The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 310 I Can't Stand at Mount Tai

Chapter 310 I Can't Stand at Mount Tai
Walking into the backyard, Lu Bu was in front and Chen Gong was behind. The two walked along the bluestone path for a while without speaking.

When he came to the corridor on the pond in the back garden, Lu Bu stopped.

Holding on to the railing of the corridor with both hands, he looked down at the fish in the pool.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were no koi specially cultivated for ornamental purposes. Most of the fish swimming in the pond were red-tailed carp with red tails.

After a long silence, Lu Bu asked Chen Gong, "Gongtai is still guarding Pengcheng this time?"

"If Marquis Chu thinks that I should go to another place, Pengcheng can be handed over to someone else to guard it." Following Lu Bu to the backyard, Chen Gong was a little flustered after walking this way, so he replied immediately.

"Don't think too much about Gongtai." Lu Bu didn't look at him, still looking at the fish in the pond: "I don't have any other intentions. You have lived with me the longest, and you know me best, and you know what I want What is it, and I also know what I am going to do, so I called everyone and discussed this result."

"I know that what happened this time is overstepping." Chen Gong hurriedly replied.

"Aren't you presumptuous enough?" Lu Bu finally turned to look at him.

After following Lu Bu for many years, even before the Battle of Xiapi, even if he was angry, Chen Gong dared to speak out against him.

I don't know why, but now he feels uncomfortable just being watched by Lu Bu, as if his body is being burned by flames.

Seeing Chen Gong's embarrassment, Lu Bu turned his eyes away: "Please stay, I don't want to blame you, but I just want to ask you, other places are full of capable people who plan strategies, I will fight Cao Cao personally, who will help me ?”

"We have already discussed that Zhuge Jin and Zhang Zhao will accompany the Marquis of Chu." Chen Gong replied, "These two people were also Jiangdong..."

"I still know a little about their capabilities." Lu Bu interrupted Chen Gong: "Zhuge Jin's use of troops is okay. As for Zhang Zhao, I think he is more suitable to stay at home and expand the country."

Turning to face Chen Gong, Lu Bu asked, "I'll change your arrangement a little bit, do you have any objections?"

"May I ask how Marquis Chu plans to move?" Chen Gong asked.

"Zhang Zhao stays and guards Pengcheng with you." Lu Bu said, "Leave some of the things you have in hand to him. You have worked very hard with me for so many years. Now that there are more and more talents available, you can't Want you to take care of many affairs by yourself?"

"I understand what Marquis Chu means." Lu Bu asked Chen Gong to assign some of the matters in hand to Zhang Zhao. Knowing that no matter what he said, it was impossible for Lu Bu to change his mind, Chen Gong immediately agreed.

He had long felt that Lu Bu was different from the past, but this time he returned to Pengcheng, Chen Gong still maintained his original style, without any concern that he should make some adjustments according to Lu Bu's changes.

If it weren't for today's court meeting and Lu Bu's public dissatisfaction, he still wouldn't have considered these at all, and would still act in accordance with the past style of life.

Lu Bu has already caused dissatisfaction, and he also knows that it is impossible for Lu Bu to argue with him today.

Arguing with Lv Bu for reason like he did back then, it is very likely that he will be ignored at all, causing this Marquis of Chu to turn his head and leave.

Chen Gong wasn't worried that he couldn't argue with Lu Bu, but he couldn't bear to be left out in the cold.

If Lu Bu in the past, after being furious, he would have nothing to do with Chen Gong.

The current Lu Bu has not only returned to his youth, but his temperament seems to have changed a lot.

Every time he talks about things with him, Chen Gong can feel that his character is less indecisive and more vigorous.

If Lu Bu in the past was dissatisfied with the assignment of Chen Gong and others at the court meeting today, he would refuse to discuss it again, or simply overturn the result of everyone's discussion, and make another set of deployments that may not be in line with the battlefield situation.

But the one in front of him didn't do that.

Although he was dissatisfied with the fact that everyone discussed it first before notifying it at the court meeting, he did not make any changes in the deployment, and directly assigned tasks based on the results of the discussion.

If it were the one who hadn't returned to his youth, such a result would be absolutely impossible.

The previous one would either never raise dissatisfaction, or once he raised it, he would always make some moths on his own initiative.

"During the court meeting, I just want to ask you how to arrange my team." Chen Gong felt a little embarrassed on his face, feeling that he was a little uncomfortable, and Lu Bu said: "But I think about it, if you arrange If you are dissatisfied, it was rejected in front of everyone, and you don't look good. So I left you here just to ask about this matter."

The meaning of Lu Bu's words is actually very clear.

He just wanted to tell Chen Gong, I will save face for you at the court meeting, you must not do embarrassing things again, otherwise it won't be so good next time.

