Even if Shen Xian didn't agree to the method of defrauding and surrendering, Huang Gai still didn't escape the fate of being beaten in the end.

It is said that the Jingzhou troops on the other side of the Yangtze River all felt the riot in Xiling City, and Fan Chou also sent someone to sneak over to find out the news, and the spies came back to tell Fan Chou, it was Huang Gai, the old subordinate of Sun Jian, who was dissatisfied with Yizhou Mu Shen Xian, and as a result, Sun Ce was angered, and he was dragged out and slapped fifty military sticks.

Fifty sticks! It crackles on the flesh and it hurts! Fan Chou trembled empathetically for a while, and was puzzled: "Huang Gongfu is dissatisfied with Yizhou Mu, why did he anger Sun Bofu?" ”

"This ......" The spy was stunned and said tentatively: "It is said that Liu Shangyu is the brother of Sun Bo Fu Yi and Jin Lan!" ”

Fan Chou narrowed his eyes and said to himself, "Wait, there's definitely something greasy in this." ”

A few years ago, Fan Chou was still following Dong Zhuo to cause trouble, of course he knew that Shen Xian and Sun Ce were brothers who married Jin Lan, and he also knew that Shen Xian was quite a trick, because the most embarrassing thing about Lu Bu in Dong Zhuo's army was that Shen Xian and Sun Ce joined forces to do it.

At that time, Shen Xian with a few thousand people dared to rob Dong Zhuo's team of escorting the civil and military officials of the imperial court, and after rescuing a large number of officials, he happened to meet Lu Bu who hurried back, in order to give his subordinates a chance to escape, Shen Xian personally went out and dragged Lu Bu. According to common sense, Shen Xian's small body is not enough to pick up Lu Bu's heavenly halberd, although Sun Ce rushed to the rescue single-handedly, and it was only a matter of time before the two of them were skewered by Lu Bu together, but the final result was a big surprise.

Lu Bu, who was obviously in control of the victory, was stunned by Shen Xian's strings.

According to Lu Bu, when he poked his halberd towards Shen Xian's façade, Shen Xian just raised his hand to cross the strings, and then Lu Bu heard a loud "buzz", as if there were thousands of fireworks that exploded in his mind in an instant, shocking people to the point of dizziness and fainting directly.

The others expressed surprise in front of them, but they laughed at Lu Bu behind their backs. Everyone thinks that Lu Bu is lying, he is either defeated by a nobody, and he is unwilling to make an excuse, or he is stunned and his mind is not clear, in short, who will be stunned by the strings? How bad is that man's playing?

But even if Lu Bu was not stunned by Shen Xian, he was planted in Shen Xian's hands after all, and this alone is very worthy of Fan Chou's attention to Shen Xian and Sun Ce. Therefore, since he accepted Liu Biao's assignment and came to Jiangxia County to resist the invasion of Sun Ce, he never dared to act rashly, but first honestly set up camp and waited for the army to be assembled, and then discussed the matter of counterattack.

Fan Chou thought about it, and felt that he couldn't fight with Sun Ce, Sun Ce united the forces of Liu Miao and Shen Xian, plus the territory he had beaten down, Yuzhang County and Huiji County, which he had beaten down, which could be described as strong, and Jingzhou was not only attacked in Jiangxia, Nanyang County and Nanjun were invaded, this state of flowering on all sides was difficult for Liu Biao to concentrate on dealing with either side, if he couldn't resist it, Jingzhou would change hands.

Thinking of this, Fan Chou was suddenly slightly stunned, and he fell into deep thought.

When Fan Chou was desperate and escaped from Wuguan, he could actually choose to defect to Yuan Shao, but thinking about Yuan Shao's strength, he brought his soldiers over, maybe he couldn't keep the military power, and the taste of sending people under the fence was always uncomfortable, and Fan Chou had to leave a way back for himself.

While he was hesitating, Fan Chou ran into Huang Zu, who was ordered by Liu Biao to escape from Xiangyang City by a small road to mobilize rescue troops, and Xiangyang City was surrounded by Sun Jian.

Thinking of Sun Jian, who beat himself everywhere and lost face, Fan Chou and Huang Zu hit it off and went directly to Jingzhou.

At first, Fan Chou was very comfortable, because his arrival directly helped Liu Biao relieve the siege of Xiangyang, so Liu Biao valued him very much and did not deprive him of his military power, and those Xiliang soldiers and horses were still led by Fan Chou himself. But gradually, when Liu Biao pacified the civil strife and bandits in Jingzhou and gradually settled down, conflicts began to arise between them.

