Liu Bei attacked Jiqiu City, leaving more than 20,000 corpses from morning to night, and Qiu City was still as stable as ever. Liu Bei was distressed, Xuzhou only had a total of 150,000 troops, and he couldn't afford to consume so many deaths in one day. In the big tent lit with oil candles, Liu Bei looked at Chen Deng and said: "Yuanlong, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, and the army is blocking under the city of Jiqiu, what is the best way?" Chen Deng said: "Xu Rong, Zhang Liao, Jizhou's resourceful generals." That is, Qiu Cheng is anxious to go down, Mo Ruo sent a message to General Wenchou, withdrew his troops to Kaiyang, and attacked Qiu. Our army retreated to the East China Sea. Mi Zhu said on the side: "Lord, the Jizhou army is 200,000, and it is really difficult to compete. Surrender to the East China Sea, in order to divide the strength of Jizhou, which is conducive to the destruction of each other. Liu Bei pondered for a long time, nodded and said, "For today's plan, this is the only way." ”

Kaiyang garrisoned 20,000 soldiers, facing the crazy rain of stones and arrows in Jizhou, and the unspeakable suffering. Wen Choukong has a body of force, and he has nothing to do in the face of stones and arrows falling from the sky. He also wanted to go out of the city to attack the catapult position, but as soon as the city gate was opened, the whistling stones smashed over, which frightened Wen Chou and hurriedly closed the city gate. Kaiyang City is not solid, the city wall in many places has been cracked, if it is smashed again, once the city wall collapses, Kaiyang will not be protected immediately.

The scouts sent by Liu Bei, disguised as woodcutters to Kaiyang City, successfully handed Liu Bei's letter to Wen Chou, Wen Chou saw that the eldest brother ordered him to withdraw from the army, and he was in the middle of it, and that night, he opened the south gate and quietly went to Jiqiu.

The scout reported to Liu Ze that the Xuzhou army retreated, and the Jizhou army entered the city and released the people. Liu Ze ordered Zhang Fei and Xu Chu Shuaijun to pursue Wen Chou, so as not to be attacked by the enemy in Qiucheng's belly. After Yu Ban captured Haiqu, he was marching towards Juxian, and heard that Liu Ze's army had occupied Kaiyang and led the army to come. Guo Jia looked at the map of Xuzhou and said to Liu Ze: "Ming Gong, Wen Chou retreats, Liu Bei wants to retire to Donghai County to divide the strength of our army." Liu Ze asked: "The mountain city of Tanxian County, the terrain is dangerous, if our army captures it, the casualties will be not small." Guo Jia squinted his eyes, "Besiege Tan County with an army of 100,000, and the remaining 100,000 troops will capture the counties of Xuzhou, making Tan County a lonely city, and Liu Bei will not be able to defend it." Liu Ze stared at the map, looked at Qu County, pointed at the map with his finger, and said: "Fengxiao, you see, Qu County is close to the sea, there are islands overseas, and the name is Yuzhou Mountain, which is really a rare good port," Liu Ze moved his finger down and pointed at an island at the mouth of the Yangtze River, "This island is nameless, temporarily called the nameless island, if our naval army occupies these two places, the north and south echo, controllable choke the river, Xuzhou Yide, tiger eyes Jiangdong." Guo Jia's eyes lit up, transporting troops with a large ship saves time and effort, and the soldiers can still maintain their physical strength, a good way. Guo Jia said: "Ming Gong is far-sighted, but Jia can't do it. Liu Ze patted Guo Jia and said: "Wen Ze, with your army of 50,000, capture the three counties of Zhuqi, Ganyu and Licheng, and then wave your troops south, occupy Qu County, and wait for Ziyi to arrange for the arrival of the navy to assist Ziyi and build a military port." ”

Guo Jia pondered for a long time and said, "Ming Gong, is the Jizhou Military Port unable to move south?" Liu Zeleng paused for a moment, thought for a long time, and said: "Mobilize material resources and manpower to increase the construction of the port." The military port of Jiju was divided into a part and a port was built in Samhan County. Guo Jia said confusedly: "Sanhan built a port? Liu Ze laughed and said, "Not bad." ”

Liu Bei returned to Tan County, contracted his army, and strengthened the defense of Tan County. Liu Ze's 100,000-strong army slowly approached the county seat of Tanxian County. Zhang Fei, Le Jin, and Xu Chu each led 15,000 men and horses to plunder Guangling County, Xiapi County, and Pengcheng Kingdom.

