After everything was dealt with, Yuan Shu went back to his house to see his wife and children.

Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shu's escape-like figure, shook his head gently, sighed and said, "The lord is really temperamental!" ”

Conquering Xiliang, Yuan Shu thought that he would return in the next month, and he would be able to catch up with the birth of his child. But I never thought that it took three months to go back and forth, Diao Chan and Lu Ying had already given birth half a month ago, Diao Chan gave birth to a boy, and Lu Ying gave birth to a girl. Yuan Shu only got the news after taking Tongguan, and he almost went crazy with joy at that time, and returned directly to Jiangdong without stopping. Of course, this is also a strategic need, and Yuan Shu is definitely "not" a person who abolishes the public for personal gain.

After arriving in Jinling, Yuan Shu rushed to his home to visit his wife and concubine and his two newborn babies as soon as possible, and named them. Because there is already the eldest son Yuan Yao, the son born to Diao Chan is the second son, Yuan Shu named it Yuan Ying, and the eldest daughter is named Yuan Wen. After a day of warmth, Yuan Shu held today's meeting, and after the hurried end, he was ready to go home to see the child.

Returning to the mansion, he walked quickly towards the backyard, looking at the wives and concubines who were teasing the children, Yuan Shu only felt a warmth in his heart. The fatigue of fighting outside for several months seemed to disappear in an instant, and he walked up with a smile and hugged the daughter in Lu Ying's arms, Yuan Shu showed a warm smile.

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Yanzhou, Chen Liucheng.

Liu Bei took the second general Guan Zhang and Chen Dao, led an army of 100,000 gallops from the starry night of Yuzhou, and rushed directly to Chen Liucheng, and quickly broke through it under the continuous attack day and night. There were no more than 10,000 defenders in the city itself, and in the face of Liu Bei's heavy troops, they were forcibly broken after less than three days.

Liu Bei, who was dressed in armor and military uniform, sat on the main seat of the Chen Liucheng Lord's Mansion, frowned and asked, "Hasn't Yuan Shu replied yet?" ”

The corners of Liu Ye and Chen Qun's mouths were slightly bitter, and Liu Ye stood up and said in a low voice: "My lord, there is still no news coming from it. The envoys of our army have been urging, but the Jiangdong side has been shirking that Yuan Shu has not returned, and they have no right to do it, and they will not be able to reply to our army until Yuan Shu arrives in Jinling. ”

Liu Bei was angry when he heard this: "Nonsense, Yuan Highway disappeared from the day he led the army to evacuate Tongguan, and it has been more than half a month now, how can it be that he has not yet arrived in Jiangdong?" Could it be that he went on a halfway trip to the mountains and rivers? ”

Liu Ye smiled bitterly: "Lord, our envoy also asked so, but the other party only said that he didn't know where Yuan Shu was now, and he was not in Jinling anyway." However, according to the report from our spies in Jinling, a large army had already entered Jinling at night a few days ago, and it was likely that Yuan Shu had arrived. I'm afraid the other party is delaying time, Tongguan Alliance, I'm afraid there will be changes! ”

"Bang!"

The board in front of Liu Bei was directly shattered and scattered on the ground, Liu Bei withdrew his right hand expressionlessly, and muttered: "Yuan Highway, are you really playing with me?" ”

Liu Bei's tone was very calm, but it revealed a terrifying aura, which made everyone in the hall feel their hearts tremble. Even Zhang Fei, who has always been lawless, couldn't help but tremble in his heart and didn't dare to speak. Don't look at Liu Bei's kind appearance on weekdays, but once he gets angry, even Guan Zhang has to be afraid of three points.

"Lord, I'm afraid Yuan Highway is going to break the covenant." Liu Ye sighed lightly and said: "When the Tongguan Alliance was at the beginning, he was very careless, and he had no opinion on the conditions we put forward at all, as if he was allowed to be dominated by Fazheng. Now that I think about it, Yuan Shu probably has no intention of negotiating with our army in good faith at all, but just to dispel our vigilance. ”

"Hehe, what a Yuan highway! What a Cao Mengde! Do you all treat me Liu Bei like a fool? Liu Bei roared with a hideous face.

