Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 185 Lu Bu steals the camp, and the bandit Feng Huo Jun comes to surrender
"What are you talking about? How could our dignified Yangzhou rebel army be defeated at the hands of those rabble?" Yuan Shu immediately became unhappy when he heard Huan Jie's words and said lightly, "This general doesn't take them seriously at all. , It was just a moment of carelessness and a plot."

Huan Jie's eyes were full of surprise and uncertainty. He had not seen the tragic scene of the battle between the two armies during the day, so he could not judge the authenticity of what Yuan Shu said.

But it was obvious that Yuan Shu did not want to abandon Suixian and go north to attack Fancheng. This was completely different from Sun Jian's plan. Sun Jian was still waiting to use Yuan Shu as his spearman.

If he goes back here, he will obviously not be able to fulfill Sun Jian's instructions. If Yuan Shu really wastes time in Suixian, then the crisis in Xiangyang will be difficult to resolve for a while.

The longer the delay, the greater the variables, and they might capsize by accident one day.

Huan Jie rolled his eyes and said boldly: "My lord has said that if he can overthrow the Dog Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he is willing to respect the Great Situ!"

When Yuan Shu heard this, he sat up straight and said in a deep voice, "Did Sun Wentai really say that?"

As he spoke, he looked up and down at the messenger in front of him, his expression uncertain.

The Great Situ here refers not to Yuan Wei, but to Yuan Shu. When Yuan Shu and Sun Jian raised an army, each of them took a position. Yuan Shu claimed to be the Grand Situ and Yangzhou Mu, and Sun Jian was the Grand Sima and Jingzhou Mu.

After Yuan Shu dominated Yangzhou, his biggest wish was to break into Luoyang, control the whole world, and even sit in the palace facing north and south and proclaim himself emperor.

Of course, this matter is just hidden in his heart. He dare not talk about it publicly yet, and no force has expressed its intention to follow him.

But now, his ally Sun Jian actually wants to respect him. The allies who started the rebellion together finally became his ministers. Thinking about this makes people feel extremely excited.

Yuan Shu led his troops to march west this time, with the intention of annexing Jingzhou. Unexpectedly, Sun Jian actually came to his doorstep.

"It's absolutely true!" Huan Jie continued to deceive, "Jingzhou is located in a strategic location, with fertile fields thousands of miles away, rich people and a strong army. It is an excellent place to enter the world. Take Suixian County in front as an example. I believe that Da Situ Already know, that is the hometown of Shennong."

Huan Jie's words became more and more inflammatory, and Yuan Shu felt more and more excited, as if Sun Jian had knelt down in front of him and called him "Your Majesty."

"My lord, if you bypass Suixian and attack Fancheng, you might be cut off by the cavalry, so please think twice," Yu She reminded.

Several generals looked at Huan Jie with unkind expressions. From a military perspective, it would undoubtedly be a very dangerous thing to hand over the infantry's rear route to the enemy's cavalry.

"That's true, but it's not impossible to go around Suixian County." Yuan Shu nodded and pondered, "Since Sun Wentai intends to return to my general, it would be better for the Yangzhou Army to bypass Suixian County and go straight to Xiangyang. Wouldn't it be better if the family and soldiers unite to fight against the foolish king's southern expedition?"

Huan Jie was agitated. What Sun Jian was most afraid of was Yuan Shu going to Xiangyang. Preventing Yuan Shu from going to Xiangyang was Huan Jie's main purpose. How could he go back to the old road in a roundabout way? Didn't you come here in vain?
"No, General!" Huan Jie said hurriedly, "If you want to get to Xiangyang, you have to cross the Han River. When the people heard about the war, they all fled to other places. It was impossible to recruit a large number of troop transport ships in a hurry. If the Han River blocks the way in front, there will be more in the rear. Wouldn’t it be more dangerous for the army’s cavalry?”

"Lord, if this cavalry cannot be solved, we must not go around and attack any city." Yu She suggested, "If we really can't solve it, it is better to go back to Shouchun before making plans."

Yuan Shu thought for a while and said: "Chen Lan obeys the order!"

"The general is here!" Chen Lan immediately clasped his fists and obeyed the order.

"Go back to Yangzhou quickly and bring over another 20,000 troops." Yuan Shu ordered. "This time, let Ji Ling lead the troops in person. At the same time, he sent an order to Shouchun to recruit troops as soon as possible. This general didn't believe it. A small Suixian , can you stop this general’s heavenly soldiers and generals?”

Huan Jie's heart felt cold. It seemed that Yuan Da Situ wanted to fight a protracted war with the county.

"General..." Huan Jie was still waiting to persuade him when he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Then a soldier stumbled in and said with a trembling voice: "The general is not good..."

"What kind of decency do you have? Breaking into the army without permission is a capital crime!" Yuan Shu was furious and said, "Since this is your first offence, I will spare your life. Why are you panicking? Tell me quickly. If you make something out of nothing, I will chop off your head!"

The soldier swallowed his saliva and said nervously: "The official cavalry has attacked the camp and has already entered the camp!"

