In Koto Mansion.

"Lord, the emperor of Jiangshan has a capable person to live in, and now all the Jiangdong families have taken refuge in you, and now it is the right time to be named the marquis, don't miss the opportunity!"

"Yes! The lord, before Li Long and Cao Cao coerced the princes of the Son of Heaven, and then there was Su Xiaochen who pretended to be the prime minister, and the Han court had three prime ministers in one day, and the majesty of the Liu family had been lost, since Cao Cao was willing to win us over, we tentatively agreed to defeat Lu Bu and get Xuzhou and then map the Central Plains. ”

Sun Quan sat on the couch, and his advisers were all persuading.

Just a day ago.

A holy decree from Xuchang arrived at the Jiangdong Mansion.

It was Liu Xie who assigned Sun Quan to succeed him as the pastor of Yanzhou, seal the Marquis of Jiangdong, level Lü Bu in Xuzhou, and attack Guan Yu in Jingzhou, but in fact, he rewarded the official position, in fact, Cao Cao hoped that Sun Quan would contain Lü Bu and Guan Yu.

"My Sun Quan just wants to sit on the emperor's dragon chair! How could we be at the mercy of a down-and-out puppet and order the Jiangdong Navy to enter the Bohai Sea again, and this time we must grab Liaodong! ”

Below, Lu Su hurriedly persuaded: "Lord! Although there are many war horses in Liaodong, but the sea area is quite risky, and the Japanese have tried to capture the sea border several times, even if we get Liaodong, I am afraid that we will send heavy troops to defend it! ”

Sun Quan waved his hand and said, "Okay! Go down! Ordered Gan Ning to send another 3,000 sailors to harass Xuzhou, and before Cao Cao and Yuan Shao officially went to war, we must take Xuzhou! ”

Lu Su and the others were silent for a moment.

"Lord, are we sending troops to conquer Jingzhou?"

Sun Quan said impatiently: "Cao Cao saw that we didn't reply, he will definitely send troops to contain Guan Yu again, we don't need to worry about this matter!" ”

"Yes! Lord! ”

Sun Quan's strong attitude made the Jiangdong strategists still a little worried.

In Shengle Du.

Lu Chen rushed back to the Shengle Palace.

The envoy from Jizhou arrived outside the palace.

Tian Zhong said beside him: "Yuan Shao's move must be in the hope that the lord can contain Xiahou Tang's 150,000 army for him, but now in this situation, we should join Cao Cao and pocket Jizhou, what do you think?" ”

Lu Chen shook his head and said: "Whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, they all hope that they can unify the Central Plains, they are not interested in Shengle Capital, if we step into the territory of Jizhou, then it means stepping into their Central Plains dispute." ”

Suddenly.

Continued: "We don't have to make unnecessary sacrifices! Whoever owns the world is the same, as long as Sheng Le is still my Su Xiaochen's. ”

"What do you mean?"

Lu Chen did not answer.

Now in the early stage of chaos, he doesn't want to participate in the battle for the Central Plains at all, and secondly, the patterned steel armament has not been fully replaced, if he is now facing against NPC warlords such as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who have hundreds of thousands of troops, he will definitely lose.

He was silent for a moment.

He asked, "Who is the person sent by Yuan Shao?" ”

"It's Xun Chen!"

Xun Chen?

Lu Chen immediately thought of the Xun family and asked, "Another Xun family strategist?" ”

Tian Zhong nodded: "It's Xun Yu's brother." ”

Lu Chen smiled: "The Xun family is really interesting. ”

He immediately waved his hand and said, "I won't see him for the time being, let's wait a few days!" How is Gongsun Yue of Youzhou now? ”

Tian Zhong nodded.

replied: "Still confronting General Xu Rong." ”

Lu Chen shook his head.

Some worried: "Youzhou must be recovered as soon as possible, what happened to Liaodong Port?" ”

"General Arita Yu is stationed in the port, and the Jiangdong naval army has not been able to go ashore, but I am afraid that Jiangdong Sun Quan will send the naval army to come again, and then it may not be able to resist with only three thousand divine crossbow battalions."

Lu Chen thought that there were no warships built in Liaodong Port now, and then he couldn't help but worry: "Forced landing by the number of people? It's a bit harder! ”

Tian Zhong also nodded and said: "Lord, our current army has been transferred away, Shengnan Pass is still in the hands of Xiahoudun, and General Yan Rou cannot leave Huguan City, if a large army is sent to support Liaodong, other passes will definitely be taken advantage of." ”

Lu Chen thought for a while.

Said helplessly: "Order Xu Rong to retreat to Youbeiping and divide 6,000 troops to support Liaodong Port!" ”

Tian Zhong nodded.

Now there is only this way, temporarily retreat to the city and give up the army of Gongsun Yue.

Three days later.

Xun Chen lived in the official post, and there was no trace of anger on his face due to slackness, but he still had a happy smile.

That's when it happened.

A figure appeared outside at the door of the post house.

"Mr. Xun, my lord is invited!"

Xun Chen smiled and said, "Oh! Do you have time now? However, I have something to do in my hometown for the time being, and I am already going back to Jizhou! My father-in-law once told me that if the Protector does not receive him for three days, I can go back on my own. ”

"But this ......"

I saw Xun Chen turn around and leave, ignoring the subordinates who gave the order.

Lu Chen, who was waiting in the Shengle Palace, was full of panic, and just a moment ago, an urgent report came from Youzhou that Gongsun Yue had taken refuge in Cao Cao, and now he was attacking Youbeiping and Huguan City again.

And I vaguely saw Xu Huang's figure.

Cao Cao actually sent Xu Huang to Youzhou to assist Gongsun Yue.

"Why hasn't Xun Chen come yet?"

