Zan Taoqian praised Gao Shun's strategy, and these two strategies will ensure that Xuzhou is safe.

The next day, after sending Gao Shun away, they immediately gathered their staff and made detailed arrangements.

Everyone was very disgusted with Liu Bei, and they were kind enough to take them in, but now they have done such a shameless thing, and they all support Tao Qian's decision very much, and they will definitely break Liu Bei and Xu Sheng into pieces.

is still engaged in Wang Lang in the middle of the governance, and went to Shouchun to meet Yuan Shu in person.

Wang Lang's real name is Wang Yan, the word Jingxing, a native of Tancheng County, Donghai County (now northwest of Tancheng, Linyi City, Shandong), a family of scholars, and a family of scholars; Wang Lang studied under Taiwei Yang Ci in his early years, and was worshiped as Langzhong because he knew the scriptures; Later, because of Yang Ci's death, he abandoned the official to mourn him, and was later promoted to filial piety, but Wang Lang did not die; Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian also cited him as a Maocai, and he was engaged in governance.

The Langya Wang clan can be called the most prominent scholar family in ancient China, especially in the Jin Dynasty, the power of the Langya Wang clan even surpassed the Sima royal family, and the world called "the king and the horse, the world", and Wang Lang is one of the founders of this achievement.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Lang's descendants are quite good, his son Wang Su is a master of Confucianism, the Tang Dynasty is worthy of Confucius, Queen Sun Yuanji is the queen of civilization, son-in-law Sima Zhao eliminated Shu and Wu, and his grandson Sima Yan is the emperor of the founding Jin Dynasty.

For the envoy of Xuzhou Thorn History, Yuan Shu was warmly welcomed.

Military advisor Yang Hong was very happy with Wang Lang's arrival.

After a full meal and wine, everyone sat down again in Yuan Shu's study and had a secret conversation.

Yuan Shu spoke first: "Jingxing is here, what is the matter? ”

Wang Lang didn't prepare the ink, and said with a smile: "General, Tao Thorn Shi is a loyal elder, known for his benevolence and righteousness, but Liu Bei's wolf ambition to occupy Guangling County and attack the general's jurisdiction, so that the people are not happy, so Tao Thorn Shi Pailang came to negotiate with the general, and then the two states are good neighbors and friendly to fight the thieves together." ”

Yuan Shu was surprised by the choice of Xuzhou, from Xiapicheng to Shouchun, there was no danger, the road was very close, if he was friendly with Tao Qian, the safety of Yangzhou was greatly increased; Except for Liu Bei and Xu Sheng, this can reduce their threat to Yangzhou, which is in the interests of Yuan Shu, so Yuan Shu hurriedly said: "Gongzu is for the country and the people, everyone can see it, and the world admires it; Yangzhou is willing to establish good-neighborly and friendly relations with Xuzhou. ”

And nodded to Yang Hong, signaling him to continue to talk with Wang Lang, there are some things that Yuan Shu can't say, Yang Hong is more suitable to talk to Wang Lang.

Yang Hong is also surprised by the change of attitude towards Xuzhou, they have channels, the news shows that Xuzhou and Jingzhou have formed an alliance to deal with Yangzhou together, and now Xuzhou wants to make friends with Yangzhou, which is very in line with the interests of Yangzhou, to avoid being caught between the east and the west, and after stabilizing the relationship with Xuzhou, they can rest assured to deal with the competition, only by occupying Jingzhou again, can they have the capital to compete in the world, after receiving Yuan Shu's signal, he said: "Tao Thorn Shi is kind-hearted, loves the people like a son, Yangzhou will never live up to the beauty of Tao Thorn Shi, I don't know what the specific requirements of the history of pottery thorns? ”

Subsequently, the two conspired for a while, and Yuan Shu listened on the sidelines, and was very happy in his heart, which was completely in his interests; It's just that I feel that Tao Qian is a little out of his word, it was Tao Qian who formed an alliance with Liu Biao at the beginning, and it was Tao Qian who let Liu Bei and Xu Sheng attack Jiujiang County at the beginning, and now he is so high-sounding, it is really shameless, but this is a common problem of scholars, and he doesn't care too much, or interests are important.

In the end, the two families reached an agreement and agreed on a good time, Yangzhou dispatched 20,000 officers and soldiers, and Xuzhou dispatched 30,000 officers and soldiers to jointly crusade against Liu Bei and Xu Sheng in Guangling County.

Wang Lang quickly returned to Xiapi, and Tao Qian admired Gao Shun even more, which not only eliminated the internal troubles, but also stabilized the relationship with Yangzhou, so he immediately ordered Cao Bao to send a large army south to Guangling County.

In order to obtain combat merits, Cao Bao personally led his troops south this time.

The arrival of the armies of Xuzhou and Yangzhou caused Liu Bei to be in turmoil.

