Shushui originates from Yishan, all the way to the south, begins to run parallel with Yishui in Dongguan, passes through Dongguan, Chengyang, Langya, Donghai counties, and finally joins Surabaya in Xiapi.

More than ten years ago, the armies of Cao Bao and Que Xuan went up against the current one after another, with clear banners and soaring momentum. However, since three days ago, corpses have been drifting down the river every day.

The county soldiers who stayed behind in Xiapi were surprised at first, and after identifying their own comrades from their clothes and armor, they tried to salvage and bury them. Later, more and more corpses drifted down, and there were not so many people and courage to salvage them.

There were still some experienced officers who stayed in the city, knowing that it was chūn day, and rashly salvaged the corpses, which could easily catch the plague. Of course, the more important reason than this is that there are already nearly 1,000 corpses floating down in the river, which shows how badly General Cao lost this battle.

Isn't it possible that the Qingzhou Army won't take advantage of the victory to pursue? What would they do if they came? With more experience and more experience, the officers accurately judged the current situation, deduced the most likely subsequent changes in the situation, and began to worry about their own safety.

As for the comrades in the river, only those who are kind and affectionate, remembering the love of the robes, turning the grass into incense, cutting the leaves for money, and burning a puff of green smoke to pay silent tribute to the brothers who were unfortunately killed.

When doing this, everyone felt a trace of happiness in their hearts.

When Cao Bao first raised his army, the bright prospects he depicted moved many people's hearts, and it can be said that there were many applicants. Now, everyone is left with the joy of escaping death......

Fortunately, he was not taken by General Cao, otherwise, maybe he would be a member of the river. The invincible hussar general in the world, is it so easy to mess with? There are many people who do not believe in evil, but which one ends well? It's a dead end!

People are forgetful, and the unfortunate are quickly left behind, and people begin to imagine how miserable Cao Bao is now, or how Wang Yu's life will change after he becomes the master...... Wait a minute.

However, their imagination has not had time to verify, the world is too big, there are too many people who do not believe in evil, Cao Bao's blood has not been wiped dry, and the next bold person appeared in front of everyone.

"Uncle Zhi, you patrol the city defense, don't leave omissions...... General He, you will search along the river and collect the rout as much as possible...... Taichu, please gather the troops as soon as possible, General Cao was defeated too quickly, it seems that the Qingzhou army will soon move south...... Then send someone to find Yun Chang, and tell him to postpone his march and not to go deep into the ...... alone."

Liu Bei is this who is not afraid of death, he marched into the East China Sea, nominally to echo Cao Bao's offensive, but in fact he left a hand, and on the surface, Guan Yu led a large team of men and horses to attract the attention of others, and he sneaked through Pengcheng with a light car and went straight to Xiapi.

What he did was to prepare with both hands, if Cao Bao really won, there should be a dragon and tiger fight between him and Que Xuan, and he would take a piece of the pie in the East China Sea in the name of mediation. If Cao Bao was defeated, or suffered heavy losses, he would just take advantage of the situation to annex Cao Bao's remnants and capture Xiapi and the East China Sea, all of which were based on Xuzhou.

But after a lot of calculations, he just didn't calculate that Cao Bao was defeated so badly and so quickly, that he didn't have enough time to prepare.

Although with the help of Liu Pi and He Yi, thousands of yellow scarves were ambushed in Xiapi in advance, but in a hurry, he had to seize the city, fire and Cao Bao, and resist the attack of the Qingzhou army.

"Is there any news from the military advisor? Not yet? This...... But how is it good? At such a critical moment, the people he relied on the most were not around, which made him feel very difficult.

"Xuande Gong and don't be impatient, don't worry, General Cao is not completely incompetent, he should have gathered a certain number of remnants on the road, and after his father sees him, he will be able to make him discern the general trend and act in accordance with the righteousness...... Xuande Gong only needs to concentrate on preparing for the defense of the city. ”

"There are two of them." Liu Bei nodded gratefully to Chen Deng.

When he arrived in Xiapi, the battle of Malingshan had already been decided, and the news began to spread, if it were not for the help of Chen Deng's father and son, his plan to seize Xuzhou could only be stillborn. At that time, the people of Xiapi City were panicked, and it was not difficult to capture the city, but he couldn't swallow Cao Bao's remnants, let alone calm the hearts of the people in the city.

Solving these urgent needs is only the most inconspicuous one of the many benefits brought by Chen Deng's father and son, and the role of these two will be great.

Therefore, although Liu Bei knew very well that the Chen family's father and son were preparing to use themselves as shields, he didn't care at all, and still treated the father and son with unusual respect.

This kind of thing is just a willingness to fight, a willingness to suffer, and each taking what he needs.

"What did Xuande Gong say?" Chen Deng waved his hand, and said with a light smile: "The general went thousands of miles to help for the rise and fall of the Han family, who doesn't feel the great virtue of the general in Xuzhou?" Deng's father and son are also the people under the rule of Xuzhou, in order to maintain the township, how can they say that they are hard? ”

"The world has collapsed to this point, as a clansman, it should be prepared to run out for the people of the world. Ran Yuanlong and Ling Zun's timely help, and the gratitude of Bei was also from the bottom of his heart, and he was sincere. Although Beibei is far away in Yuzhou, I have also heard that Guangling's politics are clear and the people live in peace, all of which are the work of respecting the governance and education of fathers and sons. At this difficult time for national affairs, if you have the help of the two, how fortunate will you be, and how fortunate will you be for the people in the world? ”

While sighing, Liu Bei used a hint to solicit Chen Deng. He praised the achievements of Chen Deng's father and son in Guangling, not just to compliment, but to promise, telling Chen Deng that after he won Xuzhou, he would ensure that the interests of the Chen family in Guangling would not waver.

