Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Calabash Valley is shaped like a gourd.

The entrance is wide and the exit is narrow. It seems that most of these valleys are named Calabash Valley.

Yuan Tan led his army into the valley from the wide area. After walking for a while, the military advisor with the army felt that something was wrong and hurriedly called to Yuan Tan.

"My lord, the shape of this valley is a bit strange, and it is especially suitable for an ambush. We'd better slow down our march and wait until the rear army arrives before entering the valley together, so that we can take care of them."

Yuan Tan smiled nonchalantly and said, "The military advisor is overly worried. Although this is a valley, I have 3 armored battalions. Even if Cao Cao ambushes [-] people, I will still be able to rush out."

He waved his riding crop and pointed at the narrow valley entrance ahead, "Look at this valley, does it look like it can hide tens of thousands of troops?"

The military advisor was still worried and said: "My eldest son, no matter what, it is best to be careful when passing through such a valley where ambushes are easy."

"Oh, forget it, let's just follow what the military advisor said." Yuan Tan waved his hands impatiently.

"Then wait here for a while and wait for the scouts ahead to come back from exploring the road before marching."

Not long after, the scouts from the front came back and reported that there was nothing unusual at the mouth of the valley ahead.
Yuan Tan then rolled his eyes at the military advisor and continued to lead his troops quickly.

It's just that for this ambush, Guo Jia has obviously refined it to the extreme.
When half of Yuan Tan's troops left the valley entrance, drums suddenly sounded loudly in front.
Tens of thousands of people came from outside the gourd's mouth.
Yuan Tan looked at Cao Jun rushing forward. Although he was a little panicked, he quickly calmed down.
"All retreat into the valley and form formations to defend against the enemy."

The mouth of the Calabash Valley is narrow, and the eight thousand armored troops were forced to form a long snake formation when they passed the valley mouth.

If such a formation wants to resist the attack of the army, it will inevitably suffer huge losses.

Therefore, Yuan Tan's first reaction was to retreat into the valley, form a formation of 8000 people to defend the entrance of the valley, and then wait for the rear army to catch up before rushing out in one fell swoop.

But how could Yuan Tan escape Guo Jia's cunning plan?
Eight thousand armored troops retreated into the valley. Cao Jun at the entrance of the valley did not rush in in a hurry.
On the contrary, Yuan Tan's soldiers in the valley were horrified to find that countless Cao troops also poured out of the wide valley behind.

These Cao soldiers blocked the retreat and were in no hurry to attack. The shield soldiers in front thrust their heavy shields into the ground, directly blocking Yuan Tan's retreat.

On the ridges on both sides, Cao Jun, who had been lying in wait for a long time, finally appeared.

Huge balls of fire rolled down from the steep mountain walls on both sides, directly hitting the eight thousand armored soldiers arrayed in the valley.

The fire was raging and smoke was filling the air.

Yuan Tan was finally completely confused and desperately ordered the soldiers of the armored battalion, "Come on, fight out, fight out at all costs."

However, the valley entrance in front is narrow, and Cao's army is waiting outside.

Although the valley behind is slightly wider, the shield formation has been formed. Without heavy cavalry charge, how can we break through the blockade?

The thick smoke from the fire made the soldiers in the valley choke so much that they could hardly even hold their weapons.

This is a poisonous plot carefully arranged by Guo Jia. How can Yuan Tan escape and ascend to heaven?

The valley was filled with flames and smoke was rising to the top of the mountain.

Alloy steel armor is good at protecting against swords, guns and arrows, but it is not fireproof.

When the smoke dissipated, the eight thousand armored soldiers in the valley, including Yuan Tan himself, were all killed.

But Cao Jun did not lose a single soldier.

Guo Jia sat on the carriage, looking at the tragic situation in the valley, and sighed quietly,
"Brother Yan Qiang is more dangerous than a sword."

If Yuan Shang hadn't leaked Yuan Tan's whereabouts, it would have been impossible for Guo Jia to mobilize so many troops in advance and arrange such a perfect ambush circle.

Although Yuan Tan is not very smart, he still understands the basic ideas of marching. Every time he arrives at a place, he must first send scouts to explore the way.

There is only one possibility for Guo Jia to ambush so many people without being discovered by the scouts.
It is to completely understand Yuan Tan's movements, make arrangements in advance, and then erase the traces.

Yuan Shao's army had already marched in Puyang, and was waiting for Yuan Tan's army to come and join them. Unexpectedly, they received news that Yuan Tan's eight thousand armored army had been wiped out in Hulu Valley.

I couldn't lift it up for a while, so I fainted directly on the horse.

Yuan Tan and the eight thousand armored battalion were killed, Yuan Shao also fell into a coma, and the morale of the front line collapsed. The army had to temporarily withdraw from Yanzhou and return to Yecheng first.

This battle lasted for nearly two months, and both sides suffered casualties, but overall, Yuan Shao still had the upper hand.

