Chapter 433: An isolated city

When Zhou Yu was mobilizing the army to transport food and grass, and preparing to attack Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, the governor of Xuzhou who had just won the imperial seal, took the lead.

Since Liu Bei defeated Yuan Shu in the Sishui shore in August last year, the two armies have quit, and they have been in peace for a while. Yuan Shu occupied Xia Pi, Pengcheng, and Langya, and Liu Bei owned the Donghai, Guangling counties, Xiaqiu, Xiaopei and other counties.

Yuan Shu claimed to be the emperor without authorization, and the situation suddenly changed. Liu Bei quickly issued a proclamation to fight against Yuan, ordering Guan Yu, who was stationed in Xiaopei and Cao Bao, who was stationed in Xiaqiu, to attack everywhere. Except for Xia Pi City, he quickly attacked the rest of the cities in Xia Pi.

Liu Bei also ordered the prefect of Guangling Chen Deng to lead his troops to attack Langya and set up several cities in a row. If Yuan Shu had not sent people to bribe Zhang Kai, the general under Chen Dengmi, who had been given a large sum of money, Zhang Kai would have led his 5,000 troops to surrender Yuan Shu, and he would have stopped Chen Deng's offensive momentum.

Liu Bei himself led the Pingyuan Army and Mi Fang's Donghai Army, who had been following him, surrounded Xia Pi City and attacked day and night. As long as Xia Pi City was captured, all Xuzhou would be surnamed Liu.

The garrison of Xia Pi City is Zhang Xun, the lower general of Yuan Shumi. He and Liu Bei have fought many times. They know that neither the personal force of the general nor the overall combat power of the troops can be compared with Liu Bei. Moreover, Liu Bei's sworn brother Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all invincible characters. In this case, what Zhang Xun can only do is to stick to the support.

Reinforcements would arrive soon, and Yuan Shu would not sit idly by and watch Liu Bei openly challenge his authority. In any case, I am also the Emperor of Zhong, and I am not a weak child! Yuan Shu sent Yang Feng and Han Xian's troops. In the Battle of Sishui last year, they were the two of them who took action to resolve the siege of Xia Pi. The Bai Bo army had a strong combat power and now they had to rely on them.

But Yang Feng and Han Xian led the troops to leave the base shortly after they received a quick horse sent by Yuan Shu and asked them to return to Shouchun as soon as possible, because the vanguard of the Yangzhou Army had already reached the city of Shouchun!

The situation at this time was that although Zhou Yu was the governor of Yangzhou recognized by the court and had indisputable jurisdiction over the six counties in Jiangdong, in fact, in Jiujiang County, the northernmost part, Zhou Yu only occupied the central and southern territory, and several northern counties centered on Shouchun were always under the rule of Yuan Shu.

In the past two years, because Zhou Yu did not place the attack on Yuan Shu in an important position, although the two armies had fought, they were all small-scale contact wars and did not really fight. After Lu Su led his troops south to conquer Jiaozhou, although most of the military money and food in Yangzhou were used to support Lu Su, Zhou Yu still asked the troops of Chengpu, stationed in Hefei, to actively train soldiers to prepare for the war.

After Yuan Shu became emperor, Zhou Yu sensitively judged that this was a great opportunity to expand his power. He could not only regain Shouchun and have complete six counties in Jiangdong, but also take the opportunity to infiltrate the power into Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou areas to lay the foundation for the future competition in the Central Plains.

To this end, after the New Year, Zhou Yu added food and weapons and equipment to the Yuzhou camp, and secretly ordered Cheng Pu to send out scouts that were more than twice as usual to constantly reconnaissance the situation of Yuan Shu's army. The entire army made an attacking situation. When encountering opportunities, they could eliminate the enemy.

"Ye Yu" and Jingwu Wei kept transmitting Yuan Shu's latest updates back to Moling from Shouchun, making Zhou Yu know every move of Yuan Shu. Just when Liu Bei launched an attack on Yuan Shu's army in Xuzhou, Zhou Yu felt that the opportunity had come, so he immediately ordered Cheng Pu to lead generals such as Huang Gai, Sun Ben, and Sun Fu to attack Shouchun as quickly as possible. After Shouchun, he would act at the camera.

There are 12,000 people in the Yuzhou camp, all of which are young and strong selected from the original Yuzhou army. After nearly a year of rest and training, they are in a strong morale. Although Cheng Pu still feels a little nostalgic about the old master, he sees that Zhou Yu is indeed a wise ruler. In his territory, both military and political affairs have shown a prosperous scene. Moreover, Zhou Yu treats Sun's family well and the soldiers of Yuzhou army well, and never gives up on them. This makes Cheng Pu gradually regard Zhou Yu as his future lord.

After receiving Zhou Yu's instructions, Cheng Pu discussed with Huang Gai and other generals: "Since we came to Yangzhou, we have not made any contributions, but the lord has given us good treatment in military pay, food and equipment. I feel guilty. Today, I finally have the opportunity to make contributions. Everyone should work with me to make achievements. How about it?"

Huang Gai is a straightforward and cheerful person, and replied on the spot: "This year, I have been favored by my lords many times. I, Huang Gai, are not someone who forgets my old lord, but the kindness of the new lord must be repaid! Please agree to use our troops as the pioneer to invade Shouchun City and drive away that shit emperor!"

Huang Gai's words made everyone laugh. Although Sun Ben and Sun Fu still had the idea of ​​preserving their strength, seeing that Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were all supporting the soldiers and Shouchun, they swallowed the words they were about to say and expressed their support.

The next day, after the preparation of food and grass and military supplies, Cheng Pu gathered all the soldiers from the Yuzhou camp, a total of 12,000 people, and rushed to Shouchun.

At the same time, Pan Zhang, who was stationed in Liyang, also received the order from Zhou Yu, leading 5,000 soldiers from the East County Camp to Xiquyang around Shouchun, and went to Xu, Xia Cai and other counties. Zhou Yu gave him a simple task, to clear the surrounding area of ​​Shouchun as quickly as possible, and prepare for the army to capture Shouchun.

The storm was about to come and the wind filled the building, and Yuan Shu was not a fool. Establishing the Zhong family country and becoming an emperor was his lifelong dream. When he sat on the throne of the emperor, what he greeted him was not cheers, but the proclamations from various places, which made him feel vaguely uneasy. But at this moment, he was already in a difficult position. Only when the soldiers came to block the water and soil and blocked the enemy, and defended the enemy outside the country, could he continue to sit down as the emperor.

In Moling, there are also Yuan Shu's eyes. No matter how good Zhou Yu's confidentiality work is, the mobilization and assembly of the army cannot be concealed. After several years of confrontation, Yuan Shu also understood Zhou Yu and knew that he was definitely the one who planned and moved. If he mobilized the army so frequently, it means that Zhou Yu was about to declare war on him or fight undeclared. In short, a fierce battle is inevitable.

Unfortunately, there were no good ministers and generals to assist Yuan Shu. After he became emperor, his subordinates continued to defect and encountered drought, which led to the fact that Yuan Shu's army, which was originally rich in food and grass, began to worry about food and morale began to fluctuate.

Such an army cannot win a battle. Just when Yang Feng and Han Xian led more than 10,000 Baibo troops under their subordination to Shouchun, Cheng Pu had already led his troops to surround Shouchun City. Although it was surrounded but not attacked, the high momentum of the Yuzhou Camp had already made the defenders in the city start to be frightened.

As for the Xiquyang around Shouchun, the three counties of Dangxu and Xiacai were all captured by Pan Zhang. In Jiujiang, Shouchun had become an isolated city.

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.
Chapter completed!