Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 483 Liu Ye Liu Biao Gan Ning
Facing a remnant army and a defeated general, the reason why Huang Zhong went out of the city to greet them was mainly because their leader was not only a relative of the Han family, but also a famous person in the world.

This person's name is Liu Ye, Ziyang, a native of Chengde, Jiujiang. He is a descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's Fuling King.

In the original history of the late Han Dynasty, Liu Ye's performance deserved such a high reputation.

When he served Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, Sun Ce sent envoys to ask Liu Xun to attack Shangliao City on his behalf with humble words and treasures. Liu Xun believed it and was very happy because he received the treasure. Joy instead of worry.

Liu Xun asked puzzledly, and Liu Ye replied: "Although Shangliao is small, the city is strong and the pool is deep. It is difficult to attack and easy to defend. If you do it in ten days, the soldiers will be exhausted outside, and the country will be empty. If you take advantage of the weakness and attack me, you will be defeated." You can't stand alone. If you advance, you will surrender to the enemy, and if you retreat, you will have nothing to return to. If the army goes out today, disaster will come."

It's a pity that Liu Xun never accepted the advice and insisted on sending troops. As Liu Ye expected, Sun Ce took advantage of the false attack to attack Wancheng and drove Liu Xun away.

Later, Liu Ye followed Liu Xun and defected to Cao Cao. When he pacified Chen Ce and conquered Zhang Lu, Liu Ye tried his best to resist all opinions, and Cao Cao also got Lujiang and Hanzhong because of his kindness.

After obtaining Hanzhong, Liu Ye advised Cao Cao to take advantage of the victory and attack Yizhou.

Liu Ye's reason was that Liu Bei had newly acquired Yizhou, and his foundation was not stable. Taking advantage of the fall of Hanzhong and the shock of the Shu people, he could make most of the counties and counties of Yizhou join him, and easily passed the difficult stage of entering Shu. If you don't advance at this time, let Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others stabilize their hearts and stick to the dangerous point, and the difficulty of attacking Yizhou in the future will be multiplied many times.

It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't listen this time. Later, when he received news that the people in Shu were panicked, and Liu Bei, who was forced to call himself benevolent and righteous, wanted to kill people to fix people's hearts, Cao Cao regretted it, and it was too late.

When Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, Sun Quan stabbed Jingzhou with his back, and Cao Pi asked the officials in the court whether Liu Bei would avenge Guan Yu, most people believed that the power of the Shu Han was weak, and losing Jingzhou made things worse. In times of distress, Liu Bei never dared to take the initiative to launch a war.

Only Liu Ye believed that Liu Bei would definitely send troops to attack Wu for two reasons. One was that the Shu Han took the opportunity to revive their prestige, and the other was that Liu Bei attached great importance to love and righteousness.

As a result, Liu Bei really attacked Soochow the next year and launched the Battle of Yiling.

It can be said that Liu Ye's life is a process of constantly proving that "the truth is always in the hands of a few people". , extremely foresighted, and eventually became one of the few veterans of the three dynasties in the Cao Wei regime.

Even the emperor Taizu of the later dynasties spoke highly of Liu Ye. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he recommended reading four biographies of "Three Kingdoms" to cadres, namely "Zhang Lu Biography", "Lv Meng Biography", "Guo Jia Biography" and "Liu Ye Biography". He personally wrote the following comments in the "Biography of Liu Ye" and Pei Songzhi's notes: "This biography can be read at a glance. Putting a long line to catch big fish comes from Liu Ye."

When Huang Zhong and his men arrived, the rest of Liu Xun's troops had lined up and were waiting solemnly. A man in front of the formation rode up, dressed in ordinary clothes, and it was Liu Ye.

Huang Zhong squinted his eyes and saw that this Huainan famous scholar was born with big ears, a dignified appearance, a tall figure, and his eyes were shining brightly. He was far from ordinary Confucian scholars, so he nodded secretly. Your name, sir. Seeing you today will make you happy forever."

While Huang Zhong was observing Liu Xun, Liu Ye was also looking at Huang Zhong. He saw that although his appearance was old, his demeanor was still heavy, and his tall and majestic body stood tall and majestic. With a full face, there was still a murderous look looming between Gu Pan, which made Liu Ye feel awe inwardly, and even couldn't help but compare it with the other current hero, Sun Ce, whom he had seen before.

