The cavalry's raiding speed was fast. So as soon as the war letter was released, Liu Mang received information from Lu Bu that Zhang Xiu's Western Liang Iron Cavalry had arrived in Xinye area, and there were traces of Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses in Zaoyang, Yiyang.

"Yiyang Zaoyang?!" Liu Mang opened the map. Yiyang Zaoyang is at the end of the Huaihe River, below Xinye, the territory belonging to Jingzhou. After passing Yiyang Zaoyang, it is Pingchun. This is a place where Yangzhou and Jingzhou and Yuzhou are junctions. Liu Mang didn't want to provoke Liu Bei and Liu Biao too early. It was because Liu Mang didn't have so many troops under him, so Pingchun did not rule out the troops stationing. After passing Pingchun, it is Guangzhou. Guangzhou? Liu Mang couldn't help but think of the young general recommended by Zhang Liao. There were defenders there, but there were only a thousand people.

Liu Mang held the information in his hand. This information was given to Lu Bu by Liu Biao in Jingzhou. After the trouble, Lu Bu sent it to Liu Mang from Lujiang. This means that the 20,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry is not far from the rule of Liu Mang in Shouchun.

"Yuan Zhi, what do you think!" Liu Mang first asked his chief adviser.

"Lord. Shu has three strategies, both the top, middle and the bottom. I don't know which strategy the lord wants to use!" Xu Shu said with a smile at Liu Mang.

"Stop keeping a secret, say!" Liu Mang doesn't have the time to play with Xu Shu now.

"The best strategy is to defend Shouchun and wait for the rescue of Wen Hou!" Xu Shu's this is the worst strategy, because this skill is the most reliable. Liu Mang has many infantry under his command, with only two hundred white horses conquering Yi, and the opposite is the 20,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry. In terms of maneuver power and combat power, they are much stronger than Liu Mang's troops. Therefore, Liu Mang could not take the initiative to attack, and could only shrink his troops and besiege him in Shouchun. Waiting for the arrival of the 5,000 Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, who was waiting for Lu Bu to come and then go to find Zhang Xiu's Western Liang Iron Cavalry to fight.

"Do you have to give up so much land?!" There is not only one Shouchun under Liu Mang's rule, but also Hefei and Anfeng, Guangzhou. If the troops were reduced in Shouchun, the other places would be ruined by the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and then half of Liu Mang's efforts would be destroyed, and the seeds that were planted would also be destroyed by Zhang Xiu.

"What about the Zhongst Plan!" Liu Mang would not implement the worst plan, so there is only the Zhongst Plan and the Best Plan.

"Zhongce. I still stick to the guard and wait for assistance, but I have to close all the cities. Lord, you send the city management army and the black chess army to wait for an opportunity to fight in the wild!" Xu Shu's Zhongce was to close all the cities and guard them strictly. The two heavy armor infantrymen of the City Management Army and the Black chess army, plus the white horses and Yi and Shouchun, began to patrol the entire rule, with more than 200 heavy armor cavalry. Even if the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had 20,000 troops, he had to consider whether to eat or not. With their restraint, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry could not easily take down a certain city.

However, Zhongce is not a good idea for Liu Mang, because although heavy armored infantry is not afraid of the charge of heavy armored cavalry, there is one thing. That is, infantry will never have strong cavalry power. Once someone surrounds some to attack aid, or takes you to fly a kite, it will be done. Liu Mang once used this trick to kill Xu Sheng's black chess army. Passive beating was not what Liu Mang wanted.

"What about the best strategy!" Liu Mang asked about the best strategy directly. His fingers were drawn over the map, and his eyes were also on the map.

"Haha! The best strategy!" Xu Shu smiled calmly and pointed to the map and said, "Didn't the lord already have the best strategy in his heart!"

"Me?" Liu Mang laughed when he saw the point Xu Shu pointed, "Yuan Zhi, Yuan Zhi. You are simply the worm in my belly."

"Of course, the lord has already thought of the best plan, so Yuan Zhi will stay in Shouchun!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang. There must be someone in Shouchun. This person must not only be knowledgeable but also have reputation and be able to deal with everything.

