(PS: Transition chapter, I'm embarrassed to ask for a monthly pass.) ）

After several twists and turns, Emperor Han Xian and his wife finally threw themselves into the broad and warm arms of Deputy Director Tao, and Deputy Director Tao is also very good at being a person, leading the whole army to kneel ten miles to welcome Emperor Han Xian and his wife, two kneeling and five knocking to lead the mountain to call the Son of Heaven for thousands of years, moved to suffer from Li Dao, Guo Yan, Cao Boss and Yuan Sangong and others bullied Emperor Han Xian and his wife are crying bitterly, glad that their husband and wife finally waited for the day when they jumped out of the tiger's mouth - as for whether they entered the wolf's den after leaving the tiger's mouth, they still have to wait and see the after-effects.

There is also Da Yuan Sangong, as the filial son-in-law of Da Yuan Sangong, after taking Da Yuan Sangong back to Ye County, Deputy Director Tao naturally got kowtow to the old father-in-law's sickbed, and tearfully asked for his own crime of poor protection, but unfortunately after Xuzhou sent troops to attack Yuan and Deputy Director Tao secretly supported Yuan Shang's rebellion, Da Yuan Sangong had already basically seen the hypocrisy of his son-in-law, and in the face of the coy attitude of the puppet son-in-law, Da Yuan Sangong not only did not move at all, but also secretly hated that he couldn't move and couldn't open his mouth. can't fight thieves, can't scold thieves, and regret that he had no eyes in his early years, why did he raise the two white-eyed wolves Deputy Director Tao and Boss Cao?

Whether the old man secretly hates himself in his heart, how much Emperor Han Xian expects him to be able to sincerely serve the Han family, these deputy directors of Tao can't take care of so much, for Deputy Director Tao, the most important thing at the moment is to control and make good use of the card of Emperor Han Xian, Deputy Director Tao first appointed his old lackey Cao Hong as the head of the Imperial Forest Army, and then asked Cao Hong to select a group of politically reliable henchmen from the veterans of Xuzhou to form the Imperial Forest Army, and took on the important task of protecting and monitoring Emperor Han Xian on the same day. on this. Emperor Han Xian, who had suffered a big loss several times, was also very vigilant, and when he asked Deputy Director Tao about the reason, he was pushed back by Deputy Director Tao with a word, "Son of Heaven, you can't be without the protection of the Imperial Forest Army by your side, right?" ”

As a traverser, Deputy Director Tao actually dislikes having one more boss on his head than Yuan Sangong in his heart, even if it is an honorary boss, but there is no way, Emperor Han Xian sent it to the door himself, and Deputy Director Tao just can't take it in. Forced into desperation. Deputy Director Tao had no choice but to listen to the persuasion of Jia Lao's poison and Shi Yi, and decided to follow Cao Lao's coercion to order the princes, temporarily raise Emperor Han Xian, and squeeze out the political oil and water on him first. Then consider whether to abolish the emperor and stand on his own.

Meantime. Although Yang Changshi also suggested that Deputy Director Tao take the opportunity to do the king's business. But Deputy Director Tao, who had just controlled Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, did not dare to act immediately, but only praised Yang Changshi fiercely, and then rejected Yang Changshi's suggestion. Give enough hints to let Yang Changshi do some preliminary preparations - in this regard, Deputy Director Tao believes in Yang Changshi's ability very much, and believes that he will definitely not do worse than Hua Xin in history. And even if Yang Changshi is overwhelmed, it doesn't matter, Hua Xin, who moved to Huainan, has already been recommended by Zhang Zhao to be a lackey for Deputy Director Tao, and now he has served as the Minister of Lujiang and is doing quite well, and he is very popular with the people for being honest and honest, Deputy Director Tao can transfer him to the court as an official at any time if necessary, and let him come forward to clean up Emperor Han Xian.

At the same time, there was also news from Bowang's side, after the Xuzhou army stopped chasing, Liu Huangshu and Zhuge Liang really led the army to flee back to Bowang and Zhang Fei's division, and also took over the local control of Bowang under the pretext of Liu Pan's death, and collected some remnants of the Jingji coalition army that escaped to Bowang, and the strength reached 6,000 troops, turning into the head of the Jingzhou army in the north of Nanyang. The commander of the Xuzhou army, who was not ready to march into Nanyang, had no choice but to let him go.

