Three Kingdoms

Kushan coalition?菏

Three hundred thousand?

Most people present knew that the three hundred thousand was basically an imaginary number, but even an imaginary number was enough to shock everyone at the moment. Even Lu Bu's face changed slightly and he put down Fang Tian in his hand. Paint halberd.

Wei Xu was on the side, almost frightened, and his eyes were a little dull.

Once the number of soldiers exceeds 10,000, it reaches a level of numbers that generals rarely encounter. Then the difficulty increases exponentially, which means that commanding 50,000 soldiers is not ten times that of commanding 5,000 people. It may be 20 times, or even 50 times...

Just like in history when Uncle Liu Huang controlled thousands of people, Liu Paopao left his reputation everywhere in the Central Plains. Well, it doesn't matter whether this reputation is good or bad. Anyway, as long as he wanted to run away, no one could catch him. But during the Battle of Yiling, when Liu Paopao commanded troops that far exceeded his command limit, he staggered like a child who had just learned to walk, slow and at a loss.

Because the more soldiers there are, the more middle and low-level generals are needed, and at that time, Liu Paopao had no generals. In the Han Dynasty, when there was no timely communication, the role of generals was irreplaceable, and it was not just a few messengers who could help.

Therefore, Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao and was speechless for a while. Then he breathed out and said, "Whether it is a misunderstanding or right or wrong, we don't care about the dispute between you and me." Now the enemy is coming, Wenyuan, if you want to help me, stay, if you don't want to help me, leave quickly. 』菏

"Lord!" Wei Xu jumped out, pointed at Zhang Liao and said, "We can't let him go!" just in case……"

Lu Bu waved his hand, "Nothing is wrong, Wen Yuan is not this kind of person." 』

Then Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao and said, "How is it?" Stay or go? 』

Zhang Liao also looked at Lu Bu, thought for a moment, and nodded, "We are facing a powerful enemy, so we should join forces to fight!" 』

Lu Bu laughed, immediately stepped forward and patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder, "Okay!" I knew you would do this! After so many years, you and I can finally fight side by side! Be joyful, be joyful! Hahaha! 』

Lu Bu smiled, and then said to Zhang Liao, "Wenyuan, take your people to rest first... Even if there are really 300,000, so what?" Back then... Hahaha, forget it, I won't mention it anymore. Kushan came just in time, saving me the trouble of looking for them! After this battle, the Western Region can be determined in one fell swoop! Ha ha ha ha! 』

Lu Bu smiled happily, as if the tense scene before had disappeared.菏

But whether this is really the case, everyone knows.

The Kushan army was huge in number, but its marching speed was uneven. The fastest had to take care of the slowest, so even if he knew that Lu Bu's scouts had discovered his whereabouts, he could not rush to Qiu Ci immediately, but could only slowly surround him. Of course, perhaps under the leadership of Kushan General Taksa, they felt that their side had the numerical advantage and could crush Lu Bu to death...

Perhaps because he needed to borrow Zhang Liao's ability, Lu Bu did not deliberately make things difficult for Zhang Liao or deprive Zhang Liao of his followers. Instead, he sent Zhang Liao a lot of food, supplies, and arranged tents.

Outside the tent, a campfire baked the ground.

The night sky in the Western Region is charming. The bright stars almost cover the entire sky, making every human being who looks up to watch invariably feel his own insignificance.

"General, are there really three hundred thousand?" ” Sun Laosan muttered, “Is it fake? 』

Zhang Liao lowered his head and cast his gaze on the bonfire, "If the old and the weak are included, there should still be between 100,000 and 150,000...Information is insufficient and it is difficult to make a definite conclusion..."

"Then... General, over there with the Protector..." Quan Er looked at Zhang Liao, "You won't do anything to us?" 』

The bonfire was jumping, exuding its own enthusiasm unbridled.

Zhang Liao grabbed a piece of wood and felt something strange on his hand. He lowered his head and took a look.

