Yangzhou, Shouchun City, Yuan Shu looked at Sun Ce who came to deliver the news in front of him, and frowned.

"In this way, Cao Mengde is going to abandon Yanzhou. When I was in Luoyang, I saw that he was a strong outsider, and he said that he was powerful, but unfortunately he didn't have the skills in his hands."

"Now that it's coming to an end, life is at stake, and it's still being revealed. He retreats, Lao Tzu does not retreat! It's just a battle of life and death, and whoever lives and dies depends on their ability."

Sun Ce was silent at the next head.

His previous thoughts were quite similar to Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao retreated when he encountered an accident, without any heroic spirit, and finally Zhou Yu woke him up.

Cao Cao's land in Yanzhou was originally only three counties, but now it was robbed by Liu Bei to Dong'e, and there are only two counties left in his hands, and Cao Cao has long been on the same page with the scholars in Yanzhou, what is he reluctant to do?

Now Yanzhou is a bit of a chicken rib for him.

Yuan Shu sighed, "But no matter what, without Cao Mengde, we really don't have a big help in Yanzhou. Now that Xuzhou has fallen into the hands of Liu Bei, the soldiers and horses in Yangzhou are temporarily unable to move, relying only on the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou, I am afraid that they may not be able to stop Liu Bei's Qingzhou army."

Sun Ce nodded, this was also Sun Jian's concern.

For example, today, I am afraid that no one dares to say that they can resist the Qingzhou army that has won Yuan Shao's new victory and is full of morale.

Yuan Shushu stood up suddenly, "Since the land of one state can't deal with him Liu Xuande, then I will gather in the land of three states and go back to inform Wentai that Yuzhou no longer needs to be defended, and bring all the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou to Yangzhou, and we will fight him Liu Bei in Yangzhou."

Sun Ce was originally a brave person, and he was also excited when he heard the words.

I just feel that by acting like this, I can live up to the man's lifelong ambition.

…………

A few months later, Liu Bei, who was in Xuzhou, got a few pieces of news and a secret letter from the south.

The first news was that Cao Cao had quietly withdrawn his troops from the two counties of Yanzhou, and it was said that he was heading south, apparently heading south to Jingzhou.

There was an interesting incident.

This year's drought in Yanzhou, Cao Cao's army was short of food, and looted wealthy households along the way to supplement military resources. didn't want to pass by the Cheng family, not only did he not take advantage of it, but he was defeated by the Li family of the Cheng family, and he was quite embarrassed.

Li Dian of the Li family personally led people to chase and kill Cao Jun for several miles.

Another piece of news is that Sun Jian and others, who were also evacuated from Yanzhou, did not return to Yuzhou, but went to Yangzhou.

Yuan Shu's mind is not difficult to guess, it seems that he wants to have a decisive battle with him in Yangzhou.

On the contrary, Liu Bei hoped that he would be like this, the winner of the battle, life and death conceited, refreshing and refreshing.

Therefore, in addition to ordering people to occupy the counties of Yanzhou, another thing he did was to concentrate his troops and bring most of his troops to Xuzhou.

But compared to the secret letter, these two things are actually trivial.

It turned out that this secret letter was from Jingzhou, but the person who sent the letter was not Liu Jingsheng, who is now sitting in Jingxiang, but Cai Mao of the Cai family.

Xun Or read the letter and sighed, "There are too many smart people in this world, and it is precisely because there are too many smart people that this world is so chaotic."

It turned out that in the secret letter, Cai Mao secretly expressed his loyalty to Liu Bei, thinking that the land of Jingxiang could not be controlled by non-kings, and they thought that Liu Biao was the king, but now it seems that Jingzhou still needs a master.

Obviously, he thinks that Liu Bei is this master.

So this secret letter is actually a letter of integrity.

Liu Bei smiled, "People like Cai Mao are used to tending to the flames and taking the rudder when they see the wind. Now it's just that we are powerful, and we are not smart people, at most we can be said to know the current affairs."

