Xu Chu received the military order, and Xu Hanniang led 20,000 Danyang elite soldiers to Wu County to quell the rebellion of Shanyue Dahao Zulang.

After Xu Chu's soldiers and horses left, the territory of Xuzhou and Yangzhou, which were ruled by pottery merchants, began to fall into a temporary tranquility.

But while the interior of Dow territory seems to be quiet, the outside is turbulent.

Among them, the most obvious is that in the Huainan land to the west of the Tao territory, it is already facing the crisis of changing hands at this moment.

After Sun Ce and Lu Bu joined forces, Lian Jie Lian Victory, Liankechi County, Tongling and other places, and even Shangrao, which was strong in defense and easy to defend and difficult to attack, were broken by them.

Liu Xun and Zhang Xun's soldiers and horses could not resist the edge of the two, so they could only retreat to Shouchun City to temporarily avoid the edge.

It stands to reason that the Yuan clan is also powerful in Huainan, so it would not be so bad.

How could Yuan Shu die newly, the morale of the three armies was low, and Yuan Shu fought with the pottery merchants in Yuzhang County, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which greatly reduced the overall strength of the Huainan Army, and also lost several excellent generals, and the successor was insufficient.

On the other hand, Sun Ce and Lu Bu fought for the city and land, their morale was high, and the fierce generals under the command of the two were like clouds, and the grain and grass were also sent to them by Han Hao of Jinling City, and they had almost no worries.

And Liu Biao and Cao Cao also began to fall into the well at this moment.

Cao Cao raised his troops to the south and took Lu'an by taking advantage of the gap, while Liu Biao went east from Gushi and encroached on a lot of rich territories in Huaixi, which made the Huainan Yuan clan, which was already in turmoil, even worse at the moment.

In this helpless situation, the general Liu Xun said to Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao, that he would do his best to take refuge in Yuan Shao, in order to make a comeback and recover the court.

Liu Xun's suggestion was strongly opposed by Zhang Xun, who believed that there were too many unstable factors in the north, and there were still layers of forces in the middle, and it was really too risky to abandon the city rashly, so it was better to hold Shouchun City steadily.

The two argued, which made Yuan Yao, who was already young, feel in a dilemma and difficult to make the right decision.

Zhang Xun and Liu Xun argued for most of the day, but they didn't come to a result, and in the end they could only go home in a huff.

After Liu Xun returned to the mansion, he immediately found someone.

This person is his most proud cronie, and he is also his right-hand man, named Liu Ye.

Liu Ye is a descendant of Liu Yan, the king of Fuling, who once designed to kill Zheng Bao, a powerful man in Yangzhou who supported the army and respected himself, and then subdued his subordinates, which could have dominated the party.

But Liu Ye is a very stable person, although he got Zheng Bao's troops, he also knew that he was not a material who could lead troops to fight and divide the city, so he handed over all these troops to Liu Xun, who was responsible for guarding the Lujiang River, and committed himself to his command.

"Ziyanggong, I have something to tell you." Liu Xun looked at Liu Ye and said very seriously.

Liu Ye was also worried, he hesitated slightly, and said: "General, don't hide it, I also have something to tell you next." ”

Liu Xun sighed and said, "Don't say it yet, this matter of this general is more important...... Let me start with that! Zi Yanggong, you are my most trusted descendant, I can't hide it, a few days ago, Cao Cao of Xu County sent someone to send a secret letter, recruiting me to belong to him, you also know that when I was young, when I was the commander of Peiguo Jianping County, I had an old ...... with Cao Cao I saw that Lujiang and Jiujiang and other places were already in danger of exhaustion, and it was useless to stay, and if I stayed any longer, I was afraid that Sun Ce and Lu Bu would hurt their lives, so I agreed to Cao Cao. ”

Liu Ye was directly stunned when he heard this.

Liu Xun didn't seem to pay much attention to Liu Ye's expression, and then said, "You must think that Ben will be very unproductive, right?" But the good bird chooses the tree to perch, and he will have a friendship with Cao Cao, why not, I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me...... Ziyanggong, what do you have to tell me? ”

Liu Ye's face turned red, as if he was a little embarrassed.