The troops under his command are stronger than themselves, can this be endured? Liu Biao looked at Fan Chou every day, as if he was looking at a bomb that would explode on his own territory at any time. And Fan Chou naturally discovered Liu Biao's hostility and began to deliberately alienate him.

Seeing that the two parties were about to tear apart, and even began to have various skirmishes between each other, at this time, the news of Sun Ce's attack on Jingzhou suddenly came.

No matter who owns Jingzhou in the future, at least it can't be cheap for outsiders at this moment.

So Fan Chou and Liu Biao finally shook hands for a while, and Liu Biao was very generous to hand over the elite sailors of Jingzhou to him to command, and drove all the way to the bank of the Yangtze River.

After two tentative fights with Sun Ce, Fan Chou concluded that this little overlord was much more mature and calm than when he was begging Dong in the past, and now Sun Ce may be even stronger than him. To be honest, Fan Chou has been coming and going in the rain for so many years, and he is not afraid of Sun Ce, a stunned boy, but when a person's name appeared in the newspaper, Fan Chou still shuddered involuntarily.

Jia Wenhe.

This man, who turned Chang'an City upside down, calmly wandered between the Xiliang faction and the imperial party, and after offending both families, he was able to retreat, and finally went to Yizhou, where Shen Xian was located.

In Jingzhou over the years, Fan Chou has not lost his attention to Chang'an City, he watched Lu Bu fight back to Chang'an and kill Dong Zhuo, and watched Guo Bi tear Lu Bu but was kicked out of Si Li by Duan Xuan and the Imperial Party and could only wander around, how many of them were Jia Xu's handiwork, Fan Chou couldn't think about it.

Sometimes Fan Chou is also very puzzled, Jia Xu never trusts others lightly, he is afraid that no one in Chang'an has really intersected except Yang Xiu, why did he go to Yizhou without any scruples in the end?

With Jia Xu sitting in Xiling City, Fan Chou didn't dare to make a move, and this battle couldn't be fought. Before Fan Chou was worried about how to get Jia Xu away or simply sent a letter to Sun Ce to ask for unity and drag Liu Biao down, Fan Chou finally received the news that Jia Xu was gone! It's time to go to Dongting Lake!

Thinking that Jia Xu was a lot farther away from him, Fan Chou ate three bowls of rice that day.

After being happy, Fan Chou began to think about why Jia Xu left.

Although almost all of Jingzhou's Jiangxia County fell into Sun Ce's hands, other counties were safe for the time being, such as Changsha County, which was adjacent to Jiangxia County.

When it comes to Changsha Taishou Han Xuan, the expression on Liu Biao's face is indescribable, but Han Xuan, who has always been unfavorable, did not surrender immediately under Sun Ce's prestige, and even responded to Huang Zu's request to send someone to attack Sun Ce, which made Fan Chou a little surprised.

Although Tai Shi Ci occupied the position by Dongting Lake, with his little strength, as long as Sun Ce was finished, Tai Shi Ci would not be able to jump.

Fan Chou suddenly thought of a very brilliant plan, he felt that he could contact Han Xuan first and ask him to restrain Tai Shici, and then force Sun Ce ashore, drive him in the direction of Dongting Lake, and finally annihilate them in Dongting Lake in one fell swoop.

Huang Zu is fighting with the Yizhou army in Yiling, Liu Biaozheng personally led troops to resist Zhang Lu in Hanzhong in Xiangyang City, these two people have no time to take care of Jiangxia's affairs, plus Changsha is too protective of Han Xuan to be of great use, and when the time comes, Changsha County will be taken, and Fan Chou will be able to list his own territory and claim the princes!

Although Changsha is not as rich as other states and counties in the north, it is better than the emperor in the sky, and there is a dangerous Yangtze River in the middle.

Fan Chou's brain completed the whole process from beating Sun Ce to splitting the earth and sealing the marquis in a short period of time, and he felt that his whole person was reborn.

"Pass the order down and prepare for battle." Fan Chou stood up suddenly, he clenched the spear in his hand tightly, and said in a low voice: "Send a letter to Han Xuan, let him wait in ambush outside Dongting Lake, and when we drive Sun Bofu to Dongting Lake, we will annihilate him in one fell swoop!" ”

"Your Excellency." General Pi was slightly stunned: "Xiling's ......"

