Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 534
Throughout the winter, the military and civilian officials under Liu Yu's account were active, such as training, such as preparing food and grass.

In a blink of an eye, the spring breeze is precipitous, the snow has just melted, the earth has shed its white clothes, and people come out of their homes like ants.At this time, Liu Yu's soldiers practiced more diligently.Of course, they not only practice, but also constantly mobilize.

The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, the food and grass go first, and batch after group of soldiers escort the food and grass to Shangcai, or Xuzhou.What was escorted was not only food and grass, but also armaments and weapons.

Jingzhou, Huainan, and Xuzhou all took active actions.Of course, all such actions were carried out dormantly, without much fanfare.However, despite this, some people in Yuan Shang's account still noticed that such a big move was not easy to hide.

Liu Yu didn't care too much, he never thought of hiding his actions, but he didn't need to be too ostentatious for the time being.

Just as the preparations for the war were in full swing, Liu Yu finally summoned his soldiers and counselors and issued his order for the Northern Expedition, "Send an order to Lu Su, let him set up Xuzhou's soldiers and horses, and start the Northern Expedition from Xuzhou to the traitor Yuan Shang."

"Order Xu Shu to lead the army to attack Nanyang. Send another person to Yizhou to deliver my secret letter and Liu Ye. Pang Tong, Fazheng, Jia Xu... From now on, you and I will follow me to the north to attack the Yuan bandits."

Countless orders came from the palace, making the new Han Dynasty run quickly.Afterwards, the appeal against thieves spread all over the world, and Liu Yu personally led an army of tens of thousands to Shangcai.

When Liu Yu moved, Xuzhou and Jingzhou all moved.First in Xuzhou, Lu Su mustered all his strength, and the servant defeated Yuan Jun as soon as he made a move.

Zhao Yun and Xu Huang raided several cities night after night, taking them all without accident, and slaughtered [-] Yuan's soldiers and horses.In this battle alone, Yuan Shang and his subordinates were greatly shocked, and Yuan Shang was even in a hurry to meet the enemy himself.

Finally, under Tian Feng's persuasion, Yuan Shang did not meet the enemy himself, but ordered Guo Yuan to lead the army to stop the enemy.

However, there was another battle situation in Nanyang. Xu Shu personally led the army and took all the land of Nanyang in the first battle.Yuan Shang was furious, after all Nanyang has Jushou, how could he be so weak?
How did Yuan Shang know that Jushou was not enough to send troops and horses, so he didn't dare to take Nanyang too seriously, otherwise Yingyang might even be lost.In view of this, Jushou had no choice but to cut his wrists and voluntarily gave up Nanyang.

Although he was furious, after Tian Feng tried to persuade him, Yuan Shang also knew that he should act in a hurry, and this was not the time to quarrel.Therefore, Yuan Shang immediately followed the advice of Tian Feng, Xun Chen and others, and led his troops to Yingyang to defend against the enemy.Of course, he also had to take care of the north, otherwise what would Cao Cao do if he attacked suddenly?
After discussing left and right, Yuan Shang felt that Xun Chen should lead his army to defend against Cao Cao.As for himself, he took Tian Feng and others to Yingyang to compete with Liu Yu.

Until this time, Yuan Shang didn't feel that he was inferior to Liu Yu, and always thought that he had a chance to win.Fortunately, there are still sensible people in his tent, who know Liu Yu's power, so he didn't make an oolong.

Liu Yu personally led the army to Shangcai, and was not in a hurry to fight Yuan Shang.He's not stupid. Wouldn't it be cheaper for Cao Cao to fight Yuan Shang at this time?He will not be cheap Cao Cao.

Don't be in a hurry to make a move, but make a move.No, after Liu Yu and Yuan Shang met on the battlefield, they fought each other, and there were big battles and small battles every day.But in fact, Liu Yu did not attack with all his strength, otherwise, even if he did not win immediately, he would not be as powerful as Yuan Shang.

For Yuan Shang, the battle is becoming more and more clear, and the balance of victory is tilting more and more towards him.Liu Yu just gained a false reputation. Although the attack was menacing, it was not as fierce as Xuzhou and Nanyang's offensive, but he was not prepared for it at the beginning.

Now, both Xuzhou and Nanyang are at a stalemate, and Liu Yu's soldiers and horses can't cross the thunder pool at all.As for the main battlefield, that is, where he and Liu Yu are, although he failed to achieve any major victories, Liu Yu also did not get any advantages.In his opinion, Liu Yu will definitely withdraw his troops in the end.

Liu Yu didn't bring many soldiers and horses. Yuan Shang and his subordinates were kept in the dark, thinking that Liu Yu suffered a lot in the war last year, and now he has not been able to recover.They didn't realize that all of this was Liu Yu's scheme.

Cao Cao didn't notice it either, and also mistakenly believed that Liu Yu had suffered heavy losses last year and hadn't recovered yet.Therefore, when Yuan Shang and Liu Yu were stalemate, he finally made a move.

Without fanfare or delay, Cao Cao sent troops to attack Yuan Shang like thunder and lightning.Almost overnight, several cities of Yuan Shang were breached.

When this news reached Yuan Shang's ears urgently, Yuan Shang was stunned immediately, and the bamboo slips he held in his hand didn't feel like falling.And a second later, he immediately came to his senses and roared: "Damn Cao Mengde, damn it!"

Immediately summon all civil and military personnel to discuss strategies to deal with the enemy.It's a pity that civil and military are like pigs, and everyone is like ants on a hot pot. There is nothing they can do.In the end, it was Tian Feng who tried his best to turn the tide and said desperately: "Your Majesty, the only solution now is to defeat Liu Yu, and then lead the army to attack Cao Cao in the north, otherwise the event will be over!"

Liu Yu was very cooperative, and suddenly retreated at this time.Of course, he didn't take the initiative to retreat, but because Yuan Shang burned his food and grass, he had to retreat.Naturally, he burned the grain and grass for Yuan Shang, but Yuan Shang didn't know about it, they thought Tian Feng's plan had succeeded.

"Haha, the military adviser is really a good plan, so Liu Yu will have to withdraw his troops." Yuan Shang was happy, worried about Cao Cao again, so after letting Ju Shou guard Yingyang, he immediately led his army to attack Cao Cao northward.

When Liu Yu heard the news, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiao Zhi, your plan is really wonderful!"

It turned out that all of this was a conspiracy, whether it was Lei Ting's attack, or a deliberate stalemate, or the burning of food and grass... The reason for doing this was to let Cao Cao send troops and then start a chaotic war with Yuan Shang.In this way, wouldn't he be able to profit from the fisherman?

Although the strategy was successful, Liu Yu was not in a hurry for the Northern Expedition, but acted unwillingly but unable to fight again.That's right, Yuan Shang and Cao Cao hadn't started a fierce battle at this time, so a rash attack was not effective.

In fact, at this time, Yuan Shang just came to the north, and he hadn't even fought Cao Cao yet.

Cao Cao was also surprised to see Yuan Shang leading the army over. Shouldn't Yuan Shang be stuck with Liu Yu at this time?Shocked, he immediately asked people to find out the reason. After knowing the cause and effect, he couldn't help saying in a deep voice: "This Liu Yu is really treacherous, and he actually turned Yuan Shang around."

Regarding Liu Yu's strategy, Cao Cao was a bystander, so how could he not understand it.But he can't help it, he can't withdraw his troops, and then let Yuan Shang fight Liu Yu again.Not to mention that Yuan Shang doesn't know how to trek back and forth, and he doesn't want to waste manpower and material resources.

If so, let's fight!
(End of this chapter)