This time, Liu Ze went east, starting from Wuchang, all the way to the north, turned east after reaching Xiyang, went east along the Huai River, passed through Lu'an, Shouchun, and Xiaqiu, and arrived at Xiapi. This road may not be the nearest road, but it is the best way to go, all the way to the starry night, do not dare to delay the slightest, go straight to Xuzhou.

Traveling to Huainan, Zhang Liao fought fiercely with Sun Quan in Hefei, Tai Shi Ci fought with Cao Bing in Huaibei, and Liu Ze also flawlessly helped in the battle, and he knew that with Zhang Liao and Tai Shi Ci's ability, there was no problem in holding Huainan and Huaibei, and what really worried him was Xuzhou. Gao Shun's death completely disrupted Liu Ze's layout, although Zhang He was ordered to take on the important task in danger, but after all, Zhang He's ability is still a big difference with Cao Cao, Cao Cao personally led an army of 200,000 to attack Xuzhou, and now the pressure on Xuzhou can be described as a mountain, the four counties north of Xuzhou have been lost, if Xiapi is really lost, the entire Xuzhou is really not guaranteed.

Xuzhou is the birthplace of Liu Ze, it is precisely because he owns Xuzhou that he can stand out in the pattern of competing for hegemony, across the Jianghuai, the tiger is from Jingjiao, and sits firmly in the pattern of the three-point world. This qiē is based on Xuzhou, Xuzhou is the base and the base camp, so in Liu Ze's mind, Xuzhou cannot be lost.

When the army marched to take precautions, seeing that it was not far from Xiapi, Liu Ze reduced the speed of the march and strengthened the vigilance, Cao Cao is a master of using soldiers, and the best means is to steal camps and rob villages to attack the grain road, how dare Liu Ze be careless, although Xiapi is close at hand. Liu Ze is still taking steps forward, working steadily, and never taking risks.

At this time, the news of Cao Cao's retreat from Pengcheng came, and Liu Ze was still in doubt, could it be that Cao Cao took retreat as a strategy to advance, and also made another killing move.

Regarding this point, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said: "Cao Cao and the lord are both experts in the use of soldiers, and those sneak attack tricks may be acceptable to deal with some mediocre talents." But against the real masters. On the contrary, I dare not use it lightly. Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements, this is the truth. Cao Cao captured Pi Buke this time, but instead lost the number one strategist Guo Jia. Morale is low. How dare you take risks. Secretly attacking the main reinforcements, this time Cao Cao retreated to Pengcheng, he must have wanted to wait for work. The decisive battle with the lord in Xubei, Xiapi can neither be defeated, perhaps for Cao Cao, it is the wisest choice to hold the four counties of Xubei. ”

Liu Ze nodded and said, "What the military advisor said is extremely true. This time Cao Cao damaged Guo Jia, hurt his muscles and bones, and wanted Cao Cao to win Yanzhou, welcome the Son of Heaven, and pacify the four states of Hebei, all relying on Guo Jia's strategy. ”

Zhuge Liang said with a slight regret on his face: "Liang Pingsheng heard that Guo Fengxiao has the reputation of 'ghost talent', and the enemy is calculated and full of tricks. ”

Liu Ze smiled secretly, as the top sages of the Three Kingdoms era, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia can be said to be their own leaders, Guo Jia shined in the early stage of the Three Kingdoms, but Zhuge Liang was in the post-Three Kingdoms era, but the two of them were like alternating morning halos, and they had never intersected. Being able to eliminate a top thinker like Guo Jia is a relief for Liu Ze, but it is missing the battle between the two major strategists, but it makes Liu Ze also secretly regretful. However, on the stage of the Three Kingdoms, there will never be a shortage of chess opponents, although Guo Jia has passed away, but an opponent like Sima Yi will definitely be born, even though the trajectory of the Three Kingdoms has changed, but the ending is still full of unknowns.

So Liu Ze drove the army to the city of Xiapi, and Zhang He heard that Liu Ze had led reinforcements to arrive, and personally led the crowd to greet him. When the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou heard that King Jing returned to Xu, they wept with joy, ran to tell each other, the city was full of jubilation, they all went out of the city to greet each other, burned incense and bowed.

King Jing Liu Ze will always be the backbone of the people of Xuzhou, at the moment of life and death in Xuzhou, the arrival of King Jing has undoubtedly injected a dose of strength into the military and people of Xuzhou, and the fear is swept away, and all people believe that as long as Liu Ze is there, Xuzhou must be there.

Finally, Liu Zecai returned to the Assassin's Mansion surrounded by enthusiastic military and civilian regiments. Xuzhou's Assassin's Mansion is the original Jingwang Mansion, since the Jingwang's Mansion was relocated to Wuchang, the original Jingwang's Mansion has become the office of Xuzhou Assassin's Lu Yu. The entire three provinces and six ministries also moved to Wuchang, and Lu Zhi and Cai Yong also left Xiapi one after another, and Xiapi's status as the center of the government under King Jing no longer exists, but it is still the state seat of Xuzhou.

Zhang He, Zang Ba, Chen Deng, Lu Yu and other military and political officials in Xuzhou all met with Liu Ze in the Assassin's Mansion, and with Zhang He and Lu Yu's original intention, they should hold a banquet in the Assassin's Mansion to wash the dust for Liu Ze and others. Liu Ze immediately waved his hand and rejected their arrangement, the enemy is current, these virtual rites can be avoided, Liu Ze and others rushed all the way to Xiapi, at this time it was past noon, not only lunch, but even breakfast had not been eaten, Liu Ze ordered the army to immediately bury the pot to make rice, so that the blister kitchen eats, one person and one bowl, and discusses things while eating in the lobby.

Liu Ze listened to the report of Zhang He and others in detail, although there was a war report before, but the content was much more brief after all, Liu Ze went to Xuzhou this time, so he naturally wanted to carefully understand the situation in Xuzhou. Hearing that Cao Cao attacked Pengcheng, Mi Fang Fu Shiren surrendered to the enemy without a fight, everyone was indignant and angrily denounced, but Liu Ze was silent.

Mi Fang's defection to the enemy is certainly related to Mi Fang's weak will, but he has been busy with the war all these years, and his care for his family and relatives is indeed too little. Mi Fang must be dissatisfied, will make such a move, in the final analysis, or he ignores Mi Fang, Mi Fang has not been promoted and reused in the past ten years, one of which is of course related to Mi Fang's ability, and the other is subconscious, Liu Ze is still extremely contemptuous of Mi Fang, living in its land and offering its land, is for injustice, in history Mi Fang was killed by Guan Yu, Liu Ze did not forget, snubbing Mi Fang obviously has a great relationship with this. It's a pity that after thousands of calculations, Liu Ze still missed it, it is gold that will always shine, and it is rebellion where you can join the enemy, Mi Fang did not sacrifice Nanjun, but also dedicated Pengcheng, did not harm Guan Yu, but killed Gao Shun. (To be continued......)