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Chapter 629 Chess Game (Two in One)

Ji Ling was rescued by his men and went back. Seeing that there was no hope of killing him, Li Jin swung his long spear and killed the charging enemy riders one by one, and jumped onto an unowned horse.

The horse rushed forward with the army, Chen Lan and Chen Ji rushed to Li Jin with their personal guards, Li Jin turned his body sideways, and lifted the enemy generals who were chasing from behind off their horses one by one.

Chen Lan and Chen Ji were no exception. One was knocked into the air when they fought, and the other was stabbed to death with a carbine.

One of the two Chens died and the other was wounded. The riders were so frightened that they didn't dare to follow, they all turned around and ran back to the main formation.

Without looking back, Li Jin rushed straight to the city gate, Xiao County opened, and Li Jin returned safely.

With lingering fears in his heart, Ji Ling stared at the place where the battle had just occurred, the corpses of a hundred or so people and the horses that had lost their control, dazed.

If it was later in the evening, he would probably become one of the pile of corpses.

"Gather Chen Ji's corpse, clean up the battlefield, and retreat ten miles!"

Several generals were killed, more than a hundred people were lost, morale plummeted, and there was no hope of attacking, Ji Ling wisely chose to retreat.

The battle situation was reported to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu scolded his mother.

"Trash! You can't even kill Li Jin. He is alone. You can't kill him even if you go out of the city alone. What are you doing?" Yuan Shu thought about getting angry. With one shot, Ji Ling and the others were disabled.

Why does Xu Ding always have such a fierce general under his command?

"My lord, from the looks of it now, the first lieutenant army is not a weak army. Li Jin is so good, and this Li Zheng is probably very human. Otherwise, Xu Ding would not have sent only one infantry to support Xuzhou." Yuan Huan said:

"I don't think it's necessary to test Xiapi. It's better to focus on breaking through and attacking Lu County."

In the past, I thought that Xu Ding never let the First Army go out to fight, and I thought it was because the First Army was weak to protect Li Zheng.

Now it seems that to be able to rank first, the strength of the first school lieutenant army is not only the strongest, but it should also be ranked among the top few.

None of the Li family is simple.

Li Jin's wonderful performance suddenly overturned Yuan Shu's original image of the First Army.

Of course, if Xu Ding was here, he would definitely laugh out loud.

The top ten colonels are not ranked by strength, but because of the different order of establishment.

The strength of the first school lieutenant is really not strong.

The martial arts of Li Qian and Li Zheng's father and son can only be said to be mediocre, far behind Li Jin and Li Dian brothers.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why Li Jin fought alone. He is very clear about the strength of his uncle. The First Army seldom fights abroad. Persimmon pinch.

Uncle Li Gan's Xiapi City will inevitably be attacked by Yuan Jun.

That's why he went out of the city to fight a dangerous battle against Wang Xiu's order.

Yuan Shu thought for a while and said, "Didn't you say, Yaoqing, that attacking Lu County is extremely easy to be flanked by Pengcheng and Xiapi? Dan County is advancing, why do we want to attack Lu County first?"

"Yaoqing, didn't you say that Wang Xiu's formation is a long snake formation? It needs to start from the two ends and attack the middle, and it is easy to be pinched by the snake's head and tail. Even if we can break through Lu County, we cannot safely attack Dan County. Go deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou." Yuan Shu asked puzzled.

The strategy proposed by Yuan Huan was completely opposite to what came.

Yuan Huan said: "My lord, at this time and at that time, at first we thought that the first captain was weak, and we could use our superiority in strength to attack on both sides, killing the snake head and the snake tail first.

Now it seems that our judgment was wrong, and we need to adjust our strategy and concentrate on attacking Lu County.

There is no strong army of the first school lieutenant army here in Lu County, they are all Danyang soldiers of Tao Qian.

These Danyang soldiers were indeed elite soldiers, but they did not have a decent command. Wang Xiu only let Yan Jian, who had no military knowledge, be in charge. This was his big loophole. "

Yuan Shu stared at the map, looked and looked, and then said: "There is no problem in capturing Lu County, but what about after it is captured? How can we deal with the first school lieutenant army on the two wings? If we rush to help Lu County, we will be thrown into a passive position, and we will easily be surrounded and annihilated by him."

"Two ways, my lord, one is to open up the road to Dan County, get in touch with the family in Xuzhou, and get their support, so that after our army passes by, we can completely ignore Wang Xiu's first lieutenant army and go straight to Dan County. Take down Tao Qian, then blossom in the center, and surround Wang Xiu and the others." When Yuan Huan said this, Yuan Shu frowned slightly. It's just indifferent, like answering and ignoring, wanting them to be the internal response, a little hanging.

So Yuan Huan went on to say: "The second method is to concentrate on breaking through Xiapi, attack Lu County first, lead the snake out of the cave, block Wang Xiu's reinforcements from Pengcheng, and wait for Li Gan, Jiang Qin and others to leave Xiapi. No matter what method is used to attack the empty Xiapi, in short, take down Xiapi first.

