Nanjing County, Prefecture Pastoral Mansion

Lu An held the secret letter that Huang Zhong had just sent in his hand, his face was sad and joyless, the wheel of history had finally returned to the original point, Yuan Shao lost to Cao Cao, which seemed to have become a kind of fate, which made people regret and heartache.

The 500,000 army was directly destroyed, Yuan Shao was afraid that he would not even have a chance to turn over, and the Yuan family, the famous family of the fourth and third dukes, after the defeat of the heir Yuan Shao, I am afraid that there will never be the glory of the past.

"Brother Meng De, the next step is me and you, I wonder if you are ready to meet my challenge?" In the magnificent hall, Lu An muttered to himself.

According to his previous instructions, Huang Zhong should already be on the way to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, although it is a bit immoral to turn his back on the alliance without saying hello, and he is sorry for Cao Cao, an old friend, but as a prince, if he doesn't even have this awareness, he doesn't have to fight for hegemony anymore, so let's go home and wash and sleep.

"Someone, call Master Sun to come and see me!" Lu An, whose heart was as strong as iron, quickly put some distracting thoughts behind him and summoned Sun Shao to see him.

"Lord!" After a while, Sun Shao hurried over and bowed.

"Get up!" Lu An waved his hand and went directly to the topic: "I didn't come to you for anything else, I have a serious matter to tell you to do!" ”

"Please let the Lord know!"

"I want to reorganize the army and fight, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the time is relatively tight, you go and gather the grain and grass as soon as possible, the speed must be fast, and there must be no delay." Lu An's tone was flat, but there was absolutely no doubt.

"This? I Jiangdong only put out the war last year, and it is time to recuperate for a period of time, why is the lord in such a hurry to go on the expedition? Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, and finally asked cautiously.

Although he is a political official and is not very proficient in military strategy, he also knows that Jiangdong only took Jingzhou last year, and he is in a state where the source of troops has not recovered and new recruits have not been recruited.

"Time doesn't wait for me, if you don't come out at this time, it's too late!" Lu An said with a slight sigh.

Fighters and fighters, the most important thing is that little opportunity, at this time Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, the opponent's army is also attacking Hebei with all its might, the Central Plains is empty, such a good opportunity, how can he only let Huang Zhong take tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to attack, and more importantly, if only Huang Zhong's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses go to the Central Plains, Cao Cao will only send some small troops to intercept casually, and his main force will still stay in Hebei to expand, in order not to let Cao Cao succeed, Lu An must use his own army to attack with all his strength, forcing Cao Cao's main force to return to defense, Although this can't prevent Cao Cao from taking Hebei, it can at least keep Cao Cao free to run Hebei.

Sun Shao didn't know the deep meaning of Lu An's words for a while, so in order to prevent mistakes, he could only stand there silently.

Seeing that Sun Shao was a little confused, Lu An waved his hand: "Forget it, it's useless to talk to a political official like you, you just have to prepare grain and grass!" ”

"Yes!" Sun Shao arched his hand and quickly retreated.

Sun Shao left, Lu An took care of his own government affairs again, and at this time he was left alone in the hall, which seemed very quiet, but this silence did not last for half a pillar of incense, and was quickly broken by the voice of the guards outside the door.

"My lord, Dr. Chen asks to see you!"

"Let him in!" Lu An put down the paperwork in his hand, and Xuanchen Palace came in.

"Lord, there's an urgent report from Yizhou!" After a while, Chen Gong walked in, and after saluting Lu An, he spoke directly.

"Yizhou's? Something happened to Liu Bei over there? Lu An frowned and asked softly.

