Three days on the march.

At this time, Dian Wei had already arrived in Runan, and then joined up with his own soldiers and horses near Qianjun.

Xu Zhen's 3,000 guards and horses, and Cao Chun's 5,000 tigers and leopards, were almost all in his hands at this time.

Including the 8,000 Xinding, the sentinels and horses escorted on both wings along the way, and the logistics sergeants who transported grain and grass, there were about 16,500 people.

Except for the new recruits, almost all of these people were Dian Wei's old acquaintances, but there were too many of them, and the route of the march was slow.

Fortunately, Jia Xu and Xia Houen followed the march, so it was quite convenient to move.

"If you march day and night, you will have two days to arrive."

"The eldest prince is also rushing here, he is riding lightly armored leopards, he should be able to catch up," Jia Xu looked at the surrounding terrain, rode to Dian Wei's side and said, "At this time, if you stop the march, it will be delayed a little when the prince comes, so the general might as well march immediately, and be faster." ”

"The Lujiang River is easy to capture at this time, and there are two places by land and water to enter its territory, and the general will be able to enter the territory in another day."

"Really?" Dian Wei is much more polite to Jia Xu now, and since the last time he killed those three hundred inner positions, he has gradually respected Jia Xu a little more.

"Yes, the land march, Lujiang will be defenseless, now Lujiang is quite complicated, this place originally belonged to Sun Ce, and then Sun Ce abandoned Yuan Shu and turned to Jiangdong to make a career, the focus of these years is in Jiangdong, mainly Danyang, and later Yuan Shu let Liu Xun garrison, and now it should be the Lu family here, that is, Lu Kang."

"But I don't know if Lu Kang is still alive."

"But now in the Lujiang River, whether it is Lu Kang or Liu Xun, the people have no desire to hold on to it, and it is naturally impossible to defend the city in the territory for a long time."

Along the way, Jia Xu received a lot of information from spies, plus his previous understanding of Lujiang, and informed all the analyses at this time.

Moreover, he also understands Xu Zhen's strategy.

The Lujiang River is at the junction of Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and even if it has been occupied by Yuzhou for a long time, it is not impossible to be divided into the southern part of Yuzhou.

In the future, it will definitely become a battleground for soldiers from the north and the south.

There are land and water routes on the Lujiang River, and they can all be marched.

The north and south are accessible, and there is a way into Jiangdong, and it will be more convenient to take Yangzhou in the future.

Lujiang and Anhui City, since ancient times, there have been several wars for the north and south, the convenience of water conservancy, will have great benefits in strategy, it is estimated that even if Sikong comes to lead the army, he will definitely want Lujiang.

At this time, since there is an opportunity, of course, it is necessary to move troops immediately.

"The general marched in a hurry, and he could arrive in one day and night, and led the tiger and leopard cavalry and all the cavalry troops in the camp to go first, and took a detour by land to Anhui County.

Jia Xu stood up on the back of the war horse, his waist straight, his expression was quite self-satisfied and profound, and his thoughts had drifted to a long-term place.

He is good at thinking, and in a lot of information, he finds many clues, so as to guess the situation in various places, and then deduce the situation in the world.

In such a situation, in fact, Jia Xu had already guessed Xu Zhen's thoughts, what he wanted was Lujiang County, threatening Shouchun from the side.

In this way, there are two situations.

First, if Lujiang is occupied by Liu Xun at the moment, and the Lu family has already been suppressed, then Yuan Shu must divide his troops to save him, so that the pressure can be reduced on the frontal battlefield.

The second is that it is not Liu Xun, but the Lu family who controls it, so that Xu Zhen can get it, and he has a foothold in the two counties, not only Chen Liu, but also Lujiang.

Both the army and the navy can be raised, and this ambition is not small.

"General, I'm afraid I can't see the ambition of the prince, his ambition is in the world, such a land of Lujiang, for the prince, there is a reason to go."

"He is bound to win."

After hearing this, Dian Wei decided to believe it again, after all, Jia Xu had indeed never harmed him since he surrendered to the prince.

The strategies offered have always had good results, and Dian Wei has made a lot of achievements.

"So, Lujiang is really important?" Dian Wei's eyebrows twitched, of course he knew that this little old man was powerful, otherwise how could he stir up the world.

When a son of heaven returned from Chang'an, he planned a retreat for many generals, and brought himself a way to retreat with his whole body and wait for the price to sell.

However, Dian Wei couldn't think of anything important about Lujiang, it was nothing more than a water town, and he didn't know what the prince's ambition was.

In the past, I just acted on orders, so I wanted to ask more.

"Yes, please believe in the old man, the old man has already guessed the great ambition of the prince, and this land of Lujiang must be occupied!" Jia Xu solemnly clenched his fists.

"Okay, march quickly!"

Dian Wei shouted angrily.

Immediately drove the troops and horses, ordered the troops to the Lujiang River, and prepared to march day and night, without delaying on the road for half a minute.

