"This ......" Han Yi hesitated: "People can't stand without faith, how can I repent of it." Besides, Cao Mengde is a lost father, how can he be mourned. In the future, when our department suffers, will there be no one who will attack me? ”

Yang Li said with a smile: "The lord can lead troops to Liu Biao in Jingzhou first, but only lead Yingchuan's soldiers and horses to go." Then let people always inquire about the intelligence of Xuzhou, and when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and was about to break, he suddenly led his troops to arrive to make peace between the two sides. At that time, Tao Qian was old and his army was greatly damaged, and he would definitely be dominated by the lord in the future. After his death, Xuzhou will also fall into the hands of the lord. ”

Le Peng also smiled and said: "If you can get Nanyang County, the land will be closer to Chang'an City, and then whether it is to wave troops to attack Wuguan, or Hangu, or Zuo Fengyi, it will be at the mercy of the lord." ”

The crowd was overjoyed and praised this wonderful strategy. Hearing this, Han Yi immediately led the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the captain Chu Hu, and the 4,000 cavalry of the newly transferred cavalry captains Han Hao and Wen Ji from Xihe County, and the 10,000 Yingchuan soldiers of Huang Zhong and Yin Li to attack Nanyang.

The army went out of Luyang, with Huang Zhong, a native of Nanyang, as the vanguard, Huang Zhong led the troops to climb bravely, and even broke the three counties of Pheasant County, Xi'e and Bowang in Nanyang County, and the magistrate of Duyang County looked at the wind and descended, and went directly to Wancheng.

Han Yi looked at the slightly dilapidated Wancheng city wall and sighed: "In the second year of Zhongping, when I first came to Nanyang to conquer the Yellow Turban, although the people of each county were troubled, there were still seventy percent of the population. Now, only eight years have passed, and only three percent of the people in each county have left. In this way, Nanyang County, the emperor's hometown, was the largest county in the world with 3 million Dingkou, but now there are less than 1 million Dingkou? ”

Huang Zhongyu said: "Back to the lord, since the Yellow Turban Thieves Rebellion, Nanyang County has rarely been a virtuous county guard. For example, Zhang Zhong, the sister of the Empress Dowager Dong, was too punctual in Nanyang, and he embezzled hundreds of millions of money in a year. Therefore, after the chaos, the people of Nanyang were unable to continue, and most of them died in the wilderness. Later, after Zhang Zhi arrived, the situation was slightly better, but he was killed by Sun Jian. When Yuan Shu was in Nanyang, he was even more greedy than Zhang Zhong, although in a few months, he harmed hundreds of thousands of people. It is already good that the people fled to all directions, and still left a million people. ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "In the future, when our army fights with the enemy, we should try to choose a wild place, and the siege battle can be avoided." Try to leave a little bit of revival for me Hermes-Epitek. ”

When Liu Biao heard that Han Yi was leading a large army to attack, although he was shocked, he also knew that this disaster would come. So he ordered Jiangxia to guard Huang Zu to lead 20,000 sailors, and the boat master traveled on the Han River. He led an army of 50,000 to cross the Han River and arrived in Wancheng to fight against Han Yi.

Han Yi led the troops to retreat slightly, and Yu Bowang confronted Liu Biao. However, Han Yi deceived the young horses in Jingzhou, and specially ordered Han Hao and Wen Ji to lead Hu Cai to divide their troops into several roads, specifically plundering the grain and grass on the back road of Jingzhou soldiers, attacking the township pavilion, and intimidating the county.

The counties of Nanjun were panicked for a while, and they were shocked every day. At its farthest, it goes straight to Suixian in the south and Nanxiang in the west. Especially the soldiers who approached Fancheng, so that the generals left behind in Xiangyang thought that Liu Biao had already been defeated, fortunately, Huang Zu led the water army to patrol the Han River, otherwise there would be rebels.

Jingzhou's soldiers and grass were cut off several times, and Liu Biao was greatly troubled, so he had to lead the army to Zhuowang County to prepare for a decisive battle with Han Yijun. It's just that Han Yi doesn't want to fight with him at this time, anyway, Liu Biao is uncomfortable, and he is not uncomfortable himself, so he can't let Liu Biao call out the battle outside the city.

Liu Biao had no choice but to guard the grain roads in Jianyang, Yuyang, Xinye, Chaoyang, and Fancheng with a large army, and the other counties had to give up and ignore it for the time being. In March, the counties were in a panic, and there was no order from Liu Biao and reinforcements to rescue, so they had to send envoys to surrender.

Liu Biao saw that he couldn't fight, most of the county town in Nanyang County had rebelled, and if there were few soldiers on the grain road, he would definitely be broken by Hu Qi. In March, the Jingzhou soldiers also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and finally had no choice but to abandon Wancheng and lead the troops to retreat all the way south.

