The news of Lu Bu's loss of Xiaopeicheng soon reached the ears of Liu Wei, who was far away in Luoyang.

Knowing that Xiao Pei was lost, Liu Wei knew that once the winter passed, Lu Bu might only end up in defeat and death.

If he wanted Lu Bu to live, the only hope was Deng Zhan, who led the dragoon guards into Xuzhou.

Since Liu Wei could not directly confront Cao Cao, who had kidnapped Liu Xie, the dragoon guards entered the Xuzhou area, and they could only change their clothes and participate in the battle as a ranger.

The combat power of the dragoon guard, Liu Wei is not worried.

His only concern was whether this special warfare brigade, which was completely a new product in the late Han Dynasty, had completely mastered the tactics of special warfare.

After all, cold weapons are not the same as hot weapons.

It is more difficult to infiltrate enemy forces with cold weapons than with special forces with hot weapons.

Liu Wei paid attention to the battle in Xuzhou, but at this time, Deng Zhan had already led more than 500 dragoons into Xuzhou.

They did not choose to settle in a relatively prosperous city, but found a small village near Xuzhou, gave some benefits to the villagers, and built a new house to take root on the spot.

The topography of this small village is very similar to the Taojia Village where Tao Huanniang and they lived, not far from the entrance of the village, there is a small river that runs across it, and you can hear the sound of the river flowing "whoosh" when you stand at the entrance of the village.

At the beginning, Liu Wei led Zhou Cang, Zhao Yun and others to fight with the Xiliang army near Taojiazhuang, Deng Zhan had not yet joined Liu Wei at that time, and he knew everything about that battle from the survivors of Taojiazhuang.

Thinking of the past, it was only the Yellow Turban Thief and Dong Zhuo who caused trouble in the world, and now all the heroes are fighting each other under the banner of recovering the Han family, but those who really want to recover the Han family in their hearts, I am afraid that there is no second person to think about except Liu Wei, who is the identity of the Han clan.

As for Liu Xie, he must have wanted to restore the Han Dynasty, but Liu Xie is now in Xuchang and is controlled by Cao Cao.

How can a puppet emperor who doesn't even have personal freedom be expected to do anything great!

Standing at the entrance of the village, Deng Zhan could clearly see the small river in the distance that glowed orange in the sunset.

Due to the distance, the sound of the "whooshing" of the river reached Deng Zhan's ears, which was already somewhat hazy.

"General!" Looking at the river in the distance, the voice of a dragoon guard officer came from behind Deng Zhan: "Dinner is ready, general, please go back to the house to eat!" ”

"It's time to eat again!" Knowing that it was time to eat again, Deng Zhan pulled a smile on the corner of his mouth, turned his head and said to the officer: "I still have food to eat every day when I go out, if the army goes out this year, I'm afraid there will be many soldiers who will be hungry!" ”

"That's what the general said!" Smiling slightly at Deng Zhan, the officer said to Deng Zhan: "When my subordinates went to the quartermaster department to collect military rations, I saw that the quartermaster's face was all blue. If it weren't for His Highness's strict order that sufficient military rations must be prepared for us, I am afraid that he would not hesitate to withhold our military rations. ”

"yes!" Nodding, Deng Zhan turned around, and while leading the officer towards the village, he said to the officer: "I waited for this time to come to Xuzhou, I don't know how many generals and soldiers in the army are red-eyed. Before leaving Luoyang, Gao Shun had said to a certain that Yu Linwei under his command could also complete this matter! ”

Of the three guards of the Luoyang Army, only the Dragoon Guard had not been trained by Gao Shun, so the Dragoon Guards were not familiar with Gao Shun.

When Deng Zhan said that Gao Shun was blushing and he came to Xuzhou, the dragoon guard officer who followed the side and rear smiled and said to Deng Zhan: "If Yulinwei wants them to charge into battle to defend the city, maybe they can use one as ten, but let them do what I will do in the future......"

