Eight hundred and sixteenth chapter change road and attack again
Chapter 816: Change route and attack again
Many of the generals were originally local soldiers in Xiangyang, and most of them were descendants of small and medium-sized families. A wealthy family like the Cai family could reap huge benefits from anyone under their command, but they were different.
If Liu Biao really surrenders to Yuan Shao, then their status will definitely be replaced by the Nanyang clan, and their own family will inevitably suffer losses, so they still support Liu Biao in defending Xiangyang.
Seeing the morale-boosted generals, Liu Biao also nodded.
"Okay, everyone, go back to your positions and be sure to defend Xiangyang."
"promise."
The generals nodded directly to Cheng Nuo, left the tower and ran towards their respective areas of responsibility.
"Xuande stays."
Liu Biao glanced at Liu Bei and asked him to stay.
"grown ups."
When he heard Liu Biao calling him, Liu Bei immediately stopped and clasped his fists towards him.
"Xuande has been very determined in the past two days. I hope you will work harder. After defeating Yuan Shao, I will definitely be of great use."
Liu Biao also knew that Liu Bei had been doing his best to help him defend the city in the past few days, and in order to make him work harder, he also promised benefits.
"Your Majesty, your words are serious, Liu Bei just did his duty."
Liu Bei was also heartened by Liu Jingsheng's reuse, but there was no expression on his face. He just clasped his fists and saluted Liu Biao again.
"Well, then I'll leave this place to you. I'm not feeling well yet, so I need to go down and rest."
Liu Biao still admires Liu Bei's attitude. He is neither arrogant nor impetuous and is a useful talent.
"My lord, please leave. Liu Bei is in Xiangyang."
"Um."
Liu Biao abandoned Liu Bei and went down the city wall, and then summoned a group of civil servants in the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion to express his attitude of resistance.
It has to be said that Liu Biao still has some tricks. The rumors in Xiangyang City that day disappeared immediately, and everyone from the common people to the civil and military officials once again united under his command, determined to defend Xiangyang City and maintain Liu Biao's dominance in Jingzhou.
"Lord, there was a tip-off in the city, Liu Biao appeared, beat the ministries, and at the same time announced the news of survival and death in Xiangyang, and Yuan Shu may have joined forces with him and sent troops to Jiangxia."
Xu You came directly to Yuan Shao with the information he got from special channels.
"Liu Biao is out?
Didn’t he say he was ready to surrender?”
Hearing Xu You's words, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be slightly startled.
"Kuai Yue returned from Yangzhou and met Liu Biao directly. Only then did Liu Biao give up his thoughts of surrender and prepare for war with all his strength. I am afraid that the alliance with Yuan Shu is true, otherwise this situation would never have happened."
Xu You looked at Yuan Shao and frowned. If Kuai Yue came back a few days later, Xiangyang might really be conquered without attacking.
"The matter of Yuan Shu sending troops is not a trivial matter. He immediately ordered the army to attack Xiangyang and conquer Xiangyang as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if Yuan Shu sends troops to Nanyang, Xiangyang will not be able to fight."
Yuan Shao frowned and directly issued the order to attack fiercely. He wanted to capture Liu Biao before Yuan Shu's troops came to Nanyang, otherwise everything would be in vain.
"My lord, it would be difficult to take over Xiangyang rashly. It is better to mobilize some troops from Yuzhou and go south to support Nanyang. In this way, even if Yuan Shu does send troops, we can deal with it calmly."
Xu You thought for a while and realized that after fighting for so many days, he had suffered a lot of losses, but Xiangyang still had not been defeated. Now he had to deal with the possible appearance of Yuan Shu's troops, so he could only mobilize troops from Yuzhou.
"Well, send people north immediately and ask Yan Xiang to send troops south to support Nanyang."
Yuan Shao thought for a moment and nodded to Xu You. The territory of Nanyang is now empty, but there are still 80,000 troops in Yuzhou. It is time to mobilize some.
"promise."
Xu You nodded and went out to make arrangements, but he met the scouts sent by Yang Hong.
"Lord, urgent report from Yuzhou."
Hearing the scout's words, Xu You couldn't help but stop, and Yuan Shao also frowned.
"read."
At this time, Yuzhou is reporting urgently. It is very likely that Tian Feng from Yanzhou will send troops.
