If we say that the spring of the first year of the first year of the first peace is the beginning of troubled times.

Then, the spring of the second year of the first peace is the best portrayal of the troubled times.

In the northwest, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army spent half a year to heal old wounds, marched eastward, and attacked simultaneously in the three directions of Hedong, Luoyang, and Nanyang.

In the southwest, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan pacified the Yellow Turban thief and Ma Xiang and set his sights on Hanzhong. He co-opted the Wudou Midao that was preaching in the Bazhong area, appointed its leader Zhang Xiu as the Sima of the other departments, and made him lead the people as the vanguard to attack Hanzhou Taishou Sugu.

Su Gu's soldiers were few and had no courage, so in desperation, he could only frequently send envoys to Chang'an to ask for help.

Dong Zhuo hesitated after receiving the letter, not only wanting to take the opportunity to control Hanzhong in his hands, but also reluctant to transfer troops and horses from the front line. In the end, he listened to the suggestion of Tai Lieutenant Huang Wan, appointed the famous general Zhu Jun as the lieutenant of Si Li, exercised the power of General Zuo, reorganized the Northern Army, set off from Keri, and reinforced Hanzhong.

Yuan Shu folded the fierce general Sun Jian, unable to resist the attack on three sides, listened to the advice of the strategist, only left a few county towns at the border, gave up most of the territory of Nanyang, including Wancheng, and retreated to Runan in great strides, in order to fight for Yuzhou, and Cao Cao and Zhou Ang became a group.

Repelled Yuan Shu, Liu Biao's confidence increased greatly, and he was going to take advantage of the situation to go north, take Nanyang, and enter Luoyang and Guanzhong.

Liu Biao originally thought that Zhang Ji would not stay in Wancheng for too long, or according to the habit of the Xiliang army, he would grab a handful and leave; Either go north to Luoyang, contain Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, and create fighters for the main force of the Xiliang Army in Hedong. As soon as Zhang Ji leaves, he can take over Nanyang without much effort and take the land of Jingzhou.

But he didn't expect that Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew were very brave in the war, but they had no ambitions, and after occupying Wancheng, they would stay there and not move, full of a hillbilly face that was rich and peaceful.

If the uncle and nephew don't leave, Liu Biao can't do anything about them, it's not difficult to deal with Zhang Ji, but there is a Dong Zhuo behind Zhang Ji. There are people above, it's not easy to mess with, Liu Biao can't put the internal ministers, and he doesn't have the courage to compete with the Xiliang army, so he can only pinch his nose and admit that he is unlucky.

In the north, he can still be majestic, Sun Jian was seriously injured, dragged on the sickbed for two months, and finally died. Without this tiger, the four counties of Jingnan are like women who have stripped naked, and they are at their fingertips, and of course Liu Biao will not be polite.

He sent his son Liu Pan to attack Changsha and Huang Zu to collect Jiangxia, so the land of Jingnan was no longer peaceful, the war was raging, and the army and the people were not at peace.

Yuzhou was in a fierce battle, Yanzhou was not calm, in order to guard against Qingzhou, Liu Dai was strong, and took in the homeless Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, transferred him to the city state, stationed heavy troops.

At the same time, Liu Dai's younger brother, Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou who was also known as the dragon and the unicorn, also laid heavy troops along the Yangtze River and posed a posture of attacking Xuzhou.

In the face of an unprecedentedly severe situation, Xuzhou was in chaos, and the staff members insisted on their own words, some advocated asking Qingzhou for help, and some advocated changing their attitude towards Qingzhou and joining Liu Dai's side, which was very noisy.

At the critical juncture, Tao Qian behaved very calmly, and did not agree to either party's suggestion, but only sent a message to Xue Li, the prime minister of Pengcheng, and Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling, so that the two of them strictly guarded the border, and if the enemy dared to violate the border, he had his own strategy to retreat from the enemy.

