Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

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According to the scouts, the place where Yuan Jun stored grain was a valley with mountains on three sides and only a passage in the middle, which was similar to the place where Lin Mo chose to store grain.

The number of guards is unknown, but judging from the number of outlying scouts, it should be around 8000 to [-] people. This kind of terrain, such a number of people, is a relatively reasonable distribution.

Originally, finding Yuan Jun's grain storehouse was equivalent to seizing an opportunity for a fatal blow. Grain and grass are the lifeblood of the three armies. If it can be destroyed, it is worth paying a certain price.

For this reason, Lu Bu, who sat down again, rose and fell like a breathing mountain. If he could destroy the food and grass, he would not have to fight Yuan Tan's army. It is typical to win more with less.

When he was about to make a declaration of victory, he found that neither Lin Mo nor Chen Gong had any expression on their faces. Could it be a fraud?

Lu Bu suppressed his excitement, and began to think calmly, but before he spoke, Zhang Xiu took the lead, "It is not allowed to leave rut marks in the transfer of grain and grass in the army. Now it is not a time of war tension. Why is there such a big hole in the Northern Army?"

Lu Bu opened his mouth, and I thought so too. He coughed twice and then nodded, "What Ziwen said is exactly what I thought. This matter is probably a trap given by Yuan Tan. A few days ago, he just used food and grass to lure Boping and the others, but Wenhe saw through it. Now he wants to make money from us, which is simply delusional."

That's what he said, but in fact Lu Bu was tickled like a cat scratching in his heart, and he always had a little luck thinking that it might really be Yuan Jun who accidentally left the rut marks.

Lin Mo and Chen Gong remained silent. As Zhang Xiu said, when grain and grass were being transported in the army, there would be special personnel at the end of the team to clean up the ruts left behind, and they almost exclusively picked the grain to be transported in the dark at night, so it was extremely difficult to be discovered. This kind of exposure method was too clumsy.

It seemed that Yuan Tan was a little impatient.

"Why don't we go and have a look?"

Lin Mo's proposal made Lu Bu, who was not firm in his stance, repeatedly echoed, "It doesn't matter if you take a look."

According to the scouts, Yuan Jun's food and grass camp is more than 30 miles northwest of the Chinese Army's Dazhai, which cannot be seen on the map at all, because there is a mountain range there.

Lu Bu brought a hundred wolf riders from Bingzhou, and pulled Zhang Xiu, Gan Ning, and Lin Mo to go and see for himself, but Chen Gong didn't go, so people still had to guard the camp.

There is a real set of candidate roads. In the chaotic terrain of rivers, mountains and plains, the most convenient but extremely secret roads are found. After all, this is a job.

At dusk, under the cover of twilight, a group of hundreds of people watched Yuan Jun's food and grass camp from a distance above the valley.

As reported by the scouts, this is a valley with only one passage. Unlike Lin Mo's choice to store grain, this place is more spacious. Although the passage is not too big, it is not a problem for tens of thousands of people to fight in this valley.

There is no way, the Northern Army is rich, and the food and grass used by 20 people cannot be compared with Lu Bu, who went to the family to borrow money to maintain the ordnance before the expedition.

"Three squads of sentry cavalry, each with only 30 people, this is a patrol system of 8000 people." With just one glance, the old father-in-law told the number of soldiers in the village.

Of course, this is only a theoretical number of soldiers. With such a large stockade surrounded by mountains and lowlands, he can ambush tens of thousands of people without leaving any traces.

"If we want to attack, we have to go from outside the valley to Dazhai for about three miles. The distance is too long, and the Northern Army has enough time to react." Zhang Xiu also made his own judgment.

Gan Ning, who was inexperienced as a leader and had limited familiarity with land warfare, took down what they said very seriously, and tried to think about some issues from the position of the general.

As a water bandit who was born as a Jinfan bandit, he not only possesses a rebellious temperament, but also a bandit nature that refuses to be disciplined.

