At the beginning of April, Xu Shu led an army of 30,000 and arrived outside Shu County.
Liu Xun held the head of the city, looked at the camp that was being built outside the city, and pinched the outer edge of the city wall tightly with one hand.
"Lord Taishou, the enemy army is encamped, and there is no cavalry in the accompanying army, I can lead two thousand elite horsemen in the city to kill out of the city and defeat its horns."
Liu Xun shook his head slightly, his eyes were fixed on the banner with the word "Xu", "Xu Yuanzhi is not incompetent, he was able to seize Long Shu, Yuan Yin and Huang Yi before he captured Juchao, and he was unjustly defeated." ” "In addition, he did not march at night to deter our army, just to prevent our army from sneaking out of the city to attack while his foothold was not stable."
"Now that the fighter has been lost, he accompanied the soldiers and horses, everyone is full of energy, and has long been prepared to meet the enemy, after the military formation, although there are a large number of people and craftsmen to transport siege equipment, but in the military formation, behind the sword and shield soldiers, there are many ravines, just to prevent our cavalry."
Liu Xun sighed, "Your Majesty's two thousand elite horsemen are recruited from the north when you are begging for Dong, and one of them is the old department of Sun Wentai, if it is damaged here, what face will I have to see Your Majesty again?"
"The meaning of the general's words, our army is based on the city" Liu Xun squinted, "This time, I have gathered the soldiers of Lujiang counties here, Xunyang, Anhui County, Juchao, and Longshu have lost one after another, and our army has lost more than 10,000 soldiers, and now there are only 20,000 soldiers in the city, and the attack is insufficient, but there is more than enough to defend the city." ” "In ancient times, with soldiers, ten times surrounded, five times trapped, he Xu Yuanzhi is Sun Wu alive, only with 30,000 soldiers, how to break me" After that, he glanced at Yan Xiang beside him, "What can the master book teach me?"
"Long Shu has been broken, the scouts have reported, no enemy cavalry has been found within a radius of twenty miles from Wushu County, the general thinks that Tai Shici, the first fierce general in Jiangdong, will be where" Yan Xiang stroked his beard with one hand, and his face was covered with gloomy clouds.
Liu Xun's complexion changed greatly, "Don't you intersperse with homeopathic northwards" "But Tai Shi Ci's department is full of cavalry, how to attack the city" "The general must have forgotten to capture Longshu's Lu Meng's department."
Yan Xiang looked at the military formation outside the city, "The soldiers and horses of Lu Meng's department are all selected from the strong and strong mountains after Liu Qi pacified several counties, and they are trained to run in the mountains and forests, forcibly march, and travel hundreds of miles a day. ” "If it is unexpected, in the counties of the Northland, within a few days, there will be a battle report and fall into the hands of the enemy."
Liu Xun's face was extremely ugly, "In this way, our army will only have two roads left to lead to Jiujiang." ” Yan Xiang shook his head slightly, "To go north to Hefei, you must cross Longshushui, if I am the commander of the Jiangdong Army, I only need to send 2,000 troops to set up an ambush in the dense forest behind the river bank. ” "Linhu and Xiang'an, each with 3,000 soldiers and horses stationed, can ensure that our army's back road is not lost."
Yan Xiang shook his head slightly, "Along the Yangtze River, they are all for the Jiangdong Navy. ” "How about that?"
"Hold on and wait for help."
Yan Xiang sighed.
"Today, Sun Xiang is stationed in Runan, General Ji Ling invades Chen State, my Dazhong sends troops to seven roads, enters Xuzhou, Jiujiang territory, only Liyang has troops stationed on the front line, how to come to reinforcements" Liu Xun's face was full of sadness, when Dazhong called the country, there were 90,000 troops, and the soldiers could reach more than 100,000 people, but now, there are no soldiers available.
"Yesterday, I got a report from the battle in Xuzhou, our army has broken through Xuyi and Guangling, and the army of Chen soldiers and Huaiyin has confronted more than 10,000 soldiers of Lu Bu."