In this regard, Xue and Zhao were both skeptical, but at this time, it was impossible for them to abandon the city and flee, so they could only stand up.

As a result, I don't know if Tao Qian is like a god, or if there is something hidden in it. The Liu Dai brothers were strong and well-prepared, but in the extremely good situation, they did not move, except for a few letters, not a single soldier crossed the border.

The letter, Xue and Zhao both accepted it, it was just a routine relationship and persuasion. Xue and Zhao are both veterans in the officialdom, so naturally they will not cut off their own retreat and fight to the death for Tao Qian. But letters alone could not impress them.

The bizarre confrontation lasted for almost a month, and finally ended with Bao Xin's retreat without warning, Liu Miao's solo attack on Guangling, and when he crossed the river and landed, he was attacked by an enemy of unknown origin, and finally lost his troops and retreated to Moling.

This result makes people look like flowers in a fog, and they are confused.

It looks like Liu Dai's brothers are not in harmony, and Yanzhou's brother has pitted Yangzhou's younger brother. It's just that this conjecture is a bit unreasonable in terms of reason, Liu Dai pits Liu Xuan, it is purely harmful to others and not beneficial to himself, and he can't get any benefits, but it fuels Tao Qian's arrogance.

However, there was no true affection between the brothers of the noble family, and the brothers of the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes were already in full swing. The Liu Dai brothers are clansmen, so don't they deceive each other?

It wasn't until further news came that the dust settled down. The reasons for Bao Xin's hasty withdrawal and the various strangeness of the Battle of Xuzhou were all revealed to the world in the eyes of the discerning people.

On March 17, he suddenly led the main force of the Qingzhou Army to leave Linzi and march in the direction of Licheng, three days, day and night, walked more than 200 miles, crossed Jishui, and went straight into the plain.

In the territory of the plains, along the southwest of the Yellow River, is Dongjun! Qingzhou sent troops to Dongjun, which was originally Liu

One of the things that Dai feared the most was that while spreading the word to the princes from all walks of life, he concentrated his forces, trying to delay the journey of the Qingzhou army by holding on to the death, and then counterattacked with the power of the princes.

As a result, he was very desperate, and Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, was ordered to come to help, but all the soldiers who came were recruits, and they had little combat effectiveness, and the amount of food was not small; The relationship between his ally Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan has completely broken down, and he can only speak with a sword, and the war is about to break out, and he has no time to clone at all; The other princes were also fighting in one place, and they didn't care about Yanzhou at all.

Liu Dai could only hide in Dongwuyang tremblingly, while sending a message to his younger brother Liu Miao to continue to attack Xuzhou, in order to besiege Wei and save Zhao, while praying for God to worship Buddha and pray for a miracle.

As a result, a miracle really happened.

Wang Yu shook a shot, and after the foot soldiers circled the plains, they directly crossed Jishui and returned to Linzi, and named this military operation as a field exercise. Then, he himself led light cavalry across the Yellow River and went north in the name of reinforcing Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Dai, who escaped the catastrophe, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then he came back to his senses: "Wen Yan, why do I think that I was tricked by Wang Pengju this time?" ”

"Back to the lord, Wang Pengju is treacherous, I'm afraid that on the day he got married, he would have already set up the situation." Wang Yu's face was full of bitterness, he finally understood why Cheng Yu was like that, why Cao Cao was so inactive this time, and Cheng Yu had already guessed Wang Yu's thoughts, so he was not optimistic about Liu Dai's plan to encircle Xuzhou and Tuqingzhou.

"Before the moon?" Liu Dai's face was full of surprise: "How did he know that I would use this strategy?" ”

"He doesn't need to know." Wang Yu shook his head and replied in a dumb voice: "On that day, Zhongde wanted to shake his ambition with interests, and pointed out that he connected with the Mi clan of the East China Sea and plotted against Xuzhou. This son should have a tough attitude, seemingly annoyed and angry, but in fact, it is to mislead the lord to target Xuzhou! ”

"Phew!" Liu Dai gasped, "So, all of what I did was in his foreknowledge?" ”

According to the original plan, the best result was that Wang Yu led the army to rescue Xuzhou. In the name of rescue, take the opportunity to seize the territory, this is a very common strategy to calculate allies, Wang Yu has an alliance with Xuzhou, and has the heart of plotting Xuzhou, there should be no reason not to come.

