Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Hearing this, the captain of the roving crossbow army sighed.

"Sir, not long after you left, Shi Xie, the former governor of Jiaozhou, led his men into the city."

"When the defenders in the city found the enemy outside, they immediately wanted to close the city gates. However, several Huns disguised as merchants suddenly drew their swords and attacked the defenders, making it impossible to close the city gates. As a result, Shi Xie led his men directly into the city. By the time we found out, it was too late and we could only hide."

"Shi Xie, the governor of Jiaozhou? Hasn't he always been with Sun Jian?"

Lu Su never thought that Shi Xie would actually come here and take over Liaoxi so quickly.

"According to the information we have received, Liaoxi County is only one aspect of Shi Xie's attack. Shi Xie's real goal is the entire Youzhou. However, our defense forces in Youzhou are completely insufficient. I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before we lose it."

Lu Su nodded. He had not expected that things would become so troublesome. He spent the money but did not buy a horse, and even lost the city. Now it seemed that it was even a question whether he could return alive.

Just as Lu Su was thinking about what to do, another captain of the roaming crossbow army came in, followed by another person.

"Shuzhi? You're back. Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

The next person to follow was Chen Dao.

After seeing Lu Su off, Chen Dao and the Bai Li soldiers struggled to hold on, but finally they could not hold on any longer. With the help of other Bai Li soldiers, they grabbed a horse. Without saying a word, those Bai Li soldiers put Chen Dao on the horse and then sent him away.

Chen Dao originally wanted to come back to call for reinforcements and fight back, but he didn't expect that the flags on the city wall had been changed. He immediately realized that something was wrong in the city. His body was covered with blood from the battlefield, so it was definitely impossible for him to enter the city like this.

Just when Chen Dao was hesitating, he happened to meet the captain of the mobile crossbow army who was leaving the city. He took Chen Dao to a river, washed the blood off his body, and finally changed Chen Dao into his spare clothes. Only then was he able to enter the city safely.

"I'm fine, sir. The people in this city have been replaced. I'm afraid Youzhou can't be saved. We must leave quickly."

Outside the city, the captain of the roving crossbow army had already informed Chen Dao of all the situations.

Lu Su nodded and looked at the map that the captain of the Younu Army took out.

"We don't know what's going on in Youzhou, but even if we did, we don't have the ability to defend it. We don't have enough troops, and there's no natural defense in Youzhou. Chen Dao, you immediately go to Yanmen Pass and notify all the garrisons in Bingzhou to rush to defend Yanmen Pass. As long as you hold Yanmen Pass, even if you block Shi Xie's way out, you must be quick."

"Yes!"

Chen Dao knew that he could not hesitate any longer and turned around and left immediately.

"Captain of the Crossbows, listen to my orders!"

"exist!"

"Immediately send all the 100,000 new soldiers recruited by the lord in the surrounding states and counties to Zhongshan."

"Send them to Zhongshan? But sir, if Shi Xie takes Youzhou, he will have too many options. He can completely ignore Zhongshan County and use Changshan, Hejian or Bohai as a breakthrough point. In a short period of time, we can only mobilize tens of thousands of people at most. These people are all new soldiers. It will be difficult to defend these four places."

"I understand, so I didn't say I was going to defend."

A smile appeared on Lu Su's lips. He already had his own plan.

Seeing that Lu Su was so confident, Captain Younu said nothing more and immediately began to prepare according to what Lu Su said.

Lu Su changed his attire and quietly went to Zhongshan County.

Along the way, Lu Su saw that it was just as they had guessed, the entire Youzhou was hoisted with flags with the word "Shi" on them, which meant that everything was under the control of Shi Xie.

Fortunately, Shi Xie wanted to develop in Youzhou, so he did not do anything to disturb the people. He even strictly restrained the Xiongnu Fuyu under his control and did not let them harm the people. This made Youzhou look extremely peaceful.

However, there were spies from other forces hiding in Youzhou, and they spread the news of Youzhou's change of ownership.

When Wei Yan arrived in Jizhou with the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun, he learned the news that Youzhou had been lost. He also learned from the surrounding areas that a large number of troops had poured into Zhongshan County, so he immediately led his men there.

During these few days, Shi Xie should have been busy sorting out the affairs of the entire Youzhou, so he did not expand outward and stayed in Youzhou without coming out.

This also gave Chen Dao and Lu Su time.

