Liu Shi shook his head with a heavy face and said, "No news now is the best news!" This Cao Cao may not have heard of me Ming'er, but he besieged Xiang Xiong with heavy troops, and wanted to kill me and give me a dismount, so he gave up the pursuit of Gongsun Xu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's just that no, Xiang Xiong actually escaped from Cao Cao's encirclement. Even if Cao Cao is here, we should also see it, everyone has only heard of his name, and has not seen his voice for nearly 20 years. ”

Pang Tong and Gan Ning said: "We are willing to swear to the death to go to see Cao Cao with the lord!" ”

Liu Shi suddenly smiled again and said: "Don't be nervous, I'll be fine, it's a great work for you to keep this Le'an and the plain." I will use the building boat, take the sea route, go to Huang County or go ashore, and go ashore with Gongsun Xu.

There are still nearly 40,000 people there, and the terrain is dangerous, plus I brought 1,000 sailors, 3,000 light cavalry, 2,000 Yi people, a total of 6,000 people, and if I can contact Xiang Xiongbu, there are more than 50,000 people.

Although Cao Cao had many soldiers, he could not be deployed there at all.

I've been to that place and stayed there for a year. Even if Cao Cao has 200,000 people, it is not easy to get in, but you have no danger to defend here, so you should pay attention. ”

Gan Ning said: "Lord! Let me go with you! In this kung fu in the water, I am confident that there are few people in this big man who are better than me! ”

Liu Shi shook his head and said, "No! You and Pang Junshi stay here, this is very important, if the plain is lost, the Bohai Sea is not protected, and Jizhou is not protected. Qingzhou's status is not as important as Jizhou, and if it is lost, we can regain it again. But if Jizhou is lost, we can only return to Chang'an and merge with the state.

This time, I will take Yang Ren and let Yang Ren lead this thousand water army is enough. When he arrived in Huang County, there was still Hongjiang there, and his water kung fu was also good, with the two of them, it was enough! ”

Pang Tong said: "Lord! Do you want to send someone to let Jingzhou launch an attack as soon as possible! To alleviate the pressure on Qingzhou! ”

Liu Shidao: "With the wisdom of Xu Fu and Zhuge Liang, maybe it would have been a long time ago to launch an attack, but the road is too far, and the news has not yet arrived, even if it is not launched, there must be their reasons, we will wait patiently for a few days, there will definitely be news." It's just that Peng Tuo can't rush back to participate in this grand battle because of the southern expedition, which is really a pity! ”

After speaking, he left thirty fighting ships and thirty hazy rushes, pedaled upstairs to the ship, and sailed away.

Pang Tong looked at Liu Shi's distant shadow and muttered, "What kind of person is this Peng Tuo?" Let the lord be so concerned? ”

Gan Ning said: "It is said that Peng Tuo is a personal disciple of Zhang Jiao, the Heavenly Master of the Taiping Dao, and at the age of twelve, he followed Zhang Jiao to learn martial arts and the art of war. Because of his outstanding martial arts, the art of war has been passed on by Zhang Jiao, and he inherited the loyalty, faithfulness, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and strictness in the Taiping Dao book, and became a generous leader of the Taiping Dao at the age of sixteen. At the age of seventeen, the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed, fled back to his hometown, and fled into the mountains with his mother, in order to protect himself and reflect on the lessons of failure, he studied the art of war and practiced martial arts.

When the lord was in office, he heard about Peng Tuo's name and tried to ambush him. Peng Tuo saw that the lord was indeed thinking about the people, accepted the lord's invitation to surrender, and led the people down the mountain. Peng Tuo was reluctant to be an official, and was very interested in the Five Fowl Opera, and the lord trusted him very much, and it was passed down from bag to bag. When the lord entered Nanyang, he went out of the mountain to help under the grand invitation of the lord. Later, when I met Master Kangcheng, I worshipped him wholeheartedly, learned the Five Classics, and also had a deep understanding of Yixue.

