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Chapter 445: Liu Bei and Lu Xun! The Plan of Burning Down the Camps! (First Update)
Yizhou, the land of swords.

Cao Hong had been leading his troops to attack Jiandi for quite some time, but facing this dangerous pass where one man could block the passage of ten thousand, he was still unable to conquer it.

This made him extremely anxious.

"My lord only gave me two months to take Yizhou, but now half of the two months have passed. Let alone Yizhou, I haven't even been able to capture Jiandi."

"What can I do?"

In the military tent, Cao Hong looked gloomy.

He had led troops in battles for many years, but this time, facing this thirty-mile sword land, he felt helpless for the first time.

Not to mention that he only had 20,000 men and horses. Even if the number doubled, it would take a huge amount of effort to attack.

The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky!
The land of Jian is so dangerous that even birds cannot cross it!

Cao Xiu, who was standing by, heard this and said, "The reinforcements sent by the lord will arrive today. Let's try to attack again in a few days."

"We received news yesterday that the false emperor's army has already moved south, so we must hurry up and capture Yizhou to relieve the pressure on the lord."

Cao Hong sighed, and then asked in great confusion: "Jiandi is so dangerous, how did Liu Bei conquer it in the first place?"

After seeing that Jiandi was easy to defend but difficult to attack, he became more and more puzzled about Liu Bei's capture of Jiandi. How on earth did Liu Zhang manage to lose the entire Yizhou in just a few months while holding such a dangerous place?

He couldn't figure it out, he really couldn't figure it out.

Cao Xiu was actually curious about this question, but when he learned about it, he realized that Liu Bei's success was something they could not replicate.

The reason why Liu Bei was able to conquer Jiandi was entirely because of Liu Zhang's own stupidity, and Liu Bei would not make the same mistake.

As the two were talking, a young general walked into the tent and reported to Cao Hong: "General, the reinforcements have arrived at the camp. How should we arrange for them?"

Not long ago, Cao Cao sent 20,000 reinforcements to help.

It has just arrived.

Cao Hong was only thinking about conquering Jiandi. Hearing this, he said without even looking up, "Let's camp in the forest and move the army's camp in as well."

"It's the hottest time of the year now, so it's a good idea to go into the mountains to escape the heat."

It is now the end of June and the weather is very hot during the day, like a furnace. It is impossible to bear this heat without finding a cooler place to escape the heat.

The young general was slightly stunned, and after hesitating for a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "General, this is probably inappropriate, isn't it?"

Cao Hong frowned, looked up at the young general, and said coldly, "What's wrong? Didn't you hear what I said?"

"Just do as you are told. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

He was already in a bad mood because he couldn't capture Jiandi, and he was even more annoyed that a mere general dared to question his decision.

"General, please calm down."

The young general bowed slightly and continued, "General, it is dry today. If we move the camp into the forest, once the enemy launches an attack and uses fire, our army will suffer heavy losses."

"So I think it's better not to camp in the mountains, to avoid..."

Before he could finish his words, a wine bottle flew over and hit him directly on the head, and the wine inside splashed all over his face.

Cao Hong was furious, pointing at him and yelling, "Shut up! Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you tell me what to do?"

"Come here! Drag this fellow who disobeyed military orders out and give him eighty strokes of the cane!"

If Cao Xiu spoke, he would listen.

After all, this was what Cao Cao had told him before he left, asking him to follow Cao Xiu's lead in all matters, big or small.

But who is this minor general?
You dare to question his decision?!
Following Cao Hong's order, two soldiers immediately walked into the tent, holding the young general on the left and right, and were about to drag him away.

"Wait!"

At this moment, Cao Xiu suddenly stopped the two soldiers and said to Cao Hong, "General, what he said makes sense. Placing a large army in the mountains and forests is indeed prone to sneak attacks by the enemy. We must be careful."

Cao Hong was still furious, and he cursed, "I would like to have those soldiers hiding in the sword land come out to fight me head-on! But have they ever come out since the start of the battle?"

"It would be best if they stayed in the Sword Land for the rest of their lives, or I will lead my troops to kill them all!"

After saying this, Cao Hong left the tent angrily.

Looking at Cao Hong's departing back, Cao Xiu sighed helplessly, then waved his hand and said, "Let him go."

"promise!"

The two soldiers took the order and let go of the young general.

The young general looked quite embarrassed at this moment, his forehead was smashed by the wine bottle, blood mixed with wine flowed all over his face, but he didn't even blink, and his expression didn't change.

