Chen Jun in Zhang Gu's mouth naturally said that Xu Chu's good brother 'Chen Yi'.

Since Xu Chu went to Lujiang County, Chen Yi has been staying in Yuxian and Yanling to run for Xu Chu.

Chen Yi is the most clever of Xu Chu's old brothers, and it is said that nothing will happen, so after asking carefully, Xu Chu was quite surprised to learn that Zhang Miao sent someone to take Chen Yi to prison.

Bao Xin also felt strange, he came to Xu Chu, originally thinking about the old relationship, and then discussing the matter of asking Dong again in the future, but he never thought that he would encounter such a thing.

Zhang Miao, Bao Xin knows very well.

Zhang Miao is one of the 'Eight Chefs', a cook, who can help others with his money. This title is not for nothing, Zhang Miao is indeed a celebrity who is willing to help other scholars, the last time Bao Xin sent troops to sour dates, only Zhang Miao sent his subordinate general Wei Zi to go with him, although there are not many people, but it is better to send charcoal in the snow, Bao Xin has always been very aware of this feeling. But people have shortcomings, Zhang Miao is a little 'capricious', and always hides his thoughts deeply, not telling outsiders, today I respect you like a guest, and tomorrow I will suddenly be anxious with you.

Thinking about it, Zhang Miao listened to someone's words, and for some purpose, temporarily detained Chen Yi.

Xu Chu's questioning continued, and Zhang Gu spent half a column of incense time explaining the twists and turns.

But ten days ago, Zhang Miao's younger brother, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao went to Yu County to visit his old friend, and after a walk, he came to sit in the county temple of Yu County. He is a county guard, Xu Chu's father-in-law Zhang Feng was previously raised by Zhang Miao as the commander of the county, naturally received with good wine and good food, during the banquet Zhang Chao talked about seeing hundreds of light heroes in Yu County gathering in a certain place to practice, Zhang Feng replied that it was to prepare for the villagers who gathered together, Zhang Chao did not say anything at that time, and soon after, Zhang Miao suddenly sent Zhao Pet to bring people over, and Chen Yi, who was practicing, and those who were too late to leave, inexplicably took a group of light heroes.

It happened suddenly, and Zhang Feng only met Zhang Chao once after thinking about it, so he didn't understand Zhang Miao's motives. Chen Yi is Xu Chu's confidant and righteous servant, and the friendship between birth and death is that he did not dare to slack off, and immediately asked his nephew Zhang Gu to come to Yang Zhai to report the news.

After Xu Chu and Bao Xin heard this, they were also covered by clouds and mountains, and they couldn't figure out why Zhang Miao wanted to take Chen Yi.

Bao Xin pondered: "Zhongkang, I know Meng Zhuo's character, I think he must have some misunderstanding with you, think about it carefully?" ”

After speaking, he saw a layer of 'green qi' on Xu Chu's forehead, and Bao Xin hurriedly said: "Zhongkang, the overall situation is important. Otherwise, I'll write a letter and ask Meng Zhuo first? ”

At first hearing the news, Xu Chu surged up to the top of his head.

Everyone will have their own reverse scales, Xu Chu came to the end of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Yi, the people he was closest to and most trusted, were his reverse scales. If the two armies face each other, each with its own master, Xu Chu has nothing to say, but before Zhang Miao had obviously acquiesced to the Zhang clan's operation in Yu County, and now he didn't say a word, he suddenly turned his face and put Chen Yi in prison, what did he want to do?

However, after listening to Bao Xin's words, Xu Chuqiang calmed down a little, but after thinking about it, he and Zhang Miao were in Yingchuan and Chenliu, and their friendship was general, and there were few intersections, so there was no misunderstanding.

After thinking about it, there was no misunderstanding, but if you insist on talking about it, there is one, and that is Yuxian.

