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Chapter 525 Liu Ye
Sun Fu was soaked in the icy river water. He was dizzy due to excessive blood loss, and soon fell into a semi-comatose state. Fortunately, he had a strong will to survive. Although he was unconscious, he dragged his ponytail desperately, so he didn't sink into the water. in the river.

The Ganshui River in winter has entered the dry season, and Sun Fu chose a relatively shallow place, the width of the river is only about [-] meters, and the horses dragged Sun Fu in the water, dragging him all the way to the opposite bank.

At this time, the generals and soldiers of Sun Jun who were lucky enough to swim across the Ganshui River and escape to the east bank recognized at a glance that this extraordinary horse was Sun Fu's mount, and immediately rescued the unconscious Sun Fu , and then hurriedly fled the river bank.

At this time, the fighting on the west bank has gradually calmed down. If they don't leave now, are they going to wait for the Jingzhou army to chase them across the river and kill them immediately.

"Tack, tick, tick..."

Liu Liang, armored and whipped, walked with Cai Sheng in a heroic manner. Looking around, there were blood-stained and mutilated corpses and lifeless wailing everywhere. These dead and injured were not all enemy soldiers, but also unarmed women and children.

Both Liu Liang and Cai Sheng are arrogant people who disdain to pretend to lead the army by massacring women and children. However, swords have no eyes on the battlefield, and Sun Jun's family members are in the army, so they will inevitably be affected.

Liu Liang pointed at the densely packed captives on the bank with his whip, and turned to Cai Sheng and said, "I thought there might be a fierce battle going south to Luling, but I didn't expect the victory to come so easily." Then Liu Liang couldn't help but sigh: " It's a joy to fight with the military division!"

Liu Liang was not very convinced of Zhuge Liang before. After all, when he swept Jingnan with Liu Jing, Zhuge Liang was still living in seclusion in Longzhong. Later, Liu Jing attacked Liu Biao in the north. Although Zhuge Liang was alone, he only captured a few cities.

But this time when Sun Ben was conquered, Liu Liang was completely convinced of Zhuge Liang.Brothers Sun Ben and Sun Fu can be regarded as Jiangdong veterans, but when they faced Zhuge Liang, they were like children, being played by Zhuge Liang in the applause.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Yuzhang was defeated in the first battle, Luling was conquered in another battle, tens of thousands of troops were overthrown, and two counties were finally established.

"It's a pity that Sun Fu couldn't be captured and killed." Cai Sheng stood by the Ma River, looked across the river, and sighed.

"Sun Fu was besieged and killed by our army just now, and he was seriously injured. He might have drowned in the river long ago." Liu Liang said nonchalantly.

In this battle, Sun Fu's army was defeated and all of them surrendered. None of the ten could escape to the other side. Even if Sun Fu survived by luck, it would not harm the overall situation.

"Look, Wang (Qiang) Zijian's people have arrived." Liu Liang glanced at the Jiaozhou soldiers who had arrived at the periphery of the battlefield, and said with a half-smile to Cai Sheng who was on the side: "Before, Wang Zijian wanted to monopolize the achievements of Luling. May I wait to go south. If we hadn't arrived in time this time, Sun Fu would have slipped away from under his nose."

Cai Sheng smiled, but did not answer.

Liu Liang, Liu Zong and other generals of the Liu Jing clan have always regarded Wang Qiang as disliked, the reason is nothing more than Wang Qiang's humble background, as a merchant, he built a reputation, which made them jealous.

"I'm going to Yizhong Lang, general Qu Jing, to meet General Cai and Liu Shangyong." Qu Jing came to Cai Sheng and Liu Liang, got off his horse and said.

Although the two sides are not directly subordinate to the superior and subordinate, Cai Sheng and Liu Liang are close friends of Liu Jing.

Liu Liang couldn't help turning dark when he heard the words. He followed Liu Jing around when he was young. He was born and died five or six years ago. ?
Liu Lianggao got on the horse and asked with a tiger face: "Are you Qu Xiong's brother Qu Jing?"

Seeing Liu Liang calling him by his first name, Qu Jing secretly felt that something was wrong, he didn't know where he offended him, could it be because of Qu Xiong that he suffered an indiscriminate disaster?

I saw Liu Liang asked again: "Do you know that I have the same name as the general?"

Only then did Qu Jing suddenly realize that the other party did not like his name, so he quickly replied: "Naturally, after I surrendered to General Annan, I decided to change my name. No chance to meet the general."

Liu Liang said with a half-smile: "I might have a chance this time."

