In early April, Chen Liuyongqiu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Jingzhou army walked on the gallop road.

Gan Ning took off his helmet, reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and said scoldingly: "Hell, it's so hot in April, and you can't let people live." ”

"Has Brother Xingba lived in Xichuan for too long and is not used to life in other places?" Wen Ping said with a smile, "In Jingzhou before, I often heard you complain. ”

Gan Ning smiled awkwardly and was about to speak, but saw a horse speeding from a distance.

Wen Ping looked at the person who came, and said to Gan Ning with a smile: "Su Fei is back, I don't know if I want food?" ”

"If that bastard Yuan Shu doesn't give it again, we'll rob it." Gan Ning said angrily.

Su Fei was in his twenties, tall and strong, with slightly dark skin, high cheekbones, and a pair of tiger-like eyes under thick eyebrows. He is a general in Jingzhou, and after Gan Ning arrived in Jingzhou, he had a good relationship with him. Su Fei had recommended Gan Ning to Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu many times, but unfortunately Huang Zu had always disliked Gan Ning, so Gan Ning was not reused.

This time, Liu Biao sent a large army north to the Central Plains, and Su Fei was one of the generals who commanded the army, and he took the opportunity to propose to Huang Zu to let Gan Ning go north to the Central Plains with him.

Huang Zu didn't like Gan Ning in the first place, so he agreed to Su Fei's suggestion and threw Gan Ning into the army going north.

Gan Ning is a person with strong martial arts, after entering the Northern Expedition Army, he was quickly recognized by another general in the army, Wen Ping, and the two cherished each other and hated each other.

Under the joint recommendation of Su Fei and Wen Ping, Gan Ning became the third commander of the former army of the Jingzhou Army.

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When Su Fei came to the two of them, Wen Ping asked urgently, "Ziyi, what did Zhang Xun say?" Or no food? ”

Su Fei's face was a little ugly and said: "Zhang Xun said that the Yellow Turban Army in Peiguo and Xiapi has been frequent recently, and the grain road has been cut off repeatedly, so ......"

"So there's no food for us?" Gan Ning turned over and dismounted, and the whip in his hand was whipped to the ground fiercely, "Yangzhou's grain can be given to the Yanzhou army, to the Yuzhou army, why can't you give us the Jingzhou army?" I think he is extremely shameless, and he is simply a villain. This is not a personal vendetta of the communiqué. ”

"Brother Xingba...... Wen Ping got off the horse and patted Gan Ning on the shoulder, "This war is related to the survival of the society, don't make a fuss because of such a trivial matter." ”

"What if there is no food? We can't let the soldiers go hungry to the Yellow River, right? Gan Ning glared at Wen Ping angrily and said, "Since Yuan Shu doesn't give food, I won't leave." You see, did you order all the departments to immediately set up a large camp in Yongqiu and wait to join the rear army? ”

Wen Ping hesitated.

In early March, after receiving the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, the lord Liu Biao hurried to Changyi in Yanzhou with Changshi Kuai Yue, and ordered Liu Pan of Jingzhou Prefecture, Wenpin, the governor of Jingzhou Prefecture, and Su Fei, the governor of Jiangxia County, to lead an army of 20,000 to form a front army and slowly go north.

In the middle of March, Liu Biao urgently wrote to Jingzhou Mansion from Changyi, and ordered Changshi Kuaiyue, Zhizhong Deng Yi, Wumeng Commander Li Yan, Nanjun Governor Pang Ji, Bing Cao Peng, Lu Jie, and others to lead an army of 30,000 to form a rear army, and immediately set off north to the Central Plains with a large amount of grain and grass.

According to the agreement, the former army grain and grass of the Jingzhou Army were provided by Yuan Xi of Nanyang and Gaolan of Yingchuan along the way, and after arriving in Yanzhou, Yuan Shu of Yangzhou provided them.

However, after the Jingzhou army entered Yanzhou, Yuan Shu refused under various pretexts.

