Outside Xuchang City.

The city of Xuchang, which had just gone through a great war, was in a mess.

The gray bricks on the top of the city were stained red with blood. The dead bodies on the top of the city were carried down one after another by Chu soldiers and placed there.

There were so many dead and wounded soldiers that within a day of the war there were still dead bodies.

At this time, a group of crows circling outside the city were excitedly staring at their delicious food. Some crows had already swooped down with shrill whistling sounds, but they startled a few wild dogs who were tearing apart the corpses on the ground.

The wild dogs ran away in panic, separated by several feet, but turned back unwillingly. Their furry heads were covered with blood, their nostrils were open and they were breathing heavily, and their big mouths were grinning.

There was liquid mixed with blood and saliva flowing, and there was still a trace of minced meat left between the teeth.

However, these crows and hunting dogs were driven away by countless smoke and dust and the sound of horse hooves.

After a while, hundreds of brave and capable Xiliang cavalrymen came up from the front carrying a large flag with the character "LV" in it.

Then, there was a man with his hair tied up in a golden crown, wearing a Jinchuan war robe, with a painted halberd by Fang Tian in his hand, and under his seat was a red rabbit horse chasing the wind for thousands of miles.

Obviously, anyone can tell at a glance that it is Lu Bu.

The soldiers of the Chu army on the top of the city pointed at Lu Bu's army one after another. The captain of the city gate ordered the soldiers to report that Lu Bu had returned from Luoyang with his army.

When Nie Zefeng received the report from the soldiers, he hurriedly led his personal guards to greet the ancient general.

The moment Nie Zefeng's horse lightly stepped on the gate of Xuchang City, Lu Bu was already dismounting and ran over quickly. Nie Zefeng also dismounted and came to meet Lu Bu. They were brothers, brothers who were sworn brothers to Jinlan. They once teamed up to conquer the nine counties of Jingxiang.

They are kings and ministers, masters and servants of kings and kings, and kings and ministers who have drawn swords against each other because of problems between kings and ministers.

There are complex and contradictory feelings between the two parties.

"Lu Bu meets the king."

"Brother, thank you for your hard work."

"As a great king, I will fight for the Chu Kingdom, and I will not hesitate to do anything to the end."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, both parties knew that neither of them would be able to go back to the past.

Also returning with Lu Bu's entire legion were Zang Ba, Cao Xing, Ma Chao, Li Yan, Liu He, Gan Ning, Su Fei, as well as Han Hao, Wang Zhen and others who had just returned.

The meeting hall of Chu Palace in Xuchang City.

Naturally, a reception banquet was held in the main hall.

The reception banquet held by Nie Zefeng lacked the singing and dancing and had more sonorous and powerful war dances.

Everyone was drinking and drinking, enjoying these sections of solemn military dance.

Naturally, after the dance, it was time for the monarch and his ministers to discuss politics, and the content was nothing more than how to defeat the 500,000 Yuan army in front of them.

Although the two eastern and western armies of Nie Zefeng and Lu Bu have joined forces, in terms of the number of troops, Chu's army is only about 200,000, which is still inferior to the entire Yuan Shao army in terms of number.

Since Huainan, Sili, Luoyang and other areas had just been newly acquired, Nie Zefeng ordered Zhao Yun to defend the Huainan area, Liu Pan to garrison the Chencang Fortress, and Huang Zhong to garrison Luoyang. On the one hand, they would hold on to the Eastern Capital, and on the other hand, they would monitor the Cao family who had just settled in Luoyang.

and cronies.

In the main hall, Ma Liang planned to use the strength of Xuchang City to attract all Yuan's troops to the city, kill a large number of the enemy's living forces, and then wait until the enemy is weak, then attack with all his strength, and he will surely be able to defend and counterattack.

After Ma Liang made such remarks, he received the approval of Gao Shun, Li Yan, Zhou Cang, Zhang Bao, Gan Ning, and Su Fei.

When everyone began to nod in agreement, Chen Dao stood up unconvinced and stated sternly: "King Chu, generals, I don't agree. I think we should adopt a large detour and a large vertical and horizontal campaign. We can give up completely.

In this small city of Xuchang, we take advantage of our cavalry to penetrate deep into the enemy's rear and prevent the enemy from looking at each other. This is the basis of combat."

Chen Dao's impassioned speech was approved by Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu, Wei Yan and other generals who commanded the cavalry. Nie Zefeng, who was sitting in the central hall, listened to Chen Dao's deep and roundabout combat methods. Although this method of warfare was used by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty,

A prosperous period

At that time, the soul of the Han army was forged, but when the Han army retreated into the city due to civil strife again, the large roundabout and large-depth combat methods were abandoned. The Han army once again used clumsy chariots, infantry and excellent Xiongnu cavalry.

Carry out a fight.

If it weren't for the Xiongnu falling into endless divisions from the end of the Western Han Dynasty to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu's royal flag might have been planted on the top of Chang'an City.

Nie Zefeng also had to sigh that this general had such knowledge and couldn't help but admire him.

Nie Zefeng sighed: "General Chen Dao is indeed an extraordinary hero. If we can fight on the grassland and form a real cavalry regiment, I will definitely appoint you as the commander-in-chief."

Chen Dao was humorous and said on the spot: "Thank you very much, King Chu. I will take your orders."

Of course, this kind of humor naturally caused the whole hall to burst into laughter.

