Chapter 130 Yuan Shao’s troops surrounded Gongsun Zan

"Not only did we lose no money and food this time, but we were able to raise troops safely. This is all the result of the military advisor!"

In Xiami County, Beihai, Liu Bei was very satisfied with this incident.

Not only can the 2 million yuan and 50,000 stone grains handed over be recovered, but soldiers can also be recruited in the name of protecting the county and the people. The 3,000 Taishan soldiers Liu Zheng led before can be gathered in Xiami.

In Donglai, Guan Yu also recruited another 3,000 people. Including the soldiers assigned to the military camp, Donglai had 9,000 regular soldiers.

Although there are fewer people in Beihai, there are still 6,000 people in total.

The two counties together have 15,000 soldiers, of which 5,000 remain in military camps.

Liu Bei can now afford to support more than 10,000 people, but any more will be difficult. He also has to store up food for war.

"Military advisor, we now have more than 10,000 troops, plus Zang Xuangao's troops, that's 20,000 people. Lu Bu and Yuan Shu are fighting against each other, and they are alone. Can we send our troops south to recapture Xuzhou?"

With soldiers and horses, and some money and food, Liu Bei was eager to seize a state.

Qingzhou cannot be taken away yet, and the Yuan family is still extremely powerful.

But Xuzhou is a place that Liu Bei lost. Now that Zang Ba has a good relationship with him, he will definitely be willing to help.

Zhou Xing frowned slightly. As a lord, he thought he was a master if he had some money.

"Lord, although we have many soldiers and horses, many of them are newly recruited soldiers, and we still have too little food. If we attack Xuzhou, we will consume a lot of food, lose soldiers and people, and make the fields difficult to cultivate. Besides,

Xuzhou is not the land we should seize now. What we want to seize is Qingzhou, and then Jizhou."

"The Yuan family is in Qingzhou, but I don't know when it will take us to capture Qingzhou!" Liu Bei sighed.

Zhou Xing said: "My lord, the robbery of money and food has passed, and the Yuan family has not sent out troops to attack, which means that we still have time to develop safely. If we have more soldiers, we must have enough food. We can still cultivate the fields to accumulate food and train soldiers and horses at the same time.

Just wait for the opportunity."

Why didn't Liu Bei understand what Zhou Xing said? He was just a little impatient.

"The military advisor is right. Farm and accumulate grain, train soldiers and horses, and wait for the opportunity." Liu Bei smiled and said, "Now the soldiers and horses from Liaodong should not dare to come again. The Yuan family has stabilized, and Lu Bu is separated by Langya in the south. Let's

It can be said that there is no threat to the two counties of Donglai and Beihai!"

"It's not without threats. My lord, Yuan still needs to be on guard. I'm afraid that someone will secretly instigate you."

"The military advisor's concerns are extremely true." Liu Bei said as he suddenly said with joy, "Military advisor, I have some good news for you. Mrs. Wang is happy!"

Zhou Xing was equally overjoyed and quickly raised his hands and said: "Congratulations, my lord!"

"I hope this time I will give birth to a boy!"

Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi gave birth to two daughters, but Liu Bei was looking forward to having a son day and night.

Zhou Xing's wife Sun Yao is also pregnant, one month earlier than Liu Bei's Mrs. Wang.

"My lord is extremely benevolent and is praised by all the people. The child born this time will definitely be a son!"

"I hope so!"

It's August of the second year of Jian'an, and the days are passing by like this.

After listening to Zhou Xing's words, Liu Bei no longer thought about recapturing Xuzhou, and settled down to farm, accumulate grain, and train soldiers and horses. At the same time, he was also waiting for the birth of his son.

Liu Zheng was sent to Donglai to command and train troops with Guan Yu, and Beihai was sent to Zhang Fei and Taishi Ci to command and train.

It was at this time that Zhou Xing saw the people plowing the fields when he was leaving the city. He recalled the curved-column plow he knew in his previous life, and improved the straight-column plow into a curved-column plow, which was considered to be more convenient for the people.

But Zhou Xing didn't understand how to farm, and of course he couldn't cultivate improved seeds.

What he can do is help Liu Bei so that the people have fields to farm.

