The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Lü Bu saw that the person who spoke was Gao Shun.

Gao Shun said: "Ming Gong, the last commander thought that Colonel Song 'If Zhaoling was shot down and the troops attacked Pingyu, then the siege of praise and letters would not be rescued and self-solved.' This statement is very true, and the most important thing now is to lay down the Zhaoling. Mausoleum, Zhaoling is downed, and Pingyu is shaken, then Sun Ce will naturally give up the siege letter and return to Pingyu. If our army withdraws the encirclement letter and returns the aid letter, I am afraid that the situation will be good, and the previous achievements will be abandoned!"

Lü Bu said, "Zixiang, look at this military report." He showed the military report sent by the messenger to Gao Shun, and said, "The military report said, the enemy who is besieging the praise letter is not only Sun Bofu's army. , and there are Xuzhou soldiers led by Li Tong and Liu Bei, with a total of more than 20,000 people. I praised the fact that there were only more than 3,000 soldiers in the guard, so as to defend the defense, it was definitely not an enemy. Therefore, Song Xian and Hou Chengnai did not attack them earlier. I asked for help, and now I am in a hurry, needless to say, this is because the current praise is almost unstoppable.

"How can I not know what you just said? However, there are priorities and if the praise can be kept, then of course we focus on attacking Zhaoling. Now that the praise can't be kept, how can we be surrounded by Zhaoling for a long time? Woolen cloth?"

Gao Shun continued to remonstrate bitterly.

Lu Bu was born in a light chivalrous man, and a light chivalrous man was particular about "honoring qi and emphasizing righteousness", so he had always been very generous to his generals, so it was said that although Gao Shun was "innocent and did not drink alcohol", his temperament was different. He is not very close to Gao Shun because of the common light chivalrous man, but at this time he is also unwilling to reprimand Gao Shun. Hearing Gao Shun's words, he thought for a while, made some compromises, and said to Gao Shun: "Then This is it, Zixiang, I will leave you some troops and horses, and if you continue to besiege Zhaoling, I will immediately lead the troops to return with a letter of praise."

Gao Shun said: "Duke Ming, there were Cheng Pu and other troops guarding Zhaoling City, but reinforcements came from Pingyu a few days ago, and the city defense is strictly prohibited. If you lead the main force to leave, leaving only a few soldiers and horses and the last generals, then this Zhaoling City will be even more difficult to conquer!"

Lü Bu said: "Zixiang, do you know that the city of Zhaoling is so strong that it is not easy to capture? If so, how can our army delay here and wait for the letter of praise to be captured by Sun Ce? Don't say more, just like this It's settled, I will divide my troops with you, you will continue to fight Zhaoling here, and tomorrow I will lead the troops to return with a letter of praise."

Therefore, it was decided that Gao Shun would continue to attack Zhaoling, and Lü Bu led his troops to return with praise and aid.

However, he said that the next morning, Lü Bu led his troops out of the camp and went south to give credit. When the guards on Zhaoling City saw this, they hurried to report to Cheng Pu and other generals in the city. Cheng Pu, Sun Fu, Han Dang and other generals, as well as Gongqiu and other generals, hurried to the top of the city after hearing the report, and looked at it from a distance, and saw that it was Lv Bu's general and flag that he was leading most of the camp outside the city. The soldiers went south.

Sun Ce had sent someone to notify Cheng Pu and the others in Zhaoling City before the military operation of the surprise attack on the letter of praise, so when they saw Lu Bu leading the troops out of the camp, Cheng Pu and others immediately guessed that he must be To return the letter of support. All the generals were overjoyed. Lü Bu and his troops retreated to give their praises. If nothing else, the siege of Zhaoling and Pingyu was temporarily relieved.

Gongchou praised: "Sun Lang really has a clever strategy and a little trick, and he has solved the siege of my Zhaoling!" After he praised, seeing Cheng Pu's thoughtful appearance, he asked him and said, "What is Duke Cheng thinking about? ?"

Cheng Pu said, "I'm thinking, if Lu Bu leads his troops south to give credit, will Sun Lang's side be able to hold the enemy?"

Gong Chou said: "If Lu Feng had led the whole division to return, Sun Lang might not be his enemy, but now he has divided his troops into two divisions, which is to disperse his own troops. I expect him to help Baoxin, Sun Lang has Liu Bei. , Li Tong's aid, even if it is not easy to win quickly, it will not be defeated by him."

Cheng Pu looked out of the city, at the distant soldiers and horses of Lü Bu and the camp of Lü Bu outside the field, and said, "Since Lü Bu has already led his troops, should we go out of the city and fight the bandit soldiers he left behind? If we can defeat it, then our department can also send a letter of praise, and it can be regarded as a helping hand to Sun Lang."

The public hatred said: "No."

Cheng Pu asked, "Why not?"