"Lord, Mr. Xun Chen said that he is going to go back to Jizhou City!"

"This old horseman!"

Lu Chen scolded secretly.

Subsequently.

I saw him turn around and walk out of the palace.

Rush towards the inn.

Enter the post house.

I saw a young man dressed as a scribe boarding the carriage.

"It's Xun Youruo, Mr. Xun?"

The other responded: "No! Mr. Xun has already taken the lead. ”

Lu Chen exclaimed, "What? Let's go? ”

I saw that he was speechless.

That's when it happened.

The other party immediately turned around and handed over a letter, saying, "Mr. Xun said that if someone asks him, he will give this letter to that person, and this letter has the answer that the person wants." ”

Lu Chen took the letterhead and thanked: "Thank you!" ”

I saw the carriage roll away from Lu Chen's sight.

On a horse-drawn carriage outside the city of Shengle Capital.

"Mr. Youruo, if we leave a letter, will Su Xiaochen agree to the lord's alliance?"

Xun Chen replied: "Three days ago, he wouldn't. ”

"And now?"

Xun Chen smiled and said, "Now, he will." ”

"Why?"

Xun Chen recalled the information he got before leaving, and immediately said with a smile: "Because he doesn't join forces with the lord, Cao Cao will definitely take the opportunity to annex Shengle Du, of course, even if he joins forces with the lord, it will only be a short breath." ”

Just as he was leaving Jizhou, Xun Chen received information from Yuzhou that Cao Cao had sent people to persuade Gongsun Yue to take refuge in him, and Zhang Fei's army outside Chang'an had retreated to Hanzhong.

Liu Chan's army did not move for the time being.

For Cao Cao, this is nothing more than a good opportunity to give him a chance to annex Youzhou and Shengle.

However, even if Yuan Shao's marriage is agreed.

Shengle's crisis still can't be resolved.

The attendant in the carriage continued to ask, "Why? ”

Xun Chen explained with a smile: "Cao Cao can't do it, the lord will definitely go north, and even Sun Quan of Jiangdong wants to get the war horse of Liaodong!" ”

The subordinate wondered: "What if he sells the war horse to Sun Quan?" ”

Xun Chen nodded and smiled: "This is a good way!" ”

There was a pause.

The subordinates still didn't understand.

In that case, why didn't Su Xiaochen do it?

Xun Chen continued at this time: "I'm afraid that Su Xiaochen won't do this, if you want to say whose army is the most powerful, this has to mention the Youzhou Army and Liangzhou Army with war horses; It is precisely because they have taken the war horse for themselves. ”

The subordinate nodded in understanding.

But.

He was still a little puzzled and asked, "Since they have the advantage of war horses, why don't they take the opportunity to go south?" ”

Xun Chen smiled and said, "Because they are aliens." ”

He repeated the rhetorical question, "Inhuman? ”

Xun Chen sighed slowly: "They always want to be the final victor, so sometimes they are not willing to do their best, they just want to wait for the best time to make a comeback." ”

"I never thought that there would be no victor in the war."

Just after Xun Chen and the others left Shengle Capital.

Lu Chen sat in the palace and opened the letterhead left by Xun Chen, and he suddenly hesitated.

"Marriage ???"

Full of question marks!

"Didn't you mean the Alliance?"

He was a little incomprehensible, but the letter had already stated that either he agreed, Yuan Shao was willing to attack Gongsun Yue back and forth, but the only requirement was that Su Xiaochen contained Xiahoudun's 150,000 army.

After the deed is done.

Youzhou is still Su Xiaochen's.

But.

The land of the annexed state must belong to him Yuan Shao.

Lu Chen muttered: "If he is allowed to get the state, wouldn't he just drive away the tiger and attract another wave of evil wolves?" Where do you always feel like you're losing out in this business? ”

Tian Zhong persuaded: "Lord, now it's the only way!" ”

Lu Chen waved his hand and said, "Promise them!" ”

Just before Lu Chen made up his mind, Cao Cao, who was in Guandu, immediately hit Sheng Le with his abacus, just because of Liu Chan's sudden retreat.

And three days later.

A battle to seize the city broke out at Shengnanguan.

Gao Shun led 800 trapped camps, 3,000 tiger troops, and 50,000 sixth-order soldiers to rush to Xiahoudun's army.

There was a burst of fighting.

The same is true in Zhuo County, Youzhou.

Yuan Shao sent Zhang He to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Gongsun Yue's lair, and at the same time, Yan Rou of Huguan led an army of 30,000 to invade Zhao Yun's camp, and Xu Rong led an army of 40,000 to pursue Gongsun Yue.

A siege battle converged in Yuyang County.

That's when it happened.

The port of Liaodong ushered in the attack of Jiangdong Zhoutai.

A total of 50,000 Jiangdong sailors entered the port and landed on a large scale.

Tian Yu led a three-thousand-god crossbow battalion, and six thousand sixth-order soldiers met it head-on.

The whole port was plunged into a scuffle.

In Guandu.

Yuan Shao's 200,000-strong army and Cao Cao's 100,000-strong army clashed for the first time.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou broke Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao retreated thirty miles.

in Xuzhou.

Zhou Yu's army was defeated.

Lü Bu took the opportunity to go north to attack Cao Cao's rear.

Cao Cao was defeated.

The war in the Central Plains fell into the craze of crusading against Cao Cao.

Zhang Fei in Hanzhong and Guan Yu in Jingzhou, they also went north to attack Cao!

Li Long, who was located in Liangzhou, received news of the change in the Central Plains.

I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Fortunately, Lao Tzu didn't want that Chang'an City! It's still remote Liangzhou safe! ”

Then.

Li Ru reminded: "Lord! It's time for us to go, too! ”。

Li Long nodded suddenly.

"It's time to send troops to reclaim the lost territory!"