"Xuande Gong's value, Deng is inexplicably grateful, the general is in Xuzhou, if it is useful to my Chen family, please feel free to speak. After the war in Xuzhou was eliminated, Dengbi surrendered to the account and served the king. ”

Chen's answer was equally meaningful. He hinted to Liu Bei that now the two sides should work together to fight the enemy, and as for things like surrender, they can wait until Liu Bei completely pacifies Xuzhou.

"That's very good." failed to achieve the most perfect result, but Liu Bei was not discouraged. The father and son of the Chen family are local powerful factions, even Tao Qian, a strong dragon, can only make him submissive on the surface, Liu Bei himself now has to rely on other people's mixed rice to eat, how can he subdue the other party's capital? Chen Dengken promised to help as much as he could, which was already very good.

He lowered his voice and said: "Wang Yu is extremely brave, if you want to guard the next Pi, you have to adjust the cloud chief and Yide to come here." However, Pengcheng is now in the hands of Yuan Shu, and a small group of people and horses can get by, but the large team of soldiers and horses is ......"

Chen Deng raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically with a smile: "What does the envoy mean, is it that he wants to plan Yuan Shu first?" ”

"Of course not." Liu Bei hurriedly denied it, joking, a Wang Yu has already put him under a lot of pressure, and then provoke Yuan Shu, who could have been an ally? Isn't that crazy!

He explained in a low voice, "Last year in Yanzhou......" he said of the war between Lü Bu and Cao Cāo over territory.

"I see, I'm willing to give it a try." Chen Deng knew that Liu Bei wanted to let him be a lobbyist to help Liu Bei achieve this goal, so he nodded in response, but he sneered in his heart.

Cao Cāo was willing to exchange with Lü Bu because he had a plan to go west—the news of Hongnong and Hedong had already reached Xuzhou, and Chen Deng had also discovered his mistake. If he wants to contain Wang Yu, Cao Cāo can't count on it for a while, and he can only hope that Xu Yu will have some results, otherwise how can Liu Bei stop Wang Yu?

Now Liu Bei thinks very well, and wants to exchange the chicken-ribbed Qianjun and Runan for Pengcheng in Yuan Shu's hands, and connect Peiguo, Pengcheng, and Xiapi together. But in this way, although Yuan Shu was able to temporarily get rid of the threat of the Qingzhou army, there was no room for him to expand, so he couldn't go to Yingchuan and Nanyang to provoke Cao Cāo, or go north to fight with Lu Bu for Yanzhou, right?

But then again, Liu Bei's proposal was beneficial to Guangling. The stronger Liu Bei's barrier, the more secure Guangling's safety will be, which is the main reason why Chen Deng agreed.

"There's Lao Yuanlong." Liu Bei was overjoyed, there was nothing to reward the other party, so he simply bowed to the ground and expressed his gratitude with etiquette.

Bidding farewell to Liu Bei, Chen Deng did not rush to Pengcheng, and after leaving Xiapi, he first walked west for a while, and then turned directly to the north, where Liangcheng and Chen Qi met and Cao Bao and Xu Tan, two defeated generals.

"How?" As soon as he saw Chen Deng, Cao Bao couldn't wait to ask.

He asked a clueless question, but Chen Deng replied in detail: "General Liu is willing to guarantee your status and military power, how you were in Xuzhou in the past, and what will happen under General Liu's account in the future." ”

Cao Bao and Xu Tan glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's joy, but he had a lot of doubts in his heart, but he would not be completely eliminated because of Chen Deng's words: "What about when the Qingzhou army went south?" He won't take our people to consume first, will he? ”

"No, it won't." Chen Deng smiled faintly: "General Liu said clearly, he will defend Xiapi City by himself, and the two of them can divide their troops to go to the lower phase, and form a horn with Xiapi to support each other." ”

Cao Bao sighed and was relieved.

Xiaxiang is also a city along the coast of Surabaya, which is between Huaiyīn City and Xiapi City, which is a place that can be attacked and defended. Liu Bei asked him to be stationed here, and his sincerity was not insufficient, so there was nothing to hesitate about.

Chen Deng and Cao Bao replied, but Chen Jue didn't interject at all. After Chen Deng settled Cao Bao, the father and son got together and began to exchange information and assess the situation.

Chen Deng was relatively optimistic here, but he was still a little unsure about whether he could convince Yuan Shu, Chen Qi listened, shook his head and sighed: "It's not difficult to persuade Yuan Shu at all, as long as Yuanlong you go, tell him the news from Tancheng, and then explain the benefits and disadvantages......

Chen Deng was shocked and asked urgently: "Father, what happened in Tancheng?" Could it be that the Qingzhou army has not moved south for a long time, isn't it because of the war with Que Xuan? ”

"Grappling?" Chen Qi smiled bitterly, Chen Deng saw a trace of sadness in his eyes, and his heart became more and more suspicious, only to hear the old father say miserably: "Que Xuan is finished, not only is he finished, he also wants to drag the whole of Xuzhou into the water!" (To be continued.) )