Chapter five hundred and ninety-four the chance of victory or defeat
Outside Jiangxia City, Jingzhou Military Camp.
Just when Yuan Shu was furious and sad, Wenpin had already persuaded Huang Zhong to return to the camp to actively rest and restore his fighting strength. He quickly cleaned up the defeated troops on the battlefield, and then reorganized and deployed the entire Jingzhou camp to boost morale and prepare for the possibility of another attack at any time.
Yuan Shu's troops and horses launched the offensive.
However, Yuan Shu's family knew his own affairs, and although he still had more than 70,000 to 80,000 elite troops under his command, he was faced with the well-prepared and stable Jingzhou general Wenpin and the superb general Huang Zhong.
Even if the 300,000 to 40,000 Jingzhou troops under the unified command could win after losing their previous fighting opportunities, they would not be able to do so in a short period of time. What Yuan Shu lacked at this time was exactly time.
Shouchun's counterattack took time, and it took even more time to sweep Jingzhou and secure a firm position. However, at this time, Yuan Shu knew that he was no longer qualified to buy time. Fortunately, Lei Bo's hard fight finally destroyed Liu Biao's ability in a short time.
The last force to counterattack was Jingnan Elite.
For Liu Biao's side, the destruction of 30,000 Jingnan elites meant that after repelling Ji Ling, they were preparing to defeat Lei Bo and capture Jiangxia in one go, and then whether they went to Huainan to get a share of the pie or returned to Jingnan to consolidate the four counties in Jingnan
Planning for the situation
The complete failure represented the decline of Liu Biao's military power in Jingzhou in the past year and the conceivable chaos in the four counties of Jingnan. Of course, when Liu Biao went all out to mobilize the troops of the four counties of Jingnan to Jiangling, he already had corresponding plans.
Mental preparation.
Huang Zhong killed Ji Ling in the first battle and defeated 100,000 Yuan Jun elites with basically no damage. It was a surprise given to Liu Biao by God. Even though he was defeated and destroyed, he could still save Jiangling, Nanjun, and half of Jiangjun, the core of Jingzhou.
Everywhere. Yuan Shu was severely injured, breaking his plan to defeat Jingzhou quickly and escape from a dead situation.
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In the seventh year of the New Qin Dynasty and the third year of Jian'an in the original Han Dynasty, it was midsummer. The battle between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao around Jiangxia basically attracted the attention of the whole world. Lu Bu in Nanyang could not sit still, and Sun Ce in Jiangdong concentrated on sweeping away the hostile forces and winning over the local aristocratic families.
The solid foundation of power made this war a battle between the old enemies Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, as well as Liu Bei and Cao Cao, who had already joined forces and were trying their best to besiege Shouchun Jiancheng.
However, neither of the two heroes looked very good at this time. Since the army was launched in Huainan, although Liu Bei had just conquered Xuzhou and in order to stabilize the rear, he only brought 18,000 troops. However, although Cao Cao's side
Suffering from repeated wars, but
In order to seize the opportunity to capture Yuan Shu and stabilize the banner of the Han Dynasty, he actually brought 50,000 elites who had fought against Lu Bu and the Qin army. However, they faced only Yan Xiang and 30,000 soldiers.
Huainan guarded by horses.
But even so, the nearly 70,000 elites after the merger of Cao and Liu were defeated in front of Yan Xiang.
First, they were blocked in the two small counties of Ping'a and Xiacai, and then Shouchun City became even more solid and suffocated the coalition forces. It was inevitable that they would feel a little depressed.
In fact, with the capabilities of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, as early as Yan Xiang began to abandon the surrounding counties of Huainan, and used the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country to gather all the more than 20,000 Yuan army elites who could be gathered back into Shouchun City to defend, they knew in their hearts that this battle would
There may be a stalemate.
However, Liu Bei did not mention that Xuzhou was unstable. This was just because Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor. In order to maintain the orthodox status of his royal family, he came to ride on Cao Cao's coat of arms and prepare to gain a wave of reputation, so he captured Shouchun.
