"I took the thief's head. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "The first to rush out was Xu Chu, Xu Chu, who came out with a knife, relied on his skillful knife skills and natural divine strength, and rushed straight to Cao Cao's army array.

"Fight." Zhang Liao, Zhu Huan, and Ling Tong did not hesitate at all, gritted their teeth and followed closely behind, and even Xia Houlan, who had always been indisputable, broke out bloody at this moment, and rushed forward with guns.

As for the sergeants of the Red Flame Army, they rushed up in a swarm, because everyone understood that getting Cao Cao's head was definitely a head merit, enough to tear the earth and seal the marquis.

"Haha, thief God, what a sin I have, suffering from this, hate, I hate it so much. Han Lie, Han Lie, why does God treat you so kindly,......" Facing the Red Flame Army soldiers who suddenly came up like crazy, Cao Cao looked up to the sky and smiled, holding the Qingyu Sword, he glanced at the world with nostalgia, and resolutely swung his sword to kill himself on horseback.

For Cao Cao's emotion, everyone was naturally not interested, Xu Chu, who took the lead, when the horse staggered, leaned over the horse and carried Cao Cao's body on the horse's back with one hand, and the horse rushed out of the battlefield and galloped back to the city.

The residence of the Prime Minister of Langya.

Han Lie, who was dressed in a Confucian robe, sat on the main seat, playing with the captured Qingyu Sword and Yitian Sword, and looked coldly at Xiao Jiandao under the hall: "As a subordinate official of Xuzhou, I colluded with the traitor Cao Cao to block my army, and someone dragged him down and beheaded him." ”

"Spare your life, spare your life!" Xiao Jian screamed and was dragged down by the four sergeants, and when Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Liu Ye and others who were newly returned to Shun in the hall saw this, they couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox, after all, Xiao Jian also returned with them.

"Bernan, these two swords are in your custody." When Han Lie got up, he handed the sword to Zhang Fen, walked to Cheng Yu and the three people below the right head, bowed down and saluted: "Where you neglect the princes, you can also look at Haihan, and Lie is here to make amends to the princes." ”

"Prisoners under the stairs, dare to accept this courtesy." Dong Zhao hurriedly returned the salute.

Liu Ye also bowed down and said: "I will not give up, and I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Only Cheng Yu didn't say a word, and his expression was quite cold. Seeing this, all the generals did not change color, and Dian Wei even pointed his finger at Cheng Yu and said: "Boldly erect Confucianism, and dare to despise my lord." ”

"As a human minister, if you can't be loyal in life, what face does you have to stand on the high hall? But if you want to die, there is nothing else to ask for. "Cheng Yu is tall, he is over forty years old, and he has a sharp edge on his body, which is different from ordinary scribes.

In the face of Cheng Yu's death, the generals admired his integrity a little, and for a while, no one looked at him coldly.

"Pedanc, the Han family of Ru Cheng Zhongde, the Han family ministers who should do their best, Cao Cao's thief's ear, a eunuch's son, occupies a high position, does not want to serve the court, but raids the prefectures and counties, slaughters the people of the Han Dynasty, causing the blood of Xiapi Pengcheng to flow into a river, and 130,000 people are killed and injured in the wilderness, what is the difference between such atrocities and the Yan? Could it be that the book of sages that Zhongde reads teaches you to serve the butcher, and you should be like a king and a father? ”

Han Lie looked at the other party deeply, and his discolored finger Cheng Yu reprimanded, and Cheng Yu's body was incomplete.

"I ......" Cheng Yu's high head finally lowered, and he sighed: "The general's words, I have no words, but Cao Gong has always had the grace of knowing me, and now that he is in trouble, I can't be loyal, and I also ask the general to give the corpse, Rong Mou a thick burial, and keep filial piety for him for three months." ”

"That's right." When Han Lie turned his head, he said: "Cao Mengde sour jujube alliance, crusading against Dong Zhuo, and sweeping away the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, although he slaughtered the people in Xuzhou, but now he is dead and buried with the rites of the marquis." ”

"Thank you Han Envoy Jun for your kindness." When Cheng Yu heard this, he turned around and saluted.

Xiao Jian was beheaded to show the public, and the whole country of Langya was in the hands of Han Lie, and Xiao Jian has been operating in Langya for many years, and the treasury can be described as solid, with 50 million yuan in money and hundreds of thousands of stones in grain, which is enough to support the needs of 100,000 troops for a year.