"Stay in Shouchun?!" Liu Mang was a little confused. If he was just in charge, there would be a lot of people, such as Huang Zhong, Yang Hong. Although Yang Hong was not good at strategy, it was still possible to make steady progress. Why was Xu Shu unwilling to leave?

"Haha, lord, it's inevitable that we will be embarrassed to meet friends in the past, so!" Xu Shu expressed his concerns.

"I understand, don't worry, Yuan Zhi, just stay here to help me stay in Shouchun!" Liu Mang didn't want to make things too difficult for Xu Shu.

"Master, please bring Ziyang with you. In terms of talent, Ziyang is not inferior to me, and in terms of mechanisms, I am even more willing to give up the disadvantage! I am also a lord and your relative!" Xu Shu recommended to Liu Mang, Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang are really a genius, or a versatile person.

He is the descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu of Han. He has been very smart since he was a child. On the original trajectory, the strategy he set really benefited Cao Cao a lot. From Chen Ce, the bandit in Shouchun to the later battle against Shuchuan, it can be said that he had many fights with Zhuge Liang, but he was not inferior to Brother Zhu. Moreover, Liu Ye is also very good at mechanical science. The original battle of Guandu, which could fight against Yuan Shao was made by Liu Ye. Here, Liu Ye helped Liu Mang to repair many things in the entire industrial area, cement, and everything was done by Liu Ye. The crossbow was also perfected with the help of Liu Ye, and there were also the bed crossbow that could directly load the magazine.

Compared to Zhuge Liang, Liu Ye is not bad at all. If this identity was not a little embarrassed, then Liu Ye would have been a sensible person. Unfortunately, he was suspicious of being smart because of his identity and was alienated by Emperor Wei and died of shame and anger.

However, now that Liu Ye has arrived at Liu Mang's command, the issue of this identity is not a problem at all. Although Liu Mang is not a descendant of the gangster Liu Bang, he has been appointed as a clan of the Han Dynasty. One is the King of Shu and now he has become the Saint King of the Han Dynasty. It can be said that he has died and is the royal family of the Han Dynasty. Naturally, Liu Ye does not need to consider the issue of identity. How could other princes treat him wholeheartedly? Just like Lao Cao, he has been guarding against Liu Ye. After all, Lao Cao is harboring the emperor to command the princes, which is a ruthless person. He is afraid that talented people like Liu Ye will deal with him, so Lao Cao simply does not need Liu Ye. Liu Kai and Liu Neng, the father and son, defected to Liu Mang because of the Han Dynasty's relatives, otherwise he could live a good life under Sun Ce's command. At worst, he would join the Jiangdong gentry group!

Here at Liu Mang, Liu Yecai truly demonstrated his talent without having to worry about his identity. If Liu Mang had any objections to the Han clan relatives, the first thing he should do was to solve himself. If Liu Mang had the idea of ​​taking over the Han Dynasty and replacing it, wouldn’t these Han clan relatives be his confidants! After all, they are still related to blood.

"Okay, I'll take Ziyang with me!" Liu Mang was not pretentious, it would be better for Xu Shu to stay in Shouchun as his great military advisor.

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Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are waiting for news in Yuzhou.

"Da da da da!" A series of footsteps finally poured into the conference hall. Liu Bei was very cunning, but now it is an uncontrollable excitement, because his great skills are about to succeed. Maybe this time, Liu Bei has really become one of the overlords in the world.

"How is there any news?" Compared to Liu Bei's calmness, Zhang Fei next to him was a little anxious. When he saw the messenger coming, he grabbed the messenger and asked.

"Report to the lord, the third general, no, no!" How strong is Zhang Fei's strength? The spear in his hand is like an ordinary stick in his hand. He can't just play with it when he lifts it up. Zhang Fei was not very good at first, and this eagerness scared the person.

"The third brother must not be reckless!" Liu Bei frowned and said, and he was eager to get news from the messenger.

"I know, brother!" Zhang Fei threw the soldiers down, clapped his hands, and went aside.

