Chapter 781
Lu Bu is a villain, but it is undeniable that he is also an extremely decisive person. Once he decides to do it, he will block everything without hesitation. It is difficult to judge his true intentions. It seems that he asked Diao Chan to come for peace, but he didn't seem to have any other thoughts, but Dong Hu couldn't determine whether he was a fake act. For example, when the Liangzhou army relaxed its vigilance, it turned from pretending to be defeated to attack Dong Yue's troops.
Yuan Shu and Lu Bu have determined that the Liangzhou army cannot cross the Huai River. Even if they sneak attacked Dong Yue and Yu Shuang on the other side, they would be safe as long as they retreated back to the south bank of the Huai River.
No matter how realistic the acting is, it is fake. Once Lu Bu angers Yuan Shu, no one knows what consequences will be. But if he sneaks into Dong Yue, Yu Shuang while acting, and even cuts the heads of the two people as a confession, Lu Bu will become Yuan Shu's confidant and beloved general... Even if it is not, he will be highly valued by Yuan Shu.
Risks and interests are brothers. When interests reach a certain value, even risks are OK!
By sneak attacking Dong Yue and Yu Shuang's 15,000 troops, Lu Bu could not only gain Yuan Shu's trust, but also become the first prince to defeat the Liangzhou army, and his personal prestige would also be greatly improved.
Because Dong Hu was unable to determine whether Lu Bu would take risks, he had to prepare and deliberately let Dong Yue retreat a hundred miles. If Lu Bu dared to take risks and followed Dong Yue, behind Yu Shuang, Dong Hu would not hesitate to fight an encirclement and annihilation battle and encircle and annihilate Lu Bu's troops in one fell swoop.
The Huaiyin camp of the Central Army is on the north bank of the Huaihe River, and the Huaiyin County on the south bank has been seized by Lu Bu. The Daying of the Central Army Dong Yue is a military camp stationed in the wild, while the Huaipu camp of the left wing and the Suiling camp of the right wing rely on the defense line built by the city. Because the Huaiyin camp is in the wild, it means that the Huaiyin camp can retreat at any time. If the camps on the left and right wings remain unmoved, the original huge linear military formation will form a goose-shaped formation. Once Lu Bu crosses the river and attacks, he will face the danger of "encirclement and annihilation".
Lu Bu had experience in commanding troops when he was in Bingzhou. Perhaps he could not see any dangers in the three camps for a while, but once Dong Yue and Yu Shuang's troops retreated voluntarily, he would definitely see the dangers he faced. In this case, he would not only cross the river in Huaiyin Daying, but also cross the river in Huaipu Daying, and would use some troops to restrain Wu Dun and Yin Li's troops to avoid the situation where the five thousand Taishan troops in Huaipu Daying participated in the encirclement and annihilation of Lu Bu's troops.
There are only 5,000 Taishan Army troops in the left-wing Huaipu camp. Once it is restrained, the "V"-shaped goose formation will have loopholes, and there is no way to encircle and annihilate the troops of Lu Bu who crossed the river. Moreover, when he saw the central army led by Dong Yue retreating voluntarily, Lu Bu would not foolishly continue to march and take risks. Whether he divided his troops to restrain the left-wing Taishan Army, continuing to follow and chase Dong Yue would mean a huge danger.
When the dangers taken are inconsistent with the benefits obtained, Lu Bu will not continue to take risks easily. Dong Hu does not believe that Lu Bu will be so stupid. Therefore, the left wing and central army must retreat across the board to reduce the degree of danger and tempt Lu Bu to continue to follow Dong Yue.
On the left wing and the central army continued to retreat, and the right wing Hu San's troops remained unmoved. As long as Lu Bu always stared at the strongest right wing Hu San's troops to avoid a head-on battle with Hu San, instead put his ultimate goal on the weakest left wing Wu Dun and Yin Li's troops, the danger he faced would be greatly reduced.
