Unfolding the second silk sheet, Liu Wei glanced at the words written on it, turned his head and said to Lu Bu and Tai Shici behind him: "I'm afraid that the three military advisors are testing this king!" ”

Liu Wei said that the three military advisors were afraid that they would test him, and Lu Bu and Tai Shici were both stunned.

Seeing that the two of them were confused, Liu Wei handed the silk to Lu Bu and said to him and Tai Shici: "Look at the two of you, this strategy is to break Shouchun, what does this king want Shouchun City to do?" ”

took the silk silk and opened it to take a look, Lu Bu was also stunned, and handed the silk to Tai Shici on the side.

After reading the four words written on the silk, Tai Shici asked Liu Wei with a confused face: "Your Highness, what is the military advisor going to do?" ”

"The third tip, I'm afraid it's really their deep meaning!" Lowering his eyelids, Liu Wei opened the third bag.

When she glanced at the words written on the silk in the third bag, her brows furrowed slightly, as if she was talking to herself, "I see! ”

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Seeing a thoughtful look on Liu Wei's face, Tai Shici asked on the side.

"You two take a look, don't make a noise!" Handing the silk silk to Tai Shici, Liu Wei whispered an order to them.

Glancing at the silk, Tai Shici and Lu Bu both saw eight small characters written on the silk, "If you want to capture the old and indulge, the voice will attack the west!" ”

"What does that mean?" The two of them glanced at each other, but they didn't understand what these eight words meant, and almost asked Liu in unison.

"Knock on the side, besiege the city!" Turning his head to look at Lu Bu and Tai Shici, Liu Wei smiled slightly, and said to them: "The meaning of the military advisor is very clear, I want us to completely clear the surroundings of Shouchun, and from the Huainan army, our army can seize grain and grass, which can be used to help the army attack the city!" ”

After listening to Liu Wei's analysis, Tai Shici and Lu Bu were stunned.

The Huainan border has been cleaned up by Yu Linwei, and Shouchun City is like a woman lying in front of a strong man completely exposed.

When the Qin army went south, it was completely possible to approach Shouchun, and what kind of consideration was there for besieging the city and attacking the border, which really made Tai Shici and Lu Bu a little puzzled.

Finding that the faces of the two of them were confused, Liu Wei smiled slightly and said to them: "The Huainan army has no reinforcements, and there is nowhere to send reinforcements to the siege!" When our army arrived outside Shouchun City, we only had to surround Shouchun with a small number of soldiers and horses, and then a large number of soldiers and horses swept away the four fields. In this way, in the future, the Cao army will not dare to disturb near Shouchun when it breaks through Yangzhou, and our army can accumulate enough military food to confront the Huainan army in the city! ”

"Your Highness means to fight a protracted battle outside Shouchun City?" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Lu Bu looked at him blankly and asked him.

"Hmm!" Nodding, Liu Wei smiled at Lu Bu and said: "Feng Xian is the main general, how to fight the Huainan army at that time, Wen Hou still has to make the most decisive decision!" ”

"In the end, everything will be at the command of His Highness!" Liu Biao said that he needed to make the final decision, Lu Bu hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed his head to Liu Biao and said: "The last general is a body of guilt, how dare you speak of the main general?" ”

"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people!" Looking at Lu Bu, Liu Wei said in a flat tone: "Since this king has appointed Feng Xian as the main general, he will take Feng Xian as the master!" How can you not make a decision? ”

Hearing Liu Wei's words, Lu Bu's heart was like knocking over a bottle full of spices, and all the flavors were mixed, and all the ancient brains came up.

He turned over and jumped off the horse, walked quickly to Liu Bian's horse, first looked up at Liu Bian with his hands in fists, then bent his legs, knelt down in front of Liu Bian's horse, and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness will be as kind as a mountain to the last general, and if the last general dares to rebel against His Highness in the future, he will be punished by God!" ”

"Bong first, please get up!" Lu Bu knelt on the ground, Liu Wei did not dismount, but rode on the back of the horse and raised his hand towards him, and said to him: "Feng Xian's heart, this king is already clear!" From now on, Bong Xian must never mention the events of the day again! ”

It was not a taste in his heart, and Liu Bi said that he would not let him mention the rebellion of the day, Lu Bu raised his face and looked at Liu Bi, and only after a while did he respond: "No!" ”

Liu Wei led 70,000 Qin troops out of Luoyang City, but at this time, Yuan Shu in Shouchun City was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

"I heard that the King of Qin, with Lu Bu as the main general, led an army of 70,000 to attack Huainan!" In Shouchun City, on the main hall of Yuan Shu's palace, Yuan Shu, who was wearing an ink-colored imperial robe, put his hands behind his back, and after walking back and forth in the hall for a few laps, he asked the generals of the Huainan Army and his ministers in the palace: "Do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Yuan Shu was full of anxiety, he was already frightened by the Qin army going south, Yang Hong, who had encouraged him to be the emperor earlier, stood up, hugged his fists and bowed to him and said: "Zhang Xun is in the Jiujiang area right now, Your Majesty can send an order to Zhang Xun to come to Shouchun and confront the Qin army in Huaishui!" ”

"The Qin army has already set off, and there is still a long way to go from Shouchun to Jiujiang." Looking at Yang Hong, Yuan Shu's brows tightened, and he asked him: "When the will reaches Jiujiang, it is still difficult to conclude whether Zhang Xun can arrive at Huaishui on time!" ”

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Yuan Shu's words fell, Ji Ling stood up, clasped his fists and said to him: "At present, there are 50,000 elite soldiers in Shouchun City, and the last general is willing to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to go to the south bank of Huaishui to camp first and prevent King Qin from crossing the river!" ”

"The general's words are not bad!" As soon as Ji Ling's words fell, another general of the Huainan Army stood up, first clasped his fists and bowed to Yuan Shu, and then asked Ji Ling: "It's just that the general has ever thought that Qin Jun Yu Linwei has already arrived in Weishui!" The general led 20,000 soldiers and horses to camp on the front line of Huaishui, what should Yu Linwei do if he launched a surprise attack on the general from behind? ”

The general who questioned was also a fierce general under Yuan Shu, whose surname was Liu Mingxun, and he was also quite prestigious in the Huainan army.

