The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Not to mention Liu Biao's request for help from Xuzhou, let's talk about Lu Bu's two-way attack on Shaxian.

The navy army currently under Lu Bu's account is partly given to him by Yuan Shu, partly by the soldiers of Xiling County, and partly by the water pirates. Among them, the water pirates and the soldiers account for the majority, and the thousand people that Yuan Shu gave him are not the same. His direct line, such a complex army and horse composition, of course he needs to appoint a trustworthy and capable general to lead it.

This general is none other than Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao, a cavalry general, is now being appointed by Lü Bu to lead the navy army, which is a bit embarrassing for him, but it is not a big problem, because in this battle, the navy army only played the role of cooperating and cutting off aid, mainly for Lü Bu Leading the main force to block the Xiakou reinforcements on the other side of the Yangtze River, that is to say, it is mainly defensive. For Zhang Liao, this task is still competent for him.

But then again, Zhang Liao is a cavalry general, and he is good at cavalry warfare, or in other words, land warfare. He is not familiar with water warfare, so after leading the navy army to set off, he relies a lot on specific battles. It was the pirates and the soldiers that Yuan Shu allocated to Lu Bu.

There is no need to say more about those soldiers. These water thieves have been entrenched in Yunmeng Zhuze for a long time. They have been fighting against Jiangxia local boatmen who have attacked them for a long time. They are quite fierce. Some of them are the remnants of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army. They also fought with regular troops on a large scale. His experience, in terms of combat power, is not first-class, but it is also between the second and third ranks. In addition to the critical moment, Zhang Liao's calmness, bravery and generous rewards have led to three or two encounters on the way down the river. In the battles of the small troops of the Zhi Huangzu Navy, they were all victorious.

After a few small victories, the sailors from different sources are familiar with each other a lot, and their morale is quite high.

Sha Xian and Xiakou are across the river. Near the section of the river between Shaxian and Xiakou, the yacht scout in front came to report, saying that on the river ahead, the ships of the Jiangxia navy were cruising back and forth. Camp, part of the main force of the boat division under Huang Zu's tent was stationed there.

Zhang Liao received this report, and sent an order to the whole army to suspend its advance, and chose a suitable place to build a camp on the shore.

All the leaders of the water pirates who came to vote, Lu Bu were all appointed as captains or captains.

A leader of the water pirates who had obtained an official commander-in-chief asked Zhang Liao: "General, Duke Ming's military order is to intercept the pirates who came out from Xiakou to aid Shaxian, and we haven't reached the section of the river between Xiakou and Shaxian yet. But why did the general order to stop and call for the camp to be built here?"

Seeing that the captain of the water pirate was full of tone and expression, full of loyalty to Lu Bu, Zhang Liao couldn't help sighing, admiring Lu Bu's skill, but he didn't despise him because he was a thief, and replied with a pleasant face. Said: "There are many Huang Zu boat divisions on the front section of the river, and further forward, it is a water camp of Huang Zu's main force. If our army continues to move forward, both sides will have to fight. Huang Zu's boat division team can certainly win, but if it fights with its main force, the odds of winning are not big, so I am temporarily stationed here."

The commander asked, "But if the troops are stationed here, how can they stop the reinforcements from Xiakou going to Shaxian?"

Zhang Liao explained patiently and said: "There are two ways to intercept. One, if Xiakou sends reinforcements to help Shaxian, we will take advantage of its reinforcements to cross the river and attack it, and use fire to fight to get Huang Zuyun. The soldiers’ ships will be burned for it; secondly, the more than one hundred elite cavalry and five hundred elite soldiers that I brought with me on the ship, when our water camp is established, I will send them to the northwest area of ​​Shaxian City to garrison, so, Even if Xiakou's reinforcements break through our fire attack, but on the other side of the river, there will still be my elite cavalry to intercept them. This two-pronged approach, even if our army can't stop Huang Zu's assistance, it is enough. greatly weakened its reinforcements."

- As mentioned above, Shaxian is located on the southeastern bank of the Yangtze River. Zhang Liao said "send them to be stationed in the northwest area of ​​Shaxian City." Between the Yangtze River, this is where Xiakou reinforcements must pass to Shaxian.

The captain of the water pirate nodded and said, "So it is! The general's strategy is brilliant." He hesitated for a while, and asked, "But the general's strategy, the last general probably understood, there is only one thing, I don't quite understand, What does the general mean when he says 'plug in and attack'?"

Zhang Liao was dumbfounded, so he raised both hands, spread out his left hand and laid it flat, and pointed his right hand to form a knife. From top to bottom, he gently hit the palm of his left hand, and said, "This is 'insertion'."

