The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

However, it was said that the generals of Wu Jing had Sun Ce as the main leader, so on this day, Sun Ce set up a mourning hall in the prefecture to pay tribute to Sun Jian.

It was a cloudy day with dense dark clouds, and the whole city became very dark and gloomy. The wind was howling. Although it was spring, the wind was quite cold.

The various colors of pine, cypress and fruit trees in the state capital looked more and more emerald green in this gloomy weather. In the late spring season, hundreds of flowers are blooming, and in the courtyard of the state capital, the flowers and plants are lush, and the flowers of various colors are in full bloom. The fragrance of the flowers is in the wind, blowing everywhere. The moment was full of grief and depression.

Looking around, the entire state capital, from outside the gate to the courtyard of the state capital, and then to the main hall of the state capital, looked white.

Wu Jing and Sun Ben were the leaders, followed by Zhu Zhi, Sun He, and others. Those with high status stood in the hall, and those with low status bowed down in the courtyard. Nearly a hundred people bowed down in the entire hall and courtyard. These are all the middle and high-ranking officers in Sun Jian's department who are currently in Pingyu, as well as civil servants and counselors. Except for Cheng Pu and others who are still leading troops, the rest are here.

As Sun Jian's wives and sons, Mrs. Wu and the brothers Sun Quan and Sun Yi thanked Wu Jing and Zhu Zhi.

Sun Ce was wearing burlap and filial piety, and stood in the hall.

He stepped forward to help Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi and others up, and then looked back on the hall.

Although there was a coffin in the hall, there was no body of Sun Jian in the coffin.

Thinking that Sun Jian's body was still in Lu Bu's hands, Sun Ce couldn't help feeling sad.

While the brothers Sun Quan and Sun Yi were crying bitterly, Sun Ce held the corner of the coffin with one hand and pressed it on his chest with the other.

The grief in his chest was not relieved in the slightest. Although he knew that he was still very young, he would probably be despised by the enemies. Lu Bu and Yuan Shu in the south, Zhang Miao and Cao Cao in the north, all of whom have been famous for a long time. , a famous hero in the world, but Sun Ce didn't have the slightest fear at this time, all he wanted was to avenge his father Sun Jian.

Recalling that his father fought for the country all his life, just one night before Zhang Miao and Lu Bu invaded Yuzhou, in the room, their father and son had a whole night of conversations, and that night his father's amiable expression seemed to be still there. In front of him, and now his father has passed away. The ambitions that his father had told him that night, his father would never be able to accomplish.

While recalling his father's majestic appearance and lofty ambitions, Sun Jian recalled his father's love, care and guidance for him.

He couldn't help but open his mouth, and with a "wow", he spat out another mouthful of blood.

The blood was sprinkled on the coffin. The coffin was black, and the blood was red, which was eye-catching.

Sun He hurried forward and supported Sun Ce.

Sun Ce pushed Sun He away with one hand, stood up, straightened his waist, and faced Wu Jing and the others. He said in a sorrowful tone, "In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans were in chaos, causing chaos in the sea, and my father was in Xiapi County. Cheng, Zhu Gong, the right middle general, was ordered to join the chariot general, Huangfu Gong, to attack the Yellow Turban thief Bocai.

"In the face of the national crisis, my father did not refuse, knowing the danger and taking over the post without hesitation, so he left my mother and my brothers in Shouchun, Jiujiang, and recruited thousands of troops in Huaisi, from Duke Zhu, and marched into Ying and Rujian. When I was in Xihua County, my father lost the battle a little, was injured and fell off his horse and lay in the grass. The soldiers in the army did not know where my father was. Fortunately, the horse my father was riding, galloped back to the camp, stepped on the ground and screamed. Followed his horse, and even found my father in the grass. My father was still in camp for more than ten days, and the wounds were only small, and before he healed, my father fought again. Yes, the state is also.

"Break out Bocai first, the people of Yuzhou have settled down, attack Nanyang from the south of Duke Zhu, and then attack Wancheng. My father leads the army to fight and fights on his own, taking arrows and stones, and taking the lead in ascending the city, followed by the troops, and then pulls Wan County! As for the merits of the county, my father was the first, and Duke Zhu reported my father's deeds to the imperial court, and my father was relocated to the post of Sima by the imperial court's will.

