Uncle, please help the Han family

After crossing the Yellow River, there is Dongjun County in the border of Yanzhou, which is guarded by Cao Cao's good sister Xiahou Dun who has never won a war or lost a promotion.

However, because of a great plague that can be called the catastrophe of the Central Plains, the people of Dongjun had ten houses and six empty houses, and the population density of village pavilions outside the county seat was greatly reduced. In addition, they were terrified of armed forces such as army bandits, so Liu Yu basically encountered The investigation of the three of them was particularly smooth for the villagers who didn't care about wandering around.

Of course, if it is this level of spying on the military situation, it does not need the great man Xiangguo to carry it out in person, or even ordinary scouts can complete it.

Therefore, Liu Yu did not intend to observe Xiahou Dun who had not yet become the true eye of the evil king.

Next, he plans to go directly south to Yingchuan in Yuzhou, where he will look for a wave of great power.

Because although Yingchuan is in Yuzhou, just like Nanjing is in Anhui, the distance is not far, and the transportation is convenient. It can be reached in two days by driving overnight.

Moreover, like Nanyang, Yingchuan is one of the top counties in the world, with outstanding people, and there is no need to do anything to people who have left their names in history. It is absolutely necessary to try.

The famous "Mr. Shui Jing" Sima Hui also settled in Yingchuan at this time. In terms of the degree of mystery, no one in the three countries can match him.

However, just as Liu Yu was about to stagger directly from Yanzhou to Xuzhou in this way.

An important information urgently sent out by Changyi, Sanyang County, which is also the capital of Xuzhou, made him entangled.

Dongjun, a wine shop in the suburbs of Baima County.

This is an ordinary information exchange station set up by Liu Yu's intelligence department in Yanzhou, which is responsible for quickly conveying important but unclassified news in Yanzhou to Yecheng.

Of course, because Liu Yu has only occupied Jizhou for a short time, there is no background here, and the business has just started.

In the private room, Liu Yu, who deliberately wore a bamboo hat, sat opposite the manager of the restaurant.

The other party didn't know that he was Xiangguo, but because Liu Yu took out a token specially used by the spy department to prove his identity, he was entertained by the other party.

"That's the news that came in this morning, and it's basically true."

The owner of the restaurant looked at Liu Yu and said in a calm tone.

"The news came yesterday morning. Cao Cao learned about it the day before yesterday, and the location is in Taishan County. The journey is not long, so a rough estimate is that it happened three to four days ago."

After a fairly conservative calculation, Liu Yu came to the conclusion that Cao Cao lost her father on the day he crossed the river, or the day before.

Although it does not match the time in history, the situation is exactly the same as the content. Both Cao Cao's father and Cao De died at the hands of Zhang Kai.

Presumably, when Cao Cao raised his army in Chenliu in history, his father Cao Song refused to follow him, so he took his clansmen to settle in Langya. After Cao Cao took Yanzhou, he decided to take his father back. Tao Qian, because he hated Cao Cao, decided to This happened.

Therefore, the key to the triggering of this incident lies in Cao Song, Cao Cao, and Tao Qian. Since there is no difference from history, it means that it is by no means accidental.

Is inevitable.

"Bringing more than [-] carts of luggage and treasures through other people's territory, isn't this asking for robbery?" The owner of the wine shop sighed, "I heard that before the death of Mrs. Cao, he kept yelling "Aman, Ahman, yes." Pitiful."

"Aman is also pitiful, but the people of Xuzhou are even more pitiful."

Shaking his head sadly, Liu Yu's mood became quite heavy at this time.

He originally thought that his mission should be the same as that of the protagonist of Zongman. After traveling to a certain anime world, he would try his best to save the sad ending, or save the tragic character.

Therefore, he has always been concerned about Cao Song's matter, and is going to take Xuzhou down before Cao Cao slaughters Xu, so as to avoid this tragedy from happening.

But who can know, and can't believe the timeline of history.

"I have passed this matter back to Jizhou."

The owner of the restaurant saw that Liu Yu didn't look like an ordinary elaboration, and he saw that this pretense should be that kind of internal response with a certain status, so he asked proactively: "Is there anything else, do you need me to cooperate with you?"

"No, you are busy with your work, don't care about me."

"understood."

"Well, farewell."

After speaking, Liu Yu got up directly, pressed the brim of the hat and nodded slightly to the shopkeeper, and left the private room.