The captain of the water pirate suddenly realized, and said: "The last will understand!" He learned Zhang Liao's gestures and movements, and said, "This is 'plug'!"

Watching the captain of the water pirates leave, Zhang Liao secretly sighed again and said, "Although Duke Ming can win the allegiance of the water thieves, these water thieves are not very talented. , talented people, either escaped, or refused to accept Duke Ming's exorcism, alas, although five counties are in hand, it is difficult to maintain a firm foothold here."

Different from generals like Fanyi, although Zhang Liao was young and not yet established, he had some political knowledge.

Zhang Liao set up camp and arranged preparations to block the reinforcements at Xiakou.

Inside Xiakou City, Cai Mao and Huang Zu heard the news: "Zhang Liao stationed his troops in the north of Shaxian, but did not build a camp, so he divided his troops and headed out of the city of Shaxian."

Both of them were wise men. From then on, they guessed Zhang Liao's intentions, knowing that his actions could only be to prevent Xiakou from helping Sha Xian.

Huang Zu said: "Lü Bu led the main force to attack Sha Xian, and today's military report said that his troops and horses are approaching Sha Xian County, we should send reinforcements as soon as possible, and rush to help Sha Xian, but our main force is not yet available. Arriving at Sha Xian, Zhang Liao has already forced Jiang Mian, and this person is a brave general, how should we deal with this?"

- It takes time to mobilize reinforcements. From the time they received the news that Lv Bu was heading south, until now, Huang Zu and Cai Mao have sent some reinforcements to Sha Xian in an endless stream, and the main general of the reinforcements is Huang Zu's son Huang She , But so far, the number of reinforcements that have entered Shaxian County is not large, and with the existing defenders in the city, there are almost thousands of soldiers and horses in Shaxian City today.

Cai Mao said: "Although Zhang Liao is a brave general, are my Jingzhou disciples inferior to him? You and I have all the generals, which one is not a hero of my Jingxiang? Zhang Liao is now pressing the river, so let's send troops to challenge, After defeating him, continue to help Sha Xian."

"I'm afraid it's not easy to win."

Cai Mao disapproved and said: "Zhang Liao, a cavalry general, is not his strong point in water warfare, and his boat divisions have many water thieves, and there are old soldiers of my Xiling, because his army has been mixed up, and our army can get an internal response and be defeated. What's so difficult about it?"

Huang Zu had no other countermeasures, and after hearing Cai Mao's words made sense, he agreed.

So Cai Mao and Huang Zu ordered their troops out of the city, sailed on the river, and went to fight near Zhangliao Water Camp.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao closed the gate and did not fight, and he simply ignored the shouting and scolding coming from the river in the distance.

Cai Mao and Huang Zuchuan ordered to go, and ordered to storm Zhang Liao's camp.

Although Zhang Liao is young, he is less than 30 years old this year, but he has been fighting in the army since he started in the north. He has very rich military experience, and he is brave and good at pacifying soldiers. It is not Cai Mao and Huang Zu's opponents, but his water camp is half in the water and half on land. With the help of the land, he relies on the camp to defend against the attacks of Cai Mao and Huang Zu. It is more than enough. Not many, they were at a disadvantage, but Cai Mao and Huang Zu were unable to attack them repeatedly.

After two consecutive days of attacking, not only did they fail to capture Zhang Liao's water camp, but Cai Mao and Huang Zu also lost their troops and lost their generals.

Cai Mao put away his underestimation of Zhang Liao, and said to himself: "Compared with Lu Bu, Zhang Yang, Li Jue, Guo Si, etc., and cool generals, Zhang Liao is not a famous person, but he is actually good at fighting. The lack of literary talent, swordsmen, warriors and the like should not be underestimated."

If Zhang Liao's water camp could not be attacked, it meant that the section of the river from Xiakou to Sha Xian was not safe, so Cai Mao and Huang Zu did not dare to reinforce Sha Xian in large numbers. In this way, the northwest of Sha Xian and the southeast of Xiakou on the river surface, from Xiakou, decreased the number of troops going to assist Sha Xian. Relying on the strategy of "two-pronged approach" and defending the camp without fighting, Zhang Liao basically achieved the goal of intercepting Xiakou reinforcements.

…

Shaxian County.

When the battle between Cai Mao and Huang Zu to attack Zhangliao's water camp was coming to an end, Lü Bu led his main force to the outside of Shaxian City.

