The army was stationed in Yuyang, and Gao Shun's troops were ordered to face the mountain customs and look north to Liaodong. Liaodong Gongsun Kang took pictures of Lu Bu's troops, surrendered without a fight, and sent Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi's heads to show his sincerity. Lu Bu did not use his troops, but won the land of Liaodong. Since then, the north has been pacified, the Yuan family has been destroyed, and the counties of Hebei have finally been pacified.

Lü Bu appointed Gongsun Kang as the assassin of Youzhou, and Yuan Shao made Cui Yan the assassin of Jizhou, and the two were well-known in the local area, making them pacify their neighbors. Jizhou was originally a populous state, but because of years of war, there were many people who died in migration, and now it is less than a million, which makes Lu Bu sigh. Then he issued good governance, divided the land, encouraged farming, rewarded birth and breeding, and dismissed more than 100,000 Jizhou soldiers bravely, so that they returned to their families to farm, leaving only more than 10,000 standing garrison soldiers, so that the north could recuperate.

The unification of Hebei shook the world, and Cao Cao sighed near the river: "Lu Bu's wings are already full, and he relies on the emperor to command the heroes of the world, and his soldiers are even more brave in a hundred battles. ”

Xun You next to him said with a smile: "Duke Ming doesn't need to worry too much, Lu Bu is certainly strong, but Duke Ming sits on the rich land of the Central Plains, holds hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers, and the population, money and food are several times that of him, and there is more danger to rely on in the Yellow River, so why bother to be vain." ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Although the Yellow River is dangerous, the defense line is long, and who can rely on him to retreat from the enemy in ancient times?" Lu Bu pacified the north, there was no worries, and it was imperative to go south to seize the Central Plains, only between morning and evening, how could I not worry? ”

Xun You said with a smile: "Don't worry, Duke Ming, although Lu Bu is strong, he still has a big trouble, and success or failure is still unknown." ”

Cao Cao was puzzled: "I want to hear about it." ”

Xun You said: "Lu Bu's armor is strong, with more than 200,000 strong soldiers, but half of them are under his general Gao Shun dispatch, Gao Shun holds more than 100,000 male soldiers, may not have no dissent, and Lu Buyan can have no suspicion, the previous time before the war can work together, now the war is peaceful, there will be discord between them, Ming justice can add fuel to the fire, so that the generals centrifuge, once the two have a disagreement, Lu Bu will fall apart, Hebei will not fight and chaos. ”

Cao Cao's eyes flickered, and he thought of himself as a person, and said with a long smile: "Gongda is really brilliant and can see it thoroughly, Lu Bu raises tigers for trouble, it is really a way to bring about his own destruction, if you don't use it, wouldn't it be a god-given opportunity!" ”

At this time in Anyi, there was a secret conversation between Jia Xu and Lu Bu, and Jia Xu said: "General Gao Shun has made outstanding achievements, but now he has a heavy army, and he is suspected of being too big to fall. ”

Lu Bu said with a solemn expression: "Wen He is too worried, Gao Shun and I are like brothers, and it started between the micro ends, if he hadn't tried his best to protect the rear and protect my roots, why would I Lu Bu come to today, and I will not mention these words again." ”

Jia Xu sighed: "The prince and the marquis, how can the rise and fall of the world be based on the hearts of the people, this time is different from the past, General Gao is out of the army, guarding Jizhou for the prince, even if he has no dissent, it is inevitable to be used by people with intentions, there are many slanders, and in the long run, it is inevitable that there will be a wound to the friendship of the monarch and the minister." ”

Lu Bu sneered: "So what, I am with Gao Shun, I believe that he will never lose his trust in me, and if it is undecided today, we will mess with ourselves, will we not be laughed at by the heroes of the world, I will never do this kind of self-defeating thing, don't say much, sir." ”

Jia Xu waited to say more, but when he saw Lu Bu's gloomy expression, he shook his head and didn't say any more.

The day after that, Cao Cao suddenly entered the emperor, congratulated the emperor on pacifying the north, praised Gao Shun Yong to break Yuan Shao, kill Yuan Tan, and break through Youzhou, without mentioning Lu Bu, the sinister of his intentions was clearly revealed, this is a blatant plan to discord, not to seek a success, but to plant a thorn in the hearts of people, let him take root and sprout.

However, Lu Bu did not seem to be affected by the congratulatory table, but instead made Gao Shun the Marquis of Jiyin, entered the car and rode the general, and even entrusted him with the defense of Jizhou, making him the governor of the capital and guarding Hebei.

Gao Shun heard the rumors, sleepless day and night, restless, several times into the table to resign, were rejected by Lu Bu, Lu Bu replied: "Jizhou defense line is vast, if there is no general in charge of the overall planning, will be Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others take advantage of the weakness to enter, divide and break, Jizhou has you in charge, I am very relieved, and don't be confused by rumors, self-chaos." ”

Gao Shun was grateful, and it was in vain that he introduced Lu Bu as a confidant, so he showed more loyalty, and was busy with military affairs every day, repairing the riverbank, and training soldiers and horses to repay the favor of the prince and marquis.

