Liu Tong was about to set up camp, but he heard the sound of gongs and drums, and a team of soldiers and horses from Wancheng rushed out, lined up towards Liu Tong, and stopped one mile away from the city. Seeing this, Liu Tong went out with the whole army.

When Liu Tong came to the front of the battle, he saw that the leading general was in his thirties, medium in stature, and very powerful. Liu Tong thought to himself, Zhang Xiuxuan's position is good, not far from the city, his cavalry has no distance to charge and room to maneuver, if Zhang Xiu is not defeated, it is convenient to retreat to the city. Liu Tong rode a red rabbit horse, carrying a dragon stick and continued to step forward, Gao Shun and Xu Huang wanted to stop it, but Liu Tong waved his hand to stop him.

Liu Tong shouted from afar: "It's Uncle Zhang Xiu in person? ”

Zhang Xiu is a disciple of Tong Yuan, known as the Gun King of the North, knows that Liu Kuan is Zhao Sheng's apprentice, and has long known that his junior brother Zhao Yun is a general under Liu Kuan. Zhang Xiu couldn't say yes, and said angrily: "I, Wancheng and your northern governor's mansion, don't violate the river water, dare to invade?" ”

Liu Tong said: "Uncle Shi, Dong Zhuo is angry, Li Dao and Guo Yan poisoned the people, how can you be with them, Dong Zhuo died early today, Li Dao and Guo Yan gave the head, Uncle Shi still hasn't set things right, and returned quickly?" ”

Zhang Xiu had heard that Liu Kuan, Liu Tong's father and son had extraordinary martial arts, and they had defeated Lu Bu, so he wanted to compete with each other, and said: "Hugh has to be clever and look at the gun." "He came on horseback.

Gao Shun and Xu Huang were shocked when they saw this, and rushed to the rescue, but they saw Liu Tong wielding a stick and Zhang Xiu fighting together, and they did not fall behind at all, so they grabbed their horses and swept aside. Zhang Xiu's marksmanship is calm and powerful, but it is not as varied as Zhao Yun. Liu Tong often learns from Zhao Yun and is no stranger to Zhang Xiu's marksmanship, but Zhang Xiu's marksmanship is proficient and has no flaws, and Liu Tong is inseparable from him.

Zhang Xiu's side, seeing that Liu Tong's stick method is not perfect, but it is extremely powerful, every time the gun and stick hit, his wrist hurts, so he did not dare to compete, hoping to win with the ingenuity of marksmanship.

Liu Tong was interested in seeing how Zhang Xiu was compared to Zhao Yun, and he also took care of his peers, not wanting to use strong internal force to hurt Zhang Xiu. After more than 100 rounds, Liu Tong saw that Zhang Xiu's marksmanship was slightly inferior to Zhao Yun, and he was ready to defeat him with true luck.

Suddenly, he heard a commotion in his formation, Liu Tong turned his head to look, only to see a fire rising in the distance in his rear army.

Liu Tong knew that something was wrong, Zhang Xiu attracted himself here, the rear army was attacked, and the place where the fire started was where grain and grass were hoarded!

Liu Tong was angry and lucked his true anger, raised a stick and slashed at Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu knew that Liu Tong had reservations, and knew that Liu Tong was really strong, so he didn't accept the move, dodged sideways, and went to the city gate with his soldiers. Liu Tong couldn't react, so he had to watch Zhang Xiu retreat to Wancheng.

Liu Tong led everyone to retreat, and set up camp after fighting the fire. Later, I learned that when I was fighting with Zhang Xiu, it was Jia Xu who led the cavalry to attack his rear army and burned a lot of his grain and grass.

Liu Tong scolded Jia Xu, he is really a poisoner!

Liu Tong was depressed and arranged for the battalions to be stationed, and told the departments to prevent Zhang Xiu from robbing the camp, and he went to bed early.

Chen Gong had no sleep all night, watching Liu Tong fall asleep early, thinking that this son was really big-hearted. Because before sending troops, Liu Tong asked Chen Gong to be in charge of grain and grass, and clearly informed Chen Gong that whether it was himself or Zhang He, Zhao Zhao, and Sun Guanbu, the grain and grass were insufficient. Due to the low tax policy of the Northern Governor's Office, Xuzhou was captured not long ago, coupled with the resettlement of ordinary people, displaced people, and the cultivation of wasteland, which cost countless money and grain. Recently, the troops of Sili, Chang'an and other places, these places have countless displaced people, waiting to be fed, Chang'an, Hongnong, Luoyang, Wancheng nearly 100,000 troops of grain and grass have to be transported from Bingzhou, Bingzhou is not rich, plus the road is far away, stretched.

Today, Jia Xu burned half of Liu Tong's grain and grass in one fell swoop, and Wancheng had already taken precautions and could not be broken in a short time, so Chen Gong was worried.

