Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

And it was at a time when the situation on both sides of the Yellow River was changing rapidly.

Nanyang County.

This was the most populous county in the Han Dynasty, and Lu Bu and Guan Yu fought fiercely over Wancheng for nearly half a year.

Under the leadership of Lu Bu, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's field combat capabilities are naturally unmatched.

But when it comes to siege, let alone the capabilities of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, even Lu Bu himself was reluctant to send the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry into such a bottomless pit.

The troops that Lu Bu used to attack the city were almost all newly recruited infantrymen in the Sili area.

Of course, these infantrymen may be new recruits, but Lu Bu, who has obtained the imperial arsenal, has made sure that these infantrymen are well-equipped.

But even so, Lu Bu attacked Wancheng intermittently for half a year, and Wancheng still stood as solid as Mount Tai.

In addition to the high city walls and deep moats, what is more important is that Wancheng is connected to Xiangyang by the Yu River. Lu Bu has no navy and cannot stop the money, food and equipment from being transported to Wancheng from Xiangyang.

Guan Yu might be very arrogant when facing others, looking down on them as traitors, but he could not be arrogant when facing Lu Bu. He neither fought against Lu Bu alone nor would he be provoked. He just guarded Wancheng steadily.

During this half year, even when Lu Bu personally attacked the city, he was chopped down by Guan Yu and his hundred or eighty soldiers with swords and axes.

In such a narrow place on the city wall, it was difficult for Lu Bu to use his Fang Tian Hua Ji, not to mention the axe shadows that were coming towards him.

Unless Lu Bu could take off on the eagle and then use the Tathagata Palm to flatten the city wall, it would be impossible for his flesh and blood body to withstand such a dense axe attack.

"boom!"

Chen Gong was holding two stacks of documents in his hands. Just as he walked outside the central army tent, he heard a dull sound of wine cups colliding with the table.

This made Chen Gong subconsciously slow down his pace. After entering the big tent, he found that Lu Bu was indeed drinking alone to vent his dissatisfaction.

"We can't take it! We can't take it! It's been half a year, a full half a year, and we still can't take down a small city like Wan!"

"That red-faced thief is so hateful!"

"Without Wancheng, what's the point of Nanyang getting it?!"

Lu Bu drank heavily and vented his anger.

For Lu Bu, he had been accumulating strength in Sili for a long time and wanted to go east to Yanzhou, but he was forced by the circumstances and interests to give up under the persuasion and guidance of many parties.

Only then did Lu Bu change his mind and prepared to take Nanyang County, the most populous county, first to make up for the shortage of population in Sili.

More importantly, Yuan Shu nominally gave Nanyang County to Lu Bu for free, which greatly satisfied the vanity of Lu Bu, a great general.

Even though he knew that taking Nanyang County would inevitably lead to conflict with Liu Bei, Lu Bu didn't care at all.

The registered population of Nanyang County, which is nearly 2.5 million, is close to the entire Sili population of 3 million.

In troubled times, population itself is a form of wealth.

If Lu Bu could swallow up Nanyang County in its entirety, the population under his rule would almost double.

Therefore, Lu Bu naturally did not care whether he would offend Liu Bei or whether a war would break out with Liu Bei.

However, what Lu Bu never expected was that during the period when he took over Nanyang County, Guan Yu took the opportunity to expand into Nanyang County and also took control of Wancheng, the strongest city in Nanyang County.

Wancheng is located in the center of Nanyang County. It is the strongest city in Nanyang County and the core of many water transportation networks. It can be said that whoever controls Wancheng can easily control more than half of Nanyang County.

After learning about this, Lu Bu naturally dispatched troops without hesitation to retake Wancheng.

However, the siege lasted for half a year without any results, which made Lu Bu realize that the possibility of capturing Wancheng was very slim.

Especially behind Guan Yu, most of Jingzhou was continuously supplying blood to Wancheng along the Yu River.

In contrast, Lu Bu, who could only transport food and grass from Sili by land, had much greater logistical pressure than Guan Yu.

Now Lu Bu had already begun to think of withdrawing his troops, and had to swallow the bitter fruit with gritted teeth. He and Guan Yu divided Wancheng into two parts, with the area south of Wancheng belonging to Jingzhou and the area north of Wancheng being governed by Sili.

However, Lu Bu, as a great general and unparalleled marquis, could not lose face, so he is still in a stalemate with Wancheng. He occasionally tries to attack the city and often vents his frustration by drinking.

Chen Gong entered the big tent and observed for a while before giving a reminder.

"Didn't Fengxian say he would give up drinking?"

Lu Bu stared at Chen Gong with his drunken eyes open for a while, then said impatiently, "I'll quit tomorrow, I'll quit tomorrow."

Chen Gong sighed inwardly, knowing that Lu Bu was just trying to fool him, but he also knew that if he continued to dig deeper, it would only make Lu Bu even more unhappy.

Then, Lu Bu put down the wine cup in his hand and asked, "What brings you here, Gongtai?"

"Changwen sent someone to deliver some news from Jizhou and Xuyuzhou."

Chen Gong explained expressionlessly, feeling somewhat helpless.

Obviously, Nanyang County was closer to Yuzhou and Xuzhou, but Chen Qun, who was far away in Sili, got the news first and even had time to send someone to deliver the news.

This is undoubtedly one of the major disadvantages of coming from a grassroots background.

For example, the Chen, Yuan, and Xun families were some of the most prominent and prestigious families in the Han Dynasty, and their students and former officials were spread all over the world.

But to put it another way, isn't it true that the intelligence network is spread all over the world?
Whenever there was any disturbance in any corner of the Han Dynasty, there were people who would take the initiative to pass on the information in order to please these prominent families.

In contrast, although Lu Bu had the title of general, he did not have the power of a general in reality. His hands and eyes were limited to Sili, and his external intelligence network could only rely on the Chen family represented by Chen Qun.

Hearing the name of Chen Qun, Lu Bu became more energetic and asked.

"What news has been received from Changwen?"

The two civil officials that Lu Bu relies on the most now are the two Chens, namely Chen Gong and Chen Qun.

Among them, Chen Qun was more inclined to government affairs and managed Sili in an orderly manner. Chen Gong was more of an army follower and focused on military strategies.

However, in the past six months, Chen Gong had used many tricks but was unable to take Wancheng. This undoubtedly made Lu Bu secretly feel disappointed and resentful towards Chen Gong.

Chen Gong placed the document in his hand on Lu Bu's desk.

As Lu Bu watched, Chen Gong began to explain.

Even though Lu Bu was in Nanyang County, which was close to Yuzhou, the news he received was not as timely as that of some aristocratic families, and he still didn't know the direction of the battle in Xuzhou.

When Lü Bu saw Cao Cao evacuating Xuzhou and Li Ji destroying the Yuzhou army overnight and then reorganizing an army of 200,000 to attack Yuzhou, he could not help but take a deep breath. (End of this chapter)