The day after they arrived outside the city, that is, the day when Cai Mao and Huang Zu were unable to attack Zhang Liao's camp and had to withdraw to Xiakou temporarily, out of concern that Zhang Liao would not be able to hold back the reinforcements from Xiakou for a long time, Lü Bu did not delay, so he ordered the army to return to Xiakou. Launched an offensive against Shaxian County.

The city of Sha Xian has been run by Huang Zu for a long time, but the soldiers who defend the city are strong and defend the city. , The cloth army has been sieging the city for three consecutive days, but it has only filled in a few passages of the moat outside the city, and has not yet entered the stage of siege and fortification.

-Sha Xian is adjacent to the river, which is rich in water, so the moat outside the city was dug wide and deep. Just to fill out a few passages of this moat, it took Boss Lv Bu's efforts and killed more than 100 soldiers.

After three days of siege, on the fourth day, the offensive of the cloth army stopped.

In the morning, Huang She, who was waiting for the cloth army to attack the city at the beginning of the morning, did not see the cloth army sending troops to attack in the afternoon.

In the evening, Huang She felt that the Bu army would definitely not launch an offensive today, so he returned to the shack on the city wall and planned to rest for a while. : "A dozen or more rode out of the Lu Bandit camp and went outside my city."

As soon as Huang She lay down, he got up and rushed to the tower.

Standing on the tower and looking from a high distance, Huang She saw that more than ten cavalrymen rushed out of Lv Bu's camp, which was only built yesterday, several miles east of the city, heading towards Shaxian County. Miles, not too long. It didn't take long for the dozen or so cavalry to reach the outskirts of the city.

Huang She saw that the leader of the dozen or so cavalry was pointing at his own city, as if the knight beside him said something. It was too far away, and he couldn't see the appearance of the dozen or so cavalry. In fact, even if he could see clearly, he had never seen any of the generals in Lv Bu's army, up to Lv Bu, and down to Lv Bu's tent, but he still couldn't recognize them. Who was it, but he secretly guessed that it might be Lu Bu?

Huang She guessed well.

It was Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Gao Shun and other generals who came out to see the defense of Sha Xian city.

After sieging the city for three days in a row, he couldn't defeat it. Of course, Lu Bu needed to take another look at Sha Xian's overall defense situation to make corresponding changes in the offensive deployment.

Lv Bu looked at the city of Shaxian, which was tall and sturdy, the city was heavily guarded, and the sound of golden drums could be heard from a distance. Towering and tall, as if indestructible.

Recalling the battles of the past few days, the difficulty of filling the moat, and the hard work of sieging the city, Lu Bu sighed and said, "This city is so strong, I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack by force! On the Xiakou side, only Wen Yuan's teacher is there. There are two strong enemies in Xiakou City, Cai Mao and Huang Zu, if Wen Yuan can't stop Cai Mao and Huang Zu, so that they are the main force to come to help, our army will not be able to attack this Sha Xian City."

He asked Chen Gong, Gao Shun and the others, "What are your best strategies to help me conquer this city quickly?"

Gao Shun looked resolute, and said, "Although the city of Shaxian is strong, the guards are no match for the soldiers of our army. Duke Ming's old soldiers are the best in a hundred battles. Our army has been attacking the city for three days. It is expected that the spirit of the guards in the city will decline, and the end will be stupid. Why don’t you continue to attack the city for the next day? Why don’t you worry about the city? Going to Ruo Xiakou, Wen Yuan has many plans and dares to fight, and if he cuts across the river, it is expected that Cai Mao and Huang Zu will not be able to come to Sha Xian.”

When the two armies fight, the first thing is to dare to use the truth. In the case of later generations, the bayonet must dare to see blood. Other than that, it is to use tricks and tricks. In other words, that is to say, although "the one with the most temple counts wins", resourcefulness is only one aspect of fighting, and the decisive victory depends on facing the tough, and seeing who can beat the other. And especially in tough battles, most of the time there is no strategy available, and you can only fight hard.

When Lu Bu heard this, he saw that Chen Gong was silent and knew that he had nothing to do at the moment, so he stopped talking. He watched Sha Xian's city defense for a while. Before night came, he brought Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others back to the camp. The next day, according to Gao Shun's words, he ordered the whole army to attack the city again.

When the sky was slightly bright, all the troops of the cloth army came out of the battalion and went to the outside of Shaxian City, lined up to attack the city.

Still the same as the queue during the siege of the city three days ago, the soldiers from Xiling and other counties and the new soldiers who had been captured and entered the army in Nanyang before coming to Jiangxia were arranged by Lv Bu at the front, and they were asked to come from Yuan Shu before and after. Soldiers, the last is the elite of Lu Bu's headquarters.

