As Guo Jia expected, when the battle situation on Yuzhang's side reached the hands of Cai Mao, Wu Ju and others, Liu Biao's army on the left soon began to slowly retreat towards the north. Moreover, all the counties that could be taken away were taken away, and the four counties of Linruan, Hanshou, Zuotang, and Xiaoling, which were occupied by the enemy, were completely emptied, and even if they could not be moved, they were burned down, which made people look extremely breathless.

Fortunately, Liu Biao planned to rule Jingnan in the future, so he didn't move the people, otherwise he was afraid that he would loot the people, leaving behind a ruin, as well as hundreds of thousands of mouths waiting to eat, which gave Wang Xu a headache.

But Guo Jia, who had been prepared, of course, would not let them retreat peacefully, although he could not prevent the final destruction of the other party, he still bit tightly, like a poisonous snake, waiting for the opportunity to retaliate all the time. Liu Biao's army was also frightened, and the retreat speed was very slow, for fear that there would be an ambush in front or a surprise attack from behind, so he maintained a high degree of vigilance. This also directly led to a very slow march, less than forty miles a day, which can be called a turtle speed.

At the same time, Wang Xu also led the soldiers to arrive at the foot of Shaxian City and camped ten miles south of the city. And Xu Huang and Lai Gong, who were ordered by him, did not slack off, and quickly divided 10,000 people, and Lai Gong led them to Shaxian to help. And Xu Huang and Tian Feng still took the rest of the men and horses to confront the defeated army of Huang Zu who did not dare to come out alive and did not dare to come out in Xiapheasant.

Three days later, Cai Mao, Wu Ju and others on the left side retreated to Nanjun Yidao with Liu Biao's main force, which meant that Liu Biao's army on the third route had all withdrawn from Jingnan.

But this thing definitely can't end like this, where can I find the good thing of leaving after burning and grabbing? The Left Route Army, led by Guo Jia, Gao Shun and others, followed all the way to Yidao, and the two armies confronted each other tensely.

This Yidao is one of the only three counties in Nanjun south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the easternmost large county, less than 80 miles to the west, is Sheshan County. As for the county further west, it is far away in Yishui, that is, the source of the Qingjiang River in later generations, more than 300 miles away from Yidao, and is called Shaqu. So. Not only does it have a very important strategic location. Moreover, it has the only large-scale ferry port in Nanjun south of the Yangtze River, which is a must-see.

But Guo Jia still did not take the initiative to attack, although the soldiers had recovered and their morale was very high, and the same was true. It felt like he was just going to bring the other party back to Jingbei, and he never revealed his intentions to anyone, and no one knew that his eyes were shining. What exactly is going on in my heart? And Xu Shu, the only one who was qualified to be questioned, had already handed over the entire military power at the moment of his arrival and returned to Changsha with Zhao Yu......

"Ling Wanqing, hasn't Guo Jia made any moves over there?" At this moment, Wang Xu is standing on a high hill. Looking at every move in Shaxian County.

Ling Wanqing, who was standing on the side, shook her head and replied, "No, Guo Junshi has not made any moves until midnight yesterday, and it is not clear now, and I have not been able to get the latest information." ”

Wang Xu smiled, didn't care, and asked instead: "Hmm! What about Jingbei? Isn't Liu Biao in a hurry? ”

"Of course it's urgent!" Ling Wanqing smiled and continued, "I just received the news. Jingbei's naval army has been divided into two routes. All the way to Jiangling Port in Nanjun County, and all the way to Jiangxia Yixian Port. And a large number of ships were temporarily requisitioned. As far as the subordinates described, it traversed the entire river, and the tail could not be seen at a glance. ”

"Hehe, Yixian Port!" The corners of Wang Xu's mouth suddenly showed a smile: "The closest port in the south of the Yangtze River to the port of Yixian County is Exian, east of Shaxian and northwest of Xiaxian County, and the distance between the two places is about the same, it seems that Liu Biao wants both armies to retreat from Exian!" ”

"Then are we going to attack Exian and cut off his retreat?" Ling Wan said in surprise.

