The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

After a while, Sun Ce remembered something, asked Cheng Pu, and said, "Mr. Huan Jie has a reply?"

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Cheng Pu replied, "As for Duke Ming's words, no reply has been sent yet."

"Then send someone to Changsha County to see if Mr. Huan Jie has already left, or if he has other concerns? If he has other concerns, be sure to persuade him to come to Pingyu."

But it was Sun Ce who sent someone to send a letter to Huanjie, inviting Huanjie to come to Pingyu and be his mastermind. The letter has been sent away for many days, considering the distance, Huanjie's reply should have been sent, but it has not been received until now, because I don't know whether the reply is still on the way, or Huanjie has other considerations and does not want to come. Pingyu.

The situation Sun Ce is in now is that he is already trapped in Yuzhou. He really wants to "break out" and find a new way out for himself and for Cheng Pu and others who follow him, but this way out is not good. Looking for him, he already felt that he was only a public enemy, and now it was not enough for him to advise him, and Huan Jie was Sun Jian's confidant, and he still trusted him, so he hoped that Huan Jie could come to help him.

Cheng Pu Yingnuo.

On the same day, Sun Ce wrote a letter to Huanjie in his own hand, and Cheng Pu sent people to Changsha again, showing Huanjie in the face.

These do not need to be said.

Only two days later, a message was sent to Xun Zhen's case, that Liu Biao had reached the southern boundary of Wan County under the entourage of more than a thousand officials and soldiers.

At dusk, another message arrived, Liu Biao and his party were less than ten miles away from Wanxian County.

Xun Zhen then called Guo Jia and others to greet them together.

Several miles outside the city, he met Liu Biao.

The two meet by the road.

This was the first time Xun Zhen and Liu Biao met.

Seeing Liu Biao across the distance, Xun Zhen was taken aback.

I have long heard that Liu Biao is very tall, more than eight feet long. Converted into a unit of later generations, it is about one meter nine. As expected, Liu Biao stands out among the numerous officials and personal soldiers. Most of the servants were one head taller, or even more than two heads.

For some reason, Cao Cao's appearance suddenly appeared in Xun Zhen's mind at this time.

Cao Cao was not tall, even lower than Xun Zhen. Xun Zhen couldn't help but think, what would it be like if Cao Cao met Liu Biao at this moment? Even if Cao Cao stood on tiptoe, he could barely reach Liu Biao's shoulder.

After the two sides approached, Xun Zhen deliberately stopped early, not too close to Liu Biao, but separated from him a certain distance, - lest if she was too close to him, she had to look up at him, and she would be weak at first. three points.

After Xun Zhen stood down, she calmly saluted and said with a smile, "I have long admired the public name, and I will finally meet today to comfort my life."

Liu Biao hurriedly returned the salute, and said, "I am already very frightened when I hear that the charioteer is waiting outside the city, how dare I do this salute again as a charioteer!"

After Xun Zhen finished the salute, she stood up straight. Although it was not too close, Liu Biao was a lot taller than Xun Zhen. When looking at him, he still had to look up. Liu Biao is in his fifties this year, but his beard and hair are still black, and he doesn't know whether it is really not white or dyed black. He is large and gives a sense of generosity and gentleness as a whole. Even with his outstanding height, it does not give people a sense of oppression.

This point is also different from the feeling Cao Cao gave Xun Zhen. Although Cao Cao was not tall and his appearance was ordinary, when Xun Zhen came into contact with him, he could always feel an unconcealed generosity and pride from him.

In terms of this feeling of generosity, Liu Biao felt similar to the feeling Liu Bei gave to Xun Zhen.

However, there are differences between Liu Bei and Liu Biao.

Liu Bei usually doesn't talk much, and his demeanor is quiet. His generosity is like the sea surface when there is no wind. The wind is calm and the waves are endless. People seem unfathomable, or there are hills and valleys in their chests.

Liu Biao's generosity is like facing a well-read Confucian scholar, with a bookish air that blows his face into his arms.

But then again, after all, he used to be the middle lord of the Northern Army, overseeing the five battalions of the Northern Army garrisoned in the capital, and then he rode into Jing alone and stabilized Jingzhou by himself. Inadvertently, in Liu Biao's eyes, he could see a flash of sharpness. This sharpness is definitely not something that an ordinary Confucian in his fifties can have.

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "When Duke Liu was in danger, he was ordered to ride into Jing alone, and with his own power, he settled the seven counties of Jingzhou, and eliminated the gangsters. Because of the competition among famous scholars, even though I was far away in Xuzhou at that time, I also heard the name of the Duke a lot! The Duke is both a pillar of the country and a predecessor of me. Today, the Duke is coming to Wan, and I will be waiting to greet you.”

Liu Biao's current visit to Wan County was due to Xun Zhen's invitation.

After acquiring Wan County, Xun Zhen didn't rush to invite Liu Biao to see him at first.

He first sent troops to the south, cooperated with Zang Ba's troops that had interspersed in Wan County, Anzhong and other counties in Chaoyang, and took Anzhong and other counties one by one. -- Yuan Shu was dead, and there was basically no resistance in these counties. Most simply surrendered.

After winning these counties, Xun Zhen followed up with a multi-pronged approach to appease the localities. On the one hand, Yuan Shu’s grain depot in Wan County was opened to distribute grain to the people of the counties to reassure the people. On the other hand, Xun Zhen made an appointment to meet with him. The patriarchs of the gentry surnamed You in each county removed the children of their respective families as their shogunate officials, in order to reassure them, and at the same time, they reorganized and placed Yuan Shu's surrendered troops.

