Last time, it was said that Tao Qian, the Xuzhou Thorn History, was ready to give Liu Bei his Xuzhou Thorn History Mark as he promised, but Liu Bei forced the ** in his heart, shook his head and said: "I Liu Xuande can't take this Xuzhou Thorn History Seal." ”

"What!"

"Big brother!"

"Liu Yuanjun!"

"Lord!!"

No matter how surprised the people next to him were, or even the disappointed expression of Liu Bei's own military advisor Li Ru, Liu Bei still said firmly: "The reason why I, Liu Bei, came to Xuzhou, is not because I value the land of Xuzhou promised by Tao Tingshi, but because I am a relative of the Han family, I should help Tao Tingshi resist the rebellious ministers and thieves."

Now that Yuan Shu's army has retreated to Huainan, it is time for me Liu Bei to retire, how can I covet Xuzhou? ”

"Isn't this Liu Yuanjun going to think about it anymore?" Tao Qian's face changed for a while, but he didn't look happy at all because Liu Bei refused to give him the Assassin History Mark, but there was a feeling of unwillingness and resentment in it, which was really confusing.

Liu Bei smiled 'gently' and said: "Tao Thorn Shi doesn't need to say more, Liu Bei will not accept the 'mark in Tao Thorn Shi's hand' if he says anything!" Liu Bei accentuated his tone on the words 'the mark in the hands of Tao Thorn Shi'. But it made Tao Qian's face pale, and Li Ru behind Liu Bei and Chen Gui, the head of Xuzhou Wenchen, looked pale, and then Li Ru's face showed a smile, but Chen Gui frowned.

"Tao Tingshi's body is weak, it's better to rest more, Liu Bei won't continue to bother, and leave." Liu Bei gently saluted Tao Qian, and then turned around and left with Guan Yu, Zhang He, and Li Ru, who had a relaxed face, with a puzzled face.

"Liu Yuanjun? Liu Zhijun!! No matter how Tao Qian called, Liu Bei strode away as if he hadn't heard it. Tao Qian couldn't call back Liu Bei, he only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he fainted on the couch.

When Liu Bei and the others left Tao Qian's Thorn History Mansion, Guan Yu, who couldn't hold it back, asked in a low voice: "I don't know why the eldest brother rejected Tao Thorn Shi's kindness just now?" Tao Thorn Shi wanted to keep his promise and give the position of Xuzhou Thorn History to the eldest brother, although the eldest brother took it. After our army arrived in Xuzhou, he sacrificed his life and forgot to die for several battles, so as to protect the surname of the people of Xuzhou and his Tao Qian family. ”

Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu, who was a little excited, and Zhang He, who was also indignant on the side, but looked at Li Ru, the military advisor with a calm face on the side, and then smiled: "This position of Xuzhou Thorn History is already in my Liu Bei's bag, so why do you need him Tao Qian to give it?" If you still don't understand, just ask the military advisor, I think the military advisor should understand what I think, right? Hahaha" Liu Bei looked up to the sky and laughed and left quickly, leaving only Guan Yu and Zhang He to stay there and look at Li Ru inexplicably.

Li Ru shook his head and said with a helpless smile: "Don't the two generals know that all the military power in Xuzhou has fallen into the hands of our army?" With the military power of Xuzhou, and the lord is stationed in Xuzhou in the name of saving the people of Xuzhou, does this Xuzhou still need any historical imprint to affirm the status of the lord?

I didn't react at first, but when I saw that the lord refused Tao Qian's gift of another seal, he said not to 'the mark in the hands of Tao Thorn Shi Tao Thorn Shi', I woke up to the true purpose of the lord and Tao Qian's intentions. ”

"What do you mean by this?" In the battle with Yuan Shu, Li Ru made several suggestions and helped Liu Bei finally win more with less, defeating the invincible Huainan Yuan Highway, even if he was as arrogant as Guan Yu, he also respected Li Ru very much.

"Think about it, if the lord takes over the thorn history mark in Tao Qian's hand, wouldn't it be equivalent to Tao Qian giving up Xuzhou to the lord? What should the lord think of Tao Qian's two sons in the future? Li Ru asked with a smile.

Guan Yu frowned: "Tao Qian himself gave up the position of Xuzhou Assassin History, what is the relationship between Guan and Tao Qian's two sons?" ”

"Yun Chang might as well think about it, if the lord took over the position of Xuzhou Assassin Shi handed to him by Tao Qian, what would the soldiers and people of Xuzhou think? It is nothing more than that the lord received Tao Qian's great favor and obtained the position of Xuzhou Assassin, as for the lord and everything we paid in the war with Yuan Shu, it will be forgotten by others.

And if Tao Qian dies, his two sons will naturally not give up. If they stand up and ask the lord for some military power or some important official positions, will the lord agree or not? If it is not given, it will naturally become ungrateful in the eyes of the people and the army of Xuzhou. But if they were given military power and positions, how could the lord and the two generals be willing?

