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Liu Shi opened it, his face changed, and he handed the letter to everyone to see.

After Ma Tie fled back to Xiliang, he told Ma Chao about his father's death.

Ma Chao was furious and led his troops to attack Wei Duan and killed Wei Duan. Wei Duan's men fled to Han Sui and contacted Han Sui to avenge Wei Duan. At first, Han Sui did not allow it, but later, for some reason, he immediately changed his attention, and it is said that Cao Cao's envoy had seen Han Sui.

Han Sui attacked Ma Chao's main city in the name of comforting Ma Chao and paying tribute to Ma Teng, Ma Chao was defenseless, and in a hurry, only some of his cronies escaped, and his wife and family were all killed by Han Sui. In Ma Chao's grief and indignation, he gathered troops to counterattack Han Sui, but unexpectedly, all cities cooperated with Han Sui to attack the city because Ma Chao killed Wei Duan. Now that Xiliang has been occupied by Han Sui, Ma Chao led the remnants of the army to flee to Hanzhong.

After reading the letter, everyone's faces were shocked, only Jia Xu was indifferent.

Liu Shi sighed: "It's a pity to give Han Sui the first move, this Han Sui is extremely cunning, I heard that he has the help of Bo Gongying, his strength has developed extremely rapidly in the past two years, and now he has the help of Wei Duan's subordinates, and he may not be able to help him in a short time." ”

Xun Yu said: "This Han Sui must have received Cao Cao's letter, so he dared to kill Ma Chao's wife and children so boldly and form a mortal enemy." After Han Sui finished integrating Xiliang, we couldn't attack it in a short time. This is more than worth the loss, and this is exactly what Cao Cao wants to see. As long as it weakens us, what we do is what he wants to see. Moreover, in the future, this Wuheng, Xiongnu, Xianbei, etc. will not be calm, and the lord must be prepared for this. ”

It was dull for a while.

Jia Xu suddenly said in a loud voice: "Things may not be a bad thing, Ma Chao will not be willing to suffer this defeat, and he will definitely ask Zhang Lu for help when he goes to Hanzhong to recapture the land of Longxi." Zhang Lu also hopes to find a helper in the face of today's situation. Maybe when the ponies counterattack, that's our chance. However, Zhang Lu has always been ambitious, but he is worried that he will persuade Ma Chao to attack Yizhou and achieve the goal of defending Shu as the king, which will be a bit of a stinger. ”

Liu Shi looked at Jia Xu, "In your opinion, what should we do now?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Strengthen the military strength of stability and the northland, and wait for changes." Quickly start to lay out Youzhou to prevent Cao Cao from seizing Jizhou and then taking Youzhou into his pocket. ”

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Shi took more than 20 people, including Fa Zheng, Gan Ning, Shi Lian, Cao Xing, and Gongsun Xu, to drive three carriages to Youzhou, and the next day, Zhao Yun, Cheng Yin, and Su Shuang took more than 100 people and drove more than 20 carriages to Yuyang.

On this day, the sunset reaped the last touch of brilliance, and when the night came, more than 20 people came to the gate of Yongnu City, driving a few carriages, all of them showed a trace of tiredness, and it seemed that they had been in a hurry for a long time.

The soldier standing at the gate of the city looked at them, then shrunk his head and paid no more attention. Although these people look dusty, they are extraordinarily dressed, and at a glance they know that they are not something that these small soldiers can afford to provoke.

The person who came was Liu Shi's group, who had been on the road for a few days, and only arrived tonight. Although Liu Shi is also from Youzhou, he has been out since he was a child, and he is not familiar with Yuyang at all. Fortunately, one of Gongsun Xu's servants was from Yuyang, who was no stranger to Yongnu, and under his leadership, he quickly found a larger inn.

That night, Liu Shi took Shi Lian, Gongsun Xu and others to visit the general's mansion to work on Liu Fang under the guidance of a local.

Brother Kong Fang's strength is still quite large, but for a few dozen copper coins, the doorman happily agreed to pass it on to Liu Shi and others.

Hearing that it was the old neighbors, Liu Fang met Liu Shi in the lobby.