"Afterwards, Bian Zhang and Han Sui were in chaos in Liangzhou. Zhonglang's general Dong Zhuo was ordered to go to defend it, but it didn't work. In the third year of Zhongping, Sikong Zhang Wen was worshipped by the court as a general of driving and cavalry. The battle of Zhang. Zhang Wen asked my father to join the military, and my father's counselor had meritorious service in the military. Because of the name of the dynasty, he moved to pay his respects to Yilang.

"In the fourth year of Zhongping, Changsha Ouxing rebelled, called himself a general, gathered thousands of people, and attacked and besieged cities and towns. My father was ordered to be the prefect of Changsha and went to destroy them. As for the task, give it to the king and others. As for the thieves, give it to the prefect. My father led the soldiers and planned a strategy, but within ten months, he would destroy Ou Xing and shake Changsha! There were also traitors in Lingling and Guiyang. My Han family rules, there is no edict, and 2,000 stones cannot go out of the territory. However, for the sake of the country, my father dares to take responsibility. The officials in Lingling and Guiyang asked me for help. This is to protect the people of my Han family. If I am guilty of this, I will not be ashamed of the world.' The thieves of Lingling and Guiyang, heard my father's future, and fled when they heard the wind. The court reviewed my father's military exploits before and after, and worshipped my father as the Marquis of Wucheng.

"In the sixth year of Zhongping, the general He Jin was murdered by the eunuch, and Dong Zhuo arbitrarily abolished and took over the power of the court. He was domineering and reckless in Beijing. In the past, when my father asked Bian Zhang and Han Sui from Zhang Wen, he saw Dong Zhuo's remarks. , once suggested to Zhang Wen that he could be killed according to military law, but Zhang Wen refused to follow him, and at this time, Dong Zhuo was in chaos in the court! My father heard this and sighed deeply: 'If Zhang Wen listened to me that day, the court today How could there be such a catastrophe?' All the prefectures and counties in the world raised troops to fight against Dong. My father also resolutely raised troops in Changsha, and then went north to Henan and Yan to participate in the fight against Dong. At that time, the generals of Dong were attacked, led by Yuan Benchu ​​and Zhang Mengzhuo, and many others. The soldiers were stationed in Suanzao, and the day was high for a banquet, and that was all. They were all afraid of Dong Zhuo's lewd power and did not dare to fight. Only my father and Xun Xuzhou fought bravely. In the end, Luoyang was recaptured! Later, because of Xun Xuzhou's recommendation, The court worshipped my father as the prefect of Yuzhou.

"Master! My father's past battles were followed by many of them. These illustrious military exploits, my father's loyalty to the country, I don't need to say more, my father knows better than me!

"Since I was appointed as the prefect of Yuzhou until now, my father was in the territory, and he respected scholars and officials, recruited refugees, and comforted the people. The scholars and people of Yuzhou all praised my father. I have seen this with my own eyes!

"But that Lu Bu, the adopted son of Ben Dingyuan, recognized Dong Zhuo as his adopted father, killed Ding Yuan, and then killed Dong Zhuo for his own power and interests, so he made chaos in Chang'an and rushed east. Because of his arrogance and arrogance, he was not tolerated at the beginning, so he returned to Nanyang Yuan Highway, and Yuan Highway made it to run into our Runan. Lv Bu slaughtered the people in Runan, bullied the scholars, and caused the people's resentment to boil. My father several times Blame him, not only did he not repent, but he also committed a crime against me in Yingchuan. My father couldn't bear it, so he personally led his troops to fight in Yan County, and the victory was imminent. The father was actually harmed by him, and he died tragically under the arrows in the forest!

"I still remember that after I was appointed as the prefect of Yuzhou, you and others all came to congratulate you, but my father was not happy but worried. I asked my father that night: 'I am now in charge of Yuzhou, why are you not happy?' My father said to me: 'The Lord worries about the humiliation of the ministers, the Lord humiliates the ministers to death'. In the dark of the night, he looked westward at Chang'an and said to me, 'Now the emperor is covered with dust and the traitors are rampant, since I am a Han minister, then The Son of Heaven should be rescued as soon as possible, and the Son of Heaven is still in Luoyang, that's how'!"

