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Chapter 647 Dark Gap, Which of the Three States Belongs ([-])

Cao Cao knew very well the excuses he used to conquer Hebei. The so-called excuse to inspect Bingzhou on behalf of the emperor could not deceive many people at all. In fact, it was just an excuse for soldiers.Now that they have made up their minds to take back Jizhou, which had reluctantly given up in order to appease Lu Bu, this is just to leave enough time for preparations before the two armies officially tear themselves apart because of the Jizhou incident.

In fact, Cao Cao also figured it out after talking with Xun You and Cheng Yu before.When the self-army forces are worried about expanding outward, they are afraid of being copied by Lu Bu.And compared to the extremely long territory now, and the collapse of the three states, if you think about it carefully, the most worrying thing should be Lu Bu, who has always followed the policy of elite soldiers!Cao Cao has always held a generous attitude towards the situation of Lv Bu's forces. He spread a lot of money and got a lot of accurate information about Lv Bu's army. The troops of Xuzhou and Jiangdong forces will never exceed 15 in total.If the auxiliary soldiers and the soldiers of the states and counties are added, the scale will not exceed 20.

20 people!At first glance it does seem like a lot.But in fact, if we only talk about the territory, the four prefectures under Lu Bu's command, Qingxu, Yangjing, although there are as many barren lands as Kuaiji and Lingling at that time, but the sum of them is more than what Cao Cao could achieve before he merged the prefectures. The area under its jurisdiction is more than double the size.To maintain the law and order of such a large territory, the required army will definitely not be a small number.It can be said that if the 20 people are evenly divided among the many counties, Cao Cao ordered people to calculate carefully, but also to maintain law and order, but also to protect the territory, and to stick to the various passes. I'm afraid that people can't even hit a splash at all. This is just a rough calculation. In actual implementation, the number will definitely be far greater than this number.Therefore, the troops that Lu Bu can mobilize in Qingzhou will definitely not be too many.At most, it is the Lu Bu's personal guard camp, trap camp, and Xiaoqi camp currently stationed in Qingzhou, which add up to more than 2 people. If there are more, Cao Cao can even guarantee that as long as Lu Bu dares to take more people, Linzi will be empty. If so, Cao Cao would dare to immediately withdraw his troops and attack Linzi directly.The first battle will surely eliminate the worries of future troubles.Therefore, although Cao Cao did not lead many troops this time, he had enough confidence when there were [-] cavalry left in Bingzhou.

From Xuchang to Shangdang, the government of Bingzhou, there is a Yanzhou in the middle, which is nearly a thousand miles away.At a marching speed of 3 infantry, it would take at least ten days.Thanks to the fact that they were marching within the territory of the army, and it was summer, and the rations had just been collected, Xu Huang, as the vanguard general, also opened up the best route, so the army could get rations on the spot along the way, which speeded up a bit. It depends on the speed of the march, otherwise, not to mention other things, the daily horse food of nearly [-] people including the auxiliary soldiers will be a huge expense that is enough to make Cao Cao's heart hurt.

The news of Cao Cao's dispatch of troops was not deliberately concealed, so the army marched nearly a hundred miles a day, heading directly to Bingzhou on the marching route, and appeared in front of several people in Jizhou early on.Among the nine counties of Bingzhou, except Yanmen County which is connected to Youzhou by a canyon, there is only Huguan under the jurisdiction of Shangdang County, which is connected to Jizhou. Cao Cao's army is about to station Jizhou. People can't criticize, so they can only stick to their defense, and they must not give Cao Cao an excuse to send troops.Therefore, after the news of Cao Cao's dispatch of troops came, in order to show his "sincerity", Liu Bei, who devoted all his family to help Jizhou, sent Guan Yu to lead 5000 troops from his headquarters to help and guard, and at the same time sent Zhang Fei to lead [-] cavalry. In the direction of the plain outside the city, in response to Lu Bu's incoming troops.He only took Zhao Yun and his troops into Yecheng.Liu Bei made it clear that he was fighting against Cao Cao and Lu Bu, which is indeed worthy of his ability to buy people's hearts in the past, at least the people of Yecheng, because of Liu Bei's arrangement, and the previously unknown source of Cao Cao's attack. Rumors that Yecheng will surely massacre the city will ease the attitude towards Liu Bei.

In contrast, Yuan Shang seemed much nervous.After receiving Liu Bei's "help" and dispatching the well-known Guan Yu to guard the pass, and Zhang Fei as the first line of defense to block Lu Bu's "good intentions", Yuan Shang did not listen to Tian Feng's request to send troops to "cooperate" with Guan Yu to guard Huguan With these words, the only combatable troops at hand, the seven thousand euphorbia soldiers with jaws open, were transferred into the city, guarding the surroundings of the state pastoral mansion, and transferred back to the Wen Chou cavalry stationed outside the city, stationed on the side of the city , so that you can rest assured to sleep.On the contrary, the defense of Yecheng was handed over to the five thousand soldiers brought into the city by Liu Bei and Zhao Yun.But when Tian Feng learned about this and hurriedly wanted to stop it, he got the news that Zhang Jaw had handed over the city defense order talisman.The military order is like a mountain, especially at this time of turmoil, Yuan Shang's prestige as the leader of an army is absolutely not allowed to be destroyed.Otherwise, it is very easy to attract soldiers to be unstable, which is not good for the war. This is common sense!Therefore, the two evils are the lesser of the two evils. Although Tian Feng knew that doing so would be tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, the news he got now said that Cao Cao was only less than two hundred miles away from Shangdang. In desperation, Tian Feng also Can only do another calculation.