Not long after walking out of the restaurant, Zuo Ci and Zhang Liao led their horses and came up to him, very concerned about the information he received.

"Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was killed by Tao Qian's men. Xuzhou must be in trouble."

Liu Yu stepped on the horse and explained to the two of them.

"Cao Taiwei died?" Zhang Liao was quite shocked when he heard this. After all, Taiwei was the leader of the three princes, so he asked quite concerned, "Did Tao Qian send someone to kill him?"

"It should be his subordinates who made their own decisions, but with Cao Cao's personality, he would not seek revenge on a small character like Zhang Kai."

According to Cao Cao's choice in history, Liu Yu said firmly without hesitation: "According to the next development, Cao Cao should bring her tiger and wolf teacher to crusade against this old Tao Qian who is still addicted to food."

This NT Tao Qian, why do you say you offended Ah Man? Can you beat her?

"This is a big deal." Zhang Liao, who always had a gentle and calm expression, immediately became serious, "If we don't save Tao at this time, I'm afraid we will condone Cao Cao's rise."

If Xuzhou and Yanzhou are all taken by Cao Cao, the part of Qingzhou south of Liu Yu and the Yellow River will soon be lost.Just like after Cao Cao lost the Battle of Chibi, a large area of ​​land could only be handed over to others.

This is an unstoppable trend.

"I know." Liu Yu deeply understands the seriousness of the matter, but he is not in a hurry, "I told Ayin earlier how Cao Cao should respond if he attacks Xu, and she knows what to do."

The way to deal with it is to ask Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei to help Tao Qian in the name of Xiangguo, and at the same time, when Tao Qian is about to die, represent Liu Bei as the governor of Xuzhou.

Sound familiar?

But there is no way, this is the only option.

Jizhou was not captured by Liu Yu, but Han Fu handed it over to him after he surrendered. It was less than half a month before the full takeover was completed. At this time, it is absolutely impossible to send troops in large numbers.

After all, like the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao in the south of the Yellow River also had a "natural moat" as a barrier. If he wanted to mobilize troops on a large scale, he had to cross the river. Before crossing the river, he had to build ships.

There are so many things to solve, it is too much trouble.

Instead of this, it is better to increase troops towards Qingzhou, Liu Bei, Kong Rong, and directly pull Tao Qian's Xuzhou.

"That……"

To be honest, Zhang Liao vaguely knew that Liu Yu had other purposes for going south, not simply spying on the military situation, but as a competent minister, she felt that she should speak up when she had something to say.

So, she looked at Liu Yu quite sincerely, and at the risk of being taught a lesson, she asked, "Xiangguo, do you want to continue?"

This time Zhang Liao used 'Xiangguo' instead of Mr. Wu, which is enough to explain her mood.

"..."

Being asked such a question, Liu Yu became entangled.

Finally made up my mind to go south, and arrived at Yingchuan in a few days.

Really don't want to meet the hermit over there, Mr. Shui Jing who definitely has something in this mother stone era?

One month is a long time to say, but in ancient times when the traffic was extremely inconvenient and the carriages and horses were very slow, it was impossible to travel to many places and make reasonable use of each day.

Most of the time, they are actually on the road.

So, should I go to Yingchuan to find Mr. Shuijing, a genius, to renew the life of Ms. Miao Jianjiao, who is not much longer, or should I just turn back to Baima Yanjin Ferry, and return to Yecheng to command the macro.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu's expression became more serious.

And Zhang Liao also felt from the other party's entanglement that the real purpose of Liu Yu's personal southern tour should be very important, otherwise it would be impossible to compare with the world of this big man on the balance.

So, how will he choose?

Also, what is it, and who is it that can make Liu Yu do this?

"I won't go to Yingchuan anymore."

Liu Yu slowly took off the bamboo hat on his head, and said so.

"But..." Zuo Ci, as Zhang Jiao's apprentice, although she has some small thoughts of her own, her feelings for Zhang Jiao are sincere, so when Liu Yu made this choice, she couldn't help but look at him, which is rare He retorted, "I've already crossed the river, now I'm going to Yingchuan for at most three days, do I really want to give up?"

The word abandon doesn't just mean abandoning a plan.

Instead, give up Ms. Mickey.

You know, if powerful and capable Tianlong people like Liu Yu don't care about her, no one in this world can help her.

Zhang Jiao, who 'brought Lu Bu back to life', was just a helpless young woman when facing her own death alone.

Can you really give up this poor woman who burned herself to ashes for your great cause, and put her last heat on you?

