Yizhou was swallowed by Kang Peng's whale, Liu Yan was unable to resist, so he started the idea of asking for help, and sent Zheng Du to see Liu Biao in Jingzhou, wanting to ask Jingzhou to send troops to rescue, Zheng Du also lived up to Liu Yan's expectations, and as soon as he arrived in Jingzhou, he used a lot of money to open up the joints of the Cai family brothers and successfully met Liu Biao.

In the hall of Jingzhou, Zheng Du generously stated: "Liu Tingshi is not only to save my lord Liu Yan, but also to save the history of Jingzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou territory are connected, a Yangtze River connects the two states, it is really the relationship between teeth and mouth, if Yizhou unfortunately falls into the hands of Dong thief, then Dong thief will occupy the danger of the Three Gorges, condescending, can go down the river at any time, and go straight to Xiangyang!" ”

Before Zheng Du's words fell, Jingzhou General Lu Gong immediately retorted: "Liu Yizhou made a good calculation, borrowed my Jingzhou troops to block Dong Zhuo, after the matter is completed, won't Jingzhou be threatened by the upper reaches of the Three Gorges?" After Lu Gong finished speaking, all the military generals in Jingzhou, except for the Cai Mao brothers, made a noise one after another, and they all scoffed at Zheng Du's words. Although Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Yan of Yizhou are distant cousins, they have always been enemies, and the soldiers on both sides in the border area have been in constant skirmishes because of the collection of taxes and grain from past business travelers, so the Jingzhou military generals are extremely dissatisfied with the Yizhou army, and Lu Gong is the vanguard general who Liu Biao is ready to take advantage of the fire to rob Yizhou this time.

Zheng Du was not in a hurry, and said loudly: "If my lord sends the Yong'an counties to Liu Jingzhou as a gift, then do the generals still doubt my lord's sincerity?" ”

"What did you say?" Liu Biao's eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Liu Yan sent Yong'an to Jingzhou? "Yong'an includes the three cities of Badong and Baidi, is a large county of Yizhou, with a population of nearly 200,000, the Yangtze River water transport brings the rolling wealth from needless to say, it is still an important grain production area, and it is also an important military town.

"Liu Thorn Shi Mingjian." Zheng Du took out Liu Yan's handwritten letter and presented it to Liu Biao with both hands, Liu Biao took it and looked at it, and suddenly his face was full of red light, and his face was full of radiance, and Cai Mao also took the opportunity to admonish: "Brother-in-law, this is a good opportunity to fight against the national thief Dong Zhuo, which can not only save the people from fire and water, but also be praised by all the people, and obtain Yong'an, so that Yizhou can sit back and relax." ”

Liu Biao nodded excitedly, and at this time, Liu Biao's number one henchman Huang Zu saw that the situation was not good, and preemptively admonished: "Lord, Zheng Du is a trap for you, don't listen to his rhetoric, otherwise Jingzhou will be in trouble." "Huang Zu was originally stationed in Jiangling to defend against the threat of Sun Jian in Jiujiang, but now that Sun Jian's main force has moved east, and he is fighting with Liu Hari, Yan Baihu and others for the battle against the nine counties of Jiangdong, so do you still have the energy to take care of Jingzhou? Without the threat of Jiujiang, this time Liu Biao wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob Yizhou, so he was recalled to Xiangyang by his most trusted confidant Huang Zu to discuss major matters.

Like military generals such as Lu Gong, Zhang Hu, and Chen Sheng, Huang Zu was also a hawk in Jingzhou, advocating the capture of Yong'an by force, and did not believe that Liu Yan would take the initiative to sacrifice Yong'an. Huang Zu hugged his fists and said: "Lord, Dong Zhuo has 400,000 soldiers, and Xiliang Iron Cavalry is invincible in the world, and he is the nemesis of infantry. As soon as Huang Zu said this, the people from the Jingzhou military generals faction echoed one after another, and they all advised Liu Biao to think twice, not to offend Dong Zhuo in order to save Liu Yan, it was really not cost-effective. There are also people who shout that they want to give Zheng Du's head to Dong Zhuo in exchange for Dong Zhuo's favor.

Huang Zu did have some truth in what he said, plus he has always been loyal to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao absolutely believes in him - otherwise he would not hand over half of Jingzhou's troops to him as commander, even Cai Mao is not qualified to do so, for a while, Liu Biao was in a dilemma and could not choose. At this time, Zheng Du quietly glanced at Cai Mao, Cai Mao coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and was about to retort. Unexpectedly......

"Lord, Dong thief deceived the monarch and raped the princess, the crime should not be involved!" Cai Mao hadn't spoken yet, and Jingzhou, who had always been at odds with him, had already gritted his teeth and said: "Now he has forced the Holy Lord to issue a crusade against Yizhou, called to eliminate traitors for the country, but it is actually an attempt to annex Yizhou. ”

"Brother is right, that Dong thief not only bullied the court." Kuai Liang's younger brother Kuai Yue also shouted: "He also insulted the scholars and scholars, insulted Sven, disrespected the sages, and took the property of Shilin, if he was allowed to win Yizhou, would the Shilin of Yizhou still live?" "This is also a Wenchen who has always been at odds with Cai Mao, and today he suddenly came out to help Cai Mao speak, which really made Cai Mao suspect that his ears were wrong.

