Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 176 Chapter 175

Yuan Tan didn't know where Xu Shu was from, or even what his name was. He only knew that he was a Confucian scholar who ran out of Hanoi with Zhang Yang.

By the way, his identity is Zhisu Chuan of Hanoi County.

Other than that, there is no more information about Xu Shu.

After all, what Yuan Tan needs to care about is Zhang Yang. As for the dozen or so people under his command, he doesn't even bother to take a second look.

So when Xu Shu said that there was an invention to be dedicated to Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan was very surprised.

Moreover, his categorical words can help him boost his prestige on the battlefield. It sounds like this invention should be shocking to the world.

After making seven turns in the camp, he came to the door of Zhang Yang's big tent.

At the entrance of the tent, there is a half-person-high object, which is cylindrical in shape, covered with tulle on the outside, with a skeleton woven from bamboo strips inside, connected to a bottom frame woven from bamboo strips.

"What is this?" Yuan Tan was at a loss when he saw this kind of thing for the first time, and it didn't look like a farm tool. If it was used for war, there were no sharp knives around.

As long as this thing can let him lead the army to gain great reputation on the battlefield in the future, you are afraid that there is some misunderstanding about the great reputation?

"My lord, this thing is called a sky lantern. After igniting the fat block below, it can fly into the sky in a short time." Xu Shu knew the name of this thing, but he didn't dare to say it.

Because Lin Mo told him that this thing is called Yunwen Deng, telling Yuan Tan the name, it's hard for him not to think about it.

"This thing has no wings, how could it fly." Yuan Tan walked around the sky lantern, sneered and shook his head.

Don't lie to me that I am illiterate, there is nothing like this in the world.

"Young master, can you allow me to experiment?" Xu Shu asked with a smile without explaining.

Yuan Tan raised his forehead, and immediately took a few steps back.

Xu Shu summoned two sergeants to pull the lamp body which was wrapped in several layers of tulle. Although the bottom frame was woven with bamboo strips, the craftsmanship was excellent, and it could not leak. It was filled with grease and more than a dozen wicks.

I saw Xu Shu lighting the wicks one by one. As time went by, the air inside the tulle lamp body was heated and expanded, forming a difference in air density between the inside and the outside. After a while, the two soldiers felt that the sky lantern in their hands had a faint momentum to take off.

"Let go." Lin Mo only demonstrated this thing to Xu Shu once, before it could even fly, Lin Mo tore it off. Now he can only make a judgment based on that bit of memory.

Fortunately, the result did not disappoint him. Although the sky lantern was wobbly, it still flew up.

Yuan Tan was dumbfounded by this scene, and even Zhang Yang, who was mentally prepared, was stunned.

The surrounding sergeants even raised their heads and murmured: "The god, the god, it has no wings and no ropes, and it can fly."

There are even sergeants who directly accept their heads and worship.

There is no way, as thoughts are imprisoned in the era when Zhang Jiao can command millions of people with a fabricated story and a few yellow symbols. Seeing this phenomenon that completely subverts cognition, he will inevitably think it is a miracle, and even think that Xu Shu is very likely to be the messenger of the gods.

Even Wen Chou, who was busy preparing to set up an ambush at the grain and grass camp at the other end of the camp, was so attracted by this scene that he forgot his mission and stared blankly at the sky lantern.

"This this."

Yuan Tan was at a loss for words for a while, the shock in his heart was written all over his face, and finally he gasped: "This sky lantern can really fly, but how can it help me show my prestige on the battlefield?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Young Master, suppose we want to send an order to the army fifty miles away to attack or defend against the enemy, even if we send flying cavalry eight hundred miles away, it won't be able to deliver the message for an hour.

If the mountain road is rough, I'm afraid it will take several hours to drive in.

But after the sky lantern is released, it can be clearly seen from several miles away.Just imagine, if a sergeant is arranged to stand by with a sky lantern every five miles, once there is an emergency military matter, they will light up the sky lanterns in their hands, so that even if they are separated by hundreds of miles, it only takes a stick of incense to complete the order.

