Liu Bei used to be like a grassroots entrepreneur, running around with enthusiasm and tenacity, but after more than ten years, he hit his head and bleed, and in the end he was still a hawker with a cart, and he would be chased away by law enforcement officers from time to time.

Now with the guidance of the 'mentor' Liu Ye, after getting the 'empowerment', he no longer blindly does things, Liu Bei has secretly developed in Runan in the past few months, secretly gathering the small forces of the Yellow Turban to expand his strength, and is not in a hurry to jump out against Cao and cooperate with Yuan Shao.

After Liu Bei subdued the small forces, he was not in a hurry to integrate and gather the big things, but let these small forces still guard their own mountains, and wait until all the forces that could be collected were integrated, and then they would join forces to act together.

Even if it was to seize the peace of mind and respond to Yuan Shao, Liu Bei only used one of Gong Du's soldiers and horses, which was done in order not to show the mountain dew, and on the surface he was still a 'peddler' who commanded thousands of yellow scarves.

Cai Yang took 5,000 people to Pingyu, but he was confused by Liu Bei's operation, mistakenly thinking that Liu Bei only had a few thousand people, but in fact, counting all the mountains controlled by Runan, Liu Bei's total strength had exceeded 20,000.

Liu Ye provided Liu Bei with development ideas, which was the first idea given by Long Xiang when he discussed with Lu Su and Long Xiang in Hefei.

Long Xiang will not be vertical and horizontal, his idea comes from competitive games, with the weak heroes can not be in a hurry to play a group on the line, you have to first make up for troops under the tower or secretly fight the jungle to brush experience, wait until the level up, skills mature, equipment formed, and then return to the online spell output.

Lu Su and Liu Ye were stunned at that time, but they needed Liu Ye to contribute to Liu Bei's implementation.

At this time, Liu Bei had completed the integration of the Lishui Basin, and had collected all kinds of small forces of true and false Yellow Turbans, leaving only the Rushui Basin in the western part of Runan unmoved, and that was the control area of Li Tong, the Taishou of Runan.

Just as he was about to stretch his hand to the west, Cai Yang brought five thousand people to send experience.

But after the victory, Liu Ye's face was solemn.

Because according to the previous deduction with Lu Su and Long Xiang, once Xu Du sent troops to Runan, it means that the Hebei battlefield is almost over, and the development period created by Yuan Shao is gone.

At the celebration banquet, Liu Bei saw Liu Ye's dull expression, so he came to him with a wine glass.

"This total annihilation of Caiyang's department is the most hearty one I have won in the fight with Cao Cao over the years.

"It's all thanks to everyone." Liu Ye modestly stood up and raised his glass.

After drinking the wine in the cup, Liu Bei took advantage of the situation to hold Liu Ye's arm and asked with concern: "I am not very interested in Guanziyang, could it be that there is something on my mind?" Or do you miss Huainan's family? ”

Liu Ye shook his head and replied: "It has been three months since the envoy raised an incident in Runan, and he has not attacked the Yingchuan territory, so Cao Cao did not send troops to recruit and suppress halfway, and Cai Yang marched to Pingyu at this time, I guess the war in Hebei has been decided, and there is a high probability that Cao Cao will win, so that you must prepare for a big war." ”

"Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to Runan last year, and he may also send this person this year, but this year's situation is far better than last year, and Ziyang has Ziyang by his side to give advice, why be afraid?"

Liu Bei's words showed a smug look.

"If Cao Ren is not afraid, he can only win one more time."

Liu Ye stroked his beard, and his brows were sad.

Liu Bei wondered: "What does this mean?" ”

"Cai Yang's 5,000 soldiers were completely annihilated, if Cao Ren comes, how can there be more than 5,000? This person's ability to command troops is far superior to Cai Yang, so if Jun still wants to achieve a big victory, it turns out that those hidden soldiers and horses may not be able to hide next time."

"Hey, that's true, that's after Cao Ren."

