Liu Bei led his army to fight with Yuan Shu's troops in the Huaiyin and Xuyi areas. At this time, Zhou Yu under Yuan Shu's account gave him advice, and Liu Bei's account also had Chen Deng to give him advice. These two are well versed in the art of war and strategy, and they are both talented in the world. The two armies held each other for more than a month, and each won and lost each other.

Tao Qian's two sons, Tao Shang and Tao Ying, were dissatisfied with Mi Zhu and Chen Deng's unauthorized welcome of Liu Bei to take over Xuzhou, and they often complained in private. Yuan Shu took this opportunity to send someone to contact them, hoping that the two could make an internal response, and promised to hand over Xuzhou to him and the two after the matter was completed. The two agreed, and contacted Tao Qian, so the general of Pi, Cao Bao and others were ready to defect.

Unexpectedly, when he was acting, he was discovered by Zhang Fei, and then Zhang Fei led his troops to attack Cao Bao, and Cao Bao was defeated and killed by Zhang Fei. Immediately, Tao Shang, Tao Ying and Zhonglang led Xu Tan to lead a thousand Danyang soldiers to retreat to the Baimen Tower in Xicheng, and Zhang Fei failed to capture it for a while. Due to the urgency of the situation, at the suggestion of Zhonglang General Xu Tan, the two brothers sent a letter to Peicheng, hoping that Feng Xian and I could send troops to help.

At this time, Chen Gong suggested that Feng Xian said: "Liu Bei is at this time with Yuan Shu in the border area of Xiapi and Guangling, and he cannot return in time for the time being; If we lead the crowd to attack from the rear at this time, we will surely be able to capture Xiapi in one fell swoop. ”

When Feng Xian heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate slightly: "Taking advantage of people's danger like this is probably a bit immoral, right?" ”

I said, "Liu Bei himself is an ambitious person, and he has no intention of continuing to respect the Han family, so what morality is there to talk about with him?" Besides, we really need a piece of land to develop our power now, not to mention that this piece of land was not his Liu Bei's in the first place. ”

Chen Gong echoed: "What the young general said is very true; As long as we occupy Xuzhou, we can use it to develop our own power; Then, in the north, Sun Zan and Tian Kai were connected to the north, Yuan Shu and Sun Ce were connected to the south, and they went west to occupy Yuzhou, and to the north to attack Yan and Hebei; Then respect the Son of Heaven to rebuild Luojing, and want to support the Han family, just around the corner! ”

I said, "If that's too late; As long as we have a firm foothold in Xuzhou, my brother will immediately lead his troops to Luoyang to protect him, and I will stay behind to guard Xuzhou; Otherwise, others will definitely take the lead, which will make us lose the opportunity. ”

Chen Gong nodded and said, "The young general is reasonable. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but groan, and said: "Well, since he Liu Bei is disloyal first, don't blame me for Lu Bu's injustice." ”

Immediately, Feng Xian and I led the crowd out of the city. He led the cavalry by land, and I led the infantry by water, marching to the southeast of Xiapi City.

That night, we marched by land and water, and hurried all the way to rendezvous forty miles west of Xiapi, and then stopped to rest. After a while, a cavalryman suddenly came from the east, and was captured by our scouts. After inquiry, it was learned that this person was Sima Zhangzhen, a subordinate of Zhonglang General Xu Tan.

Feng Xian asked, "What is the situation in Xiapi City now?" ”

Zhang Yu replied: "Returning to the general, Zhang Fei led the crowd to attack and kill Cao Bao, the prime minister of Xiapi, and there was a great chaos in the city at this time; The two sons led thousands of Danyang soldiers to defend the White Gate Tower in Xicheng at this moment, and when they heard that the general was coming, the army was enthusiastic and reborn; The general can lead his troops to the west of the city, and the two sons will send people to open the door to welcome the general into the city. ”

Feng Xian said, "Lead the way." ”

Immediately, under the leadership of Zhang Xu, we continued to march westward. At dawn, we came to the bottom of the city, and the defenders of the west city opened the door to welcome us in. Then we opened the inner door again, and we went to engage Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses.

At that time, Zhang Fei was surprised: "Lu Fengxian? Are you also an accomplice in conspiring with Yuan Shu? ”

Feng Xian said: "This matter has nothing to do with Yuan Shu, we are here to recover Xuzhou for the Son of Heaven." ”

Zhang Fei said: "How can you be so unrighteous, have you forgotten the relationship with Liu Yuanjun?" ”

Feng Xian immediately said, "Don't mention anything to me about marriage again; If he, Liu Bei, really took this family matter to heart, how could he refuse to borrow my military funds in the first place? Since he was unfaithful first, don't blame me for being unrighteous last! ”

Zhang Feili had nothing to say.

