Danyang County, governed by Yangzhou, is most famous for its elite warriors.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Tao Qian, Sun Ce and others have all used Danyang soldiers to achieve success.

Cao Cao took Xiahoudun here to recruit troops after discussing Dong, and after Liu Bei whipped the post supervisor, he also had to go to Danyang to recruit soldiers, and even Tao Qian's only confidence to compete with Cao Cao was also from Danyang's elite soldiers.

Therefore, there is a saying that the world's elite soldiers come out of Danyang.

Danyang and Xiliang are quite similar, the people here are still martial arts, since childhood began to practice martial arts, because of the steep mountains, life is difficult, so, the people here fight extremely strong.

In fact, a large part of the trouble-relieving soldiers created by Sun Quan in the later period came from Danyang.

It is worth mentioning that the governance office of Danyang has always been Wanling, and after Sun Ce drove away the Taishou appointed by Yuan Shu, he did not choose to be stationed in Wanling County, but in Jianye, which is in Longpan.

In Jianye City, on the school grounds, the army is regrouping, or carrying grain and grass, or transporting ordnance.

Dressed in a purple brocade robe and wearing a sword named Bai Hong around his waist, the seventeen-year-old boy stared at the soldiers.

The young man has purple eyebrows and blue eyes, has fine eyes, has a big mouth, and his appearance is different from ordinary people, it is Sun Quan who was ordered by Sun Ce to supervise the army to Guangling.

Generally speaking, an army of 30,000 men would not be able to do it in four or five days from the time it was assembled to the time it went out.

If you count the time spent supervising the transportation of grain and grass, sometimes it can even take more than half a month.

But it only took two days for Sun Quan to go from receiving Sun Ce's letter to the completion of the assembly in front of him and the fact that he could go on the expedition tomorrow.

It's not that he Sun Quan has outstanding internal affairs ability and dispatches troops like the wind, these tens of thousands of people were already prepared for war before Sun Ce set out for battle, and after the defeat of Anfeng, Zhou Yu seemed to have calculated that Cao Cao would attack Xuzhou.

As for the supervision of grain and grass, I would like to thank Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, in order to raise grain and grass, the two of them have not been less lobbying in front of the four major families.

Although these two assistants to Sun Ce are not as good as Xun Yu's assistance to Cao Cao, they also helped solve many internal contradictions.

"General, Front Bulletin!" A scout ran up to the purple-eyed Sun Quan and handed over a bamboo slip.

This battle report is nothing else, it is the information that Cao Cao lost to Lu Bu two days ago.

Sun Quan was frightened and hurriedly closed the bamboo slips.

This march was precisely because Cao Cao occupied Xiaoguan and formed a siege of Xuzhou, so they would rashly go north to Guangling.

As a result, as soon as the good men and horses were mobilized, before they left the city, the report of defeat came.

He was only seventeen years old, he was flustered, if he followed his subconscious thoughts, he should give up going north to Guangling, but he couldn't figure out what Sun Ce and Zhou Yu thought.

The most terrible thing is that he can't find someone to ask, even if he is loyal to the Sun family, after all, he is also a representative of the interests of the family, if he reads this war report, he will definitely advocate giving up.

For a moment, he was in a dilemma, not knowing how to choose.

According to what was said before, Sun Ce and the others will not arrive in Guangling for at least two days, and if they encounter wind and waves, they may be delayed for another day or two, which means that at this moment, he must make his own decision.

Jiangdong has been a hero since ancient times, this is not true at all, but after a short period of panic, Sun Quan quickly calmed down.

He opened the bamboo slip again to see the contents on it clearly, Xiao Guan changed hands, and Cao Cao was defeated

In other words, he only folded the twenty or thirty thousand people in Xiaoguan City, and the real army did not have time to enter it.

If this is the case, then Xiahoudun's 100,000 troops will inevitably form a confrontation for a certain period of time after they arrive, and it is still impossible for Lu Bu to withdraw immediately.

From this point of view, even if Guangling's morale is better than expected, it is still necessary to go north.

After reclosing the bamboo slips, Sun Quan made a bold decision to continue crossing the river to Guangling.

According to the original plan, they will be stationed outside the city first, in case Sun Ce and Zhou Yu feel that the time is not right, and then they will retreat, and they will just lose some grain and grass left and right, which is always better than missing the opportunity.

In terms of mind, it is not unremarkable that a seventeen-year-old boy can make such a bold decision about life and death.

Of course, all the choices also come from the strength of the background, Sha Xian's victory has won countless gold, and there is plenty of grain and grass, which is the confidence of the Sun family.

The generals who participated in the war this time included experienced veterans Han Dang and Ling Cao, as well as leaders of the younger generation, Chen Wu, Jiang Qin, Ding Feng and Pan Zhang, plus 30,000 Jiangdong elite soldiers.

