Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 526

Liu Yu led his army straight up the river from Xiangyang and did not stop until Yiling.

Yiling went up the river, passing through Yong'an and Baidi City, and entered Yizhou.At this time, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren occupied Yiling, and reinforcements continued, as if to further capture Jingzhou.

As soon as he arrived outside Yiling City, Liu Yu summoned Pang Tong and asked, "Shi Yuan, how is the situation?"

Pang Tong led his army to Yiling a long time ago, so he knows it well.As soon as Liu Yu asked, he cupped his hands and replied, "Young master, Yiling is hard to take. Liu Zhang still has generals under his command. Veteran Yan Yan and general Zhang Ren are not ordinary people."

Liu Yu's eyes were fixed, and his face couldn't help becoming serious, because he knew that Yan Yan and Zhang Ren were indeed not ordinary generals.But soon, he smiled lightly and said: "Extraordinary is extraordinary. We don't need to deal with it directly. We only need to attract Yizhou soldiers and create opportunities for Ziyang and the others."

Although there was no need to deal with Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, on the second day, Liu Yu gathered his men and came to Yiling City.

"Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, don't open the city and surrender." Huang Zhong rushed forward and shouted at the top of the city.

Yan Yan and Zhang Ren appeared at the top of the city, but they didn't answer, they just looked at Huang Zhong with a sneer.Huang Zhong was furious, his beard and hair were all stretched out, and he shouted: "You two men, how dare you go out of the city to fight!"

"The old man is going crazy, take an arrow from me." A feathered arrow shot at Huang Zhong, and at the same time Zhang Ren's rough shout came.

Huang Zhong's eyes were fixed, and he slashed the feather arrow with a knife, and then he took out the bow and arrow and reflected back without saying a word, "Boy, you also eat my arrow."

The arrow is like a shooting star, shooting directly at the city.

The arrow was too fast, Zhang Ren was terrified and couldn't help shrinking his head to avoid it.At this time, there were a few mocking laughter from the city, and then the laughter became one.

Zhang Ren's face darkened, and when he turned his head, he saw that the banner was broken by a feathered arrow. It can be seen that Huang Zhong had expected his reaction just now, so he did it on purpose.

At this time, Liu Yu waved his hand and said with a big laugh: "The enemy's army is nothing more than that. Let's charge, and the first to go to the top of the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold."

Xu Chu, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and others immediately moved after hearing the sound, and each led an army to attack the city.And Liu Yu sat on the horse, stopped at the middle army, and watched the two armies fighting indifferently.

There was no need to capture Yiling in this battle, so the attack was not in a hurry, but under the leadership of several generals, the attack was still very fast.

About half an hour later, Liu Yu ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, so Liu Yu's army retreated like a tide.

Yan Yan and Zhang Ren at the head of the city were covered in blood, their hair was disheveled, and they were short of breath.Looking at the retreating Liu Yujun, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, even loosening the weapons in their hands.

"General Zhang, Liu Yujun really deserves his reputation." Yan Yan took off his helmet and said in a heavy tone, "As soon as Liu Yu came, his morale rose immediately, and he was assisted by generals such as Lu Bu and Xu Chu. I'm afraid it's you and me..."

Yan Yan didn't continue, but Zhang Ren understood what he meant, so his face was heavy.

"General Yan, don't worry, we have the advantage of the city, and it's not that easy for Liu Yu to take us down. But if you defend for a long time, you will lose. We can't always be like this, otherwise we will talk about opening up Jingzhou."

Liu Yu must have never imagined that Zhang Ren still had the heart to pioneer.It can be seen from this that Zhang Ren is not without pursuit, but Liu Zhang is a dog of success, so he has no chance to make contributions.

Yan Yan was also surprised, she didn't expect Zhang Ren to have such thoughts, "General Zhang, Liu Yu is strong, I'm afraid..."

"Otherwise, although Liu Yu is strong and strong, Yuan Jun in the north is definitely not willing to see Liu Yu grow stronger. Therefore, as long as we can take Xiangyang, Yuan Jun will definitely make a move." When Zhang Ren said these words, A face of confidence, but without losing composure.

Although Yan Yan was not young, her blood boiled when she heard Zhang Ren's words, "Okay, General Zhang, what's your plan?"

"I ask the lord to increase the troops!" Zhang Ren's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Yizhou has natural dangers, and there are no strong enemies. As for Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Ye can't make any waves if he deals with it. This, It is a good time for me to make contributions!"

Zhang Ren stared at Yan Yan with fiery eyes, hoping that he would agree to his plan.Yan Yan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, General Zhang, we will jointly write a letter to the lord."

In order to spend his whole life, now that he is getting old, how could Yan Yan not have the heart to make contributions and leave a name in history?
The two made up their minds to pay attention, so they sent someone to write to Liu Zhang overnight, asking for more troops.

On the other hand, Liu Yu didn't know that Zhang Ren had already asked for more troops, so he still attacked the city the next day.In this way, for several days in a row, Liu Yu personally oversaw the attack on the city, causing Yiling to bleed and drift away.

Although it is not necessary to take Yiling, but the appearance must be true, otherwise how can you deceive the Yizhou army?Of course, this is because Liu Yu didn't know what Zhang Ren was thinking, otherwise he wouldn't have to spend so much effort.

Soon, Yizhou increased troops and Yiling, and the area around Yong'an and Baidi was full of soldiers, horses or food.Obviously, Liu Zhang is going to attack Jingzhou on a large scale.

In fact, it was not they themselves, nor Fazheng and Liu Ye who secretly took refuge in Liu Yu, but Ju Shou who helped Yizhou make up his mind.Jushou learned that Yiling was occupied by Yizhou, and that Liu Yu quickly captured Jingzhou, so he sent people to Yizhou to persuade Liu Zhang and his ministers to deal with Liu Yu and carve up Jingzhou.

Liu Zhang didn't want to be an enemy of Liu Yu at first, he was mainly afraid of Liu Yu, but now with Yuan Shang's support, he naturally needn't be afraid.Ever since, he made up his mind to send soldiers and horses non-stop, almost using the power of the whole country.

With the increase of soldiers and horses in Yiling, Liu Yu was overjoyed, knowing that the time was right to capture Yizhou.Of course, it's not up to him to decide whether to take it or not, and now he can only wait for news from Fazheng and Liu Ye.

There was no news from there, but Liu Yu had to focus on Yiling, because Zhang Ren actually sent troops.Yes, he took the initiative to send troops to invite battle, as if he wanted to compete with Liu Yu.

Liu Yu naturally didn't want to show weakness, otherwise Zhang Ren might be alerted.After all, he took the initiative to attack for many days, Zhang Ren came to attack now, but he dared not fight, isn't this very suspicious?

Therefore, he returned a letter of war and accepted Zhang Ren's invitation to fight.However, when a piece of news came, Liu Yu's expression changed—Ju Shou, send troops to Nanyang!

Liu Yu was very worried. Although Nanyang had Xiahoulan and there were many soldiers, Liu Yu was still very worried.It was Jushou who sent troops to attack, so could Liu Yu not be worried?

With little hesitation, Liu Yu immediately transferred Guan Yu to lead his troops to support Xia Houlan.He told Guan Yu that he didn't need to repel Jushou, but just defend Nanyang.At this time, Xu Shu and Lu Xun were not by his side, and Zhuge Liang had resigned again. He had no one to send, so he had to arrange it like this.

Deal with Yiling first, and then deal with Jushou.

(End of this chapter)