"No!" Wang Xu immediately smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Wanqing, you don't understand military affairs." This Exian is the enemy's way of life, and it is very terrible to let the soldiers fall into a dead situation. When the time comes, we will fight one by one, won't we have to spend a great price to win it? The outbreak of Liu Biao's army can not retreat at all, and it will be consumed by fighting to the death with us, leaving us exhausted and suffering heavy losses. ”

"Besides, although there are only a few large ports that can allow the army to evacuate quickly, there are still many gentle slopes and small ports that can be landed along the Yangtze River. We can't pick up the army quickly, but we can take it little by little, and the rest of us will fight to the death, wouldn't it help Liu Biao? Even if he is ruthless enough, he can smuggle food and supplies to support the remnants of the army and our enemy, anyway, those who can be withdrawn will be withdrawn, and those who can't be withdrawn will be exhausted, and then our Jingnan will not be much better. ”

"Oh! I see, so what do we do now? Ling Wanqing said suspiciously.

"Just go on with each other like this, waiting for them to retreat to Exian." Saying that, Wang Xu smiled meaningfully, but didn't explain much, turned around and walked down the hill. "Let's go! Back to the camp, the surrounding terrain has been seen, and it is useless to stay any longer. ”

"No!" Ling Wanqing and Dian Wei responded, and also left with more than a dozen guards in the rear, as well as the spy shadow department.

Just returned to the camp, Wang Xu didn't have time to take a breath, and a subordinate with a spy sign on his chest had been waiting in his main tent for a long time.

Seeing Wang Xu, Ling Wanqing and Dian Wei arrived together, he saluted one after another, and then said to Wang Xu: "Lord, the subordinates are the subordinates of the single commander. On the orders of the commander-in-chief, he came to report the military situation. ”

"Shan Huai?" Wang Xu frowned and asked, "What military situation, but about Liu Biao?" ”

The man shook his head suddenly: "No, it's the change of forces of all parties in recent times. ”

Hearing that it had nothing to do with the battle situation, Wang Xu was not so anxious, waved his hand and smiled: "Hmm! Let's talk about it! Dian Wei, you should go and rest first! ”

"Hmmm! Good. Dian Wei smiled and nodded, didn't say much, and left.

Wang Xu took Ling Wanqing and the others into the tent, and after sitting down at random, he smiled slightly: "Say it!" What's going on lately? ”

Maybe it was because Ling Wanqing was present, that person didn't dare to be verbose, and he didn't even report his name. is concise from beginning to end, maintaining the consistent style of spy film. "Returning to the Lord, Liu Yan of Yizhou appointed Zhang Lu, the grandson of Zhang Ling, the patriarch of the Wudoumi Sect, as the superintendent of Yi Sima, and Zhang Xiu as the Sima of other departments, and suddenly led the army to attack and kill Hanzhong Taishou Sugu and occupy the entire territory of Hanzhong. Zhang Lu then ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Xu had already interrupted strangely: "Who is Zhang Xiu?" ”

The man was about to answer, but Ling Wanqing smiled slightly, and took over the words: "This Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ling's disciple, after Zhang Ling's death, he and Zhang Ling's son Zhang Heng are both important managers of the Five Doumi Sect. But the doctrines of the two are not the same. There is some controversy. After Zhang Heng's death. It was Zhang Lu's son who inherited his lineage. As far as I know, Liu Yan and Zhang Lu's mother are very close, her mother has a good appearance, is quite beautiful, and claims to have the art of ghosts and gods, and often goes in and out of Liu Yan's mansion, and the relationship is unknown! ”

"Oh! I see. Wang Xu smiled. He wasn't too interested in these things, so he immediately turned his head to look at the spy and said, "You go on!" ”

"No!" After answering, the man looked at Ling Wanqing before he spoke again: "As Commander Ling said, that Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu have different concepts because of their complementary doctrines. So there has always been discord. This time he took Hanzhong, Liu Yan wanted to choose one of the two as the Taishou of Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu was worried that Zhang Xiu would take office because of his higher qualifications, so he designed to kill him and take in his subordinates. ”

"Isn't Liu Yan popular? Let Zhang Lu mess around? Wang Xuqi said.