Of course, no longer pursuing Uncle Liu Huang does not mean that Deputy Director Tao will be as loyal and honest as Boss Cao, and in the case of bordering the Jingzhou Army, he also gave Uncle Liu Huang a chance to make a comeback, and ordered to give up the pursuit, and Deputy Director Tao knew that in the mountains and forests west of Ye County, the possibility of the army being able to catch up and capture the battlefield life-saving master Liu Huangshu was very small, so Deputy Director Tao simply ordered to stop the pursuit and let Uncle Liu Huang bring some more teams back, so that Liu Biao was vigilant and suspicious, and at the same time immediately sent Jiang Gan as an envoy, Under the pretext of discussing with Liu Biao to conclude a peace treaty of mutual non-aggression, he took the opportunity to implement the plan proposed by Yang Changshi and perfected by Jia Lao Poison and himself.

It was also time to explain the task, the number one model among the Xuzhou soldiers who did not seek superiors, Yang Changshi's personal captain and long-time partner General Li Lang, finally knew that he was betrayed by the unscrupulous boss, and then Li Lang also hugged Yang Changshi's thigh and cried like Yang Changshi holding Deputy Director Tao's legs, saying that he would not leave Yang Changshi's side to suffer and suffer, but unfortunately Li Lang would have to go to Yang Changshi if he didn't go, so Yang Changshi quickly agitated like a spring, comforting and making a wish, It was only after saying that Li Lang was coaxed on the road and forced Li Lang to accompany Jiang Gannan to Jingzhou.

Okay, now let's take a look at the situation on Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng's side, in fact, Liu Biao and Cai Mao and other Jingzhou decision-makers don't pay much attention to Liu Pan and Uncle Liu Huang's Northern Expedition at all, the so-called reinforcement Yuan Tan just wants to wait and see, and he didn't expect so many things to happen later, after receiving the news of Yuan Tan's defeat at Guandu, Liu Biao also listened to the advice of the lord Bo Kuailiang, and decided to order Liu Pan to retreat to Bowang to avoid direct conflict with the Xuzhou army, and at the same time, Liu Biao also ignored the opposition of Cai Mao, Huang Zu and Zhuge Xuan, He was ready to take the initiative to send envoys north to communicate with the Xuzhou army and negotiate a peace treaty of mutual non-aggression.

The messenger who ordered Liu Pan to withdraw Bowang has not yet been sent, and the matter of sending the envoy to negotiate with Deputy Director Tao is still being prepared, so that the Jingzhou decision-makers are stunned and caught off guard The news has come one after another, first of all, Cao Boss took the opportunity to lead a breakthrough, and the Xuzhou army was like a bamboo to the city of Xuchang, and then Cao Boss capsized in the gutter and failed miserably in the hands of Liu Pan, the Xuzhou army approached Ye County at an incredible speed, and then Liu Pan did not have time to ask for instructions and followed the covenant to meet with the remnants of Yuan Tan's army. For the Jingzhou Army, he accepted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and his wife and the Third Duke of Yuan, and in the end, Deputy Director Tao, who had never lost once since he started his debut, also capsized in Yecheng, and was beaten by Liu Panjun and forced to jump into the river to flee for his life. I don't know if I live or die.

That moment was also the happiest moment for Liu Biao and the decision-makers of Jingzhou, the biggest threat Cao Boss was beaten to death, the Son of Heaven and the Great Yuan Sangong were in their hands together, and the biggest threat they were about to face Deputy Director Tao was also unknown, this series of good news simply made Liu Biao and Cai Mao and other Jingzhou decision-makers unbelievable, and they were so surprised that they almost suspected that they were in a dream. For a long time, the decision-making level of Jingzhou, which had only been greedy for self-protection behind closed doors, also had an enterprising mind for the first time, and began to discuss taking the opportunity to send troops to the Central Plains to dominate the world. During this period, Zhuge Xuan naturally had to fan the flames, and General Cai Mao, who received the tip, volunteered to lead the army north to meet Liu Pan. also received the loot seized by Liu Pan.

