Chapter 44 Liu Xuande sent troops to Huainan, Cao Mengde provoked to leave

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty": In the spring of the third year of Jian'an, Prime Minister Cao Yan, Lieutenant Liu Bei, Yangzhou Mu Sun Ce, and Yu Yuzhou Mu Guan Yu rebelled a total of 350,000 soldiers to fight against the rebel Yuan Shu. At that time, Cao Yan raised 150,000 troops, Guan Yu raised 30,000 troops through Runan to attack Yiyang and Anfeng; Liu Bei raised 100,000 troops through Huainan below Guangling; Sun Ce raised 70,000 troops from Danyang to attack Lujiang.

The seven counties of Yangzhou were originally Danyang County, Wu County, Huiji County, Luling County, Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and Yuzhang. Now Sun Ce occupies all the boundaries except Jiujiang and Lujiang. However, Sun Ce has divided several counties from Yuzhang and Danyang, formed a new Poyang County, and named his brother-in-law Zhou Yu as the Taishou of Poyang. He is close to the Poyang Lake to practice the sailor. Therefore, although the six counties in Jiangdong are missing a Lujiang River, they are reluctant. The strength is worthy of the name.

As for Jiujiang County, the only county outside the six counties of Jiangdong, although it is not as famous as the six counties of Jiangdong, it is by no means because it is not so important. On the contrary, it is precisely because the six counties are not qualified to be compared with Jiujiang County. In terms of the total population, the six counties add up to more than one million, while Jiujiang County is nearly one million. Moreover, Jiujiang County is a grain-producing city, so Yuan Shu relied on Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and Anfeng Yiyang in Yuzhou, and accidentally gathered more than 300,000 people.

As for Shouchun and Hefei, they were originally two counties under the rule of Jiujiang County. Now Yuan Shu occupies Jiujiang County, with Shouchun as the administrative center. From the east to the coast of the East China Sea, it is collectively called Huainan. It is probably from Huainan, Anhui Province to the east to Nantong, Jiangsu Province.

"So that's it!" Zhao Feng looked at the map for a long time, and then figured out the terrain clearly. Next, he couldn't help admiring Yuan Shu's courage: he dared to claim the emperor with such a little territory in his hand. He was really fearless. Then he couldn't help admiring Sun Quan: there was less than a state in his hand, and he actually supported a country.

At this time, it was the end of February, and Liu Bei's three-way crusade against Yuan Shu was the smoothest. Yuan Shu didn't expect that Liu Bei would choose to attack the area to the east of him. First of all, he was caught off guard. In addition, those generals in the counties in the Huainan area were not Guan Ping's opponents, but they bullied him when he was young. Seeing his challenges, he fought one after another, and as a result, he was cut off by knives one by one. In addition, Ji Ling, the first fierce general in Huainan, also has a certain appeal. Many people were persuaded by him to surrender. As a result, Liu Bei has been in power for more than 20 days, and he has almost collected all the counties east of Shouchun. Now he is camping under Shouchun City, waiting for Cao Qian and Sun Ce to meet and attack Yuan Shu together.

"The virtuous nephew is indeed a young hero, but on the 20th, he even went to the eight counties of Huainan. Of course, General Ji also made great contributions. Come on, let's drink this cup together!" The consecutive victories also made Liu Bei in a good mood. Now he set up a small banquet in the army to reward everyone. As for attacking Shouchun now, Liu Bei is not interested in it. You know, Yuan Shu has hoarded 150,000 troops in Shouchun, which is not a small number. Even if he is not an elite soldier, Liu Bei sent only 100,000 troops this time, and nearly 20,000 people were left in the eight counties of Huainan. In addition to the reduction of combat surnames, there are only more than 70,000 people on hand now. If you want to rely on this kind of people to attack the city, no one is so confident.

"Thank you, uncle, please, general please!" When Guan Ping and Ji Ling heard Liu Bei's praise, they also hurriedly thanked in unison. For a moment, the atmosphere was very harmonious. Brother, this reminds me of the broken yellow scarf in those years. Zhang Jiao was also more than 100,000 soldiers to guard Guangzong. In the end, he was broken by Lu Shangshu and others. Now Yuan Shu is afraid to have embarked on this road. After three glasses of wine, Third Master Zhang also sighed with emotion and began to recall the past years.

"Yes, it's a pity that you and my brother left early and couldn't catch up!" Liu Bei also sighed. Did you leave early and didn't catch up? Zhao Feng was stunned and a little puzzled.

"You can't miss it." Liu Bei was in a good mood today. Suo said about the old story: "When it was said that our brothers gathered 500 townships and followed Youzhou Captain Zou Jing to Qingzhou to save Qingzhou assassin Gong Jing, and then my two brothers and I went to Guangzong to help the teacher and order Lu Zhi to destroy Zhang Jiao."

"It must be Zhang Jiao defeated as soon as the lord arrives?" Zhao Feng tentatively patted a horse. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry, and then said, "I waited for Guangzong. My teacher said that Guangzong was eager to conquer, so he asked me to lead my troops to Yingchuan to help General Huangfu break Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang. Unexpectedly, I just led my troops to leave, and Zhang Jiao died of illness. As a result, the Guangzong garrison did not fight. And when I arrived in Yingchuan, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang had also asked General Huangfu to level them. Both of the credits passed by me!"

"There is such a thing!" Zhao Feng couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, "What happened later?" Zhao Fengsuo's surname became a curious baby. Later, on the reward for meritorious deeds, Cao Jian and Sun Jian broke through the Yingchuan thief soldiers. The two of them, Cao Jian, were a family of official eunuchs, and Sun Jian spent money on favors. As a result, Cao Jian sealed the prime minister of Jinan, and Sun Jian sealed the governor of Changsha. I didn't do much credit, and I didn't have money to make people's favors, so I was awarded the title of Anxi County Captain. After being a postmaster for half a year, he couldn't bear to beat him up because of the postmaster's extortion, and he couldn't even be a sesame official. In the end, if it hadn't been for Lord Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, I'm afraid that our brothers would still be anonymous and running around.

