Chapter 1225: Proton
After receiving Yuan Shao's request for help, Lu Bu also had a headache.
It's not that Lu Bu didn't do his best. Under Chen Gong's persecution, Lu Bu completely gave up his illusions and began to attack wholeheartedly, but the offensive was not smooth.
Because of Lu Bu's own preference and Bingzhou's special environment, the main force of the Bingzhou army is basically cavalry, and the eight million troops dispatched this time are all iron cavalry.
It stands to reason that eight million elite cavalry is also a rather huge force.
However, while the cavalry has super high mobility and destructive power, it also has quite obvious weaknesses-for example, it lacks the ability to attack fortified cities.
Although the Shang Ji army advocates offense, it does not mean that they will not defend the city.
On the contrary, because of the generally high popularity of the city and its excellent equipment manufacturing capabilities, the Shangji army is very strong in defending the city, not inferior to Liu Beijun, who is famous for being good at defending.
With Gaoliu City as the core, relying on the surrounding defensive fortresses, with tens of thousands of catapults, magic arrows, magic cannons, etc., the northern line is impregnable. Lu Bujun tried several times, but finally failed. return.
Because of Bingzhou's inherent weakness, the Bingzhou Army's financial resources have always been relatively poor, and the relationship between the Bingzhou Army and the Shangji Army was harmonious before, and they were able to purchase large-scale equipment such as explosive torches from the Shangji Army at a relatively favorable price. This also further hit Bingzhou Indigenous device manufacturing capabilities.
Now that Lu Bu broke with Shang Ji, it was naturally impossible for Shang Ji to sell him siege equipment, which directly led to the collapse of Lu Bu's army's attacking ability, so that Lu Bu had 8 million cavalry in his hands, but he had no choice but to take a mere Gaoliu City.
Not only the siege equipment, Bingzhou also imports a large amount of grain from Shangji every year. Now the 8 million soldiers are out, people eat horse chews, and the daily grain consumption is an astronomical figure.
So even without Yuan Shao's request for help, Lu Bu was very anxious.
After being bombarded again by Gaoliu City's intensive artillery fire, Zhang Liao couldn't bear it anymore, and took the initiative to talk to Lu Bu, saying, "My lord, this is not going to work. We are all cavalry, fighting the enemy under Gaoliu City, wasting the cavalry's money for nothing." The advantage of maneuverability is completely to use one's own weaknesses to attack one's strengths."
Lu Bu waved his hand a little irritably, and said helplessly: "How can we not know what Wen Yuan said? But the enemy army is sticking to the gate of the city, so what can we do?"
"My lord, why don't we go around."
"Go around?" Lu Bu glanced at Zhang Liao, then came to the side of the map, pointed to the location of Lulong Fortress in Youzhou, and asked: "Wen Yuan means to go around Gaoliu City, attack Lulong Fortress directly, and cut off the Shang Ji army. The connection between the State Corps and the Pingzhou Headquarters?"
"My lord's eyes, that's exactly what Liao intended."
Lu Bu looked and looked, and then sighed, "It's easy to say, but easier said than done?"
"Lulong Fortress is an important pass, and it has been reinforced many times by merchants. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an iron wall. Even if we raid Lulong Fortress, it is impossible to take Lulong Fortress in a short time.
In addition, Wen Yuan has never thought about it. We say that we are allies with Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde and others, but are they trustworthy? Our army went deep into the enemy's rear and cut off the food and grass transportation line of the Shangji army. The Shangji army will definitely list us as a key attack target. At that time, Cao Liuyuan and others will do their best to help, and it will be fine if Shang Ji has no time to return to help, but if they have malicious intentions, we will go deep behind the enemy's rear alone, and we will die.
It's not that the general underestimated himself, if Shang Ji was desperate to attack our army with all his strength, our 8 million army is really not enough for him to deal with. "
Because Lu Bu has the best relationship with the Shang Ji Army and has the closest communication, so Lu Bu is relatively more aware of the combat effectiveness of the Shang Ji Army.