Xu Chuxin said: The sour jujube coalition army can't be of one heart and one mind, Zhang Miao probably thinks that after the coalition army is dispersed, he will start to control the entire Chenliu County, large and small counties and townships. Yu County is not a small county, there are 10,000 households, the grain harvested in a year is very considerable, and it is also a barrier to the south of Chenliu County, and it is not a long-term plan to hand over to a person who is not his confidant to serve as the county order.

After he told Bao Xin what he meant, Bao Xin nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Meng Zhuo is humble and is not a person with a small belly, as Zhong Kang said, it is very likely that his brother Zhang Menggao went to Yu County and suggested that his brother should not give this place to others, so he gave birth to this branch. ”

After Bao Xin finished speaking, he looked at Xu Chu with interest.

Xu Chu was a little bored by the staring, and said coldly: "Yuncheng! I regard Chen Yi as a brother, and now that he is in prison, I can't help but save him! Please also send a letter to Zhang Mengzhuo and ask him what he means, but in front of him, those people who were taken away by him must be sent back intact! ”

Bao Xin was dumbfounded.

He was surprised by Xu Chu's attitude towards this matter, and even more surprised by Xu Chu's attention to Chen Yi.

To tell the truth, don't say that Zhang Miao, a pampered person, is the chivalrous Bao Xin, and he doesn't take the righteousness around him too seriously. In Bao Xin's opinion, that Chen Yi is nothing more than a person who followed Xu Chu earlier, he is neither famous in the state or county, nor has outstanding merits, so if he is caught, he will be caught, can he be so gnashing his teeth? Listening to the tone, if Chen Yi is wrong, he will meet Zhang Miao's sword soldiers!

Although I can't understand it very well, since Xu Chu's words are here, out of respect for his friends, Bao Xin weighed it and said: "I understand what you mean, in this way, don't be too anxious, go to Chen to stay for two hundred miles, I will write a letter immediately, and there should be a response within five days." ”

Xu Chu thanked him and personally sent Bao Xin to Yuanmen.

When he returned to the tent, he said to Zhang Gu: "You leave to go back to Yu County immediately, and I have something to tell you to do." ”

Zhang Gulang said: "Please command!" ”

"After you go back, inform Jiayue as soon as possible, and once the situation changes, return to Yanling immediately, don't hesitate!"

"Are you going to fight Zhang Gonggong?"

"It's unlikely, but you have to be prepared."

"Well, I see."

......

Four days after Zhang Gu left, Chen Liu's reply came.

The letter to Zhang Miao was written by Bao Xin, and the letter brought back was also addressed to Bao Xin. After receiving the letter, Bao Xin hurriedly took a look, and then set off to find Xu Chu.

Xu Chu was discussing with the strategists in the tent about the deployment of a medical team in the army, and as soon as he heard the sergeant's report that Bao Xin had arrived, he immediately suspended the discussion and invited Bao Xin to the tent.

Bao Xin said in a playful tone: "Meng Zhuo said ......, he said that this matter was done by Zhao Chong, and he didn't know about it before. But ......"

"But what?"

"However, Meng Zhuo also said that it was true that Chen Yi and others gathered to make trouble, thinking that for the sake of the clothes and people of Yu County, he could not bend the law for personal gain and let people go privately."

“......”

If Xu Chu and Zhao Pet didn't know each other, maybe they would have believed Zhang Miao's nonsense. But when I went to Luoyang before, I passed by Yu County, and I had met Zhao Chong, and I knew that this gentleman was a square and modest, calm and capable, how could he take the people of other princes to prison without Zhang Miao's consent.