In fact, when Zheng Bao was killed, Ye had borrowed Cao Gong's envoy to Huan Yangzhou for a few days to accomplish things, and since then, he has had some contact with Cao Gong...... Recently, it happened that I also agreed to return to Cao Gong. ”

Liu Xun was stunned when he heard this: "You also returned to Cao Gong?" ”

Liu Ye nodded and said, "It's the same as the general." ”

The two were silent for a long time, they both smiled, shook each other's hands, and said, "Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing!"

Although they said so, the hearts of the two of them snorted fiercely at the same time, and each scolded the other:

"Shameless traitor!"

Asking Cao Cao to send someone to contact Liu Xun and Liu Ye, who had an old relationship with Cao Cao in Huainan, was naturally one of the strategies that Jia Xu had set up a long time ago.

Liu Xun seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and he said happily to Liu Ye: "Since you and I are already close to Cao Gong, there are some things that we might as well talk about directly." ”

Liu Ye stretched out his hand lightly: "General, please speak." ”

Liu Xun sighed and said helplessly: "Now that the land of Huainan is in danger everywhere, I intend to take the people of Huainan to the north and directly invest in the account of Cao Gong, so today in the name of going north to seek refuge in Yuan Shao, let the prince order to relocate, but he was blocked by Zhang Xun, the two of us have been arguing for most of the day, and Leng has not said who to move, what a bad luck!" ”

Liu Ye smoothed his beard and said, "I see...... The general must not be impatient, you might as well wait for a while, maybe things will take a turn for the better. ”

Liu Xun knew that Liu Ye was resourceful, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and said, "What is Ziyang's opinion?" ”

Liu Ye shook his head and said: "Actually, it's not that I have any resourcefulness, but in fact, Cao Gong sent someone to write a letter, saying that in the near future, there will be wonderful people to come to help us get out of this predicament, let me wait for a while, just wait for good news." ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Xun's eyes suddenly straightened.

What is this called? Wonderful?

When did that kid Cao Cao learn to play dumb riddles?

Liu Ye saw the look on Liu Xun's face, and said with a wry smile: "The reason, Ye also doesn't know, I heard that there are more and more talents under Cao Gong's account, and the number of elite soldiers, tribes, and structures under his command is also increasing, among which there is an Eagle and Snake Mansion, and it is rumored that its main affairs are quite powerful, and I don't know if this matter is ......calculated by him."

……

Liu Xun doesn't believe in the so-called wonderful people to solve the siege or anything.

But he never thought that a few days later, the so-called wonderful people would really come.

Liu Pi and Gong Du, the Yellow Turban thieves of Runan County, sent letters, expressing their willingness to turn their backs on Cao Cao and return to Yuan's command, welcome Yuan Yao and the troops of Huainan, and temporarily go to Runan for temporary refuge, and then try to recover in the future.

Liu Pi and Gong were both vassals of the Yuan clan when Yuan Shu and Sun Jian ruled Runan, and now Cao Cao's policy towards the Yellow Turban is more strict, and he has repeatedly seized the military power of the Yellow Turban thief leader, and it is not impossible for the two to rebel against Cao and return to Yuan.

The main thing is that this incident gave Liu Xun an excuse to persuade Yuan Yao to go north!

Unexpectedly, it was really in response to Cao Cao's words, and he really came to solve the difficulties for him.

It's wonderful.

Liu Xun once again advised Yuan Yao that the so-called opportunity must not be lost and not come again, this time he could use the Yellow Turban Thief's pawn in Runan as a pedal, let them open the way, and quickly go straight to the land of Sanhe through Runan and Yingchuan, and rush into the territory of Bingzhou, and then they can enter Yuan Shao's territory in order to recover.

Liu Xun's words are very direct - there is no such shop after this village.

With the effect of the Runan Yellow Turban, Yuan Yao thought about it carefully, and finally made up his mind to give up Shouchun and go north to join his uncle Yuan Shao!