Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 152 Amphibious
"Yeah, yes, if Tao Qian is still here, we will have one more ally. Go on." Yuan Shu nodded.

"After Liu Bei acquired Xuzhou, he sent people to Yuan Shao's place, but he didn't send people to my lord. This is because he didn't take you seriously." Zhang Jiong continued to fan the flames and successfully ignited Yuan Shu's anger. The most intolerable thing for Yuan Shu is Yuan Shao. "I even think that Liu Bei is afraid of being accused by the lord, or he was ordered by Yuan Shao."

"Damn Liu Bei!" Yuan Shu said viciously. "The boy who weaves mats and sells shoes, the one who eats and sleeps in the west and settles down. How can I tolerate him!"

"There are three advantages for us to attack Liu Bei now: one is that Liu Bei is the weakest, and he has just acquired Xuzhou, so the foundation is not stable; the other is that we have Zhou Cang's assistance, at least we can contain Liu Bei's troops, and we don't have to give Zhou Cang any benefits. Thirdly, we can attribute Tao Qian's death to his name, that is, he murdered Tao Qian, so that we are also famous for our success. With these three points, we can defeat Liu Bei without any effort, and also demonstrate your prestige."

It's really hard for Zhang Jiong to say such a truth, and Yuan Shu nodded frequently.Zhang Jiong is really sensible and knows how to do things!There is strategy.

"Hahahaha, well said! I have long since discovered that you are a talent, but I didn't expect to underestimate you. You have hidden it so deeply. If I ascend the throne in the future, the prime minister must be you." Yuan Shu smiled happily.

"Thank you, Lord Longen! I will repay Your Majesty's kindness with all your heart." Zhang Jiong hurriedly bowed his head, and his flattery words were like the endless waves of the Yangtze River, and the unstoppable flood of the Yellow River.

"Aiqing is free of courtesy. You go and find Ji Ling, and we discuss sending troops to Xuzhou! Then send someone to Guangling to deliver a letter, inviting Zhou Cang to attack Liu Bei."

Zhou Cang did not expect, nor did Zhou Wen, that the purchase of grain would cause such a shock in Wancheng, Jingzhou, Huainan, and Xuzhou.

In the autumn of the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu took Ji Ling as his general, and personally commanded an army of [-] to attack Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei.It was announced to the outside world that Liu Bei murdered Tao Qian and stole Xuzhou, which is unacceptable. Yuan Shuxing's volunteer army wanted to avenge Tao Qian, and the princes and Xuzhou people were in an uproar.

Liu Bei has been unsatisfactory since he started the army. With the help of his old classmates, he got the position of Prime Minister of Pingyuan. Later, he followed Qingzhou governor Tian Kai to rescue Tao Qian. After Tao Qian died, he occupied half of Xuzhou: Donghai County, Pengcheng, Xiapi and Tancheng.The other half of Xuzhou: Langya County was in the hands of Zang Ba, Pei Guo was in the hands of Zhou Cang and later transferred to Lu Bu, and Guangling County was in the hands of Zhou Cang.Therefore, Liu Bei, who had just arrived, had a hard time. He actively made friends with the local gentry. Water and fire are incompatible. Since the two sides cannot work together, Liu Bei can only choose one side.

Liu Bei, who was born in a poor family, knew the importance of money. He chose Mi Zhu and Chen Deng, who were rich and powerful, and appointed Mi Zhu as the driver of Xuzhou, and took Mi Zhu's younger sister as his wife.Mi Zhu wholeheartedly joined Liu Bei, donated all his family wealth, and used his servants as a source of soldiers. The Cao brothers hid at home, only waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback.

Liu Bei didn't dare to raise troops easily to find Zang Ba, Lu Bu and Zhou Cang because he was uncomfortable. On the one hand, he sought Yuan Shao's support externally and won the hearts of the people internally. On the other hand, he expanded his army and stepped up time training.In less than two years, an army of 3 men had been amassed, but no more than [-] had been trained to fight. The real team was Tao Qian's [-] Danyang soldiers.When he was still worried about the shortage of troops, his subordinates came to report, and Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou under the banner of avenging Tao Qian.

