Early the next morning, Liu Ba left the post house and came to the gate of the Taishou Mansion. When the sergeant guarding the gate saw Liu Ba arrive, he said arrogantly: "You stay here for a while, and I will go and report for you." ”

Liu Ba waited in front of the door for about half an hour, and the sergeant came out to bring him in. The sergeant led Liu Ba to the side hall and left, leaving Liu Ba to wait alone. Fortunately, this time it only took a moment for a young man to enter the hall. When Liu Ba saw this young man arrive, he first gave a salute and said: "Liu Ba in Xia Lingling, Liu Zichu." I'm here to meet Master Jiaozhi Taishou, I don't know when Lord Taishou will be able to see him? ”

The young man didn't return the salute, and went straight to the side hall to sit down, and said: "I am the son of Jiaozhi Taishou, and the Shihui is also." Why are you here? Liu Ba was not angry, and saluted again: "It turned out to be the face of the scholar." Ba came this time to be ordered by the prince of Jiaozhou, Gongmei, to summon Shi Taishou to Lingling and his party. Na Shihui Huo Ran got up and shouted loudly: "Bold, you are Liu Zichu, you dare to pretend to be an official envoy." The imperial court has long had a decree to order Nanyang Zhang Jin and Zhang Ziyun to serve as the pastor of Jiaozhou. You dare to pretend to be the prince of the United States and the state of the pastor, it is really bold. Someone. ”

I saw a few sergeants break into the hall and answered: "Here!" When Sergeant Shihui arrived, he was anxious and said, "I will drive out this person who pretends to be a messenger with a stick." The sergeants said in unison: "Obey!" After that, the sergeant took out his stick and came to chase Liu Ba. Liu Ba hurriedly said loudly: "Childe, is there any misunderstanding?" Na Shihui just stood in the hall and sneered, and did not answer Liu Ba.

Seeing this, Liu Ba said that the governor was strange, so he said: "In this way, if Ba doesn't bother the son, I will go." "Say it. Liu Ba turned around and walked out of the Taishou Mansion. Liu Ba went to the post house, met his entourage, took his luggage, and went out of the city.

When the entourage saw Liu Ba in a hurry, he said strangely: "Sir, but the matter has been done, do you want to go elsewhere?" Liu Ba said: "Don't ask, I have my own arrangements." When the attendants listened, they did not dare to ask.

Liu Ba and his entourage looked at the town outside the city to settle down, and sent another entourage to the city to inquire about the news. Within a few days, the entourage reported that Li Jiyun Wang Hao was appointed as the pastor of Jiaozhou, and Guo Yan appointed Zhang Jin as Jiaozhou. A few days ago, Zhang Jin took office from Yangzhou to Nanhai County, and the Shi family had already invested in Zhang Jin. When Liu Ba heard the news, he returned to Jingnan with his entourage.

But he said that Shi Xie was sitting in the house this day, and it happened that Shi Hui was with him. Shi Xie suddenly asked: "This Zhang Ziyun has been sent here, why don't you listen to the movements of Jingnan Prince?" Shihui replied: "Father, Wang Gongmei once sent Lingling Liu Zichu to Jiaozhi, and he has been driven away for the child. ”

Shi Xie was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Why don't I know? Shihui replied: "A little thing, and you still have to bother your father?" The child solves it on his behalf. Shi Xie said angrily: "Confused, you are bringing about a catastrophe for my Shi family." Shihui heard his father's words, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Father, listen to the child." Shi Xie flicked his sleeves and said, "I want to listen to you Dali." ”

Shi Hui said: "The prince of Jingnan is beautiful, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and there are virtuous ministers and good generals, like a tiger." My Shi's family has four counties in Jiaozhou, how can Wang Gongmei allow others to snore on the side of the couch? We will not be allowed to wait, and what difference is it from now? Although Zhang Jinziyun is a celebrity, he entered Jiaozhou alone. is like a rootless wanderer, if there is no help from my family, how can it gain a foothold in Jiaozhou? It is the lesser of two evils. If Wang Gongmei enters Jiaozhou, there will be no place for the scholars. Why not unite with Zhang Jin, we have great righteousness in hand, and we may not be able to fight against Wang Gongmei. ”

After hearing this, Shi Xie said quietly: "This is your intention? Shi Hui shook his head and said, "This is not the child's intention, the three uncles and several brothers all agree. When Shi Xie heard this, he sighed: "Stop, stop, stop!" You get up first, and that's all it takes. I hope that our family will not be destroyed. After that, Shi Xie glanced at Shi Hui meaningfully.

