Let's go back and take a look at the situation of Xiao Yuan Sangong, the camel that died of emaciation in the morning was bigger than the horse, although it was hit hard in Huaiyin and Zhuyi, there are still a few main elite soldiers under the command of Xiao Yuan Sangong, in addition to the elite army of Qiaorui on the northern line, in the Liyang area of the southern line and the Yangtze River defense line, there are Zhang Xun and Hui Qu, the main force that has always pressed Liu Xuan, in Lujiang County on the western front, Liu Xun, the henchman of Xiao Yuan Sangong, not only has a strong army, but also has the help of the master during the year, and has incorporated Zheng Bao, Xu Gan and Zhang Duo had several strong local private soldiers, and their strength increased greatly. At the same time, south of the Yangtze River, Xiao Yuan Sangong also has Wu Jing and Sun Ben's old troops available - this is still an army that has a bloody feud with the Xuzhou army, and it is used to fight the Xuzhou army, and even the pre-war mobilization is exempted.

Although it is impossible to concentrate these teams in a decisive battle with the Xuzhou army in the current situation of Xiao Yuan Sangong's current situation of being surrounded by enemies, if the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal forces is properly used, and tens of thousands of troops who can be fought are transferred from these places to reinforce the northern front, the problem is still not big, so as early as the day after Qiao Rui was ordered to lead the army to the Zhongli battlefield to fortify, Yuan Yin, Xiao Yuan Sangong's cousin, Yan Xiang, Shu Shao, Jin Shang and other people began to speak in front of Xiao Yuan Sangong, and adopted fatigue tactics to persuade in turn, encouraging Xiao Yuan Sangong to get through the periphery, Elite troops from all over the country were dispatched to form a large army in order to fight a decisive battle with the menacing Xuzhou army.

The persuasion of Yuan Yin and Yan Xiang and others still had an effect, and they couldn't withstand the fatigue bombardment of their cronies, and the little Yuan Sangong finally changed his plan to only assemble the army on the northern front for a decisive battle, and at the same time sent Liu Biao to pass through Liu Biao, he ordered Liu Xun to quickly gather 20,000 troops to go north, and go straight to Xiquyang via Hefei to listen to it; Although it is absolutely impossible for the sworn enemy Liu Xuan's side to get through, it is not a big problem to adjust the offensive and defensive momentum, so that Zhang Xun's team, which had pressed Liu Xiang before, can turn to full defense, and it is not a big problem to send tens of thousands of troops north for reinforcements.

At the same time, Xiao Yuan Sangong listened to Yuan Yin's persuasion, and sent a letter to Wu Jing and Sun Ben, the old subordinates who retreated to Wanling, and the letter first comforted with kind words, saying that Wu Jing and Sun Ben would never be held accountable for the crime of being implicated in Sun Ce's rebellion, and persuaded Wu Jing and Sun Ben to cross the river and go north to join forces with the Huainan army to fight against the Xuzhou thief army.

What no one expected was that just when Xiao Yuan Sangong was in full swing to dispatch troops to actively prepare for war, Xiao Yuan Sangong, who was not popular in the sky, dropped a support army - Liu Bei, who had been secretly stationed in Runan two months ago, sent Sun Qian as an envoy to contact Xiao Yuan Sangong, and volunteered to be cannon fodder for Xiao Yuan Sangong as reinforcements, led troops to Huainan to help in the war, and joined forces with Yuan Shujun to fight to the death with Deputy Director Tao, who brutally invaded the land of Huainan! And our Uncle Liu Huang is also really good, it has only been more than a month since he settled in Runan, and he has already expanded the army to more than 3,000 people, and he has hooked up with Liu Bi, a good friend in history, the Yellow Turban thief, so that Liu Pi willingly accepted Uncle Liu's command order, and Uncle Liu's team has also grown rapidly to more than 15,000 people, in addition, Uncle Liu's other good friend Gong Du is also constantly eyebrow-raising with Uncle Liu, and may hook up at any time to become annihilated, so Uncle Liu's team has the possibility of rapidly growing its strength again.

