Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

"It's all up to my husband's arrangement..." Lu Lingqi replied in a low voice.

Gao Shun was gathering soldiers, and Li Yang was arranging for people to fry noodles. Dengjiazhuang suddenly became tense.

Old owner Deng came out with his grandson in his arms. Seeing that Lu Lingqi was wearing armor, he asked in surprise, "Mr. Ziyu, is this going to war?"

Lan Tian smiled and said: "It's nothing, my lord ordered me to go to Xinye to garrison for a while, the old owner don't have to worry."

Little Deng Fan looked at Lu Lingqi's heroic appearance, his two small eyes were full of envy, and he said slowly: "It's really...so good...pretty..."

Lan Tian smiled and said: "The little guy will grow up quickly, and he will become a general in the future."

"Okay." Little Deng Fan seemed to understand, and he didn't stutter at all.

Everyone returned to Xinye that afternoon, and Lan Tian went directly to the county government office to meet Liu Bei.

Seeing Lan Tian coming back so soon, Liu Bei said happily, "Ziyu came so fast."

"Soldiers are expensive and fast, but safety is not fast." Lan Tian nodded and said.

"Cao Cao sent troops to Hebei again, and Liu Jingsheng asked me to attack Xudu, hoping to help Yuan Benchu ​​win a game." Liu Bei sighed.

Lan Tianxin said that Yuan Shao had never won before, and he estimated that this time would be no exception, "How many troops will Liu Jingsheng allocate to brother-in-law?"

"The military power in Xiangyang is in the hands of Cai Mao, so Liu Jingsheng can only let Wen Zhongye from Nanyang go with me." Liu Bei explained.

"Oh? How many soldiers does Wen Zhongye have?" Lan Tian asked again.

"Bo Yiji said that there are more than 2 people, and if I add my Xinye soldiers, there will be [-] people." Liu Bei said.

Lan Tian shook his head and said: "If there are really [-], it can put pressure on Cao Cao, but Wen Zhongye may not go all out..."

"Ziyu is right. Wenpin can dispatch [-] soldiers, which is not bad." When the two were talking, Xu Shu walked in with a smile.

He has just finished his army formation at the school grounds, and the defense of Xinye has been handed over to Gao Shun, and the army is ready to leave early tomorrow morning.

"Yuan Zhi is here? You guys are talking like this, and Bei suddenly loses confidence in attacking Xu." Liu Bei said sadly.

Lan Tian comforted him, "If Cao Cao attacks Hebei, he will do his best. If he stays in Xudu, he will not have any great talents. Besides, with Yuan Zhi's help this time, I expect to win."

After hearing this, Liu Bei said happily: "Ziyu has always been a master of predicting things, so I don't have to worry about this battle."

Xu Shu had already heard a little about Lantian's past, so he took up Liu Bei's topic: "The military rations sent by Ziyu are very novel, and this expedition can save a lot of luggage."

Lan Tian shook his head and said, "Each person can carry new rations for a few days. It's fine for short-term raids, but it's not suitable for a protracted war..."

Xu Shu nodded and said, "Even so, you can make good use of it."

"What do you mean by new military rations?" Liu Bei asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"My lord, I went to the camp with me and I knew right away that Lan Ziyu sent several thousand catties of fried noodles. The fried noodles can be carried with me and eaten immediately. This plan is really fantastic." Xu Shu sighed.

Liu Bei was surprised when he heard this, "Could it be the method of Genghis Khan's Western Expedition?"

Lan Tian shook his head and said, "I just made some improvements based on his ideas."

Liu Bei was overjoyed, "Ziyu always surprises me, and now I have more confidence in attacking Xu."

Xu Shu scratched his head and said nothing, thinking that what these two people said about Genghis Khan seems to be very famous. Could it be that I, Xu Yuanzhi, haven't read enough books?

