Soon after, Chen Wen came to Shouchun and met Zhou Ang.

"Yuan Ti, why did you come to my place suddenly?" Zhou Ang asked Chen Wen.

Chen Wen had an anxious look on his face and told Ba Zhi what he had told him. He added some more fuel and jealousy and said, "Yang Ming, listen to me. Someone must have tipped off Ba Zhi about the situation in the Central Plains."

Listen, now Ba Qi doesn’t allow us to send troops and supplies to Yuan Gong, what should we do?”

"Ba Qi is old and doesn't care about the affairs of the Central Plains. Even if we continue to transport him as usual, he may not know that now is the critical moment of Yuan Gong's plan. How can we delay things because of him!" Zhou Ang said.

"But he is the governor after all." Chen Wen was still a little worried.

Zhou Ang was silent for a few breaths, thinking about it, and finally said: "How to make a decision, you should ask my brother first!"

"That's fine!"

The two agreed to leave the decision-making power to Zhou Xin.

…

Everything on the border of the Liang Kingdom was normal, but this calmness just reflected the unusual. The city defenses in the eight counties of the Liang Kingdom were reinforced in an orderly manner. The Liang Kingdom's army was also integrated into Lu Bu's ministries and trained with the army. With the surrender of Yuan's army,

Now there are two to three thousand generals under Lu Bu's command. Lu Bu is also the first general under Liu Qing to command more than 10,000 troops.

From the west to the north of Suiyang City, there are four large camps, namely Zhao Yunjun, Cao Caojun, Liu Beijun, and Zhang Liaojun. In addition, Zhang He has also come to Liang from Xuzhou. He is stationed east of Suiyang, and Liu Qing is

Zhu Ling was appointed as the general grain and fodder officer, responsible for the deployment and escort of grain and fodder for the entire army.

Liu Qing is sitting in Prince Liang's Mansion, handling more and more information from all parties.

In Yanzhou, since the Yuan army's offensive was repelled in the Battle of Juyang, Xu Huang has returned to Chenliu to stand by, Xu Rong is still stationed in Juyang as usual, and Dong Zhuo's army is well prepared and has already marched towards Yanzhou.

In Runan, everything is quiet. We only know that the number of Yuan's troops is increasing day by day. Now, the intelligence can no longer estimate the strength of Yuan's troops. What is worth paying attention to is that the troops in the direction of Yangzhou have not stopped sending troops.

I don’t know what the effect of Li Shui’s trip will be.

Only Nanyang was still in a tense atmosphere. Han Sui was in a stalemate with Ma Teng at Wuguan, Sun Jian led his army to a stalemate with Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu's generals were in a stalemate with Li Jue and Zhang Ji. As Dong Zhuo's strategic focus shifted to Yanzhou, Nanyang was in a stalemate.

Time may not tell the winner.

In the bookstore, Liu Qingzheng was discussing countermeasures with Guo Jia.

"Fengxiao, Dong Zhuo is on the way, why is Yuan Shao so slow to move? What is he waiting for?" Liu Qing asked.

"My lord, the longer you prepare for the war, the stronger Yuan Shao's offensive will be. The fact that he is not in a hurry means that he has confidence in Jiyin and believes that they can stop Dong Zhuo. I am afraid that my lord will have to shoulder the full responsibility of Yuan Shao's offensive."

"Don't I have Cao Cao and Liu Bei here? Besides, the people south of the Suishui River have basically moved to the north. Our army will defend based on the water. We will defend first and then find loopholes to counterattack. We will definitely win."

Guo Jia originally suggested that Liu Qing directly kill Chen Guo and Runan as a preemptive strike, but Liu Qing rejected the proposal because this was not a local war and a small-scale victory was not enough to change the general situation unless Yuan Shao could be killed.

Another very important point in determining the basic strategy of defensive counterattack is that the war must be initiated by Yuan Shao.

Nowadays, there are widespread rumors in the outside world that Yuan Shao wanted to transform the Liang Kingdom into a county. King Bohai acted righteously and stopped Yuan Shao's attempt. The next scenario is that Yuan Shao became angry and sent a large army to attack Liang.

The King of Bohai fought hard against Yuan's army in order to protect the Tongzong's inheritance.

In this way, Liu Qing will gain a good reputation despite being derogatory, so why not?

In fact, Liu Qing came up with this on his own from time to time, but was guided by Chen Gong.

After the discussion, Liu Qing took Guo Jiadian and Wei directly to the prison, where two people, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, were still imprisoned.

The two are in good health and have recovered from their injuries after this period of recuperation.

Liu Qing's sudden visit surprised the two of them, and they looked at Liu Qing warily.

"I am here to tell you that Yuan Shao is gathering an army now and plans to attack Liang again. I heard that Guo Tuguo has become the deputy governor."

When Guo Tu was mentioned, Yan Liangwen Chou's face became angry. When Guo Tu ran away, he was full of words of blaming them. He must have said bad things about Yan Liangwen Chou when he fled back.

"Unexpectedly, Guo Tu returned after defeat. Not only was he not punished, but he was promoted. The two generals might as well think about how Guo Tu was promoted."