However, Lu Bu’s dimensionality reduction blow to him after the Guangling sneak attack was too great. Later, Zhao Yun and Xiaoguan’s brilliant achievements in all directions made him realize that he was actually nothing.

But, Luying is a place that will not bury talents. This feeling is particularly prominent after Wei Xu and others were killed in battle, so that he has more motivation. He hopes that he can become the second Zhao Yun and lead troops to fight one day.

"It's almost there, let's go back." After watching for half an hour, he had already figured it out in his heart. The old father-in-law glanced at Lin Mo, saw that he also nodded, then turned around and returned the same way.

The first thing to do after going back was to move the camp. Lin Mo proposed to move forward fifteen miles, and just got stuck in the entrance of the passage.

There are sufficient considerations for doing so. First, although the advantages of Qishan and Juyangshui can no longer be brought into play, the Northern Army cannot spread out 10,000+ people to attack in such a position.

The second point is very important. Going down here, the distance from Yuan Jun's grain and grass camp is shortened by more than ten miles. Although there is no good method to use at the moment, the grain and grass camp may be deliberately exposed by the opponent, but this is the key point to reverse the situation of the battle, and some risks are worth taking.

There is no way now, but it does not mean that there will be no follow-up.

With the advancement of the camp, the stockade above Qishan lost its meaning of guarding, and the army naturally withdrew back.

"Come, come, Wenhe, today's celebration banquet is just for you!" After Gao Shun brought people back, Lu Bu went to greet him at the gate of the gate, and when he saw Jia Xu from a distance, he went up and held his hand affectionately.

For a long time, Lu Bu knew that Jia Xu was a very smart person. During the battle of Anfeng, he had already shown his skills in the three strategies of top, middle and bottom, but he did not have any real military achievements.

Because most of the time, he doesn't look like a strategist, but more like a soy sauce character who eats and applauds.

This time, the burning of Qishan Mountain was brilliant. It took down nearly [-] Northern Army in one go. What is commendable is that no soldiers were lost. For this reason, in Lu Bu's mind, he was a counselor who could overwhelm Chen Gong.

It has to be my son-in-law, throwing him to Qishan is an extremely wise choice.

Not only Lu Bu looked down upon him in the past, but Chen Gong, Chen Deng, and even Liu Ye all complained about his promotion to the East China Sea prefect.

Prefect, the positions are extremely limited. He Jia Wen and He Dehe Neng actually became the prefects of the East China Sea. They must have relied on their nepotism with Lin Mo, just like Ruo Rong.

Qi Shan's appearance can be regarded as a complete rectification of his name.

"You're welcome, Marquis Wen. I don't dare to claim credit for my meager efforts." From Dong Zhuo's subordinates, to Li Jue and Guo Si, to Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu, he has always been a qualified survival expert, focusing on invisibility.

In fact, whether it is a counselor or a general, since they choose to assist the leader, there is no one who does not want to be trusted, but not everyone likes the feeling of being held in the palm of his hand. For example, Jia Xu, who has always been low-key, is not used to it.

If this is placed in future generations, it should be a serious social fear.

"In this battle, General Gao and Zilong have made great contributions in defending the stronghold, but they killed the enemy invisible. The defeat of Yuan Tan's [-]-strong army was all due to Mr. Jia's scheme. I respect Mr. Jia!" Lin Mo raised his glass with a smile.

"Yunwen is too famous. Compared with you, I am so insignificant that I dare not compete with Haoyue." Jia Xu always felt that Lin Mo seemed to be suffocating.

This is not an illusion, it is real. Through this incident, Lin Mo discovered that if the application of Jia Xu is to achieve miraculous effects, he must be put to death and put him in the most dangerous place.

Now, let him set up a think tank in the military camp, and he will have to weigh it if he wants to fish in the future.

When a person is in a high position, he has to participate in many things.

