In the second year of Jian'an, at the end of summer, Sun Jian, the general of the Han Dynasty, was assassinated to death, and his deputy general Zhu Zhi and his nephew Sun Ben led the army to help Ling Shunshui go north to Wancheng, leaving only the captain Li Tong to lead 3,000 troops to garrison Deng County, the news spread, and the world was shaken.

This kind of shock even surpassed Yuan Shao's death before, because when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Xun competed with each other, the posture of the strategic decisive battle was very obvious, so the world actually imagined and expected the rapid defeat of either side, not to mention that before Yuan Shao's death, there was the defeat of the Liang period, and then there was the collapse of the boundary bridge, and there was a pursuit battle that lasted for dozens of days.

Think about it carefully, the last 'sudden' incident that shook the hearts of the people all over the world may be traced back to the time when Jia Xu suddenly offered Tongguan and led Gongsun Xun to drive straight into Yiwu...... There was no way, Sun Wentai died too quickly, and without warning, which was in stark contrast to his previous successive victories.

However, as the news spread, the shock caused by this event, which was destined to change the situation in the world, only stayed at the level of discussion among the princes of all walks of life, and did not cause any substantive action...... Putting aside those that are beyond the reach of the whip for the time being, several neighboring princes with related interests in the Central Plains have their own fears and helplessness.

It stands to reason that Liu Biao should be the one with the least psychological pressure, his Xiangyang City has become the front line, tens of thousands of dead and wounded before and after, and the county guards under his command have been cut down, what else is there to care about? Just fight back!

However, as Sun Jian's main opponent before, he had just experienced two nerve-wracking defeats, and he was unable to fight back, so he needed time to mobilize troops from the Jingnan region. So, after Liu Jingsheng determined that he had no ability to send troops for the time being, he took the lead in sending a mourning messenger...... In order to show that the two countries exchanged troops and mourned as usual, it aroused the praise of many people.

As for Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the two are naturally powerful, in fact, Liu Bei, the assassin of Yuzhou, is simply leading troops to suppress bandits for Sun Jian in Runan at this time, as long as he wants, the entire Runan can start at any time; And Li Jin, under Cao Cao, was also responsible for transporting military rations, and was in Yingchuan at this time.

But both of them have huge psychological pressure, the righteous brother has just died, the orphan and widow, the world is watching, why are you embarrassed to eat out of the house?

In other words, Sun Wentai's death was destined to cause a big wave, but because everyone was caught off guard, it was calm for a while...... Everyone almost watched as Sun Jian's coffin was sent to Wancheng, and then let those old subordinates and family members negotiate on their own.

But that's it.

With Sun Jian's corpse returning to Wancheng, someone finally couldn't help but do it...... At the beginning of July, when Sun Ce issued an obituary to the Quartet in the name of filial piety, the almost forgotten Later General Yuan Highway suddenly struck out to try to control Jiangxia, which was empty and ownerless inside!

The Central Plains heroes were dumbfounded, known as the Eight Horses, and Liu Biao, who had his own bearing, was even more angry, and he hated to slap his two mouths first, and then dismantle Yuan Shu's eight pieces.

However, in the face of Yuan Highway almost occupying the magpie's nest with the strange dove, Liu Jingsheng was powerless for a while...... There are still thousands of enemy troops in Deng County at the gate of Xiangyang, and he is powerless to drive them out for a while, so how dare he send troops to recover Jiangxia at will?

As a result, Yuan Shu only relied on the only hundreds of guards he had when he fled from Nanyang that day, and successfully controlled An Lu, where his people settled after entering Jiangxia, and forcibly recruited two or three thousand 'troops' in the city, and continued to travel south through Yunmengze along the river, trying to capture Jiangxia County's Xiling City!

At this moment, Liu Biao really couldn't bear it, although his people did not dare to move the defenders in Xiangyang City, but they successively ordered Jiangxia counties to organize soldiers and horses to defend on the spot, and at the same time ordered Changsha and Wuling counties to immediately mobilize soldiers and horses to gather in Jiangling City, an important town in the south of Nanjun. And the generals Wu Ju and Wen Ping were the lieutenant generals, of which Wu Ju entered Jiangxia first, entered Jingling City in the west of Yunmeng Ze to organize defense, and Wen Ping went to Jiangling to gather soldiers and horses.