Han Yi led the army to lure the rebellion all the way, until Xinye, 36 counties in Nanyang, 25 counties surrendered. Han Yi is happy, a county in Nanyang, it can be said that it takes no effort to get it. It seems that the conquest does not have to kill people to obtain the city.

Liu Biaojun finally stopped the defeat and retreat in Chaoyang, and the two sides confronted each other again. Until December, I heard that Yuan Shao sent troops to recruit the thieves of Taihang Mountain and Montenegro, and inadvertently provoked the salary department of Qianlong who had been hiding in Changshan Country for eight years, and was broken by Changshan Army, with more than 20,000 casualties.

Yuan Shao was busy fighting against the Changshan army, while Gongsun Zan took this opportunity to defeat Liu Yu and capture him alive to seize most of Youzhou. Cao Cao focused on the conquest of Xuzhou, and broke the Xuzhou soldiers under Pengcheng, killing 40,000 or 50,000 people. Because the food was exhausted, he retreated for a while and returned victorious. But none of the allies paid attention to Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Liu Biao finally couldn't hold on anymore and sent Pang Ji to make peace. Liu Biao is willing to marry his seventeen-year-old younger sister Liu Yao to Han Yi as his wife, and make an alliance. Han Yi thought that he had already had a wife in the family, so he asked Liu Yao to remarry Qi before agreeing to the covenant.

Liu Biao disliked Cheng Qi's status as a slave, and Han Yi invited the generals to invite all the Jingzhou celebrities as witnesses to form a righteous brother with Cheng Qi. And played Qi as the general of Huwei, Nanyang Taishou, and the lord of Guangyang Pavilion. Liu Biao was relieved of the difficulties and made this marriage alliance.

In January of the first year of Xingping, Han Yi left Chengqi, Huang Zhong, and Chu Hu to guard Nanyang, and Yin Li returned to Yingchuan County to sit in town. The four thousand Hu cavalry of Han Hao and Wen Ji returned to Runan with Han Yi and prepared to strike at Cao Cao.

Han Yi convened the generals again, and Yang Li said: "Cao Cao raised troops to attack Tao Qian on the grounds of his father's report, and Yuan Shao also sent his general Zhu Lingdu to help the three armies. Cao Cao's army successively conquered more than ten cities, and Cao Jiang conquered Guangwei along Surabaya to Pengcheng. Another striker, Cao Ren, defeated Tao Qian's general Lü You, and after breaking the enemy, he joined forces with Cao Cao. ”

Tao Qian led the army to meet the attack, but suffered a great defeat, so he had to flee from Pengcheng and surrender to Tancheng in the East China Sea, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to attack Pengcheng and Fu Yang. During the chaos in Henan and Yanzhou, the displaced people depended on Tao Qian, and most of them were in the wilderness of the neighboring counties of Pengcheng. This time, they were attacked by Cao Cao's army, and they couldn't avoid it, and they were all killed. Hundreds of thousands of people were driven to drown in the Surabaya River, where bodies blocked the river and prevented it from flowing. ”

Later, Cao Cao attacked Fei, Hua, Jimo, and Kaiyang to the northeast, and Tao Qian sent farewell to the rescue of the counties besieged by Cao's army in Tancheng, and told Tian Kai to assassinate Shi Tian Kai in Qingzhou. Cao Cao besieged Tanxian County, but failed to capture it, so he turned to attack the three counties of Xian, Suiling, and Xiaqiu, and all the places he passed were slaughtered, chickens and dogs were not left, and there were no more pedestrians at the ruins of the old city. Tian Kai led the army to rescue at this time, and Cao Cao finally had to withdraw because the army was exhausted. ”

Han Yi angrily slammed the mat and shouted: "Hateful, hateful, I thought that Cao Cao would attack Xuzhou, at most, he would only do the evil deeds of Chen Guo in Xuzhou, and I didn't want to wantonly slaughter innocent fleeing people." The death of an old man of the Cao family should be buried with the blood of hundreds of thousands of people, which is really unreasonable. I am determined that after the spring of next year, I will raise troops to attack Cao Cao. ”

Yang Li smashed his mouth and said: "Lord, Cao Cao trained his troops in battle during the Battle of Xuzhou. The 100,000 army under his command, excluding the dead and wounded, was at least 70,000 strong. In addition to Chenliu County, there are still 50 or 60 cities in Yanzhou, and there are 70,000 strong troops defending the cities one by one, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to capture Yanzhou. Why don't you wait for Cao Cao to conquer Xuzhou again, and our army will fight with him in the field of Xuzhou. If Cao's army is destroyed, Yanzhou can easily get started. ”

