"What a great opportunity, it's a pity that we still don't have enough strength, otherwise we can directly come to the city and exterminate Yuan Shu, a thief. www.biquge.info"On the border of Xuzhou, Cao Cao has set up a large camp and led the generals to inspect. It was still Cao Ren who spoke.

"Zixiao doesn't have to regret it, there will be opportunities in the future. If we can fight now, it won't necessarily be a good thing. Cao Cao said, "But one thing is right, our strength is still insufficient, after all, Yanzhou was too seriously damaged at the beginning, and the time we took over was too short." Unlike Yuan Highway, he has occupied Yuzhou for seven or eight years and has accumulated a rich family foundation, so he has the confidence to go to war everywhere. ”

"But after this battle, his foundation is almost consumed, and it is impossible to imagine a casual war like this, and he has to worry about us attacking him." The thin scribe beside Cao Cao said.

"Yes, this time it's also thanks to Zhicai and Wen Ruo's planning." Cao Cao said to this scribe, obviously this person is Cao Cao's strategist Xi Zhicai.

"The lord's words are serious, and this is the result of the lives of all the soldiers." Xi Zhicai said modestly.

"Now that our soldiers have suffered a lot of losses and the supply of food and grass is worrying, what should we do next? Do you want to make peace with Yuan Shu? Cao Cao asked.

"An armistice is inevitable, but peace cannot be put on the surface. Yuan Shu's arrogance of the emperor is our excuse to crusade against him, if peace is negotiated at this time, how will the people of the world think of us? Therefore, it is necessary to negotiate an armistice in secret. We are very difficult now, but Yuan Shu is even more difficult, and there are so many losses and generals, it is not certain whether he can still subdue those big clans under his rule. Xi Zhicai said.

"Zhicai is reasonable, then act accordingly, send people to harass Yang Hong's camp every day, put some pressure on Yuan Highway in Pengcheng, and see if you can get some benefits." Cao Cao's words were finalized.

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In the north and south of Runan, although Sun Jian still can't use force and has to endure torture every day, he can still lead his troops to the battle, but he can't charge into battle like before.

In order to deal with Zhang Xun's offensive, at the suggestion of Guo Jia, Sun Jian chose the same strategy as Cao Cao, and fought and retreated to lure the enemy deeper. For this reason, he not only lost several county towns in Runan to Zhang Xun that he had captured before, but also gave up several county towns in Yingchuan.

But now, these places have been reclaimed, and they have taken the opportunity to build a few more county towns and build a barrier in the south of Chenliu. Of course, Sun Jian, who was facing enemies on all sides, couldn't go all out to get more with less, and he also paid a huge price for this battle, and he couldn't afford to continue to reap the benefits, otherwise he would have indigestion.

"What do you think we should do next?" In the temporary camp, Sun Jian looked at Guo Jia and asked.

"Maintain an offensive posture, but pay attention to grasp the scale, and can't raise troops again, waiting for Yuan Highway to send someone to discuss the truce." Guo Jia replied, "In addition, Cao Yanzhou has also defeated Yuan Highway's crusade army, and may wave his army at any time, we must also guard against it, not to give him a chance to sneak attack Chen Liu, and Hangu Pass must also prevent the Xiliang army from taking advantage of the fire to rob." In addition, the lord can send good news to Jinyang and show his exploits in defeating traitors in the court. ”

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"General Zhang, I wonder if your troops have the heart to expand the results of the battle and continue to advance eastward?" In Pingyu City, Cai Mao asked Zhang Xiudao.

As the second largest county in the world, Runan is even more important than Nanyang to some extent, because Nanyang occupies the light of Emperor Shizu's birth, and Runan is the most important part of Yuzhou in the traditional sense. There are not only the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes, but also the Xu family, which is not inferior to it, in addition to the Three Kingdoms era, Runan is also a generation of talents, in addition to the Yuan family and the Xu family, there are also famous generals such as Lu Meng, Lu Fan, and Chen Zhi. All in all, Runan has a lot of heritage, although it was plundered by the Yellow Turban several times, Pingyu is still a strong city, and it is not easy to attack.

After all, Yuan Yin is Yuan Shu's brother, and after the defeat of Wancheng, he was reprimanded by Yuan Shu, but in the end, he still led the defeated troops to garrison Pingyu to enrich the defense force of Runan, and later appointed him as the Taishou of Runan and ruled a county. And after the defeat of Liu Shen's army, he also incorporated the army into Runan City.

When Zhang Xun led a large army to conquer Sun Jian, although he was also in Runan, he had not transferred troops and horses from here, so it can be said that Runan's defensive force was still very strong.

