On the west line of Xuzhou, within the county government office of my county.
"Have Yuan Yao and his men already come to our county?" Zhuge Liang swung his feather fan and looked at the men reporting to him with an indifferent expression, not showing any impatience.
"That's right! Yuan Yao, together with Runan's Yellow Turban tycoon Liu Pi, Gong Du, Zhou Cang and others, including soldiers, horses and their families, numbering no less than 70,000 to 80,000 people, are heading towards our county... County Honorable
, how should we act now?”
Zhuge Liang stood up and said seriously: "No need to worry, the teacher has already made preparations! You quickly send people to deliver urgent documents to Pengcheng, inform the teacher of Yuan Yao's eastward direction, and then organize all the soldiers and horses in the county to guard
We live on the main road heading north. We cannot let Yuan Yao and others pass. We must hold them back and wait for the teacher's army to arrive... In addition, send someone to Chaoqiu to inform my senior brother so that he can also prepare and deal with it cautiously.
To avoid any loss."
The county official who reported the report was a little hesitant. Hearing this, he asked Zhuge Liang with doubts: "My lord, who is your senior brother?"
Zhuge Liang looked at the county official speechlessly.
This guy has no development left.
"Sima Yi! My senior brother is Sima Yi, the current magistrate of Chaoqiu County! Do you know? If you know, do it as soon as possible!"
The county official suddenly said "Oh", and then said with considerable doubts: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing... I am not pouring cold water on you, but now the soldiers in our county, even the government officials and jailers are all involved.
The number is only five hundred. No matter how panicked Yuan Yao is, he still has nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, plus the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Yellow Turban bandits... What can we do to stop them? "
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Of course you don't need to worry about this. My teacher is a thoughtful and resourceful person. He can definitely think of anything you can think of. You don't need to worry about other things, just do what you need to do.
If the sky falls..."
The county official asked: "You will bear the burden?"
Zhuge Liang coughed slightly and continued to swing the feather fan: "Teacher is supporting me."
…
Sure enough, as Zhuge Liang said, a few days later, the pottery merchant sent Zhao Yun and his deputy Dong to attack, and Cao Hong and others led 10,000 elite troops as the vanguard to reach our county.
Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang were not very familiar with each other, but they knew each other. One of them was the potter's sworn brother, and the other was the potter's second apprentice...
According to this seniority calculation, Zhuge Liang would have to call Zhao Yun Second Senior Uncle.
The whole world is in chaos because of people named Tao.
"Disciple has met my uncle." Zhuge Liang bowed his hands to Zhao Yun humbly and saluted him.
Zhao Yun did not show off to Zhuge Liang just because he was a potter's brother. He smiled and returned the courtesy to Zhuge Liang and said: "I don't deserve the title of Master. Yun is a brave man, not as knowledgeable as Mr. Zhuge.
It is a great honor to be considered a brother by the Grand Tutor. The Young Master is from a well-known noble family and is deeply favored by the Grand Tutor. How dare he consider himself an elder? Young Master, there is no need to worry about it, we can all do our own thing."
Zhuge Liang met Zhao Yun, and for some reason, he felt an inexplicable feeling of closeness in his heart.
He is talented and intelligent, and although he doesn't dislike people who are good at martial arts and murderous, he can't say he likes them very much. However, Zhao Yun gave him a very different feeling.
Although he was brave and good at fighting, and he was the best in the three armies, he was not as rough and rough as ordinary warriors. Instead, he was polite, polite and modest, and had the style of a generation of Confucian generals.
But those who have fought against Zhao Yun on the battlefield will definitely not think so.
"General Zhao, the spies reported that Yuan Yao and his troops have passed the eastern boundary of Yuzhou and are heading straight for the boundary of our county. Now Zhou Cang, Liu Pi, Gong Du and other troops are in his army. This has been revealed.
What we do among the officials in our county is very secretive. No one knows about it except me. Now that we have General Zhao with ten thousand troops, as long as we cooperate with Liu Pi and others internally and externally, we want to capture Yuan Yao and Liu Xun.
For people like Zhang Xun, it shouldn’t be difficult to do this.”
After hearing this, Zhao Yun sighed, and a trace of solemnity flashed on his face.
Zhuge Liang was surprised when he saw this and said: "What? The general is in trouble?"
"Master Zhuge, according to what you said, this matter was originally a sure thing. But before Yun came here, Taifu once told me that preventing Yuan Yao and his group from entering Xuzhou might not be what we thought.
If everything goes smoothly, you and I still need to be careful... If nothing unexpected happens, the Grand Tutor's army will follow to support."
Zhuge Liang was surprised at first when he heard this and was quite confused.
But Zhao Yun raised his hand and pointed towards the west.
Zhuge Liang suddenly understood.
"Is the teacher worried about... Cao Cao in the Central Plains?"
Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Exactly, Cao Cao was too quiet in Yuzhou last time, but he deceived us all. Fortunately, Director Guo had a plan, and he calculated that things must be reversed! Cao Cao made no changes to Huainan.
Without any action, he must be arranging soldiers and plotting. With his character, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to take over Yuan Yao's group! We must not be reckless this time, we only need to stop Yuan Yao's group.
Immediately, all that's left is to wait for the Grand Tutor's army to arrive before we have any plans."
Zhuge Liang swung his feather fan and thought carefully for a while, then said: "If this is the case, we will be under great pressure! The original plan cannot be implemented at the moment... Liu Pi, Gong Du, Zhou Cang and others cannot react prematurely.
Water, but with only the general’s 10,000 horses, it might not be possible to set up camp on the official road to block Yuan Yao’s tens of thousands of people, right?”
