Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Cao Cao assassinated Dong, and I was abandoned

"Qin's envoy, Yang Xiu, has met the King of Hanzhong!"

Yang Xiu, courtesy name Dezu, was the son of Yang Biao, Sikong of the State of Qin.

Liu Bei still knew something about Yang Biao. After all, he had been here for such a long time, and Dong Zhuo's subordinates had found out everything about him.

"How is Master Wenxian?" Liu Bei didn't directly ask Yang Xiu why he came here.

Yang Xiu asked in surprise, "The King of Hanzhong knows my father?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "When I was studying in my early years, I had heard of Mr. Wen Xian's name, and I have admired Mr. Wen Xian for a long time."

Yang Xiu smiled and said, "My father is not in very good health recently, but there is still no problem in handling official duties."

Yang Xiu already guessed why Liu Bei wanted to ask about his father, he wanted to win over the Yang family, but Yang Xiu laughed in his heart, we are waiting for King Wei to attack Chang'an.

Who would come to Hanzhong without any problems? Hanzhong is only a county, and among the princes, it is definitely the one with the least territory.

Even Yuan Shu, who is relatively weak, still has two counties, Jiujiang and Lujiang, and Sun Ce owns half of Guangling County, Wu County, Yuzhang County, and Danyang County.

Liu Bei asked: "I don't know what the so-called dezu came to me today?"

Yang Xiu said straight to the point: "Our Majesty wants to cooperate with Xuande."

Liu Bei frowned. The hatred between him and Dong Zhuo was irreconcilable. How could he cooperate with him?

Seeing Liu Bei's extremely reluctant expression, Yang Xiu persuaded: "King of Hanzhong, the situation in the world is changing rapidly, and the most important thing is to improve your strength. As for hatred, wait until you have the foundation to control the world before you think about it. Late."

"Wei Wang Cao Shuo seems to have enmity with all the princes, but his Chamber of Commerce will still trade with other princes, because he understands a truth."

Yang Xiu looked at Liu Bei meaningfully, and Liu Bei asked in puzzlement, "What's the point?"

"There are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."

Forever benefit?

Liu Bei fell into deep thought.

It is true that Cao Shuo's chambers of commerce are all over the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, when he does business, he always wants to sell to whomever he wants to sell to. As long as he does not openly oppose his caravan, even if the two armies are at war, if you want to buy some emergency supplies, he will sell them.

Cao Shuo is probably the only one who can make a business like this.

"How does Dong Zhuo plan to cooperate?"

Liu Bei was tempted. Since Dong Zhuo took the initiative to contact him, it meant that Dong Zhuo would give him benefits.

Yang Xiu said: "Our state of Qin is willing to provide the King of Hanzhong with 20 stones of grain and grass, and [-] horses."

Du Xi hurriedly asked, "What's the condition?"

For Dong Zhuo to be able to give so much at once, the conditions may not be that simple.

Dong Zhuo is now at war with Cao Shuo, and the situation is very serious. If Dong Zhuo wants them to openly send troops to deal with Cao Shuo, it is absolutely impossible.

Yang Xiu explained: "Send troops to Wudu County!"

Wudu County?

Isn't that Ma Teng's territory?

Ma Teng seems to be in Bingzhou now, fighting with Cao Shuo.

Dong Zhuo is an ally of Ma Teng, and the two sides agreed to jointly attack Cao Shuo, who is not yet firmly established.

This alliance is really like paper.

Liu Bei is ashamed, do you even lose any credibility?

He looked at Du Xi who was at the side, and asked, "Military division, look at this..."

Du Xi thought for a while and said, "You can accept it, but we also have a condition."

Yang Xiu narrowed his eyes and asked, "What conditions?"

Yang Xiu thought to himself, as long as this matter is facilitated, no matter what your conditions are, anyway, I have obtained my official position.

As long as it is not too much, Dong Zhuo will accept it.

Du Xi said: "We want to exchange the 20 stones of grain and grass for [-] war horses."

Yang Xiu raised his eyebrows, he had a good plan to exchange the food and grass they gave for war horses, and the price was so expensive.