Shi Hui didn't realize it, got up and said happily to himself: "Father is wise! We will not be able to compete with the land of the four counties of Wang Gongmei with the power of one state and one state. He may be able to seize the four counties of the prince Meijing Nan one day, and my Shi family is not to say that they are competing for the world, but they are also a prince. ”

Shi Xie said: "These vain words, let's not talk about it first." You first quickly send an order to Huanzhi, and order him to gather his soldiers and garrison Yulin with all his might. Then he ordered the rest of the counties to gather a large army, go to the aid of Yulin, and fight with Wang Gongmei in Yulin. Shihui replied excitedly, "The child obeys." ”

The father and son of the Shi brothers mobilized a large army to defend Jingnan, and did not mention him for the time being.

Let's say that Liu Ba rushed back to Jingnan in the starry night, met Wang Hao, and prepared to talk about the past. The king listened well, and urgently asked the generals to consult. After hearing this, Liao Lixian said: "Lord, it seems that the scholar family wants to support Zhang Jin to fight against the lord." In this way, the lord can only send troops to fight. The generals all nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Wang Hao also agreed. Then he said: "Since the scholars are unjust, don't blame me for being unkind." Only the great army will cut it down. After saying that, Wang Hao looked at Zhu Wu again and asked, "Now in the four counties of Jingnan, how many troops are available?" Zhu Wu replied: "My lord, Lingling has 50,000 available troops, Changsha has 40,000 troops, Wuling has 40,000 troops, and Guiyang has 30,000 troops. In addition to Changsha, 30,000 troops should be left to defend Liu Biao, Wuling should leave 10,000 troops to guard against the resurgence of the barbaric rebellion, and the remaining two counties should each leave 5,000 soldiers to defend, and the four counties can mobilize a total of 110,000 troops. ”

Wang Hao nodded, looked at Jiang Jing again, and asked, "Wensu, how much grain and grass are in the treasury of the four counties now?" Jiang Jing got up and replied: "My lord, since the third year of the first peace, there has been no major war in the four counties, and there have been bumper harvests year after year, and the grain and grass attack in the treasury can be used for two years by 100,000 troops. ”

Wang Hao listened to the words of Zhu and Jiang, pondered for a while, and after a while, Wang Hao said: "Pass the order, mobilize 100,000 troops in the four counties." and transferred Luan, Luda, Shi Jin, Mu Hong, and Huang Xin to go out with the army. Chao Gai, Xuanzan and the Ruan brothers still guarded Changsha to prevent Liu Biao's movements. Chen Da and Yang Chun guarded Wuling, Shi Yong guarded Guiyang, and Ling Zhen guarded Lingling. Liao Li, Zhu Wu, and Liu Ba accompanied the military counselors of the military aircraft. Huan Jie's acting government affairs, Jiang Jing urged the grain and grass. Just wait for the grain and grass to be together, and the army will not rise to ask for the state. ”

And they all arose and took the commandment.

At the beginning of August of the second year of Xingping, King Hao of Jingnan led an army of 100,000 to conquer Jiaozhou from Lingling. As soon as the army entered Yulin County, there was already a letter from Cangwu Taishou who wished to attach it. Wang Hao ordered Liu Ba and Huang Xin to go to Cangwu to help Taishou Shi Huang guard Cangwu. Yu Lin guarded Huan and collected 30,000 soldiers from the county and defended the county. Jiaozhi Taishou led 70,000 troops from the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan to enter Yulin from the west to aid Huanzhi. Nanhai Taishou Shiwu and Zhang Jin led the two counties of Nanhai and Hepu to lead an army of 50,000 from the east into Yulin to aid Huanzhi.