I was only happy for a few days. Just a few days later, when Liu Biao finally made up his mind to send troops to the Central Plains, when Huang Zu, the general of Jingzhou, whose Jiangxia land had been occupied by Liu Biao's father and son, had just begun to gather troops and horses, bad news also came one after another. Deputy Director Tao confirmed that he was rescued. The grain and grass sent by Bowang to Ye County were robbed. Then there was no news for a few days, and the news of Liu Pan's death in battle and the defeat of the Jingji coalition army came, and finally the wife of Emperor Xian of Han and the third prince of Dayuan were snatched away by the Xuzhou army. There is also the news that Uncle Liu Huang led the army back to Wancheng.

After falling from heaven to hell in just a few days, Liu Biao and the decision-makers of Jingzhou were stunned, and in addition to the regret and regret of beating their chests, they were inevitably full of doubts, why did such a good situation be lost in such a short time? Why was the 10,000 Jingzhou troops almost wiped out, and even the commander Liu Pan was beheaded by the Xuzhou army, but Uncle Liu Huang was able to come back with 6,000 troops? - Of course, if Liu Biao knew more about it, and knew that when Uncle Liu Huang fled back to Yecheng from Xuchang, there were only two soldiers left around him, then Liu Biao might have been even more suspicious.

Fortunately, under the influence of the wings of Deputy Director Tao and Yang Changshi, the demon moth, Uncle Liu is no longer isolated in the decision-making level of Jingzhou, and there are still many friends, under the persuasion and analysis of Zhuge Xuan, Huang Zu and Cai Mao Brothers and others, Liu Biao not only directly sent people to investigate the matter, but also decided to recall Uncle Liu Huang, Huang Zhong and Pang Tong and others to inquire about the specific process of the Battle of Yecheng, and also prepared to let Uncle Liu Huang temporarily lead the military affairs of Nanyang, and sit in Wancheng to preside over the overall situation of Nanyang, in case the Xuzhou army took the opportunity to go south to attack Jingzhou, Acquiescing to Uncle Liu's control of the remnants of the Jingji coalition also allowed Uncle Liu to continue to serve as the northern gatedog of Jingzhou.

Although Liu Biao did not mention the plan to let Uncle Liu Huang preside over the military affairs of Nanyang in his letter, it was good to have more friends, so when Uncle Liu Huang had not received the letter from Liu Biao ordering him to return to Xiangyang to report on his work, he had already learned the good news through several channels. Under the secret joy in his heart, Uncle Liu Huang did not hesitate or worry at all, and immediately arranged for Zhang Fei and Xu Shu to stay in Wancheng to lead the soldiers and horses, and he led Zhuge Liang, Huang Zhong and Pang Tong, who disguised themselves as ordinary people and escaped with their lives, to return to Xiangyang to meet Liu Biao together. When passing through Xinye, Uncle Liu Huang brought Guan Yu's righteous son Guan Ping with him, acted as the captain of his own soldiers, and went south to Xiangyang together, and then still ordered Jian Yong and Sun Qian to guard the old nest of Xinye, which was only more than 100 miles away from Xiangyang, just in case.

When Uncle Liu's team returned to Xiangyang, the time was already the early winter of the sixth year of Jian'an, because it was confirmed that the Xuzhou army had collected troops and returned to Xuchang, the once noisy Xiangyang City was no longer as full of soldiers as before, plus Uncle Liu only brought more than ten people to the south, which was obviously no threat, so in order to continue to make good use of Uncle Liu's gatekeeper, Liu Biao, who is now in good health, simply led everyone out of the city, and paid great respect to Uncle Liu. is also very respectful to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao, whose blood relationship has been thin than paper, calls each other brothers, with an extremely affectionate attitude, and hypocrisy for half an hour, and then they join hands in Xiangyang City.

Entering the city, as a landlord, Liu Biao had to set up a banquet to entertain Uncle Liu, a guest general, until after the three rounds of wine, Liu Biao seemed to inadvertently ask about the before and after the battle of Yecheng, and Uncle Liu Huang did not dare to slack off, and quickly gave a detailed introduction to the before and after of the battle of Yecheng, just concealed some of his small means of abducting the army, and truthfully explained the reason why the Jingji coalition army was forced to abandon the city and break through because of the robbery of grain and grass, as for why the rear army led by himself was able to break through by luck, Uncle Liu Huang said lightly that he had too few troops, and was pursued very tightly by the Xuzhou army, so he was forced to break through to Hengshan, attracting a large number of Xuzhou pursuers, and finally relying on the unknown geography of Xuzhou pursuers, he was lucky to break through in the Hengshan area with complex terrain.