Usually they traded with Liu Biao, 20 shi, grain and grass, in exchange for up to [-] war horses, Liu Bei has a big appetite.

Yang Xiu said: "I'll go back and discuss with His Majesty. If it works out, I will bring the war horse directly when I come next time. I hope the King of Hanzhong will not break his promise."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "As soon as I see a horse, I will send troops immediately."

Yang Xiu was affirmed by Liu Bei, so he left Hanzhong County and returned to Chang'an.

Liu Bei looked at Du Xi and asked, "Master, do you know why Dong Zhuo wanted us to attack Ma Teng?"

Du Xi analyzed: "The grievances between Ma Teng and Dong Zhuo have been going on for a long time. It is really helpless to unite in Bingzhou this time. Dong Zhuo borrowed our power to suppress Ma Teng, so that Ma Teng can't catch it."

"At the same time, he also wants to make us turn against Ma Teng and limit the further development of our relationship with Ma Teng."

Liu Bei narrowed his eyes and said, "Why did the military division agree to their terms?"

Liu Bei was very puzzled. If he turned against Ma Teng and Dong Zhuo at the same time, it would be difficult for him to move forward in Hanzhong.

Du Xi explained: "My lord, don't worry, since I can promise him, I have a way to deal with it."

Liu Bei hurriedly asked: "What is the way to deal with it?"

"The general of Wudu County is Ma Teng's confidant Yao Bin. It is said that he followed Ma Teng in the early years. If we capture him and release him later, and tell Ma Teng what happened, Ma Teng will definitely blame Dong Zhuo. .”

"Okay, what a clever plan!"

Chapter 423 Sneak attack on Wudu County, two Yangs compete for merit

Liu Bei waited for Yang Xiu in Hanzhong for two days, and Yang Xiu did not disappoint him, and came to Hanzhong with [-] horses.

"King of Hanzhong, His Majesty has kept his promise, and the next thing is up to the King of Hanzhong."

Liu Bei vowed: "Don't worry Dezu, I will definitely capture Wudu County in the shortest possible time."

Yang Xiu nodded, and when he was about to leave, Liu Bei asked again: "Is Dezu unhappy with Dong Zhuo? Do you want to come to Hanzhong to develop?"

Yang Xiu said with a smile: "my father and the Yang family with more than [-] members are all in Chang'an, I don't want to bring trouble to the Yang family."

Liu Bei sighed, sent Yang Xiu out of Yangping Pass, and came to the barracks.

The war horse has already been obtained, Liu Bei can't keep his word, he must do what he says.

"Yun Chang, you lead [-] cavalry and [-] infantry out of Juxian County, capture Wudu County, and then send troops to garrison Sanguan, Wudu Road, and Qiang Road."

"promise!"

Liu Bei ordered again: "Yun Chang, Yao Bin, the prefect of Wudu, is Ma Teng's confidant general, you can't kill him, you must capture him alive."

Guan Yu asked puzzledly: "Brother, on the battlefield, swords have no eyes, what if you kill by mistake?"

Liu Bei smiled wryly, if they were killed by mistake, then they would be in big trouble in the future.

"Try your best. In addition, if you bring Yang Ang and Yang Bai with you, you will have a helper!"

Guan Yu nodded reluctantly, then led the army and hurried to Ju County.

Yang Ang and Yang Bai are fine, but they have an elder brother Yang Song who is extremely greedy for money. This person has been in Hanzhong for many years, and he can be regarded as a local family in Hanzhong, and is extremely powerful in Hanzhong.

If it weren't for the fact that they have many followers and great influence in Hanzhong, Guan Yu would have cut them down long ago.

When the army came to Juxian County, the guard of Juxian County fled away, but Guan Yu took down Juxian County without giving up his soldiers.

Yang Ang said with a smile: "General Guan's prestige is really resounding all over the world. I didn't expect that the Xiliang army would run away without fighting after seeing General Guan."

Guan Yu frowned and said, "Don't be careless, Ma Teng has a good command of the army, we can't be tricked by the other party."

Yang Bo said: "General Guan, don't be modest. I think Wudu County can be taken in less than three days. Why don't I lead an army to take Sanguan? The general can sit firmly in Ju County!"