Once Xiapi is broken, we can go deep into other places in Xuzhou. At the same time, Wang Xiu should be anxious, because we can quickly attack Dan County from the direction of Liangcheng, completely bypass Li Jin and Wang Xiu, and deploy defenses in Lu County The Xuzhou soldiers and horses in the back. "

Yuan Shu said, "Apart from these two things, is there anything else?"

Yuan Huan shook his head: "There are none now? Unless we have a strong enough navy to go east along the Huai River."

Yuan Shu thought for a while, and finally said: "Okay, just follow the method you said, I hope this time it will be successful, we can't be dragged down by Wang Xiu for too long, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan may not be able to win us too much. If there is too much time, we have to eat it as soon as possible in Xuzhou."

Regardless of whether the alliance attack was successful, Yuan Shu felt that if he captured Xuzhou earlier, he would have an advantage in the face of any outcome, so he wouldn't give up halfway.

It has been so many years since the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he is very eager to expand and occupy more territory.

But after so many years of fighting, the territory has shrunk, and the others have grown stronger one by one.

There is no harm without comparison, Yuan Shu felt uncomfortable.

Faced with Yuan Shu's army suddenly being mobilized to attack Lu County, Wang Xiu and the others didn't have much reaction.

In fact, he deliberately asked Yuan Shu to fight.

Isn't the reason why Lu county is so weak is an introduction?

It is to let Yuan Shao go to smash here.

Because Yuan Shu's army will take some time to move from the two wings to the center, and it will take some time to build the pontoon bridge.

Delaying time is one of Wang Xiu's strategies.

Yuan Shu's army crossed the river and stormed Lu County for a day. The city changed hands, and Yan Qian withdrew with his troops.

The first situation Yuan Huan expected did not happen. Neither Wang Xiu nor Li Gan sent troops to support Lu County.

Therefore, Yuan Shu's army had no chance to take advantage of the false attack to attack Xiapi City.

Jiang Qin's navy was in the two rivers outside Xiapi City, and Yuan Huan had no chance.

"Pengcheng and Xiapi haven't moved, what about Xiao County?" Yuan Huan asked the scouts on his side.

The spies replied: "There is no movement in Xiaoxian County, the enemy army is all quiet, and the navy and army continue to adopt a conservative strategy, shrinking inside the city and on the other side."

"What does Wang Xiu mean? Let us take Lu County so easily, what on earth is he trying to do?" The victory came too fast and too easy, which made Yuan Huan feel unreal.

As a resourceful person, he always felt that this matter was not so simple.

It is a taboo for military strategists to fail to understand the opponent's intentions.

Yuan Shu didn't care about this, and said directly: "Yaoqing, since Lu County has been destroyed and there is no movement on the two wings, let's directly send troops to the east, first sweep Wuyuan and Fuyang and other places, and capture Tao Qian and say."

Yuan Huan said: "My lord, I don't think it's better to rush eastward. It's okay to send a striker to test and move forward. It's better to wait for Pengcheng's reaction, and contact the aristocratic families in Xuzhou, especially the Cao family, and try to win them over. Once attacking Xuzhou, I felt that the atmosphere nearby was a bit weird.

We haven't seen through what Wang Xiu wants to do, so we can't rush forward. "

Yuan Shu frowned. Now that the long snake array has been broken, he still dare not move forward, and he still plays guessing games with Wang Xiu. Isn't that stupid?

However, Yuan Shu listened to Yuan Huan's opinion very much, and said, "Okay, I'll just wait for three days. After three days, if there is no other action, the army will advance to Dan County. As long as we send heavy troops to guard Lu County, even if Wang Xiu and others want to come Take it, surround us in Xuzhou, our army is not afraid of him."

In order to guard against Wang Xiu's move, Yuan Shu ordered Runan to send [-] troops to the east to build their own food roads and back roads.

This coincides with Yuan Huan.

Wuyuan City!
Cao Bao and a group of representatives of the aristocratic families gathered quietly, seeing that everyone had arrived, Cao Bao said: "I believe that the one in the west has contacted each family, what do you think?"

"I think it's okay. Now the old man's meaning is obvious. He wants to go all the way to the dark. He doesn't care about our life or death. Why should we call Xuzhou's life or death!"

"That's right, half of the military power is divided among Wang Xiu and others, and there is also Qingzhou's shadow in government affairs. Once the threat from the west is gone, the old man will immediately send Xuzhou to Xu Ding, and then our real hard days will come to an end." coming."

"Although the person in the west has such a reliable statement, he is still a fourth-generation and third-generation man. Everyone has the same fundamental interests. He won Xuzhou, so he must reuse us from Xuzhou!"

"That's right! That's right! If we continue like this, we will be annexed by Qingzhou sooner or later."