Subsequently, Han Lie rewarded the soldiers in Langya, Xu Chu was promoted to the captain of Zhichong, Zhang Liao was appointed the captain of Fenwu, Gao Shun was appointed the captain of the middle army, Dong Zhao was appointed as the meritorious Cao of the army, Liu Ye was appointed as the commander of the army, and the rest of the generals were all added to the generals.

Just after Han Lie's funeral for Cao Cao, Zang Ba of Kaiyang led the crowd to Langya and handed over the military talismans, household registration money and grain books, expressing his intention to return to obedience.

Han Lie gladly accepted Zang Ba's return to obedience, and immediately appointed him as the minister of Langya, and at the same time fulfilled his promise to Sun Guan and appointed him as Taishan Taishou.

Subsequently, Han Lie appointed Zhang Liao as the Taishou of Donglai, Zang Ba and Sun Guan as deputy generals, and commanded 15,000 men and horses belonging to Zang Ba and Sun Guan, as well as 5,000 surrendered troops from Langya State, to form 20,000 horses to capture Donglai, and Han Lie withdrew his troops and returned to the East China Sea.

The reason why Zhang Liao was arranged to lead the army instead of Tai Shici was mainly because Han Lie thought that Zhang Liao was more suitable for guarding the border, while Tai Shici was more suitable for fighting with the army. Secondly, Han Lie arranged Sun Guan and Zang Ba as deputies this time, the purpose was to drain the military power of the two, Sun Guan originally had 7,000 private troops in his hands, and Zang Ba also had 10,000 private troops, if there was no justifiable excuse, Han Lie naturally did not want to take their military power into his own hands.

But the army went out, and the two of them were the leading generals, although they knew that Han Lie had the intention of cutting the power of the army, they had no excuse to object, so they could only obediently obey.

And Han Lie appointed Zhang Liao as the Taishou of Donglai this time, and led 20,000 horses to stationed in Donglai, which had almost no power, so he was naturally ready to hand over these 20,000 horses to Zhang Liao's command, and at the same time prepared to run Donglai as his most important base on the northern border.

Donglai has two major factors that Han Lie must get, one is the abundant gold (mine) stored in Ye County, and the other is the vast coastline of Donglai, which is the natural grassland that he connects Liaodong and grazing.

And Zhang Liao is undoubtedly the best candidate, and Han Lie also equipped him with three deputies, one is Li Dian, this person has been captured for a long time, and a serious illness in the Guangling cell last time almost killed him, thanks to Hua Tuo's action, and it was also the use of the blood of Bai Jiao that Han Lie killed in the East China Sea in the past, and the Jiao Dan refined by Hua Tuo and several famous doctors and Taoist priests was able to survive.

Now that his body has been fed, Li Dian has expressed his obedience convincingly. Another person, Shi Lejin, in the battle of Dongwu City, he almost died in the hands of Dian Wei, thanks to Han Lie to save him, now Cao Cao is dead, he has no strength, he is not twenty-seven years old, he is not willing to die like this, and immediately expressed his intention to surrender.

If it weren't for the fact that his injuries were not healed, Zhang Liao would have entered Donglai this time, and he would naturally have a place for the deputy general.

And this third candidate is Wang Ling, his position is Donglai Juncheng, and he also leads the position of captain of the Donglai Naval Army, because Han Lie has decided to establish a port terminal in Donglai Port and set up a naval army of 5,000 people.

Han Lie believed that with Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Li Dian, and Wang Ling sitting in Donglai, plus Langya's Zang Ba and Taishan Sun Guan as backups, as well as the continuous supply of materials in the East China Sea, the northern defense would naturally not have to worry about it.

However, when he sent troops to Donglai, Han Lie sent an envoy to inform him that Tian Kai, the assassin of Qingzhou, was a candidate recommended by Gongsun Zhan, but in fact, this person was only attached to Gongsun Zhan, not his subordinates, and the purpose of his attachment to Gongsun Zhan was only to resist Yuan Shao's crusade.

Since taking up the post of Qingzhou Assassin, the territory controlled by Tian Kai, as well as the surrounding areas of Qi County, Mount Tai, Beihai, and Donglai on the edge, have all been in their own ways, so naturally it is not his turn to speak.

Especially after the autumn harvest, Yuan Shao saw that the treasury was full and the grain and grass equipment were complete, and he launched an offensive against Gongsun Zan in Youbeiping again, and just a month ago, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan was awarded 10,000 soldiers and horses by Yuan Shao, and stationed on the front line of Gaotang, which formed a great threat to Tian Kai.

Yuan Shao's army drove Beiping to the right, and the result was that the Qingzhou side was able to quell the war and greatly reduce Han Lie's pressure.

