In the school yard of Shouchun City, the soldiers were busy preparing for the expedition. They were carrying weapons and armor, counting grain and baggage, and confirming the list of sergeants. It was all in full swing.
Gao Shun had no intention of helping. He leaned on the wooden post in the school yard and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle with a thoughtful look on his face.
In fact, with his status, there is really no need to do these things.
If morale is low, the general will get involved to tell the sergeants that I am with you.
Right now, it's obviously not needed.
Not far away, Zhang Liao and Wei Yue walked towards Gao Shun side by side.
"Boping, what are you doing here?"
Gao Shun glanced at the two of them and said in a low voice: "I was just checking the food and baggage with Yunwen. He went back. I'll stay and take a look."
"You can't tell that this guy is young and mature, and he also knows not to take advantage of others."
Zhang Liao felt honored when Lin Mo called him uncle, and then asked curiously: "I just passed by the baggage camp and saw a lot of burlap bags piled outside. What are they used for?"
Gao Shun shook his head, "I don't know, Yunwen asked me to take care of him."
Lin Mo is the chief clerk and is responsible for the army's logistics. Gao Shun doesn't care about these matters.
The main reason why I wanted to go with him for the test was that he was still unfamiliar with him. Now everyone in the military camp knew that Lu Bu had a genius son-in-law, but no one had seen it, so he still needed to clear the way.
Zhang Liao didn't care and said instead: "That's it. Marquis Wen asked me to stay behind during this expedition. Naturally, I can't kill the enemy with you. I always have to say goodbye to my brothers before leaving. Come to the Hongxiang Pavilion in the east of the city. We have a new group of singers, please go and have some fun today, shall we go?"
At the end of the day, I didn’t forget to remind you, “There’s no telling how long this battle will last.”
Gao Shun's face showed no trace of the excitement that a man should have. He still raised his head and looked into the distance. After sighing, he asked: "Wen Yuan, what do you think we should do in this life so that we don't regret it?"
"I don't know." Zhang Liao was a little confused.
"I think it should be to look up to heaven and not be humbled by others." Gao Shun looked very deep, somewhat like discussing Neo-Confucianism.
Zhang Liao frowned and pulled Wei Yue away.
"What's wrong? Isn't he going?" Wei Yue kept looking back. Going to a place like this, the more people there are, the more lively it becomes.
"He has been."
"how do you know?"
"Don't you see how calm he is?"
Wei Yue thought about it and thought it made sense. Then he spat and went without us. I won't call him next time.
The army finally set off south to Lujiang River.
Zhang Liao did not go and stayed behind in Shouchun, along with Wei Xu and Cheng Lian.
Lin Mo agreed with this.
Putting aside his personal relationship with Lu Bu, there is no one in the entire military camp who is more suitable than Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao is handsome and capable of taking charge on his own. If there is an emergency in Shouchun, he needs someone who can make decisions, is calm and has enough prestige. Only he can do the job.
Of course, Chen Deng and Chen Gong were also left to him for complete planning.
After all, Shouchun is Lu Bu's back now, so nothing can go wrong.
Xu Sheng was incorporated into the centurion of Zhang Liao's tribe, and theoretically he had to stay behind. However, at Lin Mo's suggestion, Lu Bu still gave him a chance to practice in actual combat and followed the army south.
There are two possible roads from Shouchun to the Lujiang River. One is to go west through Yangquan and go to Bo County, and the other is to go straight to Hefei and then turn to Wan County.
Judging from the distance, they are almost the same. Lu Bu decided to take the Yangquan Post Road, and Lu Su agreed, but Lin Mo suggested taking Hefei.
The difference between the two roads is that taking the Yangquan Post Road is always smooth, while taking Hefei to Wan County can only go south along the Wan River.
The main force this time is the cavalry. If the cavalry wants to exert its power, it naturally pursues galloping in the wilderness. Going to Hefei will lead to walking along the river bank, which will be very hindered for the cavalry's movement.
