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In October of the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu wanted to join forces with Lu Bu and let him use it for his own use, so he proposed to Lu Bu that his son would marry Lu Bu's daughter, and Lu Bu agreed. Yuan Shu sent Han Yin as an envoy and officially conveyed to Lu Bu his plan to change his reign and ascend to the throne and become emperor. At the same time, he asked Lu Bu's daughter to marry his son.

However, this incident destroyed the Pei Prime Minister Chen Gui. Chen Gui and his son were inclined to Ma Han and Liu Bei, and were deeply dissatisfied with Lu Bu's reliance on Cao Bao after he entered Xuzhou. Cao Hong's brothers were deeply dissatisfied with him, so he said to Lu Bu: "Ma Jun welcomes the emperor, assists the country's affairs, and is in power and destiny. He is about to conquer the world. Generals should work with the plan to seek peace in Taishan. Now they marry Shu and are in the name of unrighteousness in the world. They will be in danger of being buried."

Lu Bu suddenly woke up and immediately sent someone to catch up with the wedding party. Not only did he recover his daughter, he also sent Han Yin to Luoyang and handed it over to the court. Regarding Chen Gui's proposal to represent Lu Bu in Lu Bu and agree to the alliance with the General of Cavalry, Lu Bu originally agreed, but because Chen Gong opposed it, he had to put this discussion aside.

Lu Bu is so capricious and acts of doing things in a desperate way, even a clay figure is about to get out of trouble, let alone Yuan Shu, who feels so good that he wants to ascend the throne to the emperor, how can he tolerate such humiliation?

At the end of November, Yuan Shu, who was furious and angry, sent envoys to Xiapi to condemn Lu Bu, regardless of the arrival of winter. At the same time, he recruited a large army everywhere and prepared to launch troops to attack Lu Bu.

At that time, the Tao Bianzhuang, located in Danyang, Yangzhou, was targeted by Yuan Shu in the power of Yuan Shu. He took this opportunity to put pressure on the Tao clans and demanded that they send troops to cooperate in the battle. The Tao clan was the most powerful in Danyang, but since Tao Qian's death, his momentum has declined. Yuan Shu took advantage of the situation to suppress and reduce his strength, which was also the only intention.

The lost power of the Tao family could not withstand the pressure, so they sent three thousand Danyang soldiers to help. It was considered to have handled this job. The Tao family's Biezhuang originally had five thousand Danyang soldiers, but the Danyang soldiers were also divided into two categories: one was the brave and fighting Shanyue people, and the other was the Lou boatman who was good at bowing and fighting on the boat. Among the five thousand Danyang soldiers in the Tao family's Biezhuang, there were one thousand Shanyue people, one thousand doormen, and three thousand, which were the Lou boatman.

Under pressure, the Tao clan members finally decided to hand over the three thousand-floor boatman after repeated considerations. The reason is very simple. The loyal and brave Shanyue people are rare, and the disciples are even more elite Dow, with only the Tao boatman. In Danyang, it is easier to recruit and train, but there will be losses and easy to supplement.

After Yuan Shu collected the three thousand boatmen, he handed over to the general Ji Ling. Ji Ling used it as another unit and directly used the three thousand sailors as infantry, allowing this army of boatmen to attack the vanguard.

Lu Bu's courage is known to everyone, and the strength of the Bingzhou army is famous all over the world. You can tell if you use a navy army to collide with the Bingzhou cavalry.

When the news reached the Tao brothers in Luoyang, the two brothers were shocked. These five thousand Danyang soldiers were their guarantee of their survival and promotion. If most of them were ruined, teach them how to explain to Ma Han? So the Tao brothers acted separately, and Tao Yingxing rushed back to Danyang at night to see if there was a chance to save them. The Tao merchant rushed to Donglai and reported the details as soon as possible when he was waiting for Ma Han's return.

After listening to the report from Tao Shang, what Ma Han was even more interested was the news that Yuan Shu wanted to proclaim himself emperor. Yuan Shu's proclaim was the beginning of his defeat. It seems that the south of the Yangtze River will be reshuffled.

What was the outcome of the war between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu? Who wins and who loses? What impact will it have on Yan, Xu, Yang, and Yuzhou? Ma Han frowned for a long time, but he had no impression of it. His understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms was not enough to be comprehensive.

However, no matter what the result is, you will never allow your soldiers to be cannon fodder. In the World Chess Game of Mahan, this surprise soldier, as an important chess piece, has been planned. Once the loss is too huge, it will cause a whole situation to be passive. If a son makes a mistake, he may lose all the game, let alone a son being eaten...

When Tao Shang saw Ma Han frowned, he said, "General Mo You, these are just boatmen, and the real Danyang elite are still there. Even if these three thousand water soldiers are broken, it will take only three or five years to recruit and train a group of new soldiers..."

"I can't wait that long, and you said that's a new soldier." Ma Han took a deep breath and looked at the south, and his evil spirit gradually revealed. "Since the talisman of the army is in my hands, these boatmen are my soldiers. This is not thirty, not three hundred, but three thousand! I won't watch my three thousand soldiers die and do nothing!"

Taishici bowed and held his fists, looking solemn: "Lord, I have something to do, and I am the leader."

Le Jin, Guan Hai, and Chen Dao bowed together: "Lord, I have something to do, and we are willing to be the foreman."

"We won't go back to Luoyang to celebrate the New Year." Ma Han's big horse golden sword was still sitting on a homemade general chair, "Let's go to Xuzhou to pay New Year's greetings to Lu Fengxian and Yuan Highway."