Chen Gong is extremely intelligent, so how could he fail to understand the meaning of his words.

"I've written down what the Marquis of Chu said." Chen Gong asked Lu Bu, "Dare to ask Marquis Chu, do you have any other orders?"

"You go ahead and pass a message to Zhang Zhao for me, just say that I invite him to come over." Lu Bu turned and faced Chen Gong.

Chen Gong bowed and saluted, and retreated.

Watching Chen Gong go away, Lu Bu turned and walked towards the end of the corridor.

When he and Chen Gong came to the backyard, Sun Ce followed them all the time.

When Chen Gong left, Sun Ce followed.

He said to Lu Bu: "The Marquis of Chu reused the Chen Palace, but he seemed to have the intention of covering the sky with his hands. At the court meeting today, he was not presenting the matter, he was simply telling the Marquis of Chu what should be done and what should not be done." Do."

"It's not so easy for him to change the habit he has developed." Lu Bu replied lightly: "I reminded him clearly enough. If he still doesn't understand, it will be difficult to do."

"How can the Marquis of Chu endure such arrogance?" Sun Ce said, "When I was in Jiangdong, who would dare to behave like this?"

"The difference between the two of us is that you have been like that from the beginning, but I have not changed until now." Lu Bu turned his head and grinned at him: "Habits do not develop overnight. Changing a person's habits does not take a day. It can be done. Chen Gongtai is already like this, I am afraid it will take a lot of time to reverse his habit."

"If he does it again next time, I'll say it for Marquis Chu." Sun Ce said, "Turn back and Marquis Chu will tell other people that they don't have to go to anyone who asks them to discuss things behind Chen Gongtai's back. Accepted."

"If you do that, what will Chen Gongtai do in the future?" Lu Bu replied: "Although he has some problems, he is doing things for me. If I secretly pull out his ladder, the impact on him will be nothing more than power overhead. .But the impact on me is that many things that should have followed the rules suddenly lost the rules. To straighten them out, I will spend more thought than just emptying Chen Gongtai."

What Lu Bu said was indeed reasonable. He had never encountered such a thing before, and Sun Ce frowned but couldn't think of a suitable idea.

"Bo Fu doesn't need to think about these things. Recently, I'd like to think about how to get the heads of Cao Cao's fierce generals I met on the battlefield after I went out with me." Seeing that Sun Ce's face was not very good-looking, Lu Bu spoke softly. Say something to him.

Lu Bu didn't intend to spend his mind on this matter, and of course Sun Ce couldn't say anything more.

He agreed and followed Lu Bu down the corridor.

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Lu Bu assigned tasks to everyone, and Chen Dao and Pang Tong were the first to leave Pengcheng.

He led five thousand white troops out of Pengcheng and marched towards Mount Tai.

Riding along with Pang Tong, Chen Dao asked, "I still haven't been able to figure out something during the court meeting today."

"Is there something General Chen didn't understand?" Pang Tong asked.

"Yuan Shao and Cao Cao haven't sent troops yet, how did Chen Gongtai figure out the route they are going to send troops?" Chen Dao said, "And he said it clearly and logically, as if the Cao and Yuan families had already sent troops, but he just started from It’s like getting news from the scouts.”

"He didn't think of it alone." Pang Tong smiled lightly: "Many people got together and made a lot of calculations before they figured out how the Cao and Yuan families would use their troops. There are really a few people from Jiangdong." Unfortunately, some details are still thought of by them. Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are powerful, I feel that as long as we deploy properly this time, we will not necessarily lose Xuzhou."

"The Marquis of Chu sent his family to Jianye because he probably planned that he would not be able to keep Xuzhou." Chen Dao replied, "No matter what the outcome of the call from the Cao and Yuan families, we have nothing to worry about."

"What General Chen said is true." Pang Tong replied with a nod of his head: "Chuhou's actions have indeed solved the worries of the future. We have no worries, and we have deployed properly. No matter how powerful the enemy army is, it is not so easy to break through the defense line." .”

On the way to Mount Tai, Chen Dao and Pang Tong talked a lot about Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

Although he often didn't understand what Pang Tong said, Chen Dao still felt that he had learned a lot of useful things along the way.

At least he has a little more confidence in keeping Xuzhou.

From Xuzhou to Mount Tai, the journey is not very far.

When the two arrived, Zang Ba and Sun Guan came to greet them.

Seeing each other, Pang Tong saw that the faces of the two generals were a little pale, and asked them: "You two generals, you don't look very well, have you been overworked recently?"

"Don't mention it." Zang Ba said annoyedly: "We are here to defend against Liu Bei, and that guy doesn't have a decent fight with us at all. , There is no chance to fight him at all.”

