Xuzhou Xiaopei

Xiahou Bo, who was ordered to garrison here, had just received an urgent report, saying that Lu Bu was attacking Pengcheng at this time, and he was in a hurry, and asked Xiahou Bo to immediately lead his troops to rescue him.

Xiahou Bo is still the family of the Xiahou brothers under Cao Cao, but Xiahou Bo is Liu Bei. In these years, there are both fathers and sons who do not serve under the command of a prince, let alone just brothers in their own family. Since joining Liu Bei, Xiahou Bo can be said to be loyal, and his force can be regarded as second only to Guan and Zhang, and he commands Liu Bei's pro-army Bai Yu soldiers on weekdays. Stationed in Xiaopei this time, it can be said that Xiahou Bo is alone for the first time.

Liu Bei's subordinates already lacked strategists, and Xiahou Bo stationed in Xiaopei naturally did not have strategists with him. And Xiahou Bo himself is just a brave general. To put it mildly, it's a martial artist who will do what he is told. He will faithfully carry out any orders given by his superiors, but it will be difficult for him to think things out of his own hands.

After getting the news from Pengcheng, Xiahou Bo ordered all the people and horses to prepare to set off for Pengcheng without saying a word. Fortunately, he is not completely brainless, and there are still five hundred people left before leaving Xiao Pei, but how can five hundred people keep Xiao Pei?

Three thousand men and horses, mainly foot soldiers, left Xiaopei, who could provide him with city protection, and Xiahou Bo soon encountered the long-awaited Lu Bu cavalry.

This is Chen Gong's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. In order to hide people's eyes, Chen Gong asked Cao Xing to swagger through the city under the banner of Lu Bu, and led his troops straight to Pengcheng, while he led three thousand elite cavalry with Lu Bu to pounce on Xiaopei. Lu Bu didn't plan to help Yuan Shu capture Xuzhou at all, and he didn't turn his face with Yuan Shu at this time, but hoped that he could use Yuan Shu to drag Liu Bei for a while.

The scout who went to Xiaopei to deliver the letter was someone from Chen Gong who was pretending to be someone. Xiahou Bo was not an alert person, and after receiving the so-called Peng Cheng's urgent letter, he was full of worries that Peng Cheng would be lost, and he didn't pay attention to things that needed attention in details like accents. When he encountered Lu Bu's surprise attack, Xiahou Bo didn't care about it a lot.

Lu Bu's martial arts are unparalleled in the world, even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who have always been admired by Xiahou Bo, can not win alone, after barely fighting for dozens of times, the three thousand men and horses brought by Xiahou Bo have been defeated by Lu Bu's elite cavalry, scattered and fled, Xiahou Bo no longer insisted, and turned around and ran away with a false shot.

Lu Bu wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Chen Gong, "Wen Hou, let him go, we have more important things to do now." ”

"What?" Luebrema asked.

"Wen Hou, Xiao Pei is empty at this time, and it is to take it as a place for us to stay."

“…… Why don't you take the opportunity to attack Pengcheng? ”

"Take Xiaopei first, then seek the East China Sea, Xuzhou and give it to Liu Bei, and when our army takes Qingzhou, it is not too late to take Xuzhou." Chen Gong insisted when he heard this.

“…… Well, I'll listen to you. Gongtai, how to take Xiaopei? ”

"At this time, Xiahou Bofang is defeated, Xiao Pei may not know, it is better to cheat the city."

"Okay, it's up to you."

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The 500 people who were ordered to stay in Xiao Pei were indeed as Chen Gong expected, and they were deceived by Lu Bujun's army to open the city gate without any suspense, and as soon as the city gate was opened, Xiao Pei also fell into the hands of Lu Bu. When Guan Yu, who stayed in Pengcheng, learned the news of Xiaopei's loss, Lü Bu had already divided his troops into three routes, one was led by Lü Bu himself to approach Pengcheng, one was led by Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew to attack Donghai County to the east, and one was led by Cao Xing to attack Langya County to the north.

Yuan Shu didn't know at this time that what Lu Bu did in Xuzhou was not for him, and learned that Lu Bu was making rapid progress, except for leaving a part of his men and horses to continue to contain Liu Beijun in Xiaqiu, he himself took a large team of men and horses to find Cao Cao's bad luck who led the army to attack Yingchuan. Regarding Lu Bu's request to fulfill the 200,000 grains and grass promised in advance, Yuan Shu did not find an excuse to delay.

Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, the most anxious of the three is Liu Bei. In Liu Bei's eyes, Yuan Shu's threat was far less than Lu Bu's threat to him. You must know that he has not yet dealt with most of the families in Xuzhou, and Lu Bu is intervening now, and it is very likely that he will win the support of those Xuzhou families. And he just got a return from Guan Hai, saying that the Chen and Cao families seemed to have gotten the news, and the main members of the two families were not in Xiapi at this time.

Although this matter did not succeed, Liu Bei understood that it was difficult for him to get the support of the Chen and Cao families in a short period of time. If Lu Bu hadn't intervened at this time, Liu Bei wouldn't have been as anxious as he is now, but Lu Bu intervened, which gave the Xuzhou family another choice.

Liu Bei was not afraid of Yuan Shu's attack, but he was afraid that Lu Bu would come to Xuzhou to compete with him for the family in Xuzhou. Knowing that Lu Bu divided his troops to attack the two counties of Donghai and Langya, Liu Bei also immediately ordered Zhang Fei to lead his troops into Guangling, but fortunately, Xiahou Bo had fled to Liu Bei's side at this time, and Liu Bei still had available generals around him. Moreover, Yuan Shu left Xia Qiu again at this time, and the pressure on Liu Bei's body weakened a little.

Liu Bei didn't want to sit still, but things were developing in the direction he least wanted to see, and not long after Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew under Lu Bu captured Houqiu in Donghai County, Cao Bao, the head of the Cao family of the Xuzhou family, publicly supported Lu Bu to become the head of Xuzhou, although the Chen family did not express his position, but Chen Deng, the head of the Chen family, also appeared by Lu Bu's side. With the public statement of the Cao family in Xuzhou, most of the families attached to the Cao family also supported Lu Bu and facilitated Lu Bu's entry into Xuzhou.

Liu Bei hated these wall grasses to the core, but let him deal with those families at this time, which was tantamount to pushing those families who were still waiting to be seen to Lu Bu's side.

Only by enduring what others cannot endure can we do what others cannot do. In the kung fu of forbearance, Liu Bei is obviously higher than others. When most people thought that Liu Bei would gather his soldiers and choose to fight with Lu Bu, Liu Bei sent an envoy, hoping to make peace with Lu Bu and govern Xuzhou together.

In the face of Liu Bei's confession, Lu Bu originally didn't want to stop, but Chen Gong thought that he should stop with Liu Bei at this time and take Qingzhou as soon as possible. Due to the influx of population from the north, Qingzhou is no longer as desolate as it was at the beginning, and in order to prevent Dong Cheng and Liu Bei from attacking back and forth in the future, it is just right to take advantage of the situation to seize Qingzhou. Lu Bu adopted Chen Gong's opinion and agreed with Liu Bei that the two families would take the land they occupied at this time as the boundary and strike the army and make peace.

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After resigning from the army with Liu Bei, Lu Bu can also attack Qingzhou more calmly. Leaving Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew and Cao Xing, who had made great achievements before, to monitor Liu Beijun's movements, Lü Bu personally led his troops to attack Chengyang County, which had not yet been taken by Xuzhou, and after recovering the northern counties of Xuzhou, he waved his troops into Qingzhou.

Knowing that Lu Bu had arrived, Qingzhou was suddenly in chaos. The newly appointed Qingzhou Mu Dong Cheng was even more anxious like an ant on a hot pot, not knowing how to deal with it.

Originally, according to Liu Xie's plan, he was going to disperse Dong Cheng and others all over the country, but Xun Yu still sent Dong Cheng and the seed series and prince clothes who were affected by Dong Cheng to Qingzhou when he was executing.

When he first came to Qingzhou, Dong Cheng, who served as a pastor in Qingzhou, saw that Qingzhou was barren and the population loss was serious, and he almost despaired, and felt that it was better to die directly. But fortunately, there are people who are sympathetic to the same illness such as a kind of album and prince clothes by his side. Everyone encouraged each other and was bound to take root in Qingzhou. Using the few resources in their hands, Dong Cheng and others worked hard in Qingzhou.

After being looted by Cao Cao and Liu Bei one after another, Qingzhou didn't expect to recover in a short period of time. Fortunately, I met the people of Youzhou and Jizhou who went south to escape the scourge of war. Although Qingzhou is barren, through the efforts of Dong Cheng and others, some people have been retained, and relying on this part of the people who remained, Qingzhou is no longer as miserable as Dong Cheng and others were when they first came.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu actually entered Qingzhou at this time. At this time, Qingzhou had no soldiers, no food, and Dong Cheng and others were powerless even if they wanted to resist. Not to mention that Lu Bu is the leader of the world's generals, others may still have doubts about Lu Bu's bravery, but for Dong Cheng and others from Chang'an, it is impressive.

