In the eastern part of Youzhou, the war lasted for more than ten days since the night of war. After Yuan Shao fled, the garrisons of the Liaodong counties opened the city to surrender. First, they thought that Yuan Shao's life and death were unknown; second, because the county was located behind, there were fewer defenders; third, it was because Zhang He and others led too many troops. Based on these three aspects, they had no intention of resisting at all.

Unlike the smooth journey in Liaodong, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao who went north to the border area did not have such good luck. They could not persuade them to surrender, and the barriers were solid. After five attempts, they failed to fight. Lu Bu was so angry that he was itchy. In the end, Zhang Liao offered a plan to make the army siege and not attack, and let Lu Bu lead the flying army to lightly and simply follow him. He took a long way to cut off the pass and the outside world's food route. In this case, the defenders were forced to surrender...

"Where are your guards?" Lu Bu, who entered the pass, looked at the surrendered soldiers in front of him and questioned him with a powerful apology.

After talking for a while, two generals with bare hands and fisted naked, came to Lu Bu dejectedly, and knelt down and said, "The general was impulsive/Tian Yu pays homage to the general..."

Lu Bu looked down at the two people in front of him and asked casually: "Do you two know my name?"

"Of course, no one knows the reputation of Wen Hou Lu Bu."

"Since that's the case, why didn't you surrender at the beginning? I've told you that Yuan Shao has been killed, and it's meaningless to resist stubbornly."

"It's true. But it's a coward who surrenders without fighting!" Qian Zhao raised his head and his eyes shone brightly and argued: "This is the bottom line and principle of the generals!"

"If you hadn't cut off the food route, it wouldn't be sure who wins and who loses..."

After hearing Qianzhao Hetian Yu's reply, Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, but he did not get angry. Instead, he showed off his usual self-confidence and temperament and said: "Ratching the food road is just the most convenient way. Even if you don't do this, you will lose!"

"Okay, it's meaningless to argue about these things now. Now our lives are in your hands. If you want to kill or cut, you will be all right."

Lu Bu ignored the remarks of Qianzhao, but instead changed the topic and said: "I see that there seem to be many Hu people in your army. Did you recruit them?"

"Yes." Tian Yu's expression was stunned, as if he was recalling the past. "I was originally sent to guard the border under Gongsun Zan. Since then, I have been having a good time with Wuhuan and Qiang tribes. Later, when Yuan Shao came, he still appointed me as the Captain Huwuwan, and sent Captain Huqiang to help me guard the pass, until today."

After hearing Tian Yu's explanation, Lu Bu smiled. "I decided to keep my original official position, and you will be guarding the border. From now on, you can ask me for food, salary and equipment."

Hearing the promise, the two of them put away their frustration and happily clasped their fists to thank Lu Bu for forgiveness.

"Don't thank you too early. In addition to guarding the border, I also want you to carefully select strong men and soldiers around you, Hu soldiers, buy war horses, and form a Youzhou thunder cavalry team. The first batch of people is tentatively set to be 10,000. I think you can do it, right?"

"It's easy to talk about, but it's a bit difficult for horses, but we will do our best!"

"That's good, how many people do you have under your command now?" "Nearly 30,000."

"Then I will allocate 20,000 people to help guard the border, and in two days I will transfer the food and grass for you for half a year."

"Thank you for your kindness to General Lu!"

Looking at the scene of thousands of people kneeling in front of him, Lu Bu felt refreshed in his body and mind. After dispatching the soldiers, he added some dry food and started to support the Liaodong area with his army...

The north was changing, and the south was also crowded with people. According to Wendu's requirements, hundreds of thousands of craftsmen went to various parts of Yuzhou to strengthen the city defense. After handing over with Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, Wendu quickly returned to Jianye, Yangzhou, and asked Huang Zhong, Gan Ning and others to take the army back to the camp to rest for three days, but he himself did not go to the Government Affairs Department at all. Anyway, Sun Jian is now in Chengdu and cannot take care of the matter here, so he naturally has to go home to meet Cai Yan quickly.

"Husband!" After being reported by Butler Zhang, Cai Yan, who was in the piano room, walked light steps and wanted to come to the front hall. Unexpectedly, just after taking a few steps, he ran into Wen Du, who was stroking with a big stance. He shouted happily without answering, but was directly hugged by him and kissed his pink lips without saying a word.

When the Butler Zhang, who was leading the way, saw this scene, he showed an old father-like smile, and then quietly slipped away...

They didn't know how long the kiss lasted. Anyway, Wen Du was absolutely unsatisfied, but Cai Yan couldn't hold back and was defeated.

"Congratulations... husband is a triumphant..." Cai Yan not only felt a little hypoxia after the kiss, but also said a little unsteady.

