Chapter 799 Lu Bu's Luck
Liu Dai was not grateful for his good luck. When Lu Bu's army fiercely attacked the southern part of Jibei County, heavy snow fell from the sky! Help!
The heavy snow blocked the road where Lu Bu was moving forward, but it could not block the road where the iron army Song Hufeng was moving forward. Because they were strangers, the northern part of Chenliu County was in trouble. Song Hufeng's iron army continued to harass the surrounding cities, towns and villages by him.
This situation made Lu Bu furious. The problem was that this matter was a celestial phenomenon. Who could change it? Even if Zhang Jiao, who claimed to be able to summon wind and rain, could temporarily change the celestial phenomena, it would be impossible to stop the continuous heavy snow in the present, right?
The depressed Lu Bu could only watch the heavy snow in the house and drink depressedly.
"General, are you in a bad mood?"
Pang Yuan walked in from the door with a smile, looking at him as if he was back from outside, and there were still traces of melting snowflakes on his body.
"Come on, drink with someone. This is a ghost weather, nothing can be done!"
Pang Yuan nodded and sat naturally opposite Lu Bu. Lu Bu poured him a glass of hot wine and reached out to signal Pang Yuan to raise the glass. Pang Yuan picked up the glass and signaled it, took a sip, squinted his eyes and tasted it. Lu Bu poured the wine in the glass into his throat in a large mouthful, then exhaled the wine, as if he wanted to exhale the stuffy air in his chest.
"The general is still angry about the sour jujube?"
"What's the anger? Isn't the sour jujube still in our hands?"
"Haha, yes, the sour jujube is still in our hands, but these strange people are constantly harassing the outside world, which makes people panic. General, we are quite passive in the current situation and must change."
"How to change!" Lu Bu's eyes lit up, then dimmed again.
Pang Yuan smiled with a pursed lips, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said with a smile: "General thinks how should we change it? If this heavy snow does not exist!"
"Of course it's a hard hit. It's best to get out of Jibei County!"
"So what about Chenliu? What about Liang State? Then, in the huge Jibei County, how do the general plan to control it? The rice must be eaten bite by bite, and things must be done step by step. We are not the Yellow Turban Army. We cannot count wherever we fight. We are the king's army. Every time we take a place, we should make these places a happy land for the Han. Only in this way can we get more support and be considered king's army, otherwise what is the difference between them and bandits?"
"This..." Lu Bu thought about it and had to admit that Pang Yuan's words were right. He couldn't just think about fighting, but also think about what to do after he fought. Otherwise, fighting would be a waste of time, and it was even worse than not fighting.
"Some family understands, then Fuqing, what should we do now?"
Pang Yuan did not answer directly, but talked about what he had done just now.
"I just went to the free market and bought some information from the Yiren. Do you want to hear it?"
"you say!"
"The general of Fang Zhiwen already knew about the battle at the Yangtze River Estuary. In this battle, Fang Zhiwen harvested a large number of ships. Then, a few days ago, Sun Jian suddenly appeared in Jujiujiang, and there were a large number of ships on the river. You must know. It turns out that Sun Jian had no fleet at all, otherwise he would not have been suppressed by the Lu family all the time."
Lu Bu blinked his eyes, as if he was savoring the tricks, and then suddenly said, "Lujiang. His purpose is Lujiang, and he wants to take advantage of the Lu family's weakness to completely ruin the Lu family! Sun Jian got up, tsk, this kid is cruel enough, I have long said he is cruel enough!"
"Haha, the general has good eyesight. There are still many difficulties for Sun Jian in front of him, but there is no doubt that Jiangdong can no longer block his footsteps. The Lu family cannot do it, nor can Zangmin. Moreover, the Zhu family and the Gu family have already defected to Sun Jian."
Lu Bu suddenly stood up, walked back and forth a few times indoors, then ran to the front of the map and bent down to look carefully for a while, turned his head to look at Pang Yuan and said, "I want to know what Zhao Yun is moving!"
"The general is too sensitive to war!" Pang Yuan praised sincerely. Lu Bu is born for war. Compared with his political naivety, Lu Bu is the God of War and a well-deserved God of War!
"The general's guess is good. Zhao Yun and Huang Zu led 30,000 troops to attack Jichun County, and were probably moving towards Tianzhu Mountain. The general must have guessed that Sun Jian received the support of Fang Zhiwen and the exchange was to jointly attack Cao Cao. After Sun Jian obtained Lujiang, he needed to weaken the strong Cao Cao, otherwise he would not have time to turn back and integrate the Jiangdong clan."
Lu Bu nodded, looked back at the map, and said without saying, "I'm afraid Zilong and Sun Jian won't succeed this time. The weather is bad now. The second is that the logistics road is far and unfavorable for a long battle. If Cao Cao stationed his troops and wanted to break through the city, their strength would be a bit insufficient. Zilong took such a few soldiers, which seemed to be doing."
"Not bad, but there are still troops all the way!"
"Oh? Where are there any troops? Did Zhiwen take action personally? Cao Cao is so bad now!"
"Is that so? But does the general respect Fang Zhiwen so much?"