When Wang Hao's army first arrived at the city of Yulin, he only ordered the army to surround Chengcheng and besiege it without attacking. Yu Lin Taishou Huanzhi saw the siege of 100,000 troops, and couldn't help but be shocked, and urgently ordered his son Huan to break through the siege and go to Jiaozhi for help. When Sergeant Wang Hao saw that someone in the city was flying out, he did not stop him, but let Huan go away.

Huan Zhi and his brother Huan were watching the battle in the city, and Huan Lin was shocked when he saw this, and said: "Brother, this Jingnan army is probably going to besiege the city and send reinforcements." When Huan Zhi heard this, he was also shocked, and hurriedly asked Huan Lin: "In this case, what countermeasures can my brother have?" Huan Lin pondered for a moment and said: "I don't have any good plan, but I can only send someone to remind the lord to be careful of the Jingnan army." Huan Zhi hurriedly sent a few more horsemen left and right, and went out from the four gates.

The soldiers of Jingnan made the general order, and saw that there were several horsemen in the city. Several teams in the army flew out of the city, and killed them one by one. Seeing this, Huan Zhi did not give up, and sent a sergeant down the city with a sergeant in the middle of the night. There were already Jingnan soldiers lying under the city, and when they saw that there were soldiers in the city, they swarmed up, and the Huanzhi soldiers were either killed or captured. After doing this several times, Huan Zhifang was desperate, and could only pray day and night in the city, hoping that the lord would be wise and not be ambushed by the Jingnan army.

But it was said that Huan Fa leaked out of the Jingnan army, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment, and hurried in the starry night, hoping to ask for help. When he arrived at Jiaozhi, Huan Fa saw Shi Xie and said: "Lord, my father is surrounded in the city for the king, and the situation is surrounded, I hope the lord will send reinforcements as soon as possible." Shi Xie was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Wang Gongmei is here, how many troops are there?" Huan Fa replied: "The army is besieging the city, and the mountains are all over the wilderness, and the last general is estimated to be about 100,000 people. ”

After hearing this, Shixie thought in his heart: Jiuzhen and Rinan two counties. The road is far away, and the road is rugged, I am afraid that it will not be possible to meet at Cochin for a while. If the soldiers of a county in Jiaozhi are lightly released, I am afraid that the king will take advantage of it. Shi Xie's plan was decided, so he said to Huan Fa: "I know this matter, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, you can't be slack." In this way, I gathered the troops of the three counties of Jiao, Jiu, and Ri, and went to the aid of Huanzhi. You work harder, go to Hepu to urge Shiwu and Shiyi to speed up the journey and rescue your father together. Huan Fa listened, thanked Shi Xie again and again, and looked at Hepu and left.

Huan Fa left the Taishou Mansion, regardless of rest, and patted Ma Wanghepu again. After traveling with the road for more than a few days, we arrived at Hepu County. When Huan Fa arrived, it happened that Shiwu and Zhang Jin also led the Southern Navy to arrive. When the two of them heard that Huan Fa arrived, they met Huan Fa with Shi Yi.

Huan Fa entered the lobby too much, but saw that the state pastor Zhang Jin was sitting on the head, and the two brothers Shiyi and Shiwu were divided into left and right. Huan Fa hurriedly saluted and said, "The last general, Huan Fa, visited Lord Zhou Mu and the two Taishou Lords. "Etiquette, Zhang Jin has not yet spoken, while listening to Shi Wuxian asked: "Huan Fa, you are not in Yulin to help your father defend the king, how did you get this Hepu?" Huan Fa said to Shi Wuyu: "Fourth Master Rongyu, Yulin County has been besieged by Wang Hao, and the last general will be ordered by his father to go to the Jiaozhi Lord for help first." The lord knew that as soon as the Jiaozhi army was together, he would send troops to Yulin. He also ordered the young general to come to Hepu and urge the army of the second county not to delay and send troops to Yulin as soon as possible. ”

After hearing this, Shiwu turned to Shi Yi and Zhang Jin and said: "Second brother, Lord Zhou Mu, Yulin has been surrounded by Wang Hao, and we still don't delay in Hepu." Sent troops to Yulin overnight to save Huan Taishou. Shi Yi had no objection, although Zhang Jin made his own assertion in his heart, and was afraid that Wang Hao would take Yu Lin first, he also nodded in agreement.