Chapter 65 Bowangpo, Xu Shu's debut

Liu Bei's troops came out of Xinye. Among the less than [-] troops were the old troops from Runan, the Jingzhou soldiers dispatched by Liu Biao, the new recruits from Xinye, and the rebels collected in Jiangxia.

The training time is not long, there are not many battles, and the composition of the source of troops is complicated, so the combat effectiveness is worrying, but fortunately, Guan Zhangzhao is the enemy of ten thousand people, and Xu Shu's deployment of troops will look good.

Marching northward for half a day, we arrived at Xi'e. Nanyang guard Wenpin and Yiji greeted him outside the city.

Seeing that Yiji's expression was not good, Liu Bei's heart began to beat immediately. Could it be that Xu Shu and Lantian were right?

The two sides bowed their hands and saluted, Wen Pin said with a smile: "Liu Shijun came so fast."

"Soldiers are expensive, is General Wen ready? When are we going to leave?" Liu Bei asked.

"Shi Jun can go first, my side is not ready yet." Wen Pin replied with a smile.

Liu Bei was puzzled when he heard that, he looked at Yi Ji suspiciously, and said to himself that's not what you said before you left.

Yiji explained embarrassingly: "Zhongye can't get away for the time being, Xuande must wait for a while, or go to send troops alone..."

Wait?Wait until Cao Cao breaks Yuan Shao?

"This is the general order of the Fujun..." Liu Bei had no choice but to carry out Liu Biao.

Wenpin smiled and said: "The situation in Nanyang should be clearer than me. Zhong Yao is in the north, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is in the west, and soldiers from Xudu are in the east. I only have more than [-] people here, and I have to divide troops to garrison Zhuyang. , Boshan and other places, it is not easy to assemble in a short time..."

"When Cao Cao sent troops to Hebei, Xudu must be empty. This is a good opportunity. If the general joins forces with me, he might be able to save the emperor and make an indelible contribution." Liu Bei said sonorously.

"It's not that Pin doesn't want to obey the command of the lord, but it's actually that the major generals in Nanyang are few..." Wen Pin excused.

"Can……"

When Liu Bei still wanted to fight, Xu Shu stepped forward and said, "Since General Wen can't get away, why don't you lend my lord [-] to [-] soldiers, so as to live up to Mr. Liu's trust."

"This is..." Wen Pin said in his heart, what a guy, and he said that there are 2 people. Do these soldiers like me grow out of the ground?

"This is Bei's new military adviser, Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi." Liu Bei introduced.

Military division?Wenpin and Xu Shu bowed their hands to salute, "Master Xu is also reasonable, but it is difficult to allocate 2 to [-] people, so I will borrow [-] troops to send to the envoy."

"Two thousand soldiers are really too few. General Wen will think of a way." Xu Shu shook his head and said.

"Three thousand can't be more..." Wen Pin looked distressed.

"Five thousand." Xu Shu continued to fight.

Yiji saw Liu Bei staring at him, so he suggested to Wenpin: "Liu Shijun is sincere, Zhongye should do his best to help him..."

Wen Pin sighed, "Forget it, five thousand is five thousand."

In fact, there are more than 5000 garrisons in Xi'e, but Wenpin is unwilling to go to Xudu to die. Although his Wen family in Jingzhou is not a wealthy family, he is not a bullying generation.

Liu Bei garrisoned troops in West Hubei for half a day, and continued to march north early the next morning.

Looking at the people and horses going away, Yiji said to himself: "I don't know if Liu Shijun can make meritorious deeds..."

"Including my 2 soldiers, Liu Xuande has less than [-] soldiers. If he can take down Xudu, I will be disarmed and return to the field." Wenpin sneered.

"My lord's intention was to encircle Wei and save Zhao. By holding back Cao Cao's rear, Yuan Benchu ​​could win the frontal battle." Yi Ji sighed.

"Cao Mengde is good at using troops. Liu Xuande has been defeated several times before. This time, he has an additional military adviser. Let's see how he is. If he can win a small victory, I must tell my lord that he has a lot of ambition, so he has to guard against it." Wenpin said coldly.