"Liu Bei has been in the world for so many years, and he has been repeatedly defeated and successfully escaped from troubles. He has long practiced the ability to escape." Pang Tong said with a smile: "The two generals chase him, can they still get benefits?"

"Can't we just let him wander around Mount Tai and leave him alone?" Zang Ba said, "If we don't chase him, he will attack cities and villages, which is really a headache!"

"You two generals, please rest for now. I have my own way to deal with Liu Bei." Pang Tong replied with a smile.

As far as Pang Tong is concerned, although he is smart, his appearance is not very good-looking.

Especially when he smiles, his face is full of creases despite his young age, and his upturned nose, which is already very eye-catching, looks even more abrupt.

He asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan not to pay any attention to this matter.

The two generals glanced at each other and could only nod in agreement.

There were not many troops stationed on Mount Tai, but after receiving the news of Liu Bei's arrival, Sun Guan and Zang Bacai urgently mobilized [-] soldiers from the surrounding area.

Liu Bei only had 3000 troops. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be too difficult for [-] soldiers to intercept and kill [-] enemy troops.

However, Liu Bei did not fight them according to common sense.

After entering Mount Tai, Liu Bei did not go to the area where Zang Ba and Sun Guan had deployed defenses.

He just harassed villages and towns along the way, and would attack cities from time to time.

After receiving the news of his attack on the city, the Xuzhou army was about to rush to help, but Liu Bei suddenly withdrew his army and went somewhere.

If Lu Bu was in Mount Tai at this time, and he knew the battle situation here, he would be very moved after knowing it after 2000.

It turns out that Liu Bei in this era already knew how to use guerrilla warfare to drag down relatively powerful enemies.

Sun Guan and Zang Ba accompanied Pang Tong back to the barracks.

The four entered the tent.

Pang Tong first announced Lu Bu's appointment, and then said to Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, and the generals and lieutenants in the army: "I was ordered by the Marquis of Chu to lead the three armies to guard Mount Tai. Advance and retreat together!"

"Follow General Pang's military orders!" Everyone responded in unison.

After motioning for everyone to sit down, Pang Tong asked Sun Guan and Zang Ba, "Where is Liu Bei now?"

"We really don't know where he is." Sun Guan replied: "He always changes places every time he fights, harassing the people more often than fighting. In order to find out his whereabouts, we have sent several Less scouts, there must be news back in a short time."

"Liu Bei is like a cancer on Mount Tai, and sooner or later it will cause disaster." Pang Tong said: "Since he has no plan to fight us head-on, even if he finds it, it will be useless, and he will run away. I just want to Ask the two generals, have the people in the Taishan area been resettled?"

Zang Ba and Sun Guan glanced at each other.

"Return to General Pang." Zang Ba said: "Since Liu Bei came here, the people have moved to Xuzhou one after another. Nowadays, most of the villages and towns around Mount Tai are empty, and there is no need to resettle them."

"Since people are going to empty the house, I will assign two things to do." Pang Tong said: "Please send troops to burn all the villages and towns around Mount Tai. Then send firewood to the big and small cities, just stick to it and don't use it." Let’s go to battle. Another team will be assigned to seal the road from Qingzhou to Mount Tai, and all supplies from Qingzhou to Mount Tai, including merchant caravans, will be confiscated.”

Pang Tong just arrived at Mount Tai, and the first order he gave was not to find and destroy Liu Bei, but to completely seal off Mount Tai and turn Mount Tai into a barren land.

Zang Ba, Sun Guan and their subordinate generals and assistant generals were suddenly puzzled, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, and unexpectedly forgot to take orders.

Everyone was still looking at each other in astonishment, and Pang Tong asked, "Is there any embarrassment for you generals?"

"No." Sun Guan replied: "We just don't understand why the general didn't decide to pursue Liu Bei, but he wanted to destroy all the villages and towns, and he didn't allow merchants from Qingzhou to pass through. The Marquis of Chu is committed to strengthening all parts of the country, and investing in Mount Tai is not enough. Small."

"Of course I know that Chu Hou invested a lot in Mount Tai." Pang Tong said: "The place is rich and strong, so that we can resist foreign enemies. Once there is a war, the army will not be short of food, grass and military equipment. However, the rich and strong place did not bring us The good thing is that it feeds the invading enemy, so do you want this place to continue to be prosperous and strong?"

"The common people have long hated Liu Bei to the bone. I don't quite understand why Mount Tai feeds the invading enemy?" Zang Ba even asked directly.

Facing the questioning and doubts of the two, Pang Tong just smiled lightly: "Dare to ask the two generals, Liu Bei looted villages and towns, where did all the food and money go?"

"Of course he snatched it away." Zang Ba replied subconsciously.

