However, it is said that after Yuan Shaode made a plan to play loyalty, he ordered all the generals to retreat and defend, and the Youzhou army easily captured Pingyuan, Qinghe, Wei County and other counties, near Xindu. Yuan Shao sent Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan and other generals to garrison troops in the north of Xindu, Yuan Tan and Jiang Qi led troops to garrison in the south of Xindu, and Yuan Shao kept Xindu.

After Liu Kuan set up camp in the south of Xindu, he ordered Yan Rou to lead troops to be stationed in the west of Xindu and the east of Leping, firstly to form an encirclement of Xindu, and secondly, to prevent and merge with Zhangyang and Cao Cao.

One day, the battle report came, Han Dang had advanced, a hundred miles away from Xindu, and confronted Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran. Kebineng's attack on Hejian was defeated by the defender Lu Yi, but fortunately, Kebineng was mostly cavalry, retreated quickly, and suffered little loss.

After Liu Kuan heard this, he was shocked, Lu Yi was the most warlike and tough person under Yuan Shao, with an arrogant and arrogant personality, but he was the first soldier and was even loved by the sergeant. Liu Kuan hurriedly sent an envoy to Kebineng's army, and ordered Kebineng not to care about attacking Hejian, as long as he contained Lu Yi and saved himself. When the letter is broken, we will deal with it.

Liu Kuanju discussed the meeting and reported the progress, and Yuan Shu sent the general Ji Ling to send troops to confront Chen Liu and Tian Yu, Tao Qian sent Zhang Bao and Lü Fan to attack Qingzhou and confront Sun Guan, and Zhang Yang sent troops to confront Yan Rou in Leping.

After Liu Kuan's report, seeing that Xun You was silent in thought, he paced slowly in front of the map in the lobby, knowing that there must be something strange in it, and waved his hand to signal the generals to be quiet, and he was silent. After Liu Kuan saw that Xun Yu stopped pacing into his seat, he asked, "Gongda, if you have something to say, you might as well speak up." ”

Xun You arched his hand and said: "Lord, Zhang Yang has been fighting with Zhang Yan and Zhenggu, and he has not exterminated the Black Mountain Army for many years, and its combat power is limited. As long as General Shuhua does not move, Zhang Yang will guard against Zhang Yan and Zhenggu, and he will not dare to attack our army with all his might. Judging from the battle report, the armies of Tao Gongzu and Yuan Highway marched slowly, and the troops did not move, but they confronted our army from afar, which is strange. That Cao Cao is the first male lord in the world, but now there is no news, I have been puzzled, just look at the map, suddenly woke up. Lord, please see. ”

Xun You said and led everyone to the map, pointed to Jixian County and continued: "My Qingzhou and Yanzhou are rigorously defended, Han Gongyi led the army south, General Gongsun Du is far away in Liaodong, and my Youzhou is empty at this time. Cao Cao is missing, he must be hiding his whereabouts, and he went straight to my Jicheng! Xun You said, and swung his fist the Jicheng in the picture.

Liu Kuan was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself that it was bad, Cao Cao was a person who was good at using soldiers, and his subordinates Guo Jia, Xi Zhong and others were unpredictable. He seemed to be negligent, thinking that when Han Dang went south, it was impossible for Yuan Shao's army to cross Han Dang to attack Youzhou, but he did not expect that Cao Cao in the west could take Youzhou directly from the north of Bingzhou.

Now it seems that Yuan Shu and Tao Qian are just feints, intending to divide their troops to rescue, and Cao Cao is the real killer.

Jicheng is Liu Kuan's base camp, Liu Kuan's family is in Jicheng, all craftsmen, classics, and workshops are in Jicheng, Youzhou agriculture, commerce, coal mines, and iron-smelting workshops are on the right track, if this big rear is broken by Cao Cao, it will suffer heavy losses! Now that the army has successfully arrived in Xindu, it is impossible to return to Jicheng, and even if it does, it may not be able to catch up.

Liu Kuan paced back and forth with a dark face, this is the most severe test since he sent out the army, what should I do?

Seeing this, Xu Shu said: "My lord, this must be a strategy set by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, and it is nothing more than hoping that our army will come back to help, so that my Linzi strategy will fall short, and I must not fall for its tricks." Even if someone is sent to order General Gongsun Du to rush to help, the way to report the message is far away, and the time is too late, if the nearest General Kebineng is called back to help, Lu Yi will definitely follow and entangle, and General Kebineng is in danger of annihilation. Youzhou has been in business for a long time, the people have returned to their hearts, the old state pastor and the eldest prince Liu He personally sat in Jicheng, Wen Ruogong was resourceful, the army and people of Jicheng were united, and Cao Cao would not be able to break through. Cao Cao is determined to be in Jicheng, and he has no intention of attacking other counties, as long as he holds Jicheng, my Youzhou will not have much loss, even if there is a loss, compared with the capture of Jizhou, my Youzhou can fully bear it. The top priority at the moment is to achieve a quick solution. To solve Jizhou, the other princes are self-defeating. ”

Liu Kuan got up and said: "What the enemy wants, I just don't give it, since Yuan Shao and Cao Cao want me to return to Jicheng, I will do the opposite, not only will I not return to help, but I must hurry up and attack with all my strength." If you don't capture Jizhou this time, it will be difficult to get Jizhou several times or dozens of times in the coming year! As for the siege of Jicheng......"

