The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Brother, I also agree with the military adviser. We can abandon Xuzhou and try our best to protect Yanzhou. It is impossible for Liu Zheng's soldiers to come so quickly. We can also take away the people of Xuzhou if we withdraw from Xuzhou. In this way, even if Liu Zheng At that time, the entire Xuzhou will be conquered, and it will be just an empty city."

"What the second brother said is exactly what I want."

"Then elder brother will give orders as soon as possible, and immediately lead the people to retreat to Yanzhou. I will wait for two days to go to the battlefield to stop Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, so as to delay some opportunities for elder brother to retreat."

"Okay, then work hard, second brother."

After Liu Bei, Cheng Yu, and Guan Yu discussed everything in Xuzhou's mansion, they soon began to implement it. They had already made plans to retreat. Liu Bei and Cheng Yu led the people of Xuzhou City to evacuate first. To Xiaopei.

Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu and others led [-] elite soldiers to block the attack of Liu Zheng's army outside Xuzhou City.

After all, these [-] troops are the elite troops under Liu Bei, and they are not a small number. Tai Shici fought with other soldiers under Liu Bei in the direction of Lingbi, and could not support him on the Xuzhou battlefield for a short time.

Therefore, on the battlefield outside Xuzhou City, Liu Zheng's men only had Wenpin's 2 troops. Two days later, Liu Zheng led the army of Zang Ba and Guan Hai to the battlefield outside Xuzhou City, and he had already missed the best time. .

When he came here, Liu Bei had already led his people to retreat to Xiaopei, while Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others started to retreat after realizing that Liu Zheng led the army to Xuzhou, and gave up Xuzhou city directly. He led [-] troops and retreated to Xiaopei.

Liu Zheng was shocked when he heard the news that Liu Bei had actually withdrawn and directly abandoned Xuzhou City.

What surprised Liu Zheng even more was that Liu Bei left as soon as he left, and took away all the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the entire Xuzhou City.

This made Liu Zheng almost vomit blood angrily, and he wanted to lead his troops to pursue immediately.

After all, Liu Bei would not be able to go fast with these residents. As long as a small number of cavalry were sent to pursue and delay Liu Bei's march, his large troops would be able to attack Liu Bei as soon as they arrived.

But just when Liu Zheng ordered Qi soldiers and horses to chase Liu Bei, Zhang Kai sent him a message, which shocked Liu Zheng and almost sat still.

In the end, he had to give up chasing Liu Bei.

Zhang Kai has been near Xiapi all the time, and sent many spies to pay close attention to Yuan Shao in Tan County.

Just when Liu Zheng led his troops from Xiapi City to Xuzhou, Yuan Shao, who had been quiet in Tan County, finally started to act.

Yuan Shao directly led an army of [-] high-ranking cadres who rushed over from Qingzhou to support them, together with [-] troops, they attacked Guangling together.

There are [-] cavalry in the [-] army, and the cavalry is extremely mobile on the battlefield. When this news reached Liu Zheng's ears, Yuan Shao's army had already arrived in Guangling. Take it down and block Liu Zheng's retreat.

Liu Zheng was shocked when he heard the news, never expecting that Yuan Shao would do such a thing.

Chapter 838 General Wen Chou

Liu Zheng, who was going to pursue Liu Bei, had to free up his hands to deal with Yuan Shao at this time.

Yuan Shao's [-] troops moved quickly.

They went directly south from Donghai County, and they could attack the Huaiyin area. Twenty thousand cavalry went first, led by Wen Chou, and after reaching the Huaiyin area, they immediately began to attack the city.

There are not many troops stationed in the cities in Huaiyin area at this time.

Most of the troops were dispatched by Liu Zheng to deal with Liu Bei, and some of the troops left behind were some brave county soldiers recruited by the local counties and counties themselves.

There are not many people, and there are only a few hundred people in the few counties. Even if there are many, it is only one to two thousand people. In the face of Wen Chou's 2000 army, even if it is just cavalry, they have no ability to resist.