After all, Cao Cao's army suffered a defeat last year and was weakened. As soon as winter passed, Yuan Shao invaded Yanzhou. If Guo Jiamou hadn't planned well, many cities in Yanzhou would have been occupied by Yuan Shao again.

However, Yuan Tan's death gave Cao Cao a chance to breathe, and the battle between Yuan and Cao once again fell into confusion.

When Liu Xuan heard about Yuan Tan's death in Yangzhou, he was so shocked that he could hardly speak.

The main reason was that the death was too painful. The eight thousand armored elites did not fight at all, and almost all of them were smoked to death.

You must know that in this era there is no satellite scanning, it is impossible to predict the enemy's movements so accurately and calmly set up an ambush.

What's more, the combat power of the eight thousand armored troops is extraordinary. If the retreat route is not completely blocked and burned with fire, even a siege of 10 troops may not be able to annihilate them all.

Knowing that the person who set up the ambush was Guo Jia, Liu Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "Guo Jia is really powerful. We have to be careful in the future."

An inexplicable look flashed across Jia Xu's face, "Although Guo Jia has an unrivaled strategy, to set up this situation, I'm afraid it's not just a matter of cunning."

"No matter what, we still have to be careful about Cao Cao. Although he is inseparable from the battle with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao has Guo Jia under his command. A resourceful man like Xun Yu can make a comeback with just one mistake."

Liu Xuandao: "Mr. Wenhe is right. Speaking of which, I have to worry about everything here, Mr. Wenhe. It's time to recruit more advisers."

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Thank you for your understanding, my lord. Although Jia Xu does not feel tired, your lord is right. Now that our sphere of influence stretches thousands of miles from east to west, we do need more talents to share the Lord's worries."

"Mr. Wenhe, do you have any talent recommendations?" Liu Xuan asked.

Jia Xu shook his head: "I am from Liangzhou, and I don't have many close connections with the heroes here. I'm afraid I will disappoint the lord."

After a pause, he added: "But when it comes to talents, the land of Jingxiang has always been a place where talents gather. My lord, in the name of the King of Huaiyang, can send out recruitment notices widely. I think there must be talents who will come to serve."

The land of Jingxiang?

Jia Xu's words woke up Liu Xuan.

How could I forget this?It is a familiar saying that the young crouching dragon and phoenix can conquer the world.

Calculating the time, Wolong should have passed his weak years and should have reached the age where he can leave the mountain.

Now that Xu Shu is still under Liu Bei, the incident of recommending Zhuge on horseback should not be triggered.

Liu Xuan is bound to get this talent.

[Notepad opens.]

[In 204 AD, Jianye, you successfully occupied the southern part of Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and your sphere of influence expanded. You felt that the talents under your command were not enough, so you decided to recruit talents.After Jia Xu's reminder, you thought of Wolong Zhuge Liang and decided to recruit Zhuge Liang under your command. 】

[Trigger random mission: Wolong]

[Mission details: Convince Wolong Zhuge Liang to work for you]

[Task reward: entry*2]

The mission is triggered, very good. It seems that Zhuge Liang is bound to win.Liu Xuan was about to leave for Nanyang, but Zhao Liniang came to see Liu Xuan.

"My lord, Liniang has something important to report."

Zhao Liniang got straight to the point,
"During the Battle of Xuchang, we captured many prisoners of Cao Cao's army. One of Cao Cao's soldiers, in order to get preferential treatment, revealed something to me, which may be helpful in tracking down the real culprit of the regicide."

Liu Xuan perked up after hearing this. The mission to find the real regicide had been going on for several months, but Liu Xuan still couldn't find any clues.

This time I finally got a clue and hurriedly said,

"Tell me more about it."

Zhao Liniang then relayed the soldier's words to Liu Xuan in detail.
"On the day when the city of Xuchang was broken, the soldiers followed Cao Cao to the palace with the intention of taking the emperor away from Xuchang. The soldiers were arranged to guard outside the palace and did not follow Cao Cao to Weiyang Palace."

"But Cao Cao came out in a hurry soon after entering. He did not take the emperor with him, but hurriedly took the troops to prepare to evacuate Xuchang."

"We even forgot to call the soldier who was guarding outside the palace. That's why this soldier was captured by us."

After Liu Xuan heard what Zhao Liniang said, he immediately said: "So when Cheng Hu led his men into the palace, the emperor was already dead, and Cao Cao also found out, but he didn't say anything, and he specially set up a situation to make people mistakenly believe that It was we who killed the emperor."

Zhao Liniang nodded and said: "Liniang thinks so too, so should we negotiate with Cao Cao?"

Liu Xuan shook his head and said, "Since Cao Cao didn't clarify for us at that time, if he comes out to clarify now, wouldn't he expose himself?"

"Actually, things are already very clear," Liu Xuan stood up and said slowly, "At that time, there were only three parties in Xuchang City, and the only ones who could enter the palace were Cao Cao and Liu Bei besides us."

