King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 544 Liu Bei Attacks Xuchang

During Sun Quan's attack on Hefei, of course, all the princes who had been involved in the Central Plains War were not idle. Li Lin stormed Xiaoguan, and Zang Ba of Mount Tai really lived up to his reputation. He fought Li Lin's generals outside the city several times and won many battles Bai Shao, Sun Guan, Chang Chen and others under his command were also very brave. As soon as Li Lin heard that Sun Quan was attacking Hefei, Li Lin rolled his eyes and immediately retreated from Xiaoguan, ready to go.

Liu Biao attacked Yingchuan in three ways, and ordered Cao Pi to sit in Runan, wait for Yingchuan's gate to open, and then attack the counties of Yuzhou occupied by Li Lin. approached Xuchang.

Thinking it was a surprise attack, Liu Bei was afraid of being discovered by the Youliao army, so he turned left and right, followed Xu Shu's plan, and ran directly to Nandun, then turned to Yingshui to attack Xuchang, although it took a lot of time, However, the road was calm and the waves did not cause any damage.

"My lord! There is still a day's journey before we can reach Xuchang!" Xu Shu said slowly to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded, looked at the exhausted soldiers who had been attacking Ruodu for a long time, and said slowly, "Okay! Order the soldiers to rest for a while and recharge their spirits. Tomorrow will be the battle!"

"No!" The soldiers around shouted, looking for a hiding place, Liu Bei and the soldiers under his command got off their horses to rest one after another.

"Brother, come! Military advisor..." Taking out some dry food, Guan Yu distributed it to Liu Bei and others.

Liu Bei bowed his head and remained silent. As a result, he ate the bread in silence. He was probably thinking about how to fight the battle tomorrow. It was a simple sneak attack. There was no strategy for this battle, but Liu Bei also had to think about how to reduce the The casualties of the soldiers, Xuchang City is high and the water is deep, it is not so easy to succeed.

Xu Shu smiled lightly, and said slowly: "My lord, General Guan will lead an army to attack the camp outside the Youliao army tomorrow. My lord and General Zhang will attack the reinforcements, and then they will really capture the city..."

"Report!" There was a shout, and the soldiers flew past, knelt down in front of Liu Bei, cupped their hands and said, "My lord, the Youliao army is found ahead!"

Surprised, Liu Bei jumped up immediately and asked, "How many people?"

The soldier cupped his hands and said: "The villain dare not approach, and can only wait and see from a distance, but it can also be seen that the Youliao army has a large number, probably no less than ten thousand!"

How dare Liu Bei be mistaken, he immediately turned around and shouted: "The whole army is preparing for war!"

All the soldiers stood up immediately, and said in unison: "No!" Then they quickly gestured and picked up their weapons and mounted their horses.

Liu Bei wondered: "Our army has been cautious all the way, and we haven't been noticed by the Youliao army. Even if it is discovered by the scouts, it will be eliminated immediately. How could it be found in this cup?"

Xu Shu said slowly: "My lord, don't be alarmed. This army may not be coming for my lord, but just happened to catch up. I know there is a dense forest to the east, and my lord led the army to hide in it. If this army is coming towards my lord Come here, our army will guard the forest, if it is not for the lord, we will avoid them, don't delay the plan to attack Xuchang!"

"Okay!" Liu Bei immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats into the dense forest to the east!"

"No!" Everyone immediately turned to the east, and after entering the dense forest, they carefully hid in it.

Liu Bei whispered: "The battle in Xiangcheng is urgent now, and the Youliao army is also blocked in Xiaoguan. Both sides need troops. Why are there so many soldiers and horses in Xuchang that have not been sent away?"

Xu Shu replied in a low voice: "This Li Yuanjie has no rules in his military operations, false and true, fast and slow, people can't understand his rules, it is estimated that this batch of soldiers and horses may be a cavalry!"

Liu Bei nodded, only to hear the sound of horseshoes, Liu Bei waved his hand immediately, the army hiding in the dense forest immediately lowered their heads, just hid in the bushes, after a long time, the sound of horseshoes went away, Liu Bei poked his head out , Surprised: "There are estimated to be more than ten thousand cavalry, this Li Yuanjie is really rich, with so many horses!"

Guan Yu also dusted off the dust on his body, and said with a faint smile: "Don't worry, big brother, these, big brother will have these sooner or later!"

"Hey..." Liu Bei sighed helplessly, when will he have such strength?More than [-] cavalry, that is [-] war horses, and only Li Lin of Youliao, who controls the world's largest horse production area, has such strength. Liu Biao has managed Jingzhou for so many years, but he can't gather more than [-] cavalry.

After sighing, Liu Bei knew that he had an important thing to do, which was to attack Xuchang tomorrow, so he quickly got up and ordered: "Okay! Send out scouts and investigate, let's continue on our way!"

"No!" The soldier shouted, Xu Shu immediately stopped him: "Slow down!"

Everyone immediately looked at Xu Shu suspiciously, and Liu Bei asked, "Military Master, what else is there?"

