Sima Yi passed through Zhongtiao Mountain from the small path, met with his subordinates who were waiting here, returned to Yucheng, and met Liu Bei overnight.

Liu Bei lie down with his clothes. When he heard that Sima Yi was back, he jumped up and shouted to Sima Yi to enter the account. As soon as Sima Yi entered the account, Liu Bei came up and pressed Sima Yi's shoulder with both hands, looked up and down, and confirmed that Sima Yi was safe and sound, and then he let out a long sigh.

"Zhongda, why are you back now? I thought something happened to you?"

Sima Yi was very grateful. He could feel Liu Bei's concern for him, which could not be done by pretending, although it inevitably had the element of winning people's hearts.

"Thank you, the king. I have watched Lu Su lead his troops out of Dayang and rushed to Dianjiban before returning."

"Okay, okay." Liu Bei nodded repeatedly, led Sima Yi to take his seat, and invited people to get wine and food, and asked Sima Yi to eat first. Sima Yi was really hungry. After walking on the mountain road for a day, he rode his horse and galloped in the middle of the night. He was now hungry and could eat a cow. Besides, he could not refuse Liu Bei's intentions.

Unlike chewing slowly at home, Sima Yi was eating in front of Liu Bei, full of rashness and was not like a family, especially not a child of the Sima family in Hanoi, and was no different from ordinary generals in the army. Liu Bei saw it and became more and more happy. He knew that Sima Yi was not such a rough person, but it was rare that he could let go of his identity and be with the light. Pei Qian and Wei Ji could not do it, Wang Ling was a little better, but he was not as relaxed as Sima Yi.

After dinner, Sima Yi wiped his mouth and began to tell him what he had seen in the past few days. While meeting Cui Yu, he also talked about his impression of the Wu army. He specifically reminded Liu Bei that although the Wu army had not many troops, they were well-trained, well-equipped, and had good combat power. While doing their best, Liu Bei should be mentally prepared to not win, so as not to be busy and at a loss at that time.

When Liu Bei heard this, although he didn't say anything, he deeply agreed in his heart. He never dared to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Wu army, even if the opponent was not Sun Ce himself, but Lu Su. Sun Ce originally promoted elite troops, not only paid and distributed land to the soldiers, but also made a self-righteous plan and insisted on strict training for many years. In addition, graduates from martial arts lecture halls acted as middle and lower-level generals, the Wu army should not be underestimated in both morale and combat effectiveness. This is also the reason why he heard that Sun Ce broke into Jizhou and did not even have the intention to resist at all, and gave up Jizhou immediately. The combat powers of the two sides were too far apart, and there was no possibility of confrontation. Fighting in love is equivalent to death. If Sun Ce was the one who led the army to fight now, he would not be able to fight directly and retreated to Bingzhou. It was precisely because Sun Ce was busy ascending the throne and it was impossible for him to conquer himself that he had the courage to compete for Hedong, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to seize Hedong and then use the dangers of mountains and rivers to defend.

"Zhongda, what should I do?"

"Urgent Wang Gai to join the war as soon as possible. If he can defeat the few, it is best. If he loses, he will retreat to Bingzhou with his brothers. Yong'an is the gateway to Bingzhou. There is Huo Dashan in the territory, so he can hold on and someone should be sent to prepare in advance. Linfen is the Fen River Fortress, but Linfen orders are cowardly and incompetent, so he was defeated by Bai Bo's army. It is advisable to send good generals and elite troops to defend it."

Liu Bei nodded repeatedly. "What do you think of Jia Kui? I plan to let him guard the Linfen Order."

"The king is very concerned, and I think Jia Kui is available. In addition, although Wei's Hedong clan, Wei Ji, is not good at military affairs, is quite famous and well-versed in civil affairs. He can let him take charge of money, grain, and store grain for Yong'an in order to prevent unexpected risks. In this way, even if he is not used in this battle, he can retreat to Linfen and use the money, grain, salt, iron and people's hearts in Hedong to resist step by step."

"Very good." Liu Bei agreed immediately.

The next morning, Liu Bei gathered to discuss matters.

Lu Su was coming, and the war was about to come, and all the generals were ready. He appointed Pei Qian as the chief of the army, assisted in the military affairs, and appointed Wei Ji, who was still surrounding Anyi, as the farmer, responsible for the mobilization of money and grain, and appointed Jia Kui to be in charge of the two counties of Linfen and Jiangyi. The others each had their own titles. Pei Qian's second brother Pei Jun was appointed as the chief of Yong'an and took office immediately. Wang Gai, who had not arrived, was awarded the highest reward and was appointed as the lieutenant of Zhongshan.

In addition, Liu Bei rewarded the wars over the past few days, regardless of the outcome, as long as he was proactive and had any advantages, he would be rewarded. He also announced publicly that if he could win this battle, he would definitely not defeat those who made meritorious deeds and would be granted a title of marquis and generals.

For a time, the morale of the Zhongshan army rose sharply, and everyone was ready to fight against Lusu. The troops on both sides were disparate, and many people were full of confidence in this battle, thinking that winning this battle was a good opportunity to make contributions.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Bei arranged troops and prepared to fight against Lu Su.

The generals responded loudly and asked for a fight enthusiastically.

Liu Bei had just finished the arrangement and the scout sent news that Lu Su's vanguard had already left Zhongtiao Mountain, only more than twenty miles away from Yucheng, but Lu Su did not continue to move forward. He stopped and stayed at the foot of the mountain, intending to camp on the spot.

Liu Bei was a little anxious. If Lu Su sticks to the fight and delays in time, it will be very unfavorable for him.