Liu Xun's words stunned Ji Ling for a moment, and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Since the Qin army Yu Linwei has arrived at the front line of Weishui, this general will lead the army to destroy Yu Linwei first, and then go to the front line of Huaishui to set up defenses!" ”

"Exterminate Yu Linwei?" As soon as Ji Ling's words came out, Liu Xun pursed his lips and smiled, and said to him: "The general may not have heard of the battle of the Qin army Yu Linwei to defeat General Yuan Yin. ”

Liu Xun mentioned Yuan Yin, and Yuan Shu's brows tightened more and more.

Yuan Yin was defeated by the Qin army Yu Linwei on the bank of the river, and the battle report had already reached Yuan Shu's hands.

In that battle, only more than 200 of the 2,000 Huainan troops successfully escaped into Xiangling, and the soldiers who were killed by Yulinwei were as many as four or five hundred, and the rest were all captured.

What annoyed Yuan Shu the most was that the Huainan Army, which he had always been proud of, was only pressed and beaten by Yu Linwei in that battle, and had no ability to fight back at all.

In the whole battle, it is said that Yu Lin Wei was not damaged.

"In General Liu's opinion, what should this battle do?" Turning his head to look at Liu Xun, Yuan Shu asked him with a pale face.

"General Ji led the army to Huaishui alone, and he couldn't resist the enemy behind him!" Yuan Shu asked him how to deal with the southward movement of the Qin army, Liu Xun hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed to Yuan Shu and said: "General Ji led 20,000 troops to deploy defenses on the banks of Huaishui, and the last general is willing to lead 10,000 troops to line up behind General Ji!" ”

"In this way, there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city!" Liu Xun proposed to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to defend the rear for Ji Ling, Yuan Shu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No!" Cannot! Never! I still ordered Zhang Xun to return to Shouchun as soon as possible! ”

Yuan Shu rejected Ji Ling and Liu Xun's proposal to set up defenses on the shore of Huaishui, and both of them had a disappointed look on their faces.

Leading the army all year round, Ji Ling and Liu Xun both knew that Shouchun was close to Xiangling, and if the Qin army entered the mountains, they could attack Shouchun at any time, but the Huainan army in the city wanted to go out of the city to find the enemy, but it was a lot more difficult! Even if the Qin army could not attack the city at that time, it would be quite difficult for the Huainan army to clear the Qin army around Shouchun.

If the defense is deployed in the Huaishui area, when Zhang Xun's army arrives, it can defeat the Qin army Yulinwei that has passed the Huaishui in one fell swoop, and then the Huainan army and the Qin army will confront each other on both sides of the Huaishui, and the Qin army will have no food for a long time, and it will definitely return to Luoyang.

But Yuan Shu didn't think about it so much at all, he only thought that if there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses left in the city, once the Qin army besieged the city, Shouchun City would have a lot less defense.

"Someone!" With a decision already made in his heart, Yuan Shu shouted outside the main hall.

When a palace guard heard Yuan Shu's call, he hurriedly entered the hall, stood at the door, clenched his fists and bowed, waiting for Yuan Shu to give his order.

"Immediately send people to Jiujiang to convey my will!" Glancing at the palace guard, Yuan Shu said to him: "Order Zhang Xun to lead the army back to Shouchun, and before the Qin army arrives, be sure to enter Shouchun City!" ”

"No!" After getting Yuan Shu's will, the palace guards retreated and went to Jiujiang to convey their will.

"Everyone!" When the guards of the temple left, Yuan Shu looked around at the people in the hall and said to them: "The Qin army is fighting, Cao Cao is fighting with our army in the southeast, and our army is fighting on the battlefield!" This Shouchun City is the last barrier for us, if it is lost, not only will I be afraid, but even you will be in a different place! To keep Shouchun, we must work together! ”

When Yuan Shu said this, everyone in the hall stood up one after another, clasped their fists and bowed down to him in unison, and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, even if we are crushed to pieces, we will be with Shouchun!" ”

Looking around at everyone, Yuan Shu nodded slowly.

Although everyone said that they would rather be with Shouchun in pieces, Yuan Shu still felt a burst of uneasiness in his heart.

Yuan Shu rejected Ji Ling and Liu Xun's offer to stop the Qin army on the banks of the Huaishui, and the news soon reached Cao Cao, who was already on the verge of conquering Yangzhou.

In Cao Junshuai's tent, Cao Cao knelt and sat on the main seat, and there was only Guo Jia in the tent except him.

"Yuan Shu rejected Ji Ling and Liu Xun to intercept the Qin army on the bank of Huaishui!" Looking at each other with Guo Jia, Cao Cao twisted the beard on his chin with one hand and asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao thinks that Shouchun can be kept?" ”