Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2155: Battle situation in Xuzhou, rhinoceros leader plotting to advance

Tian Dan was defeated. Although Zhao Kuangyin and Liu Bei were in different places, they both turned gray.

Of course, there is no need to explain why Zhao Kuangyin is worried about his hair turning gray. If he didn't have to worry about his gray hair, no one in the world would be worried.

As for Liu Bei, it was because Tian Dan's defeat was also a fatal crisis for him. In fact, this is a crisis that can destroy them.

The total number of defeated troops of Zhao Kuangyin and Tian Dan was less than 30,000. Even including Guan Ning's cavalry and Youzhou's cavalry, they only had less than 50,000 troops.

Next, what Zhao Kuangyin had to face were the troops of Li Xiang and Wei Qing, who combined had nearly 300,000 troops.

Liu Bei really couldn't figure out why Zhao Kuangyin could resist him then?

The military strength of both sides is not at the same level at all! Moreover, this is only the gap in military strength, not the gap in resources behind them, nor the gap in morale.

Under such a huge gap, not to mention the absolute advantage in military strength, even with the same military strength, Zhao Kuangyin's chances of winning are not good.

And if Zhao Kuangyin can't stop it, Li Xiang and Wei Qing will have a combined force of nearly 300,000 troops. Once they enter Xuzhou, plus Di Qing and Su Qin's more than 100,000 troops, how can Liu Bei survive? ?

In such a situation, how do you ask Liu Bei to find a way out?

In fact, Liu Bei had more headaches than Zhao Kuangyin at this time!

After hearing that Wei Qing's army had withdrawn from the Central Plains, Liu Bei even took out a piece of his own wine to celebrate with his brothers on the spot.

Without Wei Qing's troops, although there is still huge pressure, it is not as hopeless as before.

"Your Majesty, although Wei Qing's troops have left, the current situation of the war is still not optimistic!"

"Our army should defeat Di Qing's troops as soon as possible, and then turn our guns to face Zhao Kuangyin and Li Xiang's troops!" Gongsun Yan said in a heavy tone.

At this time, although Zhao Kuangyin still had the pressure of food and grass, the pressure of food and grass was not as great as it was at the beginning.

However, the reason why this happened was because Zhao Kuangyin's troops were almost exhausted.

Xuzhou had more than 400,000 troops at its peak, but apart from the 30,000 naval troops of Zhou Yu on the Yangtze River, Zhao Kuangyin now only has less than 150,000 troops left.

With so many soldiers and horses missing, how could the pressure on food and grass not be alleviated?

But the question is, what are the actual benefits of this way of alleviating food and grass?

But now, even if Li Xiang is the only one left, how long can Zhao Kuangyin stop him? I'm afraid everyone at Liu Bei doesn't have much confidence in Zhao Kuangyin!

In fact, since the Central Plains War, Zhao Kuangyin has let them down too many times, and they have been defeated again and again. Although Zhao Kuangyin's performance in the Central Plains War was so disappointing, in the final analysis, it was still because of Di Qing and other reasons. However, it did not affect their disappointment in Zhao Kuangyin.

"Pengcheng is strong, and Di Qing has enough troops and horses!"

"It's difficult!" Liu Bei sighed.

Although Pengcheng occupies a central position in the entire Central Plains, its geographical location within Xuzhou is not superior.

Before Zhao Kuangyin captured Yuzhou and half of Yanzhou, his political center was still Pengcheng.

Located in Pengcheng, one can imagine the difficulties Zhao Kuangyin had at that time.

No matter how difficult it was at that time, Zhao Kuangyin did not move easily because he wanted to take a long-term perspective. And in fact, he did survive it. It is precisely because of this that Pengcheng has been repaired several times in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin.

To put it bluntly, this is the first fortified city in the Central Plains. His sturdiness and defensive power are among the top in the world, no worse than Li Xiang's capital Luoyang.

After all, Li Xiang has never repaired Luoyang! But Pengcheng was really continuously heightened and strengthened by Zhao Kuangyin over and over again.

The reason why Yi Yin did not hold on at that time was because the opponent's troops were seriously insufficient and the food was not enough. Moreover, some people inside were also attracted by the floating house.

But Di Qing is different now. This guy has sufficient troops under his command.

Although the other party did not dare to come out to fight with them in the field, Liu Bei would sometimes be helpless if he kept shrinking in the city.

"Your Majesty, force is definitely not possible. Now that I think about it, all I can do is lure the snake out of the hole!" Gongsun Yan said thoughtfully there.

"Luring the snake out of its hole?"

"Di Qing is a talented general, and Su Qin is even more of a fox!"

"It's not an easy task to lure these two people out!" Although Liu Bei was a little moved, he was also very aware of the difficulty.

"Your Majesty, if Di Qing and Su Qin can't be lured out, it may not be impossible for others!" Gongsun Yan said thoughtfully.

"Even those people outside are not easy to deal with!" Old Qianlong said with a sad look on his face.

Those outside include Chen Gui from Xiapi, Liu Heitai who came back from Guangling County, and Li Chengliang who has been wandering around.

But these few are either old foxes or talented generals. The difficulty of trapping them is not much easier than trapping Di Qing and the others.

"Although those few are not easy to deal with, after all, there is no turtle shell like Pengcheng, so there is still a chance!" Gongsun Yan thought for a while and said.

At present, these factors are indeed relatively relatively easy for them to take advantage of.

After all, in the huge Xuzhou, there is only one turtle shell called Pengcheng. If they temporarily shift their attention from this turtle shell to other places, then maybe things will start to turn around.

The two foxes, Di Qing and Su Qin, are now determined to stall for time. If they wait until the main force of the Jin army comes to kill them, it will be Di Qing's victory.

But Liu Bei and the others had to save time and deal with Xuzhou before the large army of the Jin army came, and then they would have some chance of winning.

"Your Majesty, if you want to accomplish this, our army alone may not be enough!" Gongsun Yan said.

"Sir, have you got an idea?" Liu Bei said with joy.

He knew very well that since Gongsun Yan had already said this, it meant that the other party had already had an idea and had even begun to make a plan. Next, all they needed to do was to lay the foundation for the implementation of this plan. The conditions are just ready.