The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

It is precisely because of their status as princes and kings that they are not qualified to fight for hegemony when the troubled times come. Their status just restricts them and prevents them from being the controllers of states and counties.

Not being able to control the actual power, this allowed the world of the Han Dynasty to be stolen by the Cao thief.

If the feudal lords of the Han Dynasty had a few more figures like Chen Wang and Liu Chong, even if the Han Emperor declined, he would still have Liu Xiu, Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan and other relatives of the Liu surname to stand up like the end of the Western Han Dynasty.

The Prime Minister of Chen State was called Luo Jun. Luo Jun was a native of Kuaiji, Yangzhou, and a wealthy family in Yangzhou.

It is precisely because of Luo Jun's sageness that Chen Wang Liu Chong can become a pure land in this troubled world.

Although Luo Jun did not have much reputation in history, his son Luo Tong was a famous general of Wu.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing in such a panic?"

Luo Jun put down the bamboo slip in his hand.

Liu Chong rushed in excitedly.

"Prime Minister, good news, good news."

"What good news."

"Yanzhou Inspector Liu Bei and Chariot General Lu Zhi have absolutely fought against Liu Zheng. Can we also get involved?"

Liu Chong has martial arts skills and has always wanted to show his talents on the battlefield, but he has never had a chance. When the court attacked Yuan Shu before, Liu Chong was on the sidelines.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu didn't fight, and even Liu Chong didn't contribute, the battle was over.

As a result, Chen Guo also occupied some of Yuan Shu's territory.

"Liu Bei and Lu Zhi both went after Liu Zheng. They are powerful, why are you going to join in the fun?"

Liu Chong's words were heard by Luo Jun, but he didn't take them seriously. Luo Jun, as the chancellor of the state of Chen, wanted to fight for hegemony in the world. The people eat with one mouthful, so that the people can live a good life.

"Why can't we join in the fun? When Liu Bei and Lu Zhi fight Liu Zheng, we can take the opportunity to occupy some of Liu Zheng's territory. You know, we are not far from Huainan. Taking the opportunity to occupy a few cities can also strengthen us strength."

Luo Jun doesn't have the heart to fight for world hegemony, but Liu Chong does.

In the past, Liu Chong may not have had the intention of fighting for hegemony, but now he has tens of thousands of elites in Chen Guo, and Liu Chong himself has outstanding martial arts, especially now that Liu Chong looks down on the emperor of the Han Dynasty more and more. A Han in the west made the minds of these princes and kings ready to move.

Although the princes and kings do not have any actual power, Liu Chong is different. He is a prince and king with actual power, so some small thoughts in his heart became active.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to lead someone to attack Liu Zheng?"

"That's natural. Our people have said that Liu Bei and Lu Zhi have led an army of [-]. If we send out some more people to join Liu Bei's coalition forces, wouldn't that make Liu Zheng defenseless?"

"So, the king chose to work with the court to deal with Liu Zheng?"

Luo Jun heard Liu Chong's words and asked Liu Chong, but Liu Chong immediately refuted.

"That's not it, I brought people there, just pretending to join forces with Liu Bei and the others. They are not good people. Although Liu Bei and Lu Zhi are Han subjects, they are both ministers of the puppet emperor. Damn it, Liu Zheng is another Rebels deserve to die, it’s best for them to lose both, and I, Liu Chong, will reap the benefits.”

Liu Chong has his own little plan. He sent troops not to deal with Liu Zheng, but to follow them as the oriole.

When Luo Jun heard Liu Chong's words, he didn't stop him anymore.

"Well, my lord, since you can understand, then I won't say much. Let's take 3 people and set off with Liu Bei's men. First, let's see what Liu Bei and Lu Zhi's men do, and see where they are going to attack. , we don't need to hurry up."

"Well, Prime Minister, I listen to you."

After Liu Chong got Luo Jun's consent, he immediately went down to transfer troops.

Soon the troops of Chen Guo and Liu Bei and Lu Zhi joined together.

Neither Liu Bei nor Lu Zhi thought that in this place, they could meet a team of their own.

Since they were members of the imperial court, Liu Bei and Lu Zhi did not refuse. Now they are thinking that the more people there are, the better, so that they can be more confident in dealing with Liu Zheng.