Having said this, Sun Ce closed his eyes and turned his face upwards. He took a few deep breaths, lowered his head, opened his eyes, looked at his master again, full of grief and anger, and continued, "But because of Lu Bu's repeated Cunning and shameless, my father's intention to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country has not been fulfilled, and now he is serving the country with his own body! Lords! As Han officials, it would be disloyal to not kill Lü Bu, a traitor who disturbed our Han family and the world; As a son of man, to not avenge my father is to be unfilial. Although I am young and have no talent or virtue, I am unwilling and unwilling to be a person who is unfaithful and unfilial."

Having said this, he drew out the sword in his waist, pointed it diagonally forward, and said sternly, "If you don't take revenge on your father, you won't be a son of man; if you don't get rid of traitors, you won't be a minister. I swear to kill Lu Bu! To avenge my father, for National extermination!"

Zhu Zhi, Wu Jing and others have followed Sun Jian for many years. As Sun Ce said, they are very clear about Sun Jian's past experience. Sun Jian's past experience is indeed like this. When listening to Sun Ce, Wu Jing and others also remembered what Sun Jian had told them several times before about the ambition to first conquer Nanyang, then Jingzhou, and lead everyone back to their hometown. more than.

Hearing Sun Ce's remarks, all the generals raised their arms and shouted in unison, "If you don't take revenge for Duke Ming, you will be an embarrassing minister! I swear to kill Lu Bu's son!"

Not only Wu Jing and the others in the hall were shouting, but the officials and generals in the courtyard also followed suit after hearing the voices of everyone in the hall, shouting in the same way.

This loud shout broke through the state palace compound and went straight to the sky. The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be stunned by this sad and generous cry. In the sky in the east, there was a sudden muffled thunder, and then the spring thunder rolled, and the heavy rain fell down.

After paying homage to Sun Jian, that night, Sun Ce invited Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi and others to discuss the matter together and discuss the countermeasures below.

Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi and others flocked to the place.

After everyone arrived, they took their seats first and second.

I saw more than a dozen people in the hall, and all of them had red and swollen eyes, swollen like a peach, because during the day the cries were very loud, and most of the people's voices were hoarse.

Wu Jing, after Zhu Zhi was seated, he comforted Sun Ce first.

Sun Ce said: "I know what your grandfather is thinking, but now, there is no need to say these words. The best way to soothe my father's spirit in the sky is as clear to me as I think, that is to kill Lv Bu as soon as possible. My father's revenge!

"Cheng Gong made several urgent reports in the past two days. Lü Bu divided his troops into two routes, one routed Zhang Liao to attack Yangzhai, and the other routed him personally and led him to the foot of Zhaoling City. The attack on the city was very urgent, and the attack continued day and night. If it is lost, then the Zhaoling is far from my Pingyu, but it is only a hundred miles away, and my Pingyu will be in danger! How should I deal with the following, and what good strategies do you have? Please tell me!"

Zhaoling is located at the border of Runan and Yingchuan. From Zhaoling to the northeast, a hundred miles ahead is Pingyu. There is basically no obstacle between Zhaoling and Pingyu, and the horse is flat. That is to say, Zhaoling was the last line of defense against the advance of Lu Bu's army, and the situation was indeed very critical.

Zhu Zhi was the first to speak, got up and said, "Ming Gong, now it seems that Yingchuan can't take care of it for the time being, and the most urgent task is that we need to keep the peace first.

After you have stabilized your position, you can then seek to restore Yingchuan. "

Sun Ce listened, agreed with him, and said, "What the lord said is very true, but how can Pingyu keep it?... Lv Bu's offensive is very fierce, how can he stop his troops? Does the lord have any good strategies?"

Wu Jing got up and said: "What Jun Li said is very right, the most urgent task now is to first ensure that the northern part of Runan and the Chen and Liang countries are not lost, but the current plan, in my opinion, has no good plan, only One way is to gather troops and horses to go to Zhaoling to support Duke Cheng, and make sure to treat Lu Bu as outside the city of Zhaoling."

After Sun Ce listened to it, he was noncommittal. He didn't express his opinion first, but asked the people below, "What do you think?"

At this time, one person stood up, and everyone saw that it was Sun Ce's hero, Wei Teng.