At this time, there is only one person in Qingzhou who can be called a general, and the few people in Qingzhou are also led by the species. But the problem is that he is not Lu Bu's opponent at all.

"Rank, whether it is a battle or a surrender, you should give a correct sentence." Dong Cheng looked at the silent crowd and asked helplessly.

“…… State pastor, do we have any other choice than to descend? Wu Shuo also asked Dong Chengdao a little helplessly.

Dong Cheng was speechless. From the bottom of his heart, Dong Cheng didn't want to surrender to Lu Bu. He was originally Niu Fu's deployment, and he was valued by Dong Zhuo because he was related to the Empress Dowager Dong, but with the death of the Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhuo one after another, Dong Cheng's good future was broken. At the beginning, he wanted to hijack Liu Xiedong, but Dong Cheng himself wanted to grasp the power, and he had no other ideas. Thanks to his unsuccessful work, if he really allowed him to hijack Liu Xie and successfully join Cao Cao, Cao Cao's temper would have been used as an excuse to get rid of him under the pretext of saving the Son of Heaven, where would he still be allowed to live to this day.

Although Qingzhou is a little poor and a little bitter, it can be regarded as Dong Cheng's territory, and it is strange that Dong Cheng can be willing to give up the territory to others at this time. But Wu Shuo's words are not unreasonable, his arms can't twist his thighs, and with these few pieces of material under his hands, he is really not Lu Bu's opponent. Even if he is bent on fighting, nine times out of ten, he will be defeated and killed in the end.

Dong Cheng was unwilling, but he couldn't help but succumb to reality, when Lu Bu's troops approached the city, Dong Cheng led everyone to open the city and surrender to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was overjoyed, there were very few scholars under him, and although Dong Cheng and others were not of much use, they could still be used to appease the people's livelihood in various places for themselves. Although many of the families in Xuzhou claimed to support Lu Bu at this time, it was also verbal, and there were still very few people who chose to accept Lu Bu's conquest.

Fortunately, Lu Bu also knew the truth that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he didn't urge it. But governing the people requires magistrates, and the surrender of Dong Cheng and others just solved Lu Bu's urgent need. After Dong Chenggui surrendered to Lü Bu, Lü Bu also temporarily ceased fighting and entered the stage of recuperation.

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However, the war in the Central Plains was not stopped by Lü Bu's truce. At this time in Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are in full swing, and in addition to Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, even Liu Biao of Jingzhou is not willing to be lonely and involved.

Liu Biao didn't want to persuade Cao and Yuan to stop uninvited, but Cao Cao stabbed Yuan Shu out of the matter of getting the jade seal of the country shortly after the war with Yuan Shu, which made the world know.

The jade seal of the country symbolizes the imperial power. Since the fall of Luoyang, it has disappeared, which also gives the greatest excuse for the princes to refuse the will of the imperial court. Without the will of the jade seal, it can be called an edict.

Of course, Liu Xie knew that the jade seal of the country was in the hands of Sun Jian, and after Sun Jian's death, it also fell into the hands of Sun Ce. Liu Xie never expected Sun Ce to take the initiative to send the jade seal back, so when he learned that Sun Ce borrowed troops from Yuan Shu to attack Jiangdong with the jade seal, Liu Xie was not surprised. Of course, Liu Xie knew that the symbolism of the jade seal of the country was of great significance, but the whip was beyond his reach, even if he wanted to, who would send it back obediently. Don't look at the name of Liu Biao's troops at this time to recapture the jade seal for the imperial court, but if the jade seal really falls into Liu Biao's hands, it may be even more difficult than getting it back from Yuan Shu.

Liu Biao Liu Yan, a raccoon dog, the only difference is that Liu Biao is better at hiding his ambitions. Liu Biao's dispatch of troops was not unexpected by Liu Xie, but Cao Cao's unauthorized disclosure of the whereabouts of the heirloom jade seal to the world still made Liu Xie feel a little dissatisfied. However, Liu Xie also knew that Cao Cao was doing this to take revenge on himself for robbing the hearts of the people in Yanzhou. A piece of jade, stripped of the symbolic meaning, is actually a piece of jade that is worth a lot of money, and when others don't care about this symbolism, its value is not so great. Although all the officials in the DPRK and China hoped that Liu Xie could find a way to get the jade seal back after learning the news, Liu Xie knew that it was not easy to recapture the jade seal at this time, and at present, Liu Xie did not want to ruin his eyeliner that he had worked so hard to arrange in the Central Plains for a piece of broken jade.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Liu Xie knows better than many that a timely piece of information can even turn the tide of a war. Therefore, after the success of Zhu Dong, an intelligence agency with Tianyan as the name of the organization began to radiate to the surrounding areas with Chang'an as the center under the auspices of Jia Xu and Li Ru. Fortunately, the predecessor of Tianyan was the institution that the imperial court originally used to monitor the world, and when Dong Zhuo was in power, it fell into the hands of Li Ru, and after Liu Xie surrendered Li Ru, this institution also fell into the hands of Liu Xie. After several years of re-combing and adjustment, Tianyan can now operate normally. Liu Xie didn't want to destroy the intelligence network that had returned to normal again for the sake of a piece of jade seal, at least not at the moment. Anyway, as long as it doesn't fall into Liu Biao's hands, the jade seal of the country will return to Liu Xie's hands sooner or later, and Liu Xie is not in a hurry.

