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

While Liu Yu was retreating quickly, he had people spread the news that Liu Biao was attacking Runan.

When the army passed through Neihuang, Liu Yu simply issued an order.

"Give up Neihuang and retreat to Liyang."

Guan Yu found this decision difficult to understand.

"Uncle Liu, Neihuang is also a strong city. If we give it up rashly, it will be a tough battle to capture it again. I suggest sending 10,000 soldiers to hold on and prepare for our next attack on Yecheng."

"Neihuang City has been breached. It will be difficult to restore its original size in a short period of time. As long as our army arrives, Neihuang will be ours.

If we continue to occupy Neihuang, it will inevitably alert Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan. As long as they are still wary of us, this conflict will not happen. In order to dispel their doubts, we must give up Neihuang.

The number of troops left in Liyang City cannot be too large. I want to leave 5,000 men in Liyang for you."

Guan Yu said confidently: "With 5,000 men and horses, it is no problem to defend Liyang City. Please rest assured, uncle."

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "If Yuan's army attacks Liyang, you don't have to fight to the death. After pretending to resist for a while, retreat back to Guandu."

Guan Yu nodded and said no more.

Liu Yu retreated back to Guandu and said to Zhao Yun, "Zilong, you lead 10,000 troops and return to Runan as soon as possible. Along the way, you should stretch the army's length to create the illusion that the main force has returned to Runan."

Zhao Yun saluted and said, "My lord, it is not difficult to distance the soldiers, but I think it will be difficult to avoid the detection of Yuan Jun's scouts with only this trick. If the plan is leaked, it will affect this plan. Please think twice."

Liu Yu nodded and said, "In the past, Sun Bin increased his troops and reduced his fortifications, deceiving Pang Juan and achieving a great victory. This time, we will do the opposite."

"Reduce the troops and increase the stoves?"

"Yes, that's right. You kept adding more stoves along the way to confuse Yuan's army, while I led the army and secretly returned to Guandu. I just waited for them to cause internal strife, and then led the soldiers to attack Yecheng."

Zhao Yun took the order and led his soldiers to advance quickly towards Runan.

Liu Yu sat in the Guandu tent, analyzing the current battle report.

Guo Jia came over and said softly, "My lord, there is news from Liyang just now that Ju Su was killed by Yun Chang."

Liu Yu was stunned, obviously not expecting such a thing to happen.

"What's going on? Ju Shou is under house arrest and no longer poses any threat. Why did Yun Chang want to kill him?"

Guo Jia explained the whole story. It turned out that Ju Su heard that Yuan Shao had died of illness, so Liu Bei suddenly retreated to Liyang. After a moment of hesitation, he figured out Liu Bei's intention.

This was intended to allow Jizhou to relax its vigilance and allow the two brothers to fight each other.

What a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Ju Su secretly admired in his heart. He took advantage of the guards' laxity, seized a horse, and escaped while it was dark.

The news of Ju Shou's escape was soon discovered. When Guan Yu found out, his face turned pale. He jumped on his horse and patted it lightly. Red Hare disappeared into the night like a flash of lightning.

Although the horse captured by Ju Shou was also a good horse with good strength, it was nothing compared to the Red Hare.

Ju Shou was soon caught up by Guan Yu. Guan Yu didn't waste any time. He swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade to create a flash of lightning, splitting Ju Shou in half.

Liu Yu was helpless about such a result. He originally wanted to keep Ju Su and use his influence to appease the people and nobles of Jizhou after Jizhou was pacified. But with his death, this plan would completely disappear.

But this cannot be blamed on Guan Yu. After all, Ju Shou was too tough. No matter how many times he tried to persuade him, he still refused to give in.

And this time he actually thought of seizing the horse and running away. It was obvious that Jizhou was the only thing in his mind.

There are so many talented people in the world! If I had met Ju Su earlier and recruited him, perhaps Jizhou would have been pacified by now. Liu Yu thought silently in his heart.

After a moment of silence, Liu Yu slowly changed the subject and asked, "Is there any news from Yuan Tan?"

"Yuan Tan has led a large army and stationed them outside Yecheng. However, in response to Yuan Shang's invitation, he did not enter the city. Instead, he feigned illness in the camp and let Guo Tu enter Yecheng first."

"Guo Tu is cunning and treacherous. If we talk about conspiracy and trickery, Shen Pei is probably no match for him."

"My lord, what you said makes sense. If your prediction is correct, Shen Pei will definitely suffer a loss in this battle."

The two sat and talked, and soon more news came.

Yuan Tan claimed to be ill in the army, so Guo Tu asked Shen Pei and Feng Ji to visit him. Shen Pei had military duties to attend to, so he did not go, but Feng Ji went to Yuan Tan's army.

Guo Jia smiled faintly and said, "Feng Ji entering Yuan Tan's camp is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. There is no possibility of returning. Guo Tu's plan was to cut off Yuan Shang's arms. Although it failed, he successfully tricked Feng Ji into the camp, which can be regarded as cutting off one of Yuan Shang's arms.

This shallow trick can also deceive people. Shen Pei is really foolish! If Ju Su was in Ye, this shallow trick would not have deceived him at all. "

As news came one after another, Shen Pei realized that he had been deceived when he saw that Feng Ji had not returned yet.

At that moment, the Yuan brothers released all their pent-up anger and began to attack.

The two men have similar military strength and similar command abilities.

Although they displayed considerable momentum, one could tell at a glance that the two were just weaklings fighting each other.

The army broke up in a panic, without any order, and just started fighting with weapons.

When Liu Yu got the news, he was delighted.

He quickly gathered all the cavalry and, taking advantage of the night, rushed towards Yecheng.

The next day, just after dawn, Liu Yu led his cavalry to the outside of Yecheng. At this time, there was silence outside Yecheng, but from the corpses lying outside the city, it could be seen that the battle had just ended.

Liu Yu quickly sent out scouts to gather information around and soon discovered their traces.

Yuan Tan was defeated and retreated to Pingyuan with his soldiers, while Yuan Shang led his soldiers to chase after him, apparently ready to fight to the death.

Liu Yu hurriedly ordered the cavalry to change direction and advance quickly towards the plain.

After a quick march, they encountered Yuan Shang's army at the foot of Pingyuan City.

Liu Yu shouted.

"charge!"

After a long journey, everyone had accumulated a lot of resentment in their hearts. When they finally met Yuan Jun, they naturally would not show mercy.

Zhang Fei roared and charged into the enemy camp like a leopard. Under his powerful snake spear, no one could match him.

Huang Zhong, who was old but still strong, followed closely behind. With the long sword in his hand, he chopped down anyone who came his way like chopping melons and vegetables, and defeated them all.

Ma Chao's eyes were determined, and the spear in his hand was as fast as lightning as he charged into Yuan's army.

Yuan Shang was still immersed in the joy of victory and had never seen such momentum before. He was soon defeated and fled to the north.

Liu Yu hurriedly ordered Zhang Fei to lead a team of troops to chase Yuan Shang, while he himself took the remaining cavalry and deployed his troops outside Pingyuan City.