One of the reasons for such a queue arrangement is to use the descendants of Xiling and other counties to weaken the resistance in the city. After all, the descendants are also from Jiangxia, and their accent is similar to that of the guards. As soon as you hear them, you will know that they are fellow villagers. Second, it is also to use down soldiers and new soldiers to consume the troops and morale of the guards, and when the consumption is almost done, they can use the elites of Lv Bu's headquarters to press them up.

- Therefore, Gao Shun's troops are in the camp, as the first-class elite under Lu Bu's account, they are not currently in the front row of the siege formation.

At the same time, Lü Bu selected hundreds of soldiers from the direct line of the headquarters to serve as supervisors.

In the morning, the formation was formed.

The soldiers ate some of the dry food they brought with them.

Lu Bu gave an order and the siege began.

On Shaxian City, when the cloth army was lining up, Huang She was also organizing defenses to prepare for battle.

At this time, the defense preparations of the defenders have been completed.

Huang She still went to the front line to supervise the operations of the various troops.

Seeing that the soldiers under Lü Bu's tent were pushing siege equipment such as cloud ladders and rams, and blocking their arrows with half boats and other objects, they crossed the moat and came towards the city. Small trebuchets placed on the city threw gravel outwards. For a while, in the originally relatively quiet battlefield environment, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly came up.

How much fighting spirit can the first batch of descendants and new soldiers used to siege the city have? Unless there is a supervising team behind them, I am afraid that when an arrow is fired on the city, they will turn around and run away, but even though the supervising team is watching closely behind, they are still moving very slowly.

Finally, in the rain of arrows, they arrived at the bottom of the city. While Lu Bu was watching intently in the distance, he did not know that the cloud ladder had just been erected, and some soldiers were scalded by the boiling oil. After being smashed by the tree, someone shouted, and then the soldiers who had finally reached the bottom of the city fled back like a tide.

- However, in the previous three days of siege operations, many soldiers had been scalded by boiling oil, smashed by wood, and hit by arrows, clap sticks and other defensive equipment, etc. At that time, the soldiers around them may not have felt it, but after the battle was over, after these wounded soldiers were dragged back to the camp, the tragic state of their screaming day and night really made the uninjured soldiers tremble with fear. It's hard to say whether the morale of the pawns has declined. The morale of these new pawns and Jiang pawns is already unbearable, because at this moment, before the battle, these new pawns and Jiang pawns who have been driven as the vanguards will retreat.

The supervising team hacked to death dozens of people with a knife, but still could not stop the retreat.

The second siege on the fourth day ended hastily.

Back in the camp, Lü Bu was furious, and ordered the generals who had summoned the new soldiers and the soldiers of the lower army to come over to fight against them.

Gao Shun said, "The morale of our army's siege vanguard soldiers is already like this, and the morale of the guards can be imagined. Duke Ming, please don't be angry, but you can ask those generals and commanders to bring their merits and convict them tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? If it's still like today and fleeing without a fight, what's the best way?"

"Ming Gong can issue a military order, ordering the method of sitting in a row."

Lü Bu accepted Gao Shun's suggestion, and when the generals arrived, he sternly reprimanded them, causing them to take guilt and make meritorious deeds.

The next day, Lü Bu regrouped his army to attack again. Using Gao Shun's suggestion, before forming the formation, he issued a strict order that anyone who dared to retreat would not only kill himself, but also his teammates and his immediate subordinates. Officers, if the father, son, brother, and clan are in the same army, one person retreats without authorization, and the rest will also be killed. If there are family members in the Xiling camp, their family members will also be beheaded. This is not only a common method of sitting together. Now, it's an extremely harsh way of sitting together.

However, there is a saying in the art of war that "the soldier is afraid of me, but not the enemy". This art of war is cruel and cruel, but it is indeed effective.

With this strict military order, the siege of the city the next day was much stronger than yesterday. At least the cloud ladder was on the city wall. Although the soldiers were not able to climb to the city, they fought fiercely for a long time.

It's just that the siege on this day was still fruitless. After resting for a night, the siege continued on the third day, but there was still little progress.

…

On this day, after withdrawing the troops and returning to the camp, Lü Bu summoned Chen Gong, Gao Shun and other generals to discuss the method of attacking the city again.

The people from Gao Shun and Chen Gong have seen the situation of the siege in the past few days, and they have already seen the reason why they can't attack the city.

Gao Shun volunteered himself and asked Ying to say: "Ming Gong, the new soldiers lack training, and the descendants can't rely on them, so they attacked the city for a few days, but they couldn't get rid of them. However, the morale of the defenders has declined a lot. The troops of the headquarter will be the first, and it will be the Duke of Ming who will take this city!"

