Chapter 45 Hewei Shouchun

"Regardless of the lord, the three generals have a righteous relationship with General Guan Taoyuan. It has been more than a year since General Guan served in Yuzhou. Why do rumors rise sooner or later, but only when we join hands with Cao Wei to fight against the rebel Yuan Shu? And together, it is spreading rapidly. If it is not deliberately done by someone, it is hard to believe. Lu Su said first.

After hearing this, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng all felt that it was very reasonable. The three of them nodded at the same time. The difference is that Zhang Fei and Liu Bei think that Lu Su's words are reasonable, while Zhao Feng admires Lu Su more.

Lu Su then said, "Although General Guan is in Yuzhou, the young general is General Guan who is wholehearted to let him serve in Xuzhou, and General Guan's family is all in Xuzhou, which is also to show his heart and show the world!"

"That's right!" Zhao Feng also nod. He suddenly remembered that Guan Yu was in Jingzhou in history, but at least one of his two sons, Guan Ping and Guan Xing, stayed in Chengdu. I think Guan Yu also used this to show his feelings. This way of minister or self-protection still needs to be paid attention to. Although Liu Bei is a very righteous person in history, in order to avenge his two brothers, he can fight in person. But can the weight in Lao Liu's heart be compared with them? Of course, in the previous life, Zhao Feng also scoffed at some experts' claim that Guan Yu was deliberately killed by Liu Bei. Liu Bei is not so stupid. Even if he wants to get rid of Guan Yu, how can he get into Jingzhou? Moreover, Guan Yu's prosperity and decline are amazing. If Liu Bei can even count this, he will be more amazing than Zhuge Liang.

"Finally, Su once sent someone to explore the source of these rumors, but it turned out to be amazing." Lu Su paused and said, "Most of these rumors came to Xuzhou from Taishan County."

"Taishan County?" At this time, Liu Bei and others suddenly realized that the rumor did not come from Yuzhou, where Guan Yu was located, but came from Yanzhou, where Cao Yan was located. With everyone's IQ, they naturally understood the mystery. Zhao Feng also secretly lamented Cao Yan's power in his heart: he was still fighting against Yuan Shu, and he also took time to alienate Liu Bei and Guan Yu.

"In that case, do you want to mention the second brother?" Liu Bei muttered. There is no need to worry about the lord. Xu Yuanzhi is around the second general. With its wisdom, there should be a way to deal with it!" Lu Su said with a smile. As soon as the words fell, I saw the attendant outside the door sending an urgent letter about Yu.

After reading it, Liu Bei smiled and said, "The second brother intended to move the governor of Yuzhou to Qiao County, but he assigned Ruyin and the two counties of Xiangcheng into Runan. Wei Yan took over Wen Ping as the governor of Runan, and Wen Ping was transferred to Yuzhou Bing Cao."

"This is the second general's intention. It must be Xu Yuanzhi's plan." Lu Su smiled when he heard the words. Zhao Feng also sighed. This is really a clear account of his own brother. However, it should be more than enough for Wei Yan to be the governor of Runan. In history, he has been the governor of Hanzhong. At that time, he claimed that Cao's 100,000 people would be annexed, and more than 100,000 people would retreat from the enemy. Liu Bei didn't think he was bragging. You should know that Liu Bei's ability to know people is well known. Since he trusts Wei Yan so much, it shows that the latter does have this ability. Now that he is guarding Runan, he is accompanied by Li Yan, a person who is both civil and martial arts. It should not be a problem to deal with Cao Qian. As for Liu Biao in the west, ignore it automatically.

"How about the two generals Hou Cheng and Hao Meng?" Zhao Feng asked at this time, you should know that after the merger of Xiangcheng and Ruyin, these two have been Taishou for less than a year and have come to an end. Liu Bei smiled and said, "These two generals were asked to be merged by themselves. Both of them have been Taishu for a year. They both feel that they are not the talent of guarding one side, and they are not assisted by people who are proficient in civil affairs, so they are miserable, so they ask to be generals."

"It's so good!" Zhao Feng also nodded. People are self-aware. It's good for these two people to have this idea. However, Liu Bei seemed to be very lucky today. At this time, someone came to report that the lower Cai county magistrate came to surrender in person.

"Please hurry up!" Liu Bei said in a hurry. After a while, a civil servant in his twenties bowed into the account with a lot of things in his hand. When he saw Liu Bei, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Li Tong, the magistrate of Cai County, to see Lieutenant Liu!"

"Li County Magistrate doesn't have to be polite!" Liu Bei motioned him to speak flat. Li Tong then stood up, and the attendants beside Liu Bei also took over the pile of things he was holding. Only then did Zhao Feng see clearly that Li Tong was not holding anything else, but several official seals and some accounts.

"We heard that Lieutenant Liu, Prime Minister Cao and General Sun fought against Yuan Shu's rebels together, and we knew that this thief was exhausted. As Hanchens, we have to endure it until now because we are in danger. Recently, I heard that the lieutenant's army went south to Huainan, but the eight counties have been paced on the 20th. We and the county magistrates of the five counties have been discussing for a long time. We are willing to obey Lieutenant Liu and fight against the traitors together!" At this point, Li Tong pointed to the pile of things and said, "This is the county magistrate seal of the five counties and the tax population, which is now brought by Tongyi."

"Congratulations to the Li County magistrate for abandoning the secret!" Liu Bei first encouraged him to say a few words. Zhao Feng, who was beside him, asked, "Don't you know the words of Li County Magistrate?"

"A certain word Wenda, do you dare to ask the general?" Li Tong asked while saluteing. He was not stupid. He saw that Zhao Feng was still so comfortable in Liu Bei's tent. He knew that Zhao Feng was a senior official in Xuzhou, and he did not dare to neglect it at the moment.