In the end, Uncle Liu Huang naturally shed a few more heroic tears. Choked up and knelt down to Liu Biao to plead guilty, and said: "Brother Jingsheng, prepare to break through to Hengshan, although it also restrained a large number of Xuzhou chasing soldiers, but Major General Liu Pan was killed, and the Son of Heaven was robbed by pottery thieves. ”

Anyway. Uncle Liu Huang kowtowed heavily and pleaded guilty. Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Huang Zu and others next to him persuaded one after another: "Xuande Gong doesn't have to blame himself so much, after the battle that day, some soldiers who returned to Xiangyang from the front line made a report, and the Xuzhou thief army arranged tens of thousands of ambushes to ambush Liu Pan. It also occupies an absolute geographical advantage. Your 2,000 people, even if they reinforce Liu Pan, will be a drop in the bucket. Not only will it not help, but it will also cost you your life in vain. ”

Indeed, some Jingzhou soldiers fled back to Xiangyang by water, and reported the ambush situation to Liu Biaoyu in advance - these soldiers were of course also arranged by Liu Huangshu and Zhuge Liang. Therefore, not only Cai Mao, Huang Zu and others opened their mouths to comfort, but also Liu Xian and Han Song and other important ministers in Jingzhou also opened their mouths and persuaded Liu Biao not to pursue the matter, because even if Uncle Liu Huang tried his best to rescue Liu Pan at that time, it was useless - it is true, even if Uncle Liu Huang really found out his conscience to save Liu Pan at that time, he must have been sent to death in vain.

A large group of henchmen and important ministers opened their mouths to intercede for Uncle Liu Huang, although they were very dissatisfied with Uncle Liu Huang's refusal to save Liu Pan's death, but Liu Biao still held Uncle Liu Huang with both hands, and while comforting him with warm words, he didn't care about these trivial things, while sighing: "I hate to listen to the good words of the virtuous brother, and I didn't send more troops and horses to the north, otherwise, not only will the Son of Heaven be able to save Jingzhou, but the traitor Tao Ying, who was almost captured alive by the virtuous brother, how can he escape the pursuit of our army?" It's a pity, it's a pity, it's all because I don't know what I've seen, so I lost this great opportunity. ”

"Brother Jingsheng doesn't need to be too sorry." Uncle Liu Huang in turn comforted Liu Biao and said: "Brother Jingsheng was also thinking about the people of Jingzhou at that time, and he couldn't bear to increase the burden of the people, so he didn't go to Peking University. Besides, when we are divided and fought today, how can there be no opportunities? If you can deal with it, it is not enough to hate. ”

"My brother's words are very right." Liu Biao still appreciated Uncle Liu's words, and said with a smile: "The opportunity is indeed not over, although Yuan Tan, Cao Cao and others have been repeatedly hit hard by Tao Ying, but they are hundred-legged insects that die but do not stiffen, and there is still the power of a battle, as well as Yuan Shang and Yuan Shu and other generations, it may not be impossible to pose a threat to Tao Ying, and our army and virtuous brother will inevitably get another good opportunity to rescue the holy car and recover the Central Plains." ”

Uncle Liu Huang nodded and smiled, saying that he admired Liu Biao's words very much, and snorted coldly in his heart: "Old immortal, you know that you regret it, right?" If you send more soldiers and horses to me this time, will the pottery thief have a chance to escape alive? ”

"But before that, we should still give priority to raising troops to defend ourselves, first consolidate the fundamentals, and then try to forge ahead." Liu Biao's tone of voice suddenly changed, and he said with a smile: "Brother Xian, Xinye City is short of small grain, and it is difficult to raise a large army. Reorganize your troops and horses in order to advance in the future. ”

"Sure enough, it came." Uncle Liu Huang was secretly happy in his heart - the book explains that Wancheng is the governance of Nanyang County, and the population and economy are much better than Xinye, although it has been repeatedly warned, but the foundation is still there, and after the Tuntian reclamation of Cao Boss's team, the actual situation is still far better than Xinye, and Uncle Liu Huang, who can move to Wancheng and raise 4,000 soldiers in Xinye, is of course unwantable.