Runan and Yingchuan lost in a row, and the number of elite soldiers under Lü Bu’s account was much less than before. The remaining elites were not used unless he had to, let alone the trap camp under Gao Shun. It is the best of his best.

Because of that, Lu Bu shook his head and said, "It's not yet time for Lao Qing to go into battle." He asked Chen Gong, "Does Qing have any plans to take the city?"

For Chen Gong's strategy, Lu Bu is still relatively recognized.

Chen Gong is resourceful, but his biggest weakness is that he is slow to respond. Therefore, when Lu Bu asked him a few days ago, he had no plans, but after thinking about it for a few days, he came up with a countermeasure.

Hearing Lv Bu's question, Chen Gong replied, "Your Majesty, why it is not good to attack the city for days, apart from what Zixiang said, it was because the new soldiers lacked training, and the lower soldiers could not rely on them, I secretly thought that there was another reason. That is: after all, our army is a guest army, and we are not Jiangxia people, so we can neither gain the loyalty of the soldiers, but also be stubbornly resisted by the soldiers. There is a strategy below, which can reverse this situation and change the situation for the monarchs. , not only makes the soldiers willing to fight to the death for the Duke of Ming, but also makes the guards no longer stand stubbornly in the corner."

Lu Bu was overjoyed and asked, "What is this policy?"

Chen Gong said: "Yuan Gonggong's statement that Junhou is the prefect of Jiangxia has been issued, that is to say, Duke Ming is now the prefect of Jiangxia, and the prefect of Jiangxia led by Huang Zuzhi has no imperial edict. Marquis, he is a traitor. Why don't Jun and Marquis report this to the camp to inspire the loyalty of the soldiers, and promise them that they will reward them after they capture Shaxian City?"

Lu Bu glanced at Chen Gong, and said to himself, "Huang Zu's Jiangxia Prefect is not a court edict, but I, Jiangxia Prefect, is not a court edict. It's really not that good.  … But there is no other strategy available right now, so let's try it." After complimenting Chen Gong, he used his strategy.

On the one hand, Lu Bu announced that he had been worshipped by the court as the prefect of Jiangxia, and Huang Zu was actually a traitor. He also promised that the entire army would sack Shaxian City for three days. On the other hand, Chen Gong himself drafted the plan. In an order, the soldiers were ordered to shoot into the city.

Lu Bu's arrow book shot to the top of the city, and was handed over to Huang Archer layer by layer.

Huang She started watching.

In the book of arrows, it is written: "Li Jue and Guo Si are in chaos in Chang'an. Because of the rebellion of the old soldiers, I fought hard and was defeated. I went to Nanyang on the decree of the emperor. Duke Yuan was filled with righteous indignation when he heard the emperor's decree, and the two of us decided to make a big decision. We sent the joint troops to Chang'an, but Liu Jingsheng was entrenched in Xiangyang, and he was rebellious. Therefore, Duke Yuan and I were worried about the future and could not go west now. King Qin rescued him. The honored clan, whose surname is Jing Zhiyou, has received the kindness of the Han family from generation to generation. Don’t you want to repay the emperor’s kindness? How can you be willing to be Liu Biao’s minion and a tiger? I have been worshipped by the court as the prefect of Jiangxia. Together with Duke Yuan, we will attack Li Jue and Guo Si together. If you still read Han’s grace, you care about the voice of the clan, and it’s not too late to open the door to welcome me. I will definitely show the emperor’s merits to the emperor. After I conquer the city, I will slaughter all of them, pass the prince and other leaders to Chang'an, and show the world to end as a traitor!"

But how could Huang She not see that this was a trick?

After reading Lv Bu's article, he smiled and said, "I heard that Chen Gongtai of Yanzhou is now under Lv Bu's tent. This article is quite small and must be written by Gongtai."

Actually, he did not comment a word on the content of Lu Bu's text, but only said that the literary style of this text was still so-so.

After the evaluation, Huang She threw the arrow book aside and ignored it.

Someone under the tent asked Huang She and said, "Since Lu Thief has come with a letter, dare to ask the general how he plans to reply?"

Huang She said: "In his book, black and white are reversed, and he refers to a deer as a horse. I don't plan to ignore him."

Speaking of this, the man said: "The following officials are stupid, and the generals might as well reply to them."

Huang Zu asked: "Reply to him? Why?"

The official said: "A rite of passage, since he passed the book and the general replied to him, this is also a rite; two, the report came from Xiakou City, saying that Jiang Mian was choked by Zhang Liao, and the reinforcements might not be able to come for the time being. After all, Lu Bu is a great general, if he besieged the city for too long, we may lose the city, so the officials thought that we could use this book to break Lv Bu's army."