Cao Xiu glanced at him, nodded secretly in his heart, and asked: "What's your name? Where are you from? What's your current position?"

This young general is knowledgeable and has a good demeanor. He seems to be a talented person and can be trained well.

The young general said, "General, my last name is Lu Xun, my courtesy name is Boyan, I am from Wu County in Jiangdong, and I am currently a deputy general."

"A descendant of the Wujun Lu family?"

Cao Xiu raised his eyebrows. The major families in Jingzhou, Jiangdong and Jiangnan all had their sons joining the army as generals. It seemed that Lu Xun was one of them.

After noting down the name, he said, "What you just suggested is not wrong, but the military is different from other places. You are of a low rank, and asking for help beyond your level will only cause trouble."

"Work under me from now on."

He said this with the intention of recruiting Lu Xun and bringing him under his command to observe him carefully to see if he could be used for his own purposes.

"promise!"

Lu Xun responded calmly and asked, "Does the camp still need to be stationed in the mountains and forests as General Cao Hong ordered?"

Cao Xiu thought for a moment and nodded, "Let's do as he says. Liu Bei is guarding Jiandi and won't easily risk his life to attack us. We just need to increase patrols at night."

“This weather is really too hot.”

Although he was also aware that there were certain risks in stationing in the mountains and forests, what Cao Hong said made sense. Liu Bei was guarding Jiandi and was unlikely to come out to engage in a head-on battle with them.

In addition, the weather is really hot now, so it is necessary to station in the mountains and forests to provide soldiers with a place to escape the heat.

"The last general takes orders."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xun stopped trying to persuade her and left with a fist salute.

After watching him leave, Cao Xiu turned around and looked at the feng shui map hanging on the tent. His eyes fell on the sword marked in red with a vermilion pen and he did not move away for a long time.

What should we do to capture this place?

……

Shortly after Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived in Jiandi, on the other side, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Sima Yi and others also led reinforcements to Deyang County.

At this time outside Deyang County, countless people were evacuating.

The evacuated people were like a long dragon, stretching far away; those who had cattle and horses loaded their belongings on ox carts and horse carts and pulled them away. As for those who had no livestock, they could only carry them on their shoulders or in their hands.

Although it was a disaster of desertion, the children did not feel nervous at all. They laughed, chased and played in the crowd, which occasionally attracted scolding.

"Hahaha! Come chase me!"

"I can't catch up with Lululu!"

A group of children were chasing each other. One of them was very agile and ran very fast. He ran in front and did not forget to mock his playmates who were chasing him from behind.

Suddenly, he bumped into a Han soldier who was responsible for maintaining order on the side of the road.

The latter stood there motionless, but the child was knocked back by the recoil and fell to his butt in the dust, his head hitting the armor so hard that it hurt.

When the child looked up, he saw a majestic Han soldier wearing armor and holding a sword on his waist looking down at him. He was so frightened that he stood still on the ground.

At this time, the Han army soldier in front of him stretched out his hand to him, which frightened him greatly. He immediately held his head and cried, "I, I was wrong! Don't kill me!"

However, the expected pain did not come.

The soldier pulled him up from the ground, then squatted down and patted the dust off his body, saying, "There are so many people here now, don't run around outside, go back and find your master."

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As he said this, he turned his gaze to the group of children behind him.

"You too, did you hear that?"

"Hey, I heard it!"

The group of children were suddenly startled and answered loudly.

The Han soldiers smiled, waved their hands to signal them to leave, and then continued to maintain order.

On the city wall, Liu Bei watched the whole scene.

Then he withdrew his gaze and said to Zhang Liao beside him admiringly: "General Zhang is strict in managing his troops, and none of his soldiers are arrogant at all. This is really admirable."

Liu Bei's tone was full of sighs.

Most of the soldiers in the army were arrogant and brutal. It was rare to see an army as friendly to ordinary people as the one under Zhang Liao's command.

He saw many Han soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order took the initiative to help the people move their things, and they did not shout or scold while maintaining order. Their attitude could be described as excellent.

Zhang Liao shook his head when he heard this and said, "It's not that I'm strict in my military discipline, but that's the military discipline of our Han Dynasty now."

"Your Majesty has personally established military discipline that prohibits oppression of the people. This must be enforced and no one dares to violate it."

"But this is just one of the military disciplines. Your Majesty has also established many more military disciplines, which will be implemented throughout the army in the future."