"Report, report, report, report!" Another messenger ran in. Liu Bei sent out a scout once every half an hour, asking these scouts to bring him news, so every half hour someone would run back from the generation of Zaoyang, Yiyang, to inform him of the message.

"Report, report to you, big-headed ghost! Tell me quickly, is there any news?" Zhang Fei was still Zhang Fei, who was really anxious. He was rushed here by Cao Cao from Xuzhou and settled down and didn't fight a single battle. Zhang Fei couldn't stay idle, so he asked him to take Jinzi to Wancheng to drink all day long. He was so tired of drinking too much. Now that he finally had a war, he was naturally very excited.

"Report. Report!" The messenger was still stuttering, and he could not wait for a while.

"You said, say it!" This time Zhang Fei did not raise the messenger, but pulled the clothes on his neck and pulled them over. Even normal people would be pulled like this so hard that they could not breathe. Not to mention running around for so long.

"Three Generals, let him go!" Pang Tong could also see that the messenger's face began to turn red. It was because he was holding his breath. If this continued, the messenger might be killed by Zhang Fei.

But Zhang Fei did not listen to Pang Tong's words, and Liu Bei couldn't help but say, "Yide, do you want to stay in Runan?"

"Brother, no!" Zhang Fei hurriedly let go of the messenger and asked him to stay in Runan. It would be better to kill him, Zhang Fei. He couldn't stop and wanted to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy now so that his spear could stick to blood.

"Come on, put water on this soldier!" Liu Bei said to the maids beside him. Sometimes it was not Liu Bei who was pretending, but he would do it naturally. For example, giving this messenger a glass of water can help him recover faster, but just a glass of water may make the messenger grateful to him. After all, where are the identities of the two? The superiors are good to the subordinates, which is called approachable, and the subordinates are still flattering to the superiors, which is called flattery. Between the same person, it is called for granted, so this interpersonal relationship is really complicated.

"Cough cough cough cough cough!" After a while of coughing, the messenger finally rescued his breath. He took the water cup from the maid with gratitude and drank it. After a while, the soldier did not forget the major event. "Report to the lord, there is still no news ahead!"

The messenger disappointed Liu Bei a little because he saw the messenger so hurryingly, but he thought there was really information, but unfortunately he still didn't "Go down and rest!" Liu Bei waved his hand and said.

Half an hour later, another messenger arrived. This time, Zhang Fei was no longer reckless. He was really afraid that his elder brother would keep him in Runan, so that would be all over. In a simple saying, his big spear was already hungry and unbearable. If you let such a person hold him in Runan, he would be suffocated to death.

Liu Bei also became calm, excited once or twice, and naturally became dull after three or four times. He also died of breath and drank it naturally, but he sprayed it out as soon as he got into the mouth.

"Report to the lord, a large number of cavalry were found in the Yiyang generation of Zaoyang. It was seen that there were tens of thousands of people," the messenger said to Liu Bei on his knees.

"Cabin! A large number of cavalry" Liu Bei was really overjoyed when he heard this sentence. You should know that there were only three cavalry in this generation in Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Liu Bei was the first one. However, Liu Bei only had a few hundred cavalry, which were used as scouts. There were also Lu Bu Army. The cavalry of Lu Bu Army was unlikely to appear here. The remaining one was Zhang Xiu, Wancheng. There were 20,000 cavalry of Xiliang. Zhang Xiu was usually near Wancheng. Now he crossed the Wei River and appeared in Zaoyang, Yiyang, Jingzhou. That meant that Zhang Xiu was going to go to war with Lu Bu Army.

"Hahahaha! God helps me, God helps me!" Liu Bei shouted in his heart. Liu Bei was already forty years old. He was already my age, but after decades of adventure, he almost achieved nothing. He was also very jealous of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they were all children of the gentry. They all had natural advantages. Yuan Shao's fourth generation and the third generation of the three dukes, the reason why he was able to take Jizhou and Bingzhou was due to his huge family background! Tian Feng, Ju Su and others betrayed Han Fu and joined Yuan Shao's army because of the name of the third dukes of the fourth generation.