However, after this arrangement, Liu Biao is still uneasy...... It's not that he lacks strength, but that he lacks time!

It takes time to gather soldiers and horses, and then it takes more time for the army to cross Yunmengze to crusade against Yuan Shu, and at the same time, Sun Jian is dead, and there may be some big chaos in the Nanyang region in the north, if the soldiers and horses are still gathering, Xiling City will be gone, and finally it will evolve into a long-term confrontation across Yunmengze, coupled with the previous defeat, Mo said that he will miss the opportunity in the north, and even Jingzhou will be in chaos!

And at this moment, Cai Mao, who was hit by an arrow in the buttocks and was recuperating at home, let people carry him into Liu Biao's official temple, and recommended someone to Liu Biao on the couch - it was Jiuyuan Lu Bu!

In all fairness, Liu Biao is not a fool, he knows that Lu Bu has a life-saving grace for Cai Mao, this time it must be Lu Bu who took the initiative to ask to lead the troops in Jiangxia, and he is also very familiar with Lu Bu...... The two were real colleagues in the Luoyang Northern Army back then, so unlike Cai Mao, he was extremely untrustworthy and even extremely vigilant.

However, it was precisely out of this vigilance that he agreed to Cai Mao's request instead—because Xiangyang was empty at this time, he was more worried about Lu Fengxian staying in the city than going to Jiangxia.

So, Liu Biao set up a banquet to entertain Lu Bu, and the two made a gentleman's covenant, if Lu Bu can enter Xiling City this time to stop Yuan Shu from causing trouble to Jiangxia, then when the Jingnan troops gather, his people will definitely send 5,000 troops to help Lu Bu go north to Nanyang to take up his post, at least to take down several counties on the east bank of Bishui and Xinye, Chaoyang, Deng County and other places to Lu Wenhou to gain a foothold.

With this clear letter, Lu Fengxian did not hesitate any longer, and his people carried a military order stamped with Liu Biao's seal, and led 800 cavalry to board a large boat disguised as a merchant ship directly in the Tanxi Waterway southwest of Xiangyang City, and then entered the Han River and went downstream...... As the so-called apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains, and the light boat goes down the river so quickly, but for more than ten days, Lu Bu's eight hundred horsemen turned into the Yangtze River at the mouth of the Han River, which was only a swamp in the Wuhan area at this time, and traveled dozens of miles, and then abandoned the boat and went ashore and came to the south of Xiling City.

It is worth mentioning that if Yuan Shu's troops want to go to Xiling, they also need to go from the Han River, and his distance is closer than that of Lu Bu, and he has already entered the Yangtze River, but he did not set up defensive points at the mouth of the Han River and the mouth of the Zhuanshui, but plundered along the rich banks of the Yangtze River to replenish military resources, so that Lu Bu's merchant ships were disguised in vain.

The eight hundred cavalry of Bingzhou had already vomited to the point of weakness at this time, and dozens of horses were killed...... However, Lu Fengxian was so fast, in the end, he had achieved a strategic advantage, and after his people entered Xiling City with their staggering subordinates for a whole day, Yuan Shu's troops were late, but they looked at the seven hundred cavalry in front of Xiling City and the big banner of Lu Zi in dumbfounded.

For a moment, Yuan Highway, a post-general who has always had the courage to face life, was even a little desperate.

"Why don't you follow Master Yan's previous suggestion, let's go back to Nanyang?" In the evening of the same day, Yuan Shu, who only had two or three thousand recruits on his side, used honey water and asked his chief secretary Yan Xuan very seriously.

In fact, when it comes to this, there are only a few loyal ministers on the side of the rear general at this time, and the rest are nothing more than some concubines, children, and some fortune tellers and witch doctors who are raising them.

Since Ji Ling is dead, if he doesn't ask Yan Xiang, who else can he ask?

