The autumn wind is bleak, the white dew is frost, and time is like a white horse passing through a gap, and it has entered July in a blink of an eye.

The general trend of the world is in full swing, and the armies of Fei Dulu and Zhang are caught in a fierce battle in the Hanzhong area, and other places are also surging.

Yuan Shao led the army out of three ways, first defeated Yan Gang in Zhongshan, and then defeated Tian Kai in Gaoyang, two great victories, beheaded more than 10,000 people, Bai Ma Yi lost everything, the Jizhou army was like a rainbow, all the way forward, Gongsun Zan knew that he could not be the enemy, so he retreated into the city of Yijing, relying on the high walls of the city, and resisted stubbornly.

At the end of July of the same year, there was a mutiny among the soldiers in Yijing City due to lack of food, Yuan Shao broke through Yijing City in one fell swoop with the help of Shilin Gate Lords and surrendered soldiers, Gongsun Zhan saw that the general trend had gone, his heart was like a knife, he personally killed his wife and children, and also set himself on fire in the Taishou Mansion, Guan Jing, Tian Kai, Yan Gang and other henchmen were all killed.

Youzhou with the death of Gongsun Chan and drew a successful end, now Yuan Shao has sat on the land of You, Hebei, and Qingzhou, with millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, as if becoming the world's largest prince.

In Huainan, Cao Cao gathered Jing, Yang, Xu three road princes to crusade against the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, four roads a total of more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, the army passed everywhere, the road was invincible, all the counties and counties all looked forward to the wind and surrendered, the four-way army Lianke Bailu, Yangquan, Hefei, Chengde and other counties, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Liu Biao and Cao Cao met under the city of Shouchun, forming a situation of encirclement.

But Yuan Shu has been running Shouchun for many years, with many generals, the city is high and thick, there are still 100,000 people under his command, and there are also battle-hardened generals under Ji Lingde, Cao Cao has no plan to break the city for a while, coupled with the arrival of the rainy season in Huainan, the battle situation in Shouchun has fallen into a stalemate.

In the face of the imperial coalition forces outside the city, Yuan Shu knew that he was invincible, and hurriedly summoned the civil and military forces under his tent to discuss countermeasures. In the end, Yuan Shu used Yang Hong's suggestion, leaving Liang Gang, Chen Ji, and Liu Hui to divide their troops into 100,000 troops and stick to Shouchun.

When Cao Cao learned that Yuan Shu had fled, he was furious and urged his army to fight quickly. Under his personal supervision, the four-way army desperately attacked the city, attacking for three days in a row, Liang Gang and others in the city could not hold on, and Kaicheng surrendered.

When Cao Cao was in the spring of the garrison, Xun You took over the migration of people from Yanzhou to Huaibei, as well as the distribution of Tuntian, and summoned the displaced people from all over the world to increase the population in the territory, which was fundamental. Cao Cao wanted to raise troops and Huaishui. pursued Yuan Shu, who fled, but under the persuasion of Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others, he dispelled this idea, Yanzhou is a place of four wars, and it cannot be left for a long time. It may not be beneficial, if you temporarily return to Xudu. Wait for the spring wheat to ripen, and the military food will be sufficient, and you can figure it out. Cao Cao understood the words of Xun Yu and others, and after the Shouchun matter was decided, he immediately returned to Xudu, accompanied by Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei.

"It seems that Yuan Shu's life will not be long in coming. We have to speed up the pace, and while Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are not yet at war, we can quickly occupy Xishu! ”

Lu Bu sat at the table, browsing through the information from all over the place, and saw Cao Cao conquering Shouchun. Pacifying Huainan, I felt an indescribable impatience in my heart, seeing Cao Cao start to become stronger step by step, but he himself was deeply trapped in the battle situation in Hanzhong, this feeling was not very good.

Just when Lu Bu was distracted by Cao Cao's rise, Cheng Lian walked into the handsome tent quickly and delivered a battle report that had just been delivered: "Lord, there is information from Yizhou, the scout has just arrived, please take a look!" ”

"From Yizhou? Maybe there will be news of Liu Yan! ”

Lu Bu's eyes were like torches, he took the letterbox from Cheng Lian's hand, and after he withdrew, he quickly shook out the battle report in the fish-scale letterbox.

Just glanced at it hurriedly, and then frowned: "Fifty thousand Shu soldiers left Chengdu and went straight to the Sword Pavilion!" ”

Lu Bu's brows were almost twisted, he held the information in his hand, and muttered to himself in his heart: "If Gan Ning doesn't get through the Baishui Pass again, I'm afraid Jiang Xu will be surrounded in the Sword Pavilion, so let's hurry up and find a way to solve this problem!" ”

After reading the battle report in the morning, Lu Bu was slightly tired, got up and stretched his muscles, and went out of the tent to look out.

Today's weather is a bit overcast, the sky is cloudy, and from time to time flocks of geese soar southward, sometimes making high-pitched or tragic chirps.

The leaves of the sycamore trees outside the tent have turned yellow and begun to scatter, the weeds in the corners have fallen a layer of dewdrops, which have not yet dropped, and the wild flowers and strange trees that are blooming everywhere have gradually shown signs of withering, and the courtyard is desolate, a bleak scene.

"Lord!"

Suddenly there was a call behind him, Lu Bu turned his head to look, it was an old man wrapped in sheepskin, this old man was quite well maintained, his long hair was snow-white, but his hair was black and shiny, but his eyes were cloudy, as if he had heavy pupils, and there was no focus in any direction.

"Strategist, let's go into the account!"

Jia Xu knew Lu Bu's thoughts, he shook the big fur on his body, and said in a deep voice: "No! ”

Since yesterday, Jia Xu has never left the military tent, and now the three-way army is following Jia Xu's original set, and the work of pacifying the three-way army and even the entire rear falls on his shoulders. War reports from all over the world flew into this small tent like snowflakes, and almost every one of them was stamped with the symbol of this "urgent report", and he was asked to replace Lu Bu to make the execution—this is trust, but also a heavy responsibility.

After the two of them sat down, Lu Bu rubbed his somewhat sore eyes, staying up late for several days, making the dignified general look haggard, subtle wrinkles quietly grew in front of the forehead at the corners of his eyes, and the stubble under his chin was becoming more and more lush, and the more he looked at it, the more vicissitudes of life.

There was silence in the tent for a while, and Jia Xu asked, "Is the lord worried about the affairs of the Sword Pavilion?" ”

Lu Bu nodded: "It is reported that in addition to Yan Yan and Wang Ping, the guards of Ba County, there are also 50,000 Shu soldiers led by Zhang Ren out of Chengdu, plus Yang Huai of Baishui Pass, the number of people who came to compete for the Sword Pavilion reached 100,000, and the total number of soldiers and horses in the Tiger and Leopard Battalion was only 20,000, I don't think it could be held!" ”

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and touched the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes: "This is the consensus reached by Liu Yan to occupy Yizhou and Dongzhou Shilin!" ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that, sir? Lu Bu slowly rubbed his fingers and asked.

Jia Xu flicked the dust on his sleeve and grinned: "Most of the guards stationed in the front line of Sword Pavilion, Zitong, Yuzhong, and Jiangyou are from Dongzhou Shilin, that is to say, these throats of Shu are firmly controlled by the Dongzhou Shi clan, and they use this condition to reach a consensus with Liu Yan, now that the Sword Pavilion has been taken by us, they will definitely try their best to take it back, and Liu Yan will not miss this opportunity to recover the Sword Pavilion!" ”

"So how do we deal with it?" Lu Bu raised his voice in vain, and his expression became cold. (To be continued......)