Cao Cao couldn't make a plan, he was stunned in his heart, and sighed: "Lu Bu's imperial mastery is amazing, and being able to trust his subordinates to this point is very human, such courage is rare in ancient and modern times, and it is no wonder that he can achieve great things." ”

Xun You said with a smile: "I don't see it, Ming Gong's plan is not to seek success, now with this matter as a guide, their hearts may not be as good as the surface, which is not the same as outsiders, and now Gao Shun is rising, as the so-called homeopathy, some things are only afraid that he can control, Ming Gong just needs to wait and see what happens." ”

Cao Cao nodded yes, and said: "Lu Bu's soldiers are strong, and he can't plan for the time being, but now that Liu Bei is stealing Qingzhou, how can he be virtuous, he actually owns a fertile land, I want to do it, how about Gongda?" ”

Xun You said: "Liu Bei has recently subdued Yuan Shao's deserters and surrendered countless generals, even Xu You and other celebrities are among them, plus relevant Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals, the strength has risen sharply, Ming Gong wants to break through, it is not an overnight thing, now Lu Bu is gathering troops along the Yellow River, and it is not the best time to start a war at this time." ”

Cao Cao asked, "When does Gongda think the best time is?" ”

Xun Yu said: "I see that this year's flood season is early, the rain is abundant, there will be the disaster of yellow water, Ming Gong can train soldiers and horses, in order to wait for the opportunity, in case the Yellow River changes, you can also defend early, when Lu Bu is busy controlling the water, Gongming can take the opportunity to recover Qingzhou, capture Liu Bei, this is a perfect strategy." ”

Cao Cao was skeptical, and said in amazement: "Gongda can actually see through the heavens, and he is really a god." ”

Sure enough, as Xun You said, in early summer, the torrential rain poured in, and after more than a month, the Yellow River was broken in many embankments, and the flood ravaged the Central Plains, and the people along the coast suffered deeply. Even though Cao Cao had been prepared, he still underestimated the damage of the flood, and the Central Plains under his jurisdiction suffered heavy damage.

Although Gao Shun strengthened the river defense on the north bank of the Yellow River, it was ultimately invincible to the natural disaster and could only lead the army to rescue and rescue the disaster everywhere. Fortunately, there is not much rain in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Bingzhou, and the terrain is high and dangerous, so there is no disaster of yellow water.

Lu Bu ordered Zhao Yun to go to Yizhou to rescue the danger, and ordered Chen Lin to send countless food, carts and horses to relieve the victims.

Cao Cao took the opportunity to build river dams in the area of Dongjun and Dongping to gather the water of the Yellow River and prevent it from rushing into Yanzhou. When the torrential rain stopped for a while, he ordered Dian Wei to dig open the embankment, causing the flood to go down along the way, rushing into Jibei, Jinan and other places, for a time the land of Qingzhou was a vast ocean, hundreds of thousands of people in Jibei, Jinan, Taishan and other places were displaced and homeless, and countless soldiers and officials were killed and injured when they rescued the danger, and Liu Bei was greatly defeated.

In midsummer, Cao Cao took advantage of Liu Bei's resettlement of the disaster and waved 100,000 troops to take Qingzhou.

Qingzhou was ravaged by the flood too deep, the defense of the city was almost corrupted, Cao Cao was like entering a no-man's land, in January, even down Jinan, Taishan, Tai'an counties.

Liu Beimin's heart withered, and the army's heart was greatly damaged, so he could only withdraw from the army and refuse to accept Linzi. And Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue, ordering the generals Ban, Le Jin, Li Dian and others to attack Liu Bei's Langya, Beihai and other places from Xuzhou.

Under the enemy on both sides, Liu Bei had to divide his troops against Guan Yu and make him resist the attack of Yu Ban and others, and led Zhang Fei and other remaining generals to resist Cao Cao.

The two sides fought in Qingzhou for several months, Liu Bei had few soldiers, and finally could not be defeated, and the soldiers were killed and wounded countless times, so they had to retreat to Jibei in defeat and hold on to the Yellow River.

However, Jibei was deeply affected by the flood, and Cao Cao took advantage of the lack of relief, and it was already full of devastation and a desolate place.

Liu Bei burst into tears, looked at the river and cried, there was not much left of the tens of thousands of troops, several ups and downs finally came to nothing, half a life of exile asked himself to be diligent enough, how many people in the world are as indomitable as him? However, the world is impermanent, and nothing can be achieved after all, so I can't help but feel sad and cry bitterly.