"Xuande, then Liu Chong brought 3 people here, and our army strength reached 13 in one fell swoop, which is more than enough to deal with Liu Zheng."

"Yes, teacher, let's speed up our march, and we can go straight to Huainan City. When the time comes, we will go straight to Wu County with lightning speed. Even if Liu Zheng still has some troops, he won't be able to support him in a short time."

"Well, but I think we should proceed according to our previous plan. You and Bogui Gongsun Zan will lead people south, and I will lead the 5 people from the headquarters to divert from here and go straight to Xuzhou."

"With the cooperation of Liu Chong's men and horses, your soldiers and horses going south will definitely attract Liu Zheng's attention!"

Chapter 684 Meeting Again

Lu Zhi and Liu Bei had already discussed a plan to make a fool of themselves.

Although their [-] troops started from Chenliu, went south through Chen Guo, and went directly to Jiujiang County, but it seemed that the [-] troops were all coming for Jiujiang County.

In fact, when Jiujiang County is about to end, Lu Zhi and Liu Bei's troops will separate and divide into two groups.

Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan continued to go south to attack Jiujiang, while Lu Zhi took some cavalry and elites from his headquarters, diverted from Peiguo, and went directly to Xuzhou.

Lu Zhi and Liu Bei had already found out clearly that Liu Zheng had only one elite team in Xuzhou, which was Tai Shici's 2 horses.

Although there are still some scattered county soldiers in various parts of Xuzhou, Xuzhou has just been occupied by Liu Zheng's men for a short time, and the ruling power in Xuzhou is not strong. You don't even need to fight, you can persuade them to surrender directly.

The only thing they need to pay attention to is Tai Shici's 2 horses, but Lu Zhi led an army of 2 to Xuzhou City, even if Tai Shici had [-] people, it would be difficult to stop him.

Coupled with Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and others' surprise attack on Huainan County, Liu Zheng's eyes must be pinned on Huainan. In this way, Xuzhou is isolated and helpless, and Lu Zhi can succeed in one fell swoop.

Of course, now that Liu Chong has 3 people, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan are more confident in going south to attack Huainan County.

Lu Zhi felt that the opportunity to seize Xuzhou had also come.

"Huainan is ahead, Xuande, let's divide our ways here."

Lu Zhi took a look at the terrain, and found that this place is relatively hidden, and it is full of mountains and forests. Lu Zhi's army diverted from here. Even if Liu Zheng's spies knew that Liu Bei and Lu Zhi's troops were divided into two groups, they might not be able to imagine that Lu Zhi was heading for Xuzhou City. .

Huainan City.

The 1 people led by Liu Zheng and Xu Huang and Wenpin arrived here two days ago.

The prefect of Huainan County is called Liu Miao, and he was the prefect of Huainan County a long time ago. After Liu Zheng's army arrived here, Liu Miao surrendered to Liu Zheng.

In order to express his benevolence and righteousness, Liu Zheng did not abolish his position as the prefect of Huainan. On the contrary, he felt that this person managed well, so he continued to serve as the prefect of Huainan.

This person, Liu Zheng, also did some investigations on him. This person is a clan member of the Han family. After Langya King Liu Jing, he has an older brother named Liu Rong, who is still the current Langya King, but he is not a direct descendant. At the end of the Han Dynasty Because of the implementation of the Emperor Wu's favor order in the early years, clan members of the Han family like him have basically lost the qualification to inherit the title, so they can only go out to make a living by themselves.

Liu Miao became the prefect of Huainan County step by step with his own ability. Although his martial arts skills are mediocre, he is still quite good at managing internal affairs.

However, after all, he is a member of the Han family and has some nostalgia for the Han Dynasty. It is impossible to completely focus on Liu Zheng. Therefore, after Liu Zheng led his troops to Huainan County, he took over the city defense affairs of Huainan County. Responsible for managing the daily life of the people in the city.

Everything in the city, big or small, needs to be done with Liu Zheng.

Regarding this, Liu Miao was naturally able to understand the reasoning behind it, and he didn't refuse, but just doing what he was supposed to do.

