Chapter 1621: The Battle of Xuzhou (217)

As for his request to break the city in two days, to put it bluntly, it was a pit, but what he didn't expect was that he kept everyone in the dark, and in this case, Kaesong would inevitably be breached as soon as possible.

But the reason why Guan Yu is the siege commander, if it is just to capture Kaesong, he really doesn't have to go into battle in person, the purpose of his command of the siege is to attract Wen Chou back, to put it bluntly, if he doesn't show up, the hope is too slim. That's why he proposed such a method in front of Liu Lan, and swaggered in front of Gao Kui, but at this moment, one of the two was under the city tower and the other was on top of the war horse.

A letter of military information, from the initial verification to may be Huang Zhongbu, and now Guan Yu appeared, accidents continue to happen, Gao Kui is constantly changing his initial estimate with the change of the enemy's situation, at this moment, he has no other way than to defend the city, but the trapped in the lonely city makes him worry at any time, and even suddenly jumped up in the middle of the night and shouted to retreat, actually dreamed that someone in the city received Guan Yu and opened the city gate.

Gao Kui, whose nerves were about to weaken, would never have thought that it was originally a beautiful affair, but it turned out to be like this, and Wen Chou had no news to feedback back for a long time, which made him shocked and afraid, afraid that there would be some accident on Wen Chou's side, and because of the change in the enemy situation on Wen Chou's side, he needed to face a difficult choice and rashly return to the army, first of all, he had to get in touch with Gao Ran and Xiahou Xuan, which took time. Regardless of it, there is a high risk of irreparable crisis.

In such a choice, he did not hesitate for long, not even a quarter of an hour, and quickly sent a message to Gao Ran and Xiahoudun, asking them to give up the pursuit of the Xuzhou army and go all out to help Kaecheng.

Before, he had always suspected what Guan Yu's strange original intention of retreating was, but now he completely understood that these retreating enemy troops were just bait, just to attract them to the depths of Xuzhou to be beaten, and he believed that the Xuzhou army in Liangcheng at this time would not be able to retreat, because his goal had been achieved, that is, to drag them so that they could not easily go north.

This time it's really thanks to Xiahoudun, otherwise would the current situation be so passive? Even if he wants to support Kaecheng to the north now, he doesn't dare to return rashly, otherwise Gao Ran and Xiahoudun will have an accident to do this, of course, this is all official words, what he is most afraid of when he gets up is that he rushes back to Kaecheng, but he hits Guan Yu's plan, and the tiger is broken by him one by one.

But if you don't come back as soon as possible, then Guan Yu will be able to take Jiqiu first, calmly cut off the connection between them and Kaecheng Gaokui, and then defeat Kaesong, annihilating the troops left in Kaesong, this is also a method of annihilation, to be honest, since they entered Xuzhou, they have not given Guan Yu any chance, and have always joined forces, which is why Guan Yu did not choose to prove the battle in Yancheng, but made such a deployment now.

And the current situation, in fact, has achieved Guan Yu's goal, their troops have been divided into four parts, Kaicheng, Yancheng, Gao Lan and Xiahou Xuan, judging from the current form, it is very possible for Xiahou Xuan to be dragged down, even including Gao Lan, if he now concentrates on dealing with the Xuzhou army in Xuzhou and ignores Guan Yu, then what kind of consequences may occur?

He has actually guessed Guan Yu's intention now, that is, on the premise of containing Xiahoudun and even Gao Ran, he will force himself to return to Kaecheng for help, and he just happened to come to a classic battle example of besieging the city to help, this is common sense, Guan Yu must have prepared everything, but if he doesn't care, then it is very likely that all the back roads will be cut off.

If they can achieve a brilliant victory in Xuzhou, it will be nothing if the back road is cut off, but if they fail to achieve a big victory, it will be difficult to move an inch in Xuzhou, after all, Liu Lan has been operating in Xuzhou for many years, from officials and scholars to pawns and peddlers, he will do everything possible to help them, if the Xuzhou army is willing, don't expect to find them when they hide.

Therefore, if they insist on staying in Xuzhou, they are likely to completely fall into passivity and the back road will be cut off, this danger is ugly and ugly, not to mention that there is another important thing, that is, the Xuzhou army is very good at psychological warfare, although this time they also hyped it up after occupying Kaecheng and Yancheng, and even claimed to have annihilated the main force of Xuzhou.

