Chapter 1289: Xu Shu was forced to retreat

"What a sharp-toothed mouth, he is talking such nonsense! Shall thou shalt slander my lord? Soldiers, ten thousand arrows are fired, and this army division will kill this fang here! "Xu Shu is a decisive person, since he knows that this is really Kou Feng, then what else to say, just go straight to it.

The troops brought by Xu Shu were quite elite, although they were a little confused, but their bodies still acted honestly according to Xu Shu's orders.

The oncoming feather arrows made Kou Feng so frightened that he retreated directly.

There's no way, Kou Feng doesn't want to die now, standing on the city wall is a living target.

Kou Feng retreated in embarrassment, almost being shot, and was extremely embarrassed.

"What a sinister Xu Shu, he is not a son of man!" Kou Feng used scolding to relieve his embarrassment.

Just doing that, it's a bit redundant. The soldiers were looking for a place to hide from the feathered arrows, and they had no time to see him.

"Archers fight back!" As a general, Pound was much calmer than Kou Feng.

One after another, Liu Jun's archers began to counterattack Xu Shu and them. Condescendingly, Liu Jun occupies the best advantage and has great lethality.

The troops on Xu Shu's side attacked the city defended by Liu Jun for the first time, and they couldn't adapt to it at first.

Liu Jun's attack speed was too fast, and after the Yizhou Army's archers fired a wave of feather arrows, Liu Jun could fire two waves of feather arrows. This is where the gap between Yizhou Jun and Liu Jun lies. In terms of training and battlefield fighting, the officers and men of Liu Jun were superior to the Yizhou Army in terms of experience and ability.

What's more, in a siege battle, the defending side has a huge advantage.

It can be said that Pound has 8,000 men and horses, and he can defend this Fuling City to the death.

A simple tentative attack could let Xu Shu know that it would be extremely difficult to take Fuling City.

Now, Xu Shu is in a tangle. Fuling City cannot be taken in a short period of time, so it will seriously restrict Xu Shu's troop deployment.

There is a big war going on in Hanxia City and Yongchang County. Yonghong of Yongchang County doesn't have to worry so much, it is estimated that Wei Yan can be pacified. The only thing that is more severe is the Gao Shun Department outside Hanxia City.

Xu Shu can conclude that Gao Shun's soldiers and horses will definitely not have 100,000. Because Jingzhou is the land of the four wars, it borders Yizhou and Jiangdong. Even if Gao Shun really had 100,000 troops, under the defense on both sides, at most about 30,000 soldiers and horses would be taken out to attack Yizhou. Unless Gao Shun doesn't want Jingzhou anymore.

Jiangdong's Sun Ce would not let go of such a good opportunity.

Even if it is 30,000 soldiers and horses, whether Hanxia City can be completely defended is a big question.

The previous defensive front was Hanping City, Fuling City, and Hanxia City as the three core points, and the defense was spread out with points and areas. Under such a defense, even if Jingzhou Liu's army took Hanxia City, it still needed to face the blockage of Fuling City, and then Hanping City.

It's a pity that such a seemingly solid defense line was actually attacked by the other party and directly took down the most central Fuling City. As a result, the entire line of defense cannot be continuously penetrated.

There are two choices in front of Xu Shu, one is to take Fuling City, and the other is to bypass Fuling City and go to Hanxia City.

Neither option is a good one.

What is needed to take Fuling City is fast, and before Hanxia City is captured, there must be results.

But today's Fuling City is really not something that Xu Shu can take in a short time.

Bypassing Fuling City and going to Hanxia City, Kou Feng of Fuling City will definitely not look at his past in vain. When Hanxia City was captured by Gao Shun and came to Fuling City with a large army, Xu Shu was completely led by the other party.

For such a thing, Xu Shu didn't want to see it at all, but he had very few options now.

God may see that Xu Shu is very difficult, so he doesn't give him a choice.

Gao Shun's army had already taken Hanxia City, and after leaving 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison it, they immediately rushed to Fuling City without any rest. The information that Fuling City was taken by Kou Feng and Pang De had already been sent to Gao Shun. The significance of Fuling is much greater than that of Hanxia City, and Gao Shun certainly understands the choice. Fuling City, which would not be let in hand, was recaptured by Liu Beijun.

Along the way, Gao Shun's army did not encounter much resistance at all, and Liu Beijun of Yizhou encountered Liu Jun of Jingzhou led by Gao Shun, like a mouse seeing a cat, and fled directly. If there is a slight resistance, Gao Shun will directly crush it.

