three kings

Chapter 145 The Teachings of Yafu

Shouchun Mansion, Chamber of Commerce.

The news that Lu Bu intended to go south quickly reached Xun Yu's ears.

Hua Xiong, the only general in Shouchun at present, said anxiously: "Mr. Wen Ruo, Mr. Zijing just went to support the lord. Hurry up and send a horse to invite Mr. Zijing to come back and take charge of the overall situation. Please return the lord to the army, otherwise, Lu Bu may We are about to fight." He has been following Lu Bu all year round, and he has an inexplicable fear of Lu Bu's strength, especially now, Shouchun has only less than [-] soldiers and horses, while Lu Bu has recruited Liu Bei's remnant soldiers to expand his force To [-], the strength is too disparate.

Outnumbered and outnumbered, Hua Xiong immediately lost his sense of proportion.

Xun Yu took the lead and looked at the map of Huainan, ignoring Hua Xiong.In his eyes, Lu Bu is nothing more than a chicken tile dog (can't bark, useless), not worth mentioning, but Li Ru and Chen Gong still have two things to guard against.

Xun Yu thought to himself: "Li Ru and Chen Gong are resourceful men, so they shouldn't be in such a hurry. Lv Bu captured Xuzhou in an improper way. According to the usual practice, we should start with stabilizing the interior instead of immediately making an enemy of our army. Unwise move. Could it be that they have other plans?
For the time being, they are only stationing troops instead of raiding our army in Huainan, which is enough to show that the other party is not willing to fight to the death with our army. The only purpose is to get the lord to return to the army. "

"My lord's return to the army, what good will it do them?" Xun Yu whispered to himself.

His train of thought would turn a thousand times, and just when he was puzzled, a flash of inspiration flashed across his mind, "Could it be that he wants to form an alliance with Liu Biao?"

Xun Yu's brow showed a trace of anxiety, and then he calmed down again, "It should be like this. The opponent first forced our army to return to the division, and then asked the envoy to persuade Liu Biao to form an alliance with him. There is a lesson from the past, which proves that the alliance is beneficial to him, Liu Biao We will definitely form an 'offensive and defensive alliance' with Lü Bu, and when the time comes, Wancheng will have Jia Wenhe, Xuzhou will have Li Ru and Chen Gong, and Yuzhou will also have Cao Cao's army, and it will be difficult for our army to develop if the three parties contain it."

"This must not be allowed to happen." Xun Yu warned himself.

After thinking about it for a while, he immediately edited a letter, and he said: "Come here, hand this letter to the lord, let him fight with peace of mind, and tell him that as long as Xun Yu is with him, Shouchun will never be lost, and he can do it." Fight outside with peace of mind."

"But the strength of the opponent is eight times that of our army!" Hua Xiong still felt that the opponent was powerful and should not be confronted head-on.

"So what about eight times? They won't attack rashly, we have plenty of time, so we don't have to worry about it." After a pause, Xun Yu led Hua Xiong, and said in a disdainful tone: "It is possible that the general is old but timid. If you regard Lu Bu as a fierce tiger and listen to his name, you will tremble three times?"

A condemned general is not as good as a provocative general.

Hearing Xun Yu's sarcasm, Hua Xiong immediately burst into anger, and shouted loudly, "Who is afraid, why should Lu Bu be afraid? If he dares to come, this general will definitely fight him."

"The heroism of the general is beyond the reach of Xun Yu. Lu Bu is a man of courage and intrepidity. In a contest, the emphasis is on fighting for wits, not fighting strength. If the general is willing to help the Lord, he can lead 3000 troops to garrison at Wujiang Port, and use iron to cross the river. Arrows defending against the enemy can prevent the enemy from advancing above the Huaihe River. If the Wujiang port is lost, Huainan will be in danger. If the Wujiang port is preserved, our army will surely win. Now, victory or defeat depends entirely on the general. Please, general Strictly guard the Wujiang port, and help the lord to guard this hard-won foundation."

With that said, Xun Yu respectfully gave Hua Xiong a big gift.

