After more than a month of rest, on April 20 of the fifth year of Jian'an (naturally the lunar calendar), after consultation with Lu Su and Pang Tong, Liu Bei left Jiang Wan and Li Tong to guard Wu County, Xu Sheng to guard Poyang, and personally led an army of 60,000, together with Zhao Feng, Huang Zhong, Chen Zhi, Gao Lan, Wen Ping and other generals, and Pang Tong and Lu Su accompanied the army to participate in the meeting, and prepared to smash Sun Quan's largest stronghold in Jiangdong.

It is said to be the largest, but Huiji-gun is only the largest in area. When it comes to population and affluence, it is far from being comparable to Wu County. There are only more than 200,000 Han people in Huiji County, but there are almost 200,000 Shanyue people. In addition, the local clan power is relatively large, so although the land is fertile, it is sparsely populated.

Now Sun Quan's strategy is obvious, which is to rely on Jiaozhou as the rear and stick to the two last strongholds of Huiji and Luling. With the strength of Jiangdong, it is not easy to survive in the face of two strong enemies. However, since his strategy was obvious, Liu Bei did not make a fool of himself, and the army surnamed Suo advanced directly.

"Huiji has just experienced Shengxian's rebellion, and people's hearts are undecided. As long as you attack with all your might, it shouldn't be a problem. This is the result of the discussion between Lu Su and Pang Tong. Zhao Feng remembered that the advisors of Eastern Wu in history all wanted Sun Quan to surrender, why was there no movement at all now, and the current proposal was to send someone to persuade him to surrender first.

However, Pang Tong and Lu Su did not agree with his suggestion, Pang Tong believed that Sun Quan could still escape to Jiaozhou if he was not good, and now let him retreat and surrender in the face of difficulties, it is inevitable that it is somewhat unrealistic, Zhao Feng knows that what he said makes sense, but he fooled Sun Ce to take Jiaozhou in order to seize Shouchun, and now it seems that it is right or wrong?

The 60,000 army sent a meeting, and such a big movement can't be hidden. It didn't take long for Sun Quan to receive the news, although he had already been mentally prepared, but when Liu Bei really killed, it would inevitably cause a panic in Huiji City.

"Lord, I have heard that this Liu Bei has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness, why don't you send an envoy to ask for peace, and you can also dispense with the sword soldiers!" At this time, the step owl came out to speak.

"Buzishan wants us to surrender Liu Bei, is your Excellency the same party as Zhou Yu?" Sun Quan hadn't spoken yet, and Sun Yi on the side was already cold. Bu Fei was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then Sun Quan said slowly: "Although Wu County is lost at the moment, Jiaozhou is still in my hands." With the talent of Shixie, he can still entrench in Jiaozhou for many years, and my Sun Zhong is not as good as him, and you can try your best to fight at the moment. If you win, you can save the defeat, and if you lose, you can go to the south to be the people who are free from the outside, so why worry? I have to say that Sun Quan's words are quite decent, and he finally calmed those restless hearts to a certain extent. But at this moment, someone came to report: "Lord, He Jing, the captain of the school, has just led more than 3,000 of his subordinates to Liu Bei!" ”

"What?" Sun Quan was also shocked when he heard this, and the civil and military officials were also in an uproar, with different expressions. At this time, in the Xuzhou military camp, which was still more than 50 miles away from Huiji, the atmosphere was a little warm. "Meet Uncle Liuhuang!" A sturdy man about thirty years old bowed to Liu Bei.

"General He, please get up, the general abandons the darkness and turns to the light, congratulations!" Liu Bei also had a bright smile on his face. This He Jing is He Qi's brother, when He Qi was captured by Zhao Feng in Lujiang, his brother was named the captain of the school by Sun Quan at that time, and he was responsible for suppressing Huiji Shanyue. Soon after Liu Bei crossed the river, he persuaded He Qi to surrender. Now that He Qi saw that Sun Quan was gone, he hurriedly wrote to this younger brother and asked him not to be buried with Sun Ce. He Jing has always listened to this clan brother, and when he received his letter, he led his troops to defect almost non-stop.

