Han Xiang

Chapter 168

When everyone left the hall, Long Xiang and Lu Su faced each other.

"Yun Qi is still worried about Sun Ce's surprise attack?"

After Lu Su asked in a low voice, he helped to analyze and comfort: "Jiangdong's army is in full swing at this time, and if you want to fight Hefei, you will not hide it. Need to solve."

"The mountains are getting more chaotic?"

Lu Su shook his head lightly: "Pingshan doesn't need so many people. I guess Guangling Chen Deng has something to do, otherwise Sun Ce wouldn't be in such a hurry."

"Chen Yuanlong? He's a powerful character." Long Xiang nodded in affirmation.

Although Long Xiang had been to Xiapi with the mission before, he had no chance to meet Chen Deng. Han Yin was quite critical of this man, while Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Qin Yilu and other Lv Bu generals spoke very highly of Chen Deng. .

Guangling under Chen Deng's rule was sparsely populated, and he was still able to do things in the rear of Jiangdong, which shows that he is stronger than Liu Xun, Huang Zu and other separatist forces.

Lu Su had to analyze: "Uncles and nephews of the Chen family have always been at odds with Sun Ce. Guangling crosses the river to the south and becomes Wu County. The threat to Jiangdong there is far greater than Hefei. If Liu Huangshu comes to Huainan with his trilogy, he can cooperate with Chen Deng to check and balance Sun Ce. To reduce the pressure on our side, it will be much easier no matter whether we go north to the Central Plains to win the championship, or go south to Jiangdong to replace the Sun family."

"Chen Yuanlong"

Long Xiang hummed the name softly to think, and suddenly changed the subject: "Zijing knows that I like to deduce all possibilities, if you don't come to Hefei, what can you do?"

"If you don't come hiss."

Lu Su looked at Long Xiang's frown, thinking that such an ending was really possible.

After all, Liu Bei is the uncle of the emperor of the Han Dynasty. It is not good to hear the news that he joined Yuan Shu's remaining troops. Cao Cao will regard Liu Bei as his mortal enemy because of the clothes and belts. Qu, the consequences will be disastrous.

Thinking of this, Lu Su looked solemn, and said solemnly: "If the emperor's uncle doesn't come to Hefei, Yun Qi can only hide his strength and bide his time, and make friends with Chen Deng in secret. If he comes, he must first take Jiangdong as his foundation, otherwise he will suffer from enemies."

"Well, that's what I meant too."

Long Xiang nodded slightly. He understood that an enemy's enemy is a friend, but Chen Deng is not easy. Liu Bei may be able to suppress him, but he has no confidence.

"The end of the new year is approaching, and Luo Xu and the others have left Hefei for more than a month. I wonder if they will arrive in Xiaopei now?"

Lu Su frowned and murmured to himself, followed by a sigh: "I forgot to remind you at the beginning, so I should explain something more."

"What?" Long Xiang was curious.

Lu Su stroked his beard and said: "The Chen family should have a good impression of the emperor's uncle being able to stand firm in Xuzhou. If he writes a letter to Chen Deng, it will be better than Yun Qi making friends by himself."

"Well, that's true."

After Long Xiang affirmed, he changed the subject: "However, if Shi Jun can defend Xuzhou, the issues we discussed today will not be a problem."

Lu Su was noncommittal, looked outside the hall and murmured: "If the emperor can defend Xuzhou, then Cao Cao will be defeated, and the Liu family may be named Yuan."

Yuan Shao's subordinates are already full of talents. If he is allowed to defeat Cao Cao and rule the north, heroes like Zhou Yu and Lu Su probably will not have the opportunity to display their talents, let alone a battle like Chibi and Yiling. The pack is divided.

Lu Su may be sighing for himself, or he may be sighing for Liu Bei, Sun Ce and other princes.

Long Xiang patted his arm lightly, and said meaningfully: "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Yuan Shao has been very smooth these years, and God will not always favor him. The stars are worthy of the passers-by."

"The stars live up to the passers-by"

Lu Su nodded lightly, and looked at Long Xiang affirming: "It makes sense, the people have been very motivated in the past two months, and a lot of fertile soil has been reclaimed upstream of Shishui. If it can develop steadily for a few more years, Hefei will definitely attract more refugees. When the emperor uncle comes to Huainan to develop, Hefei can be designated as the governing place."

"What will happen to Xuzhou is beyond our control, but according to the calculation of the distance, Luo Yicheng and Xu Wei should have arrived in Xiaopei. Now it is the end of the year and the beginning of the year. The envoy may stay with them for a few days until they return to Hefei just in time. Spring plowing."

