The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

Outside Xuchang City.

Xuchang City, which had just gone through the war, turned out to be a mess.

The gray bricks and tiles on the top of the city were stained red with blood.The dead bodies on the top of the city were carried down one after another by the soldiers of Chu State and resettled.

There were so many dead and wounded soldiers that within a day after the end of the war, there were still dead bodies.

At this time, a group of crows circling outside the city were excitedly staring at their delicious food. Some crows had already swooped down with sharp whistles, but they startled a few wild dogs that were tearing up the corpses on the ground.

The wild dogs ran away in panic, separated by a distance of several feet, but turned their heads unwillingly.Their fluffy heads were covered with blood, their open nostrils sprayed a heavy breath, their big grinning mouths dripped with a mixture of blood and saliva, and there were still traces of minced meat between their teeth. .

However, these crows and hounds were dispersed by countless smoke and hooves.

After a while, hundreds of brave Xiliang cavalry in front floated up carrying a large banner with the word "Lv".

Then, a golden crown with hair tied up, wearing a Jinchuan battle robe, with a painted halberd drawn by Fang Tian in his hand, sitting under the red rabbit horse who chased the wind for thousands of miles.

Obviously people know that it is Lu Bu at a glance.

The soldiers of the Chu army on the top of the city pointed at Lu Bu's army one after another. The captain of the city gate ordered the soldiers to report that Lu Bu had led the army back from Luoyang.

After receiving the report from the soldiers, Nie Zefeng hurriedly led his personal guards to greet the ancient general.

The moment Nie Zefeng's horse stepped lightly on the city gate of Xuchang, Lu Bu had already dismounted and ran over quickly, and Nie Zefeng also dismounted to meet Lu Bu. They were brothers, brothers of Jinlan, who had joined forces to defeat the nine counties of Jingxiang. Between them are the monarchs and ministers, the masters and servants of the monarchs and ministers, and the monarchs and ministers who once drew their swords against each other because of the problems of the monarchs and ministers.

There is a complex, conflicting feeling between the two parties.

"Lü Bu sees the king."

"Brother, you have worked hard."

"For the king, for the Chu country, the general will not hesitate."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, both parties knew that neither of them could go back to the past.

Following Lü Bu's entire army back were Zang Ba, Cao Xing, Ma Chao, Li Yan, Liu He, Gan Ning, Su Fei, and Han Hao and Wang Zhen who had just surrendered.

The meeting hall of the Chu Palace in Xuchang City.

Naturally, a reception banquet was held in the hall.

The welcome banquet held by Nie Zefeng lacked light and graceful dances, and more sonorous and powerful battle dances.

Everyone was enjoying the terrific military dance in the midst of toasting.

Naturally, after the dance, it was time for the monarch and ministers to discuss politics, and the content was nothing more than how to defeat the 50 Yuan army in front of them.

Although Nie Zefeng and Lu Bu joined forces, in terms of the number of troops, Chu's army is only about 20, which is still inferior to the entire Yuan Shao army in terms of numbers.

Since areas such as Huainan, Sili, and Luoyang had just been newly acquired, Nie Zefeng ordered Zhao Yun to defend Huainan, Liu Pan to garrison the main road of Chencang, and Huang Zhong to garrison Luoyang. and cronies.

In the main hall, Ma Liang made use of Xuchang City's fortification to attract all Yuan Jun to the city, killing a large number of the enemy's vital forces, and then when the enemy was weak, he attacked with all his strength, and he would be able to defend and counterattack.

After Ma Liang made such remarks, Gao Shun, Li Yan, Zhou Cang, Zhang Bao, Gan Ning, and Su Fei agreed.

When everyone began to nod in agreement, Chen Dao stood up dissatisfied and stated sharply: "King Chu, generals, I don't think so. I think we should use big roundabouts and big vertical and horizontal battles. We can completely give up." This small city of Xuchang, taking advantage of our cavalry, penetrates deep into the enemy's rear, causing the enemy to be unable to look at each other from head to tail, this is the essence of combat."

Chen Dao's generous statement was endorsed by Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu, Wei Yan and other generals who commanded the cavalry.Nie Zefeng, who was sitting in the central hall, listened to Chen Dao's discussion of the deep and roundabout combat method. Although this method of warfare flourished during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty and forged the soul of the Han army, when the Han army retreated into the city again due to civil strife , The large roundabout, large depth combat method was abandoned, and the Han army once again used clumsy chariots, infantry and excellent Hun cavalry to fight.

If it wasn't for the Xiongnu falling into endless divisions from the end of the Western Han Dynasty to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Huns' royal banner might have been planted on the head of Chang'an City.

Nie Zefeng also had to sigh that this general still has such insight, and couldn't help but admire him.

Nie Zefeng sighed: "General Chen Dao is indeed a hero. If we can fight in the grasslands and form a real cavalry army, I will definitely appoint you as the commander."

Chen Dao paid homage on the spot with humor and wit: "Thank you, King Chu, the last general will take orders."

Of course, this kind of humor naturally drew roars of laughter from the whole hall.

Nie Zefeng knew that this method would not work now. The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to carry out long-distance raids was due to his strong national power, high-quality horses, strong soldiers, and excellent riding and shooting skills.