This piece of wood seems to be part of a sculpture. There are patterns on it. The surface seems to have been specially polished. It feels slightly smooth to the touch. The smooth lines seem to be part of the clothes...

Zhang Liao raised his hand noncommittally and threw it into the bonfire.

"Don't worry, these people are all temporarily recruited. As long as their leaders are defeated, they will collapse like an avalanche..." Zhang Liao said, "So the Kushan people also march very carefully and slowly." 』

Zhang Liao did not say whether he was relieved about the Kushan attack, or whether he was relieved about the Protectorate, or a combination of both.菏

Zhang Liao stretched out his hands, looked at his fingers, and said: "It is guilty to destroy the Buddha. This argument is a bit like the Yellow Turban... So the first ones to come must be those without brains..."

Zhang Liao put down his hand, then held it in the air, "Back then, the Yellow Turban thieves... were arrogant for a time... until they made Changshe a fire..."

That fire burned away the soul of Huang Jin.

Perhaps at the beginning of the three brothers Zhang Jiao, they were indeed roaring for the sake of ordinary people, but they did not make it to the end. Especially after the Yellow Turban Army began to expand, the situation of distinguishing between good and bad became more and more serious. The three Zhang Jiao brothers were obviously unable to keep the army and government orders consistent under such conditions.

Zhang Jiao may have wanted to be a god at one time, but in the end he was just a fallen man.

Just like Lu Bu.

Zhang Liao admitted that he had made a mistake. He used his previous impression of Lu Bu to deduce the plan and formulate the steps. Naturally, it was like running into a reef at the bottom of the sea and almost being shattered to pieces.菏

Fortunately, the Kushans came and came with a large army. Of course, in some ways, this was not lucky. But it was precisely because of this that Lu Bu changed his attitude...

"You all go and have a rest and adjust," Zhang Liao said to the guards around him. "In two days, there will be a tough battle to be fought." 』

Han Zheng hesitated for a moment, "General..."

Zhang Liao nodded, "It's okay, let's go and rest first." 』

So several guards stood up and retreated.

Zhang Liao sat alone by the campfire. The current situation is even more difficult than he originally imagined. People change. If Zhang Liao changed, Lu Bu would naturally change as well.

During this meeting, Zhang Liao realized the current situation in the Kingdom of Qiuci. The massacre around Qiuci, or the action to destroy the Buddha, was not all Lu Bu venting, or mindlessly venting his anger. Perhaps There are also some elements that lure the enemy.菏

perhaps……

This is Zhang Liaoxin's speculation.

If this speculation is true, it means that Lu Bu has begun to use his brain that he originally didn't want to use. This is a good thing, but also a bad thing. Because this means that Lu Bu actually knew what Wei Xu was doing.

Lu Bu knew what Wei Xu had done. This would cause Zhang Liao to expose Wei Xu's crimes, but it would not arouse Lu Bu's anger. Instead, it would make Lu Bu feel that Zhang Liao was not going for Wei Xu, but for Lu Bu. itself.

What finally led to this change in Lu Bu?

Zhang Liao thought.

Perhaps it was the setback encountered by Yuan Shao, perhaps it was the depression of having nowhere to display his martial arts in the Central Plains, or perhaps it was the success of the Western Expedition? Or maybe Lu Bu had a higher starting point and stronger martial arts, but he could only lose consecutive battles and flee in all directions. However, the former "little brother" had achieved great success, had troops and was popular...

Lu Bu is not a tolerant person.

The reason why Lu Bu has reached this point may be that others are indeed responsible, but it is mostly caused by Lu Bu himself.

Impulsive, irritable, and mindless, even if he uses his brain at the moment, he may not be able to think long-term, or he thinks it is long-term enough. After all, Lu Bu was surprised when he heard that the Kushan army was coming in large numbers, and he didn't know about the Guishang army. The frost soldiers' murderous intention to fight Zhang Liao as many as they wanted could not be deceived.

