After listening to Li Fan's explanation, Liu Xiu couldn't cry or laugh, this Cen Junran really knew how to calculate.

He didn't come to ask for soldiers, if he wanted soldiers, then he needed to ask Luoyang for orders, but to change soldiers, use the old, weak, sick and disabled, and exchange the strong people, which was simply calculated to the slag of bones.

Cen Peng is a more casual and indifferent person, not very good at fame and fortune, whatever task Liu Xiu gives him, he will do anything, if his style of action can be more positive, with Cen Peng's military ability and intelligence, his merits should not be under Wu Han.

Everyone has everyone's temperament, everyone's way of living, Cen Peng is such a character, if he changes his temperament, then it is not Cen Peng.

Cen Peng changed the elite of the Nanyang Tun soldiers to the Southern Expeditionary Army, and most of the soldiers who stayed in the Nanyang Tun soldiers were old and weak soldiers, but now, it is the time when Liu Xiu needs soldiers and horses to fight, can these old and weak soldiers come in handy?

Liu Xiu said: "According to the information obtained by the imperial court, recently, there may be a Shu army breaking into Nanyang and coming to attack your camp!" ”

"Huh?"

As soon as Liu Xiu's words came out, Li Pan and the captains' faces changed, and they looked at Liu Xiu in shock and horror one by one.

The Shu army is going to come and attack the camp of its own side, this ...... Does it make sense for Shu Jun to do this?

They are not combat troops, just Tuntian troops, to put it bluntly, they are engaged in logistics, why did the Shu army come to fight them?

Liu Xiu looked around at everyone and explained: "The target of the Shu army is not your 30,000 old and weak soldiers, but the 200,000 stone grain you have hoarded!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Xiu looked at Li Pan and asked, "The dimensional has already passed the letter with him, right?" ”

In front of Liu Xiu, Li Pan didn't dare to hide it in the slightest.

He nodded, bowed and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Da Sikong has sent a letter to Weichen, saying that he wants to transfer 200,000 stone grain and send it to Hongnong for disaster relief. ”

To take away 200,000 stone of grain, Li Pan felt pain when he thought about it, but Li Tong was a big boss and his brother, whether it was public or private, he had to listen to Li Tong, and now that even His Majesty was here in person, he didn't dare to resist and disobey the order.

Liu Xiu asked: "After transferring 200,000 stone of grain, will the soldiers in the army be hungry?" ”

Li Pan shook his head and said: "No, even if 200,000 stone of grain is transferred, the remaining grain in the army is still close to 100,000 stone, which is enough for the whole army to eat until the autumn harvest." ”

Liu Xiu sighed and said: "In the past few years, the dimension has done a really good job in Nanyang Tuntian, and it is even inconspicuous that it can accumulate so much food. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Li Pan and said, "You have done a good job, you have done a great job to assist your brother!" ”

Li Pan hurriedly bowed to Liu Xiu, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty praises it, and Weichen is ashamed." ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand to him, signaling that he didn't have to be polite or nervous, the two of them were more or less related, Li Tong was Liu Xiu's brother-in-law, Li Pan was Li Tong's cousin, the relationship was not close, but it was not far away.

"Ah Fan!"

"Huh?

Ay! Wechen is here! ”

Liu Xiu suddenly called himself like this, Li Pan didn't react for a while, he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and hurriedly bowed in agreement.

Liu Xiu asked, "If the Shu army really attacks, can you be sure of victory?" ”

"This ......" Li Pan lowered his head red-earedly, and after a while, he whispered: "Your Majesty has also seen the situation of the officers and men in the battalion, if the enemy army does not exceed 3,000, it can still fight, but if the number of enemy troops exceeds 3,000, it will be difficult for our soldiers to win." ”

With 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, Li Pan exerted a lot of strength, and only dared to promise Liu Xiu that he could deal with 3,000 enemy troops, not that Li Pan was not confident, nor that Li Pan was incompetent, but that the 30,000 old and weak soldiers under his command really had no combat effectiveness at all.

Listening to Li Fan's words, Liu Xiu lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.

When he came to Nanyang this time, he planned to make a set for the Shu army, but if the Shu army didn't come, if the Shu army came, he would let this Shu army come and go.

But the situation on Nanyang's side was completely different from what he expected, there were 30,000 soldiers, but they were old and weak soldiers who could only farm and could not fight.

It is indeed very difficult to use such an army to fight against the upcoming elite of the Shu army.

He changed his words and asked, "Can the Southern Expeditionary Army be called?" ”

Li Pan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head again and again, and said, "Your Majesty, the Southern Expeditionary Army cannot be mobilized now. ”

"Oh?"

"Now Gongsun Shu under the command of Yijiang Wang Tian Rong, Da Situ expired, Nanjun Taishou Cheng Fan, led more than 100,000 troops to Zhanwu, Yiling, Yidao and other places, the general is leading the southern expeditionary army to deal with the incoming enemy, it is estimated that it is difficult to send troops and horses to Nanyang to fight."

The so-called Yijiang Wang, Da Situ, and Nanjun Taishou are all officials of the Chengdu Imperial Court, not officials of the Luoyang Imperial Court.

Listening to Li Fan's words, Liu Xiu's face was solemn, and he muttered: "These battle situations, Jun Ran did not go to the imperial court!" ”

Li Pan glanced at Liu Xiu and whispered: "Over the years, the general has been stationed in Nanjun, and he has to fight several battles or even dozens of battles with the Shu army every year, either our attack or the enemy's attack, so repeatedly tug-of-war, the money and food consumed, the casualties of the soldiers, countless, the general will rarely go to the court for help, Weichen remembered that the general said that the court has difficulties in the court, and he can solve the things in Nanjun himself, so he will try not to trouble the court." ”

Don't think how easy it is for Cen Peng to garrison Nanjun, in all fairness, Cen Peng is the power of a county, in a hard enemy country, in a hard resistance to a state (Yizhou), the war on the side of Nanjun has never stopped.

