Chapter 20 Guo Jia's Singing

"Lord, Mr. Chen Xiaoqi is here!" On this day, in Liu Bei's camp under Xuchang City, Jian Yong suddenly came into the account.

"Please!" Although there was some surprise, Liu Bei hurriedly signaled Chen Zhen to come in. Not only Liu Bei, but also others are a little strange. Why did Chen Zhen come here at this time? After a while, Chen Zhen came into the account. After everyone met, Chen Zhen explained his intention this time.

"My general, on the 25th of last month, personally led his troops out of Liaoxi to attack Youzhou and fight against the national thieves with his uncle!" Chen Zhen's words were amazing. As soon as this was said, everyone was surprised. Previously, in order to lure Liu Bei, Cao Jian's excuse was to deal with Yuan Tan, and the Central Plains was empty. Unexpectedly, Cao was trapped in Xuchang now, and Yuan Tan really made a scene. With only tens of thousands of people in Liaodong, he dares to fight with hundreds of thousands of Cao troops left in Hebei. Should he be fearless or ignorant?

Liu Bei was stunned, and finally opened his mouth to comfort him, "Sir, I don't know something from afar. Now that Cao is trapped by us in Xuchang, he can't move. The dragons in Hebei have no head. If the general can disturb Hebei in one fell swoop, then it's waiting to be removed from Cao's fingers!" Although Yuan Tan is nominally his own student, he is also the legal heir of Yuan Shao, and this general is also a good name.

"Exactly, if the general knows what's going on here, he will be greatly boosted!" Chen Zhen couldn't hide his excitement. I have to say that it is really inconvenient to pass the news at this time. From Liaodong to Xuchang, even the carrier pigeon will fly for a few days. Chen Zhen came from the waterway. When he came, Yuan Tan had just sent troops. Chen Zhen couldn't say what the specific situation was now. Liu Bei was not in a hurry. He received Chen Zhen first and then made a plan.

"Gentlemen, what do you think of Yuan Xiansi's army again?" After Chen Zhen left, Liu Bei summoned everyone to ask. Everyone was a little silent, and finally Pang Tong was the first to say, "Master, in the general's opinion, Yuan Tan may have a 40% chance of winning this time."

"Forty?" Liu Bei was surprised. I don't know if he feels that 40% is too low or too high.

"Exactly, at present, Cao Wei is trapped in Xuchang, and it is true that people in Hebei are flustered. However, when the Yuan family occupied Hebei, they did not care about the people's livelihood and restrained the people, and had long lost the hearts of the people in Hebei. There may not be too many people responding to Yuan Tan's march. In addition, Yuan Tan occupied the land of Liaodong, with only tens of thousands of soldiers, and there were still hundreds of thousands of Cao's army in Hebei. Even if Ju Shu and Tian Feng gave advice to him, how could he defeat ten with one? In addition, Zhang Yi and Qian Shao have surrendered Cao Qian. There is no general under Yuan Tan's command, but I'm afraid that the combat strength is also not good!" Pang Tong sighed. At this time, a detailed report came to say that tens of thousands of Cao's troops left Ye City. With Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba as generals, Guo Jia followed the army to know the military affairs and went to Youzhou to reject the enemy.

"With Guo Jia, Yuan Tan has no chance of winning this time! Unless?" Pang Tong shook his head, and some of them were selling well.

"Unless what?" Guan Yu asked strangely.

"Unless Guo Jia is killed, Yuan Tan still has a chance of winning!" Pang Tong was a little spoof, and everyone laughed when they heard the words. At this time, the person they were talking to was lying in the car, bumping all the way from Yecheng to Youzhou.

After counting, the reinforcements of 50,000 people came to Zhuo County, the capital of Youzhou. When Xiahou Dun, the general of Zhengdong, learned that Guo Jia was sick, he was shocked and didn't care about talking to his nephew. He quickly led people to visit Guo Jia in person.

"Mr. Fengxiao, Xiahou Dun is incompetent. He failed to break through Yuan Tan and bothers Mr. to go north. It's really my fault!" Looking at Guo Jia, who was already lying in ** and couldn't get up, Xiahou Dun's only one eye was also full of guilt. Guo Jia reluctantly smiled and asked in a low voice, "General Xiahou, how is the military situation at present?" He doesn't have the strength to say too much.

"Yuan Tan said that he suddenly sent troops. While our army was unprepared, he went down to Liaoxi and You Beiping, seized the military talisman of You Beiping, and opened the gate of Yuyang County. At present, Yuan Tan leads a large army to sit in Yuyang, which is probably only in Shanggu and Guangyang counties. I said that I waved the army to attack, but I couldn't win!" Xiahou Dun knew that Guo Jia was not in good health, so he hurriedly said it as briefly as possible. After listening to this, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Yuan Tanbing is stationed in Yuyang, which is much easier!"

"What does this mean, sir?" Xiahou Dun asked strangely.

"If Yuan Tan takes advantage of the situation to enter Guangyang in the east or attack Shanggu in the north, the defenders will be scattered and may be captured by them in a hurry. At present, he is sitting in Yuyang, seemingly steady, but his troops are not enough. Once he is delayed, he must lose more and win less, but he doesn't know why Ju Shu and Tian Feng should take such a bad strategy? Guo Jia said with a smile.

