Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 221
In the ancient city, in the government office.

Liu Yu stomped his steps preoccupied, occasionally stopping and sighing deeply.

He walked back and forth several times, until the red sun completely sank, he looked up into the distance, then shook his head in disappointment, turned and walked towards the study.

"It has been nearly half a month, but there is still no news about Shangcai. I know that Shangcai is unlikely to fall, but I guess it will be soon, otherwise there will be no news about it."

Sighing secretly in my heart, the thoughts of that day emerged again.This time, he was even more hesitant, but he was already a little shaken.

After a while, he came to the study and bent over his desk to study the art of war.However, under the dim lights, his heart was like a shaking wick, how could he see the art of war?

Therefore, after looking at it for half an hour, he put down the military book and let out a long breath.

At this moment, before Liu Yu could untie his frown, a personal guard suddenly broke in and hurriedly reported: "My lord, someone from Shangcai said that there is something important to report."

Liu Yu was surprised when he heard the words, and then he was overjoyed, saying: "Hurry up, bring me here. No, you lead the way, I'll go see him in person."

As he said that, he couldn't wait to stand up, and ran out of the study with his bodyguard.Soon, he came to the lobby with his personal guards, and saw a rather embarrassed soldier drinking water.Next to the soldier was another personal guard.

When the soldier saw Liu Yu coming out, his eyes panicked, he quickly put down the water glass in his hand, and said cautiously: "My lord!"

"Quickly tell me, how is the situation in Shangcai?" Liu Yu didn't have time to pay attention to the panic of the soldiers, and asked directly about the situation in Shangcai.

The soldier was speechless for a moment when he was asked this question.Thanks to his cleverness, he quickly took out a letter from his armor and said respectfully, "My lord, this is a letter from General Xiahou."

When Liu Yu saw the letter, he took it with one hand, feeling anxious, and opened it directly, regardless of the soldier.

It took about half an hour before he read the letter.There is no way, Xia Houlan has reported the situation these days, and the content is naturally rich.As for why they were not afraid of being intercepted by Ji Ling, it was because these personal guards were extremely loyal, and if they were captured, they would destroy the letter first.When Ji Ling learned that Liu Yu wanted to rescue Shang Cai, he tortured the scouts in every possible way, so he pried open the scouts' mouths.

It can be safely said that under normal circumstances there is no need to worry about news leakage.

After reading the letter, Liu Yu swept away his sorrow, his eyes showed excitement, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The war reported in this letter really made Liu Yu terrified and worried, especially at the back.But when he saw the end, he was ecstatic in his heart and almost couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that before Ji Ling attacked, the Jin Yiwei sent by Liu Yu to Xudu took Xu Huang's wife and children back.Even so, Xu Huang never thought of joining Liu Yu, after all, Liu Yu's current situation is so difficult.But when he thought of his wife and children being taken over, Xu Huang knew that he would never be able to return to Cao Cao's command.

As for Ji Ling, who took refuge outside the city, and became Yuan Shu's general, he was not willing at all.

First of all, his reputation was not obvious, and after Ji Ling broke the city, he might be killed by Ji Lingjun before he took the initiative to defect.Secondly, even if he took refuge in Ji Ling, with Yuan Shu's temperament, it might be possible for him to lead the army alone?It is estimated that by that time, he might as well be reused by Yang Feng's subordinates.

Of course, Xu Huang also has arrogance, and he also knows Yuan Shu's character.To be honest, he looked down on Yuan Shu, and even Yuan Shao, otherwise, how could he take the initiative to seek refuge with Cao Cao instead of others?In his eyes, only Cao Cao, even Liu Yu is just passable.

To sum up, Xu Huang made up his mind to seek refuge with Liu Yu, and he did not want to go into exile or do nothing under Yuan Shu's account.Naturally, he also has his own considerations. If he thinks that Liu Yu has no chance of winning, how can he rely on Liu Yu?

A general like Xu Huang will never be burdened by fame, and will not feel that he should be loyal to you just because you are the emperor.A general like him has long known what the world is like, and knows that only force is paramount, and everything else is just embellishment and assistance.

At that time, Xu Huang knelt in the main room and ordered the guards in custody to send a message to Xia Houlan.

"A certain Xu Huang is a mediocre person. Since Liu Yu has the ability to capture me, and he is not a mediocre person, although he cannot be compared with Cao Gong, he is still a hero. Such a person is also worthy of Xu Huang's role. Then someone will try to serve him."

"This Ji Ling, I will retire for him. If he can't rise to the bottom, it's his fate. At that time, I won't talk about being a marquis, and I can go back to seclusion with my wife and children."

After Xia Houlan arrived, the two talked for nearly an hour.In the end, Xia Houlan almost gritted her teeth and agreed to let Xu Huang out and join them in resisting Ji Ling's army.

Of course, Xia Houlan's courage is not as good as Liu Yu's. If Liu Yu is sure of employing people, he will directly let Xu Huang lead the army alone.But Xia Houlan didn't. At first, he only let Xu Huang follow him to kill the enemy and defend the city together.Thanks to Xu Huang's prudence, if he was someone like Zhang Fei, he would have changed his face a long time ago and would no longer serve Liu Yu.But Xu Huang didn't, he just followed Xia Houlan.

After several days of fighting, Xia Houlan finally believed in Xu Huang and didn't ask him to follow her, but she still didn't let him lead the army alone.But even so, Xu Huang made a great contribution and wounded Ji Ling who personally attacked the city.

It's not surprising, just because Ji Lingjun broke open the gate, and then Ji Ling personally led the cavalry to kill in.But unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Xu Huang turned the tide, wounded Ji Ling, forced Ji Ling's army to retreat, and saved Shangcai.

Speaking of Xu Huang's military strength, it is true that he has made great progress during his detention, and it is thanks to Guan Yu.It turned out that the two fellow villagers were locked together and practiced against each other when they had nothing to do. After coming and going, Guan Yu instructed Xu Huang to break through the realm of refining gods.

Of course, that's all, it's impossible for Xu Huang to seriously injure Ji Ling, after all, Ji Ling is also in the realm of refining gods.

The reason why Xu Huang seriously injured Ji Ling was also because of surprise and Ji Ling's underestimation of the enemy.In Ji Ling's view, Gao Meng is the most powerful in Shangcai. If there was a stronger one, he would have gone to war long ago. How could he wait for himself to break through the city before making a move?

Due to various reasons, Xu Huang seriously injured Ji Ling, and at the same time curbed the strong attack of Ji Ling's army, allowing the scouts to come to the ancient city again.

Such a thing not only saved Shangcai, but also won a general. How could Liu Yu not be happy, not overjoyed, not ecstatic?

After he was overjoyed, he looked carefully at the last paragraph of the letter, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more intense.

(End of this chapter)