As soon as they met, Liu was suspicious, but these people themselves must not have an impression.

But the other party said that it was an old acquaintance, and it was impossible not to see it.

Liu magnified how old Liu Shi was, about the same age as his eldest brother Liu Bei, and when he was working in the county, Liu Shi visited his eldest brother Liu Bei a few times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is an old acquaintance.

Liu Fang looked at Liu Shi and the two of them suspiciously, because Gongsun continued to pretend to be Liu Shi's portable boy, he stayed by his side, and the rest of the people were stopped outside the lobby.

Liu Shi swept his eyes, in addition to Liu Fang in this hall, there were three servants waiting on the side, so he smiled and said: "Brother Ziqi doesn't invite the younger brother to eat Huai soup, or don't you know the younger brother?" ”

Liu Fang said suspiciously: "Are you ----? ”

Liu Shi said with a smile: "My surname is Liu, more than ten years ago, in the county government of Zhuo County, two brothers of the Liu family visited you. Because they are of the same race, they are often called brothers, can you remember? ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Dacheng was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Are you Liu ----? ”

Liu Shi smiled and nodded.

Liu Fang immediately turned back to the three servants behind him and said, "You go out and guard the door, and tell the slaves and maids to entertain a few of my brother's entourage outside, don't slack off!" ”

The three servants glanced at each other, then at Liu Shi before slowly exiting the door.

Liu Fang said: "What is the matter of Shang Guogong coming here? ”

Liu Shi said with a smile: "Brother Zi is not polite, this place is not a court, nor is it my country's government, so it's better to call me Brother Shi!" Besides, we are originally of the same race, and we are of the same generation, and we are from the same ancestor, but we have lacked contacts for a long time, so there is nothing wrong with calling us so! ”

Although Liu Fang is a few years older than Liu Shi, after all, he hasn't seen him for a long time, and Liu Shi is now a high-powered Shang Guogong, a hussar general, and a Yongzhou pastor, so he doesn't dare to be presumptuous!

Liu Shi knew what the reason was as soon as he saw Liu Fang's expression, and said with a smile: "Isn't my little brother worthy of your name?" ”

When Liu Fang heard this, his forehead was slightly sweating, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Definitely!" Definitely! It's just that now Deran is also a high-ranking person, and Brother Shi doesn't dare to call him at will! ”

Liu Shi smiled: "It's okay! It's still the same as it was more than ten years ago! You're talented, but you're just unlucky! Won't you ask me to sit down? ”

When Liu Fang heard this, he remembered that the three of them were still standing in the lobby, and they hurriedly went to the study, called for soup, and sat down with the guests.

Liu Fang asked, "Why is Shang Guogong here?" ”

Liu Shi waved his hand and said, "Brother Shi still sounds kind." ”

Liu Fang's face flushed, and then he said, "Brother Shi is here?" ”

Liu Shi pointed to the people around him: "Do you know this person?" ”

Liu Fang looked at Gongsun Xu suspiciously, shook his head and said, "Forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know." ”

Gongsun Xu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Liu Fang and said, "Little nephew Sun Xu, meet Lord Liu, and hope that Lord Liu will avenge his father!" ”

Liu Fang was shocked when he heard this, "Gongsun Xu? Are you the grandson? As soon as the words came out, he looked at Liu Shi again.

Liu Shi nodded and said, "This person is Gongsun Xu!" Brother Ziqi should know the relationship between General Gongsun and my brothers. When we first met in Luoyang, General Gongsun was appointed as the commander of Zhuo County, and my brother was a thief, and he took care of my brother a lot, and also instructed me in my spearmanship.

It was only later, when I went to the East to study, and I encountered the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so I never saw him again.

Some time ago, General Gongsun asked Xu to defect to me, and I had already sent someone to the rescue. However, halfway through, I heard that General Gongsun had been broken by Yuan Shao, and he committed suicide and died, so he had to give up! Gongsun continued to say that General Gongsun's defeat began with Wang Song's betrayal, and begged me to avenge General Gongsun. I also want to ask my brother to help fulfill this wish, I don't want to start another war and make the people suffer! ”