"One is ......ten" While walking slowly towards the village, Deng Zhan repeated what the dragoon guard officer said, and said leisurely: "I'm afraid that even if they fight with the soldiers of the main force of the Qin army, they can still use one as ten!" ”

"Huh?" I haven't been in contact with Yu Linwei for a long time, and after hearing Deng Zhan's words, the dragoon guard officer was stunned for a moment, and asked Deng Zhan in surprise: "It's just that they haven't seen Yu Linwei for a year, and they will grow like this?" ”

"What's wrong? Remembering the fight with them that day, scared? "The dragoon guard officer who followed Deng Zhan was one of the soldiers who had fought with Yulinwei in Jizhou.

On that day, the dragoon guards violently flattened Yu Linwei, although the number of both sides was equal, and Yu Linwei even took some advantage in numbers, but he was beaten by the dragoon guards and had no power to fight back.

Although this matter has been a long time, everyone among the Dragoons knows that as long as a new recruit is incorporated into the Dragoon, the veterans will also tell them how the Dragoon Guards in Jizhou were tyrannical.

"Afraid of them?" Deng Zhan's words obviously made the dragoon guard officer a little depressed, the officer pursed his lips, and said to Deng Zhan with an indifferent expression: "Even if they can use one as ten now, our dragoon guard is not for nothing!" If there is another fight, they can still be beaten all over the face! ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Deng Zhan would never stop the aggressiveness of the dragoon guards, but he knew that in the Qin army, Liu Wei strictly forbade officers and soldiers to fight privately, so he said to the dragoon guards: "This is just for you and me to say, and when you return to Luoyang in the future, you must not go to find the bad luck of Yu Linwei!" ”

"My subordinates know!" Following behind Deng Zhan, the dragoon guard officer first responded, and then said to Deng Zhan: "If you really want to fight with them, your subordinates will also use the name of learning, and they will definitely not damage the affection of the Qin army and Tongze." ”

"That's great!" Nodding, Deng Zhan just answered the officer's call, and he smelled a burst of corn and rice wafting in front of him, and took a deep breath as if he was enjoying it, and then said to the dragoon guard officer: "What fragrant corn!" Let's go, I'll wait for a meal that will make the military flesh hurt today! ”

Deng Zhan said this, and the dragoon officer who walked behind him laughed, and walked with him towards the hut where the smell of corn wafted from him.

The dragoon guard quietly entered Xuzhou, not only Lu Bu in Xuzhou City didn't know, but even Xiahoudun and Li Dian in Xiaopei City didn't get any news.

Since Xiahoudun and Li Dian led their troops to break through Xiaopei, the war between the two sides has temporarily subsided.

The Cao army under Xiahoudun and Li Dian did not have the strength to crusade against Xuzhou, which was high in the city, and Lu Bu in Xuzhou City was also incapable of recapturing Xiaopei.

On the surface, the two sides entered a relatively balanced confrontation, but whether it was Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Xiahoudun, and Li Dian, they all knew that this balance would pass with the arrival of winter, and be broken by Cao's army's large-scale attack.

Seeing that winter was coming, Yuan Shu, who had just escaped the attack of the Cao army, also stood on the wall of Shouchun and looked at the surrounding mountains.

"Your Majesty!" After Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, everyone in Huainan had changed his name to "His Majesty", and his staff and generals wanted to play a leading role, just when Yuan Shu looked at the mountains outside the city, Ji Ling went to the city, hugged his fists and bowed to him and said: "Seeing that winter is about to begin, the clothes on the soldiers are still thin......

"Thin?" As soon as Ji Ling's words came out, Yuan Shu turned his head to look at him, and said coldly: "The winter in Huainan is not very cold, and the soldiers are still too thin to wear two or three military uniforms?" ”

Knowing that under the attack of Cao's army, the economy of Huainan suffered great losses, and the goods in various places were not ready, especially silk and linen were scarce.

