Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 165: Being alone

Hanshui is a relatively large tributary of the Huai River. It is a large tributary at least from Runan to Nanyang, and can allow ships with a width of more than ten feet to flow through calmly.

Huangshui should be one of Yuan Shu's grain transportation routes. This was Lu Bu's guess, and the facts proved that he was right.

Li Meng, who had been lying in wait here for two days, successfully intercepted a batch of grain and brought it back, so that Lu Bu did not have to go back to Niyang to replenish grain.

"It's much more convenient for Yuan Shu to transport grain and grass. It's still upstream. If he transports grain from Nanyang to the Jianghuai area, he basically doesn't need manpower!" Li Meng was a little envious. They didn't have such convenience when fighting in the northwest. Even if there was a river, they would be mutually exclusive. If you want to transport grain like Yuan Shu on a small river that is impassable or simply not big enough for boats, you can only think about it in your dreams.

No wonder the Central Plains is rich and the transportation cost is much easier than that in the northwest. Think about how hard it was to fight with Dong Zhuo in Xiliang, and he often went hungry because food and grass could not be transported in time. Looking at the convenience of water transportation in the Central Plains, Li Meng Envy felt sad for a while.

"Lord, we have cut off Yuan Shu's food route, so Yuan Shu will defeat himself without attacking?" Zhang Xiu looked at Lu Bu, a little worried. Although it was a good thing to win like this, but they won the battle without fighting, they generals would It’s hard to demonstrate ability.

Xun You was calculating something with a few stones in his hand. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "Nanyang itself has enough food reserves. In a short period of time, not only one food channel was cut off, but all of Yuan Shu's food channels were cut off. Yuan Shu’s army will not be short of food for a while.”

The gap between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu is in all aspects, not just the gap in military strength. This is also the reason why most people are not optimistic about Lu Bu.

But after following Lu Bu hanging around here for a few days, Xun You's thoughts began to change.

One is that Lu Bu's grasp of fighter aircraft is frighteningly accurate. Without the support of sufficient intelligence, he can roughly guess the enemy's marching route. This is not something that everyone can do.

Moreover, Lu Bu made a decisive decision. No matter whether he attacked or retreated, he did not hesitate at all. He retreated with one strike. Regardless of whether he succeeded or not, Lu Bu would not waste too much time on a decision.

On the other hand, Yuan Shu's reaction was a bit slow. Lu Bu took action when he saw the opportunity, and Yuan Shu's reaction was at least three days slower than Lu Bu's.

Of course, there was a reason for this because of the speed of message transmission, but fundamentally it was because Yuan Shu himself was inferior to Lu Bu in terms of strategy and decision-making, and was led by Lu Bu.

Xun You doesn't know what Yuan Shu is doing or preparing to do now, but he is in a different place. If he were Yuan Shu at this time, since Lu Bu's men pose little threat to him, he would concentrate his army and defeat Nirvana first. , but judging from the information found so far, it seems that Yuan Shu did not do this.

Yuan Shu indeed did not do this. As a wise master who was very likely to become the world leader in the future, when he learned that Lu Bu appeared behind him, Yuan Shu decisively asked Ji Ling to protect him and went to Wancheng first.

During the Battle of Hulao Pass, Yuan Shu did not fight directly with Lu Bu, but he had seen Lu Bu's ferocious power at Hulao Pass, so when he learned that Lu Bu appeared behind him and had evil intentions against him, Yuan Shu naturally chose Self-preservation.

Although they are all princes, not everyone can run to fight the enemy directly like Lu Bu without any burden. After Yuan Shu arrived in Wancheng, he was extremely contemptuous of Lu Bu's behavior.

"A reckless man is just a reckless man, and he will never achieve great things!" Yuan Shu listened to Zhang Xun's report, and while feeling relieved, he expressed his disdain for Lu Bu in front of the generals.

As the lord, he went to the battlefield to kill himself? A mean man who doesn't understand any rules is his opponent?

"My lord, Lu Bu's whereabouts are erratic, and now he has intercepted our army's food and grass. The general thinks that this is not the time to entangle with that Lu Bu, so he should first defeat Nirvana and cut off his return path, and then defeat Lu Bu before it is too late!" Ji Ling! He bowed to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu nodded. He was really scared by Lu Bu. Even if he was protected by a large army in the Ji Ling Army, before entering the city, he had a feeling that Lu Bu would appear at any time. Now that he entered Wancheng, he felt a little safer. Start thinking about the next battle.

Ji Ling's plan is fine. Lu Bu is wandering around and his whereabouts are erratic. It is difficult to catch him. And the most important thing is that it is useless to catch him. If there are few people, Lu Bu may be killed directly. If there are too many people, Lu Bu will leave. It is also difficult to capture him. It is better to defeat Niyang's garrison first, and then gather all our strength to deal with Lu Bu.

"Just follow the general's words, Ji Ling."

"The general is here!" Ji Ling stepped forward and bowed.

"You will be the main general in this battle. You will command all armies to fight together and capture Niyang as soon as possible!" Yuan Shu said solemnly.

"Here!" Ji Ling agreed, got up and went to prepare to attack Niyang.

Now only Ji Ling's troops have arrived in Wancheng. Zhang Xun's Nanyang troops are stationed in various strategic locations in Nanyang, while the three troops of Liu Xun, Lei Bo, and Qiao Rui were originally advancing at horns with Ji Ling's troops. , now that Ji Ling left, he entered Wancheng first at the urging of Yuan Shu, causing a rift in the four teams that originally took care of each other!