Lu Bu stood up at this time and proposed that we should have a decisive battle with the enemy. Only in a decisive battle can we defeat the enemy from the front and fight Yuan Shao.

Lu Bu's idea was naturally echoed by his own generals Zang Ba and Cao Xing, as well as those generals of the West Route Army who originally supported other people's opinions.

Nie Zefeng knew that the only choice now was to use Lu Bu's frontal decisive battle. The Xiliang cavalry had been out of the Xiliang area for many years, and the dead and wounded horses could not be replenished for a while. one of the reasons.

A civil servant held the letter of war written by Nie Zefeng and drove towards Yuan Jun's camp.

Yuan army camp.

Yuan Shao's army of 50 troops was divided into five battalions: east, west, south, north, and middle.

They are the four generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Jai, and Gao Lan, with Yuan Shao in the middle personally commanding them.In addition, the famous Hebei general Han Qiong is also ranked next to Yuan Shao.

The big battalions are each other's horns, forming a momentum of mutual rescue.

At this time, all the generals gathered in the big tent of Yuan Shao's central army to discuss how to deal with the 20 troops of King Nie Zefeng of Chu.

Yuan Shao had many advisers, so he had many ideas, and there were many famous generals, so he had many opinions, yet he had been fighting for an hour without any clues.

Yuan Shao listened to these discussions alone, and began to think about his own thoughts in his heart.

But their discussions were still broken by the arrival of Chu Ying's civil servants.

After the envoy presented the letter of war respectfully, he brought the agreed time and place one by one.

The general Jiang Qi next to him came out to fight in anger and shouted: "Kill him to strengthen our army!"

"Yes, kill him!"

The generals next to him echoed.

But Yuan Shao waved his hand slightly and said: "Forget it, beheading a writer and knife official has no meaning to the overall situation. You go back and tell you King Chu that I, Yuan Shao, will fight and will appear on the battlefield on time."

"Then the next official will take his leave and return to my family's king of Chu."

After the civil servants withdrew from the big account, Yuan Shao said to all the generals: "What method to use to defeat the Chu army is no longer our agenda. How to prepare to defeat the Chu army is our topic of discussion today."

Since ancient times, military generals have been in charge of conquests, and strategies have been assigned to civil servants.

Tian Feng, Yuan Shao's counselor, regarded himself as the number one counselor in Yuan Shao's camp. He analyzed the previous classic battles of the Chu army and commented: "The Chu army is a mixed army, of which the Xiliang Raiders accounted for more than half, about 10 There are ten thousand horses, the other half are Jingzhou soldiers, infantry and cavalry each account for a part, and there are also 50 water troops. In addition, there are also arms such as the Yellow Turban Army and the State Government Army. The entire battle group of the Chu Army pays attention to quick battles and quick decisions Mobility to attack the opponent's defensive dead version, and the Chu army can fight continuously, so to deal with an army like the Chu army, we must attack in batches, divide my [-] elites into three echelons, and attack and kill one by one to succeed. "

Tian Feng's method of using troops naturally got the response of all the advisers. The adviser Xu You even suggested using the method of cutting off the rear by detours. In the situation of confrontation with each other, troops were sent to capture the city of Xuchang.

Military generals, naturally, want to express their determination and confidence to serve the battlefield without avoiding axes and axes.

Among Yuan Shao's generals, Yan Liang was the first, and Yan Liang finally stood up and expressed his views in the heated discussion among many generals.

"My lord, all the generals, hit the snake and hit seven inches, why don't we find the enemy's food and grass, and then burn him with a big fire, I can't think of five days, the enemy will be in chaos."

After Yuan Shao listened, he laughed heartily, admiring Yan Liang's strategy blindly.

But what Yuan Shao said afterwards broke Yan Liang's dream.

"General Yan Liang's bold and innovative tactics are a bit unexpected, but I want to tell you that all the food and grass of the Chu army are now hoarded in Xuchang City. If we don't capture Xuchang City, we will not be able to burn the enemy's food and grass."

In the end, the military meeting ended in the crowd's various tactics of arranging troops.

Xuchang City and Yuan Jun's camp thirty miles away, because of a big battle, they have been tightly linked together.

Xuchang city head.

Nie Zefeng walked on the top of the city, looking at his generals and soldiers, Ge Sensen, full of energy.

He looked ahead and saw Wei Yu's recklessness, not only began to be a little emotional.

"There are righteous men in the Kanto region, and they raised troops to fight against the evil. In the early days, they were allied with Tianjin, but their hearts were in Xianyang. The army was not well-aligned, and they hesitated and walked wildly. Snobbery makes people fight, and the heirs kill each other. The title of Huainan brother is engraved in the north. Armor Gnats and lice are born, and all surnames die. The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. Every living person leaves one, and the thought of it breaks people's hearts."

A thick book of the Three Kingdoms made Nie Zefeng deeply like the character Cao Cao, but when he met Cao Cao today, he was so different from what he read in the book.

However, Nie Zefeng searched the entire prime minister's mansion and did not find a single poem. Is history really joking?

Nie Zefeng shook his head, while the civil servant next to him took down Nie Zefeng's poem, and Xing Xing followed Chu King Nie Zefeng back to the former Prime Minister's Mansion and today's Chu King's Mansion.