Zhang Liao has been clearing hidden dangers in Guangling City for the past few days, and before raising troops to the north, he must ensure the maximum safety of Guangling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, he was discussing the military with Gao Shun, and an eager voice came from outside the Taishou Mansion: "Urgent report!" ”

"Jiangdong Sun Quan led 30,000 troops to cross the river to attack my Guangling, and has occupied Shatou City."

"What! Sun Quan came to commit it? Zhang Liao was so shocked that he stood up from the main seat, and when Lu Bu discussed the strategy of counterattacking Cao Cao, he ignored Jiangdong Sun Ce.

"Misstep, misstep." Zhang Liao's heart fluctuated, now Guangling is really empty, with 5,000 soldiers can hold Guangling, but in addition to the city of Guangling, the other counties under his rule may be broken by Sun Ce's army, and Lu Bu in the north is the time to use troops, even if he is ambushed, the few troops in his hands can not kill too many Cao soldiers.

Zhang Liao walked back and forth uneasily in the lobby, once Sun Ce conquered the surrounding counties of Guangling, Lu Bu could only think about it if he wanted to recuperate in Guangling, which would seriously affect the future development, and the situation was not optimistic.

"Guangling City cannot afford to lose, Wenyuan, you lead 2,000 people to defend Guangling, and I and Qiling lead the remaining 3,000 soldiers and trap camps and women's battalions to Shatou County to block Sun Quan here, and do not let him go north, and when the lord's army returns, Sun Quan will retreat." Gao Shun stood up and said.

"How can 3,000 soldiers block an army of 30,000 without the support of the city?" Zhang Liao thought that Gao Shun had a clever plan, so he relieved a little worry and asked.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. I am not familiar with the terrain of Guangling, and I have to try to do it. Gao Shun shook his head, now he had to go.

"Qiling is the only daughter of the lord, how can she be in danger." Zhang Liao did not allow it.

"But the person who moved in the town of Guangling City is none other than Wen Yuan, Qiling's prestige is not enough, and she is a woman, so it is difficult to suppress the forces lurking in the city, so that only me and Qiling are left to stop Sun Quan's army."

Zhang Liao broke through Guangling twice, especially the second time, it was bloody to let the children of the Guangling family kill each other, Guangling City's prestige against Zhang Liao went deep into the bone marrow, although Zhang Liao carried out a big purge of the family in the city, it is difficult to guarantee how many forces lurking in the darkness, Guangling City must have him to defend the party in order not to lose.

"Whether it succeeds or not, we must escort Qiling back alive." Zhang Liao gritted his teeth and said with determination. Now Guangling is Cao Cao and Sun Ce on fire, regardless of whether there is a plan or not, Gao Shun must lead troops to block Sun Quan's army, once Sun Ce's army is driven straight in, if you can't capture Guangling City, you can always cut off Lu Bu's road to the south, then Guangling will become a lonely city, Sun Ce will send an army across the river to attack Guangling, how can Guangling still be defended.

Zhang Liao sent Gao Shun and Lu Qiling's army out of the south gate, and repeatedly told Gao Shun to safely escort Lu Qiling back. Looking at the more than 3,000 troops in the distance with red eyes, he didn't know how Lu Bu would explain to Lu Bu when he returned to Guangling. Sending troops when there is nothing to do, the battlefield swords and soldiers have no eyes, how can Gao Shun grasp it, Lu Qiling's life and death are unpredictable.

Cao Cao couldn't get out of bed with a headache, and lay on the bed for nearly two days, and the army was ready to return to Xuchang again, just waiting for Cao Cao's headache to lessen a little before starting to pull out the camp.

Guo Jia also took advantage of these two days to arrange for soldiers to rush to repair the southern section of the city wall that was destroyed by fire, so he only delayed for two days, otherwise Cao Cao would have been carried to Xuchang on a stretcher. Huaiyin City is full of tents.

"Go back to Xuchang, and leave Zuo Ci Xianxian Immortal Master and General Che Zhou to guard Xuzhou." Cao Cao said weakly on the floor, his voice heavy and old.

"Report!"

"Newspaper... Report! ”

A series of urgent voices came from the West City Gate, shouting one by one like a relay.

"What's the alarm? Could it be that Lu Bu is fighting back again? Cheng Yu came out of the big tent and yelled at the soldiers, Cao Cao is sick, so it is not appropriate to disturb.

"Wu Dun, the defender of Guangling, wrote an urgent report." Cao Cao received the news from Guangling more than a day later than Lü Bu, mainly because Wu Dun and the family reached an agreement to delay it, Zhang Liao sent the news to Lü Bu as soon as he left the city, of course, he was the first to receive it than Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu took the express letter written by Wu Dun to Cao Cao, hurriedly turned over and sent it back to the big tent, and presented it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took the bamboo slip weakly, as soon as he opened it, he patted his thigh, and sat up with a snort: "Heaven is dead Lu Buye!" ”

Cao Cao suddenly felt refreshed, and said in a brisk tone.

"What's the prime minister's happy news?" Cheng Yu was taken aback by Cao Cao's reaction and hurriedly asked.

"Decree deliberation." Cao Cao did not answer, but instead sent people to send the main generals and strategists in the army to discuss the matter.

The first to arrive was Liu Bei and Zuo Ci, Liu Bei first greeted Cao Cao and expressed his loyalty, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, Guo Jia and others arrived one after another, they were in the army to redress the soldiers, and some were directing the soldiers to repair the city wall.