Early the next morning, I heard that Liu Tong got up, Chen Gong hung a pair of panda eyes, and came to Liu Tong's big tent, "Son, our army is short of food and grass, and we should step up the siege of the city, otherwise we will have to retreat in the future." ”

Liu Tong looked at the exhausted Chen Gong and said: "Gongtai Gong, the body is the capital of the revolution, how can you not take care of your body so much?" Go to bed early. ”

Liu Tong saw that Chen Gong was serious, with a straight face, and asked with a straight face: "Does Gongtai have a good plan to break the city?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head, "In that case, why worry, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, go and rest!" After hearing this, Chen Gong had to turn around and leave, he was really tired, so he went to sleep.

Soon, Gao Shun and Xu Huang came to ask for battle. Liu Tong asked: "With the wide wall of the Wancheng River, the general estimates how many casualties, and how many days will it take to break through?" ”

Gao Shun was silent, and Xu Huang replied: "There should be more than 20,000 defenders in Wancheng, plus the people are young and strong, there should be 30,000, it will take ten months, and there will be 10,000 dead and wounded, or it can be broken!" ”

Liu Tong shook his head, "Zhang Xiu and I are not only injustice, but from the same family, why are we in a hurry?" You can't do anything that hurts both sides. Gao Shun and Xu Huang had no choice but to nod their heads and no longer bring up the matter of war.

Just as the three of them were chatting, Duan Xuan came to report that Zhang Xiu attacked the camp.

Liu Tong and the three of them hurriedly got out of the tent, rode their horses and ran westward, and saw from a distance that the flames were burning in Duan Xuan's camp, and a team of cavalry had left and entered Wancheng.

Liu Tong came to the Duan Xuan camp in the west of the city, saw Duan Xuan's smoky black face, and said, "General Duan, didn't I inform the battalions last night to prevent Jia Xu from robbing the camp with a plan?" ”

Duan Xuan said angrily: "Our camp was heavily guarded last night, and there was nothing wrong all night, just breathed a sigh of relief, this guy came to rob the camp as soon as it was dawn, who would have thought that?" ”

Liu Tong thought to himself, who would have thought that he would come to rob the camp early in the morning. Liu Tong comforted Duan Xuan for a few words, and then went back to sleep.

Duan Xuan was angry and took his headquarters to the city to call for battle, Zhang Xiu turned a deaf ear and ignored it, Duan Xuan was very angry.

For several days, Liu Tong slept a lot every day, Chen Gong was anxious every day, Duan Xuan called for battle every day, and Zhang Xiu did not move at all every day.

Liu Tong slept in the tent, pondering every day, and couldn't figure it out. Zhang Xiu doesn't have much ambition, knowing that he was born in Dong Zhuo's department and has a bad reputation, but now Dong Zhuo's various departments have been destroyed one after another, and he has little way out, with Jia Xu's wisdom, he should surrender. Do you want to surrender to others? Liu Biao? Yuan Shu? Or is it Cao Cao, who is dependent on others himself? Or Zhang Lu? Zhang Lu, to Zhang Lu, didn't Zhang Lu sell when Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao in history! It's not that it doesn't fall, but the time hasn't come! Liu Tong laughed out loud after figuring it out.

Chen Gong happened to walk to the door, and Liu Tong suddenly laughed and was startled. Hurriedly entered the account and asked, "What is the joy of the child?" ”

Liu Tong said: "Gongtai Gong, you go to the city to meet Jia Xu, and say that our army is short of food and grass and is ready to retire, please Jia Xu come to my camp to say goodbye." Chen Gong was confused, how could there be two hostile sides, one side retreated, not only to inform the other party of the details, but also to say other things warmly? Chen Gong saw that Liu Tong said solemnly, and repeatedly saw that Liu Tong had unexpected actions, so he didn't say more, turned around and went out of the account to ask Jia Xu.

"By the way, Gongtai Gong, stop by and tell General Duan to rest, don't call the battle."

To Chen Gong's surprise, Jia Xu really came to Liu Tong's camp as promised that afternoon, and Chen Gong took Jia Xu to Liu Tong's big tent, and Liu Tong had already been waiting outside the big tent.

Jia Xu had long heard of Liu Tong's name and many interesting anecdotes, and he was still shocked to meet him in person. I saw Liu Tong fourteen or fifteen years old, more than one meter and six, with bronzed skin, sharp eyes, noble bearing, although there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, he had an innate majesty.

Jia Xu said in his heart, this son is as young as Si, but he has been famous for many years, and he will be a marquis, and after ten years, who will compete?

Liu Tong saw an old man in his fifties, with a Chinese face, a sparse short beard, and a kind face, standing in front of him with a smile.

Liu Tong thought to himself, how could such a harmless person be called a poisoner? Well, it's a bit old, but it seems that Jia Xu has a long life, and he won't die until he is about eighty, very good, this old ox can still work hard for thirty years! Liu Tong couldn't help but be amused by his thoughts, smiled brightly, and greeted him.