Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 289 Yuan Shu Sends Troops
When Liu Xie ordered Yue Fei and Di Qing to attack Xiapi together, he had already thought that once Sun Jian sent troops, he would definitely prefer Guangling County, which was more suitable for Jiangdong Navy's operations, between Xiapi and Guangling.

Now it seems that his conjecture was not wrong.After he arrived in Wuyuan, he received news that Sun Ce led troops to attack Guangling County.

Xiapi City is the seat of Xuzhou's government. The city is strong, the walls are thick, and the soldiers are fine and food is sufficient. It is by no means easy to win overnight.

After Chen Deng gave up Pengcheng, he fortified the walls and cleared the country, and withdrew all his troops into the city, trying to stop Liu Xie's army with Xiapi's defense.

On this day, the sky was lightly raining, and the city of Xiapi was shrouded in mist.

The army led by Liu Xie came to the city of Xiapi, looking at the majestic ancient city, he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

Chen Gui, Chen Deng, and his son led the soldiers to guard the city tower. All kinds of rolling stones, wood, arrows, kerosene and other supplies for defending the city were piled high. It seemed that they were determined to fight Liu Xie to the death.

In fact, Chen Gui wanted to join Liu Xie. He knew that relying on Liu Xie's troops to win over Xiapi, which they were holding on to, would be a bit troublesome, but it was definitely possible.The only question is how long they can persist and how much casualties they can bring to Liu Xie.

But Chen Deng rejected his father's suggestion.

Not to mention that he threatened the Mi family back then, and came to the door many times to forcefully propose marriage to Mi Zhen. Now that Mi Zhen is married to Liu Xie, he is deeply favored by him. .

Later, in order to deal with Song Jiang, Chen Deng designed to use Liu Xie's Yanzhou Army to deal with the Yellow Turban Bandit. Although it was unsuccessful, it also made Chen Deng afraid to surrender.

Chen Gui knew that what Chen Deng said was reasonable, so he gave up the idea of ​​surrendering, and stood firmly with Chen Deng to find a way to force Liu Xie to retreat.

It's a pity that Liu Xie led enough military advisers this time, and the generals in command were all brave and resourceful generals like Yue Fei Di Qing, so they didn't give them any chance to take advantage of.

"The rain came just in time. It saved the lives of Chen Gui and Chen Deng's father and son for a few days. You must pay attention to the enemy's flood plan. Let's go back first and order the soldiers to build siege equipment. city!"

Liu Xie looked at the Xuzhou soldiers on the tower who looked like they were facing an enemy, and said in a calm tone.

"Here."

The generals quickly received the order with a loud voice, which frightened the Xuzhou soldiers on the city wall, thinking it was thunder and trembling.

It's the turn of spring and summer, and I'm afraid it will rain continuously.

Liu Xie ordered his soldiers to camp at high places, pay attention to flood discharge, avoid rivers, prepare rain gear, and do a good job of patrolling.Then soldiers were sent up the mountain to cut trees and logs to make important siege vehicles such as siege vehicles that were difficult to carry.

Chen Gui and Chen Deng listened to the sound of chopping wood from Liu Xie's camp every day, and he was very anxious. Taking advantage of the heavy rain, he launched several night raids. Unfortunately, Yue Fei was well prepared and was defeated by him. Major general, so neither of them dared to act hastily.

However, Chen Deng did not just close his eyes and wait for death. Instead, he quietly sent someone to seek help from Yuan Shu in the west. He said that as long as Yuan Shu was willing to send troops to rescue, his Chen family would not only be willing to donate Xiapi, but would also welcome Yuan Shu to take control of Xuzhou. Regard him as the governor.

Yuan Shu's chief secretary, Yan Xiang, stood up and remonstrated: "Now Xuzhou is conspired by two powerful soldiers, King Wu Liu Xie and Jiangdong Sun Jian. At present, only Xiapi and Guangling are still in contention. Even if we forcefully send troops, we will We can only go to Xiapi to fight against Liu Xie. Liu Xie has a strong army and horses, so I am afraid we are not his opponent. In my opinion, instead of mobilizing a large number of troops to attack Xiapi and returning without success in the end, it is better to take advantage of Sun Ce to lead the army to attack Guangling. Liu Biao attacked Jiangdong together."