Lin Mo had only one reason. He wanted to go to Hefei and be close to Chaohu Lake so that he could monitor the movements of Zheng Bao's group of bandits and avoid being surrounded.
It was a far-fetched reason, but Lu Bu thought that this was Lin Mo's first battle after all, so let him make the decision.
Besides, since he personally leads the strongest cavalry, there shouldn't be any big problems, so he just lets him go.
...
On the other side of Anhui County, Liu Xun, who was wearing a black prefecture uniform with wide sleeves and a waistband, was a little panicked when he first heard that Lu Bu was going to attack him, because the reputation of General Zuo, who had just taken Jiujiang, was too great.
I even discussed with Liu Ye whether to bribe Zheng Bao and others to help support the situation.
But when he knew that Lu Bu only had ten thousand people, he instantly felt confident.
Lu Bu is very strong, but no one ever thinks he is invincible. This can be proven by the countless generals who died under his halberd.
Perhaps they all have the mentality that as long as they kill Lu Bu, they will become famous in one battle, but the reason is that these people all firmly believe in one idea, one of the three major illusions in life: I am different from them.
Those who lost to Lu Bu are scum, and I am different from them.
Therefore, one after another, people fell under Lu Bu's halberd.
Liu Xun had this sign in front of him, and was preparing to lead the 20,000 troops in the city to march north to meet the enemy. What he had to do was not only to prevent Lu Bu from attacking the city, but also from plundering the land.
"Your Majesty, Lu Bu is coming with great force, and he has many soldiers and horses who are good at fighting. We should avoid his sharp edge."
Liu Ye, wearing a Confucian crown and washed white Confucian robe, advised: "At this moment, you may send someone to inform Duke Cao that Lu Bu will leave Shouchun and take the opportunity to go south; or you may report the matter to Yuan Jiujiu, and he As Lu Bu is regarded as a mortal enemy, he will not let this opportunity pass by, and the Lord only needs to guard the city gate."
Both Liu Ye and Liu Xun had the surname Liu, but Liu Xun came from a powerful family, while Liu Ye was a descendant of the Han Dynasty queen.
Different from the water-injected pork of Liu Bei's descendants from the Han Dynasty, Liu Ye's brand is truly from the same lineage. His ancestor is Liu Xiu, the great magician and the son of the plane.
Perhaps because of this status, he was in an awkward situation after he went to Cao Ying. Boss Cao always considered the suggestions he gave and could not trust Xun You and others.
After Cao Pi came to power, his situation became even more difficult. During the Battle of Yiling, he advocated using all the strength of the country to attack Soochow. If Cao Pi followed this, the Three Kingdoms would probably write the final chapter here.
It's a pity that Cao Laoer always felt that the Liu family had bad intentions and missed the opportunity to pacify Jiangdong.
It seems that apart from improving the catapult in the Battle of Guandu, Liu Ye didn't make much achievements.
"There are so many thieves. If I avoid him and don't fight, I'm afraid even Zheng Bao and Zhang Duo will look down on me!"
Liu Xun frowned coldly, dismissing Liu Ye's vigilance, "Whether Lu Bu can fight or not will be known after the fight."
Liu Xun's inner monologue is: I am different from them.
"What's more, Lu Bu took the road from Hefei and went down the Wan River. The movement of the cavalry was blocked. If he violated this taboo of military strategists, how could he not be defeated?"
"Master Fu..."
"No need to say more!" Liu Xun immediately waved his hand and rejected Liu Ye's advice.
Isn't he just Lu Bu? Deal with him!
The refugees from the frontier ran wild in the Central Plains, and if you didn't give them any color, they wouldn't even know that besides giant turtles, there were also dragons in the water.
(Historically, Liu Xun also didn’t listen to Liu Ye’s advice, which led to his house being stolen by Sun Ce. The owner was a brainless person, I’m not here to trick him)
