On October 20, the second year of Jian'an, Hua Xin, who was on the mission to Xu Du, also sent good news. With Chen Deng's recommendation and handling, the emperor received Hua Xin solemnly and issued an edict to call Hua Xin as a counselor and participate in the Sikong military. Hua Xin, who was more and more famous, received much better treatment and specifications in Xu Du than Zhang Hong.

Cao Cao answered my proposal at once. Yuzhang and the Central Plains were thousands of miles apart, and I did not threaten the strength of the Central Plains. Cao Cao naturally wanted it. Finally, under Cao Cao's instructions, I was granted the imperial edict by the emperor to be appointed as the new prefect of Yuzhang.

Hua Xin stayed in Xudu and did not come back. From the letter he wrote, he said that the emperor valued him very much and should take it as a reward. Although I was a little disappointed, I was a little happy.

For Hua Xin, at the feet of Emperor Xu Du, he would have a more promising future. There is really limited place for Yu Zhang to provide him with his fists and skills. Moreover, if Hua Xin still stays in Yu Zhang, he will be the real prefect of Yu Zhang. As time goes by, sooner or later, his conflicts with me will become sharper, and it will be better to get together and part with each other in the future.

Besides, if Hua Xin is valued by the court in the future, I will have a relationship in Xudu, which will be more or less useful. I think Hua Xin probably saw this and decided to stay in Xudu.

In the autumn of October of the second year of Jian'an, after General Cao Cao, General Lu Bu, General Lu Bu, General Sun Ce, General of the Ming Han, and General Liu Bei of Yuzhou, we actively responded to the imperial edict of the imperial court to attack Yuan Shu, worshiped the great Han martyrs at the foot of Mount Lu, and vowed to the northern expedition.

With Yuzhang's current situation, sending troops to the Northern Expedition is not the best way. If you really want to send troops, you must at least wait until the rice is collected and the treasury army gathers and trains. However, if you want to win the trust of the court and the support of Cao Cao, it is imperative to attack Yuan Shu, who usurped the throne.

In the dilemma, I could only bluff. On the one hand, I asked Gan Ning to harass Lujiang and Chaohu areas to attract Liu Xun's attention and timely investigate the situation of the war in the Jianghuai River. On the other hand, I asked Cang Ci to intensify the supervision of local food collection and gather troops to prepare for war. I ordered Xu Sheng to train the navy in Pengze, supervise the construction of warships, and pretend to cross the river to confuse Liu Xun.

While I was about to raise troops to fight the north, Musha's condition stopped me. Lu Xun sent an urgent message from Luling not long ago, saying that Musha's condition had been repeated and had not been in water for several days, so he asked me to go to Luling no matter what.

Before Lu Xun's letter, I really didn't expect Musa's illness to be so severe. A few days ago, Musa would have a letter in about three or four days. In addition to encouraging me to work hard and make achievements, the letter also said that Zhang Ji's medicine had been delivered and his condition had improved greatly. I thought Zhang Zhongjing was a famous doctor of the generation and was a master of treating diseases, so I believed it.

When I arrived in Luling and saw Musha, I realized that her condition was heavy. Musha's originally plump and elastic pretty face disappeared, replaced by a thin and heart-wrenching face full of sickness. The original watery and big talking eyes disappeared. Now what was reflected in my eyes were tired, unconscious and blood-filled eyes. What was even more heartbreaking was that when I gently helped Musha's weak sick body, I couldn't feel any weight.

"Have you boiled Doctor Zhang's medicine for the princess?" I roared at the servant who was treated.

"Cough——, cough, don't blame them, it's because I'm not good at it!" Musa opened her eyes weakly and said with all her strength. Her voice was as light as a vague cloud, which made people heartbroken.

"How could this happen?" I avoided Musa and asked Lu Xun.

Lu Xun's young face was full of haggardness. After Musha was seriously ill, the burden of Luling County was pressed on him alone. Although the immigration and military farming matters were assisted by Zheng Hun and others, there were many conflicts between the tribes of Shanyue. Zong Shuai bullied Lu Xun's youngness, and the rebels were unable to be conquered. These all require powerful military means to resolve them.

"Mr. said that the princess's illness has been delayed for a long time. At first, the doctor used the medicine incorrectly. In addition, the princess's body is weak, which has worsened the disease. According to the current situation, it can only be carefully conditioned. If the medicine can be taken on time, it may be delayed through this winter. As long as it can safely survive the winter, a cure may be found." Lu Xun said.

If Zhang Ji had no choice, then there was hope? I was desperate. For ten days, I despaired my servant and accompanied Musha's bed in person. I watched her take medicine, sleep peacefully, and get up. When I was energetic, I would talk to her. I hoped to make up for all the feelings that I owe her. For ten days, I prayed to God every day that I would no longer slaughter anything in my life, but I hope Musha could live well.

