Chapter 212 - Discussing official business (3) (1/2)
Chapter 212 Discussing official business (3)
Translated by Ga the territory?” It was not just Lu Bu as feeling uncertain Another person was Liu Mang It was Chen Gong that gave Liu Mang a letter for him to advise Lu Bu not to chase Sun Ce This is because it would not be wise to juht between Sun Ce and Liu Biao
The other option was to fight Old Cao! There can only be two outco Old Cao and the second was also angering Old Cao For the sake of his decisive battle with Yuan Shao, Old Cao has driven away Lu Bu and Big Eared Liu If Lu Bu were to attack Cao Cao, Cao Cao would throay Guandu and fight with Lu Bu again At that tiht as well As a result, Lu Bu will have to fight eneht to expand the territory!” Chen Gong s as he understood what they were thinking about Now is not the tirow and not war Although Sun Ce’s Army has suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, the same could be said for Lu Bu’s Army The Urban Ar Ar The city defenders also suffered heavy casualties The Wolf Cavalry also lostAs a result of the Zhou fa’s army of 15,000 was only left with 5,000 soldiers which was just enough to form a camp
The total number of soldiers in the Lu Bu’s Army was only a few tens of thousands of soldiers Now is the ti soldiers are only enough for self-protection If they were to go out and fight now, they would not need to eat anything the following year
“In that case, what are you ier territory as Lujiang would not be able to hold hundreds of thousands of soldiers
“Milord Look at this!” Chen Gong took out a big h as it was drawn by people It only shows the general look of the area but they could still use it “We are now occupying Lujiang but in reality, it is only half of Lujiang The re half is not under our control” Thehills and cities like Hefei Chen Gong did not mention this last time because they could not afford to divide their forces When Lu Bu won half of Lujiang, they needed to wait for the previous owner to attack Now that Sun Ce was beaten back, he would not have a chance to attack again for a while This allows the Lu Bu’s Ar
When they have controlled the 4 cities in Lujiang, the rest of Lujiang would be under Lu Bu’s control Their combat effectiveness would also double
“H Liao and Zang Ba are in Shuchen together with the 3,000 Mountain Ar soldiers, as well as 15,000 of the surrendered troops and horses It can be said that in Shucheng, there are 23,000 troops and horses
Wan Cheng has slightly , there is 500 Urban Ar Army, 4,000 Wolf Cavalry, 5,000 For’s navy, andthe 2,000 Danyang soldiers
“No, No!” Chen Gong shook his head What is the point of capturing the cities then? The soldiers should be defending the place Even if they subdue all the cities, in the end it is just one Lujiang How can so? Sun Ce has the whole of Jiangdong Cao Cao has half of Yuzhou and the entire Yanzhou and Xuzhou Liu Biao also have Jingzhou and half of Yuzhou
If Lu Bu only relied on Lujiang, he will be sed up sooner or later They will end up travelling the lands and suffer again If the Sun Ce’s Aro through Lujiang If Cao Cao wanted to invade Jiangdong, he would also need to go through Lujiang Lu Bu could not beat Cao Cao even with the entire Xuzhou even though it hadAn andpointed to a spot above Lujiang “We not only need to occupy Lujiang but also Shouchun and Chengde! That way, the rest of Huainan would also be ours We can also have our neighbors contend for it” Capturing Shouchun and Chengde would be like winning a sger and stronger
“Shouchun!” Lu Bu and the others passed by Shouchun when they reached Lujiang It here they ht with Chen Lan and Lei Bo However, Shouchun is in decline How could it be used? Defeating Yuan Shu would be worthless if all the citizens also ran away already
“Shouchun is in ruins and et The land is still fertile!” Chen Gong explained to Lu Bu and the others “Shouchun is the local governzhou It is also at the center of Huainan One of the reason this place is chosen is because it is near the Huai River The land was also fertile The fertile land stretches for a thousand li and was suitable for planting grains and cereal After this, our er be a problem” Shouchun was the capital for the state of Chu They chose this place because of the fertile land Most of their army’s rations came from Shouchun
As for the citizens, once Shouchun is repaired, those who have left would eventually come back The Lu Bu’s Army would also be able to recruit more soldiers and feed the army As a result, their capabilities would easily double