With the arrival of Xu Rong's army, Liu Bei panicked and Xuzhou fell into a dangerous situation of being attacked from two sides.
What should be done?
Liu Bei had to mobilize a large number of troops and personally led 15,000 troops north to Langya Kingdom to block Xu Rong's army.
On May 17, Liu Bei led his army and Xu Rong's army encountered each other in the Zhengya Valley of Langya Kingdom.
Both sides were unprepared for the sudden encounter.
The reason for the sudden encounter was that Liu Bei miscalculated the marching speed of Xu Rong's army.
He did not expect Xu Rong's army to come so fast, so he did not send scouts to explore the road ahead.
After all, the Zhengya Valley was already in the central and southern part of Langya Kingdom.
Xu Rong did send scouts, but the scouts he sent suddenly encountered Liu Bei's army just coming out of the valley in Zhengya Valley.
When Liu Bei saw that they were scouts from Xu Rong's army, he immediately sent out cavalry to surround and strangle them.
After the scouts were besieged and strangled, Xu Rong did not receive the news and still led his army to advance quickly.
Liu Bei did not even have time to reorganize his troops and send scouts to explore the way.
The troops of both sides encountered this.
Since there is a sudden encounter in the wild, it is natural to launch an attack as early as possible.
How can we allow the enemy to stand firm while both sides charge towards each other with their troops and horses.
Xu Rong was a talented general in military training.
His soldiers and horses were trained by him to act vigorously and strictly, and the quality of his soldiers and generals was much higher than that of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses.
The quality of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses was slightly lower, and his generals were unprepared.
Caught off guard, Liu Bei's army was beaten and fled in panic.
Liu Bei himself was also coerced by the army and fled to Kaiyang.
By the time he arrived in Kaiyang, 10,000 men and horses had been lost.
After losing three thousand, only twelve thousand were left.
Liu Bei was heartbroken.
The soldiers he had finally trained had lost three thousand in just one encounter and escaped.
How could he bear this?
He was crying and was in a mess.
However, the soldiers sighed at Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, supported Liu Bei even more, and even shouted to turn around and go back to counterattack Xu Rong's army.
Of course Liu Bei would not do such a stupid thing.
The top priority is to stabilize the morale of the army and defend the city tightly.
He cannot let Xu Rong's army go south again.
If Xu Rong's army goes south again, the entire Langya Kingdom will be lost.
Now that Liu Bei has personally led the army, Xu Rong is not in a hurry.
If he continues southward rashly, he may be in danger of being cut off.
The top priority is to capture the cities along the way.
First, he can raise military supplies and food, and second, he can conquer these cities.
The city can solve your worries and will not be cut off by others.
Liu Bei soon received the news that Xu Rong sent troops to conquer the Langya Kingdom cities along the way, but he did not lead his troops northward.
Instead, he ordered Kaiyang, Linyi, Jiqiu and other cities to strengthen their city walls, add city defenses, and increase their defense equipment.
Each city is guarding and waiting for reinforcements.
If anyone abandons the city without authorization, he will be killed without mercy to block Xu Rong's army.
Although Liu Bei planned to guard against death, he was heartbroken.
Xu Rong wanted to completely occupy these cities, not just fight and leave.
Langya Kingdom is one of the most prosperous jurisdictions in Xuzhou.
If Langya The country was occupied by Xu Rong's army , Xuzhou's strength will drop a lot, but he has no good solution in the short term.
There are too few troops, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not as good as Xu Rong's army.
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He has no capital to attack proactively, so he can only defend passively, relying on the strength of the city.
Come and stop Xu Rong's army.
Guan Yu also fought very hard against Yuan Shu in Huai Ling.
Yuan Shu's soldiers were really not very effective in combat, but they were outnumbered.
Guan Yu only had 15,000 men, while Yuan Shu claimed to have an army of 100,000, although the actual strength was less than 10,000.
Ten thousand, no matter what, there are still sixty or seventy thousand people.
Guan Yu could only lead his army to huddle in Huailing City, while Yuan Shu led his troops and horses to fight outside the city, which made Guan Yu anxious.
He was afraid that Yuan Shu would play some conspiracy, so he had to fight with 120,000 points.
Deal with the spirit carefully.
Just when Liu Bei was struggling to support himself in Xuzhou, a man came to his rescue.
Chang'an, Regent's Mansion.
Jia Xu reported to Liu Cheng: "My lord, there is news from the east.
Lu Bu and Zhang Miao are about to lose their support.
My subordinates speculate that they may flee towards Runan or Xuzhou."
Liu Cheng raised his eyebrows, stood up and said, "Why can't Lu Bu and Zhang Miao be able to hold on anymore?
Haven't they been fighting Cao Cao to no avail for more than a year?"
Jia Xu said: "My lord, Yanzhou has been fighting every year in recent years.
The people have been in dire straits, and production has been declining year by year.
After Lu Bu entered Yanzhou, he united with Zhang Miao to deal with Cao Cao.
The two sides fought for more than a year, and the farming industry suffered greater damage. , Now is the time of drought again, both sides are short of food, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's troops are so hungry that they are all sallow and skinny, how can they fight?"
Liu Chengdao: "You just said that both of them are short of food.
Since Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's troops are hungry and emaciated, do Cao Cao's troops still have the strength to fight?"
Jia Xu hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and said, "Cao Cao's subordinate Cheng Yu, does my lord still have an impression of him?"
Liu Chengdao: "Of course, this person is a talent."
"Cao Cao's army was also short of food, and the soldiers were too hungry to fight.
Cheng Yu came up with an idea to Cao Cao.
He led his troops to loot his hometown Dong'a, and brought back some food and a large amount of food.