"Since it was snatched by him, are there any soldiers to support him? Are there any troops to support him?" Pang Tong's next sentence made everyone ask, not knowing how to respond.

"When Liu Bei came to Mount Tai, there was no strong support from the rear. Even if the Yuan family gave assistance, it was just to transport food, grass and ordnance from the Qingzhou area." The teams transporting food, grass and ordnance will be dressed as merchants. Of course, there must be extraordinary measures in extraordinary times. We cut off the commercial road from Qingzhou to Mount Tai, which is to cut off the way for Liu Bei to obtain supplies. Without external supplies, he can only choose Local looting. But we burned all the villages and towns, how can I ask where else he had to fight in order to survive?"

"Chengchai." Everyone was stunned, and Sun Guan immediately said these two words.

With that indifferent smile on his lips, Pang Tong said to them, "According to the military order, within ten days, Liu Bei will definitely jump out by himself. When the time comes to fight him decisively, we will be able to defeat the enemy in one battle."

Knowing Pang Tong's intentions, the generals got up and took orders to leave without any worries.

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Since he came to Mount Tai, Liu Bei led three thousand soldiers to swim and fight every day.

When he met the Xuzhou army with fewer numbers than them, he would lead the army to fight for a while, and when he met a relatively powerful enemy, he would lead the soldiers to withdraw immediately, without any muddle.

Before I knew it, it had been more than ten days since I came to Mount Tai.

The news of Cao Cao's dispatch of troops has not been heard for a long time. Although he has been avoiding a decisive battle with the Xuzhou army and has not fallen into a helpless situation, Liu Bei is still a little uneasy.

In case Cao Cao really didn't plan to send troops, he came to Mount Tai this time, but he was too blind.

In a forest at the foot of Mount Tai.

Liu Bei was sitting on a big rock, and the soldiers were either lying or sitting, all looking lazy and lifeless.

Guan Yu came to him quickly and said to Liu Bei, "Brother, I just got the news that Lu Bu sent Pang Tong and Chen Dao to lead five thousand troops into Mount Tai."

Hearing that Pang Tong and Chen had arrived, Liu Bei was taken aback: "There are Zang Ba and Sun Guan here, and he sent other people here?"

"Exactly." Guan Yu replied, "When Pang Tong arrived here, for some reason, the enemy set fire to their own houses and burned many villages and towns."

"Burn the town?" Sensing that the situation was not good, Liu Bei stood up abruptly, and asked Guan Yu, "Apart from that, what else did they do?"

"Sun Guan led an army of five thousand and blocked the passage between Mount Tai and Qingzhou. All merchants and pedestrians who intend to enter the border of Mount Tai will be seized and interrogated. If the transported goods involve grain, grass, or weapons, they will be fined and confiscated directly." Guan Yu replied. : "Yuan Xiansi sent us food and grass, but Sun Guan also stopped him halfway. These days, I'm afraid there will be no more food."

Liu Bei immediately understood Pang Tong's intentions, and said in astonishment: "They want to cut off our retreat and make us have no food, grass or weapons. If we continue to avoid fighting like this and just harass, it won't be long before we will die due to lack of food and grass. , ordnance, and the morale of the army is scattered."

"Brother, do you have any plans?" Guan Yu asked him.

After thinking for a moment with a very bad expression, Liu Bei said: "We have few people, and it is not a wise choice to show up and fight with them. Since the Taishan area is difficult to survive, it is better to continue south and enter Xuzhou. I still don't believe that Lu Bu can give the whole Xuzhou Burned."

"Brother is planning to quit Mount Tai?" Guan Yu asked in disbelief.

"Besides this, is there any other way?" Liu Bei asked him back.

Really couldn't think of any other way, Guan Yu said angrily: "Pang Tong is really a ruthless person, in order to drive us to nowhere, he would rather destroy the village and town by himself. Rebuilding the village and town will take a lot of time and money. "

"They rebuild their villages and towns, and they have nothing to do with us." Liu Bei ordered, "Yun Chang will send an order for me, asking the soldiers to prepare to leave, and we will head to Xuzhou."

Guan Yu conveyed the military order on behalf of Liu Bei, and the soldiers were then ready to set off.

Liu Bei led his troops away from the place where they were dormant.

Soon the news reached Pang Tong.

"I said why the scouts couldn't find out about Liu Bei. It turned out that he hid in the mountains." Accompanying Pang Tong, after listening to the scouts' report, Chen Dao said, "If General Pang hadn't ordered the villages and towns to be cleaned up, and ordered If General Sun blocks the road from Qingzhou to Mount Tai, I'm afraid Liu Bei will still lie dormant in the forest and wait for an opportunity."

"As long as he comes out, we have a way to deal with it." Pang Tong asked: "Did you order the scouts to keep an eye on them along the way?"