"So that's it!" Zhao Feng also suddenly heard the words: Is Lao Liu so famous, but his career is not smooth at the beginning? At this moment, Liu Bei also stopped recalling, but still sighed: "Sun Jian became the governor of Changsha, known as the Jiangdong Tiger. Unexpectedly, he later died because of the private possession of the jade seal. However, his descendants are also young heroes, but they have played the foundation of Jiangdong in a few years; not to mention Cao Wei, who is now the prime minister. Although I am the enemy, there is no denying that this man was a hero at that time!"

"Heroes cherish heroes!" Zhao Feng sighed that this was the case between Cao and Liu. At this time, the sent Tanma has also come back after insiding the news. Cao Yan and Guan Yu's allied forces have captured An Feng and are attacking Yiyang, and Sun Ce's Jiangdong army has also conquered more than half of the Lujiang River.

"People from all walks of life are progressing smoothly. It seems that Shouchun Jiancheng can go down." Liu Bei is also relatively optimistic. At the same time, Yuan Shu in Shouchun City was not so relaxed. "How can it be like this?" Yuan Shu looked anxiously at the urgent military message on the table in front of him. However, in just over 20 days, his territory was lost with little left. What he didn't expect was that Jiangdong Sun Ce also raised an army to fight against him.

"Sun Ce, wolf ambition. If I hadn't taken you in, would it have been in its current status? Yuan Shu is a little crazy. Now the east has also been occupied by Liu Bei, so he has to retreat, so he has to keep Shouchun to see the change. Anyway, I have enough food and a lot of soldiers and horses, even if I stay for a year or two, it is not a problem.

It's not that there are different moods inside and outside Shouchun City. At this time, under Yiyang City, in the coalition of Cao Qian and Guan Yu, Cao Qian plotted with his confidant Guo Jia and Jia Xu in his big tent.

"Wen He, filial piety, what do you think of Yun Chang?" Cao asked. . In fact, the words behind people are also commensurate, which is enough to show Cao Hen's great importance to Guan Yu.

"The tiger of the world!" Jia Xu's speech has always been more concise. Guan Yunchang's surname is arrogant, but he is loyal, wise and brave. He is a rare talent!" Guo Jia knows more about Cao Qian's surname. Since he knew that since he asked so, he had an idea about Guan Yu.

In fact, this is exactly the case. These days, the two armies have joined hands to fight against Yuan Shu. Cao Yan and Guan Yu have more contact with each other, and they are more and more admired for their talents, so they want to take it for their own use. However, Guan Yu was loyal and righteous, and Cao didn't know where to start for a while.

"Such a fierce general follows Liu Bei and can't use it for me. It's really amazing!" Cao sighed. At this time, Jia Xu stepped forward and said, "Lord, Jia Xu has a plan, which may make Guan Yu used by the prime minister."

"Oh, Wenhe Speedway!" Cao Wei was a little eager.

"The lord can take advantage of the current coalition forces with Guan Yu to attack Yuan Shu and treat Guan Yu with great courtesy. In addition, among my audience, only General Xu Huang and Guan Yu have a deep friendship. The lord can order General Xu and Guan Yu to have more contacts to work together. In addition, the lord can send people to Xuzhou to spread rumors, saying that Guan Yu has been in charge of Yuzhou for a long time. In addition to his high position and power, he did not want to succumb to Liu Bei again. With such a multi-pronged approach, Liu Bei will have doubts sooner or later. At that time, the Prime Minister will say it again with kindness. Isn't Guan Yu used by the Prime Minister? Jia Xu said slowly.

"Wen He is very good at this plan, just act with this plan!" Cao Yan was also overjoyed when he heard the words. Guo Jia thought about it and didn't think there was anything wrong, and he didn't say anything at the moment.

So in the following days, although the military situation was tense in the war, Cao Yan still invited Guan Yu to the banquet on the third and fifth day. At the same time, Xu Huang, a fellow villager from Hedong, also asked Guan Yu to drink for three days, and the two were even brothers. At the same time, sudden rumors in Xuzhou and other places were everywhere. Guan Yu was separated from Liu Bei for a long time and wanted to stand on his own. Even these news soon spread to Liu Bei's ears, who was waiting for Cao Qian's army to converge in Shouchun City.

"Big brother!" That day, Liu Bei was discussing with Zhao Feng and Lu Su in the big tent. Suddenly, Zhang Fei broke into the account aggressively with a spear in his hands. Does the third brother want to attack the city? Liu Bei only thought that Zhang Fei couldn't hold back for a few days and wanted to attack the city.

"The siege is small, big brother. Now everyone wants to be independent. When I go to Yuzhou to take him down and take him back to the eldest brother!" Zhang Fei said angrily.

"Shout me up. Yun Chang and I have been brothers for many years. How can it be like this? Sit down!" Liu Bei said. Big brother?" Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei, who seemed to be excited, and sat down with a long sigh.

"Why do the three generals care? It is expected that this is Cao's alienation plan." Lu Su waited for Zhang Fei to sit down and said with a smile. What's Zi Jing's opinion? Liu Bei asked eagerly that these messages also made him a little uncomfortable these days. Zhao Feng also looked at Lu Su with some surprise. This brother really had two things to do. He is a time-traveler prophet. He knows that Guan Yu will not betray him. It's not easy for him to see it.

After all, what Lu Su said, let's look at the next decomposition.

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