Early in the morning of the second day, Yuan Yao's army went straight to the three cities of Huailing, Gaoshan and Xuyi in three ways.

Li Siye wants to attack Gaoshan County is the closest to Dongcheng, Li Siye ordered the rear army to move slowly, and he personally led five thousand iron cavalry to take Gaoshan Cheng, Liu Bei did not have a garrison here, after Li Siye's army arrived, Gaoshan County ordered to directly lead the people to surrender!

When Li Siye's army arrived, Yuan Yao had just led the guards to arrive outside Huailing City, there were 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Huailing City, and the guards in the city saw Yuan Yao's army rolling in, and they were suddenly shocked, these defenders were sent to Huailing to garrison, even if they were abandoned sons, the generals did not have the heart to die for Liu Bei, and saw Yuan Yao's army coming to attack the city, and they all clamored to surrender the city.

Yuan Yao's soldiers did not go to the next city without blood, Huailing City was high and deep, and the city was enough to accommodate more than 10,000 troops, Yuan Yao then ordered Yang Zaixing to reorganize and lead the army into the city to garrison.

That night, Zhang Xutuo's military report finally arrived in Huailing, Xuyi guard general intended to defend the city, Zhang Xutuo then led the army to besiege Xuyi City, but a moment of effort, Zhang Xutuo will attack the city array to kill Xuyi guard general forced to land the defenders in the city, Zhang Xutuo is currently garrisoning the city, waiting for Yuan Yao's next military order.

Yuan Yao won the land of the four counties without much effort, and he was overjoyed in his heart, so that Zhang Xutuo could not act rashly, so as to respond to all changes without change, and wait for how Liu Bei would respond.

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Xuzhou, Xiapi County, Xiapi City.

Liu Bei, as the uncle of the Han Emperor, has a deep relationship with the royalists in Xudu City, and it can be said that he is well-informed, and Cao Cao asked Yuan Yao to attack Liu Bei in order to attract Liu Bei's attention, and to create an opportunity for him to directly attack Xiapi in a decisive battle, Cao Cao naturally will not block the news for Yuan Yao.

With Cao Cao's connivance, Liu Bei had already received the news that Cao Cao's Son of Heaven had crowned Yuan Yao as the pastor of Yangzhou before the edict of the Son of Heaven arrived in Anhui County, and then ordered him to attack Xuzhou.

Liu Bei has now used all his soldiers and horses and energy to guard against Cao Cao, in order not to arouse Yuan Yao's jealousy, Liu Bei did not send soldiers and horses to cross the Huai River after getting this news, but ordered Guan Yu, who was stationed in Pengcheng, to lead the army back to Xiapi County and stationed in the area of Xia Xiang.

The news of Yuan Yao's attack on the four counties of Dongcheng soon spread to Xiapi, Zhang Fei of the garrison Xiaopei and Guan Yu of the garrison hurriedly returned to Xiapi to meet Liu Bei, Liu Bei saw the two brothers returning, and then summoned Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Lu Zhu, Lu Fang and others to the state pastoral mansion to discuss Yuan Yao's march into Xuzhou.

Liu Bei sat on the throne of the state pastor with a sad face, and said: "Cao ** forced the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to Yuan Yao, so that he led the army to attack my Xuzhou, and now Yuan Yao has led 30,000 troops to seize the land of my four counties in Dongcheng, how do you think I should deal with it?" ”

Zhang Fei stepped forward with an angry face, and shouted loudly: "Brother, we even killed Yuan Shu, and are you still afraid of him Yuan Yao'er?" Please give my brother an order, I am willing to lead the soldiers and horses of my headquarters to meet Yuan Yao, and I will cut off Yuan Yao's head and sacrifice it to my brother! ”

Liu Bei saw Zhang Fei talking nonsense there, and scolded helplessly: "Nonsense! That Yuan Yao can kill Huang Zu, defeat the Jingzhou army, force back Jiangdong Sun Ce, and capture the land of Jiangxia, how can it be easy to be with him! What's more, my Xuzhou army still has to beware of Cao Cao's attack, how can I fight with Yuan Yao again! Why don't you get out of here! ”

Seeing that Liu Bei should not be invited by himself, Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "Brother! You say every day that you want to beware of Cao Cao's attack, but now that my army has captured Xuzhou for several months, I haven't seen Cao Cao's army coming, but let Yuan Yao'er deceive the door. ”

"The third brother must not be rude!"