Of course, all this is actually a means of appeasement, which was first from Liu Lan's hands, but the effect has to be said to be really good, it can make the people in the captured county dispel some unrealistic illusions, especially those big families, can Wen Chou can completely pacify Kaicheng so quickly, and the division, buying, and suppression are indispensable, but the key is that the main force of Xuzhou was defeated in Qingzhou is the key to really let them start to get close to it.

Of course, Wen Chou said that Guan Yu was defeated in Qingzhou at that time, and these words will definitely not deceive many people, but there will be more people who don't know the truth, so when he visits these clans, he is testing who knows the real inside story, and those who can know the inside story, then he will not be polite.

Under such a deployment, almost everyone in Kaesong believed in the news of Guan Yu's defeat, which was a painful blow to the people of Kaesong, and also made them completely give up the idea that the Xuzhou army would be killed, but in just one month, Guan Yu led the Xuzhou army to appear, which will make the people of the family who were stabilized by him with some special means react, so how will these people react next, when they see hope again, he believes that it will not be just a Kaesong, It's that some situations will happen in the entire Langya County, and what will Gao Kui do at this time, and how should they deal with these troublesome things in the future?

And with the danger of Kaesong, the news will spread everywhere like wings, of course, including the soldiers in their army, what it means to be cut off from the back, and what kind of consequences it will have on morale, these are unknown, but one thing is that this will plunge his troops into chaos, and at that time, it will not be a matter of whether he wants to rescue Kaesong, but will be forced to rescue Kaesong.

Because such news will cause panic and unrest within the army in a short period of time, this situation can be described as embattled, from top to bottom, spreading, whether it is soldiers or generals will be affected. And more importantly, Guan Yu's victory in Kaesong will greatly boost the morale of the Xuzhou army fighting in Xuzhou, and they will do their best to wait for Guan Yu to return to Xuzhou.

At that time, they will really be surrounded by Guan Yu, such a situation, Wen Chou will never allow it, he knows very well the reason why he can have the opportunity to be the main general this time, if there is any difference, it may be replaced, this kind of removal of high-level generals, it may not happen in other places, but in Jizhou, it will not, because like him and Gao Ran, can be selected, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is because they have been defeated in the hands of Liu Lan.

Knowing the shame and being brave, if the general just hopes that the two of them can wash away the shame of the past, it is unlikely that he will choose the two of them, to put it bluntly, he still hopes to pass through their previous experience, but if he loses again, he will inevitably be replaced, and he will be replaced by a general who thinks he can defeat the enemy.

After all, if he loses again, then he and Gao Ran will really become defeated under him, and they may never have the opportunity to face Liu Lan head-on in the future. If that's the case, it's unlikely that Wen Chou is too worried, but if he really changes generals, it may disrupt all his deployments.

In fact, his current deployment is chaotic enough, but it is still within his control, and when it comes to the suitability of changing generals, it may not be able to change the situation of the battle, no matter who comes, he will take over a mess, and when the time comes, he will not let the enemy scramble, he will have to mess up, and he may not even have a chance to deal with it in a hurry.

So Wen Chou must not let such a thing happen, he must wash away the shame of the past, he made a lot of determination this time, so it is inevitable to win Xuzhou, of course, he also knows that Liu Lan is now the biggest threat to them, and to completely defeat Liu Lan, to put it bluntly, in addition to defeating his troops, there is also a chance, that is, to take Xuzhou County, which Liu Lan has been operating for many years, once Xuzhou is taken, even if Liu Lan's troops have hundreds of thousands, they will not want to turn the tables again.

So this time, he must not make the same mistakes as before, Gao Ran must return to Kaesong with him, and Xiahoudun depends on his attitude, the current passivity is because of him, if he still can't recognize the form and does not retreat, then don't blame them for returning to Kaesong first, and if he plans to withdraw and is dragged by the Xuzhou army, then he will raise troops to go over.

made up his mind, and immediately sent a messenger to the Gao Lan Department and Xiahoudun to convey the order.

