Chapter 791: The Battle of Yanzhou Begins
Yuan Shu and others in the rear were arranging a new round of recruitment, but they did not ignore the matter of Yanzhou on the front line. Although Liu Bei said that he was self-defeating, to some extent, he took the initiative to give up the struggle for hegemony and admit defeat to Yuan Shu, but it was impossible to make him surrender to Yuan Shu.
After so many twists and turns, Liu Bei now really sees what is the most important thing for him. In terms of leading troops in battle, he is not as wise as either of Er Yuan and Cao Cao, and he is from a humble background and has no advantage in all aspects. In these areas, he will never be able to win against the second Yuan Cao Cao. This is also the reason why I have always been at a disadvantage.
Congenital defects are difficult to make up, but they can be exploited and disadvantaged. Although he comes from a humble background, he also has advantages that no one else can match. First, he is a descendant of the Han family, although this name is not very popular in the world now, but the Han Dynasty has been raising scholars for 400 years, and there are still many scholars who yearn for it, as long as they put down their shelves, it is not a problem to recruit a group of loyal scholars. This is also Liu Bei's second advantage, he has a low background, so he can put down the shelf.
There is no need to put on a show from time to time like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, who was born as a weaver and a shoemaker, never knew what a shelf was, and treated anyone with a kind and benevolent attitude and care, so it can be said that he was "performing" all the time. This is also the reason why he has been displaced and defeated repeatedly at the end of the Han Dynasty, but there are still many Wenchen fierce generals to follow.
This may also be due to his experience of selling shoes in the past, and the lives of the people at the bottom also contain great wisdom. What kind of person has what kind of temper, what kind of shoes he likes to wear, how much price he can accept, and how to attract him to become repeat customers, these are all precious experiences for Liu Bei.
In the past, Liu Bei went in the wrong direction, and when he focused his energy on the family, he was simply flattering the blind man, which was completely useless. The people of the family who put the interests of the family first will not accept Liu Bei's love. If he relied on Liu Bei's benevolent face and his ability to win people's hearts, he controlled the grassroots people and recruited a large number of poor soldiers to check and balance the family, then Liu Bei's current situation would definitely be much better.
It was also after so much that Liu Bei realized this truth, licking the dog and having nothing.
When the family licks the dog, what is exchanged is not gratitude and friendliness, but inches. Only by truly holding the power in one's own hands can one gain the respect and awe of others, and can one drive others, otherwise, it can only be disdained by others and regarded as a puppet.
After venting his hatred this time and overturning all the family, Liu Bei completely figured it out. During this time, he did not give up on himself, but visited and gave speeches everywhere like Yuan Shu without a teacher, and won the hearts of the people, and also issued a recruitment order, and personally went out of the mountain many times to visit those secluded Suye Daxian and Hanmen scholars.
After such an activity, after the families made a mess of Yanzhou, Yanzhou suddenly and miraculously stabilized quickly.
When he got the news, Yuan Shu was stunned.
Could it be that Liu Xuande has Saiyan blood? Every time you get beaten half to death, you get stronger? Originally, his performance was just the level of a second-rate prince, and if it weren't for the strength of the martial arts under his command, Yuan Shu would not have been seen by Yuan Shu at all. And now after "self-abandonment", why did you suddenly wake up? Relying on this ability to win people's hearts and Liu Bei's monarchical talent, Yuan Shu did not dare to despise it. How strong the power of the people's ocean is, Yuan Shu knows too well.
However, Liu Xuande's awakening now has no effect on Yuan Shu. Even if Yanzhou is magically stabilized, the damage to the vitality caused by the family's chaos is still irreparable, and Yuan Shu will naturally not give up such a good opportunity.
Under the orders of Yuan Shu, the three generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Sun Jian led their troops from Sili, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou respectively, and attacked from three sides and went straight to Yanzhou. More than 100,000 soldiers and horses threatened Yanzhou, and Liu Bei was not to say that he had become a jing, even if Liu Xiu, the son of his plane, possessed him, he was helpless. You can't summon meteorites three times in a row to destroy the enemy, so you don't want others to play.
The combat power is already insufficient, not to mention that Yanzhou is now in ruins, negligent management, and the armament coordination everywhere is extremely poor. The families not only account for the majority of the officials, but also occupy an unknown share among the grassroots and low-level generals in the army. The lack of such a large number of generals is not something that can be solved in a short time and a half, and without the cultivation and tempering of a certain family, I am afraid that there will be problems in the management and giving orders in the army.
But despite this, in the face of the Chu army that was surrounded by the power of thunder and attacked from three sides, Liu Bei did not have the slightest idea of sitting still.
Lose, yes; Surrender, impossible.
This is Liu Bei's minimum dignity as a descendant of the Han family and as an ambitious prince.
If Yuan Shu didn't show a certain strength, it would be impossible to expect him to sacrifice Yanzhou. His Liu Bei's bones are not so soft.
"Military division, three-way soldiers and horses, nearly 150,000 elites of Southern Chu, what can I do about it?" Frowning and looking at the huge map of Yanzhou on the ground, Liu Bei couldn't help but say.
The soldiers of Chu are all elite, this is a fact that everyone in the world has to admit after countless battles. No matter what kind of battlefield or what kind of situation, the soldiers of Chu can face an enemy army that is two or three times their own strength, or even more, without falling behind.
There are 50,000 people in each of these three armies, not to mention three roads, even Liu Bei feels that it is difficult to resist all the way. There are three ways, even Liu Bei's ambition is not a little discouraged.
"My lord, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and when it is broken, it will be broken. The three-way army marched together and sent my Yanzhou, if we wait until they merge together, I am afraid that we will not be able to return to the sky. The best thing to do now is to be proactive. Abandon the two armies, lead the army to snipe the remaining road with all your might, and try to scrap and cripple it. frustrated its spirit, and then defended Yanzhou. Chen Qun said.
Liu Ye is not here, so he can only make a cameo appearance as a military advisor. Previously, because of the dispute between Liu Bei and the family, Chen Qun, who was sensitive, temporarily said that he was sick and rested, and he closed the door in the mansion without any movement. Now that the results were out, he went out again.
"The long text is very good, so which path should we choose? Sun Jian and Huang Zhong are both generals of Southern Chu, with a transcendent status, and they are also proficient in martial arts and the art of war. Although Wei Yan is a small general, he is also full of vigor and has made many achievements. It's hard to entangle all three parties! Liu Bei asked.
"If the purpose is to hold Yanzhou, the way we have to take in this battle should be, Huang Zhong!" Chen Qun's eyes flashed.