The chaotic situation in Yecheng became more lively because of Liu Bei's joining.However, as a "third party party", Lu Bu, who nominally has the power to interfere in the administrative and military affairs of Jizhou, has just crossed the Yellow River and entered the plain.

The plain is nearly [-] miles away from Yecheng, and there are many hills in the middle, which is not conducive to marching.In contrast, it is adjacent to Bohai County.Since Zhang Liao, the commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, has been on the defensive, Cheng Lian, the commander of the Flying Cavalry Battalion, has been guarding the headquarters.Cheng Lian was able to become close friends with Qin Xu before, and was deeply trusted by Lv Bu, becoming the first general in Lv Bu's army to lead troops alone to guard one side, but Jinan Kingdom sometimes teased the general guarding Cao Jun Taishan, and was ordered by Lv Bu His interplay with Zhang Liao, who was guarding the plain at that time, can at least show that Cheng Lian is not a character who plays cards according to common sense.Speaking of Chenglian guarding the plains for more than a year, I am afraid that the Bohai County under Liu Bei's control does not have much money to earn. This may be one of the reasons why Liu Bei chose to leave his family and business and leave for Yecheng with his entire army.

"My lord! Zhongming!..." Cheng Lian had been a lieutenant under Lv Bu's command since he started his army in Wuyuan.And also because of his cunning temperament, but lack of brains, he and Qin Xu have been friends since before they made a fortune.But since Qin Xu led Xuzhou and was transferred out of Jinan, it has been several years since he saw these two at the same time.This time Lv Bu, Qin Xu, Weng and his son-in-law came together with troops, if Cheng Lian was excited about another big battle to fight, he really showed a bit of the true temperament of meeting friends.

"Old Cheng, thank you for guarding the plain, thank you!" Lu Bu has always been a down-to-earth man, and since having Lu Chen, the previous ruthless aura on his body has subsided a lot. Goodbye to the old brother who has not seen for a long time, Going forward, he hammered Cheng Lian's upper body vigorously a few times, but his voice was also a little out of tune.

"Old Cheng, why are you acting like a child? If my mother-in-law sees this kind of scene, the lord will suffer again." Seeing Cheng Lian and Lu Bu meeting, Qin Xu was also deeply moved. Feeling.But he still spoke.This is outside Pingyuan City. Just as Cao Cao expected, the [-]-odd army he brought this time has traveled a long distance and has not rested. To stir up trouble, Qin Xu could only interrupt Cheng Lian and Lu Bu's embracing speechlessly, and also made Zhang Liao, who wanted to join in the fun, dumbfounded.

"Zhongming's sharp mouth is not in the slightest. He is the father of four children, and he doesn't know how to restrain himself and accumulate virtue!" Cheng Lian laughed a few times, and cupped his hands at Qin Xu, quite a bit He squeezed his eyes narrowly and said in a low voice: "But having said that, you and my brother should have a good drink tonight, we have been wanting to ask for advice for a long time! You said you are really good at swearing! We have seen it before! Fighting hard We are old enough to be convinced! But we are old enough to be such a majestic person, we have been married for many years, and we have only been supported by a girl for seven years, but even this is no match for you... You have a body, but you have to ask for advice. !"

"Old Cheng!" All the generals laughed when they heard the words, knowing that in Lu Bu's army, only Cheng Lian had the closest friendship with Qin Xu, so they didn't care, they just watched Qin Xu's answer.I saw Qin Xu pretending to sneer and said: "I'm not talking about you. For this kind of thing, I can only say that your uncle Qin is amazing. Even if you force this kind of thing, my little brother can't help you!"

"Coax..." Qin Xu's sharp mouth, if the person who wants to be scolded can understand it, it is estimated that he has turned a few corners in a serious manner.At first glance, what Cheng Lian said didn't seem to have any other meaning, but after a while, I saw a group of soldiers from the Lu Bu army who were approaching, all with strange expressions on their faces.Seems to be trying to hold back a smile, looking at Cheng Lian, who is leading Lu Bu into the city, and pointing at the newly built tall and generous city wall, who is full of complacency.

"You have such a mouth, Zhongming! You've eaten me to death!" After staying with Qin Xu for a long time, Lu Bu could hear some jokes in Qin Xu's words, originally because he wanted to avoid suspicion. , and Lu Bu, who had always looked coldly at Qin Xu, finally couldn't help laughing, nodded at Qin Xu, shook his head and cursed with a smile.Then he ordered Cheng Lian to send someone to contact the army to enter the city.

Lu Bu's expedition this time brought as many troops as Cao Cao had expected. There were only 1 guards, 1 soldiers, and 1000 soldiers. To protect the family members, together with Cheng Lian's Flying Cavalry Battalion, there are more than [-] people in total, which is exactly the same as the force led by Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)