Zhao Yun angrily beheaded Zhu Yi, his soldiers clapped their hands, and the soldiers also let out a bad breath, and his prestige was even more like Zhongtian. Only Zhu Heng was depressed in his heart, and he didn't know how to go back and explain things to his family.

On the third day, Zhao Yun's camp went south and began to march to Meizhou.

In May, after several victories and defeats, Zhao Yun designed a big break with the barbarian troops in Wuling, and Shi Huang's general Shiping was captured alive on the spot and beheaded. It was the soldier Huang who lost most of the elite brute troops, while Zhao Yun only lost one school.

At the end of the month, Shi Huang mobilized the strongest trump cards under his command, about nearly eight hundred, which was a shocking elephant soldier. The elephant soldiers were on a rampage, and their defense was extremely strong, and the Jiangdong infantry and cavalry could not pose a threat at all, and they were vulnerable in front of him. Gao Shun led a formation of 3,000 troops, and almost did not arrive, he was defeated. When the elephants passed, the ground shook, the horses trembled, the soldiers were frightened, and their morale plummeted for a while, and they had no intention of fighting. The barbarians took advantage of this opportunity to rush and kill, and the Jiangdong army was defeated. Fortunately, the elephant was slow to move, and the number of soldiers was not much, so the enemy did not dare to be careless, and pushed closer step by step, and was careful for the battalion.

At this time, the battle of Guandu has arrived.

Cao Ying sent troops to attack everywhere to block the grain route of Yuan's army. And Yuan Shao obeyed the words of the strategist and sent heavy troops to protect the grain and grass.

Cao Ying and Yuan Jun held each other unknowingly in Guandu for nearly two months, and saw that his situation was difficult, and the shortage of grain and grass was becoming more and more scarce, and he was anxious. At the right time, he received news that Yuan Jun escorted a batch of nearly 1,000 trucks of grain and grass down, and Cao Ying didn't think about it at the moment, so he sent two generals Xiahou Yuan and Shi Jian to attack with 5,000 men and horses to burn the grain and grass. The victory in this battle did not help with the battle situation, but it also improved morale a lot.

Cao Ying saw that there was no way to go on like this, so he gathered people to discuss, hoping to have a solution once and for all.

And as long as Yuan Shao is in a stalemate at this time, the victory will inevitably belong to him. But Yuan Shao was so happy that he just wanted to take Cao Ying as soon as possible, and he didn't want to fight this protracted war, so he put all the heavy troops on the front line, hoping to take Guandu by force and capture Xuchang with the advantage of oppressing the surname. How do you know that if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, Cao Ying's defense line is very well organized, and it is difficult to capture it for a while, plus the rear is slightly empty, and there is no place for longitudinal protection, but it also makes Cao Ying's three or four sneak attacks successful, which makes Yuan Shao angry and reprimands the soldiers, and there are quite complaints below.

Cao Ying was still waiting patiently, and the rear was trying his best to gather food. Yuan Shao, on the other hand, was said to be very large because of the hundreds of thousands of troops, and was sometimes attacked by Cao's army, and there was a lack of turnover in the near future. Yuan Shao decided to use Wuchao as an important granary supply base on the front line, and all the military rations in the rear were continuously transported here, and in order to prevent the Cao army from sneaking attack, he sent the Chun Yuqiong brothers to lead 100,000 heavy troops to guard it, just in case of loss.

However, it was the decision of this side that laid the bane for Yuan Shao's defeat.

In June, Zhang Liao led the Xuzhou army out of Mount Tai and approached Jinan, close to the Yellow River. There is Yuan Jun on it, guarding Jibei. There is Cao Jun below, and he lives in Dong'a. It was precisely Zhang Liao who was stationed in Jinan, forming an extremely delicate relationship, and Yuan Jun thought that it was Cao Ying's ally, and he became a horn and did not dare to cross the river easily. Cao Jun was wary of Zhang Liao and did not dare to make a mistake. Because of this, the battle of Guandu was in full swing, and the Dong'e area was very calm.

At the same time, Wu Yi of the Sichuan army attacked Jiameng Pass, thinking that Jiameng Pass was an important checkpoint connecting Sichuan to Hanzhong, the city was high and thick, heavily guarded, and Hanzhong was behind it as a strong backing, ready to support it. The Sichuan army could not attack for a long time, but instead lost its troops and generals, and was robbed by Yang Ren and Yang Ang brothers repeatedly, and was in a dilemma.

Liu Zhang was difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and in desperation, he sent Huang Quan to send a letter to Liu Biao, hoping that he could send troops to attack Hanzhong together, and divide the territory equally.

Liu Biao saw the chaos in the Central Plains, Cao Ying and Yuan Shao fought the Yellow River, and they couldn't afford to take care of anything else; Jiangdong also took the opportunity to pacify Nanyi and recuperate. Look at yourself again, the civil strife has been settled, Changsha and Guilin are gradually stable, the armor has been trained for a long time, and the stone valleys are piled up, so it is time to go out and make contributions, and soon decided to let people lead people and horses to enter Sichuan to conquer Zhang Lu.