Gong Qiu referred to the flag of the generals in Lv Bu's camp, and said: "Dong Gong please see, the flag of the generals in the camp is clearly the flag of Gao Shun. Although Lü Bu is gone, the generals under his tent are Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao and others. The two of Gao Shun also. All the soldiers in Shun's army are all elite soldiers, and they are called trapped in the formation, which should not be underestimated. Now that Lv Bu has withdrawn, he is alone in the camp. If the Ministry rushes out of the city to attack, it will be unfavorable, and if the battle is defeated, it will be a drag on Sun Lang."

The soldiers and horses brought back to Pingyu by Cheng Pu and others were all defeated soldiers on the battlefield of Yan County, and their morale was not high. Nine times out of ten, he was not an enemy of Gao Shun's command. Hearing this, Cheng Pu agreed, so he gave up the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to go out of the city to fight, and said, "Sir, what you said is very true!"

However, Lu Bu kept Gao Shun behind, but unintentionally, Gao Shun played a role for him to cut off the enemy and stop the enemy. , Now that Gao Shun is here, it means that he has restrained the guards in Zhaoling City.

Although Lu Bu said that he had to be saved, he was unwilling in the end.

After leading the troops out of the camp, it was not long before he looked back on the city of Zhaoling and saw the flags of Cheng Pu and the others fluttering. Aid, destroying it is as easy as the palm of your hand! When I defeat this child, I will go back to Zhaoling and Pingyu!"

However, he was full of confidence in his rescue of the siege of praise and credit, and then returning to attack Zhaoling and Pingyu.

From Zhaoling to the south, travel about a hundred miles to Dingying, cross the Rushui, turn to the southwest, and follow the Rushui for more than 100 miles, passing Hayang, Wufang, Yangan, Beiyichun, etc. County, Qiantou Ancheng

in sight.

Ancheng borders Baoxin, and the two county towns are more than a hundred miles apart.

However, just as he was about to reach the county seat of Ancheng, Lü Bu suddenly received a report, saying: There is an army coming from Nanyang in the west, and it is about to arrive in North Yichun. The letter is in the east-north of Ancheng, and North Yichun is in the north. The west side of Ancheng is slightly south, and it also borders Ancheng.

Lu Bu said, "The soldiers and horses from Nanyang?"

The scout said, "Yes!"

Lü Bu asked, "Who fought the flag?"

The scout said, "It's Zhang Xun and Le Jiu, the two generals."

When Lu Bu heard this, he said: "It seems that Yuan Gonggong knew the news that Sun Wentai was killed by me, so he sent Zhang Xun and Le into my Runan, but they sent troops into our territory without first contacting me. I say, what do you mean!"

Fanyi responded and said: "Ming Gong, this must be Yuan Gonggong wanting to take the opportunity to fight against Ming Gong in Runan!" He suggested, "The last general would like to lead the headquarters to Yichun in the north, and block Zhang Xun and Le Jiu with troops and horses. outside!"

Lu Bu thought for a while and said, "Yuan Gonggong had a good idea, but Zhang Xun and Le Jiu, although their generals are not our enemies, with me here, they can only run for nothing! The siege of praise and letters is a top priority, so Zhang Xun and Le can leave it alone for the time being, they just need to pass on the news to North Yichun, and don’t let the two of them go into the city.” So he chose an official and went to North Yichun to pass the news. He chose an official and ordered him to see Zhang Xun and Lejie. Lü Bu taught the official and ordered, "After you see Zhang Xun and Lejie, tell them both, Sun Ce is now besieging me with a letter of praise, and I'm going to fight him. He. Sun Wentai has already beheaded for me. Among his sons, Sun Ce is the longest. When I capture or kill Sun Ce alive, I will have the whole territory of Runan! If the two of them are willing to come to help me, I am very welcome."

The two officers received the order and went their separate ways.

After all these arrangements were made, Lü Bu was leading his troops to continue along the Ru River.

After walking for more than a hundred miles, we entered the territory of Baoxin, and we went forward for more than ten miles. There were mountains on both sides. In the middle of the road, I suddenly heard the sound of drums in the valley. About a thousand soldiers and horses rushed out. Lu Bu and other generals looked at them. , I knew Sun Ce's flag, it turned out that Sun Ce had placed an ambush here.

Lü Bu did not panic, and sent Fanyi to lead his troops to meet him.

The fighting strength of this ambush army did not seem to be very good. After being rushed by Fanyi's troops for a while, they scattered and fled away. Seeing the defeat of the ambush, Lu Bu called Jin to withdraw his troops. Fanyi galloped back and said, "Duke Ming, see that the flag of the ambush is clearly Sun Ce. Now that it has collapsed, why did Duke Ming call me back instead? Why don't you chase after the victory? Inconvenient?"

