Chapter 72 Dilemma (please order first)

The commander of the Liaodong troops was Gongsun Kang, the son of Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liaodong.

After boarding the ship, he received news that Liu Bei had led his troops out of the city and rushed to Jinkou.

Originally, he was worried that Liu Bei would attack when his troops landed, but when he learned that Liu Bei actually built a fort and camped ten miles away from Jinkou, Gongsun Kang was completely relieved.

Gongsun Kang said to the generals beside him: "Liu Beiyong did not take advantage of the situation to attack me, but camped ten miles away from Jinkou. This shows that he is not only stupid, but also cowardly. I heard that he annihilated the Donglai Yellow Turban bandits, and Guan Hai and others were killed by him.

I thought he was good at using troops. Oh, if I had known this, why would we have recruited more soldiers? We can defeat him with five thousand soldiers and horses."

Therefore, he safely landed at Jinkou, then formed a defensive formation to defend Jinkou, waiting for the second batch of troops to be transported across the river.

However, there was no movement in Liu Bei's camp, and there was no sign of troops coming to attack. This made Gongsun Kang even more relieved, thinking that defeating Liu Bei would be a piece of cake.

After the second batch of soldiers and horses were ferried across the sea, Gongsun Kang was more confident with a thousand cavalry in hand. He left two thousand soldiers to guard the ferry at Jinkou and led eight thousand soldiers to challenge Liu Bei's camp.
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Although Gongsun Kang despised Liu Bei, after all, the opponent had five thousand troops and was only ten miles away. No matter what, the ferry must be protected, otherwise once the ferry was destroyed, he would have no way out.

If the ferry is destroyed and Yuan Tan's state army comes to help, then all of us will be in ruins.

Gongsun Kang was not afraid of Liu Bei, but he was afraid of the Yuan family.

Now with one thousand cavalry and eight thousand troops to deal with Liu Bei's five thousand troops, Gongsun Kang was confident of victory.

However, no matter how Gongsun Kang yelled and challenged outside the camp, Liu Bei's camp gate was always closed. He only stepped up the defense of the camp, but did not dare to go out to fight.

This made Gongsun Kang very distressed. It turns out that Liu Bei's timidity is not a good thing.

Liu Bei did not dare to fight, and his camp was very well defended, so it would be impossible to storm the camp.

It is even more impossible to go around the camp and attack Huangcheng. Once his troops are gone, Liu Bei may lead his troops to attack Jinkou and destroy the ferry.

Gongsun Kang suddenly discovered that Liu Bei built a fort and camped ten miles away from Jinkou. It seemed very stupid, but in fact, it put him in a dilemma and he didn't know what to do.

In desperation, Gongsun Kang had no choice but to camp two miles away from Liu Bei's camp, opposite Liu Bei's camp, and led his troops to shout and challenge in front of the camp every day.

In Liu Bei's camp, Zhang Fei could no longer hold himself back and clamored to leave the camp to fight.

"Military advisor, the Liaodong soldiers have been insulting and challenging for seven days in a row. Why can't we go to war?"

Zhou Xing said calmly: "No rush, just wait a few more days."

"You are not in a hurry, but I am!" Zhang Fei looked very dissatisfied.

"Zhang Lieutenant, the person who is more anxious than you at the moment should be Gongsun Kang. Our camp here is like a thorn in his side. We can't get rid of it, but we are very uncomfortable. The Liaodong soldiers are coming across the sea, and it is difficult to maintain food and grass. What's more,

We want a quick victory, but we can't do what they want! Let's delay them first and make them impatient. Then it will be easier for us to fight again and win."

"In addition, we need to spread the news that we are holding the camp and dare not fight, so that people like Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu know about it."

Guan Yu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked: "Is the intention of the military advisor still to show weakness? We are in Qingzhou, and we want Yuan Shao to know that it is understandable. Why do we want Cao Cao and Lu Bu to know that we are timid and weak?"

Zhou Xing smiled and said: "Guan Xiaowei, you also know that Cao Cao is leading his troops to Luoyang to protect him. However, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and forcibly moved the people into the pass. It was already dilapidated and lacked food.

It is difficult to make it the imperial capital. Cao Cao previously stationed troops in Xuxian County, Yingchuan, and ordered people to build mansions that looked like palaces. In my opinion, it is very likely that he wanted to move the emperor to Xuxian County and make Xuxian County his capital. Now he has troops

If Ma Qiang is strong, it will be difficult for Han Siam, Yang Feng and others to stop him."

"If this is true, Cao Cao has the power in his hands, and my lord once was his enemy. Now that we let him know that we are weak, he will not be afraid of us."

"As for Lu Bu, we are close to Xuzhou. Although we are in Donglai, our lord had to give up Xuzhou before. He will always be on guard, worried that we will go back to compete with him for Xuzhou. If Lu Bu knows that we are weak, he will

We will not worry too much, but can use all our strength to deal with Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, and block the enemy from the south for us. If everyone ignores or has no time to care, we will be able to develop steadily."

Guan Yu secretly marveled in his heart. He was just staring at Yuan Shao in Yecheng. Unexpectedly, Military Advisor Zhou even set his sights on Xuzhou and Luoyang, considering things that were more comprehensive and long-term than his own.

"Cao Cao will move his capital to Xu County?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.

