One day in late April, after pretending to prepare for the start of the army, and after seven or eight consecutive days of marching across the Sanguan Road, the 5,000 soldiers and horses originally stationed in Wudu County led by Zhang Fei finally entered the Sanguan Pass and arrived at the foot of Chencang City.

Li Su also worked tirelessly, wading through mountains and rivers, and walking with the army.

Liu Bei was afraid that Zhang Fei was not good at officialdom negotiations and would not be able to squeeze Huangfu Song. Therefore, let Brother Bo Yaxian be fully responsible for the work of playing tricks, and the third brother just needs to lead the troops to act.

For Zhang Fei, the last time he visited Chen Cang was fifteen months ago, when he was carried on a stretcher and was wounded in a battle with Yan Xing, the fierce general of Xiliang. Therefore, Chen Cang's impression on Zhang Fei is still relatively unpleasant, it is always easy to recall the injury, and it can also make his lessons learn a longer shelf life.

As soon as the soldiers and horses left the Qinling Mountain Road, the south gate of Chencang City in front of them was opened, and a small group of elite cavalry reacted quickly, went out of the city and spread out in formation, blocking the way.

The officer at the head is estimated to be at the level of a certain department, and he happened to be on duty today, and when he saw the soldiers and horses, he came over to inquire about the superintendent: "Who are you waiting for!" In order to cross the line, don't hurry back! The land of Sanfu is fully guarded by the general of the chariot cavalry, and foreign soldiers are not allowed to trespass! ”

Zhang Fei was responsible for yelling first: "We are under the command of General Zhengxi and Duke Xuande of Lingyizhou, and the military capital is too guarded by Zhang Yide!" Who are you? Hearing that Dong Zhuo killed the emperor, my eldest brother wanted to respond to the righteousness of the world, and quickly invited the general of the chariot to come and meet. If we don't see the face of the general, we will go east on our own to get rid of the thieves for the country, and we only ask you to borrow tens of thousands of stones of grain for use. ”

The officer was shouted by Zhang Fei, and the horse was frightened and retreated a few steps, and it was only after reining in the horse that it was stable: "Since the friendly army is polite to see you, if you have something to say, what are you roaring!" I am Sima Zhenghun of the Zuojun, you wait here for a while, and don't act rashly. ”

This Zheng Hun is the younger brother of Shangshu Zheng Tai, who is in his early thirties and is an official in Chang'an, so he was transferred to Huangfu Song as a partial general. After Zheng Hun returned to the city to report, in less than a quarter of an hour, Huangfu Song arrived on horseback.

"See the Che Rider General!" Zhang Fei and Li Su both rolled the saddle and dismounted, and greeted each other with courtesy.

Huangfu Song was stunned for a moment, and then noticed that Li Su was also there.

He has also met Li Su a lot, of course, he is also familiar, more than a year ago, Li Su escorted Princess Wannian back to the fiefdom to take up the domain, handed over to Huangfu Song on the princess's escort, and also passed on a few words of care from the now late Empress Dowager He. Huangfu Song regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and he still had to listen to Li Su's negotiations with face.

Li Su said Liu Bei's position on Dong Dong without humility or arrogance.

He didn't say how much Liu Bei took the initiative to cause trouble with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Bao Xin, but emphasized that "Liu Bei got the news late, so when he got the news, he learned at the same time that not only were the princes in the Kwantung region begging for Dong, but he also knew the news that Dong Zhuo had just killed and abolished the emperor." It was because Dong Zhuo had new evils and was punished for several crimes that Liu Bei couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to do his best to eliminate traitors for the country."

After the statement, Li Su concluded: "General Che Cai, you should know that Su Su said, 'The way of the Mandate of Heaven to control chaos is to be punished if you advocate it, and the palace is blessed'.

Although Zhuo had no way, when Zhuo was in Beijing, the world was peaceful after all, and the people did not suffer from war, so I led the generals of Zhengxi to leave Beijing and did not want to conflict with them, and I never thought of starting a war lightly.

