Liu Shi persuaded Mi Zhen to rest in the middle of the night, and early the next morning, Xun You and Li Ru rushed to the Lantian Mansion to wait. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xun You said: "The lord doesn't know which way to go to Qingzhou this time?" ”

Liu Shidao: "What advice does Gongda have? ”

Xun You said: "This time, Qingdao and Hebei are a bit big, not only defeated Zhang Yan, let Zhang Yan flee to Cao Hong, but also seized a large area of Jizhou and Qingzhou, according to our estimates, after Cao Cao received the letter, he must have a heavy army to take revenge, and the time for his forward to arrive in Qingzhou should be in these days." If Qingzhou can't hold the first wave of Cao's army counterattack, Qingzhou will not be protected, and Jizhou will also be in danger. ”

Li Ru said: "In the name of the Hussar General's Mansion, we sent a letter to about 50,000 troops of the original Zhang Yan Department that were being integrated in Changshan, and ordered them to immediately go to Hejian to garrison. Due to the tight schedule, the lord has not yet been informed. ”

Liu Shi nodded and said, "This matter is a special case, I have authorized you to deal with it yourself when you are in a hurry. It's just that what is the combat power of the original Zhang Yanbu, and can it take on the responsibility of defense? ”

"Shi Lian and Mugu came to report that Zhang Yanbu originally had more than 70,000 people, and after integration, after eliminating the old and weak, there were still more than 50,000 people, and in a month, they preached the military laws and regulations of our Xinghan Army, as well as some formation training, but because they have been short of food for a long time and their physical strength is weak, there is no problem in defending the city!" Xun Yu added.

Liu Shi nodded, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know how the Chang'an Lou ship is built now?" ”

Li Rudao: "Since a few years ago, Governor Jiang took advantage of Cao Cao's takeover of Jingzhou and the chaos in Jingzhou, robbed two shipbuilding workshops in Jingzhou, one of which was placed in Wuguan, and the other moved to Chang'an. At present, nearly 20 building ships, more than 80 fighting ships, and more than 200 hazy rushing ships have been built, and more than 3,000 sailors have been trained. It's just that the craftsman said that the river water is not as deep as the river water, the depth is not enough, and the river channel is also more shallow, and this building boat cannot be built as big as Jingzhou, and each boat can only take about 1,000 people. ”

Liu Shi nodded and said, "Can you take 1,200 people?" ”

Li Ru was shocked and said, "The lord wants to go to Qingzhou by boat?" ”

He also said: "It is a bit difficult for 1,200 people to take the building boat, mainly because the river shoals are unknown, and I am worried about running aground, and I have to bring some utensils, grain and grass." If there is a familiar boatman guide, 1000 people is no problem. ”

Liu Shi nodded and said, "That's enough!" ”

Then he added: "It should be water and land in parallel." Among the 20,000 troops brought this time, there are more soldiers in Hanzhong, and their generals Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Zhang Wei are more familiar with water warfare, and it is also common to transport troops in the water. ”

Xun You thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible, we have crossbow arrows on this building ship and fighting ship, and this crossbow arrow is a modification of the giant bed crossbow that used to defend the city, and the range is extremely long, and it is enough to shoot on the river bank in the middle of the river to hurt people." It's just that there is a pass after leaving the river, and this Cao Hong heard that we were building a boat, so he blocked the river with an iron chain, and he had to seize a water village and sink the iron chain into the water before he could walk. ”

Liu Shidao: "The 3,000 light cavalry I brought this time plan to be brought by Yuwenhu, Hu Yanyong, and Pang De with 1,000 each, and go by land with me." The military division Pang Tong and Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Zhang Wei led the rest of the foot soldiers to go straight to Qingzhou by boat, so that they could reach Qingzhou within a few days. Therefore, prepare quickly: twelve building ships, fifty fighting ships, fifty hazy rushing ships, and one thousand sailors. ”

Li Ru said suspiciously: "This can't be pretended!" ”

Liu Shi said with a smile: "Among the 20,000 troops, there are thousands of Yi people. These people are extremely brave, walking like flying, and are good at riding ponies in Sichuan. In addition to walking fast in the mountains, these will suffer a loss if they fight with my border horses on the flat, but it is not bad to be a camel horse. Considering that Qingzhou is mountainous, I brought 2,000 horses with me. ”

