The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"What happened, my lord?"

This time, Guo Jia followed Liu Zheng. After hearing Liu Zheng's laughter, he immediately asked Liu Zheng curiously.

Liu Zheng glanced at Guo Jia, and immediately explained to him.

When Guo Jia also heard that after the battle in Xiapi City, his face immediately showed joy. He also knew that this battle would change the situation in Xuzhou.

This is of great benefit to Liu Zheng who is now entrenched in Huai'an.

"My lord, right now Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are in a period where two tigers are fighting each other. If my lord sends troops at this time, I will definitely be able to wipe out both Liu Bei and Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, and stabilize the situation in Xuzhou."

"Yes, Feng Xiao, I have exactly this intention. I ordered to send our army's spies to investigate quickly. The soldiers and horses in Liu Bei's various places are false. We must know how many soldiers and horses Liu Bei has in various places in Xuzhou. Then, first of all, Liu Bei launched an attack."

In Liu Zheng's view, Yuan Shao was nothing to worry about, especially now that Yuan Shao, who had lost a general Yan Liang, did not have many troops in the Xuzhou area, and there were only more than [-] troops. Liu Zhengneng didn't take him seriously at all.

If he wanted to defeat him, Liu Zheng could do it at any time, but Liu Bei was the only one who really made Liu Zheng feel difficult.

After all, Liu Bei with Liu Guanzhang is not easy to mess with, and with the full support of Zhao Yun, Liu Bei, who has troops from Xuzhou and Yanzhou, can accumulate more than 6 troops in the Xuzhou area in a short period of time.

These 6 people are much more threatening than a single Yuan Shao.

Right now, Liu Bei's eyes should be attracted by Yuan Shao. At this time, Liu Zheng sent troops, and Liu Bei would certainly not be able to gather more than [-] troops in a short time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Zheng was able to break through Xuzhou City in one fell swoop.

Once this plan is thought out in Liu Zheng's mind, then Liu Zheng will definitely implement it.

"Guan Hai"

"the end will be"

Liu Zheng yelled at the generals present, and Guan Hai immediately stepped forward two steps and clapped his hands and agreed to Liu Zheng.

"I ordered [-] soldiers to go to Xiaqiu County, take a detour to Lu County, and cut off the connection between Xuzhou and Xiapi."

"The Last General Takes Order"

"Wen Ping"

"the end will be"

"I ordered you to lead the [-] troops from the headquarters to attack Xuzhou City"

"The Last General Takes Order"

Liu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and dispatched all the [-] soldiers and horses guarding near Huai'an.

Of course he didn't, all the troops were dispatched, and [-] troops led by Zang Ba were stationed nearby to prevent the enemy from sneaking in. Although the possibility of being attacked in Huai'an City was extremely small, the cautious Liu Zheng Still left some soldiers and horses stationed here.

Chapter 814 Mantis Catching Cicadas

After ordering the whereabouts of these soldiers and horses under his command.

Liu Zheng was just waiting for more definite news from his Jin Yiwei.

Although he now knows that Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses in the battle of Xiapi City, but Liu Bei on the other side did not suffer any losses, and tens of thousands of troops are still stationed in Xiapi.

If Liu Zheng launches an attack on Liu Bei at this time, it will not be able to play an absolute role. What he will face is Liu Bei's tens of thousands of troops.

Liu Zheng can only play a decisive role in annihilating Liu Bei in one fell swoop when Liu Bei and Yuan Shao fight again.

Liu Zheng didn't wait too long for this opportunity.

Because soon, Liu Beijun in Xiapi City was ready to move.

After defeating Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of troops in the battle of Xiapi City, the morale of Liu Bei's men and horses increased greatly. Guan Yu's soldiers and horses did not lose many people in the battle of Xiapi City.

At the cost of 3000 people, Yuan Shao was beheaded, with more than [-] men under his command.

Such an achievement is an honor for any general.

In this way, Guan Yu, who was already very inflated, became even more arrogant.

In order to take advantage of the victory and pursue the pursuit, Yuan Shao's men were not given a chance to breathe. After Zhao Yun's men arrived in Xiapi City, they only rested for one night.

Guan Yu offered to pursue Yuan Shao's troops.

Because of the shock caused by the First Battle of Xiapi, Sun Shao, the military adviser, did not stop Guan Yu when he proposed to pursue Yuan Jun. At this time, taking advantage of the high morale of Xiapi City, it is indeed necessary to send troops to pursue it. Yuan Shao's army.

These days, they have dispatched a large number of scouts to inquire about the news nearby, and they have already known that Yuan Shao is nearby, with only more than 6 soldiers and horses.

These more than 6 soldiers and horses, except for some temporary troops stationed in various counties, are considered the main force.

Now Yuan Shao's main force, after the first battle in Xiapi City, there are only more than 1 people stationed in Donghai County. This manpower is not considered by Guan Yu at all.

