Liu Xiuqu pointed to the military newspaper in his hand and praised it three times: "Good! Very good! Very good! ”

Xun You walked in from outside the door, just in time to hear Liu Xiu's applause, and asked with a smile, "What is so good?" ”

Liu Xiu laughed, and the general's report was handed to Xun You, Xun You glanced at it, and nodded again and again with satisfaction: "General, this Yan Pu you fancy is really good, if the Military Academy can produce a few such talents every year, then it will be much easier in the future." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Liu Xiu smiled, "This requirement is too high, but although the graduates of the Military Academy are a little arrogant now, in general, their basic skills are still solid, but they lack some experience, and some books are angry." It's nothing, after a few years of training in the army, you will naturally know it. ”

Xun You smiled slightly, "Then how is the general going to act next?" ”

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment: "I want to attack Chaisang first, cut off the connection between Yuanshu Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and then divide and break it." Gongda, what do you think? ”

Xun You nodded approvingly: "Admittedly, it is time to let the Yizhou Sailor exert his might, otherwise it will not be balanced." ”

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, what he said didn't seem to mean the same thing as what Xun You said. He looked at Xun You, Xun You also happened to look at him, the two looked at each other, and Liu Xiu immediately understood.

"That's right, Gan Ning is probably crazy now, let him come and fight against Yuan Shu, these two people are a little crazy."

Xun You smiled and nodded in agreement.

Liu Xiu immediately issued an order for Fu Xie and Lu Yi to lead 10,000 cavalry across the river, force to Changsha by land, and join forces with Zhang Fei. Take control of Sun Jian nearby, get in touch with Kuailiang, and prepare to attack Changsha. Gan Ning, who ordered Yiyang, led the Yizhou sailors down the river. Rendezvous with the Great Army and prepare to attack Chaisan.

At the beginning of May, the excited Gan Ning came to Xiling. Two captives were also brought: Zhang Xun and Feng Fang. As soon as they met, Gan Ning took the initiative to say that Zhang Xun was captured alive by Zhang Fei's subordinates, and Feng Fang was fished up from the river when he was half drowned, and it had nothing to do with me anyway.

Liu Xiu was very satisfied, and said to Gan Ning, you and Zhang Fei have completed the task perfectly, and this is the greatest credit. As for capturing someone, it doesn't matter to me. Of course, if you can capture Yuan Shu alive, it must be a great credit, and the rest doesn't matter.

Gan Ning laughed, patted his chest and said, "General." If you let me play as a striker, I will definitely capture Yuan Shusheng in front of you. ”

"That's great, but before that, it's better to think about how to fight." Liu Xiu asked Gan Ning to sit down. After talking about the current situation, now he has a total of 20,000 Jingyi Shui Division, Yuan Shu has now retreated to Chaisang, and it is reported that he has transferred all the warships of Yuzhang Shipyard, and the total number of troops at hand should be about 30,000. The number of ships on both sides is also about the same, but Yuan Shu is downstream, and the quality of the warships is far inferior to the Yizhou Sailor.

Gan Ning rubbed his hands excitedly: "Don't worry, general, we will definitely complete the task." ”

"Don't be careless, on the battlefield, anything can happen, you must be fully prepared." Liu Xiu thought for a while, and then said: "Although Cai Mao fights very ordinarily, he is the head of Jingzhou's heroes, you don't want to follow your temperament." The Yizhou sailor is strong, but he is not familiar with the water conditions of this big river, so you have to ask Cai Mao for more advice. ”

Gan Ning pursed his lips, reluctantly responded, and went to find Yan Yan excitedly.

Looking at the two captives, Liu Xiu was actually not interested, he knew both of them, but he knew about them through the intelligence collected by the spies arranged by Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, not from his inherent memory. These two people have little reputation in history, but now they are both big names under Yuan Shu. Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui are both generals relied on by Yuan Shu, judging from his battle experience on the banks of the Miluo River, this is at least a more cautious general, and when the battle situation has been decided, he did not run away, but bravely met it, which shows that his character is not bad.

Liu Xiu was very polite to him, but Zhang Xun refused to surrender, just remained silent and called it a capital crime. Liu Xiu knew that his family was under Yuan Shu's control, and now if he surrendered, the family might be in danger, so he didn't force him. In fact, Liu Xiu made some mistakes in this matter, maybe there were too many famous generals under him, and there was no shortage of people at all, so he didn't pay much attention to Zhang Xun, in fact, Zhang Xun's position under Yuan Shu was played, and in history, Yuan came to be the emperor, and Zhang Xun was once named a general, and his position was far above Qiao Rui and Ji Ling. However, Yuan failed after the incident, and even his subordinates had no reputation.

Zhang Xun left silently, but Feng Fang knelt in front of Liu Xiu and begged, offering to be willing to dedicate his daughter who was originally dedicated to Yuan Shu to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu didn't have much interest in accepting women, but after hearing that his daughter was indeed beautiful, he thought of Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei followed him to fight in the north and south for many years, but he never got married, and he was so anxious that he couldn't do it.

Feng Fang was a little disappointed when he heard that Liu Xiu was not interested in his daughter, but when he thought about it, Zhang Fei was not bad, he was a close general under Liu Xiu, and he still had the identity of Liu Xiu's disciple, and his future would definitely not be wrong, so he was busy responding.

Liu Xiu shook his head, and said in his heart that this guy was favored by entering the woman, and he really didn't have any position, but there were many such people, and it was not right to blindly reject it, as long as his daughter was really good, it was a good marriage.