It is in the selection of candidates that there is a big deviation.

Liu Biao's meaning, Liu Bei is a good candidate. But Cai Mao and others thought that Liu Bei was recruiting people and horses in Xinye, collecting grain in Tuntian, and was extremely ambitious, and if he was allowed to take over the soldiers and horses and go to Xichuan, they were afraid that there would be some plans at that time, which would be unfavorable to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao disagreed, and said to Cai Mao: "Otherwise, a certain and Liu Bei are both relatives of the Han family, Liu Bei is benevolent and virtuous, and his reputation is all over the world, how can you cross the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?" Besides, Liu Bei pacified Changsha this time and made great achievements, such a virtuous material, not promoted, but fearful, didn't this chill everyone's hearts? If we treat meritorious people like this, imagine who will dare to work for us in the future? ”

Cai Mao saw that Liu Biao's position was very firm, and he was anxious, so he secretly had a poisonous plan in the blink of an eye, and said pretendly: "The lord's words are reasonable, but as the saying goes: you can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people." The lord can summon Liu Bei to Jiangling, but he should not bring the entourage army, if he dares to come upright, it means that Liu Bei is open-minded, which can prove that he is not a thief. On the contrary, if you push back and bring troops to come, you must be afraid that your ambitions will be exposed, and you are afraid that the lord will get rid of them. What does the lord think about this? ”

Where did Liu Biao know about Cai Mao's evil plan, and agreed happily. Where did he think that this was Cai Mao's ploy to get rid of Liu Bei. Since Liu Bei came, Liu Biao has become more and more dependent on him, and Cai Mao, who was originally in charge of a military power, gradually has a sense of being in power, and in order to achieve his goal of monopolizing military power, he must get rid of Liu Bei's henchman. Now that the opportunity has come, he knows that if Liu Biao wants to ask Liu Bei to come alone, even if Liu Bei has doubts and scruples, he will come alone to show his innocence. Then take advantage of Liu Bei's halfway to rob and kill.

At this time, Liu Bei was fighting in Xinye, recruiting virtuous ministers, and he had no idea that a conspiracy had been quietly launched against him.

Within a few days, Liu Bei received Liu Biao's fast horse paperwork, Liu Bei had no suspicion at all, but Guan Yu had an extra heart, grabbed Liu Bei, who was like an arrow, and doubted: "Big brother, why did Liu Biao only let you go back to your life alone?" Is there a fraud? ”

Liu Bei was still intoxicated with a beautiful vision for the future, and was very dissatisfied when he heard the words: "Yun Chang, how can you speculate so vainly, Lord Liu cares for the three of us brothers, and going to Jiangling is nothing more than a routine, you must not think crookedly." ”

Guan Yuzaohong's face showed a piece of urgency and said: "Big brother, Lord Liu Biao will not harbor evil intentions, but it is difficult for their subordinates to say, especially Cai Mao, who usually sneers at the eldest brother, this time, it must be his ghost idea, the eldest brother must do it three times." ”

Liu Bei didn't want to wave his hand, and said with a disapproving face: "Second brother's words are inappropriate, although Cai Mao has a sharp mouth and sharp teeth, and is a little arrogant, but he is a general person, and he is loyal to Liu Biao, how could he design to harm me?" ”

Guan Yu rubbed his hands again and again, and Danfeng's eyes opened and closed from time to time, radiant.

Liu Bei rode a horse, and on a smooth road ahead, Guan Yu suddenly grabbed Liu Bei's hand and pleaded: "Big brother, since you really want to go, let Guan Yu go with you, and take care of your daily life on the way." ”

Liu Bei actually didn't want to go on the road alone, and when he heard this, he was worried: "I'm just afraid that Liu Biao will be unhappy." ”

Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Big brother, you can rest assured, I am the only one to accompany you, they won't really care." ”

Liu Bei pondered for a while, and finally nodded in agreement.

Guan Yu was overjoyed, and said to Zhang Fei, who had been silent on the side: "Third brother, after the second brother and the eldest brother leave, Xinye, you have to put a little more thought, don't whip the soldiers at every turn, and don't get drunk." ”

Zhang Fei agreed.

Only then did Liu Bei feel relieved to go on the road with Guan Yu.

The two of them traveled all night and only flew towards Gangneung.

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Moling.

Zhang Lang saw that Yang Rong's belly was getting bigger, and he was staggering when he walked, and he couldn't help but smile every day. In addition, the baby daughter Zhang Yan has now begun to stumble and babble. Zhang Lang sees it in his eyes and likes it in his heart. The whole person is in good spirits and in a cheerful mood. In addition to official duties, he usually chats with Yang Rong and Wen Ji at home, joking, and has fun.

In Yuzhang County, since Liu Bei retired from the army, soon Zhao Yu, Zhou Yu and others also returned to Moling one after another to resume their lives. Now, except for Zhao Yunnan's expedition and Xuzhou's self-sufficiency, most of Jiangdong is in a state of recuperation, stockpiling grain and grass, training soldiers hard, and waiting for the next outbreak.

