The great victory in the first battle really greatly stimulated the morale of Cao Ying, especially Liu Bei defeated Li Feng's 10,000-strong army head-on with 3,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Ying couldn't help but regard the Huainan Army as a straw bag.

While Cao Ying was rejoicing, Liu Bei sat quietly in his big tent alone, his face heavy.

"Big brother."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei walked into the big tent and knelt directly in front of Liu Bei, "In this battle, our army lost 237 cavalry, 873 foot soldiers, and 88 seriously wounded. However, more than 800 horses of the Yuan army were captured, and Cao Cao did not ask us for them. ”

This is a good thing, more than 800 war horses are very precious.

Zhang Fei muttered dissatisfiedly: "Cao Cao gave us military rations according to the amount of use, and also recorded the eldest brother's capture this time in the merit book, but did not supplement our sergeants, and the brothers brought from Peiguo can't afford such a toss." ”

"Big brother, do you need to discuss this matter with Cao Cao, after all, there is still a battle to be fought in the future, and the troops are all gone, how will I deal with myself in the future." Guan Yu asked.

Liu Bei shook his head and said nothing.

It can be seen that his mood is quite heavy.

After a long time, Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "Second brother and third brother, let's go to the barracks, at this time, you should stay with the brothers." ”

Guan Zhang glanced at each other, knowing that he had something in his heart, and stopped talking a few times, but finally nodded and left.

After the two left, Liu Bei's eyes moistened a little, his fists clenched white, and he choked and muttered:

"Ancestors and ancestors, Liu Bei is ashamed of the blood of the ancestors, and he can't save the Son of Heaven from fire and water, but he actually watched Cao Thief force the Son of Heaven to issue a secret edict with finger blood, begging the courtiers to be the king..."

Tears poured out of his eyes, and he gritted his teeth, screaming hysterically in his heart.

Your Majesty, you wait, wait for the minister to gain the trust of the thief and return to Xuzhou, he will definitely try to get back!

......

"Your Majesty, Taishou Yuan Yin was driven out of Danyang by Sun Ce, and now the entire territory of Danyang is under Sun Ce's control!"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Cheng, who went to Guangling to supervise grain, reported that Wu Jing was too guarded and didn't let him enter the city at all!"

"Your Majesty, Chen Lan and Lei Ji defected with their soldiers and occupied the mountains in the area of Lishan Mountain!"

"Your Majesty, the front-line battle report, Li Feng's department was defeated by Liu Bei, the vanguard of the Cao army, and Qiao Rui ordered all the rest period, and the Cao army lured the enemy, and lost more than 8,000 soldiers!"

Syllable!

"Enough is enough, don't say it again!" Sitting on the dragon chair made of pure gold, Yuan Shuqi, who was wearing a yellow silk dragon robe on a black background, trembled.

He couldn't understand how these bad things came one after another because he didn't sit in the hot dragon chair.

Wu Jing did not make a clear statement, but Yuan Shu knew that if he could not defeat Cao Cao, Guangling would change hands overnight.

As for Lei Shu and Chen Lan, there are only a few thousand subordinates, even if they are angry, they are within the scope of bearing.

The most hateful thing is still Jiangdong, he let Sun Ce go over, not simply coveting the jade seal, but with certain considerations.

Because the Yangzhou pastor of the imperial court is Liu Xuan, not his Yuan Shu, he is the Yangzhou pastor himself, so the counties in Jiangdong except for Danyang Yuan Yin is his own people, the others have independent meanings.

Let Sun Ce go over, just to let him and Yan Baihu, Wang Lang and a few dog-eat-dog, and finally profit from it himself, he was caught in a net, but he never thought that it would become like this.

Yuan Shu leaned on the dragon chair tiredly, pinching his eyebrows with his right hand, messy.

At this time, Shu Shao stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, although the war outside is not going well, but there are also troubles on our territory right now, and Weichen suggests that the civil strife be quelled first."

"What civil strife?" Yuan Shu asked impatiently.