Liu Ye saw that Liu Bei had guessed the result, so he said solemnly: "If Cao Ren is defeated again, Cao Cao will come in person, so that the existing strength of the king cannot compete with him, so he can only make plans in advance and go ahead." ”

Zhang Fei, who was drinking with Zhao Yun next to him, heard the words 'go for the plan', remembered his years in Hefei, and immediately leaned over and asked, "Are we going to evacuate Runan?" Is it going to Jingzhou or Huainan? ”

"Naturally, it's Jingzhou." Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei first, then looked at Liu Ye and sighed: "I don't know what the situation of Shouchun is, Sun Quan and Xiahoudun have not divided the victory or defeat, I want to send someone to Hefei to ventilate." ”

"I can only send scouts to investigate, and since the envoy has decided to go to Jingzhou, he must send an envoy to find Liu Biao as soon as possible to find out his intentions, if Liu Biao refuses to accept it, he has to find a new place to stay."

Liu Ye's analysis is reasonable and well-founded, after all, Liu Bei has more than 20,000 mouths, if Liu Biao refuses him to go to Jingzhou, he can only choose to settle in Hefei in the end.

Liu Bei nodded and agreed: "I will send Gongyou (Sun Qian) tomorrow, and then send someone to the direction of Shouchun to investigate." ”

Liu Ye reminded: "You should also send more sentinels on the border of Ruying, so as to prevent the enemy from Xu Du, before we leave Runan, how much can Cao's army destroy." ”

"Hehe, I love to hear that." Liu Bei happily patted Liu Ye on the shoulder.

Liu Ye continued to add: "From Runan to Jingzhou, no matter which road you take, you must pass through Li Tong's defense area, and you must also prepare in advance, if you are stumped by Li Tong, the consequences will be unimaginable, and you must minimize the losses." ”

Liu Bei frowned and said: "Li Tong's gang has taken refuge in Cao Cao, we will have a battle sooner or later, and we will fight if we can't avoid it." ”

"It's still better to preserve the strength as much as possible"

Liu Ye pondered for a moment, and then offered a plan to Liu Bei: "Although Li Tong is the Taishou of Runan, the area he really controls is only Yang'an, and there are many cottages in the Rushui Basin who are not satisfied. At that time, Li Tong will be too busy to take care of himself, and we will be able to take advantage of the chaos to withdraw from Runan. ”

"That's a good idea."

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, not to mention how beautiful it was.

The attack between the princes is like playing chess, Liu Bei used to be purely a move, but now someone has a plan, it becomes the next step of a few steps, every time he falls, he will not lose, even if he encounters a situation where he must lose his son, he must find a way to replace the other party.

Liu Bei was actively preparing in Runan, and his opponent Cao Cao returned to Xudu in early September from the overland division, and was greeted with the good news of Shouchun's victory.

Cao Cao then set up a banquet in Sikong Mansion and convened civil and military forces to celebrate the victory of Cangting and the victory of Shouchun.

As for Liu Bei in Runan, Cao Cao thought it was in his hands, and with Li Tong and Cai Yang from the side, he planned to let the army rest for a few days and wait until there was news in Runan before sending troops.

At the banquet, Cao Cao praised the generals of Shouchun, and praised Hou Dun for his tenacity and ability to defend, praised Zhang Liao's courage and courage, praised Xiahou Yuan for living up to his fame, and praised Cao Chun for being unparalleled in tigers and leopards

Xun Yu saw Cao Cao's laughter, and took advantage of the situation to make a suggestion: "Ming Gong, the siege of Shouchun Sun Quan has been lifted, and the trouble of Changba in the East China Sea has not been eliminated, since the three generals cooperate tacitly, why don't they go to Xuzhou to quell the rebellion?" ”

Cao Cao asked rhetorically: "To deal with mere Changba, do you need to send me three generals?" ”

Xun Yu replied: "You know the situation in Donghai County, Nachangba was originally born as a thief in Taishan, and the rest of Taishan will listen to the call and do not listen to the announcement, and it is difficult for the imperial court to let them attack each other, and at this time, the attention of the Xuzhou garrison is all concentrated in Guangling County."

(End of chapter)