Chapter 166 Confrontation

Yu Jin and Li Dian came from Yanzhou one after another. In this way, after Cao Cao pieced together, he could barely gather 10,000 troops to resist Liu Bei and Liu Biao.

Yu Jin was very cold and he nodded and met He Yan.

Among these four people, Yu Jin was the only one who followed Cao Cao to fight in the Nanyang area that year, so Yu Jin was the first to give the strategy of this war.

"The main thing is to defend Bowangpo."

"Bowangpo is surrounded by Funiu Mountain in the north, Yin Mountain in the south, and Baihe in the west. It is the hill where Funiu Mountain extends here. The terrain is dangerous and is the thoroughfare of the "Xianghan Pass Road".

"As long as you keep here, when Sikong handles the war in the east, Liu Bei will naturally retreat."

Yu Jin is rigorous in both fighting and managing the army.

He knew that Cao Cao was here to send him to be the firefighting captain, so he should be his firefighting captain.

As for the remaining "counterattack of Liu Bei" and "counterattack of Jingzhou", they were never within his plan.

"We can lead our troops to station on the east side of Bowangpo, so that Liu Bei dared not attack Wanxian easily. In this way, Wanxian can naturally support us with the high city and thick walls."

After Yu Jin set up this line of defense, he discussed with Xiahou Yuan and Liu Biao.

Yes, if Liu Bei only led 3,000 people to come, Cao Cao would not have pulled out all Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, and He Yan at once.

The most important thing is Liu Biao.

If Liu Bei gets right, Liu Biao, the shady hand hidden behind him, is likely to send troops with the opportunity.

The 100,000 armored soldiers in Jingzhou are just a false news, or the 100,000 soldiers cannot be adjusted by Liu Biao just if he wants to.

First of all, there were 20,000 soldiers from Huang Zu of Jiangxia to prevent Jiangdong. Liu Biao would not move even if he was killed.

Although Jiangdong was in chaos because of Sun Ce's death, He Yan took the opportunity to cut a piece of meat, the defense line on the Western Front has never been in chaos.

Taishici, who guarded Chaisang, is in a sense similar to Zang Ba who helped Cao Cao guard Xuzhou, and his autonomy is quite high. If Jiangxia is empty, Taishici is likely to take the initiative to send troops to capture Jiangxia in one fell swoop and face Jingzhou.

In addition to Jiang Xia's troops, Liu Biao, who was used to suppress Jingnan, could not move. After all, Jingnan had just been pacified. Once Liu Biao's soldiers were withdrawn, no one knew whether Jingnan would rebel again. Liu Biao dared not bet on this probability.

What remains are the private soldiers in the hands of the aristocratic family.

The families like Cai Mao and Kuai Yue did not support Liu Biao's Northern Expedition, and only hoped to keep the stability of Jingzhou and the rest of the country, so Liu Biao would not think of instructions for this part of the troops.

In this way, only Wenpin's 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers were able to move.

Among these soldiers, there were 10,000 naval troops, which was not helpful to the Nanyang war. So, if Liu Biao really made a Northern Expedition, he would have to use 20,000 troops.

The defense line set up by Yu Jin was not only targeting Liu Bei's three thousand soldiers, but more than the 20,000 Liu Biao soldiers who might go north in the future.

"Fortunately, Ye County is quite close to Xuchang, so the supply of grain and grass is not a problem."

Xiahou Dun was quite satisfied with Yu Jin's strategic arrangements, and unknowingly, he began to consider logistics matters habitually.

"I and Ren Jun passed a letter, saying that this year the harvest in Yuzhou area will be able to support us for three or four months. If nothing unexpected happens, Meng De can also come back from Cangting at that time."

Yu Jin nodded: "I have heard of this. It is said that the manure method developed by Hongnong Yang based on the newly learned can increase grain production. Such a technique of benefiting the country can be considered as a blessing to the Han Dynasty."

Xiahou Dun seemed to suddenly remember something, so he turned to ask He Yan: "Yulang, you have been in Xuchang for a long time, can you know Yang Xiu?"

"Yang Xiu? Not familiar with it..."

At this time, Li Dian also seemed to be a curious baby coming up: "Hou Shen, then have you read the newly learned classics in Xuchang?"

"New study? No..."

Li Dian was a rare Confucian general and was quite interested in the classics. When he heard that He Yan had no research on the new learning, he also felt a look of disappointment in his eyes.

When Xiahou Dun saw He Yan as "unlearned and ignorant", he immediately took up the airs of his elders and taught a lesson: "Yulang, people always need to read more! I heard Meng De say in his letter that new learning is good knowledge, and you should learn it."

"Ah yes yes yes."

After He Yan casually treated Xiahou Dun, he shifted the problem to the current war.

In fact, with the generals of several military leaders, the military structure of this battle is already very clear.

Xiahou Dun was nominally the leader, but his strategy and tactics came from the ban. He Yan and Li Dian were responsible for the desperate paddling.

Opposite to Cao's army was Liu Bei who had already arrived near Ye County.

After Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Ren, Man Chong and He Yan (She) in Runan, he finally recovered after a year of renovation.

With the support of Liu Biao, the soldiers under Liu Bei were particularly well-equipped, no less than Liu Bei's elite troops when he served as the governor of Xuzhou.

