The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

When Guan Yu led Zhao Yun to Tan County, he naturally sent someone to Xuzhou to inform Liu Bei of the news.

For one thing, Guan Yu had to let Liu Bei know their plan of action, and whether to attack Yuan Jun had to wait for Liu Bei's decision.

Secondly, it is also expected that Liu Bei will be able to send some troops to support them after knowing that they are attacking Tan County, and the worst is to transport food and grass.

After learning the news, Liu Bei was pleasantly surprised on the one hand, and also worried on the other.

The surprise is that with the assistance of Zhao Yun, Guan Yu actually repelled Yuan Jun and killed tens of thousands of Yuan Jun in the battle of Xiabi City. Liu Bei felt pleasantly surprised and surprised.

It's just that Liu Bei didn't expect that Guan Yu would dare to lead [-] troops to pursue Yuan Shao's army at this time.

With a mere 2 people, if they fought Yuan Shao's army in the field, they might not be able to defeat Yuan Shao. Anyway, Yuan Shao's cavalry was still extremely fierce. Liu Bei was not sure that he would be able to fight Yuan Shao head-on in the field.

So this is also what Liu Bei is worried about. Guan Yu has already made a decision, and it seems that he has no intention of asking Liu Bei to assist him, so Liu Bei can only acquiesce in this result.

"Yun Chang is a little reckless. To repel Yuan Jun, he should rest in Xiapi City for the time being. Wait for the main force of our army to come to support him. Now he can't wait to go after Yuan Shao's army. If he falls into a trap, the whole army will be wiped out. just"

Liu Bei didn't finish his sentence, but just thinking about it made him look a little nervous.

Cheng Yu at the side immediately comforted Liu Bei.

"My lord, you can rest assured. According to the information we have, Yuan Shao has only [-] troops in Xuzhou City at this time. He suffered heavy losses in the battle of Xiapi City. Yuan Shao should not have any more troops to mobilize. He can only hold on for a short time. Tan County, in this way, General Guan’s active attack can turn our disadvantages into advantages, and even return all the territory captured by Yuan Shao in one fell swoop.”

Cheng Yu's words really comforted Liu Bei, making Liu Bei's furrowed brows more relaxed.

Liu Bei got up and walked around the room twice.

Although the sad look on his face was much less, it was still dignified.

"Military division, although it is a good plan for Yunchang to attack Tan County, but I feel that it is too smooth, and I have some doubts in my heart."

"Doubt? What is my lord worried about?"

"Could it be that Liu Zheng from Guangling?"

Cheng Yu saw Liu Bei's solemn expression, and after thinking for a while, he roughly guessed what Liu Bei was worried about.

Liu Bei nodded and hummed slowly.

"Well. It's Liu Zheng. At this time, our army is fighting with Yuan Jun. Most of the troops defending Guangling were taken away by me to support Yunchang. Now the troops defending Guangling are weak. Once Liu Zheng attacks our Xuzhou If we have ideas, then we will be in trouble."

Liu Bei's worry has always been not Yuan Shao, but Liu Zheng.

However, in Cheng Yu's view, Liu Bei's words were not threatening, and he immediately smiled to comfort Liu Bei again.

"My lord, don't worry too much. Didn't our spies pass on Liu Zheng's news to us before? At this moment, Liu Zheng should be leading an army to fight Liu Biao and General Ding Yuan in Jingzhou. Liu Biao and General Ding Yuan have strong troops. , and sit in Jingzhou, and unite with Yuzhou's troops, with a force of more than 10, it is not so easy to deal with."

"At this time, Liu Zheng can't take care of himself, so how can he possibly manage our Xuzhou affairs?"

The war in Jingzhou has also been going on for a while, and the news has naturally spread to Xuzhou, so Liu Bei has always known that Liu Zheng is fighting Liu Biao in Xuzhou at this time. Not fully explored.

It's just that the huge Jingzhou can't end the battle in a short time. This kind of battle involving 10,000+ troops will inevitably last for several months.

Even if Liu Zheng's troops are powerful, Liu Biao and Ding Yuan are not vegetarians. They can't lose to Liu Zheng in a month or two.