Sometimes good intentions may not be rewarded, and the little Yuan Sangong who has no one in his eyes has always looked down on Uncle Liu Huang's temper, which is also famous, so after Sun Gan arrived in Shouchun to ask for a meeting, Xiao Yuan Sangong did not surrender his identity to meet Shouchun at all, but just asked Changshi Shu Shao to come forward to negotiate with Sun Gan, and when Shu Shao figured out Sun Gan's intentions and quickly reported to Xiao Yuan Sangong with great joy, Xiao Yuan Sangong not only did not overjoyed and immediately summoned Sun Gan, but also snorted coldly on the spot, "The generation of weaving mats and selling shoes, dare to underestimate me?" Tell that Sun Qian to get out, the pottery thief will attack, and the lone army will wipe out the enemy, and there is no need for the juniors who sell shoes and slaughter dogs to rescue! ”

"Slow!" Yuan Yin hurriedly jumped out to stop it, and said to the little Yuan Sangong: "The lord, please slow down, according to the little brother's humble opinion, not to mention that Liu Bei's brother took the initiative to lend a helping hand, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are also well-known generals in the world, if the lord can make Liu Guanzhang brothers for his own use, he will win an army of 100,000!" ”

"My lord, Shao also thinks that you shouldn't refuse the kindness of Brother Liu Bei." Shu Shao also persuaded: "Liu Bei since the Yellow Turban thief Liu Pi was recruited, the team has expanded to more than 15,000 people, not to mention that this army has been robbing Runan all the year round is quite powerful, even if this team is just a rabble, it is also more than 15,000 strong men, the lord only needs to pay a little money and food, he can push these more than 15,000 people to the front of the battlefield and merge with the Xuzhou thief army, even if he can't defeat the Xuzhou thief army, he can also consume the strength of the Xuzhou thief army, and the lord will benefit and do no harm!" ”

"yes." Yuan Yin added: "Lord, the foolish brother knows that you have always despised Liu Bei, but talent is rare, the lord was able to turn enemies into friends with Sun Jian, who scolded the lord in person, and drove Sun Jian to crusade against Liu Biao, Zhang Zhi and Chen Yu, why can't you tolerate Liu Xuande, who has no grudge against the lord?" drove Liu Xuande to crusade against Tao Ying, Liu Miao and others? ”

Yuan Yin's words touched little Yuan Sangong, remembering Sun Jian's relaxation when he was a thug back then, and remembering the majesty of the three peach brothers when they slashed Huaxiong and Santao against Lu Bu with warm wine, the fickle little Yuan Sangong still changed his mind, and after sighing, Xiao Yuan Sangong finally nodded and said: "What the virtuous brother said is reasonable, Zhong Ying, you go and bring Sun Qian to see me." ”

Shu Shao and Yuan Yin were overjoyed together, and hurriedly sang a promise to agree, and then Shu Shao rushed back to the pavilion and told Sun Gan the news of the summons of Xiao Yuan Sangong, Sun Gan was also very happy when he heard it, and quickly changed into formal clothes, brought Uncle Liu's handwritten letter, and followed Shu Shao to Xiao Yuan Sangong's luxurious palace of General Zuo to meet him. However, after entering the gate, there was an anxious voice behind Shu Shao and Sun Gan, "Zhong Ying, Mr. Zhong Ying, slow down!" ”

Shu Shao and Sun Gan turned back in confusion, but saw that it was Bo Yanxiang, the lord of Huainan, who stopped him, when Shu Shao hurriedly introduced Yan Xiang and Sun Gan to each other, Yan Xiang just returned the salute casually, and then immediately said: "Mr. Gongyou, I'm really sorry, please go to the guest room to rest for a while." Mr. Zhongying, you go with me to meet the lord first, and there is a big event to report. ”

Seeing Yan Xiang's hurried expression, Sun Gan also said that there was really a big event in Huainan, so he hurriedly agreed, and followed his subordinates to the guest room to wait for a while, Yan Xiang pulled up the confused Shu Shao and left, hurriedly entered the lobby, and saw the little Yuan Sangong who was waiting for Sun Qian in the hall, Yan Xiang just saluted and couldn't wait to ask: "Lord, I heard that Liu Bei sent a letter to the lord, saying that he was willing to lead troops to reinforce our army and join forces with our army to resist the Xuzhou thief army, I don't know if there is really such a thing?" ”

"There's this." Xiao Yuan Sangong nodded briskly, and said casually: "Originally, Gu didn't plan to accept the assistance of the weaving mat sellers, but Yuan Yinshu Shao strongly persuaded him, so Gu changed his mind and planned to take advantage of Liu Bei's husband." ”

"Zhong Ying, Lord Yuan, you are so confused!" Yan Xiang stomped his feet heavily, lashed out at his friend Shu Shao, and shouted: "The lord finally made a ......, how wise is the lord's decision?" Why did you mislead the lord to make a wrong decision, do you know it, you almost led the wolf into the house! ”

"How did I lure the wolf in? Lured that wolf into the house? Shu Shao was even more confused.