"What if Liu Shijun is defeated?" Yiji asked again.

"Isn't that just using Cao Cao to weaken his strength? Liu Xuande is planting grain in Xinye, recruiting troops and buying horses. I have sent letters to Xiangyang many times. Perhaps the Lord also has this intention." Wen Pin said meaningfully.

"General Wen said..." Yi Ji seemed to have realized something.

"I didn't say anything." Wenpin shook his head.

The news of Liu Bei's entry into the army had already been sent to Xudu by sentries.

At this time, Cao Cao's troops were in Liyang, and Xiahoudun stayed behind in Xudu. After receiving the information, he prepared his army for war and hurried to the Liyang camp to ask for instructions.

Cao Cao considered that Xiahou Dun's military ability was not strong, so he ordered General Jin and Li Dian, who returned to Xudu to transport food, as his lieutenants to go out to Xudu to defend against the invading Liu Bei's soldiers.

Xiahou Dun led [-] troops and encountered Liu Bei near Ye County at the junction of Runan and Nanyang.

Because of Xiahou Dun's large number of soldiers and his well-trained troops, Liu Bei lost [-] troops when the two armies fought for the first time in Ye County.

According to Xu Shu's plan, Liu Bei fought and left, and finally retreated to camp near Bowangpo, where the terrain is favorable.

Xiahou Dun took advantage of the victory to pursue and confronted Liu Bei in Bowang for several days.

One afternoon, a fire was ignited in Bowangnan, and the outpost officer returned to the camp to report that Liu Bei had set fire to his camp and left.

When Xiahou Dun came with his troops, the fire was still alive, "Liu Xuande is nothing more than that, he ordered the army to continue going south, and he must be captured alive and dedicated to the prime minister."

Pi general Li Dian advised: "Liu Bei's retreat without reason must be deceitful. The road to the south of Bowang Slope is narrow and the vegetation is dense. The general must not pursue him."

Xiahou Dun glanced at Li Dian, and said contemptuously, "Just now I have asked people to search carefully, and there is no luggage in Liu Xuande's camp, and there is no trace of cooking on fire. I guess his food and grass are exhausted, so he must have retreated after running out of food. "

"But……"

Li Dian wanted to persuade him, but Xia Houdun waved his hand, "I've made up my mind, Man Cheng, you and your troops stay in the camp, and Wen Ze and I go after Liu Xuande."

"Wei." Yu Jin clapped his hands and said, he felt that Li Dian was too ignorant of current affairs, and Xiahou Dun was the number two person next to Cao Cao, what if he wanted to win a battle and earn some military merit?Besides, Liu Bei is not a strong opponent.

"Only..." Li Dian had no choice but to respond.

Xiahou Dun led more than [-] people in a hurry, and not long after entering Bowangpo Canyon, he saw Zhao Yun escorting a group of luggage slowing down.

"Sure enough, Liu Bei is not far away, let me catch up." Xiahou Dun was overjoyed, so he reined in his horse and rushed forward.

Zhao Yun returned to Malay to fight Xiahou Dun, and the two fought more than ten times, regardless of the outcome.

Yu Jin led the army from the rear to arrive. Seeing that he could not win, Zhao Yun discarded his luggage and retreated deep into the canyon.

Xiahou Dun laughed loudly: "How can the mob under Liu Xuande defeat our elite? Today I vow to capture that big-eared thief."

He and Yu Jin were chasing after him, Zhao Yun fought and led Cao Jun deeper.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and Liu Bei and Xu Shu were in the dense forest on the mountainside. They looked down and saw Xiahou Dun's soldiers lit up torches, and they were walking towards the trap step by step.

The ambush soldiers on both sides of Bowang Slope were eating fried noodles and dried radish to replenish their strength, waiting for the order of the military advisor Xu Shu to attack.

"Military Master, Xiahou Dun really fell for it, when shall we launch an attack?" Liu Bei asked.

