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After Li Mu sent out the military report, he discussed with Tai Shici which route Yuan Shu would take if he fled northward.It's just that Tai Shici has a straightforward personality, she didn't say that she wanted Zhou Yu to let Yuan Shu go on purpose, she only said that if he escaped, their 5000 troops would be able to stop him anyway.

As for sending people to Qingzhou directly after being stopped, Li Mu even thought of an incomparable excuse: "When I was seriously ill in the past, if Yuan Shu hadn't taken care of me and extended the doctor's treatment, my life would not have lasted long. I have worked hard, but the battle will not last long after all, if I can send him north to Qingzhou to join Yuan Shao this time, it will be regarded as a repayment for the past, and I have no regrets."

Tai Shici didn't know that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would have a protracted, life-and-death battle at Guandu in the future, so he didn't understand Li Mu's intention to send Yuan Shu to Yuan Shao's formation.Moreover, this involves future changes in the situation, and it is impossible for Li Mu to explain everything to him in a gesture of divine calculation.

Therefore, with "if" on the left and "if" on the right, Tai Shici was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement with her plan, and sent more scouts in the direction of Shouchun to inquire along the Huai River.

Unexpectedly, before the results of the investigation came out, and before Liu Bei came to reward the army, Li Mu saw Zhao Yun again.

This morning, she was watching Tai Shici perform a soldier exercise, and the Yuanmen Primary School rushed to report to Zhao Yun asking to see him.The command flag in Tai Shici's hand paused, and he turned his head and exchanged glances with Li Mu.

Li Mu thought that this resolute and stubborn man had finally figured it out, and he was overjoyed in his heart. He raised his eyebrows at Tai Shici, and before he could ask carefully, he raised his hand and ordered him to be invited into the tent immediately.

However, when she returned to the tent, she was startled when she saw Zhao Yun brought by the school principal.

Only a few days later, when the young general in fresh clothes and angry horse left, his body was covered in blood again, his hair and crown were all loose, and as he walked, there was a strong smell of blood, which made people's heart palpitate.Li Muyuan stood at the tent door to greet each other, and when he saw this, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized that Zhao Yun came again, probably because he had figured out how to abandon Liu.

Sure enough, when he saw Li Mu, Zhao Yun bowed his knees regardless of his military attire, "I implore you to send troops quickly to rescue Duke Xuande!"

"Oh?" Li Mu's face darkened, he gritted his teeth and scolded Liu Bei in his heart, but he still stretched out his hand to help him up, "Please, General Zhao, what happened to Duke Xuande?"

Zhao Yun knew that he was covered in blood, and he didn't want to get Li Mu's hands dirty. After hearing the words, he stood up neatly after bowing, took a step back and cupped his hands at Li Mu: "Cao Cao led his troops to attack Pei County last night, and Duke Xuande retreated to Xiapi. However, Cao's army is so powerful that it may be difficult to resist under siege."

"Cao Cao arrived so fast?" Li Mu couldn't help being surprised.

Two days ago, according to the original plan, she stationed troops in the north of Guangling with great fanfare. When Liu Bei came to reward the army, she did receive that Cao Cao sent [-] troops all the way south under the banner of Emperor Han to defeat the ministers, and took Shou Spring news.I was worried that Zhou Yu would be taken advantage of by Cao Cao in the stalemate with Yuan Shu in Shouchun, so I was in a hurry to send another letter to Shouchun, but Tai Shici estimated the speed of the [-] soldiers and horses. Before Shouchun, Zhou Yu had already detected Cao Cao's troops and made arrangements in advance.On the contrary, their messengers were very likely to bump into Cao Jun's forward and leak the news that Zhou Yu was already in Shouchun, so they gave up.

But Cao Cao did not know that Zhou Yu had captured Shouchun, but when the army swung in, he himself ordered thousands of elite soldiers to attack day and night from the small road, and came to Xuzhou.

Liu Bei was killed by this elite army without any power to fight back. He fled from Xiaopei to Xiapi in a hurry, and was besieged in the city again.

When Sun Ce handed over Xiapi City to Cao Cao in the past, he took away most of the stored grain, leaving only a few to distribute directly to the people in the city. When Liu Bei first arrived in Xuzhou, he had hoped that the autumn harvest in a few months would be able to honor his offer. The rations promised during the soldiers and horses are being surrounded at this time, so where can the surplus rations come from to support them?

Before Zhao Yun broke through the siege, Liu Bei's newly recruited mob in the military camp in the city had mutinied twice.He kept going all the way, not resting for a moment, just worried that he would be one step too late.

Originally, Liu Bei chose the right time to attack Xuzhou. With the defeat of Gongsun Zan, the friction between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao deepened day by day, and Yuan Shu had the arrogance. Even if Cao Cao sent troops, he would definitely attack Yuan Shu first.

He knew that Xuzhou was a battleground for military strategists, so he didn't plan to stay in Xuzhou for a long time. He just wanted to wait until this autumn when Cao Cao and Yuan Shu fought. Dedicated to Yuan Shao.

In his view, although Cao Cao is terrifying, he is far inferior to Yuan Shao's power. The accumulation of four generations and three princes obviously has a better chance of winning.And Xuzhou's military rations are his confidence to stand upright in front of Yuan Shao.