In this world, Musa is my wife who sleeps with me and has a blind date. For many days, she has accompanied me through storms and storms, and has never complained about hardship or fatigue. She has devoted all her efforts to my tribe Luling, so that the whole clan was stabbed and only his brother escaped.

If, one day, Musa is gone, what would I do? I don’t know, at this moment, I don’t want to think about it anymore, what kind of monarchy, what kind of achievements, and what kind of Northern Expedition plan.

"Go back quickly, I'm not in the way." Musa saw me staying in front of the bed and ignored everything all day long. Every time he woke up, he urged me to go back. Seeing that I was reluctant to leave, Musa simply closed his eyes and stopped looking at me.

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On the eleventh day, I put the prepared medicinal bowl in front of the bed and prepared to give Musa a meal. But she knocked the medicine bowl to the ground and said to me angrily: "The general is satisfied with the bed all day long. However, a real man is determined to make contributions to the court. How can he achieve great things if he is so entangled with his children?

After saying that, Musha turned sideways towards the inner bed, no matter how I persuaded me, I had no choice but to remind Lu Xun to take good care of Musha, and immediately notify me of any changes, and rushed back to Yuzhang in a hurry.

However, in just over ten days, the situation changed suddenly. At the end of October of the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu lost all the people's hearts after Cao Cao's conquest for Shouchun and left Huainan. Fortunately, the general Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and Changshi Yang Hong led their troops to follow him, and tried their best to block Sun Cecheng Pu's army from Juchao and Yangxian. Later, Cao Cao had no food and retreated, and Yuan Shu regained Shouchun again, and he retained a small foothold on Huai. However, after this battle, the people of Jianghuai fled and the soldiers were scattered. Shu was defeated again, and he was worried and unconscious.

After Yuan Shu lost power, the generals under Shu's subordinates were as strong as Liu Xun, Lei Bo, Chen Lan and others secretly became disinterested and tried to stand up, especially Liu Xun of Lujiang. Lujiang County was connected to the Yangtze River in the west and the Yangtze River in the south. When Yuan Shu and Cao Cao and Sun Ce fought fiercely, the remaining soldiers of the people followed him without any war. Liu Xun took the opportunity to annex the small forces, with tens of thousands of armored forces.

Looking at the Jianghuai power, after Cao Cao withdrew his troops, the opportunity for our army to expedition in the Northern Expedition had been lost. My direct threat was Liu Xun, whose strength had been greatly expanded.

After Liu Xun learned that I had vowed to attack the enemy, Sun Ce sent someone to bring jewelry and Ge Yue bribed Xun. He told him: Yuzhang County is rich and prosperous, Gao Chong was arrogant and bullied the noble county. Ce wanted to attack him and was inconvenient. He wanted to attack him and asked him to send troops to serve as foreign aid. When Liu Xun saw that Sun Ce and other people surrendered to him, he was so happy that he was determined to go south.

In the winter of November 2nd year of Jian'an, Liu Xun personally led an army of 20,000, and more than a hundred warships set out from Wancheng and came along the river to Pengze. When Gan Ning rushed to deliver this news, Liu Xun's army was already on the way.

However, I was saddened by Musa's condition, but I neglected Liu Xun's actions. At this time, the defenders defending Yuzhang, except for Taishici, Shiyinshan, Zhu Huan's troops had 3,000 troops and 800 Xusheng's naval troops at Pengzekou, the rest were scattered in Shangliao, Haihun, Chaisang and other places to assist the military and civilians in collecting grain. It was difficult to gather in a short period of time.

On November 3, Liu Xun, who was stationed in Lujiang, took advantage of the opportunity of the river drying up and crossing, led an army of 30,000 along the Hulin and Shicheng, and landed on the shore at Hukou. Then he quietly bypassed Pengze and took Shangliao, trying to seize the city in one go and cut off the connection between the north and south of Yuzhang.

Faced with the sudden enemy, the people in Yuzhang were much stronger than I thought. In the past two years, the measures I implemented in Yuzhang for military farming and people were finally effective at this critical moment. At the call to defend their homes, they quickly transferred the harvested rice to the city under the organization of local officials, while the rest that were not in time were hidden by farmers; on the other hand, the young and strong troops put down their sickles and held their weapons again. While relying on the city wall, they also waited for an opportunity to harass Liu Xun's rear with small troops.

On November 4, Xu Sheng led more than ten warships to attack Hukou and shot more than a thousand Liu Xun's subordinates. On seven days, Liu Xun's army surrounded the sea and ordered Shu Zhongying to gather more than a thousand soldiers and civilians to defend the city. Liu Xun's army attacked for three days without defeat. Facing the military and civilians of Yuzhang who had already cleared the strong walls, Liu Xun looted along the way but gained nothing. He was angry and even more worried about the danger of being attacked in the rear of Wancheng, he went deep into the hinterland of Yuzhang and rushed upwards.

