After hearing what Bing Yuan said, Wang Xiu had a plan in mind, and then hurriedly came to Cen Bi's house.
After a while, the two men led several heavily armed and trusted soldiers back to Wang Xiu's residence in a hurry.
As soon as everyone entered the mansion, their originally nervous expressions became cautious.
Cen Bi asked in a low voice: "Have you made your decision, sir?"
Wang Xiu replied solemnly: "There is no other way!"
Cen Bi responded, then asked his cronies to guard the entrance of the mansion, and then surrounded the study.
The two of them gently knocked on the study door.
The moment they opened the door, they saw Bing Yuan calmly sipping tea with his back to them.
"Shu Zhi is back?"
Wang Xiu and Cen Bi looked at each other, walked into the study, and closed the door.
"Mr. Genju, please wait, we have decided."
Bing Yuan turned around when he heard the sound and saw a military general standing at the door. He was quite strong and had a bit of vicissitudes of life on his face.
"Is this General Cen?"
Cen Bi took a step forward, clasped his hands in his fists, and replied: "Mr. Genju, I'm Cen Bi. Thank you sir for your advice. Regarding the matter of surrender, please give me your recommendation."
Bing Yuan smiled and nodded in agreement: "In the afternoon, I will ask Military Advisor Zhao Chen to personally take over Yingling City."
The two thanked them: "Thank you very much, sir!"
Afterwards, Bing Yuan stood up and left.
At this time, it turned out that in the camp twenty miles away, Zhao Chen and others were anxiously waiting for news about Bingyuan.
Every move outside the camp will tense everyone's nerves.
But before they came to Bingyuan, they received bad news.
Liu Bei's messenger sent a letter: "Sun Ce defeated Liu Zhengli in Qu'a, and Tai Shici came to ask for help."
Everyone was shocked, except Zhao Chen who remained silent.
Liu Zhengli's defeat came much faster than Zhao Chen expected. He had thought that Sun Ce would have to spend a few more months to rest and recuperate after experiencing the defeat of Guangling. Qu'a would be able to survive at least until the second half of the second year of Jian'an, or even until the third year of Jian'an. .
Man's calculations are not God's calculations. After only a delay of more than two months, Qu'a fell into the hands of Sun Ce.
In other words, now that Sun Ce has acquired several important counties adjacent to Xuzhou, the next step is Wu County in Yangzhou.
Wujun is a treasure land in Jiangdong. There are many famous families in Wujun, the most famous of which are the four major families.
Members of these families will fall under Sun Ce's account, seriously affecting Zhao Chen's plans.
More importantly, from now on, Liu Bei needs to face Yuan Shu and Cao Cao to the west, Sun Ce to the south, and Yuan Shao to the north at the same time. Xuzhou is already besieged on all sides.
Everyone looked at Zhao Chen quietly, waiting for Zhao Chen to analyze the situation.
Zhao Chen asked the messenger: "General Ziyi came to ask for help. Will Yunchang send troops to assist?"
"Back to the military advisor, General Guan has sent troops southward according to the military advisor's request. It's already past Guangling."
Zhao Chen nodded.
At this time, Guan Yu went south, and Zhao Chen was not thinking about helping Liu Zhengli defeat Sun Ce, but delaying Liu Zhengli's defeat.
As long as the army takes over Qingzhou Beihai, Donglai, Qi State, and Andong State, Zhao Chen will have enough power to deal with Sun Ce.
Historically, after Liu Zhengli defeated Qu'a, he would go up the Yangtze River to Yuzhang County.
Taishi Ci will also leave, and it will be difficult for him to accept Taishi Ci.
He hurriedly asked: "Where is General Ziyi now?"
"General Ziyi is now in General Guan's camp."
Zhao Chen smiled slightly: "That's very good."
The messenger added: "Military advisor, the lord asked the military advisor what to do next."
Zhao Chen smiled confidently and said: "Go back and tell your lord, don't worry, lord, Chen Deng is in Guangling in the south, Sun Ce can't make waves. Xuzhou is still as stable as a mountain, please keep an eye on Cao Cao's movements. After our army took some counties in Qingzhou, , and then report to the lord. In addition, please wait a moment for me to compile a letter and hand it over to Yunchang. General Ziyi will definitely be able to stay under the lord's account."
The messenger stood aside and listened to the order.