It never occurred to him that in Cao Cao's eyes, Liu Bei was more annoying than Yuan Shu.It is like a nail in the bone, a thorn in the flesh, if it is not removed early, pus will fester.

"My lord, please send troops to rescue!" Zhao Yun said briefly, telling the story of what happened to Liu Bei from Xiaopei to Xiapi City.When he left Xiapi, Liu Bei told him not to speak out about Cao Jun's sharpness, lest Li Mu feel fear and turn back to Jiangdong with his hands.

However, Zhao Yun knew that Li Mushi and Zhou Yu were hiding each other's lies, and it was impossible to turn back, and he was even more unwilling to lie to her so that she could miscalculate the situation and lose troops for nothing. He could only plead with his best. That's it for the death battle in Xiapi.

"Order the whole army to prepare for war, and ask General Taishi and General Zhang to discuss the military situation!"

Raising his voice to send an order, Li Mu felt uncertain when he saw Zhao Yun's tense figure loosen slightly.

It is impossible for her to fight Cao Cao right now. Cao Cao's marching speed is so fast, and Zhao Yun said that the sharp cavalry in the night attack made her immediately think of the famous tiger and leopard cavalry in history.Not to mention that she didn't want to waste troops and horses for Liu Bei, even if she really wanted to save Liu Bei, Jiangdong was good at water warfare, and the only cavalry composed of Liangzhou iron cavalry was led by Zhang Liao and Zhou Yu took him to Shouchun , Why did she rescue Liu Bei from the tiger and leopard rider?

However, she sent troops across the river with Liu Bei's affection. If she sees death and does not save her, who will dare to form an alliance with her in the future?

And if you want to wait until Shouchun's news is sent back, it will take at least three days, and that is still the case that you have not met Cao Junfeng.It's really a dilemma.

It wasn't until this time that Li Mu suddenly realized that Cao Cao had Guo Jia and Jia Xu, and Liu Bei also had Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, but there are many talented people in Jiangdong who can manage the people's livelihood in cities and counties, but they can really follow the army and formulate tactics. There was none!

Only Zhou Yu... is both a conspiracy and a general...

In my impression, there should be a phoenix young Pang Tong in Soochow who later joined Liu Bei to compete with Wolong?Not knowing where this Pang Tong is now, Li Mu secretly planned to inquire about this person after returning to Wu County, and then bring Sun Shao to visit with him, so that no one can go to Liu Bei's place again.

While he was thinking wildly, Gao Shun had already arrived outside the tent.

"Just now the scouts came to report that there is a fleet coming from the upper reaches of the Huai River, but there is no draft when flying the merchant flag. Brother Zi Yi has already led his troops to go. Before leaving, I asked me to tell you son, but I am going to send an order for the whole army to go north."

Gao Shun obviously didn't understand the meaning conveyed by Tai Shici's words, and he couldn't imagine what was so special about that fleet. Even if the merchant flags were fake, what did it have to do with them?

However, Li Mu realized it all at once—they really intercepted Yuan Shu!

Calculating the time, the military report she sent to Zhou Yu should have arrived not long ago, and Yuan Shu had already arrived near Guangling, so he should have left Shouchun earlier than her military report.

Either Zhou Yu and her wanted to go together and let Yuan Shu escape early, or Yuan Shu abandoned the city without a fight when Zhou Yu's troops approached the city.

No matter which one it is, for Li Mu, it is the best news that can't be better.With the coach gone in Shouchun City, Zhou Yu's battle there will definitely be more effective, and now that Yuan Shu is in Guangling, it is tantamount to a bargaining chip falling from the sky to negotiate with Cao Cao on her head.Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he wished he could go to Huaishui to express his excitement to this comrade who wanted to be an emperor.

What a godsend fluke!

"My lord, if you send troops to the north to rescue Liu Bei, I think it's inappropriate." Gao Shun saw that Li Mu's eyes were getting brighter and his brows were full of excitement, and he bowed respectfully without looking sideways. , as if they didn't see Zhao Yun standing in the tent at all.

He didn't know what Taishi Ciyan meant, but he had heard outside the account that Zhao Yun had come to rescue Liu Bei, and he had already had a preliminary plan in his heart along the way.

Although he had never seen Zhao Yun staying overnight in the camp before, he had also heard about Li Mu's intention to keep him, but it was also because of this that he did not want Li Mu to sacrifice many soldiers just for the sake of one person. life.If this is the case, how is it different from Liu Bei who used to go outside the city to capture him alive and sacrificed his troops?

"If it's for fame, Cao Cao coerced the emperor to come here to be famous. Fighting Cao's army will inevitably bear the reputation of violating the imperial order. If it's for profit, you don't want to stay in Xuzhou. Why do you want to send troops at this time?"

As soon as Li Mu heard these words, he knew that they were not from Gao Shun's own thoughts.Whether it is Tai Shici or Gao Shun, they are upright and upright gentlemen who even use tactics on the battlefield in an upright manner. They never imagined such a strategy of waiting for Liu Bei and Cao Cao to lose both sides before sending troops to reap the benefits, let alone It may be so cryptic to say this.

However, since Zhao Yun was by her side, it was not easy for her to ask more questions.

Zhao Yun lowered his eyes and remained silent, waiting for Li Mu to decide whether to send troops or not, as if he had never heard what Gao Shun said.