Chapter 537: Liu Bei's New Target
Li Yunfei didn't choose to sneak attack or anything, because Liu Bei's camp thirty miles away kept sending spies to observe the troubles in Puyang, and if something went wrong, they would run away immediately, so there was no way to sneak attack.
Of course, during the ten days that Li Yunfei was stationed in Puyang to rest, he was actually preparing some special equipment. Liu Bei never thought of launching an attack these days, but kept sending out spies to investigate Li Yunfei's movements.
His task is to prevent Lu Bu's army from going south, so for him, it is best for Lu Bu to stay in Puyang City forever. After a month or two, he can happily bring hundreds of thousands People and horses, it is better to find a relatively stable place to develop forces with peace of mind. In fact, some people and horses have been sent to find a suitable place now.
Hundreds of thousands of people can do a lot of things. If they go outside the customs, on the infinitely vast land, they can even build a big empire based on this.
The Central Plains really can't keep going. Originally, in the name of benevolence and righteousness, you can go around buying people's hearts, but now Lu Bu is doing better than him, and is more popular, and his strength is simply incomparable. The world's Kyushu Lu Bu has five of them alone. So plan ahead.
Maybe it would be better to leave the Central Plains and look for other development opportunities outside the pass. Liu Bei, who was thinking hard about his future, finally made up his mind to leave the Central Plains. The land outside the pass is extremely vast, but the most suitable place for development is the Yilou area to the east of Fuyu in the north of Liaodong. The reason why Liu Bei knew it was because some of the soldiers sent by Gongsun Kang came from there, and they got a lot of support. much information.
There is a vast area, not a small population, and rich products, but the people there are still in the barbaric era of slash-and-burn farming, and the people are also very barbaric. It is not difficult to develop local peace of mind, and then find a way to Sinicize those barbarians and gradually open up the wisdom of the people.
It may be very hard in the first few years of doing this, but as long as you have the foundation to settle down, everything is worth it. You only need to develop steadily for ten or eight years, and you can build an ideal kingdom that is completely your own...
"Come on, hurry up and ask the second and third younger brothers and General Zilong to come to the meeting quickly..." After Liu Bei communicated, he suddenly had the feeling of seeing the blue sky through the clouds and mists, and immediately called a few confidants for a meeting.
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After more than ten days of rest, Li Yunfei finally marched towards Liu Bei's camp, which was more than 30 miles away, with more than 100,000 horses, but at the same time Li Yunfei's troops were leaving the city, Liu Bei's army also moved.
He had already made up his mind to develop outside the customs, so of course he would not come into contact with Li Yunfei's army, but he was still a trustworthy person after all, no matter what state of mind he was in, he didn't just run away and disappear, but cautiously and Li Yunfei's army kept a distance.
Advance 20 miles on this side and retreat 20 miles on the other side. They set up camp here and buried pots for cooking, and they also started to bury pots for cooking. Anyway, they kept sending spies to observe the movements of Li Yunfei's army from afar. It was really far away. If you look at it from a distance, you will run away, but Li Yunfei has a chance to catch someone.
They also moved when Li Yunfei moved, and they also stopped when Li Yunfei stopped. When Li Yunfei reversed his course, they would follow silently, but they always kept a distance of more than thirty miles, and they did it perfectly...
It is not a solution to always have an army staring at the side, and it will not work if you don't care about it at all, so you must find a way to defeat Liu Bei's army.
"Hu Yi, now you will lead the army to advance slowly, and I will lead a cavalry to quietly outflank it..."
"This matter is absolutely impossible, my lord, let the general lead the cavalry to outflank the past!" Hearing that Li Yunfei was going to take the risk himself, Hu Yi immediately became anxious. Apologize with death.
"...Alright, you can bring 30,000 cavalry, 300 field bed crossbows, and 3,000 bursting arrows, leave the team in the dark, and then outflank them. If you successfully intercept their troops, don't be brave and charge directly. , set up bed crossbows on the spot, and greet them with bursting arrows... They are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and there is no need to make more killings, as long as they don't charge you, all you have to do is disperse their team, and then bluff them..."Since Li Yunfei was happy to have someone do it for him, but this outflanking was a technical job, and the damage would be reduced if he played it in a low-level way, so he deliberately explained it. As for how to do it, it was up to Hu Yi to make his own decision.
