Return to the Three Kingdoms with the Empire System

Chapter 205 Deadlock in Qiao County
Yuan Shu stayed up all night in Qiao County, waiting for good news from Ji Ling.But after Yinshi passed, some soldiers reported that Lei Bo and Chen Lan had returned alone.Yuan Shu had a bad premonition at this time, and hurried to the city wall of Qiao County to watch the battle.

When Yuan Shu went to the city wall to watch the battle in the Xuzhou Army camp, he found a cavalry from far to near through the torches in the distance, heading towards the gap where Ji Ling led his men into the Xuzhou Army camp.

"It's over!" Suddenly, these two words directly appeared in Yuan Shu's brain.If Ji Ling's retreat was blocked and surrounded by the Xuzhou army barracks, then Ji Ling and Le were doomed to be in trouble.Yuan Shu wanted to return to Yangzhou with that victory, not another defeat.

After Lei Bo and Chen Lan went back, they realized that they had made a big mistake. When they fled back, they even forgot to tell Ji Ling and the others what happened before. Will.If Yuan Shu really wanted to deal with it, they would inevitably be punished.Now, they can only pray that Ji Ling and Le can find something wrong and get back in time.

"My lord, that seems to be General Ji Ling and the others." When Yuan Shu was stunned on the city wall, Li Feng saw the cavalry of the Xuzhou Army retreat before they surrounded the gap. It is less than half of the ones that were killed.

After hearing Li Feng's words, Yuan Shu regained his energy immediately.Looking around quickly, he found that a group of soldiers was really coming towards Qiao County. "Hurry up, quickly open the city gate and meet General Ji Ling." After seeing this, Yuan Shu hurriedly ordered someone to meet Ji Ling and retreat.

Before experiencing the Battle of Hulao Pass, Yuan Shu thought that he was very strong, but after going through that battle, Yuan Shu realized that Ji Ling was the only general he could fight. It was Ji Ling and Le Jiu who gained his trust.The reason why the cavalry was led by Lei Bo was because Ji Ling and Le were not good at training cavalry, so they were handed over to Lei Bo and Chen Lan.

Now that Ji Ling managed to escape from the tiger's mouth, he had to meet him no matter what, otherwise Ji Ling escaped at first, but was surrounded because no one responded, then Yuan Shu really couldn't cry.

Li Feng listened to Yuan Shu's order and hurriedly led 2000 soldiers out of the city to help Ji Ling return to the city.Fortunately, Cao Bao had no intention of catching all the soldiers who had robbed the camp, so Ji Ling and others returned to Qiao County smoothly.However, out of the [-] soldiers brought by Ji Ling and the other four generals, only less than [-] came back.

Yuan Shu's army suffered heavy losses, as did Xuzhou's army.Adding up, the casualties of the Xuzhou army were close to 8000, but the elite army in Cao Bao's hands had only a few hundred casualties, including Cao Bao's personal soldiers scattered among the ordinary soldiers.Calculated in this way, the two sides can only be regarded as a tie.

When the sky brightened, the Xuzhou Army chose to reinforce the camp after cleaning up the battlefield, but they had no intention of continuing to attack the city or encircling Qiao County on all sides.As for Yuan Shu, because he had suffered a loss at this time, he didn't dare to move around.

Yuan Huan and Yan Xiang understood at this time that Cao Baoya didn't want to fight this battle.Cao Bao hadn't captured Qiao County before, not because Cao Bao didn't have the ability, but because Cao Bao wanted to use Li Feng's hand to consume Tao Qian's strength, so Tao Qian would pay more attention to Cao Bao.

Even now, Cao Bao only wants Qiao County.Cao Bao has never chosen to besiege the city, which shows that he deliberately wants to let Yuan Shu's army leave.After Yuan Shu left, Cao Bao naturally won Qiao County, which was a great achievement.Moreover, after Yuan Shu left, Xuzhou and Yangzhou were adjacent to each other, and there would be a war in the future, so Tao Qian could not do the thing of killing donkeys, so he could only continue to reuse Cao Bao.

But now Yuan Shu didn't dare to move, but he still wouldn't leave.After the sky brightened, Yuan Shu received news from the rear that Sun Jian had brought [-] troops to help in the battle.Although the army brought by Sun Jian was also Yangzhou soldiers, it was Danyang, which produced elite soldiers in Yangzhou.

