Lu Bu's official residence.

When Wang Yun and Lu Buweng's son-in-law were talking, suddenly a personal soldier came into the hall to report, and Liu Bei, the captain of Sili, brought his righteous brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to visit the house.

Lu Bu ordered someone to lead the three Liu Bei brothers into the side hall and meet Wang Yun.

Liu Bei hugged his fists and said apologetically: "I came here late at night, it's really disturbing." ”

Lu Bu cupped his fists and saluted back: "Lord Liu Bei doesn't have to be polite, and sit down." ”

When Liu Bei was about to speak, Guan Yu, who was sitting under him, suddenly asked Lu Bu: "I heard that General Lu Bu has a concubine Diao Chan, but it is Lord Situ Ling Yuan, who is as beautiful as a flower and is admirable, why not summon a look?" ”

Liu Bei held his forehead with his hand, thinking that it was really a mistake.

Guan Yu Yunwen Yunwu, everything is good, but he is a little lustful. Guan Yu was originally a member of the Hedong Xie Liangshi clan, and he was immortal, and then he was jealous and angry with the wealthy clans in the township, so he changed the word Yunchang to avoid disaster Zhuo County made a living by selling dates, and had to get acquainted with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Today, if you have to come to Lu Bu's mansion together, you have made up your mind to see the beauty of Diao Chan.

Guan Yu's voice fell, and Lu Bu suddenly had a look on his face. Although the atmosphere was enlightened at that time, the host would often call out his beloved concubine to serve the guests when he visited, but the host was voluntary, and there were very few people who took the initiative to ask the host to call out the concubine to serve the banquet.

Wang Yun saw that the atmosphere in the hall was a little embarrassing, so he hurriedly said, "Fengxian, why don't you call the cicada out?" ”

Seeing Wang Yun speak, Lu Bu had to endure the anger in his heart, and said to the family in front of the screen: "Go, call the second lady to come and meet Lord Liu Bei." ”

The family took the order and left, and in less than a moment, Diao Chan walked into the side hall.

Guan Yu saw Diao Chan at first glance, and suddenly felt like thunder, and his narrow phoenix eyes revealed an indescribable look. When Lu Bu next to him saw it, he couldn't help but be even angrier in his heart, and snorted from his nostrils. Guan Yu didn't realize it, he just stared straight at Diao Chan, looking confused.

Liu Bei hurriedly coughed dryly and said, "On the orders of the Queen Mother, I have something important to discuss with General Lu Bu, and it just so happens that Lord Situ is also here, how about discussing it together?" ”

Lu Bu suppressed his anger and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Bei said: "Dong Zhuo's general, Zhang Ji, the assassin of Bingzhou, seems to have signs of stupidity, and the Queen Mother plans to appoint General Lu Bu as the Taishou of Hedong and lead the army out of Tun'anyi to resist Zhang Ji, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

"What?"

"What?"

Liu Bei's voice fell, and Lu Bu and Wang Yun were stunned at the same time.

Liu Bei said confusedly: "What's the matter, but is there anything wrong?" ”

Wang Yun frowned and said: "Lord Xuande doesn't know, the old man said yesterday that he had played the Queen Mother, and asked Fengxian to serve as the pastor of Yanzhou, in order to replace Liu Dai, who died in the war, to pacify the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Rebellion. ”

Liu Bei said: "Yanzhou pastor candidate, the Queen Mother has instructed the county to guard Cao Ying, and I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to change." ”

"What!" Wang Yun lost his voice and said, "There is such a thing?" ”

Lu Bu was even more disappointed and said, "Father-in-law, how can this be? ”

Wang Yun's expression was extremely embarrassed, and he said to him: "I don't know if this ~~ is my father." ”

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In the first month of the second year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (189), the imperial court officially enshrined Cao Ying, the Taishou of Qianjun, as the pastor of Yanzhou, and led the army to crusade against the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou.

In the same month.

Ma Yue went to the imperial court, and officially invited Ma Teng to be the assassin of Liangzhou, and Fu Xie was still Wuwei Taishou, Fazhen was Zhangye Taishou, leading Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang three counties, Xu Huang was Hanyang Taishou, Fang Yue was Longxi Taishou, and the general Duan Xuan was Wudu Taishou, Gao Shun was Taishou of Beidi, and the two counties of Beidi and Anding were led!

On the one hand, Ma Yue arranged for Fu Zhu, who was good at internal affairs, to build water conservancy and immigrate to the tuntian fields in the Northland Plain, and on the other hand, he ordered Gao Shun, who was extremely good at military training, to select 100,000 strong people from among the millions of displaced people in the Guanzhong, and to train them in his spare time, and to select 20,000 people from the 100,000 strong to train with the strictest requirements and the highest intensity.