Huang She asked, "How to use this book to break Lv Bu's army?"

The official said: "The general did not guard against returning to Shu Lu Bu, and called him a thief to provoke him. The official expected that after Lu Bu was provoked, he would definitely urge the whole army to attack. At that time, the general could be the weaker first, and wait for him. After the troops and horses reach the city, they will give them a heavy setback, so, can't they be defeated?"

Huang She listened and thought thoughtfully: "This is also a trick."

So from this official said.

Therefore, the official drafted a palindrome, in which he despised Lü Bu's insults and wrote: "Your father is a husband, his father worked for Ding Yuan, his stepfather worked for Dong Zhuo, and he killed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo later. Unfilial and unrighteous. Unfilial and unrighteous, how dare you call yourself a loyal minister? You call yourself a famous general, but you are defeated in Runan for Sun Bofu’s younger generation. You will die for your lord, but even if you kill your lord, there is nothing to be happy about, you can only sue the scholars in the sea for your lord's death, what will happen to you if you are unfaithful and unjust!"

After writing this text, shoot it with an arrow.

He shot it outside the city, and the soldiers under the tent of Lü Bu who were waiting for a reply took it and presented it to Lü Bu.

Lu Bu got the document. After reading it, he was really furious. He slammed into the case and said, "Huang She Xiaoer, you are actually humiliating Nai Gong like this! Which can be tolerated, and which can't be tolerated."

The military order was immediately passed down, but it was a pity that the elites of the headquarters were no longer there.

The next day, Lü Bu formed an array and attacked Shaxian City three times.

According to Huang She's order, the city head did not resist very much at first, and the arrows were sparse. When the soldiers of the cloth army crossed the moat and approached the city, when they were about to attack the city, suddenly the arrows shot violently. , The wood is pushed or splashed recklessly.

The soldiers were in chaos, and they returned home.

Lu Bu was both insulted and failed to attack the city. He was so depressed that he tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep. He simply called Chen Gong and Gao Shun to discuss it in the middle of the night.

He was in a bad mood, so he put it on his lips and said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai, Qing Zhice doesn't seem to be of any use."

Chen Gongba pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but he had nothing to say.

Gao Shun asked to fight again.

But today, when he attacked the city during the day, even though Lu Bu used the elite of the headquarters, he still didn't use it to trap the camp. In the end, it was difficult to understand. Lu Bu listened to Gao Shun's request this time, and promised him to lead the army to attack the city in person.

The next day, Gao Shun led the soldiers who had fallen into the camp, as well as the hundreds of elite soldiers assigned to him by Lu Bu.

Huang She, who was in the city, still commanded in person.

However, with Gao Shun's bravery, the city could not be attacked for two days in a row.

Seeing a siege battle, it reached a stalemate.

…

On this day, Lü Bu was thinking about nothing, and when Wangcheng was sighing, a military report was sent from Xiling County.

The military newspaper said: Liu Deng and other generals from Jiujiang County led his troops out of Jiujiang and went up the river. They have passed Qichun and will arrive at Zhu County.

When Lü Bu saw it, he once again called Chen Gong and Gao Shun's generals to show them the military report.

Lu Bu looked ugly and said, "Wenyuan just received a military report the day before yesterday, saying that Cai Mao and Huang Zu are attacking every day, and they are in a hurry to attack his fortress. Deng has left Jiujiang and entered Jiangxia. Now our army is facing a very bad situation. If Cai Mao and Huang Zu's reinforcements break through Wenyuan's line of defense, and Liu Deng attacks my Xiling at the same time, then we have a strong city in front of us. If there is no way to retreat, we will be defeated here. Therefore, I decided that since Sha Xian is so difficult to fight, we will not fight him for the time being. Tomorrow we will withdraw our troops and return to Xiling. We will worship Liu Deng first, and then fight Sha Xian. , Xiakou's plan."

Chen Gong hurriedly got up and said, "Junhou, it is absolutely impossible."

Lu Bu asked, "Why not?"

Chen Gong said: "In one go, it weakens again, and three times it's exhausted. Now, if you can't take down Sha Xian in one go, if you withdraw back to Xiling, you will be defeated by Liu Deng and others, and then the monarch will lead his troops and horses again. If you come to fight Sha Xian, your morale is already down, and you will probably be useless.

"Furthermore, the pirates of the navy army, and the soldiers who surrendered, obeyed the lord and lord because they were afraid of the power of the lord. If the lord and lord are now defeated, their loyalty will not be guaranteed. Then Xiling County, etc. When the tyrants of the land see that the lords and lords are not envious of attacking the sand, they will definitely raise their dissent. These are all very unfavorable to the lords and lords!

