In the spring of the second year of Jian'an (197), outside Shouchun City, there were still several large camps

However, in the south of Shouchun City, in Cao Cao's camp, there were already people who went to the camp

Late yesterday night, after Cao Cao received a report on the urgent battle of 800 miles in Xudu, he convened his advisers overnight to discuss; Cao Cao has many ministers and generals to help, but Wancheng Zhang Xiu has capable people to help, Yuan Shu has different people to conspire, plus the unstable Xu Du little emperor Liu Xie, even if Cao Cao's ministers are like rain and fierce generals are like clouds, there are also loopholes

As stated in the war report, Wancheng Zhang Xiu sent tens of thousands of troops, and even several small cities were endangered; In the Xu capital, although Xun Yu and tens of thousands of elite soldiers are guarding, there are also the little emperor Liu Xie and his 20,000 troops who are always planning and making frequent moves, and even have completely occupied the entire palace in the Xu capital

Many of Cao Cao's strategists expected this before this expedition, and even made many arrangements; However, the two resourceful people under Yuan Shujun and Zhang Xiu were not something they could have predicted, and because of this, the danger of Xuchang was much more dangerous than they had expected earlier!

In addition, Cao Cao had already wanted to pacify those Wancheng Zhang Xiu who were close to Xu Du, so for many reasons, Cao Cao made a decision and returned to Xu Du overnight

However, even so, when Cao Cao retreated, he also included many counties north of Lu'an, Lujiang County; Of course, the garrison of the northern counties of Lujiang County did not cause any hindrance to Cao Cao's march at all

Under the city of Shouchun, the siege of Cao Cao has ended, but Yuan Shu still needs to face the tripartite army of Lü Bu, Sun Ce, and Liu Xiu

The dawn first appeared, in Liu Xiu's camp

"Cao Cao retreated?!"

Liu Xiu had such an expression and asked Xue Rengui, who came to report.

"Yes, my lord! Exactly as Liu Junshi expected! Cao Cao's military camp was empty last night; And Lu Bu and Sun Ce did not move! ”

Xue Rengui glanced at Liu Bowen with admiration, and then reported.

When Liu Xiu heard this, he put one hand behind his back, touched his chin with the other, and analyzed thoughtfully: "Berwyn, although there are only three parties left to besiege Yuan Shu now, Lu Bu did not bring Gao Shun and the trapping camp on this trip, as for his few remaining wolf cavalry in Bingzhou, although it is powerful, it is useless to attack the city, so although Lu Bu has tens of thousands of troops, it is just some newly recruited soldiers who can be used!" ”

"Sun Ce should be the one who wants to capture Shouchun the most, but with me waiting on the side, Sun Ce doesn't dare to attack Shouchun with all his might, so looking at it, this crusade against Yuan Shu can't be done!"

Liu Xiu analyzed it to himself, and asked Liu Bowen again: "Bowen, now that Shouchun is hopeless, why don't you withdraw your troops and return to Jingnan?" If Jiaozhou was pacified earlier, it is better to vigorously develop it and strengthen and consolidate the foundation? ! It just so happens that you can also take this opportunity to recruit more Wenchen and Wu in the future?! It's such a waste of effort in this Jiujiang County."

Liu Bowen listened to what Liu Xiu said, thought about it in his heart, and was about to speak, but suddenly a soldier outside the tent hurriedly came in to report: "Lord Qi, Panyang war report!" ”

"Bring it up!" Liu Xiu didn't wait for Liu Bowen to answer Fang Cai's question, so he picked up the battle report and read it carefully

And Liu Bowen naturally stopped what he said for the time being, frowned and pondered

"My lord, what does the letter say?" Xue Rengui asked with some concern, he also knew very well in his heart that Wei Rui, who was stationed in Panyang, could make Wei Hu send a battle report quickly, and the situation would definitely not be light!

Liu Xiu frowned and said, "This time, it seems that even if you don't want to withdraw from the army, you can't do it!" ”

Liu Xiu said and handed the letter to everyone to circulate, and continued: "Sun Ce has great ambitions, but as soon as he captured Yangzhou, he sent troops everywhere, and now he has even defeated Liu Xun and captured the east of Lujiang County, Shu County, Linhu and other places, and the soldiers are directly aimed at Anhui County, where Liu Ye is located!" Attacking from all sides like this, Sun Ce is not afraid of capsizing in the gutter?! ”

When Liu Bowen heard this, he analyzed and said: "The Sun family is in Jiangdong, with deep roots, and now it is only the first to lead Jiangdong, but it is already the will of the people and the desire of the family, and it is not difficult for soldiers and horses to come by grain and grass, so he Sun Ce dares to start a war on so many fronts!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded slightly in agreement: "That's right, it's a pity that Jingnan and I don't have such a foundation, and it is difficult to gather grain, grass, soldiers and horses, otherwise there would not be less than 100,000 soldiers and horses by now, so that it is difficult to quickly expand the territory!" ”

"Why should the lord worry, after all, a deep foundation cannot be obtained overnight!" Liu Bowen comforted Liu Xiu and said: "Now that Sun Ce has captured the east of Lujiang County, I should return south as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that the return road will be cut off!" ”

"What Berwyn said is true!" Liu Xiu sighed and said: "It's a pity that Pan Yang's soldiers and horses are only enough to defend, and they can't go north at all, otherwise they won't be so passive!" ”

When Liu Bowen heard this, he didn't say anything, he had already expected these situations, but it was difficult for a good woman to be urged without rice, and there were so many soldiers and horses under his own lord's command, except for the defense of various places, and now if the 20,000 people who were transferred north were used to capture Lujiang, I am afraid that it would be impossible for them to have enough soldiers and horses to come to this Shouchun City, and since they had to come to this Shouchun for fame, they could only give up occupying Lujiang County at the beginning!

Liu Bowen pondered, and Liu Xiu continued to order: "Someone! The order went down, immediately packed up, the whole army marched, and set off to return south! ”

"Whoa!"

A few hours later, in the east of Shouchun City, in Sun Ce's camp

"Gong Jin, Liu Xiu retreated so quickly, and now I can attack Shouchun without worries!" Sun Ce said happily.

"Well, that said! However, if we can delay it for a while, we can capture Anhui County and cut off Liu Xiu's way back to the south! Zhou Yu sighed regretfully.

"Gong Jin doesn't need to sigh, there will always be opportunities in the future, our top priority now is to open the way to the north, otherwise no matter how hard we try, we can only stay in the south!" Sun Ce smiled indifferently, but comforted Zhou Yu.

"Bo Fu is reasonable, I will be stubborn when the time comes" Zhou Yu also smiled when he heard this

Speaking of Liu Xiu, who withdrew the army, he was the same as when he came, he did not expend his strength to capture the city, but marched continuously, day and night, day and night, and rushed directly to the county seat of Anhui County

Compared with when he came, Liu Xiu's return to the army this time was more rapid, and he only ate dry food along the way, running non-stop

However, just as he was about to arrive in Anhui County, news came

And these news made Liu Xiu smile when he heard it, and even laughed out loud directly

ps: Today was supposed to be two shifts, but there is something temporary, and it may not be too late for the second shift, sorry! I'm sorry! Sorry guys!

Anyway, Chapter 51 is gone, I don't know which master pointed it, how to change it? Thank you in advance