You say that he, Lu Bu, has obviously accepted Liu Bei's request for peace and left Xiaopei to be guarded by Liu Bei. To put it in secular terms, I, Lu Bu, have accepted Liu Bei as my younger brother. From now on, Liu Bei will be under my protection. When beating a dog, it depends on the owner. If Yuan Shu goes to beat Liu Bei at this time, isn't he not giving him Lu Bu face?
However, in the current situation, Lu Bu is really unwilling to fall out with Yuan Shu. Firstly, his foundation in Xuzhou is not stable, and secondly, Lu Bu's main enemy is still Cao Cao. At first Lu Bu captured Cao Cao's Yanzhou, but was later driven away by Cao Cao. The two were already fighting to the death. When Cao Cao may attack Xuzhou at any time, there is no need for Lu Bu to add another powerful enemy to himself. Even if necessary, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu still need to fight against Cao Cao together. After all, both of them are intersected with Cao Cao's forces and are both on the same side. Cao Cao's hands were deflated.
So, why not just let Yuan Shu destroy Liu Bei? Lu Bu knew very well that Liu Bei must have hatred for him and wanted to take Xuzhou back at any time. This time, with Yuan Shu's help, Liu Bei could be destroyed without spending a single soldier. Why not?
However, once Yuan Shu destroys Liu Bei, will he possibly let Xiaopei out? Why did Yuan Shu insist on attacking Liu Bei? Will he do that thankless thing? It can be said that once Yuan Shu obtained Xiao Pei, he formed a semi-encirclement around Lu Bu. To put it nicely, the two were allies, but the alliance could be torn up at any time. Who can guarantee that Yuan Shu would not take the opportunity to destroy Lu Bu too, and then Completely control Xuzhou? Xuzhou is rich, and all the princes in the world covet such a piece of fat!
Xiaopei is very close to Xiapi, which is next to the couch. It's no big deal to leave a little Liu Bei alive. Lu Bu can kill Liu Bei at any time if he wants. But if it were Yuan Shu, it would really make people unable to sleep!
After thinking about this key point, how could Lu Bu sit still? Just when Ji Ling had already marched to Xiaopei, Lu Bu sent letters to Liu Bei and Ji Ling respectively. As a third party, he chose a middle area, hoping to be the leader of both sides. Peacemaker, please invite Liu Bei and Ji Ling to come over for a drink.
Although Lu Bu only brought more than a thousand cavalry, his appearance immediately made both sides dare not act rashly. At that time, Liu Bei was a fish and had no right to refuse. Even if it was a Hongmen Banquet, he could only come and gamble. As for Ji Ling, although he was dissatisfied with Lu Bu's behavior, as a general, Ji Ling also knew that once Lu Bu joined the battle, the battle would not be so easy to fight. As a last resort, Ji Ling had no choice but to accept the appointment, wanting to see what Lu Bu had to say.
Thus, the famous Yuanmen shooting halberd happened.
In Lu Bu's camp, the three parties were drinking together. Lu Bu became interested and ordered his men to erect a halberd at the entrance of the camp. He made a bet with Liu Bei and Ji Ling: If he could shoot the small branch on the halberd from a hundred steps away, , then Liu Bei and Ji Ling will stop fighting; if the shot misses, Lu Bu will turn around and leave, and the two sides will fight to the death.
Liu Bei was pounding in his heart, but he had no choice but to agree. As for Ji Ling, to be honest, he didn't think Lu Bu could hit it.
Needless to say, Lu Bu hit the target with just one arrow. This method shocked everyone present. Ji Ling was hampered by the bet and frightened by Lu Bu's power, so he could only agree to withdraw his troops.
In this way, the chaos in Xuzhou was temporarily stabilized. Liu Bei, the original governor of Xuzhou, only had Xiaopei as a city; Lu Bu occupied Xiapi and controlled most of Xuzhou; Yuan Shu captured all the areas south of Xuzhou.
