Beast King Three Kingdoms

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Xuyi City, the last time Yuan Shu's army forcibly attacked the city, but finally returned without success.

From then on, Yuan Shu would lead an army to attack every day, but the soldiers did not go out. They just launched catapults to continuously bombard Xuyi City, stirring up chaos in Xuyi City.

In just a few days, more than 2000 soldiers and horses were killed or injured in the city again.

There was nothing Chen Deng could do about it. Naturally, he did not dare to withdraw the soldiers from the city wall, otherwise Yuan Shu's army would take the opportunity to attack the city, and the consequences would be disastrous.

But letting the soldiers consume like this is not a solution. I am afraid that before the arrival of Cao Bao's reinforcements, Xuyi City has already been breached by Yuan Jun.

It's not that Chen Deng never thought of going out of the city on his own initiative, looking for an opportunity to annihilate some of the vital forces of Yuan Shu's army.

Thinking of Yuan Jun's bravery, the siege battle was already so powerful, and the field battle might be even more astonishing. Chen Deng immediately dismissed this idea and concentrated on defending the city.

Now, even the city could hardly be defended, and Chen Deng was very anxious.

"We can't go on like this!" The situation had reached a critical point, and Chen Deng didn't care too much, and immediately ordered people to mobilize the whole city to help defend the city.

At the same time, in order to let the people do their best, Chen Deng sent people to secretly spread the word that Yuan Shu's army was in disarray, burning, killing, looting, doing all kinds of evil, and slandering him to the fullest.

After Chen Deng's propaganda, Yuan Shu's army was almost no different from a man-eating demon in the hearts of the people.

Under the fear, it is natural to work extremely hard.

A whole city, coupled with the sense of urgency in the face of life and death, the power that erupts can be imagined.

In just two nights, the dilapidated city walls had been completely restored, and all meals for the army were taken by the people, leaving a lot of rest time, and the crumbling city of Xuyi slowly stood up again.

Chen Deng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to look forward to the arrival of Cao Bao's reinforcements day and night.

In the big camp outside the city, Yuan Shu raised his account to discuss matters.

It has been almost a month, but Xuyi City is still standing, and Yuan Shu is very dissatisfied with this progress.

"Damn it! Isn't it easy for Lao Cao (Cao Cao) to attack Xuzhou? One city after another has been destroyed, but I can't do it anymore." Yuan Shu was very depressed.

How did Yuan Shu know that when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he was able to break through the city one after another, all with the lives of his soldiers. If he had made up his mind to hate, Xuyi City would have been breached long ago.

"Everyone! We are blocked at the foot of Xuyi City, and we are not allowed to advance an inch. What should we do?" Yuan Shu frowned and looked at the crowd. To be precise, it was Xun You and Feng Ji, hoping that the two of them could come up with a clever plan to break through. Xu Yi.

The rest of the generals knew that their resourcefulness was limited, so they didn't speak, but just sat there quietly.

Xun You and Feng Ji looked at each other, and then came out and said: "Master! In You's opinion, our estimation of Xuzhou this time is quite insufficient. Xuzhou is rich, has a large population, and is also known as a granary. A protracted war is nothing to worry about. Now, it is really not easy to win Xuyi and Guangling counties."

Yuan Shu said displeased, "Gongda wants me to give up?"

"How can this be done?" Before Xun You could reply, Xu Chu couldn't wait to object.

The other generals were also dissatisfied. They fought this battle extremely aggrieved. If they don't teach the Xuzhou army a lesson, how will their resentment be eliminated?

"No!" Feng Ji interjected, "Tao Qian is an old and useless person, but with the strength of Xuzhou, he can stop our army from advancing. If the promising master occupies Xuzhou, then we will have trouble sleeping and eating. "

After hearing this, all the generals were a little unconvinced and looked angry.

"Yuan Tu's meaning is that I want me to completely take down Xuzhou?" Yuan Shu hesitated in his heart. He had already set the direction of expansion in the future, and it would be absolutely useless to intervene in the melee in the Central Plains at this time.

"My lord, I misunderstood!" Feng Ji laughed and said, "Ji just wanted to say that Xuzhou is a huge threat, so we must guard against it."

"Huh?" Yuan Shu was a little confused, not knowing what Feng Ji meant.

At this time, I only heard Xun You say: "My lord! Xuzhou is powerful. I should change my previous goal and try to take down Huaiyin. I'm afraid it will be impossible, but Xuyi and Jiangdu cannot give up."

After hearing this, Yuan Shu immediately understood the plan of the two of them.

Although Tao Qian is useless, Xuzhou has enough soldiers and food. If Huaiyin is captured, the two important towns of Pengcheng and Xiapi will be threatened by Yuan Shu's army. Xuzhou will never accept such an ending.

