After Chen Chu led his army to the city of Yangzhou, he immediately sent light cavalry to block the important roads in and out of Yangzhou. At the same time, Zhang Liao's army built several floating bridges on the Huai River, and the army continued to spread across the Huai River.

The next morning, the army led by Chen Chu and Zhang Liao's army met under Yangzhou City.

"Wenyuan, good job!" Chen Chu couldn't help but pat Zhang Liao's arm and exclaimed.

Zhang Liao bowed and said, "I will pay homage to the lord!" He looked a little excited, Gao Lan and Gao Shun immediately bowed together.

Chen Chu helped the three of them up and sighed: "I have been missing for a long time with the three generals! Come on, come and follow me into the big tent!" As he said that, he held Zhang Liao's palm tightly and walked into the big tent. The generals followed one after another.

Entering the tent, Zhang Liao confronted Lu Bu, and Dian Wei clasped his fists and said, "I haven't seen each other for many days, the two generals are as charming as before!" Dian Wei smiled and touched his bald head; Lu Bu laughed and said, "Wenyuan, you are getting whiter and whiter!" Zhang Liao was stunned and then laughed.

Chen Chu, who was sitting in the main seat, couldn't help but smile with relief when he saw the generals under his command getting along well. "Okay! Let's talk about the old words later! Now, let's discuss the attack on Yangzhou!"

The tent immediately became quiet, and the generals stared at Chen Chu with a fierce fighting spirit in their eyes.

Chen Chu couldn't help but nodded, turned his head to ask Chen Gong beside him: "Public platform, tell you about the current situation in Yangzhou!"

"Yes!" Chen Gong held his fists and responded, and took two steps forward.

"Liu Bei's army was originally about 300,000, but its main force had been lost. Currently, there are about 60,000 troops defending Yangzhou, of which nearly 40,000 are the new troops temporarily recruited by Liu Bei, and the combat power is weak! It is worth noting that although Yangzhou's city defense is not as good as Chang'an and Luoyang, it is also a number of strong cities in the Central Plains. Needless to say, the city gate is divided into two layers. The first layer is the black iron gate, and the second layer is a city gate made of about half a foot thick hardwood. Both are extremely strong and ordinary siege methods are difficult to break through; in addition, Yangzhou City also has a urn city. Even if the city gate is broken through, if the troops siege along the city wall do not make progress at the same time, they will definitely fall to death; the water source of the moat is the Huai River, three meters wide, and the bottom of the river is densely covered with picket piles; above the city wall, there is a brick and stone arrow tower every twenty steps!..."

Chen Gong talked for nearly a quarter of an hour and roughly introduced the situation in Yangzhou. All the generals frowned slightly, and Dian Wei touched the bald head and sighed: "His grandma! This Yangzhou is simply a big turtle!"

Lu Bu stepped out and clasped his fists and said, "Lord, tomorrow Bu will lead an elite force to attack the city, and you will definitely capture it within one day!"

"No!" Chen Gong rejected. "The city defense of Yangzhou City is too strong. If you attack strongly, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses!"

Lu Bu snorted coldly: "There is no immortal in the battle to attack the city!" Then he clasped his fists at Chen Chu and said: "Lord, Bu only needs 20,000 elite troops to attack Yangzhou City!"

Chen Chu frowned and thought, his fingers habitually tapped on several sides. His eyes fell on Zhang Liao and asked, "Wen Yuan, what do you think?"

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said, "The last general is the leader of the stallion! However, the last general thinks what General Fengxian said is reasonable!"

Chen Chu nodded slightly, turned his head and asked Chen Gong: "Business Station, do you have any good solutions?"

Chen Gong replied: "Lord, according to the information sent by the intelligence agency's spies a few days ago, the food in Yangzhou City is only enough for two months! Why don't we attack with siege instead!"

Chen Chu thought, "Will it take two months to do this? We don't have that much time!"

Chen Gong held his fists and advised: "Lord, you don't have to decide to conquer the time when the emperor moved the capital!"

Chen Chu shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about this! An hour ago, I received Yang Jian's secret flying pigeon letter. They have been under house arrest. Sun Jian is actively preparing to go north!"

Chen Gong was stunned and asked in surprise: "Lord, hasn't Liu Biao sent troops?"

