After a short rest in Yangquan, Yuan's army continued to move north, and the troops approached Runan County to govern Pingyu.

It is said that after arriving in Yangquan, Yuan can completely swing his army to the east, go straight to the border of Xuzhou in Yuzhou, and then pass through under the nose of Cao Cao and Lu Bu, but why does Yuan still want to go north?

This, but it has to start from when Yuan was trapped in Qiaojiawu Fort.

At that time, Yuan Yu decisively cut off one of Sun Ce's arms and gave it to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu was afraid of Yuan No's ruthlessness, so he had no choice but to compromise with Yuan No, because at that time, those Wenchen from the four counties of Jiangdong also came to Lujiang one after another, and Zhou Yu was worried that if it was delayed any longer, it would complicate the situation.

Yuan Wei originally planned to open his mouth widely, asking for money, food, ordnance or something, but as soon as he heard that the Wenchen from various counties in Jiangdong had also arrived in Lujiang, he also decisively gave up those unrealistic fantasies.

Then Sun Ce will no longer be of any value, and he will die if he is not killed.

So Yuan or Zhou Yu hit it off and immediately reached an agreement.

However, when choosing which way to go north, Yuan Wei and Liu Ye had a difference of opinion.

Yuan was more inclined to cross the Lujiang River and Huainan, and then directly cross the dividing line between Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou from the northern Huainan ≥, at this time Cao Jun and Lü Bulu were most likely already in tension, so under the premise that Cao Jun and Lü Bu Jun were afraid of each other, Yuan Jun was likely to cross the border easily.

But Liu Ye thinks that Yuan No's idea is just wishful thinking.

Because Cao Cao and Lu Bu did not go to war at this time, as long as there was no war, anything could happen.

Maybe Yuan Jun has just walked out of Huainan on the front foot. Lü Bu and Cao Cao formed an alliance again. And at the same time send heavy troops to intercept. If this is the case, it is very likely that such a situation will occur: there is Cao Cao and Lu Bu's army blocking the road in front, and there are Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's pursuers behind him, and Yuan Jun really has no way to survive at that time!

Yuan must admit that Liu Ye's worries are justified.

Although Zhou Yu had signed an alliance with him, it was because of Sun Ce's last resort in his hands, once Sun Ce escaped, Zhou Yu would immediately turn his face. What's more, Sun Ce was unloaded by him Yuan Wei, and he still had to hate him Yuan Wei half to death in his heart? Therefore, he will lead the army to continue the pursuit.

Needless to say, Boss Cao has always been leaky.

As for Lu Bu, there is the factor of inheriting the jade seal of the country, but I am afraid that he will work harder than Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

Liu Ye insisted that Cao Cao and Zhou Yu were all resourceful, and although Lu Bu was reckless, he also had wise people like Chen Gong under his command, so he wanted to fish in troubled waters from among the three princes. Purely looking for death, it is also doomed to be impossible. So we had to find a different way.

Liu Ye's path is Runan.

Liu Ye insisted that Cao Cao and Lu Bu were too powerful, and forcibly crossing Yanzhou and Xuzhou could only bring about their own destruction, so they must first sing the real drama into a fake play, and they must make Cao Cao and Lu Bu believe that Yuan Di actually did not intend to go north to Jizhou, and if you want to sing the real drama of going north to Jizhou as a fake play, you must first sing the fake play of Raider Runan into a real play.

Only if Yuan had enough influence in Runan and was enough to threaten the safety of the Xuchang court could it be possible to truly mobilize Cao's army.

Only by transferring Cao Cao's army into Runan would the various counties in the eastern part of Yanzhou be empty, and only when this goal was achieved would Yuan's army have the opportunity to take advantage of the weakness to cross the border from Yuyan and Yanzhou into Qingzhou.

So, is it possible for Yuan to have a big impact in Runan? Liu Ye thinks it's entirely possible.

Runan County was the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and after more than ten years of war, the official power of the Han Dynasty was almost destroyed.

