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

Yuan Shu listened to all this coldly. In his impression, Lu Bu's personal ability was naturally unparalleled.

However, no matter how strong this ability is, it cannot play a decisive role in the combat of a large army.

Taking the head of a general in the midst of thousands of troops is as easy as taking something out of a bag. This saying widely circulated among the generals was a joke in Yuan Shu's eyes.

If he really had such ability, Lu Bu would not have been defeated in Yanzhou, and Cao Cao's head would have been hung on the top of Puyang City.

"Sir, Cao Mengde said in the letter that he sent 50,000 troops to attack Xuzhou. How could Lü Bu's base be able to stop him? If he could stop him, why would he be chased by Cao Mengde all the way from Yanzhou and flee in embarrassment?"

"With Lu Bu's current power, he really can't resist Cao Cao." Yang Hong had never doubted this point of view, but he was still a little worried, "My lord, don't forget that he has Uncle Liu behind him this time.

Besides, our focus now is Yangzhou. If we divide our forces to fight, it may be disadvantageous to the offensive in Yangzhou."

"Sir, you are worrying too much. We are conquering cities and strongholds in Yangzhou with unstoppable force. How can we be affected by the separation of some troops?

This time we will capture Xuzhou quickly and decisively. At most, I will be able to capture Xiapi in half a month."

Yuan Shu showed a bit of impatience on his face. In the battle of Yuzhou, he was pinned to the ground by Liu Yu and this incident has always bothered him. Now that he has such a good opportunity, how can he give up easily?

Yang Hong observed Yuan Shu's expression and realized that he had made up his mind. He stopped trying to persuade him.

Sure enough, after Yang Hong stopped talking, Yuan Shu began to make plans to attack Xuzhou.

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The news that Yuan Shu led his troops to attack Xuzhou soon reached Liu Yu's ears.

After receiving this news, Liu Yu was silent for a moment.

From the very beginning he placed the focus of his defense in the north.

Zang Ba was in Kaiyang and Zhao Yun was in Xiaopei.

The two armies formed a horn-like formation to defend against Cao Cao's offensive.

But the current situation is that Cao Cao has not yet sent out his troops, and Yuan Shu's army has already invaded the territory of Xuzhou.

Liu Yu was somewhat surprised at Yuan Shu's decision to dispatch troops. At that time, Yuan Shu had already deployed a large number of troops in Yangzhou, and his focus must have been on Yangzhou.

If he could successfully occupy Yangzhou, he would still occupy an important position in the struggle for hegemony among the princes.

Xuzhou is a place surrounded by wars on all sides. Cao Cao has always coveted it and is determined to obtain Xuzhou.

Even if Yuan Shu could lead his troops to victory, it would be impossible for him to occupy Xuzhou smoothly.

When Zhang Fei saw the news, his eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

"Uncle, Yuan Shu is so bold as to attack Xuzhou. Give me 10,000 elite soldiers and I will kill him."

“Yide, although Yuan Shu’s attack is fierce, it is not impossible to resist. However, his jumping out at this time must be related to Cao Cao.

If I am correct, Cao Cao will soon launch an attack on Xuzhou.

There are not many troops in Xuzhou now, and it would be a big taboo to divide the troops to attack again. This matter needs to be carefully planned."

"We don't have enough troops now. If Cao Cao and Yuan Shu attack from the south and the north respectively, this will be quite troublesome." Sun Qian was a little worried when he heard the news.

"Gongyou is absolutely right. Judging from our current strength, we can only resist one side. It is impossible to resist both sides.

Yide, if I ask you to lead the troops to resist Yuan Shu, how will you respond?"

"Uncle, I will lead my soldiers to fight bravely and defeat Yuan Shu's army in one fell swoop."

Zhang Fei had a bit of arrogance on his face. In his opinion, a defeated general like Yuan Shu would not have much resistance at all.

Relying on his bravery, leading the soldiers and charging forward, he will surely be able to defeat them.

"If we do this, victory will naturally resolve the crisis in Xuzhou. But if we lose, we will be attacked from all sides, and Xuzhou will be in danger."

"Uncle Huang, what do you think we should do?"

"Do not engage Yuan Shu in battle, but spread suspicious troops to make Yuan Shu suspicious and afraid to advance.

As long as we can stop Yuan Shu's attack, we can use all our resources to resist Cao Cao's attack."

When Zhang Fei heard the words "no fighting, but more deception", he scratched his head anxiously. He could lead the troops to fight and lead the charge, but if he used suspicious tactics and deceived people on the battlefield, he would really have a headache.

If he were to do such a brain-intensive task, it would definitely be difficult.

Looking at Zhang Fei's expression, Liu Yu could only smile bitterly.

Now, by his side, there are only two generals, Zhang Fei and Xu Chu. They have similar characteristics. They are good at fighting but weak in strategy.

If he really had to force these things upon them, Liu Yu would feel a little uneasy.

While everyone was discussing, Chen Deng hurried over with the battle report.

"My lord, it's bad. Cao Cao has sent out 100,000 troops to attack Xuzhou?"

"One hundred thousand?" Liu Yu sighed in his heart. What was coming was finally coming. "Cao Cao has mobilized all the troops in Yanzhou. It seems that he is determined to take Xuzhou."

Judging from the intelligence obtained previously, Cao Cao currently has only about 100,000 elite troops at most. This time, he dispatched so many troops to attack Xuzhou.

A plan flashed through Liu Yu's mind. If Cao Cao really mobilized all the troops in Yanzhou, it would not be a bad thing for Liu Yu, but a good thing.

He only needed to send a detachment from Luoyang to occupy Yanzhou. Once Yanzhou was lost, Liu Yu was sure that Cao Cao would retreat.

You fight yours and I fight mine, no matter how we fight, I have the advantage.

Yanzhou is Cao Cao's base. He will not watch his base camp being lost and do nothing.

But according to Liu Yu's understanding of Cao Cao, he shouldn't have left such a big loophole.

"Yuanlong, send someone to investigate again and make sure to find out who the generals leading the troops are."

Chen Deng hurriedly arranged manpower, and soon another battle report was passed over.

Among the 100,000-strong army, 50,000 were Yuan Shao's troops, led by General Yan Liang.

Yan Liang? Seeing the threat Gongsun Zan posed to Yuan Shao, it could be almost ignored. Otherwise, Yuan Shao would not have dispatched 50,000 troops to help Cao Cao attack Xuzhou.

After hearing the news, Liu Yu, who had just begun to understand something, lowered his head again.

His feeling was correct. Cao Cao was still the Cao Cao in his memory. He did not leave any obvious loopholes in Yanzhou.

Among the 100,000-strong army, 50,000 belong to Yuan Shao. By this calculation, Yanzhou still has at least 50,000 elite soldiers.

If that were the case, his plan to launch a surprise attack on Yanzhou would have no chance to be carried out.

Now we can only divide our forces to resist them, and there is no chance of any tricks.

He pondered for a moment, looked around at everyone, and finally made up his mind.

"Yide, this time I will lead 10,000 elite troops to resist Yuan Shu, and you will guard Xiapi."