Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 486 Under Puyang City
Ten thousand cavalry was definitely a huge cavalry battalion at the end of the Han Dynasty, because it was difficult to train the cavalry itself, not to mention that excellent war horses could not be cultivated in a year or two.

In a battle, if a thousand cavalry can be used as a flank charge, it can almost disperse tens of thousands of infantry, which shows how sharp the cavalry is in cold weapon battles.

Because of this, the cavalry battalion became Yuan Shao's darling. If he hadn't encountered a battle that was extremely difficult to win, he really didn't want to waste every soldier in the cavalry battalion.

"Zijun is really sure?"

"The last general is willing to issue a military order!"

Hearing Zhang Yun's willingness to issue a military order, Yuan Shao nodded in relief.

"Come here, take the Tiger Talisman of the Cavalry Battalion and hand it over to Zhang Yun!"

"After Zijun wins this time, he must collect more weapons and equipment from the opponent. After all, cavalry can only be used to charge on flat ground. Many street battles and siege battles still require infantry."

Yuan Shao was very jealous of the three super weapons, thinking that if he could get [-] sets of such equipment, he would be sure to repel the invading enemies from the north and west within a month.

"However, the cavalry battalion is the foundation of my army in Jizhou. If you lose, come and see me!"

Suddenly Yuan Shao's eyes turned cold, and Zhang He knew that Yuan Shao was still complaining about his failure to protect his eldest son Yuan Tan. If he won this time in Qinghe County, he would be useless, but if he lost, he would have no choice but to die.

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In the eastern county of Yanzhou, Chen Gong, whom Lu Bu named as a separate driver, was instructing his soldiers to load grain and grass.

Qingzhou Yuan Tan and Zhang Yun are preparing for the military strategy in Xuzhou. As a secret ally of Jizhou Yuan Shao, Lu Bu has also formulated a plan early.

Attack Xuzhou Pengcheng.

Lu Bu is not a brainless person who lives under the fence of others. His ability to escape from Luoyang before Dong Zhuo's downfall has shown his ambition and ambition.

Therefore, forming an alliance with Yuan Shao was only an expedient measure for Lu Bu, and the surprise attack on Xuzhou was not so much to aid Yuan Tan, but rather a means for Lu Bu and Chen Gong to expand their own territory.

Now the general situation of the world is gradually becoming clear, Liu Yu is backed by the imperial court, and sooner or later the Central Plains will be annexed by him.

Chenliu County in Yanzhou happened to be on the border with Hanoi County. Lu Bu and Chen Gong were scared by Liu Yu. They didn't want to be neighbors with such an opponent, so they set their sights on Xuzhou.

"Don't worry about my lord, my lord only brought 3 people to fight Xuzhou, isn't it a little less!"

"With Qingzhou Yuan Tan charging forward, my lord only needs to capture Pengcheng and Xiapi to count as a victory. There is no need to spend too much fighting, and we can't afford it now!"

After Chen Gong finished speaking, he couldn't help sighing, he didn't know that defending the city is much more difficult than attacking it until he became the Biejia of Yanzhou recently.

In the past half a year, he helped Lv Bu make suggestions, went through several battles, and finally surrendered the warlords in Yanzhou one by one, but if there is a war, there will be casualties, and the people will choose to go into exile because of the flames of war.

The largest city in Yanzhou is Puyang, but the number of people here is less than one-third of that of Cheng.

There are no people in the territory, how to raise soldiers.

That's why Lu Bu's soldiers and horses have always been controlled at 6, because if it exceeds, Yanzhou's internal affairs will run a deficit, and at this moment, just launching a sneak attack on Pengcheng has already stretched the food reserves of Puyang City.

Most of the refugees from Yanzhou fled to Chengmou County, because that was the new city built by Liu Yu. At first, Chen Gong scoffed at one of the policies for preferential treatment of refugees, thinking that Liu Yu treated the refugees well just to improve his reputation. Yu not only gained fame, but also gained great benefits!
Chen Gong sighed secretly in his heart and stopped thinking about troublesome things. At this moment, he had to focus on the delivery of grain and grass. If something happened to this batch of grain and grass, the attack on Pengcheng would come to a standstill.