It's really him! Zhao Feng was also suddenly in his heart. In history, the Shouchun Taishou appointed by Cao Qian, the general Li Tong and Li Wenda, later the battle horse on the Weishui River exceeded the time and was killed by the other party. Although this person is not a top talent, he is also a perfect person. I'm Zhao Feng and Zhao Botao, the governor of Pengcheng!" Zhao Feng turned several times in his heart in an instant, but he did not forget to answer. Li Tong was suddenly polite when he heard the words.

"I heard that Yangzhou Musun Ce's army has arrived in Lujiang, but I don't know why the Li county magistrate didn't vote for him, but gave up the near and far to come to us?" Liu Bei asked slowly.

"The name of Lord Liu's benevolence is known all over the world. When I am close to it, I have admired it for a long time. How can I give up the near and seek the distance? Li Tong flattered with a sincere face. However, this flattery did make Liu Bei more comfortable. At the moment, he took the five official seals with a smile, but ordered Zhang Fei to transfer troops to take over the defense of the five counties. At the same time, he brought four of them back to the four county magistrates who did not come, and appointed them to continue to be officials here. As for Li Tong, Liu Bei first appointed him as a lieutenant, waiting for the army to obey.

"Thank you, Lord Liu, for your appreciation!" Li Tong was also secretly glad that he had made the right bet. In fact, when several of them discussed it, some people once proposed to defect to Sun Ce for a good reason: Sun Ce was a Yangzhou herdsman who was canonized by the court, and nominally he was still his immediate superior. However, Li Tong still tried his best to persuade them to defect to Liu Bei. The reason was that Sun Ce killed a lot of people when he came to pacify Jiangdong a few years ago, and it may not be very safe to defect by himself. In addition, the Jiangdong family is very exclusive, and Sun Ce's official position is just Yangzhou herdsman. His five people went to the past like this and can maintain the existing officials. The position is good. However, Liu Bei is famous for his unconventional employment, benevolence and righteousness, and his official position is a lieutenant in the current dynasty. On the one hand, he can appoint a higher official position, and on the other hand, he is more flexible. Everyone was moved by him, so they entrusted him to explore the limelight.

Zhao Feng didn't think of all these things, but he also knew that Li Tong should be sincere now. After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Feng smiled at Liu Bei and said, "Master, it used to be the fourteen counties of Jiujiang County, but now Shouchun has not been taken, and the other thirteen counties are already my Xuzhou territory."

"That's right!" Liu Bei was also very happy with this unexpected joy. Originally, after everyone defeated the eight counties in the east, some people also proposed to attack the five counties west of Shouchun, but considering that Shouchun Yuanshu still had 150,000 troops, in case of a front and back attack, it would be a second. Now that Li Tong and others have taken the initiative to surrender, there is only one Shouchun Gucheng left in Jiujiang County. When Cao Qian and Sun Ce's army arrive here, they can besiege and attack the city. At present, Liu Bei also sent more horses to the west to inquire about the news of the two people.

Under Lujiang City, "Zhang Xun is Yuan Shu's confidant. This man is guarding Lujiang City. This time, I, a sergeant from Jiangdong, really suffered heavy casualties!" Looking at the head of the fierce battle in Lujiang City, a wave of Jiangdong troops climbed up the cloud ladder. As a result, they were turned into corpses and thrown down one after another. Sun Ce was in pain and sighed.

"There's nothing we can do. We have to take down Lujiang as soon as possible!" Zhou Yu only said half of his words, but Sun Ce also understood in the second half: If you don't take down Lujiang, how can you talk about Shouchun and Huainan? At this moment, there was a sudden chaos in Lujiang City. Although Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did not know what had happened, their years of war experience told them that now is the opportunity to take advantage of it. At present, Sun Ce organized a wave of commandos to kill the head of Lujiang City in the chaos. The panicked defenders couldn't organize too effective resistance for a moment, and they just persisted and collapsed. Subsequently, more and more Jiangdong troops boarded the head of the city, and someone opened the suspension bridge and killed the city to open the gate. Now Sun Ce led the army**, and Lujiang City was officially broken.

"Why is Lujiang City in chaos?" Sun Ce asked Tan Ma, who had just returned from inquibing the news. The lord seems to have been attacked by the east gate of Lujiang. There are rumors that even Zhang Xun has been killed!" The Tanma replied.

"Continue to explore!" After Sun Ce gave the order, he looked at Zhou Yu. Both of them coincidentally saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes: the reinforcements from the East Gate should not be Liu Bei's people. Has he taken Shouchun and Huainan? Then it's not very interesting for me to recruit soldiers this time.

"Lord, it seems that someone is coming!" A sharp-eyed soldier pointed to the distance. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked from afar, but saw that the two flags were "Zhang" and "Gao". It turned out that Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to send people to take over the defense of the five counties, but Zhang Fei was really idle for a long time. At present, he asked Liu Bei to help Sun Ce solve Zhang Xun in Lujiang. Liu Bei also agreed, and sent Gao Shun to lead the camp to help.

The next step is even simpler. Gao Shun's camp was simply a demonic existence for Zhang Xun. They boarded the top of the city by them in an instant. Zhang Xun himself was stabbed to death by Gao Shun, which caused the chaos and completed the Jiangdong people who attacked the city in the south.

So far, Lujiang, the last gateway of Shouchun, has been captured, and soon Guan Yu and Cao Yan's joint forces have also taken Yiyang. Only the lonely city of Shouchun is left in Yuan Shu's territory. And the armies of the three families are gradually coming here.

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