"Liu Bei! Of course, it is Liu Bei, the world's number one hungry wolf! Yan Xiang yelled again, and then hurriedly turned to Xiao Yuan Sangong and said: "Lord, your first decision is very wise, a thief like Liu Bei, no matter how nice he says, he must not believe it, let alone let Liu Bei lead the army into the land of Huainan, otherwise a catastrophe will come!" ”

"Why?" Xiao Yuan Sangong asked suspiciously.

"Have you forgotten that Tao Ying's thief is turning against Liu Bei for what the thief?" Yan Xiang reminded: "Back then, the Tao and Liu families joined forces to resist Cao, Liu Bei didn't want to work together, but instead contacted Yanzhou Lu Bu to rebel in Xuzhou, and only wanted to annex the five counties of Xuzhou, but it was not as good as Tao Ying's thief to destroy the fraud, so he didn't succeed!" Later, Liu Bei and Lu Bu joined forces, Lu Bu was accidentally captured on the battlefield, Liu Bei annihilated the thief as an ally and did not think of rescue, and immediately provoked civil strife in Lu Bu's team, trying to fish in troubled waters and swallow Lu Bu's military strength, Tao Ying's thief saw through Liu Bei's annihilation plan and deliberately released Lu Bu back to the camp, which once again destroyed Liu Bei's annihilation plan! Like Liu Bei, how can he not repeat his old tricks and give birth to the intention of annexing our army by taking advantage of chaos? ”

"Just relying on Liu Bei's weaving mat and selling shoes, he also wants to annex the lonely Huainan army?" Xiao Yuan Sangong laughed disdainfully.

"Lord Yan, you're saying too much, aren't you?" Shu Shao also frowned and said: "Tao Liu turned his face, it was Tao Ying's thief who was ungrateful, unwilling to supply Xuande Gong's army with grain and grass for a long time, and deliberately picked quarrels and provoked trouble to provoke war. Liu Lu turned against him, also because Lu Bu Pifu was capricious, greedy for money and grain in Xuzhou, and abandoned Liu Xuande for profit, what does it have to do with Xuande Gong? The name of Xuande's benevolence and righteousness spread all over the world, why did Lord Yan Bo speculate so maliciously about him? ”

"Zhongying, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" Yan Xiang stomped his feet again and said angrily: "You were deceived by Liu Bei's boasting of the thief and the deliberate slander of the thief, but Liu Bei can deceive you, but he can't deceive me!" I am the lord Bo in charge of confidential documents for the lord, and the grievances and entanglements of Tao, Liu and Lu are clearer than you, Liu Bei Pifu is like loyalty, evil is like good, once you enter Huainan, Huainan will never be peaceful! ”

Seeing that Yan Xiang slandered Huainan savior Uncle Liu Huang for no reason, and was furious for his own advice and advice, although Shu Shao and Yan Xiang's friendship was deep, it was inevitable that he would be a little angry at this moment, and when he was about to open his mouth to argue, the little Yuan Sangong who was sitting in the middle of the high seat opened his mouth and said lazily: "Since Lord Yan Bo said so, then forget it, no matter whether Liu Bei Pifu has the ability and ambition to annex the lonely Huainan, and join hands with a rat who weaves mats and sells shoes, and always hurts the reputation of the third prince of the fourth and third princes of the orphan, forget it, let's tell Sun Qian'er to go." ”

"The Lord ——!"