"I'm afraid it's difficult to go back to Nanyang at this time, right?" Yan Xiang, who was sitting on the horse, declined the honey water handed by the waiter, and analyzed with a slight embarrassment. At that time, his subordinates persuaded the lord to return to Nanyang and wait and see the situation on the east bank of Bishui, because Sun Jian was dead, and the east bank of Bishui was empty after the withdrawal of the army, and Xiangyang and Deng County were powerless to interfere...... At that time, if the lord could regroup his forces on the east bank of Bishui, with Liu Biao's thoughts, he might not be able to support us to occupy Shuishui and act as a barrier for him. But now, let's turn our faces with Liu Biao; Second, the opportunity was lost...... God knows what the situation of Nanyang is like at this time? ”

"You have a point." Yuan Shu sat on the couch next to the candle flame, and after thinking for a while, his face was full of helplessness. "There was a chance before, but now that Sun Jian has been mourning for more than ten days, Cao Cao and Liu Bei should have taken over Yingchuan and Runan, and then entered Nanyang, where Sun Jian's old department and Sun Liu's main force are now, I'm afraid I really don't have my share! But now that Lu Bu has entered Xiling City before me, with his combat power and the tallness of Xiling City, I can't take it down no matter what...... Do you want me to go back to Anlu and wait for death? ”

"An Lu can't go back!" Yan Xiang Zhengse replied. "Once you return to Anlu, you won't be able to go to the south to get out of the clouds, and you won't be able to return to the south to the south, so you can only sit and wait!"

"Yes." Yuan Shu became more and more helpless. "Then there's only one way......"

Yan Xiang looked at his lord curiously.

"Master Yan, how about we go down the river to Pengze?" Yuan Shu inquired earnestly.

"Does Peng Ze have a place to stay?" Yan Xiang was puzzled for a moment. "Peng Ze belongs to Yuzhang, Yuzhang is too guarded by Zhu Hao, didn't he fall out with the lord before? At that time, the lord Zhou Shu was Yuzhang Taishou, and Liu Biao Zhuge Xuan was Yuzhang Taishou, all of which were defeated by Zhu Gongwei's leading soldiers, and now he is desperate to vote, can he tolerate us? ”

"Not to Pengze County." Yuan Shu hurriedly explained. "How did I not know that the Zhu father and son also had different intentions and used Jiangdong as their private base...... I mean, let's go to the Great Lake of Pengze! ”

Yan Xiang became more and more puzzled.

"On that day, the Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun was defeated by Liu Bei, so he led the crowd to flee to Pengze Lake, where he was free...... "Yuan Shu hurriedly explained clearly." How about we say we're going there, looking for him as a companion? ”

Yan Xiang was dumbfounded, then shook his head repeatedly.

"Yes!" Yuan Shu suddenly realized. "How can Liu Xun tolerate me? He must be afraid that I will be made for me after I go to Pengze! ”

"Not this ......"

"But Master Yan, if you say this, isn't my Yuan Highway really desperate?" For some reason, Yuan Shu suddenly felt a little sad. "It's only been four years, how did you end up like this? Pity my son Yuan Yao is only fourteen years old, and his two daughters, one has just reached the age of Lu and the other is only seven years old. ”

Yan Xiang was also a little emotional when he saw this...... However, when he heard the last sentence, he suddenly opened his mouth, and the idea of a dead horse being a live horse doctor came to his heart.

"Lord!" Yan Xiang hesitated for a long time before carefully moving Ma Zha closer to Yuan Shu's bed, and then whispered to each other. "Have you ever heard of the word "intimate intimacy?"

"What do you mean by the master book?" Yuan Highway has been trained in officialdom since he was a child, how could he not know what strategy Yan Xiang had for such a posture. "What can't you say now?"

"That's right." Yan Xiang earnestly represented. "Lord, today Lu Fengxian lined up in front of the city gate, hundreds of cavalry are majestic, and our army is only two or three thousand newly recruited miscellaneous soldiers, if you really want to fight, I am afraid that the other party can't help trampling on the horse once, but why did he not order the charge, but instead sat back and watched us withdraw our troops? And the withdrawal of troops did not pursue ......"