"Tian Feng of Yanzhou gathered 90,000 troops and sent troops in three directions to attack Liang, Chen and Pengcheng. Master Yan Xiang completely reduced the battlefield and gathered his troops in Runan County and Yingchuan County."
After hearing the news from the scouts, Xu You secretly exclaimed that it was indeed the case.
"Ziyuan, what should we do now?"
Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You and was about to send troops south from Yuzhou, but Yuan Shu had already taken the initiative and sent troops south to Yuzhou.
"Lord, now it's time for us to make a decision. Yuan Shu sent troops from Yanzhou to hold back our troops in Yuzhou. If he continues to move his troops southward, the gains he made in Yuzhou will fall short. If he doesn't move his troops southward, then
Next, Yuan Shu forces troops from Jiangxia to force Nanyang, so we must abandon Xiangyang and lead troops to resist Yuan Shu. Whether we want Jingzhou or Yuzhou depends entirely on ourselves."
Xu You glanced at Yuan Shao and directly said the two consequences of the two choices.
"What I want is a solution, not an analysis of the battlefield. I don't want to give up Yuzhou, and I don't want to give up Xiangyang."
After hearing Xu You's words, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be stunned. How could he not see this? But now he doesn't want to give up anything.
"My lord, there is no way to have the best of both worlds. We can only keep one side safe. Should we choose Yuzhou or Jingzhou? There is no other way."
Xu You frowned and directly rejected Yuan Shao's idea. How could it be such a good thing to have the best of both worlds? Now he only has so many troops. Half of the 200,000 troops are in Yuzhou and half in Xiangyang. If he wants to have the best of both worlds, he will have to conjure up ten more soldiers.
Ten thousand troops.
"What if Cao Mengde is allowed to lead his army to Nanyang now?"
Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You and thought of Cao Cao's army confronting Cai Mao outside Dangyang.
"My lord, if Cao Cao is allowed to go north now, then Cai Mao's troops can be released. If he leads his army north to support Xiangyang, it will become more difficult for us to capture Xiangyang."
Xu You looked at Yuan Shao, he was fighting on two fronts, so why not Liu Biao. If Cao Cao was really allowed to go north to support Nanyang, Cai Mao's 40,000 army would be liberated. If they went north to Xiangyang, it would be difficult for him to conquer it.
"I don't think so. Yuan Shu is now a dragon crossing the river. If we can't suppress him, it will be difficult to achieve anything in Jingzhou. What I mean is to withdraw our troops from Xiangyang now, and then Cao Cao will lead his troops north to Nanyang.
The two families fought back Yuan Shu first, defeated him, and then returned to attack Xiangyang."
Yuan Shao was also very powerful in the early stage. He could directly see that it was not him, Cao Cao, or Liu Biao who decided Jingzhou now, but Yuan Shu who led his army into Jiangxia. If he defeated him, Jingzhou would be his. If he could not stop him, then
The matter in Jingzhou can only be abandoned.
"If my lord thinks so, then let's just have a decisive battle, let Yan Xiang give up even Yingchuan, guard Runan strictly, and send 50,000 troops south to Nanyang at the same time, but this battlefield cannot be in Nanyang, this is our foundation
, we can’t have any losses, why not have a good fight with Yuan Shu in Jiangxia.”
Yuan Shao is right. Yuan Shu has now become the most critical link. Only by defeating him can he make a difference in Jingzhou. Otherwise, he will always be able to huddle in Nanyang, unable to move. To break this deadlock,
He can only use all his strength to defeat Yuan Shu.
"Well, let's do it this way. Yingchuan County can be given up, but those aristocratic families must move to Runan County, and 30,000 troops should be mobilized. 50,000 soldiers are too many. If Yuan Shu's army really attacks Runan
, Thirty thousand people are too few,
In addition, we immediately sent someone to inform Cao Mengde and tell him our thoughts. If he can see this, he should agree with our statement."
Yuan Shao thought for a while and decided to do what Xu You said.
"promise."
Xu You nodded and clasped his fists, and went directly to convey Yuan Shao's order. Soon the two horses rushed out of the camp and ran towards Yuzhou and Dangyang respectively.
Xiahou Yuan's scouts traveled day and night and finally arrived at Cao Cao's camp.
