Ji Ling originally wanted how to fight this battle. He thought Liu Bei could hold on until his 50,000 troops arrived in Xia Pi, and then they would definitely be able to defend Xia Pi City. Who knew that when he was more than 300 miles away from Xia Pi, he was defeated by Liu Bei.

Ji Ling's wishful thinking was broken and he was in a dilemma. Of course, he would not have a good face to Liu Bei. Moreover, he knew that Liu Bei had relied on others to rely on Tao Qian and then harmed Tao Qian to take Xuzhou. He was very worried that Liu Bei would also do this to his lord Yuan Shu, so he deliberately put on an arrogant attitude.

Liu Bei is a very flexing and stretching guy, even more spring than a spring. He knew his current situation very well, so he did not regard himself as the governor of Xuzhou, a Han clan. He always remembered that he wanted to live under someone else's roof, so he had to hold his tail and be a human being.

Liu Bei's humbleness and lowness made Ji Ling, who was brave but not resourceful, feel good about him, and he began to slowly relax his vigilance against Liu Bei.

Ji Ling temporarily stopped moving forward and sent someone to go back to Shouchun to report the message and asked Yuan Shu for instructions on what to do next.

Yuan Shu asked the chief Yang Hong what he meant. Although Yang Hong seemed to be a villain who was greedy for money and profit in other princes, in fact, his greed for money and profit and profit without loyalty and righteousness were forced out by Yuan Shu. This is the same as Yang Song in front of Zhang Lu and Xu You in front of Yuan Shao. What kind of master can have a kind of slave? Yang Hong was originally a little talented. When he chose his lord a few years ago, he was deceived by Yuan Shu's aura of the legitimate son of the Yuan family, the fourth generation three-dude, Runan Yuan family, and turned to Yuan Shu as his lord. But one or two years later, Yang Hong was disappointed, and later became desperate. He had the same state of mind as Xin Ping's younger brother Xin Pi. However, Yang Hong had already invisible Yuan Shu's name. It was unlikely to be engraved with another lord, so he used wine, sex, wealth and energy to numb himself, but his talents could not be covered. Yuan Shu often had to rely on Yang Hong to give him advice.

Yang Hong was convinced by Deng Zhi, the special envoy sent by Lu Bu, and decided to be loyal to Lu Bu. He did not take Lu Bu's property, but was willing to be a spy for Lu Bu. At this time, according to Lu Bu's wishes, Yang Hong persuaded Yuan Shu to let Ji Ling's 50,000 troops continue to march and occupy Huaiyin City in Xiapi County. This could not only prevent Lu Bu's army from crossing the Huai River, but also build a stake in Xuzhou, which could attack and retreat or defend, which could be a perfect solution.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed after hearing this and quickly sent someone to order Ji Ling to quickly occupy Huaiyin City.

Ji Ling always felt that he was alone and could be a meat bun and beat a dog forever. But he also knew Yuan Shu's temper. Unless he realized the mistake, it would be difficult for him to change the decision he made. He had to bite the bullet and go to Huaiyin under the leadership of the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang.

The three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang were bitten by a snake for three years and were afraid of the well rope. They were afraid that Lu Bu would ambush the city in Huaiyin again and attack them, so that Ji Ling would first send a small number of troops into the city to scrape the ground. After these Yuan Shu's army, which had broken military discipline, they would indeed scrape the ground three feet after entering the city. Not only did they not find half of the Central Army, but they also drove away the few Huaiyin residents. Huaiyin City became an isolated city, and the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang invited Ji Ling into the city with satisfaction.

On the fourth day of Ji Ling's 50,000 troops entering the city, they found that they were trapped by Lu Bu.

Lu Bu left Zhang He as the general of Xuzhou and appointed Zhao Yun's brother Zhao Feng as the governor of Xuzhou. Lu Bu led Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Zang Ba and his troops. A total of 60,000 people did not cross the river from the other side of Huaiyin City, but crossed the river from the Huaihe River upstream, and then went downstream to surround Huaiyin City.

At the same time, Lu Fan, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin led 10,000 Jiangdong Army to join Lu Bu. Lu Bu had only 70,000 people, and 70,000 people surrounded Huaiyin City. Ji Ling had 50,000 troops, but he did not dare to leave the city.

Lu Bu knew that he was the shadow of a famous tree now. He won every battle and was trembling with China. No enemy general dared to confront him head-on. Especially like Ji Ling, who can clearly realize that he is a mob, and he also understood that fighting outside the city is a dead end, and he could only rely on the city defense to defend and wait for assistance.

Lu Bu slowly arranged the siege, which was actually giving Ji Ling enough time to inform Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu received Ji Ling's letter of help and invited Yang Hong to discuss it. Seeing that Yuan Shao and Sun Ce had already withdrawn, Yang Hong tried his best to instigate Yuan Shu to launch a large army to Huaiyin and fight to the death with Lu Bu, which was a shame for many years.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shu decided to leave 100,000 people in important cities such as Shouchun and Wancheng, and led 150,000 people to fight towards Huaiyin.

Lu Bu avoided fighting and released Yuan Shu's army into Huaiyin City.

Yuan Shu's army rested in Huaiyin City for several days and found that the food and grass were almost cut off because the food route had been cut off by Lu Bu's army.

Yuan Shu was eager to go out of the city to fight to the decisive battle, but found that Lu Bu's army avoided the battle. Yuan Shu's army attacked the camps set up by Lu Bu at a high place, but was unable to defeat Lu Bu's army's strong bow and crossbow. When he was defeated, Lu Bu did not chase him.

In the next ten days, heavy rains were pouring on both sides of the Huai River, and the two armies confronted each other and did not fight.

