Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 196
In troubled times, the situation is unpredictable.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, when it was almost New Year's Eve, Cao Ren, Ji Ling, and Liu Bei unexpectedly marched into Runan in unison.

First of all, on the side of Cao Jun, Cao Ren rarely withdrew his troops and stood firm, instead of attacking Nanyang Zhangxiu.Then, General Li Tong, who was confronting Yuan Jun, suddenly sent troops to the ancient city, with the intention of taking down the ancient city with all his might.

However, Chen Dao, the general of Liu Yujun in the ancient city, was not a vegetarian. He actually defended the ancient city with [-] elite soldiers in his hands and [-] county guards in the ancient city.Even at a disadvantage, he took the initiative to attack Li Tongjun at night, making Li Tongjun almost defeated and fled.Thanks to Li Tong's calm personality and the style of a general, he gathered soldiers in the chaotic army and successfully repelled Chen Dao who attacked at night.

After the night attack failed, Li Tong put away his contempt and started a protracted confrontation with Chen Dao.He may make a surprise attack today and not fight tomorrow; harass tonight and attack tomorrow.The extraordinary means made Chen Dao tired of coping, and his soldiers continued to decrease.Especially the county guards suffered heavy casualties.

In just seven days, Chen Dao had less than [-] soldiers in his hands. He could only barely defend the ancient city, and he had no power to fight back.

And Li Tong was also uncomfortable. Although he pushed Chen Dao into a desperate situation, his own soldiers also suffered heavy casualties.If he hadn't drawn 5000 troops from Cao Ren's side again, he might not be able to continue to attack the city anymore.

If the ancient city is in danger, then Gebei is already in danger.

Also a few days ago, Ji Ling, who confronted Li Tongshi during the war, suddenly led a surprise attack with 2 horses.They colluded with the Xu family of Ge Pei, and at night, the guards of the Xu family opened the city gate and entered the city.

At this point in the battle, Ji Ling completely relaxed.That's right, anyone who invades the city is basically a victory.From Ji Ling's point of view, the same is true, so as soon as he entered the city, he led the guards and rushed to the county magistrate's mansion first.

However, just because he underestimated the enemy, he paid a heavy price.This price was not only his own injury, but also the heavy casualties of his soldiers, but also the missed opportunity to raid Shangcai City.

On the way to the county magistrate's mansion, Ji Ling encountered an unprecedented crisis, and fell into a bitter fight together with his guards.

It turned out that the county magistrate Liu Yu arranged in Gebei was a loyal official.This official is called Li Zheng, and he is not well-known, but he is loyal to the Han Dynasty and Liu Yu.Moreover, he is not small in ability and has good adaptability.

He had already noticed the collusion between the Xu family and Ji Ling, but it was too late to ask for help by then.As for annihilating the Xu family and defending Gebei to the death, that is simply impossible.Although Liu Yu attached great importance to Ge Bei, he wanted to use it as a front line to resist Yuan Shu, so he sent two thousand elite soldiers, but these elite soldiers were not enough for Ji Ling's teeth.

Of course, the most important thing is that time is too late.

Ever since, Li Zheng made a crazy decision, deciding to ambush Ji Ling in the alley after the Xu family let Ji Ling in.

Regardless of success or failure, Li Zheng himself was forced to die, but he did it without hesitation.What loyalty, what courage, what fearlessness!Not only him, but also the two thousand elite soldiers he led.

Just like that, they started a fight with Ji Ling and his guards on a street in the city.Ji Ling led five hundred personal guards, all of whom were elite soldiers who fought a hundred battles, even more powerful than the elite soldiers led by Li Zheng.Although Li Zheng led elite soldiers, their combat experience was far inferior to Ji Ling's personal guards.

In addition, Li Zheng is not a general, and his ability to command troops is limited.Because of these reasons, even though Li Zheng paid two thousand to five hundred, he still couldn't win Ji Ling for a while.

The opportunity was fleeting, Li Zheng failed to take down Ji Ling, and there was no chance, because Ji Ling's army had already arrived.But Li Zheng was not reconciled, and desperately refused to retreat. In the end, two thousand elite soldiers died together with Ji Ling's five hundred personal guards, and at the same time killed many Ji Ling's troops.In this battle, Ji Ling not only lost several former soldiers, but was also seriously injured and unconscious.

It was for this reason that Ji Ling did not surprise Shangcai with lightning speed after taking down Gebei.Because of this, he missed the chance to win Runan in one go.Otherwise, the present Runan might not be able to identify who it is.

If Gebei is a foregone conclusion and the ancient city is in danger, then Ruyin is imminent.

Ruyin has no generals and no loyal officials. The reason why Liu Bei has not been captured for a long time is because of Liu Bei.After Liu Bei was defeated by Liu Yu and returned, he didn't have many soldiers at hand, and even the general only had Zhang Fei.Mixed to this point, Liu Bei can be described as extremely miserable.

However, Liu Bei is deep and extremely resolute.In history, like Lu Bu, he has taken refuge in many people, but his reputation is much better than Lu Bu.Similarly, he also failed for many years, but finally succeeded.It can be seen that he is indeed not simple.

No, once he returned to Xiaopei, he used the money from Mi's family, a wealthy family that had taken refuge in him, to solicit refugees everywhere and make a show of it.In this way, plus the more than 2000 people who fled back with him, it can be regarded as a shot.

Although he hated Liu Yu very much, he was not stupid and did not want to attack Runan again.Even if he knew about Runan's situation, he had no intention of attacking Runan.Because he has limited soldiers and horses and limited talents, even if Runan is captured, is it possible that Runan belongs to him?
However, things are not controlled by others.

Liu Bei didn't want to attack Runan, but Lu Bu wanted to attack Runan.To be precise, it was Chen Gong's idea. Chen Gong wanted to use Runan as a battlefield to attack Cao Cao together with Yuan Shu.It's a pity that Lu Bu's ambition was old and he didn't want to seize Cao Cao's territory. After Chen Gong's repeated persuasion, he sent Zhang Liao to go.And Liu Bei was kidnapped by Chen Gong.

Zhang Liao is both civil and military, he can be called the talent of a general, he naturally understood what Chen Gong meant-to take Liu Bei with him, he was like cannon fodder.Ever since, he has been letting Liu Bei take the lead for various reasons, constantly consuming Liu Bei's troops and Ruyin's troops.

But Liu Bei is not stupid. Although he has to come, he doesn't necessarily have to do his best to come.Therefore, he intentionally and occasionally complained that Zhang Liao did not send troops, but he kept obeying orders to attack Ruyin.But in fact, he was just putting on a show, and he didn't use all his strength to attack Ruyin at all.

It is because Liu Bei and Zhang Liao have their own ghosts that Ru Yingou has survived until now.In fact, Zhang Liao also had difficulties. Lu Bu only gave him 3000 troops, and Liu Bei only had [-] troops.But Liu Bei's soldiers are all newly recruited and newly defeated, so there is no fighting power.

If you only consider capturing Ruyin, these soldiers and horses are enough.But Zhang Liao thought far ahead. He still considered capturing Ruyin, so he wanted to encircle and attack less, making Ruyin surrender voluntarily.

It's a pity that although the county magistrate of Ruyin is not a loyal person, he is not a fool, and he has been guarding Ruyin when he can guard it.But in recent days, he has been hesitating.There is no other reason, but because the enemies besieging the city are getting more and more fierce, he feels that he is almost unable to defend.

In a word, when Liu Yu and his troops sent troops, all parts of Runan were already in jeopardy, and could be breached or surrender voluntarily at any time.

I don't know, will Liu Yu and others have time?
(End of this chapter)