Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 210 The Fish and the Bear's Paw
Since the beginning of the year, the situation in Youzhou has become tense, and the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan has increased day by day, and has gradually reached the point where swords and soldiers are facing each other. The two have prepared a lot of soldiers, horses, food and grass on the front line, and they are waiting for the war. It's just that no one has pierced this layer of window paper yet.

The battle between the two sides was about to break out, and Yuan Shao also quietly waited for the two sides to fight, and when the two sides fought until both sides were injured, he would reap the benefits of the fisherman, which could be regarded as solving his worries.

Just at this time, Yuan Shao got the news of the emptiness in Yanzhou, which made Yuan Shao a little restless.

Yanzhou is the place of the Four Wars, especially after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yanzhou is no longer the Yanzhou of the past. If Yuan Shao wants to capture Yanzhou, he needs to cross the Yellow River. If Yuan Shao captures Yanzhou at this time, it will become a burden instead.This point, as counselors under Yuan Shao, Tian Feng, Jushou and others will not fail to see, so after several persuasion, Yuan Shao finally refrained from entering Yanzhou.

And Yuan Shu, being provoked by Man Chong at this time, has already ordered the army to go to Xuzhou.At this time, there is no time to attack Yanzhou.

As for Cao Cao, he was good friends with Zhang Miao, so Zhang Miao was not worried about Cao Cao.

At this time, Zhang Miao was looking at the Jinan city wall in the distance with high spirits, and said to Cheng Yu beside him with a smile: "As expected, the military master is very predictable, and Yuan Shao did not attack us, so Yuan Shu sent troops to Xuzhou. It seems that Zhang Miao De is doomed this time!"

"My lord, it's just that Cao Cao..." Cheng Yu always had doubts about whether Cao Cao would send troops.

"The military division is rebellious. I have known Meng De for many years. He will never attack Yanzhou!"

After hearing Zhang Miao's words and seeing Zhang Miao's calm expression, Cheng Yu always felt something was wrong.Cheng Yu had never met Cao Cao, nor did he understand him.There is a saying that people's hearts are separated from the belly, and Cheng Yu has always had some doubts about Cao Cao.

But looking at Zhang Miao's confident expression, Cheng Yu, who had learned how to protect himself, swallowed back the words.Some things, it's better not to say...

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In the middle of the night, Zhang De boarded the top of the city again, looking at the bustling lights of Zhang Miao's camp outside the city, he felt a sense of crisis, at this time, Li Rou hurried over.

"Military Master, it's not an option to go on like this, Zhang Miao has too many troops!"

"My lord, I'm here to report this matter! If I'm right, I'm afraid Yuan Shu won't attack Yanzhou!"

Zhang De was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Why did the military commander say that? Yuan Shu is facing such a big piece of fat in Yanzhou, can he bear it?"

"My lord, of course Yuan Shu can't help it, but the so-called 'You can't have both fish and bear's paw, give up the fish and take the bear's paw', now Yanzhou is that 'fish'!"

"The military adviser means that there is a greater temptation in front of Yuan Shu now?" Zhang De frowned, as if thinking of something.Then he said: "Jiangdong is full of talents, there are many powerful families, and they are particularly xenophobic. If Yuan Shu wants to attack Jiangdong, it is far less easy than taking Yanzhou!"

"My lord misunderstood, the bear's paw I'm talking about is not Jiangdong!"

"It's not Jiangdong?" Zhang De was a little confused at first, and then his face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "Could it be... Xuzhou?"

Li Rou nodded, but said nothing.But Zhang De didn't react for a long time.

Zhang Miao and Yuan Shu would not be afraid of any of them if they joined forces together, but now their forces are scattered, and the battle line is too long.Fighting on two fronts is very detrimental to oneself.

"My lord, for today's plan, I should abandon Pi to protect Qingzhou! Qingzhou is the foundation of my lord, and there is no room for loss. The land of Xuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Now I should order General Huang's army to return to help and protect Qingzhou's foundation. Make plans for next year!"

Zhang De knew that what Li Rou said was true. Compared with the new Xuzhou, Qingzhou was Zhang De's foundation. Zhang De had worked in Qingzhou for many years and won the hearts of the people, so keeping Qingzhou is the best choice now.

In the end, Zhang De sighed helplessly: "It has to be like this, I will immediately write a letter and order Huang Zhong to return to help Qingzhou!"

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Just as Li Rou expected, in June of the fourth year of Chuping, Yuan Shu ordered Ji Ling to be the commander-in-chief, leading 20 troops, claiming [-], and approaching Xiapi.

Chen Gong felt great pressure, everything was planned, and he thought that someone would take advantage of the situation to attack Qingzhou, so Chen Gong kept a lot of troops in Qingzhou.

But what I didn't expect was that Zhang Miao would attack with all his strength, and at this time Yuan Shu came to take advantage of the fire again.The originally good situation took a turn for the worse, but now that the situation in Qingzhou was in dire straits, Yuan Shu attacked again.

In the conference hall in Xiapi City, everyone's eyes were on Chen Gong. Now Xiapi is in charge of Chen Gong. The situation is so critical, everyone is waiting for Chen Gong to make up his mind.

After a long time, Chen Gong finally spoke: "General Huang, you immediately bring people back to help Qingzhou. I will bring 5000 troops to defend Xiapi, how long can I delay!"

"Military Master, no, the situation in Xiapi is critical now, Yuan Shu has an army of 20, and you only have [-] troops, absolutely no!" Huang Zhong was the first to shout.

"General Huang, there is no need to worry. I have already ordered Chen Deng to come back, and there will be more than 2 horses in Xiapi by then. And if the situation is overwhelming, I will withdraw immediately!"

"But……"

"General Huang, you have a heavy mission on this trip. You must help the lord repel Zhang Miao as soon as possible. As for my subordinate, you must stay here. Yuan Shu is so ambitious, and Ji Ling is also a battle-tested man. I must be here, if no one is here Sitting in town, it will be bad if the army is defeated for thousands of miles!"

In fact, Chen Gong already understood his situation.Xiapi can't be defended anymore, but Zhang De still has places such as Pengcheng and Donghai.According to Chen Gong's idea, Xiapi can be lost, and even Pengcheng can be discarded, but Donghai must be defended, this is the bottom line.Defend the East China Sea, and there will be an extra springboard when attacking Xiapi in the future.

And the only thing Chen Gong can do for Zhang De is to buy time for Zhang De.At least three or four months in Xiapi, when the rear line of defense is completed, at least Donghai County can be defended.

The news of Yuan Shu's attack spread quickly, and the city of Xiapi became a mess.Many people have already started thinking about how to please Yuan Shu in the future.However, several big families in Xuzhou, such as the Chen family and the Mi family, have not made a clear statement yet.So some small actions can only be carried out secretly.

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In the dead of night, the city of Shouchun was exceptionally quiet.

The watchman looked at the sky, it was really the fourth watch, and it was still early.But now it is June, and it will be dawn in a while!
Suddenly, a shout came from a compound in the south of the city.

"Father!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of footsteps came from the family, and two middle-aged men suddenly rushed into the central bedroom.

A young man was sitting on the bed, sweating profusely, dressed roughly, with a frightened light in his pupils.

One of the middle-aged people asked first: "Bo Fu, what's the matter, why are you shouting?"

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Everyone is very practical!In the past, the gluttonous people shouted hard to give away the essence, but no one took it. Yesterday, they shouted that the essence can add points, and they all came to ask for it... Well, let's give it away today!
(End of this chapter)