Wei Teng said: "From Teng's point of view, there is no danger between Pingyu and Zhaoling. If you want to block Lu Bu, the best way now is to stick to Zhaoling City. Other than that, there seems to be no other way. ."

Zhu Zhi said: "In the opinion of the following officials, in addition to protecting Zhaoling City, I think Yuan Shu will send troops to support Lv Bu, and if Yuan Shu sends troops, then he may enter our Ru Nan from Ru Nan. In the southern territory, that is to say, attack my Pingyu from the south of my Pingyu, so I must leave enough troops and horses for defense here."

Wu Jing interrupted and said, "I don't know if Xun Xuzhou has received the urgent report sent to Xun Xuzhou now! I wonder when Xun Xuzhou will have a palindrome?"

Sun Ce said, "Kong De has been away for a few days after receiving my letter. I think Duke Xun will be able to receive my letter soon."

Wu Jing said, "But expecting troops from Xuzhou to arrive in a short period of time should not be possible." He paused and made a suggestion to Sun Ce, saying, "But in Ruyin, Li Tong is not currently stationed there. , Xun Min's department? I thought, we can pass the letter to Li Tong and Xun Min, and ask them to quickly lead troops to my Pingyu and help our army!"

"Pass the letter to Li Tong and Xun Yin?"

"Yeah, after all, our army has a limited number of troops and horses, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist the attack of Lu Bu and Yuan Shu."

Everyone, you said something to me, and there was a lot of discussion.

Sun Ce listened to them a lot and heard their overall opinions. There are only two countermeasures, namely: first, guard the Zhaoling; second, guard the peace. Seeing that everyone had no other opinion, Sun Ce stood up.

When everyone saw Sun Ce get up, they all stopped talking, and all turned their attention to him, waiting for him to speak and make a decision.

Sun Ce pondered for a moment, and did not say what he thought, but said: "In addition to what the public has just said, there is one more thing that you may not have thought of, and that is our soldiers and horses in Hanoi, and now I am afraid we have to take them They're all back."

In the northern part of Yingchuan in Hanoi, if Yingchuan falls, the troops in Hanoi will become a lonely army and cannot be kept. The best way is to take advantage of the fact that Yingchuan has not been captured by Zhang Liao. Occupy, immediately redeploy the garrison in Hanoi.

——This is equivalent to temporarily throwing away the turf in Hanoi that Sun Quan had built with great difficulty.

After everyone heard it, although they felt reluctant to give up, they all felt that Sun Ce's opinion was quite right, so they all agreed.

Sun Ce said: "Then I will send a message to Hanoi tomorrow, and dispatch the troops from Hanoi to come back immediately. Let them go to Yingchuan first and see if they can block Zhang Liao's troops. If they can't, go directly to Zhaoling from Yingchuan and join forces with Duke Cheng. Here, defend against Lu Bu."

Wu Jing asked, "What about Pingyu's side? Are we going to spread the word tomorrow and ask Li Tong and Xun Min to lead troops to help?"

Sun Ce said, "On Pingyu's side, there is no need for Li Tong and Xun Min to come and help."

Wu Jing and others were puzzled by Sun Ce's meaning, Wu Jing asked, "Sun Lang, what do you mean by that?"

Sun Ce looked at everyone and said, "Now we are facing Zhang Miao in the north, Lü Bu in the southwest, and there is a high possibility that Yuan Shu's troops will arrive soon in the south. With Chen and Liang, it is only three hundred miles from north to south and more than one hundred miles from east to west. Within such a narrow area, relying only on pure defense will definitely not be able to stop these three enemies. Therefore, I just said that guarding Zhaoling and Pingyu in order to solve the immediate danger, I thought that this method could not be adopted. ——It is necessary to guard Zhaoling, but Pingyu is not acceptable. "

Wu Jing and others were even more puzzled. Wu Jing asked, "Don't keep the peace? What do you mean, Sun Lang? Retreat to Chen and Liang?"

Sun Ce said, "Of course it's even more impossible."

Looking forward to everyone, he looked resolute, and said, "I have made up my mind, I will do my best to make peace with everyone, and attack the south to attack and praise!"