At that time, Yuan Shu will probably start a full-scale war with Xuzhou, which will violate the expansion direction he set before.

From Xun You and Feng Ji's point of view, only by solving Jingzhou in the rear can they go north to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains, so they are all opposed to an all-out war with Xuzhou at this time.

The two wanted to persuade Yuan Shu to change his goal before the battle, but they were afraid that he would lose face, so they sang together and reminded Yuan Shu in a roundabout way, so that Yuan Shu could figure it out by himself.

"When did these two people have such a tacit understanding?" Yuan Shu looked at Xun You and Feng Ji meaningfully.

Seeing this, Xun You and Feng Ji immediately knew that Yuan Shu had seen through their schemes, and a look of embarrassment flashed across their faces, but they immediately returned to their original state.

"Wouldn't that be too cheap, Mr. Tao Qian?" Chen Ji said angrily.

Yuan Shu waved his hand, signaling Chen Ji to back down, and then asked Xun You and Feng Ji, "Since that's the case! Do you two have a good plan to destroy Xuyi City?"

Xun You smiled and replied: "Since the goal has changed, our army doesn't need to worry. With such sharp weapons as catapults, we only need to slowly consume the soldiers and horses in the city. Within a month, Xuyi will surely be defeated."

Feng Ji nodded in agreement.

"Then what about Jiangdu?" Yuan Shu asked again.

"This matter is easy! My lord only needs to pretend to attack Huaiyin to the north after taking down Xuyi. Unexpectedly, Cao Bao's unsuspecting people must think that our army will cut off their retreat, and they may not abandon the city and flee. At that time, my lord You can win Jiangdu without a fight." Feng Ji explained confidently.

Yuan Shu pondered for a while, looked up at Xun You and Feng Ji, and said with a serious face: "It doesn't matter if you want Huaiyin or not, but I want Yandu."

Yandu, that is, Yancheng in later generations, if Yandu is taken down, Xuzhou's forces will be completely driven out of the northern end of the Huaihe River. In the future, when Yuan Shu's navy becomes stronger, he can cross the Huaihe River at any time and threaten Huaiyin.

Yuan Shu has never been a passive defensive person. This time Xuzhou invaded, he was already annoyed enough. In addition, he was unable to complete the predetermined goal, and he was even more angry. Huaiyin had no choice. Going to war, but as long as it doesn't touch Xuzhou's bottom line, there should be no problem.

"My lord is wise!" All the generals supported this and praised in unison.

Xun You and Feng Ji discussed in low voices for a while, and then they all nodded to Yuan Shu, obviously agreeing.

Yuan Shu let out a long breath, waved his hands and said, "That's it!"

Just as I was about to order everyone to disperse, suddenly, I heard a loud shout from outside the tent: "Report!"

The herald broke into the tent and said loudly: "My lord, Xuzhou's army was found [-] miles east of Xuyi City, with more than [-] troops. At this time, they are traveling day and night, and they are rushing to help Xuyi. Please make a decision."

"Huh?" Yuan Shu was taken aback, and said in surprise, "[-] Xuzhou troops? How is this possible?"

Xuzhou is located in a very narrow and long area, connected to the Central Plains, and there is no danger to defend. Although Tao Qian has a large army, it is very difficult to guard the narrow and long Xuzhou. This time, [-] troops can be divided to attack Jiangdong It's not easy, if the defenders are transferred from various places, I'm afraid Xuzhou's own safety will also be in trouble.

"Could it be that this old boy Tao Qian wants to stay with me forever?" Yuan Shu felt a little inconceivable, because this was not in line with Tao Qian's character, let alone echoing Xuzhou's interests. Even if Tao Qian agreed, everyone in Xuzhou would probably object.

Not to mention Yuan Shu, even Xun You and Feng Ji were full of doubts. They were a little baffled by the sudden arrival of reinforcements, after all, this was not in line with common sense.

"My lord!" Xu Chu strode forward, cupped his fists and said, "The final general is willing to lead a team to meet the enemy."

"The last general begged for his life!" The other generals also came out one after another.

If the Xuzhou army hid in the city, they would be helpless, but outside the city, even if an army of [-] faced [-], they would have enough confidence to return victorious.

Yuan Shu waved the generals to retreat, turned to the herald, and asked, "Have you ever found out where the army came from?"

"My lord, the army is coming from Jiangdu." The herald replied honestly.

"Jiangdu?" Everyone was stunned.

Yuan Shu stroked the stubble of his chin, and murmured: "Speaking of which, there has been no battle report from Jiangdong, and we don't know what the situation is like."

Feng Ji seemed to have thought of something, a light flashed in his eyes, he got up and said, "My lord! The Xuzhou army stationed in Jiangdu has not moved yet. I am afraid that the reinforcements this time really came from Jiangdu."

"This is really strange!" Yuan Shu was already a little confused.

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