After being told by Cheng Yu, Liu Bei, who was still a little worried, really didn't worry anymore.

"What the military adviser said was that I was too worried, a little too worried."

Liu Bei replied to Cheng Yu.

But at this time, Liu Bei and Cheng Yu had just finished their discussions.

At this time, there were hurried footsteps outside the house.

Jian Yong walked over with a solemn face holding a roll of military orders.

"No, something is wrong!"

"My lord's urgent military situation!"

Liu Bei, who was talking with Cheng Yu inside the house, heard Jian Yong's voice outside, and his expression immediately turned a little strange.

Liu Bei hurriedly got up and walked a few steps outside the house, just in time to meet Jian Yong walking in, and immediately asked after seeing Jian Yong.

"Xian and Jian Yong, what's wrong? What happened?"

Liu Bei's tone was hurried, seeing the look on Jian Yong's face, he knew something was wrong.

Jian Yong didn't hesitate either, as soon as he saw Liu Bei, he immediately told the urgent military situation in the letter.

"My lord, something is wrong. Liu Zheng's army from Guangling came straight to our army Xuzhou the day before yesterday."

As soon as this news came out, the faces of Liu Bei and Cheng Yu in the room immediately sank. They were just saying that Liu Zheng should not send troops to attack Xuzhou at this moment, but they were beaten in the face in the blink of an eye.

"Liu Liuzheng really came to attack, how many people did he send?"

When Liu Bei heard the news, he immediately blurted out a question.

Chapter 819 Another Wave

Liu Bei, who was already a little worried about Liu Zheng's attack, couldn't sit still when he heard Jian Yong say that Liu Zheng had really sent troops to attack Xuzhou.

And Jian Yong immediately replied to Liu Bei, telling Liu Bei the information he has now.

"My lord, our spies have learned that Liu Zheng's general Wenpin, who is guarding Guangling, has led an army of [-] to Xuzhou, but was blocked by [-] soldiers led by our army, General Tian Yu, on the way. This is an urgent military message from General Tian Yu, I hope my lord is ready to see whether to send troops to support General Tian Yu or make other plans."

The news was brought back by Tian Yu, who had followed Liu Bei a long time ago.

Like Liu Bei, he is from Youzhou. If you really count, he is from Liu Bei's hometown, but Tian Yu has always served under Gongsun Zan.

After Gongsun Zan was defeated and died in battle, Tian Yu, who had some friendship with Liu Bei, naturally joined Liu Bei's command and was highly regarded by Liu Bei.

Except for a part of Liu Bei's army commanded by Guan Yu who fought against Yuan Shao in Xiapi City, a large part of the remaining people were commanded by Zhao Yun and Tian Yu to defend Liu Zheng's army on the front line in Guangling County.

Later, after Zhao Yun led his troops to Xiapi City to support Guan Yu, only Tian Yu guarded Guangling alone.

Although Tian Yu is still very young now, only in his early 20s, he has experienced many battles under Gongsun Zan, and he has cultivated a good friendship with Zhao Yun, which has won the trust of Zhao Yun and others, so At a young age, he was able to lead the army and station at the front line to resist Liu Zheng.

At this time, Liu Bei heard Jian Yong say that the news came from Tian Yu, so he naturally believed it.

"The news from Tian Yu said so, so it must be true. Wenpin is the one who guards Guangling City. Wenpin is a general under Liu Zheng. He is very capable. Although he is about the same age as Tian Yu, Wenpin Pin has many years of experience in marching and fighting, and he can easily command troops to fight. General Tian Yu's troops are much worse than that of Wen Pin. If our army does not send people to support, I am afraid that General Tian Yu will not be able to resist .”

At this moment, Cheng Yu, whose face became a little ugly, also immediately analyzed the current situation.

After hearing the news, Liu Bei's face became even more ugly, and he didn't even have time to think about it, so he immediately replied to Jian Yong.

"Xianhe, how many soldiers and horses do we have in Xuzhou City?"

Liu Bei immediately asked Jian Yong about the war on Tian Yu's side. He was really afraid that Tian Yu would not be able to stop Wenpin's attack.