Xun He nodded, and Liu Bei was reasonable.

Liu Bei smiled suddenly: "Now that Cao Cao is going south, most likely he wants to temporarily take refuge in Liu Biao. Located in the southeast, to watch the world change. Now it seems that he is afraid that he will suffer from it then."

Jingzhou's own family is still full of contradictions, and now with the addition of a foreign Cao Mengde, it is really lively.

Cai Mao is this kind of person, next to him

The ability is not big, but the ability to fight in this nest is one of the best.

Xun Or said with a smile: "This Cai Mao also said in the letter that he wanted to give us a big gift, but I don't know what this big gift is."

Liu Bei also smiled and said, "I'm also a little curious about this matter, but I want to see what gifts they can come up with."

…………

Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and the three states have some borders adjacent to each other.

Now Sun Jian has ordered Sun Ce to take most of the people from Yuzhou to Yangzhou, and he himself is to take the last more than 1,000 recruits from the state to Yangzhou.

With Liu Bei's great enemy, only by holding together for warmth can he compete with Liu Bei. Jingzhou and Yangzhou have long formed an alliance, so Sun Jian's trip is not dangerous.

Today, they just walked to the border of the three states, and they were in a hurry for days, and the people were sleepy and tired, so Sun Jian asked them to rest for a while.

When he was resting, Sun Jian looked at the new army that had been temporarily pulled together, and thought of the Qingzhou army he saw in Yanzhou, and his heart was filled with some sorrow.

With such soldiers and horses, even if there are many people, can they really defeat those Qingzhou strong troops?

Even Sun Jian, who has always been known for his bravery on the battlefield, is actually completely unsure in his heart at this time.

Just as Sun Jian was in his trance, a cavalry army appeared not far away, not many in number, but extremely sneaky between actions.

Seeing Sun Jian and the others, they immediately rushed towards the north.

Sun Jian saw that these people were acting strangely, and after being discovered, he went straight to the north, thinking that they were scouts sent by the Qingzhou army, and came here to spy on the military situation.

Now his heart was full of upset, and when he saw this, he immediately summoned the enlisted sergeants and pursued him away.

It's just that I don't want the cavalry to march very fast and chase for a long time, not only did it not catch up, but it was gradually distanced by them.

Sun Jian got up his temper, quickly whipped up, and took the lead.

I just didn't want to chase after it, so I suddenly chased into a canyon.

There was no trace of the cavalry in front of them in the valley.

Sun Jian was a battle-hardened figure in the end, and he immediately sensed that something was wrong, as if these people had specially lured him here.

He immediately restrained his horses and prepared to withdraw from the valley.

But before he could give the order, suddenly a cavalry army rushed out from the front and back of the valley and surrounded them.

One of them had several bells tied around his waist, which would be gently rattled as the horses moved forward.

And with the appearance of this cavalry, many archers with bows and arrows appeared on both sides.

Sun Jian said coldly: "I don't know who you are, Sun is just a martial artist, and it is worth your trouble?"

He originally thought that these people were Qingzhou military horses, but now it seems that this is definitely not the case.

The person on the other side smiled and said, "General Sun, you and I have met, presumably the general entered the Central Plains and made a great reputation, and the nobles are forgetful, or maybe I, a little person, really can't get into the eyes of the general?"

Sun Jian glanced at this person carefully, but he had a vague impression, he sneered, "It turned out to be Huang Zu under Liu Biao's account, I don't want Liu Jingsheng to also throw himself into Liu Bei."

Huang Zu smiled, "It would be good if my lord really decided to serve Liu Bei, but unfortunately he never got his senses. That's why I came here to borrow the general's head. At that time, even if he doesn't want to be an enemy of Liu Bei, he won't be able to."

Sun Jian nodded, "I see."

At this time, the horseman with the bell stepped forward and said, "General, let me take off this man's head."

Huang Zu waved his hand, "Sun Jian is brave and fierce, he is not an ordinary person's enemy, although Xingba is brave, but it will take some effort to deal with this person. It's not easy to bring him here today, so let's give him a ride."