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After Liu Lan returned to Xuzhou City, he paid close attention to all the situations in Yancheng, I have to say that Guan Yu's decision this time was extremely risky, which made the entire Xuzhou fall into great danger, and he was also under huge pressure, once Guan Yu did not lure Wen Chou back, but Wen Chou chose to attack Xuzhou City in the west, and Cao Cao in Feng County, their situation will become extremely dangerous.

But if it is not according to Guan Yu's plan, then the dilemma in Xuzhou cannot be solved, and it will still be captured by Wen Chou, so he can't avoid such pressure.

In such a situation, he cares more about Wen Chou's reaction than anyone else, although Zhao Yu constantly cares about asking him why he is so depressed, but Liu Lan does not dare to tell the truth behind it, because once Wen Chou does not return to Kaecheng but comes to Xuzhou, then he can only retreat to Guangling, and when he arrives in Guangling, Xuzhou has nothing to be nostalgic for, and it is the best choice to return directly to Moling.

Of course, if such a situation happens, it is equivalent to them completely losing the opportunity to dominate the world, and the future world will be produced between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, of course, if the battle of Guandu will happen later, then his opportunity will still appear, but he does not dare to gamble.

Under such tremendous pressure, in the daily fear, the news of Wen Chou's pursuit of Zhou Cang finally came back, and sure enough, they chased to Liangcheng, which allowed him to finally breathe a sigh of relief, he only slept for less than two hours a day in the past few days, and after receiving this news, he fell asleep, slept for a whole day and a night, really tired, and completely relaxed.

In fact, his current deployment is chaotic enough, but it is still within his control, and when it comes to the suitability of changing generals, it may not be able to change the situation of the battle, no matter who comes, he will take over a mess, and when the time comes, he will not let the enemy scramble, he will have to mess up, and he may not even have a chance to deal with it in a hurry.

So Wen Chou must not let such a thing happen, he must wash away the shame of the past, he made a lot of determination this time, so it is inevitable to win Xuzhou, of course, he also knows that Liu Lan is now the biggest threat to them, and to completely defeat Liu Lan, to put it bluntly, in addition to defeating his troops, there is also a chance, that is, to take Xuzhou County, which Liu Lan has been operating for many years, once Xuzhou is taken, even if Liu Lan's troops have hundreds of thousands, they will not want to turn the tables again.

So this time, he must not make the same mistakes as before, Gao Ran must return to Kaesong with him, and Xiahoudun depends on his attitude, the current passivity is because of him, if he still can't recognize the form and does not retreat, then don't blame them for returning to Kaesong first, and if he plans to withdraw and is dragged by the Xuzhou army, then he will raise troops to go over.

made up his mind, and immediately sent a messenger to the Gao Lan Department and Xiahoudun to convey the order.

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After Liu Lan returned to Xuzhou City, he paid close attention to all the situations in Yancheng, I have to say that Guan Yu's decision this time was extremely risky, which made the entire Xuzhou fall into great danger, and he was also under huge pressure, once Guan Yu did not lure Wen Chou back, but Wen Chou chose to attack Xuzhou City in the west, and Cao Cao in Feng County, their situation will become extremely dangerous.

But if it is not according to Guan Yu's plan, then the dilemma in Xuzhou cannot be solved, and it will still be captured by Wen Chou, so he can't avoid such pressure.

In such a situation, he cares more about Wen Chou's reaction than anyone else, although Zhao Yu constantly cares about asking him why he is so depressed, but Liu Lan does not dare to tell the truth behind it, because once Wen Chou does not return to Kaecheng but comes to Xuzhou, then he can only retreat to Guangling, and when he arrives in Guangling, Xuzhou has nothing to be nostalgic for, and it is the best choice to return directly to Moling.

Of course, if such a situation happens, it is equivalent to them completely losing the opportunity to dominate the world, and the future world will be produced between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, of course, if the battle of Guandu will happen later, then his opportunity will still appear, but he does not dare to gamble.

Under such tremendous pressure, in the daily fear, the news of Wen Chou's pursuit of Zhou Cang finally came back, and sure enough, they chased to Liangcheng, which allowed him to finally breathe a sigh of relief, he only slept for less than two hours a day in the past few days, and after receiving this news, he fell asleep, slept for a whole day and a night, really tired, and completely relaxed.