At this time, the surrounding houses suddenly caught fire, and it was Xu Tan who ordered Danyang soldiers to set fire in an attempt to disturb people's hearts. Immediately, following the first order, all the soldiers rushed forward to fight with Zhang Fei's troops.

At that time, Qin Yi said again: "Zhang Yide, in the last battle in the Kanto region, there was no winner or loser; I'm going to fight again today! ”

Immediately, Qin Yi rushed forward and exchanged hands with Zhang Fei.

Last time, Qin Yi fought alone against Guan and Zhang, and although he drove more than 200 miles overnight without much rest, Zhang Fei was still not his opponent. Although he can't take Zhang Fei down in a short period of time, it is not a problem to defeat Zhang Fei.

When the battle was not long, Zhang Fei saw that the defeat was decided, so he had no choice but to make a false move, and immediately turned his horse and fled. After Zhang Fei escaped, his soldiers also retreated. After that, we took control of the situation in the city, and Liu Bei and the families of his subordinates were all captured by us.

After fully occupying Xiapi, I said to the pottery merchant and Tao Ying: "Two sons, in the future, we need to take over Xuzhou to develop our power, so as to assist the Son of Heaven to support the Han family; However, we plan to hand over the two counties of Langya and Donghai to the two of you, although they are a little dilapidated, but in order to take care of the overall situation, we have to temporarily aggrieve the two. ”

Although, we think that occupying Xuzhou as a base is what should have been done for the sake of the country's future integrity and unification. However, others do not think so, and the people's congress of this era does not have such noble ideas. So, I had to say something about the scene to soothe the hearts of those who were there.

The two of them couldn't say anything about my argument, so they had to give up their hands and say, "But it's up to the two generals to decide." ”

Immediately, we sent someone to inform Chen Gong and send everyone's family members from Peicheng to Xiapi.

After Zhang Fei evacuated, he went to find Liu Bei. Then Liu Bei learned that Xiapi had lost, so he immediately withdrew his troops to attack back.

A few days later, Liu Bei led the army to the south of the city, and Feng Xian and I were about to lead the troops to meet the attack, but at this time, Zhang Jing and Ye Xi suddenly ran over.

Zhang Jing said: "Wait a minute, this time, it's time to bring our "women's battalion". ”

Earlier, I had plans to form a women's corps, so I often took Zhang Jing and Ye Xi with me, so that it was convenient for them to give guidance at any time, and secondly, it could help them accumulate more experience in unifying the army. Since the defeat of the previous Yanzhou Campaign, all the families immediately felt that it was because they were dragged down, so they spontaneously organized a special corps formed by women, and named it the Women's Battalion.

saw that the two of them were wearing a pair of armor at this time, with a long sword pinned to their waists, a wooden spear in their hands, and a group of menacing seven aunts and eight aunts behind them. But seeing that they are all holding sickles, flat poles, hoes and other various things in their hands, it is quite a bit of a female hooligan.

Feng Xian and I looked at each other, and we couldn't help but laugh at once. I laughed and said, "We're going to war, why don't you go with us?" ”

Zhang Jing said: "Of course we are also going to war, can't we?" ”

I couldn't help but say, "No kidding, just like you, no matter how you look at it, it's like you're going to farm." ”

Zhang Jing said undeniably: "What kind of farming, farm tools can also be used as weapons, right?" ”

At this time, Feng Xian smiled and said, "Brother and sister, stop messing around; War is a matter between men, so you women should be born at home to take care of the elderly and children. ”

Zhang Jing said: "What's wrong with the women's family, can't the women's family go out to fight?" The elderly and children can take care of each other, and we will go on a journey with you. ”

Zhang Xiao on the side couldn't help but say: "If you go back, you will go back, and you must obey military orders." ”

At this time, Ye Xi said: "The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while; Always keep us at home, when will we come in handy? ”

"That's right." The seven aunts and eight aunts on the side all shouted for a while.

Feng Xianjian couldn't make sense of them, and couldn't help but look a little helpless.

I said, "All right, you can go with you, but you must not act without an order; Otherwise, you will be punished by military regulations when you come back, understand? ”

Zhang Jing hurriedly said: "I know, I know; We still understand this by following military orders. ”

After some commotion from them, we went out of the city to meet them. (To be continued.) )