Secretly happy to secretly happy, polite words still have to be said, at the moment Uncle Liu Huang said pretendedly: "Brother Jingsheng is very loving, Bei should not have resigned, but General Deng Long is still stationed in Wancheng, and Bei led the army to settle in Wancheng, isn't General Deng Long without a place to stay?" ”

"This is easy to do, just let Deng Long lead his troops to withdraw to Xinye." Liu Biao is also the master who does not suffer losses, and said with a smile: "Wouldn't it be wonderful to let Deng Long withdraw to Xinye, and the virtuous brother will go north to Wancheng and exchange stations with each other?" ”

"Old thing, no wonder you are so generous, Lao Tzu finally managed Xinye so that the people were rich and full of food, and you were about to take it back as soon as you stretched out your hand! Take back the rich Xinye near Xiangyang, and push Lao Tzu to Nanyang, which is in urgent need of reconstruction, as a shield, you are so calculating! ”

Uncle Liu Huang's heart was furious, and he was about to secretly go to see the hint that Zhuge Liang was definitely going to give, but a herald came in from outside the hall, knelt down on Liu Yuan's knees, and arched his hand and said: "My lord, General Zhang Xiu, who is stationed in the city, sent his nephew Zhang Xin to come with a letter to ask for a meeting with the lord, saying that there is a hundred thousand urgent important reports. ”

"Zhang Xiu?" Liu Biao's brows furrowed, this time the Xuzhou army entered Yingchuan, Liu Biao immediately asked his henchman Chen to lead the army to Anzhong to station, and Chaoyang also sent additional troops on the only way south of Xiangyang in the south of the city, not for anything else, just to prevent Zhang Xiu, who has a deep relationship with the Xuzhou army, from messing around, during which Zhang Xiu has been very honest, but the suspicious Liu Biao still refuses to take it lightly. Now that Zhang Xiu sent his nephew Zhang Xin to see him with a book for no reason, Liu Biao was surprised, and inevitably had an ominous premonition.

"Let him in." Liu Biao nodded, and at the same time temporarily shelved the discussion of letting the imperial uncle's army move to Wancheng, and Liu Huangshu took the opportunity to return to his seat and discussed with Zhuge Liang in a low voice about countermeasures - how to get Wancheng without losing Xinye, a relatively mature base area.

After a while, Zhang Ji's grandson Zhang Xian, who was not yet twenty years old, hurriedly entered the lobby, but to everyone's surprise, after Zhang Xianxian's salute, when Liu Biao asked him what he was from, Zhang Xian actually looked around the people present, and then hugged his fist to Liu Biao and said: "Ming Gong, the last general is brave, I want to report this matter to Ming Gong in the back hall, and I hope that Ming Gonggong will be gracious." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Xian hurriedly took the initiative to untie the saber and put it on the ground. Liu Biao was very curious when he saw it, so he smiled and asked, "Young General, here are all my confidants, what can you say in front of them?" ”

"Duke Ming's forgiveness of sins, the stakes are very high, and the final general must pay tribute to Duke Jingsheng alone, and hope that Duke Ming will be gracious." Zhang Xian replied solemnly.

Seeing that Zhang Xian's face was grim, not to mention Liu Biao, everyone present inevitably had an ominous premonition, Liu Biao hesitated for a moment, got up and turned into the back hall, and said casually: "Wang Wei, take General Zhang Xian to the back hall." ”

"No." Liu Biao's tent lieutenant and absolute confidant Wang Wei agreed, came over to lead Zhang Xian to the back hall, and just turned the screen, Zhang Xian looked back at Uncle Liu Huang who was sitting in the hall, and Uncle Liu Huang, who happened to be cunning and suspicious, also turned his head to look at Zhang Xian, who was acting mysteriously, his eyes intersected, Zhang Xian, who had a ghost in his heart, quickly turned his eyes away, but Uncle Liu Huang suddenly doubted in his heart, "Zhang Xian, a Xiliang child, why does it seem that he is deliberately peeking at me?" Does this have anything to do with me? (To be continued......)