Xu Chu said: "Yuncheng, how can Zhang Mengzhuo be willing to let people go, or does he want me to lead troops to get them myself?" ”

Bao Xin smiled and said, "Zhong Kang said that he was laughing. I look at Meng Zhuo's move, as you said, it is for the sake of Yu County...... The sour jujube princes had no intention of begging Dong, and I returned in defeat that day, and the princes were still holding wine at the high meeting, so I knew that in their hearts, they had long been thinking about how to expand their power in the future. In this case, Yu County is the southern gateway of Chen Liu, the so-called 'side of the couch, how can others sleep peacefully', I think Zhong Kang might as well let Ling Yue resign from the post of county commander, and Chen Jun will be able to return safely. ”

Xu Chu was a little helpless, if there was a result in the matter of discussing Dong now, he would be much more comfortable in handling this matter. Because at that time, the situation will be clearer, Cao Cao will stay in Yingchuan to do his job, Kong Ling will return to the state capital, and if there is no accident between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, there will be a big fight. So Zhang Miao may not care too much about Zhang Feng's stay in Yuxian because of Cao Cao's presence in Yingchuan, but in the end, there is no foregone conclusion, and Zhang Miao's choice has nothing to worry about, but his approach makes people feel very unhappy.

Zhang Miao did this, it was clear that he looked down on and didn't trust Xu Chu, if Cao Cao, Yuan Shao or Bao Xin's people were in Yu County, would he still do this? Apparently not.

The discussion of Dong has not yet ended, Xu Chuzong has complaints about Zhang Miao, and he can only temporarily tolerate one or two, borrow the slope to get off the donkey, and follow Bao Xin's suggestion. However, after this incident, Xu Chu also understood the relationship between the princes of sour jujube, and I am afraid that it has reached the point of tension. Zhang Miao was anxious to prepare for possible future events, because he was sure that once the coalition forces were scattered, it was inevitable that the princes would attack each other.

As Bao Xin expected, when Zhang Feng asked to resign from the post of Yuxian Commander, Chen Yi and the other light heroes were released. All the people in the Xu Chu camp in Yu County all went south and returned to Yanling County.

During this time, the two main battlefields of Liang County and Hanoi also had results.

In Liang County, with Sun Jian's heroic performance, Yuan Shu's continuous sending of reinforcements, grain and grass, and Xu Chu's side showed a posture of support at any time, and finally resisted the offensive of the Dong army, and Sun Jian became famous, and the adverse effects of several previous defeats at the Dong army dissipated.

It is worth mentioning that on the Hanoi side, Yuan Shao actually won the battle.

Yuan Shao's victory, on the one hand, relied on the brave battles of generals such as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, as well as the careful planning of Xu You and other strategists, and on the other hand, it happened to encounter another rebellion by the Bai Bo army.

The White Wave Army is one of the Yellow Turban Soldiers, active in the area of the White Wave Valley of the West River, so it is called the 'White Wave Army'. The leader Guo Tai, the main generals are Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai, etc., more than 100,000, more than 100,000, last October to attack Taiyuan, Dong Zhuo sent Niu Fu to suppress it, and finally failed to suppress the Baibo army, because of the Kwantung coalition army and returned to Luoyang. And this time, Xu Chu got the news that Guo Tai heard that Dong Zhuo was fighting with Yuan Shao in Hanoi, so he united with Yu Fuluo, the leader of the Southern Xiongnu tribe who moved to Handi, and the army was huge, and even faintly threatened Dong Zhuo's road to Guanxi, so Dong Zhuo urgently ordered the army fighting with Yuan Shao in Hanoi to retreat, and Yuan Shao waited for an opportunity to pursue and was captured.

It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen.

Under the good situation, Dong Zhuo thought that he could 'swallow thousands of miles like a tiger' and attack Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the 'first evil', so that the Kwantung Coalition Army had no chance to attack Luo, but he was forced by the 100,000 Baibo Army to change the battle plan and put the focus on the back road.

Xu Chu couldn't help but think that Dong Zhuo coerced the Son of Heaven and took charge of the government, which was certainly a good side, but when the Baibo Army went south, he was dragged down by the court again, and had to divide his troops to deal with the Yellow Turbans and focus on defense. It is true that he has Jia Xu, Li Ru and other resourceful people around him, but he can't predict this section.