Xu You and Liu Bei got acquainted with Yuan Shaojun, and was already impressed by his benevolence and righteousness, after Yuan Shaobing was defeated and died this time, he came to Qingzhou to take refuge, and did not follow Yuan Shang to Youzhou, at this time he heard Liu Bei's heart, and he also felt gloomy, and comforted: "The king is only a temporary defeat, the so-called Kanglong has regrets, even Lu Bu in Hebei is now in prison, and the shame of being a prisoner, and the king is far from this, why be so decadent?" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he regained his expression slightly, and said: "Now that our army is newly defeated, there are only thousands of armored soldiers left, and Jibei is deeply affected by natural disasters, there is no soldiers, horses, money and food, and the city is passing, why do you resist Cao Cao?" ”

Xu You said: "Cao Cao's power is great, so that the king must not be defeated, and there is no reason to refuse, why not rely on Lu Bu first, and then slowly plan for the future?" ”

Liu Bei said with a sad face: "I have been an enemy of Lu Bu several times, how can he take him in?" ”

Xu You said with a smile: "Rest assured, I think Lu Bu is quite tolerant, and he is not embarrassed by Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao's family members who are against him, it can be seen that this person is a little indecisive, and the envoy and he are just the duty of each to perform his duties, and there is no deep hatred, if you make you sincerely surrender, he will accept." ”

Liu Bei was desperate, so he had to ask Lu Bu for help, saying that he was willing to return.

Lu Bu was busy with post-disaster reconstruction matters, received a letter from Gao Shun, and said to the generals with a smile: "Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and has the heart to belong to me, what do you think?" ”

Sima Lang said: "Liu Bei has great ambitions, claims to be a hero in the world, has always been anxious about people's difficulties, quite a name for benevolence and righteousness, the prince can take advantage of this, take the opportunity to enter the inner island of Jibei, make it and Baima, Yanjin together, cut off Cao Cao's heart to the north. ”

The ancient road of the Yellow River is divided into two rivers from the beginning of Guandu, and the main river passes through Jeju, dividing the land of Jeju into two, which is Jibei and Jinan. The other tributary river does pass through Puyang, Gaoping, Leling and other places, and enters the sea from Jieshi. The land of Jibei in the middle of the two rivers is like an inner island, due to the irrigation of drinking water on both banks, the land is fertile, and it is an endless plain, but it has also been affected by the flooding of the Yellow River over the years, so although the land is good, the population is not much.

This is like a natural buffer zone, Cao Cao wants to enter Jizhou in the north, it is necessary to take the land of Jibei first, otherwise only with a ferry port in Guandu, Cao's army will be difficult to break through Gaoshun's heavy defense. And the river fortresses such as Baima and Wuchao are in the hands of Lu Bu, and if he can't capture Jibei, Cao Cao will never be able to win.

That is to say, the land of Jibei is the converter of the strategic offense and defense of the two sides, and whoever obtains Jibei will be able to grasp the situation and grasp the offensive and defensive initiative.

Lu Bu deeply thinks that although Liu Bei has a bad reputation in later generations, at least in this era, he is indeed a benevolent and righteous gentleman who is anxious for people, and has repeatedly saved the strong with weak soldiers, and helped the world with a single body, and the people under his rule praised him.

Yang Xiu said with a worried face: "It's just that this person has the ambition of the world, and he will never live under others, it will be a big disaster in the future." ”

Lu Bu naturally knew that Liu Bei was powerful, but at the moment, the land of Jibei was very important, and taking Liu Bei in was the most logical excuse, otherwise it would inevitably take some effort, and once it was taken advantage of by Cao Cao, the situation would change greatly.

Then he clapped his hand and said: "Accept Liu Bei first, and talk about other things later." Immediately ordered Gao Shun to hand over to Liu Bei and send troops to help him repel Cao's army. ”

Gao Shun received Lu Bu's military order, and he did not dare to hesitate, and ordered the deputy general Xu Huang to march east from Baima and negotiate with Liu Bei himself.

The two sides arranged, when Cao Cao led the army, he was intercepted by the combined forces of Gao Shun and Liu Bei, and the battle was half loud, and he saw a large army coming from the west, but it was Xu Huang, who was attacked by both sides, Cao Cao could only fight and retreat, and retreated to the south bank of the Yellow River.

Cao Cao's major event is not expected, although it is a pity, Liu Bei's defection to Lu Bu is even more unexpected than he expected, Lu Bu is already brave, plus several fierce generals under Liu Bei, who else can be defeated in this world?

Cao Cao was worried, Liu Bei was not happy, he gave up Jibei, thousands of soldiers and horses retreated to Huaxian in Jizhou to station, although there is still a place to stay, but it is already involuntarily.

No, within a few days, he was summoned by Lu Bu, and in the name of the holy decree, he could not refuse.

Anyi, Longtan Tiger's Den, this time really responded to Qu Yuan's poem: the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return once he is gone.

Coming to Anyi, Liu Bei was shocked by the scene in front of him, Hedong and Bingzhou are connected, although he himself is a native of Youzhou, the impression of this place has long been deep-rooted, desolate and barren is the best annotation, and what he sees in front of him is a prosperous and vigorous land, and the crowd is bustling, which is not much better than Xuzhou, which is known as a city with a large population.

After calming down his shock, he decided not to visit Lu Bu first, after all, he came by holy order, and he should have gone to meet His Majesty the Emperor first.

led the two brothers and probed all the way to the palace.

A secret agent had already informed Lu Bu of the whereabouts of the three people, and Lu Bu smiled and said, "Interesting, history seems to be a little different." ”

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