"That's right, even if I have confidence in what's going on on the battlefield, I still have no idea when I meet him."
"Is the general not as good as Fang Zhiwen?"
"Haha, it's not that it's worse, but that I haven't fought to the end. I don't know who wins and who loses. If we count the political comparison, it's beyond the reach of the world!"
Pang Yuan narrowed his eyes and said with a sneer: "Maybe we really have to fight one day!"
"Oh? Fuqing and Zhiwen have a grudge?"
"Haha, no, but he was ridiculed in person once and was dissatisfied with him!"
"Haha... that kid just talks unforgiving, but he is very honest. In fact, I am also looking forward to being able to fight him, maybe I can give my all, and I feel that he is the only opponent who can be evenly matched!"
Pang Yuan smiled and brought the topic back to the topic: "That army was not from Fang Zhiwen, but from Zhang Zhiyuan, the prefect of Guiyang, Jingnan, and 80,000 infantry and cavalry!"
"Indie?!"
"Yes, Yi Ren's troops, have they sent a letter to criticize Cao Cao before?"
"I know, saying that Cao Cao accepted the investment from foreign investors, but hasn't Cao Cao announced the expulsion of these foreign forces?"
"Haha, it's all about expelling Cao Cao's mouth and talking, and he just talks and has white teeth. Maybe the front door will be driven out and the back door will come in again. Cao Cao is not a gentleman."
"Indeed, this kid is very slippery, and he is as thick-skinned as Fang Zhiwen."
"Haha, everyone knows this, so no one takes it seriously. Since there is an excuse to start a war, we will naturally fight here, and everyone has reasons to start a war, right!"
Pang Yuan put down the wine glass in his hand, reached out to pick up the wine pot and poured new wine for himself and Lu Bu. However, Lu Bu no longer had the interest in drinking, but stared at Pang Yuan and asked: "So what does Fuqing say about this have to do with what he said just now that should change the current situation?"
"General, did we have achieved our strategic goal as a result of our conquering Liang State?"
"Uh... That's right!"
"Then why are we on the territory of Jibei County now?"
"This...is naturally, in order to deal with the iron army offensive north of Chenliu, this strategy to surround Wei and save Zhao."
"That's right, but now because of the weather, we only had to stop halfway through the surround of Wei and rescue Zhao. In fact, Wei did not surround him, and Zhao did not rescue him. In other words, our strategy failed!"
"Uh, that's true, so I want to change!"
"Yes, it must be changed, and the opportunity for change has already emerged!"
Lu Bu suddenly realized: "What does Fuqing mean to go south?"
"No, it's not going south, but making peace! Make peace with Liu Dai, and also make peace with Yuan Shu, and then use the excuse of going south to attack Cao Cao. Of course, it's okay to do it, but our goal is to improve the relationship around us and stabilize the situation between Chen Liu and Liang State."
Lu Bu thought about it, then looked back at the map behind him, and let out a heavy sigh. Now, the huge rock in his heart was finally moved away, but can this method succeed?
"Can this happen?"
"We have to try it out if we succeed. First of all, Liu Dai was helpless in attacking us. He was afraid that we would continue to attack Jibei County, so he had to use the strategy of surrounding Wei and saving Zhao. Moreover, he succeeded, but his purpose was to save Zhao, not to return to Liang State. Therefore, his attitude towards us was both afraid and jealous. If we could take the initiative to reconcile, he could still accept it. After all, he had to face Yuan Shao's pressure, and to some extent, we and Liu Dai could form a temporary alliance to fight against Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Yi's three brothers."
Lu Bu nodded repeatedly when he heard this. Pang Yuan's analysis really made sense: "What about Yuan Shu?"
"The same is true for Yuan Shu. We can also communicate with Yuan Shu in reverse, because although Yuan Shu is afraid of us, we did not go directly to war with Yuan Shu, nor did we take away Yuan Shu's things. However, Cao Cao took away Yuan Shu's huge Huainan County, which is a big revenge. Therefore, if Yuan Shu wants to choose an enemy between us and Cao Cao, he should definitely choose Cao Cao first. Then find a way to encourage Liu Dai to be enemies with us, or encourage us to continue to be enemies with Liu Dai."
When Lu Bu heard this, he completely understood Pang Yuan's plan. All the external factors were because Cao Cao had become weaker now. Once Cao Cao became weaker, Yuan Shu, who had not dared to attack Cao Cao, had the possibility of taking action. Once Yuan Shu took action against Cao Cao, Yuan Shao might also join in. In this way, Liu Dai's sense of crisis became stronger. Therefore, Liu Dai had the possibility and basis to make peace with Lu Bu, so everything came naturally!
Although Lu Bu seems to be so reasonable now, if Pang Yuan doesn't say it, Lu Bu may not think of this even if he wants to break his head, but stubbornly continues to attack Liu Dai. I'm afraid that Liu Dai will be forced to fight him to the death. Yuan Shu will not fight Cao Cao, but the weaker Chen Liu!
After understanding these things, Lu Bu was even more grateful that he had Pang Yuan's assistance.
"Haha... Re-Qing is such a good plan! I admire you, I admire you for a drink!"
Chapter completed!