After three months of non-stop production, Han Xuan led the soldiers and civilians of Changsha to finally build four Mongs, one fighting ship, more than ten raids, dozens of ships and a number of scout ships.

The carrier pigeon domesticated by Zhou Shan also had the function of short-distance transmission, and Han Xuan used the carrier pigeon for short-distance communication and command in the army. Han Xuan, who transmitted news over long distances, set up post stations in various places, and the post stations had special personnel for changing horses for post guards to transmit emergency military orders and intelligence.

Wang Cang was assigned by Han Xuan to Guiyang to assist the officials of Guiyang to develop Guiyang, repair the city wall, revitalize the tuntian, and repair the water conservancy. Han Xuan didn't think so, so he asked Wang Cang to act as the agent of Guiyang Taishou.

News from all sides kept coming, first of all, Yuan Shao. In order to compete with Gongsun Chan for Qingzhou, he took his eldest son Yuan Tan as the assassin of Qingzhou and ordered him to attack Tian Kai, the assassin of Gongsun Zhan. Tian Kai led troops to meet the battle, but was repeatedly defeated by Yuan Tan. Soon, the Han court sent an envoy Zhao Qi to Kanto to make peace for Yuan and Gongsun. So the two armies quit the truce, and Yuan Shao's forces entered Qingzhou.

Under the rule of Yuan Shao, Wei County mutinied, and tens of thousands of troops with the Black Mountain Army in the Poison Year captured Yecheng and killed the Wei County Taishou. In June, Yuan Shao marched into Chaoge and attacked the Black Mountain Army near Lugut Mountain and the Poison Department. The siege lasted for five days, beheaded by poison, and killed more than 10,000 Montenegrin troops. Yuan Shao immediately marched along the mountain, breaking through the Black Mountain Army's troops in Zhangba, Liu Shi, Qingniujiao, Zuoxiao, Guo Daxian, Li Damu, Yu Digen and other units, and beheaded tens of thousands of people. And the Black Mountain Army Zhang Yan fought in Changshan, Zhang Yan's army was very strong, there were tens of thousands of elite soldiers, thousands of horses, the two armies fought fiercely for more than ten days, both sides were killed and wounded, and the soldiers were exhausted. So the battle was struck, and each of them led his troops to retreat.

Since Lu Bu was driven out of Chang'an by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, he first voted for Yuan and then Yuan Shao, and joined forces with Yuan Shao to fight Zhang Yan in Changshan. Lu Bu often rode a red rabbit horse to leap over the city wall, fly across the trench, and dozens of people such as his fierce generals Cheng Lian and Wei Yue rode horses to attack Zhang Yan's military formation, often going three or four times a day, and each time he cut the head of the Black Mountain Army and came back. After fighting continuously for more than ten days, he finally defeated Zhang Yan's army. Relying on his military exploits, Lü Bu once again asked Yuan Shao to increase the army, but Yuan Shao did not agree, and Lü Bu's soldiers also robbed and plundered from time to time, and Yuan Shao began to suspect Lü Bu. Lu Bu fled to Zhang Yang again.

Then there is Yuan Shu. After he was defeated by Cao Cao, he lost his base in Nanyang County and retreated to the Huaishui area. In March of that year, Yuan Shu gathered scattered troops to attack Shouchun, expelled Chen Yu, the assassin of Yangzhou, and claimed to be the assassin of Yangzhou, and concurrently led Xuzhou Mu to occupy Huainan. Soon, the imperial court controlled by Li Dao and others worshiped Yuan Shu as General Zuo, fake festival, and sealed Yang Zhai Marquis.

Han Xuan despised Yuan Shu, and Li Dao actually recognized Yuan Shu's position as the assassin of Yangzhou, and Han Xuan was very disgusted with Yuan Shu from then on.

Liu Biao finally freed up his hands to concentrate on dealing with Liu Du, Liu cousin led a large army to fight with Liu Du in Wuling, Kuai Yue and Yi frequently offered plans, Liu Biao defeated Liu Du and subdued several counties in Wuling.

Han Xuan saw that all parties had no time to take care of themselves, and thought that the time had come to send troops. Han Xuan convened the generals to discuss the matter, Han Xuan pointed to the map and asked: "Now we have Liu Biao in the north, Liu Du in the west, and Jiaozhou Shixie in the south. I want to send troops to expand my strength, and you may like to share your opinions. ”

Du Xi got up from his chair and bowed to Han Xuan and said, "My lord, my subordinates still think that our army should go east. Yuan Shuxin according to Huainan, the rampant expropriation was unpopular with the people, and the lord raised troops for the crime of heaven to save the people of Yangzhou from fire and water, wouldn't the people eat pot pulp to welcome the lord? ”

Han Xuan thought about it deeply, there are indeed many benefits to going east. There are many separatist forces such as princes, Haoqiang, and Shanyue in Yangzhou, and they are indeed easy to deal with compared to those princes in the north, and they can be broken individually. Now that Xu Rong has expanded the training of the new army to more than 8,000 people, Han Xuan is confident that he can lead this team to sweep away these jumping clowns in Yangzhou.