Huaiyin County was captured by Wen Chou after only resisting for half a day.

Then Wen Chou went straight to Huai'an City again.

Liu Zheng's spies passed the news to Liu Zheng, and when he hurriedly ordered Liu Zheng to go back to ask for help, Liu Zheng immediately understood Yuan Shao's thoughts.

Liu Zheng also quickly acted.

Now that he has occupied Xuzhou, the soldiers and horses under him are also free at this time, and they just have time and energy to turn around to deal with Yuan Shao.

However, Liu Zheng wasn't in a hurry, he just personally led the troops from the camp and Jinyiwei, plus Wenpin's [-] troops, and quickly returned to Huai'an to stop Yuan Shao's army.

He also ordered the troops of Guan Hai and Zang Ba to go directly north and attack Tan County.

Since Yuan Shao wanted to cut off Liu Zheng's retreat, why didn't Liu Zheng want to cut off Yuan Shao's retreat.

As long as Tan County is cut off, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses that go deep into the enemy's rear will also become the turtle in the urn.

Huai'an City.

This was originally a temporary stronghold for Liu Zheng. All his soldiers and horses were stationed here before, but now, under Wen Chou's strong attack, Huai'an has not been able to block the attack.

Under Wen Chou's massive invasion, in just one day, the city was completely broken and became Wen Chou's territory. After entering Huai'an County, Wen Chou also swaggered and slaughtered more than 1000 soldiers stationed here by Liu Zheng in order to deter Liu Zheng's army near Guangling .

However, before Wen Chou had time to be happy for a long time, the city of Huai'an was surrounded by soldiers and horses from Liu Zheng's headquarters that came one after another.

After Wen Chou's men captured Huai'an City.Just stationed in Huai'an.The 2 troops of Yuan Shao's headquarters were stationed in Huaiyin City, which was defeated by Wen Chou.

Liu Zheng did not go to Huaiyin, but came directly to Huai'an.

He has already sent Guan Hai to attack Tan County. As long as Tan County is captured, both Huaiyin and Huai'an will become entrapped and blocked by him.

So Liu Zheng decided to go to Huai'an to attack Wen Chou first. As long as Wen Chou's 2 cavalry were destroyed, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses would not be a concern.

Liu Zheng's army under the city of Huai'an appeared here.

Wen Chou on the tower.The smug look on his face faded a bit.

He asked Jiang Qi in a panic, where did the soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared in the city come from?

Jiang Qi was also in a daze at this time. They didn't see these soldiers and horses when they attacked Huai'an County. Why did so many people come outside the city not long after they captured Huai'an City?

However, Jiang Qi was calm. After all, they had already conquered Huai'an County at this time, and relying on Huai'an County, their troops were not so easily defeated by the enemy.

So even if they saw these soldiers and horses outside the city, they were not in a hurry.

"General Wen Chou and these people may be the main force of Liu Zheng who came from Xuzhou to support him!"

"Liu Zheng's main force, didn't they fight Liu Bei in Xuzhou? Why did they come here at this time?"

After hearing Jiang Qi's words, Wen Chou was obviously puzzled.

But soon Wen Chou showed a look of disdain again.

"But even if they go to Huai'an County to support them, what's the use? Now that we have captured Huai'an City, according to Huai'an County, it will not be so easy for them to attack us by force."

With Huai'an County as their reliance, Wen Chou and Jiang Qi did not panic.

At this time, Liu Zheng, who was under the city, walked out of the team himself.

Riding a war horse, he glanced at the tower from afar.

"Who is on the tower?"

Liu Zheng still doesn't know who is on the tower of Huai'an City at this time. He just knows that Huai'an City has been captured by Yuan Shao's men, but he doesn't know which general under Yuan Shao is the person who captured Huai'an. .