Xu Miao said slowly: "My lord, just to be cautious, I'd better hide in this dense forest for a while, and let Tanma find out the news first! My lord is not afraid to waste such a little time!"

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Okay! Let's listen to the military adviser! Be more careful!" Liu Bei immediately ordered to send scouts to find out the news, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not very happy when they arrived. Zhang Fei sat on the ground and muttered to himself. : "Why are you so cautious? After so many days, I'm dizzy. If you want to hit me, hit me. How can there be so many things! I'm suffocating Lao Zhang!"

Marching on the road is painful, and even more boring. People who want to do good things like Zhang Fei are of course even more boring. I looked at the second brother. Watching, without speaking, Zhang Fei pouted, then lowered his head depressed to play with the bugs on the ground.

After a while, Tanma ran back and told Liu Bei, "Tell my lord, the troops of the Youliao army have gone west!"

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Yes! Let's explore again!"

"No!" The soldier rushed out again. This orderly is the most tiring and very dangerous job. If he fails to do so, he will be caught by the enemy, or killed directly, or tortured. Information came out of his mouth, so no matter which way the princes scouted horses, they were his most elite soldiers and the most loyal soldiers.

Liu Bei felt relieved, and said to Xu Shu: "Military Master, it seems that this group of people is going to support Zhang Ying in Xiangcheng. Our army can leave now!"

Xu Shu nodded calmly, then looked at the direction of the Youliao army heading west, smacked his lips, and muttered to himself: "The sound of soldiers and horses sounds a bit strange..."

"Hey... Military division, what's so strange, get on the horse quickly, hurry to Xuchang, my elder brother can quickly make great achievements and defeat Xuchang! Come... Military division!" Zhang Fei couldn't wait, so he went straight to Xuchang. Xu Shu, who was still thinking, was half pushed, half coaxed, and put on the horse. Then Liu Bei gave an order, and the army set off immediately, hoping that Xu Chang would dare to go.

Xu Shu's train of thought was interrupted, but he still had some doubts. He kept turning his head and looked at the direction of the Youliao army going west. The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was wrong, but he didn't think it was wrong, so he had to follow the team and rush to Xuchang.

As a military adviser, Xu Shu has a very special position in Liu Bei's camp. Liu Bei has few soldiers, but his second brother Guan Yu and third brother Zhang Fei are both enemies of ten thousand people. They are famous. Of course, they are also arrogant. Violent, don't say things you don't want to, even if you lower your head, you can't understand what he is thinking with a pair of red and phoenix eyes, but the third child Zhang Fei is just the opposite. Your mother dares to say anything, but she can't say anything. It's not nice to say it out of his mouth. Originally, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang fought the world together, but when Xu Shu came, Liu Bei even showed a little respect for him. Of course, the other two good brothers and good friends were not happy. At the beginning, he was very dissatisfied with Xu Shu, but since Xu Shu took refuge in Liu Bei, although there was no war, Xu Shu also came up with a few tricks to help Liu Biao and Liu Bei resolve the misunderstanding that they only saw. This policy also allowed Liu Beibo to gain a lot of fame, which made Guan and Zhang have a lot of good looks towards Xu Shu. At least they would not be absolutely sure that Xu Shu is a waste of food. Under Liu Bei's education, he knew the revolutionary division of labor. Is there a difference, send you to death, I will take the blame for the truth......

At nightfall, Liu Bei's army was still on their way. The road was not easy to walk at night, and Liu Bei was sneak attacking. Of course, he didn't dare to take the main road. How clear it was during the quiet march at night, Liu Bei frowned, and immediately asked: "What's going on behind the scenes!"

Immediately, a soldier came over and said to Liu Bei: "My lord, the road is uneven, and a carriage behind has broken down! The cart is equipped with siege equipment!"

"Well! It's good to be fine!" I will rush to Xuchang tomorrow. Since I want to attack the city, of course I can't go to other people's city to rebuild it, and I can't take it with me during the long-distance raid. So yesterday Liu Bei ordered the soldiers to look at the trees and build some A simple siege tool, the ladder, Liu Bei has been fighting for many years, although he has been defeated repeatedly, but after all, he has accumulated a lot of experience. In addition, Liu Bei is also a person who has been in Xuchang, and he also knows the approximate height of the Xuchang city wall. It is also a ladder built according to the height of the Xuchang city wall. As long as it is connected under the city and fixed, it can be used to climb the city wall. Liu Bei does not have Li Lin's IQ that exceeds 2000 years. Of course, he does not know how to build a siege ladder. , the most important thing is that Liu Bei is so funny, he didn't even know that the outside of Xuchang city was full of trenches, which were dug by Cheng Yu like gossip formations. If he hadn't tried to cheat the city gate, he would have arrived Xuchang also couldn't break into the city, at most they harassed the surrounding villages and a few small towns.

"The road is uneven! The wheels...that's right!" Xu Shu suddenly shouted, as if a light bulb appeared on his head and lit up.

Seeing Xu Shu startled, Liu Bei was taken aback. Liu Bei immediately asked, "Military Master, what's the matter? Could something be wrong?"

(End of this chapter)