Chang 'an. General Li urged the government.
"North Sea General Kong You's subordinate, Sun Qian, greets Lord Li Cheji.”After delivering a box of gifts, Sun Qian successfully met Li Cui in person.
"May I know why Chief Official Sun has come?”Li Cui received Sun Qian for the sake of the generous gifts, but he didn't understand why our army needed his help. In his opinion, the two armies were thousands of miles apart and had no interactions.
"I wonder what Lord Li Cheji thinks of Lu Wenhou, who is currently entrenched in Si Li?”Sun Qian said. He deliberately mentioned Li Cui's current problem.
Li Cui's expression changed.
Although the Western Liang army had driven Lu Bu's Bingzhou Army out of Chang 'an, they had only relied on Jia Xu's unpredictable schemes and the strength of the Western Liang cavalry. Otherwise, in a one-on-one battle, who among the generals of the Western Liang Army could match Lu Bu? Now, Lu Bu was in charge of the Si Li Division and was a great enemy of the Western Liang Army led by Li Cui.
"Could it be that Magistrate Sun has a plan to capture Lu Bu?”Li Cui wasn't a fool, he knew what was going on.
"I have a plan to capture Lu Bu.”Sun Qian quickly said. He explained the plan of attacking from the east and west to Li Cui in detail. Li Cui was moved and fell into deep thought.
"In that case, General Kong You has already contacted Cao Cao in Hanoi and trapped Lu Bu in Si Li?”Li Cui pondered for a while and asked. This was the key point. If the plan was not good enough, Lu Bu would escape and enter Bingzhou. It would be even more difficult to exterminate. Li Cui was able to stand out in the Xi Liang Army because he had his own strengths.
"Exactly. As long as the Xi Liang Steel Cavalry leaves Chang 'an and joins forces with the Kong-Cao alliance, even if Xiang Yu is reborn, Lu Bu will not be able to escape death.”Sun Qian answered with certainty. His strong confidence finally made Li Cui's heart thump.
The primary goal of the Western Liang Army, led by Li Cui, was to eliminate Lu Bu, who was a thorn in their side. The Western Liang Army and the Bingzhou Army had become mortal enemies, and one of them had to die in battle before they could stop fighting.
Li Cui finally made up his mind to join forces with our army to attack Lu Bu's army from the east and west. But Li Cui didn't want to do it himself.
"This General agrees to attack Lu Bu together with General Kong You. However, Chang 'an is in a mess right now and I can't split up. I wonder if Chief Sun can persuade General Zhang Zhendong to send troops?”，Although Li Cui, that old fox, had agreed to attack Lu Bu together with our army, he had pushed this thorny matter to Zhang Ji.
In the past, Lu Bu's thousands of Bingzhou winged cavalry fought with tens of thousands of Western Liang cavalry, retreated from Chang 'an, and killed countless generals of the Western Liang army. Li Cui had already lost the courage to fight against Lu Bu. Only Zhang Jijun, who had a nephew who was proficient in the art of the spear, was not afraid of Lu Bu. Perhaps he could represent the Western Liang Army in battle.
Since Sun Qianjian had already obtained Li Cui's approval, although he had not achieved his goal of sending troops directly, he had finally convinced him to join the alliance to attack Lu Bu. This way, the Western Liang faction would not object to the imperial court's edict against Lu Bu. What they needed to do now was to convince Zhang Ji to send troops.
"I wonder how Li Cheqi will distribute the Si Li that he will conquer in the future?”Sun Qian carefully asked about the division of the spoils of war.
"Whoever takes it down belongs to them." Li Cui said cleanly. In any case, he did not plan to send troops. Moreover, Si Li was currently in ruins and was not interested. He might as well be a generous person.
Sun Qian knew what was going on. The next day, he paid a visit to Zhang Ji, the general of the Eastern Garrison.
"North Sea General Kong You's Estate Chief Official Sun Qian greets Lord General Zhang Zhendong.”Sun Qian bowed deeply, and with a box of expensive gifts, Zhang Ji was in an extremely good mood.