Wen Chou poked his head out from the tower, but instead of answering Liu Zheng's words, he asked Liu Zheng a question.

"Who are you?"

"Hahaha, you don't even know me, yet you dare to attack my city, it's ridiculous!"

Liu Zheng's eyes froze, and he was not angry.

Speaking of which, this bastard Yuan Shao is not the first time to do this kind of thing. The hatred between Liu Zheng and Yuan Shao is not light. The reason why Liu Zheng lost both Qing and Xu before was because Yuan Shao broke the alliance. , and then sent people to attack Qingzhou on a large scale.

If this were not the case, Liu Zheng would not be unable to stop the imperial court and Yuan Shao's troops from attacking together.

When Wen Chou heard Liu Zheng's words on the tower, he was immediately startled, and immediately understood what Liu Zheng's words meant.

His face changed.

"You are Liu Zheng?"

"Now that I know it's too late, I'll give you one last chance to surrender. Otherwise, when I trap you in this city, you will have no way out."

"Haha, Liu Zheng, you only have 2 troops, do you want to trap me to death? Don't say that you don't have many troops to fight with us at the moment, but you really have troops far superior to mine. Now we defend the city, you What are you going to use to attack the city? Do you think I'm ugly?"

Wen Chou has the convenience of defending the city, and he is afraid of Liu Zheng. Besides, Wen Chou also knows that there is Yuan Shao's [-] troops in Huaiyin County not far away.

As long as Yuan Shao receives the news and comes to support him, he will definitely be able to wipe out Liu Zheng's [-] troops here.

Not only is Wen Chou not afraid of Liu Zheng, but he even wants to humiliate Liu Zheng here.

"Liu Zheng, you have no credibility. You agreed to attack the imperial court together with my lord, but you broke your promise and came to Xuzhou secretly, trying to rob my lord of his achievements. If it wasn't for my lord's defeat of most of Liu Bei's troops, would you have done so? Can you take down Xiapi easily?"

Wen Chou wanted to yell at Liu Zheng, so as to boost his morale, and at the same time let Liu Zheng's subordinates understand what kind of person his lord was.

But these lame words, let alone Liu Zheng's advisers and generals, even Liu Zheng himself, can be easily scolded back by him.

"Wen Chou, do you have the nerve to say the word treachery?"

Chapter 839 Another Enemy with Yuan Shao

"If it wasn't for your lord, Yuan Shao, who betrayed me again and again, I, Liu Zheng, would have ruled the entire Central Plains long ago!"

"You occupied my Qingzhou back then. I haven't settled this grudge with you. Today, you and I agreed to deal with the imperial court together. You attacked Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and I attacked Jingzhou and Yuzhou. Didn't you say that I can't attack Xuzhou? .”

"It's so difficult that I have already captured Yuzhou and Jingzhou. Can't I turn around and attack Xuzhou? This Xuzhou is not yours."

"In the end, you lost your troops on the Xuzhou battlefield. Even without me, you couldn't take Xuzhou. Now I can take Xuzhou not from you, but from Liu Bei. What face do you have to say about me?"

Liu Zheng said a few words and turned back, leaving Wen Chou on the tower speechless for a while.

Wen Chou is not in a hurry, after all, he is now the dominant side, as long as he waits for the arrival of Yuan Shao's main force on the tower.

Then they assembled an army of [-] to deal with Liu Zheng's mere [-] men, and they were still able to capture them easily, and they didn't think they would fail.

So after a scolding battle, neither side took any real action, it was just lip service.

Although Liu Zheng made it to the Huai'an city, it was just that he came too late. When he arrived here, Huai'an city had already been occupied, and he couldn't appear at the Huai'an city when Wen Chou and the others attacked. Liu Zheng never thought about forcibly attacking the city, It will only bring huge losses, which is not a wise choice for Liu Zhengben who is weaker than Yuan Shao.

