Yuan Shu folded the general Ji Ling and led the army to fight. Liu Bei divided his troops into three ways: Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao were on the left, Guan and Zhang were on the right, Liu Bei led the troops in the center, met with Yuan Shu, and scolded under the banner of the door: "You are rebellious and unreasonable, I am coming to ask you for the edict today!" Thou shalt bind thy hands, and thou shalt save thy transgressions. ”

Yuan Shu scolded: "Weaving mat weaving junior, dare to despise me!" ”

Yuan Shu's troops arrived, and Xuande feinted defeat and retreated, allowing the left and right armies to kill. The corpses of Yuan Shu's army were killed all over the field, the blood flowed into the canal, and the soldiers fled innumerable.

There was a great famine and drought between the Jiang and Huai, and the people had no harvest, so Yuan Shu had no choice but to go to his old department Lei Xu. Lei Xu had previously separated from Yuan Shu and occupied Songshan with Mei Gan, Mei Cheng and others as bandits, and at this moment, seeing that Yuan Shu's qi was exhausted, he and Mei Qian and Mei Cheng robbed Yuan Shujun's money, grain and forage.

Yuan Shu was anxious and angry, and was about to go back to Shouchun, but was attacked by a group of bandits on the way, so he had to live in Jiangting. At this time, there were only more than 1,000 people around Yuan Shu, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled. In the middle of summer, Yuan Shu's army ran out of food, leaving only 30 wheat, and Yuan Shu had people distribute it to the sergeants.

Yuan Shu's family had no food to eat, and many people starved to death. Yuan Shu disliked the rice and couldn't swallow it, so he ordered the cook to take honey water to quench his thirst. Kitchen

Finally, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Stop the blood water, and there is honey water!" ”

Yuan Shu repented that he had looted the people in Huainan and expropriated violently, causing his people to rebel and leave, Yuan Shao sat on the bed, screamed angrily, fell to the ground, vomited blood and died.

Yuan Shu was dead, and Yuan Yin was afraid of Cao Cao, so he led Yuan Shu's troops and took his coffin and wife to Shucheng to defect to Liu Xun, the old general of Yuan Shu. On the way, he was stopped by Xu Xuan and his troops, and Xu Xuan took the opportunity to blackmail Yuan Yin to seize the jade seal and go to Xu to dedicate it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed and named Xu Xuan as the Taishou of Gaoling.

When the news of Yuan Shu's death came, Han Xuan urgently summoned all the strategists and generals to the military aircraft to discuss, Han Xuan said: "Yuan Shu is dead, I am determined to win Lujiang County, but Lujiang Liu Xun has a strong army, and I am deeply jealous." If you have any good ideas, you might as well talk about it. ”

Zhong Xuan thought for a while and said: "There is a plan, the lord can send a letter to Liu Xun and order him to lead the army to attack Xiyang." said that the lord was his backup, and he dragged Huang Zu in Shaxian. If Liu Xun leads the troops to attack Xiyang, Shu County will inevitably be empty, and then the lord can order Jiang Qin and Han Meng to lead the troops to attack him, Liu Xun is in a dilemma, and Lujiang must belong to the lord! ”

Han Xuan said with a smile: "Yuan Chang's plan to 'divert the tiger from the mountain' is very clever, so I will repair the book." ”

Han Xuan then sent Gu Yong as an envoy to see Liu Xun with a letter. Liu Xun saw that Han Xuan's words in the letter were particularly humble, and he was very respectful to him, and Gu Yong presented Han Xuan with the treasure given to him.

Gu Yong showed that Han Xuan sincerely asked Liu Xun to attack Xiyang City on his behalf, and Liu Xun believed that Han Xuan was because of the lack of troops due to the plague, so he asked him to help attack Huang Zu, and he was very happy to receive the treasure.

Someone under Liu Xun suggested: "The lord can accept the treasure and then send troops to attack Xiyang City, and after winning the city, the lord will keep it for himself." Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone? ”

The rest congratulated Liu Xun, but Liu Ye was very worried. Liu Xun asked: "Ziyang, why are you depressed, I took the land to get the treasure, why don't you congratulate?" ”

Liu Ye persuaded and said: "Although Xiyang is small, the city is strong and deep, it is difficult to attack and easy to defend, and it is not possible to move in ten days, the soldiers are tired outside, and the rear is empty." Han Xuan took advantage of the void to attack me, and he couldn't defend it alone. It is to succumb to the enemy and retreat. If the army comes out today, disaster will come now. ”

Liu Xun did not listen to Liu Ye's words and insisted on sending troops. Gu Yong, who was still a guest at Liu Xun's place, heard that Liu Ye saw through Zhong Xuan's plan at a glance, and secretly admired it, and hurriedly said goodbye to Liu Xun and returned to see Han Xuan.

After Gu Yong came back, he told Han Xuan that Liu Xun's subordinate Liu Ye had excellent insights and saw through his strategy. Han Xuan had heard of Liu Ye, he only knew that in history, Liu Ye gave Cao Cao an improved catapult during the Battle of Guandu, but he didn't expect Liu Ye's strategy to be very powerful.

