Cao Cao comforted himself with "the big line does not care about the details, and the big gifts do not give up the small ones", and with the mentality of covering his ears and stealing the bell, he opened his eyes and robbed the tomb to supplement the lack of military spending.

Tomb robbing, lack of morality.

Anyone who does something unrighteous needs an excuse. At least convince yourself of an excuse.

After all, Cao Cao is a prince who has attracted the attention of the world, and of course he needs an excuse.

And Hou Junji Li Zhu also needs an excuse. Because, they are also planning a shocking event - to break away from Yuan Shu!

In the first battle of Yingbei, the cooperation of the Shouchun court was unfavorable. In particular, Gao Yu and Chen Lan escaped from the battle and handed over the important places in the east and central parts of Yingchuan to the Luoyang Army, which made Yingbei fall into the dilemma of attacking from the north to the south.

Hou Junji is not stupid, and Li Zhu is even more treacherous.

They knew that it was impossible to expect Shouchun to send reinforcements again.

And if you hold on, sooner or later you will be defeated by Liu Mang.

The two of them have a deep blood feud with Liu Mang and his subordinates, and they dare not expect Liu Mang to let him live.

For the sake of today, if you want to save your life, you can only protect yourself.

While there are still 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses under his hand, it is the best policy to escape from Yingbei and find another place to live before Liu Mang's army is encircled.

Hou Junji and Li Zhu attached to Yuan Shu, which was a last resort. Now if you want to break away from Yuan Shu, you don't need too many reasons and excuses.

Yuan Shu and the Shouchun court, the unfavorable support, is the best excuse.

If you are unkind, don't blame us for being unjust!

Li Zhu's heart was most dissatisfied with Yuan Shu. The world's most treasure, the heirloom jade seal, was presented to only win the favor of just a few months. Now, he has the name of a lieutenant, but he has no military power. Li Zhu broke away from Yuan Shu's heart and has been breeding for a long time.

After repeated temptations, Li Zhu finally determined that Hou Junji was also dissatisfied with Yuan Shu.

The two hit it off and are ready to escape from Yingbei and find another way!

"Where are you going?" Although Hou Junji has a rebellious heart, he has no mature ideas.

"Nanyang!"

"Nanyang?"

"That's right! It's Nanyang! ”

Nanyang, although under the control of Yuan Shu's confidant Yang Hong, Yang Hong has no courage and no strategy, so there is nothing to worry about.

Nanyang has a large population and a developed economy.

The important thing is that Nanyang hangs alone outside Yuzhou.

Nanyang is far away from Shouchun. Once Liu Mang took control of Yingchuan, he cut off the passage from Yuzhou to Nanyang. Even if Yuan Shu has the heart of conquest, he is beyond the reach of the whip.

However, Hou Junji is still worried. "That little Liu Mang, he won't let us go, if he takes Yingchuan, continues to move west, and attacks Nanyang, what should we do?"

Li Zhu has already had mature ideas. "There are also three strategies for upper, middle and lower levels, which can deal with Luoyang children."

"Don't sell it, just say it!"

"The best policy, stick to it. Nanyang is not an easy place. As long as we hold Luyang and Lixian (Liyin pumping), it will be difficult for Luoyang children to enter Nanyang. ”

Hou Junji nodded and said, "Not bad." With the geographical advantages of Luyang and Lixian County, Nanyang has sufficient supplies, and it can fight with the child Liu Mang! ”

"Yes! Besides, Shouchun is not peaceful, it is difficult for Luoyang Xiaoer to attack Nanyang with all his strength, as long as there are two or three years, with the ability of you and me, in the land of Nanyang, we will definitely be able to make greater achievements than Yuan Shu! ”

Hou Junji was moved by Li Zhu's words, but he didn't dare to be blindly optimistic. "If Liu Mang'er really wants to attack Nanyang, he may not be very sure if he holds on......"

"There is a medium strategy that can be dealt with."

"What's the middle way?"