Xu Shu observed the situation in the canyon and said seriously: "Wait a little longer."

Liu Bei grabbed a handful of fried noodles and stuffed them into his mouth, almost choking on his throat, but fortunately, dried radish can make his mouth water.

"The taste of this fried noodles is not good, but it's still good to satisfy hunger." Liu Bei murmured.

Chapter 66 Kuai Yue backstabs, but falls short

Xiahou Dun defeated Zhao Yun in two rounds, and he was still on the way of pursuit. He saw the dark sky and the rustling wind from the dense forest on both sides, and he was also worried that there would be ambushes in the forest.

But at this time, the arrow is on the line. If the order is to withdraw from the valley, the cavalry in the front team will easily trample on the infantry in the rear, so Xiahou Dun can only bite the bullet and charge forward.

Suddenly a salvo of rockets was fired from the mountain to the west, and shouts erupted in the valley. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's ambush soldiers rushed out together, and Xiahou Dun's soldiers immediately panicked.

"General, if there is really an ambush, you can retreat quickly." Yu Jin hurriedly reminded.

"Wen Ze, you immediately restrain your troops and horses, and order the army to retreat out of the valley quickly." At this time, Xiahou Dun could only rely on Yu Jin, who was able to manage the army well.

"Wei." Yu Jin responded and left.

At this time, Zhao Yun led the army to kill again from the south, and formed a three-sided attack with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Cao Jun suddenly fell into a panic.

Liu Bei was delighted to see the fire in the dense forest: "The military master has a great plan, maybe he can capture Blind Xiahou alive this time."

Xu Shu nodded and said: "Now the outcome has been decided, whether the coach can be captured alive depends on God's will."

In the northern camp, Li Dian saw that Bowangpo was burning into the sky. He expected Xiahou Dun to be ambushed by Liu Bei, so he led the soldiers and horses in the camp to rush south to meet them.

Xiahoudun and Yu Jin were calm at first, but as the fire intensified in the dark night, and Liu Beijun's siege and interception, the two behind them were already in chaos, and could only run for their lives on their own, with no energy left to restrain their soldiers.

Two hours later, Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin fled to Taniguchi with the remnants of their troops, and none of the more than 2 people they brought with them survived.

Seeing that they could escape, a group of men from the north came with torches, and the soldiers in the rear were stunned.

Xiahou Dun mistook Liu Bei for ambush, and said to Jin with a mournful face, "We are going to die here..."

After a while, Yu Jin found out that it was Li Dian's reinforcements, and said happily, "General, it's Man Cheng who came to meet him."

Xiahou Dun took a closer look, and sure enough, he played under the banner of Li Zi, but because he didn't listen to his words before the battle, he was not happy at the moment.

After the war, Liu Bei counted his men and horses. In the first battle of Bowangpo, he wiped out more than [-] enemies, and his own side suffered less than [-]% of the damage.

After a big victory, Guan Zhangzhao and other generals were overjoyed. Liu Bei finally understood the importance of a military advisor, so he trusted Xu Shu even more.

"Military division, what should we do now?" Liu Bei asked.

"Xiahoudun must leave when he is defeated. We can advance slowly, and then ask Wenpin and Liu Biao for help. Maybe we can really invade Xudu." Xu Shu said.

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard that, so he ordered Jian Yong and Liu Yan to go to Xiangyang and Xi'e respectively to ask for help, and then continued to march north.

Wenpin was shocked when he learned that Liu Bei had defeated Xiahou Dun. He said that he must obey Liu Biao's order before sending troops.

Jian Yong came to Xiangyang quickly, Liu Biao was also shocked when he heard the news of Liu Bei's victory, "Xianhe has worked hard from afar, so you can go to the post house to rest first, I will discuss with the generals immediately."

"Duke Ming, please make a quick decision, this is a god-given opportunity." Jian Yong cupped his hands and said.

"Let's go to Xianhe, there will be a decision when you are young." Liu Biao said.