At this time, the emperor had returned to Luoyang. Liu Bei had just received the report a few days ago, and Cao Cao was leading his troops to Luoyang.

Moving the capital is not a trivial matter, but judging from the current situation, as Zhou's military advisor said, Luoyang is in dilapidated condition, and Cao Cao did have people build a grand and spacious mansion in Xu County before. Does he really want to move the emperor to Xu County?

"It's possible."

Zhou Xing dare not say for sure, this can only be his own guess.

"If this is true, Cao Cao will definitely take power, and the world will be even more chaotic!"

Liu Bei knew something about Cao Cao. He was a man with the same ambitions as himself. It can be seen from his two attacks on Xuzhou that he was by no means willing to settle down in one state.

"Brother, let me lead the troops to fight..."

Just as Zhang Fei spoke, he was interrupted by Liu Bei: "If you talk more, I will let you go back to defend the city."

Liu Bei was upset at this time, and Zhang Fei shut up immediately with just one sentence, not daring to say anything more.

If Cao Cao really moved the emperor to Xu County, Liu Bei knew what that meant.

Now that the emperor is weak and has no authority, if someone like Cao Cao controls the emperor, that is not just doing whatever he wants.

As Cao Cao became more powerful and Yuan Shao controlled the four states in Hebei, Liu Bei felt that his future was bleak.

But he still has hope in his heart and will not be discouraged.

Looking at Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhou Xing in front of him, Liu Bei gradually regained his confidence.

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At this moment, in Yecheng, Jizhou, Yuan Shaozheng was sitting with all his advisers to discuss matters.

"Why doesn't the general let Yuan Qingzhou send troops to assist Liu Bei?" Jushou asked.

Liu Bei sent Sun Qian to borrow troops from Yuan Tan, but he was rejected and refused to give him any grain. Fortunately, Yuan Tan remembered Liu Bei's efforts to persuade Kong Rong to surrender the state and gave him a hundred strong crossbows and three hundred spears.

"Don't you see Zhu Ling!" Bijia Tian Feng immediately responded, "Liu Xuande has a very benevolent reputation and is good at bribing people's hearts. If we send troops to help, I'm afraid there will be few soldiers to return! Besides, it is very easy for Liu Xuande to suppress the thieves, and it takes less than three months. All the thieves in Donglai have been wiped out. Although there are ten thousand soldiers and horses in Liaodong, it is not difficult for Xuande to win!"

When Yuan Shao heard Tian Feng mention Zhu Ling, his expression changed slightly and became gloomy.

"Hahaha..." Guo Tu laughed suddenly, "What a joke. Liu Bei is just a name-dropper. He sent troops to resist the enemy just to protect the county and the people. However, he did not dare to face the strong troops of Liaodong and could not camp. In battle, it is obvious that he is timid and weak. Tian Biejia actually said that it would not be difficult for Liu Bei to defeat the enemy! It is like an idiot talking about a dream."

Xin Ping then echoed: "Exactly, if it was not difficult for Liu Bei to defeat the enemy, why did he go to Yuan Qingzhou for help?"

Tian Feng raised his head and said loudly: "Liu Xuande is the governor of Donglai. The county is under attack. Isn't it right for him to ask for help from the prefecture? This further shows that Liu Xuande's heart is towards the Yuan family and nothing else. If the general fails to send troops to help, I am afraid he will lose his money." Liu Xuande and the hearts of the people of Donglai!"

"Haha," Guo Tu laughed again, "Tian Biejia just said that it would be easy for Liu Bei to defeat the enemy. In this case, it doesn't matter whether he sends troops to assist. Besides, Yuan Qingzhou gave Liu Bei a hundred strong crossbows and three hundred commanders. A spear can be regarded as assistance."

"Well." Yuan Shao nodded at this time and said, "Everyone's words are reasonable. Why don't we take a look first. If Xuande is defeated, it won't be too late for us to send troops again."

Shen Pei then said: "In my opinion, Liu Bei camped in the camp without fighting because he knew that his troops were too weak to win, so he stayed in camp. When the Liaodong troops crossed the sea, they would not be able to stay for long, and they would retreat in a few days. The general can have no worries about this."

Yuan Shao looked at Feng Ji, Xu You, Xun Chen and others again, and finally decided to take a look first before talking.

In fact, it is impossible for him to send troops to assist Liu Bei.

General Yan Liang is leading troops to attack Zang Hong in Dongjun. Although Gongsun Zan in the north is hiding in Yi Jing, he has been eyeing Jizhou. Yuan Shao dare not send troops easily. Even Yuan Tan can't lead Qingzhou's troops. The plain is too far away from Donglai. If Gongsun Zan suddenly attacks, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return reinforcements in time.

Moreover, a remote and chaotic place like Donglai County would be the same in Liu Bei's hands as it would be in Gongsun Du's hands, and Yuan Shao didn't care.

However, Liu Bei's request for help and the lack of fighting in the camp did make Yuan Shao think that Liu Bei was timid and weak, and his previous suspicion of Liu Bei's rapid elimination of bandits was suppressed.

Five days later, inside Liu Bei’s camp in Donglai County.

Zhou Xing and Liu Bei stood on the watchtower in the camp, looking at the Liaodong soldiers outside the camp.
Chapter completed!