"Ah!? Why didn't you tell me earlier!" Yuan Shu stood up and hurried out.

At this time, there were loud shouts of killing outside, and the light of fire shone into the tent.

When everyone came out of the tent, they saw two cavalrymen like dragons entering the sea, turning the entire camp upside down. The leaders, one with a halberd and the other with a spear, were none other than Lu Bu and Zhang Fei.

"What should we do? What should we do?" Yuan Shu was anxious. It's really a ghost scene for me to be found after escaping so far. Should I continue to run away? At this moment, he really had no idea.

When Huan Jie saw Yuan Shu's appearance, he knew that his help was of no use. He sighed softly, cupped his fists and said, "General, take care. I will go back to Xiangyang to return to my lord."

After saying that, without waiting for Yuan Shu to express his position, he hurriedly turned around and left.

In the camp, the Yangzhou soldiers were like headless flies, scurrying around. The cavalry chased them behind and set fire to them. Soon the camp was ablaze.

"Lord, retreat quickly, we will resist for a while!" Yu She said, picked up his gun, mounted his horse, and headed straight for Lu Bu.

Chen Lan and Lei Bo then dragged Yuan Shu and fled backwards.

Suddenly hearing a scream behind him, Yuan Shu looked back and saw Yu She being stabbed in the chest by a square-shaped halberd and falling from his horse.

Yuan Shu was so frightened that he fled away in a hurry, no longer having any chance of counterattack.

Judging from the current generals under Yuan Shu's command, Yu She's martial arts skills were enough to rank among the top three, but such a talented general died on the spot in less than a moment.

In such a short period of time, the general who wielded the halberd probably only met with each other at most, and then died under the halberd.

"Hui Shouchun! Hui Shouchun quickly, Jingzhou is too dangerous." Yuan Shu ordered as he ran.

Using cavalry to steal the camp was Lu Bu's favorite trick. When the scouting horse found out where Yuan Shu was camping, Lu Bu proposed using the cavalry to attack the camp at night.

After receiving Xi Zhicai's approval, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei took advantage of the darkness and came over. As expected, Yuan Shu did not take any thorough precautions. They rushed in directly, killing everyone they saw and lighting tents on fire. Soon the camp was turned upside down.

"How about it? When it comes to cavalry fighting, you have to follow me." Lu Bu raised his chin slightly, looked at Zhang Fei proudly, and said with a smile, "When you follow me, you will fight, and you will win every battle."

"What's the air?" Zhang Fei said with a sigh, "I, Zhang, have told you a long time ago that if you put your nonsense-talking skills into your martial arts, you might still have a chance to draw a tie with me."

Lu Bu chuckled and didn't care. The two of them had known each other's personalities for so long. The two continued to kill the enemy with their heads down. …

In the Han River, two large ships were traveling overnight.

The boat in the back was pulling war horses and entourage, which seemed more crowded, while the boat in the front looked much more elegant.

Huang Zu and Huang Zhong stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the lights in the distance in the direction of Xiakou.

"Brother, there are only two thousand naval troops in Xiakou. Even if they are all transferred to Xiangshui, can they really stop the imperial army from going south?" Huang Zhong asked.

"Hehe." Huang Zu smiled and said, "Since you left Xiangyang with Brother Yu, you must have had your own ideas in mind. Sun Wentai originally raised his troops for the Northern Expedition, but now he has fallen to the point where he can only rely on Xiangshui for defense. The horse is almost completely lost, and it will be difficult to turn around again. "

"Then what should we do?" Huang Zhong asked.

"Recruit soldiers and horses, use other people's money to recruit soldiers and horses for our Huang family!" Huang Zu said in a deep voice, "The situation has changed. If a big family wants to stand firm, it cannot do without soldiers and horses. Xiakou is a good one. place."

Although Huang Zu and Huang Zhong are of the same clan and live in Jingzhou, they belong to different branches of the Huang family. Huang Zu's branch is in Jiangxia, while Huang Zhong's branch is in Nanyang. There is also the Huang Gai family in Lingling. .

The relationship between different branches of the same clan can only be regarded as average on weekdays, and the relationship fades away as time goes by. In terms of closeness, Huang Wan and Huang Zu are relatively close, as they are both from the Jiangxia branch.

But after the great chaos in the world, the heroes came together, and the blood ties between the branches became different. For the sake of the reproduction and development of the family, the branches communicated and interacted frequently, especially those of the same clan who were established in martial arts, and they seemed to be more sympathetic to each other. .

Huang Zu and Huang Zhong, who were both generals under Sun Jian, were naturally closer than others.

Just the night before setting off from Xiangyang, Huang Zu gave Huang Zhong a letter from Huang Zhong's wife from Wancheng.

Huang Zhong couldn't sleep all night, feeling both excited and emotional, but also doubtful - could that faint king really have such good intentions?
His son's condition was a huge stone weighing on his heart. The main reason was that he was such a single sapling, but he was crippled by his forced martial arts training. When he thought of this, Huang Zhong was filled with self-blame.

