Chapter 48: The Furious Yuan Shu
Although he hated Li Daniu, who was circulating the imperial edict, after discussing with Zhou Yu, Sun Ce immediately went to Yuan Shu and said goodbye to Yuan Shu.
"You want to leave?" Yuan Shu leaned against the comfortable seat and frowned at Sun Ce.
"No," Sun Ce said with a deep pain: "This time he went to the expedition, Jiangdongerlang suffered heavy losses. More than 10,000 Jiangdong soldiers are now less than 3,000. The soldiers in the army are homesick, and the last general is quite a mother at home for four years."
"Well." Yuan Shu nodded. Only these soldiers and horses were left under Sun Ce's command. He didn't care. He immediately nodded and said, "Since Bo Fu is leaving, Gu is not good to force him to stay. He wanted to break through Luoyang and increase his title. But Bo Fu is relieved. Just wait for us to capture Luoyang, Gu will never forget your contribution."
"Thank you, Mr. Yuan!" Sun Ce curled his lips disdainfully. Xuzhou was destroyed all the way. The next step is probably you. You are still dreaming of breaking Luoyang at this time. You really don't know how to live or die.
He stood up and said goodbye to leave. On the other hand, when Sun Ce went to find Yuan Shu, Zhou Yu had already taken Chen Wu and Han Dang to start the camp. When Sun Ce came back, he had already prepared almost. After Sun Ce came back, he set off immediately.
"Lord, then Sun Ce is gone!" After Sun Ce left, Yan Xiang, who had received the news, quickly walked into Yuan Shu's tent and said in a deep voice.
"I know, Sun Ce came to resign from me not long ago." Yuan Shu said indifferently: "This boy is too home-loving and will not accomplish any major things."
"Lord...ah!" Yan Xiang smiled bitterly: "Sun Ce was driving the lord this time, but he was defeated by the soldiers and generals. He must have a grudge in his heart. Letting him leave at this time is like letting the tiger go back to the mountain!"
"Sir, it's too high to him." Yuan Shu said disdainfully: "This battle between Jiangdong and Jiangdong was damaged and his vitality was severely damaged. How could he be an enemy of me?"
Yan Xiang couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "Has your lord ever thought that the main forces of our army are here now? If Sun Ce holds a grudge and returns to Jiangdong, he will cross the river to attack, how can our army resist?"
Yuan Shu couldn't help but feel a little alert when he heard this. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Send someone to go and call him back!"
Yan Xiang bowed and said, "I think we should send troops. If Sun Ce does not follow, he should be killed immediately!"
"Okay, just follow the words of the sir." Yuan Shu nodded and immediately said, "Sorry Yang Hong to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to pursue Sun Ce. If Sun Ce is willing to come back, it is naturally the best. If he doesn't want to, he will be killed on the spot!"
"Here!" Yan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and ran to pass the order.
In Xuanyuan Pass, Liu Xie and Guo Jia sat opposite each other. Han De came in from outside the door and bowed to the two of them, saying, "Your Majesty, I just received a letter from General Wei Xu's flying pigeon. Sun Ce has led his troops from Yuan Camp."
"As soon as this piece leaves, even if Yuan Shu has an army of 100,000, it will be difficult to shake our army at all!" Liu Xie smiled and threw the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard and laughed loudly.
Guo Jia looked at the chessboard that was chaotic by Liu Xie's son, and didn't care. He gave himself a sip of wine and said, "Although it is a 100,000 army, it was also damaged outside Hulao Pass before. Now the actual force is blocked between 80,000 and 90,000. I have been watching his camp these days, and I think I should take the opportunity to rob the camp tonight and anger Yuan Shu!"
"That's the point!" Liu Xie smiled and turned his head to look at Ma Chao beside him. Zhang Liao said, "You two bring 3,000 troops tonight. Meng Qiji is the first time. Wen Yuan will rob the camp for the third time. The second time will rob the camp for the fifth time. Remember not to fight, nor do you enter the camp too deep. If you alarm Yuan Shu, you will immediately withdraw."
"Here!" Ma Chao and Zhang Liao bowed and bowed when he heard this.
"Your Majesty." Ma Chao looked at Liu Xie in confusion and said, "If you have attacked once, then Yuan Shu will definitely be prepared. Why should he attack the second time?"
When Liu Xie heard this, he looked at Guo Jia with a smile, but there was no explanation.
Guo Jia took a sip of wine and said, "Meng Qi, let me ask you, if you are Yuan Shu, you don't know that our army has decided that it has been attacked. Do you think there will be a second time tonight?"
Ma Chao thought about it, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I won't."
"This is a thought that people have. The first time the camp was robbed, it was unexpected. The second time, it was to attack him and attack him unpredictable. I decided that the two camps tonight would be successful. Let's prepare for the two generals." Guo Jia smiled.
"Here! I will leave!" Ma Chao and Zhang Liao looked at each other, bowed and left, and went to prepare for the robbery of the camp tonight.
Liu Xie didn't care too much about beating Yuan Shu. After the two left, Liu Xie kept the chess pieces while pondering: "According to the news from Jingzhou Seizhu, the emperor's uncle has not appeared in front of others for several months, and only said that he could not see people after being infected with the cold. Now, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang are in charge of the affairs of Jingzhou. It seems that the emperor's uncle is detained by these Jingzhou families."
