Yangzhou Thorn History Department, Lujiang County Governance Office Anhui County.

Liu Xun, who had been appointed by Yuan Shu as the Taishou of Lujiang, was reading a letter written to him by Sun Ce.

I saw that the letter read: "Shangyu Zongmin, I have bullied Peng Ze several times, and the last general has endured him for several years. I wanted to lead the army to attack, how could the soldiers be outnumbered, and the Wu Hui thieves swarmed, it was really inconvenient, I would like the Lord to lead the army to conquer, as long as the thieves were lifted, the last general was willing to dedicate the Shangmi to the Lord, and the title of Lujiang Taishou and General Anton given by the imperial court was given to the Lord, and from then on the last general was willing to be a general vassal. What's more, Shangyu is a rich land, and it can be a rich country, and there will be dozens of jewels here, and Ge Yue thousands of horses will be dedicated to adults, although it is far from enough to reward the soldiers, but it is also a heart. ”

Liu Xun now suddenly got Yuan Shu's 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and when his strength was expanding, he was proud in his heart, and he was looking for a place to use force to show his strong military strength.

Seeing that Liu Xun got the jewels and Ge Yue, and the generals were on the line, they all congratulated him, and Liu Xun was also overjoyed in his heart, and immediately agreed without hesitation.

At this moment, a young Confucian student in his twenties suddenly said loudly: "My lord, don't do this. ”

Liu Xun glanced at the man and knew that he was a descendant of Liu Yan, the king of Fuling, the son of Emperor Guangwu, named Liu Ye, the word Ziyang, and Huainan Chengyi, so he asked: "Everyone else congratulates this official, but Ziyang says no, what is the reason?" ”

I saw Liu Ye respectfully said: "Although the upper line is small, it is a strong city and a deep pool, it is difficult to attack and easy to defend, it is not possible to go down in ten days, it will lead the soldiers to be tired outside, and the country is empty. In this way, the general will succumb to the enemy and retreat, and if the army goes out to fight, disaster will come. ”

Liu Xun laughed and said: "Ziyang's words are wrong, Sun Ce is a lower state, please ask me to send someone to help him calm down the disaster, how can he have bad intentions towards me?" What's more, Sun Ce's new base is Chaisang, the people's hearts must be unstable, and Liu Qi's army is in Nanchang, Liu Qi is my fellow sect, once I encounter danger, ask him for help, our two armies cooperate to deal with Sun Ce together, then Sun Ce will have an army of 100,000, and he will eventually be defeated. Besides, Shangyu is so close to Nanchang, if I don't take it, it will definitely be obtained by Liu Qi in the future, and then I will be the same sect, how can I be embarrassed to rob it? Isn't this giving up the land of abundance to others? ”

When Liu Ye heard Liu Xun say this, he sighed, silently came out of the account, and sighed softly: "The one who dies of me will be Sun Ceye." ”

However, it was said that Liu Xun did not accept Liu Ye's advice, but mobilized a large army, commanded Huang Yi and Yuan Yin, and led an army of 60,000 to conquer Shangyi. Seeing that the second general was so respectful, Liu Xun became more and more proud, and proposed to Sun Ben that the army had been attacking for days, and they were all tired, hoping that Sun Ben could reward the army.

Sun Ben scolded in his heart, but he still agreed with a smile, but he used the excuse that there was not much food in the army, and just reluctantly let Liu Xun's army drink a meal of gruel, and Liu Xun didn't care, so he led the 60,000 army to cross Peng Zehu and enter the sea in the dusk.

This is the place where Liu Xun's old department gathers, there are more than 10,000 families of the people, the department is Danyang elite soldiers, although the number is small, the combat power is strong, after Liu Xun led the army to arrive, but found that the local defenders are strong and clear, deep ditches and high bases, hold on to it, and collect all the crops and grain outside the city, and even the water source is blocked, Liu Xun led the army to attack for half a month and the city is not down, and the food is gradually stretched.

And at this time, Liu Xun suddenly heard a shocking news, it turned out that Sun Ce originally sent troops to help him fight, and the two sides surrounded him, but unexpectedly suddenly retreated at night, Liu Xun was puzzled, but he listened to the report of the scouts under his command, that Sun Ce actually led his troops to Peng Ze overnight, and then led the army across the river and went straight to the direction of the Lujiang River.

No matter how stupid Liu Xun was at this time, he knew that Sun Ce really ordered someone to attack Anhui County as Liu Ye expected. After hearing the report, he couldn't help but be anxious and angry, and immediately returned to Peng Ze, but unexpectedly he was chased and killed by the defenders of Shangyu, with heavy casualties.

And just when Liu Xun's army fought for a day and the whole army was extremely tired, it was robbed by Sun Ben again, and the soldiers were extremely badly damaged.

In less than 20 days since the army left Anhui County, 40,000 of the 60,000 troops have lost, and the remaining less than 20,000 troops are still short of food and grass.