What about the other side?

With 6,000 soldiers and horses, there is only one person who can count Zhang Liao, and Sun Quan is also thinking, how can he lose this situation?

To put it mildly, even if you want to lose, you can't lose.

Jingzhou, Xinye City, inside the council hall.

Zhang Fei's beard trembled with laughter, "Isn't the third surnamed slave always boasting about how powerful his son-in-law is, and he hasn't lost to Cao Cao!" ”

It is not Zhang Fei's pattern to fall into the well, but he began to hate Lu Bu when Xuzhou was stolen, and An Feng even hated this son-in-law after the first war, and he was relieved to see that they were not doing well.

In fact, at this time, Cao Cao had been forced to retreat to Xiangxian, but they didn't know it, and they still took the first battle report, that is, the first battle of Xiao Guan's change of ownership.

That's it, it was sent to Liu Bei by Liu Qi, this is the time limit of the information.

"Cao Cao is a national thief after all, and as a Hanchen, I hope that Lu Bu can win." Liu Bei sighed casually.

Since he came back from Xiangyang and figured out Liu Biao's temperament, he didn't care so much about the battle situation between Cao and Lu.

Or is it a kind of helplessness, now he is sitting in Xinye, nothing has been accomplished, he can't save the Son of Heaven from Xuchang to serve his family and country, and he can't raise volunteers to get rid of the thieves.

Guan Yu on the side didn't speak, these things were not as interesting as the Spring and Autumn in his hand.

"My lord."

After Jian Yongxin walked into the inner hall, he first bowed, and then handed a bundle of bamboo slips to the table, "This is the proposed terms of next year's Xinye tax agreed with Gongyou, please take a look at it." ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Liu Bei nodded at Jian Yong, who was in front of him and was slightly bloated.

Speaking of Jian Yong, in fact, he knew Liu Bei earlier than Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, probably about the same as Gongsun Zhan, and they met at a young age.

Moreover, he has also followed Liu Bei since the incident in Zhuojun, and he is one of the old team.

"Too much"

After a few glances at the front, Liu Bei shook his head and vetoed, and said in a deep voice: "If the wolf smoke is everywhere today, the people have many difficulties, and they will add taxes to patience." ”

"Lord, you have already reduced the tax of the autumn harvest by two percent to the people, if we don't adjust this tax, we will have no money and food to expand the army." Jian Yong looked embarrassed.

When Liu Bei fled from Anfeng to Jingzhou, there were only more than 600 people left around him, and it had been a few days since he came to Xinye, and the army had only expanded to 1,000 people, which was not slow.

You must know that there are seventy or eighty thousand people in Xinye City, not to mention more, it should not be difficult to expand the army by seven or eight thousand, but at this rate, it will not be able to reach eight thousand people in another ten years.

"Those who have achieved great things in ancient and modern times are not people-oriented, people-oriented, people-oriented, and people-oriented. Now, if I serve the people for personal gain, I would rather die than do it. Liu Bei's sigh made Guan Yu, who was buried in the Spring and Autumn Period, couldn't help but put down the bamboo slips in his hand, and bowed his head slightly to second.

"Uncle Huang is benevolent, thank you for the people of this new wilderness." While speaking, a person walked in outside the hall, wearing a whitish Confucian robe and a standard Shanyang beard.

"Jibo is here."

Liu Bei put down the clause and stood up, greeting him with a smile, "Come on, come on, please sit down." ”

Yi, Yijibo, a native of Shanyang County, Yanzhou, is a fellow villager with Li Dian, but he came to Jingzhou in his early years and was attached to Liu Biao.

After Liu Bei arrived, he would come to visit him every once in a while, more often than Liu Qi.

Yi admired Liu Bei's name of benevolence and righteousness, and Liu Bei was also willing to make friends with people like Yi who had been in Jingxiang for many years, and the two hit it off.

After eating Pang Degong's three closed doors, Liu Bei was not discouraged, and changed his mind to let Yi find a way to get acquainted with Pang Tong first, and explain his thoughts, as long as Pang Tong is willing to assist, everything will be fine.

After all, the head of the family is Pang Degong, but the new star of the Pang family is Pang Tong.

"Uncle Ji, did you come here today to see Pang Shiyuan?" Liu Bei asked someone to bring a cup of tea and asked a little eagerly.

"See, but."

After taking a sip of tea, Yi Yuan said with a smile: "Pang Shiyuan said that he still wants to study behind closed doors, or he can make a decision in a few years." ”

After all, there was no clear refusal, Liu Bei was not discouraged, and asked again: "It's okay, looking for him for many days, it can be regarded as having some eyebrows, why don't I go to visit him in person this time, or I can move him sincerely." ”

As soon as Liu Bei stood up, Yi Yuan hurriedly stopped him, his face was embarrassed, and he didn't know how to speak.