Liu Biao's strategist Yi Ji analyzed from a military point of view: "That Dong thief and Jiujiang Sun Jian are in-laws, if he successfully obtains Yizhou, he will inevitably go south to unite with Sun Jian and map the Central Plains together, and our army is blocking it, can Dong thief let us go?" ”

Fu Xun, Han Song and Lou Gui and other Jingzhou Wenchen, Fan Peng, Kong Yu and Fan Kang and other Jiangxia Bajun, that is, the Shilin clan who hated Dong Boss the most, more than a dozen people rushed up together, complained bitterly about Dong Boss's cruelty, cursed Dong Boss should be cut with a thousand knives, and unanimously asked Liu Biao to save Liu Yan. Cai Mao, who has always been blowing his beard and glaring at them, was happy, and said in his heart that Dong Zhuo's popularity is really good, even better than my reputation in Xiangyang.

Zheng Du took the opportunity to say: "Don't hide Liu Tingshi, when my lord withdrew to Nanzhong, he swept away the grain and grass in Yizhou, Dong Thief had no land supply, but also had to bear the winter food of the people in Sichuan, no matter how strong the army was, he was exhausted in the uprising of Yizhou refugees one after another, and the Assassin only needed to rise up an army, and Dong Thief could break it with a snap of his fingers. ”

Liu Biao was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and asked why, Zheng Du told the ins and outs of the matter, Liu Biao immediately choked his hands and laughed, glad that God gave him a good opportunity, although Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and other Shilin felt that Liu Yan was too ruthless, affecting millions of innocent Yizhou people, but also understood that this was a golden opportunity, and no longer cared about the lives of those ordinary people.

"Very good, return to your lord immediately, I ......" The ecstatic Liu Biao was about to agree to Liu Yan's request for an alliance, but Huang Zu said: "My lord, in this case, my subordinates think that they can form an alliance with Liu Yizhou to fight against Dong Thief, but how many soldiers does Liu Yizhou have left?" How much more can you cooperate with us? We have to discuss all of this clearly. ”

After being reminded by Huang Zuyi, Liu Biao came back to his senses, right? How many more people can he Liu Yan have? And how does he play? Don't you want my army to be a substitute for the dead, he Liu Yan will wait for me and Dong Thief to fight and then come out to pick a bargain, right? Also, when Liu Yan is at the end of his rope, he should open his mouth to improve his conditions. At that moment, Liu Biao calculated that he would withdraw his plan to form an alliance with Liu Yan immediately, and said treacherously: "Lord Zheng, what General Huang asked is exactly what my father wants to ask, you should discuss it with Liu Yan first to see how he will cooperate with my father's actions, and then my father will make a decision." ”

Huang Zu is indeed thinking about Liu Biao's interests, Liu Biao's request is understandable, Kuai Liang and other Jingzhou strategists pondered carefully, and also felt that it was better to delay for a while, first, it could consume Dong Zhuojun's logistics force to the greatest extent, and secondly, it could strive for the greatest interests of Jingzhou, and some Jingzhou strategists with flexible eyes even calculated that if Liu Yan and Dong Zhuo could fight to lose both, then maybe Jingzhou could annex Yizhou, and no one came out to oppose it. Zheng Du had no choice but to agree to Liu Biao and send someone to contact Liu Yan to discuss the new conditions.

Although Dong Zhuojun's strength in Jingzhou's Dark Moon Group and Swallow Group is relatively thin, it is also ambushed in the mansions, back halls or bedrooms of several key people, and in less than two days, Kang Peng's spies have touched the matter, and there are already trained carrier pigeons that fly directly to Hanzhong, and transfer the news from Hanzhong to Kang Peng.

Six days later, Kang Peng, who was suffering from a lack of food and grass, received the news, and was shocked and hurriedly found Jia Xu and Lu Su to pass on the information to the two. Kang Peng said nervously: "What should I do?" Jingzhou Shilin hates our army to the bone, they have a huge influence in the high-level of Jingzhou, Liu Biao didn't agree for the time being, he just wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob Liu Yan to knock more oil and water, it seems that it is only a matter of time before he sends troops, Liu Yan went to Nanzhong, and he is determined to ask for help from Nanban, and our army's food, grass and military supplies have been exhausted, if the two roads attack together, how can our army resist? ”

Jia Xu frowned deeply, this matter is indeed tricky, Dong Zhuojun's supplies have reached the point of exhaustion, and logistics and transportation are limited by roads, if the two roads attack, then Dong Zhuojun will have millions of disaster victims, no food and no grass to fight, even the heavenly soldiers and generals will not be able to win.

