Lu Bu arrived in person, so Jia Xu certainly did not dare to neglect and personally came to the gate of the camp to welcome him.

Speaking of which, the construction of his large building is quite interesting. It happens to be not far from the back of Mang Mountain, and it happens to be able to block the view from Luoyang over here. This is just a common trick to hide people's eyes and ears. At this time

It just works wonders.

Of course, if you look at it from both sides, you can see it at a glance. You must know that the total number of troops left in Luoyang by Lu Bu is no less than 150,000. So many people want to be dispersed by breaking them into parts.

It is not easy to come, but it is easy to cause the undesirable consequences of panic and low morale of the army. Therefore, after using the geographical location as a cover, Jia Xu concentrated all the troops and horses here, set up camp and took root deeply. It seemed that he had done well.

Prepare to stay here for a long time.

At present, Lu Bu has available troops and horses under his command, which are roughly distributed in Bingzhou, Sili Xiaoweibu, Gyeonggi and most counties in Jizhou.

Among them, Bingzhou has only assigned troops to each county for defense. The only exception is that in the northern border area of ​​Wuyuan County, the northernmost of the counties, in that part of the area that is very close to the Xianbei sphere of influence, there are Gao

Shun leads the army to station here

, in addition to more than a thousand people trapped in the camp, there are also 30,000 elite soldiers of the Bingzhou Army. Naturally, this is to guard against foreign forces such as Xianbei and the remnants of the Huns. Although if the other party really wants to invade, so many people can only defend themselves.

Resist a little.

In the Jizhou area, in addition to the 10,000 elite Bingzhou cavalry left by Zhao Yun and the 30,000 Dong Zhuo's Xiliang surrender troops, most of them were surrender troops received from Han Fu and Yuan Shao. However, at this time, high-ranking officials and Yuan Yao

It has been destroyed, Yuan Tan led his army to attack Luoyang, and Yuan Shang fled to Youzhou. It can be said that Yuan Shao's power was in such a short period of time.

Within a short period of time, he was almost destroyed by his three sons, and his influence also collapsed. Even if there was someone to lead the troops who surrendered, even if they were led, the low morale would not be changed even if Yuan Shao was resurrected.

How much resistance can be aroused and what trouble can it cause to Lu Bu?

In addition, like Tian Chou before him, Heishan had long been dissatisfied with Yuan Shao. Even during the second alliance of princes to challenge Dong, Heishan had been secretly communicating with Lu Bu until Lu Bu led his army to attack Jizhou. Heishan finally contacted and secretly helped each other.

Zhang Yan. Although it is clear that Qi Qi did not contribute much in the process of overthrowing Yuan Shao, in fact only a few people such as Lu Bu and Zhao Yun knew it.

What's interesting is that Zhang Yan and his Black Mountain bandits really helped a lot. He can even be credited with a small part of the credit for Yuan Shao's death, but Lu Bu ignored him for the time being after recruiting him. He only let their Black Mountain Army and Jizhou

The armies check and balance each other. As long as they don't come together, it doesn't matter if they quarrel fiercely. Of course, from this point of view, Jizhou's stability still has a long way to go.

Next, the number of soldiers and horses in the Gyeonggi area is not large and can almost be ignored.

Now, the largest number of people in Lu Bu's sphere of influence is naturally Sili. In addition to being the prince of the three princes, he also took office as a military general. This is not comparable to the previous princes who were essentially civil servants. What's more, combined with Lu Bu's own

Influence, his authority can be said to be very important. He can mobilize the troops stationed in all counties and counties within the radius of the capital city where Luoyang is located.

All the troops who come out have at least nominal unified dispatching power, although this also needs to be reported to the emperor for approval in name. This means that if Lu Bu wants to, in addition to Ma Chao, Li Ru and Yuan Tan in Sili,

All soldiers and horses other than enemies or opponents can be commanded, which means they are all under his command. This does not include the tens of thousands of Jincheng troops brought by Yan Xing who also belong to Lu Bu in name.

However, most of these troops were scattered in tens of thousands or even thousands or just over ten thousand. A military camp as large as Jia Xu's with hundreds of thousands of people can be said to be unique.

When he looked at the magnificent camp scene with hundreds of military tents from a distance before, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a bit of pride and excitement in his heart. Now he came closer and was in it, and he had a rather strange feeling.

When he saw Jia Xu coming out in person, Chen Li and others followed closely behind. Lu Bu waited for the other party and his group to take the initiative to greet him, supported Jia Xu who was the first one in the front and was about to salute, and said with a smile: "Oh, Wen He."

There are so many things, so I have no choice but to come here in person, and I hope Wen He won’t blame me for taking matters into my own hands.”

Although Lu Bu sounded like this, whether he was blaming himself or blaming the other party in a roundabout way, there was an obvious smile on his face. Jia Xu could certainly hear and see it, and he knew in his heart that Lu Bu wanted to comfort him in this way.