Yan Xiang glanced at Liu Xun, "In this battle, our army has been defeated. ” "Why is this" Liu Xun frowned slightly, he finally understood why His Majesty didn't like this person.
"Guangling is the foundation of Chen Deng, with its scholars in Guangling, you can raise 10,000 troops to defend, why, but let our army repeatedly succeed, our army is not more than a month, it will break more than 20 cities and checkpoints in Xuzhou, Lu Bu, Chen Gong's generation, it is not ignorant of soldiers, but it is a strategy to lure the enemy."
"The cavalry of Lu Bu's department is elite and brave, and under his command, there are generals Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others, who have few soldiers but are good at fighting."
"In less than half a month, our army will be defeated by Lu Bu."
After that, Liu Xun took Yan Xiang and walked off the road.
"General Ji Ling, marching into Chen State, I heard that Cao Mengde has sworn in Xu County to raise troops, and my Dazhong has fought with Xuzhou and Jiangdong successively, if it is a three-front battle, I am afraid it is" Yan Xiang didn't answer, he dissuaded Yuan Shu before he became emperor, so he was hated by Yuan Shu, but at this moment, he had isolated the Hanchen princes.
Looking at the world, as strong as Dong Zhuo in the past, Yuan Shao in the north, etc., he did not dare to call himself the emperor, Yuan Shu called the emperor, in Yan Xiang's view, he brought about his own destruction.
After noon, the army attacked the city, Liu Xun was restless in the house, the Jiangdong army went down to the village outside the west city gate, only used catapults and well carts to attack, the head of the city soldiers, in just two hours, it was lost thousands.
"Newspaper" "Lord Taishou, the defeated troops of Lu'an County came to report that they had been attacked by the enemy generals Tai Shici and Lu Meng one after another last night."
Liu Xun's face was full of rage, and he carried the collar of the herald in one hand, "Then Lu Meng's department is all the elite of Shanyue, and the department of Tai Shici is all cavalry, how can Lu'an be lost?"
"But it was the chief of Lu'an, who took the initiative to open the city and surrender."
"Shaft", Liu Xun threw it away violently, his arms were bruised, and his face was blue and white for a while, "Your Majesty treats him well, and he dares to abandon the city" "The counties in the north of the Lujiang River, the defenders together, are less than thousands, Tai Shi Ci is a fierce general in Jiangdong, the world knows, the capture of Lu'an, should be expected by adults."
Yan Xiang stepped forward, "Please also ask your Excellency to immediately send an order to the defenders of Linhu and Xiang'an, not to go out of the city to fight, and to hold the city, in addition, send a herald to hand over a farewell book to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty can't order the Seven Roads Army to return to the division, not only will the land of my Lujiang not be guaranteed, but it will also be Jiujiang, and I am afraid that it will also fall into the hands of Jiangdong." ” Yan Xiang squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the west city gate, "After the autumn harvest, Jiangdong has more elite soldiers in the mountains, and there is a lot of money and grain. ” "What if our army wins, and what if we lose," Liu Xun said angrily.
"If you win, before returning to the division, Xu Shu will give an order to take Lujiang quickly, if you lose, you can hold the paper, recruit Lujiang County, send generals to guard Xunyang, Yangquan and other places, and continue to march into Jiujiang."
Yan Xiang looked at the sky that was about to darken, "If I don't expect it, within a few days, all the counties in the north will fall into the hands of Jiangdong. ” Liu Xun pondered for a moment, "I already know, tonight, I will ask Shouchun for help." ” Yan Xiang returned home in a lost land, and when he walked into his home, a servant handed over a letter.
"Lord, this is a letter that a strong man put into the house half an hour ago."
Yan Xiang's face changed slightly, and he carefully looked at the material of the envelope a few times, "This is Chinese paper, how dare you take this letter into the mansion?"
Yan Xiang turned around and left the mansion and returned to the carriage seat, "Quick, go back to the Taishou Mansion." ”: