Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 236 Guo Jia's Swan Song

"My lord, Mr. Chen Xiaoqi is here!" Jian Yong said suddenly in Liu Bei's camp under the city of Xuchang that day.

"Please!" Although a little surprised, Liu Bei quickly motioned for Chen Zhen to come in.Not only Liu Bei, but others are also a little strange, why Chen Zhen came here at this time.Not long after, Chen Zhen entered the tent, and after everyone met, Chen Zhen explained his purpose for coming.

"My family's general, on the 25th of last month, personally led the army out of western Liaoning to attack Youzhou, and together with the emperor's uncle to punish the country's traitors!" Chen Zhenyu said surprisingly.As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised.In order to lure Liu Bei into the trick, Cao Cao used the excuse that he was going to deal with Yuan Tan, and the Central Plains was empty.Unexpectedly, now that Cao Cao was trapped in Xuchang, Yuan Tan would actually make a fuss.Since he only had tens of thousands of horses in Liaodong, he dared to fight with the hundreds of thousands of Cao troops who stayed in Hebei. Should he be said to be fearless, or should he be said to be ignorant?
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and finally he spoke in relief: "Sir, you have come from a long way, so you don't know something. Now Cao Cao is trapped in Xuchang by us, and he can't move. The dragons in Hebei have no leader. If the general can disturb Hebei in one fell swoop, then get rid of Cao Cao." It's just around the corner!" Although Yuan Tan is his student in name, he is also Yuan Shao's legal heir, and he deserves the title of General.

"Exactly, if the general knows what's going on here, the morale of the army will be greatly boosted!" Chen Zhen couldn't hide his excitement.I have to say that the news transmission at this time is really inconvenient. From Liaodong to Xuchang, even a carrier pigeon has to fly for a few days.Chen Zhen came from the waterway, and Yuan Tan had just dispatched troops when he came, so Chen Zhen couldn't tell the exact reason of the current situation.Liu Bei was not in a hurry either, he received Chen Zhen first and then made plans.

"Everyone, what do you guys think of Yuan Xiansi raising troops again?" After Chen Zhen left, Liu Bei called everyone together and asked.Everyone was silent for a while, and finally Pang Tong was the first to speak: "Master, in Tong's opinion, Yuan Tan may have a [-]% chance of winning this time."

"Forty percent?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.I don't know whether he feels that [-]% is too low or too high.

"It is true that Cao Cao is currently trapped in Xuchang, and it is true that people in Hebei are in a panic. But when the Yuan family occupied Hebei, they did not care about the people's livelihood and focused on the people. They have already lost the hearts of the people in Hebei. Yuan Tan may not have too many people when he enters the army. In addition, Yuan Tan occupied the territory of Liaodong with only tens of thousands of troops, while the Cao army in Hebei still had hundreds of thousands. Even if Jushou and Tian Feng gave advice, how could one enemy ten? In addition, Zhang Jai, Qian Shao Now that Cao Cao has been surrendered, Yuan Tan has no generals under his command, so I'm afraid the combat power is not enough!" Pang Tong sighed.At this time, a spy reported that tens of thousands of Cao troops left Yecheng three days ago, with Cao Zhang and Xiahouba as generals, Guo Jia accompanied the army to learn about military affairs, and went to Youzhou to resist the enemy.

"With Guo Jia, Yuan Tan has no chance of winning this time! Unless?" Pang Tong shook his head, a little out of touch.

"Unless what?" Guan Yu asked a little strangely.

"Unless Guo Jia dies suddenly, Yuan Tan still has a slight chance of winning!" Pang Tong said in a spoof, and everyone burst into laughter.At this time, the person they were talking about was lying in the car, bumping all the way, rushing from Yecheng to Youzhou.

A few days later, the 5 reinforcements came to Zhuojun, the capital of Youzhou.General Xia Houdun of Zhengdong learned that Guo Jia had come here with an illness. He was shocked and didn't bother to talk to his nephew, so he hurriedly led someone to visit Guo Jia himself.

"Mr. Feng Xiao, Xiahou Dun is incompetent, failed to defeat Yuan Tan, and has to trouble Mr. to go north. It is really my fault!" Looking at Guo Jia who was already lying on the bed and couldn't get up, Xiahou Dun's only one eye was full. With guilt.Guo Jia forced a smile, and asked in a low voice: "General Xiahou, how is the military situation now?" He no longer had the energy to say too much.

"Yuan Tan sent troops suddenly the day before yesterday. Taking advantage of our army's unpreparedness, he went down to Liaoxi and Youbeiping. He also took the military amulet of the prefect of Youbeiping and opened the gate of Yuyang County. Yuan Tan is now leading an army to occupy Yuyang. It's only in Shanggu and Guangyang counties. I have been attacking for several days, but I have not been able to win!" Xiahou Dun knew that Guo Jia was in poor health, so he hurriedly explained the general situation as briefly as possible.After Guo Jia finished listening, he smiled slightly and said, "It will be much easier for Yuan Tan to station his troops in Yuyang!"

"What do you mean by that, sir?" Xiahou Dun asked a little strangely.

"If Yuan Tan takes advantage of the situation and goes east to Guangyang, or goes north to capture Shanggu, the morale of the defenders will be broken, and they may be captured in a hurry. Right now he is sitting in Yuyang, and he seems to be fighting steadily, but he is short of troops. , It must be more defeats and fewer victories, but I don’t know why Jushou and Tian Feng took such a bad strategy?” Guo Jia smiled.

How did he know that Yuan Tan's move was really forced.Liaodong was not too rich in the first place, and it used to be able to rob Sanhan, a soft persimmon, to raise soldiers.The year before last, Sanhan was defeated by Cao Cao, and more than half of the people were taken into captivity. Yuan Tan can only support tens of thousands of horses now.Excluding Yuan Xi who stayed behind in Liaodong, there were still 4 defenders. No matter how crowded he was, he could only dispatch an army of less than [-] troops this time.After marching to Yuyang, there was no energy left to march again.According to Jushou and Tianfeng's suggestion, it is best to take away all the money and food in Yuyang and Youbeiping right now, and then move nearly [-] households to Liaodong as much as possible to recuperate and wait for the next army attack.After all, with Yuan Tan's current strength, reaching this step is basically the limit.

But how could Yuan Tan be willing?Youzhou is where he made his fortune. Now that Cao Cao is fighting fiercely in the Central Plains, he is expected to regain Youzhou. How can he withdraw his troops easily?His point of view was also supported by Guo Tu. The two of them, Ju Shou and Tian Feng, discussed for a long time, but they couldn't agree on each other.

"My lord, now I'm sitting in Yuyang, unable to go west, so I can only wait for Cao Cao's army to attack. When Cao Cao solves the war in the Central Plains, we really can't match him! We should withdraw to Liaodong first and consolidate our foundation. Come next year!" Ju Shou said cautiously.

"Mr. Gongyu's words are wrong. As the saying goes, the opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come. If we return to Liaodong, wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Guo Tu obviously disagreed with Jushou's strategy.The two were arguing, but they saw Jushou's son Juhu coming in from the door, and handed Yuan Tan a letter with an expression of disbelief.

"Huh?" After Yuan Tan read it, he also let out a sigh.After everyone passed it on, it turned out that Zhengbei Zhonglang, who had already taken refuge in Cao Cao, wrote Qianshao to Yuan Tan.Qian Shao told Yuan Tan that Cao Cao's battle in the Central Plains has been completely defeated at the moment, and he was also trapped in Xuchang by Liu Bei, and his defeat was only a blink of an eye.I was ordered to guard Daijun and Shanggu, and I didn't want to be buried with Cao Cao. Now I am willing to lead my troops to vote and dedicate these two counties.I also hope that Yuan Tan will not miss the old evil, and forgive himself for the crime of betrayal that day.

This letter immediately made Yuan Tan and others explode.If it was true as what Qian Shaoxin said in his letter, then Yuan Tan could easily take over these two counties without any effort.But now the question arises, whether this letter is credible or not.

"Qian Shao is a loyal and loyal person, and he is definitely not a repeat person. Now that he has surrendered to Cao, he will never betray him again. This must be Xiahou Dun's plan. He tricked the lord into sending troops to the second county, and he took the opportunity to cover up and kill him!" After reading it, Guo Tu first went down Conclusion.

"It's not just that, if the lord acts rashly and Yuyang's defense is empty, he can break through Yuyang in one fell swoop and wipe out the lord!" Ju Shou looked even further.Hearing what the two said, Yuan Tan broke out in a cold sweat.After he regained his composure, Yuan Tan asked: "Then according to the opinions of the gentlemen, what should we do? Should we just ignore it?"

"It would be too passive to ignore it. Now that we are short of troops, it is not realistic to attack the second county. However, if deployed properly, it can also make Xiahou Dun's army who came to scam Yuyang suffer a small loss!" Tian Fengwen Yan Fuxu laughed.At present, Yuan Tan adopted Tian Feng's words and wrote a letter to reply to Qian Shao, claiming that he would lead his army to accept the second counties in a few days and make them ready.

"Mr. Feng Xiao, everything is as you expected, Yuan Tan really replied like this!" Xiahou Dun said excitedly in Zhuojun City.Guo Jia smiled wearily, and then said: "Since that's the case, the general and the young generals can defeat the enemy with force."

The next day, an army of about 3 people, under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, left Zhuojun and headed for Guangyang.After entering Guangyang, there was indeed news that Yuan Tan had just left Yuyang and headed for Shanggu with an army led by himself.

"Yuan Xiansi really fell for the trick, and I sent troops to Yuyang to defeat Yuan Tan!" Xia Houdun said excitedly when he heard the words, and then he personally led the army to Yuyang to kill.A few days later, this group of people appeared at the foot of the fishing ground city.

"Siege the city with me!" Xiahou Dun said confidently, looking at the few defenders on the top of the city.At this moment, a burst of shouts was heard, and a large banner appeared at the top of the city along with the defenders, and among them was the triumphant Juhu.

"Xiahou old man, do you think this trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain can be hidden from me?" Juhu laughed loudly. At this time, there was also the sound of horseshoes behind Xiahoudun, but it was Yuan Tan's return to the army to cover up the killing, and he was about to fight with Juhu. Attack Xiahou Dun's army.

"Retreat!" Xiahou Dun also made a decisive decision, and immediately led his army to retreat when he saw that the momentum was not right.How could Juhu and Yuan Tan allow him to leave as soon as he said it, and hurriedly led the army to pursue it.Xiahoudun personally fought in the rear, fighting to the death, relying on his own experience in the battlefield is much richer than the two, so he managed to break out of the encirclement.Returning to Guangyang and counting the troops, nearly 8000 people have been lost in this battle.

"Uncle Yuan Rang, we have seen through our strategy, so we might as well attack now!" Xia Houhe, who accompanied Xiahou Dun in the battle, said a little annoyed at the sight of the heavy loss.Xiahou Dun looked at his nephew, and scolded with a smile: "Why are you just like your father, you like to fight hard. Who said that Mr. Feng Xiao's plan has been seen through, and the best is yet to come!" All the other armies in the state gathered in Guangyang, preparing for a decisive battle with Yuan Tan.

Five days later, an astonishing news reached Yuan Tan in Yuyang, and Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard it.

(End of this chapter)