Chapter 168: Let's Weaken Yuan Shu

Cao Cao's face darkened when he saw the intelligence in his hand. Didn't we say that we were going to take Lu county to force Xuzhou to give some food and grass? In this situation, can you still attack Lu county now?

"My lord, don't hesitate, go all the way to Yingchuan. This time Yuan Shu must be defeated! If you show your bravery for a while, the warlords from all over the world will swarm and attack Yuan Shu if they have the slightest vision. Of course, this is also an opportunity for Yuan Shu. After resisting this wave, Yuan Shu is only one step away from the position of the Emperor." Xun Yu said with a smile.

Xun Yu knew very well that Cao Cao was too weak now and that Cao Cao did not dare to overplay Yuan Shu, but he wanted to gain the world. In the north Yuan Shao had no time to take care of him, in the east Liu Bei was staring at him, in the south Yuan Shu was extremely strong, and in the west Yongzhou & Liangzhou was blocked by three passes. In this case, if Cao Cao wants to sweep the world, he must break through this cage!

Every direction is stronger than Cao Cao, and all except Yuan Shao can be classified as hostile forces. In this case, Xun Yu already understands that relying on his own development is no longer valuable, because everyone has a stronger foundation than Cao Cao, and the speed of development is also very fast. Then you can only kill with a borrow knife!

So Xun Yu and the others set up this situation. They wanted to create a powerful enemy, an enemy so powerful that all people with ambitions in the world felt that they had to contain it.

Xun Yu and others chose Yuan Shu, because only the Yuan family has this strength, the strength to conquer the world after it takes off. As for the others, their foundations are a bit too weak, and compared to other places, the benefits of Yuzhou are the most suitable for Cao Cao.

As a result, Yuan Shu lived up to expectations and directly beat Liu Biao up and captured Xiangyang. After the Jiangxia water battle, Huang Zu was defeated by Zhou Yu and Sun Ce in seven battles. Huang Zu died directly on the Yangtze River and was used by Sun Ce to commemorate Sun Jian. Yuan Shu use the momentum to force Jiangling to surrender and had the intention of swallowing Jingxiang.

Just after fifteen days, the whole Jiangbei was full of rebellion. Yuan Shu was full of momentum while moving southwest. The cities north of the Yangtze River, such as Yiling and Jingui, all fell to Yuan Shu within a few days.

As soon as the Jiangbei army came out, they were swallowed by the enemy. 70,000 soldiers pressed against Jiangling. Soon after defeating Huang Zu, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu took the navy along the river to take in the prisoners of the Jingzhou navy while subduing the pirates. By the time they arrive at Jiangling, there were more than 100 ships of various sizes and more than 20,000 sailors.

At the same time, there have been many voices of surrender from all over Jingnan. Yuan Shu's army stretched crossed Jingzhou and Yuzhou, and at this moment it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that Yangzhou would be included.

"Lu Bu, drink this glass of wine!" Yuan Shu said boldly to Lu Bu.

"Good!" Lu Bu took the big cup and drank it. "Watch me break through the gates of Jiangling city!"

"Good, good. I have Lu Bu so Liu Biao's time of death is approaching!" Yuan Shu laughed, not paying attention to Lu Bu at all. There was a gloomy look in Lu Bu's eyes when he heard this.

While Yuan Shu was feeling cool, all the warlords in the world were frightened, and there were only five that were not frightened.

After getting the latest news, the White Horse General Gongsun Zan chuckled twice and said to himself, "After brother beats Yuan Shao to death, I will gather the power of the three northern states to educate you, Yuan Shu. How dare you compete with me for the position of the boss."

Yuan Shao saw the latest news. Holding the information tightly in his right hand, his knuckles turned white. He angrily threw the information on the table and said, "Qu Yi, come in for me!"

"I greet the lord!" Qu Yi quickly walked in and bowed.

"Can you defeat the Baimayi Cong?" Yuan Shao asked solemnly.

"Baimayi will be defeated!" Qu Yi said arrogantly.

"Okay, then all the soldiers, including me, will be handed over to you to command! If you lose, I will kill you!" Yuan Shao took off the sword from his waist and handed it to Qu Yi. Then he said it with an icy aura.

"Obey. If I don't defeat the Baimayi Cong, please behead me!" Qu Yi said boldly, then took Yuan Shao's sword with both hands.

Both Cao Cao and Liu Bei had the same idea to weaken Yuan Shu. Their whole army moved out and prepare to weaken Yuan Shu just like beating up the one that jumps out.

Xiliang Han Sui casually threw away the information. This matter was too far away from him. He was still thinking about how to beat Ma Teng. Yuan Shu was too far away from here.

As for the other warlords around the world, they were shocked when they received the news. Even Liu Yan, who was hiding in Yizhou, was in a cold sweat at the news. He had already felt the threat from Yuan Shu.

As for the warlords near Yuan Shu, they were all trembling with fear. Within fifteen days from Yuan Shu's destruction of Xiangyang, Lu county and Jiu county that were in Yangzhou and Jiangzhou had both be persuaded by the families in it to surrender to Yuan Shu. While Yan Baihu, Liu Yao, Wang Lang, and the others all trembled. No one dared to curb Yuan Shu's development. If he were to break through Jiangling, the entire Jiangzhou would turn their backs on Liu Biao.

"It's too fast." Chen Xi looked at the information that had three changes every day and basically calculated that Yuan Shu's situation against Liu Biao was incurable. After all, it has only been a year for Liu Biao, who rode into Jingzhou alone, to subdue the various families in Jingzhou, and he has not yet fully grasped the power.

"My lord, we must divide our troops. This time we must pull Yuan Shu back. Once Jiangling is captured, more than 90% of the Yangzhou family may surrender collectively. Liu Biao has now completely lost control of Jingnan. If Yuan Shu has Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yuzhou, then against outside enemies, its foundation has surpassed the original Chu state. We must ensure that Liu Biao will not fall!" Liu Ye quickly glanced at the latest information and smiled bitterly. Then he explain it to Liu Bei.

"Let's divide our troops, Liu Bei. We must put enough pressure on Yuan Shu. This time we must rush to Runan county before Yuan Shu takes Jiangling!" Chen Xi got up and said. This time it was purely a competition to see who was faster. Once Yuan Shu has taken Jiangling and Liu Bei has not taken down Runan to cut off Yuan Shu's retreat path, then Yuan Shu, who had won almost one-third of the world, with the momentum of a great victory could crush Liu Bei across the state by just relying on his momentum alone.

The situation has reached this point and Liu Bei can't hesitate any longer. He can only go all out to attack Yuzhou. Although it is very likely that he will defeat the most tasteless county-Lu county, but if he doesn't fight on, it is very likely that all the strategies in the future will become nonsense. All were destroyed by the huge threat behind him, Yuan Shu's power would no longer be a joke.

In the end, Liu Bei's army, which had just conquered Fan county and had not yet come to a rest, was divided into three groups. One group was led by Guan Yu, and Liu Ye was the military advisor to attack Chen county. The second group was led by Liu Bei who was the commander and Jia Xu who was the military advisor to attack Qiao county. The last group was led by Chen Xi with Yu Jin and Hua Xiong as the lieutenant general. He will attack Runan county to cut off Yuan Shu's retreat path and force Yuan Shu to return to help!