"Brother..."

Jiang Huan tiptoed outside Liu Bei's house, looked around for a while, and then pushed the door open and entered.

Liu Bei seemed to have been waiting for him here. When he saw him coming, he stood up and greeted him: "How?"

Jiang Huan gasped: "Huh... I found out, Cao... Cao Cao..."

"Wait." Liu Bei waved his hand to signal him to stop reporting, walked to the window, looked out the window, then closed the window, walked to his desk, poured a cup of tea.

"Come on, drink a glass of water first."

"Thank you, brother." Jiang Huan took the water cup, raised his head and drank it all, took a deep breath, and quickly calmed down his breath.

"Brother, he is a master of tricks and everything is wrong. The battle situation in Yuzhou is as expected by my elder brother."

Jiang Huan looked admiration, and Liu Bei tapped the back of his hand with his finger and scolded, "Why should I make fun of me with my second brother? You can know the truth in your heart how Brother Yu predicted this. Tell me the details."

Jiang Huan smiled and continued, "Zhang Yong and Gao Shun's army fought with Cao Cao for several days in Ancheng, and the battle was hard to distinguish. For a moment, no one had the chance to win."

"Well, this is natural. Although Cao Cao was a thief in the Han Dynasty, his skills of commanding troops were indeed rare in the world. In the past two years, he lie dormant in Yu and Jing, and has developed many specialized troops and tactics for the Jindao Camp and Han Wuzhan. He also built Ancheng like an iron barrel. Even if he was the first-class general in the world, it would be no easy task to conquer this city."

"Brother said it well, that's exactly what it is." Jiang Huan praised.

"Zhang, the second-year high school general, the offensive was extremely fierce, and the advance and retreat was orderly. With the help of the thunder chariot, fire beast and other objects, the city gate and the city wall could not hold on the second day. However, Cao Cao saw that Zhu Ye was still recovering from his injuries, and the two generals had no top-level generals to help him, so he repeatedly sent Xiahou Dun, Xu Chu and other fierce generals out of the city to rush out for a while, disrupting the position and morale of the court's soldiers. After gaining the upper hand several times, they were all disrupted by Cao's army."

Liu Bei walked back to his seat, sat down, and reached out to signal Jiang Huan to sit next to him.

"The military strategy is important in the fight between the army, but the charge of the fierce generals is also the key to victory. If Zhu Ye is safe and sound, Cao Cao will probably have no life at this moment. Although this thief is hateful, his vision is also fierce."

"Who said no? But the key to victory or defeat is not this."

Jiang Huan's tone was a little mysterious, which made Liu Bei even more interested: "Oh? I only know that Cao Cao would tamper with Xu Huang and the army, but I couldn't guess what method he used to defeat these two famous generals with 160,000 troops."

Jiang Huan pointed his finger at the south: "Since Cao thief dared to persuade his elder brother to form an alliance with him, how could he give up the one in Jiangdong?"

Liu Bei's face changed slightly: "Sun Jian? How dare he be so bold in being an enemy of the court?"

Jiang Huan shook his head: "He naturally dared not, but secretly disturbed the situation, but this guy's specialty was this guy's specialty. He sent his eldest son, Sun Ce, to pretend to be Cao's army, and suddenly attacked Xu, who came to Lu'an County, to attract his attention, and at the same time, he made the grain convoy behind him believe that a large army would pass by would be very safe, which made the grain convoy choose to take the shortcut and take the small road in the mountains."

Liu Bei suddenly realized: "I guess Sun Jianding sent troops to set up ambush on the mountain road, robbed food and grass, and caused the morale of the court's soldiers and horses to be in chaos."

