Three Kingdoms Online Games: Battle for Hegemony

Chapter 774: Lu Bu Sends Out His Troops

In addition to asking Gongsun Zan to send troops to harass Yuan Shao's hinterland, Huangfu Chaobo also sent people to Changshan under the advice of Pang Tong and others, hoping that Zhang Yan could send troops to help.

Pang Tong believed that with Zhang Yan's ability, he would not be unaware of the principle of "lips and teeth are cold", and in order to allow Zhang Yan to fight, Huangfu Chaobo also promised to sell him another 3,000 large yellow crossbows. Of course, it was just for sale, not for free, but the price was slightly cheaper than usual.

Now in Huangfu Chaobo's army, almost every combat camp has 10% to 20% crossbowmen. In the Huben Army and the Longxiang Army, the large yellow crossbows equipped are still two-stone large yellow crossbows, which makes the crossbowmen's combat effectiveness stronger than 10%.

As Pang Tong expected, Zhang Yan agreed to the request to send troops without much hesitation after meeting Huangfu Chaobo's envoy.

Also on the 15th, after entering Runan, the 50,000 troops of Yuan Shu's army suddenly turned east and pointed directly at Xiapi State. For a time, the world was in an uproar. Just when Cao Cao was about to send someone to question Yuan Shu, another army of Yuan Shu began to attack Runan. Yuan Shu's move made Cao Cao feel uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.

At the same time, Zhang Ji of Nanyang sent his nephew Zhang Xiu to lead 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, a total of 30,000 troops to Duyang. Zongheng Tianxia, ​​who had already received the news, led Chen Dao to wait in full battle array.

On the 16th, Wenhou Lu Bu's army left Queshu Valley and arrived at the foot of Yong'an City. What was waiting for Lu Bu was an empty city. A few days ago, the defenders and most of the people in the city went down the Fen River and went straight to Pi County. As for the people who were unwilling to leave, the officials distributed some money and food to them according to the requirements of the state governor's office, and then they didn't care about them anymore.

So, when Lu Bu's army entered Yong'an, they found that there was no rice in the government warehouse and no copper coins in the county government. The people who had not left the county had a lot of money and food in their hands, but after entering Bingzhou, Lu Bu had already strictly enforced military discipline according to Chen Gong's requirements, and the soldiers were not allowed to plunder the people under his rule.

Now Lu Bu sent troops to Hedong, and he must have come with the purpose of occupying Hedong, so he would not allow the soldiers to plunder the people of Hedong.

It was unexpected that he would face such a situation when entering Hedong, which made Lu Bu in a dilemma. In desperation, he sent people from Taiyuan to transport the food and grass needed by the army, while leading the army to continue south. I hope to gain something in other cities.

Unfortunately, when the army arrived in Yang County, the situation was still the same as Yong'an, oh, there were still some differences, the people here were slightly more than Yong'an. The following Pingyang and Xiangling were the same.

At this time, Lu Bu's army had entered Hedong for 200 miles, but tens of thousands of troops were just like traveling, with no war, let alone harvest. However, next, if there is no harvest, Lu Bu's army will be miserable.

So under the advice of Qin Yi and Xie Lan, Lu Bu ordered the army to station in Xiangling, and then sent people to urge Chen Gong to transport food from Taiyuan, and sent people to continue to go south to explore the situation of other cities in Hedong.

A few days later, the food and grass in Taiyuan were finally delivered. At the same time, the scouts who went south to inquire about intelligence also brought intelligence about the two cities of Linfen and Jiangyi. Everyone was relieved that both cities were defended by large armies. According to the information provided by the people in the surrounding territories, there were at least 10,000 defenders in Linfen City, and more than 10,000 troops defended Jiangyi.

According to the original arrangement of Huangfu Chaobo, it was originally planned to defend only the cities south of Pishi and Fenshui and its tributary Huishui. However, after the people in Hedong discussed and combined with the situation of the army in the county, they decided to include Linfen and Jiangyi in the defense range.

Jiangyi is a key city from the northeast of Hedong to the southern plains. If Jiangyi is not defended, Lu Bu's army can directly enter the most prosperous area of ​​Hedong from here. After careful discussion with the officers and generals of Hedong, Zhang Chao decided that the county commander Huangfu Jianshou would lead troops to guard Pishi, the deputy general of Yingyang Camp Yang Feng would lead a school of Yingyang Camp combat soldiers and a school of ordinary guards to guard Linfen, and the chief general of Yingyang Camp Tian Yu would lead a school of Yingyang Camp infantry and cavalry, plus two schools of guards to guard Jiangyi. As for the county city of Anyi, the defense would be the responsibility of the governor Zhang Chao and the county magistrate Zhu Hao.

After the discussion, Zhang Chao immediately reported the results of the discussion to Huangfu Chaobo. After receiving Zhang Chao's request, Huangfu Chaobo immediately summoned Pang Tong and others to discuss Zhang Chao's plan carefully. In the end, several people felt that Zhang Chao's plan was feasible, so Huangfu Chaobo replied and agreed to Hedong's arrangement.

After Huangfu Chaobo's consent, the generals of Hedong could start making arrangements. Within a few days, the troops were arranged in place.

On September 22, after Lv Bu's army was replenished with food and grass, they split into two groups and continued to move south. On one route, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and Qin Yi led an army of 20,000, marched southwest along the Fen River, and attacked Linfen. On the other route, Lv Bu personally led Cao Xing and Xi Lan, led an army of 30,000, and set out from Xiangling to attack Jiangyi in the south.

As for Zhang Liao, a general under Lv Bu, he is still fighting in Yanmen, assisting Wang Kai, the governor of Yanmen, to stabilize the situation in Yanmen. The reason why Zhang Liao and Chen Gong did not go with the army was that Lv Bu had been smooth sailing in recent years, and his tail was a little cocky. Only Chen Gong and Zhang Liao in the army poured cold water on him from time to time. In addition, they both strongly opposed the expedition to Hedong this time, so Lv Bu simply did not let them go with the army.

Lv Bu's idea was that without you two, this marquis could still sweep the world.

But he did not expect that after entering Hedong, there was no gain at all, but he needed to transport food and grass from Taiyuan to support the army. Although Lv Bu did not say anything, he felt very embarrassed.

On the 24th, the two armies of Lu Bu's army arrived at their destination almost at the same time.

After the army rested for a day, the two armies launched attacks on their target cities at the same time from the next day.

Facing the attack of Lu Bu's army, Jiangyi and Linfen were already on high alert. Although Lu Bu was strong, he was only strong in personal combat power and command of cavalry. He was still very inadequate in command of infantry, especially in attacking cities and strongholds.

Although Cao Xing was good, there was still a gap compared with Tian Yu. In addition, there were 20,000 troops in Jiangyi City. Facing Lu Bu's 30,000 troops, Tian Yu did not feel much pressure.

The same was true for Yang Feng in Linfen. Although he had only 10,000 troops, he had fought north and south under Huangfu Chaobo in recent years, and with the influence of Huang Zhong and Pang Tong, he was no longer the Yellow Turban bandit in the past. 10,000 troops defended against 20,000 enemies attacking the city, and they were still able to do it with ease.

So although Lu Bu's army went south to Hedong with great momentum, they did not get any benefit in Hedong.

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