"What did you say? Cao Ren, Zhou Ang, and Liu Bei all left?"

Yuan Shu looked unbelievable, as if Liu Ye was talking about the Book of Heaven, and Liu Ye just said nothing...

"Damn it—"

Yuan Shu suddenly became furious.

"Lu Bu, take those bastards down immediately-"

Yuan Shu was furious, Liu Ye was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"Don't be angry! Don't catch people at this time!"

"you……"

Yuan Shu suddenly stood up, pointing at Liu Ye who was bowing his head, and was about to be furious...

"The bandits in Liangzhou are only ten miles away from our army. If our army is in chaos at this time, the Liangzhou army will definitely take the opportunity to cross the river and kill. The lord must not be confused!"

Faced with Yuan Shu's anger, Liu Ye seemed to be unafraid and spoke again.

"Liu Bei has only three thousand soldiers and horses around him. He or not has no effect on his lord. Today, the Liangzhou army threatens Huainan, Liu Biao, the court will definitely not blame the lord on this ground. Even if Liu Bei is dissatisfied, it will not have any adverse impact on the lord."

"Cao Ren, Zhou Ang had 5,000 soldiers, and our army and General Lu had 100,000 people in their hands. There were more than a thousand ships of our army in the Huai River. If we only defend but not attack, our army would be able to fight against the Liangzhou army."

Liu Ye said again: "Zhou Xin has never fought with the Liangzhou army, but Cao Cao was driven out of Yanzhou by Dong Hu. Cao Cao must not want the Liangzhou army to enter Guangling County! Although Cao Ren left today, he would not be an enemy of our army."

"If the lord wants to show his kindness, you can send an envoy to Wu County to persuade him with kindness. If the lord wants to force Cao Cao to bow his head and submit to the court, you can submit to the court, saying that he did not obey the order, and ordered the court to issue an edict to reprimand. Cao Cao's time to take over Wu County is still short, so he will definitely not dare to disobey the court and the lord at the same time. You can force Wu County to bow to the lord and submit to him and lead his troops to obey the order."

"But if the lord catches him at this time, it will inevitably anger Liu Biao, Cao Cao, and Zhou Xin, and will also make the other princes have doubts. Please think twice!"

After Liu Ye's words, Yuan Shu calmed down, but he was a little hesitant and didn't know how to choose...

"Cao Aman is quite disgusting. The money and food he promised has not been sent yet. He even expelled Wu Jing. I want to submit to the court. What do you think?"

After hearing Yuan Shu's words, Liu Ye sighed in his heart, but his face was nothing unusual.

"If you are kind to Cao Cao, your lord is the first person in Yangzhou."

"With the court's complaint, the court will inevitably send officials to come. Although it can be used by the court to instruct the prefectures and counties to obey orders, it is only..."

Yuan Shu was a little anxious, and waved his big hand, and Liu Ye quietly clasped his fists and retreated back to his position.

As Liu Ye said, Yuan Shu is now the governor of Yangzhou and the number one brother in Yangzhou. If he can't even handle Cao Cao, who else will listen to him in the future? The ministers in the court are not just a bag of wine. As long as he speaks, the court will definitely send people to come and will definitely compete for the right to speak in this confrontation, and this is not what Yuan Shu is willing to see! But who can convince Cao Cao to be obedient?

Yuan Shu frowned for a moment, but still looked at Liu Ye, and hesitated...

"You go to Wu County and ask Cao Cao to take out five thousand soldiers. The money and food he promised before would be considered as the food and food of five thousand soldiers, but if he doesn't agree... then don't blame me for taking back Wu County!"

Yuan Shu said something harsh, and Liu Ye stepped forward again.

"promise!"

Just as Liu Ye was about to retreat again, Yuan Shu glanced at the mighty Lu Bu.

"Although the thieves in Liangzhou are powerful, our army blocked the river surface with ships. If we only defend but not attack, then even if Dong Hu grows wings, he will never think about crossing the river. But what should Runan County do? Do you have a plan to retreat to the enemy?"