"Already ordered." Chen Dao asked, "Are we really going to stop them at the border of Xuzhou?"

"Taishan has no place for them. Does he still have to stay here to die?" Pang Tong smiled slightly: "We intercepted in Xuzhou, and General Zang would intercept from behind. No matter how good Liu Bei was at escaping, he couldn't return. To Mount Tai."

"What General Pang said is true." Chen Dao immediately agreed.

Liu Bei led three thousand soldiers to leave the mountains and march southward.

He also sent out many scouts along the way, and the rewards he got were that there was no Xuzhou army intercepting them in front.

Seeing that he was about to reach the border between Taishan and Xuzhou, Liu Bei saw a fast horse appearing in front of him.

It was one of the scouts he had sent out who galloped forward.

The horses were galloping, and the scout was lying on the horse's back. Seeing that he was about to reach Liu Bei, he hadn't got up yet.

Seeing this, several soldiers urged their horses forward.

But the galloping horse didn't intend to stop at all, and ran straight towards them.

The soldiers stepped aside one after another and looked back in astonishment.

I saw the scout lying on the horse's back, with at least a dozen arrows stuck in the back of his heart, he had been dead for an unknown time.

The scene in front of him not only stunned the soldiers trying to stop him, but Liu Bei was also shocked when he saw it.

"Brother, there is a team coming from the front." Before he had time to react, Zhang Fei pointed forward.

Looking forward, Liu Bei really saw a group of people coming here.

"Let's go." From the opponent's formation, Liu Bei saw that they were outnumbered by himself, and he didn't intend to fight, so he immediately ordered a U-turn.

The soldiers were about to turn back when someone shouted from behind: "We are surrounded!"

Turning his head and looking back, there was another black Xuzhou army advancing here.

There was no way forward and no way back, and Liu Bei knew that the decision to advance to Xuzhou was actually digging his own grave.

It was Pang Tong and Chen Dao who were leading the Bai Yan Army who came to meet them.

When he was only a few dozen steps away from Liu Bei, Pang Tong stopped.

He shouted to Liu Bei who was panicked and looking for an escape route: "Liu Bei, you have had enough trouble in Mount Tai. Now that you are surrounded by us, is it possible that you still plan to run?"

There were enemy troops in front and behind, and Liu Bei also knew that it was impossible for him to escape without going through a fight.

Although he wished he could spread his wings and rush to escape from the predicament, he was still a hero who had been around for many years, so he quickly calmed down and moved towards Pang Tong.

"Are you Pang Shiyuan?" Liu Bei asked Pang Tong.

"I didn't expect Duke Xuande to have heard of my name." Pang Tong smiled lightly: "In this way, I don't need to bother to report my family name. Even if Duke Xuande died in this battle, he knew that he died in the battle." in whose hand."

"The two armies have not yet fought, how do you know that I will die here?" Liu Bei snorted coldly and asked aside, "Who will take the head off this man for me?"

Zhang Fei was reckless, so Liu Bei asked if anyone was willing to kill Pang Tong, and he rode out immediately.

Pang Tong didn't speak, and Chen Dao walked out with his weapon in hand.

The two fierce generals first glared at each other angrily, and then urged their horses to charge forward.

Liu Bei has been in the world for so many years, relying on Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two powerful generals by his side, of course Zhang Fei's martial arts needless to say.

As the commander of the Baiyan Army, Chen Dao was a figure valued by Lu Bu.

Lu Bu is the most powerful general in the world, and it is impossible for him to have ordinary mediocrity in his eyes.

The two fierce generals caught each other and fought each other. After twenty or thirty rounds, they couldn't tell the difference.

Zhang Fei couldn't get any benefits from Chen Dao, so Liu Bei couldn't help feeling anxious.

He winked at Guan Yu who was beside him, Guan Yu understood and urged his horse forward.

Seeing Guan Yu approaching, Pang Tong knew that Chen Daoyi had one against two and he was definitely not an opponent, so he ordered to the side: "Send the order, the whole army goes out!"

When the order was issued, the soldiers of the Baiyan Army who had been eager to try for a long time let out a neat low growl, all their weapons were pointed forward, and their eyes were fixed on Liu Bei and his subordinate Yuan Jun.

The number of Bai Yanjun is twice that of Liu Bei. Each of them is a tall man, and they are veterans who have fought on the battlefield many times.

Putting on an offensive posture, of course, the momentum is not comparable to the general lineup of soldiers.

Originally planning to let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei work together to kill Chen Dao, Liu Bei did not expect that Pang Tong would not give him a chance at all, and directly gave the order for the entire army to attack.

Bursts of horns sounded, and the Baiyan Army advanced forward in a neat formation.

