That's right, Liu Yu's target this time is Xuchang.

The Yanzhou counties around Puyang have all deployed heavy troops, and Liu Yu feels that Cao Cao does not have so many soldiers and horses, and they must have been deployed from other places, so the land behind Cao Cao must be very empty. Since this is the case, Liu Yu decided to take a gamble himself.

If you want to use your stratagem well, you must deceive yourself. Liu Yu gave so many orders to confuse Cao Cao.

This plan was not easy to implement, and the most crucial point was how to slip out of Cao Cao's nose.

Liu Yu gave Jia Xu and Ma Chao an order to attack from both sides, and Jia Xu and Ma Chao would definitely continue to attack Xiangyi and distract Cao Cao. And Liu Yu took the soldiers and horses to go out day and night, and he didn't dare to light torches when he was in a hurry at night, and the horses were all plugged up, and the whole army could not make a little noise to avoid being discovered by Cao Cao.

Even Liu Yu's subordinates Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, and Guan Yu didn't believe that the plan could succeed.

The final result is that Liu Yu has really succeeded, he has slipped from under Cao Cao's nose properly, and is killing Xuchang.

"The lord is talented, I admire it." Zhao Yun rode a war horse to Liu Yu's side and said respectfully.

"It's not that this king is talented, it's that Cao Cao is too careless. Wait, Cao Mengde's guy will definitely react quickly, and our army will capture Xuchang as soon as possible. Liu Yu squinted, he didn't have much pride in his success.

After listening to Liu Yu's words, Zhao Yun admired Liu Yu even more, and said: "Don't worry, the last general and others will definitely go all out." ”

Guan Yu, who had just joined Liu Yu's camp not long ago, now finally understands that Liu Yu can have today's situation, not only because of the efforts of his subordinates, but also because Liu Yu himself has strong abilities.

Guan Yu couldn't help but think in his heart: If Liu Bei could have the ability of Liu Yu, he wouldn't have to be like this.

"Yun Chang, what are you thinking?" Liu Yu saw that Guan Yu seemed to be thinking about something, and asked out loud.

"Nothing." was guessed by Liu Yu that he was thinking about something, Guan Yu's face turned red and hurriedly defended, fortunately, his face was always so red.

The high-intensity march in the past few days has made the soldiers a little tired, and Liu Yu continued to boost morale and said: "All cheer up, Xuchang is almost here." ”

The soldiers all responded to Liu Yu weakly, which was very rare. Liu Yu was anxious, how could the soldiers be so tired and tired that they could deal with the next siege battle.

After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Yu still asked the troops to rest first, and said, "The whole army slows down its march. ”

As soon as Liu Yu's order was given, the soldiers were relieved, and the high-intensity march for several days in a row made them unbearable.

In the end, Liu Yu found a flat place with a mountain back, set up camp here, and rested for the night to let the soldiers recover their strength.

When night fell, Liu Yu's soldiers sat by the campfire and ate dinner, which was actually dry food like a flatbread.

Liu Yu took the generals to inspect constantly, seeing this situation, Liu Yu frowned, and said: "There is a big battle tomorrow, how can you let the soldiers eat these things?" ”

Gao Shun replied: "My lord, we don't have much food and grass anymore, and the soldiers eat this every day, which is only enough for five days. Now, if I give the soldiers more food, I'm afraid it will ......."

Liu Yu knew that the grain and grass were already insufficient, but if the soldiers couldn't eat enough, they wouldn't have the strength to eat.

"Don't worry, the last general has ordered a troop to go out hunting, and there must be a harvest." Zhao Yun hurriedly said to Liu Yu.

Not long after, the hunting troops returned to the army with a lot of prey.

Seeing this situation, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and ordered to go down and make all the prey into broth to ensure that all the soldiers could eat a piece of meat.

Liu Yu felt that he had to solve the problem of food and grass, otherwise his troops would be defeated due to lack of food.

In fact, this is very easy to solve, as long as you break through some small cities and take the grain and grass in the treasury as your own.

After resting for a night, the soldiers' physical strength was greatly restored, and Liu Yu immediately decided to launch an attack on the small city near Xuchang.

Liu Yu captured several cities in a row, temporarily solving the problem of lack of grain and grass. It's just that these cities have been scraped by Liu Yu, and the military and civilians are full of complaints, which causes Liu Yu's reputation to become very bad.

Liu Yu can't manage so much, rather than the lack of food and the defeat of the army, it is better to get through this difficulty first and then consider the issue of reputation.

Soon Liu Yu's army came to the city of Xuchang.

Liu Yu's big action shocked Xun Yu and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, who were guarding in Xuchang, they didn't expect Liu Yu to actually kill him again. They thought that Liu Yu would not be able to come to Xuchang again, but the cruel facts made their faces crackle.

Xun Yu hurriedly came to the city wall to guard it, and looked at Liu Yu's army under the city without saying a word.

Liu Yu didn't talk nonsense with Xun Yu, what he wanted to say had already been said last time, and this time, Liu Yu directly attacked.

The archers kept sending a rain of arrows to Xuchang City, and the siege troops carried ladders and crashing wood, and under the cover of the archers, they rushed to the city of Xuchang.

Xun Yu calmly commanded the defense, he had already blocked the city gate, and Liu Yu's troops couldn't hit it no matter how they hit.

Liu Yu found out about this situation, and decisively gave up attacking the city gate and climbed the city wall with all his might.

The two sides fought on the city walls, and the shouts of killing resounded in the sky.

And at this time, in the rear of Liu Yu's army, a rushing sound came.

Xun Yu on the city wall saw a large army coming from a distance, and he was overjoyed, and said loudly: "The lord's army is back." Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!! "The morale of the Xuchang defenders is high, and as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they will be safe.

When Liu Yu heard this voice, he was shocked, and turned around to see a large number of troops approaching in the distance, and the banner was a big "Cao" character.

Cao Cao finally arrived.

Liu Yu scolded in his heart: "Why did Cao Cao come so fast? ”

"Mingjin collects his troops and defends in formation!" Now is not the time to continue the attack on Xuchang, Liu Yu decisively gave an order.

Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, and Guan Yu immediately went down to organize the troops.

Liu Yu's troops quickly returned from the Xuchang city wall, constantly shrinking back and occupying a favorable position, forming a defensive formation before Cao Cao's army arrived.

Cao Cao led the army to kill in front of Liu Yu's array, originally he wanted to take the opportunity to make a surprise attack from behind Liu Yu, but unfortunately Liu Yu moved quickly and let Cao operate.

Cao Cao commanded the army to line up against Liu Yu's army outside the city of Xuchang. The armies of both sides are clearly bannered, and from the sky, they look like two giant beasts.

This time, Liu Yu and Cao Cao finally got along.