But now that the princes have been begging for Dong, the world has been in chaos, Dong Zhuo has killed and abolished the emperor, the crime is heavy, and the world is inevitably falling apart. The Shu Road is difficult, although there is grain in Hanzhong, it is impossible to transport it out by the mountain road of Sanguandao, and it is necessary to borrow Chang'an to store grain. ”

Li Su's words were not only spoken to Huang Fu Song, but also just right for some of Huang Fu Song's henchmen, civil officials, generals, and personal soldiers to hear, in order to buy people's hearts, and to have a testimony, so that everyone knew Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, creating a "others took the initiative to take up arms, and Liu Bei was forced to take up arms". If you can't send troops in the future, you have to push the pot to Huangfu Song, and there are so many people to witness it.

Li Su casually glanced at it, and noticed several characters who spoke and testified with weight: Zuojun Sima Zhenghun, Du Lieutenant Dong Cheng, and Wang Zifu...... Obviously, the civil and military staff of the descendants of Huangfu Song are basically loyal ministers of the Han family in later generations, even if they join Dong Zhuo's camp in the middle, it is because Dong Zhuo has mastered the name of the imperial court and has been coerced into it.

These people can be used as seeds to stay in the center of the imperial court in the future to testify, and they will not betray Huangfu Song, which is indeed very suitable.

It's a pity that no matter how fanciful Li Su said, Huangfu Song really refused.

"Presumptuous! Liu Bei was not carried away, as the general of the imperial court's expedition to the west, he was responsible for pacifying Liu Yan after Liu Yan openly resisted the dispatch of the imperial court and became independent, so he should be loyal to his duties. And the rest of the things are also his concerns?

At the beginning, Dong Zhuo was ordered by the imperial court to pacify the thieves in Xiliang, what did he do? The chaos of Qiang cannot be determined, raising Kou is self-respecting, taking the opportunity to enter Beijing, and competing for his own interests. If Liu Bei also gave up Liu Yan and entered the Beijing Division, how is it different from Dong Zhuo? If my emperor Fu Song gave up Han and entered the Beijing Division, lost the Han land and fought for private rights, how is it different from Dong Zhuo?

My Huangfu Song is a general's life, and my Huangfu family has been loyal to the Han Dynasty for generations, only knowing the pacification of Yidi and the Han land, but I don't know the merits of the government! If Liu Bei can repent and serve the country to resist foreign insults, then I will still have an old friendship with him, if I want to get involved in the government, unless I step on the corpse of my emperor Fu Song! ”

Li Su sighed when he heard this.

Although he knew that Huangfu Song would refuse, he was still a little in awe when he heard such words.

Huang Fu Song's temperament is a bit like the German military tradition: soldiers do not care about internal affairs, do not take advantage of politicians, only fight for nationalism, and only fight to defend against foreign enemies.

He has a sense of moral superiority that takes pride in being a soldier and looks down on politicians.

was shocked by such righteous and stern remarks, Li Su suddenly felt that it seemed that the moral high ground of those who did not please Dong was weaker than those who asked for Dong.

The key depends on why you don't please Dong and whether the reason is loud. is as unflattering as Huang Fu Song, who is a pure military person. If you don't please Dong because of cowardice, cowardice and fear, then it's shameful.

"That being the case, presumably the general of the Che Cavalry is absolutely unwilling to borrow our army's military rations to advance eastward." Li Su sighed.

Huangfu Song: "I said it, unless you step over my corpse, no foreign soldier who cannot be ordered by the imperial court can pass through Chen Cangcheng one step!" ”

Li Su respectfully dismounted, Zhang Fei also hurriedly dismounted, and then walked in front of Huangfu Song, and took a deep look, Li Su announced aloud very gracefully: "The law of the imperial court, when the general is vacant, the general of the chariot and cavalry controls the generals. And the general of the chariot and the Duke of Lu are the giants of the Han Dynasty, and they have the merit of saving the world.

Although General Zhengxi has made outstanding achievements and been promoted in recent years, he does not dare to forget the grace of General Che Cai and Lu Gong in mentioning and teaching. Since the general of the Che Cavalry has such a word, I dare not offend, and immediately lead the troops back to Wudu, but ask to pacify Liu Yan's rebels as soon as possible, and then enter the court to report the victory. However, he also asked the general of the chariot cavalry to provide food for our army for ten days, so that our army could retreat to the south of the Qinling Mountains. ”

Of course, Li Su is not short of this bite to eat, when he came, he actually brought enough dry food with him, and he couldn't starve to death if he went back directly. But if he wants to make this matter bigger and more formal, then he has to borrow food.

