The most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 627

The key to Yuan Shu's defeat of Sun Ce lies in Yuan Yao.

And Yuan Yao had no doubt that he was being targeted by Zhou Yu.

August 202 AD.

When Yuan Yao led his army back to aid Shouchun, Sun Ce's scouts discovered them early, and Zhou Yu came up with a strategy that could not only deal with Yuan Yao, but also severely damage Yuan Shu.

Really killing two birds with one stone.

Zhou Yu asked Sun Ce to pretend not to notice Yuan Yao, and also asked Yuan Yao to sneak attack during the siege.

Yuan Shu in the city, seeing Yuan Yao's sneak attack on Sun Ce, would definitely come out from the city and try to attack from both inside and outside.

This was originally Yuan Shu's strategy.

However, as long as Zhou Yu and Sun Ce used their strategy to ambush an ambush and suddenly attack, the situation would be completely different.

Although the strategy was very risky, and Sun Ce himself was the bait.

But Sun Ce is a person who dares to take risks.

Therefore, Sun Ce adopted Zhou Yu's suggestion.

Sun Ce divided the Wu army into two parts.

Among them, Yuan Jun sent his troops to attack the city, while Zhou Yu led 10,000 elite Wu troops to ambush.

Sure enough, Yuan Yao thought he had successfully attacked Sun Ce and wanted to lead his army to attack Sun Ce directly.

Yuan Shu in the city saw that Yuan Yao had returned from fighting and had gained the upper hand, so he sent troops out of the city.

However, they were happy too early. Zhou Yu's ambush troops came out and killed Yuan Yao and Yuan Shu. Both Yuan Yao and Yuan Shu were stunned.

Yuan Yao was defeated, and Yuan Shu's army in the city was also killed and fled back to the city.

……

"With Yuan Shu's defeat, Shouchun City could no longer be defended."

Zhou Cheng said while chewing venison.

Zhou Cheng has also led troops to fight for many years, and he knows that morale is a very mysterious thing.

The pressure on the soldiers from defending the city is already high, and it is difficult to boost morale.

And Yuan Shu's attitude towards ordinary people The pay of the soldiers was low.

Therefore, most of the soldiers were unwilling to fight to the end for Yuan Shu.

On the other hand, Sun Ce took the lead in the Wu army and won another great victory. His morale was strong, and he might have a chance to break through the city in one fell swoop.

Li Ru said:"Shou If Chun is lost, Sun Ce will definitely win over his master. The most urgent task is to find Yuan Yao, and then send Ji Ling to help him, first to secure Yuzhou, and then to fight with Sun Ce, making it difficult for Yangzhou and Yuzhou to be peaceful."

What Zhou Cheng needs now is fighting and civil strife among the princes.

Since the Yellow Turban Uprising, there has not been much peace.

Although Yangzhou is rich, after so many years of war, there should not be much population, money and food left.

Let Sun Ce took it, so he took it.

And let Yuan Yao, in the name of Yuan Shu's son, command the remaining Yuan army, and mobilize Yuzhou's money and food to attack Sun Ce.

In this way, Yangzhou and Yuzhou will inevitably be in constant war, and the war will never end, and the refugees will They lost their homes and their fields were barren.

Although this was a disaster for the civilians of the two states.

But for Zhou Cheng, only by consuming the population, money and food of the two states through this method could the obstacles to unification be alleviated.

Zhou Cheng did not need to I spent a lot of time besieging the city.

……

Yuan Shu's defeat seems to be only a matter of time.

Then, there is not much time left for Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei didn't take action, Sun Ce would be able to capture Yangzhou.

And Liu Beinei?

There is nothing to do except stare here.

Didn't get any money or fame, and ended up empty-handed?

For Liu Bei, this was definitely a setback.

How could Zhuge Liang not know what Liu Bei was thinking.

Liu Bei is a typical person who is scratching his head like a cat's paw, but he still has to pretend to be humble and cautious.

Now Liu Bei is attached to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao is not unkind to Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei disobeys Liu Biao's orders, he would be ungrateful.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said:"My lord, the most important thing is to save the world. Now the Wu army is raging in Yangzhou and the refugees have lost their homes. The top priority is to gather the refugees first and save them from the suffering of the war."

Gathering the refugees at this time?

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment.

However, Liu Bei reacted quickly.

Winning over refugees is also a good way to win people's hearts and improve your reputation.

Moreover, this is not a rash fight.

It is completely based on the way of 'benevolence and righteousness' to save the people.

This is the right path, and it makes sense wherever you go.

Even Liu Biao couldn't say this was wrong.

Zhang Fei asked:"What if we encounter Wu Jun?"

"We are here to seek disobedience. If we meet, we should get along with each other without any problems.……"

Zhuge Liang continued to shake his feather fan and spoke calmly.

Zhang Fei asked again:"What if the Wu army takes action first?"