Chapter 563, chaos
The actions of the princes were very secretive, and Yuan Shu, who was in joy, was ignorant of this, and ordered the troops at the front to speed up the occupation of the East China Sea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Of course, this kind of thing can't be hidden from Liu Feng, who has invested a lot of money in intelligence, but Liu Feng has no intention of reminding Yuan Shu at all. In his planning, Liu Biao of Jingzhou is the biggest enemy in the future, and Yuan Shu is the biggest enemy at present, only if Yuan Shu continues to weaken, he will have the opportunity to recover the territory of Yangzhou, Jiangbei, and become the veritable lord of Yangzhou. Therefore, he is happy to see Yuan Shu suffer, even if Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou fails in the end, as long as it does not affect his recruitment of displaced people and talents, he has no opinion.
Of course, there are also players who can get the news, but their influence on Yuan Shu's forces is too small, and they don't have a chance at all. Today's Yuan Shu, among all the princes, is definitely the one with the worst attitude towards the player, only under the Xiliang army. Besides, even if they have the opportunity, they won't necessarily do it, after all, it's only in chaos that it's a good time for them to fish in troubled waters.
The first batch of million-strong troops to the East China Sea, with He Qi as the main general and Zhou Qiao and Quan Rou as the deputies, did not encounter any risks along the way, and soon arrived outside the East China Sea. He Qi did not choose Zhou Tai to occupy Yuzhou, the base camp of the Xuzhou naval army, but directly logged in from Yilu Township in the southeast of Qu County, preparing to directly sweep the southern part of Qu County and attack Qu County in the north.
When the fleet returned, He Qi's actions reached Liu Feng's ears, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Acting with the camera" was his authorization before He Qi's departure, because the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen. But as long as he logs in safely, Liu Feng believes that with He Qi's strength, he will definitely not suffer. Because now, Tao Qian was busy dealing with the fierce Yuan Shu, and he could only take a defensive position for the rear.
Bai Jian's second batch set off, he was different this time, but he was going to Yuzhouhui and Zhou Tai, not only to attack Qu County and plunder the population, but also to prepare for the evacuation. You can't wait until the end of the war to suddenly find that your back road has been cut off. And in order to recruit Xuzhou scholars, Zhang Hong had to terminate the position of Taishou, go out with the army, Yu Chuan took over as Yuzhang Taishou, transferred He Fu back to Wu County as Taishou, and Hua Xin took over the post of Danyang Taishou.
And Tao Qian is scolding Zang Ba in the state pastor's mansion at this moment.
Because Zang Ba not only delayed the dispatch of troops, but also stopped at the junction of Langya and the East China Sea and watched Yuan Shu besiege Xiangben.
In order to delay the pace of Yuan Shu, Tao Qian invested a lot in Xiangben, not only Xiao Jian, the minister of Langya (who had lost his territory, but also held a position), and Guangling Chen Deng, and even later, Wang Lang was also sent by Tao Qian to support, in addition to the two million troops hoarded before, even Tao Qian even Danyang soldiers were divided into tens of thousands to Xiangben.
But it turned out to be a feeble struggle. Xiangbenkong has strong soldiers and talents to command operations, but the game is not realistic, but without the support of strong generals, Tao Qianjun is far inferior to Yuan Shu in terms of morale and combat ability, and more importantly, not everyone is one heart against Yuan Shu. So in the end, Xiang Ben was broken by Yuan Shu's army after holding out for a month. And now, Yuan Shu's army has surrounded Tancheng.
Zang Ba's army has always been stationed in the border area, and even if Xiang Benben breaks through, he will not be indifferent. Tao Qian sent people to urge him several times, and even later directly handed over the appointment letter of Minister Langya to Zang Ba, and the news he got was still a reply of "hold on a little longer, and you will be ready immediately".
Well, Tancheng was besieged, Tao Qian no longer had the heart to scold people, after all, he was a person who had seen a big scene, after calming down, Tao Qian began to urge his subordinates to defend the city, and the supervision of the city was more strict, strictly preventing someone from seeing the situation and having an affair with Yuan Shu.
The battle of Tancheng was very tragic, both sides invested large armies, and Yuan Shu wanted to take Xuzhou, this time it was a bloody investment. Yan Xiang, who stayed in Shouchun, felt uneasy and reminded him several times to pay attention to the movements of other princes around him, but Yuan Shu, who was in the excitement, directly ignored it.
