In 202 AD, just after the Spring Festival, Wu Liren had already begun to dispatch troops, and the initial goal was to clear out all Liu Bei's forces in Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou.

On the Qingzhou side, continue to let Xue Rengui, Jia Fu, Pang Tong, Pei Renji Liaohua and others form a lineup, lead an army of 20,000 people, and prepare for a comprehensive attack on Liu Bei's forces stationed in Qingzhou, and at the same time, Wu Liren transferred Li Dian, Zang Ba, Zong Wei and others to support.

In Yuzhou, since Yuan Shao captured Xudu, he intended to rebuild Xudu, and Guo Kan, Xie An, Ran Min, Fan Lihua, who originally attacked Xudu, and his subordinate generals Gou Bian, Jiang Jiang, Yang Yanqi, Hu Sanniang, Fan Zhe, Fan Xu, Meng Liang Jiaozan and others continued to attack Chen Liu and other places.

And Li Jing's army stationed in Luyang, plus Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Yang Qilang and the newly recruited Yang Liulang and others, prepared to advance north and capture Luoyang, which could not only prevent the attack of Ma Teng's army, but also attack Hanoi County and other places.

At the same time, Wu Liren transferred two other generals Wei Yan and Huo Jun to Zong Ze's account, and this army started from Shanyang County and attacked Yanzhou.

On the Jingzhou side, there are Qi Jiguang, Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Xing Daorong and others defending, so there is no need to worry about what is happening in Yizhou for the time being, and Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Zhao Pu, Chen Qingzhi, Tian Fu, Xu Huang, Guan Sheng and others who originally participated in the war in Jingzhou can also be re-dispatched and ready to support at any time.

And Wu Liren, he is ready to wait for all the arrangements to be completed, and then he will take the Shenwei Army and part of the Iron Army, and at the same time bring Jia Xu, Xun You, Sun Wu, Evil Lai, Pei Yuanqing, Gao Siji, Chen Wu, Hua Mulan and other military generals, ready to officially attack Liu Bei's Jizhou and Bingzhou.

At the same time, the intelligence organization headed by Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and composed of subordinates Shi Qian, Dai Zong, Ma Zhong and others, also began to slowly infiltrate Liu Bei's forces, investigate all kinds of intelligence, know themselves and know their opponents, and only then can they not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Wu Liren suddenly felt that his lineup was a little too luxurious, even if Liu Bei had a lot of civil and military talents at this time, everything would be in vain in front of his current luxurious lineup.

When Xue Rengui received Wu Liren's order, he was in a good mood and was silent for a while, and he could finally fight again, and he still had grievances with the garrison in Dongpingling. What Yuan Shang had promised before, but it was not fulfilled later, but due to the situation at that time, Xue Rengui did not do it, and now even if Yuan Shang is dead and the city has changed its owner, his anger still cannot be eliminated.

Xue Rengui is now stationed in Le'an Kingdom, which is also the result of the previous battle to destroy Cao. Xue Rengui immediately summoned everyone to discuss the plan to advance. The mood of everyone was also the same as Xue Rengui, and when they heard that they could fight, they all geared up one by one and rushed to be the first to fight.

"What does Mr. Feng Xiao have to propose?" Xue Rengui first asked Pang Tong's opinion.

"General, I heard before that Liu Bei and others have almost withdrawn the army in Qi in order to compete for the position, and at most there are thousands of soldiers and horses of Zhou Dewei, our army occupies an absolute advantage, and it can be captured in one go."

Xue Rengui nodded, "What Mr. Feng Xiao said is very much in line with my wishes!" In the face of absolute strength, there is no need for any strategy. Then who wants to be the vanguard and take Dongpingling? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone stood up and wanted to compete for the position of pioneer.

"Although there is not much suspense in this battle, but the position of the vanguard is not trivial, if it is defeated, it will be dealt with by military law, and you must not be careless about the enemy!"

Although Xue Rengui said this, no one in the audience was frightened by Xue Rengui, and they still insisted on taking the position of pioneer.

"That's it, Jia Fu, you are still the pioneer, I will let Li Dian be the deputy vanguard, you and the others must be cautious, and you must not be careless!"

Xue Rengui finally chose Jia Fu as the pioneer, after all, Jia Fu's ability was there, and whoever wanted to compete with him had to compete on the school field first; And let Li Dian assist because Li Dian is humble and studious, cautious, not an impulsive person, he will calmly analyze when encountering things, and he will not let Jia Fu make any big mistakes.

