The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

On Liu Zheng's side, just after the war in Jingzhou and Yuzhou was quelled, Liu Zheng received the news from his Jinyiwei guards.

On both sides of the Xuzhou battlefield and the Yanzhou battlefield, the battle is fierce.

Yuan Shao has a big heart. He holds soldiers and horses from three states under his command, and has an army of more than 30.

Youzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou.

Among them, Jizhou and Qingzhou, Yuan Shao hoarded heavy troops.

He wanted to swallow Liu Bei's Yanzhou and Xuzhou in one breath, so when he launched an attack on Liu Bei, Yuan Shao didn't even think about it, and directly ordered his generals to attack Liu Bei's Xuzhou.

Among them, Yuan Shao personally commanded the Xuzhou battlefield, and led his two major forces, Yan Liang, Wen and Chou, to approach Xuzhou City.

In the other Jizhou battlefield, let his son Yuan Tan lead Zhang Hegao Lan Chunyu Qiong to lead some Karasuma cavalry to approach Chen Liu in Yanzhou.

Liu Zheng didn't pay attention to the war in Yanzhou, but Liu Zheng was very concerned about the war in Xuzhou.

Not for anything else, but because Liu Zheng has always wanted to take advantage of Yuan Shao and Liu Bei's battle to intervene and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei should still be in a fierce battle. Liu Zheng rushed over from here, and it was when they were fighting inextricably. , seize.

In this way, Liu Zheng was the one who had the last laugh.

Of course, in order to achieve this, Liu Zheng had to maintain the war in Jingzhou on the one hand, so that Yuan Shao and Liu Bei's spies in Liu Zheng's place thought that Liu Zheng was still worrying about the war in Jingzhou.

Another aspect is that Liu Zheng wants to secretly mobilize troops to Xuzhou.

In fact, Liu Zheng has already done all aspects of this chain.

This is what happened in Xiangyang City.

In Xiangyang City, Liu Zheng deliberately let Sun Ce and Zhou Yu continue the stalemate in Xiangyang.

At the same time, this time in Jiangling, after Zhang Liao was recruited, Liu Zheng also planned to continue to let Zhang Liao command the remnants, and then cooperate with Liu Zheng to act here in Jingzhou.

Liu Zheng's men don't need to be in a hurry to encircle them, they just need to be dragged in. The battle in Jingzhou is still going on, and it doesn't seem to be settled yet.

And Liu Zheng himself secretly returned to Xuzhou, led Lu Bu's camp to the Wenpin camp in Guangling.

That way, you just have to wait.

Waiting for the opportunity.

In this way, Liu Zheng stayed in Jingzhou for only two days, and after ordering Zhou Yu and Huang Zhong to take charge of the situation in Jingzhou, Liu Zheng took Dianwei secretly and took a boat directly to Guangling.

It only took a few days for Liu Zheng to go down the river and all the way to Guangling County.

At this time, Lu Bu and Gao Shun's camp was already waiting for Liu Zheng in Guangling.

As soon as he came to Guangling, Liu Zheng asked Wenpin directly how the situation in Xuzhou was going.

During this period of time, Wenpin did not take the initiative to participate in the battle between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, but sent many scouts to inquire about their news.

In this way, Wenpin has a clear grasp of the current situation in Xuzhou.

When Liu Zheng asked him, he immediately explained to Liu Zheng.

It turned out that two months ago, Yuan Shao indeed led his troops to attack Liu Bei's territory as promised, just like Liu Zheng, but it was Yanzhou that attacked first.

Yuan Tan's men attacked first, so the situation on the Xuzhou battlefield was very calm at the beginning, but after waiting for half a month, the troops dispatched by Yuan Shao from Jizhou finally arrived in Qingzhou.

Gathering the troops who were originally in Qingzhou, a total of [-] troops, Yuan Shao rushed directly to Xuzhou.

Going south from Chengyang County, the first is to attack Taishan County.