"Brother Gao Ming, it's true." Jiang Huan said: "Cheng Liang led his troops to capture Shenyang City. He was helped by the eldest prince Liu Zheng in the middle and was able to defeat Dian Wei, cut off the retreat route of Cao's army and transport grain from Jingzhou. Originally, the imperial army was full of complacent ambitions and determined that this battle would be won. Suddenly, when he encountered this change, the situation reversed, and his morale was lost. Cao Cao took this opportunity to leave the city and killed Zhang, Gao, Xu, and Qian four generals."

"Okay." Liu Bei punched the table with an extremely excited expression.

"All developments are as expected. Since Sun Jian has taken action, our army should have a practical plan."

Jiang Huan was also very happy, but then he frowned again: "But, as a relative of the Han Dynasty, it is hard for the eldest brother to openly rebel against the court. If he wants to cooperate with Cao Zhe, he should find a reason."

"Cooperate? Hum..." Liu Bei showed disdain: "Cao Cao is a traitor, how can he be worthy of cooperating with me? I will get rid of it sooner or later."

After saying that, he pondered again: "But what my second brother said is also reasonable. Is this reason... It was not easy to think about for a while, but there was no need to worry. Now there is constant conflicts inside and outside the court. Sooner or later, we will give us a open reason... Go and bring Chen Qun to me first."

"My brother, please follow the order." Jiang Huan took the order and immediately retreated.

Liu Bei pushed open the window again, and it was already raining in the sky. In the courtyard outside his house, a seemingly dilapidated pine tree actually grew a few fresh branches.

"Your Majesty, you and I are both descendants of the Liu family. Seeing that you are powerless to deal with this situation, it is better to let my brother and I help you with the fire..."

Liu Bei looked up at the sky, and his eyes flashed with a bright light...

"Your Majesty..." Xun Yu walked to Liu He with a report.

"Our army was defeated in Ancheng. Zhang Yong and the two generals Gao Shun lost about 30,000 troops. Xu Huang led the army and lost about 24,000 troops. Now General Zhang stationed troops in Shangcai County, Runan County, and General Gao Shun stationed troops in Pingyu City. General Xu Huang stationed in Yangquan and General Qianzhao stationed in Hefei, and temporarily rested."

“As expected.”

Liu He received a letter from Feiying two days ago, knowing that Sun Jian had secretly mobilized tens of thousands of troops. At the same time, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who were originally stationed in Chaisang and Pengze, suddenly disappeared. Yangzhou Governor Liu Yao was suddenly killed by an assassin at home three days ago. At that time, he guessed that the Cao and Sun families had secretly united.

However, Sun Jian has always been vain to the court. In order to avoid the public speaking, he had to pretend to be Cao's army. He did not dare to show up openly. He could only send Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who had never had contact with the court's soldiers, so as not to be recognized by Xu Huang and others.

"Your Majesty, this battle is the biggest defeat for the court when His Majesty ascended the throne. Although the court has strong strength and has lost 50,000 or 60,000 troops, it will not be damaged. However, the soldiers have always been used to winning battles. Even if they are defeated, they have never suffered such huge losses. Now, this sudden defeat will probably affect the morale of the army."

Xun Yu said with concern.

Liu He waved his hand: "No need to worry about this. From generals to small soldiers, the army has gradually become arrogant and despised the heroes of the world over the years. It is not a bad thing to experience this defeat and teach them a long lesson. However, it can be seen that Cao Cao and Sun Jian have secretly formed an alliance. Liu Yao's death must have been Sun Jian's cause. Now he has annexed about 35,000 people in the governor's office and controlled the entire Yangzhou. In addition, recruiting troops over the years, the troops are probably no less than 200,000. It is difficult for him to join forces."

Xun Yu walked to the huge map hanging on the wall and pointed to Xuzhou: "But I don't know what Liu Bei in Xuzhou is planning now. Not long ago, the pirates in Qingzhou were entrusted to lead him to enter Qingzhou to quell the rebellion. If this person also colluded with Cao's thieves, he would sweep Qingzhou overnight. When the three families of Cao, Sun and Liu joined forces, even if Liu Yan in Yizhou was seriously ill and had no threat, the situation in the world would be very detrimental to the court."