Bing is expensive, and the young master seizes the opportunity to seize the opportunity. Isn't it enough to show his prestige on the battlefield? "

Xu Shu's words penetrated deeply, and Yuan Tan understood the mystery after just thinking about it for a moment.

Seriously.

For example, if an army is deployed in the grain and grass camp, but the other party turns to attack the camp, and wait for the fast horse to run over to inform, the mountain road in this area will not be able to run for more than an hour.

If you use this sky lantern to communicate, not only the time will be greatly shortened, but also any terrain will be ignored.

If this is not an artifact, what is it?

Yuan Tan, who had reacted, immediately walked up to Xu Shu, bowed his hands together, "Sir, you are talented, I don't know Taishan with my eyes, please don't blame me for being rude before!"

With this sky lantern, Yuan Tan's mind flashed countless tactics of divine soldiers descending from the sky, and just thinking about it made his blood boil.

The person who can invent such an artifact deserves the title of great talent, and it is not ruled out that he can bring him other surprises in the future. Therefore, Yuan Tan feels that Xu Shu is worthy of such a great gift.

"My son is serious, I hope I can help you."

After Yuan Tan nodded heavily, he held Xu Shu's hand directly, with a firm look in his eyes, "Don't worry, sir, after I break Lu, I will worship you as the prefect of Pengcheng!"

"Young Master's great kindness, I will never forget it!"

It's such a big deal, the prefect of the capital of the six counties of Xuzhou, of course I have no objection, I'm just afraid that Lin Yunwen won't agree.

The prefect of Pengcheng can be regarded as the center, and Yuan Tan's promise is not a cake. He thinks that Xu Shu is indeed worthy of sending a prefect.

Because this sky lantern is not only a strategic artifact, but also another guarantee for him to secure his position as the son of the world.

With the skill of breaking Lu's head, plus this magical artifact of the sky lantern, Yuan Shang still wants to grab the position of the son of the world?His leg was broken!

Yuan Tanzhi looked proudly at the sky lantern flying higher and higher above his head. In the night sky, it looked like a bright moon. It was shocking and magnificent, and it was really exciting.

What he didn't know was that in the dense forest several miles away, a scout also saw the sky lantern, and the scout who was frightened hurriedly got on his horse and ran towards Lu Ying.

On Lu Ying's side, all the camps were busy.

Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Zhang Xiu and others who were preparing to attack, counted the soldiers and horses to check the ordnance;
Gao Shun, who was in charge of staying behind, led Wei Yue to inspect the fortifications in the camp. According to the calculation during the day, once the Bei Guojun's food and grass camp was burned, Yuan Tan should bring the army to the camp to fight for his life.

The [-] army, with the help of the camp's fortifications, antlers, etc., let alone defeating the strong with the weak, as long as it lasted until dawn and the Northern Army retreated from exhaustion, there would be no second wave of offensive.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Lin Mo was still having final discussions with Chen Gong and Jia Xu, both speculating and thinking about a better way.

After all, no one can guarantee that the Grain and Grass Camp will be empty, and it is also possible that the other party has set up this situation as early as a month ago, first revealing the location of the Grain and Grass Camp, and when the time is right, they will use this letter to mislead themselves into thinking that they have diverted their attention.

But in the end, a definite answer could not be discussed.

"Using soldiers is to use danger. Isn't that what you always say, don't be surrounded by enemies and frighten yourself." Lu Bu was very relaxed, and in turn comforted Lin Mo.

Indeed, using troops means using risks. As long as soldiers and horses leave the camp, or in other words, the confrontation between the two armies begins, there will be uncertainty in any move.

After Lin Mo stretched his waist, he shook his head, "Forget it, after discussing for a whole day, there was no result, so I won't make any changes."

"That's right."

The old father-in-law was very relieved and took Lin Mo to inspect the camp. After all, it was a big banner of the three armies, and going among the soldiers at this time was a good incentive.