Cheng Yu on the side said hurriedly: "Military advisor, after all, Sun Ce is not Yuan Shu's generation, so he may not be easy to deal with. The situation in the camp is uncertain now, and our army is worried. Do you want to consider returning to Xuzhou first?"
Zhao Chen smiled and said: "Zhongde doesn't have to worry. We have to make arrangements for Ziyu and Zishan after this trip. How can we return empty-handed."
Cheng Yu and others did not understand what Zhao Chen said.
I wanted to ask again, but suddenly the soldiers outside the tent came to report.
"Military advisor, Mr. Bing Yuan is back."
Zhao Chen stood up in a hurry and hurried outside the tent to greet him.
When the two met, Zhao Chen sighed: "I haven't seen you for several hours, it feels like a lifetime ago."
Bing Yuan laughed loudly: "The military advisor is indeed humorous."
"How is your trip, sir?"
"I have lived up to the great trust of the military advisor. I have persuaded Wang Xiu and the city guard Cen Bi to surrender to the military advisor."
Zhao Chen was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "This is very good, very good! Sir, you should be credited with the first achievement!"
Bing Yuan was not overjoyed, but just made his request: "I'm not greedy for the first credit, I just have another matter, and I would like to ask the military advisor to help."
Zhao Chen naturally would not refuse the request of the person who made the first contribution, and said: "Sir, please tell me in detail."
Bing Yuan said: "Does the military advisor know why this place helped the military advisor capture Yingling City?"
To be honest, Zhao Chen really never thought about why Bing Yuan came to help him obtain Yingling for no reason.
He and Bing Yuan did not know each other, and there was no incident of Bing Yuan taking refuge with Liu Bei in history, let alone the moment when Liu Bei's army entered Qingzhou. It seemed that Bing Yuan's appearance was for no reason.
Zhao Chen shook his head: "Sir, please forgive me, but Chen has not thought about it."
Bing Yuan then revealed the reason: "Because of Donglai County."
"The governor of Donglai County is ignorant and ignorant, and often does unkind things. Yuan Tan, the governor of Donglai County, trusts him just because he is a local nobleman. He ignores the people's complaints of grievances and supports him to suppress the people. People of Donglai County Seeing that life was hopeless, they had no choice but to leave their homes and head towards Beihai and Langya. Originally from a poor family, I really didn't want to see the people so displaced, so I wrote a letter to Qu'a, asking for help from Taishi Ci."
"Tai Shi Ci?"
Zhao Chen looked at Bing Yuan in surprise.
Bing Yuan replied calmly: "Ziyi and I are good friends."
Zhao Chen was slightly startled, and suddenly remembered that Bingyuan rescued Liu Zheng, and finally handed Liu Zheng over to Tai Shici, who was hiding in Liaodong at the time, and then returned to the Central Plains.
When Zhao Chen first read about this, he didn't understand it. But now after listening to Bing Yuan, he understood the relationship between the two.
God helps me!
Zhao Chen nodded to Bing Yuan and motioned for him to continue.
Bing Yuan continued: "I originally hoped that Ziyi could lead the army to regain Donglai County from Yuan Tan. After all, it is Ziyi's hometown. Ziyi is a person who values love and justice and will never see the people in his hometown suffering without being indifferent. "
"What you said is true."
"It's a pity that Liu Yao was suppressed by Sun Ce and refused to lend troops to Ziyi. Ziyi wrote back and told Yuan to ask Yuan to find a military advisor. The military advisor is kind and righteous, and he will definitely be able to help."
At this point, Zhao Chen and everyone finally understood.
Bingyuan wanted him to lead the army to regain Donglai County, so he didn't want him to be trapped in Yingling City, so he came to help.
This is exactly the same as Zhao Chen's original plan, so naturally he will not refuse.
Zhao Chen smiled and said, "Sir, you helped our army capture Yingling. Chen Wu has nothing to offer in return. Today, I will make an agreement with you. After Yingling City is stabilized, our army will march eastward and regain Donglai County."
Bing Yuan smiled slightly: "That's very good! I would like to thank the military advisor in advance for the people of Donglai County."
"As for Yingling City, the military advisor can lead the army there now. Things in the city have already been arranged."
When Zhao Chen heard this, he was overjoyed and kept Bing Yuan in the army.
Just as the two things were merging, Zhao Chen wrote a letter and handed it to the messenger, telling him: "Send it to Yunchang quickly, and be sure to let Yunchang act according to the plan."
The messenger took the order and left.
