Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 51
"Leaving aside the lord, the friendship between the three generals and General Guan Taoyuan, just because General Guan has been in Yuzhou for more than a year. Why did the rumor get up early and late, but it happened when we joined forces with Cao Cao to attack the rebel Yuan Shu? And it spread rapidly together, if it is not deliberately done by someone with a heart, it is hard to believe." Lu Su said first.

After hearing this, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng all thought it made sense, and the three of them nodded at the same time.The difference is that Zhang Fei and Liu Bei felt that Lu Su was right, while Zhao Feng admired Lu Su more.

Lu Su went on to say: "Although General Guan is in Yuzhou, the young general is General Guan who wants him to serve in Xuzhou, and General Guan's family members are all in Xuzhou. This is also to show his heart and make it known to the world!"

"That's right!" Zhao Feng also nodded. He suddenly remembered that in history, Guan Yu was in Jingzhou, but at least one of his two sons, Guan Ping and Guan Xing, stayed in Chengdu. I think Guan Yu is here to show his heart. This is the way of a minister or Self-preservation still needs attention.Although Liu Bei was a very loyal person in history, in order to avenge the two brothers, he could go to battle in person after his sixtieth birthday.But can I hold as much weight in Lao Liu's heart as they do?Of course, in his previous life, Zhao Feng also scoffed at some experts' claim that Guan Yu was deliberately killed by Liu Bei.Liu Bei is not that stupid, even if he wants to get rid of Guan Yu, how can he use Jingzhou?Moreover, Guan Yu's prosperity and decline are amazing. If Liu Bei can even count this, then he is better than Zhuge Liang.

"In the end, Su Zeng sent people to investigate the source of these rumors, but they found something surprising." Lu Su paused before saying, "Most of these rumors came to Xuzhou from Taishan County."

"Taishan County?" At this moment, Liu Bei and others suddenly realized: the rumor did not come from Yuzhou where Guan Yu was located, but from Yanzhou where Cao Cao was located. With the IQ of everyone, they naturally understood the mystery.Zhao Feng also secretly sighed in his heart how powerful Cao Cao is: he is still attacking Yuan Shu, and he still finds time to drive a wedge between Liu Bei and Guan Yu.

"Since that's the case, do you want to mention my second brother?" Liu Bei pondered. "My lord, you don't need to worry too much. The Second General has Xu Yuanzhi by his side. With his wisdom, there must be a countermeasure!" Lu Su laughed.As soon as the words were finished, Guan Yu, an attendant outside the door, delivered an urgent letter.

After Liu Bei read it, Zhan Yan said with a smile: "The second brother intends to move the Yuzhou government to Qiao County, but puts Ruyin and Xiangcheng into Runan together, and Wei Yan will succeed Wenpin as the prefect of Runan. Yuzhou Bingcao is engaged."

"This is for the second general to show his heart, and it must be Xu Yuanzhi's plan." Lu Su laughed when he heard this.Zhao Feng also sighed endlessly, this is really a brother's clear settlement.However, Wei Yan should be more than enough to be the prefect of Runan. In history, he was the prefect of Hanzhong.At that time, he claimed that Cao Cao would annex if 10 people came, and retreat if more than [-] people came. Liu Bei didn't think he was bragging.You must know that Liu Bei's ability to recognize people is well known. Since he trusts Wei Yan so much, it shows that the latter does have this ability.Now guarding Runan, with Li Yan as a supporter of both civil and military skills, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with Cao Cao.As for Liu Biao in the west, ignore it automatically.

"How about the two generals Hou Cheng and Hao Meng?" Zhao Feng asked at this time. After merging Xiangcheng and Ruyin, these two prefects who have been in office for less than a year will be done.Hearing this, Liu Bei chuckled and said, "These two generals wrote a letter to request the merger. They both served as prefects for a year, but they both felt that they were not really good at guarding one side, and they didn't have someone who is proficient in civil affairs to assist them, so they suffered terribly. , so I request to return to be a general."

"That's great!" Zhao Feng also nodded, people are self-aware, and it's good for these two people to have such thoughts.However, Liu Bei's luck seems to be particularly good today. At this moment, someone came to report that Xiacai county magistrate came to surrender in person.

"Please hurry up!" Liu Bei said anxiously.Not long after, a civil servant in his twenties was holding a lot of things and bowed down to pay. Seeing Liu Bei, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "The guilty minister, Li Tong, magistrate of Cai County, pays his respects to Taiwei Liu!"

"Magistrate Li, don't need to be too polite!" Liu Bei motioned for him to speak flat.Only then did Li Tong stand up, and at the same time, the attendants beside Liu Bei also took the pile of things he was holding.Only then did Zhao Feng see clearly that what Li Tong was holding was nothing but several official seals and some account books.

"I heard that Liu Taiwei, Prime Minister Cao, and General Sun were attacking Yuan Shu's rebels together. I knew that the villain's strength was exhausted. As a Han minister, we had to endure it until now because we were in a dangerous place. I recently heard that the Taiwei's army went south In Huainan, eight counties have been pacified in just [-] days. I have been discussing with the magistrates of the five counties for a long time, and I am willing to surrender to Taiwei Liu and fight against the traitors together!" Li Tong pointed to the pile of things and said: "This It is the official seals of the county magistrates of our five counties, as well as the tax population, which are now brought by Tongyi."

"Magistrate Li abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. Congratulations!" Liu Bei first gave a few words of encouragement.Zhao Feng, who was at the side, asked with a thought: "I don't know the name of Li County Magistrate?"