"It's reasonable." Liu He looked up at the maps of Qingzhou and Xuzhou: "I sent an order to move Zhao Jin, the prefect of Taishan, as the governor of Qingzhou, Xu Shu, the general of military advisor, was transferred to the prefect of Beihai, and Chen Liu, Chen Gong, was moved to the prefect of Anle. In addition, Cui Jun, the prefect of Wei County, was transferred to the governor of Jizhou, and ordered him to collect one million stones of military rations from Jizhou, secretly stockpiled them in Jinan, and ready for use at any time. Zhao Yun was ordered to hand over the military affairs of Youzhou to Tian Yu and Tian Chou, and immediately led the Feiyu cavalry to the south and stationed in Wei County. Kong Rong, the former prefect of Beihai, was old and immediately returned to Luoyang to succeed the position of Taipu."

"There are my husbands who follow the order."

Xun Yu was about to step down the draft order, but Liu He added: "Remember, all these matters must be carried out in secret. Before all officials actually take office, the news must not be leaked, so as not to secretly destroy Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others, and cause trouble."

"Abide by the order."

However, what they did not notice was that under a window on one side of the study, a little eunuch stood. He listened to the sounds inside the house and seemed to be fully focused.

Just then, Gong Saner had just turned around here and immediately found him.

“Bold!”

When the little eunuch saw that he was discovered, he was so scared that his legs became weak and he knelt down.

"Gong... Gong Changshi... I... I..."

Gong Saner walked up and kicked him to the ground: "I don't know what life or death, where is this? Can you come from? Which bastard are you?"

"I am...I am a newcomer to the palace...Yes..."

The little eunuch knelt on the ground, trembling all over, his face turned pale in an instant, and his forehead was sweating protruding coldly, and his lips were trembling as he spoke.

"Things seeking death, someone comes..."

Gong Saner shouted, and the little eunuch felt dizzy in front of him and his body fell limp.

"Gong Saner, why are you clamoring outside?" Liu He walked out in person, and Gong Saner hurriedly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, you are a newly-entered eunuch. He didn't understand the rules and actually ran here. I was about to order someone to drag him down to deal with it. Long live the shocking act. I deserve to die."

When Liu He heard this, he glanced at the little eunuch: "It's not because he looks like this. Since he is a newcomer, just train him. Let's do this. I fine him for two months of monthly money. Then you will send someone to teach him well, and don't just make a casual life."

Gong Saner naturally dared not disobey: "Your Majesty's kindness has moved the world. I will thank Your Majesty for the sake of this little slave."

After saying that, he turned his head and glared at the little eunuch hard: "Are you not thanking me?"

The little eunuch was as if he was pardoned and kowtowed repeatedly. Liu He shook his hand, and Gong Saner called two imperial guards and quickly retreated with the little eunuch.

However, at night, Beituen Mun, in the northeast corner of the palace, was originally closed at this moment, but there was a black shadow. While the patrol guards had just walked over here, they tiptoed and touched the door along the palace wall.

"Cruff..." With a light sound, a small crack was opened to the palace gate.

There was a sound of footsteps outside, and then one hand reached in. The black shadow took out a strip of cloth from his arms and handed it to the hand. The other party immediately retreated.

The black shadow carefully closed the palace gate again, inserted the door bolt, and disappeared into the darkness.

In the Ancheng City, Cao Cao, who had just inspected the city defense, returned to the mansion. The servants hurried over and took off his armor for him.

"Lord." Cheng Yu and several others stood up to greet him.

"Sit all." Cao Cao waved his hand and then asked, "What's wrong with General Dian Wei?"

"Don't worry, lord, although General Dian is seriously injured and is anxious, he is not seriously injured after being treated by the military doctor."

Cheng Yu's words made Cao Cao feel relieved.