Under the attack of Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of troops, Taishan County did not make any resistance at all, and surrendered directly.

This was originally Liu Zheng's territory, but it was later occupied by Lu Zhi. The notification time was not long, and most of Xuzhou's troops were dispatched by Liu Bei to guard against Liu Zheng.

Therefore, there were not many troops placed in Taishan County, so facing Yuan Shao's attack, Liu Bei had no ability to resist at all.

In addition, there are also reasons why Liu Bei himself didn't react at the first time.

However, after the battle started, when Liu Bei's men and horses began to rush from Xuzhou to Langya County to confront Yuan Shao's army, Liu Bei's strength was highlighted.

Chapter 8 and Six of Yuan Shao's Defeat

Yuan Shao's army was as powerful as a broken bamboo, all the way from Chengyang County to Yangdu, Dong'an, Licheng and other places.

Killed all the way to Donghai County.

Here itself is a flat terrain, and Yuan Shao has mostly cavalry in his hands.

When Yuan Shao wanted to attack Xuzhou, it was as if he was walking on flat ground. He only needed to send a large army to charge forward, and no one could stop him.

The small county town is simply looking forward to surrender, and doesn't even have the courage to resist.

Until Liu Bei became vigilant, he immediately dispatched his general Guan Yu, leading [-] cavalry, to go directly north to confront Yuan Shao's army.

The men and horses of both sides met in a certain place in Donghai County, and a confrontation took place. Guan Yu killed the Quartet and directly dealt a heavy blow to Yuan Shao.

He directly beheaded the Xiandeng soldiers led by Yuan Shao's subordinate Ju Yi, and even the general Ju Yi was beheaded by Guan Yu before the battle.

This battle established the situation in Xuzhou.

Originally, this battle was Yuan Shao's plan to defeat Liu Bei County in one fell swoop and lead the army to Xuzhou City. As a result, after Guan Yu's army blocked the vanguard, Yuan Shao realized the weakness of his people.

During this battle, both sides realized that the other side is not easy to mess with.

Tan County, here is the seat of Donghai County.

Yuan Shao's army is temporarily stationed here.

After the First World War in the East China Sea, many of Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of troops were beheaded by Guan Yu. Now there are only more than 6 people gathered in Tan County.

Although he encountered a losing battle, it did not deal a great blow to Yuan Shao. When marching and fighting, there are winners and losers. If there is a victory, there will be a loss. No one is a general who wins forever, even if it is Lu Bu, Cao Cao, etc. He would also suffer the defeat of Chibi, not to mention a mere Yuan Shao.

Although there are only more than 6 horses left, Yuan Shao is still very confident that he can deal a heavy blow to Liu Bei in Xuzhou's territory.

"My lord, Ju Yi's death was just his momentary carelessness, so we can't disturb our army's morale. The general thinks that we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, and before Liu Bei's men and horses have reacted, we should attack Xuzhou City in one fell swoop, otherwise we will wait Then Liu Bei is prepared, and if we want to conquer the whole of Xuzhou, it will not be so easy."

In Yuan Shaojun's camp, all the civil servants and generals were discussing with Yuan Shao about dealing with Liu Bei at this time.

Although, in the last battle, Yuan Shao was defeated and a general died, but this is nothing to Yuan Shao. The most important thing he has under his command is a general, so the death of Ju Yi is nothing to Yuan Shao impression.

As long as his most trusted Yan Liang and Wen Chou are still there, Yuan Shao will have strong self-confidence.

It was Yan Liang who spoke at this time.

Yan Liang was the leader of the three armies, and in front of Yuan Shao, what he said still carried a lot of weight.

Yuan Shao originally wanted to wait a while, but after starting a war with Liu Bei's men, now that he heard Yan Liang's urging, Yuan Shao didn't have so much hesitation.