Liu Tong was at the end of the military generals every time he gathered to discuss the affairs, and he just listened to and watched the government. This time with the exception, seeing Liu Kuan embarrassed and hesitating, he got up and came to the coach's case, looking like an adult, and arched his hand and said, "Father, I have something to say." ”

Seeing this, Qiu Jian was afraid that Liu Kuan would be angry, so he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Liu Tong back, "Adults are discussing, Tong'er must not mess around." ”

Liu Tong glared at Wu Qiujian and said, "Second uncle, I am the captain of the Han Dynasty, why can't I speak at the military meeting?" ”

After hearing this, Wuqiu Jian also felt that he could not refute it, Liu Tong was indeed a cavalry lieutenant of Qin's order, and he was a high-grade military general, and Wuqiu Jian saw Liu Kuan signaling him to retreat, so he let go of Liu Tong.

"What did the Captain say?" Liu Kuanjo asked in a shushing tone.

Liu Tong Zhengse said: "Father, my red rabbit horse is fast, Cao Cao's army is far slower than me, I can go to Jicheng before him, inform my grandfather and uncle to set up defenses, and then quickly go to Liaodong to mobilize cavalry to help Jicheng." ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, everyone knew that Liu Tong's red rabbit horse traveled thousands of miles a day, and he was indeed the best candidate, but they felt that Liu Tong was too young to let him work hard and go to danger, so he didn't speak.

Liu Kuan's heart warmed, and he was very happy that Liu Tong was so responsible, but he felt that Liu Tong was only ten years old, and it was too dangerous to walk alone, so he hesitated.

Seeing this, Liu Tong took small steps forward and said in Liu Kuan's ear: "Dad, I was ten years old in my previous life, and now I am ten years old, in fact, I am already twenty, what are you worried about?" ”

After Liu Kuan heard this, he gently patted the back of Liu Tong's head a few times, and waved his hand to call Liu Tong into the ranks. Liu Kuan got up and said solemnly: "Okay! Liu Tong, the commander of the cavalry, asked for orders, took my warrant, and immediately went to Jicheng to report the news and transfer troops to Liaodong. ”

After looking around at the crowd, he said: "Today, Yuan Shao gathered 200,000 rabble, and has not yet really formed an army, tomorrow the east and north armies will attack at the same time, and the two armies must move forward bravely, at any cost, to break through the north and south camps of Xindu." ”

After the meeting, everyone went to prepare for battle. Liu Tong came to Liu Kuan's tent and said goodbye to Wang Ling'er and Long Duan'er, Long Duan'er didn't let Liu Tong act alone, and said that he would go with him, Wang Ling'er felt that the two were small and would not affect the running of the red rabbit horse too much, and considering that Long Duan'er had spiritual energy cultivation, Liu Tong was Liu Kuan's eldest son, and safety was the first, so he persuaded Liu Tong to take Long Duan'er with him.

Wang Ling'er brought Liu Tong into the room, handed over the nine-section scepter to Liu Tong, and after some instructions, Liu Tong took Liu Kuan's warrant and letter, carried the Canglong stick, tied the nine-section staff and a bag of corn pancakes and two water bladders to the horse, and rode a horse with Long Duan'er to Jicheng.

said that Liu Tong and Long Duan'er ran wildly all the way, occasionally dismounted to rest, but also because they felt sorry that Long Duan'er was not good at riding horses and was bumpy and uncomfortable. Long Duan'er knew that Liu Tong was sympathetic to herself, and she was afraid that she would delay a big event and her butt hurt, but she gritted her teeth and said nothing.

The two stayed at sunset and continued to hurry before dawn, and Liu Tong occasionally asked Long Duan'er to shoot some birds and beasts he saw on the road and roast food. The two of them went all the way.

Not long after dusk, Liu Tong and the two came to Jicheng outside the city, but saw that Cao Cao's army had besieged Jicheng and was attacking, Liu Tong looked, Cao Cao's army outside the city had more than 30,000 people, the number of Youzhou troops in the city was not much, about five or six thousand people, there were not many casualties in the city, it seems that Cao Cao had just arrived, and the siege time was not long.

Liu informed that Jicheng had limited troops, and there was no Youzhou army outside the city, so Jicheng was very dangerous for a long time.

That night, Wang Ling'er and Liu Kuan's letter to Liu Yu were tied to the nine-section scepter, and Long Duan'er came to Jicheng City in the dark, and let Long Duan'er use the aura to throw the nine-section scepter to the city, and then left the city wall to find a secluded place to rest, and prepared to go to Liaodong at dawn.

During the war, the delivery of information was fast, and Liu Yu received Liu Kuan's letter and was very angry when he learned of Liu Kuan's strategy.

Liu Yu had just recovered from a serious illness, and during his serious illness, Liu Kuan did not come to visit, and now when he was exhausted, Liu Kuan still considered his own strategy, but put the whole family in danger. Liu Yujunchen has a strong concept of father and son, and he feels that Liu Kuan is unscrupulous.

Before dawn, Long Duan'er pushed Liu Tong awake, pointed to Cao Cao's camp, and listened to something. Liu Tong wondered, and listened quietly, feeling the noisy sound of people and horses outside Cao Cao's camp. Liu Tong thought to himself, could it be that grandpa sent someone out to rob the camp?