Hearing this, the corners of the man's mouth obviously showed a hint of a smile, but because of Ling Wanqing's presence, the words were said very tactfully. "Back to the Lord. Liu Yan was indeed very angry when he learned about it. He once issued an order for Zhang Lu to go back and confess his guilt. However, Zhang Lu's mother later went in and out of Liu Yan's mansion several times, and the matter was over. Liu Yan also had other calculations, so he also took advantage of the situation to appoint Zhang Lu as the Taishou of Hanzhong. ”

Wang Xu also smiled clearly, and then turned to ask, "You said you have another plan?" What can you find? ”

The man shook his head immediately and replied, "I didn't find out the intention, but Commander Shan inferred it based on Liu Yan's later actions. ”

"What move?" Wang Xu frowned.

"In fact, although the matter of Liu Yan's instruction to attack Hanzhong has already spread in Yizhou, Liu Yan himself does not admit it. Soon after Zhang Lu assumed the post of Taishou of Hanzhong, he blocked the road to Chang'an and robbed and killed the envoys sent by the imperial court. Liu Yan wrote to the imperial court, saying that the rice thieves blocked the road and could no longer contact the imperial court in the future. Later, he found an excuse to kill more than ten people in the state, including Haoqiang Wang Xian and Li Quan, who strongly condemned his behavior. Qianwei County Taishou Ren Qi and Captain Jia Long therefore raised troops to attack Liu Yan, Liu Yan met the attack, and is still in a fierce battle, but Ren Qi and others are obviously in a weak position. ”

"Huh!" Hearing this, Wang Xu was immediately happy, and said with a smile: "Didn't he clearly tell the people of the world that he wanted to be the emperor?" It is normal for some people to rebel, but Shuzhong is already remote, and the Han Dynasty is not as powerful as the people, I am afraid that the opposition of the people will not be too big, and Ren Qi should not be an opponent. And what about the imperial court? The court did not react? ”

The man suddenly shook his head: "No, Dong Zhuo doesn't seem to care much about Shuzhong, so he doesn't care about it at all." Because Liu Yan's three sons are all in Chang'an, Liu Fan is the general of Zuo Zhonglang, Liu Dan is the imperial history of Zhishu, and Liu Zhang is the captain of Fengche. In desperation, His Majesty begged Liu Zhang to go to Shuzhong and persuade him with clan friendship. But since Liu Zhang came to Yizhou, it seems that he has no intention of going back at all, and he is currently serving in Shuzhong. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but let out a long sigh, Liu Xie, the emperor, has also done a really good job. Dong Zhuo just wants to be a soil emperor now, sitting and watching the crowd fight, how can he get the power of the guilty place and provoke the enemy?

After a long time, he waved his hand and continued: "Forget it, let's talk about other people, Yizhou Liu Yan is not small, in the future, you spy should pay more attention to his movements, I am worried that after this person stabilizes Yizhou, it will be unfavorable to my Jingzhou." ”

"No!" Ling Wanqing and the rest of the spy department all nodded solemnly.