After arranging the affairs of Liangzhou, Ma Yue finally returned to Laoying Hetao at the end of the first month of the second year of Jian'an, at this time Ma Yue's eldest son Ma Zheng was already four years old (imaginary age), the second son Ma Zhan (born to the queen of the Yue clan was born to Zhenerduo) had also fallen to the ground, and Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Chao was already sixteen years old.

……

Hetao, Ma Yue old camp.

Dian Wei straddled a majestic Western Regions horse with a double iron halberd on his back, staring at Ma Chao who was riding in front of him like a torch, and shouted loudly: "The waist and abdomen are strong, the qi runs through the whole body, you only have the enemy in front of you in your eyes, even if he is a mountain, you have to smash it!" ”

Ma Chao rode forward, his slightly immature black eyes revealed a few hideous expressions that were not commensurate with his age, and suddenly the silver spear raised to the sky in his hand had fallen viciously with a piercing scream, and the bright silver spear drew a dazzling trajectory in the air, sweeping towards Xu Chu's chest.

"Whew!"

Xu Chu roared like a beast, the wolf's tooth hammer in his hand was swung out heavily, only to hear a loud bang, the wolf's tooth hammer had already collided with Ma Chao's silver spear viciously, a wild force rolled back like a long river wave, Xu Chu suddenly felt a suffocation in his chest.

"Good!" Seeing this, Dian Wei cheered loudly, "Well done, this shot is enough for Zhong Kang." ”

……

Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, densely populated and abundant, and has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

Yanzhou has jurisdiction over Chenliu County, Shanyang County, Jiyin County, Jibei County, Dong County, Taishan County, and Dongping Kingdom, and is governed by Changyi City in Shanyang County. At its peak, Yanzhou had a population of more than 4 million, but in the second year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, when Cao Ying became the pastor of Yanzhou, the total population had plummeted to less than one million.

At the end of the first month of the first year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty.

Cao Ying led Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Li Dian, Zangba, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, Guo Jia and other civil and military generals and elite soldiers of the 3,000 clans to Puyang, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao and Cao Ying's friend, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin went out of the city fifty miles to greet him.

……

When Cao Ying's new official took office and was full of ambition, Yuan Shao, the general of Zhengbei and the Taishou of Bohai, fell into a low point in his life.

When the Eighteenth Route Kwantung Army was fighting against Dong, Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the alliance by virtue of the prestige of the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, and after entering Luoyang, he was named the general of the expedition to the east by the imperial court, but in fact, the so-called general of the expedition to the east was only an empty title, and the territory belonging to Yuan Shao was still only the land of Bohai County.

The general of the expedition to the north, the Jizhou Mu Han Fu soldiers are many generals, and they sit on the land of Jizhou and a state, and they have an overwhelming advantage over Yuan Shao in terms of strength. Han Fu was worried that Yuan Shao would threaten his safety when he became stronger, so he began to suppress Yuan Shao everywhere and strictly restricted the supply of grain, grass and ordnance to Yuan Shao's army.

In the autumn of the first year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (188), the new grain from the counties of Bohai County had just been collected, and it was forcibly transported away by Han Fu, and not a single grain was left for Yuan Shao.

During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao had exhausted all the grain stocks in the county, and now the new grain was forcibly requisitioned by Han Fu, and the 20,000 troops under his command immediately fell into the predicament of lack of food! Yuan Shao reluctantly borrowed some surplus grain from the gentry of the noble clan in Bohai County, but these surplus grains were limited after all, and could only sustain the army for several months.

Seeing that the army under his command was about to collapse due to lack of food, Yuan Shaozheng was like a year and had nothing to do, and an important person appeared in front of him.

This person is none other than Feng Ji.

Every time, the character diagram. This person pointed out a clear path for Yuan Shao - to seize Jizhou! Yuan Shao has a lot of soldiers, generals, and no shortage of strategists, but there is no territory, only if he captures Jizhou, he will not be controlled by others, and he does not need to rely on others, and he has the capital to compete in the world!

However, Han Fu was the strongest local warlord in the north at that time, not only had 100,000 soldiers under his command, but also had fierce generals like Zhang He, and strategists like Xin Ping, and Ye City Wall was high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was the most important military fortress in the area north of the river, Yuan Shao did not have the confidence to defeat Han Fu at all.

So after listening to Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shao was very hesitant and didn't dare to make up his mind.