"Gongji, the person who beheaded General Ju Yi this time was Liu Bei's second younger brother Guan Yu. I have heard of this person. When we encircled and suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, he emerged under Lu Zhi's men. Later, we fought with him. Then when Lu Zhi teamed up to deal with Liu Zheng, Liu Bei's two foster brothers were well-known people."

Because of the difference in history, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were not well-known in history, gradually attracted Yuan Shao's attention because of Liu Bei's rise in fame. Therefore, in Yuan Shao's eyes, Guan Yu's strength is still good.

Although Yuan Shao didn't think that his general Yan Liang would lose to Guan Yu, it was still necessary to tell Yan Liang not to underestimate the enemy.

However, Yuan Shao's exhortation, in Yan Liang's eyes, was contempt for Yan Liang, so after seeing Yuan Shao finished speaking, Yan Liang immediately responded to Yuan Shao unconvinced.

"My lord, you think too highly of your opponent. What is Guan Yu? He just used the cavalry to catch General Ju Yi by surprise. If there is a last general, he will be killed and sacrifice the flag to our army. Now their troops, I am stationed at Xiapi, and I am willing to lead an army of [-] to attack Xiapi, kill Guan Yu, and seize Xiapi."

"As long as you take Xiapi City, Xuzhou is not far away."

Xiapi City is the throat of Xuzhou. As long as Xiapi City is taken down, the whole Xuzhou can be said to be within easy reach.

Since Yan Liang's words were all about this, then why would Yuan Shao hesitate.

"Okay, then let's go directly, and the army will go straight to Xiapi. Within two days, we will capture Xiapi, and we will take the entire Xuzhou within seven days!"

Encouraged by Yan Liang's words, Yuan Shao, who originally wanted to progress gradually, also became a little arrogant, planning to take down the entire Xuzhou in a few days.

Originally, most of the entire Xuzhou had been taken down by him now, but now Liu Bei's territory was too small, only Xuzhou City and Xiaopei were left. It is not impossible to capture Xuzhou in a few days as Yuan Shao said.

Ji Feng and Guo Tu in Yuan Shao's big tent originally wanted to say a few words, but seeing that Yuan Shao had already made up his mind, they stopped talking.

This time when they attacked Xuzhou, Yuan Shao's counselors were gone.

Ju Shou is serving as a liaison in Liu Zheng's Jianye, and Tian Feng is sitting in the rear of Jizhou.

The rest are a few incompetent people who follow around. Although they are trusted by Yuan Shao, they don't have much ability, so they can only flatter.

In this way, Yuan Shao led an army of [-] and rushed straight to Xiapi City.

Guan Yu, who had just finished the battle with Yuan Shao, was leading the remaining [-] troops to garrison Xiapi.

Counting the troops in Shangxiapi City itself, Guan Yu only had 2000 troops around him at this time.

However, because he was only Liu Bei's vanguard, the purpose was to stop Yuan Shao's advance. Liu Bei had already gathered troops in Xuzhou, and Zhao Yun led 2 troops to support Xiapi City from Xuzhou. Now the troops are about to reach Xiapi up.

Xiapi City.

"General, our army has won a complete victory in this battle, and finally stopped Yuan Shao's advance. As long as we can garrison Xiapi and wait for the lord's reinforcements, we can use Xiapi as a base to counterattack Yuan Shao. This time Yuan Shao broke the alliance and took the initiative to attack We, we must teach Yuan Shao a painful lesson."

Sun Shao is the military adviser for this expedition.

Responsible for assisting Guan Yu to meet Yuan Shao.

After seeing Guan Yu returning to Xiapi with a complete victory, he praised Guan Yu very much, and immediately took this opportunity to think about the next coping strategy.

Guan Yu also admired Sun Shao very much, and nodded repeatedly after hearing Sun Shao's words.

"Well, what the military adviser said is reasonable. Our army has few major generals, so it is not appropriate to take the initiative to attack. We can only stop with silence."

Chapter 8 and Seven

Guan Yu and Sun Shao were still discussing how to use Xiapi as a stronghold to defend against Yuan Shao's attack.