The two of them hadn't left the tent of the Chinese army when the scouts rushed in, "A vision, Marquis Wen, there's a vision in the Northern Army camp!"

The scout ran out of breath, with a look of horror on his face, and his speech was a little unclear.

"Speak slowly, what happened?" Lu Bu frowned.

Waiting for the scouts to report what they saw truthfully, not to mention Lu Bu, even Chen Gong and Jia Xu couldn't help but be speechless. What kind of scene is this, a bright moon rising from the Beiguo military camp?
For this kind of news that is beyond the scope of cognition, it is more than difficult to accept. Lu Bu just regarded it as a fantasy, and squinted at the scouts.

"Marquis Wen, the last general dare not speak nonsense, it is so true!" The scout heard this, and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Master Yue Zhang, he's not talking nonsense." Lin Mo squinted his eyes and said solemnly.

"How did you know?"

"That's the signal I prepared for Yuan Zhi in advance, for him to use at critical moments."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then suddenly realized, no wonder he was always confident that Xu Shu could deliver the news, it turned out that it had been arranged long ago.

Chen Gong and Jia Xu thought of many ways to communicate, such as marking some specific marks in a certain corner of the barracks so that the scouts could see them from a distance; or burying a letter during the time they left the barracks to relax.

But in the end, they felt that these ideas were unreliable. After all, people with such sensitive identities like Zhang Yang and Xu Shu must have sent someone to follow them secretly.

Good guy, now that I read the so-called signal he arranged in advance, I feel that the method I thought earlier was more reasonable. Who would believe that you, Lin Yunwen, prepared a bright moon for Xu Shu in advance.

"Then what does this signal mean?" Suppressing the shock in his heart, Lu Bu keenly realized that this matter might not be as simple as it appeared on the surface.

"The camp is empty." Lin Mo touched his nose and said in a deep voice.

As a message, the Kongming Lantern can only be a code word agreed in advance. It has been agreed when Pengcheng said goodbye. Seeing the Kongming Lantern rising means that the camp is empty and action can be taken.

"What did you say?"

Lu Bu's face changed suddenly. No matter how slow his reaction was, he understood the meaning of this sentence. The emptiness of the camp meant that the elite had been drawn out. The bait was obviously laid in the camp, but the hook disappeared. This meant that there was a high probability that the grain and grass camp had laid an ambush just as Lin Mo and Jia Xu worried.

"My God, if Yunwen hadn't made arrangements in advance, I'm afraid we would lose our troops and generals this time."

Chen Gong paused for a moment, then shook his head solemnly, "I'm afraid it's not the loss of soldiers, but the death of a dead bone in the tomb."

Jia Xu twirled his gray beard and looked at Lin Mo, nodded and said, "Yunwen's methods are truly shocking."

Jia Xu, who usually doesn't like to say anything, actually has a ruler in his heart. In terms of quick wits on the spot, he feels that Lin Mo may not be able to beat him, but in terms of the overall arrangement, Lin Yunwen will really throw him out of the way.

Although he did not directly approve of this sneak attack on the grain and grass camp, he also did not oppose it, because he also felt that this kind of opportunity to defeat the Northern Army was too rare.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was so deep in the city.

If there is no Yunwen, this time will be the night of destruction.

"It's too close, almost...just a little bit" Thinking about it carefully, Lu Bu couldn't help panting in fear. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen to him without Lin Mo's arrangement.

On the eve of the battle, Yunwen repeatedly warned that the Beiguo army was very powerful. He thought it was just a strong army, but he never expected that there would be such a superior arrangement in the camp.

Yuan Shao's annexation of the four northern states was really not a fluke.

It is normal for Lv Bu to have lingering fears. Counting from the time Pengcheng started assisting him, he has fought many battles in the past two years. The most dangerous one was a fight with Cao Cao in Anfeng. There has never been a situation where the three armies were almost involved at once like today.

