In the midst of an indignant scolding, the corners of Sima Yi's mouth quietly swept a playful sneer.

At that moment, Sima Yi was considered to have submitted to Liu Bei, and then handed over a thousand Vietnamese troops to Liu Bei.

In order to express his trust in Sima Yi, Liu Bei did not accept these soldiers and horses, and immediately ordered that the thousand soldiers and horses be transferred to Sima Yi's command, which was counted as Sima Yi's personal guards.

After Sima Yi expressed his gratitude, he invited Guo Huai and Lu Bu and introduced them to Liu Bei.

Guo Huai is always talented, when Liu Bei rescued Yueyang, he dealt with Guo Huai, and he admired this young Yuan Shang's small general in the sphere of influence, Guo Huai was willing to surrender, and Liu Bei naturally couldn't ask for it.

But when Liu Bei saw Lu Bu, he immediately frowned, and the eager expression on his face was suddenly greatly discounted.

"The three domestic slaves are also worthy of serving my lord." Zhang Fei behind him, followed by a black face, and said sarcastically without concealment.

The two of his ministers and ministers, if Zhong can not have a grudge against Lu Bu.

Regardless of Lu Bu's bad deeds of killing Ding Yuan first and then Cao Cao, when he fled to Yuan Shang's sphere of influence, Liu Bei generously took him in, who thought that this Lu Bu secretly colluded with Zhang Yuan, and the two of them raised an army at the same time and drove him Liu Bei out of Yuan Shang's sphere of influence.

This old enmity, Liu Bei didn't say it, but he remembered the Qing Dynasty in his heart, and now Lu Bu came to defect alone, wanting Liu Bei to let go of the mustard, calmly accept Lu Bu's surrender, and talk about it.

In the face of Zhang Fei's sarcasm, Lu Bu was indifferent, neither angry nor ashamed, as if Zhang Fei was sarcastic about others and had nothing to do with him at all.

With Lu Bu's character, even if he didn't dare to be angry, how could he be emotionally unwavering, this indifference made Liu Bei quite novel.

"King, when Lu Bu rebelled against Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu injured his brain and lost Zhang Duoshi, he didn't remember what General Zhang Fei said." Sima Yi approached and reminded in a low voice.

Liu Bei's expression moved, and he suddenly remembered this incident.

In fact, as early as when he was still under Yuan Shao, he had already worked with Lu Bu for the second time, and he also knew that Lu Bu was because of his thoughts, so Yuan Shaodi would be relieved to accept him as a righteous son.

However, Liu Bei always had doubts about this, and always felt that Lu Bu was deliberately pretending to be thoughtful.

And now, even a person with extreme wisdom like Sima Yi has decided that Lu Bu has a mind, and Liu Bei's previous suspicions and vigilance will naturally disappear with the smoke.

On his gray face, he immediately piled up an expression of eagerness for talent, and asked with a smile: "Lu Fengxian, are you willing to submit to this king and help this king realize the great cause of supporting the Han family?" ”

"I'm not interested in Kuang Fu Han, as long as you can help me kill Zhang Yuan, I will submit to you." Lu Bu only replied coldly.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, obviously he thought that if he was kind enough to accept, Lu Bu should at least show some joy, who would have thought that Lu Bu would come lukewarmly like this.

"Three surnamed slaves, how dare you-" Zhang Fei was immediately annoyed, and he opened his mouth to scold.

Liu Bei raised his hand and stopped Zhang Fei, the last trace of doubt in his eyes was dispelled by Lu Bu's cold attitude.

If Lu Bu was pretending to be thoughtful, and he was willing to accept him, he should secretly rejoice, even if he tried his best to hide it, he would definitely show a trace of joy.

Lu Bu's indifferent answer just shows that he really has a heart.