Liu Ze's army besieged but did not attack, which made Liu Bei annoyed every day, the troops in Xuzhou were concentrated together, but you did not move for a long time, waiting is the most test of a person's patience. More than ten days later, the urgent reports from various counties flew to Tan County like snowflakes, and Liu Bei finally understood the reason why Liu Ze besieged and did not attack, which was to let himself sit in the empty city.

Mi Zhu couldn't sit still, Qu County is his hometown, and it is the place where the Mi family has gathered for generations, and the Mi family's business is based in Qu County. Qu County is close to the sea, and the merchant ships of the Mi family borrowed the convenience of the sea to traffic north and south, making huge profits. Han people look down on businessmen in their bones, and businessmen seek profits, which is incompatible with the way of Confucius and Mencius, so Mi Zhu cherishes this hard-won position. Liu Xuande is a very good person, a corporal, lenient to others, and a brain, even an old fox like Tao Qian admires him and hands Xuzhou into Liu Xuande's hands. In order to make friends with Liu Xuande, he also married his sister-in-law to Liu Bei, and now the people of Liu Jizhou occupy Qu County, and it is difficult for other counties to be conservative, what should I do? Liu Jizhou has also occupied Qingzhou, the military power is prosperous, looking at the world, which prince can compare with others? Liu Bei has no territory, what future can he have with his poor people? Yan Ming, Wen Chou, brave is brave, reckless man, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, vain tongue-in-law, wisdom can not support the master, can not win the army, mediocre talent.

Mi Zhu thinks about the future of the family and himself with the wisdom of a businessman, and what he can't give up in his heart is to marry Liu Bei. Different from Mi Zhu's wandering are Chen Deng and Cao Bao. Chen Deng was born in a big family in Xuzhou, and he was resourceful, so he could always say that he looked down on Liu Bei. Cao Bao turned out to be Tao Qian's first confidant general, and his daughter was Lu Bu's second wife, and now that Liu Bei is in power, he must be unbalanced. Now the Jizhou army is besieging Tan County, and the two coincide and wait for the opportunity to sacrifice the city.

In the city of Qu County, Mi Fang looked at the general named Yu Ban in front of him with awe. Qu County is an important town in Donghai County, relying on the benefits of the salt sea, supporting half of Xuzhou's finances, 15,000 defenders in the city, less than a day, it was broken into the city by the general in front of him. Yu Ban said to Mi Fang: "I have heard for a long time that the Mi family in Qu County is the richest man in Xuzhou, and my army is stationed in Qu County. Mi Fang has taken on family affairs since his brother Mi Zhu served as the driver of Xuzhou, and when he saw the politeness of the ban, he hurriedly said, "The Jizhou army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, since entering the city, Qiu has not committed any crimes, Fang Shi admires, the general has needs, and dares not to do his best." Yu Ban said with a smile: "My Jizhou army wants to set up a military port in Qu County, and there are many merchant ships in the Mi family, and there must be a place to anchor near the sea." Mr. Zifang, please advise, where is the best place to set up a military port? Mi Fang was stunned, this is to deprive her own port, right? Yu Ban saw Mi Fang hesitating, so he smiled and said, "Don't be surprised. The navy establishes a port, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then considers whether the transportation is convenient. Mi Fang secretly patted her heart and said, "Fang wants to go to the beach to investigate, how about replying to the general?" Yu Ban said: "So, please Zifang." ”

More than a month later, Le Jin, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu came to Tan County one after another, when they went to unify 15,000 people, when they came back, the number of people and horses more than doubled, Liu Ze smiled and asked the reason, Zhang Fei said with a big grin: "The county guards, the people's hearts are floating, the Jizhou army arrives, and there are very few stubborn resistances, and I reorganized the soldiers of the counties and counties, and more than 30,000 soldiers, Jizhou veterans, let Sima and the captain lead and station them in various places. "Liu Ze is overjoyed, it seems that Liu Xuande has not yet controlled all of Xuzhou, and the timing of sending troops is just right.

