One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 445 Yuan Shu's Destruction

Yuan Shu rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, which attracted the princes to fight against him, and all the counties in Yuzhou were on fire.

Among the princes who attacked Yuan Shu, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Lu Bu of Luoyang, and Cao Cao of Yanzhou attacked the most violently, and they almost conquered the city within a few days.The remaining two teams, Xuzhou Tao Qian and Yangzhou Liu Yu, are slightly weaker.

In early September, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor.In mid-September, Qin Yi issued a call to action against Yuan Shu, advocating that all princes in the world should punish Yuan Shu.From late September to early October, the princes around Yuzhou sent troops one after another, and began the battle against Yuan.

Yuan Shu sent troops everywhere to resist the attacks of the princes, but he was defeated everywhere, and almost failed to win a single battle.Just over a month later, Yingchuan County was captured by Lu Bu.Subsequently, Cao Cao and Liu Biao also captured Chen Guo and Runan County successively.

Yuan Shu withdrew his troops and defended Nanyang to the death.

It was at this time that Qin Yi led his troops into Yuzhou.

In Chenping County, Qin Yi met Cao Cao.

"Tianyu, you are late. Now that Yuan Shu has retreated to Nanyang, you may not be able to get any meat to eat, hahahaha!" Cao Cao joked when he saw Qin Yi.

Qin Yi said: "Meng Degong, Qin is far away from Yuzhou, so it is naturally not as close as you. However, Yuan Shu has not yet perished, and I came at the right time!"

"Hahaha, you're just in time for the final battle." Cao Cao laughed, "But that's okay. Originally, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to take down Wancheng with my strength. Now that Yu is here today, you and my two families will join forces. One family will definitely be able to break through Wancheng and capture Yuan Gonglu alive."

"Meng De Gong, as far as Qin knows, now Lu Bu and Liu Biao also intend to invade Nanyang. I wonder...does Meng De Gong have any contact with them?" Qin Yi asked.

Cao Cao said: "Cao has never had contact with them, and we each fought on our own. However, in the past, each of us attacked a county, and it didn't matter if we didn't contact each other. But now Yuan Shu has retreated to Nanyang, and the princes who crusade against him will also send troops. Nanyang, in order to avoid accidental injury, I plan to contact Lu Bu and share an attack route with him. As for Liu Biao, he must attack from the south, and there is no possibility of overlap with me."

Qin Yi nodded and said: "How is the offensive of Yangzhou and Xuzhou troops now?"

Cao Cao said disdainfully: "Tao Qian and Liu Yu are really mediocre. It has been more than a month since they sent out troops, and now they have only captured half of the county. According to the speed of their advance, they will not be able to reach Nanyang until a certain general Yuan Shu is captured alive."

Qin Yi chuckled: "Meng Degong, you want to capture Yuan Shu alive, that's why you're so powerful, you attack fiercely. Perhaps, Tao Qian and Liu Yu don't want to take the credit, but just want to eat some of Yuan Shu's territory."

Cao Cao shrugged his nose: "Hmph, how can Cao not see what Tao Qian and Liu Yu are thinking? They are just like what Tian Yu said, they just want to take advantage of the opportunity. Cao is ashamed to be with this kind of person."

"Hehe, brother Mengde, don't be angry, let's discuss how to attack Nanyang County!"

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On November [-]th, Cao Cao and Qin Yi sent troops to Nanyang.

Nanyang County was originally a Shu County in Jingzhou, but Yuan Shu was the governor of Nanyang before, and Nanyang was Yuan Shu's hometown. Therefore, Yuan Shu has been occupying Nanyang since he became the shepherd of Yuzhou.Jingzhou also lacks this county.The conflict between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao was mainly due to the ownership of Nanyang County.

This time, there were four princes attacking Nanyang County, namely Qin Yi, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Biao.

Lu Bu attacked from the northwest, Cao Cao attacked from the northeast, Qin Yi attacked from the east, and Liu Biao attacked from the south.The four families launched almost at the same time, met in Wancheng, and then jointly attacked Wancheng.

The offensive of Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Biao is still very fierce.However, Qin Yi marched unhurriedly, and it had been almost ten days since he entered Nanyang County. He had not captured any county town, and instead took his troops on a tour of the mountains and rivers.

On this day, Qin Yi set up camp in a canyon, and sent scouts to Wancheng to investigate the situation.A few days later, the scouts returned and reported to Qin Yi that the forces of Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Biao had approached Wancheng. Yuan Shu left Yan Xiang to guard the city. Under Ji Ling's protection, he escaped from Wancheng and headed east.

After receiving this information, Qin Yi immediately summoned Li Ru, Zhang Liao, and Wei Yan to discuss matters.When Qin Yi told the three people the information, Li Ru sighed and said: "My Lord, you can guess that Yuan Shu will not defend Wancheng and will definitely escape. I'm not surprised. What I'm surprised about is, how could you?" Do you think that Yuan Shu will definitely flee eastward?"

It turned out that Qin Yi deliberately slowed down his march and waited for Yuan Shu to escape Wancheng.

Qin Yi said: "Wen is the first student. The reason why Qin thinks Yuan Shu will flee to the east is actually very simple. Yuan Shu wants to go to Yangzhou."

"Yangzhou?" Li Ru frowned, "My lord, you mean that Yuan Shu is not willing to fail and wants to capture Liu Yu's Yangzhou?"

Qin Yi nodded and said: "Yuan Shu is a very ambitious person. At the same time, he is too conceited and does things beyond his control. How can he be reconciled to the collapse of his Zhong Dynasty just after its establishment? Therefore, Yangzhou's Liu Yu became his best target. He believed that Liu Yu was weak and could be bullied. As long as he led troops into Yangzhou, Liu Yu would definitely give way to Yangzhou."

Qin Yi's reason is not tenable at all.The reason why he infers that Yuan Shu will flee to the east is based on Yuan Shu's experience in the original history.In the original history, Yuan Shu attacked Yanzhou, but was defeated by Cao Cao. Cao Cao's army pursued all the way and occupied Nanyang, Yuan Shu's old lair. .

Of course, in the original history, when Yuan Shu abandoned Nanyang and fled to Yangzhou, he had not proclaimed himself emperor, but he later proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun in Yangzhou.However, the current situation is too similar to the situation when Yuan Shu abandoned Nanyang in the past, so Qin Yi deduced that Yuan Shu would definitely go to Yangzhou.

After Qin Yi finished speaking, Li Ru thought for a while, and then said: "Now, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Lu Bu's troops, like a competition, all want to reach Wancheng as soon as possible, but our army's offensive is weak. Yuan Shu should be Seeing that our army could be bullied, he chose to escape in the direction of our army."

"Well, what Mr. Wen You said is absolutely true." Qin Yi nodded, "Anyway, Yuan Shu finally took the bait. Some time ago, Cao Mengde sent people to urge me to march several times, and I was also under a lot of pressure. Now, Yuan Shu is about to fall into our pocket, everyone, you must cheer up and don't let Yuan Shu slip through our fingers. In this battle, we must capture Yuan Shu alive and take the lead."

"No!" Zhang Liao, Wei Yan and other generals responded in unison.

Qin Yi looked at Li Ru and said, "Sir, this battle is entirely under your command, and Qin will obey your orders."

Li Ru raised his hand to Qin Yi and said, "Since my lord trusts Li so much, it is better for Li to obey orders than to be respectful!"

(End of this chapter)