"Well, the sense of happiness is based on comparison. Xiaopei has been in war all these years. Even during the Chinese New Year, he is not as lively as Hefei. Their return journey must be easy."

Long Xiang and Lu Su discussed Xiaopei's life in Hefei, while Luo Yicheng and Xu Wei actually lived in Xiaopei.

The two were ordered to deliver letters to Xuzhou, perhaps because they didn't choose a day to go out, but when they arrived in Xiaopei, they encountered a war and couldn't enter the city smoothly.

The news of Liu Bei's capture of Xuzhou spread to Xudu. At that time, Cao Cao was leading troops to Liyang to occupy Yuan Shao.

At this time, troops from various ministries in Hebei were gathering towards the Yellow River, and saw Cao Cao's troops confronting Liyang.

Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to cross the river to start the battle, but while preparing combat supplies, he secretly engaged in operations behind Cao Cao.

The envoys sent by Yecheng went south in batches, some went to Jingzhou to find Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu, some went to Runan to contact the former Yuan family, some went to Jiangdong to win over Sun Ce, and some sent people to Cao Cao to instigate rebellion.

Liu Bei killing Che Zhou and seizing Xuzhou is just a variable, an unexpected surprise for Yuan Shao.

Facing the powerful enemy in Hebei, Cao Cao's main force did not dare to move in a hurry. Facing Liu Bei's sudden rebellion, he chose to endure for the first time, but ordered Zang Ba, who was harassing Qingzhou, to withdraw to Xuzhou.

It's a pity that Chang Ba, who also belonged to the Taishan Army, also turned against him. He responded to Liu Bei's uprising in Donghai County.

Cao Cao's only pawn in Xuzhou just chose to wait and see for a while.

Yuan Shao played black guns behind his back, and a lot of information was intercepted by Cao Jun, so Cao Cao had to see what he did.

Cao Cao led the main force out of Liyang to divide the troops at Guandu, and ordered Liu Yan, the prefect of Dongjun, to guard the Baima Ferry, and stayed at the Forbidden Office to guard the Yanjin Ferry, while he returned to Xudu to deal with the threat from the rear.

Liu Bei's new rebellion in Xuzhou was not stable. At that time, the situation in Jingzhou was the most important. Although Liu Biao was caught by the Jingnan rebellion, he might not send troops to support Yuan Shao, but Wancheng was too close to Xudu. If the main force of Cao's army fought along the Yellow River, The existence of Zhang Xiu is very dangerous.

After Yuan Shao sent envoys, Cao Cao also sent envoys to surrender to Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu had a feud with Cao Cao who killed his son, and originally wanted to seek refuge with the more powerful Yuan Shao, but was rejected by Jia Xu, who was sober in the world.

Jia Xu made the decision on Zhang Xiu's behalf, and rudely drove away the envoys from Hebei, making Zhang Xiu have no choice but to choose one.

Jia Xu's thinking is very clear, Zhang Xiu's surrender to Yuan Shao is just icing on the cake, it is better to turn to Cao Cao to give charcoal in the snow. With Jia Xu's indirect help, Cao Cao not only solved the crisis in the southwest of Xudu, but also won Zhang Xiushang Wanxi Liangbing.

Cao Cao then took Zhang Xiu to the Guandu battlefield. When he was resting in his tent at night, he met his attendant Xu He and others who launched a rebellion.

The incident happened suddenly. Fortunately, Cao Cao had the habit of putting a knife by his pillow. He used the knife to fight with the guards to resist. Later, Cao Xiu, the tiger and leopard riding guard, brought people to protect the Lord, and finally resolved the internal rebellion in a thrilling manner.

Needless to say, these are Yuan Shaoshang's methods.

After this main battle, Cao Cao had to strengthen his defense because he injured his arm in the rebellion.

At night, the wound was so painful that he couldn't sleep, so he used the pain to think about other threats. Cao Cao immediately thought of Liu Bei, and remembered that the two were cooking wine and discussing heroes in the house.

Liu Beixin's foothold in Xuzhou was not stable, Cao Cao then sent Sikong Chief Shi Peiguo, Liu Dai, and Zhonglang to lead Fufeng Wang Zhong to conquer.

The intention was to drag Liu Bei away and hinder the main battlefield in the north, but unfortunately the second general was incompetent and unable to carry out his idea.

(End of this chapter)