Sun Ce captured Changsha on one day. Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha, was killed and the defenders surrendered. Sun Ce regained the land where his father made his fortune.

The news spread all over the world instantly.

The troops supporting Changsha from the three counties of Jingnan all retreated. The prefects of the three counties were making defensive preparations frantically to avoid ending up like Han Xuan, and asked Liu Biao of Xiangyang for tactical guidance.

Liu Biao was already furious because of Cai Mao's failure. Now he heard again that Sun Ce had captured Changsha and that the situation in Jingnan was critical. He was so angry that he fell ill and took several days to recover.

The battle in the south reached Liu Yu's ears, and Liu Yu was curious. Didn't history say that Sun Ce died young? Why is he still alive and kicking now?

Liu Yu doesn't even think about how much history he has changed. It is normal for history not to follow the same trajectory as before.

Liu Yu has not yet been able to reach out to the south. He is now very irritated by the situation in the newly occupied territory.

There were many Cao troops in Chenliu and Puyang. These Cao troops did not fight against Liu Jun at all. They were always wreaking havoc. Warehouses, bridges, and offices were all untouched.

He even assassinated those aristocratic families who surrendered to Liu Yu, causing people to panic. The aristocratic families came to Puyang one after another to seek Liu Yu's protection.

Liu Yu was dumbfounded. Isn't this the same trick he used to deal with Yuan Shao before!? Why is it his turn to encounter this situation now?

Liu Yu understood that this was Cao Cao's strategy against him, so he could only send troops to patrol continuously to ensure that he would not be affected.

However, these Cao soldiers were all natives of Yanzhou and were very familiar with the situation in Yanzhou, which made Liu Yu very anxious.

Sun Ce took action against Liu Biao so that Cao Cao could safely mobilize troops and horses from other places and send them to Yanzhou.

However, Cao Cao's troops and horses, which had been confronting Ma Chao and others, retreated towards Xuchang. Jia Xu suspected that Cao Cao had other agendas, so he took a conservative wait-and-see approach to avoid falling into Cao Cao's plan.

Liu Yu was also unsure of what Cao Cao would do, and he was like a blind man for a while. Because of Li Fu, all Liu Yu's "secret" spies in Cao Cao's territory were killed, and Cao Cao discovered that Liu Yu had a stock.

With such a large force and a stricter monitoring system, the "Anbu" people have not made much achievements with Cao Cao.

Liu Yu now knew nothing about Cao Cao's movements, and his military operations fell into passivity many times.

Zhang Liao, who originally planned to join Liu Yu, encountered fierce resistance from Cao's army in Dongjun. His advance was blocked and he was unable to establish contact with Liu Yu.

Liu Yu prepared to send a large army to Dongjun to establish contact with Zhang Liao, but suddenly one day, Cao Cao's army raided Xiangyi and divided Liu Yu's army into two halves.

Liu Yu was shocked. He didn't expect Cao Cao to cut his army in two under his eyes. Liu Yu looked at the map and found that he was once again surrounded by Cao Cao.

Jia Xu and others, who had been waiting and watching, were shocked and immediately began to march towards Xiangyi, which Cao Cao had captured. However, Cao Hong appeared behind them with troops and horses. Jia Xu left Pang De and 10,000 troops behind to prevent Cao Hong from attacking.

Chen Liu's attack, he and Ma Chao took the remaining troops to attack Xiangyi.

Some people may ask, didn't Liu Yu flood Xiangyi City before? Jia Xu and the others just did it. In fact, Liu Yu's success in flooding was a bit of luck. At that time, no one thought that so many floods would suddenly happen in succession.

Heavy rains are coming in the sky, and now that autumn has entered, the climate has become a bit dry. Let alone heavy rains, it would be good to have a light rain.

Cao Cao was a man of great resourcefulness, how could he make the same stupid mistake? His ability to raid Xiangyi proved that he had already made preparations.

Liu Yu estimated that Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun would start to attack him.

As expected by Liu Yu, Xuzhou Governor Chen Deng provided nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses for the two of them, almost moving out all the elite troops in Xuzhou. With such a large complement of troops, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan stopped defending and began to counterattack.

Liu Yu and his troops advanced to the vicinity of Puyang, and many cities were recaptured by them.

When Liu Yu was preparing to assemble his troops, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan unusually stayed where they were, seizing strategic areas and constantly building defensive fortifications. The same was true for Cao Jun in Dongjun, who kept building defensive fortifications.

Liu Yu's heart tightened, this posture was intended to completely trap him to death in Puyang.

When the situation changed, Liu Yu immediately summoned all the generals and said: "Cao Cao raided Xiangyi and prepared to trap our army in Puyang. The situation is very unfavorable to our army, so I decided to rearrange military operations."

"I will obey my lord's arrangements." The generals began to listen to Liu Yu's arrangements.

Liu Yu nodded and said: "Cao Cao is trying to besiege me here. I can't let his evil plan succeed. So I decided to evacuate Puyang!"

Everyone reacted to the internal worries. It was the best choice to evacuate Puyang now. As for whether the aristocratic families in Puyang would suffer revenge from Cao Cao after they left, they could not guarantee it. I didn't see Liu Yu even consider it.

As subordinates, why should they worry about the interests of these aristocratic families?

Liu Yu began to give out his arrangements and said: "Zhong Yun, you inform Wenyuan to continue the attack on Dongjun and not to stop it for a day. We must create the illusion of urgently opening up contact with the main force of our army. At the same time, use the channels of the ANBU.

, take Princess Langya back to Luoyang to settle down. If there is even a hair missing, I will never let you go lightly."

Li Gui hurriedly assured: "Lord, don't worry, I know better."

"Zilong is responsible for commanding the cavalry, Yun Chang is responsible for the infantry, and Gao Shun leads the enemy camp and the king's central army. The whole army marches towards Xiangyi where Cao Cao is located! At the same time, Jia Xu and Ma Chao are ordered to contain Cao Cao's army and attack Xiangyi.

Waiting for our army." Liu Yu expressed his purpose.

Zhao Yun understood Liu Yu's thoughts and said, "My lord, do you want to have a decisive battle with Cao Cao?"

"The hero of Cao Meng Deshi, I, the king, have not yet reached a decisive battle. The time has not yet come. Cao Cao has set up a strategy of encirclement on all sides. Except for the empty defense of Dongjun, the other three sides are heavily armed. The purpose is to lure this king to attack Dongjun.

Breaking through, if I follow this routine, not only will Cao Cao be able to easily capture Puyang, but our army will also be in danger of being attacked by Cao's army from both sides. I decided to go in the opposite direction and attack Xiangyi where Cao Cao's troops are located.

It has formed a decisive battle with Cao Cao, and my king's real goal is here." Liu Yu pointed heavily on the map.
Chapter completed!