Especially when he suddenly became seriously ill some time ago, all the doctors in the surrounding area were searched, but they were all helpless. Seeing that their son Huang Xu was getting worse day by day, and he would die at this rate, Huang Zhong's family felt that the sky was about to collapse.

Moreover, at this critical moment, he followed Sun Jian and fled all the way to Xiangyang, leaving his wife and children behind in Wancheng. He became even more entangled, would he harm his family because of himself?
When he saw the letter handed over by Huang Zu, Huang Zhong felt it was so incredible that he couldn't help laughing out loud.

The emperor personally went to ask Divine Doctor Zhang to treat his son's illness, and he was cured. Not only that, he also asked Divine Doctor Zhang to take his son with him at all times for treatment. This was simply a gift of renewal.

But Huang Zhong also thought, could this be Hunjun's plan to induce him to surrender?

Before he could figure out the truth, when Sun Jian was discussing the matter the next day, he received bad news one after another. Especially the news that the entire Huanjie clan was beheaded made Huang Zhong's heart leap into his throat.

But then I thought again, whether the letter from home was simply a message from my wife to report that I was safe, or a prelude to the emperor's inducement to surrender, it could ensure that my family was safe, and there was no way that he wanted to induce surrender and also kill his family members.

Later, Sun Jian sent Huang Zu to Xiakou to mobilize the navy. Huang Zhong took the opportunity to escape and accompany Huang Zu. He mainly wanted to find out Huang Zu's true intentions and then make plans for the future of his family.

"If Xu'er really followed Doctor Zhang to Luoyang..." Huang Zhong hesitated and said.

"Now that you have jumped out of the quagmire, there is no need to rush to take sides." Huang Zu said with a smile, "The emperor takes good care of your family so carefully. It is impossible to do such an abnormal thing for no reason. He must be trying to make good friends with the Huang family. .

"We just need to watch now. If the imperial court shows signs of victory in this battle, we will use the emperor's show of goodwill to build a ladder for the Huang family to take off. If Sun Jian shows signs of victory, then we will lead the navy to the north. Great hero, why not do it?”

Huang Zu gently stroked his short beard under his chin, feeling a little proud after finishing these analyses.

As a military general, although his status in the family is not low, he is known for his bravery. He was originally unable to analyze so many skills. However, when he was in Xiangyang, Huang Chengyan, a member of the same clan, came to visit and analyzed it for him. Let him suddenly understand.

Even when Huang Zu mentioned the Xiakou Army, it was Huang Chengyan who gave him advice.

Huang Chengyan was a well-known celebrity at that time and a talented person of the Huang family. Huang Zu respected him very much. Seeing that his words were eloquent, he accepted them all and left Xiangyang with the help of the Xiakou army. In this way, he helped the Huang family. development has left a path.

Huang Zhong nodded silently.

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After Liu Ming arrived in Fancheng, he did not wait and immediately promoted three things: first, build a large war raft to prepare to cross the river to attack Xiangyang;

The second is to recruit troops. Liu Ming specially sent a propaganda team to publicize the new tax system and business promotion orders throughout Nanyang. At the same time, he clearly told the wealthy families that as long as you report the numbers truthfully, you will not be asked to pay the head tax. But you have to support the imperial court in recruiting troops. Even if it's not easy, you can still send some people to act as civilian husbands and do logistics and so on.

The third is to recruit talents. Nanyang was Liu Xiu's land of dragon prosperity, so there were many wealthy families and many capable people here. Moreover, wars have continued in the north in recent years. Many wealthy families from the north have moved to Jingzhou, and there will be many talents among them.

Fancheng County Magistrate Liu Mi set a good example and took the initiative to send his nephew Kou Feng to join the army.

Liu Ming remained calm on the surface, but he was secretly happy in his heart. This was a good young man. Although he was only a young man now, he was majestic and powerful than his peers. He was Liu Feng, Liu Bei's adopted son in history.

He was good at martial arts and fought bravely, but his ending was a bit tragic as he was killed by Liu Bei.

Now that Liu Bei has entered Jingzhou, Liu Ming is still alive and kicking, and naturally there is no third part of the world. I hope Kou Feng can have a good ending.

Brothers Huo Du and Huo Jun of the Huo family came to vote with hundreds of villagers.

The Huo family in Nanyang is amazing, and it is rumored that they are descendants of the champion Hou Huo Qubing. However, the two brothers Huo Du and Huo Jun were a small branch living in Nanjun.

Sun Jian forced all major aristocratic families to contribute their young men to serve in the army. Naturally, he had to start with these smaller aristocratic families. The small branch of the Huo family in Nanjun was in trouble and was required to send all their young men and women into the army.

The two brothers decided to go back to Nanyang to find the Huo family.

At this time, the Huo family in Nanyang was worrying about which young men to send to participate in the emperor's conscription. Suddenly a branch of the family came from Nanjun.

What I didn’t say is that this burden will be left to you, the newcomer.

So Huo Du and Huo Jun brought hundreds of young men to join the army.

(End of this chapter)