After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled his archers to shoot Sun Jian.

The soldiers are surrounded by many soldiers, don't say that it is his Sun Wentai, even if the overlord is reborn, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape.

Sun Jian knew that he was no longer lucky, looked around and sighed, "I don't want me Sun Wentai to fight for many years, and I didn't die on the battlefield, but died from you

In the hands of these little people."

Huang Zu didn't need to speak, just urged his subordinates to release arrows.

In an instant, arrows rained down.

Sun Wentai closed his eyes and waited for death.

Before he died, this Jiangdong Menghu, who wanted to do great things all his life, remembered not the uncompetitive grand hegemony, but his two sons and one daughter.

Peace is good.

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At this time, Sun Ce, who was far away in Yangzhou, had just entered a city with a military horse, suddenly felt a move in his heart, and hurriedly signaled his military horses to temporarily stop and rest for a while.

Sun Ce himself was also immediately on the sidelines, and almost fell off the horse.

Zhou Yu, who was originally restraining military horses in the rear army, came to the front army, and when he saw that he was not in his mind, he asked, "What happened?"

Sun Ce shook his head and covered his heart with his hand, "I don't know why, Su's heart is moving. For so many years, there has never been."

Zhou Yu didn't ask much, Sun Ce has always had a way of doing things.

Zhou Yu opened his mouth and said, "Yuan Highway is a man with great ambition and talent, but I am afraid that he is not a good candidate to entrust his life, I think I can't put all my hopes on him."

Sun Ce also nodded, although the Jianghu Qi on Yuan Shu's body is indeed not bad, he can do great things, he can't do without Jianghu Qi, but he can't be all Jianghu Qi.

[The app that has been running stably for many years is comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, which is used by old bookworms.]

Rummaging through Cai Mao, he said angrily, "Do you know how much trouble you have caused! Now Jingzhou is in danger!"

Although Cai Mao looked frightened on the surface, he didn't think so in his heart.

There is no fear.

Naturally, he relied on not his own sister-in-law, but Liu Biao's wife.

Jingzhou has never been the Jingzhou of his Liu Biao, but the Jingzhou of their big families.

The Cai family, the Kuai family, and other remaining clans.

At the beginning, Liu Biao single-handedly settled in Jingzhou, and it was said that it was majestic, but it was not they who chose Liu Biao.

Otherwise, with a weak man who can't lift his hand, how can he subdue those thieves in the state?

With the name of his Han clan relatives, can't you?

Sure enough, although Liu Biao was angry, he never took Cai Mao to anything.

He sighed, "I'm also thinking about Cong'er. Where is the one who is surrendered to others and sits alone on one side than the top with the south and the north side?"

Cai Mao was overjoyed when he heard this, "Brother-in-law has finally figured it out?"

Liu Biao had two sons, the eldest son Liu Qi and the second son Liu Cong, and the second son Liu Cong was born to Mrs. Cai.

Yuan Benchu also had a number of sons, and Yuan Shao also favored the young son Yuan Shang.

It's just that the two are still a little different in the end.

Liu Biaozhi prefers Liu Cong, which has some political implications.

Liu Biao nodded, "It's just that now that you have done this, I'm afraid that it won't be easy to join forces with Yuan Shu again."

Cai Mao sighed, a little regretful, the reason why they wanted to secretly serve Liu Bei was because Liu Biao was unwilling to spit on the inheritance.

"What if this has happened?"

Liu Biao sighed, "I only hope that Yuan Highway can take care of the overall situation."

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Xuzhou.

Now Liu Bei, who is now in charge, is drinking with Xun or others.

Suddenly, I received a gift from Cai Mao.

It is a wooden box that is wrapped in layers.

Liu Bei opened the wooden box, and then sighed.

Hidden in the box, the head of the deceased.

He poured the drink in his hand to the ground.

And pay tribute to the deceased with a glass of wine.