Liu Bei led his troops to Shucheng and met Guan Yu.
After half a year, the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang got together again, and they all seemed very happy.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were Liu Bei's most trusted people, and Guan Yu was much better than Zhang Fei in governing states and counties, so he was entrusted with important tasks by Liu Bei. He could not charge into battle, kill enemies and gain credit like Zhang Fei.
Others may not know it, but Zhou Ping understands that Guan Yu's abilities are far superior to Zhang Fei's.
There may not be much difference in terms of force, but in terms of intelligence or other aspects, Zhang Fei really cannot compare with Guan Yu.
Liu Bei also understood it very well. At this point, he once again admired Zhou Ping's ability to recognize people.
After resting in Shucheng for three days, we heard the report from the scouts and Zhang Xun, who was stationed in Juchao, led his troops back to Wancheng.
At the same time, there was news from Yuzhang that Sun Quan led his troops to Nanchang. Hua Xin, the governor of Yuzhang, resisted with troops and was defeated by Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai.
Hua Xin fled to Kuaiji, and Sun Quan stationed in Nanchang, calling himself the Grand Administrator of Yuzhang.
Zhou Ping remembered that in history, when Sun Ce led his troops to Yuzhang, Hua Xin did not resist.
Perhaps Sun Quan's troops were not strong enough now, and he was defeated and fled. Hua Xin was unwilling to give in to the commandery, so he refused with troops.
But Hua Xin didn't expect that Sun Quan, who had escaped from defeat, would be so strong, and he quickly defeated him and took away his Yuzhang.
"Sun Quan's capture of Yuzhang was expected. Now that Sun Jing and Huang Gai have led their troops to flee to Yuzhang, Sun Quan's power may become stronger again!"
Liu Bei began to worry about Sun Quan.
"If Yuan Shu also fled to Yuzhang with his troops and horses and joined forces with Sun Quan, it would be even more difficult." Li Jia continued.
Zhou Ping smiled slightly: "It would be better if Yuan Shu led his troops and fled to Yuzhang."
"Why? Sun Quan, Sun Jing, and Huang Gai only had about 20,000 soldiers together. Zhang Xun abandoned Juchao and retreated to Wancheng. Now there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in Wancheng. If these 30,000 soldiers and horses escape to Yuzhang, Yuzhang will be defeated.
There are fifty thousand enemy generals, how can it be better?"
Li Jia didn't understand what Zhou Ping meant.
Zhang Fei, Gan Ning and others didn't quite understand either, so they all looked at Zhou Ping, waiting for his answer.
Liu Bei seemed to understand Zhou Ping's intention and nodded secretly.
"If Sun Quan escapes to Lujiang, it may be considered, but if he goes to Yuzhang first and defeats Huaziyu, and Yuan Shu leaves, who do you think they will take as the leader?"
Zhou Ping continued: "Sun Quan is no longer Sun Ce. He abandoned Lujiang River and went to Yuzhang. He also asked Sun Jing to go with Huang Gai because he was the master and did not want to listen to Yuan Shu's orders anymore. If Yuan Shu goes, we only need
If you don't attack but take it easy, they will fight against each other."
After hearing this, Guan Yu nodded and said, "Sir, what you said makes sense. Then will Yuan Shu flee to Yuzhang?"
"possible."
Based on Zhou Ping's understanding of Yuan Shu, he felt that his current choice should be to flee to Yuzhang.
Although there are 30,000 soldiers and horses garrisoned in Wancheng, Liu Bei currently leads only 31,000 soldiers and horses in Shucheng. However, Liu Bei has just killed Sun Ce and won a great victory. Yuan Shu's soldiers will definitely be afraid.
If it goes to war, it will be defeated. If it defends the city without fighting, Wan City will become an isolated city and cannot be defended for a long time. In the end, the city will be broken and destroyed.
Therefore, he believed that Yuan Shu should abandon the city and escape.
What Zhou Ping didn't expect was that Yuan Shu had already sent someone to ask Yuan Shao for help.