In just five days, the garrison at Yanmen Pass reached 20,000, and the garrison at Zhongshan County also increased to 40,000.

The Yanmen Pass was originally a dangerous pass. With 20,000 people and Chen Dao's defense, Lu Su was absolutely assured. The only thing that worried Lu Su was Zhongshan County where he was.

The 40,000 soldiers and horses he has now are already enough for Lu Su, but he lacks capable and good generals. He can't just let himself go, right?

But Wei Yan's arrival did make Lu Su feel relieved, as his shortcomings were made up.

"Wen Chang, you came at the perfect time."

Lu Su excitedly pulled Wen Chang into the living room.

"My lord felt that something might be wrong in Youzhou, so he asked me to come to support him. However, I didn't expect that such a big problem would arise in Youzhou."

"We can't help it. We were a little lax in managing Youzhou, a remote place without any war, which led to this chaos."

"I wonder where Zijing is going to start this time?"

After hearing this, Lu Su looked at the map and finally chose Dai County.

Dai County faces Yanmen Pass. As long as Dai County is captured, the 20,000 people in Yanmen Pass can join the front battlefield and no longer have to passively defend, and they will also add 20,000 reinforcements.

After receiving Lu Su's instructions, Wei Yan immediately contacted Chen Dao and began to attack Dai County.

However, Wei Yan and Chen Dao discovered that when their two armies rushed into Dai County, the defenders of all the counties they passed by actually retreated quickly, with no intention of taking action at all.

In just six days, only Dangcheng County and Lingqiu County in the entire Dai County remained in Shi Xie's hands.

At this time, Chen Dao and Wei Yan had also gathered together, and the number of troops under their command had increased to 60,000.

As outside the county.

Wei Yan and Chen Dao blocked the north gate with 60,000 people.

Originally, the two men thought that the people from the county would run away when they saw them, just like the previous people.

However, they soon discovered that this county was a little different.

The people here have no intention of leaving. Instead, they seem to be determined to stay here.

Wei Yan knew that this would be a tough nut to crack, and he also saw a man on the city wall.

"Wang Yue, I didn't expect that a great sword master would actually join forces with the Xiongnu. Aren't you afraid of embarrassing His Majesty?"

"Hmph, Wei Yan, stop trying to talk. Isn't it shameful that the Emperor of Han is imprisoned by King Lie? All I did was to rescue Your Majesty from the clutches of Liu Bei." Wei Yan was too lazy to say anything to Wang Yue. He directly commanded everyone to start a full-scale siege on the city.

However, Wei Yan soon discovered that the soldiers under his command had no way of rushing up the city wall. Those who could rush over in a short time were all new recruits who had never been on the battlefield and their combat effectiveness was extremely low.

In comparison, the people under Wei Yan's command were not as good as the Huns defending the city.

Seeing that the county town had been difficult to capture for a long time, Wei Yan lost his patience. He handed over the command of the battlefield to Chen Dao and personally led his men to attack the city.

With Wei Yan's participation, the soldiers attacking the city were much more successful and barely managed to climb the city wall.

Wei Yan, holding the White Tiger Sun-Devouring Sword, killed a Hun who was rushing towards him, and then rushed towards another Hun.

Just as Wei Yan was slashing and killing indiscriminately, Wang Yue rushed over with a long sword in his hand and directly blocked the knife in Wei Yan's hand.

"Wei Yan, your opponent is me."

As Wei Yan was stopped by Wang Yue, the new recruits were killed and defeated by the Huns.

Outside the battlefield, after seeing that the situation was not right, Chen Dao immediately sounded the call to withdraw his troops.

Hearing the sound, Wei Yan swung his sword unwillingly.

After forcing Wang Yue to retreat, Wei Yan immediately took the opportunity to go down the city and quickly left the city wall with the remaining people.

After meeting up with Chen Dao, Wei Yan and Chen Dao came to Lu Su.

"Generals, there's no need to say anything more. I've already contacted the lord. I feel this incident may be related to the person in the palace, so someone needs to guard the palace. I hope the lord can come up with a solution."

Yulin County front line.

Gu Rubing looked at the information in his hand with a very gloomy expression.

He didn't expect that Wang Yue's move this time would be so big.

Before, he just wanted to assassinate me, but this time he actually robbed my Youzhou, and even got so many people involved.