Kang Peng was looking forward to Jia Xu's clever plan, but Jia Xu was helpless, but Lu Su stared at the information intently, and muttered: "Yong'an is a big problem in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao has to agree." If, if ......" Lu Su suddenly raised his head and said: "Taishi, I have a plan, maybe I can solve the attack along the way." ”

"What is Zijing's plan?" Kang Peng was overjoyed and said, "Come quickly." ”

Lu Su arched his hand and said: "Liu Biao wants Yong'an, it's nothing more than afraid that we or Liu Yan will control the Three Gorges natural danger and go down the river to the hinterland of Jingzhou, since he Liu Yan can give Yong'an to Liu Biao, why can't we?" ”

Kang Pengtong's eyes lit up, and he slapped his fat legs and shouted: "Yes, Benxiang can also give him Yong'an, just drag him for a while, as long as Liu Biao agrees, Benxiang can also give him Linjiang." Kang Peng added fiercely in his heart: "When Lao Tzu has taken a breath, it's not too late to get it back." ”

"Liu Biao may not be fooled." Jia Xu poured cold water on Kang Peng and said: "Zheng Du must have told Liu Biao about the current situation in Yizhou, and there are also capable people under Liu Biao, and there is a good chance that they will see through our delaying strategy." And as the Taishi said, the Shilin of Jingzhou controls the upper echelons of Jingzhou, and the Shilin hate the Taishi to the core, and they will definitely get in the way. ”

Kang Peng's eyes dimmed again, but Lu Su smiled and said: "Taishi, we take the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and pose a threat to Liu Biao, but who is the threat to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River controlled by Liu Biao?" ”

Kang Peng and Jia Xu glanced at each other and blurted out together: "Sun Jian! ”

……

Early the next morning, Kang Peng and Jia Xu went to the Tuojiang wharf to see off Dong Zhuojun's biggest diplomatic liar Lu Su, Kang Peng was worried about Lu Su's safety, so he specially sent Ma Zhong to Lu Su's side to escort him, and carefully selected thirty first-class experts to escort Lu Su. When parting, Kang Peng grabbed Lu Su's hand and choked up: "Zijing, I want to bother you to go to the Longtan Tiger's Den to take risks, I really can't bear it in my heart, but for the sake of the brothers' less sacrifice and less bloodshed, I have no choice but to wronged you again." Kang Peng wiped away his tears, "Remember, no matter whether things work out or not, you must come back alive." ”

Lu Su was moved in his heart, and knelt down to Kang Peng and said: "Su Ben cloth, the Taishi is not humble and reused, the official is rewarded, and the words are obedient, even if Su is broken for the Taishi, he is willing." Kang Peng was originally a big ear to buy people's hearts, and when he saw Lu Su's appearance, he simply learned to the end, hugged Lu Su and cried, which moved Lu Su to a mess.

"Taishi, Zijing, the auspicious time to leave has arrived." Jia Xu accompanied him to shed a few tears and reminded Kang Peng, and teased Lu Su: "Zijing, work hard, when you come back, I think Taishi will agree to your marriage with Yiling." ”

Lu Su was startled, and quickly got on the boat amid the laughter of Kang Peng and Jia Xu, and shouted: "Forget it, she is still young, wait a few more years." Lu Su secretly scolded Jia Xu in his heart, and married Lu Yiling, who was no less than Cai Wenji's brutal and willful temper, into the family, isn't that more dangerous than going to the hostile Jingzhou diplomatic fraud?

Lu Su's boat has disappeared from view for a long time, but Kang Peng is still standing still on the dock and refusing to leave, not because Kang Peng is really reluctant to let Lu Su take risks, but because Kang Peng is afraid to return to Chengdu, which has become a ruin, to be precise, Kang Peng is afraid to go back and see those refugees who are already dying of hunger.

Double-steamed rice and popcorn can only solve the temporary predicament, these non-nutritious things continue to let the victims eat, the situation of starvation has always been unavoidable, this morning the secret agent came to report, more than 100 people among the victims starved to death, if the victims are given real food, this situation can only become more and more serious. Dong Zhuojun's soldiers have also deducted food for a lot of time, and if they are not fed, they are afraid that there will be a mutiny......

"How many days will the food arrive?" Kang Peng asked Jia Xu in a low voice. Jia Xu quickly replied: "General Sun Ce's grain convoy has passed through Brazil, and according to the distance, it can be reached in ten days." There is no news from Guo Yan here, but it is estimated that he has already arrived in Jiangyou, and it will probably be there in ten days. ”

Kang Peng looked at the listless Dong Zhuojun soldiers on the shore, and then looked at the victims everywhere in the distance, shook his head with a wry smile, and said in his heart that even if the double steamed rice and popcorn can only last for three days, and in the remaining days, I hope that some people will starve to death......

On the way back to the camp, Kang Peng passed through an area where the victims were concentrated, and Kang Peng closed his eyes from afar, not daring to look at those tragic scenes, but the sound of the children's hunger and crying still kept getting into his ears, "Mother, I'm hungry." "Father, I'm hungry." "My child, my child, what's wrong with you? Wake up......"

Broad bean's big tears rolled down Kang Peng's ugly face......