The letter of commendation, as mentioned above, was Lü Bu's stronghold. Lv Bu's family and his generals, as well as the families of many soldiers, are now complimenting him. When Sun Jian fought against Lü Bu in Yanxian before, in order to shake Lü Bu's military heart, he used "the letter of praise has been shot down by the Jian army" as a rumor. But Sun Ce didn't know about the trick that Sun Jian used in Yan County, but he really had no children. The father and son thought of going together, and both saw that "a letter of praise is Lu Bu's greatest weakness."

But after Sun Ce's opinion came out, Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi and others all changed their expressions greatly, and they were all surprised.

Wu Jing was shocked and said: "Sun Lang, attack the letter of praise? This, this, this is too dangerous!"

Sun Ce said: "It may be difficult to get the commendation just because I attacked and attacked with troops and horses all the way, but as Gong Shicai said, Li Tong and Xun Min are now stationed in Ruyin. I think we can still win it! As long as the praise letter can be won, it means that we have taken over Lu Bu's old nest. Lu Bu will definitely abandon Zhaoling and rush to take back the praise letter when he hears that the praise letter has been captured by us. The siege will be solved naturally, and on his way back to the army to praise the letter, our army can set up an ambush again, find a way to beat him once, as long as we can defeat him again, then the danger of my Runan will be solved this time. Half way there.

"As for the other half of Runan's danger, of course it is Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu sent troops from Nanyang, after all, the area of ​​the letter of praise, if our army can catch the letter of praise before Yuan Shu's troops enter the southern part of Runan, then rely on The letter of praise can also block the troops and horses of Yuan Road. In this way, the danger to the entire northern part of Runan can be resolved."

Thinking about it carefully, Sun Ce's analysis is quite reasonable, but his strategy is indeed quite dangerous.

Wu Jing said: "Sun Lang, although it is said that way, but if this plan of yours can't be successful, if you can't win the praise, then we're afraid that we will have no way to retreat, even Pingyu and Zhaoling. It's all going to be lost!"

Sun Ce's young and handsome face showed a firm look. His eyes were bright and his tone was firm. He said, "When you face this danger, you should take a risk!" Gu Guantang asked, "Apart from this plan, you can Are there any other good strategies to solve my current danger in Runan?"

Everyone has no other way.

"Since this is the case, are you willing to use my strategy to win at risk?"

Wu Jing and others pondered without saying a word, and Sun He took the lead to get up and said, "He is willing to be the pioneer of Duke Ming, and to praise Duke Ming of Puck!"

Wu Jing and others hesitated.

At this time, a person emerged from the back of the lobby. This person is a woman, but she is the wife of Sun Jian and the mother of Sun Ce, Mrs. Wu.

Mrs. Wu is Wu Jing's older sister, and the two still look alike.

Seeing Mrs. Wu coming out, Wu Jing and others hurriedly bowed down and bowed.

Sun Ce asked Mrs. Wu to take a seat, but Mrs. Wu did not sit.

She stood in front of Sun Ce, looked at Wu Jing and others, and said loudly: "When a man encounters a dangerous moment, he should make a decision in one word. How can he look forward to the future, mother-in-law and mother? I like the way to solve the crisis. My wife also agrees with this policy. How can you be so cowardly and fearful, you are not as good as me?"

With Mrs. Wu coming out to stand for Sun Ce, Wu Jing and the others no longer expressed any objection, and they all bowed down and said, "May Sun Lang follow this policy."

To say that this Sun Ce is an outstanding person, at a young age, he dared to decide such a dangerous strategy, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

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We decided to do this. First, Wu Jing led part of Pingyu's garrison to Zhaoling to assist Cheng Pu. Don't block Lv Bu outside Zhaoling City, so as to buy time for Sun Ce to attack and praise him. Second, spread the word to Hanoi. All the troops, tell them to enter Yingchuan first and see if they can defeat Zhang Liao's army. If they can't, they will go to Zhaoling to join forces with Cheng Pu. Once again, pass the message to Li Tong and Xun Min, and tell them the news of the attack. Ask them to lead troops to help, and finally, leave Zhu Zhi and others to guard Yu Pingyu. On the other hand, Sun Ce himself made the best of Pingyu's elite soldiers, leading Ruizhi and other warriors, as well as Yuan Xiong, Xu Yi and other headquarters soldiers, as well as Sun He, etc., to attack the letter of praise.