Guo Jia nodded after hearing this. If it weren't for this, it would be difficult to explain why Liu Biao had not taken charge of political affairs for several months. In fact, detention was already a relatively optimistic view of Liu Xie. In Guo Jia's opinion, it might be as simple as detention.
"Your Majesty, now is the most critical time for the court to compete with the princes. What is the matter of King Jingsheng..." Guo Jia looked at Liu Xie and shook his head. Although he didn't say anything, the meaning was very obvious. Even if something happened to Liu Biao, according to the court's strategy, it is not the time to care about him at present. He should put the overall situation first.
"I naturally know." Liu Xie shook his head. The most important thing is to deal with the alliance of princes. As for the matter in Jingzhou, although the distance is not far, he is powerless.
"It's just that the emperor helped me several times, but now he is in trouble, but..." Liu Xie shook his head and sighed. Since he came to this era, Liu Biao has been really good to him. Every time there is a major event in the court, Liu Biao is always the first to speak out for help, asking for food and people. Now Liu Xie's generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are all transferred from Liu Biao. Now that he knows that Liu Biao is in trouble, he is powerless due to the situation, which makes Liu Xie feel a little guilty.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Guo Jia comforted: "The Jingzhou family may have to wait for the outcome of this battle and plotting to murder the royal family is not a wise move. What's more, the court is now in great power. As long as you win this battle, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang will not dare to harm King Jing Sheng."
When Liu Xie heard this, he felt much more relaxed and nodded, "It seems that it is the right thing to defeat the princes as soon as possible."
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That night, the night was dark and the wind was high, and Yuan Shu did not fall asleep. Although he did not take Sun Ce seriously during the day, no news of Yang Hong's pursuit has been heard so far, which casts a shadow in Yuan Shu's heart.
But if Yang Hong had 5,000 elite soldiers, he could not defeat Sun Ce's more than 2,000 remaining soldiers, Yuan Shu didn't believe it.
"There is no news on Yang Hong?" Yuan Shu asked with a frown.
"Go back to the lord, no news has come yet." The guard bowed.
"Go down!" Yuan Shu waved his hand irritably, and was about to rest when suddenly a riot came from afar.
"What happened?" Yuan Shu heard the sound and hurried out of the camp, but saw that the sound was coming from the direction of Xuanyuan Pass. He looked up, but saw a faint fire light illuminating the surroundings.
Yuan Shu's camp was very large, with his camp within 30 miles. At this moment, he was standing in the tent of the central army. What happened at the edge of the edge was impossible to convey in time.
Soon, a lieutenant rushed over and said sadly: "Lord, something is wrong, and the camp ahead was ambushed by the Xuanyuan Pass defenders."
"What!?" Yuan Shu couldn't help but be furious when he heard this and said sternly: "Send the orders of the three armies to immediately encircle this army and take down this army. The little Xuanyuan Pass guard dares to sneak attack my camp!?"
After saying that, Yuan Shu personally led Ji Ling and the five thousand elite troops of the central army to the front camp, but when he arrived with his men and horses, except for the mess, the enemy had already left clean.
"Lord, the enemy's troops are not large and dare not go deeper. They just broke through our camp and rushed to the camp, then retreated immediately and did not stay for long!" The general in charge of the front camp saluted Yuan Shu bitterly.
"How are our army's casualties?" Yuan Shu took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.
"Return to the lord, our army suffered few casualties, only more than 2,000 people, but the Yingpan was burned by the other party, and the baggage and equipment were lost a lot." The general said bitterly.
"Bad!" Yuan Shu heard this and whipped it down fiercely, drew a blood mark on the general's face, and snorted coldly: "Strengthen the defense, if such a thing happens, come and see you!"
"Here!" The general agreed in panic and bowed to leave.
Today, everything is really not going well!
Yuan Shu, who returned to the camp, thought about his experience today, groaned with a little depressed groan. Seeing that the ugly moment was approaching, sleepiness swept over, Yuan Shu no longer thought about anything else and fell asleep.
In the hazy, I don’t know how long it took, Yuan Shu was suddenly awakened by a sound of fighting. When he opened his eyes, he saw the fire outside soaring into the sky, making the surroundings bright as daylight. Yuan Shu was shocked when he saw this and rushed out of the tent.
Looking up, I saw that the front camp had fallen into a sea of fire. In the firelight, the figures swayed, and a group of people rushed back and forth in the darkness of the night, defeating many Yuan troops.
"Where is the general of the former army? I want to cut him down!" Yuan Shu was furious when he saw this, he pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted sternly.
I have already said that I should strengthen my defense, but I was attacked twice overnight, which is really a shame and humiliation!
"Lord, General Li has been killed in the sea of fire by the enemy general." A dirt-faced general looked at Yuan Shu bitterly.
Yuan Shu's chest was blocked when he heard this, and he threw the sword to the ground with hatred. Looking at the generals around him, he cursed: "What are you still standing there? Why don't you take this team down for me!"
"Here!" Ji Ling and other generals heard this, hurriedly brought their troops toward the army with their troops. Unfortunately, they were blocked by the fire and could not be killed at all. The other party obviously discovered them, hurriedly threw a few torches, and left.
"Preparing for Gu Zheng's army, tomorrow, Gu must break through the Xuanyuan Pass!" Yuan Shu's angrily roared throughout the military camp.
Chapter completed!