This battle was almost the smoothest and most rewarding in Yuan Shu's life. The princes who were waiting to see Yuan Shu's joke could no longer laugh out loud. At this time, Yuan Shu was already considered one of the best princes in the world today!
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Talking about both ends,
At the same time that Ji Ling's troops entered Xuzhou, Sun Ce also led his troops to Liyang. Sun Ce sent Wu Jing to lead troops to Guangling to hold off Zuo Rong, while he led the remaining soldiers to cross the river and attack.
To be honest, just like no one was optimistic about Yuan Shu, no one was optimistic about Sun Ce at the beginning. Although you, Sun Ce, came with troops, Yuan Shu's reinforcements at that time also left. With this coming and going, Liyang's military strength did not increase, but decreased slightly. Concentrating all your efforts to cross the river may not necessarily lead to success, let alone Sun Ce, who has to divide his forces to fight. Are you too confident? Or are you too arrogant?
Yuan Shu was not optimistic about Sun Ce, and Liu Yao on the other side of the Yangtze River was also not optimistic about Sun Ce. Although Sun Tzu's art of war is powerful, it is of little use in frontal combat. On Liu Yao's side, as usual, soldiers came to block him and water came to cover him. Seeing Sun Ce advancing, he immediately sent troops to meet him. As a result, no one expected that another army suddenly rushed towards Liu Yao's troops from the rear. Liu Yao's army panicked and didn't understand how Sun Ce's army crossed the river. When they crossed the river, they were instantly washed to pieces. Sun Ce's army on the other side of the Yangtze River also took this opportunity to successfully cross the river. I made dumplings for Liu Yaojun.
In just one battle, Sun Ce defeated Hengjiang County and Danglikou, occupied Niuzhu Camp, and seized all the food, weapons and war equipment in the warehouse!
The most terrifying natural danger of the Yangtze River was like paper in front of Sun Ce, making all the forces who later received the news simply not believe their ears.
Why can Sun Ce fight so smoothly? Because of one person - Zhou Yu. The army that suddenly appeared behind Liu Yao's army was brought over by Zhou Yu.
Liyang is to the north of the Yangtze River, and Danyang is to the south of the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu was sure that Sun Ce would lead his troops to Liyang, so he rushed to Danyang in advance to lay out the plan, and successfully persuaded his father, Danyang Prefect Zhou Shang, to lurk silently, waiting for the opportunity, and at the most critical and most ingenious moment, he gave Sun Ce the greatest advantage. help.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu combined their swords to conquer the Hengjiang River first, and then the Dangli River. From then on, both sides of the Yangtze River were occupied by Sun Ce, and the Sun Army was finally able to cross the river back and forth at will. Not only that, occupying Niuzhu Camp and seizing Liu Yao's weapons and food and grass also allowed Sun Ce to no longer rely on Yuan Shu. Otherwise, if Yuan Shu saw the opportunity and suddenly interfered and refused to provide Sun Ce with food, grass and other assistance, then Sun Ce would This battle will not be easy to fight.
After Sun Ce broke through the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, everyone thought he would take advantage of the situation to march forward, attack Liu Yao, and recapture Wu County. Just when Liu Yao had set up a line of defense in front of Wu Commandery, Sun Ce suddenly appeared to the north of the Yangtze River like a ghost and joined Wu Jing. He first attacked Zuo Rong and killed more than 50,000 people. Zuo Rong was afraid. , Close the camp door tightly and dare not move rashly. Sun Ce then turned his troops to attack Xue Li, but Xue Li was defeated and escaped.
It was only then that Liu Yao, who received the news, discovered that Sun Ce was no longer on their side and was attacking his allies. As the saying goes, Liu Yao couldn't be convinced that Sun Ce defeated Zuo Rong and Xue Li, so he quickly sent Fan Neng, Yu Mi and others to attack Niuzhu, trying to regain the camp and encircle Wei to rescue Zhao.
It's a pity that when it comes to the art of war, how can Liu Yao be the opponent of Sun Ce, who is famous in the art of war!