Also let Liu Bei entrenched in Hanoi, seize the opportunity, just when Yuan Shao's army went north, Liu Bei got the support of the Sima Yi family of the Hanoi clan, and got the allegiance of Lu Bu, like the lost dog Lu Bu, in just half a month, he recruited 20,000 troops in Hanoi, and under the internal response of the Hedong Wei family, he took Hedong County in one fell swoop, killed Dong Zhuo's original general Fan Chou, and surrendered Zhang Ji's department, won 20,000 soldiers, all the way to capture Tongguan, and finally fought in Chang'an City, Guan Yu killed Li Wei, the leader of the Liangzhou warlords in the military array.

Guo Yan led his troops to surrender, and tens of thousands of Liangzhou soldiers and horses were all returned to Liu Bei. Entering Chang'an, Liu Beizun welcomed Liu Xie as His Majesty the Great Emperor, was awarded the post of Great Sima, led the Yongzhou pastor, and had as many as 70,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

Since then, Liu Bei has become a general trend, and there are generals such as Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Ji, Guo Yan, Hou Cheng, etc., Wen Youtian Feng, Chen Gong, Sima Lang, Sima Yishu brothers, as well as Zheng Tai, Zheng Hun and others.

Cao Ang on the Yanzhou side, although he received the support of Xun Yu, Chen Qun, Mao Jue, Man Chong, as well as Cao Anmin and Cao Zhen, was able to gain a firm foothold after driving out Lu Bu.

However, after the Lu Bu Rebellion, Cao Cao's death in Yanzhou, the people fled and died to death, especially the Qingzhou Yellow Turban rebels that Cao Cao had subdued in the past, which also scattered again, resulting in Yanzhou being extremely poor in terms of troops, manpower, financial resources, and food.

And occupy Yuzhou's Yuan Shu, is a bumper harvest, this year's Yuzhou in the wind and rain is smooth, and there is no major war, in the autumn all over the grain piled up, especially when Han Lie sent troops to Langya, and killed Cao Cao in one fell swoop, Yuan Shu was overjoyed and smiled: "Cao Mengde is dead, I don't have to worry, come to someone, pass my general order, do your best, don't want to level Yanzhou in one fell swoop." ”

With Yuan Shu's voice, Cao Ang, who was already a rice cooker, was even worse, although Xun Yu boasted of being the king of Zuozhicai, but now he is also a good woman who is difficult to cook without rice, in the face of Yuan Shu's 100,000 army several ways to besiege, he can only shrink his troops, accumulate all the grain and grass manpower, and defend the land of Dongjun, as for the rest of the counties under Yanzhou, he can only give up.

It was obviously a wise move to concentrate all the troops and all the food and grass and hold on to the eastern county. Yuan Shu, who had triumphed all the way, was naturally overjoyed when he saw that Cao Ang had no power to resist, and the arrogance of the troops was also born.

Everywhere he went, he burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, which can be described as the anger of people and gods. For this reason, when Xun Yu assisted Cao Ang to defend the East County, the people's hearts were favored, and the people of the East County plus 100,000 soldiers and civilians held the East County for four months.

From late autumn to the New Year, under the long-term siege of Yuan Shu's army, the soldiers and horses were struggling, and the morale was exhausted to the extreme.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, on the day when Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses thought that the soldiers and horses in the city were celebrating the festival, Cao Ang personally led 15,000 men and horses in the city, accompanied by Cao Zhen and Cao Anmin, and killed Yuan Shu's army in one fell swoop.

Cao Ang, who took advantage of the victory to pursue, although he once again recovered the land of Yanzhou, but this time the war once again caused Yanzhou to lose most of its troops, and the population of Juzhou was less than 300,000, and there were no people in some places within a radius of 100 miles.

And when Yuan Shu, who regained Xuchang, learned that Liu Bei, the boy who was a pawn of the peddler, was named Da Sima, Yongzhou Mu, and Guannei Marquis because of the emperor, he was angry and scolded: "The erector is waiting, my family can't be the king." ”

In the middle of September of the second year of Xingping (195), after nearly a year of recuperation, Yuan Shu's strength was developed again, and he once again did something that shocked the world, that is, he called himself the emperor in Xuchang, proclaimed himself emperor, sacrificed to the eastern suburbs, established the country as Cheng, and named his son Yuan Yao as the crown prince.