Not long after, news came from Yuzhou that Yuan Shu led his troops to capture Chen State and killed Chen King Liu Chong and Chen Prime Minister Luo Jun.

Then Cao Cao personally led his troops to conquer and killed Yuan Shu's generals Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Liang Gang and Le Yu. Yuan Shu abandoned his army and fled back to Shouchun.

After leaving Nanyang, Yuan Shu was first defeated by Cao Cao in Chenliu and rushed to Huainan and Jiujiang.

Then he fought with Liu Bei for Xuzhou and barely won. Then he fought with Lu Bu and lost.

This time he was defeated again, and Yuan Shu was finally severely injured. His defeat and destruction started from now on.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao conquered Nanyang again and captured Liu Biao's general Deng Ji alive. However, Zhang Xiu occupied Rang County and held on, making it difficult for Cao Cao to defeat him, so he had to return to Xudu.

In March of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao conquered Zhangxiu in Nanyang three times and surrounded Zhangxiu in Rang County.

This time, Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao to take advantage of the false attack to capture Xudu and hold the emperor hostage to rule the world.

Because Gongsun Zan of Youzhou was not destroyed, Yuan Shao did not adopt Tian Feng's strategy and stood still. At the same time, he prepared to mobilize all his troops to besiege Gongsun Zan.

Tian Feng had no choice but to worry that Cao Cao would destroy Zhang Xiu and have the energy to deal with Yuan Shao. He had no choice but to discuss with Jushu and send soldiers to pretend to surrender to Cao Cao, saying that Yuan Shao wanted to send troops south to attack Xudu and move the emperor to Yecheng.

Cao Cao heard about the false surrender of soldiers, and news came back from Jizhou that Yuan Shao was indeed raising troops. Therefore, Cao Cao was worried that Xu had lost all his troops, so he hurriedly returned his troops.

At the same time, the two counties of Donglai and Beihai in Qingzhou were peaceful, with no disturbance from bandits or bandits, and no trouble from Liaodong, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

After harvesting the summer grain, Liu Bei had 500,000 shi of grain stored in his granary. He still had 15,000 soldiers and horses, but they were better trained and could not be compared to a mob.

At the same time, two happy events happened in Beihai.

One is that Zhou Xing's wife Sun Yao gave birth to a daughter, and Liu Bei's Mrs. Wang gave birth to a son soon after.

Zhou Xing’s daughter was named Zhou Min, and Liu Bei’s son was originally going to be named Liu Feng, but Zhou Xing felt it was not good.

Liu Bei said that he would call him Liu Chan. Unexpectedly, Zhou Xing shook his head after hearing this, feeling that it was even more inappropriate.

Liu Bei thought of another one and said it was Liu Tai, the Tai of Mount Tai.

Zhou Xing thought to himself: You really want to be immortalized in Mount Taishan!

It only took three, Zhou Xing had already objected twice, but this time he no longer objected, and even said the name was good.

As long as the son born now is not Liu Feng or Liu Chan.

Liu Feng is more or less responsible for Guan Yu's death, and Liu Chan is the king of the country's subjugation. It's not good to call these two people by their names.

Liu Tai, with the dignity of Mount Tai, is a good name.

Liu Bei was happy to have a son. Although he was happy, he did not forget his great cause and always paid attention to the world's major events.

Yuan Shao raised troops and horses, which made Liu Bei a little worried, worried that Yuan Shao was coming to deal with him.

But military advisor Zhou Xing consoled him: "My lord, if Yuan Shao comes to attack us, there is no need to mobilize troops and horses like this. In my opinion, he wants to concentrate his forces to besiege Gongsun Zan."

Liu Bei thought the same thing. With such a small force, he didn't need Yuan Shao to concentrate his troops to deal with it. He could just send 20,000 to 30,000 troops and horses.

Sure enough, not long after, Yuan Shao personally led his troops to attack Gongsun Zan and surrounded Yi Jing.

Gongsun Zan sent his son Gongsun Xu to ask for help from the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan. At the same time, he thought of Liu Bei in Beihai, Qingzhou, and wrote a letter in person and sent someone to Beihai.

However, the people he sent were stopped by Yuan Shao's scouts not far from Yi Jing and got the letter.
Chapter completed!