New Lubu War

Chapter 239

The eighth year of Jian'an, the new spring.

Just after the new year, the general Lu Bu sent a letter to Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Ce in Jiangdong to persuade them to surrender.

He ordered the two to return to Xudu in the near future.

The call to arms is like throwing into the sea, and there is no news.

On February [-], the dragon looked up.

Lu Jun made another big move.

This time, Lu Bu used the elite cavalry who had worked hard in Bingzhou for ten years day and night.

Originally, during the pacification of Jizhou and Liaodong, tens of thousands of people were lost, but after Pingliangzhou, Lu Bu recruited elite soldiers from various places to expand his force.

Even though the requirements were extremely harsh, there were so many talented people in the world that they still recruited [-] soldiers from the Bingzhou Army who were not less than elite.

All in all, Lu Bu's elite cavalry is still [-].

Compared with before the troops sent out to merge the state, the number has not changed at all!
Of course, the combat power has not diminished in the slightest!

In addition, among the newly recruited [-] elite soldiers, except for more than a thousand that were not recruited by the people, the rest were all from the elite soldiers under the command of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Ma Teng in the past.

Of course, they are all the elite among the elite, the one-in-a-million kind.

normal.

Compared with the well-trained Bingzhou Army, these recruits are naturally not ordinary people, and only these veterans who have been in the field have this ability.

Lu Bu's purpose is to further train elite soldiers, but it is for future considerations, not limited to the present.

Therefore, except for the Jingqi directly under the Jingqi, all the troops incorporated from various places are not used.

This is not mentioned.

Wen Chou from Yuzhou, Zhang Xiu from Xuzhou, and Zhang Yang from Yanzhou were ordered to lead their elite cavalry troops to Lujiang in Huainan.

There are only [-] troops in these three groups, but their combat strength is no less than [-] regular troops.

The news spread to Jiangdong, which immediately attracted the attention of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others. They quickly dispatched troops and generals to arrange a plan to resist the enemy, not to mention it for the time being.

In addition, Chang'an's [-] elite cavalry had been transferred back to Xudu years ago.

Regardless of the ordinary troops stationed in the place, the elite cavalry of Xudu gathered together, a total of [-] people.

These [-] people are fighting head-on, and there is no one to fight!
Lü Bu divided his troops into two groups, with Zhang Liao as his general and Gao Shun as his deputy.

Zhang Liao's [-]-strong army set out from Xudu, first to attack Nanyang, and then to take Xiangyang, the seat of Jingzhou.

Gao Shun commanded [-] troops, first attacked Nanyang with Zhang Liao, and then divided his troops to Jiangxia.

In this way, Wen Chou, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Yang attacked Lujiang to contain Jiangdong, while Zhang Liao and Gao Shun tried their best to attack Jingzhou.

This is the overall strategy formulated by Lu Jun's senior management.

A battle with Jiangdong and Jingzhou at the same time started.

……

Xu all.

The General's Palace.

A side hall.

"Forget it, this game of chess took too long, I can't play anymore!"

Throwing away the chess piece in his hand, Lu Bu said calmly.

Zhuge Liang on the opposite side said nothing, but silently put away the black and white pieces on the chessboard one by one.

Of course he wouldn't say that Baizi had already surrounded Heizi's main force, and within three steps at most, Lu Bu, the great dragon, would be wiped out.

"The general is worried about the battle ahead?"

Cao Cao, who was watching the chess, changed the subject at the right time and asked Lu Bu.

"Ha ha!"

After looking at Cao Cao with satisfaction, Lu Bu said:

"At this time, we are far away from the Yangtze River. We are fighting on the flat ground in Jiangbei. Our army's combat strength is far superior to that of Sun and Liu. There is nothing to worry about!"

Nanyang County is a large county in the north of Jingzhou, close to Lizhou, belongs to the Central Plains, and is not near the Yangtze River.

Attacking Nanyang, Lu Jun had no pressure.

