Although it had been decided to assassinate Liu Chong and Luo Jun, but now Yingchuan Taishou Li Su was aggressive and launched a small-scale attack on Yuan Shu, which made Yuan Shu miserable, and he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops, and the whole army retreated to Runan, in order to advance in the future.

Not long after he came to Runan, Yuan Shu heard the news of Ji Ling's defeat, and seeing that Ji Ling's 80,000 army was now less than 20,000, he was so angry that he was furious, because in this way, his 100,000 army was now only 50,000 or 60,000, even if he added the army guarding Runan, the total number was only more than 80,000 people, and the total number of troops had been reduced by nearly half, which could be said to be a great loss for him.

And what is even more depressing is that the current Runan County is under the attack of Pei Qing's Yingchuan, Nanyang and Peiguo, as well as Liu Biao's Jiangxia and Liu Pet's Chen Guo, even Pei Qing can send troops to attack Runan from three sides, which makes him unable to guard against it at all, so it is now imperative to disintegrate the power of Chen Guo, as long as he occupies Chen Guo, he can use this to cut Pei Qing's forces in two, so that he can not take care of each other, and he can also threaten Yingchuan and Chen Liu and other places at any time to realize his strategic intention across Yanyu and Henan.

No matter which angle you think about it, Liu Zhong and Luo Jun must die.

Things went unexpectedly smoothly, because Yuan Shu took the initiative to withdraw from the army, Liu Pet did not take precautions at all, and an assassin infiltrated Liu Chong's mansion that night and successfully assassinated him.

Although Liu Chong's martial arts are very high, he is not young after all, and he was in a hurry, so he didn't react at all, and he was stabbed by the assassin, because of excessive blood loss, he couldn't be rescued, and he died that night.

However, Luo Jun escaped by luck, because he personally went to Qian County to congratulate Pei Qing on his appointment as the assassin of Yuzhou, and Pei Qing was left in the mansion to drink and feast, so he did not go back, and the next morning he had not set off, he saw his own soldiers running and told him the news that Liu Pet was assassinated last night.

Luo Jun was shocked when he heard about it, he hurriedly inquired about the situation of Chen Guo, only to learn that because Liu Pet had no children, and he happened to be not there, many people were scattered and fled because of Liu Pet's death, but overnight, the number of troops was reduced by half.

Luo Jun remembered that he had refused to provide Yuan Shu with food and grass before, and immediately concluded that the person who killed Liu Chong must be Yuan Shu.

So Luo Jun bowed down to the place where Liu Pet was, and cried loudly: "King, this time it's all because of the lower officials, the one who died should have been the lower officials, because it was the lower officials who took a tough attitude to reject Yuan Shu at that time, but it's a pity that the lower officials' skills are low, and they can't avenge the king at all!" ”

Pei Qing, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, was also shocked when he heard the news of Liu Chong's assassination, and said softly: "Although Uncle Chen Wang and I are relatively shallow, but the old man is warm-hearted, which makes people feel like a spring breeze, I never thought that he would die in the hands of Yuan Shu's assassins, this is really a pity, Yuan Shu's thief killed the vassal king because of his personal anger, it is really hateful!" ”

After hearing this, Luo Jun suddenly became even more sad, he immediately fell to the ground, and said to Pei Qing: "I beg the envoy to be able to avenge King Chen, and the lower official is willing to raise the power of Chen Guo and let the envoy send him." ”

Pei Qing hurriedly helped Luo Jun up, and Zhengse said: "Xiaoyuan doesn't need to be polite, King Chen is my Han clan relative, how can I sit idly by?" At present, Chen Guoqun has no leader, and the most important thing for you is to return to Chen to appease the generals and soldiers of the army and guard against Yuan Shu's attack, so I will send an army to attack his Runan as a support. ”

However, Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Although the lower officials can govern the people, but there are still deficiencies in military strategy, with the lower officials can not resist Yuan Shu's attack at all, and Yuan Shu has been operating in Runan for many years, so that Jun has not yet completed the rectification in Yuzhou, and it may be unfavorable to send troops in a hurry. ”

"But King Chen has just gone, and I will lead the army into the country of Chen, and Yu Li is really not ......"

Of course, Pei Qing knew that this was the best time to enter the Chen Kingdom, but the king of Chen had just died, and the king of Chen had a huge prestige in the Chen country, if Pei Qing entered like this, he would definitely be resisted by the people and criticized by the government and the opposition, so he was a little hesitant.

But seeing Luo Jun smiled bitterly and said: "King Chen has no sons, according to the system of my Han Dynasty, Chen Wangxian goes, Chen State will be rid of the country, it won't take many days, this place will become Chen County, not to mention that even if it is Chen State, it is also under the rule of Jun You, you led the troops into to protect my Chen State army and people, it is too late for the army and people to be grateful, which one will criticize?" Besides, you are the current royal prince, and you should also go to the old King Chen to pay your respects. ”

After Pei Qing heard Luo Jun's words, he immediately figured out the other party's attitude, and it could be seen that now Luo Jun really hoped that he could go to Chen Guo to preside over the overall situation.

Therefore, Pei Qing no longer shirked, but said solemnly: "Since this is the case, then I will lead the soldiers of the two pro-military battalions to Chen Guo, on the one hand, to appease the army and the people, and on the other hand, to help Chen Guo defend Yuan Shu, and at the same time, I should indeed go to mourn Chen Wang and his old man." ”

Later, Pei Qing ordered Fan Lin and Xu Chu to escort Luo Jun to Chen with him, accompanied by Yin Zhongkan and Xie Yizhen, who had prestige in Chen State, so as to be able to appease the local gentry and people.

In fact, from today to Liu Chong, he has not yet come out of the five clothes, and it is reasonable to wear filial piety clothes, although Pei Qing is actually just an outsider, but now he represents Liu Ning, the princess of Wannian, which of course can be said.

When Pei Qing led the army into the territory of Chen State, there were soldiers and civilians running around everywhere, some of these panicked soldiers and civilians ran to the neighboring Liang State, some ran directly to Qian County, and of course, some of them ran directly to Yingchuan, but not many ran to Runan, because they all knew that Yuan Shu was brutal and had always been a fish and a common man, and he was also looking for trouble for himself when he went.

After Luo Jun saw these soldiers and civilians, of course he appeased them one by one, and at the same time asked them for news, it was said that Yuan Shu's army had already arrived at the border of Runan, less than a hundred miles away from the county seat of Chen.

After Pei Qing and the others heard the news, they immediately hurried and hurried towards Chen County with all their might, although it was already night, but they did not dare to stay at all, marched all night, and finally rushed into Chen County in front of Yuan Shu.