"What can it be?" Yuan Shu shook his head and sneered. "Everyone is an old Luoyang person, who doesn't know who? This Lu Fengxian is a barbarian from the Northland, and he has no ambitions in the world, he usually just wants to climb up, and in the troubled times, he probably just wants to live and be happy according to a piece of land, and is not controlled by others...... His appearance in Xiling City today is nothing more than being entrusted by Liu Jingsheng, and maybe he also promised to send troops to take Nanyang for him in the future; And he didn't attack me, but he was expelled by Chang'an, and he only had 800 horsemen in his hands, and he was not willing to wear it out for Liu Jingsheng! Besides, how can I Yuan Shu also be a dignified general, the Yuan family's descendant, since he has kept Xiling City, what good is it for him to kill me more? Aren't you afraid of hurting which of my Yuan relatives or former officials for this? ”

"That's it." Yan Xiang whispered. "Although Lu Bu is brave, he is only hired by people, not who he really fights for......"

"You mean to woo him?" Yuan Highway's eyes lit up, but then he was darkened. "I'm like this now, I only have a few hundred silks around me, and I just recruited him, what do I use to win him over?"

"Didn't you say it, you can't kiss each other!" Yan Xiang is right. "Everyone in the world knows that Lu Fengxian was actually expelled from Chang'an, and his wife and daughter were held hostage in Chang'an...... He walked left and right, just to seek a foothold and not be controlled by others! As the lord said, what Liu Biao can promise him is just to send troops to Nanyang in the future to help him gain a foothold, but the lord can also persuade him to help you take Jiangxia, and then promise to use Jiangxia's power to help him go north to Nanyang to gain a foothold! The difference is that he has to win more trust than Liu Biao...... And is there still an agreement in the world that marriage can be trusted? He is isolated at this time, I am afraid that he is also begging a reliable force to rely on each other, right? If you can marry the lord, one is based in Nanyang, and the other is based in Jiangxia, wouldn't you just be able to survive among the surrounding princes? ”

Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, and then his face suddenly appeared: "You mean to let my son Yuan Yao and his daughter make an appointment as husband and wife?" ”

"It should be like this, but it's too late, and if you can't make mature noodles quickly in such a situation, I'm afraid Lu Fengxian won't believe it." Speaking of this, Yan Xiang was also a little embarrassed, but thinking that Yuan Shu was exhausted, he gritted his teeth and said it. "Why don't you recruit Lu Bu as your son-in-law?"

Yuan Shu stared at Yan Xiang with wide eyes, but he didn't say a word for a long time.

"If the lord thinks that this strategy is not feasible, just if I didn't say it, go to Pengze and go to Pengze!" Yan Xiang is more or less face-saving. "At this point, my subordinates can't abandon the lord anyway."

"What nonsense?!" Yuan Shu slapped down the bed and said loudly. "It's a brilliant idea! Master Yan, think about it, if I die on this riverside today, in the troubled times, will my daughter have any good end? And although Lu Bu is older, he is also a well-known figure in the world, so why marry him? You're so careful! ”

Yan Xiang immediately stopped talking.

"And I know Lu Bu, he is just a layman, and he is happy to marry our surname Zhong, I am afraid that I am also happy in my heart......" The more Yuan Shu said, the more excited he became. If you think about it, the Yuan clan is in decline now, but our Runan Yuan clan can't be wiped out because of this, right? I still have a clan, a relative like the Yuan family of Chen County, a brother-in-law like Yang Biao, an old man like the Lujiang Zhou family and the Xiapi Chen family, he is a border county martial artist, as long as he does not have the ambition of annexing the world and calling the king and orphan, what is the goal of fighting life and death outside? Isn't it just that you can be in the same league as us when you are happy! In my opinion, this strategy works! At that time, I will be in Jiangxia, he will be in Nanyang, I will have a family, and he will be brave, wouldn't it be a match made in heaven? Maybe we can wait until the world changes......"