"What do you think about the food and grass camp?" Lin Mo asked this question after he was full of wine and food. He and Chen Gong had reached an agreement that they should not act rashly.

"It should be a trap." When the army camp suddenly moved forward, Jia Xu guessed that something should have happened, so he was not too surprised by the grain and grass incident.

To talk about a curious question, it is that Yuan Jun's methods are not very clever. Who would jump into such a blatant trap, and it also exposed the weakest point. No matter what plans are made in the future, it is not wise to have to take this camp into consideration.

"Since everyone agrees that this is a trap, then everyone will spend their time on it in the next few days. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch a tiger." Lu Bu held the wine glass with three fingers and turned it back and forth in front of him, showing a meaningful smile.

This is knowing that there are tigers on the mountain, and walking towards the mountain.

As for the matter of playing with the brain, it has little to do with us, let's work harder.

Lin Mo, Chen Gong and Jia Xu looked at each other, smiled and bowed, "Here."

After the Battle of Baima City, the distraught Yuan Shao came with an army of 38 troops. The distance between the head and the tail of the team was hundreds of miles, and the banners covered the sky and the sun could be pierced by the halberds.

In order to facilitate the war and at the same time extend Yuan Jun's supply front, Cao Cao chose to give up Baima City and drag Yuan Shao to Guandu, forming a confrontation between the two armies.

What's interesting is that Yuan Shao treated Yan Liang really well. Since the Battle of Baima City, he wrote to Cao Cao three times, asking for Yan Liang's redemption.

Cao Cao's request was very simple. He released Yan Liang when the Northern Army retreated to Hebei, but in Yuan Shao's view, he had no sincerity in negotiating. At least you want to cede Yanzhou, right?
I returned the general of the three armies to you, and I had to give you a state. Cao Cao snorted coldly, why don't you want my head to be more straightforward, so just fight.

Yuan Shao's big camp in Guandu is comparable to a county town, tens of miles long and wide. Just here, there are three additional auxiliary camps around it, with more than 30 people. That's not a joke.

Moreover, Yuan Shao is actually quite encouraging. He first talked about Yan Liang, saying that he had been humiliated by Cao Cao in Xuchang, but he would rather die than surrender.

After Yuan Tan delivered the first military report, he proudly held up the letter in front of everyone, "Look, Tan'er planned to defeat Lu Bu, and the camp advanced fifteen miles in one day. The momentum is like a rainbow, and it is about to launch a general attack."

The implication is that you have to work harder, otherwise the military achievements will be taken by others.

However, the slap in the face happened within a few days. More than 6000 people were killed in a fire.

The corners of his eyes twitched, and his heart was overwhelmed. It was difficult for him to take on the big task. He killed more than a thousand people in one victory, but knocked out more than 6000 people in one defeat.

If this was a family banquet, Yuan Shao would of course scold Yuan Tan severely, but when is it now, the two sides are about to start a war, besides teaching Yuan Tan a lesson, there are more important things, and that is the foundation of survival of the 38 troops, morale!
So, he took the defeat report and said meaningfully: "Tan Er just entered the army and retreated less than half a month ago."

Just when everyone's hearts were sinking, Yuan Shao changed the subject, and the corner of his mouth was drawn, "He wants to mobilize Lu Bu, jump into the trap set up, and retreat to advance, as worthy of my son!"

The civil servants and military generals were of course full of confidence when they heard it. Once Lu Bu collapsed on the Eastern Front, Cao Cao would have no resistance at all, and they would call for battle one by one.

However, the same battle report was another story in Cao Yingli.

"Lin Mo set up an ingenious plan in Mount Qi, and set fire to Yuan Tan's [-] troops, causing Yuan Tan to retreat for [-] miles. If this momentum continues, the war in Qingzhou will be over before the spring begins."