Liu Xiu immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, and at the same time, the sailor began to march towards Chaisang.

……

Yuan Shu's face was gloomy and stunned, Liu Xiu quickly conquered Xiling at the same time, he actually sent people to attack Zhang Xun, and as a result, Zhang Xun's men and horses lost nearly half, Zhang Xun and Feng Fang were all missing, and what worried Yuan Shu the most was that all the baggage he prepared for Sun Jian was given to Liu Xiu.

Is it easy to collect some food these days?

Hearing that Liu Xiu put the Yizhou Water Master and the Jingzhou Water Master together and went straight to Chaisang, Yuan Shu was angry and anxious, and the six gods had no master. Is it to flee or to fight? Escape, where to flee, Jiangnan or Jiangbei? Can you fight it?

Yan Xiang hurriedly walked in: "General, Liu Xiu is here?" ”

Yuan Shu didn't even have the interest to speak, pointed to the military newspaper on the case, and motioned for Yan Xiang to read it himself. After Yan Xiang finished reading it, he sat on the seat and didn't speak for a long time. Yuan Shu rubbed the beard on his lips with his fingers and rolled his eyes: "What should I do?" ”

Yan Xiang froze: "Is the general planning to fight, or to retreat?" ”

Yuan Shu blinked, and after a while, he had some spirit: "What about fighting, what about retreating?" ”

"If there is a war, we will transfer the main force to the land, rely on the district mausoleum area in the south of the Yangtze River to deal with Liu Xiu, and try our best to keep Yuzhang, but in this way, we will probably not be able to travel freely on the river, but we may be able to strongly support Sun Jian and hold the front. If you retreat, then the whole army will retreat to Chaohu to preserve its strength. The most powerful of the Yizhou Navy Division is his large warship, the water situation of Chaohu Lake is complicated, and the water level is relatively shallow, which can suppress his advantage to a certain extent, and we may still have the strength to fight, but in that case, Sun Jian will become a lonely army, and sooner or later he will be swallowed by Liu Xiu, and Jiangnan is no longer ours. ”

After Yan Xiang finished speaking, he looked at Yuan Shu intently.

Yuan Shu gently rubbed his brows, didn't speak for a long time, and finally asked: "Do you think they can defeat Cao Cao and enter Luoyang?" ”

Yan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Yuan Chengcheng is deploying troops, and the general of the Che Cavalry has also mobilized a large army as much as possible, and now the total number of troops has reached 100,000, and Cao Cao, even if he adds those Yellow Turban thieves, it is only 50,000, I think there is a great chance to win." ”

"Fifty thousand?" Yuan Shu sneered: "Have you forgotten that the forbidden army led by Zang Min and Duan Cheng is still there, and Zhao Yun, they are not people?" ”

"It's all been arranged." Yan Xiang shook his head: "Yuan Gong has recruited about 20,000 people in Runan, and General Che Cai has recruited another 50,000 people in Jizhou, which is enough to deal with it. ”

"So many people?" Yuan Shu gasped, this is basically using all the soldiers that can be recruited, if this battle is not won, then the Yuan family will have no chance to turn over. He thought for a moment, "Since you have faith in them, then we will go according to the original plan." I went to Yuzhang to deal with Sun Jian nearby, and in addition, all the warships retreated to Peng Lize (Poyang Lake), where the water conditions were better than Chaohu Lake, and it was easier to respond. ”

Yan Xiang let out a long breath, Yuan Shu finally did not escape from the battle, and gave up the entire Jiangnan. Yuan Shu looked at him with a relieved look and sneered: "You don't have to be so nervous, although I don't make it, I won't give my father's back to Liu Xiu." Isn't it death? I've always wanted to fight Liu Xiu face-to-face, but this time he forced me to come to me, if I retreat, where else can I retreat? Rather than this, it is better to fight to the death with him. ”

"The general is wise." Yan Xiang bowed awkwardly.

"Wise fart." Yuan Shu scolded softly: "Lao Tzu is not convinced, Liu Xiu beat Lao Tzu as soon as he entered Luoyang City, I have always remembered this revenge, this time, Lao Tzu fought with him, either let him simply beat me to death, or Lao Tzu took revenge and chopped him into eighteen pieces." I still don't believe it, is he going to press me for the rest of his life and step on Lao Tzu to move forward? ”

Yan Xiang didn't know what to say, so he had to be silent.

Yuan Shu immediately ordered that most of the warships should be retreated to Peng Lize, and at the same time a large number of people were recruited to build a defense line in the area of Liling and Haiyang County in the west of Yuzhang, and rely on Peng Lize's naval army to prepare for long-term persistence.

When the news reached Liu Xiu's ears, Liu Xiu scratched his head with some embarrassment: "Yuan Shu, this madman has to work hard." ”

Gan Ning said disapprerovingly: "Desperately try, who is afraid of whom." ”

Liu Xiu glanced at him and ignored him. To put it lightly, desperately trying hard, Yuan Shu's choice of this place is not casual. He refused to have a water master duel with him in Chaisang, that is, he recognized the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, otherwise with Yuan Shu's character, how could he bow his head easily? Yuan Shu retreated to Yuzhang, occupying the innate geographical advantage, the hilly area is not conducive to the cavalry, Penglihu is the location of the Yuzhang water division, they are far more familiar with the water situation than the Jingzhou water division, not to mention the Yizhou water division. Yuan Shu did this, almost using all the favorable factors he could think of.

Yan Xiang, this person is not simple.