Sun Ce's letter to Li Tong and Xun Min for help came to Ruyin today.

The text was first delivered to Li Tong, after all, Li Tong is now the chief general of the Xuzhou garrison in Ruyin County.

Li Tong was taken aback after reading the letter.

I was shocked: I never thought that Sun Jian, such a hero, a well-known brave general in the world, actually died in Yan County in his prime, and was killed by Lu Bu's dark arrow. Sun Jian was the prefect of Yuzhou and the chief general of the Jiangdong disciples' army. Li Tong naturally thought of what kind of serious impact his death would have, especially in the context of the fierce battle in Yanzhou to the north.

The second surprise is: Sun Ce dared to carry out such a dangerous plan, and rushed to get a letter of praise.

The two things mentioned in the letter were too important, Li Tong didn't dare to delay at all, and immediately sent someone to find Xun Min to discuss it.

The dispatched person left the hall, and Li Tong called the person back, but it was a matter of great importance. He couldn't wait for Xun Tu to come back, and he had to go to Xun Tu's residence to find him in person.

Leaving the gate of the mansion without taking a car, Li Tong ordered his horse to come over, get on his horse, and rush to Xun Min's house.

When he arrived at Xun Min's house, just after noon, Xun Min, as a scribe, had a relatively regular life habit. He had a habit of taking a nap at noon. Especially now in the spring, he was prone to drowsiness, but he was taking a lunch break. .

When Xun Min's servant saw Li Fengfeng's arrival, he asked him to sit down for a while, and hurriedly went to announce.

Xun Tu was soundly asleep when he was woken up by a servant, and heard that

It was Li Tong who came, rubbed his sleepy eyes and got up, but he was not in a hurry. He was meticulously served by servants first, put on all his robes and crowns, and then came out.

Li Tong has been waiting in the hall for a long time.

Xun Min entered the hall, saluted Li Tong, and said, "I don't know if the general is coming, and if I miss you, please make atonement!"

Li Tong said: "Xun Gong, don't be too polite. Please sit down quickly, I have an urgent matter to discuss with you."

Xun Min sat down and asked, "What's the urgency?"

Li Tong showed Xun Ce's letter to Xun Min.

Before Xun Min had finished reading it, his expression had changed abruptly. He raised his head and said, "Sun Shijun died in battle?"

Li Tong said, "That's not it! With General Sun's death, Yuzhou may be in danger! Duke Xun, what do you think we should do now?" Li Tong pointed to the letter, and continued, "Sun Lang wants to attack the letter of praise to solve the crisis in Yuzhou, and asks our army to help. Duke Xun, do you think we will help him or not?"

Xun Tu sighed, continued to read the narration, put it down, stroked his beard, pondered for a while, and said, "General, what do you think?"

Li Tong said: "Sun Lang's strategy, I think it is too dangerous. Although Lv Bu is no longer in the letter of praise, one thing is that the letter of praise is not without troops and horses, and there are quite a few soldiers and horses of Lv Bu who stay behind the letter of praise; two Come, from Pingyu to Baoxin, it is necessary to cross the Shu River. As long as the defenders of the Baoxin defend this water, so that Sun Lang cannot cross it, then Sun Lang will attack the Baoxin, and he will probably return without success.

"And if the letter of praise cannot be won, General Sun's death in battle has moved the military of Yuzhou. If Sun Lang loses the letter of praise again, his morale will inevitably drop to the extreme, and Zhaoling and Pingyu may not be able to hold on!... Duke Xun If Pingyu is lost, I, Ruyin, will also be unable to protect."

Xun Min said: "Listen to the general's meaning, do you not agree with the strategy of helping Sun Lang to attack the letter?"

Li Tong asked Xun and said, "Duke Xun, what do you think?"

At this time, Xun Min's thoughts became clearer.

Although he is not good at military affairs, if Sun Ce's strategy makes him think, he can't come up with it, but when the strategy is in front of him, he can see whether it is good or bad, because he said to Li Tong: "In my opinion, Sun Lang's strategy is feasible."

Li Tong asked, "How is it possible?"