"If Uncle Ji has something to say, you might as well say it directly."

After a long silence, Yi Yuan put down the teacup and said in a deep voice: "This Pang Shi is rarely done in the first year, and he is the future master of the Pang family, so it is inevitable that he will be a little rebellious. ”

No matter how stupid Liu Bei is, he can hear it, the previous words are that people are Yi who cares about his own face, and he didn't say it thoroughly, in fact, he Pang Shiyuan doesn't want to see him.

That's right, if it was so easy to make him tempted, Liu Qi would not be reduced to an embattled situation, and Liu Bei, who sat down again, smiled bitterly.

Zhang Fei on the side was not happy, his eyes widened, and his voice was like thunder, "Wow, my brother is the emperor's uncle, he first ate three closed-door soups in front of that Pang Degong, and now he Pang Tong has also given face!" ”

The more he thought about it, the more angry Zhang Fei's face turned red, and he shook his hand, "Brother, don't care, I'll Zhang Fei go to Pang Tong, what are the four major families, doesn't he recognize the respect of his brother and uncle, then ask him if he recognizes the Zhangba snake spear in my hand!" ”

"The third brother should be reckless."

Liu Bei called lightly and said helplessly: "Everyone has their own ambitions, don't force them." ”

Liu Bei, who has always been regarded as a weaver and seller by the princes from all walks of life from the Wang family, did not take this level of humiliation to heart.

However, all these roads were blocked, and I couldn't help but fall into a daze.

He knows too well that his current situation is quite similar to that of his son Liu Qi, and if he wants to rise again and wrestle with the national thieves Cao Cao and the hero Lu Bu again, he must be supported by the Jingxiang clan.

If you don't have this, just relying on Xinye, even if you recruit 8,000 soldiers, what can you do?

It is impossible for the Cai family to be on the same front with themselves, listening to Liu Qi, he has many obstructions on the way from An Feng, and now he also wants Liu Biao to drive him away.

Although the Kuai family did not make a clear statement in this regard, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang knew that they did not want to have anything to do with themselves when they returned their prayers.

The Pang family has been closed in front of the old and new masters, and I am afraid that the only way to start is with the Huang family.

Liu Qi once said that Huang Zu of the Huang family supported him, but unfortunately after Sha Xian's defeat, Huang Zu's influence in the army was no longer what it used to be.

Then, you can only find the most prestigious person in the Huang family, Liu Bei patiently asked: "I heard that the Huang family is headed by Huang Chengyan, not only that, but this person also has a very high reputation among the Jingzhou scholars, can Ji Bo understand?" ”

Yi nodded, "Of course I have heard Huang Gong's name, but I only heard his name, and I haven't seen him." I heard that he and Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui, Pang Degong and others often sit and cook tea under the mountains and forests, or talk about national politics, or comment on heroes.

However, its immortal trail is uncertain, and there is nowhere to find it. ”

In this way, Huang Chengyan and Pang Degong are also close friends, and Liu Bei keenly captured this key information.

He hadn't heard of Sima Hui's name, and Liu Qi hadn't talked about him, but he was able to make friends with the elders of the two families, and he was afraid that his prestige among the scholars in Jingzhou was not weak.

Liu Bei, who has exhausted all kinds of means but has no effect, can only be regarded as the last resort by Huang Chengyan.

He stood up, walked in front of Yi Yuan, hugged his fists and said: "Uncle Ji, I have been in Jingxiang for many years, and I have a lot of friendship with the local scholars. ”

Yi Ji returned the salute and said with a pause: "Uncle Huang can rest assured, I have some friendship with Cui Zhouping of Boling, I heard that he has dealings with these people, and I will come to the door in person in a few days." ”

"Thank you."

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and then added: "By the way, I will inquire about Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui, if I can, I am also willing to pay a visit." ”

"It will be done." Again he turned and left.

Looking at the back of the other party's departure, Liu Bei's eyes were a little wandering.

He is still very grateful to his nationality, since he came to this new field, he was the first person to take the initiative to visit him.

Although there is no profit in the matter of the Pang family, Liu Bei is grateful.

"Does the eldest brother really deign to find those old rotten people?" For Jingzhou scholars, Zhang Fei is becoming more and more distracted.

If you seize the opportunity, you may have to clean up that pang.

"Big brother, what the third brother said is not completely unreasonable, the eldest brother has already shown full sincerity in this matter, if people don't appreciate it, why bother to be bored and lose the face of the family." Guan Yu, who had never spoken, couldn't help it.

Liu Bei glanced at the two brothers, and the corners of his mouth outlined a wry smile, "If you want to achieve great things, why don't you be stingy." Compared with the Son of Heaven who was humiliated in Xuchang, our grievances are nothing. ”

As soon as the two of them heard this, they could only give up, hoping that the Iraqi nationality could bring back good news.

(End of chapter)