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Therefore, not only should Yuan Xi not withdraw his troops at this moment, he should also take the initiative to attack, take Langya as much as possible, push the front line to the East China Sea, and directly threaten Tan County.

In this way, not only Langya County is owned by Yuan Xi, manpower and material resources can be mobilized, Xuzhou will also be shaken, and Yuan Xi will have enough prestige and strength to compete with Yuan Tan for heir.

Going back now is definitely not the best policy.Not only will the counties that have already been captured be lost, but they may also be chased by Liu Bei and suffer a major defeat.

The two couldn't argue, so Yuan Xi took a compromise.

On the one hand, he sent people back to Yecheng to inquire about the news, and on the other hand, he retracted the line of defense to prevent Liu Bei from counterattacking.

Today, he bought wine and invited Han Xuan to a banquet, intending to apologize to Han Xuan, and then discuss the retreat.But the words were not speculative, as soon as Yuan Xi opened his mouth, the two started arguing.

Yuan Xi had endured it for several days, thinking that he had given Han Xuan enough face. Seeing that Han Xuan still refused to give in, the disdain hidden in his heart broke out again, and finally he said something unscrupulously. I once supported Gongsun Zan, and now I want to support Liu Bei.

Han Xuan is not a good-tempered person either. Hearing this, he turned his face on the spot and walked away.

Yuan Xi regretted it very much, but couldn't bear to apologize, and was so angry that he threw a tantrum in the tent.

At this time, he somewhat understood Yuan Shao's difficulties.

Jizhou people are too domineering and rely too much on them, they will be controlled by them, unable to do things independently, and become puppets in name only.

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Two days later, Liu Bei launched an attack.

Shi Ren and Mi Fang led two thousand infantry each, and attacked Yuan Xi's camp from east and west.

Since the two sides fought, Yuan Xi has been attacking and Liu Bei is mainly defending.It was the first time that Liu Bei took the initiative to attack, and Yuan Xi was not even mentally prepared.

In panic, he wanted to send someone to Han Xuan to discuss, but the words came to his lips, and he swallowed them back.

After fighting so many times, he is still clear about the strength of both sides.Although Liu Bei has generals like Zhang Fei and Chen Deng under his command, and his subordinates can be regarded as elite, but in terms of offensive ability, the Jizhou soldiers, Qingzhou soldiers and Youzhou cavalry led by him are stronger.

Liu Bei's defense is a little bit reluctant, but can he get cheap by taking the initiative to attack?

I can direct this battle myself, there is no need to ask Han Xuan.

In the beginning, Yuan Xi's idea was indeed right.After the initial panic, Yuan Jun quickly calmed down, and under Yuan Xi's command, he stuck to the camp and launched a counterattack in an orderly manner.

Shiren and Mifang's attack was blocked, and the two sides entered a state of undressing.

Seeing this, Liu Bei felt that there was no hope of winning, so he prepared to let Shi Ren and Mi Fang pretend to be defeated, lure Yuan Xi out of the camp, and then ambush him.

But Fazheng stopped him.

Fazheng has been staring at Yuan Xi's central army, and he found a problem: Yuan Xi is defending steadily, but he has almost no interest in counterattack, which is completely different from the vigorous fighting spirit in the previous battles.

It stands to reason that with such a good opportunity, Yuan Xi would counterattack quickly.Instead of hiding behind the camp fence and shooting arrows, they used the impact force of the cavalry to go out of the camp to attack the infantry.

Either Yuan Xi didn't want to fight anymore, or the general in command was not Yuan Xi, or the person who led the battle before was not around.

Fazheng immediately put forward a suggestion to Liu Bei, dispatching Zhang Fei, the most powerful, to launch a powerful assault on Yuan Xi's camp, and let Chen Dao command the personal guard cavalry to prepare for the attack.

If Yuan Xi sends cavalry to countercharge, then cover Zhang Fei and others to retreat.

If Yuan Xi still does not move, then use the speed of the cavalry to attack Yuan Jun's large camp and set fire to the baggage.

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, then accepted Fazheng's suggestion.

He only made one small modification.

He handed over the command to Fazheng, and he and Chen Dao led the cavalry to attack.

Fazheng accepted it unceremoniously.

Liu Bei issued an order, and the sound of war drums exploded. Not only did Shi Ren and Mi Fang reorganize their offensive, but Zhang Fei also rushed out with [-] infantry.

Braving Yuan Jun's arrow rain, the sword and shield hand rushed to Yuan Jun's camp to cover the bow and crossbowmen and shoot forward to make up for the lack of bow and crossbow strength.Zhang Fei led the personal guard battalion and rushed to the gate of Yuan Junying. Holding a huge axe, he broke down the gate himself.

