Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

In the following period of time, everyone's main task was to appease the people returning from Chang'an. Due to the large number of people, some confusion occurred, but overall they followed Liu Yu's pace and no major mistakes occurred.

During this period, Liu Yu also told Liu Bei about the emperor's situation. When Liu Bei saw that the emperor was not in Luoyang, he felt relieved.

Now there are only 40,000 people guarding the vicinity of Luoyang, and some are responsible for guarding various passes. There are not many soldiers stationed in Luoyang City. Liu Bei is very worried. If something goes wrong and the emperor is frightened, he will be dead.

Liu Yu was not worried about this, as he had already set his sights on one place, which was Yingchuan.

When he first entered Luoyang, he had already sent people to Yingchuan County to collect intelligence. According to the date, they should have returned.

Just as Liu Yu had expected, the scouts soon brought news that Yuan Shu had a total of 20,000 troops in Yingchuan, 10,000 troops stationed in Yangdi, the capital, and a total of 10,000 troops in other places.

The scouts also brought back another piece of news. Yingchuan County has a complex terrain with mountains. If they attack every place, it will probably take a lot of time.

Liu Yu had a faint smile on his face; he was not prepared to attack every place forcefully.

He first used the court's directive to issue an order to the governor of Yingchuan, asking him to come to Luoyang to take up his post.

The Yingchuan prefect who received the transfer order was very confused. Although he was a Han minister, his official position was appointed by Yuan Shu. After all, he was now eating the Yuan family's food, so naturally he did not dare to make a decision easily.

He hurriedly sent someone to deliver the letter to Yuan Shu.

After seeing the letter, the angry expression on Yuan Shu's face never stopped.

"You are so good, Uncle Liu, you bully me. You really think I am a clay statue. If I don't attack Luoyang, you should be grateful. Pass the order, all the troops follow me to attack Luoyang."

Yuan Shu had met Liu Yu since the first time he saw him, and he didn't like him.

He was too young and too weird. When he was with him, Yuan Shu felt that he had no secrets left.

Yan Xiang stepped forward and advised, "My lord, we must not attack Luoyang. Although the world is in chaos now, it is still the Han Dynasty. If we rashly attack Luoyang and offend the emperor, we will be no different from Dong Zhuo. If we win, we will be further attacked by the princes of the world. If we lose, we will be accused of deceiving the emperor and disobeying his orders. It is not a wise move in any case."

After hearing Yan Xiang's persuasion, Yuan Shu calmed down a little.

"According to your opinion, what should we do now? Can we just give up Yingchuan County?"

"I see that he speaks very sharp words, and he is determined not to give up until he achieves his goal. I'm afraid that he won't give up just by a few words. If he insists on sending troops to attack Yingchuan, what should we do?"

Although Yan Xiang was not the top strategist of this era, he was considered to have extraordinary insight.

He had read the letter and obviously understood Liu Yu's intention.

"My lord, forgive me for being blunt, but I'm afraid that Uncle Liu doesn't just want Yingchuan, he wants the entire Yuzhou."

When Yuan Shu heard this, the anger on his face reached a climax instantly.

"Yuzhou, the entire Yuzhou." Yuan Shu laughed in anger. "I lost many soldiers and fought many battles in Yuzhou before I could gain a foothold. How can I give it up just because of his words?"

"In my opinion, giving up Yuzhou is not impossible."

"What do you mean, sir?" Yuan Shu was very confused.

"Yuzhou is a place surrounded by wars, with flat plains and no strategic locations to defend. If Emperor Liu is willing to exchange it for other places, it is not impossible to give it to him even if this place is given to him."

"What do you mean, sir?"

Yan Xiang walked to the sand table, pointed to a place, and said slowly: "My lord, what do you think of this place?"

"Yangzhou?"

"Yes, it is Yangzhou. My lord, you only need to ask Uncle Liu to grant Yangzhou to you, and then you can occupy this place legitimately."

"Yangzhou can attack Jiangdong from the south. When the time comes, we just need to take Jiangdong into our pockets and rely on the danger of the Yangtze River to wait and see when the weather turns."

"If my prediction is correct, Yuan Benchu ​​and Liu Huangshu will have a battle. My lord, you can sit back and watch the outcome. If you retreat, you can become a vassal lord. If you advance, your potential is limitless."

Yuan Shu was somewhat excited when he heard this. Judging from Yan Xiang's analysis, this was indeed a good plan.

But he still didn't want to give Yingchuan to Liu Yu for nothing. He pondered for a moment, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"Although your plan is good, we cannot lose Yingchuan, and we cannot lose Yuzhou either. As for Yangzhou, I will take it sooner or later. Send an order to the three armies to follow me to Yingchuan."

Just at this moment, a scout came in to report.

"My lord, Uncle Liu sent people into Jingzhou, and Liu Jingsheng personally went out of the city thirty miles to welcome them. After that, the troops of Jingzhou were mobilized."

Yan Xiang stepped forward and continued, "My lord, Liu Jingsheng is mobilizing troops at this time, most likely to attack us, my lord, you must not act rashly."

There was a hint of coldness in Yuan Shu's eyes.

"What a great Liu Jingsheng."

Once the news came out, it would be impossible for him to lead the troops to the battle. Now, he wanted to rely on the 20,000 troops under the Yingchuan prefecture, so he couldn't stay in Yingchuan at all.

He turned his gaze to the young general with a heroic look on his face.

"Sun Bofu, listen to my orders. I want you to take 20,000 elite soldiers and rush to Yingchuan to help. If Emperor Liu dares to attack, he must not return."

Sun Ce bowed and saluted.

"only!"

Seeing Sun Ce's heroic face, Yuan Shu smiled.

"Bofu is brave. With Bofu on the march, Yingchuan will have nothing to worry about."

Sun Ce took the order and was about to reorganize his troops when he saw four people coming out from behind him.

Sun Ce saw that the four men were the old generals who had followed his father: Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao.

These four men were generals who had followed their father in battles across the country. After their father's death, they had no choice but to follow him and join Yuan Shu's army.

In the past few years, these four people followed Yuan Shu in his conquests and made many military achievements. Yuan Shu also kept his promise and treated them and their families very well.

"Hello uncles."

Sun Ce saluted hastily.

The four of them returned the greeting.

"Meet the young master."

After the few people greeted each other, Sun Ce saw that they seemed to be hesitant to speak, and he became curious.

"My uncles, if you have anything to arrange for me, just tell me. It may be that because my father passed away so long ago, my uncles have become estranged from me."

Several people saluted quickly.

"You are too kind, sir. The former general treated us as brothers back then, and even today, we still dare not forget it."

After saying this, Zu Mao continued, "Sir, do you know who the person Yuan Gonglu asked you to snipe is?"

"Uncle, you are joking." Sun Ce answered without thinking, "Uncle Liu's reputation is known to the world, how could I not have heard of it?"

"Since you have heard about Uncle Liu, what is his relationship with the former general?"