Although Sun Bofu used a spear, he showed his sharpness, like a long knife, which is intimidating.
And this Huang Zhong seems to be using a knife, but instead of hiding it, it is more like a dark and thick iron gun
At the same time as his thoughts flashed by, Liu Ye got off his horse, stepped forward and said respectfully, "I have admired the name of General Huang Zhong for a long time. Seeing him now is a fulfillment of my long-cherished wish."

After some greetings, everyone set off towards Long Shu.

After entering the county mansion, Huang Zhong first entertained Liu Ye for a meal, toasted each other to congratulate each other, waited for three rounds of wine, and then got back to business, and asked:
"Mr. is willing to help our army to fight against the Sun thief. This is the luck of Jiangdong, but I don't know how many troops will be brought this time?"

Liu Ye said calmly: "There are more than [-] people, including seven villages in Bubu and two villages in Cavalry. The rest are either auxiliary soldiers or luggage."

The military system of the Eastern Han Dynasty consisted of five men for one army, ten for one ten, fifty for one team, and one hundred for one tun. Huang Zhong understood it as soon as he heard it. According to Liu Ye, the men he brought with him were actually only more than 50 people. Real instant power.

These numbers naturally have little effect on the overall situation in Yangzhou today, but Huang Zhongyuan didn't have much expectations for Liu Xun's remnants, so he wasn't disappointed when he heard it. He just nodded and asked what he really cared about:
"Then don't know how much luggage, food and grass are brought? To tell you the truth, sir, the city is quite short of food and grass now."

Liu Ye smiled but did not answer, but first asked a question: "Dare to ask the general, how many soldiers and horses are under his command now?"

Huang Zhong pondered for a while, poured wine for Liu Ye himself, and then said with a smile, "About eight thousand."

After all, not long after they met, Huang Zhong still kept his eyes open and didn't want to tell the truth.

"Oh?"

Liu Ye glanced at Huang Zhong with a half-smile, "Then the food and grass I brought should be enough for the general to use for a month."

That is enough for 4000 people to use for two months.
Huang Zhong was sure when he heard the words, his eyes sparkled for a while, and suddenly asked: "Sir, you are a great talent in this world, it is a good fortune to meet you today, dare to ask for advice?"

"It's humiliating to ask without talent and without learning."

Although he was so self-effacing, Liu Ye's face was full of arrogance: "The general has captured Long Shu, so the next step is how to attack Wancheng?"

Huang Zhong nodded. It was not difficult to guess. He and Wang Xiong were ordered to detour from Shu County to the north of Lujiang River. The most important purpose was not Long Shu, but to regain Shu City and open the north-south passage.

Of course, Shucheng is now heavily guarded by Cheng Pu, so it is naturally difficult to attack, so the key point is how and when to attack.

According to Huang Zhong's original plan, naturally after attacking Long Shu, he would contact Wu Sheng's Department, and then the two armies would join together, plus rush to Wang Xiong's Department near Wancheng, the force was already strong enough to attack Wancheng.

But Huang Zhong didn't expect that Wu Sheng chose to detour to Lu'an, and with the secret letter sent by Guo Jia, it was actually quite different from the previous strategic plan.

It happened that Liu Ye was also a famous person in the world, so Huang Zhong asked tentatively: "What do you think about taking Qian County first?"

"Qian County?"

Liu Ye didn't answer first, but after thinking about it, he asked: "The general wants to take Qian County, is it to open the way to join another Xuzhou army to attack Lu'an, or is it to lure snakes out of the hole against Cheng Pu in Wancheng?"

Huang Zhong was taken aback when he heard the words, Guo Jiami's letter only asked him to attack Qian County, but he didn't specify the purpose, so he asked, "Is there any difference between the two?"

"The difference is huge!"

Liu Ye stared at Huang Zhong intently for a moment, then said calmly: "The former is absolutely impossible, and the latter is the best policy."

"Impossible? Is it the best policy?"

Guo Jia's superior resourcefulness is not only recognized by Wang Zheng, but also admired by everyone in Xuzhou. Huang Zhong is no exception. Hearing this, he felt very displeased, and felt that Liu Ye in front of him was just like Mi Heng. A proud and arrogant madman.

Fortunately, he has a calm personality, and he didn't show it in his expression. He just asked, "Why did you say that, sir?"

"The general wants to join another Xuzhou army. Doesn't Cheng Pu want to join the Huanggai army? If the general abandons Longshu for Qianxian County, how can he know that Cheng Pu and other Sun Ce troops will not march north and choose a place?" To garrison troops and horses, to form a corner with Lu'an?"