In the Romance, when Yuan Shu, holding a jade seal in his hand, wanted to proclaim himself emperor, he asked his subordinates. Among the civil servants and generals, only Yan Xiang quoted the story that King Wen of Zhou still proclaimed himself a minister to King Zhou even though he owned two-thirds of the world, to persuade him. It is a pity that Yuan Shu Bewildered by the emperor's dream of ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor long ago, he refused to adopt it. As a result, the princes came to attack him, and he vomited blood and died.

Yang Hong, Yuan Shu's chief historian, disagreed, saying, "Regardless of whether Liu Biao will agree to join forces to attack Jiangdong, let's just say that Sun Jian is a fierce tiger in Jiangdong. That means that Jiangdong must take precautions, as solid as gold. But Xuzhou is different. We don't need to defeat Liu Xie, we just need to delay until Liu Xie dare not fight any more. When the lord gets Xiapi, there will be people like the Chen family With the support of local snakes, it is only necessary to send a large army, and it may not be impossible to take the whole of Xuzhou."

Yuan Shu was having a hard time making a choice. Both of these two people had some truths to say, but he didn't know who to trust for a while.

"My lord, according to the opinion of the last general, Liu Xie has come from a long way. He is not familiar with the favorable location, and now that it is raining continuously, Liu Xie's army must be difficult to adapt, and the epidemics are frequent. The so-called strong soldiers are actually less than sixty-seven out of ten. .Combined with the assistance of the [-] troops from Xiapi, it will not be difficult for us to repel Liu Xie."

The one who spoke was Yuan Shu's number one general, called Ji Ling, who wielded a three-pointed double-edged sword, which was invincible throughout Runan.

When Yuzhou was in turmoil, it was he who led the troops to capture Qiaojun, won a large area of ​​land for Yuan Shu, and expanded Yuan Shu's territory to the border with Xiapi in Xuzhou.

He now agrees with Yang Hong's opinion, not because he really thinks that Yang Hong's suggestion is better than Yan Xiang's, but because he is afraid of being beaten when he fights with Sun Jian, and he has been defeated by Sun Ce many times. What Yan Xiang said was a sneak attack on Jiangdong.

But Liu Xie is different. Although the whole world is talking about how powerful the Yanzhou Army is, in Ji Ling's view, it is above the northern land.

Now in the south, there are many mountains and dense rivers, and the combat power of the northern cavalry and large armies will be greatly restricted. In addition, the northerners are extremely uncomfortable with the most normal rainy weather in the south, and their combat power will be greatly reduced.

Ji Ling is confident that he can defeat Liu Xie, and he may even dig a river channel, and if he floods the army with one trick, he will be famous all over the world.

Ji Ling was Yuan Shu's confidant, and his words immediately had an important influence on Yuan Shu, who was difficult to make a decision.

In addition, Yuan Shu also remembered that it was Liu Xie who scolded him in front of the princes outside the city of Luoyang and made him embarrassed, so he couldn't help feeling a little angry, and immediately stood up and said loudly: "What Fu Yi said deeply won my heart, people Everyone says that Liu Xie's army is strong and hard to defeat, but I want to defeat him, let the princes of the world see how powerful my army in Runan is, and let everyone know that I, Yuan Gonglu, am the most outstanding member of the Yuan family's generation!"

"Ji Ling, I ordered you to be the general of the Eastern Expedition, Yang Hong to be the military adviser, and Lei Bo and Chen Lan to be the deputy general. They will command an army of [-] and go to help Chen Yu and Chen Deng defeat Liu Xie!"

"Here."

Ji Ling strode forward and generously accepted the order!
Yan Xiang lowered his head and sighed softly when he heard the words, but looked at Yuan Shu who had made up his mind, but didn't say anything more.

(End of this chapter)