At that moment, Liu Bei's suspicions were relieved, he smiled, and said happily: "Very good, your goal is to kill Zhang Yuan, that Zhang Yuan is also a stumbling block that must be removed on the road of this king Kuang's support to the Han Sheji, you and I have the same goal, from now on, let's work together to achieve a great cause." ”

After receiving Sima Yi and Lu Bu, as well as Guo Huai, Liu Bei was also a little relieved, and naturally did not dare to go to Mayi at the moment, so he had to lead the army to withdraw to Chengcheng, strengthen the city defenses, and prepare to resist the Zhou army's large-scale attack.

Two days later, Zhang Yuanqin led 30,000 forward troops and chased them to the front line of Chengcheng.

After learning that Liu Bei had reached a settlement with Gongsun Du and led the main force to arrive, Zhang Yuan knew that he could no longer break through the city, so he ordered the army to set up camp and wait for the follow-up army to arrive.

In the spring of that year, 80,000 Zhou troops gathered under the city and formed a confrontation with 30,000 Youjun.

Chengcheng is the northern gateway of Yuan Shang's sphere of influence, and it is also an important border town to resist the invasion of Saiwai, and its city is naturally built very strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, the city is surrounded by mountains, which is not conducive to the development of the large army, and Zhang Yuan cannot divide his troops to bypass the city, capture the surrounding cities, and turn the city into a lonely city like the siege of Yueyang.

Considering the limitations of various terrain, Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry to attack Chengcheng, but at the suggestion of Li Si, he divided some troops and horses to capture Yunzhong, Wuyuan and other northern counties of Yuebei to relieve the threat of the flank and rear.

At the same time, Zhang Yuan ordered to go to northern Hebei and ordered Ran Min to lead the East Road Army to attack the Yijing defense line guarded by Helian Guan Yu, in order to seek a breakthrough.

The confrontation continued day by day, and before you knew it, January had passed, and the two armies of Zhou You had formed a stalemate on the front line of Chengcheng.

……

Hanzhong, Yangcheng Pass.

The battle flag of Liang has gone to fly over the first Xiongguan in Yizhou.

Ji Zhen used the right plan, bypassed the Yangcheng Pass, and successfully attacked Dingjun Mountain, forcing Huaxiong to suffer the enemy on his back and had to give up the Yangcheng Pass and retreat to Nanzheng.

Ji then seized the important town of Yangcheng Pass before Cao Cao led the army and entered Hanzhong from the valley.

Yangcheng Pass is the throat of Hanzhong, and as soon as this pass is obtained, Ji Zheng is not in a hurry to march to Nanzheng, but the army is stationed in Guancheng and waits for Cao Cao to attack.

Ten days later, Cao Cao led an army of 40,000 to Nanzheng, joined up with Huaxiong's subordinates, and advanced in the direction of Yangcheng Pass, in order to recover this pass.

At the suggestion of Fa Zheng, Ji Zheng went to hang up the battle exemption card, while holding the gate without fighting, and on the other hand, he sent a small group of mountain troops to attack Cao Cao's grain road.

Ji Zhen's intention is also very clear, that is, to drag it on indefinitely, until Cao Cao is short of food and grass and is forced to withdraw his troops.

Since ancient times, from Guanlong through Xingzhaoling, into Hanzhong, there are a total of five roads, and the remaining three are located in the east of Yangcheng Pass, named Xiegu Road, Luogu Road and Meridian Road.

Although these three roads are close to Guanzhong, the road is tortuous and difficult, and the road width can only accommodate one person to pass through in many sections, and the carriages and horses pass, and the transportation of grain and grass is extremely difficult.

From this three valley roads into Hanzhong, there is no need to go through Yangcheng Pass.

The other two valley roads are located in the west of Yangcheng Pass, named Chencang Road and Longyou Avenue out of Qishan, although these two roads are closer to Chang'an, but the terrain is more flat, which is conducive to the transportation of grain and grass.

It's just that these two Chengtan avenues have to go east through Yangcheng Pass to enter the Hanzhong Basin, and Cao Cao lost Yangcheng Pass, these two Chengtan Avenues were blocked, and they can only choose to transport grain from the three valley roads in the east, which is relatively steep valley road.