Of course, people nowadays have not seen the bursting arrows, the loud noise like thunder from the sky, which can scare people even if they can’t kill them. It will inevitably collapse when it is attacked by such a preemptive attack.
After the collapse, he also launched a charge. It is absolutely impossible for Liu Bei to regroup the defeated troops. He only needs to rush up and catch the prisoners. All Liu Bei can do is run as far as possible. Of course, he can also choose To break the boat and fight against him to the death is not to underestimate him, but to fight him to the death can only end in the annihilation of the whole army.
"No!" Hu Yi excitedly went back to make arrangements.
"...My lord, the students also want to lead the army!" Thirty-six felt a little envious when he saw Hu Yi going out with an army. After hesitating for a long time, Thirty-six finally expressed his thoughts.
In principle, following the lord is a close minister. Naturally, there are many benefits, and he will rise to the top in the future, and he can become a high official easily. Merit...
"Thirty-six, if you want to lead the army, you can only start with the captain, you can think clearly!"
"Yes, the student has thought it through clearly, and please ask the Lord to complete it!"
"Well, according to reliable information, there are less than 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the city of Ye. There is a serious shortage of food and grass. More than half of the people in the city have turned to our army, and the morale of the defenders is gone. It can be said that now I and I order you to lead six thousand elite soldiers to take down Yecheng first." Li Yunfei directly issued an order, which is actually a disguised contribution. Not being able to win there smoothly really only shows that he is really not suitable for leading troops.
It is said that Yecheng was quite prosperous originally, so it was Yuan Shao's lair, but Yuan Shao died suddenly, but he did not choose an heir, so the three sons fought fiercely for the position of inheritance, so many of them here The people began to flee to the south one after another a few months ago. And some of the soldiers brought by Thirty-Six were from Yecheng, so it would make it easier to occupy there.
"Thank you, my lord, the last general has taken the order!" Six thousand soldiers is the maximum standard for a strong army, and it is the general level in a further step, and the difficulty of this task is extremely low, which is tantamount to giving credit in disguise, following the lord. After more than half a year, it really didn't work in vain.
"...You should bring more food and grass over there. When you get there, don't rush to attack. Make good use of the situation. It's best to directly force the defenders to open the city and surrender!" Li Yunfei explained again carefully.
"Understood, thank you, my lord, for your guidance!"
"You must keep in mind military discipline. If you let me know that you have committed some illegal acts, I will not spare you..."
"The general understands, who has been with the master for a long time, and naturally understands the importance of discipline."
"Well, let's go!"
"The last general resigns!" Thirty-six finally left. This personal guard who has been with him for nearly a year is the last one among the first batch of students to go out to make contributions. He originally wanted to train him to be a management talent. Unexpectedly, he became a general.
After sending Thirty-Six to collect Yecheng, he sent several generals to lead troops to capture other counties and counties. Li Yunfei decided to take down all nine counties and counties in Yizhou while pursuing Liu Bei's army. . As for whether it can be held, in fact Li Yunfei never thought that the group of coalition forces that had gone south would have a chance to come back.
Xu Shu had already opened a huge pocket and took in all the coalition forces, but the group of people didn't know that they were in a dangerous situation. Even if a few counselors felt that something was wrong and tried to persuade them, but under those ambitions Home, occupying more than ten cities in a row, the vanguard has already approached Xuzhou, under such a good situation, there will be no progress, and the benefits of going late will be taken away by others.
They really thought that Li Yunfei's lair was empty, and the main troops went to the south and north respectively, while Liu Bei in the north was very competitive and successfully entangled Li Yunfei's main force and could not go south.
In fact, after Xuzhou's emergency recruitment order was issued, more than 500,000 elite soldiers were gathered a few days ago, plus the original 200,000 standing troops, the total force near Xuzhou is now more than 800,000. These are not false figures, the number is almost twice that of the Northern Alliance, and they occupy the most advantageous location and harmony. It is just a trivial matter to completely annihilate the incoming enemy...