Sun Ce traveled day and night, and arrived at Houqiu in two days.

Compared with the densely populated northern Jiangsu in later generations, the population in the area of Houqiu and Qu County is not much at present, most of the population is gathered near the county seat, and the place far away from the county seat is the wilderness swamp, except for the generation of herding pigs and sheep, few people come.

Qu County is on the seaside, and there are two official roads from the south: one passes through the Haixi in the south of Qu County, and the other passes through the thick hill in the west of Qu County. The most important thing about Houqiu is the official road between Qu County and County Zhitan County. Elk Zhu often travels here and has some friends in Houqiu. He sent people into the city to inquire, only to learn that there were no people rushing to Qu County from here. Not only that, but they didn't even know the news that Liu He and others had entered Xuzhou.

Sun Ce couldn't cry or laugh. Am I overestimating Liu He?

Since Qu County is safe, Sun Ce is not so anxious. He asked Lu Zhu to rush to Langya, inform Tao Qian of the news that Liu He and others had entered Xuzhou, and discuss how the two sides could cooperate. He himself continued to rush to Qu County, and sent people to the south to inquire about the news to prevent Liu He from entering Qu County via Haixi.

Lu Zhu took advantage of the convenience of the stagecoach and arrived in Yangdu in only a day and a half. After three days and three nights of riding a horse and galloping, he was sleepy and tired, and he couldn't support it when he saw the city gate of Yangdu, and he was planted off the horse's back, with a loud "bang", but he didn't feel a little pain, he just wanted to lie on the ground and sleep well.

But he knew he couldn't sleep. He struggled to get up, rubbed his face vigorously, felt that it had no effect, gritted his teeth again, and patted his thigh hard. The continuous cavalry rushed, his inner thigh had been worn out by the saddle, and he was drenched in blood, and the touch hurt his heart, which finally made him sober up a little, but he could no longer ride a horse.

The retinue had no choice but to carry him on his back and ride his horse into the city.

Lu Zhu is a don't drive in Xuzhou, and he is a person trusted by Tao Qian, showing his identity, no one dared to stop the soldiers watching the city gate, and immediately let him go, and shouted to let the people who were waiting to enter and leave the city to make way, and rode away by Lu Zhu and his party. The people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so they could only look at him silently.

In the crowd, a young man of about twenty watched Lu Zhu and his party enter the city, frowned, and then took his gaze back, with a little more worry in his eyes. There was a young man beside him, tall and looked like an adult, but with a delicate face, a white face and a faint hairy lips, obviously not yet an adult. The two looked at each other silently, and when they entered the city and left the crowd, the young man quickened his pace.

"Brother, the Langya War is about to start, I can't hesitate any longer, hurry back to Uncle Ming, and move the family away."

The young man turned to look at the young man and said lightly, "Kong Ming, how do you know?" ”

"That person entered the city smoothly just now, and the gatekeeper was respectful to him, but he was not our Langya celebrity, he was a state official, and Tao Mu's cronies. He was carried by people and could not walk, which was naturally caused by a long-distance horse, and he could not come here for two days, so he would not come from Qingzhou, but from the south of Xuzhou. In that case, there must be something big going on in the south, and bad news. There is the Yuan family in the north, and the south is in chaos, and Tao Mu is about to be defeated. But he is not a person who is willing to admit defeat easily, and he will inevitably fight according to Langya. ”

The young man nodded, feeling justified, and quickened his pace, quickly disappearing into the crowd.

Yangdu was originally just an ordinary county, but now it has become Tao Qian's station. Yuan Xi's offensive is fierce, and he has taken most of Qingzhou, and the striker has entered the Langya realm. When Lu Zhu arrived, he was packing up the papers, and the officials came and went, looking nervous. Tao Qian sat in the hall, baked the fire, and sorted out the simple silks, or ordered someone to take them to bury, or threw them directly into the fire.

Seeing that the elk was carried in, his hand stopped, and his already black face became darker, and the wrinkles were deeper, especially the wrinkles between the eyebrows, which were as clear as a knife carving. He put down what he was holding, got up to meet him, and held Moose Zhu.

