In 199 AD, the fourth day of December in the fourth year of Jian'an.

On this day, the edict of the Son of Heaven who canonized Yuan Yao as the pastor of Yangzhou and ordered Yuan Yao to lead the army to attack Liu Bei in Xuzhou finally came to Anhui County.

After everyone arrived, they all bowed down and said: "I will wait to meet the lord, congratulations to the lord for finally winning the position of Yangzhou pastor!" ”

Yangzhou pastor, on behalf of the Son of Heaven to shepherd the land of Yangzhou!

If it is in the peaceful period, it is equivalent to being the soil emperor of Yangzhou, of course, if it is really in the peaceful season, the imperial court will not be able to open the position of the state pastor.

Although in the troubled times, the position of the state pastor has to rely on his own strength to sit firmly, but if he obtains the position of the state pastor, it is equivalent to mastering the name of righteousness, and if Yuan Yao uses troops against Jiangdong again, he can be justified; On the contrary, if Sun Ce used troops against Yuan Yao, he would be guilty of rebellion and would not occupy morality!

Now that he has obtained the position of Yangzhou pastor, Yuan Yao can get the greatest benefits in the future Jiangdong changes, and even take the opportunity to take the land of Jiangdong under his rule!

Yuan Yao won the position of Yangzhou pastor, and they will also follow the rising tide, and everyone is naturally beaming!

Yuan Yao waved his hand to make everyone get up, and said: "I can get the position of Yangzhou pastor, and I rely on the help of the monarchs, so I will thank the monarchs here first." Yangzhou is temporarily settled in Anhui County, and now the crusade against Liu Bei in Xuzhou is imminent, and the matter of the state pastoral government is temporarily suppressed, we will now discuss the matter of Jiangdong Sun Ce and the crusade against Liu Bei. ”

Hearing this, Liu Ye stepped forward and said: "The lord has been crowned as the pastor of Yangzhou, which is naturally a good thing. However, four of the six counties in Yangzhou are in the hands of Jiangdong Sun Ce, and after he learns about this, he is afraid that he will be even more jealous of the lord. Now that the lord's crusade against Liu Bei is imminent, he should first prepare to appease Sun Ce. ”

Zhang Xutuo still remembers the previous incident of Zhou Yu's attack on Lujiang, and when he heard Liu Ye's words, he stepped forward and bowed: "Lord, I don't think it's a big deal for Jiangdong Sun Ce, the lord has Mr. Shiyuan, Mr. Ziyang and others, and there are General Li Siye Li, General Yue Feiyue, General Yang Zaixing, General Gan Ninggan, General Huang Zhonghuang and the last general, even if General Wei and General Zhang want to stay in Jiangxia to guard Jingzhou, with our strength, it is enough to match Jiangdong!" ”

Yang Zaixing also followed and said: "What General Zhang said is very true, if Sun Ce is afraid that the lord will obtain the position of Yangzhou pastor and wants to use troops against me, then I will wait for it!" I don't believe that the lord and us are added, is it better than Sun Ce and Zhou Yu and others! ”

Yuan Yao smiled softly and said, "Okay, don't say more!" Sun Bofu is my brother, how can I fight against him! The reason why Cao Cao crowned me as the pastor of Yangzhou is that he wants to separate the relationship between me and Sun Bofu, and I can let him get his wish! Since it was Mr. Ziyang who mentioned this matter, he sent a letter to Jiangdong, wanting to explain Cao Cao's treachery and my shame, and then tell my brother that in order to show my shame, I would like to use troops in the western part of Guangling County for his vanguard to attract Chen Deng's attention and help him attack Guangling County! ”

Liu Ye heard that Yuan Yao put all the responsibility for this matter on Cao Cao's head, and secretly said a clever plan in his heart, anyway, Yuan Yao's request for the position of Yangzhou pastor was also secretly operated, and Sun Ce did not know that it was Yuan Yao's own intention to seek the position of Yangzhou pastor, if he wrote a letter to clarify this matter, it would be enough to dispel Sun Ce's jealousy to a large extent, and then tempt him with the land of Guangling County, and then he could involve the energy of Jiangdong soldiers and horses to Xuzhou, so that his own three counties would be worry-free!

When Liu Ye heard this, he bowed down and said: "The lord is wise, and he is respectful!" Later, a letter will be sent to Koto! ”

Yuan Yao waved his hand to order Liu Ye to step back, and continued: "Liu Bei, Xiaoxiong also! He was able to escape from Xudu and obtain the position of 'Imperial Uncle' from the Son of Heaven, and he was able to seize the land of Xuzhou in Cao Cao's hands, and kill Cao Cao's general Che Zhou so that Cao Cao had to suffer a big loss, which shows his ability! ”

"Liu Bei is hypocritical, known as the name of benevolence and righteousness, and the soldiers and civilians under his command are willing to serve him, and the generals under his command, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, are also all brave and unsuitable! The land of Xuzhou is rich in population and rich in money and food, and Liu Bei's soldiers are brave and brave, and the two add up to predict the difficulty of attacking Xuzhou! ”

When Yuan Yao said this, he continued to instruct: "Gentlemen, don't think that my army has won hundreds of battles for several months, so you can underestimate the heroes of the world!" You must know that the world is big, heroes are numerous, the strong have their own strong players, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, so I don't need to say more, right? ”

Seeing that what Yuan Yao said was extremely serious, everyone hurriedly bowed down and said, "No! When we receive the command, we will not dare to slack off! ”

"Well, I'm relieved that you can have this heart." Yuan Yao stroked the short beard he had just left, looked at Pang Tong and said, "Shiyuan, you are a military advisor of the army, what do you think about the attack on Liu Bei?" ”

Pang Tong stepped forward and said: "The minister thinks what the lord said is very true!" Liu Bei has been dominating the world for many years, he first followed Gongsun Zhan, and now Gongsun Chan has perished, but his power is getting bigger and bigger; After Gongsun Zhan, he followed Tao Qian, and now Tao Qian is dead, and many of Tao's children have been defeated, but the land of Xuzhou has fallen into his hands; From this, it can be seen that Liu Bei has a heroic posture, and I have to say that Cao Cao's release of Liu Bei from Xu Du is his biggest failure! ”

"Now Liu Bei has 100,000 troops, and he has seized the land of Xuzhou, and the soldiers under his command will Yongcheng Gaochi Shen, which is naturally not easy to get along with! And the land of Xuzhou is mostly plains, suitable for iron cavalry to crisscross it, but our army is mostly foot soldiers, only a few cavalry, far less than the number of iron cavalry under Liu Bei, this is the biggest deficiency of our army, if you are not careful about the battle of Xuzhou, I am afraid that the strength of my army may also be defeated! The reason why the lord is now able to divide the three counties is because of the prestige of the lord's invincible attack, if this battle is defeated, then the land of my three counties is also in danger of destruction! ”。

"Therefore, our army must be careful in this battle!"

Pang Tong said this, chuckled, and then said: "However, the success or failure of this battle does not have much effect on the lord, the land of Xuzhou is easy to attack and not easy to defend, even if the lord wins a big victory and takes the land of Xuzhou, it is difficult to defend it intact!" The minister thinks that the lord of this battle can avoid the truth and settle for nothing, and it is not appropriate to collide with Liu Bei's main army! Now Liu Bei's main army is mostly gathered in Xiapi, Pengcheng and Xiaopei to guard against Cao Cao, while Huailing and Xuyi are empty, and the lord can take advantage of the situation to seize the Huailing cities and then rely on Huaishui to confront Liu Bei's army......"