"General He, do you know what the current situation is?" After seeing that He Jing and He Qi had talked about their brotherhood, Liu Bei also cut to the point. He Jing sighed and briefly explained the situation of the general ji. Since Sun Quan's defeat in Wu County, his morale has fallen to the extreme. At present, although there are nearly 40,000 defenders in Huiji, their combat effectiveness is not optimistic, and nearly 10,000 of them are county soldiers and the Shanyue army that has just been recruited. In addition, after Zhou Yu was imprisoned, the people of the Jiangdong Army were even more panicked and unstable. As for Luling, because the Jingzhou army was also unable to attack for a while, Sun Quan currently sent Tai Shici to lead an army of 20,000 to guard there.

"In other words, as long as Sun Quan loses another battle, Huiji will be owned by our army, and Jiangdong will have no room to turn over?" Liu Bei listened to He Jing's words, and he almost figured out something. "Exactly!" He pointed out the first road. When Liu Bei heard this, he also had a bottom in his heart, and immediately ordered to step up the march, and said that he would be promoted to Huiji as soon as possible.

Fifty miles is not very far, and the Xuzhou army was killed under the city of Huiji in the afternoon of the same day, and Liu Bei ordered to camp ten miles away from the city. Pang Tong offered a plan, under the pretext of catching the wind for He Jing, ordered the musician to play drum music in the Chinese army, pretending to carnival all night, and at the same time ambushing elite soldiers on both sides, attracting the enemy to come to the camp and take advantage of the situation to cover up. Liu Bei said that he set up a banquet to entertain the He brothers that night, and at the same time ordered the musicians in the army to play drum music, and the generals drank wildly, and they could be faintly heard in Huiji City several miles away.

"Liu Bei'er is too deceitful!" Looking at the Xuzhou military camp close at the city head and singing and laughing, Sun Kuang gritted his teeth angrily, turned to Zhu Ran who was patrolling the camp with him, and said, "Yifeng, how about we go down and him secretly?" ”

"The fourth son, I have heard that the Xuzhou army is strictly disciplined, why is the defense so lax today? Beware of deception! Zhu Ran thought about it and dissuaded.

"I think eighty percent of Liu Bei's old man has the chance to win, so get carried away!" Sun Kuang thought for a while, and seeing that Zhu Ran didn't refute for a while, Sun Kuang hit the railroad while it was hot: "Our army has suffered several new defeats, and its morale is low. If you can surprise the enemy army, it can also boost morale! This is not completely unreasonable, Zhu Ran was also a little moved when he heard it. After a little hesitation, Zhu Ran also said: "Since this is the case, I can send troops after I have passed the lord." ”

"Why do you need to be like this? We only need to lead 3,000 elite soldiers out of the city to make a surprise attack. Sun Kuang said with a smile, seeing that Zhu Ran was still a little hesitant, Suo patted his chest and said: "If there is something, the responsibility lies with me; If you succeed, the credit is yours! How is it? ”

"The fourth prince is serious!" Zhu Ran heard him say this, and hurriedly agreed. The two ordered 3,000 men and horses under Zhu Ran's command, and secretly opened the south gate at the second watch and killed the Xuzhou military camp ten miles away.

"Kill me!" Sun Kuang, who was the first to enter the Xuzhou military camp, was stunned to find that the front army of the camp was almost empty, and the Chinese army only had dozens of musicians playing music there. "Not good!" Seeing this, Zhu Ran's heart suddenly cooled, and he knew that it was bad. At this moment, there was a sudden shout of killing outside the camp gate, and several groups of men and horses came to kill.

"I've been tricked, get out of here!" No matter how stupid Sun Kuang is, he knows what is going on now, and he and Zhu Ran hurriedly turned their horses' heads to prepare to break through, but this is obviously his wishful thinking. As soon as they walked out of the camp gate, Sun Kuang and Zhu Ran found that the way back to the city had been blocked by several groups of people.

"Rush back!" Sun Kuang roared angrily, but saw a veteran in the opposite army clapping his horse and dancing his knife to stop him. Seeing that the other party was old, Sun Kuang didn't care about it, and directly stabbed him with a shot to finish off this person. I didn't want the veteran martial arts to be far better than himself, so the big knife knocked the spear in his hand away, and then felt that his body was hanging in the air, and he was directly dragged off the horse.