Dong Yue and Yu Shuang's troops had 15,000 troops. Lu Bu might not be able to judge the combat power of the Taishan Army. Do you still understand the strength of the Beidi Camp and Chang'an Camp? If he dared to take the initiative to attack Dong Yue and Yu Shuang, he would definitely be sure that the troops sent out would have an advantage. It would not be so easy for Dong Yue to eat him. If Dong Hu wanted to eat him, he would use the right-wing Hu San troops.
Lu Bu will definitely stare at the right-wing Hu San's troops. Once he finds that Hu San is in danger of encircling and annihilation, he will definitely move to the Taishan Army, which retreats on the left-wing, and avoid the right-wing Hu San's troops.
The Taishan Army had only 5,000 troops, and Dong Yue's troops had 15,000 elite troops. Lu Bu dared to approach Dong Yue, so he would naturally not be afraid of the 5,000 Taishan Army. Due to the distance of the journey, Hu San could only eat dirt behind Lu Bu's butt. Moreover, once the Taishan Army retreated, it would mean giving up Huaipu County near the Huaihe River. Lu Bu had the chance to kill Taishan Army and he could kill him. If he had no chance, he could also withdraw from Huaipu County to the south bank of the Huaihe River. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the left-wing Taishan Army and the central army "Chang'an Camp" retreated a hundred miles, which poses a very small threat to Lu Bu.
But the strongest combat power in Dong Hu's hands was not the 40,000 mixed infantry in Hu San's hands, nor the infantry in Dong Yue and Wu Dun's hands, but the elite cavalry to which Dong Chong, Zhang Liao and Dong Gu belonged!
Retreat is an attitude, and he can promise to live peacefully with Lu Bu across the river, but if Lu Bu dares to follow Dong Yue aggressively, it means that Lu Bu has a defiant thought, and 13,000 elite cavalry will leave Lu Bu's life behind.
If he does not retreat, he will be on the top of the river. Even if Lu Bu has an inappropriate idea, Dong Hu will not have the chance to kill him. He can take a boat to escape back to the south bank of the Huai River at any time. But if the central army Dong Yue and the left-wing Wu Dun retreated a hundred miles at the same time, no matter which army Lu Bu attacked, as long as he went deeper, he would give 13,000 iron cavalry a chance to attack. Whether it was 13,000 iron cavalry that directly teared Lu Bu's troops to pieces or entangled him in order to reduce losses, it would be enough to buy enough time for Hu San's troops to 40,000 troops.
Dong Hu believed that as long as Lu Bu had improper thoughts and as long as he dared to advance rashly, even if all 100,000 soldiers and horses in Guangling County crossed the river, 70,000 elite troops would be enough to annihilate Yuan Shu and Lu Bu's 100,000 coalition forces.
Retreat is an attitude and a trap. As for whether he can catch Lu Bu, Dong Hu cannot be sure of whether Lu Bu is not as impulsive as Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian, and Sun Ce. He is extremely sensitive on the battlefield and almost hits every shot. It is hard to say whether he will be fooled.
But no matter what, it is not Dong Hu's temperament that actively shows weakness. His attitude and trap have been put forward, and it depends on whether Lu Bu will step on it.
Dong Hu sent military orders to each battalion. Dong Chong, who was stationed in Tancheng, Dong Gu, and Zhang Liao, who were Long Kang, gathered in Xiaxiang County, while Wu Dun Taishan Army on the left wing, headed towards Quyang, and Dong Yue Chang'an Camp of the Central Army slowly retreated to Qing County, reducing the pressure on Lu Bu to cross the river...
The war is fierce and dangerous. Dong Hu can go to the battlefield in person, but he cannot let his precious daughter Dong Bai suffer any danger. He lets a hundred people escort the reluctant girl to the safer Xiapi County, while he takes a hundred cavalry to Dong Yue's army to fight against Lu Bu himself. As for Diao Chan... Dong Hu still considered her. If Lu Bu dared to have improper thoughts, he would never show mercy. He would not change his attitude because of anyone, but he still did not want Diao Chan to see such a scene, but was preparing to send her across the river directly.