Later, Cao Cao sent people to plunder the surrounding counties and brought back a lot of food and meat.
Later, someone discovered that the meat was actually human flesh."
With a "clang", the teacup in Liu Cheng's hand was so startled that he dropped it to the ground and broke into pieces.
"Human flesh," Liu Cheng said sternly, his face changed dramatically.
Jia Xu gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, human flesh.
This is the news sent back by the spies who infiltrated Cao Cao's army and risked their lives."
"Beasts, beasts," Liu Cheng's veins popped up on his forehead, and he was so excited that he completely lost control.
"The local officials actually let the army rob the people, kill people and eat meat.
Even animals know not to eat their own kind.
These people don't even know how to eat animals."
Even worse, are they still human?"
Guo Jia was on duty today and was sorting out official documents.
At this time, he stood up and said with his hands in his hands: "Lord, please calm down.
These people are not worthy of my losing my temper for them.
They will definitely not do such unscrupulous things."
What’s going to happen?”
It took Liu Cheng a while to calm down under the persuasion of Guo Jia and others.
He returned to the desk and asked: "So Lu Bu and Zhang Miao may flee to Runan and Xuzhou.
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Do you think they will go to Xuzhou?"
Or Runan” "It's hard to judge at the moment," Jia Xu shook his head.
Liu Cheng thought for a while and ordered: "Monitor closely and report immediately if there is any news."
"Yes, my lord" After a month and a half, news finally came from Guandong.
Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao finally decided the winner.
Lu Bu and Zhang Miao were defeated and fled.
They parted ways on the way to escape.
On the second day of July, the weather was hot.
After receiving the news, Guo Jia immediately reported to Liu Cheng: "My lord, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao were beaten away by Cao Cao.
They separated on the way to escape.
Lu Bu fled to Xuzhou with thousands of troops, and Zhang Miao was about to go to Yuan Shu, but he was killed by his generals on the way.
The generals took his head and went to Cao Cao."
Liu Cheng noticed that Lu Bu fled to Xuzhou with the remaining defeated generals, and he said: "So Liu Bei can be saved?"
Guo Jia was surprised and said: "My lord means that Liu Bei is likely to accept Lu Bu.
This is not impossible.
After all, Liu Bei is in a difficult situation now.
If Lu Bu can be provided with food and grass to resist Yuan Shu, he can use Xuzhou's soldiers and horses to resist Xu Rong's army with all his strength."
Liu Chengdao: "It seems that Liu Bei can't finish it yet, right?
Where is Zhang Chao?"
"Zhang Chao was in Yongqiu Longcheng.
After Zhang Miao's defeat, the Zhang family was already in panic, but Zhang Chao stabilized the people.
Currently, Cao Cao is leading his army to attack Chen Liu with all his strength.
I'm afraid Zhang Chao won't be able to stop him for long."
Liu Cheng got up and walked back and forth in the hall for several times, and said to everyone: "When the princes were attacking Dong, there was a general named Zang Hong beside Zhang Chao.
This man had the talent of a commander, and was later sent by Zhang Chao to Youzhou to contact Liu Yu, but was intercepted by Yuan Shao on the way.
When the princes asked Dong to sacrifice heaven, others refused to host the ceremony, but only Afraid of making mistakes and leaving others laughing stock, Zhang Chao recommended Zang Hong to host.
Zang Hong had no stage fright, which shows that this person has the determination to remain calm even if Mount Tai falls before his eyes.
I heard that this person is loyal and loyal, and Zhang Chao is in danger.
If people ask for help from Zang Hong, Zang Hong will definitely not ignore it.
Do you know where Zang Hong is an official now?"
Chen Qun stood up and replied: "My lord, my subordinates heard that Zang Hong seemed to be stationed in Dongwuyang by Yuan Shao, and was appointed as the prefect of Dongjun by Yuan Shao."
Liu Cheng snorted coldly: "Look, look, Cao Cao appointed a prefect of Dongjun, and Yuan Shao appointed another prefect of Dongjun.
I'm afraid Lu Bu also appointed a prefect of Dongjun after entering Yanzhou, and the three prefects of Dongjun were appointed at the same time.
While in office, I will not I know what the scene will be like if they meet.
This group of people just can't let it go in five days.
Let's not talk about this, let's talk about Zang Hong.
I feel a pity for his talent.
If he sends troops to rescue Zhang Chao, He will definitely not be Cao Cao’s opponent.”
Guo Jia stood up and said: "My lord, given Zang Hong's current situation, it is really difficult for my lord to take him under his command.
We might as well do something practical.
Now that Yanzhou is in chaos, why don't my lord order General Xu Shu to do it?"
We and General Zang Ba sent troops from Xingyang and Yingchuan respectively, taking advantage of the fact that Cao Cao had just finished the battle with Lu Bu and was seriously injured, and calculated how much territory we could seize.
When Cao Cao calms down, it will not be so easy for us to seize the territory."
Liu Cheng clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is a very good plan.
Immediately send an order to Xu Shu and Zang Ba, asking them to send troops to seize Yanzhou's territory.
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They can take whatever they can."
Guo Jia agreed: "Yes, Lord" In fact, Xu Shu and Zang Ba's petition was about to be sent to Chang'an at this time, and they had already discovered the fighter plane.
This was indeed the best time to seize Yanzhou's territory.
Zhang Chao was already weak and had no control over Chen Liu and other areas of Yanzhou.
The control was extremely weak, and Cao Cao was also extremely weak at this time and would never dare to go to war with the imperial court.
Within a few days, Xu Shu and Zang Ba received the orders one after another, and immediately ordered their troops and horses to march towards Chenliu territory in a hurry
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