"Because, I think I should concentrate on taking down Sha Xian first! As for Liu Deng, although he has led his troops into Jiangxia, and Xiling City has Ming Gong's elite troops stationed, it is expected that there will be no worries."

Lu Bu said, "Gongtai, how could I not know what you're talking about? But our army has been attacking Shaxian for ten days, and we still can't defeat it. If we continue to fight it, we won't be able to defeat it in a short time."

Chen Gong said: "The public has a plan, but Bao Junhou will be able to capture Sha Xian soon."

Lu Bu asked suspiciously, "What is your plan?" He asked, "What plan?"

No wonder Lu Bu was suspicious. If Chen Gong really had a plan, why didn't he say it before, but only now?

It's not really Chen Gong's fault, it's not that he refused to give Lu Bu the trick before, but he hadn't thought of this trick before.

Chen Gong's plan is related to Liu Dengbing's entry into Jiangxia.

He said to Lu Bu: "Junhou, the news that Liu Deng entered Jiangxia must have been known to the city of Shaxian as well. The lords and lords have already begun to withdraw their troops because of this, so Huang She in Shaxian city will definitely think that you are the king. The Hou will withdraw because of this. In this way, if Jun Hou withdraws his army tomorrow, Huang She will not doubt it. Our army has been attacking the city for days and cannot get under it. Huang She may despise our army. Liu Deng led his troops into Jiangxia again. He will definitely feel that victory is in sight, and nine times out of ten, he will send troops out of the city to pursue the prince.

"The strategy below is, why doesn't Duke Ming pretend to retreat, and set up an ambush in the middle of the road? Worship him out of the city with troops and horses, and then take advantage of the situation to fight back and take Sha Xian, won't it be easy!"

Lu Bu pondered for a while, and felt that Chen Gong's strategy could indeed be used, so he said: "Gongtai, such a good strategy, you can give me more in the future!"

The implication is that the other kind of strategy that made Lu Bu get an insulting "archery into the city" will not come out again in the future.

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The next day, Lü Bu's entire army left the camp and returned to Xiling.

Huang She heard about it, climbed the city and looked into the distance, and saw Lü Bu's troops leaving the camp and heading north.

Huang She Gu Yuzuo said: "Yesterday, I received a letter from Xiakou, saying that Jiujiang Liu Xiaowei and others have led his troops to Jiangxia and will attack Xiling. Lu Bu must have received this military report and was worried about Xiling, so he withdrew his troops to rescue. Also. It has been too long to attack me, and now the West Tomb is in danger again, its army must be afraid, our army can take advantage of the situation to leave the city and chase after it!"

So they sent troops out of the city to pursue Lu Bu.

Lu Bu's camp was in the east of the city, and to pursue the Bu army from the city, he had to pass by the side of Lü Bu's camp.

As soon as Que Shaxian's soldiers out of the city arrived outside Lü Bu's camp, they heard the drums beating loudly in the camp, and a group of soldiers and horses rushed out.

There are not many soldiers in this army, but they are all soldiers, and the leader is not Gao Shun!

Gao Shun led his soldiers from the trap camp, rushed forward, and crashed into the marching formation of Sha Xian soldiers, making them invincible. The Sha Xian soldiers were in chaos. Lu Bu led his troops in the north. He was feigning retreat. The troops behind the palace were all the elites of his headquarters. They were all led by Panyi, and they were all ready to turn back to fight. The north attacked the Sha Xian soldiers. With Gao Shun’s troops in the east and Panyi’s troops in the north, they attacked twice. How could Sha Xianbing be an opponent? After a big defeat, he fled back to the city in embarrassment.

When Huang She saw this at the head of the city, he didn't blame the general who led the army back, but comforted him and ordered the city gate to close, and continued to defend the city. At this time, he knew that he had abandoned the camp and went north, which was obviously Lu Bu's plan.

Lu Bu won a game, and led his army to turn back and attack Sha Xian four times.

And although Sha Xianbing lost a game, firstly, the guards in the city were still enough to defend the city; secondly, Huang She mobilized the people in the city and pulled all the elite to the city to help defend; thirdly, Huang She was the son of Huang Zu, The prestige is also sufficient, and he himself does not go to the front of the city. He is on the front line, and he is not afraid of danger. He shows a calm and composed look to the outside world.

Lü Bu attacked for two more days, but the city was still unable to descend.

At this time, a military report from Xiling came, saying that Liu Deng's troops were besieging Zhu County.