"My lord, while the other princes have no reaction, we must quickly capture Youzhou, otherwise by the time they react, it will be too late for us."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he walked directly to the map and looked at the current arrangements of both sides.

"Zijing's method is correct. Defending the city is disadvantageous to us. We can only take the initiative to attack. My lord, I suggest sending some reinforcements to Youzhou. Shi Xie mainly relies on the Xiongnu and Xianbei, who have been beaten by us. Shi Xie has no more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they are not elite at all. As long as we send 50,000 reinforcements, it will be easy to defeat them."

Gu Rubing nodded immediately, and he had made up his mind this time. No matter what, he must not let Shi Xie and Wang Yue live. This time they had caused him too much trouble.

Soon 50,000 troops were ready, and under the leadership of Zhang He, they rushed to Youzhou.

Youzhou is too far away from Yulin County. Gu Rubing was also a little worried that the information would take too long to be transmitted and he would not be able to grasp the actual situation in Youzhou. Moreover, since it was Wang Yue who took action, it must be related to Liu Xie in the palace.

Lu Su is in Youzhou, and the newly trained recruits are also in Youzhou. Chen Dao is also in Youzhou. But now the defense of Xu Du is empty, and there is no one who can fight. This also makes Gu Rubing a little worried.

After discussing with Zhuge Liang for a while, Gu Rubing decided to go to Youzhou in person.

at the same time.

Cao Cao and Liu Zhang also received news of Youzhou at the same time.

Liu Zhang laughed even more excitedly, looking like he was eager to watch the fun.

"My lord, Liu Bei has obviously opened up a third battlefield. Even if Liu Bei has a strong foundation, he definitely does not have the ability to open three or even four battlefields at the same time. Now is a good opportunity for us to expand our territory."

Surena immediately discovered Gu Rubing's current weakness and wanted to take people to expand the territory in their hands immediately.

"This……"

However, Liu Zhang hesitated at this time.

All along, the battle with Gu Rubing has left him with a great psychological trauma. He is worried that after Gu Rubing has resolved the affairs of Youzhou, he will turn around and counterattack him. By then, he will not be able to defend the newly acquired territory, nor will he be able to defend his original territory.

Seeing Liu Zhang's worry, Surena sighed, but was not disappointed.

Because towards Liu Bei, not only Liu Zhang, but even other generals had the same idea. They did not want to offend Liu Bei. All they wanted was to keep this little piece of land.

"My lord, if you hesitate to make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. We don't have many chances, and this is a perfect opportunity."

However, no matter what Surena said, Liu Zhang was still hesitant.

"My lord, why don't we contact Cao Cao and ask him to counterattack from Yizhou, so that we can share some of Liu Bei's troops, and then we will have less pressure."

"Okay, then we'll do as you say, but we have to wait until Cao Cao makes his move first before we take action."

"Yes!"

However, there was no need to worry, Surena said, because at this time Cao Cao had already ordered Jiang Wei and Cao Ren to lead tens of thousands of troops and began to rush towards Jianmen Pass and Yinping Trail.

After learning about the situation in Youzhou, Deng Ai and Zhong Hui guessed that Cao Cao would not miss this opportunity, so they immediately strengthened the defense of Jianmen Pass and the Yinping Trail.

But this time they still underestimated Cao Cao's determination.

Zhong Hui led 30,000 men to guard the Yinping Trail.

Looking at the abundant kerosene, rocks and logs he had prepared, Zhong Hui was confident that he would be able to stop the enemy even if they sent 50,000 people.

However, when he saw the people Jiang Wei brought, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

This time, Jiang Wei brought not 50,000 people, but 80,000 people.

The total number of soldiers and horses Cao Cao can use now is no more than 80,000. Could it be that Cao Cao sent all of them to him?
Thinking of this, Zhong Hui immediately sent people to Jianmen Pass, hoping to ask Deng Ai for support.

But what Zhong Hui didn't know was that Deng Ai was also in a very difficult situation at this time, and Cao Ren actually led 100,000 people to attack the city.

Cao Cao stood at the back of the Yinping Trail, watching the fight between Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui in front of him, with a smile on his face.

"Wen Ruo, it seems that you really guessed right. Jiang Wei really did not surrender to Liu Bei. I almost lost a great general."

"My lord, this is all the people we can mobilize now. Even the troops from Yulin County have been mobilized back. If we lose this battle, we will really have no chance." (End of this chapter)