Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 272
After Xu Shu made his plan, Liu Yujun began to implement it methodically.

Yangquan has already implemented it and achieved impressive results, laying a solid foundation for Liu Yu to enter Huainan.Of course, it's just the foundation, and there is still a long way to go to truly occupy Huainan.

Not to mention far away, Liu Yu's situation is very bad now, he is in conflict with Jingzhou and feuding with Jiangdong.In addition, Ji Ling outside of Yangquan, he can't solve it quickly, and then swing his army to deal with others.

Really, time is very urgent, especially the sooner Shouchun is captured, the faster Liu Yu Huainan will be resolved.But Shouchun is so easy to attack, Shouchun is Yuan Shu's old lair, how could he not defend well?
Not to mention that Shouchun is easy to defend but difficult to attack, if you want to attack Shouchun, you must at least reach Shouchun first, and first tell the news that Xu Huang and Zhao Yun entered Shouchun.

Since the two of them set off from Shangcai, they have been picking up mountain roads and deserted roads all the way, for fear that Yuan Jun would find out their identities, and the closer they are to Shouchun, the more cautious they will be.When crossing the Huai River, they dared not take the ferry, so they found a place where the current was turbulent, and swam slowly across it.

Such a cold season, such a cold Huai River, such a difficult journey.It has to be said that this sneak attack was not easy, and the march alone was so difficult.This is not over yet, after entering Huainan, they went even harder.Don't dare to walk the road, so you can only march in deserted and uninhabited places.In general, uninhabited places are almost remote, and in short they are very dangerous.

For example, once, when they climbed a mountain, they were ambushed by bandits.This bandit is not courageous, but treats them as refugees, not to mention, they really look like refugees now.Naturally, the ambush didn't cause them much damage, but those bandits were caught off guard.But it was thrilling and almost exposed.If exposed in Huainan, I am afraid there will be no way out.

In addition, the danger of the mountain road, the danger of wild animals, etc., caused them to lose many soldiers along the way, hundreds of them.One can imagine how difficult this sneak attack was.Although it is not as good as the Long March, it can be considered a trek through mountains and rivers.

But no matter how hard it was, no one backed down, because it was about Liu Yu's hegemony.These soldiers are all selected, loyal and resolute, and naturally they will not give up because of hardships.They have a mission in their hearts, hope in their eyes, and they are confident that they can fight their way out.

Sure enough, they didn't give up, they did it, and they finally came to Shouchun!
But when they came to Shouchun, they were stunned, because there were tens of thousands of soldiers in Shouchun.How terrifying is this, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, not counting those county guards.As for them, there are only 3000 people.

With three thousand against ten thousand, elite soldiers against elite soldiers, how can the weak defeat the strong?

Maybe someone can do it, such as Xu Shu, but Xu Huang and Zhao Yun have nothing to do.They had no choice but to send someone to pass the news to Liu Yu, while hiding in the mountains, pretending to be a bandit.

That's why Liu Yu and Xu Shu got the news.Before Xu Huang and the others marched all the way in a hurry, there was no time to pass on the news, and the news was easy to be exposed.It was only now that they had nothing to do, so they had to send a message, hoping to get instructions.

"Yuanzhi, Gongming and Zilong have already arrived in Shouchun." After reading the silk script at a glance, Liu Yu's face darkened, and he said in a strange tone.

Xu Shu couldn't help being happy when he heard it at first, but seeing Liu Yu's complexion was not good, he felt nervous again, and said, "What's the matter, what happened?"

"Accident? Let's take a look!" With a wry smile, Liu Yu shook his head, handed the silk book to Xu Shu, and fell into deep thought again.

Xu Shu didn't say much, just took the silk scroll and read it carefully.After reading it, he also smiled wryly, and said: "Ji Ling is really cautious. He actually left [-] elite soldiers in Shouchun. Alas, those county guards were not easy to deal with, but now there are [-] more soldiers Elite soldiers... this matter is due to poor consideration, otherwise it would not be so embarrassing."

"Yuanzhi, don't blame yourself. No one would have thought of this, and now is not the time to blame yourself." Liu Yu waved his hand indifferently, and said with a heavy face, "What we have to do now is to solve the problem and attack it as soon as possible." Xia Shouchun, otherwise, when Zilong and the others are exposed, or once Ji Ling reacts, the big thing will be over!"

As soon as Liu Yu's words fell, Xu Shu fell into deep thought, thinking hard about a solution to break the situation.This game of chess has been played out of the budget of the enemy and us, and it depends entirely on people's on-the-spot adaptability.Thanks to Xu Shu's extraordinary personality, he is not helpless.No, after pondering for a long time, he said slowly:
"General Xu and General Zhao still don't move, as long as they hide well. But we are about to change our plan. We can no longer delay time, but take the initiative to attack Ji Ling. Keep fighting until he can't hold on, or Retreat, or adjust Shouchun's soldiers and horses.

If he transfers Shouchun's soldiers and horses, he can let generals Xu and Zhao lie in ambush on the way and annihilate them.If he retreats to Yangquan, he can also make generals Xu and Zhao lie in ambush and wipe them out.In short, we must destroy one enemy army before dealing with another enemy army. "

When Xu Shu spoke, Liu Yu bowed his head and remained silent, thinking carefully about Xu Shu's words.After a while, he frowned and said with a smile: "Shan, this is the only plan for the present."

In fact, this plan was not as good as the previous plan, because if they had to fight Ji Ling head-on, there would definitely be a lot of casualties.Speaking of this, the corner of Liu Yu's mouth couldn't help twitching, wishing to go back in time and go back to the day when he and Ji Ling fought.

Alas, if I hadn't kept my hand that day, it would be almost the end of Shouchun by now!Forget it, it's useless to regret, I can only find a way to deal with Ji Ling.

"My lord, in my opinion, we don't need to rush to deal with Ji Ling. Hehe, we just need to defend the city." After another long silence, Xu Shu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he smiled meaningfully.

Seeing his confident smile, Liu Yu couldn't help being curious, and asked, "Oh, what does Yuan Zhi have to do, tell me quickly?"

"Ji Ling used to delay before, but after probing, he found that Yangquan is not impossible to attack. Therefore, we only need to grasp a certain speed, so that Ji Ling feels that it can be captured, but it is just a little bit. In this way, he will definitely Mobilize Shouchun's soldiers." Having said this, Xu Shu's eyes became brighter, as if seeing Ji Ling's defeat.

After hearing Xu Shu's strategy, Liu Yu also became excited, and seemed to see the scene of victory.Afterwards, he suddenly laughed and said, "Especially when Ji Ling got the news about Yuan Shu and knew that Yuan Shu was suppressed and beaten by Lu Bu, he would definitely be more anxious to quell the war in Huainan, and then return to aid Yuan Shu."

"Yes, exactly!"

(End of this chapter)