A few days later, the water surface of the Huai River fell sharply. Yuan Shu received Ji Ling's report and felt something was wrong. He was about to open the city gate and fled to Shouchun, which was upstream of the Huai River. The Huai River broke its mouth. Huaiyin City, which was very low and often flooded, was once again flooded by the Huai River.

With the help of the Jiangdong Navy and the Donghai Navy, Lu Bu's army surrounded Huaiyin City with boats and captured more than 200,000 Yuan troops trapped in the flood, generals Ji Ling and Zhang Xun captured. Yang Hong turned against him on the spot, Yuan Shu was captured, and only more than 40,000 Yuan troops were washed away by the flood.

The most regrettable thing is that the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, escaped along the water and were not captured.

Lu Bu's army took a break in Huaiyin and marched west along the Huai River. Wherever he went, it was unstoppable and soon surrounded Shouchun City. Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao, with the help of General Qiao Rui, resisted stubbornly.

Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, led his troops north to support Shouchun City. Lu Bu used the tactic of surrounding and attacking aid to ambush Liu Xun. Liu Xun fled to Jiangxia and asked Huang Zu for help. His adviser Liu Ye was captured by Lu Bu. After Liu Ye was detained for dozens of days, he was forced to surrender.

Sun Ce from Jiangdong took advantage of the empty defense of Lujiang and broke through Wancheng. He and Zhou Yu forced to marry Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, the daughter of Qiao Gong in Wancheng. At this time, Qiao Gong had already passed away. Sun Ce proudly said to Zhou Yu: "Mr. Qiao can win two of us good sons-in-laws, and you can also be laughing at the end of the day!"

After obtaining Yuan Shao's consent, Huang Zu sent his son Huang Si to lead a navy army of 10,000 to reinforce Liu Xun. He wanted to take down Wancheng. Sun Ce led his troops to attack. Liu Xun retreated again and fled to Xiangyang, defected to his old friend Cao Cao, and Huang Si also fled.

Sun Ce obtained Liu Xun's defeated troops and more than 1,000 warships, and obtained Lu Bu's consent to attack Huang Zu. Yuan Shao sent his nephew, senior official and his subordinate Han Xi to lead 50,000 troops to support Huang Zu.

Sun Ce led Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other generals to advance at the same time and fought with the enemy. Huang Zu almost wiped out his entire army. Han Xi died in battle, Huang Zu and senior officials fled, and ten thousand soldiers drowned. Sun Ce seized 6,000 warships.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu took the opportunity to break through Jiangxia City. In the past, Yuan Shao always relied on the upper reaches to suppress Sun Ce to attack. Now, Sun Ce relied on Jiangxia and firmly curbed Yuan Shao's attack on the Yangtze River.

With Sun Ce's active cooperation, Lu Bu swept Huainan with a benevolent and righteous army. Local residents in other cities turned against each other, and Yuan Shu's remaining soldiers also surrendered, leaving behind an isolated city in Shouchun City.

Seeing that Qiao Rui and Yuan Shu's son were defending well and were eager to conquer Shouchun City, Lu Bu continued to use the tactic of accompaniment to attack Shouchun. Because Yuan Shu's brother Yuan Shao had realized the truth that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, he sent general Yan Liang to lead 50,000 troops to rescue Shouchun. Yan Liang was trapped again and entered the ambush circle of the Central Army. The 50,000 troops were wiped out, and Yan Liang fled back alone.

Lu Bu ordered Zang Ba’s troops to pretend to be Yan Liang’s reinforcements and open Shouchun City. Lu Bu’s army rushed in and occupied Shouchun.

Yuan Shu's general Qiao Rui was captured, and Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao was also captured. Lu Bu looked at Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao's appearance as a playboy, and sighed: "How can a dog son be matched with a tiger girl!"

He felt very sorry for Lu Bu being forced to enter into a political marriage with his precious daughter Lu Lingqi and Yuan Shu in history. Fortunately, this time, Lu Bu had firmly built a foundation and no longer had to sacrifice his daughter in exchange for temporary survival.

Lu Bu did not kill Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao, but gave them to Yuan Shao. This move won the favor of Yuan Shu's original subordinates. Lu Bu did not spend much effort when he persuaded Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui. Although these three people were not first-class generals, they were the best of second-rate generals. They could still stand alone after a little training.

At this time, Xuzhou was forced to betray Liu Bei and surrendered to Lu Bu. Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers have finally achieved a breakthrough that their ancestors have never achieved. Mi Zhu was appointed by Lu Bu as a doctor in the Cabinet Department of Works, responsible for ocean trade. Mi Fang was also appointed as the head of the Jizhou Works Chief, specializing in business affairs. The two brothers were upgraded from Tao Qian's personal aide to a senior official in the court, and were grateful to Lu Bu.

Mijia's industries are now managed by Lu Bu's new beloved concubine Mi Zhen. She hired more than a dozen top students from the Central University School of Business and Industry for her. The business declined a little at the beginning, but after the peace in Xuzhou and the stable trade in the ocean, Mijia's total output value increased by 30%. Of course, more than half of them entered Lu Bu's pocket, laying a strong economic foundation for Lu Bu's continued hegemony.

After Cao Bao's death, Cao Bao's younger brother Cao Hong also died of illness shortly afterwards. All the Cao family's industries were controlled by Cao Ying, and in fact they fell into Lu Bu's hands in disguise, and were managed by business people trained by Lu Bu Central University School of Business.

Under Zheng Xuan's persuasion, Sun Qian surrendered to Lu Bu. Lu Bu was eloquent and kept him in the cabinet's Ministry of Rites, specializing in external communication.
Chapter completed!