"Sun Bofu scolded Huang Gong for Liu Shangyu's cane, this move is really inappropriate, it will definitely chill the veterans who have followed Sun Wentai, Sun Bofu is still too young." Fan Chou smiled: "In addition, Sun Bofu and Liu Shangyu were originally only united, no matter how close the two of them are, there will be friction between their subordinates." Centrifugation in the army is a big taboo, now is the best time to attack, we can't wait! ”

"Yes, sir!" The general was ordered to leave.

"Now I'm waiting for Han Xuan's reply......" Fan Chou muttered in a low voice: "What should Jia Wenhe do?" Forget it, if there is a chance at that time, I can spare his life for my use...... It's even better. ”

Shen Xian had no idea that someone was secretly spying on her advisors, and she was shocked by the news from Xuzhou.

Cao Cao took 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xuzhou, and finally met Liu Bei who came in a hurry after several cities, but Liu Bei came too late, before that, Cao Cao slaughtered a city every time he passed a city, whether it was a soldier or a common man, a man or a woman, an old man or a child, all were killed under the Yanzhou army's chaotic knife.

In the face of these accusations, Cao Cao just said lightly: "When my father was exposed to the wilderness in Xuzhou, they should have this kind of consciousness." ”

"......"

Shen Xian's hand holding the military newspaper trembled a little, she thought, compared to Cao Cao, she was really too tender.

"Cao Mengde, this person is simply brutal!" Huang Zhong frowned and said coldly: "It's nothing that the two armies killed in battle, why did he torture and kill the innocent people of Dawn?" ”

Shen Xian didn't speak, she didn't know what she should comment. Because it was not her relatives who died, she couldn't empathize with Cao Cao, so she had no qualifications to speak.

In this regard, Liu Miao just sighed: "Alas, the temperament is ......."

After being silent for a long time, Shen Xian couldn't help but ask a question: "Cao Jugao was really killed by Liu Xuande?" ”

Huang Zhong sneered, and Liu Miao looked at Shen Xian meaningfully.

Shen Xian bit her lip and laughed at herself: "I'm stupid, does it matter?" ”

Dark clouds covered the sun, the fishy wind was everywhere, and Cheng Yu covered his mouth and nose with long sleeves and walked quickly through the city.

Cao Cao finally slowed down the pace of killing after slaughtering three cities in a row, because Liu Bei finally arrived late and sent a letter asking for guilt.

Cheng Yu lifted the curtain and walked into the big tent, Cao Cao was the only one in the military tent, he knelt on the table with his back straight like a javelin, and a letter full of guilt was spread out in front of him.

Cheng Yu glanced at it hurriedly, then turned his gaze away and arched his hand to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong." ”

"Zhongde, sit." Cao Cao said in a low voice, and he handed the letter to Cheng Yu: "Look at it, Liu Xuande wrote it." ”

Cheng Yu read the main letter at a glance, and he had to say that Liu Bei was really good at writing - maybe he didn't write it at all, but he didn't hear that Liu Bei had a master around him.

Cao Cao asked in a flat tone, "What do you think?" ”

Cheng Yu speculated about Cao Cao's heart and replied tentatively: "Although Liu Xuande did not directly state it in his letter, I feel that this matter should have nothing to do with him. ”

Cheng Yu wouldn't have said this a few days ago, but now that Cao Cao has slaughtered the three cities, his anger has disappeared a lot, and he is estimated to be able to listen to the advice.

Sure enough, Cao Cao laughed in a low voice: "I know." ”

Cheng Yu lowered his head and didn't speak.

yes, you know, you knew it from the beginning, but you still chose to kill it, even if it was just to get angry.

After being quiet for a while, I heard Cheng Yu's voice sound: "After this battle, coupled with the Yuan Highway on the southern line, Liu Xuande's Xuzhou is afraid that it will not be able to be saved." ”

"Yuan Highway."

Cao Cao repeated the name slowly, biting the words clearly.

"Yuan Highway is not to be afraid of this person, so why not let him be half." Cao Cao's tone contained a shallow sneer, and he didn't seem to put Yuan Shu in his eyes: "It's just that he can hold it...... Oh, I'm afraid he still doesn't know that Liu Shangyu is in Lujiang. ”

"What?" Cheng Yu was slightly startled, he looked up at Cao Cao suddenly, only to find that Cao Cao's gaze was falling on the map.

Yizhou pastor in Lujiang? What do you mean? Isn't Yizhou joining forces with Sun Ce to attack Jingzhou, what is he doing in Lujiang at this juncture?