Once Wenpin's army is really killed under the city of Xuzhou, the situation in the whole Xuzhou will be disrupted.

Jian Yong didn't dare to hide anything when he heard Liu Bei's question, so he immediately explained to Liu Bei.

"My lord, our army has only 3 troops in Xuzhou. Among them, General Guan Yu and General Zhao Yun led 2 troops to deal with Yuan Shao's army in Xiapi City. The remaining 1 troops, [-], were led by General Tian Yu to guard against Liu Zheng in the Guangling area. , and part of the remaining [-] people are stationed in Lingbi County. In Xuzhou, there are less than [-] horses at this time."

Lingbi is Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, the place to prevent the Huainan army.

Because Liu Zheng still stationed [-] soldiers and horses of Tai Shici in Huainan, Liu Bei had to station some soldiers and horses in Lingbi to prevent Tai Shici from taking the opportunity to attack Xuzhou.

In this way, most of Liu Bei's troops in Xuzhou were stationed in the sideline area to guard against Liu Zheng. It was because of this that Yuan Shao was given the opportunity to go all the way south from Qingzhou unimpeded, and went directly to Xiapi City.

"Quick! Immediately let those soldiers and horses in Lingbi withdraw some of their manpower to support General Tian Yu."

Liu Bei didn't even have time to think about anything, so he ordered the troops from Lingbi's side to go directly to support Tian Yu.

But just as he opened his mouth to say that, he was stopped by Cheng Yu at the side.

"My lord must not!"

Cheng Yu's expression was not right, and he hurriedly stopped Liu Bei. Liu Bei frowned when he saw Cheng Yu stopped him, and immediately asked a question.

"Why can't Zhongde and Chengyu express their characters?"

"My lord, if the soldiers and horses from Lingbi are sent to support General Tian Yu, then if Tai Shici from Huainan also attacks the lord at this time, wouldn't we be enemies on both sides and open the door of Lingbi to let Tai Shici's troops You can go directly to Xuzhou City."

Cheng Yu said that Liu Bei was a little restless, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he was indeed encountering difficulties right now. On the one hand, his soldiers had to fight Yuan Shao, and on the other hand, they had to guard against Liu Zheng. .

The worst thing was that he heard a report from his spies that Yanzhou was also attacked by Yuan Shao.

If you really want to say it, Liu Bei is in full bloom now, facing enemies everywhere, and several battles directly led to a shortage of troops under his command. It is necessary to force the peasants in various cities to join the battle in a short period of time.

However, Liu Bei has always been known for his virtues, so it is naturally impossible to force the people to join the war. However, it is still necessary to recruit some people at this time, but it can only be done in a milder way.

"Zhongde, if we don't mobilize the troops from Lingbi to support Tian Yu, what can we do in our current situation?"

Liu Bei was out of ideas at the moment, and could only pin his hopes on Cheng Yu, the military adviser beside him, to see if Cheng Yu could think of a better way to solve the current crisis.

"My lord, the soldiers and horses at Lingbi cannot be moved, but some of these troops in Xuzhou City can be sent to support General Tian Yu. In addition, there are frequent wars now, so we must find a way to recruit some people in the Xuzhou area. Alleviate our shortage of manpower."

"As for the battle between General Tian Yu and Wenpin, my lord, don't worry too much. Although Wenpin has been famous for a long time and is a good general, it is not so easy to fight to Xuzhou City with only [-] troops. General Tian Yu is not a vegetarian either, so he won't be defeated by Wenpin so easily."

"If you only need to defend, with General Tian Yu's talent, you won't be defeated so easily. Instead, I'm worried about the situation on Xiapi's side."

"General Guan Yu is leading an army of [-] to pursue Yuan Shao, and Liu Zheng attacked us at this moment. Is this just a coincidence?"

Cheng Yu was a little perceptive, and immediately deduced something from the news from Jian Yong.

And at this moment, there were hurried footsteps outside again.

Before the man could get close enough, he had already yelled loudly.

"Report, my lord's urgent military situation. A large number of enemy troops have appeared near Xiapi City. Master Sun Shao has sent a message, asking for support!"