This time, Gao Shun even brought the trapped camp with him, with such a trump card in hand, he was still afraid of a fart.

What's more, so far, without having to fall into the camp, it has been able to achieve a big victory.

After the scout's inquiry, Gao Shun learned that Xu Shu's army was besieging Fuling City, and the dead man's face was slightly moved.

"I don't know how long Fuling City can hold on?" Gao Shun silently calculated in his heart.

In fact, Gao Shun's army is a little tired, and it is not possible to rush to Fuling City quickly, one is not good, and the other party will be killed to wait for work.

When Gao Shun hesitated, Jiang Wan came out and put forward an idea to Gao Shun, saying: "General, there is a strategy to solve the general's worries." ”

"Hurry up!" Gao Shun said blandly.

Gao Shun's expression never seemed to change, as if he was an emotionless robot.

"The soldiers are tired, and Fuling is in crisis. If our army advances at full speed, I am afraid that our physical strength will be exhausted, and Xu Shu will take advantage of it. Therefore, it was thought that General Gao led some of the cavalry with full physical strength to take the first step, and at the same time, the tails of the horses were tied to branches, and thick smoke billowed between the gallops. And the rest of our army is slowly following up. ”

Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were stunned, they knew that Xu Shu was very powerful, and they could really deceive Xu Shu with such a strategy, if they were discovered, it would be a catastrophe.

What he never expected was that Gao Shun actually agreed to Jiang Wan's strategy.

In Gao Shun's opinion, Jiang Wan's strategy can be said to have killed Xu Shu's calculations. Jiang Wan's meaning, Gao Shun understands. It is nothing more than creating a false impression for Xu Shu, making him think that the army has been killed. Gao Shun felt that Xu Shu would believe it 100%. Why? Because Xu Shu has no reason not to believe.

On the battlefield, immeasurable things can happen at any time to affect victory or defeat.

When Xu Shu attacked Fuling City, Gao Shun came with a "big army", how could Xu Shu not waver, he was not afraid of affecting morale.

If Xu Shu didn't believe it, then he would have to bear the possibility of defeat. Although it is said that it is Yizhou here, Liu Bei is the pastor of Yizhou, but Liu Bei does not have many troops under his hands now.

Part of it was to guard against the north, Liu Jun in Hanzhong, part of it was to guard against the Southern Barbarians, and there were Yonghong who rebelled on their own, and Jingzhou launched a fierce attack on it. The forces seem to be concentrated, but they are extremely scattered. Once Xu Shu is defeated, then the strength of the entire Yizhou will become very small. Without troops, what will Liu Bei do to fight others?

Gao Shun's idea is also simple, whether Xu Shu reacts like this or not, he does it. It's better than he's helpless right now.

After the decision was made, Gao Shun led a part of the physically energetic troops to take the lead, and handed over the remaining soldiers and horses to Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, two generals. Another thing to mention is that the troops that Gao Shun took away are the confidence he relies on to dominate the world, and they are trapped in the camp.

With the trapping camp in hand, even if Xu Shu sees through the strategy and the army presses up, Gao Shun is not afraid.

Gao Shun is the main general, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan can only listen to him, and they dare not disobey the general's order, but they just hope that there will not be a trick like Pang De who fell for Xu Shu.

During the march, Gao Shun's formation was too big, dusty, and its traces could be seen from afar.

The illusion created was naturally probed by the scouts sent by Xu Shu to inquire about the news.

Looking at the dust billowing in the distance, the scouts sent by Xu Shu subconsciously thought that a large number of troops were approaching. When they got closer, Gao Shun's banner let the scouts know what kind of troops it was.

Xu Shu's scouts were discovered by Gao Shun's scouts and immediately started a fight. In the end, Xu Shu's scouts were defeated.

The two embarrassed scouts returned to Xu Shu's side and told the news that they had discovered Gao Shun's army and were defeated.

"What? You said Gao Shun was about to be killed? How can it be so fast? Wu Lan, who was beside Xu Shu, looked a little unpleasant.

On the other end, Zhuo Fake's face was blue.

This time, Xu Shu brought the two of them with him, at least he used them easily.

After following Xu Shu, Zhuo Yu and Wu Lan learned some things about the Shenwu Imperial Court from Xu Shu's mouth, which expanded their horizons. And Gao Shun, who they had never heard of before, was actually a general who followed Emperor Shenwu earlier, and he had an indestructible army under his hands. Now that they are still outside Fuling City, Gao Shun is about to be killed, which is dangerous.

Well, before Xu Shu had time to be shocked, the soldiers under his command began to waver.