So Liu Zheng simply besieged the city, wanting to cut off water and food to force Wen Chou in the city to go out to fight him.

It's just that Liu Zheng's method of besieging the city didn't actually work. After only two days of siege, Liu Zheng's spies sent him information that Yuan Shao's army stationed in Huaiyin City had noticed the situation in Huai'an. He is leading an army of [-] to approach Huai'an.

It may be that after Wen Chou occupied Huai'an City, he never sent anyone back to Huaiyin to report to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao sent spies over to investigate the situation. After realizing that Huai'an was surrounded by people, he knew that something happened to Wen Chou.

So two days is enough for Yuan Shao to bring his troops to Huai'an.

After receiving the news, Liu Zheng didn't feel any fear. On the contrary, he was a little proud at the moment.

If Yuan Shao didn't come, he really didn't know how to lure Wen Chou out of the city to fight. Now that Yuan Shao came, Wen Chou in the city would definitely come out of the city on his own initiative.

Although Wen Chou and Yuan Shao's two troops combined exceed 4 people, far more than Liu Zheng in terms of numbers, Liu Zheng is not worried at all.

Although Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were large in number, they were not elites. Many of Yuan Shao's elites were beheaded by Guan Yu when he was in Picheng, and those who fled later were all timid and cowardly soldiers.

Even if a wave of reinforcements were mobilized from Qingzhou later, those reinforcements were nothing more than local soldiers they recruited in Qingzhou, not veterans brought over by Yuan Shao from Jizhou.

It is not an exaggeration to say that such a soldier is a half-novice. Naturally, there is not much chance of winning against Liu Zheng's elite troops.

So Liu Zheng directly ordered Wenpin to divide his men and horses into front and rear directions, each with 1 people to deal with the upcoming attack.

He himself led the trapped camp and Jinyiwei to sit in the center. Once the front and rear sides were defeated, he would immediately let these trapped camps and Jinyiwei join in for support.

Just as he finished deploying his soldiers and horses, the figures of enemy soldiers and horses began to appear in the distance.

Liu Zheng, Wenpin, Dian Wei and others appeared on the battlefield.

Taking a glance at the enemy army from a distance, Yuan Shao brought his nephew Gao Gan, Shen Pei, Ji Feng and others to appear not far from Huai'an city.

Yuan Shao and Liu Zheng are not strangers anymore, they have met a long time ago.

When Liu Zheng led people into Luoyang City, Yuan Shao was the captain of Sili in Luoyang City and was responsible for guarding Luoyang. He had met Liu Zheng at that time, but Liu Zheng back then could not arouse Yuan Shao's attention. interest.

Yuan Shao never thought that a few years later, Liu Zheng, who was insignificant back then, would develop into what he is now. If he had known earlier, he would have tried his best to kill Liu Zheng in Luoyang.

But not so many knew it earlier, so Yuan Shao brought the army to Liu Zheng's front.

Among the crowd of Liu Zheng's army, Yuan Shao saw Liu Zheng.

This is his lifelong enemy.

"Liu Zheng!"

Seeing Liu Zheng and Yuan Shao here, he was obviously a little surprised. After all, in Yuan Shao's eyes, he always thought that Liu Zheng should be fighting Ding Yuan, Liu Biao and others in Jingzhou at this time.

As for why Liu Zheng appeared in Xuzhou, Yuan Shao could only think of Liu Zheng after much deliberation, and he must have come for Xuzhou.

Liu Zheng lied to him. Liu Zheng not only wanted Jingzhou, but also wanted to take back the lost Xuzhou.

Yuan Shao was very angry when he thought of this.

"You lied to me, I didn't expect you to keep thinking about Xuzhou!"

Hearing Yuan Shao's irritable tone, Liu Zheng seemed very calm instead.

Compared with Yuan Shao's very irritable and irritable temper, Liu Zheng was very indifferent and calm about everything, as if everything was under his control and expected.

"Yuan Benchu, long time no see."