Three Kingdoms Summoning: Peak Resurgence

Chapter 159 Xiang Yu's Counterattack
This can be seen from the current situation of the Yellow Turban Army.

They had been training outside obediently for more than two months without any signs of attacking. This was definitely in preparation for raising a large army to attack Hulao Pass in the spring.

At that time, it was a good time to fight.

Therefore, even though Lu Zhi repeatedly warned, ordinary Han soldiers were still slacking off all the time. Only Wang Yu's troops remained in a high state of alert.

That’s all there is to it!
This shocked Lu Zhi greatly.

At this moment, Lu Zhi finally understood that there was a reason for Wang Yu's success.

Such a level of military management is rare even among famous generals in ancient times. Looking at all the famous generals in the Han Dynasty, perhaps only Zhou Xiliu could achieve this.

It was precisely because the state of Wang Yu's army shocked Lu Zhi so much that Lu Zhi valued Wang Yu more and more, and promoted Wang Yu to be his assistant to improve the efficiency of his own Han army's military management.

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It's November.

Heavy snow began to fall, sweeping across the entire Central Plains. The Han army's defensiveness became even weaker. After all, it was freezing cold, and no one would have the time to attack.

However, except for Wang Yu who had known the truth for a long time and pretended to be deaf and dumb, and his ministers who had been informed in advance, no one had expected that Xiang Yu would take advantage of this cold weather to lead the elite Yellow Turban troops and launch a surprise attack on the Han army.

Guo Jia naturally discussed this surprise attack plan with Wang Yu in advance, otherwise it would not be an easy task for him to actually implement it.

After all, even Guo Jia could only admire Wang Yu's vision and terrifying sense.

In case the communication was not successful and Wang Yu suddenly discovered something was wrong and took action, his plan would naturally fail. That was why Guo Jia sent the Blood Evil spy to report the matter to Wang Yu.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, Wang Yu was transferred from Hulao Pass to Luoyang, so he did not have to take the blame.

It turned out that Liu Hong had become interested in Wang Yu since he joined Zhu Jun in Changsha to defeat the Yellow Turbans. After all, if such a young general was trained better, he would eventually become a pillar of the country.

However, Liu Hong at that time had too many trivial matters to deal with, so he delayed Wang Yu's matter!
The recent battle of Yanzhou once again brought Wang Yu into Liu Hong's perspective. After seeing Wang Yu's battle record, Liu Hong's interest in Wang Yu grew stronger.

Therefore, Liu Hong decided to send someone to recruit him to Luoyang and personally commend him while the Yellow Turban Army would not attack due to the cold weather.

After all, Wang Yu's achievements are extremely great.

If it weren't for him, Zhu Jun's army would have found it difficult to defeat Xiang Yan, and might have lost the entire Yuzhou. Then, Lu Zhi's army would have been surrounded by Huang Chao's army due to lack of assistance, and even if they broke out, they would have suffered heavy losses!

In Liu Hong's eyes, the survival of these troops was all due to Wang Yu's contribution. Naturally, he would try to win over such a meritorious and loyal minister to the royal family.

As a major family in Guanxi, the Taiyuan Wang family has a certain say in the imperial court, and as the young patriarch of this family, Wang Yu naturally has to give him great honors.

Perhaps because of Wang Yu's strong personal charm, Liu Hong fell in love with this innocent young man when he first met Wang Yu, and promoted him in public. However, due to the obstruction of the Guandong clans such as the Yuan family, Wang Yu was not promoted in the end. The reason they gave was very simple, that is, Wang Yu was still too young and it was not appropriate to give him a high official position.

Under the dissuasion of Yuan Jia and others, Wang Yu's path to promotion was temporarily halted.

However, they still underestimated Liu Hong. His real purpose was not to promote Wang Yu, but to take the opportunity to promote his father Wang Hong and let him serve as the Yin of Henan.

Although the Hongnong Taishou and the Henan Yin are both Taishou positions, the difference between the two is very huge.

You know, the city of Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, is under the jurisdiction of the Yin of Henan. One can imagine the status and strength of this position.

His purpose was simple, which was to take Wang Yu's father as a hostage. As long as Wang Hong was under his nose, Wang Yu would have to work for him honestly.

You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must also be on guard against others. Liu Hong, who has been a puppet in the hands of aristocratic families for nearly ten years, knows this very well.

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With Wang Yu's departure, Wei Xiaokuan and others also did not put in any effort. As for Xun Yu, although he thought of this, he immediately gave up this seemingly unlikely idea after being fooled by Wei Xiaokuan and others!

It was under these conditions that Xiang Yu could truly take action, cleverly using the weather to paralyze the Han army and, by surprise, win a great victory in one battle.

In addition, the plan set up in advance by Wang Yu and Guo Jia also needs to be realized, which is to improve Xiang Yu's status in Zhang Jue's heart and prevent Huang Chao from becoming the future master of the Yellow Turbans.

For Wang Yu, Xiang Yu, who is the most powerful warrior of his time, is not actually scary. What is scary is Huang Chao, who is brave, resourceful, dark and cruel, especially Huang Chao who has integrated the soul of a general and has potential several times higher than in the original work.

Therefore, Wang Yu would naturally hinder his development prospects.

Moreover, the significance of this surprise attack was only to prepare for the decisive battle next year. The loss of these cities would only increase the pressure on the Han army.

Several months ago, although Lu Zhi and Wang Yu's army retreated to Hulao Pass, Lu Zhi, as the commander-in-chief, did not give up several cities between Hulao Pass and Chenliu.

After all, these are the natural barriers of Hulao Pass. As long as these cities are there, Hulao Pass will have room for buffer. Not only that, for safety reasons, Lu Zhi also set up more than ten dangerous strongholds along the way.

His purpose was simple, which was to use this as a line of defense, relying on the favorable terrain, fighting step by step, launching a comprehensive sniping attack, and thereby consuming the manpower of the Yellow Turban Army.

A big reason why Zhang Jue agreed to go to war with Huang Chao after the spring was because of the defense line set up by Lu Zhi, which Huang Chao had specially estimated for Zhang Jue.

If the Han army relied on these defense lines to defend against the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army could only follow the Han army's tactics and attack one city and one stronghold at a time.

Even if the Yellow Turban Army could take down the defense lines set up by the Han Army along the way, it would require a large amount of manpower. By the time the Yellow Turban Army reached Hulao Pass, they would have lost at least 100,000 manpower, and this is still a conservative estimate!
However, the only thing Huang Chao did not take into account was Guo Jia, a strategist whose intelligence was even higher than his. Under his planning, Xiang Yu successfully gained the favor of Zhang Jue.

(End of this chapter)