If it were not for Taishi Ci and his 600 Danyang soldiers to join, Liu Chuang would not dare to act rashly.

That's right, Yuan Shu is indeed not very good in history books. Maybe he is a prince who is good at treating him? Even if Yuan Shu's energy is in Runan and Xuzhou, if he angers this person, he can easily mobilize thousands of people, which can make Liu Chuang uncomfortable for a while.

He can afford Yuan Shu, but Liu Chuang can't afford it.

Think about it, how much effort did the thousand two hundred people in his hands take to pull them up?

From the initial thirty-six people to the later joining Xuezhou, to the later slightest attack and even more, they could only make more than three hundred pieces.

Jiangdong may be Liu Chuang’s blessed land.

He first obtained three hundred Danyang soldiers and captured six hundred Danyang soldiers, and finally grew stronger.

But how much effort has been put into place during this period.

How many of the first thirty-six people are still alive now?

Liu Chuang had calculated once before that, except for Pei Shao, Pei Wei, Changsheng, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Chao, Li Lun, and Huang Shao, there are only seven people left in the remaining twenty-six people. This is Liu Chuang's original team, and now he has died in a foreign land, which makes Liu Chuang sigh.

Huang Shao offered his plan to capture Maqiu, and Liu Chuang could probably guess what he thought.

With the arrival of Lu Dai and Bu Zhi, Huang Shao's influence as the leader has weakened a lot.

Although Liu Chuang still attached great importance to him and asked him to take charge of the baggage camp, his weight was still much less than following Liu Chuang for advice. Therefore, Huang Shao was eager to show off in order to gain more attention.

Of course, he still has an ace in his hand.

"After crossing the river, Shao wanted to go down to Cai and his party."

"Um?"

Huang Shao said: "Young Master has forgotten that Shao still has some troops in Xia Cai. Although the number of people is not too large, he can still waving flags and shouting for the young master."

Liu Chuang thought about it and nodded in agreement.

No matter how many Huang Shao's troops are, they are particularly important to Liu Chuang at present.

Liu Chuang is not short of money now...

Guan Hai's savings, Xuezhou's gifts, and his plunder in Huaiyin, had quite a lot of money.

The Donglingting Trench robbed the cargo ship of the Hailing County Magistrate, and the goods on the ship were also plundered by him and sold them into slaves and gold and silver in Qu'a. After that, Taishi Ci plundered Wuhu and obtained a lot of wealth. If it were added together, Liu Chuang might not be as rich as Mi Zhu, but tens of millions of dollars would be more than enough... With this money, plus these troops, it would be enough to gain a foothold in Yingchuan.

"So, as the sir said."

That night, Liu Chuang led his troops to attack Maqiu.

Machu is very small, nominally a county, but in fact it is a market town.

Inside and outside, there were only four or five thousand people, and only three hundred soldiers. With such an empty guard, Liu Chuang took down Maqiu almost without any blood. County Maqiu became a prisoner in his sleep, but he did not know where Liu Chuang's troops came from.

Liu Chuang didn't want to start a massacre, so he ordered people to block the Maqiu city gate and ordered the collection of ferries.

There were more than a dozen ferry boats at the Machu Ferry, all of which were snatched away by Liu Chuang.

Guan Hai led his troops to cross the river first, then the baggage chariot cross the river, and finally Liu Chuang and Taishici and others cross the river... After the arrangement was made, Liu Chuang came to the ferry. As for Maqiu County, there were three people guarding Bu Zhi, Xu Sheng and Xiao Ling, and Maqiu County Magistrate could not cause any trouble.

"Crossing the Huai River means that it is under the rule of Runan."

"yes!"

Liu Yong stood by the river, looking at the surging river water, and couldn't help but sigh.

"In a blink of an eye, Meng Yan may have forgotten... Haha, I wanted to take you to Jiaozhou, but the journey was too far, so I had to give up in the end."

"Go to Jiaozhou?"

Liu Chuang was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why did my uncle choose Jiaozhou?"

Liu Yong smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Lu Dai, "Di Gong Ding knows the reason?"

Lu Dai was also stunned, and then seemed to remember something, and said in a daze: "Do you want to find Shi Weiyan?"

"Haha, that's right."

"Which one is Shiweiyan?"

Liu Chuang's eyes widened, and he couldn't quite understand.

Lu Dai quickly explained: "When it comes to Shiweiyan, the young master may not be familiar with him.

In fact, before the Taiping Dao Rebellion, Shi Weiyan rarely came to the Central Plains, so there are not many people who remember him now.

Shi Weiyan is General Anyuan, Marquis of Longduting, and Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi.

The Shi family lived in Jiaozhou since the Wang Mang Rebellion, and was the first prominent family in the area. In addition to Shi Xie, the leader of Jiaozhi, his younger brother also divided into Hepu, Jiuzhen and Nanhai counties, and was the leader of Jiaozhou. He was a real powerful man in Lingnan. When Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, the emperor issued an order to command Shi Xie to command the seven counties of Jiaozhou... Haha, the prince may not know that Shi Xie had worshipped the disciples under the Marquis of Zhongling in his early years. After the Marquis of Zhongling, Shi Xie even submitted a memorial to complain to Zhongling for the Marquis of Zhongling... It was just that the distance was too far, so he could not take care of him."