"The Lord is clever!" Chen Gong arched his hand and said softly: "According to the report from the spies, Liu Xuande wanted to take up the post of Hanzhong Taishou after defeating Zhang Lu some time ago, Liu Zhang did not agree, but announced his return to the army, but Liu Bei was not happy, so he turned his face with Liu Zhang, and now he occupies Yinping County, Ba County and Hanzhong County, and there are as many as 60,000 troops under his command, it is said that he is preparing to counterattack Liu Zhang!" ”

"Why did this guy choose to do it at this time?" Lu An's face was stunned, and then it became a little difficult to see, Liu Bei's combat power he knew, Wen has a sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks, Wu Guan Zhang, with Liu Zhang's combat power of the five scum, I am afraid that it will not last long and will be killed by Liu Bei, if Liu Bei is allowed to do this, it will not be long before Liu Bei will have the entire country of abundance and become a big disaster, and what is more difficult now is that he wants to attack Cao at this time, how can he have the kung fu to manage Liu Bei.

In fact, what Lu An didn't know was that the reason why Liu Bei started so early was also forced to be helpless, and it was related to the letter he sent to Liu Zhang, originally Liu Bei wanted to take up the post of Hanzhong Taishou for a year and a half, and then he could easily go down to Yizhou with his means, and there was no need to attack, however, Lu An's letter gave Liu Zhang a little bit of suspicion, so that Liu Zhang wanted to test Liu Bei on a whim, to see if the other party would listen to his words after capturing Hanzhong, if he listened, Hanzhong would give it to him, and if he didn't listen, there would be ghosts.

As a result, it was obvious that Liu Bei, who had long had bad intentions, naturally failed the test, and when he heard that Liu Zhang didn't want to be too punctual in Hanzhong, he turned his face directly.

"Liu Bei is a hypocrisy, it's not surprising that he did it, but the timing he chose was really ingenious!" Chen Gong also sighed at this time. Although Lu An never said anything on the surface, as a staff member, he knew that Lu An was very concerned about Liu Bei's movements, obviously feeling that the other party was threatening and wanted to nip it in the bud, but when the other party moved, there was a more important battle against Yuan Cao, which really made it a little difficult for Jiangdong to take care of it.

"Forget it, send more spies to keep an eye on it, I just hope Liu Zhang can last a little longer!" After a little thought in his mind, Lu An decided to ignore it for the time being, after all, Liu Bei was only a possible big trouble, and Cao Cao was already about to grow into a shocking giant tree, if he didn't press it again, it would be his bad luck at that time.

"Yes!" Chen Gong arched his hand, indicating that he knew.

"By the way, Gongtai, I am now reorganizing my troops and horses, and I will march north in a few days, you are ready these days, and you will go with the army when the time comes!" At this time, Lu An remembered that Chen Gong didn't know that he was going to go on the Northern Expedition, so he opened his mouth to inform him in advance.

"The lord plans to attack Cao Cao?" Chen Gong was stunned when he heard this, and then said in surprise.

"No, it's not planned, it's me who already started!" Lu An smiled slightly, with a bit of amusement.

Huang Zhong, Jia Xu, don't let me down, during the gap between me and Cao Cao's main forces, you have to help me occupy some territory, after all, the opportunity you have encountered now is the most perfect.

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It was July, and the weather in the Central Plains was getting hotter, especially for the guards on duty on the city walls, who preferred to sleep comfortably on their beds at home if it were not for their duty.

"Give me some spirits, don't be lazy!" On the city wall of Huaiyin County (Langya County), Wang Jin, the captain in charge of the city guard, roared angrily at a lazy soldier who had fallen asleep.

"The general forgives the sin, the general forgives the sin, the little one doesn't dare!" was roared by Wang Jin like this, and the pawn's previous sleepiness was all awakened, and he repeatedly confessed.

"Next time I find out, I'll have to let the prison army punish you!" Wang Jin scolded, and prepared to lead a cadre of guards to continue patrolling, but he didn't have the idea of punishing this pawn, after all, they were all from a hard background, and it was not easy to mix up military salaries, as long as it wasn't too much, he would just scold it casually.

"Click, click, click!"

A strange vibration sound came, causing Wang Jin to stop his progress.