Chen Chu sneered: "Sometimes ago, Zhang Zhao arrived in Jingzhou to lobby Liu Biao. Although our secret line tried our best to obstruct, Liu Biao was still moved by Zhang Zhao! Now Liu Biao's army may have all withdrawn from the Nanjun area!"

The generals under the tent looked at each other and frowned slightly, but the generals were not worried about Sun Jian's army, but felt helpless about the matter between Chen Chu and Sun Ren.

Chen Chu was silent for a moment, glanced at the generals under the tent, and said with a heroic smile: "Why do you all have such an expression for me, Chen Chu, as a general, will he be bound by this matter?"

The generals looked at each other and thought to themselves, "Yes!", and couldn't help but feel funny about what they thought just now. The generals laughed and clasped their fists together and said, "Lord is wise!" Chen Gong, who was beside him, looked at Chen Chuying's vigorous face and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Chen Chu reconciled the generals of the sect and said, "Since our army debuted, we have not attacked a strong city like Yangzhou, which is not a good thing; in addition, I don't want to delay it for too long and cause trouble! I decided to repair the entire army for two days and attack the city with all its strength the morning after tomorrow!"

"Yes!" The generals agreed in unison.

After distributing the tent, Chen Chu, who was thinking, came to a hill by the Huai River without realizing it. Looking at the Huai River surging eastward in the distance, a trace of melancholy came to his heart.

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The chaos in Yangzhou City was a group of people. People with their families were crowded in four gates, trying to escape from the Yangzhou City, which was about to fall. Some bandits took advantage of the chaos to rob and rushed into jewelry stores and other shops, robbed property, and even killed people. Several smoke and dust rolled in the city, and the bandits set fire to the shop after the robbery!

When Liu Bei received a report from his subordinates about the situation in the city, he was shocked and quickly sent his trusted general Jiang Yue to lead his army into the city to stabilize the situation.

As the army entered, the chaos in the city gradually calmed down.

Afterwards, Liu Bei came to the four gates in person, expressed his apology to the people who wanted to escape from the city in tears, and begged everyone to return home, promising that the Northern Expedition Army would retreat soon.

With Liu Bei's efforts, the people gathered in the four gates gradually dispersed.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei inspected the defense situation of the four gates and finally came to the west gate tower. He leaned against the wall and looked at the camp that stretched for more than ten miles outside the city. Liu Bei couldn't help feeling a heavy pressure, a feeling of suffocation.

Liu Yan, who was standing beside him, said softly: "Chen Chu and Zhang Liao merged into one place, and the total force is currently about 300,000!"

Liu Bei frowned slightly and didn't say anything.

After a moment of pause, he asked, "How is the morale in the army?"

Liu Yan sighed lightly and reported: "Your Majesty, the morale in the army is very low!"

Although Liu Bei had expected it, he was still shocked. He paused and asked again: "What about the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou?"

"The two generals kept shouting to take revenge!" Liu Yan said with a smile.

Liu Bei couldn't help but remember the scene when the two of them came to ask for a fight before, and couldn't help but smile a comforting smile.

After Liu Bei instructed Liu Yan for a while, he left the Xicheng Gate Tower and returned straight to the governor's mansion.

As soon as he entered the governor's mansion, Jiang Yue came to report: "Lord, there is news about Cao Cao!" As he said that, he presented a book with both hands.

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the letter. After carefully looking, his brows frowned. "Lord, what did Cao Cao say in the letter?" Jiang Yue asked curiously.

Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao said that all his main forces were fighting southward with the Northern Army of the Northern Army in Boling, and were unable to attack Yanzhou as agreed!"

When Jiang Yue heard this, he couldn't help but curse: "Does Cao Cao want to die and not save him?"

Liu Bei folded the letter and put it in his arms, shook his head and said, "Cao Cao is definitely not a short-sighted person!" Then he sighed and said, "Cao Cao's situation is not optimistic! Although only the Second Army in the southbound army led by Zhang Fei and Ma Chao is the main force of the Northern Expedition Army, its overall combat power is only stronger than that of the current Cao army!"

Jiang Yue frowned, "Lord, so, don't we have to fight alone!"

Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh and nodded. "Jiang Yue, you have to go to the military camp more often during this period. If there is any abnormality, you will repay it immediately!" "Yes!" Jiang Yue agreed with his fists.
Chapter completed!