"Zizhong, what's wrong?"

Lu Zhu shook his hand, his face pale. "There are joys and sorrows, mixed blessings and sorrows."

Tao Qian's eyes rolled and he laughed. "Tell me about it."

"Happy event, General Sun has arrived in Xuzhou, and he personally led 1,500 cavalry to reach Qu County."

Tao Qian's eyes shrank slightly, his eyes were like knives in an instant, the corners of his mouth trembled, and then they flattened again. "What about worries?"

"Liu He led his troops into Xuzhou and may be attacking Zhenrong."

Tao Qian's hand shook. Elk Zhu felt it, but didn't say anything. He slowly pushed Tao Qian away, dragged his legs, slowly walked to the side of the seat, sat down with difficulty, spread his legs, lifted the hem of his clothes, exposed his bloody thighs, and looked down. Tao Qian was taken aback and hurriedly beckoned to the doctor.

"Zizhong, how could you be injured like this?"

"Four days and three nights, almost without leaving the horse." Elk Zhu laughed miserably. "If I don't try, I didn't know I had such physical strength, it seems that people's potential is really great, even beyond their imagination."

Tao Qian couldn't care about laughing with Lu Zhu, and urged Lu Zhu to talk carefully. He has a lot of experience, and he knows that Lu Zhu is extremely tired and injured, and he will sleep at once, even if he doesn't die, it will take a day to wake up. The situation was urgent, and he didn't dare to waste a day.

Lu Zhu told what had happened. Tao Qian's face became more and more ugly, but it was not because of Sun Ce. Sun Ce was very cautious, his reinforcement of Qu County was only out of personal friendship, and he had no intention of seizing the East China Sea, otherwise with the help of Lu Zhu, he could easily take Tan County.

But instead of making it safer, the East China Sea is more dangerous. Zhen Rong is a waste, not Liu He's opponent. After defeating Zhenrong, Liu He not only solved the military salary, but also had 3,000 horses and tens of thousands of young men, and his strength was stronger. He is a big clan in Xuzhou, and behind him stand his father Liu Yu and Yuan Shao, the Xuzhou clan will support him, and the four counties, including Donghai County, can rebel at any time, even Pengcheng and Langya are no exception.

With Yuan Xi in the north and Liu He in the south, he has no way back.

Did you retreat into Tarzan and be a thief?

The only way is to ask Sun Ce for help and ask him to defeat Liu He and defend his back. Sun Ce is not a good person, he has coveted Xuzhou for a long time, and if he wants to ask him for help, he will inevitably pay a price.

Tao Qian was indignant. Why did Yuan Shao and Sun Ce go against each other, but it was me who was unlucky first? He wanted to ask Lu Zhu, but when he turned around, he saw that Lu Zhu had fallen asleep on the seat. He slept so deeply, if it weren't for the heaving of his chest, he would be no different from a dead man.

Tao Qian couldn't cry or laugh, turned around and went down the hall, and asked people to call his eldest son, Tao Shang. Tell the potter the news that he brought the elk back. When the potter heard this, he was dumbfounded, his face was bloodless, his lips trembled, and he could not even say a complete sentence.

"This ...... What can I do? ”

Seeing the appearance of the potter, Tao Qian was even more angry, and raising his hand was a big slap. "What kind of sin did Naigong do, how did he give birth to such a waste of you. Look at Sun Bofu, and then look at you, Naigong is really shameless to see the old man again, it is better to die a hundred times and settle down in peace. ”

The potter covered his face, not daring to say a word, tears rolling in his eyes, but he did not dare to cry.

Tao Qian put his hands behind his back, turned back and forth in the hall twice, and stopped suddenly. "You go to Qu County and say to Sun Bofu, if he can help me defeat Liu He, I will give him Pengcheng, Donghai will give him half, the west of Xiangben will belong to him, and the east will belong to me. If he doesn't agree, I'll surrender to Yuan Shao and leave him with nothing. ”