Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 273
After deciding on a strategy again, Liu Yu sent people to pass the news to Xu Huang and Zhao Yun, while guarding the city carefully with Xu Chu and Zhou Cang.

Defending the city is more tiring than confronting it head-on, because it can't be defended too hard, which makes Ji Ling feel that Yangquan cannot be captured;Therefore, in order to grasp the scale, Liu Yu was really exhausted.

But things wouldn't get better because he was tired. Just when he was dealing with Ji Ling wholeheartedly, three pieces of news suddenly came.These three pieces of news hit him like three bolts of lightning, making his expression numb and stunned.

The first news came from Gebei, to be precise, it came from Nanyang.

Zhang Xiu, surrender!

Yes, Zhang Xiu surrendered Cao Cao, just like in history.It stands to reason that Liu Yu is familiar with history. Although he doesn't know the details, he must know about such a major event. How could he be surprised by this news?

How should I put it, Liu Yu naturally knew about it, and he was still guarding against it.But later, when he saw that Zhang Xiu had no sign of surrender, and thought that after Zhang Xiu surrendered, Cao Cao slept with his aunt, forcing Zhang Xiu to rebel, so he didn't think too deeply about it.In addition, at that time, he was only thinking about Huainan, so he would not waste time on Zhang Xiu.

In this way, he came and went again and again, and when there were too many things, he forgot about Zhang Xiu's surrender.But at this moment, Zhang Xiu actually surrendered Cao Cao.This is not the point. The point is that although Cao Cao himself did not come to attack Shangcai, he sent General Cao Ren to lead his army to attack Shangcai.

Shang Cai, my God!
The corner of Liu Yu's mouth twitched when he thought of Cao Ren's army besieging Shangcai.There is no way, Shangcai's troops are too weak. Although there are Xiahoulan, there are not many soldiers in the city to fight.Although Liu Yu moved the government office to Gebei intentionally or unintentionally before, Shangcai is still very important, even his sister, Zhao Hongyi and others are also in Shangcai.

Just such a piece of news was enough for Liu Yu to be in such a state of confusion that he didn't know what to do.It must be impossible for him to give up Yangquan and return to aid Shangcai.Since Yangquan cannot be given up, how about giving up Shouchun and letting Xu Huang and Zhao Yun come back to help?
Naturally, this is also impossible.

Yangquan is his present, and Shouchun is his future. He would rather give up Shangcai than give up these two places.It's okay to give up Shangcai, but how can he give up those people who are in Shangcai.In the end, he decided to abandon Lujiang County and let Chen Dao return to aid Shangcai.

But just when he made this decision, the second news about Chen Dao came.

The second news is also very bad, Zhou Yu led the army to besiege Shucheng, can this news be good?Although it can be seen from the news that Shu Cheng is safe for the time being, Liu Yu is still worried.

He was not worried about whether Lujiang County could be held, but whether Chen Dao could return safely.Fortunately, this news was accompanied by another news, that is, the news that Tai Shici had come to surrender.Knowing that Tai Shici was also in Shucheng, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.At least relying on the two of them, even if Lujiang is lost, there will be no fear of their lives.

But let Chen Dao withdraw from Lujiang and return to aid Shangcai, Liu Yu didn't dare to think about it.Zhou Yu's stay in Lujiang has already made the battle situation confusing, and if Zhou Yu is asked to lead the army to Yangquan, will Huainan still have his share?In this case, it is better to let Chen Dao and Tai Shici deal with Zhou Yu, lest Zhou Yu interfere with his plan.

In fact, even if Zhou Yu was interested in intervening in Huainan, Sun Ce did not have the energy and strength to intervene.But Liu Yu was intimidated by Zhou Yu's reputation. Of course, it was also because there were enough things and he was afraid of any accidents, so he made this decision.

The first two pieces of news both involved two powerful figures, and the third piece of news was not bad, it was related to Liu Biao.

The thing is like this, Wei Yan fought against Wenpin and defeated Wenpin.Not only that, Wei Yan also reprimanded Wenpin very defiantly.Where did Wenpin get it? When he returned to the camp, he ordered troops to attack Wei Yan's camp.

Wei Yan originally thought that if Wenpin was taught a lesson, Wenpin would restrain himself, but who knew he would intensify instead.Naturally, Wei Yan couldn't bear this, and immediately led the army out of the camp to fight without saying a word.

In this battle, the two sides did not decide the outcome, but the hatred was very deep.Therefore, after this battle, both sides attacked each other, there were constant small battles, and there were also big battles. It can be said that the battle was fierce.

Finally, the battle was decided, and it was Wei Yan who won.Although Wenpin is calm and seasoned, he employs soldiers upright and seems to be invulnerable, but in the end he was defeated by Wei Yan.

From the perspective of history, we can see that Wei Yan likes to use strange tricks, such as the trick of the famous soldier coming out of Ziwu Valley.At this time, Wei Yan became a general for the first time, young and vigorous, so he preferred to take risks.

It was also due to his luck, or Wenpin despised him and let him burn the food and grass.Without food and grass, how to fight, Wenpin had to flee back to Jingzhou in embarrassment.

The defeat of Wenpin was still defeated by Wei Yan, who Liu Biao didn't pay attention to. How can Liu Biao not be angry and hate?Liu Biao was furious, and immediately asked Wen Pin to lead his troops to attack Wei Yan.At the same time, he dispatched Huang Zhong to help in the battle.

That's all for Wenpin, and there is another Huang Zhong. As soon as Liu Yu heard the news, he immediately felt a headache and didn't know what to do.Let's talk to Liu Biao. Liu Biao insists that he hand over Wei Yan, can he hand it over?

If peace cannot be negotiated, then of course there will be a war, but if there is a war, how will Jingzhou soldiers and Huang Zhong deal with it?

Now Liu Yu's feelings are just like Xiang Yu's back then, besieged on all sides and enemies on all sides.But fortunately, Xiang Yu no longer had Fan Zeng at that time, and now he still has Xu Shu, so naturally it is impossible to do nothing.

But when he found Xu Shu and told him about the situation, Xu Shu smiled strangely: "My lord, you are not omnipotent, nor can you solve everything. It is necessary to go to the north and defend the south. Your son’s great career has been hindered. Therefore, I hope that you will invite a great talent to come back and join me to relieve your worries.”

"Oh, Yuan Zhi actually admires this person so much. I think he must have real talent and learning. Hurry up, I can't wait, Yuan Zhi quickly introduce me." Hearing Xu Shu's talk about talents, Liu Yudang's eyes lit up, Said rather urgently.

For talents, Liu Yu is very hungry, because he knows the importance of talents.As for the person recommended by Xu Shu, he is even more eager. Who is Xu Shu, and how bad is the person he recommends?
But Liu Yu was so urgent, Xu Shu said slowly: "My lord, don't worry, this person probably intends to serve you, but he seems a little hesitant, so you need your lord to act in person."

Who is this person, from Huainan, or from other places, that Xu Shu even suggested that I visit him in person?
(End of this chapter)