After Wenpin took over the city defense affairs, he also took over the original 5000 troops in Huainan County.Barely able to gather an army of nearly 4 in Huainan City, it must be foolproof to have [-] horses guarding Huainan City.

When Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and others' soldiers and horses appeared outside Huainan City, the black crowd surrounded one wall of Huainan City.

Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan didn't expect to fight Liu Zheng's men for a long time here, so they didn't plan to surround the entire Huainan City. Huainan City is close to the Huai River, with three walls and one on the river bank. In fact, even if it is surrounded, only three walls can surrounded.

With the strength of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan, plus the [-] troops of Chen Wang and Liu Chong, there are [-] troops assembled. If we can fight Liu Zheng here for a long time, we will definitely be able to gain some advantages. After all, the Huainan city People dare not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight.

However, in order to cooperate with Lu Zhi, Liu Bei planned to attack Huainan City.

Even if he might not be able to capture Huainan City, he still had to create some movement so that Liu Zheng would know about their attack on Huainan.

However, when Liu Bei and his group appeared under the city of Huainan, they were surprised to see that Liu Zheng had arrived at Huainan directly, as if they had already received the news that they would attack.

Seeing Liu Zheng, an old acquaintance, Liu Bei was obviously surprised.

But before he greeted Liu Zheng on the tower, Liu Zheng on the tower had already greeted Liu Bei first.

"Liu Xuande, what do you want to do by bringing an army of tens of thousands to Huainan City?"

Although everyone knew it well, Liu Zheng reprimanded Liu Bei for bringing people here to attack him without opening his mouth. He also wanted to ponder with Liu Bei to see if he could avoid this battle as much as possible.

After all, what Liu Zheng wanted more was to go north to attack Yuan Shao. If people like Liu Bei could retreat despite difficulties, everyone would be happy. If Liu Bei insisted on attacking Huainan City, then Liu Zheng could only fight.

Hearing Liu Zheng's question, Liu Bei showed a smile on his face.

"Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng, I was ordered by the imperial court to come and suppress the thieves. I will join forces with the general of chariots and cavalry to attack you. Since you are here, let's put it on the table. Now I have joined forces with the general of chariots and cavalry to lead the army. When one hundred thousand people arrive in Huainan, if you are sensible, go out of the city and surrender, otherwise, when you break through the city, your soul will die."

Although Liu Bei is benevolent, he never speaks of benevolence and righteousness to rebels like Liu Zheng. The benevolence and righteousness to others is the cruelty to oneself.

When Liu Zheng heard Liu Bei's words, he smiled lightly. He knew that Liu Bei and the others were not good at coming, but he didn't expect to tear his face so quickly.

Wenpin, who was standing beside Liu Zheng, couldn't listen to Liu Bei's words, and immediately yelled towards the city.

"Bold Liu Bei, the truce agreement we made with us in Qingzhou before, and now less than a year has passed, and you are tearing up the agreement, are you so shameless?"

Wenpin's words were naturally scolded, and the voice was so loud that Liu Bei and the soldiers and horses behind Liu Bei in the city immediately became a little commotion.

But Liu Bei ignored Wenpin's scolding.

He just said to Liu Zheng lightly.

"Liu Zheng, your subordinates are too undisciplined. When we talk, is it his turn to interrupt? Oh, you are all bandits, and it's normal for you not to know etiquette."

Liu Bei first mocked Liu Zheng's people, and then said.

Chapter 685 Guan Yu Siege

"When we had a truce in Qingzhou, although it was a truce, there was no rule that we could not continue to fight. Now I am under the order of the court to wipe out you and other rebels. It is not that I want to fight with you."

People like Liu Bei are old and cunning old foxes, how could their mood be affected by a few words of tongue before the war.

Anyway, Liu Zheng will not have any emotional fluctuations because of this kind of pre-war trash talk.

"Brother Xuande, you and I are also old friends. Last year I helped you quell the disaster of the plague. It has only been a while since you guys came to beat me. Isn't this a bit of a wolf-hearted thing? If you don't know how to repay your kindness, let it go. How could you repay your kindness with revenge?"

Liu Zheng is not in a hurry to attack, he is on the defensive side anyway, and he also wants to procrastinate, to see the reality of people like Liu Bei.