"Fourth son!" Zhu Ran saw that Sun Kuang was captured by a veteran as soon as he got together, and he was immediately anxious, and hurriedly rushed forward to rescue him. At this time, there was another general in the oblique stab, it was Gao Ran, Zhu Ran was caught off guard and knocked down the horse with a move across the gun shaft of the opponent, and when he was dizzy, he was tied up by the Xuzhou army that had swarmed up. In the case of no one in the individual combat effectiveness and no advantage, in the end, after less than an hour of fierce fighting, more than 500 people were annihilated, most of the rest were captured or surrendered, and only a few dozen people were lucky enough to escape back to Huiji City.

"What?" Sun Quan, who was woken up in the middle of the night, heard that his brother had been captured without authorization, and he was immediately angry and anxious. Pan Zhang, who came to report it, accompanied him carefully, and waited for his face to look slightly better before he spoke: "Lord, what should I do now?" ”

"Ji Zuo is too reckless!" Sun Quan said angrily, and then sighed: "Liu Bei is known for his benevolence and righteousness, so he shouldn't use Ji Zuo to coerce us." Sun Quan didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence, that is, if he used it to coerce, then I had to turn a blind eye. After a pause, Sun Quan said again: "Don't make a noise when you pass the order, if you let your mother know, she will be worried." Pan Zhang agreed not to mention it.

At this time, in the military tent of the Xuzhou army, Sun Kuang and Zhu Ran, who were tied up with five flowers, were escorted to Liu Bei. "Get on your knees!" Several soldiers pressed the two of them and asked them to kneel, but the two of them did not kneel and resisted with all their might.

"Forget it!" Liu Bei waved his hand and looked at the two of them, Liu Bei smiled and said, "You are Sun Wentai's fourth son, Sun Kuang and Sun Jizuo?" It's a young hero! ”

"Uncle Huang praised it falsely, if he is really a young hero, why was he captured in one move!" Sun Kuang glanced at Liu Bei, then at Huang Zhong on the side, and sighed. Shicai's battle was really too big a blow to him, but he thought that he was a sure loser, which also made it difficult for him, who has always been quite confident, to slow down for a while.

Liu Bei smiled slightly when he heard this, and then ordered him to be released and taken under the custody of Haosheng, but he was not persuaded to surrender. After Sun Kuang was escorted away, Liu Bei glanced at Zhu Ran in front of him again and said: "Your Excellency is Zhu Ran Zhu Yifeng, Ling Zun is still in Wu County, I don't know if Your Excellency is willing to surrender?" ”

The corners of Zhu Ran's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he still knelt down after hesitating for a long time and said astringently: "Zhu Ran is willing to surrender, and please don't embarrass Uncle Huang's father!" Liu Bei was overjoyed, stepped forward to untie the rope for him personally, and then ordered someone to give wine to suppress the shock. Zhu Ran was still a little afraid of life at first, but gradually under Liu Bei's grace and power, and He Jing, the "person who came over", also explained on the side, and gradually let go.

After drinking two glasses of wine, Zhu Ran hesitated for a while and said, "Thanks to Uncle Huang's grace of not killing, Zhu Ran has nothing to repay." However, Sun Quan and I have known each other since childhood, and we are like siblings. Although he descended to the emperor's uncle today, he can't bear to fight against him, so please forgive the emperor's uncle! ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed: "Yifeng is really a loyal and righteous person!" At that moment, the order was sent to Zhu Ran's hometown in Wu County not to participate in the battle of Huiji, and the latter thanked him and left without mentioning it.

In the early morning of the next day, the Xuzhou army had just been assembled, and Tanma came to report to Liu Bei that the garrison would go out of the city to challenge. Liu Bei was also unexpected. "Why does the Jiangdong Army dare to go out of the city to meet the battle now?" Liu Bei said in surprise.

"Except for those who died in battle, almost all of the Jiangdong generals are now in Huiji, so Sun Quan is not afraid of fighting generals. Moreover, Sun Quan also wanted to boost morale. Pang Tong speculated. Liu Bei immediately understood when he heard this, nodded and led the generals to meet the enemy.

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