Because the terrain and weather are not much different from the Central Plains such as Jizhou and Yanzhou, the soldiers in the north have no influence and their combat power remains unchanged.

With Lu Jun's combat power, it was easy to take Nanyang.

"Liu Biao is a bit arrogant!"

Cao Cao laughed and said:

"Abandoning the northern part of Jingzhou, retreating to Jiangling, and giving Nanyang and half of Nanjun to Liu Bei!"

Since the beginning of last year, Liu Biao has moved the state government from Xiangyang to Jiangling, South County.

This is knowing that the land battle is invincible, actively shrinking the defense line, and giving up a large area of ​​​​Jiangbei territory.

Facing Lu Bu's elite cavalry, there was nothing he could do.

Of course, after crossing the Yangtze River, they began to be on full alert and prepared for war.

Liu Biao gathered [-] troops in Jiangling and dispersed them on the Yangtze River. Thousands of warships patrolled day and night to guard against the Lu army in the north.

And Jiangxia is a large county in Jingzhou, located on both sides of the Yangtze River, and it is also the focus of Liu Biao's defense.

Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, gathered [-] troops to guard Xiakou, a fortress on the south bank of the Yangtze River, forming a corner with Jiangling.

"Although Liu Bei is related to the three generals Zhang, Zhao and Xu Shu, he cannot be the opponent of the two generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun!"

Cao Cao continued.

Of course.

In terms of military generals, Zhang Liao can beat Guan, Zhang and Zhao two out of three.

Gao Shun and the other hundreds of generals Xiao, Yong, Hun, and Hu, as well as the [-] troops who were all fierce soldiers, completely crushed Liu Bei's army.

"However, there are many mountains and forests in Nanyang, Liu Bei has been entrenched here for a long time, and he is familiar with the terrain, so beware of fire and water attacks!"

Cao Cao actively made suggestions.

Hearing this, Lu Bu nodded.

This is true.

As the saying goes, "water and fire are ruthless", in the mundane world, once the attack of water and fire takes shape, it can be called incomprehensible.

No matter how powerful the Lu army is, it is still an ordinary army. If it falls into the trap of fire and water, it will suffer heavy losses in an instant.

"It's okay!"

Lu Bu laughed and said:

"Before leaving, I have already reminded Wen Yuan and Zi Xun that our army has an absolute advantage, and even if we cannot win for a while, we must not rush forward!"

"There are sophisticated people like Wenyou and Gongtai accompanying the army, and Wenyuan and Zixun are both prudent people. I don't think they will fall into the trap!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhuge Liang who was opposite, and Lu Bu laughed out loud.

In the original time and space, the place where Cao Cao went south in a large scale was in Xinye, but he suffered several fire attacks from Zhuge Liang and suffered heavy losses.

With this lesson, how could Lu Bu not take precautions in advance?

Xu Shu is also one of the top strategists in the world. He is full of conspiracies and tricks such as flooding with fire and attacking, cutting off the enemy's food and grass!

In other words, Lu Bu also planned to imitate Cao Cao in the original time and space, and took Xu Shu's mother captive to Xudu, forcing Xu Shu to surrender.

But after thinking about it, I gave up again.

Out of style!

Most importantly, it doesn't matter to Lu Bu whether there is Xu Shu or not.

Even Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others, he has been useless!

These people are now only assisting Jia Xu in handling government affairs and not serving in the army.

Lu Bu did not intend to use surrender generals to unify the world.

If you are not fully sure of winning the world with only your own team, you will naturally have to use all the talents as soon as possible.

There is no need to surrender generals, Lu Bu has this confidence.

That being the case, why not let the person who is most loyal to him get enough military merit?
It should be noted that after the unification of the world, there will be massive rewards immediately.

All rewards are based on military merit.

For Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Ma Chao and others, it is naturally impossible for Lu Bu not to use them, but the first wave of dividends from the Qiyun Dynasty must be reserved for Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others.

Think carefully, don't mention too much.

A month later, the Nanyang battle report spread to Xudu.

(End of this chapter)