"Zhongce, Xianye!" Assistant Lee pointed to the map. "Nanyang, a place where soldiers must fight. The surrounding princes, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Yu of Yizhou, and the warlords of Xiliang, thought about it day and night, and coveted Nanyang. Even, even Zhang Lu in Hanzhong coveted Nanyang. If we can't hold on, we only need to sacrifice Nanyang, and its temptation is no less than the jade seal of the country. ”

"Uh...... So what's next? ”

"What's the next step...... Escape. As a last resort, we brought thousands of cronies and drilled into the Wudang Mountains. Not seeking to be rich and rich, but also happy and free. ”

Li Zhu said the three strategies of guarding, dedicating, and escaping, although Hou Junji kept nodding, he still had concerns.

"Although this is good, Yang Hong still has 30,000 soldiers and horses. Our army has entered Nanyang in a big way, and it must be prepared. If you can't take Nanyang quickly, everything will be in vain......"

"Yang Hong, there is a plan, you can find it!"

Li Zhu whispered his plan, and Hou Junji's eyes gradually widened from a slight squint. The face of the knife and axe is full of ruthlessness.

Li Zhu stretched out his palm, and Hou Junji also raised his hand and slammed it on Li Zhu's palm.

"Brother will not live up to me, I will not live up to my brother!"

The two of them have made up their minds, and Li Zhu led a hundred guards and rushed to Nanyang.

Hou Junji secretly gathered his henchmen and prepared to give up Yingbei and plot to stand on his own!

……

The war in Yuzhou is about to ignite again.

To the south of the Yangtze River and south of Yangzhou, the war has subsided.

Sun Ce swept through the south of Yangzhou with the army of tigers and wolves and the momentum of thunder, and it only took a short time to kill Yan Baihu, capture Wang Lang, and subdue Yu Zhu.

Yangzhou Huiji, speaking of which, is very large, including the southern part of present-day Zhejiang, and the entire Fujian region.

But in fact, at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were no more than 500,000 people in Yangzhou Huiji County, and most of them were concentrated in the northern part of the membership, which is now the southern part of Zhejiang - the south bank of Fuchun River, the south bank of Hangzhou Bay, Shaoxing, and Ningbo.

However, although the Huiji population is small, it is the most unstable place in Sun Ce's rear.

After calming down the meeting, there are no hidden worries in the south.

Sun Ce sits on the three counties of Wujun, Danyang, and Huiji, and has no worries.

Now, Sun Ce is faced with two choices: cross the Yangtze River to the north, cooperate with Liu Mang, and attack the Han rebel Yuan Shu. Or take Yuzhang in the west and control the entire south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the east bank of Poyang Lake.

In Sun Ce's camp, opinions are not unanimous.

Cooperating with Liu Mang's attack on Yuan Shu was a move to support the Luoyang Imperial Court and get close to the general righteousness.

However, Sun Ce's roots are in Jiangnan. Crossing the river to start a war with Yuan Shu, even if he wins, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Jiangbei. In other words, attacking Yuan Shu can only make wedding clothes for Liu Mang.

And the westward expansion of Yuzhang is to expand the territory for himself.

The land south of the Yangtze River is difficult for the northern princes to set foot in. At present, the only people who have the ability to compete for the male and female in Jiangnan are Jiangdong Sun Ce, Jingzhou Liu Biao and Jiaozhou Shixie.

It is better to do things for others than for yourself.

Sun Ce finally decided to take advantage of the fierce fighting in the Central Plains to seize the eastern part of Yuzhang to the west.

As long as Peng Ze and Chaisang are controlled, they will be able to grasp the initiative in the Jiangnan strategy. Sun Ce can forget all grudges, and the only thing that can't be forgotten is his father's hatred!

Sun Jian, who died tragically in Jingzhou, died tragically under Liu Biao's Xiangyang City. This revenge must be avenged!

However, with the current strength, Jiangdong is temporarily unable to fight hard with Jingzhou.

Sun Ce had already sent multiple secret agents to spy on Jingzhou's intelligence.

Intelligence shows that the main force of Jingzhou is gathering towards Xiangyang and Anlu!

God-given opportunity, Sun Ce didn't have time to rest his troops and horses, and urgently ordered Zhou Yu to send troops from the waterway, Sun Ce personally led the foot soldiers, all the way to the west, and seized Yuzhang County! (To be continued.) )