How did he know that Yuan Tan's move was really forced. Liaodong was not too rich in the first place. In the past, he could rob Sanhan, a soft persimmon, to raise soldiers. The year before last, the three Koreans were defeated by Cao Qian, and more than half of the people were taken captive. Yuan Tan can only raise tens of thousands of horses now. In addition to Yuan Xi, who stayed in Liaodong, there were still 20,000 defenders. No matter how much he squeezed, he could only send less than 40,000 troops this time. After marching into Yuyang, there was no more strength to march. According to the suggestion of Jushu and Tianfeng, it is best to take away all the money and grain of Yuyang and Youbeiping at present, and then move nearly 100,000 households to Liaodong as much as possible to rest and recuperate for the next march. After all, with Yuan Tan's current strength, it is basically the limit to reach this step.

But how can Yuan Tan give up? Youzhou is the place where he made his family. Now it is not easy to take advantage of Cao's fierce battle in the Central Plains that he is expected to retake Youzhou. How can he withdraw his troops easily? His views were also supported by Guo Tu. The two of them also discussed with Tian Feng for a long time, and their opinions could not be unified.

"Lord, now we are trapped in Yuyang and unable to go westward. We can only wait for Cao's army to attack. When Cao Wei solves the Central Plains War, we really can't compete with it! Let's withdraw to Liaodong first and consolidate the foundation for the next year!" Ju Shu said cautiously.

"The words of the public and the gentleman are different. As the saying goes, the opportunity should not be missed, and the time will never come again. If you return to Liaodong, won't it be a waste of time? Guo Tu obviously disagreed with Ju Shu's strategy. The two were arguing with each other, but they saw Ju Shu's son Juhu coming in from the door and handed a letter to Yuan Tan in disbelief.

"What?" After watching it, Yuan Tan also gave a soft sound. After everyone passed it on, it turned out that it was Zhengbei Zhonglang, who had defected to Cao Qian, who wrote the introduction to Yuan Tan. Qian Shao told Yuan Tan that at present, Cao Qian's battle in the Central Plains had been defeated, and he was also trapped by Liu Bei in Xu Chang and could not move, and the destruction was only in a blink of an eye. I was ordered to guard Daijun and Shanggu, and I didn't want to bury Cao Yan. Now I am willing to lead my troops to vote and present these two counties. I also hope that Yuan Tan will not remember the old evil and forgive himself as the crime of betrayal.

This letter immediately made Yuan Tan and others blow up. If it is really as mentioned in Qian Shao's letter, then Yuan Tan can take these two counties without any effort. But now the question is whether this letter is credible or not.

"It is not a repeating person to be loyal and righteous. Since he has surrendered to Cao, he will never rebel again. This must be Xiahou Dun's plan to lure the lord to send troops to the second county, and he took the opportunity to cover up the killing!" After reading it, Guo Tu first came to a conclusion.

"If it's not the case, if the lord moves rashly and the Yuyang's defense is empty, he can break through the fish yang in one fell swoop and annihilate the lord!" Ju Shu saw it even further. After hearing what the two said, Yuan Tan also broke out in a cold sweat. After calming down, Yuan Tan asked, "So in your opinion, what should we do? Should we ignore it?"

"It's too passive to ignore it. Now that we don't have enough troops, it's not realistic to enter the second county. However, if it is properly allocated, it can also make Xiahou Dun's army come to cheat Yuyang to suffer a small loss!" Tian Feng said with a smile when he heard the words. At present, Yuan Tan took Tian Feng's words and wrote a letter to reply to Qian Shao, claiming that he would lead the army to accept the second county after a few days to prepare them.

"Mr. Fengxiao, everything is as you expected, and Yuan Tan really replied like this!" In Zhuo County, Xiahou Dun was excited. Guo Jia smiled tiredly, and then said, "In this case, the general can break through the enemy with your little generals."

Next time, an army of about 30,000 people, under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, left Zhuo County and drove to Guangyang. After entering Guangyang, there was indeed news that Yuan Tan personally led a military horse to leave Yuyang and drive to Shanggu.

"Yuan Xiansi really fell in the middle of the plan. He sent Yuyang with me to defeat Yuan Tan!" Xiahou Dun was excited when he heard the words, and then led his army to Yuyang to kill him. After counting, this man and horse appeared under the fishing ground city.

"Attack the city with me!" Xiahou Dun looked at the few defenders on the head of the city and was full of confidence. At this moment, a shout was heard. A large area of banners appeared at the head of the city with the defenders, and there was a proud Juhu among them.

"Xiahou Lao'er, do you think this trick can be hidden from me?" Juhu laughed and said. At this time, there was also a sound of horses' hoofs behind Xiahou Dun, but it was Yuan Tan who returned to the army to cover up and was ready to attack Xiahou Dun's army with Juhu.

"Get out of me!" Xiahou Dun also made a prompt decision. As soon as he saw that the momentum was not right, he immediately led the army to retreat. Juhu and Yuan Tan didn't allow him to leave as soon as he said, and quickly led the army to chase him. Xiahou Dun personally fought to the death, relying on his own battlefield experience far more than the two of them, so he barely stood out of the siege. After returning to Guangyang, nearly 8,000 people have been lost in this battle.

"Uncle Yuan Rang, our strategy has been seen through. It's better to attack now!" Xiahou, who went to war with Xiahou Dun, saw that this loss was not easy, and he was a little annoyed. Xiahou Dun looked at his nephew and laughed and scolded, "Why do you like your father? You like to be tough. Who said that Mr. Fengxiao's plan has been seen through, and the good play is yet to come!" At present, Xiahou Dun sent an order to let all the rest of the troops in Youzhou gather in Guangyang to prepare for a decisive battle with Yuan Tan.

After the fifth day, an amazing news came to Yuan Tan in Yuyang. Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard it.

(to be continued)