Amidst the falling voices, someone suddenly said worriedly: "But can this one in the west really protect Xuzhou? Can he stand firm?

Yuzhou Mountain is in my Xuzhou, and Donghai County, Langya County, and Guangling County are all adjacent to the Yellow River. Who can stop Qingzhou's navy, is it us?It's still the one from the west.

Are we going to move west? "

As soon as this person spoke, everyone was dumbfounded, completely silent and not speaking.

Except for Xiapi Kingdom and Pengcheng Kingdom, the other counties are all close to the sea.

The edge of the Qingzhou navy is still unstoppable.

What's more, Xiapi State and Pengcheng State are also connected by Surabaya and Huai River, so where can they migrate.

"Everyone, this time the people from Guangling County did not come, nor did the people from Langya County. I think their attitude is very obvious." Cao Bao glanced at the crowd, and then said:
"My suggestion is to stand in the team first. Whether Yuan Shuhe Hao or Xu Ding, they are not ideal candidates for us. Let them fight first. In the end, who can really stand in Xuzhou, we are voting with our feet."

"But now the Yijing from the west has captured Lu County, and the next step is to attack us." Cao Bao's thinking is similar to that of everyone else, and they don't want to stand in line, and the world is too chaotic now.

The Chen family who took the initiative to stand in line last time was removed from Xuzhou.

Investment is risky, and you need to be cautious when standing in line.

"What are you afraid of? Wang Xiu and Yan Yan can't stop Yuan Shu, and Xia Houbo can also stop Yuan Shu. If we can tell our army, we can stop him. Yuan Shu wants Wuyuan City, so let him take it?" Cao Bao sneered:

"Yan Yan can retreat strategically, can't we, he goes east, we go north. I believe Yuan Shao is not a fool, so he understands that it is meaningless to fight us."

"This is not bad!"

"Yes! Yes! Let them fight, and we will retreat strategically." Everyone echoed.

Therefore, under Cao Bao's leadership, three days have passed on Yuan Shu's side, and they haven't received any news of the Xuzhou family's offer, and of course they haven't received any news of their refusal.

It was as if the mud had fallen into the sea and nothing had happened at all.

Yuan Shu was so angry that he scolded Cao Bao and others again.

"My lord, this may not be good news. Since Xuzhou's aristocratic family didn't want to join forces, but they didn't refuse. This is a tacit agreement that we take Xuzhou. As long as Dan County is taken down and Tao Qian is captured alive, they will accept it whether they are willing or not. Attach to us." Yuan Huan persuaded optimistically.

"Hmph, we are taking Xuzhou and taking them slowly." Yuan Shu said, "Immediately dispatch troops to destroy Xia Houbo and Yan Yan, and take Wuyuan City."

Soon Ji Ling led the army to kill Xiahoubo in the east.

Xia Houbo resisted step by step with Yan Yan according to the order, and kept retreating eastward, setting up roadblocks along the way, but in the end he withdrew across Zushui and retreated to Liangcheng.

Then Ji Ling sent his troops to the north to take Wuyuan City.

Xia Houbo retreated to Liangcheng, and Ji Ling could not cross the river to the east in this area, otherwise he would be flanked by Jiang Qin from the Downhill Country.

Therefore, Yuan Shu's army must take Wuyuan City first, pass through Donghai County, and attack Dan County from north to south.

In this way, the route of Yuan Shu's army was lengthened again.

Unsurprisingly, Wuyuan City was brought down by Ji Ling with little effort.

Of course, Cao Bao and others waited for Ji Ling to attack for half an hour before retreating.

After all, fake beating is also a technical job, so you have to pretend to be decent, and you can't be too shabby.

Of course Ji Ling didn't go after Cao Bao. He thought it wasn't the first time he had fought someone like Cao Bao, and this guy wasn't worthy of being a warrior.

Every time he ran away obediently without hitting him.

So Bound Yang City is just around the corner, but it is still in the hands of Cao Bao and others, Ji Ling has no interest in beating them at all.

After capturing Wuyuan City, Yuan Shu's army crossed the border of Donghai County, and then diverted eastward to attack Dan County.

Pengcheng!

Wang Xiuxiu was playing chess with others, and when the middle-aged man on the opposite side landed black stones, he sighed, "You lost a piece and a half, and you won again!"

The middle-aged man on the opposite side smiled and said: "Although Shu Zhi lost a half on the chessboard, he won a half on the battlefield. This boring game can be over soon."

"The chessboard is the chessboard, and the battlefield is the battlefield. Before the final moment of the game, who knows who will win or lose?" Wang Xiu shook his head slightly, reached out and picked up the white pieces and put them into the chess box, saying:
"But since Zibu has confidence in this, I think I should be able to win, why don't we complete this most critical step together."

The middle-aged man stood up and clasped his hands in salute: "Your Excellency, please, Zhao Yi also wishes."

(End of this chapter)