Xun Min said: "As the general said, Sun Shijun died in battle, and now the soldiers of Yuzhou must be frightened, and Lu Bu's troops must be in good spirits. If they only guard Zhaoling, first of all, I am afraid that they may not be able to defend. Retreat. In one step, even if it can be defended, Yuan Gonglu Road will definitely send troops to support Lu Bu. Then, at that time, Lü Bu will attack Zhaoling, Yuan Road will attack Pingyu from the south of Runan, and it will be Zhaoling and Pingyu District Baili. In between, we will face the siege of the troops and horses of Lv Bu and Yuan Road, which must be the end of the inevitable defeat. Then at this time, we can't use ordinary measures to deal with this crisis! The way to break the game."

Li Tong murmured, "The way to break the game?"

Xun Yin said: "General, if you regard the guarding of Zhaoling as a dignified righteousness, then attacking and commending the letter is an oddity. One righteousness and one oddity are the so-called both righteousness and oddity. Although Yan is not good at military affairs, he also hears it. , both righteousness and strangeness, and the art of winning."

Li Tong said, "However, even if you have both righteousness and oddity, and praise, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to be beaten!"

Xun Min said: "Only relying on Sun Lang's army and horses, the praise letter will not be easily shot down, just like you said just now, as long as the praise letter is fortified along the Tan River, and Sun Lang can't cross the water, then the praise letter will not be easily defeated. If you believe in him, you won't be able to beat him. But isn't Sun Lang asking you and me for help now? With our army, this commendation letter is really not impossible to beat. "

Li Tong saw that Xun Yinru seemed to be confident, and said, "Mr. Xun, do you have a plan?"

Xun Min said: "We still compare justice and oddness. If we compare Sun Lang, the troop that played praise letters, to justice, then our army would be extraordinary on the battlefield of praise letters. The eastern section of the letter was sent by Sun Lang in advance. When the Baoxin defenders were not very alert, they secretly crossed over the Shushui, and the soldiers were ambushed in the east of Baoxin City.... Then general, what do you think will happen next? How will the war go?"

The geographical locations of Pingyu, Baoxin and Ruyin counties are as follows: Pingyu is to the northwest of Baoxin, and Ruyin is to the northeast of Baoxin; South of the 澺水.

Hearing Xun Tu say this, Li Tong's eyes lit up, and he said, "If our army can advance Sun Lang's troops, successfully cross the Tan River, and reach the east of Baoxin City to ambush, then wait until Sun Lang's troops arrive at the Tan River, When the defenders of Baoxin came to block the water, our army suddenly rushed out, attacked the rear formation, defeated them, and welcomed Sun Lang's troops to cross the water. Then our two armies joined together and attacked Baoxin. Our army has already won for a while, so the guards who praised the letter must be very frightened at this time, and the joint troops of our army and Sun Lang may be able to take advantage of the victory!"

Xun Min smiled and said: "Yes, that's why I said that the letter of praise is not necessarily unbeatable. After the letter of praise is laid, with the help of Rushui and Hanshui as defenses, here in the letter of praise, we can resist Yuan Gonggong's troops. In addition, it would not be able to advance, and then Lu Bu heard that the letter of praise was shot down by our army, he was sure that the army was shaken, and he would not have any intention of attacking Zhaoling again, and he would definitely return to the division to try to regain the letter of praise, so this Zhaoling's The siege of the siege and the siege of Pingyu was also solved, and even the siege of Yingchuan was solved because of this, so I said that the letter of praise was the breaking point, and this is what I mean."

Li Tong said, "Oh, not bad! What Duke Xun said is very true! In this way, this Sun Lang..." Li Tong's face was full of admiration, and he said, "As expected of a handsome talent, no wonder Duke Ming If you love him so much, accept him as a disciple."

When Li Tong mentioned Duke Ming, that is, Xun Zhen, he reminded Xun Yin.

Xun Min asked Li Tong and said, "General, can you send this urgent information to Xuzhou and report it to Duke Ming?"

Li Tong said: "When I received the message from Sun Lang, before I came to see the Duke, I had already sent someone to Xuzhou and reported this information to Duke Ming."

Xun Min nodded and said, "That's good."

"Xun Gong, since the plan has been decided, let's hurry up and reply to Sun Lang, tell him that we are willing to help him, and tell him about your brilliant strategy just now, Xun Gong, so that he can follow up with him. We can play a better match.”