On the contrary, as long as the lord does not accept Tao Qian's gift seal, and when Tao Qian dies, the lord has the support of the people and the army, and it is not easy to ascend to the position of the lord of Xuzhou? At that time, the lord was expected to hold the post of Xuzhou assassin history, and it had nothing to do with Tao Qian at all, even if Tao Qian's two sons came out to ask for official positions, the lord could confidently refuse. Li Ru explained to Guan Yu and Zhang He with a smile.

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang He suddenly realized that the relationship between them was so big. Guan Yu and Zhang He bowed their hands respectfully: "The eldest brother and the military advisor are really masters, and I am not as good as others." ”

Li Ru stroked his beard and smiled: "In fact, although the lord is a little lacking in strategy, he is much better than me in dealing with interpersonal relationships. You need to learn a lot from your lord in the future, and it will definitely benefit you a lot. ”

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"Lord, the front is the pot pass, look at the gate shouting and killing the heavens, the drums are beating, it must be the state army is attacking the city! We should let the whole army speed up the march, maybe we can deal a hard blow to the state army!! Guo Tu pointed to the Huguan in front of him who 'shouted to kill the heavens', and admonished Yuan Shaojin.

Yuan Shao raised his head and looked into the distance, and in the distance at the Huguan was billowing wolf smoke, shouting to kill the sky, just as Guo Tu said, there was a vicious battle on the Huguan.

"Order, march quickly, rescue the defenders of Huguan!!" Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he saw that the pot was not lost.

"Wait!!" Just as the sergeant was about to convey Yuan Shao's military order, he was stopped with a broken shout.

Yuan Shao looked back and saw that the person who prevented the herald from leaving was his chief think tank, the judge.

"What's the matter with you?" Yuan Shao frowned, obviously very dissatisfied.

"My lord, when the Huguan garrison asked us for help last time, they said that there were hundreds of thousands of Bingzhou troops outside the Guan, and there were only a few Huguan defenders, how could they persist until now that they are still fighting hard with the Bingzhou army outside the Guan? In addition, since the previous month, our army has cut off contact with the Huguan defenders, but with my understanding of the Huguan guards Chun Yuqiong and Wei Yuanjin, at such a critical juncture, they will only use fast horses to ask for help every time, how can they silently defend the city for several days? So I'm afraid that there will be fraud here! The judge said bitterly.

Although Yuan Shao is not as suspicious as Cao Ying, he is not a bold person. Originally, when he was delayed for a few days by Tai Shici's Bingzhou wolf horse, he was already ready for Huguan to be captured, but now Huguan was unexpectedly not lost, coupled with the words of the trial, Yuan Shao suddenly hesitated.

"Order, let General Zhao Rui order 5,000 people to enter the customs first, and go to investigate the truth in the customs for my family." In the end, Yuan Shao was still unwilling to watch the fall of Huguan, and he still decided to let people enter the pass to take a look.

Seeing that Yuan Shao had no intention of letting the whole army enter Huguan for the time being, he no longer continued to advise, anyway, Zhao Rui was not a general in his own faction, even if something happened, it would not be a pity, it was better than letting the whole army obviously be in danger.

After Zhao Rui received Yuan Shao's order, he led more than 5,000 Yuan soldiers to Huguan.

"Open the city gate quickly, I am here to help you on the orders of the lord!" Zhao Rui shouted at the end of the gate with a spear and a prancing horse.

"Cut, Yuan Shao is shrewd, and he sent a fool here to test the truth, but it is a pity that the Zhu Feiyan brothers have a plan." Guan Hai spat at the foam, and looked depressedly at the sergeants of the Black Mountain Army behind him who were shouting 'shouting kill' loudly, as well as the ambush troops holding nearly 40,000 rhubarb crossbows captured from the Xiandeng Army, and slammed their fists on the women's wall. (Huang Zhong also seized a batch of rhubarb crossbows) "It seems that Yuan Shao has noticed something, and we can't earn him." Gao Shun said to Zhu Feiyan beside him with some pity.

"Then are we going to eat this batch of sergeants in the gate?" Zhu Feiyan looked at Gao Shun, as Lu Bu's second brother, Gao Shun was the person in charge of Huguan.

"Mobilize half of the crossbowmen, cooperate with the bows and arrows in the army, and kill this group of people! It's always a good thing to be able to weaken Yuan Shao before the big war. Gao Shun casually pronounced the life and death of Zhao Rui's group of people.

With Gao Shun's approval, with a bang, countless ambush soldiers armed with big rhubarb crossbows and strong bows and arrows suddenly stood on the wall of Huguan, and shot at Zhao Rui and more than 5,000 soldiers behind him.

"Whoosh"

"Poof!"

"Ahh

"There are ambushes!!"

"Retreat!"