Wen Ping asked, "How much food does the army still have?" ”

"There are four more days of food rations." Su Fei bowed and replied, "Before we reach the Yellow River, everyone will be hungry." ”

Wen Ping looked at Gan Ning and persuaded in a low voice: "Brother Xingba, let's go to Chenliu first, and meet the senior cadres who rushed to Chenliu in advance, what do you think?" There must be food there in Gaogan. ”

Gan Ning narrowed his eyes, shook his head, and said viciously: "Don't give this bastard a little color, he still thinks that we Jingzhou people are afraid of him." Don't go! ”

Wen Ping said with some hesitation: "But the holy decree requires that we must rush to the Yellow River in mid-April, if ......"

"Without food, even if we rush to the Yellow River, how can we fight?" Gan Ning said angrily, "I personally went to tell General Liu Pan that we Jingzhou people will never be affected by this kind of bird anger." ”

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Liu Pan lowered his head, kept turning the horsewhip in his hand, and did not answer for a long time.

Liu Pan is less than thirty years old, of medium stature, with a thin face, and a pair of arrogant eyes.

He is Liu Biao's own nephew, and after learning of Liu Biao's whereabouts a few years ago, he immediately moved with his father and the whole clan from his hometown of Gaoping, Shanyang, Yanzhou to Xiangyang.

Liu Pan has been smart since he was a child, capable of writing and martial arts, Liu Biao likes him very much and entrusts him with important tasks. Let him suppress the Liukou and Nanban in the area of Lingling and Guiyang, and he has quite a success.

During the Northern Expedition to Li Yi this time, Liu Biao deliberately made him the former commander of the Jingzhou Army for a reason.

The reason why Liu Biao was able to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou was to rely entirely on the strength of the Xiangyang Gate Valve, but after a long time, Liu Biao felt the threat of the Xiangyang Gate Valve to his power, so after he drove Yuan away, he immediately used the excuse of consolidating the alliance with Yuan Shao and striving to get back Nanyang as soon as possible, and appointed a large number of gate valve children in Nanyang and Yingchuan to serve as officials in Jingzhou counties, taking advantage of the situation to weaken the power of the Xiangyang Gate Valve, and firmly controlled Jingzhou in his hands.

The power of the Nanyang gate lords in Jingzhou grew rapidly, and Su Fei, who was born in Nanyang, was quickly promoted from Cao Peng, a soldier of Jiangxia County, to the governor of Jiangxia County.

In this army, Wen Ping and Su Fei are both from Nanyang and belong to the forces of the Nanyang Gate Valve, while most of the middle and lower-level military officials are the people of the Xiangyang Gate Valve, and how to properly deal with the contradictions between the two depends on Liu Pan to mediate.

In the 30,000 rear army in Jingzhou, this contradiction is more prominent, Kuai Yue and Pang Ji were both born in Xiangyang Gate Valve, while Deng Yi and Li Yan were born in Nanyang Gate Valve, so after this army arrived in the Central Plains, only Liu Biao personally commanded it.

Now that the two generals of the former army of Jingzhou are unwilling to continue to advance, it will be difficult for Liu Pan to do so. He thought about it for a long time, and then decided that the army would stop temporarily, send fast horses to gallop to Changyi, and ask Liu Biao to think of a proper plan.

When Liu Biao received the news, he was furious and immediately went out of the city to find Yuan Shu.

After making a big fuss in the court, the hussar general Yuan Shu went out of the city, neither entering the city nor going to the court. In order to appease Yuan Shu, the Son of Heaven of the Changyi Imperial Court specially issued an order to promote him by two levels, and worshiped him as the general of the hussars, and opened the palace with three divisions.

Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other ministers considered that the battle was very important, and Yuan Shu was too unreliable, once the battle reached Hebei, Yuan Shu suddenly did not listen to the command and fought indiscriminately, it would be over, so they decided to let Yuan Shu stay in Changyi and supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

This battle is the princes to fight together, the battle line is very long, from Hanoi County to Qingzhou Plain County more than 1,000 miles on both sides of the Yellow River, there are coalition troops, in order to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the various armies, but also in order to save manpower and powerlessness, Yuan Shao and others decided to transport grain and grass in four ways.