Guan Yu's face twitched, and he said: "Then I will give you five thousand soldiers and horses, and your two brothers will go to fetch Hechi, Sanguan, and Old Road, and I will personally lead the army to fetch Xiabian."

Yang Ang persuaded: "It's just a small Wudu County, how can General Guan go out in person, bring Ma Chao and lead the army, and it won't be too late for General Guan to go out to fight again."

Guan Yu said coldly, "My words are military orders."

"The last will obey!"

The two of them didn't say much anymore, they didn't expect Guan Yu to be unwilling to give them the credit, it was really abominable.

You are the adopted brother of the King of Hanzhong, half of his power is yours, and we young generals can't take the credit for this.

The two left Ju County full of resentment. Guan Yu looked at their backs with a cold light in his eyes. He hated flattery the most.

Although these two are not as greedy as their eldest brother, they are fans of officials, and they want to take credit for all their contributions.

Guan Yu led the army to Xiabian twenty miles out, and then stopped. According to the report from the horse scouts, Yao Bin led [-] cavalry out of the city.

"Array to meet the enemy!"

Guan Yu shouted loudly, and his soldiers lined up neatly, waiting for Yao Bin's arrival.

"Boom!"

Five thousand cavalrymen soon arrived in front of Guan Yu's army, and Yao Bin rushed over without saying a word.

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, he didn't expect that the other party would not give him a chance to persuade him to surrender or challenge him one-on-one, which was a bit difficult.

"The cavalry will charge with me, and the infantry will be on defense to prevent the opposing cavalry from rushing in."

Guan Yu took the lead and rushed directly to Yao Bin's cavalry team.

"Puff puff!"

Yao Bin's cavalry fired their arrows first, and Guan Yu also hurriedly ordered his soldiers to shoot arrows to fight back. The distance of a hundred steps was reached in the blink of an eye.

After less than two rounds of shooting, the two sides came into contact with short-handed soldiers, and Guan Yu's bravery was once again revealed.

In Yao Bin's army, it was like entering an uninhabited land, and the surrounding soldiers dared not approach.

The two sides fought for less than half an hour, Yao Bin saw that his soldiers could not resist Guan Yu's bravery, so he led his soldiers to retreat.

Guan Yu pursued all the way to the bottom of the city, and surrounded Xia Bian completely.

"Yao Bin, Kaesong surrenders, I can let you live for a day."

Yao Bin stood at the top of the city with a depressed expression on his face. He didn't expect Liu Bei's troops to be so powerful. He had 5000 men against the opponent's 600, but he only killed more than 3000 of the opponent's cavalry, while his own side lost more than [-] cavalry.

There were still 2000 soldiers in the city, and [-] cavalry left. He had to find a way to delay it until reinforcements arrived.

"Defend the city to the core, and those who slacken will be killed without mercy."

"Come on!"

The next morning, while Yao Bin was still asleep, he heard the sound of the army attacking the city outside the city. Yao Bin panicked and hurried to the city wall.

Seeing the densely packed soldiers outside the city, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to get ready.

"Archers, hold down the opponent, don't let them rush under the city wall."

"Prepare stones, wood, and fire oil!"

Guan Yu's soldiers attacked for more than two hours, and finally reached the top of the city.

"General, retreat quickly, the opponent's soldiers have already entered the city."

Yao Bin glared at Guan Yu outside the city, then gritted his teeth and left.

Chapter 424

After Yao Bin withdrew from Xiabian, he led two thousand cavalry to retreat to Wudu Road.

"General, Wudu Road has been seized by Guan Yu, and we cannot pass through."

Yao Bin's heart flickered, and he said: "Withdraw to Hechi, go to Sanguan, and then go to Qian County and return to Hanyang County."

Yao Bin's army marched to Hechi, and found that Hechi had been captured. When he was about to continue to walk through the pass, he met Yang Ang and Yang Bai's army.

"Second brother, isn't that Yao Bin, the guard of Wudu County?"

Yang Ang narrowed his eyes, and it really was, "Kill!"

How can you miss such a great contribution?