"Weishuo, do you say that Xu Shu is still retreating?" After entering the dangerous city, Liu Bei stepped on the city wall, looked at Liaodong County east of the Liaohe River, and longed for a battle in his heart, defeated Xu Shu and others in a battle, and completely occupied the big county of Liaodong County.

I heard that Liaodong County is now developing extremely well.

If you want a population to have a population, it will not be as barren as it used to be.

I've heard that there are other factories and the like here, and that thing can make a lot of good things.

As long as you take here, you can make a ruthless decision.

You can also take away some goodies.

Liu Yan said: "The lord is the same, Xu Shu will not retreat, he will collect all his troops in the three cities of the upper, middle and lower Liaohe, this is to fight a protracted war with us."

We want to cross the river to hit the hinterland of eastern Liaodong, but I am afraid that it will be a little difficult.

Of course, it was easy for General Gongsun's cavalry to cross the river, but without foot soldiers to follow up, his cavalry was easily besieged by Xu Shu, after all, the seventh captain's cavalry never appeared, and he didn't know where Xu Shu hid them, and he couldn't say when he would come out, so he had to guard against it. ”

"Is it any wonder that this is all there is to it? Don't have a chance to take Liaodong? Then there will be little point for us to send troops this time. ”

The territory that has been laid down at the moment is very large, but if he can't take Liaodong and solve the heavy troops that Xu Ding has hoarded in Liaodong, once the middle road and the south road fail, Xu Dingshi will lead his troops to the north, then he and Gongsun Zhan will have to obediently return the occupied land to Xu Ding.

So Liu Bei was unwilling.

Liu Yan said: "The lord is not without opportunities, do we still have an ally?" If he can't even kill the mixed cavalry of the Guiyi Army, then their status as the overlord of the Xianbei grassland will no longer exist.

I think he will do his best, as long as the Guiyi army is finished, the Xianbei army will attack Xuantu County, which will pose a threat to the north side of Xu Shu, and then Liaodong County, which seems to be monolithic, will not be an insurmountable place. ”

"In that case, we'll have to wait for the barbarians to open the situation." Liu Bei said with some unhappiness in his heart.

Liu Yan said: "My lord, there is no way to do this, after all, Xu Shu still has a water division army in his hands, and Xu Ding has more than one water division below, in addition to Lu Su, we can't ignore that there is also a water division in Qingzhou in Pingzhou."

It is possible that these sailors will go north to support Xu Shu. ”

When it came to Xu Ding's army, Liu Bei frowned slightly.

The reason why Xu Ding has the greatest influence on Weihai among the major princes in the world is because he has an invincible naval army in his hands.

Looking at all the states in the world, there are a few that do not have big rivers and a few that cannot be navigated.

Although the water in the north is not as abundant as in the south, and the river network is not dense, there are many large rivers.

Many are more barrier-making than those in the south.

Of course, this is in the wet season, and the dry season and the big winter, the contractivity of the ship is poor.

But the problem is that it is mid-spring, and in a while it will be spring and early summer.

In Liaodong, this is the flood season, the river water rises sharply, and the warships are more convenient to enter and exit the river, which has a greater effect on the urgency of the war.

Therefore, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan must leave a large number of men and horses to prevent and control the river and deal with Xu Ding's sailors.

Of course, in the following days, Gongsun Chan still took the cavalry to the upper reaches of the Liao River from time to time, looking for opportunities to cross the river and go around Liaodong.

However, along the river, all the shallows suitable for cavalry to cross the river were guarded by Xu Shu's men, and a large number of blocking devices were set up on the east bank of the river.

Gongsun Chan saw that the upstream could not work, so he ran downstream again.

Although the lower reaches of the Liao River are wider, the water is stable, in fact, it is more suitable for the army to cross the river, and once the river, there is no main road to block it on the east bank, and the cavalry can directly kill Xiangping City.

Even if you can't fight Xiangping, you can attack other nearby cities, which are also factories set up in Liaodong by Guangfu Xuding.

Especially what is called a railway, separated by two parallel thick rails erected more than one meter wide, the car can walk in front of it, can pull people and goods or convenient.

That's a good thing to keep the logistics going on.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you make Sun out of his transportation, just those long and thick rails can make a lot of sharp weapons.

Sometimes Gongsun Chan felt that Xu Ding's brain was bad when he heard that Xu Ding was using stainless steel to make railroad tracks, and he dared to put such a good thing in the open air so blatantly, and he was not afraid of people stealing it.

It is simply a waste to have such a good steel material that is not used to make weapons.

However, Gongsun Zhan personally investigated along the river and found that Xu Ding's naval warships were not haunted in the river from time to time, day and night.

On the east bank of the river, there are also scouts patrolling day and night.

It's still heavily defended.

"Xu Shu, Xu Shu really gave up west of the Liao River like this, it shouldn't be." After a few days, Gongsun Zhan was also thinking about Xu Shu's plans, and when he saw that there was no opportunity, he returned to the dangerous city.

Because it is relatively less difficult to attack the other side of the river from here, and Liu Bei is also rushing to make various tools for crossing the river in the dangerous city these days, making preparations for crossing the river.

"Bo Gui, I think Xu Shuke thought it was two reasons, he still wanted to delay, drag us and wait for the opportunity, and the second was to deceive the Xianbei army, and then use the cavalry to attack our rear." Liu Bei pointed to Xuantu County on the map, then passed through the grassland, and drew to Liaoxi and Liaodong vassal countries, and said here heavily:

"Our contact with Budugen has been cut off for a long time, and the last time they contacted them, they said that they were fighting with the Guiyi army, and then the Guiyi army was defeated, and an elite infantry of five thousand was wiped out by them, and then Xianbei pursued the Guiyi army to the east."

"That's right, there's been no news of them since then, and the horses I sent to the steppe to look for them have disappeared." Gongsun Chan nodded.

"If there is no news, it means bad news, if they chase the Guiyi Army to the east or attack Xuantu County, then he will definitely send someone to contact us, and then let us contain Xu Shu's main force for him, so that he can attack Xuantu presumptuously, and even go south to fight Liaodong County." Liu Bei sneered:

"Bu Dugen, this guy is very greedy, since he didn't do this, it can only mean that they pursued the Guiyi Army to the north, and the back road was blocked by Xu Shu's people, and the people we sent to contact were intercepted and killed, so there was no contact for a long time."

Gongsun Zhan frowned, he didn't care about Bu Dugen's life or death, and even hoped that they would lose both sides with Xu Ding's cavalry, and it would be better to be completely wiped out, of course, the premise was that Xu Ding's cavalry was also heavily damaged.

After thinking for a while, Gongsun Chan said: "This is all analyzed by your fellow sect, what do you want to do in the end?" ”

"Yes! He suggested that we should put more soldiers and horses in western Liaoning, and at the same time protect the pontoon bridges of various rivers to ensure the safety of our army's rear roads, so as to avoid unpredictable troubles. Liu Bei persuaded.

"You mean, Xu Shu is about to counterattack, but what kind of counterattack does he take, just because he may use all the cavalry against Budugen, just because he has been shrinking the defensive line?" Gongsun Chan said:

"Budugen has an army of 60,000, the Guiyi army is only a few thousand, 10,000, and the seventh lieutenant army is 8,000, which is a bit of a big contrast.

Huang Zhong is not Xu Ding, and he may not be able to win in the face of the Xianbei army alone, and he will fight more with less. ”

Gongsun Zhan had never fought against Huang Zhong, nor had he seen Huang Zhong make a move, so he naturally had some doubts about the strength of the Seventh Captain's Army.