"Lord..." A servant hurried over: "General Dian woke up and insisted on apologizing for his lord. The villain at least persuaded him to ask for advice from him..."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao rushed out directly.

In the room, Dian Wei struggled to get up from the bed, and a few servants around him kept dissuading him.

Cao Cao pushed the door and entered. When Dian Wei saw him, he turned over and then rolled off the bed.

"Lord, the last general... the last general is guilty... the last general... the cough cough..."

"Zhongwei..." Cao Cao quickly stepped forward, personally supported Dian Wei, and returned to the bed. At the same time, he waved his hand and signaled everyone to go out.

Dian Wei looked full of regret: "Lord, the last general should be killed by death... Not only did he lose Shenyang City, but he also... also caused 20,000 soldiers, and was wiped out by Cheng Liang's pit. This... these are the last general's sins, the last general's sins... cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."

He was extremely excited and couldn't help but cough violently.

Cao Cao patted his back: "Zhongwei, you don't have to blame yourself. Luoyang's troops have better combat power than our army. This is expected. I was wrong. I sent you as many troops as the enemy to block the attack."

"No... it was because the general of the Mo violated the lord's order and canceled the ambush without authorization. Otherwise... otherwise... it would be like this... Please use military law to deal with the general of the Mo... cough cough..."

"Hey, what are you talking nonsense? You and Da Meng have known each other since childhood and are like brothers and sisters. Naturally, they cannot sit idly by and watch him die under the ambush trap. It's because I'm not thinking well, so it's not your fault."

Cao Cao's words made Dian Wei even more ashamed: "Lord... the last general..."

"Okay, there is no need to say more. You have to rest and recuperate. Although our army won by chance in this battle, its strength is still much worse than that of Liu He. I also need a brave and invincible General Dian Wei to charge for me, pacify the world, and give the Han people a bright world. You must not have any trouble. Also, I promise that no matter whether the fierce will surrender to me, if I capture him one day, I can leave it alone and take good care of him."

"Lord..." Dian Wei, the mighty and powerful man, was extremely moved and crying at this moment.

"The lord is very kind and great, and the last general... Although the last general is heartbroken, it is difficult to repay the consequences..."

Cheng Yu walked into the room and bowed and said, "Lord, news is coming from Luoyang."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao comforted Dian Wei a few more words, then called his servant to change the medicine for Dian Wei's wound, and then left the room.

"How? What are Liu He's plans?"

"Liu He has guessed that the person who attacked Xu Huang was Sun Jian's troops in Jiangdong was the army of Sun Jian. He also expected that Liu Bei might have to form an alliance with our army and to pacify the pirate rebellion a few days ago to seize Qingzhou. Therefore, he secretly sent Chen Gong, Xu Shu and Zhao Jin to guard Qingzhou. At the same time, he ordered Jizhou to recruit food and grass, and took Zhao Yun as the general to go south from Youzhou to resist Liu Bei. He deliberately kept this matter secret, and his subordinates thought that he wanted to deliberately wait until after confirming Liu Bei's rebellion, and then suddenly attack and annihilate him in one fell swoop."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "It's Liu He who is worthy of being Liu He, and his reaction is so fast. If he succeeds, our three-way coalition forces will not only lose one side, but Xuzhou will also fall into the hands of Liu He in an instant. He will be in full swing in Jizhou. Our army cannot take care of each other from the beginning and end, and the defeat will be in the evening."

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "However, he never dreamed that there were many secret spies from our army hidden beside him. I am afraid that Xu Shu and others have not received this imperial edict, but the lord will know it first."

Cao Cao said proudly: "Liu He has always been extremely conceited with his intelligence force. How could he expect me to use his own way to treat him?"

"The lord is wise. But I don't know how we should deal with it now?"

Cao Cao thought for a moment, walked into the courtyard, and broke a branch casually: "It seems that our army will help Liu Bei first, take the initiative and seize Qingzhou..."
Chapter completed!