Yuan Tan was rushing to harvest Qiumai when he received the news from Zhang He.

Before the troops moved, the food and grass were first, which was common sense for military use. The autumn harvest in Youzhou was a few days later than that in Jizhou. Yuan Tan originally felt that he had enough time to collect the wheat and took the newly harvested grain to fight against Liu Bei. He never thought that Taishi Ci, Guan Yu had put down the ripe grain that was about to be mature and suddenly sent troops to attack, disrupting his deployment. What was even more troublesome was that Zhang He was seriously injured in the battle, lost the ability to counterattack, and was unable to stop Liu Bei from rushing to harvest the grain around Zhuo County. After Liu Bei solved the problem of grain supply, he solved the hidden dangers brought by the sudden attack. He could wait for his reinforcements under the city of Zhuo County.

All the initiative was lost, and Sun Ce moved his troops to the plains and attacked the plains. Shi Ming, Feng Ji sent messages one after another, asking for reinforcements. The north and south were attacked at the same time. Yuan Tan was a little panicked and asked for advice from Ju Su and Zang Hong.

Ju Su was relatively calm. He analyzed for Yuan Tan that using troops to match the right and win with a strange victory. Liu Bei suddenly took action and could indeed win first and achieve temporary results, but the final outcome depends on the strength of both sides. Even if Liu Bei seized the crops of Zhuo County, it could solve the problem of food, but it was not very meaningful. At first, Anci, Quanzhou and Zhuo County were only two or three hundred miles apart, and the transportation burden was not large. The difference between taking Zhuo County's grain and following Anci, Quanzhou was not very different. Instead, the grain from Zhuo County was robbed, and Liu Bei's reputation in his hometown was ruined. In the future, fewer people would truly support him. Even if he seized Zhuo County, he would sit on a pile of firewood, which could cause fire at any time.

It is not scary for Sun Ce to leave the plain. Sun Ce is mainly a navy. Without large-scale siege equipment, it is not easy to capture even the county town. He does not have established cavalry and cannot be encircled and divided. He goes deep into the hinterland of the plain. At most, he will only besiege the capital of the plain, and may not be able to capture it quickly. When he builds the siege equipment, our reinforcements will also arrive, which is enough to block him for a while. Autumn is here, and the water level of the Yellow River will be reduced sharply if it doesn't take much. The tower ships cannot pass, and the time available is limited. Even if he captures the plain at any cost, we will have time to counterattack after defeating Liu Bei. The Yellow River is cut off and the cavalry can even chase to the hinterland of Qingzhou.

After listening to Ju Su's analysis, Yuan Tan finally calmed down and mobilized his troops while ordering to harvest. He ordered Yan Liang, the prime minister of Hejian, to lead the county troops to send troops to Zhuo County, forcing Liu Bei to divide his troops to block the attack, and ordered Zang Hong to reinforce Feng Ji. In order to ensure that Zang Hong could correspond to Sun Ce, he sent two thousand Hu cavalry to cooperate with Zang Hong.

A few days later, when the autumn harvest ended, Yuan Tan led more than 30,000 infantry and cavalry to Zhuo County.

On the way, Yuan Tan received a message from the scout who was left outside the city: Liu Bei failed to invite Lu Yu into the curtain, and was angry and started a massacre of the Zhuo County family and killed more than ten families in a row. The powerful Zhuo County was killed in panic, and they asked to surrender and took the initiative to send money and food. Now Liu Bei has sufficient money and food, and his morale is high.

Upon hearing this news, Ju Su laughed. He told Yuan Tan that Liu Bei was a rash man. He learned Sun Ce everywhere but could not learn the essence, and he could not get the essence but not the spirit. How long did Sun Ce take to subdue the Yuzhou family? It took at least three years, using both soft and hard, and taking steps forward. It was not until Guandu that he had a fatal blow to the Yuzhou family that was fighting stubbornly. So what did he do to the Wu County family? Almost no killing. Liu Bei raised his butcher knife to his hometown. Does he still want to gain a foothold in Zhuo County?

Ju Su made a suggestion at any time, slowly advancing, so that Liu Bei had enough time to kill people. The more he killed, the deeper the hatred he accumulated, and the more people hated him behind his back. At that time, the envoys came to Zhuo County, and the more people came to surrender. Even those who surrendered to Liu Bei's tyranny would cooperate secretly. Although Liu Bei's family was average, he was a famous playboy. After so many years of poverty, he suddenly seized so much money, grain, and jewelry. He would definitely indulge in it. When his soldiers were arrogant, he could be captured in one battle.

Yuan Tan accepted Ju Su's suggestion and ordered Yan Liang to advance slowly. He also sent someone to contact Zhang Ze, the governor of Youzhou. Liu Bei was cruel and unkind and killed the villagers. Are you willing to let such a person take over Zhuo County and let such a person dominate Youzhou?

Everything was as Ju Su expected. As soon as the army crossed the Yishui River and entered the Zhuo County, a family of Zhuo County came to welcome him. They were all frightened by Liu Bei's actions. They never expected that Liu Bei, a Zhuo County man, would be so cruel to kill the village party. They didn't think that Yuan Tan was so good, but now when compared, they thought that Yuan Tan was more humane, at least much stronger than Liu Bei, and they all came to rely on their troops and grain.

In a few days, Yuan Tan had four or five thousand more squadrons and cavalry. Yuan Tan adopted Ju Su's suggestion and selected some people as close attendants to show their trust and respect for the surrendered families. At the same time, he also took the qualities to avoid them being distracted. Then he arranged most of the aristocratic families to collect food and contact the families. He knew very well that although Liu Bei was inappropriate in learning from Sun Ce, one thing was true. His troops were very concise and could not be dealt with by these mobs. Instead of forcing them to go to battle and die and chaotic, it would be better to let them make some miscellaneous items.