He let him understand that Lu Bu knew about the matter but did not blame him, which made Jia Xu couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

Of course, if it was just such a small matter, Lu Bu wouldn't have to come to the door in person, and Jia Xu also knew that the other party was doing this to cooperate with his plan. After all, Lu Bu's target must be bigger, and if someone with ulterior motives secretly discovered that there was an abnormal person,

Going to visit may cause unnecessary trouble. It is better to come to the door yourself like Lu Bu is doing now. At least they can maintain a certain degree of mystery after getting rid of each other, leaving the other party to speculate but not sure, and worry about themselves.

Bar.

While saying some polite words, Lu Bu pretended to be angry and said: "Jia Wen and I know that you are very good at flattering, but now, when is it, do we still need to be like this between you and me?"

Jia Xu immediately apologized and said with a wry smile: "Perhaps it's like what Taiwei once said, temperament is easy to change but hard to change. Xu was born with such a personality, and he can't change it. I can only let Taiwei and his colleagues take more care of it."

." After saying that, he actually went around and bowed to the others one by one, and everyone naturally returned the bow, looking happy and happy.

Of course, Jia Xu's slightly self-deprecating words also made everyone laugh. Lu Bu also laughed, but in his heart he was thinking that Jia Xu was indeed extraordinary. Even in such a strong war atmosphere, he could still be advantageous.

Guide everyone's mood to the cheerful side. Many times, people's abilities can be fully reflected in such small things. There is no doubt about Jia Xu's ability, but a personality like his is even more admirable.

At this time, the team that went out to meet Lu Bu along with Jia Xu could be said to be huge. Not only the two Xuns were there, but also Jian Yong, Qian Zhao, Lu Cui and other civil and military officials who were in Luoyang City at the time came over, but Zhang Liao

But didn't look at it

When he arrived, Lu Bu naturally asked immediately: "How come you haven't seen Wen Yuan?" What he was thinking was that he would have to tease Zhang Liao a lot when he saw him. Doesn't he believe himself if he wrote a letter to explain in vain?

?

Xun You said with a smile: "The Lieutenant doesn't know. General Zhang should be leading some people to patrol Luoyang for observation at this time. He took the initiative to ask for the order."

Lu Bu couldn't help but wonder that although Zhang Liao was a warm-hearted person, it was impossible for him to go out of his way to do such a small thing as a scout. How could he ask for orders to do such a thing?

It was Xun Yu who came out to explain: "Actually, after General Zhang went out with the scouts for a tour before, he deeply felt that our withdrawal from Luoyang City this time would be too unfair to the people in the city, especially the soldiers under Ma Chao's command.

After gaining the city, go

Because of the lawlessness and cruelty, many innocent people were affected. General Zhang felt extremely guilty, so he decided to watch from the sidelines every day. If he could help, he would take the opportunity to take action. But if he could not help, he would write it down first.

I need to settle the accounts with that Ma Chaojun."

Lu Bu immediately noticed some embarrassment on Jia Xu's face. As soon as his thoughts changed in his mind, he understood a little. Don't look at it. Zhang Liao also wrote a letter specifically to explain to Jia Xu, but in his heart

I don't agree with Jia Xu's approach.

Not to mention Zhang Liao, looking at Xun Yu who was explaining in such detail and looking at Lu Bu with a kind of expectant eyes, and Jian Yong who was not far behind Xun Yu, they were probably all worried about Jia Xu this time.

The plan was disapproving, but it was a pity that when Lu Bu left, all the power was handed over to Jia Xu. Although they could unite to check and balance, it was conditional. Jia Xu's actions must be harmful to Lu Bu's interests.

This is also where they feel conflicted at this time. They know that Jia Xu's approach is understandable and if it succeeds, it will only benefit Lu Bu without any harm. However, they feel sorry for those poor and innocent people, and it is not easy to advance or retreat.

However, Lu Bu just chuckled and walked over. He could only ignore Xun Yu's slightly gloomy eyes and said to Jia Xu, "We have grasped the movement over Yuan Tan, but where are the two clan ministers?"

Although Lu Bu could also understand a lot of information, he wanted to know the analysis of Jia Xu and others, so he asked this question.

Speaking of this, Jia Xu's expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Both sides are coming with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they will arrive soon. This means that Luoyang City will be besieged by three parties and five major forces, but Shuang Liu will not

I'm afraid that Yuan Tan's invitation to go to Ma Chao is second to none, so their attitude is also difficult to predict. Just depending on the changes in the situation, it may not be that they can be used by us."

Lu Bu nodded. Although Liu Biao is not reduced to the status quo of Jingzhou, it is impossible for him to sacrifice his own people for the Han Dynasty, which has long been in name only. It is impossible to fight with Lu Bu.

He will not be driven by Ma Chao; as for Liu Yan, most of the reasons fall on it.

For his two useless sons, Jia Xu's analysis was reasonable and he agreed with it, but he still said: "We should not take it lightly. Although we are not afraid, we should not fight too hard with them unless we have to.

Don’t forget that there is Cao Mengde over there in the east, watching the changes."
Chapter completed!