Shu Shao was anxious again, but Yan Xiang next to him rushed to salute and said: "The lord is wise, Liu Bei is not allowed to step into Huainan to destroy the thief, it is really the blessing of the lord, the blessing of Huainan!" But according to the image, since the lord has asked Mr. Zhong Ying to invite Sun Gan to come, then he can't prevent seeing him, and then the lord can tell Sun Gan that our army has many generals and no need for reinforcements, so we understand Liu Bei's kindness in destroying thieves and raising troops to save Huainan - however, if Liu Bei sends troops to Shansang, looking for an opportunity to kill Peiguo, and cut off Tao Ying's thief's grain route, then after the matter is completed, our army will be grateful! ”

"Clever plan, let the big ears disturb the grain route of the Taoying thief, and it will also be beneficial to our army!" Xiao Yuan Sangong applauded, very satisfied with Yan Xiang's advice, and then turned to Shu Shao and ordered: "Zhong Ying, go and pass Sun Qian to see him." ”

Shu Shao sang a promise with a straight face, and Yan Xiang said sincerely: "Brother Zhongying, the foolish brother persuaded the lord to ask Liu Bei to disturb Tao Ying's thief's grain channel, and he also wanted you to see clearly Liu Bei's hypocrisy of destroying the thief. With Liu Guan and Zhang Zhi's martial arts, as long as they are willing, it is not too difficult to disturb or even cut off Tao Ying's thief's Peiguo grain route, but it has no benefit to Liu Bei to destroy the thief! So I expected that Liu Bei would do everything possible to excuse the matter, and he would find all kinds of reasons to insist on sending troops to Huainan to cooperate with our army to meet Tao Ying's thieves, and take the opportunity to settle in Huainan City to fish in troubled waters! ”

Shu Shao didn't answer, but just strode out of the hall and went to the guest room to invite Sun Gan, the messenger of the benevolent and righteous Uncle Liu, but to Yan Xiang's surprise and Shu Shao's sneer, Sun Gan heard Xiao Yuan Sangong's reply that Liu Beijun sent troops to attack the grain road of the Xuzhou army, not only did not shirk at all, but also immediately promised to truthfully report to Uncle Liu Huang, asking Uncle Liu Huang to act according to the order as soon as possible, and at the same time asking Xiao Yuan Sangong to support a little grain and grass. And Xiao Yuan Sangong was a little embarrassed when he saw that Sun Gan agreed so happily, so he nodded and promised to support Uncle Liu Huang with 3,000 grains - but he didn't give it until Liu Bei sent troops, Sun Qian also agreed, thanked him and left, and Shu Shao also broke off his friendship with his friend Yan Xiang without mentioning it.

…………………… When Sun Qian returned to Runan, our Uncle Liu Huang finally hooked up with Gong Du, another good friend of his in history, and expanded the army to more than 20,000 people - of course, among the more than 20,000 people, more than ninety percent were the kind of Yellow Turban Army when our Deputy Director Tao brushed up his experience points in Runan. At the same time, in order to facilitate the 'rescue' of the little Yuan Sangong who was in danger, our Uncle Liu Huang couldn't wait to lead the army to Ruyin County, which was only 300 miles away from Shouchun, and set up a large camp inside and outside Ruyin City, which was ravaged by the war to less than 100 households, so Sun Qian didn't take a few days to bring the news to Ruyin and to Uncle Liu Huang.

"Raid the grain route of the Taoying thief?" After listening to Sun Qian's reply to Xiao Yuan Sangong, Uncle Liu Huang smiled and said slowly: "People say that Yuan Highway is arrogant, and now he can see it, and it really deserves his reputation - he doesn't want to think about it, as long as Tao Ying's thief breaks through his Huai River defense line, Jiujiang County, the richest and most abundant food in Huainan, will be immediately exposed to Tao Ying's thief's knife, even if our army cuts off Tao Ying's thief's grain route, Tao Ying's thief can also plunder supplies on the spot, what's the use?" ”

"My lord, please forgive me." Sun Gan said worriedly: "As I saw with my own eyes in Jiujiang, Huainan has experienced a great drought in the past two years, Yuan Highway only cares about expropriation and does not repair water conservancy, the grain harvest is serious, the Huainan army levies the heaviest taxes and grains, the famine among the people is serious, and the people have a lot of vegetables. ”

"But what if the Tao Ying thief broke through Dangtu, Yinling and Xiquyang, which were the places where the Huainan army stored grain?" Uncle Liu Huang continued to be reasonable, "Gongyou, don't forget, Tao Ying's thief has a thunderbolt, and attacking Jiancheng may be difficult for others, but for Tao Ying's thief, it is as easy as a hand. ”