Lu Bu rode on his horse, stroking his beard, hehe smiled and said: "I set up an ambush, this is my plan to kill Sun Wentai, Bo Fu little boy, is it because of the Duke of Xue Nai? I will not be fooled!"

The word "Naigong" means what your father means. Lv Bu felt inappropriate. Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, was killed by him. If he claimed to be Sun Ce's father, then he would be wrong. The omen seemed a little unlucky.

However, Lu Bu had been fighting for a long time, and the one who came out of the **** corpse mountain was not a very superstitious person. This thought was passed in his mind.

Let's say that Lu Bu ignored Sun Ce's ambush, and after killing and dispersing them, he traveled for another half a day and arrived at the foot of Baoxin City, where he then stationed in the west of the city.

Sun Ce, Liu Bei, Li Tong and others received the report and went out to see the military appearance of Lv Bu.

When everyone climbed up and looked up, they saw that their army was very handsome, their footsteps and horses raised dust, and their armor and weapons shone on the sun.

However, Lu Bu had asked Yuan Shu many times for weapons before, and his troops had good equipment. In the battle of Yanxian, he defeated Sun Jian and obtained a large number of seizures. Therefore, the armor and ordnance of the soldiers and soldiers of Lv Bu's troops came naturally. even better.

In addition, there were many cavalry soldiers under Lü Bu's department. The cavalry was more shocking than the infantry. They drove the horses in groups on the field, rolling up the dust and wearing bright helmets and armor on the side. The formation was neat. The infantry troops, looking at it at this time, really gave people a very shocking feeling.

After watching the army for a long time, I probably knew that Sun Ce, Liu Bei, Li Tong and others were still in the camp.

Li Tong returned to the base camp, and Liu Bei went to his tent with Sun Ce.

The two sat down in the tent, and Liu Bei said to Sun Ce, "Sun Lang, when I saw you just looking at Lv Bu's military appearance, your face seemed worried. I dare to ask, are you worried about the strength of Lu Bu's troops?"

Sun Ce said: "I received an urgent report from Duke Cheng and others, and I knew that Lv Bu was coming to help the letter, so I set up an ambush to wait for him on the way, hoping to defeat him first, but Lv Bu missed my plan, and now he has gone outside the city of Baoxin. , just as Liu Gong said, the military is indeed quite prosperous, but that's all, the key is that we didn't get a military report yesterday, saying that Zhang Xun and Le had already led Nanyang troops to the northern Yichun area? If the two were combined into one In one place, we came together to relieve the siege of praise and letter, and the Zhaoling army was forced by Gao Shun and could not come to help me, Duke Liu, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to defeat it.”

Sun Jian and Xun Zhen were of the same generation, and Sun Ce treated Xun Zhen as a disciple, and he was the younger generation of Xun Zhen, while Liu Bei and Xun Zhen were "brothers in love" and were equivalent to Sun Ce's elders, so Sun Ce respected Liu Bei very much, calling him "" male". "We got an urgent report from Cheng Gong and others." Lu Bu retreated and headed south. Although Cheng Pu and the others were unable to pursue them due to morale and Gao Shun's blocking, of course they would report the situation to Sun Ce urgently. Because of this, Sun Ce had known a few days ago that Lü Bu led his troops to commend him and that Gao Shun Shang was outside Zhaoling.

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Sun Lang, what's the worry about this!"

When Sun Ce heard Liu Bei's words, he thought to himself, "Could it be that Duke Liu has a plan?" So he asked him and said, "How do you say this?"

Liu Bei said: "Sun Lang, I have a plan, which is enough to ensure that you can defeat Lu Bu and avenge Sun Yuzhou."

Sun Ce asked, "Dare to ask what the Duke's plan is?"

Liu Bei spoke to Sun Ce like this.

When Sun Ce heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "This is a wonderful plan. If I follow this plan, I will really have no worries!"

Not mentioned that day.

The next day Sun Ce passed an order to select 2,000 elite soldiers from the camp, together with the 1,000 elite soldiers selected by Liu Bei, making a total of 3,000 soldiers. . After rushing all night, Tianliang took a short rest, and then continued to the northwest.

But it turned out that Liu Bei's strategy for Sun Ce was: to keep the main force, continue to be stationed in the north of Baoxin City, and face off against the guards in the city and Lv Bu's troops, and then the two of them would take advantage of Lv Bu's first arrival. It was an opportunity to build a camp without fighting, so he led the elite soldiers out of the camp quietly, rushed to Zhaoling, defeated Gao Shun first, then joined forces with the soldiers at Zhaoling and Pingyu, and headed south, and then fought against Lü Bu.

I have to say that Liu Bei's strategy is really good.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei joined forces, and they marched in parallel.

When the soldiers arrived at Zhaoling, Sun Ce and Liu Bei launched an attack that day.