……

Two days later.

Xu Zhen led a thousand elite horsemen to hurry along the way, marching day and night, traveling lightly, each person only brought three days' rations, and the rest of the baggage was not wanted.

Across 400 miles and chasing, it was almost about to catch up with the original Chinese army.

A day ago, Cao Ren's soldiers and horses arrived on the battlefield in Xuzhou.

Sure enough, as Liu Bei said, he did not directly enter Xuzhou to garrison, but took a detour to the south with a large army, crossed the border road of Qian County, and marched continuously from the mountains and plains, gradually surrounding Lu Bu's soldiers and horses.

At the same time, quickly close the battle line and raid the rear.

At the same time, Cao Cao's army had attacked from the flank, forming a corner army, so that Lü Bu was too busy to take care of himself, and the army was defeated and retreated to Guangling and Qiaojun.

So the army in Xuzhou City attacked again, followed the previous route of Lu Bu's march, chased south, and Cao Cao at least 80,000 went south along the battle line of about 800 miles along Qiaojun and Guangling.

During this period, almost all the main roads were occupied, and after capturing half of the county seat of Qian County, he finally joined Liu Bei in a place called Shanmulberry.

"Brother Xuande!"

"Cao Gong!"

The two approached from afar, Liu Bei had already bowed his hand far away, but Cao Cao opened his arms and hugged Liu Bei's shoulders.

At the same time, he laughed loudly, "Brother Xuande, thanks to you!" Otherwise, Xuzhou will definitely fall at this time, although the place where the car guards Xuzhou is loyal, but after all, it is not a general who can calm the hearts of the people! ”

"If it weren't for Xuande, I'm afraid the people would be slaughtered by Lu Bu's thieves!"

"Cao Gong's words are too much," Liu Bei smiled modestly, and said: "The route of Cao Gong's march, attacking Lu Bu will be saved, and the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou will be able to resist for ten days. ”

"Such a situation of encirclement before and after is actually created by Cao Gong."

"Jun, the march can also build momentum, and the long-term attack at every turn, not limited to short-term profits, is a natural talent, Xuande admires."

"Hmph," Cao Cao chuckled and patted Liu Bei's shoulder heavily, "I should admire my brother." ”

"The princes of the world are not diligent kings, only the elder brother is reluctant to live and die, and fights traitors for the Han Dynasty, this loyalty will surely move the people of the world."

Liu Bei's expression was slightly unnatural when he heard this, but he quickly returned to normal, chuckled and bowed down, "Don't dare to think about it, I just hope that the people are peaceful." ”

"Good! Come with me to the military tent. ”

Cao Cao was still smiling, and he didn't dwell too much on this matter, he knew that Liu Bei's ambition was not in Yuzhou, but there was no way to suppress it at this time.

Because of Liu Bei's merits, he does occupy a very important link, and he is surrounded by enemies at the moment, so he must not hurt people's hearts.

If you have merit, you must continue to appoint, and you must reuse Liu Bei with a grateful heart, and as for how to prepare for it in the future, you will make plans again.

Before coming, Guo Jia had actually said it many times.

Don't move Liu Bei at all, otherwise he will be criticized, and after Liu Bei has made meritorious contributions to the rebellion this time, he must go to meet the Son of Heaven, and after seeing the Son of Heaven, he will be knighted and worshipped, and then stay in the Xu Capital.

In this way, he can monitor his actions day and night, and wait for an opportunity to discuss, when the time comes, whether Liu Bei will kill or stay, appoint or depose, can be decided by Cao Cao.

On the contrary, it was Cheng Yu and Xun Yu who had told Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei, especially on the march, if there was an opportunity, Liu Bei would be killed, otherwise this person would become a big disaster in the future.

But Cao Cao was very reluctant in his heart.

If he kills Liu Bei, he will be hated by his second brother.

Cao Cao always thought about his second brother, and wanted to take Liu Bei under his command, but at the same time, he also knew that Liu Bei's mind would never be willing to be subservient, so he was entangled.

But in the end, this ambitious man, the solution that has always belonged to him, is to persuade himself not to worry, Liu Bei is not a problem, and he has his own way to recover the defeat in the future.

Of course, Cao Cao couldn't have known that the future Zhaolie Emperor's ability to escape was better than that of Gao Zu back then, and he was also a man of destiny.

In this troubled world, some people have countless talents and celebrities who have their destiny to gather at the beginning, and they have the greatest advantage at the beginning.

Some people's destiny is that no matter how they die, how many times they die, how many times they are hot-headed romanticism, they can always turn evil into good fortune, and even sleep with other people's aunts.

Some people's destiny is completely embodied in the preservation of life, the first half of life is full of disasters but can survive, to the age of fifty after the take-off somewhere, when the real thing in the pool meets the wind and clouds will turn into a dragon.

The two of them went to the military tent, because the weather was wet and cold, so the guards still raised the brazier.