Han Xuan adopted Du Zhengdong's opinion, and said: "If I want to go east to crusade against Yuan Shu, the banner will be called 'Acting for the Heavens'!" Wherever our army goes, we must not move the people to show the difference between us and Yuan Shu. ”

Han Xuan and Liu Biao tore their faces before, and it was not good to use his banner anymore, so they could only use the banner of the imperial court. Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and others bowed their hands and said: "We are willing to serve the Lord!" ”

Han Xuan nodded and asked, "However, our army is going east, Changsha is the foundation of our army, and we can't afford to lose." Who of the generals is willing to guard Changsha for me to reject Liu Du? ”

Wei Yan got up and hugged his fists and said, "If Liu Du only sends one general to lead the army, the last general is willing to behead the lord." If Liu Duqin leads the army to come, the last general will also be able to block it for the lord! ”

Han Xuan was overjoyed and said to him: "Wei Yan, I will promote you to the general of the Yamen, and lead 5,000 elite soldiers to the border of Changsha Lingling to garrison, if Liu Du leads the army to come, he can only hold on to it and not go out of the city to meet the enemy." ”

Wei Yan received the military order and returned to his seat, and Han Xuan said again: "Gan Ning, I ordered you to lead two thousand sailors to garrison Dongting Lake to prevent Liu Biao, and all the big and small warships are at your disposal." ”

Gan Ning got up and bowed: "The last general is ordered!" ”

Han Xuan also asked Xie Jing and Cao Xing to lead the army to Guiyang to help Wang Cang garrison and prevent Liu Du and Shiwu from making any moves against Guiyang. After the personnel appointment was properly arranged, Han Xuan personally led 8,000 new troops, with Huang Zhong as the vanguard, Chen Wu as the deputy general, Yang Ling escorted the grain and grass, and Jia Hua and Song Qian guarded Han Xuan with painted halberds. Han Xuanzhong's army erected two big flags, one with the word "Han" on the flag, and the other with the word "for the way of heaven", and the whole army drove to Yangzhou in a mighty way.

Han Xuanbing went out of Xiajun and first drove to Ai County, Yuzhang County, Ai County and Xiajun County are adjacent to each other, and the two counties come and go frequently. The magistrate of Ai County deeply felt Han Xuan's kindness and led the army and civilians to reward Han Xuan's army, Han Xuan was very happy and let him continue to serve as the magistrate of Ai County.

Han Xuan and Chen Wu discussed and decided to continue to advance along the line and cross the river north to attack the Lujiang River. Chen Wu's hometown is in Lujiang, and Han Xuan went to Lujiang to recruit a lot of homeless people and people before, and Han Xuan's benevolence won the favor of many people in Lujiang.

Just as Han Xuan was preparing to attack Lujiang, Cao Cao also sent troops from Yanzhou to Xuzhou to expand his power to the southeast. The army connected more than ten cities, and went to Pengcheng and Xuzhou Mu Taoqian to start a fierce battle. As a result, he won a big victory, beheaded more than 10,000 levels, Tao Qian retreated to Tan County, and did not dare to defend the city.

Cao manipulated the soldiers to kill and plunder the people of Xuzhou, and killed tens of thousands of people in Surabaya, and Surabaya did not flow. He also marched into the counties of Tuxian, Suiling, Xiaqiu, etc., where Cao Jun passed, the chickens and dogs were not left, and there were no pedestrians in the townships. Soon, he retired from the army due to lack of military rations.

Many scholars in Xuzhou left their hometowns and fled to Jiangdong. Zhuge Xuanben was an official under Liu Biao, and was ordered by Liu Biao to send an envoy to the Han Ting to convey the general situation of Jingzhou, and he learned that his brother Zhuge Jue had died of illness before he set off, and asked Liu Biao to go to Mount Tai to take care of Zhuge Gui's future after completing the mission. Liu Biao gave him permission, and after Zhuge Xuan's mission was over, he went to Xuzhou to take care of Zhuge Gui's widow and children.

After entering Xuzhou, Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou to conquer Tao Qian, and fled to the Lujiang River with his nephews Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Jun and two nieces in order to avoid the disaster of war.

Zhuge Xuan and his team encountered robbers on the way, and the leader of the robbers, Cao Hu, drove his horse to Zhuge Xuan's carriage with a simple knife, and said to Zhuge Xuan: "I know that you have a lot of property, and I don't want to embarrass you, as long as you hand over the property, I will let you go." ”

Zhuge Xuan looked at Cao Hu nervously, and kept begging him for mercy, telling Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin to hide in the carriage and not come out. Zhuge Liang, who was only twelve years old, ran out of the carriage and said to Cao Hu: "The king spares his life!" We fled without much belongings. My uncle is serving under Liu Jingzhou, so it is better for the king to go to Yuzhang with us, and let the king of Xu be an official and a half-year, which is better than cutting the path to win a hundred times the wealth here. ”

Cao Hu hesitated for a long time when he heard this, and seeing that Cao Hu still didn't believe it, Zhuge Liang said: "If the king doesn't believe it, you can set up a document!" ”

Zhuge Xuan asked his entourage to bring a silk pen and write down the note, Cao Hu no longer embarrassed them, and escorted Zhuge Xuan and his party to Yuzhang.

(End of chapter)