Zhongyang Mountain, Qiao Rui Camp.

"Even if the other two teams get the news and come for reinforcements, it will be difficult to arrive in time!" Lu Bu roughly summarized the information that everyone was investigating. One of the troops suddenly accelerated, leaving the troops in front of him temporarily alone.

Originally, as long as one troop was attacked, there would be at least another troop nearby who could rescue them. However, because one troop suddenly rushed into Wancheng, the originally good coordinated march arrangement failed.

As for why the suddenly deserted group of troops suddenly rushed to Wancheng desperately, it was probably because Lu Bu intercepted the same group of water, food and grass. According to later scouts, this group of troops was not far enough from their position at the time. Fifty miles!

If Lu Bu knew that Yuan Shu was among the troops, he would definitely be sorry, but now he doesn't know. For him, it is a great opportunity for him to be alone on this bridge.

"Lord, the opponent's military camp has moved out of the mountains. The terrain is flat everywhere, and there is no place suitable for an ambush!" Zhang Xiu led the scouts around in a circle, surveyed the nearby terrain, and frowned.

Once their army comes out of the mountain, they will immediately be noticed by the enemy's scouts. Regardless of the layout of the camp and the distribution of the scouts, Qiao Rui can tell that the enemy is much more vigilant than Chen Lan. The layout of the camp is also quite reasonable. If he wants to be like Like the last time I ambushed Chen Lan, the right time and place were not on Lu Bu's side!

Lu Bu stood on the cliff and looked at Qiao Rui's camp from a distance. Now that Qiao Rui was alone, it was a good opportunity to defeat Qiao Rui. However, in this terrain, a sneak attack was impossible, but if he attacked by force, he would suffer heavy casualties. It was not what Lu Bu wanted either.

"In this way, the three of you and I will separate and attack together!" Lu Bu pointed to the local camp and said: "I will command the five thousand cavalry in the army. When the enemy breaks out of camp tomorrow, I will personally lead the cavalry to attack!"

Zhang Xiu opened his mouth, wanting to say that it might not work, but it was Lu Bu who wanted to take action, so it was impossible, so he finally shut up.

"I am feigning an attack!" Lu Bu naturally knew that such a surprise attack would have a high probability of failure. Even if it succeeded, the cavalry casualties in the army would be huge!

Cavalry is a treasure, even in the Xiliang army. Lu Bu doesn't want to suffer too many losses, so naturally he won't really attack, he will conduct a feint attack.

Zhang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Lu Bu and said, "Then..."

Since Lu Bu was feigning an attack, the two of them would naturally be responsible for the main attack.

"You two will be repairing tomorrow. After noon, you can assemble your army and attack. You can win in one battle!" Lu Bu looked at the two men. Among the 20,000 troops, there were 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 left. Lu Bu They were not evenly divided. Zhang Xiu commanded 5,000 men and Li Meng commanded 10,000 men. When the time comes, they can divide their forces and attack together to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

"Lord, why do we have to wait until afternoon?" Zhang Xiu was puzzled. Isn't this unnecessary?

"My lord wants to use the cavalry to wear down the enemy's physical strength. By the time noon passes, the enemy's officers and soldiers are already exhausted, but our officers and soldiers have high morale and abundant physical strength. In this way, the victory or defeat is obvious!" Xun You smiled! He explained that Lu Bu's move seemed simple, but it was actually quite practical. Of course, the timing was very important.

If the enemy troops were still arranged as before, Lu Bu's move would actually be useless. Before noon, the enemy's reinforcements would have arrived. At that time, Lu Bu could only retreat, but now even if the enemy's nearest reinforcements can see the signal, It took a day to get here, and this time was enough for Lu Bu to defeat the army of Qiao Rui.

This Lu Bu is really a good fighter!

Xun You looked at Lu Bu with complicated thoughts. Is three years... really enough?

Turning his head, he couldn't help but look at Dian Wei beside him. This was sent by Lu Bu to protect him. Of course, if he did anything strange, Xun You had no doubt that this rough man would stab him without hesitation. Xun You had seen Dian Wei. Wei swung his hand and flew his halberd, hitting every target within thirty steps!

"Is something wrong?" Dian Wei looked at Xun You doubtfully and subconsciously raised his iron halberd. Lu Bu had said that if he sensed something was wrong, he would chop it down immediately.

"It's nothing, but the general doesn't have to protect the lord?" Xun You asked with a smile.

"My lord has said that if I really need to leave, I will kill you first." Dian Wei cupped his fists at Xun You, who turned pale, and said, "Sir, are you sure you want to protect your lord?"

"My lord is brave enough to conquer the world, and his arrows frighten the heroes. There is no need for the general's protection." The muscles on Xun You's face twitched. If Lu Bu said this, there would be three points of doubt, but Dian Wei is a real person. If he said to kill, he would definitely kill him. Yes, Xun You would not risk his own life to test the authenticity of Lu Bu's order.

Dian Wei frowned and glanced at Xun You. Of course, he also wanted to charge into battle with Lu Bu. Especially since he had stirrups recently, he wanted to try the feeling of fighting right away. Should he find an excuse to kill this pretty boy?

Facing Dian Wei's malicious gaze, Xun You's face turned pale. Isn't this reckless man thinking about something bad? He regretted why he said so many words? His body involuntarily leaned closer to Lu Bu...

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