack in war, but in peacetime, it can only be used as a border barrier. Because of the raging horses, it is difficult to get rich here in peacetime.

Of course, the harsh environment has also tempered the fierce folk customs here, and the soldiers from Bingzhou can be directly used as elites. They are no worse than the world-famous Youzhou Army and Xiliang Army. Of.

But as far as the terrain is concerned, it is very troublesome to transport grain and grass to Youzhou through Bingzhou, and the enemy can easily cut off the grain road.

When Lu Bu used this strategy, after being defeated by Chu Nan and Guo Jia in this way several times, he paid great attention to the protection of food roads, but even so, he was often cut off by the opponent.

The terrain of Bingzhou is doomed to be difficult to transport food and grass, and if the food and grass can't keep up, the front army will mutiny and collapse, at least they will lose their fighting spirit, and they will be defeated by the enemy in the war.

Lu Bu tried his best, but the grain road is still a big problem that is difficult to solve. At least in his opinion, it is very difficult to transport the grain and grass from Hedong all the way to Youzhou.

Does the other party need many people? It only needs a few elites to find dangerous places to ambush, and then directly burn the food and grass, which can paralyze Lu Bu's logistics.

So after winning the military power, Lu Bu has been thinking about this issue. Chu Nan and the others can think of it, and Yuan Shao has no reason not to think that when the time comes, a few elites will sneak into Bingzhou, and there are too many dangerous places suitable for ambushes in Bingzhou. How to ensure the smooth flow of logistics is a problem that Lu Bu can't think of even if he wants to use his head.

"Marquis Wen, don't worry!" Chen Gong glanced at Lu Bu in surprise, a little relieved, not counting victory, but first counting defeat. This is the awareness that a mature commander should have. Think about how to defeat yourself from the enemy's point of view. It's simple, but you have to think from the perspective of the other party, not to mention ordinary people, most so-called wise men can't do it.

And Lu Bu has obviously noticed the biggest problem.

Not bad!

In the future, Lu Bu might really be able to take charge on his own.

"If the public platform has a good plan, just tell me the truth, don't fight with me like this!" Lu Bu was very dissatisfied with these people's twists and turns, and they were not happy at all, and they would die if they finished talking at once.

"If we follow the conventional method of transporting grain, it will be really difficult for us to transport grain and grass from Hedong to Youzhou, especially if the enemy sends troops to rob grain, it will be almost impossible to safely transport grain and grass to the front line on this grain road! "Chen Gong affirmed Lu Bu's idea.

Through Bingzhou to transport grain, as long as Yuan Shao makes arrangements for this, it will never be completed.

Even if Lu Bu transported the grain himself, it might not be useful, as long as they found the right opportunity to burn the grain and grass, there was no need to confront Lu Bu head-on.

Lu Bu nodded, even Chen Gong said that, it seems that he is not stupid, looked at Chen Gong and said: "Then how should we go this way?"

Since the food roads are impassable, the strategy Chu Nan set up is a bit absurd.

"The normal path will not work, but other paths may not." Chen Gong laughed.

"What do you mean?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong, listened carefully to every word he said, and almost took something to write it down.

"Here is the key!" Chen Gong pointed to the map.

"Hetao?" Lu Bu looked at the location of Hetao, frowned and said, "What's so strange here?"

"It's not unique, but it can be used as a granary. If the grain is transported from here, does Marquis Wen think that Yuan Shao can still rob the grain?" Chen Gong laughed.

"Of course not. Gongtai is saying that grain and grass will be transported to the Hetao by water, and then transported from the Hetao to the front line?" Lu Bu frowned: "This is impossible!"

The Yellow River is different from the Yangtze River. Not to mention the upstream, there are still a few puddles in the middle, and the waterway is basically impassable.

Chen Gong was a little helpless, looked at Lu Bu and asked with a smile: "Marquis Wen still remembers that every time the Xiongnu went south, they didn't bring much food and grass, but they could cholera in the Central Plains for a long time."

This is within the scope of Lu Bu's knowledge. He nodded and said: "Firstly, the Hu people plundered along the way and used wars to feed them, so they could get a lot of food and grass. With strong walls and clear fields, they can also slaughter cattle and sheep to eat. The cattle and sheep are their army rations, and they don't need to be transported by civilians, they only need to graze along the way..."

At the end, Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong: "Gongtai is saying that I am equivalent to imitating the Xiongnu and using cattle and sheep as military rations?"

Chen Gong nodded, looked at Lu Bu and said, "Wen Hou is wise."

"It seems that after taking this Bingzhou, someone has to go to Hetao to discuss with the Hu people." Lu Bu understood, and sneered: "Speaking of which, the land of Hetao was originally the place where I ruled. Poor, and took the initiative to surrender, so the land of Hetao was given to them to cultivate, and they didn't want to be grateful for these years, and repeatedly violated my border!"

When it came to the end, Lu Bu had a murderous intent looming in his eyes.

"It's a coincidence." Chen Gong said with a smile: "I heard that this time Yuan Shao not only sent Gao Gan, Xin Pi and a general named Guo Yuan, but also recruited the new Xiongnu Shanyu Huchuquan. Come here to help, calculate the time, the Xiliang coalition army should have ambushed by now, if you do the calculations mentally or not, General Ma Teng and the others are afraid that they will suffer!"

Seeing Lu Bu looking at him blankly, Chen Gong said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the reason why this Xiliang warlord came here was also at my invitation to fight against the country's traitors. He was ambushed this time, and the damage must be serious. guilty."

"Since Gongtai knew about it, why didn't he save it?" Lu Bu asked suspiciously.

Uh……

Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu, making sure that he was not joking, but was seriously discussing this issue with him, and couldn't help but raise his voice: "The reason I'm saying this is to tell Marquis Wen that we have a reason to take action against the Southern Huns. If the Southern Huns killed our soldiers, they should pay compensation for what they did, instead of discussing with Marquis Wen why they didn't save them!"

"So that's how it is!" Lu Bu understood. The master and apprentice had a strange habit. Before hitting someone, they had to find enough reasons, put themselves on the victim's side, and then beat the other party to death. Just peel off the skin.

"So, why not save?" Lu Bu brought the topic back to himself.

Chen Gong: "..."

(End of this chapter)