Since then, its spear skills have overflowed with a kind of benevolent atmosphere, and its martial arts are in the Yongzhou Army, well! The Xinghan army is second only to General Zilong, and General Dian should be between Bozhong, but his art of war and army management strategy may be better than General Zilong.

I have tried with him, and his spear skills are heavy, dense, and fast, leaving room in the despair of people, and giving birth to a powerless thought in your heart. If it is said that in the Xinghan Army, General Dian gives people the impression of loyalty and righteousness, and General Zilong is faith, righteousness, courtesy, and strictness, then General Peng Tuo gives people the impression of loyalty, faithfulness, benevolence, righteousness, and courtesy. Therefore, the lord relied on them all to be responsible. ”

Speaking of this, Gan Ning also looked in the direction of Yizhou, and his eyes showed a kind of admiration.

Pang Tong didn't feel that he looked in that direction, and his eyes were more of an expectation and exploration.

While they were discussing Peng Tuo, Peng Tuo was leading the army from Yongchang into Jingzhou.

Peng Tuozi accepted Liu Shi's appointment, and led the southern expedition together with Yan Xing, Zhang Meng, Zhang Song, etc., and asked Liu Shi for more than a dozen personal guards at that time, and sent an urgent letter to Chang'an, asking Chang'an Academy to send more than 30 virtuous and upright talented people to the south of Yizhou to help manage political affairs and educate the people.

Liu Shi didn't refuse Peng Tuo's request for more than a dozen personal guards, but he just felt strange.

Peng Tuo said: "The reason why Yizhou is chaotic is mainly because political affairs and military affairs cannot be unified orders, and most of the people in charge of the county government and the county government are appointed by the county guard and the county commander. However, most of the county guards and county orders have a strong family mentality, which leads to the sometimes united clans and sometimes conspired against each other, and the people only know the big clan but not the government. After the southern expedition was pacified, this status quo would be changed, so he asked the lord for some military talents, and appointed him as a county lieutenant or county lieutenant everywhere he passed, so as to manage military affairs, thus separating the military and the government.

However, the south is mountainous, with many Yi people, and the area is vast, and not one person can manage the military affairs in each county, so the big ones should have three to five people, and the small ones should be two to three people, and they should obey the orders of the lord. As indicated by the lord's military order, the soldiers are in the direction of the soldiers, so that all the rebels surrender, then the south will also! ”

Liu Shi said emotionally: "Zizhen! You are too strict with loyalty, righteousness, and courtesy, and your subordinates have followed you for many years, and you must also take care of them, so that they must not lose hope and be difficult to lead troops. When we encounter the right opportunity this time, we must also release some subordinates, so that they have the opportunity to take charge of one side and get a chance for development. ”

Peng Tuo arched his hand and said: "The Ministry of Detachment is grateful for the trust of the lord!" ”

Liu Shi trusted Peng Tuo even more, and transferred twelve personal guards to him.

After discussing the relocation of some people with Liu Shi, Peng Tuo ordered the more than 100,000 bandits and their families who had been captured a month ago to go to the south together as military and civilian husbands.

Before leaving, Peng Tuo integrated the bandits, and collected more than 30,000 brave and strong people as soldiers and trained them all the way. Publicize the regulations of the army such as rewarding meritorious service and punishment, order them to recite them, and encourage everyone to forge ahead and receive rewards for meritorious service.

These conscripted bandits listened to the stories of the rewards in the Xinghan army explained by their fellow soldiers, and knew that the Xinghan army would not be deceived and not rewarded.

Even his family members were infected by it, and felt that there was hope, and that this trip was not for them to die. Therefore, the speed of progress is also faster, and the work is also energetic.

An army of 80,000 and tens of thousands of people marched all the way south.

In order to speed up, Peng Tuo decided to divide the army into two routes, one was Zhang Meng with an army of 30,000, along the subject country of Shu County into Yueshan County, converged in Yongchang County, and told Zhang Meng about the appointment of each county.

One route Peng Tuo led an army of 50,000 and tens of thousands of people, from Qianwei County, Qianwei vassal country, Yizhou County, to Yongchang County.