If it weren't for being cautious, Guan Yu would have led the soldiers and horses in the city to pursue Donghai County directly when he was fighting Yuan Shao outside Xiapi City.

It's a pity that at that time, Guan Yu's army in Xiapi City fought one after another, which caused the soldiers in the city to be physically exhausted. If they continued, the pursuit would probably not achieve their desired purpose, but would cause them to lose troops and lose generals.

Now after a night's rest, the soldiers in Xiapi City have recovered their physical strength and refreshed their spirits, and they have Zhao Yun's troops to support them.

Now Xiapi City has nearly 3 troops, which are much more than Yuan Shao's remaining troops, and it's time for them to switch from defense to offense.

Sun Shao was stationed in Xiapi City alone, and then Guan Yu and Zhao Yun each led [-] troops to pursue Yuan Shao's army, intending to drive Yuan Shao out of Donghai County completely, and even if possible, directly kill Yuan Shao in Xuzhou. His army was cut to pieces.

Tan County.

This is the seat of Donghae County.

The distance from Xiapi to Tanxian County is not far away. It is precisely because it is not far away that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses soon arrived near Tanxian County.

Liu Zheng's Jin Yiwei immediately told Liu Zheng of Huai'an City the news when the soldiers and horses in Xiapi City were dispatched.

Liu Zheng was waiting for this opportunity, waiting for the troops from Xiapi City to dispatch.

When this news reached Liu Zheng's ears, Liu Zheng immediately understood that this opportunity was what he had been waiting for.

"Okay, this is the time"

Knowing that Zhao Yun and Guan Yu are leading an army of [-] to attack Donghai County at this time, Liu Zheng has no intention of missing this opportunity.

He had already sent 4 horses out of his 3 troops.

There are only more than 1 people still stationed in Huai'an City.

Among them, there are more than 1 regular troops under the command of Zang Ba, and 3000 are the camps under the command of Lu Bu, that is, Liu Zheng's own 2000 personal soldiers.

This is all the troops he can command in Huai'an City now.

However, if these troops are used for surprise attacks, they are more than enough.

After learning that Zhao Yun and Guan Yu were rushing to Tan County in Donghai County, Liu Zheng did not stop in Huai'an City any more. He summoned the fifteen thousand troops led by his own troops and headed straight to Tan County. .

On the way from Huai'an to Tan County, you have to pass through Siwu County.

Although the journey was not very far away, there was still a distance of one hundred and eighty miles between them. In addition, Liu Zheng couldn't just drive on the road blindly, but also needed to take into account the surrounding environment.

Try to avoid being detected by Liu Bei and Yuan Shao's spies.

Without knowing that Guan Yu and Yuan Shao were fighting, Liu Zheng didn't need to approach their battlefield quickly, he just needed to gradually approach them with his soldiers and wait for the opportunity.

And this opportunity may exist at any time, so Liu Zheng and the others plan to keep their whereabouts as mysterious as possible to avoid being noticed by the enemy. Guan Yu's courage may not dare to lead an army of [-] to surprise Yuan Shao again.

Once Guan Yu and Yuan Shao can't fight, then Liu Zheng's plan will come to naught.

Therefore, concealing whereabouts is the most important thing at present.

And there is definitely no way to hide the whereabouts of the army crossing the border. The more people there are, the harder it is to hide their tracks.

So in the end, after thinking about it, Liu Zheng decided to lead only 5000 soldiers and horses to make a surprise attack.

These five thousand soldiers and horses were the three thousand camp soldiers under Lu Bu's command and the two thousand elite guards under his own command.

Although there are only 5000 soldiers and horses, these 5000 soldiers and horses are the most elite [-] under Liu Zheng's command. No battalion of soldiers can compare with these [-] soldiers.

After all, they were carefully selected from the many military camps under Liu Zheng's command, and they were selected from the elite among the elite.

Tan County.

After the defeat outside Xiapi City the day before, Yuan Shao led his army back to Tan County to recuperate temporarily.

After a whole day of rest, the low morale finally recovered, but because of the heavy losses and the loss of troops, no, Yuan Jun no longer had the morale to guard here in Xuzhou.

In the administrative office of Tan County, Yuan Shao invited the judges, and Ji Feng and the two discussed the next strategy.

"Zhengnan, I hate that I didn't follow your advice, which resulted in the loss of soldiers and generals. It's too late to regret this big defeat."

Yuan Shao looked at the judge in front of him, pretending to regret it.

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, the examiner felt somewhat complacent, but he didn't dare to reveal too much in front of Yuan Shao.

It's just that there is a self-satisfied talk, an afterthought.

"My lord, if I had followed my strategy when I was fighting Guan Yu in Xiapi City, we wouldn't have fallen to this point."

Chapter 815: Guan Yu Strikes

When the judge said this, his tone was a bit complacent. After all, when he remembered Yuan Shao's disapproval when he advised Yuan Shao before, the judge felt a little uncomfortable.