Because of this, the Dong army that attacked Liang County had no choice but to withdraw to Guannei, compared with the beginning of the coalition army's fight against Dong, the situation of the Dong army was less of the threat of the sour jujube side, but it was more of the worries of the Bai Bo army, and it basically recovered as before.

During the truce, Xu Chu and Cao Cao's aggressive recruitment of troops and horses had an effect.

In Lujiang County, Yangzhou, the news sent by Zhou Yi, Chen Wen and Zhou Xin agreed to Cao Cao and sent troops to help him fight Dong. Chen and Zhou allowed Cao Cao to recruit troops in Jiujiang and Danyang, and each sent thousands of soldiers and horses to Cao Cao. A month after leaving Yingchuan County, Cao Cao raised 5,000 soldiers in Jiujiang and Danyang, plus Chen and Zhou, about 10,000, and returned to Yingchuan. After the two returned to the clan, they persuaded the parents of the clan to scatter their wealth and raise 3,000 brave soldiers, so that the soldiers gathered from all sides, plus the Cao soldiers who stayed in Yangzhai, there were more than 20,000 people.

During this period, he received a letter from Cao Cao, but Cao Cao felt a trace of worry after hearing that Yu County was taken back by Zhang Miao. As I have explained before, Yuxian is also very meaningful to Cao Cao. Peiguo is Cao Cao's hometown, separated from Yingchuan by Chen Guo, because of Chen Wang Liu Pet, it is not a place where you can easily borrow the way; If there is Yuxian in hand, Cao Cao can transfer to Chenliu every time he goes to Peiguo to recruit troops and ask for food, so that he does not have to delay too far on the road, and there is no need to conflict with Chen Wang Liu Pet. Now Zhang Miao shows the attitude that Yu County cannot be pretended to be in the hands of others, Cao Cao is more anxious than Xu Chu, although Zhang Miao is his best friend, but it is not as good as holding Yu County in his hands in the future.

In this regard, Xu Chu smiled, it seems that Cao Cao is also staring at Yu County. To his surprise, Cao Cao easily asked for soldiers and horses from Chen Wen and Zhou Xin.

Cao Cao took a few retinues and went to Jiujiang and Danyang, but he just moved his mouth, and 10,000 soldiers were in hand. Here, half of them are world-famous Danyang soldiers, and all of a sudden, Cao Cao's strength has risen to a new level. If you want to change to a few poor people, even if you break your mouth, you probably can't get a soldier or a soldier.

Coupled with Xu Chu's understanding of Chen Wen and Zhou Xin, these two people are secretly competing with each other, and Zhou Xin has the ambition to dominate Yangzhou, which is even more incredible. It can only be said that after Cao Cao raised his army, his performance in the face of Dong Jun repeatedly spread all over the world, and his reputation was greater, and he was more respected by other scholars.

Xu Chu put away Cao Cao's letter and said to the left and right: "General Cao is thinking about Dong, at this time, he is already halfway back to the county, and in less than ten days, he will be able to reach Yingchuan, and the road to discuss Dong for the second time is about to begin." Yuan Zhi, the former Japanese Wenqian has returned to the county, Xiaocheng and Wenda have news? ”

During this time, Xu Chu was not idle, and several generals under his command returned to their hometowns to recruit troops, and Lejin was the first to come back. Just the day before yesterday, Le Jin returned with five hundred Yang Ping Zhuang Yong, Xu Chu personally went to inspect it, although the number is not much, but all of them are Mu Lejin or Xu Chu's name of the light heroes, swordsmen, these people are still angry, courageous, can be directly added to the first camp.

Xu Shu replied: "Dang will also arrive in Yangzhai within these two days." ”

Xu Chu asked Yao Sheng again: "Shuyi, how is the medical team's affairs doing?" ”

Yao Sheng replied: "Since the prince issued a military order, recruited good doctors from nearby counties, lured them with high salaries, and treated them with courtesy, more than 200 doctors and apprentices have come to the camp, waiting for the prince to arrange and settle. ”