Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 498

The Xuzhou clan secretly took refuge in Yuan Shang, not wanting to be removed by Liu Yu with thunder before Yuan Shang came to help.Yuan Shang was furious, but the Jingzhou army did nothing. He was alone and could not break through Shangcai or Xuzhou.

In desperation, Yuan Shang had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

However, Yuan Shang did not swallow this breath, he began to resort to military force, trained troops and recruited talents.Because of Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan's loss of power, Yuan Shang rectified his forces and finally unified the civil and military forces.And because he felt the pressure from Cao Cao and Liu Yu, he was extra diligent.

In this way, there is actually a sense of prosperity, as if reappearing the prosperity of Yuan Shao's rule.Of course, this prosperous age is relative to Yuan Shang's rule.

Not only that, Yuan Shang was so impressed by Liu Yuzhi's strength that he was able to personally release Tian Feng and ask him to be released from prison.Even, Yuan Shang personally relieved the grievances for the advisers under his command, so that they could work together.It has to be said that, as Yuan Shao's son, Yuan Shang is not useless.Even though he is not as good as Cao Cao or Liu Yu, he is not a mediocre talent, and he has the ability to dominate the world.

But his opponent is Liu Yu and Cao Cao. It is too difficult for him to become the master of the world.

Yuan Shang's biggest advantage is probably his background, but his background has been consumed a lot in the past few years.One goes up and down, and Liu Yu's background has risen a lot in recent years.But in terms of military strength, Yuan Shang still had the upper hand. Firstly, Yuan Shang had a large territory and many people, and secondly, Liu Yu didn't want to use military force.

Time flies, and it is the end of summer in a blink of an eye.

Peaceful days are always short, and Yuan Shang finally took advantage of the autumn harvest to send troops to attack.

This time, Yuan Shang personally raised [-] soldiers and horses, which has the potential to win Xuzhou in one fell swoop.The reason why they marched from Xuzhou was to listen to Chen Deng's words.

Chen Deng was still very talented, and it was easy to persuade Yuan Shang, and what he said was also reasonable, so with the approval of Tian Feng and others, Yuan Shang raised a large army to attack Xuzhou.

Yuan Shang personally conquered, with strong troops and strong horses, he took down Xiaopei as soon as he came, posing a threat to Xuzhou.

It can't be blamed that Lu Su couldn't defend Xiaopei, because Yuan Shang has many soldiers and horses, and he also has Chen Deng's advice.Chen Deng knew Xuzhou well, and there were even many of his people in Xuzhou, so it would be easy for him to win Xiaopei.

Compared with Yuan Shang, Lu Su's troops were limited and scattered, and he did not expect the enemy to come so quickly.For all these reasons, it is not surprising that Xiaopei was lost.

When it comes to sending troops this time, it is really amazing, even Liu Yu said in admiration: "Yuan Shang has changed his temper, and he is so fast. I only got the news yesterday, and he took Xiao Pei today!"

This is not only because of Yuan Shang's reformation, but more importantly, Chen Deng.As a vanguard, Chen Deng knew the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast, so as soon as the news of the march came from Yuan Shang's side, he immediately drove his troops to attack Xiaopei.

For Liu Yu, Chen Deng hated him deeply, because Liu Yu had implicated his Chen family into the nine clans.It is precisely because of this that he is full of motivation. He does not want to be a high-ranking official, but to kill Liu Yu to avenge his family.

As soon as Xiaopei captured, Xuzhou was almost flat, which means that Yuan Jun could easily attack.

Lu Su also knew this truth, so he immediately reduced his troops and gave up the unimportant places.Of course, before giving up, he also organized people to grab food, and then moved the people away.

With strong walls and clear fields, Lu Su wanted to avoid Yuan Jun's edge.The so-called weakening after a vigorous effort, Lu Su just wanted to wait for Yuan Jun's momentum to weaken.This way of using troops is exactly in line with Lu Su's style of doing things.It's not bad, but Liu Yu feels a little aggrieved.

If you give in before you fight, isn't this raising the enemy's arrogance?But Liu Yu, I don't blame Lu Su, because he also knows Lu Su's character.But he regretted it a bit. He had known that Xu Shu would be in charge of Xuzhou affairs, and he transferred Lu Su to Jiangdong.

Just as Yuan Jun was criss-crossing Xuzhou, Jingzhou finally moved.Zhuge Liang is cautious and plays a full set of plays, so he really drove the army to attack Liu Yu.

Jingzhou has contacts with Jiangdong and Huainan, so if there is a fight, there will be many places where we can fight.Fortunately, Zhuge Liang was only acting, but he didn't bloom everywhere.

Zhuge Liang only arranged three places, one is Jiangxia, which is indispensable; the other is Changsha, which is also a good battlefield.The other faced Huainan directly, but Zhuge Liang didn't arrange many soldiers and horses, which meant a lot.

Among the three places, Liu Yu needs to be most vigilant in Changsha, because Liu Pan is a real enemy.How should I put it, although Jingzhou is secretly controlled by Liu Yu, there are still many people who are enemies with Liu Yu, such as Liu Pan.

Thanks to Zhuge Liang, these people did not notice the abnormality in Jingzhou.In fact, they also found anomalies, but at most they thought that Zhuge Liang and the others were from the Liu Yu faction, but they didn't feel that Zhuge Liang and the others had betrayed Jingzhou.

Based on this, Zhuge Liang sent Liu Pan to attack Jiangdong in order to make the fake show more realistic.Of course, he also used Xu Shu's hand to get rid of Liu Pan.In this way, he can better control Jingzhou.

In contrast, Yingyang and Shangcai were much calmer. Jushou and Zhang Liao didn't send troops, and the two seemed to have a tacit understanding.

With the resurgence of the situation, Liu Yu naturally got the news, and immediately called civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

Liu Yu was full of self-confidence, even if he got the news that Yuan Shang raised [-] troops, he was not afraid at all.With one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, Liu Yu doesn't have one?

Hehe, for Yuan Shang, why do he need [-] troops?If he didn't want to hurt both sides, Liu Yu would have marched into Xudu and wiped out the Yuan family long ago.

However, that price is too great, so that he will be powerless to fight against Cao Cao.So he didn't do that, so he chose to endure and wait for an opportunity.

Liu Yu is not afraid of Yuan Shi, but he is not stronger than Yuan Shi. Now he is evenly matched with Yuan Shi and Cao Cao.No one is better than anyone else.

"Everyone, do you have a strategy to deal with the enemy?" Sitting on the table, Liu Yu was talking and laughing happily, as if asking casually.

Everyone was also affected by Liu Yu's demeanor, and they calmed down unconsciously, and their expressions melted accordingly, no longer the rigidity just now.But for a while, no one spoke, and everyone was obviously thinking.

After a while, when no one spoke, Guan Yu said proudly, "My lord, the Lu military commander is too cautious to let the enemy run wild in Xuzhou. Please be the vanguard, and I will definitely defeat the enemy's arrogance. Bring the head of Chen Deng's traitor to see the lord."

"My lord, Chu is also willing to be a military adviser. He doesn't need many troops, 5000 troops are enough." Xu Chu immediately became anxious. He was bound to win this vanguard, how could he be snatched away by Guan Yu.Therefore, he immediately shouted anxiously.

Liu Yu's eyes were full of smiles, but his expression was calm, and he said: "Don't worry, you two, wait for the discussion, and then decide on the vanguard."

The two retreated resentfully, as if they felt that the other was doing something wrong, they actually stared at each other.

(End of this chapter)