Qingzhou is responsible for the grain and grass of the Qingzhou Army; Yuan Shao was responsible for the grain and grass of the Hanoi Army, the Kwantung Army, and the Yuzhou Army; Liu Biao was in charge of the grain and grass of the Jingzhou Army and part of the Yanzhou Army. The grain and grass of the Xuzhou army and another part of the Yanzhou army were in charge of Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu.

Several counties in Jiangdong in Yangzhou were at war, and it was difficult for Yuan Shu to provide enough grain and grass. Therefore, the allied army mainly relies on the supply of grain and grass from Jingzhou and Yuzhou, but recently the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou has made a lot of trouble, and in order to ensure that the grain road is unimpeded, it is necessary to use the power of Yuan Shu.

In addition, Yuan Shu and the Yellow Turban Army have fought, which can also ensure that Yuan Shu will not make a fuss in the Central Plains.

The imperial court took care of Yuan Shu so much, of course Yuan Shu was overjoyed, and he promised: "Don't worry, as long as I am in the Central Plains, you will never go hungry, and everyone can be fat and strong." ”

But he just swore by it here, and the supply of grain and grass for the former army in Jingzhou was immediately cut off there.

Of course, Yuan Shu had his own excuses, he said to Liu Biao: "There are seven or eight hundred miles of road from Yangzhou to Changyi, and the road is densely covered with rivers. There were Yellow Turban troops everywhere, and I didn't have time to bring food over even if I was on the road day and night. You have seven counties in Jingzhou, all of them are so fat that they are oily, and you don't bring enough grain to the Yellow River, but instead expect me, a poor bastard, to help you, isn't this a joke? ”

Liu Biao was so angry that his eyes were on fire, but in order to get grain and grass, he still suppressed his anger and said to Yuan Shu: "This crusade against Li Yi is so large in scale and tight in time that it is rare in the world, and it is already a miracle that I can pull the Jingzhou army to the Central Plains in such a short time." ”

"Jingzhou is now recruiting people to seize all the time to transport grain and grass north. However, from Xiangyang to the Central Plains, there are more than 1,000 miles, and even if I have long wings to fly, it is impossible for me to transport grain and grass to the Central Plains in such a short time. Before the grain and grass in Jingzhou were not transported to the Central Plains, the Jingzhou Army temporarily provided grain and grass by you, which you personally promised, how could you go back on your word and regret it on the spot? ”

"I don't regret it, there's really nothing I can do." Yuan Shu smiled and said, "Aren't you on good terms with Yuan Benchu?" Your army passed through Yuzhou, and you asked Yuan Benchu to give you grain and grass. ”

Liu Biao naturally wouldn't agree, he gritted his teeth and said to Yuan Shu: "The crusade against Li Yi is a matter of the survival of the society, how can you not do your best if you are the fourth and third duke of the Yuan family, and you have received the emperor's favor?" If you defeat Li Yi and occupy Jizhou, your Yuan family will not only have outstanding achievements and fame, but also enjoy endless fame and fortune, don't you even understand this truth? ”

"It's not that I don't understand, but I think you are all dead, and it is estimated that you will die in Hebei." Yuan Shu laughed gloatingly.

"Do you still want to be shameless?" Liu Biao pointed at Yuan Shu and trembled.

"Do I still have a face?" Yuan Shu touched his face strangely and said with a smile, "I can't see my face?" ”

Liu Biao had never seen such a shameless person, so he roared angrily, and the sword on his waist suddenly pulled out halfway.

Yuan Shu was startled, and said while retreating: "Liu Jingsheng, let me tell you, if you don't have food, you can't die." ”

After finishing speaking, he ran away, but Liu Biao was so angry that his eyes were full of gold, and he almost died with blood. (To be continued.) )