In the original history, Li Tong should have died of illness in the fourteenth year of Jian'an on the way to rescue Jiangling Cao Ren, but due to the effect of Qiao Ren's little butterfly, Li Tong did not go to the rescue of Jiangling, but was transferred from Runan Taishou to Lujiang Taishou, and led the army to garrison Shuxian and other places. However, in Qiao Ren's mind, since Li Tong died of illness in Jian'an for 14 years, and now it is 16 years of Jian'an, even if Li Tong is not dead, his health should not be very good. Dealing with a famous player who is not in good health, Qiao Ren has no psychological burden at all.

As for Zhang Xi of Liyang, he was the belated reinforcement. By the time Zhang Xi arrived in Hefei, Sun Ce had already retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, but after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ying clearly realized that now looking at the Han Dynasty, only Jiangdong Sun Ce was his real enemy. Therefore, after Sun Ce retired from the army, Zhang Xi still left 8,000 troops to guard Liyang.

Speaking of Liyang, it is a strategic place along with Hefei. Liyang when the Yangtze River and land rush, the left Yangtze River, the right control of Zhaoguan, Liangshan Zhi its east, Haochu ring its north, for the "Huainan Domain", "Jiangbiao" of the guarantee, since ancient times, for the soldiers must fight for the place. With Cao Ying's military quality, it is not difficult to see the important surname of Liyang, so there is a strategic defense system that builds Hefei and Liyang as horns for each other to defend Huainan.

Qiao Ren listened carefully to Zhou Tai's introduction to the terrain of the key points in Jiangbei and the distribution of enemy troops, and suddenly asked: "Aren't there Zhang Liao, Li Dian and Le Jin in Hefei?" Why did it become only Zhang Liao again? ”

Zhou Tai sighed when he heard this, and said, "It's strange that a certain person is stupid and forgot to tell the governor." Last year, because Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, who were from Lujiang, occupied the northern counties and rebelled, Cao Thief sent Yu Ban, Zang Ba, Li Tong and others to crusade against Mei Cheng, and ordered Zhang Liao to lead Zhang He and Niu Gai to crusade against Mei Lan. After Zhang Liaoli broke the rebels, Cao Thief originally left three generals to defend Hefei, but because Liu Bei's power in Nanjun developed too quickly, Li Dian and Le Jin had already returned north to defend Xu Luo. ”

Qiao Ren was also relieved when he heard this, judging from the history of the battle between Sun Cao's two armies, the Wu army's ability to attack the city and capture the land was really limited, and it was better to leave Li Dian and Le Jin in Hefei than to transfer them back to Xuchang to defend Liu Beilai. This is a shame for Wu Jun, and it is also an opportunity for Qiao Ren. If the two generals were still in Hefei, with Zhang Liao's bravery and his Bingzhou Iron Cavalry and Jiang Ji's wisdom, plus such a luxurious lineup of generals, Qiao Ren would not have a chance. However, now that Zhang Liao and Jiang Ji are left (Wen Hui, the Yangzhou pastor is temporarily stationed in Shouchun), Qiao Ren is afraid that he will think about whether to go east to Hefei after occupying Shucheng.

"The Grand Governor." Zhou Tai saw that Qiao Ren had been there for a long time, and he was afraid that he would get Qiao Ren drunk, so he shouted loudly.

With Zhou Tai's loud voice, even a drunk person can wake up, not to mention that Qiao Ren is not drunk yet. "Youping can have something"

Qiao Ren's question for no reason stumped Zhou Tai, but Zhou Tai really had a question to ask, and after a long time, Zhou Tai finally made up his mind and asked: "Governor Qiao, do you know why the lord and the governor of the capital want to give Nanjun to Liu Bei." ”