Although he saw from the tower that there were indeed tens of thousands of troops in the vast expanse outside the city, but whether there were hundreds of thousands of troops, Liu Zheng was really not sure.

But if you look at the number of people, even if it is less than one hundred thousand, it is almost the same.

"It's okay not to talk about the plague. Liu Zheng, once you talk about the plague, then I have something to say. This plague was originally infected from you. I haven't told you about it yet. But, later on, you spread your fallacies and heresies in my territory in the name of helping me cure the plague, which is another shameful thing."

"That's why you were the one who made trouble about the plague, and you still want to make use of it!"

When Liu Zheng was spreading the plague, he indeed took a lot of money from Liu Bei and the others. At that time, Liu Bei and the others dared not speak out because only Liu Zheng's people could cure the plague. But now that the plague has passed, Liu Bei and the others don't need it anymore. I continued to be patient.

When talking about the last plague, everyone was a little excited.

"Okay, okay, since you think so, then I know, it's useless to say more, since you are determined to attack, then come and see if your tens of thousands of troops can really fight down I am Huainan City."

While Liu Zheng and Liu Bei were yelling and cursing in front of the city tower, it was the first time that Chen Wang Liu Chong, who was standing outside the city, saw Liu Zheng.

He carefully looked at Liu Zheng on the tower, and there was a look of admiration in his eyes.

Liu Chong had heard of Liu Zheng's name a long time ago, when Liu Chong was still young, when he was only 15 years old, he had heard of Liu Zheng's name in Chen Guoli.

Because at the beginning, when Liu Zheng led tens of thousands of remnants of the Yellow Turban Army to fight against the imperial court in Runan, Chen State was just below Runan, very close to Runan. Chong heard about Liu Zheng's deeds.

At the beginning when he heard Liu Zheng's name and some things about Liu Zheng, Liu Chong only hated Liu Zheng, but when he heard more and more news about Liu Zheng, he became more and more interested in Liu Chong.

Especially when he knew that Liu Zheng had developed from a small Yellow Turban remnant party to a big prince today, who seemed to be a powerful force capable of confronting the imperial court, Liu Chong didn't hate Liu Zheng, but worshiped him.

It is the worship of Liu Zheng as an idol.

"It turns out that Liu Zheng is like this, and he is not as handsome as in the legend. He is just an ordinary person. I thought he had superpowers. Liu Zheng can sweep the world and build a huge foundation. I, Liu Chong, can do the same!"

"Hush, Your Majesty, keep your voice down, this is not our territory, this is Liu Bei's place, so keep your voice down so that they don't overhear you."

Seeing that Liu Chong was so bold, Luo Jun hurriedly reminded him.

Seeing Luo Jun say this, Liu Chong smiled awkwardly and stopped talking, but continued to listen to the conversation between Liu Bei and Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng's disdain for Liu Bei made Liu Bei a little depressed. Although he knew that Liu Zheng must be on guard here, Liu Bei still wanted to try Liu Zheng's strength first.

"Beat the drums and prepare to attack!"

"Yun Chang, I order you to lead an army of [-] to capture Huainan City!"

"The last general takes orders!"

The two sides didn't talk under the city for too long, and Liu Bei soon asked Guan Yu to launch an attack. Although Guan Yu was asked to lead an army of [-] to attack, such an attack was just a tentative attack at first glance.

Liu Bei didn't know much about Huainan's intelligence, but he knew that Huainan itself had less than [-] garrisons.

If there is really only an army of 1 people, it would be an easy task for Liu Bei to win this city, but the sudden appearance of Liu Zheng now makes Liu Bei a little uncertain.

When Liu Zheng arrives here, he will definitely bring some of his own elite, and it will be impossible to treat Huainan City as a defender with less than [-] people.

In order to find out how many defenders there were in the city, Liu Bei withdrew the order of the whole army to attack at the beginning, and asked Guan Yu to test it out first.

An army of 1 was stationed outside the city in batches. Guan Yu led an army of [-]. These [-] troops were Liu Chong, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Bei, each with [-] troops, to attack the city.

"The whole army obeys my orders, go!"