The newly appointed marching chief Pei Qian said that Lu Su could not not fight. He just wanted to take a steady step, one was out of vigilance to prevent ambushing, and the other was to rest. After all, the army had been crossing the Clan in two days, and it was not a wise move, so it was not a wise move to fight in a hurry. However, he had difficulty transporting food and grass, so he would never delay too long. We should remain calm and wait for the effort, and take this opportunity to prepare for the battle.

Sima Yi also agreed with Pei Qian's opinion. Liu Bei felt it was reasonable and ordered all departments to keep a secret, so that even the scouts would try to control them, so as not to alert the enemy and Lu Su discovered the flaws.

Lu Su and Xinpi stood side by side on the map, turned their heads at the same time, and smiled knowingly.

"What a coincidence, it is a good sign to fight here."

"Yes, Liu Bei really knows how to pick a place, and actually greets us in Yucheng." Xin Pi put one hand behind his back and stroked the short beard under his jaw with the other. "Yu Shunfeng raised it in Hedong and avoided Danzhu in Wuhui. Now we are back. Liu Bei is destined to greet us here."

Lu Xiaohuan, who was sitting next to Zhang Liao, didn't understand his intentions, tilted his body and asked Zhang Liao what Xinpi was saying. It was Yu Shun and Danzhu, was he talking about ancient times? Zhang Liao was a little embarrassed. In fact, he just didn't understand it, just laughing.

When Pang De saw this, he took the initiative to say, "Military advisor, tell us the story of Yu Shun and Danzhu. People always hear people say that we don't know what happened."

When Xinpi saw it, he laughed silently. He was only concerned about chatting with Lu Su, forgetting that these people were semi-illiterate. Among the generals here, only Jiang Qin had read some books a little, and the culture of others was limited to being able to read official documents and was not familiar with ancient historical allusions.

"Have you heard the story of Emperor Shun?"

"I have heard of it, but I don't know it very well." Pang De said. After he arrived in Jiangdong, he had indeed heard people telling the story of Shun Yu Danzhu, and he also knew that it was implicit in Sun Ce's relationship with the court, but he also had only a slight understanding of what was going on.

Zhang Liao and others also nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this, Xin Pi roughly told the story of Emperor Shun. Emperor Shun was born in Zhufeng. After being abdicated by Yao, he established his capital in Hedong. Specifically, it is Puban. Today, Yucheng is the ancient Yu Kingdom, a fief of Shun's son Shangjun, and a direct descendant of Emperor Shun. Therefore, Hedong is the place where Yu Shun's Fengju was named. Sun Ce was the phoenix of fire as his name, and was in line with Yu Shun's lineage. Now he returns to Yu Shun's Fengju to fight, which is naturally auspicious. Liu Bei is known as the Liu Han royal family, but even the real emperor Liu Xie is not an opponent. So what can he do? So his efforts are just a dying struggle.

Everyone laughed loudly when they heard this. Lu Xiaohuan laughed the loudest, which made Zhang Liao and Gao Shun laugh and cry, but he felt a little warm. Back then, there was no son in Lu Bu, and only Lu Xiaohuan had a daughter. She was raised by her son. When she was very young, she hangs in the military camp. All the generals loved her. Lu Xiaohuan developed such a rough and masculine personality. Fortunately, she was Yuan Yao's wife and the King of Wu personally arranged to participate in the war. Otherwise, even if Lu Su and Xinpi were tolerant, they would not allow her to be so arrogant.

Despite this, Zhang Liao still coughed and signaled Lu Xiaohuan to pay attention to the occasion. Lu Xiaohuan reacted, oh a few times, and quickly closed his mouth.

After telling the story, Xinpi explained the combat plan.

In the past two days, he sent a lot of scouts to the surrounding area to inquire, and he could basically confirm that Anyi was safe and Lu Meng was not in danger. Although no ambush was found directly around Yucheng, he found many suspicious points. The most important point was that it was too quiet and there were basically no people on the road. Although Yucheng was a small city and could not even be considered a county, there were nearly a thousand households. How could it be that there was no personal figure? There was only one reason for this. There were large troops hidden nearby. In order to avoid leaking information, the people were all confined. The scouts had not spent much time to basically determine the scope of the ambush location. After the collected information was summarized into the central army, Xin Pi's army was inspected. After removing several places with unlikely possibility, there were only two suspicious places left, just in the mountains near Yucheng.

When fighting in the guest area, Xin Bi did not have a detailed topographic map, and was not familiar with the specific terrain of these two locations, so he could not formulate a detailed combat plan. However, one thing is certain, since Liu Bei chose to ambush here, it was naturally because the terrain here was beneficial to him. So he decided to turn the guest and wait a little longer, until Liu Bei lost his patience and took the initiative to attack.

The persuasion of Cui Yu was too smooth, and Xin Pi suspected that there was a ghost here, but he didn't make any statement. He could cross the Yellow River without bloodshed and seize the Dayang. This benefit should not be vain. Liu Bei wanted to lure them into the underworld, but he did not hesitate to give up the Dayang, which means that Liu Bei was already anxious and could not wait to fight to the decisive battle. The more he did this, the more he could not let Liu Bei be able to make peace, psychologically stimulate Liu Bei, further gain the initiative, strive for a successful blow, and completely solve this devastated dog.

Of course, if you want to be patient with Liu Bei, you must first solve the logistics problem. Dayang has limited grain storage. If all of them are transported from the south of the river and then crossing the Dianzhiban, the cost is too high, so it is best to raise grain on the spot.
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