That is Lu Bu.

There have been some changes, but Lu Bu is still not that good.

Lu Bu is selfish and self-interested at heart, but he pretends to be generous and generous on the surface.

Lu Bu ate and drank with ordinary soldiers, and even sang and wrestled together beside the campfire. It was not that Lu Bu was really good with these ordinary soldiers, but that Lu Bu knew that he needed these ordinary soldiers to charge into battle for him.菏

Or to put it simply, Lu Bu's core is still a wolf.

The wolf king will lead and protect the wolves of his own pack, and will also play with the cubs on weekdays, but he will never allow his status to be challenged. If faced with unmatched risks, the wolf king will not hesitate to abandon the wolves in the pack and flee first.

Lu Bu grew up in the North, and the idea of ​​​​the jungle of the jungle in the desert was deeply rooted in Lu Bu's heart, so he didn't care about anyone, he only cared about himself. Therefore, when Zhang Liao took out the piece of signed paper, the first thing he thought of was not the friendship in the past, but the suspicion that the piece of paper did not represent friendship, but represented the trap set by the Qins.

After all, he made a mistake.

Zhang Liao originally thought that he would rely on emotion to impress Lu Bu, but now he found that Lu Bu didn't care about this friendship at all. Zhang Liao made a mistake. Zhang Liao must make new plans.

Of course, Zhang Liao could also find an opportunity to escape, but this would mean completely detonating Lu Bu and pushing everything in the Western Region into an irreversible abyss. If it was to save his own life, then Zhang Liao would go back immediately. Even Lu Bu might not be able to stop him. But what about after escaping back?

Even if we don't consider the people in the Western Regions, the resulting consequences, the implicated changes in various places, the powers of military officers, etc., will inevitably set off an immeasurable storm!菏

Lu Bu Lu Fengxian...

Zhang Liao closed his eyes in pain.

Those who blindly believe in their own force will eventually be harmed by themselves.

This world is not just about swords and guns.

Using violence to terminate the opponent's body and eliminate the opponent's life is certainly a way to solve the problem, but this method will always have the greatest deterrent effect only when no action is taken. Just like now, after Lu Bu launched the Extermination of Buddha, those who believe in Buddhism in the Western Regions and the people in Kushan are no longer afraid of Lu Bu, or they are still afraid, but they know that everyone on the left and right is dead. After that, it became a matter of struggling to survive and fighting hard.

Killing is undoubtedly the simplest and crudest method.

But it is also the most incompetent manifestation of being a commander.菏

The use of violence by the people at the bottom may only involve one or two families at most, but the higher you go up and the more connections there are, simple killings will not only lower the evaluation of your ability as a decision-maker, but also make your allies more vulnerable. Not trusting oneself will also make opponents happier. Even simple, rough and irresponsible handling may cause greater harm to the entire political system in a chain reaction during every blank period of power transition.

So, what to do now?

How can Lu Bu understand this?

Seizing power is not an option.

This is one of the fundamental motivations why Zhang Liao would rather run thousands of miles to face Lu Bu directly.

There is no doubt that Zhang Liao also has desires.

If he had no desire and just lay down, Zhang Liao would not come here at all.菏

Civil servants and military generals were divided into different professions from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or perhaps earlier.

From just carrying bone sticks, to stone spears and axes, to bronzes, from lining up to greet each other at the beginning, to going straight down the third road to start...

With the development of civilization, the needs of war forms require more professional military generals. Human life is limited, and so is energy. It is obviously unrealistic for Zhang Liao to study scriptures and cultivate both civil and military skills. Once the war stopped and the shift shifted from development to construction, military generals who focused on conquest would naturally be replaced by civilian officials who focused on production and management. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the struggle for power between civil servants and military generals, and even personal desires that overridden national interests, led to the fall of the country and the death of tens of thousands of people.

So this time, the most critical issue is not anything else, but the transfer of authority.

Smooth handover.

Let the turmoil in the Western Region calm down again and turn chaos into order.