The current military discipline of the Han army was formulated by Liu Xie himself.

It was unanimously recognized by many generals including Zhang Liao.

The reason why the Han army had such strong combat effectiveness was inseparable from its strict military discipline. It was only because Liu Bei had lived in Yizhou for a long time and had little contact with the court that he did not know this.

But when the world is unified in the future, these military disciplines will be implemented in all armies.

After hearing this, Liu Bei, Pang Tong and others were somewhat surprised.

They had all heard about the strict discipline of the imperial army, but they didn't expect that the emperor himself was involved in formulating it. It was truly amazing.

"But why did Lord Xuande evacuate the people?"

Zhang Liao then asked, they had just arrived in Deyang County and encountered a large-scale evacuation of the people. After asking, they found out that it was an order given by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said, "The day before yesterday, Cao's reinforcements arrived at Jiandi. To be on the safe side, I ordered the people to evacuate."

"But I didn't expect General Zhang to come with his troops to help."

He saw that the number of Cao's troops was increasing, so he was worried that if Jiandi was breached, Deyang County would be devastated.

After all, weapons are extremely dangerous tools.

Wars have always been cruel and ruthless since ancient times. The people suffer the most when a city is broken. Not only will they suffer from the war, but they may even lose their lives.

The strict military discipline of the Han army soldiers came from their excellent treatment, from food, pensions to military pay, which created the Han army's style of never disturbing the people.

But Cao's army was not treated as well as the Han army soldiers.

Once the city is breached, they will inevitably choose to burn, kill and loot.

That's why Liu Bei ordered all the people in the city to evacuate, just in case he couldn't defend the city and the people would suffer.

Just two days after the people were evacuated, Zhang Liao led a large number of reinforcements to Deyang County.

"I see."

Zhang Liao suddenly understood after hearing this. No wonder he had heard of Liu Bei's benevolence so often since he came to Yizhou. This was indeed extraordinary.

All I can say is that he is worthy of being a royal nobleman of noble birth, and he loves the people like his own children, just like Your Majesty.

Liu Bei continued, "Now that General Zhang is leading reinforcements to help us, it would be unnecessary for me to evacuate the people."

"General Zhang and Marquis Guanjun are both very famous. With these two generals here, it will be easy to defeat Cao's army."

Liu Bei's words were not just a compliment.

Both Zhang He and Zhang Liao were famous generals. One of them destroyed the Qiang king's court, and the other turned the tide against an army of 30,000 with only 800 men and captured the enemy leader alive.

And this time they brought a full 40,000 troops!
Together with the defenders of Jiandi, with so many soldiers and horses, there is no need to worry about not being able to repel Cao's army outside.
"Mr. Xuande, you are too kind."

Zhang Liao said this modestly, but he felt quite pleased in his heart.

Sima Yi, who was standing by, became impatient after hearing the conversation between the two and said, "Lord Xuande, let's discuss the strategy first."

"Prince Xuande has been defending Jiandi, but now it is time to switch from defense to offense. Only by quickly taking back the lost land in Yizhou can we go to Jingzhou to help Your Majesty."

Liu Bei naturally did not object to Sima Yi's proposal and said with a smile: "I was just about to say this."

"Just last night, I discussed a strategy with the military advisor, and I thought that this strategy could severely damage the Cao army outside."

"But now that General Zhang has led his troops here, maybe we can use this strategy to completely destroy Cao's army!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liao was somewhat surprised and asked curiously, "What is Lord Xuande's plan? Feel free to tell me."

Liu Bei smiled slightly and nodded to Guan Yu who was standing beside him.

Guan Yu walked forward, clasped his fists to Zhang Liao and others, then took out a piece of silk from his arms. When he opened it, he found it was a simple feng shui map.

"Everyone, please take a look."

Liu Bei took the geomancy map, spread it out on the parapet, pointed to a spot on it, and said to Zhang Liao and others, "The scouts sent us news yesterday that Cao's army moved their troops and camps into the mountains to escape the heat."

"It's hot right now, and there are a lot of trees and grass in the forests. Cao's army camp is stationed in the forests. If we can send a team to set fire to Cao's army camp, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack Cao's army camp, we will definitely cause them heavy losses!"

Liu Bei's eyes were burning, and he slapped the geomancy map heavily with his palm, saying in a sonorous and powerful voice: "This is a plan to burn down the camps!"

(End of this chapter)