Han Yi thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to this proposal. Yang Li said again: "Lord, there is one more thing, that is, Liu Bei, the minister of the plains, also came to Xuzhou with Tian Kaijun. After Cao Cao retreated, Tian Kai had also withdrawn. But Tao Qian sent 4,000 Danyang soldiers to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei stayed in Xuzhou to help Tao Qian defend the city. Tao Qian has expressed Liu Bei as the prime minister of Pengcheng in Xuzhou, and he is stationed in Pengcheng. ”

Han Yi closed his eyes and was silent, Liu Bei, this name has been heard for nearly ten years. And Du Lei's widow, Du Ting, is eight years old, and Wang Dong, the Gubei Tieguan Iron General, has long since turned into dust. However, since Liu Bei fled from Daijun, his life has become more stable.

A few days ago, when Liu Bei was under the command of Gongsun Zhan, although he didn't like it, he was far away in Qingzhou, and he was helpless about it. Now that he has come to Xuzhou, he has taken up the position of Peng Chengxiang in front of him, how can he bear it.

Han Yi took a few deep breaths and said, "It just so happens that when Cao Cao raised troops to attack Tao Qian, I also sent troops to Xuzhou on the grounds of attacking Liu Bei to take revenge. When the time comes, meeting Cao Jun under Tancheng will catch Cao Cao off guard. ”

In February, in Shu County, Lujiang, Han Yi smiled and asked, "Is Lu Gong's health safe?" ”

Lu Kang thanked him: "Thank you Han Zhengdong for your kindness, and I actually went to Lujiang to visit the old man's illness." The old man is getting more than seventy years old, and it is inevitable that he will have some diseases. Old, old, I'm afraid I can't manage the affairs of Lujiang County. It's just that the old man sent someone to the court last autumn to step down from the post of county guard of Lujiang County, and the court has not sent someone to take over, and the old man is uneasy. ”

Han Yi persuaded: "Xiliang Ma Teng is leading the army to invade Sanfu, and it is normal for the court to have no time to look east for a while. Maybe in some time, the court will send someone to take office. ”

Lu Kang shook his head, just stared at Han Yi's face, and groaned, "I don't know if Han Zhengdong is still as loyal to the Han family as before?" ”

Han Yi was stunned for a long time before responding: "Even if you are loyal now, it will be difficult to say in the future." ”

Lu Kang smiled bitterly: "Han Zhengdong is really a sincere person, but he doesn't want to lie to me. That's it, the safety of the Han family is beyond my old age to save. I hope that Han Zhengdong will be better to Emperor Han in the future. ”

Han Yi said: "I heard that King Hongnong is living in seclusion in Lushan. ”

Lu Kang was surprised, rejoiced, and said with a smile: "Okay, Han Zhengdong, Lujiang County and my Lu clan will ask you to take care of it." After the old man recovered from his illness, he went to Lujiang to serve my king. ”

Han Yi pointed to Wankou and said: "Jiao Rong, Zhang Nan, and you know the nature of water, but the water in the north is different from the water in the south. I want to build a water division in Anhuikou, and initially set 10,000 people to prepare for Yuan Shu, you are the governor of the water division, and you must be cautious. I have invited Zhang Yun, the nephew of Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou, to come, although Zhang Yun is very good, but he is very good at water warfare, you must not slack off. In addition, there are many good water fighters in the land of Jiangdong, and you need to search carefully. ”

Jiao Rong bowed and said: "My lord, Yuan Shu has taken most of Danyang and Wu County, and the soldiers of Jiujiang have also gone to Danyang one after another. With Yuan Shu's military strength, Jiangdong is only afraid that no one can be defeated, right? Does the lord still want to sit back and watch Yuan Shu swallow Jiangdong? ”

Han Yi laughed and said: "There are quite a lot of local scholars and exiled scholars in Jiangdong, and Yuan Shu's governance is not good, and it will definitely disappoint Jiangdong scholars in the long run." At that time, I waved my troops across the river again, and Jiangdong should look at the wind and surrender. ”

Jiao Rong bowed and said: "The lord is wise, but I heard that Sun Jian's son Sun Ce used his father's name to call on the Jiangdong people to fight against Yuan Shu in Wu County to protect Jiangdong. Don't know if it might work? ”

Han Yi shook his head and said, "If Sun Jian is alive, he may be able to succeed." But Sun Ce is young and has a small name, so he is afraid that no one will believe him. Even if Sun Wu is talented, he is not defeated by Yuan Jun. Moreover, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Ji Ling and others under Yuan Shu will not be incompetent, and Yang Hong and Yan Xiang will not be unwise people. The young tiger is no match for the old jackal. ”