8 Chapter Twenty

Liu Bei, Cheng Yu, and others who were still worried about the battle between Tian Yu and Wenpin just now, have not been relieved by the news of Wenpin's attack, and then heard another news, saying that there were also a large number of people outside Xiapi city. The enemy, this news shocked them even more than the news of Wenpin's attack just now.

"what?!"

Liu Bei's face changed drastically, and a hint of panic appeared immediately.

Fortunately, the news only said that a large number of enemy troops appeared outside Xiapi City. If Liu Bei was told directly that Xiapi City had been breached by the enemy, Liu Bei might not even be able to sit still now.

"Who? Why did the enemy appear again?"

Liu Bei looked at the messengers outside the city in panic.

"My lord, it's Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses. Only more than [-] people have surrounded the entire city of Xiapi. At this time, there are not many soldiers and horses in Xiapi. They were all taken by General Guan and General Zhao to chase Yuan Shao."

The messenger told Liu Bei about the current status of the granting of power. Liu Bei was a little annoyed when he heard it, and regretted that Guan Yu led his troops to pursue Yuan Shao. I am afraid that more than ten thousand people in this area will come to attack Xiapi.

Not to mention the mere [-] people in this area, even if there are tens of thousands more, Xiapi City, which is guarded by [-] troops, will not be afraid.

"My lord, it's terrible. Looking at the current situation, Liu Zheng is really planning to get into this muddy water. He wants to take advantage of the moment when our army is fighting Yuan Shao's army and launch an attack on our army."

"Two dogs fight, play off."

Both Jian Yong and Cheng Yu had figured it out at this moment. Liu Zheng's troops were attacking them at this moment. They had no other purpose, but wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Liu Bei's troops. Recovery, this gap can defeat Liu Bei at a smaller cost.

Once Liu Zheng makes a move, it is absolutely impossible to send only a Wenpin soldier. He is stationed in Guangling, Huainan and other places may all attack at the same time.

From this point of view, Lingbi's troops should naturally not withdraw at this time, but should continue to guard Lingbi to prevent Liu Zheng's subordinate Tai Shici from attacking soldiers and horses that are likely to come.

At this time in Xuzhou City, Liu Bei, Cheng Yu, and Jian Yong had no time to say anything. The military was urgent and the military situation was changing rapidly. They had to make some preparations at this time.

The three discussed and decided that Jian Yong would lead [-] elite soldiers from Xuzhou to support Tian Yu in resisting Wenpin's attack.

At the same time, some township braves were urgently recruited in various parts of Xuzhou, and Cheng Yu was commanded to support Xiapi City.

Then use the urgent order to send a message to Guan Yu, asking him to return to the original Xiapi as soon as possible.

You can't continue to fight Yuan Shao, you must go back and resist Liu Zheng first, otherwise they will fight Yuan Shao to the death, and in the end it will only be easier for Liu Zheng.

After a few messages were passed on, these people immediately took action.

In fact, even if Liu Bei didn't say anything and didn't send someone to call Guan Yu back, Sun Shao had already sent someone to invite Guan Yu.

Because their food and grass had to be transported from Xiapi City, once the food and grass ran out, Guan Yu and the others would naturally be able to know that there was a problem in Xiapi City.

On the second day after Zang Ba and his men surrounded Xiapi City, Guan Yu's army stationed outside Tan County had vaguely sensed something.

Those trucks responsible for supervising the food did not find that the food and grass had been transported at the appointed time. Although there was no food and grass, although Guan Yu's army would not immediately lose their morale, the food and grass they carried could only maintain For a few days, what Guan Yu thought immediately after he ran out of food and grass was to send someone to investigate what happened.

As a result, after such an investigation, it became clear that someone besieged Xiapi City.

After receiving the news, Guan Yu couldn't sit still. He immediately ordered Zhao Yun to lead half of his troops back to Xiapi City for support. There was a confrontation with Yuan Shao's men here, so they decided to withdraw.

Combined with the [-] troops led by Zhao Yun, they rushed to Xiapi City, preparing to return to aid.

At this time, outside Tan County, Guan Yu's army was in the tent.

Zhao Yun informed Guan Yu of the news that the scouts had returned.