Lu Bu had no choice but to flee.
In the final analysis, it is still a question of trust. Otherwise, Cao Liuyuan and others will contain the main force of Shang Ji head-on, and Lu Bu will lead the elite cavalry to give full play to the advantage of mobility and harass the rear of Shang Ji's army.
"My lord, there is an envoy requesting an interview with my lord, claiming that they are here on behalf of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Yuan Shao."
Just when Lu Bu was feeling tired, another guard suddenly came to report.
Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Please come in!"
Soon, the envoys were brought in. Judging from the number of people, the envoys were not small, with more than ten core members, and Lu Bu also saw many acquaintances.
"I will meet Marquis Wen with Yuan Tan (Cao Ang, Liu Feng)."
"I'll pay my respects to Marquis Wen." Gao Gan, Li Dian, and Mi Zhu followed closely behind and saluted Lu Bu.
"Everyone has come from afar, and I will not be able to greet you from afar. I am rude. You are welcome to sit down, please."
"Marquis Wen fought tens of thousands of thieves with his own strength. We have worked so hard. How dare we bother Marquis Wen to greet him? Please forgive us for nagging."
Yuan Tan smiled slightly and said loudly.
After the courtesies were over, everyone took their seats one by one, and Lu Bu also came, straight to the point and said: "You represent Meng De, Xuan De, and Ben Chu, but do you have a clever plan to help Ben defeat the enemy?"
"I don't dare to say a clever plan, but I do have a plan here." Cao Ang stood up and said respectfully.
"Oh? Then you will have to pay attention to the book."
"Wen Hourong reported that the main force of the Shang army stationed troops on the front line of Gaoliu and Xinbei City, and the enemy's food and fodder mainly came from Pingzhou and Yongzhou. If the grain from Pingzhou and Yongzhou is to be transported to Youzhou, it must pass through the Liaoxi Corridor. Flat, endless plains, most conducive to cavalry play.
However, the iron cavalry under Wen Hou's command is famous all over the world. Wen Hou only needs to send a fine cavalry to pass through Muzhou, and then cut off the Liaoxi Corridor. The Shang army was short of food and supplies, and my father, Liu Gong and Yuan Gong attacked the enemy in front. Wouldn't it be easy to defeat the Shang army? "
Lu Bu looked at the eloquent Cao Ang with great interest, and said with a smile, "Zixiu, tell me honestly, did you think of this yourself, or did Meng De instruct you to say it?"
"Although the younger generation is stupid, they don't bother to pick up other people's wisdom."
The young and energetic Cao Ang was quite arrogant, and he directly answered Lu Bu's question with his head raised.
Lu Bu suddenly smiled, sighed, and said, "How could Zixiu not know about this plan? However, Bingzhou is barren, and the soldiers and people are exhausted after years of continuous fighting. If you want to raid the Liaoxi Corridor for a long distance, you have to worry about it." Not enough strength!"
Patting his thigh, Lu Bu's face was full of helplessness. Not to mention, the acting really looks like that.
It seems that Chen Gong's training for many years is not in vain, at least Lu Bu's city and brain are much better than before.
Yuan Tan standing next to him immediately got up and said with a smile: "My father and two uncles have anticipated the difficulty of Marquis Wen. For this purpose, we specially prepared 300 million gold, 1000 sets of magical armor, 100 dragon horses, and top-grade horses." One billion copies of military rations and 50 million shi of grain.
Except for the food and some finished military rations, which are still in transit due to the inconvenience of carrying them, the gold and silver, armor, magic soldiers, and war horses are just outside the city, and Marquis Wen can send someone to receive them now. "
After a pause, Yuan Tan continued: "Besides, considering that it is too dangerous to go deep into the enemy's hinterland. Although Marquis Wen's bravery is unparalleled in the world, after all, two fists are hard to beat with four hands. The three boys are not talented. I would like to fight with Yu Jin, Gao The three generals Qian and Mi Zhu brought their personal guards and went out together with Marquis Wen, and I hope Marquis Wen doesn't want to despise us for being weak."