Now, dozens of counties in Runan are all in the hands of yellow turbans of all walks of life, such as Liu Pi, such as Gong Du, such as Huang Shao, and He Yihe Man, all of whom have thousands or even tens of thousands, they have nominally submitted to the imperial court and subdued Cao Cao, but in fact they do not obey the orders of the imperial court at all, and they do not take Cao Cao's military orders very seriously.

When Cao Cao was conquering Yuan Shu, he transported grain through Runan, and these Yellow Turban thieves even dared to rob military rations.

Cao Cao has been conquering the east and the west for so many years, and has successively destroyed Qiaomao, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, Yuan Yi and other princes, but he always pressed the gourd and lifted the scoop, and the surrounding princes have never had a time to stop, until now there are still Lu Bu entrenched in Xuzhou, so he can't take his hands to clean up these yellow scarves for the time being, and can only temporarily pacify.

This situation gave Yuan Wei the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

As long as Yuan Nuo can integrate these yellow turban thieves in Runan, he will immediately be able to pull up an army of more than 100,000 people, although it is just a rabble, but the ants bite the elephant to death, if Cao Cao and others ignore it, then when he fights with Lu Bu, Yuan No's hundreds of thousands of rabble will most likely take his Xuchang lair and make it a lost dog.

Therefore, once Yuan Nuo successfully integrated the Yellow Turban thieves in Runan, Cao Cao must first send troops to Runan before sending troops to Xuzhou, which fell into Liu Ye's calculations.

Therefore, now there is only one thing for Yuan Wei to enter Runan: recruit and rebel!

What Yuan Nuo didn't expect was that as soon as he entered Runan, there was good news immediately.

In the evening, Yuan Jun had just set up camp in a place called Da Lu Ting, and Xu Sheng, who had played the front station, rushed back, and there was a tall man with long arms who came back with Xu Sheng.

Seeing Yuan No, the big man turned over and fell to the ground: "Liao Hua greets the son." ”

"Liaohua?" Yuan Wei hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the big man and asked in surprise, "You are Liao Yuanjian?" ”

"Alas, Childe even knows the villain's cheap name?" Liao Hua was surprised when he heard this, how did he say this.

Of course I've heard of your name, there is no general in Shu, Liao Hua is a pioneer, Yuan Wei thought in his heart, but he couldn't say this, and immediately said: "I have heard Xian Weng mention it." ”

Liao Hua sighed and was relieved, Yuan Shu used to be the Taishou of Nanyang, and Runan County was also Yuan Shu's territory at that time, and now there are several of the largest forces in Runan County, such as Liu Pi, Gong Du, Huang Shao, and He Yi and He Man brothers. At that time, they were all Yuan Shu's subordinates. Liao Hua was no exception at that time.

So Yuan Shu naturally knew about him.

After three bows, Liao Hua got up and said, "Childe." You're here. ”

Yuan Wei turned around and exchanged glances with Liu Ye, and asked in surprise: "Why did Yuan Jian say this?" ”

Liao Hua said: "Gongzi defeated Jiangdong fierce general Tai Shici in Xia Cai, defeated the little overlord Sun Ce in Longkang, and then defeated Zhou Yu's 100,000 army in the battle of Juchao, we all heard about it, so when Liang Gang and the four generals mentioned that Gongzi was about to enter Runan, we were all overjoyed!" ”

After all that is said. Liao Hua shook his fist again and said, "Childe, the brothers have long wanted to follow you to do a big job!" ”

"What, Yuan Jian, what did you just say?" Yuan said hurriedly, "You said Liang Gang, Liang Gang is now in Runan?" ”

"Childe, General Liang Gang, aren't the four of them the vanguard generals you sent?" Liao Hua was surprised, and said, "General Liang Gang, they are in front of Xincai Xiaocheng. ”

Yuan Wei looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Liang Gang and they haven't heard from them for so long, I thought they had already been defeated." ”

"How so?" Liao Hua said. "General Liang Gang, although they only have hundreds of parts, they drove away Xin Cai's Cao army!"

