The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 117 Lu Bu Comes North and Sieges Jinan
Liu Xiao handed Xuzhou over to Guo Jia and Zhao Yun again, and the two of them sat in Xuzhou together. At the same time, even Cheng Yaojin also stayed to assist Zhao Yun in dealing with Xuzhou's military affairs. Qian Jingqi left Xuzhou and went straight to Qingzhou.

This time, Yuan Shao really launched an attack on Qingzhou.

Originally, Yuan Shao had always wanted to avenge his revenge, but Liu Xiao was good at fighting, and he had many advisers and generals, and Gongsun Zan was threatening him behind him. Even if Yuan Shao wanted revenge, he had to carefully weigh it.

However, this time it was different. Gongsun Zan sought death and concentrated all his troops in Yi Jing to defend the city. He tried to rely on an isolated city to compete with Yuan Shao's army. How could he withstand it?In just over half a year, the entire Youzhou, except for Yi Jing, fell into Yuan Shao's hands.

In the end, Yuan Shao's [-] troops surrounded Yi Jing on all sides, and finally captured Yi Jing. Gongsun Zan had no hope of breaking through, so he could only burn himself on fire.

First win Bingzhou, after defeating Gongsun Zan and annexing Youzhou, Yuan Shao already owns the land of the three states, and relying on the reputation and contacts accumulated by the four generations and the three princes, Yuan Shao can easily control the famous families of the three states and become one of these The spokesperson of the big family.

Of course, this is not the biggest barrier for Yuan Shao to launch the Battle of Qingzhou. After all, years of fighting has consumed a lot of Jizhou. Youzhou is sparsely populated, and the annual tax is not enough for him. He can only rely on Jizhou for supplies. Once Jizhou is weak, Yuan Shao will easily fall into civil strife.

But Lu Bu's vote gave Yuan Shao the greatest confidence!

Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu, but let Lu Bu run away, and finally fulfilled Yuan Shao.

Although Yuan Shao was a little worried about Lu Bu's character, he was recognized as the number one general in the world, unparalleled in the world, free labor, no need for nothing.

Yuan Shao graciously recruited Lu Bu under his command, named General Hussars, Marquis of Xinfengting, and Prefect of Pingyuan County, and placed Lu Bu directly at the southernmost tip of Jizhou to confront Xu Huang of Jinan County, while threatening Cao Cao's Shanyang county.

Originally, Yuan Shao was not prepared to take action, especially when Yue Fei defeated Xiahou Dun neatly and captured Tai'an County in one fell swoop, which made Yuan Shao even more afraid. This young commander would either not take action, but once he did, he would launch a continuous offensive that was difficult to resist. .

However, when Yuan Shu's letter for help arrived in Yuan Shao's hands, Yuan Shao couldn't sit still.

Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are not close, and even Yuan Shao resents Yuan Shu for always looking down on him, they are still half-brothers after all, and now Liu Xiao is not in Qingzhou, leading a group of soldiers to attack Yuan Shu in Xuzhou. It has already broken into the territory of Huainan.

God-sent opportunity, absolutely God-sent opportunity. Cao Cao has just conquered the counties of Puyang, and his troops have returned to the west of Luoyang. He fought against himself. Although Yue Fei used his troops like a god, he was short of major generals after all. The total strength of Qingzhou did not exceed 4. It was the time when Qingzhou's defense was weakest.
Yuan Shao's heart was moved, and he directly summoned his advisers to discuss the issue of sending troops.

Now that Bingzhou and Youzhou have been captured recently, Yuan Shao's counselors are all in high spirits. Even Tian Fengfengji still retains a trace of sobriety, and still supports Yuan Shao's use of troops for no other reason!
Qingzhou has a household population of one million. Under Liu Xiao's governance, production has resumed. Wufu and Minfeng are rare large granaries in the north. Now Jizhou is already stretched to support the soldiers of the three states in one state. If it can't be won Qingzhou or Yanzhou, next, it will be difficult for the Yuan family to expand their power. After all, if they continue to the west, Liangzhou is even more desolate than the two states of Youbing. , was able to establish Yuan Shao's foundation of supremacy!
Yuan Shao, who had made up his mind, waved his hand and led 12 Youzhou cavalry to open the way with Lu Bu as the vanguard. The infantry and cavalry then mobilized a total of [-] troops, known as [-], to attack Jinan County!
The news spread to Qingzhou, and the whole state was shocked. The 12 army, now Qingzhou removes the garrison troops in the counties and counties, and the troops that can be mobilized are only 3. Facing an enemy four times as powerful as itself , even Yue Fei and Xun Yu were scratching their heads. If they were not careful, the Qingzhou foundation that had just been established would be destroyed!

Yue Fei and Xun Yu hurriedly dispatched flying cavalry to report to Xuzhou day and night, requesting the lord to lead the army back to Qingzhou immediately. Yue Fei and Xun Yu led Gao Chong and Tai Shici all the way westward, entered Jinan County, and joined Xu Huang , to deal with Yuan Shao's army together.

However, although Yue Fei acted quickly, unfortunately, he was still one step late.

Faced with Lv Bu's approach, Xu Huang led his elite troops out of the city to confront Lv Bu, trying to give Lv Bu a shot at first, but Xu Huang suffered a tragedy.

Although Xu Huang is not weak in military force, he is not good enough in front of Lu Bu. Not to mention Xu Huang, even any of Liu Xiao's generals have no chance of winning against Lu Bu. When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei joined forces to fight, He can only fight on an equal footing with Lu Bu. In comparison, not to mention just one Xu Huang, even if three Xu Huangs fight together, they may not be Lu Bu's opponent!

The two of them only fought for more than 20 rounds on the battlefield, Xu Huang couldn't hold on anymore, and the big ax couldn't stop Lu Bu's Fang Tian's painting halberd at all!
The red rabbit horse under Lu Bu's crotch was extremely fast, and Fang Tian's painted halberd was even more elusive. Xu Huang didn't pay attention, and was stabbed in the shoulder by Lu Bu's halberd, almost smashing his shoulder blades. Xu Huang tried his best to escape. robbery.

Xu Huang escaped from Lu Bu's pursuit, but the 1000 elite infantry under his command were surrounded by Lu Bu's fine cavalry, almost killing them all. Only less than [-] people escaped from the encirclement and withdrew to Jinan County , and the rest all died in battle. Xun You commanded the battle desperately at the top of the city, and barely blocked Lu Bu's fierce offensive. The Qingzhou Army lost troops and lost its generals, and suffered its first defeat in two years!
Only one day later, on the third day, when Lu Bu was attacking violently and Jinan City was about to fall, Yue Fei's army finally arrived.

Yue Fei's army didn't even enter the city at all. With an order, they occupied Qingshan Mountain in the northeast of Jinan City, and sent Gao Chong to lead cavalry to attack Lu Bu's flank. Watching each other made Lu Bu no longer dare to attack the city easily, and could only wait for the arrival of Yuan Shao's main force.

(End of this chapter)