"We can't go to Yingchuan, but we won't go back to Yecheng either."

Liu Yu thought of a compromise that was not a perfect solution, but at least kept some hope.

Zuo Ci was a little puzzled, showing a confused look.

But Zhang Liao on the side quickly understood everything, and said speculatively, "Xiangguo means to go directly to Beihai and meet Kong Rong and Liu Bei?"

"Yes."

This is what Liu Yu thought of.

He has already searched for capable people in Hebei, including Youzhou and Jizhou, but so far no valuable discoveries have been made.

Therefore, he decided to look for it in Henan, and even in the south of the Yangtze River, just like panning for gold.

But no matter what, the priority of the big man is still ahead of Miao Jianjiao. He can be willful when nothing happens, but now that Cao Cao is about to launch a big war, for the sake of this huge interest group, his willfulness must be restrained.

If you can’t go to Yuzhou, go to Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Even if the hope is slim, I will try my best.

"Understood."

Zuo Ci is not qualified to persuade Liu Yu, and she cannot be responsible for her words and deeds.

After all, apart from Zhang Jiao's life, she also has her own pursuits.

Tianshi said that from now on, the person he assisted has become Liu Yu.

In other words, Liu Yu is my lord.

Out of my relationship with Zhang Jiao, I am going to persuade Liu Yu not to give up his wife.

But as a close minister of Xiangguo, I need to solve problems for his country.

"Then, let's go like this."

No longer talking nonsense, Liu Yu decided to leave now, shuttle directly from Cao Cao's hinterland, and meet Liu Bei who he hadn't seen in Qingzhou for half a year.

"Xiangguo."

However, at this moment, Zhang Liao suddenly stopped in front of him, and said boldly, "Is the purpose of your trip south this time to meet someone?"

Zhang Liao could have followed all the way as a guard, but with a delicate mind, she noticed the sadness in Liu Yu's eyes, and since she already regarded him as a friend who could be hugged, she didn't care about her humble status.

"..." Liu Yu was stunned.

Along the way, Zhang Liao tacitly did not ask about this matter, and because he did not ask, he did not answer, and this tacit understanding was formed.

If Zhang Liao still doesn't ask now, Liu Yu's mood may be more relaxed, just pretend that this matter has never happened, and it has not caused any impact on this world.

However, she asked.

Looking directly at this girl who is usually gentle, Liu Yu's inner depression surged like a spring, and finally broke out. He said frankly: "Wen Yuan, I kept something from you. My trip is not Wanting to investigate the enemy's situation is an excuse for my self-paralysis. In fact, I want to save a woman who is about to die."

"A woman who is about to die?" Zhang Liao was taken aback, because this was something he had never heard of before.

"That's right, that's the woman I love. She spent almost all of her lifespan for me." Liu Yu simply revealed, "And I, this trip is to go to Yingchuan to find an expert, hoping to get a chance to prolong my life." Fa, save her life."

It was spoken, finally spoken.

As a great Han Xiangguo, he couldn't share it with anyone, so he had to silently bury the secret in his heart, and finally spoke it out.

So, what would Zhang Liao think?

Do you think I'm infatuated, or I'm moved by myself, or I'm trapped by the love of my children, so I'm too hopeless?

However, Zhang Liao acted very naturally, not surprised at all: "Then, Xiangguo can only find this person himself?"

"I sent someone to look for it before, but to no avail. Now with the help of Zuo Ci's magic mirror, maybe there is a better chance." Liu Yu said truthfully.

"In this case..." After Zhang Liao thought for a while, his expression suddenly became serious, "Then Xiangguo can't give up. If you give up, you will definitely regret it in the future!"

"But the matter in Xuzhou..." Liu Yu said in a difficult way, "It's also very important."

"I didn't know why Xiangguo was struggling before, but now that I understand, I think you have to try to find an expert."

Zhang Liao's attitude changed instantly, and his previous view of the overall situation completely disappeared at this moment.

"Why, why?" Liu Yu didn't quite understand why she would take such a fancy to someone who had nothing to do with Zhang Liao.

"Because you love her."

"..." Liu Yu paused for a while, then typed slowly, "?"

"Although Mr. Xiangguo has always been very kind to the female generals and cared for them like young girls, this is more or less due to other purposes..." Zhang Liao said honestly, "Your previous After losing his wife, he never really loved anyone after that, so now that he has such a person, he must be cherished."