"I'll pass the order and put the army on standby." Lu Bu let out a long sigh of relief.

"Master Yue Zhang, has he forgotten what Yuan Zhi's signal means?" Lin Mo asked with a smile.

"The camp is empty."

Lu Bu, who was still drowning in the panic of escaping from the dead, recalled it now, and asked softly, "Let's not go to the grain and grass camp, but instead attack the Chinese army's stronghold?"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You must not miss it." If it had passed, the old father-in-law would have jumped up and down and shouted to kill him. It seemed that he was really frightened.

"Oh"

Lv Bu nodded slowly, hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help asking: "Yunwen, do you think there is a possibility that Yuan Tan deliberately set up an ambush in the grain and grass camp for Yuan Zhi to see?"

First, the grain and grass camp was exposed, then Zhang Yang's letter to lure the enemy, and finally the ambush went around and returned to the grain and grass camp. Now Lu Bu's head is in a mess, and he feels that there are ambushes everywhere.

"Master Yue Zhang, don't be suspicious. I believe in Yuan Zhi." Zhang Yang's letter comes first, and Xu Shu's signal comes after. Based on this, Lin Mo can conclude that Yuan Tan's smoke bombs have already been used up, and it is absolutely impossible for him to put three or four thoughts on it.

"Okay! That being the case, we will attack Yuan Jun's camp instead, and the original deployment will remain unchanged!"

"I'm afraid it will change."

The old bastard who seldom opened his mouth took the initiative to argue, "Yuan Tan still has at least 18 troops under his command. Even if he had to set up an ambush in the grain and grass camp, and with the support from the outside, there would still be at least 10 people left in the camp. With 2 people sneaking in, I'm afraid we can't take them all at once.

If it is dragged to the grain and grass camp's elite return aid, the outcome may be uncertain. "

The old bastard is right to be worried. There are at least [-] to [-] people in the main camp of the Chinese army. At this critical moment when the battle will determine the world, it is impossible for him to be completely defenseless.

In other words, with so many people, they are all underdogs. After all, they are waiting for work at leisure and laying an ambush in advance. It is not realistic for you to forcibly turn the tide of the battle with 2 people.

"But, what do you think?" Lu Bu changed from his previous impatience, and looked at the three of them patiently with his arms crossed.

"Thinking about it in depth, since the food and grass camp has set up an ambush, the retreat route and even our camp should also be included in their plan."

Chen Gong took the words and said slowly: "In this battle, apart from pounce on the Northern Army's camp, our camp may also be in the opponent's scheme, after all our elites have also been mobilized."

This is true, Lu Bu's habitual eyes fell on Lin Mo, who nodded heavily, and then said: "Since it is a decisive battle, there is no need to keep it, please Lord Yuezhang lead the [-] troops out."

Hearing this, Lu Bu frowned, and before he could speak, Lin Mo continued: "At the end of the camp, there are more than ten thousand people left, and I have my own way to deal with it."

As long as Yuan Jun Dazhai is destroyed, even if the opponent's elite rush back, it will not change any of the status quo.

Therefore, this battle is Stud.

"Fifty thousand troops come out." Lu Bu nodded slowly. Assuming that there were really 10 people ambushed in the Chinese army's great stronghold, even the underdogs should not be underestimated. 5 people are not too many.

"Don't worry my father-in-law, Mr. Jia has prepared a trailblazer for my father-in-law. When the vanguard rushes into Dazhai, my father-in-law will make a move, and I will surely succeed!" Lin Mo clenched his right fist after speaking, showing his determination.

"Wenhe also prepared a pioneer?" Lu Bu glanced at Jia Xu, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Without them, I really don't know how to fight this battle.

What Yunwen said is right, Jia Wenhe is amazing, he looks like my son-in-law.

"It's nothing more than a small skill. Compared with Yunwen's mastery of the sky, it's really a ruthless horse compared to a unicorn." Jia Xu laughed.

In terms of business bragging, Jia Xu is qualified.

(End of this chapter)