Let the alternation of authority in the Western Regions become a model for the future.菏

Let experience continue and civilization develop.

This is the root of everything.

This is the inheritance of China.

Zhang Liao understood this problem, but the problem was that Lu Bu didn't understand it.

Looking at the bonfire in front of him, Zhang Liao stood up, then waved his hand to refuse the guards to follow him, and went straight to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was a little surprised that Zhang Liao came, but soon Lu Bu greeted him with a smile, as if he was a different person from the murderous man holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in Japan.

Yes, this is very Lu Bu.菏

"Brother Fengxian, I have some ideas about the Kushan Army..." Zhang Liao said straight to the point, "But brother Fengxian is more familiar with the land of the Western Regions, so I would like to ask brother Fengxian for some advice..."

Lu Bu's eyes moved slightly and he laughed, "Easy to say, easy to say!" Come, sit, sit down and say. 』

Zhang Liao's heart sank, but he remained calm and sat down without any politeness. "The Western Region is divided into north and south." We are probably in the middle of the North Road now. The Kushan Army wants to come, but it seems that there is only one way..."

The Western Region is like an oval plate, but in the middle of the plate is a large desert. Even in the era of satellite positioning in later generations, accidentally falling into no man's land is basically a narrow escape situation, and naturally it goes without saying that it is now. Therefore, regarding the march route, it is basically certain that Kushan will pass through Qiu Ci.

Lu Bu nodded. Regarding this point, Zhang Liao was right, but he also noticed the word "seems" in Zhang Liao's words. He frowned and said, "Wen Yuan, what do you mean, Guishan has separate troops?" 』

When it comes to war, Lu Bu has the intuition and keenness of a beast.

"The right way is to have soldiers with great speed..." Zhang Liao nodded and said, "Although the Kushan army may not have 300,000 people, even if it only has 30,000 horses and horses, gathered in one place, they will eat and drink every day." A small amount... If there is no special reason, why not rush forward and fight Brother Fengxian under Qiu Ci City... Anyway, it will consume our strength, right? 』菏

Lu Bu pondered, "Well, so to speak, this Guishan... If we divide our troops in the South Road, I'm afraid it will be for the West Sea... The north and south roads in the Western Region can basically be regarded as Pingchuan. As long as there is a team of fine cavalry, they can directly Bypassing Yarkand, entering the South Road, and then rushing to the West Sea... Well, this is indeed a possibility... So the Kushan army in front of us is deliberately slow, in fact, to wait for their division..."

Compared with the several big countries in the North Road of the Western Region, the South Road of the Western Region is basically a small country. When facing the Kushan soldiers and horses, most of them are the same as before. Whichever side is stronger will fall to that side, and those who change sides will Speed ​​is often determined by the balance of power between the two sides. The so-called eternal neutrality is just a joke.

"So..." Lu Bu turned his eyes to Zhang Liao, "So Wenyuan, what is your suggestion?" Are we going back to Xihai now? 』

Zhang Liao shook his head and did not agree to Lu Bu's plan, because this plan was obviously a trap and a test by Lu Bu. "We have to face the northern army first... Now if we retreat to the West Sea, we still can't get rid of being bitten by these guys... So, if we are here..."

Zhang Liao raised his head and looked around, "How about setting a fire?" It must be able to illuminate many places...』

Lu Bu looked back at Qiu Cicheng, and then laughed, "A fire?" Hmm, interesting. I think I can give it a try... That's it, I'll clean it up tomorrow and set it on fire tomorrow night! Light it up and let it attract those Kushan brats to come! 』

A very simple strategy to lure the enemy.菏

But it works.

Because it's simple, Kushan is a coalition.

Zhang Liao and Lu Bu discussed some more detailed issues, then said goodbye and left.

Lu Bu smiled and specially gave Zhang Liao as a gift.

When Lu Bu turned back, Wei Xu appeared from nowhere in the dark corner...

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