Sun Qian nodded, knowing that Uncle Liu Huang was reasonable, and Guan Yu next to him said: "Brother, since Yuan Shu Pifu is an enemy and refuses to accept his brother's kindness, then why should my brother take humiliation on himself, he must help him Yuan Shu Pifu resist the pottery thief?" It's better to collect the troops and go back, and let him Yuan Shupifu go to fight the pottery thieves alone! ”

"No!" Uncle Liu Huang shook his head and said righteously: "I am not a good person, but that Tao Ying thief is hypocritical and vicious, and he will bring disaster to the world, if Yuan Highway is not saved, Huainan will be obtained by Tao Ying thief, and it will be more difficult to eradicate Tao Ying thief in the future!" Therefore, no matter whether Yuan Shu accepts my kindness or not, I will do my best to save the innocent people of Huainan from fire and water, and contain this ambitious Tao Ying thief for Cao Gong! ”

"What the lord said is in line with heaven!" The generals under his command echoed one after another, admiring Uncle Liu's benevolence in saving the country and the people. Guan Yu asked again: "Brother, since this is the case, what should our army do next?" ”

"Wait, wait patiently!" Uncle Liu Huang replied categorically: "Tao Ying's thief is incomparable, and there are many minions under his command, and the Huaihe defense line will definitely not stop Tao Ying's thief's southward footsteps!" As long as the Huaihe River is broken through by Tao Ying's thieves, Yuan Highway will inevitably understand the kindness of our army and accept the kindness of our army! ”

After finishing speaking, Uncle Liu Huang, who was unparalleled in benevolence and virtue, smiled in his heart and said: "Tao Ying thief, work hard, hurry up and break through Yuan Shupifu's Huai River defense line!" As soon as Yuan Shupifu invites me to send troops to Huainan, my chance will come! Yuan Shupifu, you want to be beautiful, and cut off the grain of Tao Ying's thief for you, what good do I have? This bird does not lay eggs and has thousands of miles of bones, can it be my Liu Xuande's foothold? ! ”

…………………… By the way, let's take a look at the situation on the side of Yuan Shujun's Lujiang reinforcements, after receiving the news that Xiao Yuan Sangong transferred troops to reinforce the Huaihe battlefield, Xiao Yuan Sangong's absolute henchman Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun almost did not hesitate, and immediately arranged for his younger brother Liu Kai and nephew Liu Wei to prepare for the expedition, and summoned the county Cheng who he had visited and recommended in Lujiang locally, and discussed with this county Cheng who assisted him in integrating the local powerful private soldiers and made great contributions to dispatching those teams.

"The county guard, send those soldiers to reinforce Jiujiang, and the county guard can decide on its own." The young county man who was only in his twenties spoke very directly, and said to Liu Xun: "Only Zheng Bao, the county guard must let him go on the expedition, among the heroes and strong in Lujiang, Zheng Bao is the most brave and brave, and quite talented and strategic, is the guard of the local wealthy family, the main force of our army reinforces Jiujiang, if he is still left in Lujiang, the consequences are unpredictable, only to bring it to the army, one is to facilitate monitoring, and the other is to borrow the hands of the Xuzhou thief army to get rid of this hidden danger when necessary." ”

"Then I'll just send Xu Gan and Zhang Duo too, once and for all!" Liu Xun's voice was even more grim than that of the young Juncheng.

"No." The young county man shook his head and said: "Among the wealthy households in Lujiang that the county guard has adopted, Zheng Bao, Xu Gan and Zhang Duo are the most powerful, if the county guard sends them together, the remaining wealthy families must be suspicious that the county guard is going to borrow a knife to kill people, and only by first eliminating the strongest and most enemy-making Zheng Bao can we kill two birds with one stone, which not only weakens the Lujiang wealthy households, but also does not make people panic." ”

Liu Xun obeyed this young county man, and quickly nodded in agreement, and said: "Just do it, I will secretly explain to Liu Kai and Liu Wei in a while, and let them act according to the plan." ”

"County guard, maybe you don't have to explain." The young county man smiled and said: "If the county guard does not give up, I am willing to go out with General Liu Kai, assist General Liu Kai to lead the army to meet the Xuzhou army, give advice to Liu Kai, and act when the opportunity arises." ”

"Mr. Ziyang is willing to go out with the army, of course he can do a good job." Liu Xun was overjoyed and said: "With Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang giving advice to my brother, Xun has no worries!" ”

(To be continued)