"Doh!!"

There were only more than 5,000 people, and under the tens of thousands of four-arrow crossbows and countless archers, only a few hundred people finally fled back to Yuan Shao's army array.

"Huguan is really lost, but there is still a rhubarb crossbow on the pass!! Could it be that all the Xiandeng troops surrendered? This, this poof!! Yuan Shao only felt a burst of tightness in his chest, and a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted into his mouth.

"Lord !!"

"Lord!!"

"Quick! Quickly retreat the army, retreat twenty miles and then set up camp! ”

It is also Yuan Shao's luck, if Gao Shun sees Yuan Shao vomiting blood and fainting, he is afraid that he will immediately bring more than 100,000 troops in Guanzhong to attack, which will allow Yuan Shao to escape temporarily, but in the face of the almost intact Huguandong city wall, as well as tens of thousands of rhubarb crossbows and thousands of camps in Guanzhong, Yuan Shao, who only has a few days of grain left, is still in a worrying situation

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Changan.

"General Niu Fu, my general said that it was about the emergency military situation in Hangu Pass, and General Guo Yan has already gone, and he is waiting for you now." A soldier of Li Xun hurriedly came to Niu Fu's house.

"Hangu Pass military situation? Could it be that Lu Bu is calling again? Didn't you say some time ago that Lu Bu had invaded Yanzhou, could it be that Yanzhou had already been captured? Niu Fu asked the man as he turned over and got on his horse.

It is said that it was not Lu Bu who returned from Yanzhou, but Zhang Fei, the guard of Hangu Pass, who led the army to attack. General Niu Fu also knows, although Zhang Fei is known as ten thousand enemies, but he is a reckless person, this time Lu Bu left him in Hangu Pass, but no one can control him, and now he is alone, my general is ready to concentrate the army of Chang'an to encircle and annihilate Zhang Fei and take back Hangu Pass. The sergeant spoke freely.

Hearing the sergeant's details, Niu Fu nodded, and instigated his horse to take dozens of guards and followed the man to Li Xu's mansion. Looking at Niu Fu's departing figure, the Fazheng in the house shook his head, sighed secretly but did not do anything to stop it.

"What about Li Xuan and Guo Yanren?" Niu Fu walked into the room where he discussed the matter of Hanguguan with Li Xuan and Guo Yan last time, but he did not see the figures of Li Xuan and Guo Yan.

"My family and Lord Guo Yan will probably go elsewhere, the adults are here and wait for the villain to look for them." The soldier who brought Niu Fu bowed down and saluted, and then slowly left.

Although this person was very thoughtful, Niu Fu felt that there seemed to be a trace of sarcasm and sneer on the corner of his mouth. Ushisuke shook his head, as if trying to shake his illusion out of his mind. But after a while, Li Xuan and Guo Yan did not appear, and what appeared in front of him were dozens of his own personal guards.

"Lord, you"

"Why are you here?" Niu Fu asked suspiciously.

"Just now, the sergeant who brought the lord in suddenly came out and told us that the lord had fainted in General Li Xun's mansion, and let us help the lord to go back to the mansion to rest, but"

"Oh no, I've been tricked!!" Ushisuke suddenly stood up from his seat, already aware of the danger he was now in.

"Hahaha, I'm only realizing it now, doesn't General Niu Fu think it's too late?" Lee's triumphant voice came from outside.

"Li Xuan! What do you want!! Niu Fu shouted in horror.

"What? Naturally, take your surname!! Shoot the !! Li urged a loud shout, and suddenly shot countless arrows from outside the courtyard, Niu Fu and dozens of guards were full of arrows, and they fell down one by one.

"Hahaha, from now on, Chang'an will be my Li urging to call the shots!! Hangu Pass, Luoyang, and finally the whole world will be in my bag!! Li Qi's crazy laughter came far, far away

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Under the pot off.

"Shut up the child! Dare to come down and fight with me!! Haven't you and the state army always boasted of their bravery? If you have the courage, you will come down to fight me, and don't be the turtle with a shrunken head and hide in the gate!! Gao Ran looked at the war-free card hanging high, and felt a burst of fire and helplessness in his heart.

"Grunt~~~" A strange voice came from Gao Ran's belly, making Gao Ran's face turn pale.

"Damn the Merger Army! Collect the troops and return to the village!! Gao Ran shouted, turned his horse's head and turned to leave.

"Hahaha, it's not even noon and they left, it seems that Yuan Shao's army is really short of food. Hey, hey, wait a few more days, I'm afraid they won't even have the strength to come out and challenge. Huang Zhong gloated and smiled beside Gao Shun.

A smile crossed the corner of Gao Shun's mouth, looking at the Yuan soldiers who were dejected and leaving, and then at the tattered Huguandong city wall under his feet and the mountains of corpses piled up under the pass, and he also sighed in his heart.

(To be continued)