However, when it came to Yuan Shao's words, Yuan Shao's expression became a little uneasy.

Although Yuan Shao expressed regret for the trial and assignment on the surface, it was just the appearance of Yuan Shao. A high-ranking person like Yuan Shao would never regret what he did.

He did this just to win over the judge and pretend to be a corporal who knows his mistakes and can correct them.

However, the judge pushed his nose on his face because of this, which made Yuan Shao somewhat embarrassed.

"Mr. Zhengnan, what you said is very true. Now that the matter has come to this, what do you think we can do?"

"Although our army suffered a big defeat, our army still firmly controls these areas in northern Xuzhou. We only need to let the high-ranking generals guarding Qingzhou lead 2 troops from Qingzhou to rush to help. Our army is still able to Confront Liu Bei."

The judge said something to Yuan Shao, and described to Yuan Shao the methods he could think of now.

"Although Liu Bei has [-] to [-] soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, it is impossible for him to dispatch all these soldiers and horses to fight our army, because Liu Zheng has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Guangling City, and these troops may take advantage of the opportunity at any time. To attack Liu Bei, so Liu Bei must prepare some troops and station them in the Guangling area to guard against Liu Zheng's attack in Guangling County."

Although the interrogator does not know how many soldiers Liu Bei will station in Guangling, the number will definitely not be small, at least 3 to [-] people are needed, otherwise, the number is too small to prevent Liu Zheng in Guangling County.

After Yuan Shao listened to the judge's opinion, the dignified look on his face also changed, and he looked a little better.

The high-ranking general mentioned by the judge is actually Yuan Shao's nephew.Gao Gan was born in a prominent family, he was a descendant of the Gao family of the Chenliu family. When Yuan Shao raised troops to rebel against the imperial court, Yuan Shao invited his nephew Gao Gan.

Because there are relatives here, Gao Gan is very important under Yuan Shao's command. Yuan Shao only controls the land of the three states, of which Jizhou is Yuan Shao's big base camp, and he himself controls it.

His eldest son Yuan Tan was canonized as Inspector of Youzhou by him, while his nephew Gao Gan was canonized as Inspector of Qingzhou.

It can be seen Yuan Shao's trust in senior cadres.

Now when the judge was talking about senior cadres, Yuan Shao remembered that he still had more than 2 soldiers in Qingzhou.

"Yes, Gao Gan still has more than 2 troops under his command. Send people to Qingzhou quickly, and ask him to send people to support quickly."

When Yuan Shao thought that he still had 2 people in Jingzhou, he immediately looked better. As long as the high-ranking cadres can lead 2 people to Donghai County to support Yuan Shao in a short period of time, then Yuan Shao need not worry, Guan Yu and others will fight back. return.

But just as Yuan Shao was discussing with Shen Pei, Ji Feng and others how to deal with Liu Beijun's counterattack, Wen Chou hurried in from outside the house.

As soon as Wen Chou came in, he sized up the people in the hall, and then his eyes fell directly on Yuan Shao.

His face was tense, he lowered his voice, and said something to Yuan Shao.

"My lord, something is wrong. Guan Yu led [-] soldiers and horses out of Xiapi City, heading straight for Tan County where our army is located."

When evacuating yesterday, Wen Chou still secretly sent out his spies to pay close attention to the development of Xiapi City. When there is any disturbance in Xiapi City, these spies will pass the news to Yuan Jun who is in Tan County at this time. .

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun had just led their troops out of the city, and these spies had quickly spread the news to Yuan Jun.

Wen Chou, who received the news, immediately knew that the matter was serious, and he didn't dare to delay, so he came directly to report to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao, who was still discussing matters with the judge, heard Wen Chou's report, and his face, which had just been relieved just now, immediately became ugly again.

A wave of anger that was suffocated in my heart broke out at this time, and the hostility in my whole body did not hit one place.

with a snap.

Yuan Shao stretched out his hand and slapped the side table violently, making a loud noise. The wooden table was shaking slightly because of this. The loud sound made everyone in the room jump. Everyone looked at Yuan Shao. , I didn't dare to breathe out for a while.

They all knew that Yuan Shao was angry and moody, and Yuan Shao was going to be angry again at this time.

After staying by Yuan Shao's side for a long time, these civil servants and generals all knew Yuan Shao's nature.

"Damn it, hate it! That Guan Yu is too deceitful, don't think that I, Yuan Benchu, won't be taken seriously just because he won a game in Xiapi City by chance."

Yuan Shao was also pushed into a hurry by Guan Yu. At this time, Wen Chou said that Guan Yu was leading 2 people to Donghai County, and he made it clear that he wanted to drive them back to Qingzhou.

For Yuan Shao, this situation is naturally the last thing he wants to see now.

But what he is least willing to see is what Guan Yu and others are most willing to see.