The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 274 Battle Report
Li Yuan, a disabled soldier who can no longer go to battle, will find him an easy job so that he can be self-reliant, or give him a piece of land to cultivate with his family. for comfort.

This policy of preferential treatment of soldiers made all soldiers willingly work for Li Yuan, and also made many young people scramble to sign up to serve as soldiers.Li Yuan knew very well that all his territory was won back inch by inch by soldiers, so he would never treat those who worked for him badly.

Li Yuan waited in the prefect's mansion for about half an hour, Xi Zhicai, Chen Gong and Xu Shu came to Jiangxia under the escort of the Flying Cavalry Army, and brought news of the guard camp.

After a short greeting, everyone sat down, and Li Yuan sat at the head and asked, "How is our army camp? Did Zhang Fei succeed in a surprise attack?"

"No, the camp successfully prevented Zhang Fei from burning food, and killed many Jingzhou troops. Later, the flying cavalry army came, and Zhang Fei knew that he was not the opponent, so he ran away decisively. Although the flying cavalry army had many soldiers and horses, but Still can't keep Zhang Fei."

Xi Zhicai explained Zhang Fei's attack on the camp in detail, Li Yuan did not take them with him when he attacked Jiang Xia and left them in the camp, so Xi Zhicai and others knew everything about Zhang Fei's attack on the camp.

"I didn't expect that the Flying Cavalry Army and the trapping camp didn't leave Zhang Fei behind. Zhang Fei left far more than I expected." Li Yuan originally thought that Zhao Yun could catch Zhang Fei, but in the end he let Zhang Fei escape, but he was already very satisfied with the ending Fortunately, the trapped camp was kept in the camp at the beginning, otherwise Zang Hong would never be able to defend it.

"My lord, now that Jiangxia has been occupied by our army, should all the supplies in the camp be moved to Jiangxia?" Chen Gong suggested.

"After all, the camp is far less strong than the city. Let my junior brother and Gao Shun transport the supplies to Jiangxia City, and Hua Xiong will temporarily guard Jiangxia, lest Liu Biao send troops from other places to attack." Although Li Yuan didn't think Liu Biao would have such courage. Se sent troops to take back Jiangxia, but just in case he decided to keep Hua Xiong to guard. After all, Jingzhou has well-developed waterways, and it is very possible to take a warship from Jiangling to attack Jiangxia.

Seeing Xu Shu's silence, Li Yuan thought that he was not used to going out with the army, and asked, "Is Yuan Zhi feeling unwell?"

"No...the subordinate just hasn't recovered from the shock." Xu Shu replied.

"Shocked? What's so shocking?" Li Yuan asked puzzled.

"I thought the lord would attack Jiangxia by force, or wait for General Gan Ning to attack Jiangling before advancing to Xiangyang. After Liu Biao recalled the army, our army would attack Jiangxia in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect that the lord would neither attack nor wait for General Gan Ning, but They defeated Jiangxia in one day with the thunderbolt chariot."

Xu Shu originally thought that it would take at least one month for Li Yuan to attack Jiangxia, but he didn't expect Li Yuan to break through the city and defeat the Jingzhou army in just one day. The myth of Yum is really not blown.

"Although we have won the battle, the real battle has just begun. Breaking Jiangxia is not worthy of our celebration. Our goal is Xiangyang. Xiangyang is a tall city with plenty of soldiers and food. To go to Xiangyang, we must first cross the Han River. The Han River is the largest river in the Yangtze River. The tributary is a natural barrier in Xiangyang, Liu Biao should set up defenses on the Han River to prevent us from crossing the river."

Li Yuan was not complacent about defeating Jiang Xia, but had already begun to consider his next move.

Seeing this, Xu Shu admired him even more. Li Yuan's character of neither arrogance nor impetuosity made him never underestimate the enemy. With Li Yuan's character, it is impossible to make such a mistake.

Xu Shu cupped his hands and said: "My lord is right. If you want to attack Jiangxia, you must first cross the Han River. Now our army is no longer two armies, but three armies. General Huang attacked Xinye, my lord attacked Jiangxia, and General Ganning attacked Jiangling. I originally thought that General Gan Ning would be the fastest to break through the city, but I didn’t expect that the fastest would be the troops from the lord’s group, and now General Gan Ning may have just dispatched troops not long ago.”

At the beginning Xu Shu suggested that Gan Ning should attack Jiangling by water and then attack Xiangyang. Because it is much faster to go by water than by land, Gan Ning sent troops from Lujiang [-] days after Li Yuan's army set off, but Li Yuan's army came from Lujiang. It only took about half a month for Li Yuan to defeat Jiang Xia. No one thought that Li Yuan could defeat Jiang Xia so quickly, not to mention Liu Biao, even Li Yuan's people.

"Yuan Zhi is right. Now our army is advancing together with three armies. After we conquer Jiangxia, we don't need to wait for Han Sheng and Xingba. We should directly attack Xiangyang. As long as we approach the city, Liu Biao in the city will be shocked and recalled immediately. The soldiers and horses from each county will return to Xiangyang to guard, so the defense of the rest of the places will be very weak." Xi Zhicai laughed, he had already thought about what to do next.

"Our advance to Xiangyang will not only benefit General Huang and General Gan, but also Sun Ce's army should be dispatched at that time. Liu Biao certainly did not expect that Sun Ce would send troops at this time." Chen Gong also agreed.

Although Li Yuan is also confident, but not to the point of pride, the only thing he wants to know now is whether Tai Shici and the others can kill Guan Yu, as long as Guan Yu dies, the Jingzhou Army's combat power will be greatly weakened, and Liu Bei will also lose a general , so that they can reduce the difficulty of attacking Jingzhou.

Li Yuan was thinking about Guan Yu when suddenly a soldier came in and said, "My lord, General Tai Shici has sent back news of his pursuit of Guan Yu from the front."

"Come on quickly." Li Yuan stood up.

Seeing this, the soldiers did not dare to delay, so they hurriedly handed the battle report to Li Yuan, who took it and read it carefully. Not only him, Xi Zhicai and others also wondered whether Tai Shici could win Guan Yu. Even they do not want to confront the enemy.

Li Yuan was expressionless after watching it, and Xi Zhicai asked, "Master, did our army capture Guan Yu?"

Li Yuan didn't answer, and handed the battle report to Xi Zhicai. Xi Zhicai took it and finished it, then passed it to others. He managed to contain Guan Yu, and was ambushed by Guan Yu, but thanks to Wei Yan's cleverness, he escaped."

"Guan Yu is so powerful that he even thought of ambush and pursuers when he was running away. If everyone else was thinking of how to escape quickly, he is the only one who has the courage to ambush." ​​Even though he was an enemy, Xi Zhicai had to admire Guan Yu's The ability to command the army, coupled with leading the Jingzhou army against Li Yuan today, and letting Zhang Fei raid the camp, this series of performances is enough to show Guan Yu's strength.

(End of this chapter)