Cheng Pu, Sun Fu, Han Dang and other generals in the city pointed to the flags of Sun Ce and Liu Bei, encouraged their morale, and said to the sergeants: "Sun Lang personally led the elite soldiers to save us, Liu Xuande, Xun Zhendong's favorite general, Xuzhou The elites are also here! Now I am attacking from inside and outside, and Gao Shun is alone? Why is it difficult to win? Those who capture Gao Shun alive will be rewarded with a hundred gold!

Therefore, Cheng Pu and others will personally lead the guards and kill them from the city.

Although Gao Shun was good at fighting, he could not stop the attack from both sides. The remaining soldiers in the trap camp were brave, and Han Dang and Liu Bei's Chengding and Shiguan were also warriors. Big defeat.

——However, even though it was a big defeat, the reward of "capture Gao Shun alive, reward a hundred gold" is unmatched among the Yuzhou soldiers. After all, Gao Shun is brave and brave. Gotta take off.

However, although Gao Shun escaped, half of his troops were lost. Except for those killed and those who escaped with Gao Shun, nearly a thousand were captured by the combined forces of Liu Bei and Sun Ce.

However, Sun Ce was generous, and Liu Bei divided the soldiers and horses equally, and divided the captured armor and equipment equally with Liu Bei.

Immediately after the fierce battle, Liu Bei went into battle in person. His clothes and armor were stained with blood. He didn't change his clothes, so he just wore this suit. The wounded and meritorious soldiers were found by Sun Ce's officials, and when they heard that Sun Ce had invited him to meet, they went to Sun Ce's army, but when they heard that Sun Ce wanted to share with him, they quickly declined, saying, "I'm here now. Helping the Lord is not only under the order of Zhendong, but also for righteousness, why is it because of greed to capture it? Don't dare to accept it!"

Sun Ce said in his heart: "Liu Gongguo, as I have heard before, is a benevolent and righteous elder!" He said sincerely, "I am grateful for Zhendong's kindness, and I also know the public's benevolence and righteousness! Only this defeat Gao Shun, one thing, Knowing the wonderful strategy of Duke Lai, and secondly, there are also great deeds of soldiers under the public account who shed blood, and a few captured gifts are not just for Duke Xie, but also to reward the soldiers under the public account, dare to ask the public not to refuse!"

Liu Bei hesitated for a while, then said: "It's okay, my subordinates have indeed suffered some casualties, so let's reward them with these captures! I will tell them that Sun Lang rewarded them!" This is the reason , happily accepted the captives and captures assigned to him.

It's night, take a rest.

Although Lu Bu was a strong enemy and an enemy, he defeated Gao Shun and solved the siege of Zhaoling~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It was a victory after all. That night, Sun Ce set up a banquet. On the banquet, Sun Ce, Cheng Pu and other generals all served Liu Bei wine. Liu Bei's alcohol intake was quite good, he drank a lot, but he was not drunk. Because the compliments will be returned tomorrow, the banquet did not go too late, the second watch was over, and Liu Bei returned to the tent.

But there was one person waiting in his tent for a long time, it was Sun Min.

"Sun Jun, why are you here?"

"The lower officials have been waiting for Duke Ming for a long time." Sun Min just saluted, looked at Liu Bei, saw that his face was quite good, and expected that he must be in a happy mood, so he smiled, "To defeat Gao Shun, it is due to the strength of Duke Ming, The subordinates congratulate Duke Ming, who is now famous in Yuzhou!"

Liu Bei was in a really good mood. Since Sun Ce and Sun Min said before, that he was able to defeat Gao Shun today and relieve the siege of Zhaoling, mostly because of his credit. Moreover, the prisoners and baggage that he got captured, Sun Ce also said. Half of it was given to him, and the harvest was also very good. At the banquet just now, Sun Ce and others respected him very much. Under the multiple joys, they could not help but look happy when they spared his palace.

Liu Bei called the clerk to fetch cold water, so he took cold water, washed his face, refreshed himself, asked Sun Min to sit down, and he also sat down, asked Sun Min, and said, "Sun-kun, it's getting late at night, I'll be back tomorrow. If you want to march and return to attack with a letter of praise, why haven’t you slept yet?”

Sun Min said, "Duke Ming, the subordinate has something to do. I would like to ask Duke Ming."

"What's the matter?"

"I dare to ask Duke Ming, now that the siege of Zhaoling has been solved, what are the plans under Duke Ming?"

Hearing Sun Min's words, Liu Bei was a little stunned, and said, "It's natural to join forces with Sun Lang, Duke Cheng, etc., and then go to give credit and fight Lv Bu decisively."

Sun Min said: "In the following officials' humble opinion, instead of sending a letter of praise, why should Duke Ming suggest to Sun Lang that Duke Ming should lead his troops and horses to relieve the danger of Yingchuan?"