Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 409
Lu Bu rectified his army in Puyang. Liu He knew that Yanzhou had been fighting for years, and because of the locust plague, the money and food were insufficient, so he specially ordered someone to send [-] shi of food to help the war.

Lu Bu was overjoyed. After reading Liu He's letter, the two agreed to attack Yuan Shu together. Liu He sent troops from Xingyang to attack Yingchuan and the west of Runan, and Lü Bu attacked Liang from Chenliu to attack the east of Runan.

Liu He and Lu Bu joined forces to take Yuzhou, the news spread, and the Central Plains was shaken. Only one of these two people could turn the Central Plains upside down, not to mention that they joined forces at the same time.

Yuan Shu originally thought that he would send people to Hebei to help Liu He build water transport, and then help Liu He clean up Yuan Shao. In view of his past affection and the fact that Jizhou is adjacent to Yanzhou, Liu He would definitely attack Yanzhou first. Thinking that the two would join hands to take Yuzhou.

At this time, Ma Rizun had died of worry and anger, and could not return the hostages. Yuan Shu held the emperor hostage, and the charge of detaining the angel could not be shirked, so he could only bite the bullet and fight.

Chief Shi Yang Hong and chief secretary Yan Xiang hurriedly gathered together to discuss countermeasures, and ordered general Ji Ling to lead [-] troops to assist Yingchuan, governor Zhang Xun to guard against Cai Caocao's troops, and Yuan Shu to go north to fight Lu Bu in person.

Liu He led Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals to Xingyang, and used Guandu and Aocang as the places to transport grain. Zhu Ling still supervised the transport of grain and grass, and Zhao Yan and Gu Yong dispatched the rear.

At this time, Liu He can be said to be full of enthusiasm, proud of the spring breeze, occupying Hebei, and offering the emperor, counselors like clouds, brave generals like rain, owning half of the country, and the situation is stronger than when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were in the alliance.

At the same time, the princes of the Three Kingdoms were also greatly weakened. Needless to say, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were dug out, Cao Cao lost the talent base of Emperor Xian and Yingchuan, and Liu Bei was also trapped in Guanzhong. The most threatening two have no room for development. .

At this moment, even if Liu Bian is let go to take charge, the Han Dynasty can be rejuvenated. If the severely weakened princes cannot be taken down, it will really lose the face of the crossing army!
This time, Liu He took Guo Jia and Xun You as his military advisers, and Cheng Yu as a member of the army. He left Jia Xu in Neihuang and let him be the mastermind of Cheng Pu. It would be a perfect fit to hand over the job of stealing towers to Poison.

When Liu Hebing arrived in Xinzheng, the whole army had already arrived in the territory of Yingchuan, and they tied the Dazhai under Xingshan Mountain. Negative, no need to spend money and food.

At this time, Ji Ling had also led the troops to Changshe. Yuan Yin, the prefect of Yingchuan, met with him and said: "Now Liu He and Lu Bu took Yuzhou at the same time, and General Yuan personally confronted Lu Bu. The winner will be decided, we just need to deploy our defenses along Yingshui, stick to the walls, not confront him, wait until Lu Bu is defeated, and then join forces to deal with Liu He."

Ji Ling nodded and said: "Liu He has always been cunning in using troops, and there are brave generals such as Zhang Fei, who are unstoppable. We should not fight against them. Just be careful in defense, so as not to change."

Yuan Yin breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Ji Ling would take the initiative to seek war and lose his troops. Seeing that he was also afraid of Liu He's troops, he felt more at ease. He nodded and said, "We are waiting for work at ease in Yingchuan. The location is convenient, so it's not difficult to stick to it." !"

Ji Lingbing went to Changshe to join the Yingchuan defenders, redistributed the troops and horses of various ministries, and set up five camps in Yingshui.

Tan Ma reported to Liu He, Liu He discussed with Guo Jia and others: "Under Yuan Shu's command, only Ji Ling can be regarded as a strong general, and the rest are useless. If you can capture this man, it will be like breaking Yuan Shu's arm and taking Yuzhou. Like a broken bamboo."

