Chapter 1237: Liu Bei Flees
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At the end of the ninth year of Chuping, the vigorous negotiation war was declared a failure. Yuan Shao and Lu Bu surrendered, Liu Bei and Cao Cao hurriedly retreated, and the four main princes who were the main force in the negotiation war fled in defeat.
Cao Cao was relatively better, at least the retreat was smooth, but Liu Bei was more miserable. He was bitten by Zhao Yun, and he was in a dilemma for a while.
At the same time, the released Qingzhou Fleet and Youzhou Fleet formed a joint fleet, transported a combat army to Shanzhou Yu (modern Lianyungang City East and West Island), and easily drove out the defenders on the island.
Immediately afterwards, five battle regiments, a total of 1.2 million troops, gathered in Shanzhouyu within ten days. With the cover of the navy, the powerful forces of the five battle divisions landed in Qu County (Lianyungang).
At this time, the main force of the Xuzhou Army was still in the process of completely withdrawing from Qingzhou. Those who stayed behind in Qingzhou were all garrison troops with low combat effectiveness.
Immediately afterwards, the Shangji army who landed in Xuzhou selected 300,000 cavalry, took advantage of the empty space behind the enemy, and went all the way west, raiding and occupying Jiqiu County.
And Jiqiu County is located in the north of Xuzhou City. It is the north gate of Xuzhou City, and it is also the only way for Liu Bei to withdraw his troops back to Xuzhou.
At this time, Liu Bei's situation was that there were chasing soldiers before and tigers behind, and it could be said that he could not advance or retreat.
At the same time, the Shang Ji Army also dispatched Liu Meng to form the Tanlang Corps with the Tanlang Corps as the core, supplemented by the 3 million Jizhou Army recruited and surrendered, and went south to assist Zhao Yun.
The two joined forces, and attacked Liu Bei's troops with the corps that had landed in Qingzhou from north to south.
Although Liu Bei fought hard,
However, the morale of the army was low and the people were panicked. They could only be defeated again and again. In the blink of an eye, there were not many Qingzhou troops left.
What is even more desperate is that Zhao Yun seized the opportunity, and the offensive was like fire, without giving Liu Bei a chance to recuperate. The army under his command was quickly eaten away, but he was helpless.
As time passed, Liu Beijun's food and grass gradually ran out, and morale was on the verge of collapse.
Zhao Yun, on the other hand, inspired the title characteristic of [Ever-Victorious General]. In fact, he became more and more fierce, and his fighting power became stronger and stronger, showing a snowballing trend.
Seeing that Liu Bei was about to be destroyed under the siege of several armies, something unexpected happened.
Under Zhao Yun's coercion, Guan Yu actually stimulated his own potential, broke through the limit of heaven and man, promoted to SS general in one fell swoop, and won a new exclusive title [Qinglong Wusheng].
If this is the case, Zhao Yun was promoted earlier than Guan Yu. Even after Guan Yu was promoted, he would not be Zhao Yun's opponent, not to mention that the Shang Ji Army still had an absolute advantage in the army.
However, the terrible thing is that the three of Liu, Guan, and Zhang are sworn brothers appointed by the system. Not only are they connected by fate, but their fate is also intertwined. Stimulated by Guan Yu's breakthrough, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei also followed suit and won the SS-level exclusive titles [Black Panther Demon Lord] and [Golden Dragon Emperor's Son] respectively.
The three freshly released SS-level generals formed a trio of talents from heaven, earth and man, with the bonus of sworn brothers. Not only did they easily defeat Zhao Yun, but they also broke through the siege in one go.
Although the three of Liu Guanzhang were lucky enough to break out of the siege with the help of breakthrough forces, other generals of the Qingzhou Army were not so lucky. Not only important generals such as Zang Ba, Xia Houlan, and Wu Ban were captured, but even Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Yi Ji and other core civil servants were also taken over in one pot.
Only Guan Zhang and Zhuge Liang remained beside Liu Bei who escaped from the encirclement, and there were more than 3,000 Golden Dragon Guards. The rest were either killed in battle, captured, or separated due to the chaos of the war.
Although Liu Bei, who was left with only this little force, broke out of the siege temporarily, he didn't dare to return to Xuzhou City at all.
Theoretically, Xuzhou City is still under his control, but there are only a few soldiers in Xuzhou City. With the 3,000 remnants on hand, it is impossible to defend Xuzhou City no matter what. Going back to Xuzhou City now is tantamount to courting death.
Liu Bei was also a man of great courage, so he simply gave up on Xuzhou and rushed to Yanzhou without stopping, but he went to Cao Cao.
After Chen Dao, who was in charge of guarding Xuzhou City, heard the news that Liu Bei had been defeated and had entered Yanzhou westward, he abandoned the city and went after Liu Bei.
Chen Dao was loyal and loyal to Liu Bei, but the other generals in Xuzhou were not so noble. Hearing that Liu Bei was defeated, they basically surrendered in anticipation. Officials in Xiapi County, Guangling County, Pengcheng County and other places did not wait for Zhao Yun When the Ministry arrived, they sent envoys to express their surrender.
To the north of the Huaihe River, there are twelve prefectures including Qing, Xu, You, He, Mu, Yong, Ping, Chen, Yan, Liang, and Yusi. Among them, Shangji occupies eight prefectures, and from the map, the area controlled by Shangji is like Like an iron tongs, it clamped Sili, Liangzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou tightly.
In the whole of the north, only Diao Chan, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei are the only princes who have not surrendered, and Liu Bei has become a polished commander. Although he has two SS-level generals, he has no soldiers, no food, and no territory. He has temporarily lost his threat sex.
In this way, every move of Diao Chan and Cao Cao, the two substantive princes, attracted the attention of the world, and these two people naturally became the last obstacle for Shang Ji to sweep the north. Turn your gaze to the two of them.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers on the border of Bingzhou and Jizhou, sharpening their knives.
After running desperately, Cao Cao finally returned to the territory of Yanzhou, which was considered to be his own territory, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Shang Ji followed and killed him.
Cao Cao had no choice but to bite the bullet again, and began to deploy defenses at the junction of Yanzhou and Yuzhou to resist Shang Ji's attack.
However, to the disappointment of many princes, the expected war did not break out, and the Shang Ji army stopped attacking uncharacteristically, and sent envoys to try to persuade Cao Cao to surrender.
Cao Cao was overjoyed, and quickly entertained the envoy warmly, and announced in a high-profile manner that he hoped to negotiate to resolve the dispute.
For Cao Cao, what is lacking most at present is time, and no matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, it can provide Cao Cao with a breathing space. As long as he has sufficient preparations, fights on his own territory, and occupies a geographical advantage, Cao Cao still has two points to block Shang Ji's attack.
Shang Ji's unexpected move caught everyone's eyes, Liu Biao, Sun Ce and other southern princes were extremely fortunate. If Shang Ji fights hard, they will be the ones who will face the pressure of Shang Ji. Now Shang Ji suddenly stops at a critical moment, giving Cao Cao a chance.
And relying on Cao Cao's strategy, coupled with the two great generals Guan Zhang who just joined Cao Cao, there is still a chance to resist Shang Ji's attack. Many players even combined Shang Ji's order to stop attacking with Dunkirk's stop advancing On a par with the German army, they believed that Shangji had missed a great opportunity to unify and stop in a short period of time!
However, would Shang Ji really make such a low-level mistake?