"Really? didn't expect Li Feng and the others to be alive. Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this. Before going south to the Lujiang River, he had sent a sentry to inquire about the whereabouts of Liang Gang and several of them, and the news he brought back was that Li Fengle had killed Chen Ji in battle, and only Liang Gang led hundreds of remnants to break through the siege, but he was nowhere to be found.

Unexpectedly, not only did Liang Gang not die, but Li Feng and the three of them also did not die.

What made Yuan Wei even more appreciative was that Liang Gang and the four of them were all in Runan!

Yuan Wei was so overjoyed that he didn't listen to Quan Liaohua's words.

Liu Ye next to him keenly discovered the key point in Liao Hua's words just now, and asked: "General Liao Hua, what you just said is you, dare to ask, besides the general, who else is looking forward to Gongzi coming to Runan?" ”

"Of course, it's Zhou Cang, Du Yuan, and Pei Yuanshao, a few of them." Liao Hua laughed and said, "The four of us have long been tired of Cao Cao holding the Son of Heaven hostage and acting as a prestige, and we have long been looking forward to Gongzi returning to Runan, and now that Gongzi is here, the brothers will have the backbone again, and they can do a big job again, hehe." ”

"Okay, good, it's rare for a general to be so loyal." Yuan Wei said happily, "Since this prince has come to Runan, he doesn't plan to leave, and this son will definitely gather the righteous army from all walks of life to fight against the national thief Cao Cao." ”

When Liao Hua heard this, he bowed to the ground again: "Liao Hua is willing to serve the dogs and horses!" ”

"Yuan Jian, please get up." Yuan Wei hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Liao Hua.

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However, at this time, Yuan Wei was not the only one who was busy recruiting and rebelling.

Liu Bei entered Runan almost at the same time as Yuan No, and when Yuan Fu and Liao Hua were talking happily, Liu Bei also set up a banquet in the small city of Zhaoling in the north of Runan, and feasted Liu Pi and Gong Du.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Bei suddenly took out a roll of yellow silk from his sleeve pocket, and then stood up with Huang Aya in both hands and shouted: "Liu Bigong accepts the order!" ”

Liu Pigong glanced at each other, and quickly avoided the seat and knelt on the ground.

Liu Bei unfolded Huang Aya and said: "The Son of Heaven said: Although Liu Pi and Gong were born recklessly, and they were thieves, but there was a reason for the incident, and the two of them were concerned about the court, and they wanted to serve the country, so they named Liu Pi as the captain of the Tun cavalry, and Gong Du was the captain of the Zhai Chong. ”

This holy decree was specially obtained from the Son of Heaven by Liu Bei with Cao Cao's consent, and it was not an edict.

In an instant, Liu Pigong and Du's faces turned red, as if they were drunk.

For a long time, the identity of the Yellow Turban thief has always been a thorn in Liu Pigongdu's heart, and they all dreamed of washing away this identity and blending into the scholar class of the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately, neither the original Yuan Shu nor the later Cao Cao gave them this opportunity.

Neither Yuan Shu nor Cao Cao gave them an official identity.

But now, Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang have helped them realize their dreams!

In any case, both of them are now court officials!

Liu Pigong looked at each other again, and then bowed his head and bowed: "Pi (Du) is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Liu Bei stepped forward to pick up the two of them, handed Huang Aya to Liu Bi, and then said: "Yuan is extremely cunning, and is accustomed to using soldiers, Jiangdong's little overlord Sun Ce is still defeated by him, although there are thousands of elite soldiers, and the help of two generals, it is still difficult to say that he will win, do the two generals know who else is willing to serve the imperial court?" ”

Liu Bi said: "The last general is familiar with Huang Shao, and he can be persuaded to work for the emperor's uncle." ”

Gong Du said: "The last general and He Yi and He Man brothers are fellow villagers, and they can also go to recruit them for Uncle Huang." ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said repeatedly: "Then it will trouble the two generals." (To be continued......)