At this moment, Xun Min showed a bit of hesitation on his face, and said, "Although this strategy is good, but for our army, there is a problem!"

Li Tong said, "What's the problem?"

Xun Min said, "That's because we have a little less troops."

"A little bit less?"

Xun Min said: "There are more than a thousand soldiers in our army, so we can't go out of the nest! We must leave some soldiers and horses to be stationed in Ruyin. In this way, our army can send troops to help Sun Lang, at most. Just a thousand people. With this thousand people, if there are not many soldiers and horses out of the city, our army will definitely be able to defeat them, but if there are more of them, I am afraid there will be some variables."

Li Tong said: "Xun Gong was worried about the lack of troops in my department." He smiled and said, "What's the worry about this?"

Xun Min said, "What? General, do you have a solution?"

Li Tong said: "Duke Xun, please go to the county temple with me. I can solve this problem for Xun Gong in less than an hour."

Xun Min was surprised when he heard the words, and said jokingly, "What? General, are you also a follower of Taiping Dao, can you spread beans and make soldiers?"

Li Tong laughed, but didn't say much, so he and Xun Min left Xun Min's residence, and the two went straight to the county temple.

When he arrived at the hall, Li Tong ordered his own soldiers to immediately summon the clan chiefs of all the powerful surnames in the county and the townships outside the county, as well as the clan chiefs of the people who had attached themselves to his tent.

When it was almost evening, these people arrived one after another, and they all came to the hall.

Li Tong sat on the main seat in this hall and said to them: "Sun Wentai died in battle, and Runan will have Lu Bu! Lu Bu slaughtered the people, robbed the people in Baoxin, Shenyang and other places, and all kinds of evil deeds. We all know that. If Runan is occupied by Lv Bu, I will naturally be able to lead the troops back to Xuzhou with Xun Gong, but the days you wait here, I am afraid it will be difficult!

"However, you don't have to be afraid of this. I found a solution for you to solve this crisis, that is: I decided to join forces with Sun Lang to attack the letter of praise. As long as the letter of praise is laid, this crisis can be solved! It's just that I don't have enough soldiers and horses now, so I hope you can help me."

Li Tong, a man who cares about wealth and charity, treats the soldiers under his command and the people under his rule, always give them as much as they have, so he won the hearts of the people under his rule, which is one of them.

In Baoxin, Shenyang and other places, in order to raise military rations, Lü Bu killed innocent people indiscriminately, and robbed the local people of ten rooms and nine empty spaces. Not far away, these people have also heard, and even some of them have relatives over there~www.wuxiaspot.com~ So this is very clear, this is the second.

Combining the two reasons, just after Li Tong finished speaking, the suzerains of the local powerful surnames in the hall and the patriarchs who came to join the common people all jumped up one by one and competed to express their opinions. Collect fifty people for Li Tong, and the one who can collect a hundred people for Li Tong. It really took less than an hour to get more than 2,000 Ding Zhuang.

Although these two thousand or so Ding Zhuang are common people, the times have been turbulent for a long time. Although they are common people, many of them have participated in battles, which is sufficient for them.

On the same day, Li Tong sent someone to reply to Sun Ce's letter. In the letter, he not only agreed to Sun Ce's request for Li Tong and Xun Yin's help, but also told Sun Ce about Xun Ce's strategy.

Ruyin went up and down 200 li from Pingyu, and the messengers traveled quickly, and the people from Maxia kept on going. They sent Li Tong's reply to Pingyu, and after giving it to Sun Ce, they returned and presented Sun Ce's reply to Li Tong, it only took more than two days in total.

In his reply, Sun Ce first thanked Li Tong and Xun Yin for their help, then he readily adopted Xun Yin's combat strategy, and at the same time agreed with Li Tong and Xun Yin the time to attack the letter of praise.

So it was not too late. On this afternoon, Li Tong and Xun Min made a division of labor, Xun Min stayed behind to guard Ruyin, and Li Tong led his troops south, preparing to cross the water and go to the east of Baoxin City to ambush first.

And just when Li Tong led his troops out of the city, the messenger he sent to Xunzhen two days ago had already headed eastward and reached the territory of Xiapi. , has arrived in the prefecture of Xuzhou, Tan County.