Did I provoke you?Depressed, Liu Bei hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.Mi Zhu and Chen Deng thought that Xuzhou was not strong enough to compete with Yuan Shu, so they should send someone to ask for peace, and Yuan Shu played the banner of revenge for Tao Qian, which caused a very bad influence among the Danyang soldiers and was not conducive to the two armies fighting.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei quit. "Brother, we now have tens of thousands of troops who are afraid of what Yuan Shu will do, and we are willing to meet the enemy. We have just established a foothold in Xuzhou, and we just use Yuan Shu to boost morale, let the princes see our strength, and prevent them from spying on us in Xuzhou." Zhang Fei privately Complain about Liu Bei, discuss with these white-faced scholars about the war.

Liu Bei obeyed the advice of his two brothers, and he and Guan Yu led 2 troops to meet the enemy. They confronted Yuan Shu in Xuyi, leaving Zhang Fei with 8000 troops to stay in Xuzhou, and Mi Zhu and Chen Deng led two 3000 troops to protect everyone's family members and guard Xiapi. .

Brothers Cao Bao and Cao Hong felt that the time had come when they got the news, and they decided to send someone to Pengcheng to contact Lv Bu, expressing their willingness to welcome Lv Bu into Xuzhou as an internal response, and secretly contacted the old army, the equipment family and the military generals to prepare for the attack. thing.

Zhou Wen returned to Guangling with a full load of 20 shi of grain and grass. The [-] shi sent back from Jingzhou earlier had arrived.Gan Ning and Gan Xingba came back with him.

Another 30 shi of grain and grass were obtained, which can meet the needs of ten thousand people for a year. Zhou Cang was very happy, and immediately appointed Gan Ning as the commander of the navy, commanding [-] troops. Zhou Cang left all the cargo ships that transported grain. They belonged to Cai Mao and Yuan Shu, and they didn't plan to make friends in the future. The cargo ship was handed over to Gan Ning to refit the warship.

Gan Ning was oppressed by Huang Zu's generals everywhere in Jiangxia, because he was born as a water thief, he was called Jinfan thief, and he was reused in Zhou Cang at once, and returned to the unified army, with 4000 men and [-] large ships under his command , hundreds of small boats, he could not help but feel grateful.

Gan Ning is very conceited about his martial arts. After fighting with Hua Xiong, Xu Huang, and Pei Yuanshao, he was on par with Dian Wei. Gan Ning reluctantly changed his weapon into a pair of iron halberds and vowed to fight against Dian Wei. Wei Yi fights up and down.

Zhou Cang laughed: "Xingba is a tiger in the land, and a dragon in the river. Could it be that he wants to be amphibious?" Zhou Cang's words made Gan Ning very embarrassed, so he got the nickname "Amphibious". Gan Ning is not proud of it. Mind you, Dian Wei's nickname came from Zhou Cang.The generals really admired Gan Ning, he was good on land and even better on water, but unfortunately, except for Xu Sheng, he was a landlubber, which made Gan Ning a little disappointed.

Zhou Cang warmed a pot of wine, and secretly called Zhou Wen to his side.

"Yuan Fang, have you ever won the return of a beautiful woman?"

"Ah!" Zhou Wen sighed, and said dejectedly: "My lord, I don't know something. Zhang Xiu lost Cai Yan when he was in Guanzhong. I only found out the details when I sent Zhou Xi to pick him up. Now I don't know if he is dead or not."

Zhou Cang was taken aback, took a sip of wine, fell into deep thought and reminisced about the past without saying a word.In his heart, there are turbulent waves: Could it be that Cai Wenji was plundered to the Huns again?Has history returned to its original track?Why can my own arrival change the fate of some people, while others cannot be changed no matter what I do?

(End of this chapter)