Yuan Jun's former battalion general didn't expect Liu Bei to be so decisive, and was not prepared enough. He panicked for a while and immediately asked the Chinese army for help, asking Yuan Xi to send troops for reinforcements.

There were only 1000 people in his battalion, so they couldn't hold back Zhang Fei's onslaught for long.

When Yuan Xi received the news, he did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent reinforcements from the Chinese army.

What he thought of happened again, Liu Bei and Chen Dao attacked suddenly, and more than a thousand cavalry entered between Yuan Jun's camps, and went straight to Yuan Xi's central army, with the intention of beheading the general and capturing the flag.

Yuan Xi panicked, not knowing what to do.

Liu Bei went out to fight in person, the morale of the cavalry soared, and under the watchful eyes of the Yuan Jun soldiers in the battalions on both sides, they quickly penetrated.

Yuan Jun didn't expect Liu Bei to send cavalry to attack, let alone Liu Bei to attack in person. He didn't even have a bow and crossbow ready, and watched Liu Bei gallop past in front of him.

What they can do is to warn the Chinese army.

Liu Bei went crazy and broke out in person.

Yuan Jun's infantry, who were ordered to reinforce the front battalion, heard the warning message and saw the cavalry rushing. They panicked and stopped advancing one after another.

Liu Bei suddenly changed the direction of his advance, abandoned Yuan Xi's central army, and went straight to the supply camp beside him.

More than a thousand cavalry galloped around the baggage camp, and shot the prepared arrows into the camp. The firelighters tied to the arrows ignited the piles of grain and grass in the camp, and the baggage camp quickly caught fire and became a mess.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Bei broke in.

The cavalry rushed into the supply camp, set fire everywhere, and killed wantonly.

By the time Yuan Xi realized that Liu Bei's target was not him but the supply camp, it was already too late.

The supply camp has been burned into a sea of ​​flames.

Chapter 730 The target of public criticism

In the blink of an eye, the situation was out of Yuan Xi's control.

The luggage was destroyed, the morale of the army was in chaos, and the morale also plummeted.The generals looked at the fire in the direction of the supply camp, their hearts were ashamed, and they had no fighting spirit.

There are still a few months before the autumn harvest, even if they want to transport grain from Jizhou, the time may not be in time.

Withdrawing to Qingzhou became the only option.

Yuan Xi was in a panic and could not be rescued in time.The front battalion was breached by Zhang Fei. While fighting to the death with Zhang Fei, the soldiers in the battalion asked the Chinese army for help.

The Chinese army responded, but the reinforcements were delayed.

The general of the former army was beheaded by Zhang Fei. Most of the soldiers in the battalion were killed in battle, while a small half surrendered. Less than a hundred people escaped from the camp.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei also knew that his strength was limited, and it was impossible to defeat Yuan Xi's central army, so he set fire to the camp and withdrew.

Even so, the beheading of nearly a thousand in World War I was still Liu Bei's biggest victory in the past few months.

Burning the supply camp pushed Yuan Xi to a desperate situation, and the situation was very good for Liu Bei.

Satisfied, Liu Bei withdrew his troops and returned to camp.

Fazheng was not satisfied, and felt that although Zhang Fei and Liu Bei were brave, they were not good at grasping opportunities.In this case, you should continue to attack and expand the results.

Yuan Xi was already in a mess, and if he was pushed again, he might collapse.

To a certain extent, Chen Deng was right. Liu Bei and his soldiers were good at defense, but not good at offense, and their cooperation was not tacit enough.If it is not arranged in advance, relying on them to play on the spot, it is difficult to grasp the opportunity.

After returning to Daying, Chen Deng came out of the camp to greet him and congratulate Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was very excited, pointing to Fazheng and said, the first achievement in this battle is Fazheng.If it wasn't for Fazheng's request to attack, it would be impossible to have such a great result.

Chen Deng was very surprised, and then congratulated Fazheng.

Fazheng accepted it frankly, with an arrogant expression on his face, and didn't even return the courtesy.

Chen Deng was very angry, but he didn't want to explode on the spot.He felt uncomfortable, and he didn't even want to attend the celebration banquet, but was persuaded by Zhuge Jin, saying that it would embarrass Liu Bei, so he suppressed his unhappiness and stayed in the banquet.

Apart from the big victory, all the generals were a little excited, and Liu Bei was no exception. He toasted frequently and ordered Chen Lin to compose a poem to commemorate it.

Zhang Fei soon got very drunk, got up and danced, stumbling around like crazy.

Chen Deng saw it and shook his head secretly.

Liu Bei's emotions and anger are usually invisible, but when he drinks, he reveals his true colors, and he doesn't even have the slightest appearance of a king.

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Yuan Xi looked at the messy supply camp, at the grains that had been turned black by fire and soaked in water, his face was ashen.