Cao Cao, wearing a cloak, walked slowly among the civil and military forces, and said in a deep voice as he walked, "Tell brothers, you must keep your spirits up. Once Yuan Tan is defeated on the Qingzhou front, it will be the time for us to attack aggressively. At that time, the soldiers who want rich and fertile land, beautiful wives and beautiful concubines will have to risk their lives."

He was clearly a serious protester, but everyone was laughing from ear to ear.

In fact, both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are qualified in terms of morale control as hosts.

It's just that the choices of the two are different. Yuan Shao is anxious to break through Cao Ying, while Cao Cao hopes that Lin Mo can quickly deal with Yuan Tan.

The words just now were not completely fooling the three armies. Once Yuan Tan was defeated on the Qingzhou front, Yuan Shao would definitely become a bird of fright.

Cao Cao was also worried at first, but after Qi Shan's victory, he also felt that the probability of Lin Mo's victory was greatly increased.

Therefore, his main belief this time is just one word, wait!

He was willing to wait, but Yuan Shao refused, so he sent Zhang Xi and Gao Lan to bring people to scold them, and scolded them for several days, saying a few words back and forth, Cao thief, traitor, evil thief, rebellious thief!
Cao Cao is immune to these abuses, and this is true, much better than Lu Bu.

Seeing that the challenge could not be met, Yuan Shao sent people to start building a tower outside Cao Ying. The so-called tower can be understood as a kind of watchtower.

After it is completed, because you have an advantage in height, you can shoot down at the soldiers guarding the village in Cao Ying, but you can't reach the height, so you can only be beaten passively.

You must know that it is an important defensive area of ​​the Zhaimen, and targeted measures cannot be taken in time. In the end, under the sanctions of Loulu, the army can push your camp flat.

Really feeling the crisis, Cao Cao anxiously circled back and forth in the Chinese military tent, not knowing how to deal with it.

"Sikong, please order me to lead a team of cavalry out from the south gate tonight, and detour to destroy the high wall before the stronghold!" Since Chen Dao followed Cao Cao, even though he held the rank of army commander, he was treated like a general, and he was allowed to directly participate in the military council.

Recently, he has trained an elite infantry of hundreds of people, just to repay Cao Cao's kindness at the time of life and death.

"Uncle Zhi's ambition is commendable, but Yuan Shao must set up ambushes on the side of the high wall, and rush out of the stronghold, which is unwise." Cao Cao sighed and obviously disagreed with this approach.

I asked Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Zhong Yao, Chen Qun and others to discuss it, but they couldn't come up with any decent countermeasures.

Generally speaking, everyone feels that there must be a price to be paid to destroy this oar.

"Sikong Ke sent his troops to the Yanjin Ferry to pretend to move, and made a gesture of stealing the road, which may attract Yuan Jun. Even if the cavalry suddenly rushed out of the village, they would surely destroy the tower."

Xun You's suggestion is considered to be more reliable among many suggestions.

Although it is more troublesome to operate, and the risk is not low, but it has to be done. Once Yuan Junlou is formed, this side of the camp will almost become the target of public criticism.

Coupled with the prosperity of the Northern Kingdom and the abundance of armaments, Yuan Shao could make the rain of arrows rain for twelve hours a day without stopping.

Thinking that Lu Bu was fighting like a raging fire on the Qingzhou front, and that he could still gain the upper hand by using the weak to control the strong, it was great.

As for myself, have you been forced to do nothing by mere Loulou?
Cao Cao exhaled heavily and covered his chest, feeling a little depressed.

Ok?
What is this?

When Cao Cao covered his chest through the black brocade suit, he obviously felt a foreign object. He checked with his hand and found that it was the brocade bag that Lin Mo had sent before.

At the beginning, he also claimed that in case of unfavorable war, he could take it apart for inspection.

Now the war is considered unfavorable, Cao Cao sneered, and sitting on the handsome chair, he quietly took out the kit and opened it under the table.

(End of this chapter)