As long as Wang Yu comes, the local forces in Xuzhou will first flatter him, and after Wang Yu and Bao Xin and Liu Xuan start a war, they will suddenly turn their faces and stab him in the back. The three parties work together to make the Taishan army die without a place to be buried!

This plan is not imperfect, but the enemy refuses to take the bait, and no matter how perfect the plan is, it will be in vain.

"The most suspicious thing is the water army that attacked the Yangzhou army!"

Wang Yu cited an empirical evidence: "Around the first month, Wang Pengju led the army to exterminate the Haikou Guan Cheng who was rampant in the East China Sea, and in February, another giant Kou appeared in Yingyou Mountain outside Qu County in the East China Sea!" The original seafarers on the island either died or surrendered, if there is no connection here, who would believe it? In addition to this naval army, who has the strength to attack the Yangzhou Naval Division, which has hundreds of ships? ”

"Sure enough, it's deliberate, and its heart can be punished!" Liu Dai gritted his teeth and crunched.

Since Wang Yu entered Qingzhou, people from all walks of life have not stopped spying on Qingzhou, but the matter of the Donglai bandits is too small for no one to notice. As a result, it was such a negligence, which greatly damaged the strength of his younger brother, not to mention cooperating with his own troops, Liu Xuan, who suffered heavy losses in the navy, it is difficult to say whether he can protect himself in Yangzhou.

In the final analysis, it is Wang Yu's far-sighted layout that plays a role, but he hates that Cao Cao obviously peeked through the mystery, but he refused to remind himself, and only cared about grabbing land in Yuzhou, didn't he know that it would only make a wedding dress for people?

Cursing Cao Cao in his heart, Liu Dai turned his head again, and said hatefully: "Fortunately, the strength of our army has not been damaged, and it is not completely torn with Xuzhou. ”

Liu Dai didn't pay much attention to Liu Yu's loss, and it was Wang Yu who was playing around, which annoyed him the most. When the news spreads, what will the people of the world think of themselves? What about your reputation?

The only way is to take advantage of Wang Yu's absence, teach him a lesson, and save the lost face, if he can capture Qingzhou, it would be better. Thinking of Wang Yu's homeless appearance, Liu Dai's heart was happy.

"The lord must not!" Wang Yu's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly dissuaded him.

"Why not?" Liu Dai's face sank.

"Lord, Wang Yu took away only more than 1,000 light horses, the main force of the Taishan army has not moved, our army is now isolated, if you attack Jinan, you will be threatened by Tian Kai in the plain flank, if you attack Mount Tai, who knows if Tao Qian will ......" Wang Yu shook his head and sighed, only said no.

"Even if there are no such concerns, none of the generals in Qingzhou are weak, and our army is ...... Lord, you have to think twice about this matter! ”

Wang Yu's admonition was very reasonable, but Liu Dai's resentment was unable to vent, he stood up suddenly, walked back and forth a few steps, and asked, "Then do you just wait?" Wait for him to come back from Jizhou, and then come to Yanzhou? ”

"The lord doesn't need to worry too much, this matter has already been calculated, just ......" Wang Yu smiled suddenly, with a mysterious expression, he took two steps forward, leaned into Liu Dai's ear, whispered a few words, and finally concluded: "To deal with Wang Pengju, you must not be in a hurry, let alone rush forward, this time is a lesson, I hope the lord will learn from it!" ”

Liu Dai nodded slowly, sat down again, and said with a sigh and resentment: "It's okay, it depends on the heavens." ”