Zhang Fei laughed loudly and said, "What fear does Ji Ling have, just leave it to me, Lao Zhang."

Ma Chao stood up and shouted: "Zhang Yide, you have been fighting in the Central Plains for a long time, and you have long been famous. How about Ji Ling letting me?"

Zhang Fei stared and said, "Meng Qi, isn't your opponent Lu Bu?"

Ma Chao turned to Liu He and asked, "General, when will I be able to fight Lu Bu?"

Liu He smiled helplessly: "Now that I am joining forces with Lu Bu, I'm afraid it won't be until after Yuan Shu is captured."

Ma Chao said anxiously: "I followed the general to the Central Plains just to fight against the princes and heroes. I will leave the first part to me!"

Seeing the two of them arguing, Liu He saw that Yan Liang, Wen Chou, etc. were also ready to move, and hurriedly said: "You don't have to fight, everyone has credit. This world is bigger than your imagination. I guarantee that you will be able to fight wars in the future." bored."

Yan Liang quickly said: "As long as we can fight, we will never get bored."

Liu He rubbed his brows in pain. It's not good to have too many generals, especially those with loud voices. Once the quarrel starts, it will be like thunder in the big tent, and the brain will be buzzing from the quarrel.

Now generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Zhang Yun, Xu Rong, etc. are all guarding one side, and they lead a group of reckless men to fight. Every day, apart from quarreling, there are martial arts competitions, and the military camp is more lively than the vegetable market.

"Hey, if I knew it earlier, I would have left a few for the other princes!" Liu He shook his head helplessly, this is really a happy trouble.

Guo Jia said: "Ji Ling was ordered to defend Yingchuan and set up defenses along the river. Obviously, he was waiting for Yuan Shu to defeat Lv Bu and then fight again, but he can't succeed. The general can divide his troops and pretend to attack Yang Di. Let's see how he deploys troops and plan to defeat him. "

Xun You also said: "Yuan Tan is now settled in Xinye. He must have a grudge when he was expelled from the family by Yuan Shu. The general can send someone to send a letter to Liu Biao, asking him to join in the crusade against disobedient ministers. Order Yuan Tan to send troops to contain Ying from the Kunyang area. With Sichuan soldiers and horses, Yuan Jun can't take care of his head and tail, but Yingchuan is within easy reach."

"Brilliant plan!" Liu He smiled brightly. With these top strategists around, he didn't need to use his brain at all. He only needed to watch Zhang Fei and the others fight and kill every day, and the days went by so easily.

Immediately send a messenger to Xiangyang to meet Liu Biao. Liu Biao is just a lord who sits on guard, and he misses the Han family and cherishes fame.

Liu He's impression of Liu Biao is not too bad. At this time, try to send envoys to contact him. Helping each other is also one of the ways to enhance the relationship. This is the same as helping each other in rural affairs. It is the clan of the Han Dynasty, and the family will not speak two languages ​​at that time.

A few days later, Xinye really sent troops. Liu He immediately sent Zhao Yun to lead 5000 people to the west of Yingshui and march towards Songshan Mountain.

A scout sent the news to the army long ago, and Yuan Yin said: "Liu He divides his troops into Yangcheng Mountain. He may intend to take Yangdi, and he may join forces with Nanyang soldiers to attack Yingchuan. If they join forces, the situation will be very bad." wonderful."

Qiao Rui said: "Yuan Tan deeply hates my lord for expulsing his family. I fear that it will be difficult to persuade us to retreat this time. Now that we are facing the enemy, we can no longer sit and wait for death. If we can defeat Liu He, Yuan Tan will retreat without fighting. "

Yuan Yin frowned and sighed: "Liu He's soldiers are strong and horses are strong, but Yuan Shao can't win yet. How can we confront him?"

Qiao Rui thought for a moment, then said: "Although Liu He has a large number of troops, they are now scattered everywhere, and Xinzheng has only [-] troops. Since he divides his troops to take Yangdi, why don't we follow the plan? We can pretend to send troops to rescue Yangdi, but secretly take Ying. Water, it depends on a battle."

Ji Ling hurriedly asked: "The plan will be released?"

(End of this chapter)