Guan Yu got up and scolded Zhang Fei, bowed his hand, and said, "Big brother, I think what the third brother said is reasonable. Now that Cao Cao's army is confronting Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, in the short term, it will be difficult for him to spy on my Xuzhou land! Yuan Yao'er has now deceived the door and captured the land of my four counties, and it is no longer up to the eldest brother to decide whether to fight or not. If Yuan Yao is not defeated, when Cao Cao's army comes, my Xuzhou will be attacked on my back! ”

Liu Bei was worried about this, hearing what Guan Yu said, Liu Bei frowned slightly, looked at Sun Gan, Jian Yong and others, and said, "What do you think of this matter?" ”

Sun Qian, as Liu Bei's old minister, stepped forward first and replied: "Lord, the minister thinks that Yuan Yao's intention should not be in my Xuzhou land. After Yuan Yao captured the four counties of Dongcheng, he garrisoned them and did not take a step forward, which shows that he was also unwilling to start a big war with the lord. Yuan Yao's land of the three counties is not safe, with Cao Cao and the lord in the north, Sun Ce in the east, and Liu Biao in the west, and they are also surrounded by enemies, if he starts a big war with the lord, he will definitely be taken advantage of by others! It can be seen that Yuan Yao's intention is not in my Xuzhou, he should have to enter my Xuzhou after receiving the edict of the Son of Heaven. ”

"The lord only needs to send a general to lead a group of soldiers and horses to garrison in the area of Xu County, and confront Yuan Yao's army in Huaishui, so that he can not go any further!"

Jian Yong also bowed out and said: "Lord, the minister thinks that the words of the public are old-fashioned!" Yuan Yao and Cao Cao are both unborn heroes, and it is certainly difficult for the two of them to work together to guard against each other, and now Yuan Yao is attacking the land of Xuzhou, which must be his coercion and temptation by Cao Cao. ”

"Yuan Yao's attack on my Xuzhou will not benefit him at all, but will cause his fundamental place to be neglected, so he will definitely not take advantage of Cao Cao's fire! Only the four counties of Dongcheng belong to the land of Jianghuai, and they are connected to Jiujiang County, and Yuan Yao can occupy the danger of Huaishui after capturing this place, and easily defend this place; And these four counties are lonely, which is really the same as chicken ribs for the lord, and it is not a pity to abandon them! As long as the lord gives the land of these four counties to Yuan Yao, and sends a general to confront him, his troops will definitely stop at the Huaishui line! ”

"And the land of the four counties of Dongcheng is adjacent to Guangling County, Guangling County is also the land of Jianghuai, Yuan Yao will definitely salivate over it, Chen Deng will also be very wary of it, Yuan Yao and Chen Deng are both hoarding a large army here, over time, there will be filth, when Yuan Yao and Chen Deng have a big war, the lord can sit back and relax!"

When Jian Yong said this, he bowed down and said: "Gongyou wants to unite Yuan Shao for the lord, and the minister has a little free time, please go to Huailing for the envoy to meet Yuan Yao, and he will definitely persuade Yuan Yao to stop the army on the Huaishui line, so that he can transfer his energy to the land of Guangling County!" ”

Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said: "Guan Yu led his troops and horses to Xu County to meet Yuan Yao, and Xianhe went to Huailing to meet Yuan Yao as an envoy, and the two-pronged plan is determined to make Yuan Yao stop in Huaishui!" ”