Capítulo 171: Chapter 171: Respective Grudges
Chen Xi's madness was not a joke. When he attacked Fan County, all 70,000 troops besieged a small city where an unknown general was stationed. After playing the drum, the whole city was blocked and the army in the city could only be passively beaten.
After dividing the troops, Chen Xi's troops were greatly reduced, leaving only Hua Xiong's 7,000 soldiers, Yu Jin's 4,000 soldiers, the 5,000 soldiers under Chen Xi, and Yin Li & Wu Dun's 4,000 soldiers. A total of about 20,000 soldiers, but fortunately all of them are veterans. Otherwise, using a small number of soldiers to let Chen Xi cross the state and attack Runan, Chen Xi really did not have much confidence to do so.
The good thing about this time is that there is no need to bring grain and grass at all. Chen Xi walked in a straight line almost all the way. He ate the grain in Yuzhou, when he had no grain. This grain production area is really good, and this year also had a good harvest. Yuzhou is not short of grain. Chen Xi marches while borrowing food. His goal is to get to Runan County within a month!
Chen Xi tried his best to maintain a strong march, and several towns have been destroyed along the way. Fortunately, the defensive strength left by Yuan Shu in Yuzhou was not enough. After Liu Bei divided his troops, Zhang Xun was staring at Liu Bei who was the monarch.
Zhang Xun has fought several fights with Liu Bei in Pei County, the birthplace of the old Liu family, but it is clear that he did not win the first battle. When Liu Bei arrive at Pei County on the first day, Zhang Xun failed the sneak attack and was calculated by Jia Xu. His camp was gone and Zhang Fei led the soldiers to chase him all night.
Later, Zhang Xun was led around by Jia Xu's plan for a while, and almost lost his life to Zhang Fei. He then fled all the way. As a result, Jia Xu ordered Zhang Fei to follow him. After three days of running away, Zhang Xun arrived at Lin City, and Zhang Fei was following behind him. Right now, Jia Xu forced him to Qiao County, and he only had a small number of troops left and could not come out. He could only ask for help. Yuan Shu wouldn't be able to receive Qiao County's urgent report soon.
Chen Xi is very grateful that Yuan Shu has not yet moved his hometown to Jiujiang County in Yangzhou, which was the Shouchun City during the later period of Yuan Shu life. For now, Yuan Shu hometown is still in Pingyu. If he moves to Shouchun City, Chen Xi can only swear that he is unable to go because it's too far. Although Pingyu is a bit far away, there are not too many obstacles along the way. Chen Xi rejected Hua Xiong's proposal to bypass Chen Guo. Chen Xi walked in a straight line. Since Jia Xu played eloquently and trapped Zhang Xun, then now all they are left to dealt with is Xun Zheng and Qiao Rui in front of them.
Within ten days, Chen Xi took Hua Xiong and Yu Jin in a straight line to break through two cities. Although Qiqiu was basically destroyed by a sneak attack, Hua Xiong then held the Qiqiu command token to lead Yuan Shu's troops out of the next city. Yu Jin then forcibly attacked the city for half an hour before taking it down.
On the 15th day, Chen Xi was in Kuxian county, but this time all of his troops were wearing the clothes of Yuan Shu's army. Through the formal dispatch documents of Zhang Xun, which was sent by Jia Xu, he directly went in Jianping and took it down.
Afterwards, Xun Zheng defense zone was chaotic. Chen Xi then won Ningping and Xiangxian through the basis of a reasonable defense document.
Finally, the soldiers came to Runan County on the 25th day. Pingyu was in front of him, but at this time, those little tricks were meaningless. Qiao Rui had learned from Xun Zheng about Chen Xi's clever methods, and so he directly blocked the city gate. The 30,000 Yuzhou Army did not fight Chen Xi at all. Guarding Pingyu is a great achievement. If Pingyu is lost, then the main road connecting Jingzhou and Yuzhou will be cut off. Then no amount of lives could make up the loss.