Nie Zefeng knew that this method would not work now. The reason why the Han Dynasty was able to conduct long-distance raids during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was because of its strong national strength, high-quality horses, strong soldiers, and excellent riding and archery skills.

At this time, Lu Bu stood up and proposed that we should have an upright decisive battle with the enemy. Only by conducting a decisive battle can we defeat the enemy openly and openly from the front, and then fight Yuan Shao.

Lu Bu's idea was naturally echoed by his direct generals Zang Ba and Cao Xing, as well as the generals of the West Route Army who originally supported the opinions of others.

Nie Zefeng knew that the only choice now was to use Lu Bu's frontal decisive battle. The Xiliang cavalry had been out of the Xiliang area for many years, and the dead and injured horses could not be replaced for a while. This was because the cavalry had insufficient horses and could not carry out large detours and deep operations.

One of the reasons.

A civil servant held a letter of war written by Nie Zefeng and drove to Yuan Jun's camp.

Yuan Jun's camp.

Yuan Shao's 500,000-strong army was divided into five camps: east, west, south, north and center.

There are four generals: Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Zha, and Gao Lan. The one in the middle is personally led by Yuan Shao. In addition, the famous Hebei general Han Qiong is also beside Yuan Shao.

The camps are like each other's horns, forming a mutual rescue trend.

At this time, all the generals gathered in the tent of Yuan Shao's Chinese army to discuss how to deal with the 200,000-strong army of Chu King Nie Zefeng.

Yuan Shao had many advisers, so he had many ideas, and many famous generals, so he had many opinions. Even though he had been arguing for an hour, he still didn't have any clues.

Yuan Shao listened to these discussions alone and began to think about his own thoughts.

But their discussion was interrupted by the arrival of civil servants from Chu camp.

After the messenger respectfully presented the letter of challenge, he gave the agreed time and place one by one.

The general next to him, Jiang Qi, got angry and came out to fight, shouting: "Kill him to strengthen our army's power!"

"Yes, kill him!"

The generals nearby agreed.

But Yuan Shao waved his hand slightly and said: "Forget it, killing a Wenbi Swordsman has no effect on the overall situation. Go back and tell King Chu that I, Yuan Shao, will appear on the battlefield on time if I accept the challenge."

"Then I will take my leave and return to my home, the King of Chu."

After the civilian officials withdrew from the big tent, Yuan Shao said to all the generals: "What method to use to defeat the Chu army is no longer our agenda. How to prepare to defeat the Chu army is the issue we are discussing today."

Since ancient times, military generals have been in charge of conquests, and strategies have been in the hands of civil servants.

Tian Feng, Yuan Shao's counselor, regarded himself as the first counselor in Yuan Shao's camp. He analyzed the previous classic battles of the Chu army and commented: "The Chu army is a mixed army, of which the Xiliang Qi soldiers account for more than half, and about ten.

Ten thousand horses, the other half are Jingzhou soldiers, infantry and cavalry each account for a part, and also include ten thousand naval troops.

In addition, there are also units such as the Yellow Turban Army and the Prefecture Army. The entire battle group of the Chu Army pays attention to quick battles and uses mobility to attack the opponent's defensive formations. Moreover, the Chu Army can fight continuously, so to deal with an army like the Chu Army,

We must attack in batches, divide our 500,000 elite troops into three echelons, and attack them one by one to succeed."

Tian Feng's method of using troops was naturally echoed by many counselors. Counselor Xu You even suggested using a roundabout way to cut off the rear route. Guo Tu proposed using thunderbolt chariots to directly attack the enemy's formation. Ju Shou even proposed using the two armies.

In a situation of mutual confrontation, they sent troops to capture the city of Xuchang.

Military generals naturally want to express their determination and confidence to serve on the battlefield, not to shy away from the ax, and to move forward indomitably.

Among Yuan Shao's generals, Yan Liang was the leader. Yan Liang finally stood up and expressed his views in the heated discussion among many generals.

"My lord, generals, please hit the snake seven inches. Why don't we look for the enemy's food and grass, and then burn it with fire? I can't imagine that in five days, the enemy's army will be in chaos."

After Yuan Shao heard this, he burst into laughter and admired Yan Liang's strategy.

But what Yuan Shao said next broke Yan Liang's dream.

"General Yan Liang's bold and innovative tactics are a bit unexpected, but I want to tell you that all the Chu army's grain and grass are now hoarded in Xuchang City. If we don't capture Xuchang City, we will not be able to burn the enemy's grain and grass."

In the end, the military meeting ended with everyone arranging troops in various ways.

Xuchang City and Yuan Jun's camp thirty miles away have been closely linked to each other by a big battle.

Xuchang City Head.

Nie Zefeng walked on the top of the city, looking at his generals and soldiers, each of them full of energy.

He looked ahead and saw Weiyu Mangmang, and he began to feel a little filled with emotion.

"There are righteous men in Guandong who raised troops to fight against the evil. In the early days of the alliance, they were in Xianyang. The army was not unified, and the geese were hesitant. Snobbishness caused others to fight, and the heirs fought against each other. The title of Huainan brother was engraved on the north. Armor

When lice appear, thousands of people will die. White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. Hundreds of living people have left one thing behind, and the thought of it will break the heart of a person."

A thick book on the Three Kingdoms made Nie Zefeng deeply fall in love with Cao Cao. However, when he met Cao Cao today, he was completely different from what he had read in the book.

However, Nie Zefeng searched the entire Prime Minister's Mansion but could not find a single poem manuscript. Could it be that history is really kidding?
Chapter completed!