Before Yuan Shu became emperor, he had sent envoys to meet Han Lie and Sun Ce. Regarding Yuan Shu's claim to be emperor, both Han Lie and Sun Ce gave very vague answers, and it was Han Lie and Sun Ce who released a vague attitude towards Yuan Shu, making Yuan Shu self-righteous that these two should be on their side.

After all, Sun Ce is still attached to his Yuan Shu's account on the surface, and Han Lie is also in an alliance with him, in Yuan Shu's opinion, now in the Central Plains, if Han Lie and Sun Ce don't restrain themselves, who in the world is his opponent.

However, as soon as the news of Yuan Shu's proclamation of the emperor came out, Han Lie immediately ordered Zhang Zhao, the chief historian of the Middle Minister, to write a letter to ask for Yuan Yuan.

Han Lie, who was stationed in Guangling, 23,000 Red Flame Army, and 8,000 naval troops, as well as a 5,000-strong army of Danyang County Lieutenant Lu Dai, about 36,000 men and horses, appeared under Heqi City from the sky as soon as the text was issued, and the 5,000 Heqi defenders who were caught off guard surrendered without a fight.

At the same time, Sun Ce also sent 10,000 troops to launch an offensive against Xiang'an under the rule of Lujiang County.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou also sent 10,000 horses out of Nanyang.

And Liu Bei, who occupied Yongzhou and then captured Luoyang and other places under the rule of Si Li, also ordered the general Guan Yu to lead 20,000 troops and go straight to Xuchang.

Cao Ang on the Yanzhou side, after a year of recuperation, somewhat recovered some vitality, and also ordered Cao Zhen to lead 10,000 troops out of Chen Liu's Liang State under the rule of Yuzhou.

Yuan Shao in the north also issued a notice, saying that he would break off with Yuan Shu, and at the same time supported Han Lie's argument against Yuan, but due to the disconnection of the region, and his battle against Gongsun Zan in the north, it also reached the most critical moment, and almost all the energy used was invested in Youzhou, so for the situation in the Central Plains, even if he had the heart to intervene, he was not skilled.

Jiangbei Heqi City Fortress.

Han Lie's 36,000 troops gathered in the city, plus the newly surrendered 5,000 soldiers and horses, Han Lie folded his 3,000 strong and filled the naval army of Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng.

"Lord, according to the report of the spies, Yuzhang Sun Ce has captured Xiang'an County, it is obvious that this person is also determined to win Lujiang, but Lujiang is too guarded by Liu Xun, 20,000 troops are in Wancheng and Shu County, if we attack, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses, Jia thinks that our army should lead the army north to Shouchun, avoid Liu Xun, let the rest of Sun Ce fight, and whoever wins, we will eat whom." When Guo Jia learned that Sun Ce sent troops to Lujiang, and Lujiang was too guarded by Liu Xun and had 20,000 elite soldiers, after thinking about it, he found that there was no benefit at all in fighting with Liu Xun.

"The military advisor is reasonable, although Shouchun is now heavily guarded, but the people are panicking, the guard general Huang Qi is not popular, I am advancing by land and water, advancing step by step, which is enough to deter the enemy. After a long spring, the entire territory of Jiujiang is returned to the lord. Shi Chengyu, the commander of the army, echoed and continued: "I often heard that Sun Ce and Liu Biao are a big enemy, last year Sun Ce crusaded against Jingnan, captured Changsha and Guiyang two counties, and now Sun Ce sent troops to Lujiang, the rear must be empty, I am willing to go to Jingzhou for the lord, persuade Liu Biao to attack Sun Ce, so Sun Ce will return in Lujiang in vain, and it is said that Xun Gongda is now also taking refuge in Jingzhou, this person's wisdom is very accessible, I am willing to persuade him to come to serve the lord." ”

"I might as well be a public talent." When Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't help but humbly express his recommendation.

Han Lie did not doubt Cheng Yu's betrayal, his performance in the past year was obvious to all, and Han Lie also entrusted him with an important task: "In this way, there will be Lao Zhongde." However, Heqi is an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, and it must be guarded by a general, and I don't know who is willing to take on this heavy responsibility. ”

"The last general is willing." Yu Ban and Lu Dai spoke almost at the same time.

"You and the two of you are both fierce humerus, and they should not distinguish each other, then because they are forbidden to serve as the commander of the Heqi Order, the position of the commander of the Fu Army, and Lu Dai is the deputy, and he will lead the people of the headquarters to stay in Hexi." Heqi is an important town in Jiangbei, and it is the only way to attack the Lujiang River, so Han Lie let Yu Ban and Lu Dai guard it.

"Whoa!" The two gladly accepted the order. (To be continued.) )