It was not until all the political and military measures that needed to be done were completed that he sent someone to Xiangyang and invited Liu Biao to Wanyi for a while.

And while Xun Zhen was doing this, Liu Biao was not idle.

After conquering Chaoyang, Liu Hu and others went on to capture Xinye. At that time, Zang Ba's troops had already entered Anzhong in the northwest of Xinye. Because Liu Biao did not order Liu Hu and others to continue north, he used Kuai. Liang and Cai Mao's strategy, ordered Liu Hu to lead five thousand troops to Shunyang County, and then ordered Guo Si, who was in the area of ​​Shunyang, to lead his troops to Xiangyang.

Liu Biao promised Guo Si that when he led his troops to Xiangyang, he would give him several counties in the south of Xiangyang as places for his troops to eat.

This was different from what Guo Si had expected.

Guo Si originally thought that he would continue to stay in Liguo, Shunyang and other counties. When Li Ru went to see Liu Biao, he also asked Liu Biao to do the same, but the situation has changed like this. After thinking about it, I couldn't, but I accepted it. He doesn't accept it either. Now Wanxian County has been acquired by Xun Zhen, and Liu Hu's troops have also entered Shunyang. Down. The situation was stronger than that of people, so although he was reluctant, he had to obey the order, and led his troops out of Liguo, Shunyang and other counties, and went south to Xiangyang. Shunyang, Liguo and other counties were now stationed by Liu Hu's troops.

As for the situation of the entire Nanyang County, in short, the northern part of Nanyang County, Wan County in the central part, and the surrounding counties of Wan County have all been occupied by Xunzhen, while the Li State and Shunyang in the west of Nanyang County have all been occupied by Xunzhen. County, as well as Chaoyang and Xinye counties to the north, were controlled by Liu Biao. On the whole, if Nanyang County is divided into three parts, Xun Zhen occupies two-thirds, and Liu Biao occupies one-third.

However, after being invited by Xun Zhen, Liu Biao negotiated with Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and others, including Kuai Yue who was in Zhangling County. Liu Biao also sent someone to ask their opinions. Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others all thought that. , Xun Zhen's invitation could not be refused. After all, Xun Zhen was not only the current ruler of the DPRK and a general of chariots and cavalry, but also Xun Zhen and Liu Biao were old allies. In any case, his invitation had to be accepted.

Kuailiang and Liu Biao also said: "Nanyang is a county under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, but the troops and horses of the current General Chaqi are stationed in Wan County. What are the plans of the Chaqi next? For me, Jingzhou, for Duke Ming, it is very important What matters, from this point of view, Duke Ming also needs to meet with the rider to test his intentions."

Liu Biao listened to the advice of Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others, accepted Xun Zhen's invitation, and arrived in Wan County today.

The road is not a place to talk, and since the two sides have seen each other, Xun Zhen invited Liu Biao to enter the camp.

Although Wan County was already acquired by Xun Zhen, and there was Yuan Shu’s luxurious residence in the city, living in the city was definitely more comfortable than in the camp, but Wan County was a newly acquired city, and the city was not very safe at present, so Xun Zhen came to Wan by himself. After the county, he has been living in the camp, not living in the city.

After walking for a few miles, we arrived at the camp and entered the Yuanmen. Under Xun Zhen's tent, he led the more than a thousand soldiers from Liu Biao to rest in the tent area prepared for them in advance, while Liu Biao brought more than ten close officials. , and Xun Zhen went to Xun Zhen's tent together.

Among the more than ten officials who followed Liu Biao into the tent, there were quite a few acquaintances of Xun Zhen, and the most familiar of them was Cai Mao.

After everyone was seated~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Xun Zhenxiao and Cai Mao said: "Degui, I saw you in Xuxian last year, and it's not too long until now, you and I will meet again in Wanxian. You go to Xuxian. At that time, I asked me when I would go to Nanyang, and I told you that after this spring... have you come, Yuan Shu was annihilated by me so quickly, and Wan County was restored by the imperial court?"

Cai Mao said respectfully: "Ming Gong's soldiers are like gods. During the ten-day period, in Kewan County, Yuan Shu died, and he did not hide it from Ming Gong. When the news spread to Xiangyang, Mao Ji was amazed! Even Liu Mu, also Praise for the military exploits of the charioteer."

Speaking of which, Liu Biao couldn’t help but praise him. He fought with Yuan Shu for several years, Yuan Shu couldn’t do anything about him, and he couldn’t do anything about Yuan Shu, but Xun Zhen easily eliminated Yuan Shu in just one month. , he really is not.

Xun Zhen smiled and turned to look at Liu Biao.

There was no strange expression on Liu Biao's face. He smiled warmly and said, "What De Gui said is very true, chariots and cavalry are like gods, and I admire them very much."

Everyone sat down, and the officials offered soup, refreshments, etc.

Liu Biao said, "I have nothing else to thank for the troublesome charioteers in Jingzhou. I present a special gift for the charioteers."

What do you mean by doing this serious harm to Jingzhou for you?

Xun Zhen thought so in her heart, her expression on her face did not change, as if nothing had happened, she touched her chin and short mustache, smiled and said to Liu Biao, "Mr. Liu is too polite. I wonder what gift Mr. Liu brought me?"

With Liu Biao's signal, Cai Mao went outside the tent and called an official to come in.

The official held a box, and after entering the tent, he put the box on the ground, opened it, and asked Xun Zhen to watch it.

Xun Zhen looked around and saw that there was a human head in the box.