Cao Cao saw that everyone had arrived, and said: "There is news from the Guangling family, when Zhang Liao led his troops north to support Lu Bu, Wu Dun, the general of Guangling, and all the families in the city seized Guangling in one fell swoop. ”

"Is this news true or false? Wu Dun and Yin Li have a good relationship, Yin Li rebelled, Lu Bu was very suspicious, how could he not guard against Wu Dun and appointing Wu Dun as the general of Guangling, I feel that things are not as simple as imagined. Guo Jia didn't have Cao Cao's joy, and said worriedly.

"Lu Bu has no generals available, only Zhang Liao and Zang Ba are the two at the moment, and the rest are mediocre and inactive, and it is not necessary for him to ease the relationship with Wu Dun." Liu Bei agreed with Guo Jia's concerns, but he preferred to see Cao Cao and Lu Bu dog-eat-dog.

"I don't need to say much about the importance of Guangling to Lu Bu, Lu Bu will not easily hand it over to a distrustful person, there must be fraud in this." Even Cheng Yu suspected that this matter was unusual.

Liu Bei saw that Cao Cao's two important strategists felt inappropriate, and he didn't dare to make a quibble, but sighed lowly: "If Guangling really moves the city to serve the prime minister, but the prime minister leads the army back to Xuchang, not to mention the missed opportunity, I am afraid that the people who want to serve the world will stop." ”

Cao Cao heard Liu Bei's low sigh clearly, he also thought so in his heart, and he didn't want to miss the opportunity, and said: "Lu Bu lost Guangling City, and it will be difficult for any trick to get into the hall, what I am worried about is whether this letter is forged by Lu Butuo and led me to be fooled." ”

"I've got a way to tell what's going to be fake." Guo Jia and Cheng Yu said at the same time.

"What are the high plans, one by one." Cao Cao saw it and said happily.

Guo Jia motioned to Cheng Yu to say first, but Cheng Yu did not avoid it, and said: "There are still some generals from the Guangling family in Liu Xuande's army, let them identify the handwriting signed by their patriarch, even if Lu Bu sends someone to imitate it, it is impossible to imitate everyone's handwriting." ”

"Wonderful. According to Zhongde's words, quickly send someone to identify. Cao Cao listened, he was worried that Lu Bu heard about the rebellion in Guangling, and led the army back to Guangling to quell the rebellion, so he didn't have to rush after him, and first arranged for someone to identify the handwriting, and then asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao is also this plan?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head: "There is still negligence in this plan, once Lu Bu really imitates the handwriting, won't the prime minister fall into the scheme?" Prime Minister Ke led the army to Huai'an to pursue under the pretense of being able to do so, and Lu Bu would not have learned the news of the Guangling rebellion before us. If Lu Bu had already left, there was a chance that he would have known in advance that Guangling would rebel, and that his departure was fake, and it was true that he ambushed our army halfway. If Lu Bu was still defending in Huai'an at this time, it would mean that he didn't know about the Guangling rebellion, and most of the news was true. ”

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he was still not at ease, and emphasized: "The prime minister can let Zhong's strategy and my strategy be combined, only if there is no omission in the two methods, it means that this is not a trick of Lu Bu and Chen Gong." ”

Liu Bei suddenly thought that this was an opportunity to get tens of thousands of horses from Cao Cao's hands and get out of Cao Cao's control, so he got up and said loudly: "If you are not prepared, you are willing to drive forward for the prime minister and go to pursue Lu Bu's army." ”

"Xuande is loyal, and the official is deeply moved, and this matter needs to wait for one or two before making a decision." Of course, Cao Cao will not let Liu Bei lose control at will, he also has to observe whether Liu Bei is loyal or evil, in order to appease Liu Bei, Cao Cao's voice changed: "This crusade against you has made great contributions, and when I return to Xuchang, I will personally go to the table of the Son of Heaven to deprive the thief Lu Bu of all official positions, and make you the position of General Zuo, you are the elder of the Son of Heaven, and you should be the uncle of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty." ”

"Thank you for your promotion." Liu Bei was so happy that he almost jumped up, and later broke away from Cao Cao's position as General Zuo, he could recruit troops justifiably, and he had the identity of the emperor's uncle of the Han Dynasty, so he could completely ignore the oath of the day, raise troops to support the Han family, and resist Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu asked people to check it repeatedly, and came to the conclusion that the charges drawn on the letter were all written by their patriarch, so Cao Cao was a little more relieved.

"Li Dian and Le Jintun have 20,000 people guarding Huaiyin, and my relatives have led 50,000 people to Huai'an to observe Lu Bu." Cao Cao was afraid that it was Lu Bu's trick, so he set up a heavy army in Huaiyin to prevent accidents.

The soldiers had already packed their bags and were about to return to Xuchang, but when they heard that they were going to attack Lu Bu, they wailed. There were many questioning voices faintly in Cao Cao's tent:

"Didn't you say go back to Xuchang? Why do you want to fight Lu Bu again. ”

"I miss my mother, wife and children at home."

"We are so tired that we are dying, and many of our companions are still injured, and we are going to beat Lu Bu again."

“....”

If this continues, it will cause the army to mutiny, and Cao Cao issued a beheading order: "Kill those who gather to make trouble!" When I return to Xuchang, everyone is still rich! ”