When Yan Xiang heard this, he didn't know why, but he regretted talking too much.

However, when things came to this point, it was useless for Yan Xiang to think about it, on this side, Yuan Highway was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he simply called the accompanying diviner overnight, Hanoi Zhang Xiao, and asked him to enter the city to talk about the matchmaker.

Lu Bu refused at first...... He also felt a little embarrassed, after all, of course he was happy to marry Yuan, and he didn't care about the age of the other party, and Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi married by Liu Bei next door were not very old, but first, he had a wife in Luoyang, second, he was entrusted by Cai Mao and Liu Biao to come to this trip, and thirdly, if he really became Yuan Highway's son-in-law, it seemed that he was indeed a generation shorter for no reason.

Isn't it a little embarrassing to call the wine and meat friends who called brothers and sisters in the Luozhong banquet in the past, and then meet and call their father-in-law?

Zhang Gang is a fortune teller, and what he is best at is observing words and feelings, and when he saw Lu Bu's expression, he already understood, and immediately returned to the camp overnight to see Yuan Shu again.

And on the evening of the second day, when he entered the city again, he simply brought Yuan Shu's eldest daughter and hundreds of silks, and left them together in the official temple of Xiling City, where Lu Bu stayed...... Poor Huang Zu used Liu Biao's hundred Yi gold to build the official temple, which became a new house for Lu Bu to marry his wife less than a month after his death.

In the early autumn of July of the second year of Jian'an, just entering the second half of the year, Sun Jianshang stopped in Wancheng, and Cao Cao received letters from Yingchuan and even the county temples in Nanyang, just as Liu Bei received the investment from the cities of Runan...... Anyway, these people are right, and Sun Wentai's last words are to gather all the senior officers in the army to say in public, and they can't hide it at all.

However, in the face of such a situation, Zhu Zhi, Sun Ben, Sun Jing, Zu Mao, Wu Jing and other old subordinates of Sun Jian first supported Sun Ce in Wancheng to attack Sun Jian's Marquis of Wucheng, and then the army went around to arrest many county magistrates in Nanyang County for the crime of rebellion...... Its troops stopped at Kunyang, Yingchuan in the north, and Li Jin was stationed there in the name of transporting grain; Stopping at Langling in Runan in the east, there is Zhang Fei who was ordered to crusade against the Yellow Turban thief Gong Du here.

It seems that these old Sun Jian troops are still a little weak-minded, and they dare not really face Cao Cao and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses.

However, these things have nothing to do with the genuine Nanyang Taishou Lu Bu for the time being, and the newlywed Yan'er has just helped his father-in-law Yuan Highway to take Xiling, so that the rich places such as Exian, Yixian, Xiapheasant, and Qichun in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County easily fell into the hands of Yuan and Lu's combined forces.

For a time, Yuan Lu occupied half of Jiangxia, and his prestige was revived...... Immediately, Yuan Shu temporarily recruited 1,000 troops to block the mouth of the Han River, and sent his subordinate Zhang Xiao to lead 3,000 newly recruited troops to occupy Shaxian and control Yunmengze across the river.

Why are there so few soldiers? Because General Hou was trustworthy, he forcibly recruited 10,000 recruits, but he gave 5,000 to his son-in-law Lu Bu, so that the latter could be reorganized in Xiling, preparing to immediately go north to 'recover' Nanyang.

When the news reached Xiangyang, Liu Biao didn't kill Cai Mao, who was just able to get up, he could only say that he was dignified and well-cultivated.

———I'm the shameless dividing line———

"Xu Kun at the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Jian's nephew. His father is true, married to Mrs. Sun, the sister of Jian. And Jian died, and his subordinates raised Jianzi to attack the Jue, and Kun according to the ten cities in the west of Nanyang, did not return to Wan Ben to mourn, and planned to suffer, but to use his younger brother Quan about Kun Nu as a wife, Kun came. —"The World Speaks New Words". Confusion

PS: Let's be more harmonious, yesterday was two chapters, and this is today's ...... How is it? Thank you for your magnanimity.

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