Qiao Ren actually knew very well in his heart that many generals in Eastern Wu had a lot of complaints about giving Liu Bei the southern county they had worked so hard to build, and when he saw Zhou Tai asking, Qiao Ren had to explain carefully: "Youping, remember, we are borrowing rather than giving." The lord borrowed our Nanjun with Jiangxia in Liu Bei's hands. Looking at Zhou Tai, whose mouth moved slightly, Qiao Ren continued: "I know you will definitely say how Jiangxia's incomplete land was exchanged for Nanjun. Ren can tell you that our army occupied the south in three parts of Jiangxia, and Liu Bei originally only occupied the west, and when our army attacked Nanjun, the governor of Dadu sent the governor of Lü to defeat Wenpin and occupy the north. Although our army occupies Nanjun, it is isolated in the north of Jingbei and cannot echo the Lujiang River, and it is easy to be broken by Cao Ying one by one. If our army gets the whole Jiangxia, it can not only connect with the Lujiang River to attack Yiyang and other places in Runan County, but also take advantage of the river. Although Liu Bei won Nanjun, his ambitions will not be limited to Xiaoxiao Nanjun, when Ren sent troops, I am afraid that Liu Bei is planning to take Shu, but it doesn't matter if Liu Bei takes Shu or not. You see, Nanjun is close to Xiangfan, and it can go straight to Cao Ying's heart at any time, because of this, Cao Ying will definitely defend Liu Bei with heavy troops, and empty Huainan's defense, this is a good time for our army. ”

Qiao Ren paused, approached Zhou Tai and whispered in his ear: "If Liu Bei takes the land of Shu, it will be difficult to travel on the Shu Road at that time, and its connection with Nanjun will definitely be weak." If there is an accident in the Sun-Liu Alliance, our army can also attack Nanjun in three ways, and Nanjun can be recaptured in less than a month. ”

Zhou Tai's face changed greatly when he heard this, and it took a while to recover as before, and said to Qiao Ren: "Governor Gaojian, Tai Baiyi." ”

"Okay, let the brothers drink less, and the governor will march tomorrow!"

Early the next morning, Qiao Ren continued to go north with the army, while Wei Yan took Qiao Ren's recommendation and went down the Jiangdong to Jianye, and went to find the Ming Lord with his full ambition.

"Governor Dadu, why did our army go to contain Cao Jun for Liu Bei. If he wants to enter Shu, he will enter it. "You don't need to look at it, Qiao Ren knows that it is Xu Sheng, who loves to scratch his hair.

Qiao Ren, Xu Sheng and Dai Gang rode side by side in the Chinese army, Xu Sheng had constant problems all the way, but fortunately, Qiao Ren was also bored, just like brushing the friendly value, he kept explaining to him.

Hearing Xu Sheng's question, Qiao Ren showed a weird smile on his face, and he didn't answer, but stared at the taciturn Dai Gang, "Ziwei, let's talk about it." ”

Dai Gang didn't want the fire at the city gate to affect the fish in the pond, so he squeezed out a few words after half a moment. "Back to the governor, Brother Wen Xiang. I thought that our army's northward march was not just for Liu Bei to contain Cao's army. If Cao Ying sees through our army's intention to contain it, he will not send reinforcements to come, and then our army can attack Shu County with peace of mind and can wait for the opportunity to move. And if Cao Ying sends reinforcements, our army should just help Liu Bei. ”

"Haha!" Qiao Ren stroked his palms and laughed: "Wen Xiang, you are still the eldest Ziwei, how old is it, how can you see it but go back." ”

Hearing Qiao Ren's teasing, Xu Sheng could only touch his head stupidly and laugh. However, Qiao Ren knew in his heart that all this was just Xu Sheng's disguise. How could Qianliju, who could be valued by Xu Kun and personally entrusted Qiao Ren with the intention to cultivate, be a general who couldn't use his brains!

However, Xu Sheng wanted to disguise, and Qiao Ren didn't want to break it, so he had to go. At this moment, Qiao Ren seemed to think of something, and asked Liu Ji, who was traveling with him: "Respect!" I, the general of Lujiang, am the general of Pingnan, Lu Fan. ”

Liu Jiping was very familiar with the situation in Jiangdong because he was in charge of documents and intelligence, and replied cheerfully: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, the general of Anhui City is General Pingnan, who leads General Lujiang Taishou General Lu Fan. ”

At this time, Dai Gang, who was most familiar, saw that Qiao Ren's face didn't seem to be right, and hurriedly patted his horse close and asked, "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with Lu Fan, the guard of Wancheng." ”

"There's nothing wrong with it, Lu Ziheng is a general when the lord raised the army, and he is good at military affairs. It's just that his qualifications are too deep, and now he is leading 10,000 people and 3,000 elite soldiers to garrison Anhui City, I'm afraid I can't control him. "What Qiao Ren is most afraid of is that there is this kind of veteran under your control, who is neither a direct general nor a veteran general with high qualifications and prestige.

Dai Gang thought very openly and said: "Brother-in-law, General Lu was born in Jiangbei. And they are close relatives to the lord and the governor, so they won't be as difficult as Han Dang. ”

"I hope so!"

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