"Report..."

Suddenly a discordant voice came from a distance, Chen Gong frowned, thinking that nothing should happen at this time!

"An urgent report?"

"Reporting to my lord, the explorer who went to Qingxu sent back the latest news..."

"Why are you hesitating, tell me!"

"It's my lord. Tan Ma said that Yuan Tan in Qingzhou was defeated and captured, and Zhang Yun also fled back to Jizhou!"

"what!"

"Who is leading the army in Xuzhou, who can overcome the strong with the weak!"

Chen Gong had previously received news that several forces in Xuzhou had suffered considerable losses due to power struggles within Xuzhou, so he proposed to Lu Bu to attack Pengcheng.

But it never occurred to me that Yuan Tan and Zhang He would be defeated just after Lu Bu led his troops into Pengcheng.

"Reporting, my lord, some detectives found out that it was not the Xuzhou soldiers who defeated Yuan Jun this time, but the Habayashi Army!"

"Ah...how is it possible!"

There is only one Habayashi Army in the world, and that is the army loyal to Liu Yu.

Chen Gong always believed that Liu Yu should be busy conquering Yangzhou at this moment, and even after Yuan Shu was destroyed, he would focus on Jizhou to deal with Yuan Shao.

But the fact is that Liu Yu actually attacked Xuzhou and Qingzhou first.

"The Qingzhou and Xuzhous will be cut off first before the two Yuans from the north and the south are united into one piece. The regent Liu Yu is really good at it."

"It's just that the 'Guan Yu Division' wandering around the border of Yanzhou is clearly a suspicious soldier, and the soldiers who marched east to Yangzhou also stopped in Yuzhou. Where did Liu Yu get the soldiers and horses and occupy Qingzhou and Xuzhou so quickly? "

Of course, Chen Gong didn't expect that Xuzhou Biejia had already joined Liu Yu, and the yellow turban bandits in Qingzhou were also recruited by Liu Yu.

At the moment, he was most worried about Lu Bu. The 3 troops of Yuan Tan and Zhang Yun in Qingzhou were easily defeated by Liu Yu.

"No, the Lord must be notified to retreat immediately!"

"Report..."

Another urgent report came, and suddenly woke up Chen Gong who was still thinking.

"Why are you yelling!"

"Don't tell me, my lord, something is wrong! An army under the banner of the Regent has killed thirty miles to the east of the city!"

When Liu Yu came, Chen Gong's first reaction was to order the city gate to be closed and guarded.

There were only [-] guards in Puyang City, and Chen Gong issued several orders in succession to order other counties in Dongjun to quickly dispatch troops to help.

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Liu Yu only brought 5000 people into Yanzhou this time. In order to achieve a surprise victory, he made all 5000 people dress up as refugees, and regrouped when they arrived near Puyang.

Chen Gong sent scouts to check and found that the 5000 people under Liu Yu's command turned out to be unarmed. Although this could explain why those 5000 people could pass the checkpoint so easily, but daring to approach Puyang without weapons and equipment, isn't this suicide?
Obviously looking for death, but Liu Yu and the 5000 people were still taking materials to build the camp in a leisurely manner. This confidence and calm made Chen Gong dare not attack rashly.

"Come on, send twice as many scouts out to check, and make sure to find out whether the 5000 people on the opposite side have equipment or not!"

Half a day later, the scouts reported again that they did not see any weapons and supplies carried by Liu Yu's soldiers and horses.

At the same time, [-] reinforcements from Jiyin also arrived fifty miles outside the city, led by Lu Bu's brother-in-law Wei Xu.

"No matter what Liu Yu's name is, if 2 people are against 5000 people, our side has an absolute advantage in numbers, not to mention that the unarmed is no different from ordinary people, this time he must be captured alive!"

(End of this chapter)