Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 587 The Battle of Xuzhou ([-])

After the soldiers and horses gathered.

Liu Qi also asked Chen Dao and Ma Dai to lead [-] troops to garrison Pengcheng, and then led the rest of the army to Xuzhou City.

He wants to start a battle with the Qi army in Xuzhou City and decide the winner.

After all, the 50 Qi army from Qingzhou also assembled in Xuzhou City.

Although it is impossible to directly attack Qingzhou, if the 50 Qi army can be defeated in Xuzhou City, then Qi will be unable to continue to resist their attack.

The key to the victory of this battle against Qi.

, It just depends on whether it can completely defeat this Qi army.

If they can, the balance of victory will be on their side; if they can't, then all the arrangements made will be hard to say.

Even with all the preparations, no one dares to determine the ending until the last moment.

Everything is still unknown.

Just like Liu Qi, he made a lot of arrangements, and he also started with Qi State. He didn't have 100% confirmation about the annexation of Qi State, but he had 100% confidence in himself.

There is a difference between a definite ending and trust in oneself.

There is a difference between self-confidence and blindness.

Liu Qi himself is full of self-confidence, but he is not blind. He is also very clear in his heart. Although the Qi army is full of shortcomings, it is also a fact that their side lacks troops.

Not until the last moment.

The chances of winning for both sides are also [-]-[-].

Belittle the enemy in behavior, but still pay attention to the enemy in his heart.

but.

No matter how.

Liu Qi is now also leading the army to a place twenty miles outside Xuzhou City, and it is already dusk at this time, so it is inconvenient to continue marching.

Moreover, the soldiers were also somewhat exhausted after marching all the way.

Continuing to march will only increase the exhaustion of the soldiers, without any benefit. What's more, Xuzhou City now has 50 enemy troops. If a tired army rushes over, it is very likely to be attacked.

In that case, it may be difficult to even resist.

Today, although the soldiers are somewhat exhausted, they are not exhausted, and they still have spare energy to display. Even if they encounter an attack, they are also fearless.

If you have spare energy, you won't be afraid of any attacks.

You know, even if they do a surprise attack by surprise, they are always on guard against what they do.

After all, there are only more than [-] soldiers and horses. Once they are ambushed and the whole army is wiped out, then they don't need to continue, and they will be counterattacked by the Qi army.

The situation after that will become out of control.

This is not the situation he wants to see, nor does he allow such a situation to appear.

Otherwise, everything he did would be burned, and there would be no place for him to stand in the Central Plains. He couldn't help being careless, because he didn't allow too many mistakes.

Even if there is a change, it must be controlled within a controllable range.

After Liu Qi stopped the army, he also ordered the army to set up camp on the spot, and at the same time sent soldiers to guard nearby.

Of course, no matter how far away, there are their scouts checking ahead, also to collect the current information of Xuzhou City.

If you want to defeat the Qi army, you also need to know the movements of the Qi army, know yourself and the enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle.

If you don't even know the enemy's situation, how can you talk about defeating the opponent.

To know.

In yesterday afternoon.

Liu Bei had already led 50 Qi troops to Xuzhou City, one day earlier than them, and did not continue to march in their direction.

Maybe it was just thinking about starting a duel with them in Xuzhou City.

Just as a main battlefield.

Therefore, they had already sent out scouts before to inquire about the arrangement of the Qi army in Xuzhou City, so as to make arrangements.

And the Qi army will also have scouts, always paying attention to their movements.

In case there is any change.

They are all old rivals, and they have a certain understanding of each other.

When the soldiers were busy building camps.

Liu Qi and the others were also watching.

There is also a [-] cm long square map in the middle, which is just a map of the terrain near Xuzhou City.

While they were discussing.

There is a rider galloping from the main road, and it looks like it is the scout on their side.

The scout came galloping from a distance, and when he was about to reach Liu Qi's vicinity, he pulled back the horse.

Before the horse came to a complete stop, the scout jumped off the horse's back, holding his sword in his hand, and quickly came towards Liu Qi and the others.

"Report, Your Majesty, the Qi army has set up camp one mile outside Xuzhou City. The camp stretches for several miles. Moreover, people are no longer allowed to enter and exit Xuzhou City. The city gate is closed tightly. The defenders are still the original defenders stationed in Xuzhou City. At the same time, the Qi army sent [-] troops to Xiaopei!"

"Other than that, there is no other movement!"

When the detective came in front of Liu Qi, he knelt down and quickly told everything he knew.

"Understood, continue to investigate, and report quickly if there is any situation!" Liu Qi nodded.

"promise!"

The scout also cupped his hands, stood up, put his hand on the saber, bent slightly, took a few steps back, turned around, and walked towards the horse he was riding just now.

Turned on the horse, pulled the rein, and galloped away in the same direction as when he came.

Come and go in a hurry.

"It seems that Emperor Qi is also ready, just waiting for the arrival of our army!" Liu Qi said to the crowd.

There was no unexpected tone in the words.

It seems that Liu Bei was stationed outside Xuzhou City and did not take the initiative to attack, so he was not surprised at all, as expected.

heard.

Guo Jia and the others also nodded.

This is not too surprising. After knowing that the Qi army had arrived in Xuzhou City, they stayed in Xuzhou City and did not continue to march towards their route.

It can also be guessed that Liu Bei is preparing to fight against them in Xuzhou City as the main battlefield.

The news brought by the probe is just to prove their guess.

"It seems that Emperor Qi has become more cautious!" Guo Jia laughed.

The voice fell.

Liu Qi and the others also smiled knowingly.

I chose to stop here and set up camp, although it was to allow the soldiers to preserve their physical strength to deal with some sudden changes, but it was just thinking about whether Liu Bei would act rashly.

Now it seems that Liu Bei did not dare to act rashly.

"Okay, arrange for the soldiers to bury the pot and make a meal. We will spend the night here tonight. In the morning, we will set up the army and go to fight, but we need to be vigilant tonight!" Liu Qi ordered.

(End of this chapter)