It was Zang Ba and his five thousand soldiers who followed Liu Bei.

The Baiyan army launched an attack, and Zang Ba, who was impatient, also gave the order to attack.

"Kill!" With a roar, the well-arranged Bai Yan army rushed forward at a faster speed.

Liu Bei quickly ordered: "Fire the arrows and block the enemy!"

The Yuan Jun soldiers who came to Mount Tai were not very familiar with Liu Bei, and the two sides lacked a tacit understanding and the belief in following them to the death.

Yuan Jun was a little flustered when Bai Yanjun charged up.

Zang Ba behind them also gave the order to attack at this time.

Two troops far outnumbered them rushed towards Liu Bei, and the morale of Yuan Jun's officers and men dropped rapidly as they got closer.

Guan Yu, who was about to rush up to help Zhang Fei, saw Bai Yanjun rushing up, worried that Liu Bei had made a mistake, and quickly retreated to his side.

The Baiyan Army and the Xuzhou Army under Zang Ba rushed towards Yuan Jun.

In order to survive, Yuan Jun soldiers who had nowhere to retreat could only bite the bullet and face the fight.

During the melee, Guan Yu protected Liu Bei and retreated outside the battlefield.

Under the attack of soldiers from both sides, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao were also separated.

After fighting Chen Dao for dozens of rounds, Zhang Fei knew that there was no way to take him, so he stopped fighting and saw Liu Bei from a distance, and went to kill him.

Pang Tong stood in the middle of the army, watching the battlefield coldly.

The three thousand yuan army was at a disadvantage both in terms of numbers and morale, not to mention the enemy they faced was a white army trained by Chen Dao.

The battle soon tilted in favor of the Xuzhou army. Yuan Jun, who was caught in the middle by the Baixuan army and Zang Ba's troops, fought hard, but there was no hope of breaking through.

Zhang Fei rushed to Liu Bei's side, and together with Guan Yu, they protected their elder brother and went to kill outside the battlefield.

Groups of Xuzhou troops rushed towards them, and Guan and Zhang rode forward together, brandishing their weapons to open the way for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was lying on the horse's back, so afraid that he didn't even dare to raise his head.

"Give me the bow and arrow." Seeing that the two were about to rush out of the battlefield protecting Liu Bei, Pang Tong asked the soldiers beside him for bows and arrows.

The soldier took down his longbow and handed him an arrow.

Zhang Gong set up an arrow, and Pang Tong aimed at Liu Bei who was about to escape.

The bowstring was fully drawn, Pang Tong let go, and the arrow flew towards Liu Bei.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were clearing the way for Liu Bei, felt bad. They both turned their heads at the same time, but there was no chance to stop the arrow from flying.

Liu Bei, who was lying on his horse, had no idea that an arrow was flying towards him.

Seeing that the arrow was about to hit Liu Bei, Yuan Jun jumped out of nowhere and stood in front of him.

The arrow shot from the back of Yuan Jun's neck and penetrated his throat.

Yuan Jun, who blocked Liu Bei, fell to the ground with an arrow, but Liu Bei took his life for no reason.

An arrow missed, and Pang Tong knew that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were on guard, and it was impossible to shoot him, so he had to lower his longbow.

During the melee, Chen Dao was blocked by a group of Yuan Jun who broke up.

Although Yuan Jun did not fight him, he blocked his way to chase Liu Bei.

Swinging his weapon, he chopped down Yuan Jun one by one to the ground, and when he got out from the crowd, Liu Bei had already escaped from the battlefield under the protection of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and rushed into the distant forest.

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Where the scuffle had taken place, the bodies of soldiers from both sides were lying all over the place.

Yuan Jun's morale was low and he had no intention of fighting, and most of the corpses on the battlefield belonged to them.

Some soldiers under Zang Ba were digging a big pit and throwing the corpses into it one by one.

The corpses of the companions were wiped clean of blood and stains, and they were neatly stacked in one place, and only five were buried in one pit.

As for Yuan Jun's corpse, they casually threw it into the pit like dragging a dead dog, regardless of whether it was lying down or in other positions, they piled up a hole and filled it with soil.

Not all soldiers died in battle on the battlefield, and many were seriously injured and unable to move.

Whenever a seriously injured companion is found, the soldiers who clean up the battlefield will carry them out and seek medical treatment from the wounded.

As for the seriously injured Yuan Jun, they didn't have such good luck.

After being discovered, some of them were pierced through the heart by Xuzhou military weapons and ended their lives.There were also some who were pulled by their hair and stabbed in the neck with a sword.

The soldiers of the Xuzhou Army did not intend to waste precious herbs on the enemy.

The army is equipped with very limited healing herbs, and there is not enough for our own soldiers, so how can we distribute the excess to the enemy?