"What's that sound?" Wang Jin frowned and asked. This feeling seems to have happened, but it doesn't seem to be so serious, could it be that the horses are galloping? Wait, Gunma galloping? Cavalry?

"Look, General, there's movement over there!" At this time, a captain behind him seemed to have noticed something, and pointed to the east in horror.

Wang Jin looked over and found that there were countless black dots on the official road in the distance, and they were slowly expanding to this side.

"Enemy attack!" As a captain who rose from the bottom, Wang Jin had plenty of combat experience, and he could see at a glance that those approaching black spots were definitely an unknown army attacking, and he quickly ordered people to beat drums and shout, and began to summon soldiers to gather.

When Cao Cao left, he took most of the soldiers to the front line, so at this time, there were not many defenders in Huaiyin County, and there were only 3,000 of them.

Because, the unknown army in the distance has gradually been exposed to their gaze over time, and the phalanx of the other party, arranged in front and behind like a big dragon, stretching for several miles, is full of soldiers with strong faces, and they can't be counted.

"This is definitely a heavy army of no less than 50,000 people, how could it come so suddenly!" Under the illumination of the sun, Wang Jin's eyes looked at the past from afar, and he could only see the small phalanxes one after another, and he was bitter in his heart, and came to a desperate conclusion.

No matter whose soldiers and horses the other party is, such a huge army came to Langya County obviously not to enjoy the scenery.

At this time, the army under the city that was getting closer and closer finally stopped when it approached the city wall, and a majestic man rode out on horseback and shouted: "Huang Zhong, the general of Huwei under the command of Lu An, the general of Yangzhou Mu and Zhengdong, came here to quell the rebellion with the heavenly army, and the defenders of the city quickly opened the city gate and surrendered!" ”

"Yangzhou herd? Isn't that an alliance of lords? Wang Jin was stunned for a moment, and then stretched his neck to skim away, although the reflection of the sun could not be seen clearly, but the Lu character on the banner on the opposite side could still be vaguely seen a little trace.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yangzhou Mu and my lord are allies, why did you violate my lord's city?" The other party spoke, and Wang Jin, who was a guard, naturally couldn't help but say nothing, he showed his head from the city wall and said very politely.

"Cao Cao committed the following crimes, the mercenaries were self-respecting, and they also held the Son of Heaven hostage, my lord Lu Xuantong received the secret decree of the Son of Heaven, only to know that Cao Cao was a usurper of the Han Dynasty, and he came to save the Son of Heaven from fire and water, and the righteousness of the previous alliance should not be mentioned again!" Huang Zhong said loudly.

"Nonsense, my lord is a general who is personally appointed by the Son of Heaven, how can you tolerate the insults, it is clear that Lu Xuantong has betrayed the alliance and wants to take my main city!" When Wang Jin heard this, he was furious and scolded. For Cao Cao, who promoted him to the ranks, he has great respect and will never allow others to insult him.

"Hmph, it's useless to talk more, if you don't want to die, surrender immediately, otherwise under the trampling of our army, you will die without a place to be buried!" Huang Zhong snorted coldly, but shouted violently.

"I'd rather die than surrender and rebel, if you want the city, come and attack it, how can I be afraid of you!" Wang Jin gritted his teeth and scolded loudly.

"Then you will die!" Huang Zhong's eyes were cold, but he suddenly picked up his bow and took out the arrow, his internal qi surged wildly, and he quickly aimed at Wang Jin and released an arrow.

"Drink!" Huang Zhong shot a long arrow very quickly, but Wang Jin was already on guard, he bent slightly, lifted the long sword he was carrying, and wanted to pick the arrow away, but what surprised him was that the other party's arrow actually had a layer of hazy white light on it, and it actually directly knocked his long sword away, and then it was directly inserted into his chest.

"How is this possible?" Looking at the long arrow that pierced directly on his chest, Wang Jin only had time to look down before he fell.

"Siege!" Huang Zhong put away the longbow, pulled out the long knife, and ordered loudly.