"Your army is going deep alone, fighting in a different place. It will lose the right time and the right place. If you are flanked by front and back."

Liu Ye looked at Huang Zhong and said, "General, don't forget that Hefei is only two hundred miles away from Liu'an. Please tell me, General, if at a critical moment when your army is attacking the city, Sun Ce will send an army from Hefei to attack Bo'an, and cooperate with Huang Gai's troops. , how will the other Xuzhou army end?"

If Liu'an had not been broken, Sun Ce's army would surprise Bo'an.
Huang Zhong's thoughts turned sharply, then Wu Sheng's troops would be caught in the pincer attack of wolves in front and tigers in the back when they camped outside the city without any grounds to defend. Thinking about this, he broke out in a cold sweat: "There is a strong city in front, There is no way to retreat, a dilemma, even if you have an army of nearly ten thousand, not to mention the destruction of the entire army, you will suffer a big defeat, it's just..."

After a pause, Huang Zhong looked sideways at Liu Ye, and said with some uncertainty: "Sun Ce's main force is currently holding off against our lord Wang Zhoumu at the bottom of Shucheng. So far, he has not made an inch of attacking the city for half a month. It can be seen that after dividing his troops many times, his strength is already insufficient. After Huang Gai captured Hefei, he led his army to Lu'an, and Hefei was the gateway to the north, so it was not enough to leave the troops to defend Jiujiang and Yuan Shu, so where would the spare power come from to surprise General Wu's headquarters?"

Liu Ye shook his head and said: "Sun Ce's time to stand on his own is still short, and now the strength of his troops floating on the water has exceeded [-]. Deliberately pretending to be deceitful to your army?"

"Taking a step back, Sun Ce has no spare power, so this is impossible? General, don't forget that your army came to Yangzhou because Wang Zhoumu thought about the alliance with Yuan Benchu, so will Sun Ce have the same intention? What about the allies?"

Hearing this, Huang Zhong's mind flashed, and he was startled: "You mean Cao Cao?"

Before he finished speaking, he shook his head: "Impossible, Runan is not lost, and it is difficult for the Yanzhou army to go south."

"Haha."

But Liu Ye looked up to the sky and laughed: "There are so many heroes in the world. The Xuzhou army and Yanzhou Mu have always had a grudge. It would be fine if Cao Mengde was the only one in the eyes of others. The general is from Jingzhou. How can he have this obsession?"

He stood up proudly, pointed his halberd towards the southeast, stared at Huang Zhong, and said word by word: "General, do you know where is the opposite side of this mountain?"

"Naturally, it is Jiangxia County. Mr. Sun Ce and Cheng Wuhou have formed an alliance?"

Huang Zhong finally came to his senses, but his face was full of disbelief: "How is this possible?"

Cheng Wuhou is Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou. Even though the old master had never entrusted Huang Zhong with great respect, he still respected him.

"How is it impossible?" Liu Ye asked back.

"Sun Ce's father is General Polu." Huang Zhong murmured, "If Sun Ce forms an alliance with Marquis Cheng Wu, won't the world scold him?"

"No and no."

Liu Ye waved his hand and said, "In the second year of Chuping, Yuan Shu took the initiative to attack Liu Biao and sent Sun Jian as a general. Liu Biao therefore sent Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu to fight. If it is said that Sun Ce really can't blame Liu Biao, he wanted revenge and went to Huang Zu. Zu."

"As for the criticism of the people in the world. Hey, this matter is easy to handle, as long as there is an alliance and no name."

Huang Zhong still couldn't accept it: "The hatred of killing one's father is irreconcilable, how could Sun Ce form an alliance with him?"

Liu Ye said: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. The alliance is only a temporary means. Sun Ce's biggest threat right now is Wang Zhoumu. What he lacks most is territory and time. If he can get rid of Wang Zhoumu through an alliance with Liu Biao and occupy Jiangdong again, it will be almost impossible. It's the right time to attack Liu Biao again in a year's time!"

"Besides, Sun Jian's death in the past was actually inseparable from Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Huang Zu. It is all right to use Liu Biao's power to get rid of Yuan Shu first."

The more Huang Zhong heard it, the more he felt it made sense, and he began to believe it in his heart.

Thinking of the possibility of facing his old master and the Jingzhou army in the future, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and asked with the last luck: "But why are you so sure, sir?"