But Ji Ling didn't expect that when he told Yuan Shu that the soldiers lacked winter clothes, Yuan Shu would be able to say such a thing to him, which really surprised him.

Maintaining the posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Ji Ling stood in front of Yuan Shu, not daring to answer Yuan Shu's words, but the look on his face was already a little embarrassed.

"Your Majesty!" After Yuan Shu lightly dropped a sentence, he turned his face to the outside of the city, and after Ji Ling was silent for a while, he said to Yuan Shu again: "The soldiers have no winter clothes, although Huainan is not as cold as the north, but in winter it is also snowy, if you don't send winter clothes, I'm afraid you can't stand it!" ”

"How do I say you know?" This time, Yuan Shu finally ran out of patience, he turned to face Ji Ling, raised his hand and pointed to the city and asked Ji Ling: "Cao's army went south to Huainan, plundering all the way, most of the people in the villages outside the city have fled, and there have been no merchants in the city for a long time, where do you want me to find tens of thousands of winter clothes for you?" ”

Yuan Shuyi put all the blame on Cao Jun's head, but although Cao Jun arrived in Huainan and plundered some villages, the economic impact on Huainan was not very great.

What really severed the connection between Shang Jia and Huainan was precisely Yuan Shu's claim to be the emperor.

Although the Han family is in decline, heroes from all walks of life in the world still recognize and respect the Han family, and every time they send troops in the name of Kuang Fu Han, they are trying their best to show their own loyal ministers and good generals loyal to the Han family, while others are traitors and rebels.

In this context, Yuan Shu, who obtained the jade seal of the country, rashly became the emperor, not only could not get the support of more people, but also made heroes from all walks of life disgusted with him, and even some regions had explicitly banned merchants from entering Huainan.

Although Huainan occupies an excellent geographical location, it is only a corner of the land after all, and there are many goods that still have to be purchased from other regions.

Since Yuan Shu became emperor, not only have there been fewer and fewer foreign merchants, but even local merchants have gone to other places, and when other places learn that they are Huainan merchants, they will also prohibit merchants from trading with them.

This environment only caused one consequence, that is, during the period after Yuan Shu became emperor, the Huainan region soon lacked a lot of people's livelihood and military goods, and everything could only rely on self-sufficiency.

It was only then that Yuan Shu knew what serious consequences he would bring if he was in a hurry to become emperor, but the thing had already been done, and regret was useless, and the only thing Yuan Shu could do now was to rest the soldiers and encourage Nongsang, in order to be able to achieve self-sufficiency in everything in two or three years, and then try to plot the world!

"Go ahead!" Roared at Ji Ling, and lowered Ji Ling's head and didn't dare to speak, Yuan Shucai waved his hand at him and said to him: "Tell the soldiers not to go out in winter." Unless they are on duty, they are all nested in the house. The mountains are full of trees, and although there are no winter clothes, there is enough firewood for the fire in winter! ”

"No!" Although he felt that Yuan Shu's idea was not very good, Ji Ling had no choice but to bow down with his fists in response, and then turned around and left from Yuan Shu's side.

When Ji Ling left, Yuan Shu held the battlements with both hands, looked at the trees outside the city that had withered, and wrinkled his brows tightly, as if he was talking to himself to Yang Hong, who was standing behind him, and said: "The Cao army will definitely attack Xuzhou in the spring, and it is just when the army will crusade against Xuchang again, but I don't know that our army will have combat power after the spring!" ”

Hearing Yuan Shu say this, Yang Hong cupped his fists and bowed to Yuan Shu and said, "Although Huainan lacks military uniforms, it is not short of food. Your Majesty can rest assured, after this winter, the soldiers have finished resting, and they will definitely be able to march into Xuchang with their troops, capture and kill Cao Cao, and force the little emperor of the Han family, Chan, to be located under His Majesty! ”

After listening to Yang Hong's words, Yuan Shu did not answer, but just looked at the Lingling outside the city and fell into deep thought.