Everyone was silent. Step by step, Liu Bei's strength is indeed too weak compared to Cao Yuan, so he was led by the nose by both sides, and he was almost powerless to fight back. Both sides regarded Liu Bei as a pawn and never looked at him at all, what an insult and blow to Liu Bei.

"Big brother, how can Yuan Shu insult us so much? You give me 20,000 soldiers and horses, and I will go south to Yangzhou to smash Jinling, and screw off the dog head of Yuan Shu for you! The grumpy Zhang Fei couldn't hold back any longer, and stood up and shouted.

Guan Yu also stood up, his eyes flashing with a terrifying murderous intent: "Big brother, Yuan Shu is so bullying, how can we bear it?" Wouldn't it be better to follow what the third brother said, go back to the army directly to kill Jiangdong, and take Yangzhou as the foundation? ”

The two of them have always had a lot of complaints about the alliance with Yuan Shu, after all, the two sides were almost mortal enemies before, but they didn't expect that they would take the overall situation into account and endure humiliation and bear the burden of alliance, but the other party didn't face up to themselves at all, and they just treated themselves as a chess piece to manipulate, and if they said they would break the contract, they would break the contract.

"Two generals, please stop your anger!" Seeing this, Liu Ye was in a hurry, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Jiangdong has the Yangtze River natural danger, and the lord has two generals who are invincible on land, but we are far inferior to Yuan Shu in the water war, not to mention that Jiujiang County is still in the hands of Yuan Shu, and Hefei is heavily guarded, how can we survive the Yangtze River and win Jinling?" ”

Only by occupying the Huaihe River can we make full use of the natural hazards of the Yangtze River and have sufficient strategic buffer. When Yuan Shu attacked Yizhou, the Cao Liu coalition army raided the Jiangbei region and took Jingbei and Jiujiang County, but Yuan Shu did not stop it. However, after Yuan Shu captured Yizhou, he soon led his army back to Jiujiang County and garrisoned Hefei. Cao Cao also knew the importance of this place to Yuan Shu, it was a battleground for Yuan Shu, and he didn't want to waste his troops here, so he gave up decisively plundering.

If Liu Bei wants to take Yangzhou and attack Jinling, he needs to first cross the Huai River defense line, take Hefei, a strategic place, and then cross the Yangtze River, and finally attack Jinling. Yuan Shu's strategic depth is too wide, and he has an almost invincible naval army, not to mention that Liu Bei is no match for Yuan Shu, but he can beat it, and even pass through three lines of defense, which requires time Liu Bei can't afford to wait.

After all, Liu Bei is also a generation of heroes, and the anger in his heart was quickly suppressed by his own reason, and he said in a low voice: "What Ziyang said is right, Yuan Highway is now relying on the danger of Jianghuai and has no fear, and our attack is completely self-defeating." ”

"Then why don't you attack the pass! Guanzhong is fertile for thousands of miles, and it can become a general trend! A strategist suggested.

Liu Ye smiled bitterly: "Yuan Shu has about 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, and there is the danger of Tongguan, how easy is it to take it?" ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you think we should do?" Zhang Fei heard Liu Ye's blocking words, and said angrily.

"For now, there are only two ways for the lord to go. The first is to withdraw the army to defend Yuzhou, and the second is to return to help after capturing Yanzhou. Chen Qun said lightly: "And Yuan Highway just wants to force the lord to take the second way." ”

"Then we'll take the first path and let his calculations fail!" Zhang Fei shouted directly.

"The three generals must not be rash." Liu Ye smiled bitterly: "This road is a road to sit and wait for death, a dead end." If we still want to plot the world, we can only take another way. Although it was difficult and dangerous to storm Yanzhou, there was a glimmer of life. ”

"Then you mean to give Yuzhou to him like this, Yuan Highway?" Guan Yu heard what Liu Ye meant, and said with a cold light in his eyes.

Liu Ye didn't seem to hear the sarcasm and murderous intent in Guan Yu's words, looked directly at Liu Bei, and said with a straight face: "This is our best choice." Yuan Highway is acting in Yangmou, he has driven us to a dead end, and now there is only this way to live, there is no other way. If the lord wants to achieve a great cause, he must first forbear, and this is not the time to start a war with Yuan Highway. ”