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Ma Han said that he would wish the New Year to the two princes who were preparing to fight, but when his fleet sailed into the East China Sea, the year had passed - yes, the spring of the second year of Jian'an was about to come.

Ma Han went south this time, and his command had three powerful generals, including Le Jin, Chen Dao and Guan Hai. In terms of military strength, there was even more. In addition to the five hundred general guards, there was also a fierce barbarian camp composed of pure war soldiers. In addition to Guan Hai's 1,000 Bohai Army, it was able to fight on land and run on water. I am afraid that Lu Bu would not be able to do anything if he gathered Xuzhou troops together.

Ma Han's second trip to Xuzhou was incomparable to the previous one.

When the ship arrived in Qu County, the Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers who had received the news in advance had already welcomed the carriage.

However, in order to prevent leaks of news, Ma Han did not land in Mi Mansion, but instead parked the boat on Yuzhou Mountain Island outside the sea, and ordered the Mi brothers to meet him in a lightweight manner.

When Ma Han met with the Mi brothers two years ago, the two sides still held a tribute. This time, even as Mi Zhu and Xuzhou were the ones, they could only hold the tribute to the general of the Han cavalry.

In the bird room of the building, the Mi brothers looked solemn and bowed to the Ma Han, who was sitting upright, and did not even have the gesture of helping him. After the Mi brothers finished the worship, they replied with a straight bow.

This etiquette means that the Mi brothers officially recognize the master and the etiquette cannot be abolished.

Previously, Ma Han had sent a light boat to Xu first, informed the Mi brothers of his purpose, and asked the Mi brothers to collect intelligence. Due to Ma Han's sensitivity to his identity, this trip was mainly about secret actions, and he could not reveal his identity unless he had to do so. Therefore, intelligence is the guide to the operation and can be said to be the top priority.

As the Mi brothers, it was effortless to get Lu Bu's information. Even Yuan Shu's army's information was found - merchants were born to do information, and officials and businessmen had no information that they could not get.

Mi Zhu first reported on the comparison of troops between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu.

This time, Lu Bu used half of his eight powerful generals (to be precise, seven powerful generals, among which Hao Meng was killed for rebellion): Gao Shun, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu (i.e. Wei Yue), and Cao Bao, and Chen Gong led Song Xian to garrison in Pengcheng to prepare for Cao Cao, and Zhang Liao and Hou Cheng were in charge of Xia Pi.

"Bu had a thousand cavalrymen, more than 900 horses, and a total of 5,788 infantrymen. They had excellent fighting skills. In addition, there were about 3,000 other troops of the Cao brothers and Chen father and son, and the entire army had a total of 10,000. However, the troops and horses of the Cao and Chen families were not under Bu's command, so there were less than 7,000 people who could command. Among them, more than 1,000 people and horses could not move in Pengcheng, and more than 1,000 people and horses could not move in Xiapi. The last force that Lu Bu could gather to fight was only four hundred cavalry and three thousand infantry."

Mi Zhu did not read any text information at all, and reported various data fluently, fully reflecting the merchant's sensitivity to numbers. After talking about Lu Bu's situation, Yuan Shu was followed.

"Shu gathered 30,000 troops this time, with the generals under his command Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Ji Ling, Wu Jing, Yuan Yin, Chen Lan and Lei Bo as the main generals, each leading thousands of troops and horses, and attacking Xia Pi in seven directions. It can be said that the army is approaching, and the force is coming, and people are panic in Xuzhou..."

Ma Han calculated while listening, 30,000 people, seven groups of soldiers, each of which ranged from 3,000 to 5,000, and any group could match Lu Bu's full force... Seven to one, with such an advantage, even a siege battle, let alone field battles.

Mi Fang shivered and showed fear: "For Lu Bu, the danger of this battle is probably even more dangerous with Cao Cao for the battle of Yanzhou! In my opinion, Xuzhou will soon be named Yuan..."

Ma Han smiled. He didn't think so. He focused on military strength, but more on combat power. Although Lu Bu's army was small, he had been tying with Cao's army in the past two years, and both sides were getting stronger and stronger. Although Lu Bu was defeated in the end, it was largely a decision-making mistake rather than a crime of war. What about Yuan Shu's army?

In Ma Han's impression, Yuan Shu's Yangzhou army was unable to reach the forefront among the vassal armies of various three kingdoms, and almost no famous general was found. The only one who could be called a powerful general was Ji Ling. If the general was not good, the soldiers were not good, what's the use of having more people? Isn't Yuan Tan's troops seven times that of Taishi Ci, so what's the result?

In addition, what makes Ma Han even more incomprehensible is why a seven-way attack was launched?

This tactic of division and joint attack is best in a vast plain, and there are enough cavalry to collect the effect of a net of all sides. But here is Huainan with rivers and mountains and dangerous mountains, and less than 10% of Yuan Shu's cavalry... I really don't know which brain came up with a bad idea, and what's even more speechless is that Yuan Shu also adopted it.

If it was a Marhan, he would clench the army into fists and hit him hard, would you not be able to answer? If you don’t answer, I will take Xia Pi and take your lair. If you answer, this heavy blow will be enough to make you vomit blood.

Don't use a good fist, but spread your five fingers... Be careful that Lu Bu will break your fingers.

Seeing Ma Han sneering, Mi Zhu thought he also believed that Lu Bu could not survive this level, so he reported the last situation: "But Lu Bu found a good helper this time. If he used it properly, he might still have a little vitality."

Ma Han was quite interested: "Oh, which one?"

"Not one, it's three." Mi Zhu stretched out three fingers and pointed south, "These are the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang who were trapped in Haixi." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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