Now that spring has just begun, and the weather is still very cold, Jia Fu and Li Dian have already ordered their troops and marched towards Dongpingling. When Jia Fu's army arrived thirty miles outside the Dongping Tomb, he heard the report of Tanmalai, and now the Dongping Tomb seems to be not garrisoned at all, and the city gate is wide open, and there are many people in and out, and there is no feeling that a big war is about to be there.

Jia Fu was a little strange, and asked Li Dian: "What does Man Cheng think, what does the old thief mean by this week?" ”

"Could it be that he is playing tricks and making our army think that there is actually an ambush in the city, and we dare not enter the army? Since we have received the generals, I think that the vanguard, although we can't be too light on the enemy, but we can't retreat because of this, and my subordinates are willing to lead a thousand troops into the city to explore temporarily. If there is an ambush, the general can answer it outside the city. ”

Li Dian naturally didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the Dewei gourd this week, but it was impossible to withdraw from the army because of this, so the prudent approach was to let someone lead the troops into the city to explore the truth and then talk about it.

Hearing Li Dian say this, Jia Fu shook his head and said, "As a pioneer, how can I let you go into danger in person!" I went into the city to inquire myself, and if there was any problem, General Li would answer it! ”

Li Dian hurriedly dissuaded: "The general must not!" Since the general is the main general, he is responsible for the entire vanguard army! His subordinates had just returned to King Zhou, how could they lead such an elite army? If the general is ambushed, then it will be difficult to rescue the general from the trap! On the contrary, if the last general is trapped, the general will definitely be able to lead the army, fight the same enemy, and rescue the last general! I also hope that the general will never be rash, and everything will be based on the overall situation! ”

Li Dian's words finally persuaded Jia Fu, and Jia Fu asked Li Dian to divide his troops by 1,000 and go to the city to investigate first, while he was stationed five miles outside the city, waiting for news.

Li Dian led the soldiers and horses all the way forward, and after coming to the city, even the people rarely saw it, and the streets were deserted, like a dead city. Occasionally, after seeing Li Dian's army, the people were very panicked and ran around, Li Dian felt strange in his heart, and hurriedly asked people to catch a fleeing people. It was an old man in his fifties, looking at Li Dian tremblingly at this time, as if he was looking at a devil, and he kept pleading: "Please be merciful to the general and let the old man go!" The old man really doesn't want to leave! ”

"Don't be afraid, old man! I'm not a bad person, I'm Li Dian, the deputy pioneer under King Zhou, and I'm here today, not to embarrass you, I just want to ask. Where is the previous Zhou Zhen army in this city now? ”

Although the old man didn't seem to know what King Zhou was, but seeing Li Dian's expression, it didn't seem like there was any malice, so he relaxed a little and replied: "Master General, it was the Yuan family's army here before, but half a month ago, Zhou Zhen began to let the people in this city move to Jizhou, using various means, some people who did not obey, and even caused deaths. In the end, there were some old and weak widows left here, and a few days ago, he led the rest of the soldiers and horses to withdraw. The old man began to think that you were the soldiers of the Zhou family and returned, so he was scared to death. ”

Hearing this, Li Dian was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to confirm whether what the old man said was true, so he asked his soldiers to investigate around to see if what the old man said was true.

Half an hour later, the soldiers who came back reported that the city was really similar to what the old man said. Li Dian hurriedly asked people to report to Jia Fu, and when the army was fully stationed, the situation in the city was even more severe than before - not only did the population have nothing, but even the food was nothing, and the army led by Jia Fu had only enough food to last for three days, but the remaining people in the city, and the food in many people's homes were collected by Zhou Dewei by all means before leaving.

"Zhou Zhen's move is too ruthless! Leaving a group of old and weak people in the city, it is completely dragging its feet! ”

Jia Fu couldn't help but scolded loudly, and at this time Li Dian also sighed and said, "Even so, we still can't watch this group of people starve to death!" Otherwise, it will harm the reputation of King Zhou. Since Zhou Zhen wants to use this group of people to drag our army back, the general might as well use the military rations to complete the reputation of King Zhou, I don't know what the general wants? “

Jia Fu nodded, and said with a smile: "What General Mancheng said is extremely true!" No wonder General Xue asked you to come with me! Okay, just follow General Mancheng's words, and at the same time quickly explain the situation to General Xue! ”

When Jia Fu announced in the city that he could provide free food to the people, the people in Dongpingling City really cheered, and at this time they realized that these princes and soldiers would not only ask for them from the people, but also raise them as "useless people". They also knew that this army was called the Iron Army, and he was the current king of Zhou, Wu Liren's subordinates.