Cao Cao pulled Liu Bei to the couch and sat down, and the two of them faced the fire together, and at the same time looked up at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who came with him, and said with a smile: "Is Yun Chang cold?" ”

Guan Yu didn't look at Cao Cao, his hands were arched, his eyes were slightly squinted, his long hair was blown by the wind to the crook of his arm, and he immediately said: "Thank you Cao Gong, Guan is fine." ”

"Hehe...... Cao Cao laughed and said softly: "Today's war has stopped, and the army has its own patrol, so you can rest for half a day." ”

"In this way, you and the third brother Yide, go to find Zixiao, I told him to prepare the wine, warm up first."

"Really!?"

Zhang Fei's eyes suddenly lit up, he stepped forward and said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, why don't I go with my second brother?" ”

Liu Bei's expression was stunned, but he was quite helpless, in the past few days of fighting, he had indeed been forbidding Zhang Fei from drinking, and immediately shook his head with a wry smile, "Go ahead, but don't be greedy." ”

"Yun Chang, look at him."

"Eh, big brother."

"Hurry, hurry! Let's go! Zhang Fei broke his mouth, got Liu Bei's approval, pulled Guan Yu away, walked a few steps Guan Yu turned his head and bowed to Cao Cao, Zhang Fei naturally learned to give a perfunctory salute, and then left quickly.

Go to the next military tent to find Cao Ren.

At this moment, in the military tent, only Liu Bei and his personal guard Chen Dao remained; Cao Cao with his adviser Guo Jia, general Yu Ban, and Xu Huang, a new member of Yang Feng's army.

When Cao Cao had not broken with Yang Feng at that time, he had already taken a fancy to Xu Huang, and he showed favor in many ways, and finally sought to be attached.

After Yang Feng fled, Xu Huang led his troops to obey Cao Cao.

With such a precedent, Cao Cao naturally understands that his current charm and fame will definitely attract heroes and famous generals, so many civil and military ministers and friends of the alliance still have the opportunity to abduct other people's favorite generals after working together.

So he added a lot of confidence to subduing Guan Yu.

Therefore, he made up his mind to pay special attention to Guan Yu.

At this time, among the people in the account, Cao Cao and Liu Bei told some of Yuan Shu's crimes.

Cao Cao suddenly sighed, "In any case, Yuan Shu has lost the hearts of the world, because of the siege of the princes, this move must be self-defeating, and it is precisely because of this that it is so convenient to recruit troops!" ”

"Not bad."

Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully, "When I came, after three days of recruitment, more than 4,000 villagers bravely entered the camp in order to kill thieves and protect their families, which shows that the hearts of the people are towards Han." ”

"Haha!" Cao Cao stretched out his hand and put it on Liu Bei's shoulder with emotion, and said: "It also shows that your brother has a very high reputation in the territory, who can be like you in the whole world, and recruit 4,000 soldiers in three days, how terrible." ”

"Cao Gong praised ......"

Liu Bei bowed modestly, and at the same time felt a little weak in his heart, in fact, he recruited 6,000 soldiers in three days.

Just saying it may cause Cao Cao's dissatisfaction and fear, after all, so many people enthusiastically entered the camp, although it was in the name of defending the Han family, it was also rare in ancient times.

There should be no more recruits in the world than him.

These people, after the baptism of war, will naturally gradually become sophisticated, and will gradually become loyal soldiers under Liu Bei in the future.

"Cao Gong's next, how are you going to attack it?"

Liu Bei asked seriously.

Cao Cao sighed at this time and said: "Yuan Shu lost power, and our army has the momentum, when slowly advancing, break the army by the way and kill it, cut the morale of its troops, and let Yuan Shu retreat to the lands, if I expect it to be correct, there will be princes and horses to attack its south side." ”

"For example, Sun Ce."

"Well, the son of General Wentai, I have also met once, when he was young and not an old man, but he was very arrogant, and he would never be willing to succumb to the traitors."

"When he attacks the south of Yuan Shu, we will immediately storm the north, trying to surround Yuan Shu in Shouchun."

"There is no need to worry about losses and gains, it is a partition, and let others gain merit."

Cao Cao said with a smile to Liu Bei.

This is not only about Sun Ce, but of course also for Liu Bei.

Fight with peace of mind and never worry about merit.

"Cao Gong is really atmospheric."

"With Cao Gong's words, I am afraid that all the princes of the world will fight bravely and make meritorious contributions to the Han Dynasty, just seeking to be famous among the celebrities of our Han family and to hear about the princes."

"Hehehe."

Cao Cao smiled and said nothing, but he thought deeply of this in his heart.

How many heroes will be famous in this battle, this is probably the most turbulent battle in recent years, and everyone naturally wants to be famous.

The one who killed Yuan Shu can even be remembered by the Han family and the people as if it were in the middle of the day.

If you are so good at hunting, you will see who can come out on top.

(End of chapter)