In this way, another month passed, and Liu Feng's third army landed in Xuzhou under the leadership of Wu Yin, and He Qi also cooperated with Bai Jian to sweep the surrounding area of Qu County, preparing to besiege the county seat. At this time, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others finally made a move.
With the momentum of lightning speed, Cao Cao launched on three sides, and the army besieged the Lu State surrounded by Yanzhou. Liu Biao and Zhang Ji also entered Runan at the same time, preparing to copy Yuan Shu's hometown from behind, and Sun Jian made frequent moves in Yingchuan to attract a large number of Yuan Shu's troops, Liu Biao and Zhang Ji were also very successful, and soon took all the northwest parts of Runan. This also led to the fact that Yuan Shu's army, which was confronting Sun Jian in Yingchuan, had signs of being encircled, and Yuan Shu's subordinate Liu Shen was terrified, and without Yuan Shu's order, he retreated thousands of miles without permission, and did not stop until he retreated to Shangcai County. After that, there is the Runan County Governance Office, where Yuan Shu's hometown is located, and he doesn't dare to continue to retreat.
And Sun Jian, under the banner of Ti Yuanshu guarding the territory under his rule, directly took over several counties, which can be said to have gained so many benefits without spending a single soldier.
When the news reached Shouchun Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was immediately furious. Damn, it's endless, is it easy to bully as a child? Bear with it and don't trouble you, it's good for you, if you have nothing to do, come and provoke me, then see who is more powerful.
Xuzhou dragged Yuan Shu's too many troops, there were tens of millions of troops, and there were six or seven million people who entered the East China Sea to fight this time. Once Yuan Shu retreats and specializes in all the princes, even Cao Cao will have a headache. It's not that he's afraid, but he fights hard with Yuan Shu, and if he loses too much, what else will he do to deter the enemies around him.
But just when Yuan Shu was about to withdraw his army, he suddenly found that his back road was blocked.
Zang Ba, who had been in the border area for more than two months, left one step ahead of schedule and entered the territory of the East China Sea, blocking Yuan Shu's back road.
As a result, Yuan Shu couldn't withdraw his troops from Tancheng, and Tao Qian, who got the news, was also ruthless, desperately counterattacking, and pinned down Yuan Shu's siege army. And Zang Ba's army is also approaching repeatedly, what Tao Qian means to flank Yuan Shu together.
Zang Ba's Taishan army is strong in combat, and Yuan Shu's army is not bad at all, and it occupies a numerical advantage, but with Tao Qian, the double hair is basically equal. Under normal circumstances, there is no period of time when you cannot tell the difference between victory and defeat.
But who is Yuan Shu, the first "second generation of officials, the second generation of rich" in the Han Dynasty, who understands that he has been calculated, how can he be a willing master. No one can predict what will happen when such a person initiates a nervous attack.
Yuan Shu directly gave orders to Pingyu, Liang and Pei, ordering them to stick to the top, and then directly mobilized the garrisons of Guangling, Xiapi and Pengchengguo to the East China Sea, wanting to have another counter-encirclement and defeat Zang Ba and Tao Qian with superior forces. As for Cao Cao, he is now busy attacking the state of Lu, and he has no chance to enter Xuzhou again.
If things really develop like this, maybe Yuan Shu will lose the two large counties of Yuzhou, Runan and Lu, and even the Liang State may be captured, and then only exchange for a Donghai State, and even bring the Langya State under his rule and occupy the entire Xuzhou, depending on who can succeed first. It was Yuan Shu who defeated Zang Ba and Tao Qian first, or Liu Biao, Zhang Ji, and Cao Cao who occupied Runan and Lu first.
But things never went beyond imagination. Liu Feng originally thought that it would not happen, but it still happened under the effect of the system.
When Cao Cao was desperately attacking the state of Lu, news suddenly came from behind that Chen Liu had fallen.
Cao Cao, who was in command in Dongping Kingdom, was stunned, he only knew one thing, that is, the purpose of this time could not be achieved.
Why did he have a hot head and give Chen Gong so much power in the first place? This is Cao Cao's heart.
If it weren't for that, Yuan Shu would be in a catastrophe this time.