Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 262
Ji Ling led the army back, and did not immediately attack Yangquan. Instead, he deployed a large number of scouts to investigate the military situation of Yangquan while deploying defenses in Shouchun.

Liu Yu naturally knew about this, but he didn't care.Ji Ling is indeed talented as a general, but unfortunately, he is superior to the stupid Yuan Shu, so it is impossible for him to do much.Moreover, he had just captured Yangquan, so he needed to rectify it, otherwise Yangquan would be unstable, and he would not dare to attack other places at will.

Just like that, Huainan became strangely quiet, Liu Yu and Ji Ling were like lurking wolves, quietly waiting for each other to show their flaws.

The flames of war in Huainan were slightly extinguished, but not in other places. Instead, the flames became more intense.For example, in Jiangdong, Sun Ce, the little overlord, was blocked from sweeping, and fought with Yan Baihu and others.And some people who are dead but not stiff also took the opportunity to stir up trouble.This time, Sun Ce was not in a hurry to make a move, but was ready to wait for everyone to jump out, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

This is what Zhou Yu suggested to him, saying that only by calming Jiangdong in one fell swoop, can he have a chance to deal with Yuan Shu.Of course, the reason is naturally impossible to this one.

Speaking of Jiangdong, Liu Yao and Tai Shici have to be mentioned.Liu Yao was already dying of illness at this time, and I am afraid that he will die soon.Indeed, in history he died in the second year of Jian'an, that is, this year.

Liu Yao's fate has not changed, but Tai Shici's has.A letter from Liu Yu made Liu Yao recall Tai Shici, ready to let him go to Runan immediately.However, his condition suddenly worsened, and he was diagnosed to know that he would die soon, so he delayed the matter.But Tai Shici came back after all, so it was impossible for him to be captured by Sun Ce again.

In fact, it was indeed delayed due to illness at first, but later it was Liu Yao who did it on purpose.It's not that he didn't want to give Tai Shici to Liu Yu. After all, Liu Yu was his nephew, so how could he refuse if he asked for it.The reason why Tai Shici was temporarily kept was because he was considering whether he should let his family join Liu Yu.

Originally, he was still hesitant. After all, Liu Yu's territory is not big and his influence is too small, so he might be wiped out at any time.But now he doesn't think so anymore, because he has received news that Liu Yu has captured Yangquan.Of course, just capturing Yangquan is nothing, but he sent someone to contact Liu Yu, knowing that it would be effortless for him to capture Yangquan.As a result, he immediately made an order to entrust his wife and children to Liu Yu.

"Ziyi, my life is not long, and Jiangdong may be owned by the Sun family." Therefore, he immediately recruited Tai Shici and persuaded him to escort his wife and children to Liu Yu.

"You don't need to say much, I know my body, and even if I recover from the illness... Well, it's hard to compete with a lion, maybe only my nephew can fight with it."

Tai Shici opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he still couldn't speak.His temperament is not good at persuading people.

Liu Yao didn't care, and said emotionally again: "Ziyi, I know you are loyal and filial, but I have failed you. Alas, I won't say much, I just want to ask you to escort my wife Go to Runan. You also received a letter from Yanzhang, if Yanzhang can assist you, you can stay; if it really doesn't catch your eye, you can go by yourself."

He was not worried that Tai Shici would not seek refuge with Liu Yu, because Liu Yao knew Tai Shici's heart, and knew that if he agreed to escort his wife and children to Liu Yu, he would definitely stay and take care of his wife and children.In fact, Liu Yao also knew about Tai Shici's ability, and the reason why he didn't use it was because of saving face, so he didn't want to use Tai Shici, a young general from a poor family.

Jiangdong is uneasy, and Nanyang is also uneasy. Cao Cao has sent troops to besiege Nanyang and fought several times with Zhang Xiu.In these several battles, both sides suffered heavy casualties and were invincible.But in comparison, Zhang Xiu's losses were greater. After all, he only had so many soldiers and horses, and he couldn't afford to consume them at all.But Cao Cao is different, he has a steady stream of troops in his hands, and he is not afraid of consumption at all.

By this time, Zhang Xiu had already wavered a little. He was thinking about what Jia Xu said, that is, whether he should surrender.However, he was still a little unwilling, and pinned his hopes on Liu Biao, and of course he fantasized about Liu Yu sending troops.

Regardless of whether he surrendered or not, Zhang Xiu is still fighting Cao Cao non-stop.However, it is much smaller than before.No way, he can't afford it anymore.And Cao Cao seemed to intend to force Zhang Xiu to surrender, but he didn't fight much, but forced Zhang Xiu step by step.

Compared with Nanyang, the battle in Xuzhou is much more intense.Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, like a pair of life-and-death rivals, shot with all their strength, as if killing their opponents is the only joy.Today I will sneak attack, tomorrow you will invite a battle, and the day after tomorrow will sneak attack again...what kind of burning food and grass, what kind of stealing camp...it is simply not giving up regardless of victory or defeat, not giving up regardless of life or death.

Of course, with the help of Chen Gong, Lu Bu won more than he lost, but the loss was not small. After all, Yuan Shu's soldiers are strong and he can be called the overlord of the south.That is to say, it was defeated by Lu Bu and Cao Cao one after another, and then it plummeted, and it was no longer its former glory.Therefore, although he is quite embarrassed at this time, he still has strength, and it may not necessarily be a crushing defeat.

This is the battle situation around Liu Yu. The area farther away from Liu Yu is also a big battle and a small battle, and there is no rest for a day.For example, Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and several princes in Guanzhong.However, these people are too far away from Liu Yu and cannot affect him, so there is no need to make any further complaints.

Oh, by the way, when talking about Yuan Shao, we have to talk about "Liu Yu's robbery".Originally, nothing would happen if Liu Yu snatched Zhen Jiang away. After all, neither the Zhen family nor the Yuan family cared about Zhen Jiang.But Zhen Mi is different. Her reputation has been good since she was a child, and it is even bigger.In addition, the Yuan family's marriage to her involved many interests.Therefore, when Liu Yu snatched her away, both the Zhen family and the Yuan family gritted their teeth.Even Yuan Shao said that on the day of his southern expedition, he would definitely kill Liu Yu and then hurry up.

But Liu Yu didn't care about this sentence, because he knew that Yuan Shao could not conquer the South and was defeated by Cao Cao at Guandu.And even if the Southern Expedition really does matter, wouldn't Liu Yu become stronger, and would it be impossible to compete with Yuan Shao?

Don't talk about these distant things, let's talk about the situation in Yangquan.

Since Xu Chu and others captured Yangquan, it has been included in Liu Yu's account.This place is very important, it is Liu Yu's frontline position in Huainan, so Liu Yu manages it very carefully.

Not only sent Xu Shu to Yangquan, but also sent many capable officials.It is easy to capture Yangquan, but it is not easy to manage it well. However, Liu Yu has to manage Yangquan well in a short period of time, and the difficulty is not insignificant.However, Xu Shu is Xu Shu after all. Although he does not specialize in internal affairs, it is not a problem to govern a small Yangquan.

No, within ten days, Xu Shu managed Yangquan properly.When he passed the news to Liu Yu, Liu Yu was surprised and couldn't believe it, and didn't understand how he did it.

(End of this chapter)