Han Xuan asked the strategists: "Liu Ye, do you know?" ”

Lu Su stepped forward and bowed: "Lord, Su and Liu Ziyang are friends, and this person's ability is not under Su." Chaohu, Xiang'an and other places have wealthy Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo, Xu Gan and others to support the army and self-respect, among which Zheng Bao is the most brave and decisive, his talent and strength are very prominent, and he is feared by the locals.

Zheng Bao wanted to kidnap the people to cross the river to the south of the Yangtze River, and took a fancy to Liu Ye Nai's local Gao clan, and wanted to force him to advocate this plan. Liu Ye was very frightened when he found out, but he was never found by Zheng Bao. Cao Cao sent an envoy to Yangzhou, and Liu Ye went to see the envoy, discussed the current situation, and asked the envoy to stay at his residence for a few days.

Zheng Baonai led hundreds of people with cattle and wine to greet the envoy and waited for Liu Ye. Liu Ye set up a banquet outside the middle gate to entertain Zheng Bao's subordinates, and he and Zheng Bao feasted inside, and secretly ordered someone to kill Zheng Bao by taking the opportunity of toasting.

But that Zheng Bao turned out to be not good at drinking, and he paid attention to them very much, so that the man did not dare to start. Liu Ye Nai personally slashed Zheng Bao with a saber in his hand, beheaded him, and threatened his subordinates: 'Duke Cao has an order, and those who dare to move will be guilty of the same crime as Bao. ’

Seeing this, Zheng Bao's people were shocked and frightened, and ran back to the camp. At that time, there were still thousands of elite soldiers in the camp, and in order to prevent them from making trouble, Liu Ye rode Zheng Bao's horse to the gate of Zheng Bao's camp, and told some leaders Chen about the benefits and disadvantages, and finally everyone kowtowed to welcome Liu Ye.

After Liu Ye entered the camp, he appeased everyone, made everyone submit, and even elected Liu Ye as the new leader. But Liu Ye saw that the Han family was declining, and he was also a royal clan, so he didn't want to support the army, so he entrusted all the troops to Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang. ”

After listening to what Lu Su said, Han Xuan and the others admired Liu Ye very much, so Han Xuan said to Lu Su: "Since Liu Ye and Zijing are friends, Zijing can write a letter to him to abandon Liu Xun and return to me." ”

Lu Su received the order, and immediately repaired the book and sent someone to Chaohu to Liu Ye, and Han Xuan also asked Jiang Qin and Han Meng to prepare to attack Shu County.

Gan Ning saw that Han Xuan was not ready to really raise a master to crusade against Huang Zu again, but only attacked Liu Xun's rear, so he immediately offered a plan to Han Xuan: "My lord, the Han family is declining day by day, and Cao Cao is even more arrogant and arbitrary, and he will eventually become a thief who usurps the Han Dynasty." The land of Jingzhou, with the benefit of the mountain barrier and the smooth passage of the rivers, is the barrier to the west of our army! The last general once served under Liu Biao, according to my opinion, Liu Biao has no foresight, and his eldest son Liu Qi is mediocre and difficult to keep. The lord should strike first, not behind Cao Cao and Liu Du.

To plot Liu Biao's plan, you should start with Huang Zu first. Now after Liu Xun attacked Huang Zu, the Lord Justice can attack, and Huang Zu will be defeated by the enemy on his back! Once the Huangzu troops are defeated, they can beat the drum and march westward, and the army will increase in strength according to Chu Pass, and they can gradually seek to take the land of Bashu. ”

Han Xuan felt that Gan Ning's opinion coincided with Lu Su's previous opinion, and he appreciated Gan Ning very much, so he decided to send troops on both fronts.

At this time, Zhang Zhao was present, and he disagreed with Gan Ning's opinion. Zhang Zhao said: "Disasters in various parts of Jiangdong have been in succession for many years, and Liu Du and Cao Cao covet them. If the army marches westward, it will probably cause great chaos in our Jiangdong. ”

Gan Ning retorted unceremoniously: "How much of the important task entrusted to Your Excellency, but you stayed behind and worried about chaos, why did you admire the ancients?" ”

Han Xuan saw that the two were arguing, so he raised his glass to persuade Gan Ning to drink, and said: "Xingba, this year will go west, just like this cup of wine, I am determined to entrust it to you." Although you have tried your best to put forward a combat strategy, so that our army has the certainty of victory to defeat Huang Zu, this is your great achievement, why bother with Zhang Changshi's words? ”

Gan Ning said no more. Liu Xun sent troops to attack Xiyang City, Huang Zu sent Su Fei and Liu Pan to the rescue, and Liu Xun was ready to retreat after a long time. At this time, Jiang Qin and Han Meng led their army to cross the river from Danyang to Shu County, Han Xuan's army suddenly arrived, and Liu Xun's army defending the city was caught off guard. Wancheng ordered Lü Fan to send troops to assist Jiang Qin and Han Meng in attacking the city, and soon Shuxian fell into the hands of Han Xuan.

Liu Xun returned to Shu County, saw the banners of Han Xuanjun's army planted all over the city, and scolded: "Han Xuan, you despicable villain! I helped you attack Huangzu, but you sent someone to take my Shu County, shameless! ”

A burst of arrows fell from the city, Liu Xun hurriedly turned his horse and retreated, Jiang Qin smiled in the city: "No scheming, dare to scold my lord here?" I advise you to lead the people to surrender as soon as possible, or our lord's army will kill you, and you will be left with no bones!" ”

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