If others may not have thought of the navy force crossing the Yellow River, how could a person like Xun Chen miss it? He clearly remembers how Gongsun Zan’s supplies arrived in Youzhou. He could travel by sea, but could the Yellow River be crossed?
Previously, Xun Chen wanted to give Yuan Shao some advice on developing a naval army, but he found that there were no navy generals, no excellent shipbuilders, and not enough time, so there was no need to do it.
It was at that time that Xun Chen raised his fear of Liu Bei to a considerable level. He no longer believed in the intelligence analyzed by anyone else and turned to understand it himself. This was also the reason why Yuan Shao gradually lowered Xun Chen's trust. Xun Chen had many
Sometimes it seems like I have too many thoughts but don’t want to express them.
To be able to go from poverty to a situation where they can compete with them in the military, and still have the energy to develop commerce, agriculture, and prosperous rule. This state is completely abnormal. The ones in the middle are no longer Jushou and Xu You.
What I'm talking about is a comprehensive difference.
Xun Chen sighed secretly, and then ordered Guo Yuan and others to be prepared. As for Cao Cao's assistance, although Xun Chen was very afraid of Cao Cao, he would not show it at this time.
Early the next morning, a fleet appeared in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. However, it was not the navy led by Gan Ning himself, but a partial army led by Xu Sheng and Mi Fang. Gan Ning's main force was still confronting Yuan Shao's army across the Yellow River.
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At this same time, a group of well-equipped Qingzhou crossbowmen had gathered by the river. They were not the Xiliang cavalry who were the most adept at attacking.
"I've met General Yu." Xu Sheng clasped his fists and saluted. Gan Ning was not slow to promote him, and Mi Fang was not too utilitarian and did not want to be greedy for money. After Tai Shici left, he pushed him and Xu Sheng succeeded.
Became Gan Ning's lieutenant general.
"Wen Ze, long time no see." Mi Fang said with a smile. He was not as rigid as Xu Sheng. Yu Jin, who was also known for his rigidity, also smiled at Mi Fang. For the kind-hearted officials and businessmen of the Mi family, all the generals also
With a good impression, at least Mi Fang and Mi Zhu are in charge of logistics and military affairs, and there will be no talk of deductions.
"But why don't we see General Gan?" Yu Jin asked with a raised eyebrow. He and Gan Ning didn't have a very good relationship. After all, Gan Ning's personality was too out-of-the-box, while Yu Jin's personality was too rigid. Naturally, Yu Jin and Fa Zheng had this kind of relationship.
It won't be too good either.
"General Gan has successfully led his army across the Yellow River and has fought several battles with Yuan Shao's army in the Yangping area east of Dongwuyang. My lord has personally led his army across the river and won every battle!" Mi Fang said with a smile.
On the first day when Gan Ning led his navy to arrive in Chiping, he unexpectedly crossed the Yellow River and fought against Yuan Shao before he was ready. After a bloody battle, he stood firm.
Later, Liu Bei's army crossed the Yellow River in a steady stream. The two sides no longer faced each other across the river, but fought in a legion-like manner. They fought several battles in a row. Liu Bei's army was brave and fearless, and they fought and won consecutive battles.
On Yuan Shao's side, the house was exposed and there was continuous rain. He first misjudged Gan Ning's courage, and was forced to cross the Yellow River directly by Gan Ning, losing the first barrier. Later, Zhu Ling, who was defending Qinghe, lost the initiative due to carelessness and was directly captured by Wei Yan.
After arriving in Ling County, he was tricked by Xu Shu, so he could only retreat to Ganling and wait for help.
In this case, while Yuan Shao issued an order to reprimand Zhu Ling, he transferred Xin Pi, who was a little distracted due to the death of his brother Xin Ping, to Qinghe to assist in the defense. At the same time, he began to shrink the defense line. He retreated westward, shortened the supply line, reduced the supply pressure on the rear, and provided
More troops.
However, Yuan Shao's behavior did not completely reverse his situation, it could only make the decline less obvious. To be honest, Yuan Shao was also quite surprised why his soldiers were not weaker than his opponent's, and his strategy and mobilization were not inferior to those of his opponent Liu Bei.
, but lost several battles in succession.
However, this did not shake Yuan Shao's determination. The previous defeats had no impact on Yuan Shao, who had thousands of soldiers.
However, with the continuous strategic retreat, Yuan Shao had reached the peak in all aspects by the time he arrived at Dongwuyang. Although Liu Bei had taken some advantages in the previous battle at Dongwuyang, his losses were much greater than before.
The changes in the logistics supply line have actually almost evened out to the point where they are evenly matched. I have to say that Jushou's mental talent is only positive, it is really strong.
Now the situation in Qinghe has completely gone to Liu Bei's side. Xu Shu crushed his predecessor in Yingchuan head-on. No matter how Xin Pi tried his best to plot, they all fell to Xu Shu's plan which in Xin Pi's opinion was not very good.
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Well, now Xin Pi no longer has the shame to say what happened to that young boy Xu Shu. He was defeated in six battles. Xu Shu defeated Ganling in one go. Five thousand soldiers, plus thousands of surrendered prisoners, directly surrounded the two sides.
Ganling City, garrisoned by thousands of people, accomplished an almost unbelievable feat.
Now even a fool knows the terror of the seemingly thin young man under the city wall. At least Xinpi has given up any hope of defeating the opponent. The opponent is so strong that he is completely crushing him!
This is also the reason why Xinpi clearly has 20,000 people, but he is still surrounded by Xu Shu with half of his troops in the city. He can only wait for help. His morale is completely gone. The most terrifying thing about the consecutive defeats is this. In addition,
Xu Shu's method of victory was completely different from Liu Bei's method of defeating Yuan Shao. Xin Pi was almost tragic!
Compared with the battle between Yuan Shaojun and Liu Beijun, it was just a small-scale test at the legion level. On the Qinghe side, Xu Shu would pretend to succeed every time he saw through all or part of Xinpi's plan.
plan, and then let Xinpi lead his troops to fight against him.
As a result, it seemed to Xin Pi that Xu Shu had fallen into the trap every time, but the actual situation was that after Xu Shu fell into the trap, he directly overthrew Xin Pi's army without caring. As mentioned before, all plans are indispensable in the end.
It was a head-to-head confrontation, and Xu Shu's actions were a heavy blow to Xin Pi's self-confidence.
Speaking of which, I'm afraid nothing could hit the commander and soldiers more than this. After three times, Xin Pi immediately gave up the idea of plotting against Xu Shu.
Then they first set up an army formation. Naturally, the army formation was only half-expert to Xu Shu, but Xu Shu could see the flaws in all the formations and directly destroyed the formation in a way that was beyond Xin Pi's expectation.
Later, Xinpi arranged his troops and had a head-on confrontation with Xu Shu. Needless to say, the result was that Xu Shu caught a problem of connecting the two wings with the central army, and directly sent Guan Ping to lead the troops to remove the right wing. After passing through, the entire army
It collapsed immediately, and Wei Yan led his army to pursue them all the way.
At this time, Xin Pi actually understood that he was no match for Xu Shu, and prepared to retreat to Ganling step by step. However, when he was withdrawing the camp, Xu Shu found another flaw, and then a massacre occurred. (To be continued.)