Today may be the Han army breaking into Shu, tomorrow the Shu army may break into Nanjun, you advance and I retreat, I advance and you retreat, so repeatedly tug-of-war, over the years, large and small battles, I can't count how many.

In the case of years of war, the situation in Nanjun should be very bad, full of holes, but the actual situation is just the opposite, the population of Nanjun has increased unabated, and a large number of fertile fields have been reclaimed.

In the history books, there are not many records of Cen Peng's exploits, but when he was the twenty-eighth general of Paiyuntai, Cen Peng was able to rank among the best, and this is the reason.

Cen Peng was in Nanjun and completely carried the Shu army of Gongsun Shu, so that the Luoyang court could go to the east to fight Liu Yong, Zhang Bu, Dong Xian and other warlords without distraction, and go to the west to fight Kui Huan, Kui Chun and other Longxi forces.

The foundation of the Han family can be consolidated and developed, and the eyeing Gongsun Shu has not been able to break out of Nanjun and attack the hinterland of the Luoyang court.

There are clouds in the Han book: Zhongxing generals have made meritorious contributions, only Cen Peng and Feng Yijian have the number of the handsome, from the west of Hangu and the south of Fangcheng, and the merits of the two generals are really great.

These two generals, one is the general of the Southern Expedition and the other is the general of the Western Expedition.

After listening to Li Fan's explanation, Liu Xiu nodded again and again, and sighed: "The stability of the south is indispensable, and no one can match it!" ”

Li Pan pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, Weichen thinks that it is better to transport 200,000 Shitun grain to Hongnong County first!" ”

Now Li Pan also realized that the husband was not guilty, and he was guilty, and the 200,000 stone grain he had accumulated was a bane, and the reason why the Shu army wanted to attack was because of this batch of grain and grass.

Liu Xiu rubbed his chin, pondered for a while, shook his head slowly, and said, "Don't worry, wait!" ”

He had already asked Captain Bao Yong to come to Nanyang, but the illusion he showed was that Li Tong had been assassinated and could not come to Nanyang to transfer grain, and Bao Yong had come to Nanyang to transfer grain instead of Li Tong.

Now there is still some time before Bao Yong arrives in Nanyang, and Liu Xiu guesses that during this time, the Shu army will come to sneak attack.

If the Shu army does not have many troops, it can still be a battle.

Liu Xiu said again: "First think of a way, the grain and grass in the general will be secretly transported to Deng County, so that it is safer!" ”

Li Pan thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen will arrange for people tonight to transfer all the grain in the barracks to Deng County." ”

Liu Xiu nodded and replied, "Very good!" ”

After a pause, he reminded: "Be sure to make sure that there is no Shu Army's eyeliner around!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! Wechen will strengthen the vigilance to ensure that nothing goes wrong! ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Xiu responded.

That night, Li Pan began to organize the generals and soldiers in the army, and the generals' tun grain began to be transported to Deng County.

The Han army Tuntian is located between Shandu County and Deng County, very close to Deng County.

It didn't take much time to transport grain from the barracks to Deng County, but the quantity was so large that it had to be transported several times, and it was difficult to finish it in just one night.

The Tuntian army suddenly transported all the grain to Deng County, and the Deng County Commander didn't know what was going on, and his mind was full of inexplicability.

The Tuntian army has always cherished the grain, how can it be willing to transport it to their own Deng County this time?

Li Pan found Deng County's order and said, "The grain delivered this time has a total of more than 250,000 stones. ”

When Deng Xianling heard this, his body trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "General Li, are you ...... Why did you send so much grain to my Deng County? ”

"This batch of grain is disaster relief grain, and it will be transported to Hongnong in the near future, and now it is only temporarily stored in your Deng County.

Please also ask Liu County to block the news, and do not reveal the rumors, otherwise, I am afraid that it will lead to the disaster of killing! ”

Li Fan's meaningful words warned.

Deng Xianling's face turned pale, and then he nodded again and again, and responded: "General Li rest assured, the lower officials will definitely block the news, and never leak the slightest rumor!" ”

Li Pan Zhengse said: "So it's the best! ”

That night, while Li Pan was quietly transporting the army's grain to Deng County, the spies of Yunxi Pavilion came to the Han army camp and asked to see Liu Xiu.

When Liu Xiu heard the news, he immediately asked people to invite the spies into his sleeping tent.

This Yunxi Pavilion spy is also in his early twenties, Orion is dressed up, and when he saw Liu Xiu, he immediately bowed down and said, "Subordinate Qiu Rong, meet Your Majesty!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the sign of Yunxi Pavilion forward.

Luo You stepped forward, took the sign, checked it carefully, confirmed that it was correct, and nodded to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu asked, "How did you know that I was in the barracks?" ”

"It's the flower beauty who passed on the book to inform me."

"Hmmm! What have you come from? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Lu Kun led 5,000 elite Shu troops, has arrived in Yishui, only half a day's journey from Shandu County, at most one day, Lu Kun can lead his troops to arrive at the Tuntian Army camp!"

Spy Qiu Rong said urgently.

"It's coming so fast!"

Liu Xiu muttered.

Qiu Rong said with concern on his face: "Your Majesty, the Shu army is menacing, and the generals in our military camp are afraid that it will be difficult to resist, Your Majesty should evacuate the camp in time!" ”

Even in the eyes of Qiu Rong, a spy, these Han soldiers in the barracks can only be described as shrimp soldiers and crabs.

Don't look at the 30,000 people, but if you want to deal with the elite of the 5,000 Shu army led by Lu Kun, it is almost impossible to win.