Liu Bei couldn't sleep well, because there was no news from the counties, and his heart was oppressed by the clouds, and he was worried. The atmosphere in Tanxian County is becoming more and more wrong, and even Mi Zhu, who has a lot of trust, doesn't look right. Liu Bei borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, looked at his most trusted Yan Ming, Wen Chou, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, and Chen Dao, tears hung on his cheeks, and he sobbed and said: "The public is all talented, but unfortunately it is not at the right time, and it will affect you." Jizhou Liu Ze, a corporal who has been heard and skilled, is able to appoint people. If Tancheng does not keep it, for the future, you can vote for it to fulfill your ambitions. Yan Ming said loudly: "You and my brother are married to life and death, there are more than 100,000 soldiers in Tan County, why does the eldest brother have the ambition of others?" Wen Chou also said: "Big brother, Wen Chou will follow him to the death in this life." Jian Yong said: "The lord's words are wrong. If Tancheng is not protected, why don't we wave the army to Yuzhou? Cao Mengde and Lu Bu competed in Puyang, and they had no time to look south, so why not take it from the lord in this day? When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes lit up, there is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here.

Liu Bei's tenacity was famous, and once he figured it out, he immediately began to implement it, and with a trick, he grabbed Cao Bao's Danyang elite soldiers first, and prepared to retreat to Yuzhou overnight. It's a pity that Liu Ze commanded the army to start attacking the city, and the Danyang soldiers had been in the hands of Cao Bao for a long time. Liu Bei had no choice but to order Chen Deng and Cao Bao to defend the city, and he and his cronies, the golden cicada, broke out of their shells and went to the ground in Yuzhou. Liu Bei's army set off from Xicheng, and there was no benevolence and righteousness on the road, and the counties and counties he passed through were looted, so that the people of Xuzhou finally saw the true face of Liu Xuande.

Chen Deng and Cao Bao were defending in the city, and soon got a report from their cronies that Liu Bei led 50,000 troops to go out of the west city gate and did not know where to go.

Liu Ze successfully got Xuzhou and decided to move Xuzhou Prefecture to Pengcheng, Pengcheng has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, with convenient transportation and dangerous terrain, which is much more important than Tancheng. Guo Jia and Le Jin also felt that the location of Pengcheng was quite important, and they were in favor of placing the state in Pengcheng.

Xuzhou has many talents since ancient times, Chen Lin, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, Zhang Zhao who asked Zibu about internal affairs, Zhang Zhao who asked Zhou Yu about foreign affairs, Zhang Hong, who stood side by side with Zhang Zhao, and Lu Su, who took over as the governor of Wu after Zhou Yu's death, Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong is also young and talented, Liu Ze pondered how to use these talents. Zhang Zhao and Tao Qian have a disagreement, I am afraid that they are already under Sun Ce's command at this time, what about the others? Chen Lin seems to be under Yuan Shao, right? What about Lu Su? Is it out of the woods? Liu Ze decided to arrange state affairs and slowly search.

Who will be responsible for Xuzhou? Liu Ze looked at Guo Jia, this kid doesn't like complicated affairs, it is estimated that the history of a state assassin will never be able to do it, the right candidate Xun Yu is far away in Xiangping, what should I do? Guo Jia saw Liu Ze's eyes turning around on him, and said, "Ming Gong is worried about Xuzhou? Liu Ze said: "The county is easy to determine, and the history of assassination is difficult to choose." Guo Jia said: "How is Yuanlong? "Yuanlong is talented, but his talent is not enough to be qualified for the position of any state." Guo Jia said: "Mo Ruo takes Wen Qian as the assassin and is also in charge of soldiers and horses. Liu Ze sighed and said, "Expedient, this can only be the case." With the expansion of the territory, there are too few talents, so Liu Ze decided to run Xuzhou well and recruit talents.