Liu Ye had never seen Dong Hu, but he dared not look down on him. Like Yuan Shu, he knew that Dong Hu would inevitably attack Runan County. The best way was to break into Xuzhou from Guangling County and force Dong Hu to fight for Guangling County. But the current situation...

"As the lord said, if our army only defends but does not attack, it will be difficult for the Liangzhou army to cross the Huai River, and then Dong Hu will inevitably turn to attack Runan County. The subordinates once heard that Wen Hou was extremely brave and brave, but he could fight with Dong Hu in front of the formation. If Wen Hou went to fight, and with the help of our army's strong soldiers and generals, he would definitely defeat Dong Hu."

Yuan Shu seemed to be very satisfied with Liu Ye's words and looked at Lu Bu with a expressionless face.

"Lu Bu, do you dare to fight Dong Hu?"

Lu Bu strode forward.

"Although that child is brave, how could I, Lu Bu, be afraid of him? Why don't you dare to fight?"

"good!"

Yuan Shu suddenly stood up.

"As long as you defeat Dong Hu, you will be the Muslim in Xuzhou in the future!"

Yuan Shu was extremely generous, but Lu Bu sneered in his heart, but he just held a heavy punch and quietly retreated back to his seat...

Yuan Shu didn't expect that Cao Ren, Zhou Ang, and Liu Bei would all leave, and the new "leader" became a joke, but everyone knew that under the pressure of the Liangzhou army, even if the court, Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Zhou Xin and others were unhappy, they would eventually come to resist the attack of the Liangzhou army.

Runan County is on the north bank of the Huai River, with a territory of half of Yuzhou and the old nest of the Yuan family. Yuan Shu naturally finds it difficult to abandon it, but now, Runan County is surrounded by Liangzhou troops on three sides!

It is particularly difficult for infantry soldiers to attack the city. They cannot be decided in three to five days. It is August. Once September enters, even if Yuan Shu is the attacking side and Liangzhou army is the passively resisting side, it is too late for the Huainan army to break the deadlock. The reason is not complicated. When it is in the season of farming wheat, Liangzhou army may take the initiative to go out of the city to fight for the next year's food ration, and both sides will have a high probability of war breaking out in the wild.

But if the wheat seeds have been planted in the fields, the Liangzhou army can hide in the city. Even if the flowers bloom in the next spring, there will be no problem, and it will not have any impact on the production and life of the people.

Of course, Dong Hu was reluctant to fight with Yuan Shao in the wild.

But this is not important. Yuan Shu was not so stupid. He suffered the losses of the Liangzhou army when he fled from Luoyang to Nanyang County. On that day, all the princes besieged Luoyang. The morale of the coalition army was not only rising, but Yuan Shu also had 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. But even so, when facing the 5,000 Qiang cavalry led by Dong Gu, the 100,000 soldiers and horses could only hide in cities.

Yuan Shu knew the strength of the Liangzhou army, especially the Dongbuyi Group, so he did not think that hiding in the city would make a good fortune. It was for this reason that he opened up a second battlefield, but if the second battlefield could only hide south of the Huaihe River to confront the Liangzhou army, the dilemma faced by Runan County would not change at all.

All the generals who can fight have been sent to Runan County. Now only Lu Bu, who has just surrendered, can be used. Yuan Shu thought about it for a while, and in the end he could only take out 20,000 troops, hoping that Lu Bu could cross the river to hold the Liangzhou army and prevent the Liangzhou army from siegeing Runan County with all his might.

After the military discussion, Lu Bu returned to the military camp without expression. As soon as he stepped into the military camp, he saw Chen Gong waiting in the camp, and his mood became three more heavy...

"General, but what happened?"

Seeing that Lu Bu's face was gloomy, Chen Gong was worried and asked, but Lu Bu said nothing until he entered the central army's tent...

"Bang!"

"Yuan Shu wants me to wait to cross the river!"

Lu Bu slammed the wine bottle onto the small table with anger on his face, and Chen Gong's heart tightened.

"The morale among the army is low and the people are uneasy. How can we cross the river and fight at this time?"