Zhao Yun couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhuge, it's enough for Yun and ten thousand people to set up camp in the city! Mr. Zhuge is in the city and we are in full strength. Let's see how Yun and the Huainan army will compete!"
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel sad when he saw Zhao Yun being so curious.
How gratifying it would be to be able to go to the battlefield with such people in the future, to help each other with both martial arts and wisdom?
…
Three days later, Yuan Yao's army arrived in our county.
The spies of the Huainan Army reported back that Zhuge Liang, the magistrate of our county, was guarding the city gate and would not go out, while another 10,000 troops and horses, led by a general named Zhao, were stationed on the official road going north and set up camp on the official road.
, and set up many antlers, and the barriers were tight, blocking the way of Yuan Yao and others.
Yuan Yao panicked a little when he found out, and hurriedly asked everyone to discuss countermeasures.
Zhuge Liang, the magistrate of our county, was unknown, so everyone didn't take it seriously. But when they heard that the person in charge was Zhao Yun, everyone got a little panicked.
Others may not recognize Zhao Yun, but the soldiers of the Huainan Army do!
In the Battle of Yuzhang, Zhao Yun fought against Lu Bu, no matter the outcome, his reputation spread among the entire Huainan Army, Bingzhou Army, and Sun Family Army!
Zhao Yun's name has been deeply imprinted on the hearts of every soldier in the Huainan Army.
"I didn't expect that when we marched here, we would encounter Zhao Yun blocking the way!" Yuan Yao trembled and nervously said to everyone: "I heard that this beast is even brave, how should we deal with it?"
Liu Xun stood up and said: "My lord, Zhao Yun is no less brave than Lu Bu. I think he is the number one general under Tao Shang. With him in command, we are afraid that we will not be able to cross Xuzhou... It is better to change the route and go from Yuzhou."
It’s probably not too late for Hebei.”
Upon hearing that Liu Xun asked Yuan Yao to change his route, Liu Pi hurriedly stood up and said: "Liu Gong, you are also a famous general in Huainan. You have guarded Lujiang County for many years. How can you still be afraid of Zhao Yun? No matter how brave Zhao Yun is, he is only one person after all.
That’s all, we can’t defeat him alone, even ten of us! We can’t defeat him with ten, but we can win with a hundred, right? There are tens of thousands of people in our army, how can we still be afraid of him? I heard that Zhao Yun
There are only ten thousand men under his command, so it must not be difficult to break through his defense line!"
When Liu Xun heard this, he looked at Liu Pi coldly and said, "General Liu is so confident, so why don't you go and fight Zhao Yun to open a passage for the Lord?"
Liu Pi was not surprised but overjoyed when he heard this!
This is a good opportunity.
As long as he and Zhao Yun suddenly rebel during the battle on the front line and lead the Xuzhou army to break into the Huainan military formation, then Zhou Cang and Gong would cooperate with each other in the military formation to capture Yuan Yao and Yuan's family alive. Isn't it easy to capture them?
By then, wouldn’t he have made great contributions to the pottery business?
"I'll go, I'll go!" Liu Pi puffed up his chest and said arrogantly: "It's just a reckless man, what a big deal! For the safety of the lord, a certain family is willing to risk their lives!"
Liu Xun was a little confused when he heard this.
He didn't expect that Liu Pi would actually agree to fight Zhao Yun.
Is there something wrong with this guy's brain?
"General Liu, didn't you hear clearly what we just said?" Liu Xun changed his attitude and kindly reminded Liu Pidao: "Then Zhao Yun is a strong general who can rival Lu Bu, and you still want to fight him?... You
Don’t you know who Lu Bu is?”
When Liu Pi heard this, he immediately blushed.
How could I not know who Lu Bu was if I had no education or knowledge? Liu Xun saw himself too clearly!
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, Pi naturally knows who Lu Bu is, and also knows how powerful Lu Bu and Zhao Yun are! But for the sake of my lord, Liu Pi will never fear life or death. Tomorrow, I will be the vanguard and open a way for my lord to kill. I will not give up at all."
Just take this life!"
When Liu Xun heard this, he couldn't stand it, and his cheeks turned red.
A yellow turban bandit can be so loyal...but he secretly abandoned Yuan Yao and surrendered to Cao Cao. Wasn't this a bit unjust?
Behind Liu Xun, Liu Ye was also a little embarrassed and lowered his head in shame.
Unexpectedly, we are not even as good as the Yellow Turban Thief.
Yuan Yao, a young man, was moved to tears by Liu Pi's heartfelt words of loyalty and courage.
He stood up, walked to Liu Pi, held his hand, and said: "In this case, I will have to work with General Liu tomorrow! Zhao Yun is fierce, General Liu must be careful, as long as I can get out of this hurdle, from now on
From now on, all the soldiers of the three armies under Yuan’s command will be handed over to General Liu, and you will be my first assistant from now on... General Liu is such a loyal person!"
Liu Pi chuckled, licked his face and said: "Don't worry, my lord, Pi will definitely fulfill his mission... Hi! Speaking of which, I don't have any other advantages. I am born to be loyal, righteous and courageous, and I treat my master with utmost righteousness.
Dedicate yourself to your best, treat your brothers without hesitation, and fight even to the death..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a strange sound of retching next to him.
"Ouch!"
Everyone looked around in confusion, only to see Gong Du patting Zhou Cang's back hard and waving his hands:
"It's not a problem, it's not a problem! Brother Zhou didn't feel well after eating last night and vomited... It's not a problem, just leave him alone. You are just nagging you... Don't pay attention to him!"