The man looked at Wang Xu's face, and didn't seem to have the intention of continuing to speak, so he continued: "Lord, when Yuan Shao seized Jizhou and withdrew his troops from Hanoi, and Cao Cao also entered the Eastern County, the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo coerced Taishou Zhang Yang to rebel against Yuan Shao, and Hanoi fell into the hands of Dong Zhuo. The Sili area lost suppression, and Dong Zhuo ordered General Zhu Jun to lead his troops back to defend Luoyang. Zhu Jun took advantage of the situation to break away from Dong Zhuokong, fled to Nanyang with his soldiers and horses, and was warmly received by Yuan Shu, and called on the heroes to ask Dong again. But this time, everyone agreed verbally, and no one sent troops, only Xuzhou Mu Taoqian sent Zhu Jun 3,000 elite soldiers, and recommended him as a general of the chariot cavalry. The messenger who came to Jingnan also arrived a few days ago, and is still staying in Changsha and Linxiang. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help sighing, shook his head and said: "This is purely child's play, General Zhu Jun has too high expectations for everyone, today, there are few people who are dedicated to the country, not when they begged for the yellow scarf!" ”

After saying that, he pondered for a while, and then he continued: "When you go back this time, bring my order to the public enemy, and let him tell the messenger." Our army has just been attacked by Liu Biao. Although I have the heart to support it, I really don't have that strength, and Liu Biao is now ill-intentioned, so it is impossible for me to go alive. Do you understand what I mean? ”

As a high-level subordinate of the spy, of course that person was not stupid, and immediately nodded quietly: "My subordinates understand!" ”

"That's it! Then there is nothing else to report? Wang Xu said a little tiredly.

"Yes! Sun Jian sent troops and attacked the Huiji ......"

"Sun Jian sent troops?" Wang Xu's eyes widened in surprise. looked at the spy in front of him in a daze. After talking about it for so long, it is only now that I get to the point.

Even Ling Wanqing looked at this spy crew a little speechlessly, this is really what kind of commander he brings his subordinates, Shan Huai likes to say that it doesn't matter to make you feel at ease first, and then suddenly come up with a scaring word, which can scare people to death.

Wang Xu didn't have time to think about this. Thoughts flashed through my mind.

Sun Jian's attack on Huiji is definitely bad news for Jing Nan, and the reason why he is so confident in obtaining Yangzhou is because he believes in Sun Jian's loyalty to the Han family. This pioneer in history who sought Dong alone for two years, bent on supporting the Han family, until Yuan Shao sent Zhou Ang to attack his rear, and then died under the persecution of the ambitions of the princes. Since then, he has been attached to Yuan Shu. And because of Yuan Shu's orders. During the attack on Jiangxia, he was shot by Huang Zu's general with a hidden arrow. It can be said that he was the most loyal of the Han family among the princes. Therefore, they will not attack other counties lightly.

And no matter how powerful he is, if he only guards one Wu County, he will not be his opponent, and when he is forced to break out, he has already taken Jingbei, and the male soldiers are in hand, and when the time comes, the troops will be sent to Yangzhou, and they can be achieved overnight. But now it's doing this, it's completely different, once the Sun family becomes strong, it is much more terrible than Liu Biao. And with the adherence and admonition of more capable ministers and strategists, Sun Jian's heart will also be shaken, and it will definitely be a great threat to Jing Nan.

Who forced Sun Jian to do this? Let him give up the persistence in his heart in advance? What did the damn Wang Lang do? actually angered Sun Jian, a tiger? He took Guo Yi's class, and it has only been a year since he became the Guiji Taishou, which tendon is wrong, and he wants to provoke Sun Jian!

scolded Wang Lang half to death in his heart, Wang Xu was really unspeakably worried, and was silent for a long time before taking a deep breath and saying, "When did this happen?" ”

Seeing Wang Xu's uncertain face, the man didn't dare to slack off, and immediately replied: "Three days ago, Sun Jian broke Wang Lang's main force, and is now steadily recovering the northern counties of Huiji. However, Sun Jian did not kill Wang Lang in the end, and let his family leave. ”

"What is the reason? Why did Sun Jian suddenly send troops to fight Wang Lang? Wang Xu asked.