Xun You said suspiciously: "The lord plans to let these Yi people ride Sichuan horses and act together with light horses?" Is it just that the speed can catch up? ”

Liu Shidao: "Exactly! This Sichuan horse is small, the speed is slow, but the endurance is good, as long as it is not a sprint, there is no problem. ”

After a pause, he said: "The most important thing is that this Yiren walks fast, is good at jumping, and is extremely brave in attacking the city. When the light cavalry encounters obstacles, it is possible to use these people to attack the fortifications. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ru continued: "The lord went to Qingdao and Hebei, and I don't think I can come back in a year and a half, just like when I went to Youzhou, I went for a few years." This Yongzhou lord must make good arrangements. ”

Liu Shi said with a smile: "I understand Wen You's talents, and Gongda is also extremely skilled in military affairs, with the two of you, what else do I have to worry about?" ”

After thinking about it, he said: "Now that the territory is bigger, Wenyou should also take more responsibility." ”

Immediately wrote a handwritten letter, the political affairs of the place where the Han army was located were subject to Li Ru's unified management, and Gongsun Fang and Cui Yan were transferred to the Hussar Mansion to assist Li Ru.

Li Ru smiled bitterly: "This responsibility is not ordinary, and now the place where the Xinghan Army is located is almost the land of Kyushu." ”

Liu Shi smiled: "I don't know Wen You's ability yet? Even if all the political affairs of the Han Dynasty are handed over to Wen You, it is more than enough. ”

Then he seemed to think of something, and said, "Hmm! Now that the Xinghan army is divided into several parts, this hussar mansion also needs to be coordinated, otherwise if it fights alone, sometimes it will be difficult to slacken, so that Liu Ziming will assist Gongda in handling military affairs. Ziming has been working in the county for the past few years, and it seems that he has buried him. ”

After the discussion, Liu Shi didn't stay long, and immediately set off for Qingzhou.

Wu Yi, Deng Xian, Ju Yan, Tian Le, and others had rushed to Hanoi two days ago to accept Huang Zhong's dispatch.

Lu Su knew that Liu Shi was going to go down to Qingzhou from Hanoi, so he ordered Huang Zhong to lead an army of 60,000 to storm Suojube to mobilize Cao Hong's troops stationed in Baima and Puyang.

Liu Shi quietly led 5,000 cavalry to the north bank of Baima, seized a shore village, and lifted the iron chain placed by Cao Hong and sank into the water. At the same time as Liu Shi dispatched, Pang Tong had already led a large army down the river.

Pang Tong's boat is fast, to the white horse, Pang Tong will stop the boat in the middle of the river, send a fighting ship, hazy rush to attack the village, the white horse guard guard was shocked, while calling for help, while retreating to the shore to defend to the death, at this time, Liu Shi also arrived, two ways to attack, most of the defenders died, the rest fled.

When Cao Hong received the news, the fleet had passed the white horse, Puyang sent troops to intercept it, and the warships had just arrived in the middle of the river, and several ships were sunk by Pang Tong with thunder, and the rest were forced to retreat. Pang Tong just passed by, and he didn't entangle. Looking at the Xinghan army that was gradually leaving, the Puyang defenders could only look at the boat and sigh.

Cao Hong knew that these people must be going to Qingzhou, so he had to inform Zhang Liao quickly.

When Liu Shi rushed to Pingyuan County, he saw Peng Hu storming the plain with tens of thousands of troops, and Peng Hu was overjoyed when he saw Liu Shi.

Liu Shi asked, "What's going on in this Pingyuan County?" How many days have you not taken it? ”

Peng Hu said: "The plain guard is a man called Lu Zhao, and there are only 20,000 defenders in the city, and some people are guarding the city. This is an extremely brave move, we have been attacking for ten days, and we have not yet taken it. ”

Liu Shidao: "How many of you are now?" ”

Peng Hu said: "A total of 60,000." Among them, 30,000 were the former Zhang Yanbu, who had never attacked the city and had poor combat effectiveness. Hearing this, Liu Shi noticed the two people standing next to him, their faces turned red, as if they were unhappy.