At present, Liu Xieren is in Hanoi, and only Zhao Yun and the four King Kongs are by his side. The reason why he came to Hanoi was naturally that Liu Xie suddenly thought of Sima Yi, a famous traitor known as Tsukasa Hu. In fact, Liu Xie doesn't think that Sima Yi is a traitor, the biggest ability of this thing should be to be able to live, how many heroes and heroes have been killed, and in the end, he is left with a single family, and most of the limited talents are under his command.

Of course, Liu Xie came to Hanoi on the one hand to see Sima Yi, and on the other hand, he also wanted to ask Sima Fang to go to Chang'an to serve as Jing Zhaoyin. Originally, Zhong Miao served as Jing Zhaoyin, and with Zhong Xuan's release, the position of Jing Zhaoyin became vacant, and the officials of the DPRK and China also recommended a few candidates to Liu Xie, but Liu Xie was not satisfied, and later Cai Yong gave Liu Xie a wake-up call, saying that Sima Fang, the head of the Sima family in Hanoi, was upright and upright, but Sima Fang was old, and he didn't know if he would like to serve the court again.

"Zilong, we're all here, don't keep a straight face." Liu Xie smiled and said to Zhao Yun, who had a straight face beside him, as if no one owed him money and didn't pay it back.

“…… Lord, you are cheating! ”

"Hey~Hey~ You can't talk nonsense, you are willing to lose the bet, you can't say that I cheat because you lose, but you can tell me, where did I cheat?" Liu Xie hurriedly shouted when he heard this.

"I ......" Zhao Yun was dumbfounded by the question, he was sure that Liu Xie must have done something when he bet with him, but the problem was that he didn't find a flaw.

Regarding Liu Xie's coming to Hanoi, Zhao Yun was resolutely opposed. If he could, Zhao Yun didn't even want Liu Xie to go to Pingyang, and after sending Liu He away, it was Zhao Yun's hope that Liu Xie would immediately return to Chang'an. But Liu Xie is the main one, and Zhao Yun can only persuade but cannot use force. After all, this is not a matter of life and death, and the four words of urgency cannot be an excuse. But just like Liu Xie said, they have already arrived at the door of Sima's house, can they turn around and go back at this time? I can only secretly remind myself to be vigilant, no matter what happens, I must take Liu Xie's safety as the first consideration.

"Mahan, go call the door." Liu Xie instructed one of the four great Vajras.

Ma Han agreed, and was just about to step forward to hand over the name post, but he was suddenly stunned, and quickly returned and asked Liu Xiedao: "Lord, is this name post wrong?" ”

"That's right, my name."

“…… Doesn't this reveal our identity, in case this Sima family has bad intentions......"

"It's okay, let's leave when we're done, just don't stay here longer." Liu Xie replied nonchalantly.

Seeing Liu Xie's insistence, Ma Han could only hand Liu Xie's only copy of the name of the Son of Heaven to Sima's house. Sure enough, after a while, Sima Fang, the head of the Sima family, trotted out with an anxious look, and when he saw Liu Xie outside the door, he was stunned at first, and then said loudly: "It turns out that Wang Xian's nephew is here, come in quickly." ”

Liu Xie was dragged into the house by Sima Fang, who couldn't help but say, and Zhao Yun and others immediately followed. was dragged all the way to Sima Fang's study, and Sima Fang let go of Liu Xie and saluted: "Sima Fang has been rude to see the saint, please don't blame the saint." ”

"Mr. Sima, isn't someone spying on Sima's house?" Of course, Liu Xie would not blame Sima Fang, from Sima Fang loudly calling himself Wang Xian's nephew, Liu Xie realized that Sima Fang was protecting himself, that is to say, now the Sima family is in trouble.

"The saint is really smart, and now the Sima family is indeed in trouble." Sima Fang was stunned when he heard this, but then nodded and smiled bitterly.

"Who is so bold? It shouldn't be publicity, right? Liu Xie asked curiously.