Even the more reliable Zhuo Zhen and Wu Lan were a little worried, not to mention those ordinary soldiers.

Last time, Xu Shu created a head-on victory over Liu Jun, which improved Liu Beijun's morale.

It's just morale.

Morale is an easily instigated and destroyed thing, and if you want to maintain it for a long time, you must constantly win and eventually build an invincible army that defies all enemies in the world.

In the entire Han world, the only one who truly despised the world was Liu Jun's troops of the Shenwu Imperial Court. Like the combat power under Liu Bei, it is naturally a little difficult to get on the table.

The soldiers did not fight in their hearts, and began to worry about how their people would face Liu Jun's tiger and wolf army later.

In fact, it is very simple, if you can't win, you can surrender, or you can run.

"Strategist, are we fighting or ...... Other? Wu Lan asked weakly.

He didn't dare to say anything about retreat and transfer, so as not to affect his image in Xu Shu's heart.

But Xu Shu is such a smart person, naturally he won't fail to hear the meaning.

Even the generals are like this, so wouldn't the ordinary soldiers be even more serious. Xu Shu hurriedly looked at his soldiers, and could vaguely find that the soldiers were timid.

"Hey, that's hard!" Even if Xu Shu was extremely capable, he couldn't make these soldiers easily forget their fear of Liu Jun.

Xu Shu is a person who does not admit defeat, isn't it Liu Jun? Even if it was really an army of 100,000, he Xu Shu thought that he would not lose to anyone.

Xu Shu thought about why Gao Shun came so quickly, according to the physical strength of the soldiers, he must be exhausted, and Xu Shu is waiting for work at ease, such a mistake, with Gao Shun's ability, should not be made. Mistakes that will not be made, a smile appeared on the face.

Gao Shun came with a strong momentum, which was typical self-confidence. It is undeniable that Gao Shun has a very strong ability to lead troops, but he has the weakness of a general, that is, he is too arrogant and easy to underestimate the enemy.

"I understand, Gao Shun brought a little bit of soldiers and horses, set up a position to deliberately confuse me, it looks dusty, in fact, the number of troops is pitiful. Let the hearts of the whole army be shaken and the morale of the whole army will drop greatly. I even had to retreat. "If you want to say why Xu Shu is the existence that Liu Yu is afraid of, this head is turning too fast.

"General Wu, General Zhuo, I have something to say to you two!" Xu Shu beckoned to Wu Lan.

Wu Lan and Zhuo Yu didn't know what they meant, but they had to listen to Xu Shu's words.

Xu Shu muttered in the ears of Wu Lan and Zhuo Zhen, and said the problem he had just discovered.

Why only say it to Wu Lan and Zhuo Fake, in fact, it is the mind of the superior. If he had to do everything, wouldn't he be too busy? Therefore, the things that encourage the soldiers to fight were handled by Wu Lan and Zhuo Fake. Another point is that if Wu Lan and Zhuo Fake can't handle it, it won't be his military advisor who will come forward. Xu Shu was saved to boost morale, but the soldiers did not improve much, how embarrassing it was.

"Humph! Isn't it just a high shun? We are the elite under the command of the lord, didn't we defeat Liu Jun last time? Soldiers, our opportunity to make meritorious contributions has arrived. ”

"That's right! The big guys have two hands and one head, why do they think they are very powerful, we don't lose to them! The military advisor said that after this victory, each person will be rewarded with 100 dollars! ”

Wu Lan and Zhuo Yu said loudly to all the soldiers.

In fact, any encouragement is good, but it is not as practical as money. The soldiers under Xu Shu's command are all in the mood, and it is easy to talk about it if they have money.

At this moment, a cavalryman came galloping from a distance in a panic.

Looking at the armor on his body, it is a knight of Liu Beijun in Yizhou.

Xu Shu faintly had a bad feeling, it seemed that this knight did not bring good news.

The soldiers of Liu Beijun, who were going to fight Liu Jun, stopped one by one and looked at the knight who was rushing over.

I saw this knight come to Xu Shu's side, and he got off the horse in a panic, his steps were staggered, and he almost fell to the ground, and finally half-knelt on the ground, and arched his hand and said: "Military advisor, Hanping City is urgent!" A large number of enemy troops have appeared outside the city to attack it! Hanping City is short of troops, please go to the rescue! ”

"Huh?" Everyone's minds were clouded, what was the situation, when did a large number of enemy troops appear in Hanping City.

Everyone looked at Xu Shu, not knowing what was going on.

"Retreat! Go to Hanpyeong City! Xu Shu reluctantly gave an order.

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