- Zhu County is just southeast of Xiling County, the two counties are bordering, if Zhu County is lost, Xiling will be in an emergency.

He also received Zhang Liao's army report, saying that Huang Zu and Cai Mao attacked for days, and he really couldn't bear it.

Lü Bu then summoned the generals again, and said to them, "I have made up my mind, Sha Xian will not fight for the time being, and we will return to Xiling."

Chen Gong tried hard to persuade him, but Lu Bu refused to obey.

Chen Gong had no choice but to let Lu Bu pass the order to withdraw the troops.

After leaving the tent and returning to his own tent, Chen Gong paced back and forth in the tent, feeling both anger and regret.

He thought in his heart: "Lu Bu is short-sighted but has no perseverance. Now he wants to retaliate when he encounters a setback. How can he compare with Duke Cao?" Once again, the regret of voting for Lu Bu was raised, but regret was useless, it was still the same as he last time. Like regret, now he can only continue to stay under Lv Bu's tent.

Lü Bu led the troops back to the West Tomb, and at the same time asked Zhang Liao to retreat to the West Tomb, and the two troops returned to the north together.

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Lu Bu's troops had just crossed the river when they received a military report saying that Liu Deng had evacuated from Zhuxian and went back to Jiujiang.

But it was said, why did Liu Deng encircle Zhu County and then withdraw to Jiujiang? It turned out that it was because of Xun Zhen's military order. After receiving Liu Biao's letter of request for help, Xun Zhen immediately sent a message to Jiujiang and ordered Liu Deng and others to rush to help. Xian's crisis is resolved, and Liu Deng and the others can return to Jiujiang.

- The purpose of Xun Zhen and Liu Biao's alliance is to trap Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, and to ensure the stability of Runan, Yingchuan, Jiujiang and other places. That's all, but it is by no means sincere to join forces with Liu Biao to join forces with Wang Chang'an. Therefore, help Liu Biao. Yes, but if there is a great price to pay, then this service cannot help.

Because of this, Liu Deng and other generals followed Xun Zhen's order. As soon as they heard that Lü Bu had withdrawn from Shaxian, they would not besiege Zhuxian and return to Jiujiang.

Although he heard that Liu Deng and the others had withdrawn from the encirclement, Lü Bu had already led his army across the river, and he had no intention of fighting Sha Xian any more. After joining forces with Zhang Liao, he still went to Xiling.

Returning to the order, Lü Bu rewarded the sergeant and had nothing to do, so he sent people to Nanyang, and asked Yuan Shu for money.

When Yuan Shu received this letter from Lu Bu, of course he was very angry.

What does Lu Bu think of him? Is it necessary? But now Liu Biao's troops are attacking Wan in two directions. At this time, he really needs Lv Bu to block Huang Zu for him in Jiangxia. Otherwise, if Huang Zu's troops come back, the situation in Wan County will be a little dangerous.

Therefore, UU reading www. uukanshu.com was angry in every possible way, but Yuan Shu could only reluctantly ask Li Ye to get some more grain and send it to Lu Bu.

- The grains passed through Li Ye's hands, needless to say, since there are more old grains and less new grains, so there is no need to elaborate. After Lu Bu received the food, he scolded Yuan Shu again, so he didn't need to go into details.

A few days after the grain was transported away, Yuan Shu was rewarded, and Liu Biao's two troops who attacked Wan retreated one after another.

This is because Liu Biao received reports from Cai Mao and Huang Zu. He knew that the siege of Sha Xian had been resolved, so he would not fight Wanxian any more.

However, since Lu Bu entered Jiangxia, it took a month or two to start such a war in Jiangxia and Nanyang. It came and went, and it only lasted for nearly a month. Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Xun Zhen were all defeated. Involved in it, the final result was that Lv Bu occupied the four counties in the north of the county and Xiling County, temporarily forming a confrontation with Huang Zu, while the overall situation of Yuan Shu and Liu Biao's confrontation did not change much. The battle has been fought until now, and both sides are unable to fight any more, and the right can be considered peaceful.

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After receiving the detailed military report sent by Xun Chen about Liu Deng and other ministries supporting Huang Zu in this battle and Lü Bu's withdrawal to the Xiling, Xun Zhen read it and had a clear judgment on the current situation in Jingzhou, knowing Yuan Shu and Liu Biao. Evenly matched, Lu Bu and Huang Zu are evenly matched, Jingzhou should have no worries now, and Yangzhou can also stop worrying for the time being.

Xun Zhen put his energy back on Xuzhou and Yanzhou. On this day, he made the decision to inspect the territory.

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