However, Liu Biao was also very thief. The money and food he gave Liu Bei would always be enough for Liu Bei to form such a small-scale army. No matter how many... it would be a five-zhu coin!

Zhang Fei, who was sharing the joys and sorrows with Liu Bei in Xinye, was very dissatisfied with this and complained to Liu Bei more than once during the march: "Lord, Liu Jingsheng is really short-sighted! Now Nanyang is empty, he just needs to prepare 10,000 for us... No! We can easily take Nanyang with seven thousand soldiers! Now, there are not many or fewer people, how can we achieve great achievements?"

Liu Bei heard Zhang Fei’s complaint and shook his head slightly: “Yi De must not be rude!”

"Brother Jingsheng must have his difficulties! Moreover, it is already a great kindness for him to take us in, so you must not be insatiable!"

When Zhang Fei heard Liu Bei's reprimand, he lowered his head in dissatisfaction and kept muttering: "It was all Han clan members who agreed to be together. Everyone wants to restore the Han Dynasty. In the end, it is not only the only lord who is truly attacking the rebels..."

Liu Bei naturally heard Zhang Fei's words, but he did not scold him again.

From Youzhou to Jizhou, from Jizhou to Qingzhou, from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, and from Xuzhou to Jingzhou…

Every time he leaves his hometown, it is actually a reshaping of his three views for Liu Bei.

The war between classmate Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao made Liu Bei know that morality is not important in this world, and the heroic spirit of the past is simply vulnerable to reality.

Later, he became the governor of Xuzhou. Liu Bei witnessed the war without guns for the first time in the upper class, and also understood that only those who master resources were the real master of the world.

Later, from Lu Bu to Yuan Shu, from Yuan Shu to Cao Cao...

Along the way, Liu Bei, the former turtleman, had long been dead. Now the one who continues to fight is Liu, who knows the truth, makes friends with aristocratic families, and uses rules to achieve great things.

If it were before, maybe Liu Bei would have followed Zhang Fei to scold Liu Biao.

But after experiencing so much and Liu Bei stayed in Jingzhou for so long, he could see the struggles of some Jingzhou forces and understand Liu Biao's many actions.

"Liu Jingzhou cannot send troops easily now."

"Only when we win a big victory and let those inside Jingzhou see that Cao Cao is in trouble, they will support Liu Jingzhou to send troops."

"Otherwise, don't talk about sending troops to the north, there will be troubles in Jingzhou!"

Speaking of this, Liu Bei also laughed at himself: "Just like Xuzhou back then..."

When Zhang Fei heard Liu Bei mention Xuzhou, he did not dare to continue chatting, so he had to ride on his own war horse and rush on his way.

At this time, Liu Bei turned around and looked at Guan Yu and Zhao Yun beside him: "Yun Chang, Zilong, why are you not interested in this trip?"

Guan Yu still looked cold and arrogant, but Zhao Yun had an unnatural smile on his lips.

After all, both of them came from Cao Cao, and now they turned around and were about to attack Cao Cao... This made Zhao Yun, who was still online in moral standards, actually couldn't accept it.

After seeing the bitter smile on the corner of Zhao Yun's mouth, Liu Bei roughly guessed what the two of them were thinking.

"Zilong, I heard that you get along well with that Hou Shen."

"Actually, my personal relationship with Meng De is also very good, but..."

"Those are all Xiaoyi!"

"In the face of true righteousness, personal friendship is nothing but alas!"

Liu Bei advised: "We want to support the Han Dynasty, but Cao Cao is a Han thief who holds the emperor hostage! We are destined to be enemies!"

I thought Zhao Yun would immediately admit his mistake at this time and express his determination to support the Han Dynasty, but Zhao Yun suddenly asked in a strange way: "General Liu, is the support of the Han Dynasty your words... the Han Dynasty of the Liu family?"

This question made Liu Bei frown, and even Zhang Fei was awakened, and he looked up and scolded Zhao Yun angrily: "Zilong! Are you confused? The Han Dynasty is not the Han Dynasty of the Emperor of the Liu family, so whose Han Dynasty can it be?"

When Zhao Yun saw Zhang Fei who was angry, he couldn't say anything else, so he continued to ride on the horse absent-mindedly.

Along the way, Zhao Yun was thinking about a sentence He Yan said next to him—

"The Han Dynasty should not be the Han Dynasty of the Liu family."

"Just like the world, it shouldn't be the world of Liu..."

The quarrel between Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei naturally fell into Guan Yu's eyes, but Guan Yu just sighed slightly with his dense beard.

Along the way, the atmosphere of this Liu Bei army, which was in the transformation stage, was a bit dull.

By the time Liu Bei's army rushed to Ye County, the Cao army had already arranged a defense line, and the red and bright military flags made Liu Bei, who knew the general of Cao's army, faced a great enemy.

【Xiahou】

【At】

【plum】

【what】

【Piyao】?

Liu Bei fought with Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin, and he was familiar with both of them.

But this [Li], [Who] is who?

Guan Yu, who had been in Cao's camp for a while, finally spoke.

"【Li】 should be Li Dian, the son of Li Zheng. This son is a hero who is often praised in the army and has a strong ethos."

"As for [what]..."

Thinking of the familiar figure in his memory, Guan Yu stroked his beard and his eyes burst into war: "He Jiaoyao, he is the boy he met in Runan when his former lord!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!