Chapter 232

"Understood!"

The eyes of the entire Nine Provinces are fixed on Bingzhou. Previously, the eighteen warlords campaigned against Dong Zhuo, but now Liu Bei is facing Dong Zhuo alone; the situation is not optimistic!

The wheels of war rolled in!

Liu Bei personally led thirty thousand infantry and cavalry, with Guo Jia and Xu Shu accompanying, and arrived at Pujin Ferry.

The accompanying troops:

Gao Shun's Trap Camp elite troops of five thousand, including two thousand heavy infantry!

Guan Yu's "Yu" Battalion, seven thousand!

Zhang Fei's "De" Battalion, seven thousand!

Ju Yi's Vanguard Camp of three thousand, with one thousand crossbowmen!

Xu Huang and Zhang He each led four thousand troops!

Chen Dao commanded three thousand elite personal guards!

Additionally, Wang Ling led three thousand troops to garrison Pishi to defend Longmen Ferry!

Xu Huang cupped his hands.

"Lord, opposite Pujin Ferry is the Xiliang vanguard army of six thousand, led by Fan Chou."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Fengxiao, tell us how we should break the enemy?"

Guo Jia cupped his hands.

"Lord, I have upper, middle, and lower strategies here that can break Dong Zhuo's great army!"

Everyone was shocked; they didn't even have any ideas yet, and this Guo Fengxiao already had three plans? He was truly a bit fierce!

Liu Bei nodded.

"Good, speak."

Guo Jia moistened his throat.

"Lower strategy: Dong Zhuo has one hundred thousand troops; our army retreats to Anyi City and defends with the strong city. The Xiliang army will definitely not be able to break the city and will eventually retreat."

"But our other counties in Hedong will be plundered by Dong Zhuo's army; even if the commoners can hide, the spring plowing will be completely abandoned, and this year's harvest will be sharply reduced!"

Liu Bei shook his head.

"The Hedong plain is our army's important granary; if the land is abandoned this year, everyone will go hungry."

The generals nodded; although they retreated Dong Zhuo's troops, they themselves suffered heavy losses.

Guo Jia saw this and continued,

"The middle strategy is that our army garrisons Pujin Ferry, using the danger of the Yellow River to block Dong Zhuo, spreading scouts widely to prevent Dong Zhuo from crossing the river. In a stalemate, Dong Zhuo's Changancheng will be empty, and he will definitely retreat."

Everyone nodded; this is currently the most stable method, which can protect Hedong from the invasion of the Xiliang iron cavalry and also force the troops to retreat.

Liu Bei laughed.

"Fengxiao, I am very much looking forward to your upper strategy."

Guo Jia said in a deep voice,

"Lord, the upper strategy is that our army forcibly crosses the Yellow River, fights a decisive battle with Dong Zhuo's great army in Feng Yi Commandery, and defeats them in one battle. Dong Zhuo won't dare to invade Hedong for a year or two! Our army can develop with peace of mind."

Everyone was shocked!

Zhang He murmured,

"Dong Zhuo has one hundred thousand troops, and our army has just over thirty thousand; is this a bit risky?"

Guo Jia nodded.

"Indeed, but the Lord has ten victories, and Dong Zhuo has ten defeats!"

Liu Bei:?? Then he really wants to hear it!

Everyone was also stunned; this Guo Jia is too awesome, their own thinking couldn't keep up at all!

Liu Bei laughed.

"Fengxiao, I'm all ears!"

Meaning, hurry up and start your performance! ===== CHAPTER 233 =====