Never thought I would become the emperor

Chapter 12 War ([-])
Although the atmosphere of the banquet was not a happy one, there were no conflicts. Everyone ate the food on their plates without saying a word.

Zhang Liao, who was eating, suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked up at Lu Bu and said, "Feng Xian, have you heard the news of Ding Gong's death?"

Lu Bu was taken aback, and looked at Zhang Liao blankly, Ding Yuan is dead?
Zhang Liao frowned, "Don't you know?"

"never heard of that."

Lu Bu calmly picked up a piece of cloth and touched his oil-stained mouth, as if he didn't take Ding Yuan's matter to heart.

Zhang Liao sighed and said with dark eyes: "After you and Gao Shun left, Dong Zhuo took advantage of this opportunity and suddenly launched a fierce attack on Ding Gong. In just a few days, thousands of Bingzhou troops died tragically. Under the Xiliang cavalry, even Ding Gong"

Zhang Liao felt a little sad when he mentioned Ding Yuan's matter, but everyone else in the audience acted as if they had nothing to do with them.To tell the truth, they were all Lu Bu's best friends, and they didn't have a good opinion of Ding Yuan, otherwise they wouldn't have personally led an army of [-] to join Lu Bu.

Lu Bu sneered at Ding Yuan, and said with a sneer, "If he hadn't been so cruel to me that day, Dong Zhuo would have taken advantage of this opportunity to attack him? Hmph!"

Zhang Liao looked at Lu Bu still harboring a grudge against Ding Yuan, and immediately dispelled his thoughts of wanting Lu Bu to avenge Ding Yuan.

If Lu Bu knew about Zhang Liao's thoughts, he would probably die of laughter on the spot.He just wanted to kill himself last week, but now he wants to go back and avenge him?Think beautifully!
Gao Shun suddenly said, "Of course we are very sorry for Ding Gong's death, but there is still a huge problem in front of us. We must discuss how to go next, instead of thinking about a dead person."

Everyone raised their heads slightly and had no objection to Gao Shun's words.

Gao Shun seemed to be prepared, took out a piece of rough paper from his belt, and spread it out on his desk.It was a map of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, pointing to the junction of Bingzhou and Youzhou, his eyes swept over the people one by one, and said solemnly: "We are now in Shangdang County, Hebei, only [-] miles away from Luoyang. Just now, I received a report from a spy."

Speaking of this, Gao Shun's tone suddenly paused, and then under the cannibalistic eyes of everyone, he finally spoke: "Dong Zhuo has assembled an army in Luoyang to attack us, and his forward general Hua Xiong has led five thousand Xiliang iron cavalry Set off with 12 infantry, and arrive in five days at the latest. This time, Dong Zhuo led [-] Xiliang cavalry and [-] infantry, plus the elite troops led by Dong Zhuo's confidant general Li Jue and others, a total of [-] people. The striker general said that the next day after the departure, the whole team will be dispatched."

At first when they heard that Hua Xiong was leading 2 infantry and [-] cavalry, everyone's faces were already ugly. After all, their army was only [-] at this time, and their horses were only a few hundred horses. Compared with Xiong, he was simply crushed by them in terms of numbers.

However, after hearing that Dong Zhuo was dispatched in full force, everyone was stunned. Nearly 20 troops came to attack his 2-odd troops, and Dong Zhuo's troops were all elite soldiers dispatched from Xiliang , and my side is just a small unit that has just been split from Ding Yuan's Bingzhou Army, there is no comparison at all!

The more difficult it is, the more we need someone to stabilize the morale of the army.Lu Bu let out a heavy breath, tried to calm himself down, walked to the crowd, and said, "Everyone, although Dong Zhuo's attack is fierce this time, as long as we work together, we will be able to hold on for a month or two." month, at that time Dong Zhuo will definitely return without success.”

Gao Shun said suddenly, "We only have enough food for seven days."

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Cao Xing slapped the table, with a fierce look on his face, and gritted his teeth and said: "The worst we can do is fight Dong Zhuo. Even if we die, I will tear off a piece of his body."

Cao Xing's words immediately aroused everyone's response. Wei Xu was obviously also a hot-tempered person, how could he bear the bird's anger, his eyes gleamed coldly: "Dong Zhuo is a national traitor, I will definitely not spare him lightly."

Seeing the indignation on everyone's faces, Lu Bu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Everyone, don't get excited. Now that Ding Yuan has just died, our army's morale is low and people are panic-stricken. It will inevitably be defeated. Dong Zhuo's morale is greatly boosted, and he must not act rashly, otherwise we will ruin more than 2 of our soldiers in vain."

Wei Xu said angrily: "Then we just wait for them to come?"

Zhang Liao said at the right time: "Dong Zhuo's army must be full of singing at this time, and Dong Zhuo's vanguard general Hua Xiong, I have heard, he is arrogant and rebellious, he will definitely look down on our army and seize him With the mentality of underestimating the enemy, we can go straight to Huanglong and capture Huaxiong alive, and we will be victorious in every battle."

As expected of a famous warrior in history, he analyzed the situation of the battle so quickly.After hearing Zhang Liao's words, Lu Bu's eyes lit up immediately, and a plan appeared in his mind: "If we all go out together and intercept Hua Xiong halfway, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Zhang Liao was a little surprised. In his impression, Lu Bu was just a reckless man who knew how to fight. How could he say such things suddenly today?

But what shocked him was yet to come. Lu Bu suddenly walked up to Gao Shun, glanced at the map laid out on the table, pointed to a mountain range above and said, "This is the Liucheng Valley Road, here Surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is the only way for Huaxiong to attack Hebei, if we set up an ambush here, we will definitely win a complete victory."

Relying on his knowledge of Bingzhou in his memory, Lu Bu quickly expressed his plan. After so many years of fighting in Bingzhou, he already knew the terrain of Bingzhou well, and today he just played it out.

Zhang Liao's eyes were full of murderous intent, and a ferocious look burst out from his pupils. He said in a deep voice, "Since you are familiar with the terrain here, Fengxian, then I will entrust you with this battle."

Lu Bu waved his hand, and continued: "Our army is small in number, and it is difficult to transport the rations. It has been delayed for a long time, and our army will definitely be defeated. Therefore, we must make a quick decision, and we can't delay for a minute."

Everyone nodded one after another, listening carefully with their ears pricked up.

"In response to Hua Xiong's tendency to underestimate the enemy and be reckless this time, I designed a roundabout and outflanking strategy. First, Gao Shun led [-] troops to garrison the Liucheng Ancient Road. They must guard the valley mouth for me and stop Hua Xiong. inside."

(End of this chapter)