Pang Tong was watching the soldiers clean up the battlefield when Chen Dao and Zang Ba came beside him.

After a fight, the two were covered in blood.

"General Pang, let Liu Bei run away." Chen Dao said angrily, "Our soldiers chased him all the way, but we still lost him."

"Liu Bei is best at escaping, and he has Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two fierce generals, so it's not surprising that he ran away." Liu Bei ran away, but Pang Tong said calmly, "We have to go back as soon as possible. Tan should lead his army to kill them."

"We have already defeated Liu Bei, and Cao Cao has not yet sent troops. Could it be that he still has an excuse to send troops to Xuzhou?" Zang Ba asked in puzzlement: "He is not afraid that Yuan Shao will not send troops, but instead took his promise from behind. All?"

"Of course Cao Cao is afraid." Pang Tong replied, "But he is even more afraid of the Marquis of Chu."

"In terms of military strength, Yuan Shao is much stronger than the Marquis of Chu." Zang Ba was even more puzzled: "Cao Cao didn't go to deal with Yuan Shao, why did he put his mind on the Marquis of Chu?"

"The bravery of the Marquis of Chu is unmatched by anyone in the world." Pang Tong replied: "He has occupied Xuzhou and Yangzhou. Xuzhou and Yangzhou have no natural dangers to defend under the rule of Cao Cao. The Marquis of Chu can send troops to attack Cao Cao at any time. But the Yuan family in Hebei Different, the Yellow River is between the Cao and Yuan families. Whether it is Cao Cao going north or Yuan Shao going south, the Yellow River is an insurmountable barrier between them. With the natural danger of the Yellow River, Cao Cao is not very afraid of Yuan Shao, but Chuhou is the one he is eager to destroy. adversary."

After Pang Tong explained, Chen Dao and Zang Ba understood why Cao Cao wanted to destroy Lu Bu.

Lu Bu chose to take root in Xuzhou, which seemed to be a mistake in itself.

"Let the soldiers clean up quickly, we don't have much time left." Chen Dao and Zang Ba were still thinking about what Pang Tong said, and Pang Tong had already explained something to them, turned and left.

Chen Dao and Zang Ba looked at each other and smiled.

Zang Ba shouted to the soldiers who were sweeping the battlefield: "Soldiers, hurry up, we have to go back in a hurry."

The soldiers who were busy cleaning the battlefield agreed one after another, and continued to dig deep pits to bury corpses one after another.

When Pang Tong arrived at Mount Tai, he defeated Liu Bei.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei escorted Liu Bei to escape from the battlefield.

They looked back, and there were only 20 or [-] soldiers following behind, and all of them looked tired, and some of them were still wounded.

"Brother, what should we do?" Guan Yu asked: "We escaped from Yecheng, so it is impossible to return to Yuan Shao. Mount Tai was guarded like an iron bucket by Pang Tong, and there is no way to return to Qingzhou. The world is so big, Where is our shelter?"

Fleeing from the battlefield in embarrassment, Liu Bei still had an unconcealable panic on his face.

He glanced back to the north, and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "It is definitely impossible for us to go back to the north, and now we have to continue south."

"To the south is Yangzhou, which is still Lu Bu's territory." Guan Yu said, "It seems that there is no way out for us to go south."

"After Yangzhou is Jingzhou." Liu Bei said: "Jingzhou Liu Jingsheng is also a relative of the current emperor. If we vote for him, he should not refuse."

Liu Bei mentioned Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei immediately agreed.

Liu Biao is not only a relative of the emperor, he also had an enmity with the Jiangdong Sun family.

Sun Ce voted for Lu Bu, and of course brought the grievances between Jiangdong and Liu Biao to the past.

Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, died at the hands of Liu Biao's general Huang Zu.

The Sun family and Liu Biao have long been at odds with each other. All heroes may temporarily form an alliance with Lu Bu for the sake of profit, but Liu Biao in Jingzhou has no possibility.

Going to join Liu Biao first, recharge your energy for a few years, and wait until you have the strength to return to the Central Plains. This is the only choice Liu Bei can make at present.

Deciding to go to Jingzhou, Liu Bei and others disguised themselves and headed south all the way.

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Liu Bei didn't last long in Taishan, and when Pang Tong arrived, the troops he led were defeated.

Mount Tai was pacified, and the news soon reached Cao Cao in Xudu.

After waving his hand to signal the guards who reported the news to retreat, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia, who was beside him, "Liu Xuande has only been on Mount Tai for a few days? How did he get defeated so quickly?"

"He met Pang Tong, one of Lu Bu's aides." Guo Jia replied, "Pang Tong is called Fengchu. It is said that he knows astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom. .”