"Sir, why don't you understand? Yuan Shu deliberately asked you and me to cross the river and die!"

Lu Bu was a little irritated. Liu Bei was determined to cross the river to fight. Even if he sent out 10,000 young and strong people, it was nothing. It was amazing to arrest 10,000 more people. However, Liu Bei, Cao Ren, and Zhou Ang all fled Guangling County, and their original ideas became a bubble.

As Liu Ye said, when only defending but not attacking, the Liangzhou army had no way to cross the river. Guangling County was safe, but Yuan Shu still forced everyone to cross the river and fight!

Chen Gong frowned and said, "For many days, Liu Bei repeatedly quarreled with others, saying that the Liangzhou army had just entered Xuzhou and had an unstable foothold. It seems quite reasonable. However, the Liangzhou army took the initiative to attack Xuzhou, while our army was the retreating side. The two were naturally incomparable in morale."

"The Liangzhou Army needs time to gain a foothold in Yuxu, and our army needs even more time to stabilize the morale of the army!"

Chen Gong sighed in his heart, but he still spoke: "The Liangzhou army stationed 60,000 troops on Suiling, Huaipu and Huaiyin respectively. Although our army has many, there are fewer soldiers who dare to fight. Even if we cross the river and fight, there will be more defeats and fewer victory. In this case, Yuan Shu will force our army to fight... It seems that Yuan Shu is stupid, but his real purpose is to rescue Runan County."

After hearing what he said, Lu Bu breathed a heavy breath. Even though some things were hidden, they surfaced with each other's quarrel.

Zhang Fei died in battle, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu were determined to avenge Zhang Fei. At the same time, he also wanted to increase his prestige in the army. He wanted to express his attitude to the people of Guangling County by sending troops to gain a foothold in Guangling County.

The Liangzhou army scared the people of Guangling County. Whoever can protect Guangling County at this time will be the prefect!

Others are cowardly and dare not fight, but Liu Bei dared to lead troops across the river to fight. It is the same as Liu Bei rescued Kong Rong and Tao Qian in "Three Kingdoms". He, Liu Bei, dared to risk his troops, and his prestige will naturally increase. In addition to Zhang Fei's death, Liu Bei also became a firm supporter of sending troops.

When Liu Bei fled to Guangling County, there were only 3,000 remaining soldiers. Using these soldiers to cross the river to fight was no different from dying. But would Cao Ren and Zhou Ang accompany him to take risks?

Cao Ren's purpose was to ensure that Guangling County was not lost and that there was a buffer zone between the Liangzhou army and the Cao army, rather than helping Liu Bei regain Xuzhou, so he was unwilling to cross the river and fight desperately.

Lu Bu didn't want to cross the river to fight, and was more willing to control the counties of Guangling County in the shortest time. However, he needed Yuan Shu's help and had to compromise on "sending troops". Even if he gave Liu Bei ten thousand people to strong, he would be willing to give up his position as a "selling bird".

But now Liu Bei, Cao Ren and Zhou Ang all ran away.

Lu Bu was irritated and restless, so he finally looked at Chen Gong.

"Sir, do you have a clever solution?"

Chen Gong pondered for a long time but couldn't have a good way.

"At this time, the general is probably going to fight Dong Xining, but the general cannot fight him to the death."

"Everyone knows that the Liangzhou army is not good at water. It seems that our army can be blocked by the Huaihe River. However, Dong Xining is really elusive. If he really angered him, it is hard to say whether he would kill the Huaihe River..."

"But one thing is certain. According to Dong Xining's nature, after he takes Yu Xu, he will definitely have a period of rest and recuperation, which will consolidate the Yu Xu that he just occupied. So... as long as it does not really anger him, the general can gain a foothold in Guangling County."

Speaking of this, Chen Gong hesitated again, but spoke again.

"This is different from the past. Dong Xining will inevitably compete for Runan County. If Yuan Shu loses Runan County, the general will be on par with Yuan Shuping, and there will be no more forceful things now, just..."

Chen Gong sighed in his heart, and once again thought of the special relationship between "Diao Chan and Dong Hu"...
Chapter completed!