"What Liu Shangyong said is very true." Qu Jing lowered his eyebrows and said.

Liu Liang snorted coldly, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with Qu Jing, and directly ordered his troops to clean up the battlefield, and escorted thousands of captives, and hundreds of luggage and goods back to Luling City.

Cai Sheng felt that he did not capture and kill Sun Fu, so he sent Qingqi across the river to search for tens of hundreds of miles, but unfortunately he was still unable to find Sun Fu, and finally had to return without success.

In the afternoon, Zhuge Liang led his army to the foot of Luling City, and jointly signed with Wang Qiang to report victory to Liu Jing.

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At the end of October, the capital Xuchang, the northern suburbs.

Today is the day when Sikong and Cao Cao came back triumphantly from their crusade against Hebei. Situ Zhao Wen and Shang Shu ordered Xun Yu to lead a hundred officials out of the city ten li to meet him.

Under the eager anticipation of hundreds of officials, soldiers and people, the triumphant army gradually emerged from the horizon. All the soldiers of the Han army were dressed in black armor. The sky blocks out the sun.

Cao Cao was sitting in the army chariot, looking at the officials with pride, excitement, or fear, he could not help showing a satisfied smile on his face.

In April of this year, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan in Liyang, he took advantage of the victory and went straight to attack Yecheng in an attempt to complete his achievements in one battle. As a result, he was defeated by Yuan Shang in Yexia and had to abandon all the land in Hebei. Li, all the way back to Xuchang, issued the "Defeat Order", the embarrassment at that time is still vivid in my mind.

In August of this year, brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan fought in the same room. At Yuan Tan's request, Cao Cao sent troops to Jizhou again. This time across Hebei, Cao Cao not only married Yuan Tan, but also firmly occupied Liyang, an important military town in Jizhou.

Liyang is not only a barrier to defend the Yellow River, but also a bridgehead to attack Yecheng, which has unparalleled strategic value to Cao Cao.

These two incidents made Cao Cao sigh with emotion, and it is not far from the pacification of Hebei.

Therefore, this time when the troops returned to Beijing, Cao Cao specially ordered cavalry troops to line up in the outskirts of the capital to show off the army's prestige to the hundreds of officials and Xuchang scholars and people who went out to welcome them, completely eliminating the impact of the previous defeat. Now it seems that the effect is quite good.

When the military chariot arrived in front of the officials, Cao Cao got out of the car and talked to Situ Zhao Wen first to show respect, and then accepted the congratulations from the officials.

For the compliments and flattery of the group of bureaucrats, Cao Cao stroked his beard with a smile, which was very useful.However, he soon noticed that his old partner Xun Yu looked a little serious. Cao Cao and Xun Yu had known each other for more than ten years, and knew him very well. He knew that he must have something to do, so he immediately dismissed all the officials and dragged Xun Yu into the car. talk about.

Xun Yu didn't wait for Cao Cao to ask, and took the initiative to say: "Ming Gong, Liu (Fu) Yangzhou just sent a horse to send a letter. Liu Jing has recently attacked and killed Sun (Ben) Boyang and captured Yuzhang."

Sun Benai was Cao Cao's relative by marriage, and his daughter married Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang.

Cao Cao was stunned at first, and then sighed: "When I first heard Liu Jing's name, he only controlled the territory of a county. At that time, I was alone in the north and had no time to look south. I wanted to use it to contain Liu Biao, but I didn't expect Liu Jing to take advantage of the situation. , In just a few years, it has straddled the three prefectures of Jing, Jiao, and Yang, with a hundred thousand soldiers, dominating Jiangbiao..."

Xun Yu said solemnly: "Like Duke Ming, I have underestimated Liu Jing. If I don't interfere, I fear that he will pose a greater threat to the country than Yuan Benchu ​​in the future. Fortunately, it is not too late to wake up now. "

Cao Cao frowned deeply, and remained silent for a long time. Xun Yu knew what Cao Cao was worried about, and said, "Hebei has not yet been settled, and it is not appropriate to use troops against the south. Otherwise, Liu Jing will go against his orders and unite with the Yuan family. Liu Jing can't continue to indulge. Liu (Fu) is also a gentleman in Yangzhou. He is more than virtuous and lacks in wisdom. "

When Cao Cao heard what Xun Yu said, he asked, "Wen Ruo has a suitable candidate in mind?"

Xun Yu pondered for a while, and said: "Jiujiang Liu (Ye) Ziyang, he is courageous and wise, and he is also a rare man in the world. He can entrust important affairs."

(End of this chapter)