"Military division(strategist), how to fight this?" Hua Xiong stared at the city in front of him, and he couldn't help but despise Qiao Rui. It was obvious that there were many soldiers, but he didn't dare to go out of the city for a battle and directly became a tortoise.
"It depends on the situation. If Yuan Shu has the intention to return with the army within five days, we should not fight. If Yuan Shu has no intention to return with the army within five days, then it can only be beaten, as for how to beat..." Chen Xi stood under the city and looked at this giant city with a long sigh.
Siege is a technical job. Some people in ancient times used tactics to win the siege. Some people's siege was purely won based on the number of people. Obviously, if Chen Xi's soldiers depended on the number of people, they were really looking for death.
Hua Xiong is also indifferent. If Pingyu, this huge city, with a large number of soldiers becomes a tortoise, then if there is no one hundred thousand soldiers slowly grinding for a year and a half, then don't think of breaking the city.
Just like Yuan Shu attacking Jiangling now, unless he can win Jiangling in one fell swoop, otherwise, it is very likely that Liu Biao will turn his defeat into a victory. If you think about Cao Cao besieging Yecheng, it took him more than a year to take it down.
Thinking of this, Chen Xi had a headache. If Pingyu could be won, he would like to directly detain the Yuan family, but Yuan Shu had only one son, and his protection is not a joke. It can be said that Pingyu's 30,000 soldiers and Qiao Rui are actually there to protect Yuan Yao, the heir of the Yuan family. So the idea of capturing the Yuan family can be extinguished. It is better to think about how to win Pingyu with as few casualties as possible.
The news that Cao Cao and Liu Bei's captured of Yuzhou has already been placed on the table of Yuan Shu. At first, he thought it was only a minor problem. As a result, from the information transmitted in recent days, whether it was Zhang Xun, Xun Zheng, Li Feng, or Liang Gang, none of them can withstand Cao Cao and Liu Bei.
In particular, Cao Cao's fast action made Yuan Shu feel incredible. On the first day, he got the information about Cao Cao's soldiers leaving for Yingchuan, Yuan Shu was still scolding Cao Cao to death. When he goes back, he must give Cao Cao a beating. But before he returns, Cao Cao has already taken down Yang Di, Ying Yin, and Ying Yang, the three most important counties in Yingchuan!
In the subsequent Xiangcheng, Dingling, Kunyang, and Wuyang, critical information appeared from all these places. Then, the day after receiving the critical information, Yuan Shu's urgently issued transfer orders had not reached all those places, and the information that the cities had been taken down was already on the table.
As for Liu Bei, the situation is not very good, but compared to Cao Cao's unknown means of siege, Liu Bei is much more stable. At least Liu Bei, who is victorious on three different path, is now blocked under the city.
"Herald come here." Yuan Shu ordered the herald soldiers beside him. Recently, Yuan Shu felt that Lu Bu wasn't doing his best. Every day during the siege, he went to fight against Huang Zhong, but until now he hasn't seen Huang Zhong or Lu Bu being injured. And the morale of Jiangling army was raised every time after the battle. The originally low morale was simply boosted to a high level by Lu Bu and Huang Zhong's daily duel.
"General, Yuan Shu is looking for you again," Zhang Liao said.
"Ignore him and tell the herald that I am practicing martial arts. He will not say anything other than calling me to kill Huang Zhong every day. I have fought hard every day and came to Yuan Shu to lay down huge territory for him. Not only does he not reward me, but he also reprimands me for failing to kill Huang Zhong! Is he, Yuan Shu, worthy of me!" Lu Bu said angrily.
As Yuan Shu forces' morale became weaker, Yuan Shu's resentment towards Lu Bu gradually appeared. He did not take into account that Lu Bu was the person who help him lay down the great territory, and that Lu Bu was not his subordinate. So naturally, Lu Bu also resented Yuan Shu.
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