This time, Zhang Lang made an appointment with Zhou Yu to come to his house for a small talk.

After these harmonious coexistences, the relationship between Zhang Lang and Zhou Yu is gradually improving, and the two are getting along more and more harmoniously.

At this time, in the back garden of Zhang Lang's mansion, several people got along and talked and laughed.

Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao had just got married, and the two were like glue, Zhang Lang simply invited Xiao Qiao and asked Wen Ji and Yang Rong to accompany him.

Zhang Lang's face was full of spring breeze, pointing to Yang Rong's bulging lower abdomen, and joking at Zhou Yu: "Zhou Yu, when will you let your wife conceive a baby, and then the inner family will also have a hope." ”

Although Zhou Yu was smart, he didn't understand what Zhang Lang meant for a while, he just glanced at Xiao Qiao, and Xiao Qiao's face was slightly red, and he lowered his head shyly, and Zhou Yu felt warm in his heart. Raising his head, he asked Zhang Lang in confusion: "Lord, my subordinates don't understand what you mean?" ”

Zhang Lang laughed and said, "Rong'er once told me, and I agree with it very much. If Xiao Qiao is pregnant, whether it is a man or a woman, let the child walk together. If they are all men, let them kowtow and become brothers, and share wealth and hardship. If it's all girls, then get married. If it's a man and a woman, that's the ideal thing, and we can get married. Wouldn't that be better? ”

Zhou Yu was very moved when he heard this, and hurriedly picked up Xiao Qiao, and the two knelt down to thank him.

Zhang Lang was dissatisfied: "You guys get up, get up, what are you doing?" ”

Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao took new seats.

Zhou Yu remembered that Zhang Lang treated him so kindly, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Zhang Lang glanced at Wen Ji and Yang Rong.

Wen Ji understood what Zhang Lang meant, stood up and said with a smile: "Little Qiao girl, your sister Da Qiao is also living in the house these days, do you want to go and see her?" ”

Xiao Qiao looked at Zhou Yu, and after getting his permission, he said happily: "It's so good, I haven't seen my sister for a long time, and I miss her very much." ”

Yang Rong smiled and said, "Then let's go together and let the two big men talk slowly." ”

Xiao Qiao smiled and nodded, then saluted Zhang Lang and went to the backyard.

Zhang Lang saw that the three of them had walked away, and then slowly said to Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, I see that you seem to be restless lately, do you have anything on your mind?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly: "It's still a matter of hiding from the lord's eyes, Zhou Yu's thoughts, you know it clearly." ”

Zhang Lang smiled: "If there is anything, just say it, I can do it, I will help you." ”

Zhou Yu stood up and bowed deeply to Zhang Lang, and then said with a vicissitudes on his face: "Lord, my subordinates have something to ask for, but I don't know how to say it." ”

Zhang Lang signaled: "If you have anything, just say it." ”

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "When his subordinates were in Wancheng, he was originally a cloth cloth, young and crazy, although he wanted to achieve a fame, but he had nothing to do, it was the appearance of Sun Ce that Zhou Yu's ambition slowly became comfortable, and now his subordinates are treated by the lord and the righteous brother is suffering in the prison, every time he thinks of it, Zhou Yu's heart is like a drop of blood, and he is very sad. ”

Zhang Lang listened to Zhou Yu's words and fell into deep thought. This Sun Ce is really stubborn, he loves his materials, he is reluctant to kill him, and he doesn't want to let the tiger return, so he has been locked up in prison, how to deal with this matter, I have a headache when I think about it.

Zhang Lang was a little embarrassed: "Zhou Yu, if you want me not to kill Sun Ce, it's okay, but you can't let him go anymore, I've let him go before, and now I'll let him go, don't say anything else, how can I get up with my dead brother?" ”

Zhou Yu nodded again and again: "My subordinates understand this truth, Yu just hopes that the lord will be kind and let his subordinates go to the prison to visit him, hoping to move him and work for the lord together." ”

Zhang Lang was overjoyed and said: "This is very good. I'll give you a handwriting, and you can go and visit. By the way, take a look at Lu Su, this person is also very capable, and I like him very much. ”

Zhou Yu knelt down again and again to thank him.

Zhang Lang personally helped him up and said with a smile: "You are also thinking about Jiangdong, so you will not do this in the future." ”

Zhang Lang remembered something at this time and couldn't help sighing.

Zhou Yu asked, "Why is the lord sighing?" ”

Zhang Lang said with a wry smile: "I just got the news yesterday that Zhu Yi, the deputy general of Zhao Yun, in order to avenge his personal revenge, fornicated with the enemy country, reported the news, and killed Ling Ying and nearly 10,000 of his troops, and has now been beheaded by Zhao Yun." ”

Zhou Yu said with a solemn face: "Is the lord worried that the people of the Zhu family will have pimples in their hearts in the future?" Can't you serve the Lord wholeheartedly? ”

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