After entering Zhuo County, Yuan Tan slowed down and stayed in Fanyang for two days, gathered with the powerful families who came to the gate, and then slowly headed north and entered Zhuo County five days later.

Up a slope, Ju Su said to Yuan Tan: "Do you know where this place is?"

Yuan Tan shook his head and looked at Ju Su quietly, with sincere eyes and a little awe. In the past few days, he has truly seen Ju Su's extraordinary insight. The situation has developed according to Ju Su's analysis and is in a strict manner.

"When Queyi faced Liu Bei, Ling Zun set up a formation here."

Yuan Tan suddenly realized. He thought for a moment, understood Ju Su's meaning, and couldn't help but sigh. He had been on the battlefield where Qu Yi and Liu Bei had fought, and watched the entire position accompanied by Ju Su. Zhang He was also present at the time and told him the whole battle. He not only remembered the geographical situation of the battlefield, but also the journey there.

From the perspective of command on the front line, this distance is undoubtedly too far, and even with fast horses, there is a possibility of delaying the fighter jet. In other words, it was not that Que Yi lost to Liu Bei, but that Yuan Shao did not provide timely reinforcements, so that Que Yi was worried that the loss was too great and had to retreat on his own initiative. If the general was not centrifuged, there might not be such a chance of winning or losing in the battle.

"Liu Bei once won the first victory worthy of his life. He will definitely line up to fight the envoy there in order to win another game." Ju Yuan raised his hand and pointed around and said, "We are here to fight him."

"here?"

"Yes, we cannot fight against Liu Bei on the battlefield chosen by him, but on the battlefield chosen by us."

Yuan Tan nodded repeatedly. He remembered that battlefield, where Liu Bei's command position stood on a dirt slope, and Qu Yi's command position was also on a dirt slope, but Liu Bei was relatively higher, so he could grasp the overall situation better. Liu Bei was waiting for his leisure and must have occupied the best terrain. Now he rushed over and could only choose the dirt slope to set up a dirt slope like Qu Yi, just as Liu Bei expected.

"We are here to set up a formation and wait for Liu Bei to attack. If he doesn't come, then wait to be surrounded. Zhang Ze will not sit idly by." Ju Su said quietly: "Those who respect others will always respect them, and those who kill others will always kill them. This is the common sense of heaven and earth."

Yuan Tan seemed to be thinking and remained silent.

Liu Bei stood on the high slope with his hands behind his back, looking south.

The autumn was clear and the sun was still dazzling. The sun was so bright that his face was covered in oily and sweaty that he couldn't wipe it clean. He was a little anxious and sighed from time to time. Guan Jing stood behind him, bowing his hands, expressionless.

When Liu Bei turned his head, he looked at Guan Jing, but he stopped talking. Seeing Guan Jing's expression, he felt bored and even regretted taking Guan Jing to fight. Guan Jing opposed him to kill someone, but Guan Jing had no good idea. He followed Guan Jing's advice to treat the wise and honest, but he hit Lu Yu several soft nails in a row, and had no face. Now he talked with a knife, but the effect was unexpectedly good.

A scout came from the south, tied his mount under the dirt slope, turned over and dismounted, and came to Liu Bei to report the latest news: Yuan Tan entered the county, but he did not continue to advance, but camped on the south bank of the Giant Horseshui.

Liu Bei turned to look at Guan Jing. "Yuan, ww. What does Yuan Tan mean?"

Guan Jing smiled bitterly. "Mr. Yuan Tan is just waiting for change."

"Waiting to change?" Liu Bei sneered: "What else can change be achieved besides the weather getting colder?"

Guan Jing remained silent and refused to answer. Seeing his half-dead look, Liu Bei felt indescribable. He actually understood what Guan Jing meant. The so-called change was nothing more than the aristocratic family in Zhuo County who depended on Yuan Tan and became his enemy. He had received similar news, but he had no choice. The matter had been done and the people had been killed. Even if he wanted to change the course, he could not change it. Will the women have to return the money distributed to the soldiers and return it to those aristocratic families? If he really wanted to do this, I am afraid that the one who wanted to kill him would not be the aristocratic family, but the soldiers under his command.

Even if he was wrong, he could only go to the end now, not to mention that he might not be defeated. Last time he defeated Tuo Yi here and let Yuan Shao return to the death. This time he still has the confidence to defeat Yan Liang and let Yuan Tan get out of Youzhou. If not, how could he prove to Sun Ce that he has the strength to control Zhuo County? Defeating Zhang He was a contribution to Taishi Ci. He had to take Zhuo County and prove that he was no worse than Taishi Ci.

He not only wanted to take over Zhuo County, but also had to rely on his own strength to take over Zhuo County, rather than relying on Taishi Ci.

Guan Jing was unwilling to offer advice, so I asked others, but I didn't believe that I could not win except you, Guan Jing. Liu Bei shook his sleeves, walked down the hillside, turned over, and ran away with a few personal guards. Guan Jing stood on the hillside and sighed quietly.

Liu Xiu came over and advised, "Why should you do this, sir?"

Guan Jing shook his head and sighed. "Deran, why did Gongsun Bogui look at him? The emperor of the palace did not care about his mistakes and regarded killing as a good deal. He was even more extreme than Gongsun Bogui. I was afraid that he would repeat the same mistake."

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