Yuan Shao said worriedly, "There is a way to open the bow and not turn back, in case of war with Han Fu, and the final attack on Yecheng fails, Han Fu is bound to lead the army to counterattack, and when the time comes, I am afraid that even Bohai County will not be able to hold it, so that our army will not even have a place to stay." ”

At this time, Yuan Shao's military advisor Tian Feng came up with a plan and said to Yuan Shao: "Han Fu is a man who has nothing to do, there are 100,000 male soldiers, Zhang He, Xin Ping and other civil and military help, but there is nothing to do. The lord can write a letter, secretly and Youzhou assassinate Shi Gongsun Zhan, lure Zhan to lead the people of Youyan to attack Hebei, Han Fu will inevitably panic, and then the lord will send a person who can speak well to Yecheng to explain the interests to Han Fu, and it is expected that he can be forced to give up Jizhou. ”

Yuan Shao said: "Will Gongsun Chan be fooled?" ”

Tian Feng said: "Gongsun Zhan is ambitious, and he has long been plotting in Jizhou, if the lord goes to write a letter, pretending to welcome him as the lord of Jizhou, he will definitely lead the army south." ”

Tian Feng's words finally prompted Yuan Shao to make up his mind, and on the one hand, he sent someone to send a secret letter to Jixian, and on the other hand, he stepped up military preparations for the capture of Jizhou.

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When Yuan Shao plotted to seize Jizhou, the contradiction between Sun Jian, the Taishou of Nanyang, and Liu Biao, the Mu of Jingzhou, also quickly intensified, and finally reached the point where the swords and soldiers met.

In October of the first year of Emperor Jian'an of Han Xian, Yuan Shu led the army to leave Luoyang and return to Yangzhou, on the way he asked Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao to supply military rations, but Liu Biao refused, Yuan Shu then held a grudge, and after returning to Shouchun, he ordered Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun to lead 20,000 troops out of Tun to seek Yang, threatening Jiangxia by land, and ordered the general Lei Bo to lead the naval army of 8,000 troops in Chaisang, threatening Jiangxia from the waterway.

However, Liu Xun and Lei Bo's two armies are just suspicious soldiers, and Yuan Shu's real killer is Nanyang Taishou Sun Jian.

When Liu Xun and Lei Bo successfully attracted a large number of Liu Biao's troops to the Jiangxia fortification, Sun Jian, the Taishou of Nanyang, led 8,000 elite soldiers to bypass Zhuyang and Caiyang, which were heavily fortified by Liu Biao, and drove to the east through Suixian and then south over the green forest mountain into Nanjun, and ran for more than 400 miles within five days, and suddenly appeared under the city of Xiangyang!

When Liu Biao woke up one night and suddenly found that the outside of the city was already covered with dense troops, he couldn't help but be surprised, and while urgently ordering his wife and uncle Cai Mao to strengthen the defense, he sent people to Jiangxia by water, and urgently ordered Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu to lead the army back to help. After receiving Liu Biao's urgent order, Huang Zu did not dare to slack off, and urgently ordered the commander Li Tong to lead 3,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, and he ordered 20,000 soldiers on land and water to kill back to Xiangyang to save Liu Biao.

However, before Huang Zu's army arrived in Xiangyang, Sun Jian was ambushed in Liqiu.

After a fierce battle, the 20,000 troops under Huang Zu were all wiped out, and Li Tong, the commander of the capital, was also killed by Sun Jian's general Huang Gai with an arrow, and Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu was only spared. Shortly thereafter, Liu Biao's son, Liu Pan, the Taishou of Changsha, took the commander Huang Zhong as the vanguard and raised 8,000 elite soldiers to relieve the siege of Xiangyang, but was also defeated by Sun Jian.

Xiangyang was besieged for several months, and several reinforcements were defeated by Sun Jian, and the food in the city was in short supply.

Liu Biao was forced to accept the advice of the strategist Kuai Yue, and ordered Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to reorganize the naval army, break through the waterway and flee to Hanshou (the seat of Jingzhou Prefecture in the Western Han Dynasty) to temporarily avoid Sun Jian's soldiers, and at the same time sent people to sneak to Shouchun to buy Yuan Shu's henchman Jin Shang with a lot of money.

Jin Shangsui made a greedy statement to Yuan Shu, saying that Sun Jian was proud of his high merits, and often showed his disrespect for Yuan Shu in front of Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and other subordinates, and had a heart of self-reliance for a long time.

Liu Biaojun took the opportunity to spread rumors, and Sun Jianjun's army was shaken and the offensive was frustrated.

At this time, Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu was defeated repeatedly, and raised 8,000 new troops to make a comeback, taking the opportunity to recapture Xiangyang and successfully cut off the retreat of Sun Jian's army, Sun Jian's army immediately fell into a desperate situation with no reinforcements outside and no grain and grass inside.

After a hard battle, Sun Jian finally broke through the siege and returned to Nanyang, but when he first set out on the expedition, there were only 800 remnants of the army left!

……

(To be continued)