There were hurried footsteps outside the hall.

A messenger quickly walked into the hall and knelt down when he saw Guan Yu and Sun Shao.

"Report to General, urgent military situation."

"Say."

The messenger didn't dare to say anything, and immediately opened his mouth after Guan Yu's majestic answer.

"General, our spies are here to report. There is a large group of enemy troops approaching quickly from the direction of Donghai County."

After Guan Yu heard what the messenger said, his face was still expressionless.But at this moment, he frowned immediately and asked a question immediately.

"Can you find out how many people there are?"

"There are a lot of people. I don't know the exact number yet, but it definitely exceeds [-] troops."

"Three million people."

Guan Yu recited this number in detail, his brows furrowed even deeper.He immediately realized that this was Yuan Shao's main army, and rushed directly from Donghai County to Xiapi City.

In this way, Xiapi City became the place of decisive battle between Guan Yu and Yuan Shao.Originally, Guan Yu wanted to hang out with Yuan Shao in Xiapi for a few more days, waiting for reinforcements, but now it seems that Yuan Shao didn't give him a chance at all!

While Guan Yu was still thinking about it, Sun Shao on the side immediately said something to Guan Yu vigilantly.

"General. Yuan Shao's arrival this time is not kind. I think we should make preparations as soon as possible and let our people arrange more city defense facilities on the towers. In case Yuan Shao's troops arrive at Xiapi, they will directly attack the city. Our army is now going down." It is not a problem for the troops in Picheng to deal with the attack of Yuan Shao's army, as long as we hold on for a few days and wait for the lord's reinforcements, Yuan Shao will have nothing to fear."

"His army came here from Qingzhou. The food road is not smooth. It is not so easy to break through the food road. If they have been fighting us here, we can order General Zhao Yun to lead some Qingqi to intercept Yuan's army from Fei County. If we don’t have enough food and grass, Yuan’s army will collapse without fighting.”

Sun Shao was not too worried about Yuan Shao's army coming here soon.After all, it is not so easy for Yuan Shao to attack the city.

Originally, Yuan Shao didn't have much food and grass, but the purpose of the cavalry he led was obvious, that is to fight a blitzkrieg and quickly occupy various cities in Xuzhou.The issue of no food has been resolved.

However, the huge amount of food and grass that tens of thousands of troops need to consume is not a small amount, and it cannot be solved by a few small cities.

Once Yuan Shao's food road was cut off, Yuan Shao could only retreat, and it was impossible to spend a long time in Xuzhou.

Sun Shao's plan is very good, but for now, it doesn't have much effect.After all, Zhao Yun hadn't arrived at Xiapi City yet, and what Guan Yu and Sun Shao had to face first was Yuan Shao's army's attack.

They rectified the soldiers of Xiapi City in Xiapi City, and ordered the soldiers of Xiapi City to go up to the tower and reload some equipment for defending the city.

These things have only just been done.A group of enemy troops appeared one after another outside the city.

The vanguard led by Yan Liang arrived at the foot of Xiapi City.

Yan Liang did not wait for the arrival of the main force of Yuan Shao's army, the [-] vanguard he led.After arriving at Xiapi City, they immediately set up battles and shouted at the tower.

"Guan Yu, how dare you go out of the city to fight. I am Yan Liang, the general of Hebei. If you have the courage, come out and fight with me."

Yan Liang was eager to make contributions, and he wanted to show off in front of Yuan Shao too much, so he hoped to take down Xiapi City before Yuan Shao's main force arrived at Xiapi City.

Of course, Guan Yu will not fall into the trap easily.Guan Yu naturally dismissed Yan Liang's clumsy aggressive tactics.Originally, Guan Yu didn't bother to talk to Yan Liang at all.

However, when he poked his head out of the city tower and looked outside the city, and found that there were only 6 troops outside the city, instead of the [-] or [-] horses that the spies had said, Guan Yu's mind became active now.