"Neighboring prefectures and states, don't you have the intention of looking at the tiger and plotting?" Liu Ye said: "Yangzhou in Liu Jingsheng's eyes is just like Xuzhou in Yuan Gonggong's eyes. He has never acted before. First, he is concerned about the Yuan family in Runan behind Yuan Shu. Well, Jingnan is still undecided, and the interior is unstable, so it is impossible to plan outside, but now it is different."

"Yuan Shu made more than a thousand chariots and uniforms, clearly intending to overstep and proclaim the emperor. That is a rebellious official and traitor. Everyone will punish him. Liu Biao's attack is to fight against the sky. His teacher is famous. The Yuan family in Runan I have nothing to say to Yuan Shao, besides, Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou last year severely damaged the vitality, and the counties of Yuzhou were threatened by Cao Cao, which can be described as internal and external difficulties, so Liu Biao would be unreasonable if he didn't want to take advantage of such a great opportunity!"

"Of course, the most important thing is"

Liu Ye said sternly: "Jingzhou has had a large number of troops mobilized in the past few months, such as Xiyang, Xiling, and Xiazhi. I have received news that many more troops have been stationed. May I ask the general, what is your intention? "

"This"

Huang Zhong is also a man who knows the soldiers, so he was silent for a while.

Xiyang is located in the northernmost part of Jiangxia County, only two hundred miles away from Lujiang Anfeng, not to mention Xiazhi, a riverside city, can reach the city of Wanxian in three days by water!
Speaking of Huang Zhong serving as an official over Liu Biao, it is natural to know that the old master really has a heart for outsiders.

For example, in the first year of Xingping, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan died of illness, and his son Liu Zhang came to the throne. Shen Mi, Lou Fa, Gan Ning and others suddenly rebelled. According to Huang Zhong's knowledge, Liu Biao's faction led Liu He to instigate the rebellion. Of course, the purpose is to take the opportunity to seize Yizhou.

It's just that Zhao Wei calmed down the chaos quickly and finally gave up, but he no longer concealed his ambitions, and directly recruited Yizhou rebel generals, and Gan Ning stayed in Nanyang.

In the face of Liu Yan and his son, both of the Han clan, Liu Biao had no scruples, let alone Yuan Shu and Yangzhou. If there was an opportunity, how could Liu Biao let it go?

You must know that for Jingzhou, both Yizhou and Yangzhou must be taken. The reason why Liu Biao chose to show his fangs to Yizhou first is because Yuan Shu had covered several states in the past few years. The current Yuzhou Runan also poses a great threat to Jingzhou, so Liu Biao naturally did not dare to provoke border disputes.

But what about now?

Yuan Shu suffered the defeat of Xuzhou first, and most of Yuzhou's power was wiped out by Cao Cao. The only remaining Runan County was not enough to protect itself, and Sun Ce's rebellion.
After thinking for a long time, Huang Zhong already had the answer in his heart.

Whether Cheng Wuhou and Sun Ce will form an alliance is hard to say, but at this time, Yangzhou will be hunting, and the Jingzhou army is very likely to enter the field!
"Then sir, you know." Huang Zhong asked carefully, "When will the Jingzhou army launch an offensive, and how many troops will it send?"

"I don't know."

Liu Ye shook his head: "There are at most 2 horses. Liu Biao has never been as decisive as he used to be when he rode alone into Jingzhou and crossed Hannan. To keep Jingzhou safe, he will do his best and dare to give two points at most."

"As for when."

He caressed the thin beard under his lips, squinted his eyes slightly and said, "If the general hadn't attacked Long Shu in the rain, perhaps the vanguard of the Jingzhou army had entered Jiangdong by now!"

"how do I say this?"

Huang Zhong asked in surprise: "Longshu and Jiangxia County are separated by the Dabie Mountains and Tianzhu Mountains, and it is difficult to pass through. The Jingzhou Army is going to attack the Lujiang River, or go to Wancheng by water, or go to Anfeng by land. How can they consider Longshu? Shu?"

"Haha, the general said it himself, it's just difficult to pass."

Liu Ye tapped the chopping board with his fingers, and said loudly: "It's not impossible to pass!"

"How far is Long Shu from Jiang Xia if the mountains and rivers are in the way?"

　PS: Anfeng and Anfeng are two different counties, both located in the northernmost part of the Lujiang River
　　
　
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