Hua Xiong hurriedly helped Xun Yu, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Mr. Wen Ruo, Xiong went outside Sishui Pass and received the lord's kindness. This is the time to sacrifice his life to repay. Hua Xiong is here, Wujiang Port is here, and Hua Xiong is dead. , Wujiang Port cannot perish either.”

Hua Xiong bowed deeply to Hua Xiong and left.

Xun Yu returned to the desk and wrote two more urgent letters, one to Zhou Yu in Chaohu Lake, asking him to immediately lead the navy from Nvshan Lake to cross the Hui River to land in Xiaqiu, threatening Xuzhou Pengcheng.

Another letter was written to Chen Liupi in Runan, asking him to gather more than ten thousand peasants who were formerly yellow scarf thieves, put on armor, pick up weapons, and march towards Xuzhou at a speed of ten miles a day.

After everything had been dealt with, he breathed a sigh of relief, and picked up the map to ponder carefully, thinking about any other good strategies, or places that he hadn't considered before.

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In a daze, a sudden cool feeling came from Sun Can's buttocks.

Sun Can let out a low cry, and came to his senses, knowing that someone was applying medicine to him. He looked back, only to realize that the person who applied medicine to him was Yafu Liu Hua.

Immediately exclaimed happily, "Yafu!" Just about to turn around, he immediately shrank back, because the injury was too serious and had been bandaged up, how dare he move carelessly.

So, let him sit next to him.

Sun Can said, "Why did you come here, old man?"

It turned out that Sun Can had a lot of confidence in the battle of Wancheng before he set off, thinking that the opponent was strong, as long as he sent out an ambush, he could easily win Wancheng.

Therefore, Liu Hua, who was older, was allowed to enjoy the blessings in Huainan, and he led Guo Jia, Gao Shun, Xu Huang and other civil and military ministers to conquer Nanyang, but he did not expect to be defeated so thoroughly.

Liu Hua sighed: "After receiving the brilliant battle report, how can I not come as a father."

Sun Can's face suddenly darkened, the joy he wanted to see with his adoptive father before disappeared without a trace, replaced by an expression of annoyance, remorse and frustration, and a trace of fear of Jia Xu.

Liu Hua sighed again: "Jia Wenhe is not an ordinary person. This person is the best at reading people's hearts. When he makes a strategy, he always tries to figure out the enemy's intentions. He always uses the weakness of people's hearts to calculate his opponent. It can be said that he has a mental calculation. Wuxin, Can'er doesn't have to blame herself too much."

Sun Can held back his tears, and swallowed: "How can I not blame myself? It's all me, all me. If I hadn't been fooled by Jia Xu's trick, how could those five thousand lives have been lost in vain like this? If I hadn't gone too far How could you have such a disastrous defeat if you don't listen to Feng Xiao's good advice to retreat with pride."

Although Sun Can showed an admirable and strong attitude in front of others, but at this moment in front of his adoptive father and mentor, he still couldn't help the grief in his heart and cried out.

Liu Hua gently supported Sun Can's head, and said, "Chan'er, do you know what your biggest weakness is?"

Sun Can didn't reply, but the sobs subsided.

Liu Hua said: "It is a real failure if you have not tried anything. Since your debut, with your outstanding talent, extraordinary courage, courage and convincing leadership, you have made you invincible and invincible In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a good thing. However, in the eyes of a father, it is a sad thing.

Failure is a road that a person must go through. Some people can face it calmly, but some people lose the world in a single defeat.Failure is the best way to experience people's hearts. Only those who have experienced failures can learn from failures.

I ask you a question for the father, who is the hero in the 'Battle of Pengcheng'? "

Without even thinking about it, Sun Can replied, "Of course it's Xiang Yu."

In the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu defeated Gaozu's 56 army with [-] soldiers. He is not a hero in this battle, who counts.

But Liu Hua said: "In the eyes of Yafu, the hero of the 'Battle of Pengcheng' is Liu Bang, the great ancestor. Just imagine, a person, a person who commanded an army of 56, was defeated by [-] soldiers, and almost the entire army Annihilation. How powerful and violent the blow he received was.

However, Gaozu Liu Bang quickly came out of failure.Victory is not difficult, but coming out of failure is even more difficult.

Only those who persevere can achieve great things. "

(End of this chapter)