Chapter 573: Liu Biao's Calculations
Huang Zu didn't get a bargain and was frightened, and ran away in disgrace.
"Young master, why don't you go to war with them, we don't have to be much worse than them, plus we are cavalry, and we have an advantage in morale, we can completely defeat them." After Huang Zu retreated, Hu Tou asked.
"Not to mention defeating them, even if they are all annihilated, it will be fine, but that will be damaged, besides, there are still many soldiers and horses in the entire Jingzhou to annihilate them, and there is at least some profit from fighting Yuan Shu, and I am afraid that there is no profit from beating them." Ye Chen said.
It would be so easy to fight Nanyang, because Yuan Shu brought all the soldiers and horses to Luoyang to fight Dong Zhuo, and in the Nanyang area, some cities south of Wancheng were only defended by a few hundred people in each county, and they surrendered without fighting them at all.
As for the other counties in Jingzhou, they did not send troops to Luoyang, so they had a lot of city defense troops, and they also knew what Ye Chen had done in Nanyang, so they would definitely defend to the death, and when the time came, the loss of troops was too much, and it was still a question whether they could return to Liaodong.
Ye Chen continued: "We have completely annihilated Huang Zu's five thousand soldiers and horses, showing our might, and if we go south, I am afraid that many people will not be willing to provoke us, and there will be a price to pay for provoking us." ”
The price of Yuan Shu is very heavy, and the price of Huang Zu is not small, in fact, Yuan Shu also paid a great price, but he doesn't know it yet, and in the future, Ye Chen will also go to find Yuan Shao's bad luck, and he must get the previous field back.
Ye Chen was unwilling to make a mortal enmity with Huang Zu, first, there was no benefit, and secondly, Liu Biao did not make a clear statement, although Huang Zu was his subordinate, but Liu Biao had not openly made an enemy of Ye Chen, and when the time came, it could be said that Huang Zu sent troops privately, so that the other counties in Jingzhou would not be too embarrassed for themselves, and they could make a detour north and return to Liaodong.
After Huang Zu left, Ye Chen and the others also found a place to settle down.
"Lord, Huang Zu, they did not leave, but found a place to station, and defended it tightly, as if they were going to deal with us." Guan Yu came over to report.
"He is still not giving up, he wants our treasure, probably because he wants to wait for Yuan Shu's support to attack us from the north and south."
Ye Chen understood very well why Huang Zu still refused to leave, what a big loss he suffered in front of Ye Chen, how could he not earn it back.
Huang Zu was indeed waiting for Yuan Shu, he also thought that Yuan Shu would follow Ye Chen and them south, but Yuan Shu did not appear for a long time.
"This damn Yuan Shu, when will it arrive?" After going back, Huang Zu went to investigate Yuan Shu's whereabouts, but there was no trace at all.
"General, this Yuan Shu promises that when Ye Chen and them go south, they will immediately send troops and follow them south, and now they should be able to be discovered." The subordinate general said.
"How do I know, damn Yuan Shu, I've lost five thousand men and horses, this damn Liaodong Army." Huang Zu was obviously very angry, he was overly frightened today, and almost lost his life.
What they didn't know was that Yuan Shu not only did not go south on time, but was also dragged for four days, and then he had to take over the city along the road and arrange defenses to prevent Ye Chen from suddenly turning around and heading north.
Therefore, it's not that Yuan Shu is unhappy, but that he can't be fast at all.
"General, it's better for us to withdraw our troops, this Liaodong Army's more than 10,000 horses are not easy to mess with, we may not be able to beat them on land, but the general can rest assured, if it is on the water, we can completely destroy them a few times." Huang Zu's subordinates said again.
"Retreat, retreat, I also want to retreat, but now we haven't got the treasure promised by Yuan Shu at all, so the loss of retreating will be great." Huang Zu was depressed, and now he couldn't advance or retreat.
If he wants to withdraw from the army, the benefits promised by Yuan Shu will definitely not be given to him, then he will be equivalent to paying the price of 5,000 men and horses, and as a result, he will not even get the hair, and he will definitely become the laughing stock of the world at that time.
A day later, Xu Huang arrived and joined them.
"Lord, we might as well assault south, destroy Huang Zu, occupy Jiangxia, take Jiangxia as the center, as long as our fleet can reach, we will still be afraid of them when the time comes." After Xu Huang arrived, he put on a posture of fighting a big battle.
Ye Chen smiled and didn't speak, he knew that Xu Huang was just belligerent, not brainless.
Guo Jia said: "Lord, your decision is very clever, do not offend Liu Biao, so that the entire Jingzhou will not be too embarrassed for you, and at the same time destroy Huang Zu's 5,000 soldiers and horses, so that all the people who covet us must be weighed." ”
Guo Jia continued: "I think the lord already has a way to deal with the current situation. ”
Ye Chen smiled and said: "It is very simple to solve the situation in front of us, let's attack Yuan Shu again, as long as Yuan Shu does not dare to chase after him, Huang Zu knows that there is no benefit, and he will definitely retreat, and at the same time, we can pass through Jingzhou safely, and we will not be greatly embarrassed." ”
Several generals nodded, Yuan Shu had been with them for a few days, and now Huang Zu didn't dare to go north, Ye Chen and they could completely wait for work and find a good place to ambush Yuan Shu.
"Bong-hyo." Ye Chen suddenly shouted.
"My lord, my subordinates are here."
"Order you to lead the infantry to set up camp here, watch Huang Zu, and don't let them know the truth of the camp, Gongming stays to assist Fengxiao."
Guo Jia and Xu Huang agreed, and at the same time, Ye Chen planned to personally lead the cavalry north to find a place to ambush Yuan Shu.
When Ye Chen and the others went north, in a mansion in Xiangyang, the Jingzhou Governance Office, there were four people sitting down, discussing something.
"Lord Zhou Mu, this Huang Zu has failed miserably, and now he doesn't dare to move." Cai Mao said.
"At the beginning, a certain suggestion that the adults acquiesced to Huang Zu going north, if Huang Zu and Yuan Shu could eliminate Ye Chen and obtain the treasures he collected, we would be able to take the opportunity to ask for most of the property, now it seems that this calculation will not succeed, I didn't expect the Liaodong Army to be so brave, and the five thousand soldiers and horses were swallowed at once." Kuai Yue sighed and shook his head.
Kuai Liang continued: "It's really a pity that we didn't get the benefits, but we didn't have a bad relationship with Ye Chen, we should win him over, this Yuan Shu has been coveted by us in Jingzhou for a long time, if it wasn't for Ye Chen to hurt his vitality this time, I'm afraid we will have to waste a lot of effort to solve the big trouble of Yuan Shu." ”
Liu Biao sat on it, and the old god was settled, and he did not make a clear statement.
"Don't worry, let them fight first, it's really not good, there is still an old man here, Jingzhou will not have a big mess." Finally, Liu Biao said.
A few people nodded, this meeting, only four people participated, the level is very high, this Huang Zu went north to deal with Ye Chen, and there was even Liu Biao's shadow, I am afraid that even Huang Zu himself did not know.
Liu Biao's abacus was very fine, let Huang Zu come forward, hide behind his back, and become a generous share, he is Jingzhou Mu, who dares not to obey, if he fails, he will come out to be a good man.