A series of questions popped up in his mind, Cheng Yu's mind spun fast, and he immediately remembered that some time ago, Xi Zhicai took thirty good men from the Tiger and Par Battalion to Lujiang to see Hua Tuo for medical treatment.

Shen Xian is fighting Jingzhou, but Lujiang, which belongs to Yangzhou, has also returned to her, so it seems that this Yizhou pastor's appetite is really not small.

"The plague ...... Lujiang," Cheng Yu said slowly: "Is it fake?" ”

"The plague is real, but it has long been cured." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and said in a rather regretful tone: "Liu Shangyu separated the battlefield of Lujiang and Yuzhou with the plague, and at that time Lu Feng occupied Yanzhou first, we were too busy to take care of him, and we didn't have time to clean him up, but we missed a good opportunity." ”

Cheng Yu thought that it was a good opportunity before, and he only needed to reveal the news of Shen Xian's stay in Lujiang to Yuan Shu, but unfortunately there was Cao Song's case in Yanzhou, and he didn't have time to arrange anything, so Xi Zhicai was transferred back.

Wait, such a coincidence? Once or twice, let him escape?

"Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, the land of the four counties...... It's not enough. Cao Cao let out a long sigh and pulled back the pensive Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu heard the words and said: "Ming Gong, Liu Shangyu has to be guarded against. ”

"How?" Cao Cao asked nonchalantly.

"Lu Jining, the Taishou of Lujiang County, is an upright person, Yuan Highway has failed to win over him many times, but he was somehow preempted by Liu Shangyu, which shows that he has some means. In addition, Liu Shangyu and Sun Bofu joined forces in this battle, and now they have three counties of Yangzhou, if they can really defeat Jingzhou......"

Cheng Yu paused and moved his gaze to the map: "Half of the world will be in his hands." ”

The three states of Yi, Jing and Yang encompass the southern world, plus a Jiaozhou that the imperial court can't control, this territory is indeed big enough.

Cao Cao didn't speak, and Cheng Yu continued: "But there are still articles to do, such as the relationship between Liu Shangyu and Sun Bofu......"

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes lit up slightly, and he suddenly had a sense of interest, interrupting Cheng Yu's words: "According to what you say, you should guard against Sun Bofu instead of Liu Shangyu, after all, if Liu Shangyu gets married one day, won't her territory be all someone else's?" ”

Facing the stunned Cheng Yu, Cao Cao smiled slightly: "Oh, forget to tell you, Liu Shangyu is a woman, a few years ago when Liu Junlang was still alive, I wanted to propose to their family for Ziyu, but it was still a step too late." ”

Cheng Yu seemed to be hit a little hard, and he didn't want to speak anymore.

Cao Cao didn't have any intention of comforting his subordinates, so he changed the subject: "Where did Mr. go?" ”

Cheng Yu said sullenly: "General Xiahou sent a letter saying that Mr. Xi has gone to Jizhou. ”

Cao Cao clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay! Those who know me are also talented. ”

Everyone knows that Yuan Shao cheated Cao Cao, Cao Cao is not a virgin, and if he doesn't care about it for the time being, it doesn't mean that he won't collect debts in the future, and one day he will let him pay off all the debts owed by Yuan Shao.

After such a distraction, Cheng Yu, who finally got rid of Shen Xian's shadow, followed Cao Cao's topic and asked, "Lord, do we want Xuzhou?" ”

"What do you say?" Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu coldly.

"But the original prince ...... there"

Cheng Yu looked a little hesitant. Before Cao Cao, he only had Yanzhou and half of Qingzhou, and he was so worried about Yuan Shao; If half of Xuzhou is taken after the end of this war...... Who knows what Yuan Shao will do?

"Leave this matter to the gentleman." Cao Cao waved his hand, and a hint of irritability flashed in his eyes: "After taking Xuzhou, let's see how the harvest in Yanzhou is this year, it's not a matter to keep fighting, let's delay it for a few years." ”

"As for Yuan Highway ......" Cao Cao smiled slowly: "Lu Fengxian or Liu Shangyu, they both want that piece of land." ”

Huang Gai, who was beaten so badly, scolded the people who came to visit him, he focused on scolding the combination of Zhou Yu and Guo Jia, and took Sun Ce, who was not even there, to scold a bloody dog, and the little soldiers passing by sighed that they really didn't expect the level of Old Man Huang's scolding to be so high, and there was no duplicate of half a pillar of incense, which was simply admirable.