That night, when Jia Fu was still resting in the city's houses, someone suddenly reported loudly: "General, something is wrong!" ”

When Jia Fu heard this, he was shocked, and immediately turned over and yelled, "What's wrong? Is the enemy coming? ”

"It's not! Yes, many brothers suddenly have stomach aches when they go to bed at night, and about 2,000 people have this situation! ”

Jia Fu's vanguard army is only 5,000 people, and now almost half of them are suffering from abdominal pain, this is obviously not an isolated case, it must be a problem with the diet in the city. Moreover, nine times out of ten, this situation was left by Zhou Dewei. This situation is not as good as the enemy's attack, Jia Fu hated and scolded, if it is an enemy attack, then he can still fight happily. But in this situation, before the fight began, his combat effectiveness had already been reduced by more than half.

Jia Fu, who was furious, couldn't wait to find Zhou Dewei's army immediately and fight them to the death. But he also knew that it was useless to sulk, and now that this kind of problem had suddenly occurred, there were no medical officers in this city, let alone medicinal materials to heal. Therefore, the most important task now is to treat these poisoned soldiers.

At this time, Li Dian also ran over, and said very anxiously: "General, my subordinates have already checked, and those poisoned soldiers are only like this when they drink the food made by the water of this Xicheng well, and the well has been poisoned!" The medical officer has also confirmed, but there are not so many antidote herbs at all. The top priority is to send these brothers back for treatment, otherwise it will be delayed, and I am afraid that their lives will be lost! ”

"General Li, who gave this poison? Is it under the people who remain in the city? Or was it Zhou Zhen who coerced them? ”

Li Dian shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, the people in this city, nearly a thousand people have also been affected, so if you want to go back with all the soldiers, these people can't ignore it!" ”“

Now I can't even take care of my brothers, how can I take care of these people! General Li, let's go now, Le'an should have medicinal herbs! ”

Jia Fu was upset at this time, this pioneer was indeed too aggrieved, and he had already become like this before he even saw the face of the enemy, and he didn't know how to explain to Xue Rengui.

"But general, if you abandon these people, won't the popular support you earned for King Zhou be in vain? General, why don't your subordinates leave a few hundred people here, take care of these people, and see if there are any earthworks that can be healed, so that even if you can't save them, you can do your best, I don't know what the general wants? ”

Although Jia Fu didn't want to leave a few hundred people here, first, he was worried that there would be danger if there were only a few hundred people, and second, if he wanted to return with these soldiers now, he needed more manpower. But Li Dian's words have some truth.

At this time, Jia Fu couldn't take care of too much, so he asked Li Dian to select more than 300 people, as well as some soldiers who were really unable to act, to stay in Dongpingling, while he returned with other soldiers.

Li Dian asked the poisoned people in the city to gather with his own soldiers, and at the same time asked the other people to provide some earthwork to experiment with to see if they could find medicinal materials that could have an effect and a sufficient source. The people in the city also knew that many people in Jia Fu's army were also poisoned, and at this time, seeing that Li Dian was still thinking about himself, he couldn't help but feel emotional, and secretly praised Wu Liren's benevolence.

Just when Li Dian was worried about these people, someone came to see Li Dian, saying that there was a way to cure the people's poison, and when he heard this, Li Dian was immediately very happy, and hurriedly asked people to invite that person in.

But when he saw the comer, Li Dian recognized that he was the old man he asked in the city today, Li Dian was a little surprised and hurriedly asked: "Old man, do you really have a way to treat these people?" If it does, Ben will be rewarded! ”

The old man smiled, arched his hand and said: "The general can not let go of the people at this time, which shows that the general is really benevolent and righteous, and the old man can help a little, but he also dare not ask for any reward." The old man had also learned some medical skills and knew some medicines before, and he just went to check it out, and the poison of grass and hemp seeds among these people was in them. Someone ground the grass and hemp seeds and went down to the well water, so many soldiers and people in the city under the general's command were poisoned! If you want to detoxify this poison, you need to find another plant, and that's it. But the old man had one more thing to remind the general. This poison did not occur sooner rather than later, but it began to occur after the arrival of the general's army, shouldn't the general notice something? ”