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Chapter 649 Xu Shu's Counterattack

"Wei Shuo, do you think Xu Shu will continue to retreat?" After entering Dandu City, Liu Bei stepped on the city wall and looked at Liaodong County to the east of the Liaohe River. Liaodong County is a big county.

I heard that Liaodong County is developing very well now.

If the population has a population, it is no longer as barren as it used to be.

I heard that there is a factory or something like that here, which can make a lot of good things.

As long as he wins here, he can ruthlessly break Xu Ding's arm.

And take away some goodies.

Liu Yan said: "My lord, Xu Shu will not be retreating anymore, he has put all his forces in the upper, middle and lower cities of Liaohe River, and he intends to fight a protracted war with us.

If we want to cross the river and fight in the hinterland of Eastern Liaodong, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Of course, it is still easy for General Gongsun’s cavalry to cross the river, but without infantry to follow up, his cavalry is easily besieged by Xu Shu. After all, the seventh school’s cavalry has never appeared. I don’t know where Xu Shu hid them. When will it come out, we have to guard against it. "

"Is it no wonder that this is the only way to go? There is no chance to take down Liaodong? Then our dispatch of troops this time is of little significance."

The territory we have set up right now is huge, but if we can’t win Liaodong and deal with Xu Ding’s hoarding of heavy troops in Liaodong, if Zhonglu Lunanlu fails and Xu Dingshi leads his troops northward, then he and Gongsun Zan will have to be obedient Return the occupied land to Xu Ding.

So Liu Bei was not reconciled.

Liu Yan said: "My lord, it's not that there is no chance. Do we still have an ally? Budugen should be able to get results soon. If he can't even kill the mixed cavalry of the Guiyi Army, then they are from the Xianbei grassland. The position of hegemony ceased to exist.

I think he will do his best. As soon as the Guiyi army is over, the Xianbei army will definitely attack Xuantu County, which will pose a threat to Xu Shu's north side. By then, Liaodong County, which seems to be a monolith, will no longer be an insurmountable place. "

"So, we still have to wait for those barbarians to open up the situation." Liu Bei said a little unhappy.

Liu Yan said: "My lord, there is nothing we can do. After all, Xu Shu still has a naval force in his hands, and Xu Ding has more than one naval force under him. Apart from Lu Su, we can't ignore the fact that there is also Qingzhou in Pingzhou." navy.

It is possible for these navy troops to go north to support Xu Shu. "

Speaking of Xu Ding's navy, Liu Bei frowned slightly.

The reason why Xu Ding is the most powerful to all the princes in the world is because he has an invincible navy in his hands.

Ask all the states in the world, how many have no big rivers, and how many cannot pass through ships.

Although the amount of water in the north is not as abundant as that in the south, and the river network is not densely distributed, there are many big rivers.

Many are more barrier-like than those in the South.

Of course, this is during the wet season, and during the dry season and severe winter, the flexibility of the boat will be poor.

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

In Liaodong, this is the flood season, the river is soaring, and it is easier for warships to enter and exit the river, which is more effective in fighting emergencies.

Therefore, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan had to leave a large number of troops to control the river and deal with Xu Ding's navy.

Of course, in the days that followed, Gongsun Zan would still take cavalry to the upper reaches of the Liao River from time to time, looking for opportunities to cross the river and enter Liaodong.

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

Gongsun Zan saw that the upstream was not good enough, so he ran downstream again.

Although the lower reaches of the Liaohe River were wider, the water was stable, which was actually more suitable for large troops to cross the river. Moreover, once the river was crossed, there was no main road to block it on the east bank, and the cavalry could go straight to Xiangping City.

Even if you can't attack Xiangping, you can attack other nearby cities. You must know that these cities are also factories set up in Liaodong by Guangbu Xu.

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

This is a good thing to guarantee logistics.

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

Sometimes Gongsun Zan felt that Xu Ding was out of his mind when he heard that Xu Ding used refined steel for the rails. He dared to leave such a good thing in the open air so blatantly, and he was not afraid of being stolen.

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

However, Gongsun Zan personally investigated along the river and discovered that Xu Ding's naval warships appeared in and out of the river from time to time, day and night.

There are also Tanqi patrolling day and night on the east bank of the river.

The defense is still tight.

"Xu Shu, Xu Shu really gave up on the west side of the Liaohe River just like that, it shouldn't be." A few days later, Gongsun Zan was also thinking about Xu Shu's plan, seeing that there was no chance, he returned to Xiandu 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 river crossing tools in Xiandu City these days, making preparations for crossing the river.

"Bogui, I think there are two reasons for Xu Shuke to do it. He still wants to delay and drag us to wait for the opportunity. The second is to deceive the Xianbei army, and then use the cavalry to attack our rear." Liu Bei pointed to Xuantu on the map The county then passed through the grassland with its fingers and rowed to the subordinate countries of western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning. Here it is a little emphatic:

"Our contact with Budugen has been broken for a long time. The last time they contacted, they said that they were fighting the Guiyi army. Then the Guiyi army lost. An elite infantry of [-] was wiped out by them. Then Xianbei The Guiyi army in great pursuit is heading east."

"That's what I said. Since then, there has been no news of them, and the scouts I sent to the grassland to look for them have also disappeared." Gongsun Zan nodded.

"If there is no news, it means bad news. If they chase east and kill the Guiyi army or invade Xuantu County, then he will definitely send someone to contact us, and then let us give him the main force to contain Xu Shu, so presumptuous The Raider Xuan Tu, and even went south to attack Liaodong County." Liu Bei sneered and said:

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

Gongsun Zan frowned. He didn't care about Budugen's life or death. He even hoped that they would fight Xu Ding's cavalry to the point of losing both.

Gongsun Zan thought for a while and said, "This is all analyzed by your fellow Zong clan. What do you want to do in the end after talking about it?"

"Yes! It's all from Visonic's analysis. He suggested that we put more troops in western Liaoning. At the same time, we must protect the pontoon bridges in various rivers to ensure the safety of our army's rear, so as to avoid unpredictable troubles." Liu Bei Persuade.

"What do you mean, Xu Shu is about to counterattack, but why is he counterattacking, because he may have used all his cavalry to deal with Budugen, and because he has been shrinking the line of defense?" Gongsun Zan said:
"Budugen has [-] troops, the Guiyi Army is only [-], and the Seventh School's Lieutenant Army is [-]. This is a bit big.

Huang Zhong is not Xu Ding, facing the Xianbei army alone may not be able to win, and he will attack more with less. "

Gongsun Zan had never fought against Huang Zhong, nor had he seen Huang Zhong make a fight, so he naturally had some doubts about the strength of the Seventh School's lieutenant army.

(End of this chapter)