But the so-called strength depends on who the enemy is. The last time Liu Biao and Zhang Ji's allied forces met under Pingyu City, they made a comeback this time and were more prepared. Especially if the two families join forces again, if they can't win the peace, it will become a joke.

Therefore, the two sides who came with a heart of shame spared no effort to strike at Pingyu. As time passed, no matter how strong the city was, it could not stop the continuous attacks of the two sides. Yuan Yin's ability is still there, but his opponent is even more extraordinary. During this period, Yuan Yin asked Yuan Shu many times to send reinforcements, but Yuan Shu was unable to mobilize a large army at all, and strictly ordered Yuan Yin to stick to the city, wait for Zhang Xun to successfully destroy Sun Jian, and then go to rescue Runan, only transferred two or three hundred thousand people from Peiguo and Liang State, but this is a drop in the bucket.

Yuan Yin also asked for the support of the Runan family many times, and explained the evil consequences of the Jingzhou clan's invasion of Runan to those big clans more than once, but the help he received was still very small. After Sun Jian defeated Zhang Xun and drove him into the hinterland of Runan again, Liu Biao and Zhang Ji both issued orders to attack, and Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er, Yang Ding, Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Wang Wei, Lu Gong and others made all their efforts, and finally broke Pingyu's defense and attacked Pingyu City......

Now that these three parties have won the battlefield, there is still room for further attacks, after all, Liu Biao sits on a state, and the time is not too short.

"Ben Jiang has received an order from his uncle, Wancheng is no longer able to support the continuation of the war, and is about to suspend his troops, if General Cai continues to pursue, Ben will definitely defend Pingyu City." Zhang Xiu said with a smile.

"Hehe, Lord Zhou Mu can't bear to let the army continue to work, he has already ordered the army to be retired, this time I will let go of Yuan Shu, a traitor, and after the army is rectified, I will come to crusade." Cai Mao said.

Of course, this is not a real reason, but they have already received the news, Cao Cao and Sun Jian have decided to strike the army, if they continue to pursue and force Yuan Shu tightly, it is up to them to bear Yuan Shu's anger independently.

"In this case, then let's discuss how to distribute these counties that have been captured!"

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When the tripartite battlefield was victorious one after another, Zhou Shang also entered Shucheng with 100,000 Praetorian Guards. He didn't have Zhou Yu's ability, so he was much slower on the march. But in order to welcome Zhou Shang's arrival, Zhou Yu also did not go out of the city to fight for three consecutive days.

The greeting went smoothly without any twists and turns. The news of the defeat on the battlefield of the three sides has come one after another, and although it has not yet been completely spread, high-level officials already know about it. Under these circumstances, the situation in Lujiang is particularly important. If he wins, Yuan Shu can still save a little face, if he fails, hehe......

Liu Xun didn't make a fuss anymore, he had already learned the news that he would be promoted to Jiuqing after he went back, so the matter of Lujiang was directly handed over to Zhou Shang, and he even wanted to leave this vortex quickly. But in the same way, when I learned the news, I also received an order to cooperate with the Praetorian Guards to monitor the Zhou family's every move.

The situation was urgent, and Zhou Shang didn't even return home after he arrived, so he directly held a meeting to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy, which made the Praetorian Guards very satisfied, which at least proved that the Zhou family would not conspire, because Zhou Yu had only returned home once before, and he was accompanied throughout the whole process, and there was nothing abnormal at all.

Shucheng has few soldiers and is not able to do much at all, on the other hand, Liu Feng can continue to increase his troops, or rotate the soldiers who send troops.

"General Zhou, are the army ready? Tomorrow may attack with all its might and break through the enemy army at the east gate. You must know that the situation on other battlefields is not good now, and it is up to us to turn the tide. After understanding the situation, Zhou Shang asked Zhou Yu directly.

"General Hui, everything is ready to go to war at any time." Zhou Yu replied in a firm tone, which was not enough for outsiders.

"Okay, tomorrow the army will go out of the city, Ben will beat the drum for you, sweep away the enemy army outside the east gate in one fell swoop, and then face the southern city." Zhou Shang nodded and said loudly, his voice full of confidence.

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"Lord, my subordinates have figured it out, what is Zhou Yu plotting?" When Cao Cao broke the bridge and Zhou Shang had not yet arrived in Shucheng, Xun You said this to Liu Feng.

"Where did it come from?" Liu Feng asked.

"I'm just waiting for his uncle Zhou Shang to leave Pengcheng!" Xun You sighed.