The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

He stationed 300,000 troops in the Guandu camp. In addition to going south to recover Lingnan, Lu Bu had other purposes.

After receiving the news of Cao Cao's triumphant expedition to the west, Lu Bu judged that Cao Cao's next plan was to conquer the south and pacify the world in one fell swoop. By then, he would inevitably have a head-on conflict with Cao Cao.

Although he now owns four states and has half a million soldiers. However, the 200,000 soldiers of the Xiaowei Army and Guo Yi Army were all surrendered troops from Jizhou and Qingzhou. Compared with the soldiers of the other three armies, the gap in combat capabilities was too large. Lu Bu cannot directly disarm. After all, there are 200,000 people. Once the disarmament causes their resistance and dissatisfaction, there will be a situation that is difficult to deal with.

After the elimination of Goguryeo, Liaodong was able to expand its territory thousands of miles away. However, Liaodong was a bitter cold land, and the people of Hebei were unwilling to leave their hometown and move to Liaodong to settle down. Lu Bu had no choice but to send 100,000 Xuance troops to Liaodong and garrison the fields to support his army.

On the other hand, in order to completely liberate Han slaves from the gentry, Lu Bu issued a new national policy. From now on, the gentry in Hebei will no longer use Han people as slaves. As for the slaves needed by the gentry in Hebei, they will be from the previously conquered people. A barbarian woman plays the role. When this national policy was first promulgated, it encountered strong resistance from the noble families. In order to implement the national policy smoothly, Lu Bu used his iron-blooded tactics and sent troops to directly kill several noble families who took the lead in making trouble. After that, the aristocratic families in Jizhou and Qingzhou became honest. , have spent money to buy Hu women to serve as the labor force needed by the family.

For a time, the Hu women who were camp prostitutes were not allocated enough.

Lu Bu thought of a new method, which was to continue sending troops north to conquer new lands and plunder new populations. At this time, there was no complete political power in the north of the Mongolian grassland, only hundreds of Gaoche tribes and primitive Tungus people.

Therefore, Lu Bu asked Tai Shici to lead an army of 100,000 wolf cavalry, and go north from Mongolia to conquer the Tungus and Gaoche tribes. Like the previous policy of killing the Hulings, all the men of these ethnic tribes were killed, and the women and wealth were Then take it back to Hebei.

After handling matters in the north, Lu Bu once again used his God's perspective. He knew that the Lingnan land had not been developed on a large scale at this time. It was a vast land, so Lu Bu had the idea of ​​​​going south to plunder the population. .

But if we want to march south, we face a huge practical problem, that is, the army needs to pass through Cao Cao's territory. Although the two have formed an alliance with each other and are both ministers of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao is suspicious and will not easily agree to Lu Bu's march south.

So Lu Bu ordered 300,000 troops to garrison Guandu, and sent Xun Chen to Luoyang to ask for an audience with Cao Cao. If Cao Cao agreed, the army would go south to attack Lingnan. If Cao Cao did not agree, the army would cross the Yellow River and start a decisive battle with Cao Cao in advance.

Lu Bu was taking a big gamble. At present, the national power of the four states in Hebei cannot compete with Cao Cao, who is sitting in the Central Plains. Although the two will have a battle sooner or later, maybe five years, or ten years, it is definitely not now.

The purpose of Lu Bu's doing this was also to delay Cao Cao's pace of unifying the world and buy more time for his own development.

Everything came true to Lu Bu's wish. Xun Chen, who returned from Luoyang, brought good news: Cao Cao had agreed to Lu Bu's use of troops in Lingnan, but Lu Bu still needed to send troops to help the court regain Jingzhou.

I had previously learned from Wei Xu that the rebellion against Wei Yan, Huang Gai, and Han Dang was progressing smoothly, and Liu Bei successfully captured Jingnan, leaving Jingzhou in chaos. All this was expected by Lu Bu. The Xiaowei Army and the Kokang Army needed to experience real battles, and only the surviving soldiers could be called elite soldiers.

Lu Bu was still worried about these newly surrendered generals and soldiers. After all, he was born in the army, so naturally he could not compare with Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and three princes.

Faced with the current situation, Lu Bu took some measures. He adopted Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang as adopted sons, sent the Yuan brothers to Chaoshan County, and appointed the Hebei civil service group that had been suppressed before.

In this southern expedition, Xu Shu was the commander-in-chief, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Chunyu Qiong, Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Zhang Nan, Chen Lan, Lei Bo, these Hebei surrendered generals, and the Xiaowei composed of Hebei surrendered soldiers. The army and the Kokang army were all dispatched.

The Guandu camp was garrisoned by Gao Shun and 100,000 Beiwei troops.

In the eighth year of Jian'an (203), Lu Bu's -strong army crossed the Yellow River in a mighty manner and headed south. They passed the Wei army's garrison along the way and received a large amount of supplies. After all, Cao Cao was using Lu Bu's army this time, so he naturally had to be prepared. Food supplies the army.

In order to dispel Cao Cao's concerns, Lu Bu proposed that Cao Cao send people to serve as supervisors. In this way, the fifteen-year-old Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang and Cao Ziwen, stepped onto the battlefield for the first time.

Originally, in terms of age, official position, and military experience, the post of military supervisor should have been held by the seventeen-year-old Cao Pi.

However, since the death of Dian Wei in the Battle of Liangzhou, Cao Pi has not been favored by Cao Cao. As a middle-ranking general with five senses, he lowered his profile and met Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xia Houshang, the second generation of the three clansmen. Leaders make friends and secretly form partisans.

In addition to the three clan members, Cao Pi also received support from the Yingchuan Sima family.

Sima Fang, the head of the Sima family in Yingchuan, was once the order of Luoyang. When Cao Cao was appointed as the northern captain of Luoyang, he took great care of him. Cao Cao became Queen of Wei and worshiped Sima Fang as the Luoyang Cavalry Commander. Sima Fang's eight sons also got the opportunity to serve in official positions.

Sima Fang's eight sons are: Sima Lang, Sima Yi, Sima Fu, Sima Kui, Sima Xun, Sima Jin, Sima Tong, and Sima Min. They are all talented and learned, and are called "Sima Bada".

Among the Bada, Sima Yi was the most talented and learned. At the age of 25, he was well-read and proficient in the art of war. He wanted to join the army and make achievements. However, Sima Fang insisted on letting him enter politics and asked Sima Yi to serve as Cao Pi's staff. In the eyes, Cao Zhang was only fifteen years old and Cao Zhi was only twelve years old. After Cao Cao unified the world, he would definitely replace the Han Dynasty and become independent. At that time, Cao Pi, as the second son, would obviously have the best chance to inherit the great cause.

As a hero of a generation, Cao Cao's thoughts were so easy to see through. This was why he chose to let Cao Zhang serve as the supervisor. He wanted to see if his son could serve as the supervisor.