Zhao Liniang was surprised and said: "Liu Bei killed the emperor?"

Obviously this answer is a bit difficult for Zhao Liniang to accept.

"Hmph, who knows? But I feel that this matter is definitely related to Liu Bei."

Liu Xuan thought for a while and said to Zhao Liniang, "Liniang, please prepare yourself. We may have to go to Jingzhou."

"Yes, Liniang understands." Zhao Liniang nodded quickly thinking that she could go out with Liu Xuan again, "Lord, don't worry, Liniang's disguise skills have improved again, and others will never notice."

Liu Xuan smiled, reached out and patted Zhao Liniang's face, "You are still smart, knowing that I want to disguise myself to get close to Liu Bei."

At this time, Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

Since Liu Bei returned to Xiangyang, he first sent Guan Yu to Nanyang to guard the northern fortress of Jingzhou.

He also asked Zhang Fei to take Xu Shu to Jiangxia to guard against the invasion of Yangzhou.

At this time, the only counselor beside Liu Bei was Moss.

After the Battle of Xuchang, Liu Bei's attitude towards Moss suddenly became subtle.

It turned out that although Moss took the initiative to help Liu Bei solve various difficulties, Liu Bei knew that Moss had a request and didn't pay much attention to it.

Not long after, the news that the emperor was assassinated in Weiyang Palace reached Jingzhou.

Liu Biao didn't know where he got the news, saying that Liu Xuan had assassinated the emperor.
In addition, when Liu Bei came to mobilize his troops, the imperial edict from Cao Cao stated that Liu Xuan intended to capture Xuchang and act disobediently to the emperor.

Combining this information, Liu Biao naturally believed that Liu Xuan was responsible for the rebellion, and became the first Han clan member to actively denounce Liu Bei.

It's a pity that Liu Fang is now an empty air, and he has to seek Liu Bei's opinion before sending troops.

Liu Bei had already seen Liu Xuan's combat prowess, so he naturally refused to take the initiative to send troops to provoke Liu Xuan at this time.

At this time, Moss, who was joining the army, advised Liu Biao that if he wanted to conquer Liu Xuan, he must be honest.
As a royal official, he called on the people of the world to attack Liu Xuan.
And the best way to achieve this goal is to become king.

The emperor was dead, and the emperor's two sons were also killed in the palace. The orthodox bloodline of the emperor no longer existed.

Theoretically speaking, if you want to continue the Han Dynasty, you must have a Han clan member to inherit the rule.

This person could be Liu Biao, Liu Bei, or even Liu Xuan.

It depends on who can seize this opportunity and convince the public.

Moss' statement was naturally scolded by Liu Biao.

At this age, he is about to die and has no ambitions. He does not allow others to get involved in the Han Dynasty.

However, Liu Bei took Mosi's words into his heart.

Moss was right. Liu Xiehe's two sons were dead, and there was no longer any orthodox royal bloodline. Anyone who was a member of the Han clan could continue the Han Dynasty.

And Liu Bei is naturally one of the candidates.

And the best candidate.

Looking at the world, who among the Han family members is more powerful than Liu Bei?

Liu Bei only dared to tell Mosi what he was thinking, and only Mosi could understand it.

Therefore, after supporting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei acquiesced in Moss's decision to handle this matter.

In the secret room in Xiangyang, Moss and Liu Bei sat opposite each other.

"Mr. Moss, how did your trip to Yizhou go?"

"Uncle Liu Huang, the matter has been settled. Yizhou Shepherd Liu Zhang will be the first to respond when the time comes."

Liu Bei couldn't hide the joy on his face, "Is this serious? I didn't expect sir to be so capable."

Moss smiled proudly. "We Yousi people never do just one thing when doing things. As long as we clarify the context, in the words of a big man, everything will fall into place."

"Okay, if we can get the support of Liu Zhang, who is also a member of the Han clan, then the obstacles will be much smaller."

Liu Bei said, "It's just that I still haven't been able to convince Liu Biao. It seems I still need to think of some ways."

"Don't think about it, Uncle Liu Huang." Moss said calmly, "Liu Biao will never have any objections."

Liu Bei asked suspiciously: "Why are you so sure?"

"What advice can a dead man give?"

"Uncle Liu Huang, feel free to do it. Liu Biao is just a withered bone in the grave. It is reasonable for him to die of illness due to some physical condition."

Moss said these words without any expression, as if Liu Biao was just a piece of merchandise in his eyes.

But Liu Bei just flashed his eyes and didn't go into details.

These things were all done by Moss. Liu Bei deliberately did not ask him how he did it. Anyway, it was good for him.

I know too much, and I don’t know if my two brothers will be able to understand me when the time comes.

Moss's words came again,
"Uncle Liu Huang, our Yousi tribe has done so many things for you. When the time comes, you won't regret the things you promised us, right?" (End of Chapter)