He originally thought that Tao Qian was now threatened by the battlefields of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and did not dare to send troops south, and their attack on Yangzhou was only to expel Sun Jian, and the attack on Yangzhou was just for show, not enough to provoke Yuan Shu, but he didn't expect Tao Qian to join forces with Yuan Shu to deal with him, which was too surprising.

Xu Sheng was also very shocked.

The speed of the coalition army was very fast, and it only took half a month from the dispatch of troops to the siege of Guangling City.

Tao Qian's army came from the north, and Yuan Shu's army came from the west under Sun Jian's leadership; From Liu Bei getting the news to Guangling City being besieged, it was only 3 days, and there was no time for Liu Bei to think.

Guangling is bordered by the sea to the east and the Yangtze River to the south, making it impossible for him to escape.

Liu Bei couldn't help but blame himself, he was still too greedy, too eager for quick success, if he was stable for a period of time and then independent, the situation would not be so bad.

Xu Sheng felt that he couldn't stand Liu Bei, his tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, if they fought abroad, they would definitely obey orders, and if they fought against Tao Qian's army, they would definitely turn against the water, so he suggested: "My lord, it's better for us to surrender to the imperial court." He believes that Liu Bei is Uncle Liu Huang, and if he surrenders to the imperial court, the imperial court will definitely not treat them badly.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "The army is besieging the city, how to break through?" ”

Xu Sheng said: "My lord, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers of Yangzhou and Xuzhou are all newly formed, and their combat effectiveness is by no means comparable to the cavalry of the lord. ”

Liu Bei is very reluctant to Xu Sheng's 10,000 strong army, and even more reluctant to give up the newly acquired territory, if it is resistant, the 10,000 Danyang soldiers are easy to rebel against the water, and the loss is greater, and Yuan Shu's general Sun Jian, strong in martial arts, strict management of the army, is not at all what he can compete with, although his cavalry combat effectiveness is strong, the number is too small, not enough to compete with the 50,000 army.

If it fails in the end, Guangling City will be destroyed, and his prestige will be damaged, which is extremely uneconomical; Go to surrender to the imperial court and avoid the war in Guangling, he can at least have a good reputation.

Liu Bei had made up his mind and said to Xu Sheng: "Okay, inform the cavalry, bring enough dry food for three days, and break through the north gate in the early hours of tomorrow morning." ”

The reason why he chose to break through at the north gate was to avoid Sun Jian, and Tao Qian's army was not commanded by a general, so it was easier to break through.

Xu Sheng was very happy with Liu Bei's decision, so he immediately replied: "Yes, lord!" Then he went down to make arrangements.

After thinking about it, Liu Bei left a letter in the Taishou Mansion, indicating that he did not want to bring the disaster of war to the people of Guangling County, and took the initiative to evacuate, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.

As long as it was not to attack Tao Qian's army, the 10,000 Danyang soldiers in the city did not move.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Bei and Xu Sheng led the cavalry, opened the north gate, and broke through.

Cao Bao did not dare to stop Liu Bei's breakthrough, but he found that Liu Bei had only taken a few thousand cavalry, so he quickly went to Sun Jian's camp and negotiated with Sun Jian, and Sun Jian led the Yangzhou cavalry and the Xuzhou cavalry to pursue the enemy and capture the enemy equally.

This was a windfall for Sun Jian, and he immediately responded and led the cavalry of the two states to pursue Liu Bei.

Cao Bao led the infantry and successfully took over Guangling City.

Sun Jian led 6,000 cavalry to chase unhurriedly all the way, and Liu Bei fled in embarrassment. Sun Jian is not in a hurry, he knows the truth that the poor should not chase, but Guangling County has a special terrain, the north is the wide Huai River, it is now the rainy season, the water flow is greater, it is best to launch a deadly attack on Liu Bei's cavalry when it is half a degree, so he chases very slowly, and he must maintain the horsepower and the physical strength of the officers and soldiers.

Sun Jian's conspiracy, Liu Bei understood it, he had to cross the river no matter what, and the speed must be fast, otherwise the baggage would run out, and the situation would be worse.

Xu Sheng said: "Lord, if you don't break by Sheng, the lord will cross the river first!" ”

This is very difficult for Liu Bei to choose, these cavalry are what he has accumulated over the years, and Xu Sheng has the talent of a general, which is more important to him, so he said: "No, even if you give up all the cavalry, Bei will not give up Wen Xiang." ”

Jian Yong suggested: "My lord, now is not the time to hesitate, hurry as soon as possible, as many ships as you can collect, you can transport as many cavalry as you can, in case Sun Jian comes, just order them to surrender." ”

Liu Bei didn't have a better way, and this was more in line with his benevolent and righteous character, so he couldn't help but agree to Jian Yong's suggestion.