The Danyang Army is famous all over the world because of its bravery in battle.Moreover, Danyang often has young and strong men from whole villages and townships joining the army, which makes the soldiers among them more relevant.Brothers-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, etc., the relationship is chaotic, but this also has an advantage, that is, Danyang soldiers not only fight for their generals, but also to protect their relatives, so every time they fight, they are desperate.

Although the Danyang army is strong in combat effectiveness, it also has weaknesses. Otherwise, how could Yuan Shu be willing to hand Danyang into Sun Jian's hands so happily.Most of the soldiers in Danyang did not observe military discipline. Their own rules were so inferior that military discipline was not worth mentioning in their eyes.For example, when Zhang San became the corps leader, his subordinate Li Si violated military discipline, but Li Si was Zhang San's uncle, so Zhang San dared to enforce military discipline on his uncle?
Now that Yuan Shu heard that Sun Jian led troops to help, he only needed to wait another day, and the Xuzhou army would have to be attacked from both sides. Even if Cao Bao could train his troops, he would not be able to resist the attack from both sides at the same time, not to mention that Sun Jian was also good at training troops. , Sun Jian's reputation as the "Jiangdong Tiger" is well known to the world.

Yuan Shu was waiting for Sun Jian's arrival, Ye Mo also led Xu Huang, Dian Wei and the pioneer army all the way, and it was almost a day's journey to get rid of the army.

"Master Taiwei, there is still about a day's journey away, and I will be able to reach Qiao County. According to the news from the previous scouts, neither Yuan Shu nor Cao Bao has moved. Cao Bao is not in a hurry, but Yuan Shu's army Why is there no movement at all?" Xu Huang looked at Ye Mo and asked after resting and preparing to leave.

Ye Mo was also thinking about this question. If it was said that Abao was not in a hurry, then Ye Mo could understand that he was not the one who was running away anyway, and if Cao Bao moved around by himself, it would definitely give Yuan Shu's civil servants and generals a chance to take advantage of it. Machine, it is better not to move.It's just that Yuan Shu shouldn't be in a hurry to flee back to Yangzhou, or else he will suffer another disastrous defeat when he is flanked by himself and Cao Bao.

Ye Mo thought for a long time and couldn't figure it out. Could it be that Yuan Shu still had a trump card?I can't figure it out, so I can only think about it slowly, or wait one more day, and then all the problems will be understood after I get to Qiao County.

"General, grab a scout in front and say he's looking for Lord Taiwei." Just as Ye Mo was about to get on his horse, suddenly a soldier came to report to Xu Huang.

When Xu Huang heard what the soldier said, he immediately looked at Ye Mo.Ye Mo also felt strange at this time, he didn't know who would come to him and found this place.Ye Mo looked at Xu Huang and nodded.After Xu Huang got Ye Mo's consent, he asked the soldier to bring the captured man over.

The scout who was arrested came here and claimed to be sent by the Luo family.As soon as Ye Mo heard that it was the Luo family, he understood that this must be news from Jiangdong.

"Tell me, what is the news that can make the Luo family find this place at any cost?" Ye Mo understood that the Luo Family Chamber of Commerce must have spent a lot of money to find him. Certainly a lot.

"Sun Jian raised troops from Jiangdong and came all the way to Yuzhou. The master asked the villain to tell the adults to be careful of Sun Jian's army. Moreover, the master also got news that Wei Zhongdao seems to be in Sun Jian's army." Seeing that Ye Mo did not avoid others, the scouts knew that these people could rest assured.

After Ye Mo heard the scout's words, he immediately understood Yuan Shu's hole card, probably Sun Jian's army. "Okay, you go back. Ye San, I'll give him some money." Now that he knew the news, Ye Mo ordered Ye San to give the scout some money.

"My lord, what should we do next?" Dian Wei asked Ye Mo after hearing what the soldier said.Things seem to have changed again.

But Ye Mo felt a lot more relaxed at this time. The unknown enemy was the most terrifying, but now that Sun Jian's army had been exposed, Ye Mo didn't have to worry anymore.You can only think of a way to deal with the enemy you already know. As for the way, let's think about it slowly on the way.

(Twelve was called out when I got up early in the morning, and Twelve didn’t save the manuscript, so it can only be coded. I only uploaded it now, and readers please forgive me.)
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