Zhou Yu and Guo Jia stood at the door of the tent against the big sun and looked at each other with a wry smile.

"Let's go." Zhou Yu let out a long sigh and handed the tonic medicine he brought to the general guarding the door: "Take these to General Huang, this is my family's ancestral gold sore medicine, which is very effective in treating stick wounds." ”

"Take it! I don't want it! Huang Gai's roaring voice came out.

The general stuck out his tongue and winked at Zhou Yu to show that he would definitely complete the task, and then Zhou Yu was dragged away by Guo Jia.

"The old man is quite old," on the way back, Zhou Yu rarely chattered: "Just beat like this, I'm really a little ......"

"Anyway, it's Bo Fu's hand, what about the others?" Guo Jia looked indifferent.

"I don't know." Zhou Yu shook his head: "I'm afraid where to hide and be sad, right?" The righteous brother is the most affectionate. ”

Guo Jia was silent for a long time and suddenly said, "Do you know that General Huang doesn't like the lord very much? ”

"Xiaoxian?" Zhou Yu was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect Guo Jia to say it so bluntly, he said half-jokingly: "Isn't this your excuse?" ”

Guo Jia pouted: "Only Bo Fu doesn't understand why." ”

"He won't, you're too worried." Zhou Yu said lightly: "He is not suitable to be a ...... Lord. ”

"The lord is not suitable either." Guo Jia smiled slightly: "At least it seems like this." ”

"What are you trying to illustrate?" Zhou Yu stopped, he looked at Guo Jia fixedly, and the two looked at each other at a distance of a few meters.

After a while, Guo Jia snorted slightly: "It's not what I want to do." ”

Zhou Yu said firmly: "No, I promise." ”

"Lend you good words."

When they were about to part, Zhou Yu grabbed Guo Jia: "I thought about it for a long time, but there is still something I don't understand, I hope Mr. will solve it." ”

Receiving Guo Jia's affirmative gaze, Zhou Yu smiled slightly: "Mr. is a smart person, this kind of suspicion of sowing discord should not be said, why?" ”

"yes, why?" A hint of mockery appeared on the corner of Guo Jia's mouth, and he didn't know if he was laughing at Zhou Yu or himself: "Someone has to say it anyway, doesn't it?" I'll just talk again...... It's nothing. ”

Guo Jia waved his hand and left, and Zhou Yu looked at his emaciated back thoughtfully.

In Huang Gai's tent, Sun Ce, who was invisible to everyone and thought he was hiding in the corner and crying, was personally taking gold sore medicine to give Huang Gai medicine.

Huang Gai was still in good spirits when he was lying on the couch, but when his clothes were lifted, the large bruises and bruises on his back still made Sun Ce's heart tremble.

"Old man, I'm really sorry." Sun Ce said in a low voice: "I have made amends to you, and when this battle is over, I will let you dispose of it." ”

"Childe, what are you talking about?!" Huang Gai blew his beard and glared: "If you don't focus on deceiving anyone?" ”

Sun Ce wanted to say something, but Huang Gai changed his words and said, "Anyway, I already scolded Gongjin when he came over just now, so forgive you." ”

Sun Ce's head was full of black lines, and he remembered that he had just watched Old Man Huang scold Guo Jia and Zhou Yu in a fit of anger, and Zhou Yu scolded himself. The first two have a curtain and can't see each other, so it's not so embarrassing, but Sun Ce is standing next to Huang Gai! The scolded dog can't fight back when it's bloody, not only can't he fight back, but he can't even show his displeasure on his face!

It's so torturous! Sun Ce thought indignantly.

After giving Huang Gai the medicine, and talking to the old man for a while, Sun Ce was about to say goodbye and leave, he came to sneak in while everyone was not paying attention, and he had to slip away when he went back.

Just when Sun Ce lifted the curtain, he paused, and turned his head to look at Huang Gai, who had just closed his eyes and wanted to rest: "Old man, I have already discussed with Gongjin and the third sister, I just want to lead the troops to fight, you can let me go." ”

Huang Gai's eyelids trembled, but he didn't say anything.

Sun Ce continued: "I like to fight and lead soldiers, but I don't know anything but this, I don't know strategy, and I don't know how to deal with those messy families, I think they are annoyed to death in front of them and behind their backs." ”

"I'm fine right now." Sun Ce laughed: "It's good to fight with you." ”

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he left. Huang Gai climbed on the couch for a long time before he whispered, "Hmph, stinky boy." ”