On November 10th, the sky was in the middle of the city, and Liu Xun broke the sea and hid his siege, and ordered his younger brother Liu Kai to lead five thousand infantrymen to approach Shangliao City.

These ten days are crucial to me. The order for emergency recruitment was spread to various places with the running horses. Reinforcements from Yuzhang, Fanyang, Chaisang and other places gathered towards Shangliao. When Liu and the vanguard arrived, our army had already had 3,000 regular soldiers in Shangliao City. Although the number was not large, a considerable number of these people were veterans returning from Jingnan and had strong combat power. In addition, I also selected 5,000 young and strong men from Shangliao's military farming people to help guard the city walls.

On the morning, I took advantage of the opportunity when Liu Kai was not yet stable and Liu Xun's army had not reached, and decided to lead the soldiers out of the city to invite the battle. With the sound of three drums, under the banner of General Huwei, the prefect of Yuzhang, I was wearing white robe and silver armor, holding a long scepter, and crossing the horse-side array. On my right head was Liu Ye and Xu Shu on the left head. When I looked at the flags and banners on the city, the soldiers were excited and excited a hundred times.

"Gao Chong is here, who dares to fight!" I shouted loudly, and the flames of the war horses were as if they were in line with me, and they were neighing.

On the other side, Liu Xiejun saw that the defenders were in line with swords and guns, and the cold light shone, and his morale had already fallen by three points. After a while, he saw a general rushing out of the enemy's back, slammed the horse, raised his sword and shouted: "Don't be arrogant, please wait for Liu Xie to come and capture you."

Liu Kai had never encountered a battle formation on the way, and was arrogant and arrogant. When he saw me challenged me, he rode his horse to meet him. He had only one round of interlaced. I used a long wreck to drive the enemy's blade and stabbed Liu Kai under the horse with a swing. The soldiers there saw that the commander was killed, and suddenly became in chaos. Xu Shu and Liu Ye could see clearly in the back formation and waved the pursuit order under the flag. This pursuit took several miles before he could stop, and snatch countless weapons.

This victory was really easy. When everyone saw it, I attacked and killed the enemy generals, which greatly encouraged everyone's fighting spirit. In the first battle, the soldiers were all excited and surrounded the fire and told each other that who had captured more spoils. Liu Ye and Xu Shu did not have such a good mood. Liu Kai was just the vanguard. Hearing that Liu Kai was defeated, Liu Xun decided to take revenge. Thirty thousand enemy troops arrived at the city in a blink of an eye, and the more intense battle was still behind.

Xu Shu clicked on the map and stroked his beard and said, "Don't worry about the favored commander. Although Shangliao is small, the city is strong and the pond is deep, and it is easy to attack and defend. It cannot be carried out in just a few days. The enemy attacks for a long time, and the wilderness is gained. The food route is cut off. In this way, the troops will be distracted and the generals will be tired. When the enemy and us are in power at that time, it will be easier."

I frowned and said, "Yuan Zhi knew one thing but not the other. In my eyes, Liu Xun and others were just jumping. It took a moment to break it. What I was thinking about was Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. Now Liu Xun had his troops to take Yuzhang. Wancheng was empty and unguarded. If Sun Ce was in a dark support and waiting for attack, Wancheng would be owned by Sun Ce. Sun Bofu originally brought the five counties of Jiangdong. If Xun was combined again, it would be unstoppable."

"Since Wancheng is empty, our army can send troops to take it first." Gu Yong pondered.

I smiled bitterly and said, "I have this intention. Naiyuzhang has few soldiers and weak strength. It is not easy to defeat Liu Xun alone. Why should we divide the troops to attack Wancheng?"

Gu Yong looked grim and bowed to me, "Looking at the momentum of Jiangdong, if Wancheng returns to Sun Ce, our generals will be like birds in a cage, and Yong is not talented, so he is willing to lead an army to defend Shangliao. The favorite general can lead elite troops to attack Wancheng lightly. In this way, he can cut off Liu Xun's road to advance and surrender to the enemy, and retreat without anywhere; he can seize the Lujiang area and expand our army's power in Jiangbei."

I said, "What Mr. Gu said is reasonable, but the enemy is aggressive and our army is weak. What if..."

Gu Yong had a confident smile on his face and said, "I came before, and there were only 500 soldiers in Yuzhang City. I still guarded like a rock. Now Shangliao is like this."

Seeing that Gu Yong was so confident, I felt relieved and said, "I and Yuanzhi and Ziyang went north. I don't know when they will be able to return. I think that Liu Xun is not comparable to those of Feizhan. Shang Liao is Yuzhang's throat. He is not a general with both wisdom and courage. Unless he is wise and brave, he cannot take on this important task. Gu Gong defended the city alone and was weak. I sent Xiu Mu to help him again. In this way, he would have no worries."
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