Dong Hu couldn't tell her about his military deployment, but just told her that as long as Lu Bu didn't cause trouble for him, he could live in peace with him, and then he would be ready to send her across the river. As for the future... he could only leave her to fate.
There are 50 million people in the world, and in troubled times, how many people can choose their own destiny? Isn’t it still floating in troubled times?
The choice was given to Diao Chan. Until the morning of the next day, she did not say her decision. Dong Hu was about to send her back the same way, but when he stuffed Dong Bai, who was dissatisfied with pouting and dissatisfied, into the carriage...
"You are just too muscular and never look at a serene!"
Diao Chan said a famous saying that Dong Zhuo often talked about, but he got into Dong Bai's carriage, which made Dong Hu not understand, but he was quite happy. No matter how headache he would be in the future, at least he had an explanation for his long-dead grandmother.
Diao Chan never spoke "Sister" from beginning to end, but Dong Hu had already determined that it was just that she inherited Ah Niang's ability to deceive people, and it was difficult to determine her true thoughts.
Dong Bai was extremely disliked, disgusted, hated Diao Chan, and Dong Hu had to spend a lot of verbal persuasion. I don’t know how much the “guarantee letter” was said, so he comforted the little girl.
He sent away two women, one big and one small, and Dong Hu also took people to Huaiyin Camp. As for Lu Bu... he didn't care what Lu Bu thought, and he just threw someone to Lu Bu a letter. It was up to him to decide whether to fight or to have a friend. Anyway, he dug a hole first.
After Dong Hu was mobilizing his troops and delivering the letter to Lu Bu, his originally handsome face was covered with clouds...
"asshole--"
Lu Bu kicked the small table over, and Song Xian was shocked when he delivered the letter. Chen Gong frowned and was about to move forward...
"Come!"
Lu Bu was almost irritated and immediately sent troops to fight Dong Hu to the death, just when the generals were shocked and wanted to persuade him...
"Xia Jie loves his sister Xi, Shang Zhou loves Daji, Zhou You Wang loves Bao Si, Xiang Yu loves Yu Ji... If these are not enough, the late emperor always favors Meiren He, right?"
Everyone looked at Chen Gong who was expressionless...
"The general is brave in the world, and there is no match in the world. Now the world is in chaos, and it is the time for heroes to compete for hegemony!"
"Dare you ask the general, fish and bear's paw, the country and the beauty, which one is the general?"
"you……"
Lu Bu pointed at Chen Gong in a rage, but Chen Gong was not afraid.
"If Diao Chan left the general because of the strong Liangzhou army and because of the bravery of Dong Xining, such a water-like daughter, would not be worthy of the general's life!"
"If Diao Chan left because of the sister of Dong Xining, and Dong Zhuo died because of her, the Liangzhou army would be in chaos because of her. Why should the general care about such an ominous daughter? How stupid is it to lose the world for the sake of the love between men and women?"
Chen Gong was furious, and Lu Bu took a step back without realizing it...
"No matter what Diao Chan is thinking, it would be beneficial to our army to convince Dong Xining to withdraw his troops."
"One, the general crossed the river and invited him, but Dong Xining was afraid of the general and withdrawn his troops and did not dare to fight. He just needed to advance and retreat, and the general could gain a foothold in Guangling County."
"Two, because of Diao Chan's instigation, Dong Zhuo died. How could the generals under Dong Zhuo not be angry? For such a woman who harmed the country and the people, Dong Xining retreated to our army. How could the Liangzhou army continue to surrender to those who are greedy for beauty?"
Chen Gong smiled a little.
"Diao Chan left the general, and Liangzhou army was in chaos because of this, and Dong Xining was in danger because of this. The general should be happy, so why should he be angry?"
Song Xian, Hao Meng, Cao Xing and others all stepped forward.
Chapter completed!