Han Xuan also blamed himself.

If he hadn't been willful and failed to assist Yuan Xi's command in time, the battle situation would not have developed to this situation.

He didn't expect Liu Bei to launch a strong attack, and he personally led the cavalry to charge forward.

One negligence can cause a fatal crisis.

"Jing Ran, what can we do?" Yuan Xi asked feebly.

Han Xuan didn't answer right away. He asked Yuan Xi about the battle in detail, especially before and after Liu Bei's assault, and finally asked Yuan Xi a question.

"Who was in command of the Chinese army when Liu Bei broke into battle?"

Yuan Xi thought about it carefully. "Chen Deng?"

Han Xuan shook his head, thinking it wasn't Chen Deng.

The two armies have been fighting for so long, and Liu Bei has never had the upper hand, mostly focusing on defense.Chen Deng commanded the infantry, and assumed the main task of defense.Judging from several battles, Chen Deng was very afraid of Yuan Jun's cavalry, and his style was conservative, trying not to give Yuan Xi a chance.

It is impossible for such a person to make such a radical arrangement.

Han Xuan asked Yuan Xi to find a way to find out if there were any new faces around Liu Bei and when they appeared.

He suspected that not only this battle, but the previous few battles might also be related to this person.

Yuan Xi was a little impatient. "Jing Ran still refuses to retreat?"

Han Xuan patiently explained: "General, it's not that we don't retreat, but we can't retreat so casually. When our army retreats, Liu Bei will definitely come after him. If we don't know who is making plans by his side, how can we know how he will pursue? If it's just far away If he suddenly rushes up to fight like today, will the general still be able to leave Langya safely?"

Thinking of the battle situation not long ago, Yuan Xi shivered, not daring to speak harshly.

If Liu Bei has been following him like this, he will not be able to sleep well.

"For the sake of the situation, what can I do?"

"Although the supply camp has been destroyed, but after careful selection, there is still some edible food. It is just for the generals to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. Stabilize the morale of the army, and then send people to Juxian County and other counties to prepare for it. The local big clan borrowed some food for their defense, and then slowly withdrew their troops."

Yuan Xi thought it was reasonable, and then asked again: "Ask Jizhou for help?"

"No need for the time being. Borrowing food from the counties and states in Qingzhou should be enough to support it after autumn."

"Not going back to Jizhou?"

"Let's go back to Beihai. It's not appropriate to mention it now." Han Xuan looked at the soldiers around him, and then said to Yuan Xi: "Once the army collapses, the general will return to Jizhou, so what?"

Yuan Xi's complexion was pale, and he didn't dare to say anything else. According to Han Xuan's suggestion, he made arrangements one by one.

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The supply camp was destroyed, but Yuan Xi did not withdraw his troops immediately, which surprised Liu Beizai.

He organized two more tentative attacks, but Yuan Xi didn't give him another chance, and resolutely fought back. He also caught Liu Bei and made a rash attack, firing several crossbows, almost killing Liu Bei.

Suffering this catastrophe, Liu Bei also woke up, knowing that he did not have the advantage yet, so he could only fight Yuan Xi patiently.

Realizing that something was wrong, Fazheng suggested that Liu Bei send people to attack Ju County and force Yuan Xi to retreat.

But his suggestion was opposed by Chen Deng.

Chen Deng said that in his eyes, the two sides are evenly matched, and our strength is even weaker. If we divide our forces, it will only give the other party a chance to defeat each other, which is not advisable.

Fazheng was very unhappy, and publicly accused Chen Deng of fearing the enemy like a tiger and being passive and idle.

He told Chen Deng, you just often lose battles, you are afraid of losing, and before you fight, think about how to save your life.Like you, you still want to expand your territory?In Xuzhou, you didn't dare to take the initiative to attack. When you arrived at the unfamiliar frontier, wouldn't you have to hide in the camp every day?

Chen Deng couldn't bear it anymore, and quarreled with Fazheng.

He said to Liu Bei, I am a defeated general, and I dare not speak bravely.Willing to surrender military power, disarm and return to the fields.

After speaking, before Liu Bei could speak, he walked away.

Zhang Fei was also very uncomfortable.Fazheng said so, and he was also suspected of blaming him, and even Liu Bei, as if without Fazheng, they would lose every battle.

Fazheng provoked public anger, and Liu Bei was helpless. While persuading him, he asked Chen Lin to chase Chen Deng and persuade him to calm down.

Fazheng was also very depressed.

He told Liu Bei that Chen Deng was not very capable, but his temper was not small.When I was in front of the emperor, I often spoke out, and the emperor didn't care about it.

He Chen Deng can't even listen to a word of criticism?

It seems that I shouldn't come, I should go back to Chang'an and return to my life.