It's like when talking about business, the original copy of the business notice can be brought by the negotiator himself, but sometimes you still have to send an SF Express - because the receipt of the face sheet of SF Express has the effect of legal evidence, which can prove that you have "effectively served", and the subsequent calculation of the "offer reply period and commitment period" in law is calculated from this.

What Li Su wanted was to leave a transfer record of "Liu Bei retired because he listened to Huangfu Song's order" in Huangfu Song's logistics and financial system.

Huangfu Song didn't have so many flowers, when he heard that he just wanted the grain to eat on the road for ten days, he also agreed, and immediately asked the grain official in charge of Chencang to send Li Su according to the number, and it was also recorded in the accounts.

Li Su not only acted in the sincerity of sending troops, announced Liu Bei's reasons and the number of layers he was in, but also betrayed Huangfu Song's favor.

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After Zhang Fei returned to Wudu, Li Su hurried back to Nanzheng non-stop.

On the other hand, the envoy sent by Guan Yu to negotiate with Yuan Shu in Hanzhong was indeed returned.

Yuan Shu did not directly refuse to give grain, but first said some prevarication of Tai Chi, saying that "the current grain storage is insufficient, and it can only be temporarily supported and distributed by ten years." As long as the offensive of the army is successful, it can be supplied in full after the autumn harvest, and it can also be used to supply the enemy. ”

But Liu Bei got Li Su's care and asked him to be careful that Yuan Shu "first deceived the reinforcements to control them, and then stuck your grain and grass so that you had to completely obey him as cannon fodder and lose his independent command", so Liu Bei of course wanted to let Guan Yu not see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle, and insisted that Yuan Shu deliver the food in place before sending troops to receive it. If there is less food for the time being, it is no problem, you can send a little less troops.

Anyway, Guan Yu's offer is that you will give as much food as you give to the troops to eat at least half a year, and I will only send as many troops as I want.

With such a run, Yuan Shu's attempt to control the grain and grass and indirectly control the command of the other princes' troops could not be carried out, and Yuan Shu was too lazy to raise Guan Yu's soldiers, so he directly and explicitly refused to give food, and fell into the notoriety of not being willing to support friendly troops to fight against Dong.

Li Su returned to Nanzheng, of course Liu Bei showed him this reply as soon as possible, Li Su thought for a while: "In this case, we will prepare with both hands." First, didn't Yuan Shu say that after the autumn harvest, there was a one-time payment of surplus grain. We can run again after the autumn harvest.

Secondly, we must be prepared to find a way to conquer the Diaoyu City as much as possible before the autumn harvest, and then take Jiangzhou, so that the Yangtze River channel can be opened. When the time comes, he will act at the opportunity to decide whether to use the name of Bajun Taishou Cai Gong to send out the division in the name of 'logistics can be guaranteed, so that he will raise troops to fight against Dong'.

In the end, we must find a way to collect and disseminate Yuan Shu's rudely rejected letters and other evidence of reciprocation, and it is best to send messages to other generals under Sun Jian's account, such as Sun Jian and others, to remind them to secretly disintegrate Yuan Shu's prestige and expose his true colors. ”

Liu Bei nodded slightly, he didn't have any objections to Li Su's plan, he just felt that Li Su's idea of "capturing Diaoyu City in the autumn harvest" was a little too optimistic.

"Brother Xian, I've heard that you used a new catapult to attack the city at Jianmen Pass, but even with this sharp weapon, Diaoyu City is not so easy to capture. We estimate that the military rations in Diaoyu City will last at least a year or two, and the siege will be very protracted. ”

Li Su opened the folding fan and said calmly: "There is always a thought, what if it happens." Moreover, the siege of the city makes the defenders run out of food and die, it is not necessary to really besiege until the food is completely exhausted, the key is to let them understand the trend and break the hearts of the enemy army.

Moreover, the princes of the outside world began to discuss Dong, and we could not serve the country because of the obstruction of Diaoyu City, so there was another layer of righteousness, and perhaps we could further persuade the enemy army to deviate from morality. I want to ask for help, go to the front line of Diaoyu City, maybe there is a good way. ”

Liu Bei thought for a while: "In this case, Brother Xian be careful, let's take Diaoyu City, and then discuss whether to send a partial division to discuss Dong." Brother Xian must not get close to Diaoyu City, just supervise the battle from afar. ”

Lewen