Li Jia led three thousand soldiers to stay in Shucheng, responsible for collecting grain and grass, and at the same time receiving grain shipped from Hefei.
Liu Bei led 28,000 people into Juchao. After staying briefly for a day, he raised his troops again and marched to Wancheng, camping in the north of Wancheng.
Yuan Shu stood on the city gate tower, looking at the camp outside the city. Liu Xun, Zhang Xun, Yan Xiang and others stood behind him.
"Liu Bei's troops have arrived, but there is no news at this time. What can we do?"
"Don't worry, general. Although Liu Bei's troops are outside the city, we have 30,000 troops. As long as we hold on to the city and there is plenty of food and grass in the city, there is nothing we can do! Just wait, I believe there will be news from Yecheng soon."
The chief clerk, Yan Xiang, advised.
Liu Xun then advised: "General, if we go out of the city to fight, it may be difficult for us to win, but Wan City is strong. Even if Liu Bei has 100,000 troops to attack the city, it cannot be broken. The food and grass in the city can be enough for two years, and we can defend it.
Two years, but Liu Bei cannot wait two years and will retreat soon."
In order to prepare food to defend the city, during the days when Liu Bei captured Jiangdong and fought with Sun Ce, Liu Xun stepped up his food collection and plundered almost all the food of the people of Lujiang.
Liu Bei felt this problem deeply.
Since arriving in Lujiang, the supply of food and grass has been a big problem.
Many people in Lujiang have no food left at home, and their lives are even difficult. There is no food to collect at all.
The wealthy family did have some food, but Yuan Shu had already harvested it once, and Liu Bei would not be able to harvest much if he collected it again, which would not solve the problem at all.
For this reason, we mainly relied on Jiujiang and grain transportation from Xuzhou.
Jiujiang is okay, it is adjacent to Lujiang, but Xuzhou is far away and the road costs too much. If you transport ten stones, you can't get five.
Therefore, Wancheng must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise they will retreat in two or three months due to lack of food.
Zhou Ping was also worried. Yuan Shu held the city firmly and refused to fight no matter how many times he was called. He showed a tendency to defend to the end, which was really helpless.
There are 30,000 soldiers and horses garrisoned in Wancheng. No matter how weak these soldiers and horses are, it is simply impossible to attack the city with less than 30,000 soldiers.
"Sir, Yun Chang, think about it quickly, we must break the city as soon as possible!"
Liu Bei paced back and forth in the tent, worried.
Zhou Ping and Guan Yu looked at each other and shook their heads secretly. Neither of them could think of a good strategy.
It was impossible to attack by force, and it would be difficult to force Yuan Shu away. If he wanted to leave, he would have left long ago, and would not wait until Liu Bei's troops came to the city.
"Yide, what about you?"
Liu Bei stopped in front of Zhang Fei, looked at him and asked.
Zhang Fei grinned and said: "Hey, hey, brother, I can only kill the enemy, so how can I have any good strategies? It's your business to make plans and plans. As long as the soldiers and horses in the city can be sent to fight, I will definitely be able to kill the enemy generals."
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There are so many soldiers and horses garrisoning the city, and the city wall is so high and thick that no amount of climbing up the city using ladders or digging into the ground will be of any use.
Liu Bei looked at Gao Shun and Gan Ning again. Both of them were silent at the moment, unable to think of any way to break the city.
"Kong Ming, what about you?"
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang standing behind and asked.
Zhuge Liang has been following Liu Bei's army, but he is only eighteen years old now, and Liu Bei rarely asks him for advice.
Now no one can think of a good solution. Even Zhou Wen'an has no choice but to ask him questions.
Zhuge Liang had been concentrating on thinking before, but when he heard Liu Bei's question, he hurriedly said: "My lord, Wancheng has a strong army and it is impossible to attack from outside. If you want to break through this city quickly, you must break through from the inside."
"How to break through?" Liu Bei and Zhou Ping asked almost at the same time.
Zhuge Liang's words made Zhou Ping's eyes light up, and he felt that what he said made sense.
Wancheng cannot be attacked from the outside. If you want to conquer it as soon as possible, you must start from the inside.