Cao Cao was also welcomed by the children of the gentry, and his father Cao Song had embezzled the corruption of his father Cao Song over the years. This gave Cao the ability to recruit soldiers and his relative Xiahou family.

As for Liu Bei, he only sells straw sandals. He has no power and no money. The first two are the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people. Liu Bei is completely the second generation of poor people. If Liu Bei wants to get rid of his orders, he can only be shameless. Because his surname is Liu, Liu Bei said that he was a relative of the Han Dynasty, King Jing of Zhongshan, and had no money. The first time he recruited soldiers was his third brother Zhang Fei who sold his manor.

It can be said that Liu Bei is a real counterattack of the loser and has no choice but to fight helplessly. If he had a good father like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he would definitely not be worse than them!

But it doesn't matter now, Liu Bei will also stand at the peak of his life.

Now he only has half of Yuzhou. But he is about to get the entire Central Plains. Cao Cao is in Guandu and has no time to unify the Central Plains. Liu Bei in Jingzhou and Sun Ce in Jiangdong are fighting. There are only three families left in the Central Plains, one is Zhang Xiu from Wancheng and the other is Lu Bu from Lujiang. Zhang Xiu from Wancheng is not worth worrying about, just a reckless man. If it weren't for Jia Xu, he would have been destroyed long ago. He is Liu Biao's watchdog in Jingzhou.

The remaining one Lu Bu is difficult to play with. He has a Chen Gong under his command. If Liu Bei hadn't been worried before, after all, Lu Bu was stubborn or not listening to Chen Gong's words, it was a different story. But now it's different. Lu Bu has completely changed. Liu Bei's case table contains Lu Bu's actions these days, and all of them show that Lu Bu has changed. If Liu Bei had not met Lu Bu, and Lu Bu's battle in Ancheng, they might have thought that Lu Bu had been replaced!

There is also a Shu king Liu Mang among Lu Bu’s army! He is now the Saint King, and he is also a major concern for Liu Bei. If you can block Sun Ce from Wancheng, you can almost kill Pang Tong to death, you can be an easy-to-deal person!

However, now all the problems have been solved. Sun Ce's plan has caused Shouchun Lujiang to fall into a turmoil. Although Lu Bu's army is holding on, a discerning person can see that Lu Bu can't hold on for long, and Zhang Xiu is the last straw that has overwhelmed the camel. Liu Bei used Zhang Xiu's sword to deal with Lu Bu's fierce tiger. When both of them are injured, the entire Central Plains will enter Liu Bei's arms.

"Pu!" Pang Tong was the first to kneel in front of Liu Bei. "Lord, the Han Dynasty is about to prosper, and the great cause is about to be restored. Please send troops to clear the world and unify the world!"

"Please send troops to clear the world and unify the world!" Sun Gan Jian Yong and Zhang Fei and others knelt down and shouted.

"Okay!" Liu Bei also became proud and ambitious.

"Transfer our military order, where is Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide?"

"The last one will be here!"

"Let you bring you ten thousand Qingzhou elites to take the lead in making our army's vanguard, build bridges when encountering water, and open roads across mountains!" Liu Bei took out a military order from the case table.

"The last general will obey the order!" Zhang Fei was so happy that he was finally going to war. He was still a pioneer. How could he fight without a war!

"Where is Chen Dao?"

"The end will be at 1!"

I ordered you to bring Bai'er and Duo Armored Soldiers to support Zhang Fei's elite Qingzhou for our central army!

"The last general will receive the order!"

"Where is Guan Yu and Guan Yun Chang, and where is Sun Gan and Sun Gongyou?"

"The last one will be here!"

"I'll stay in Runan with you and Gongyou, bring 10,000 elite troops to defend the city, and provide food and grass for our army!" Guan Yu was calm and could be a figure in the rear. He was in Runan without worries.

"Where is Liu Bi!"

"The last general is here" Liu Pi also stood up.

"With you bringing 20,000 Yuzhou troops to protect our rear army's food, grass and supplies!"

"The last general will receive the order!"
Chapter completed!