"I missed me so much." Wen Du stroked her face affectionately, and kissed her nose and forehead again.

"Husband, what is this? Bai Feng? "Aside from Wen Du's hot eyes, Cai Yan focused on the round panda behind Wen Du.

"Yan'er is so knowledgeable." Wen Du picked up Bai Feng and put it in her hand. "I brought this back to you from Chengdu, and it's useless to get the boss's strength."

Although Wen Du complained, he was not very sad in his expression. After seeing Cai Yan's pure and flawless smile, he felt that all the hard work was worth the price.

"Thank you for your concern for me." Cai Yan, who had a deep affectionate look like a flower, bowed slightly, and then handed back the plump white lily to Wen Du. He took his hand and walked forward, saying, "When my husband was not at home, I made a lot of embroidery and composed some songs."

When talking about these two things, Cai Yan's tone was filled with some excitement. She probably hoped that she could share everything with Wen Du day and night...

Behind the piano room, Cai Yan played several new songs selflessly and was about to ask Wen Du’s feelings, but when he looked back, he saw Wen Du was already lying on the rocking chair and asleep.

If it is on others, this behavior will make the other party feel a little disrespectful, but Cai Yan doesn't think much at all, because she understands that her husband is definitely not because he doesn't like it, but because of work, and then she will be tired of it. After thinking about these things, Cai Yan carefully hugged Bai Jue from Wen Du's chest, then lightly covered him with a wool blanket, and then tiptoed out of the piano room. After three days of undescribable happy life with Cai Yan at home, Wen Du came to the military camp outside the city after breakfast on the fourth day, woke up Gan Ning, who was still sleeping in while snoring, and placed a piece of parchment paper of at least one meter long on the table to attract Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Wang Ping, and Zhang Ren to see...

"What is this?" Gan Ning changed four angles and observed it for a while, but he still sent a puzzled signal.

"Breaking the chasing formation, isn't there a name on it..." Wen Du pointed to the four most conspicuous words above and rolled his eyes with some disgust.

"Hmm?! Use infantry to fight cavalry? Are you crazy?" Zhang Ren, who had never opened his mouth, was shocked at the parchment, who had never opened his mouth. At first, he thought it was used to target infantry.

"Oh, there are precedents in the fact that infantry beat cavalry. What's the need for fuss?..."

"The military supervisor has a brighter head than all of us. Since he said it was OK, it must be his reason. Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, it's just a little bit." Jiang was still old and the oldest Huang Zhong convinced the three heavily skeptical guys next to him in just a few words.

After waiting for a while, he made sure that no one spoke again, Wen Du pointed to the scribbled picture on the parchment and spoke loudly: "This square formation was seen from an unknown ancient book. After a little modification, one hundred armored soldiers formed a row, a total of one hundred rows, and a total of ten thousand people formed a heavy infantry corps. Each of them stood in the order from front to back, and the long spear in their hands also had a difference of two to seven meters.

In addition, the shields on the soldiers protect their left side while also covering the right side of their adjacent comrades' bodies. Once the soldiers in the front row fell down, the soldiers originally in the second row would quickly fill the gap left by him and aim the spear at the front. The soldiers in the second row would place the spear on the shoulders of the first row of soldiers in turn, which would enhance the lethality of the front facing the cavalry.

Look at this side, among each horizontal infantry, a light armored soldier is arranged every few days, each bringing five to ten javelins, a bow and arrow, and thirty arrows. As long as they can hit the cavalry running in front, they will definitely have a certain impact on the running behind. It is important to understand that the slower their speed and the smaller the number of people, the higher our winning rate will be.

Third, a archer or a mix of light crossbowmen are arranged on the two wings of the square formation, and a five thousand cavalry team is arranged at the end to resist the enemy's sneak attack from the side. After all, this square formation has two fatal weaknesses. First, it can only play its greatest role in a flat battlefield; second, the infantry's front battlefield is powerful and cannot take into account both flanks. If the opponent only attacks its wings or backs without attacking its front, it can be put to death. Once the opponent breaks through the flanks, it will be difficult for the spearmen in the square formation to resist the attack. Rather than saying that the focus of this square formation is on the spearmen, it is better to say that it is on the auxiliary troops. Only when their protection measures are in place can the spearmen show their greatest abilities.

Finally, I roughly calculated that all the soldiers were 30,000. Zhou Xin's mountain was almost cleaned up, so he just asked him to pull over 30,000 Danyang soldiers."

After Wen Du's long adapted version of the Macedonian phalanx came out, the four people in front of him showed a ignorant look that was unknown but hard to understand.


Chapter completed!