Although Yan Liang Wen Chou was a bit reckless on weekdays, he was not stupid. It was probably Guo Tu who attributed the failure to the two of them. This may be an understatement. He would also say that the two of them had joined the King of Bohai.

come out.

Yan Liang sat cross-legged on the ground, looked up at Liu Qing, and changed his previous tone: "Even if you can't go back, don't think that we will join you!"

"Yes, me too!" Wen Chou agreed.

Liu Qing was rejected on the spot twice, and felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward. He looked at Guo Jia and Dian Wei and said indifferently: "You see, I have enough patience and tolerance for my people.

"

After speaking, he turned his head and said to Yan Liang, Wen and Chou: "I never thought that these two generals would surrender to me. I just wanted to ensure that you no longer serve Yuan Shao, so I locked you here. When you figure it out, I will

Let you go back to your hometown."

After speaking, Liu Qing led the two of them away, leaving Yan Liang and Wen Chou to digest this sentence over and over again.

"Brother Yan, is what King Bohai said true? Will he really let us go?" Wen Chou asked.

Yan Liang shook his head, "King Bohai can't be trusted!"

"Then why didn't he kill us once and for all?" Wen Chou asked again.

This time it was Yan Liang's turn. Yes, since he didn't want them to serve Yuan Shao, he could just kill them. This is what most lords would do.

Yan Liang couldn't explain it, and kept thinking about it——

Could it be that King Bohai really wanted to let them go?

After leaving the prison, Guo Jia asked curiously: "My lord has captured Yan Liangwen Chou several times and refused to surrender, so why do you still keep him?"

"Feng Xiao, you might as well guess." Liu Qing said with a smile.

Guo Jia frowned slightly, "Yes!"

"My lord must have a treacherous heart... No, I am sincere and want to truly conquer these two fierce generals. Although their martial arts are not top-notch, there are only a few people in the world who can fight Dian Wei!

."

"Oh? There are two more?"

"Second, the lord left him in Suiyang for a long time. Yuan Shao was already suspicious, and with the instigation of my brother Guo Tu, Yuan Shao would definitely give up the two generals. In this way, they would no longer have any interest in the lord.

What a threat!"

Liu Qing smiled: "Actually, there is a third one."

"Third? What is it?" Guo Jia asked.

Liu Qing smiled without saying a word and left. Dian Wei also smiled and followed.

Guo Jiali stood on the spot, racking his brains and muttering: "Third, third..."

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he immediately chased after him.

…

Liu Qing returned to the palace and found Mi Ren calculating the accounts in his room, so he walked up to him and said with a smile: "Ren'er, thank you for your hard work!"

Mi Ren shook his head slightly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Mi Ren has something that I don't understand, and I hope that Your Majesty can clear it up."

Liu Qing simply sat down next to Mi Ren and said, "Ask."

"The Ganmei in the palace belongs to the king?" After Mi Ren finished speaking, he quickly explained: "I felt that Ganmei fell in love with me along the way. I had no other friends in the palace, so I made good friends with him.

, I just asked this question."

Liu Qing was silent, thinking about how to say this. Although the plan was to promise Ganmei to Liu Bei, Liu Qing planned to do this after fighting Yuan Shao, otherwise he would be killing Liu Bei.

Fighting spirit, after all, he is also the kind of fellow who fights all his life and wants to enjoy it.

Liu Qing was silent. Mi Ren thought Liu Qing acquiesced, so he boldly asked: "Since she is the king's person, why doesn't the king favor her?"

Liu Qing:???

"I, the king, look at such a lustful person!"

"Like!" Mi Ren replied seriously.

Liu Qing was speechless for a moment. Well, I really couldn't hold it back that night...

"What's the matter with you? From your tone, are you complaining about her? Do you still hope that I, the king, will be affected by all the rain and dew?"

Mi Ren was speechless after being asked such a rhetorical question. A trace of struggle flashed across her face and she said, "I just think it's pitiful for Sister Gan to leave her hometown and live alone in the palace."

"The palace's rich clothes and fine food are much better than her old life, how can it be said to be pitiful? Besides, the Gan family has long been in decline, and now it is not even considered a small noble family. I found him just because of the effort of my hand.

"

Speaking of which, this favor is not for Gan. Gan is not qualified to make Liu Qing go to such trouble. Only Liu Bei can let Liu Qing be the matchmaker.

"It's just a matter of effort, and then it's taken into the house and ignored?"

Mi Ren's words instinctively made Liu Qing feel an unknown fire rising, as if his authority had been offended. She was complaining for Gan Mei, and her questioning tone really made Liu Qing unhappy.

"Why do I need to explain to others what I do?" Liu Qing said nothing, stood up immediately, and when leaving, he said: "Ganmei may indeed be a bit beautiful, but if you think that I have seen someone with a little bit of beauty,

If a woman can't move her legs, then you are wrong about me. I don't know how much Dong Zhuo has given me such a beautiful woman!"

Liu Qing didn't know what Mi Ren and Gan Mei said when they became friends, and he didn't object to their relationship.

But Mi Ren couldn't go overboard and point fingers at Liu Qing's actions, even if she was the princess.
To be continued...