Shixie?

Five tigers in the scholar's family?

Liu Chuang finally remembered some information about the Jiaozhou Shijia.

In my impression, the Shi family finally surrendered to the Sun family... Later, Bu Zhi seemed to have been the governor of Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou gradually moved from the Shi family to Sun Quan.

Later, Sun Quan used various means to eliminate the influence of the Shi family in Jiaozhou.

Then……

It seemed that there was nothing left, and the Shi family disappeared from the long river of history.

Shi Xie is actually Liu Tao’s student? Isn’t that Liu Chuang’s senior brother?

Liu Chuang began to admire his father's ability. He remembered that Rishi Xie was quite old, as if he was about the same age as Liu Tao. Why did he become Liu Tao's student?

"Shi Xie, how long is the spring and autumn this year?"

"It seems... I'm over sixty, but I can't remember it very clearly."

Jiaozhou was officially incorporated into Jiangdong, and the dividing line was divided by Shi Xie's death. Before this, Jiaozhou was actually jointly governed by Sun Quan and the Shi family. However, as Shi Xie died of illness, Jiaozhou was completely controlled by Sun Quan. The reason why Liu Chuang had an impression of Shi Xie was because of the records in "The Biography of Ge Shenxian". Shi Xie was also one of the very few people who lived for a long life during the Three Kingdoms period. Shi Xie, and Lu Dai, who was around him, seemed to have Cheng Yu... These people all seemed to die in their 90s, and even in later generations, they were born for a long life.

In other words, Shi Xie had ruled in Jiaozhou for at least twenty years.

Liu Chuang had a flash of inspiration in his mind and suddenly asked, "Can you find a way to contact my senior brother?"

Lu Dai was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

Liu Chuang smiled and said, "I have returned to Yingchuan this time. Although my father's Yu Yin can rely on, I still need some foreign aid to succeed. Otherwise, walking on one leg will always be unstable. If my senior brother can say a few words for me, it may have an extraordinary effect."

After hearing this, Liu Yong nodded repeatedly.

"If Junhou could have foreign aid from then on, I'm afraid the Ten Eunuchs would not dare to attack Junhou."

Lu Dai said: "If it's just a contact, it's not difficult.

However, it will take at least a year or two to travel to Jiaozhou... Shi Weiyan is a generous body and a modest corporal. When he was able to complain to Zhongling Hou back then, he could see that this person was nostalgic for the old love. However, Jiaozhou was too far away after all, and he thought that foreign aid would be inconvenient."

Jiaozhou is too far away. Even if Shi Xie has a high prestige in Jiaozhou, he is in the Central Plains...

Liu Chuang said: "I never thought that he could help me, but having someone responded outside is a good thing after all.

Ding Gong, you will do this... After arriving in Yingchuan, you need to send someone to Jiaozhou immediately. Maybe it can help a lot..."

I couldn't understand why Liu Chuang was so active and wanted to contact Shi Xie, but it was not a bad thing, so Lu Dai nodded and agreed.

"Uncle, I'm afraid I've suffered a lot when I took me around."

Liu Yong shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing to suffer, but now that I think about it, I did get a lot of attention at that time.

I don’t know if there is any chance to repay me... Actually, when I was in Qu County, I really didn’t want to rebel against the Mi family. I thought that the old lady Mi treated me well at the time. If Mi Zizhong hadn’t bullied me too much, she wouldn’t have made a fuss in the end. Speaking of which, I remembered one person.”

"who?"

"When I took you to Xuzhou from Runan, I was taken care of by this person.

In short, that fierce boy back then should be in his thirties now... Haha, I don’t know how much his kung fu has been practicing."

It is probably not easy for someone who can be called a fierce boy by Liu Yong.

Liu Chuang's curiosity became stronger and stronger. He couldn't help but ask repeatedly: "Uncle, who are you talking about?"

"Meng Yan was eight years old (two years old), and he should have some impression.

But still remember the wild boy from Xujiazhuang, Gepi, Qiao County? I do remember that he seemed to have snatched your silver collar at that time, and I took you to Xujiazhuang to reason. At that time, Mrs. Xu scolded the boy fiercely... He later returned the silver collar to you, and you even called his brother."

Is there such a thing?

Liu Chuang doesn't remember it at all.

Qiao County, Xujiazhuang?

"Uncle, what's that guy's name?"

"I really can't remember what the name is. After all, it's ten years later... Let me think about it. It seems that it's a single name with the character Chu.

Yes, it's called Xu Chu. If I remember correctly, his name seems to be Xu Chu."

Liu Chuang coughed violently and his face turned red.

"Uncle, do you mean his name is Xu Chu?"

“That’s right!”

Liu Yong's face showed a look of memories.
To be continued...