Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 261
The news of capturing Yangquan reached Liu Yu's ears in the early morning of the next day.When Liu Yu received the good news and read it at a glance, he burst out laughing.

Afterwards, he rushed to the Yamen with great strides and told Xu Shu and Du Ji the news.The two were also very excited when they heard the news.But the two of them controlled it very well, with a calm face, as if they had expected it.Those who don't know, it's true that the two of them are not happy with things, nor sad because of themselves.

But standing in front of the two of them, Liu Yu saw their slightly trembling bodies and excited eyes, and knew that they were not calm.Especially Xu Shu, this is his debut show, he doesn't want to feel the pressure.But now, this first step was perfectly successful, how could he not be excited?
"My lord, I wonder if there is a loss?" Xu Shu asked quite calmly after he calmed down a bit despite his excitement.Although there was no emotion in his voice, both Liu Yu and Du Ji knew that he was really concerned about the casualties, because it was related to the next plan.

Liu Yu didn't hide anything, and told the two of the incident directly, and then laughed loudly: "Although it was different from the plan, the ending is good. Yangquan City was successfully captured, and the casualties were not large."

Although Liu Yu said so, Xu Shu still frowned and fell into deep thought.He knew that the mistake this time was due to a fluke and no unfavorable accidents occurred, but next time, will he still be able to get away with it?
The so-called details determine success or failure. Only by breaking through one detail after another can the overall situation be grasped in one fell swoop.This time, he didn't understand the Yangquan guard completely correctly, which caused this kind of thing to happen. His vigilance was aroused in his heart, and he secretly told himself that there must be no next time.

When Xu Shu was thinking secretly, Liu Yu suddenly asked, "Yuan Zhi, is Auntie at Yingchuan's house?"

"Well, are you here?" Some doubts, but Xu Shu still replied softly.

Liu Yu naturally heard Xu Shu's doubts, so he explained with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, Cao Cao is treacherous, if he knew you were working here, he might use his aunt to blackmail you. Haha, just kidding, it's just that Yuan Zhi should answer Auntie came over to let her old man enjoy the blessings."

"Young master's words are very true, Shu will send someone to welcome mother over today." Hearing Liu Yu's words at first, Xu Shu couldn't help being surprised.Later, although Liu Yu said it was a joke, he still didn't let it go.Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, it's better to plan ahead.In addition, he has gained a firm foothold here, and it is time to bring his mother to enjoy the blessings.

Liu Yu didn't know, he just mentioned it with some scruples because it was written in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he really said it.

When news came that Gebei and Yangquan had been captured by Liu Yu in less than ten days, Cao Cao was really taken aback.In his impression, although Liu Yu is highly skilled in martial arts and a little clever, he doesn't take it seriously.Because he knew that under the current situation, Liu Yu's ability would definitely not allow him to rise.At most, it's just a side of small princes, and it can't be big, but who knows...

"Zhongde, do you know why Thief Liu is so good that he even captured Gebei and Yangquan? Especially Yangquan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has a large army, why was it captured by Liu Yu in a blink of an eye?" In the middle, Cao Cao frowned and looked at the letter in his hand, which recorded the events of Gebei and Yangquan.

As soon as Cao Cao's voice fell, the hulking Cheng Yu immediately stood up and replied calmly: "Sikong, the scouts in front sent back news that it seems that a scribe has joined Liu Yu to make suggestions for him. It is said that all these schemes were done by that person .”

"Oh, Liu Yu has such a great person under his command?" Interested by Cheng Yu's words, Cao Cao stroked his beard and said with interest.

Cheng Yu didn't disappoint him, and he really explained why, "After some investigation, Yu learned that the person's surname was Xu Mingshu, from Yingchuan..."

After telling Xu Shu's life, Cheng Yu said it plainly, but everyone was surprised, especially Cao Cao, his eyes became more and more interested.

After Cheng Yu finished speaking, before anyone else could speak, Cao Cao said, "Zhongde, do you have a plan to use this person for me?"

"This..." Cao Cao hesitated a bit, thought for a moment, and then said again, "Sikong, it is said that Xu Shu is a filial son, and his mother happens to be in Yingchuan. If his mother recruits him to be Sikong If it works, then it’s fine!”

"Shan, this plan is very clever, Zhong De did it for me." Although Xu Shu attracted Cao Cao's attention, he only broke Gebei and Yangquan after all, unlike Cao Ren who defeated Cao Ren as soon as he came out in history, so Cao Cao did not change his mind. Pay more attention to him.Naturally, Cheng Yu and others were even more so, so they didn't investigate very carefully, and didn't know that Xu Shu's mother was a staunch person.What's more, he made such a plan, and he didn't know what the consequences would be!
If Liu Yu is overjoyed and Cao Cao is plain, then Liu Biao, Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu and others are surprised.Yes, they were surprised by Liu Yu's strength, despite capturing Yangquan.Of course, they thought that Liu Yu's capture of Yangquan had already greatly reduced his troops, and they might not be able to advance in the future.However, the result will shock them even more.

The other princes were surprised at most, but Yuan Shu was furious.When he heard that both Gebei and Yangquan had fallen, he vomited blood out of anger, and then asked his troops to return to the imperial court, but fortunately he was persuaded by his generals.

You said that you are an emperor, how could you lose your position so easily, and when you heard that Yangquan was breached, you actually asked your teacher to return to the court.Even if you send many generals to rescue, it's better than returning to the court with your own team, just laughing for the world!
However, after being persuaded by his generals, Yuan Shu's face was still ashen, angry and even a little panicked about the Yangquan incident.Yangquan is not Gebei, and Yangquan is not far from Shouchun...

Although Yuan Shu is arrogant and conceited, he is not a fool, so he naturally knows the importance of Yangquan.However, he was always in chaos when he was faced with a major event, such as the Huimeng battle against Dong Zhuo, so now he just messed up and let the tents and martial arts chatter non-stop.

Among Yuan Shu's generals, others were chattering non-stop. Only Ji Ling was the calmest. After careful analysis, he stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Yangquan is the gate of Shouchun. The last general is willing to lead the army back to help. Drive thief Liu back to Runan."

Yuan Shu relied heavily on Ji Ling and didn't want him to go back. After all, he needed a general to deal with Lu Bu here.But when he was told by his subordinates, he finally agreed to Ji Ling's return to help, but he didn't allocate many soldiers to him.

Naturally, Ji Ling knew that someone was slandering him in private, but he put the overall situation first and knew that now was not the time for internal strife, so he didn't say much, and directly led the army to Yangquan.However, he didn't know that this would be the beginning of his destiny, and the ending was already doomed here.

(End of this chapter)