"It's a long story." The spy member hesitated for a moment, as if sorting out the information in his mind, and after a while, he continued: "In fact, at the beginning of the year, Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, suddenly fell ill and died mysteriously soon after, and his family also disappeared together, and I don't know whether he cheated to death or was killed. ”

"Died of a violent illness at the beginning of the year? How did I not know? Wang Xu suddenly frowned.

Hearing this, Ling Wanqing took over with a smile and said, "Lord, because this information is not very important, and the lord was busy with the conquest of Liu Biao at that time, so Liang Rui did not report after collecting the information. I hope that as the situation develops, I will let you know when the situation changes. ”

"Hmm!" Wang Xu couldn't help but nodded, it is understandable that the spy shadow did this, after all, he told himself about everything, so he just waited for information every day. In addition to collecting, the role of the spy commander is to analyze, pick out the useful, and then organize it into coherent events to report.

When even turned his head and said to the spy crew, "You go on!" ”

"No!" Answered, the man also continued: "Soon after, Yuan Shao took the opportunity to send his brother, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, to recognize the history of Yangzhou assassination. But Yuan Shu was very unhappy that Yuan Yi helped Yuan Shao, but instead of helping him, he went out of Runan and ambushed Yuan Yi who led his troops south on the way. Yuan Yi was defeated, led his troops to flee north, and was rumored to have been killed in Xuzhou, but this matter is very doubtful, according to the intelligence of Xuzhou, Yuan Yi was not found to have arrived in Xuzhou. ”

Then, Yuan Shu appointed Chen Yu as the assassin of Yangzhou, and took Shouchun as the governing place. But at this time, the imperial court had already heard the news and appointed Liu Xuan, the younger brother of Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, as the assassin of Yangzhou. ”

"Wujun Sun Jian was close to Yuan Shu because of his hatred for Yuan Shao, and he hated Dong Zhuo deeply, so he supported Chen Yu as the assassin of Yangzhou and opposed Liu Xuan, who was appointed by Dong Zhuo under the pretense of His Majesty. Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, was also the same as Sun Jian, resolutely opposed Dong Zhuo's appointment. And Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin and Huiji Taishou Wang Lang are resolute supporters of Liu Xuan, saying that Liu Xuan is famous, even if it is Dong Zhuo's intention, but it is also personally appointed and dismissed by the imperial court, and should be supported. Only Jiujiang was too guarded to let see the chaos of the world, resigned from his position, did not comment, and returned to his family to live in seclusion. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu also vaguely understood, it seems that this is the cause. It's really complicated enough, the three forces are all fighting for this Yangzhou, after thinking about it, he asked: "But after Liu Jian arrived, what did he do, and then forced Sun Jian to send troops?" ”

"Exactly!" The spy department suddenly nodded, and continued: "Because Shouchun, the Yangzhou Assassin Shizhi Office, has been occupied by Chen Yu, and Lujiang Taishou Lu Kang supports Chen Yu, so Liu Miao couldn't go in, so with the help of Zhou Xin, Wang Lang and others, he crossed the Yangtze River south and established a state rule in Moling, Danyang County. Moreover, the part of Yuzhang County that we abandoned was divided into three counties: Poyang, Luling, and Jian'an, and Jian'an County also crossed out the southern counties of Huiji County. ”

At this time, Liu Jian was powerful, and Wang Lang took advantage of the situation to propose that in the land south of the Yangtze River, only Sun Jian was disobedient and disrespectful, and he should be defeated. However, Liu Miao seemed unwilling to make enemies and did not agree. But ......"

"But this incident completely angered Sun Jian." Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Wang Xu already answered with a calm face.

"Hmm!" The man nodded suddenly. Sun Jian was furious when he heard this, worried that he was small, so he sent troops to defeat Wang Lang and occupy the entire territory of the redivided Huiji County. Liu Miao was afraid of him, so he was already trying to make peace with him! ”

"Hey! Providence! It's all providence! Wang Xu sighed and slowly closed his eyes...... (To be continued.) )