Shu Shao sighed and shook his head melancholy, "Last year, there were many river diversions and embankment bursts in Lujiang and Anfeng, coupled with the mountain bandits, and now there is a famine, and the people gather in the government to ask for food, there is a trend of popular revolt, and Weichen implores His Majesty to open a warehouse for grain relief!" ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shu glanced at him disdainfully.

As Yuan Shu, who has lived in the strongest family in the late Han Dynasty since he was a child, this is a trivial matter.

It is not to say that we ignore the lives and deaths of the people, but the investment in rescue is completely disproportional to the benefits.

Among the people, the young and middle-aged people either joined the army, or joined the family to be a serf, the worst is to fall into the grass and become a mountain bandit, and most of the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled.

This situation is not a case in Yangzhou, but abounds in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

"Diao Min! If there is no food, they won't rent out their surplus shops to collect rent, and the extra carriages and ox carts can go to the street to pull goods for people. ”

Ahh

Yuan Shu's words made Shu Shao stunned on the spot, and when he wanted to speak, he was directly interrupted by a wave of his hand, "There is indeed a grain store in the city right now, but as soon as the war starts, the loss is huge, I can't take care of them, there is no need to mention this matter!" ”

After Yuan Shu took a deep breath, he felt that his brain had eased up slightly, so he sat up straight, and said in the middle of the year: "Pass the decree, and order Ji Ling to lead the 30,000 troops under his command to rush to the front line of Kuxian County to help!" ”

"Your Majesty, this... transferred the general and his subordinates to Kuxian, if Lu Bu is in trouble, what should he do? Yan Xiang, who had not spoken, finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Lu Bu..."

Yuan Shu sighed and said unhappily: "Didn't he intend to attack Guangling in Xiapi, how could he come to Jiujiang." Besides, he has only a lot of soldiers. ”

"Your Majesty, there is a general, Lu Bu didn't dare to move, but Your Majesty transferred Ji Ling away, then Xuyi is an empty city, how can Lu Bu not be moved?"

Yan Xiang's words still made Yuan Shu hesitate, and he raised his forehead, "Then do you have a plan?" ”

"Weichen suggested, let the general Zhang Xun lead the 50,000 troops in the city to help, this Shouchun City has His Majesty personally in charge, and there will be no chaos!"

There are 50,000 troops in Shouchun City, and all the elites of Huainan are here.

Yuan Shu is not a fool, saying that the emperor will inevitably cause chaos, he knows that the 50,000 army is kept to deter the local powerful families, and secondly, he also needs to deter Liu Biao.

Of course, the most important thing is that he didn't think about fighting Cao Cao to the death, he knew too well that after an all-out blow, it would not be an overnight thing for him to accumulate soldiers, horses, money, food, and ordnance.

In his imagination, it should be Cao Cao's symbolic way to fight a few battles, and he can fight back, and there are back and forth tosses and turns, and the two sides will strike for a year and a half.

Yuan Shu calmed down, knowing that it was just a beautiful vision that existed in the past, and now there were accidents in Guangling, Danyang, and even internally, and this battle was now a battle that had to be fought and had to be won.

When the luck psychology was erased, Yuan Shu quickly made a decision.

"The general immediately ordered 30,000 troops, and two days later, he waved his army to the north, and he must cut off the Cao thief in Ku County!"

As he spoke, he walked up to Zhang Xun and raised the sword at his waist, "At the same time, I will let Chang Nu lead 20,000 troops from Xuyi to join you in Kuxian, and the whole country will have 120,000 soldiers and horses, all of which will be delivered to you, and I hope the general will live up to his trust." ”

The sword of the Son of Heaven, the palm of life and death, is good at it, such as His Majesty coming in person.

"Even if the minister is smeared with liver and brain, he will let the Cao thief die in the bitter county!" Zhang Xun, who was dressed in the official robe of the Zhong Dynasty, bowed behind him and respectfully took the sword of the Son of Heaven with both hands.

Retreated.

Hundreds of officials streamed out of the main hall.

Lu Su, who was not very conspicuous in the crowd, breathed a sigh of relief.

It's been two months, and I've finally waited for this day.

He knew he could act.