Looking at this crippled army that was almost completely defeated, Liu Xun sighed: "I regret not listening to Liu Ziyang's words, resulting in today's defeat, and now our army is newly defeated, and there is no basis for advancing and retreating, what should I do?" ”

I saw Yuan Yin step forward and said: "For today's plan, the only way to defect to Jingzhou is to hear that Liu Qi's subordinate general Gan Ning was defeated the day before yesterday, and is actively contacting Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu, preparing to recapture Chaisang, our army might as well go to him." ”

Liu Xun sighed and said slowly: "It seems that it can only be like this." So he led his army to the pheasant.

Within an hour, Liu Xun's army came to Xia Pheasant, and found that there were 20,000 or 30,000 troops here, and all kinds of ships of the navy were huge and complete.

Gan Ning was also extremely happy when he saw Liu Xun surrender, invited Liu Xun to sit beside him, laughed and assured him that he would capture Peng Ze, defeat Sun Ben and Sun Fu, and avenge Liu Xun.

Liu Xun heard Gan Ning's assurance, and his heart was also determined, and he eagerly urged Gan Ning to attack Peng Ze, but unexpectedly Gan Ning waved his hand and said: "In the first period of time, I Gan Ning accidentally lost Chai Sang, and now I am guilty, how dare I abandon Chai Sang and take Peng Ze first?" And give me two days, and after I pull out Chaisang, I will fight to the death with Peng Ze's enemy. ”

"What? Two days? General Gan, it's not that the lower officials said something inappropriate, although Chaisang's main force left, but there were also 10,000 troops stationed, and the defending general was still Han Dang, a veteran of Sun Ce's army, although the number of generals was numerous, if you want to attack the city, I'm afraid you won't be able to attack it every ten days and a half months, right? What's more, there is also the Pengze garrison with each other's horns, and at that time, the lower officials are afraid that our army will be attacked by the enemy inside and outside, and it will inevitably be defeated in the end. ”

Liu Xun had just fought a similar defeat, and he was as confident as Gan Ning at the beginning, but in the end he was a fiasco, so now he is very worried that Gan Ning will repeat his mistakes, so he hurriedly reminded.

But listening to Gan Ning's mysterious smile, he said to Liu Xun: "Zitai and rest assured, my family has already made arrangements, and it only takes one night to attack Chaisang and capture Han Dang, I said that two days is too much." ”

"What? Isn't this Gan Ningmo crazy? There is such a big breath. Liu Xun couldn't help but gasp, and secretly shook his head, he had the intention not to go with him, but this person was his hope to return to Anhui County, so he had no choice but to follow closely.

What made Liu Xun even more strange was that this Gan Ning only brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters, plus the more than 20,000 remnants of the defeated soldiers he brought, and set off, leaving Su Fei's troops sent by Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu to garrison the pheasant.

"Alas, it seems that this Gan Ning is really crazy, relying on this little army, he actually wants to take Chaisang in two days, hehe, if it were so easy, Sun Ce's Danyang soldiers would not be so easy to be called the elite soldiers of the world." Liu Xun shook his head with a wry smile, secretly thinking that he must be clever this time, once he sees the defeat of the army, he must preserve his strength and flee with his troops first.

The army marched along the river all the way, and arrived at Xunyang Port in less than half a day, Gan Ning braved the arrows and stones, personally supervised the army to launch an attack, relying on the strength of the people and more than 10,000 elite sailors under his command, and finally reoccupied Xunyang Port after two hours of fierce fighting.

After occupying Xunyang Port, Gan Ning ordered the army to bury the pot and cook a full meal, and then left Yuan Yin to lead an army of 10,000 to garrison Xunyang Port, and the rest of his army attacked Chaisang City overnight.

Liu Xun followed Gan Ning to attack the city, secretly sneering in his heart, he didn't believe that Gan Ning could break through Chaisang overnight, but now that he was under the eaves, he had to bow his head, even if he escaped, there was no path, so he had to take one step at a time.

As a result, after arriving at the city of Chaisang, Liu Xun couldn't help but be dumbfounded, because for some reason there was a civil strife in the city, the fire reflected the four city gates, and the soldiers were in chaos, and after a short time, I saw that some soldiers put down the drawbridge, opened the city gate, and let them into the city.

"What, what the hell is going on? Could it be that General Gan had already made an agreement with the enemy army before, but how much strength would it take to stir up turmoil in the whole city? Besides, now that Sun Ce's army has won successive battles, there is no need to surrender to Gan Ning. What the hell is going on? Lao Tzu has been fighting for so many years, why has he never encountered such a strange thing? ”

Following Gan Ning into Chaisang City, Liu Xun still had an unbelievable look on his face, feeling that what happened today was like a dream, and his heart was full of curiosity about Liu Qi, the mastermind behind such an arrangement.

In fact, it's not just Liu Xun who is curious? Han Dang, the heavy guard of Chaisang City, was even more puzzled, my Chaisang City has been carefully arranged and deployed, where did the chaotic army in this city come from? And it seems that there are no less than 10,000 people, and it is strange that an army of 10,000 people has come to the city without even noticing the slightest sign of the more than 10,000 defenders in the city.

"What the hell is going on? Who can sue me? After Han Dang heard the news, he roared in the county government and hurriedly shouted.

At this moment, a young general suddenly sighed: "General, now is not the time to investigate the cause, our army's formation is in chaos, and Gan Ning led 30,000 troops into the city outside the city, if I don't leave, I will become a prisoner of the enemy." ”