"So, I decided to attack Lu Bu, is there really nothing wrong?" Cao Cao asked again.

"At least I don't think my lord made a wrong decision." Guo Jia replied: "Lv Bu occupies Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and there is no natural danger between him and my lord. Moreover, his power has grown too fast recently, and his army has exceeded [-]. If Let him go on like this, sooner or later he will become a serious problem for the lord."

"I promised Liu Xuande that as long as he can prompt Yuan Benchu ​​to send troops, I will leave Xuzhou immediately." Cao Cao asked, "How are the preparations going?"

"Returning to my lord, the soldiers have already made preparations, and they can march towards Xuzhou only after the lord gives an order." Guo Jia replied.

"Liu Xuande has been defeated, is it inappropriate for me to send troops at this time?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia hesitantly.

"It's the right time to send troops at this time." Guo Jia replied: "If Liu Xuande had not been defeated, Yuan Benchu ​​might still have hesitated to send troops. Now that he has seen Lu Bu's strength, he will definitely not allow such a powerful enemy. My lord, attack Lu Bu, Yuan Benchu ​​will also send troops soon."

"If he refuses to send troops, wouldn't I be trapped in Xuzhou?" Cao Cao was still not at ease: "Should I send someone to Yecheng to tell him how powerful I am?"

"No need at all." Guo Jia replied: "In the battle of Mount Tai, Lu Bu's combat strength is obvious to all. Yuan Benchu ​​got the battle report, and he will definitely not sit idly by. He will definitely call Hebei's staff to discuss this matter. People in Hebei are not stupid. , we should be able to see how much threat Lu Bu poses to them."

"I always thought Yuan Benchu ​​was most jealous of me, but I didn't expect it to be Lu Bu." Cao Cao shook his head mockingly.

"In the past, he was most jealous of the lord. It's just that Lu Bu's sudden rise and growth is too fast, making it hard to guard against." Guo Jia replied: "Even if the lord didn't let me go to Hebei earlier, Yuan Benchu ​​will definitely choose to attack Lu Bu this time."

"How do you think we should deploy our troops this time?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia again.

Guo Jia replied: "I think my lord can divide the army into two groups, one of which is led by the lord to go directly to Pengcheng. The other route is to appoint a general to enter Huainan from the south first. Detour Shouchun, Zhongli and other places to enter Xuzhou, and then Head all the way to Pengcheng, and finally make peace with the lord outside Pengcheng."

"Why did you arrange this team?" Cao Cao asked puzzled.

"The Lu Bu today is different from his early years. During the battle of Xiapi, he had only one place in Xuzhou, and the people in Xuzhou were so scattered that few people listened to his orders." Guo Jia replied: "Now he is different. He not only occupies Xuzhou, but also Even Yangzhou is his territory. My lord sent troops to crusade against Pengcheng, so there is no guarantee that Yangzhou will not send troops to help. With such a force, even if the reinforcements go to Yangzhou, they can intercept them halfway, and they can't do anything."

Cao Cao didn't expect that there would be reinforcements in Yangzhou earlier, and Guo Jia's proposal woke him up like a dream.

He asked Guo Jia: "Who do you think is suitable to lead this team?"

"Who leads the troops to detour to Huainan is not the Lord's final decision?" Guo Jia did not give any suggestions, but pushed the responsibility of choosing the leader back to Cao Cao.

Guo Jia has always been cautious. Although he is relied on by Cao Cao, he never does anything that is presumptuous.

Of course Cao Cao knew what he was thinking, and said with a slight smile, "Just tell me who Feng Xiao thinks is suitable. There are only you and me here. Even if some words are said directly, they cannot be regarded as presumptuous."

"Since my lord said so, I will boldly propose one." Guo Jia said, "It's better to invite General Cao Zixiao to lead the army."

The candidates proposed by Guo Jia coincided with what Cao Cao had in mind.

Cao Ren is Cao Cao's clan, and Cao Cao will feel more at ease under the command of the army that detours to Huainan.

"Feng Xiao understands my thoughts." Cao Cao nodded, and said to Guo Jia: "Let Zi Xiao lead the army to detour to Huainan, but although Zi Xiao leads the army without any mistakes, it is still weak when fighting the enemy. How about Then assign Jia Wenhe to him. With Wenhe in charge, I will feel safer."

"My lord is right. Jia Wenhe uses troops like ghosts and never follows the rules." Guo Jia replied, "With him accompanying General Zixiao, although Lu Bu has some talents under his command, it is difficult to resist the two of them using troops together."

"I just hope that the two of them can work together and don't let me down." Cao Cao told Xu Chu, who was following behind, "I want to call a court meeting to discuss the use of troops in Xuzhou."

(End of this chapter)

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