Willing to be practical
It's not too big. But under Xun Yu's plan, Cao Cao had already considered conquering Shouchun and taking all Huainan to expand his own power as an important strategic plan to resist the Qin army's southward march. How could he be willing to be stopped in Shouchun?
Outside Spring City.
"Wen Ruo, Yan Xiang is calm and will not leave the city no matter how tempted. This is because he is determined to defend. What do you think we should do..."
"Report!"
Outside Shouchun City, Cao Cao's army was encamped. Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu with a calm face and asked. Before he finished speaking, the voice of Aisuotan suddenly came from outside.
"What's the matter?"
Cao Cao retracted his words, looked at the spies who rushed into the tent, and asked in a deep voice.
"Lord! Liu Biao's army retreated to Hanshui, Yuan Shu left Lei Bo behind, Li Feng guarded Jiangxia City, and fifty thousand soldiers and horses have returned to Shouchun City!" The spy did not dare to hesitate and reported quickly.
"Fifty thousand soldiers and horses?" Cao Cao frowned.
"Liu Jingsheng, this is a... tragic victory?!" Xun Yu's thoughts were racing.
There were only two people in the camp, Cao Cao and Xun Yu. After listening to the spies' information, they both fell into deep thought. However, their concerns were obviously different.
The core of Cao Cao's concern is that since Yuan Shu returned from Jiangxia, he only brought 50,000 troops and horses. One means that the siege of Jiangxia, which was besieged by the Jingzhou army, has been solved. The other means that Yuan Shu's losses will not be too small, at least.
By virtue of such
Today's strength will definitely not be able to continue to attack Xiangyang and other places. Otherwise, with Yuan Shu's desperate momentum to break the situation, it would be impossible for him to return to Huainan with 50,000 troops and engage in a head-on confrontation with himself and others.
Xun Yu was thinking about the current situation in Jingzhou. Since Yuan Shu returned with 50,000 troops and horses, it means that both Yuan Shu and Liu Biao must suffer losses. At least Yuan Shu does not have the strength to continue attacking and occupying Jingzhou, but Liu Biao's side in Jingzhou is certain.
Only the strength to hold on is left, and there is no ability to continue to take back the entire Jiangxia. In this way
To put it bluntly, Jingzhou's strength has reached its weakest moment. Will Lu Bu and Sun Ce be tempted? Secondly, although Liu Biao defended Yuan Shu's two hundred thousand troops from attacking before and after, the heavy casualties are conceivable.
If I want to continue to implement the strategy of joining forces to resist Qin, will the extremely weak Jingzhou continue to provide combat power?
"Wen Ruo, what do you think?" Xun Yu was still deep in thought. Cao Cao on the other side had smoothed out the information in his mind and immediately looked up at his mastermind Wang Zuo for advice.
Xun Yu was startled, came to his senses, pondered for a moment and replied: "Both sides will suffer, there is nothing to worry about."
"Oh!" Cao Cao looked relaxed, "What does Wen Ruo mean?"
"Congratulations, lord!" Xun Yu had now completely sorted out the intelligence situation and his own thoughts. He immediately smiled and said calmly: "The city of Shouchun is strong, and Yan Xiang is determined to defend it. If we want to seize the city by force, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
.For the sake of your lord's great cause, I had wanted to divert the Huaihe River to irrigate it. However, this strategy would harm the peace of the world, and would also be detrimental to your lord's reputation and future rule, so I haven't mentioned it to my lord yet. But it seems that there is no need to do this at this time.
It’s a desperate plan!”
Cao Cao looked stunned, "Diversion of the Huaihe River?" He couldn't help but shook his head, throwing away the terrifying scene in his mind, "It seems that the road is coming back at the right time!"
Xun Yu nodded, and the current situation was actually very clear. Since he could think of using Yuan Shu's return troops to encircle the point for reinforcements, or other strategies to lure Yan Xiang out of the city, it would not be impossible to think of it based on Cao Cao's IQ.
Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu in front of him, thought for a moment and then said: "Wen Ruo, Yuan Jun is marching hard and must be exhausted when he comes. We should be able to take the lead. Think about it carefully! I'm going to find Liu Xuande. This battle must be fought.