"Wenda, how dare you ask the general?" Li Tong asked while saluting.He is not stupid, seeing that Zhao Feng is still so comfortable in Liu Bei's tent, without asking, he knows that Zhao Feng is a high-level person in Xuzhou, and he dare not neglect him right now.

It really was him!Zhao Feng was also stunned. Historically, the prefect of Shouchun appointed by Cao Cao, the general Li Tong and Li Wenda, was later killed by the opponent on the side of the Weishui River when the horses exceeded the time limit.Although this person is not a top-notch talent, he can be considered both civil and military. "I'm Zhao Feng, Zhao Botao, the prefect of Pengcheng!" Zhao Feng made several turns in his heart, but he didn't forget to answer, and Li Tong was polite again when he heard the words.

"Bei heard that Yangzhou Shepherd Sun Ce's army has arrived at Lujiang, but I don't know why the county magistrate Li didn't go to join him, but instead came to join us?" Liu Bei asked slowly.

"Master Liu's reputation for benevolence is well known in the world. I have admired him for a long time when I approached Xiapi, so why would I seek far away?" Li Tong flattered him sincerely.However, this flattery really made Liu Bei more comfortable. He accepted the five official seals with a smile, but ordered Zhang Fei to dispatch troops to take over the defense of the five counties, and at the same time bring back four of the official seals to the four who did not come. The county magistrate appointed them to continue as officials here.As for Li Tong, Liu Bei first made him a school lieutenant and left him to serve in the army.

"Thank you Master Liu for your appreciation!" Li Tong was also secretly glad that he had made the right bet.In fact, when the few of them were discussing, someone once proposed to go to Sun Ce, and the reason was very good: Sun Ce was conferred by the imperial court as a Yangzhou shepherd, and he was still his immediate boss in name.However, Li Tong tried his best to convince them to go to Liu Bei. The reason is that Sun Ce killed a lot of people when he pacified Jiangdong a few years ago, so it may not be safe to go there by himself; It's Yangzhou Mu, and the five of them just defected there. It would be good if they can keep their current official positions.However, Liu Bei is notorious for employing eclectic people, and he is benevolent and righteous, and his official position is the current Taiwei. He can appoint a higher official position, and secondly, he can be more flexible.The crowd was moved by him, so they entrusted him to scout out the limelight.

Zhao Feng didn't think of all these things, but he also knew that Li Tong should be sincere in his service now.After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Feng smiled to Liu Bei and said, "My lord, there were fourteen counties in Jiujiang County in the past, but now only Shouchun is left, and the remaining thirteen counties are already my territory in Xuzhou."

"That's right!" Liu Bei was also overjoyed by this unexpected joy.Originally, after everyone took down the eight counties in the east, some people also proposed to attack the five counties west of Shouchun. However, considering that Shouchun Yuan Shu still had 15 troops, it would not be a second if there was a back and forth attack.Now that Li Tong and others have surrendered on their own initiative, there is only one isolated city of Shouchun left in Jiujiang County, and they can besiege and attack the city only when Cao Cao and Sun Ce's army arrive here.

Under Lujiang City, "Zhang Xun is Yuan Shu's confidant, and he is guarding Lujiang City to the death. This time, our Jiangdong soldiers really suffered heavy casualties!" Turned into a corpse and thrown away, Sun Ce felt pain and emotion again.

"There is no other way, we must take Lujiang as soon as possible!" Zhou Yu only said half of what he said, but Sun Ce also understood the second half: If you don't take Lujiang, how can you get involved in Shouchun and Huainan?At this moment, there was a sudden chaos at the top of Lujiang City. Although Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't know what happened, their years of fighting experience told them that now was an opportunity to take advantage of it.At present, Sun Ce organized a wave of commandos to take advantage of the chaos and kill them at the head of Lujiang City.The panicked defenders couldn't organize an effective resistance for a while, and collapsed after only holding on for a while.Later, more and more Jiangdong troops climbed to the top of the city, and some people opened the suspension bridge, and rushed to the bottom of the city to open the city gate. Now Sun Ce led the army to drive straight in, and Lujiang City was officially broken.

"Why is Lujiang City in chaos?" Sun Ce asked a Tanma who had just returned from inquiring about the news. "My lord, it seems that the east gate of the Lujiang River was under attack. There are rumors that even Zhang Xun was killed!" Tan Ma replied.

"Continue to investigate!" After Sun Ce gave the order, he and Zhou Yu looked at each other. Both of them saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes: the reinforcements from the east gate should be Liu Bei's people.Did he already win Shouchun and Huainan?Then it doesn't make much sense to raise troops this time.

"My lord, it seems that someone is coming!" A sharp-eyed soldier pointed into the distance.Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked from afar, but they saw two big banners with "Zhang" and "Gao" respectively.It turned out that Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to dispatch troops to take over the defense of the five counties, but Zhang Fei was too lazy to go to battle for a long time, so he asked Liu Bei for orders to help Sun Ce solve Zhang Xun in Lujiang. Liu Bei also agreed, and sent Gao Shun to lead the trap The camp went to help out.

The next thing is even simpler. Gao Shun's trapped camp is like a demonic existence to Zhang Xun, and they are on the top of the city in an instant. It caused a riot, which helped the Jiangdong troops who attacked the city in the south.

So far, Lujiang, the last gateway of Shouchun, has been captured, and soon the combined forces of Guan Yu and Cao Cao also captured Yiyang.Only the isolated city of Shouchun remained in Yuan Shu's territory.And the armies of the three families are gradually encircling here.

(End of this chapter)