"Chief Sun, please excuse the formalities. May I know what you need from my residence?”Zhang Ji said very politely.
"I wonder what Lord Zhang Zhendong thinks of Lu Bu, who is in charge of Si Li?”Sun Qian said.
"Lu Bu has an empty reputation. He's just a defeated general of our Western Liang army.”A young general next to Zhang Ji said disdainfully. This person had a jade-like face and bright eyes. He stood there casually, but he gave Sun Qian a feeling that he was as steady as Mount Tai. It was just like when Sun Qian stood beside Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, and Dian Wei. He was indeed worthy of being a fierce general.
"Xiu 'er, don't be rude." Zhang Ji's berating words did not have the slightest bit of blame, but there was an indescribable fondness. It turned out that this person was Zhang Xiu, the legendary number one general in the Xi Liang Army after Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji's nephew.
"Young General Zhang is brave and invincible. He is Lu Bu's nemesis. When Lu Bu was defeated in Chang 'an, he was defeated by Young General Zhang's spear.”Sun Qian had heard a lot of news in Chang 'an these days. Lu Bu's defeat in Chang' an was the result of Zhang Ji's army's ambush. However, when Lu Bu saw that the Western Liang Army had more than 100,000 soldiers, and the Bingzhou Army only had 30,000 soldiers, he was afraid that they would not be able to defeat the enemy's large number of soldiers, so he was forced to retreat.
Now that Sun Qian had presented this flattery, Zhang Xiu was feeling smug in his heart. Although he had not defeated Lu Bu with his own hands, he had been able to force Lu Bu away. His title as the number one valiant general in the Xi Liang Army should have been upgraded to the number one valiant general in the world.
Zhang Ji doted on his nephew, and he couldn't help but feel very pleased when he heard Sun Qian's words.
"Does General Kong You mean to crusade against Lu Bu?”Zhang Ji had led the army for a long time after all, so he was able to ignore these flattering words. He immediately grasped the key point of Sun Qian's intention.
"That's right, we need General Zhang Zhendong to attack us from the east. With General Zhang's bravery and the bravery of the Western Liang cavalry, Lu Bu probably won't be able to escape.”Sun Qian stated his intentions. Zhang Xiu was very excited when he heard this.
"Uncle, now that we have helpers, when do you think we will send out our troops? I will personally capture Lu Bu.”A newborn calf was not afraid of a tiger. Hearing that they were going to attack Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu felt an indescribable joy in his heart. Perhaps capturing Lu Bu on the battlefield was an irresistible attraction for this young general. The title of the number one general in the world was a fatal temptation to someone of his age and martial arts skills.
"Qian once met Lord Li Cheji. After he attacked Lu Bu, he asked the emperor for permission to guard the place.”Sun Qian finally threw out his final trump card.
Zhang Ji, who was ranked behind Li and Guo in Chang 'an and was on par with Fan Chou, was indeed very interested in dominating a region. Sun Qian finally moved the heart of this valiant general of Western Liang.
Through the many actions behind the scenes, Sun Qian finally managed to gather all the complicated forces against Lu Bu. The emperor issued an edict to attack Lu Bu, ordering Zhang Ji's army to attack Hongnong, Cao Cao's army and Kong Rong's army to attack Henan.
Through Yang Biao's hard work, Sun Qian managed to get me a new position: General of the Eastern Expedition, Kaifu, Yibi three divisions, Governor of the three states of Qing, Yan and Yu, at the same time granted the title of Marquis An, food city 2000 households. This was a county marquis with a respected title. This time, Yang Biao had dealt with it with great effort, and because of Wang Yue, he had received such a high reward. However, if it wasn't for the fact that Tian Zi's forces had great expectations of my North Sea, they wouldn't have given me such a reward.
Sun Qian was indeed a famous diplomat in history. In a short time, all aspects of our army's crusade against Lu Bu were prepared.
However, would our army, which had the advantage in terms of strategy and numbers, be able to defeat the elite Bingzhou Army?
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