"Hahaha, military advisor, you are so powerful. Our losses in taking Lujiang are completely negligible!
I, Lao Zhang, am convinced by you!"
In Lujiang City, Zhang Fei was excited.
My eldest brother is finally about to take off! This military advisor is so powerful that he actually deceived Yu Jin out of the city right now?
The garrison registered in Yangzhou has been reduced by half at once. I am afraid that if the elder brother works hard, he can capture the entire Yangzhou.
"Third General, the war has just begun. It is still too early. You must not be careless."
Zhang Fei was very excited, Liu Bei was very excited, and even Guan Yu was also very excited.
You know, this is the city where Xiang Ji was taken away!
For the three brothers who have always been tortured by Xiang Ji, how could they not be happy about this?
However, unlike the excitement of Liu Bei's three brothers, Xu Shu, who was the biggest contributor to the victory, did not smile at all.
You must know that the strategy assigned by Xu Shu at the beginning was to wipe out all the forbidden troops in one fell swoop.
But I never thought that the Chu army's combat power would be so much greater than Liu Bei's soldiers.
After setting an ambush against Yu Jin, only half of his troops were left behind.
As for the armor in Lujiang City, Xu Shu was even more frightened.
Without Yu Jin's command, there was no panic at all, and instead they were able to carry out an organized breakout.
In the end, Xu Shu's plan to completely annihilate the Yujinsubu was only half completed.
Brother Liu Bei couldn't be more satisfied with this result.
But Xu Shu was not satisfied.
Yu Jin's Yangzhou garrison establishment is still there, so naturally he can retreat to Shouchun.
You know, Shouchun is not as good as Lujiang.
That was Yuan Shu's royal capital. Regardless of the height of the city wall or the width of the moat, it was a major challenge for Liu Bei's army.
If we attack by force, the losses may be far greater than expected.
Moreover, Xu Shu was not sure how the Chu State would react to the situation in Yangzhou.
It would be okay if they only sent a few reinforcements, but if the main force of the Chu State came to attack, I'm afraid it would be a big trouble.
After the battle to capture Lujiang, Xu Shu no longer had the confidence he had before.
Although my strategy is excellent, you, the one who executes the strategy, are not very good at fighting.
Regarding the low combat effectiveness of Liu Bei's soldiers, Xu Shu was speechless.
No wonder he was driven all the way from the north to the south by Xiang Ji. With his fighting power, he could only defeat bandits and bandits.
As for the 100,000 troops borrowed from Liu Biao? Haha, they are just a mere quantity. Their combat effectiveness is better than that of the militiamen.
"Military advisor, what is our army's next move? Should we attack Shouchun directly?"
Having rested for more than half a month, Liu Bei believed that he could now attack Shouchun.
As long as Shouchun can be captured, then all the land of Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River will fall into his hands. How can Liu Bei not be anxious?
"Lord, no, the safest way is for our army to stay in Lujiang for now."
When he heard that Liu Bei was planning to attack Shouchun, Xu Shu became very anxious.
But Xu Shu's sudden move made him anxious not just himself.
"Why? Military advisor? Now that Yu Jin's army has suffered a new defeat, it is at a time when morale is low.
Our army has been trained for more than half a month, and its strength has been slightly expanded. Now is a good time to capture Shouchun?"
Liu Bei was fine if he didn't mention his military strength, but when he mentioned Xu Shu, he couldn't help but get dizzy.
Just forcibly recruiting some nearby farmers can be regarded as an expansion of military strength? Is this how your troops always come?
But there is nothing I can do about it. Whoever makes someone else the lord is the one who makes me look right at him.
"Lord, our army now occupies the land of Lujiang, which can be said to be the gateway to Yangzhou.
If you advance here, you can attack Shouchun. If you retreat, you can return to Yuzhou.
And as long as our army occupies this place, it can respond to General Huang Zu's Jiangxia Army at any time, which is the key point of the Chu Army."
After saying this, Xu Shu paused briefly. When he saw that Liu Bei still had a confused look on his face, he had no choice but to continue.
This lord's IQ is a bit lacking.
"My lord! Think about it, we have occupied Lujiang for nearly half a month.
So since Pengcheng is so close to Yangzhou, will Xiang Ji not be able to receive the information? Will he not be able to respond?
Now that our army has occupied the choke point of Yangzhou, the Chu army will inevitably come to fight for it.
As long as we stay here firmly and wait for the reinforcements of the Chu army to arrive, we can fight with them.
If only partial troops are coming, it means that the fighting in the north of Chu State is fierce and there are not many hands and feet available to deal with us.
If this is the case, our army can naturally march eastward and seize Yangzhou in one fell swoop.
But if the Chu army comes with the main force..."
Having said this, there is basically no need to say any more.
Seeing the understanding look on Liu Bei's face, Xu Shu could only sigh helplessly.
There's another thing I didn't tell you.
If that relative comes, and you rush to attack Shouchun, aren't you just giving food to someone?
At this time, the Qi and Chu armies, which had been fighting for more than ten days in Qingzhou, were about to decide the winner.
"General, we can't hold it anymore, let's withdraw."
After all, the number of the Hebei army was twice that of the Chu army.
After fighting with the Hebei army for more than ten days, only about 20,000 Chu troops were left out of the 50,000.
"Xuan Gao, you lead the troops to retreat to Chengyang first, I will stay here to break up the rear."
How could Taishi Ci not know what Zang Ba said?
Although the Hebei Army also abandoned more than 30,000 corpses under the heroic fighting of the Chu Army, their base was large after all.
Now, we can only retreat to Chengyang first.
You know, Chengyang was originally used by Jia Xu for strategic depth.
However, after a year of stalemate, Anqiu was not lost, so Chengyang has become a part of the Chu State.
But under the current situation, Chengyang County can only be sacrificed.
"No, it's better for me to stay as the queen! You are the commander of the army."
When Taishi Ci wanted to terminate the throne, Zang Ba obviously disagreed.
Although your military strength is greater than mine, after all, you, Taishi Ci, are the commander of the army.
Something can happen to me, Zang Ba, but nothing can happen to you, Taishi Ci.
Just when the two of them were arguing, a general behind Taishi Ci suddenly clapped his horse and moved forward.
At the same time, he kept shouting.
"I am Chen Feng, the deputy general under General Tai Shici. After receiving the order, do any of my brothers dare to go with a certain family to meet that Hebei barbarian?"
Following Chen Feng's shout, nearly a thousand Chu troops gathered around him.
And almost everyone in these Chu troops was injured.
Yes, everyone knows that Anqiu can no longer hold on.
If we don't retreat at this time, I'm afraid we won't have a chance.
These injuries and illnesses were all left voluntarily.
Because they knew that being injured would only slow down the retreat of the army.
"General, Chen Feng bids you farewell.
It's worth it for me to be able to follow the general Chen Feng in this life!"
Ignoring Tai Shici's reaction, Chen Feng led a thousand men under his command and rushed towards the entrance of Anqiu Mountain.
Here is the last line of defense for the army to retreat.
Looking at Chen Feng who was gradually going away and the injuries of his subordinates, Taishi Cihu had tears in his eyes.