Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1305: Chapter 1259: Xu Shu’s Worries

”Cui Jun might have bigger plans in mind.” Xun Shen looked at Sheni Pei and said with some difficulty, as he was a young man he highly respected.

”Hmm.” Sheni Pei didn’t seem to care much, his expression was very calm, ”You don’t need to worry about this matter, I will handle it myself.”

This is also the most painful part for Sheni Pei now. Back then, Yuan Shao’s group of large and excellent strategists had dwindled significantly. Of course, for Sheni Pei, it’s not the dwindling that’s terrifying, but the fact that people’s hearts have started to scatter.

”You can let Ziyuan handle this matter.” After a moment of thought Xun Shen spoke. The tasks shouldered by Sheni Pei at the moment are really too heavy.

”Alright then.” Sheni Pei nodded and then both fell silent, quietly organizing troops and preparing for war. So far, Xun Shen does not know what Sheni Pei’s spiritual talent is.

That night, Xu Shu, as usual, ordered his men to sprinkle water around the camp, then chose two sets of passwords to serve as the connection between the outer camp and the inner camp. Liu Bei’s soldiers patrolling were still as usual, patrolling in teams of ten.

The entire camp was set up very solidly, basically a typical case where seeing the camp would lose one’s confidence in attacking.

Perhaps this is Xu Shu’s prudence. He knows he is only good at breaking tricks, not good at defense, so on the battlefield he always uses attack against attack, only being extremely cautious and careful when setting up camp. He even systematically studied camp defense layouts.

Unfortunately, under such circumstances, Sheni Pei led more than thirty thousand people for a night attack. Oh, it shouldn’t be called a night attack but rather a direct assault on the camp because Sheni Pei didn’t bother to hide his intentions. He charged directly waving torches.

More than thirty thousand people with torches spread over a large area. Liu Bei’s Army patrol soldiers spotted them from ten miles away and reported to Xu Shu early.

At that time, Xu Shu came out of the camp and saw this scene, mocking Xun Shen’s exhausted tactics because Xun Shen had used this trick before. One person raised a pole with a row of torches on top, at night five thousand people pretended to be fifty thousand, split into ten routes, and surrounded Xu Shu once, really frightening him.

Xu Shu then thought Xun Shen suddenly received reinforcements, but because Yuan Tan’s soldiers had poor night vision and didn’t want Xu Shu to escape, they left the city with torches at night, divided into ten routes and surrounded him, waiting for the signal to attack from all sides the next day.

Trapped by fifty thousand people surrounding him, Xu Shu felt utterly cold, already planning the retreat route, only for Xun Shen to scare him all night and then leisurely leave.

The next day Xu Shu learned the truth, his face turned black, and naturally, Liu Bei’s Army’s high morale was greatly diminished by this scare.

Xu Shu thought it was another masquerade strategy like last time, but reality told Xu Shu that Youzhou doesn’t play by conventional rules.

Last time Yuan Tan’s Army had only a few people teasing Xu Shu, not daring to get too close, but this time more than thirty thousand people, Sheni Pei openly charged directly in front of Xu Shu’s camp and when they were still a mile apart, under the moonlight, Xu Shu already knew this time they genuinely had three to forty thousand people!

Seeing Yuan Tan’s Army’s numbers, Xu Shu immediately ordered Liu Bei’s Army to retract and retreat, although combining the forces of Wei Yan, Zang Ba, Guan Ping, he also had more than ten thousand soldiers, plus his special effect spiritual talent, fighting against three times the number wouldn’t be a problem.

Lyu Kuang, Lyu Xiang, and Chunyu Qiong, under Sheni Pei’s dispatch, took a unit through the main camp gate of Liu Bei’s Army and killed their way inside, and then Guan Ping led his forces to block them.

Whether in terms of the elite nature of the troops, familiarity with the camp, or in the disparity of vision under such a half-moon night, Liu Bei’s Army had considerable advantages.

Therefore, upon initial engagement, Guan Ping successfully suppressed Lyu Kuang’s leading unit and, learning Guan Yu’s tactics, accumulated inner qi mixed with cloud qi and slashed an opening in the cloud qi of Lyu Kuang’s large force, rushing in by momentum.

Most of Lyu Kuang’s soldiers had also participated in the Yuan Liu battles and were elite in combat power not inferior to Liu Bei’s Army. The only concern was the late hour, and many of Lyu Kuang’s soldiers regarded Liu Bei’s Army as shadows, while Liu Bei’s troops had clear vision.

Under these circumstances, Guan Ping took little time breaking through Lyu Kuang’s trusted aides and engaged with Lyu Kuang in close combat. Though both sides had their inner qi suppressed mostly by cloud qi, Guan Ping relied on the Green Dragon Saber to suppress Lyu Kuang within several moves.

”This situation...” Xu Shu looked at the battle on the central line of the outer camp, slightly frowning, not because they were at a disadvantage. On the contrary, Guan Ping on the central line held a great advantage and didn’t need his command to defeat Lyu Kuang.

”Military Advisor Xu, what are you hesitating for? In such a good opportunity, the victory is within reach, why not attack with full force?” At this time, Zang Ba also saw the battle opportunity, and their soldiers had great talent in night battles, defeating the opponent tonight was not a problem.

”I have somewhat of a bad premonition; this doesn’t seem like Xun Shen’s strategy.” Xu Shu mused, hesitating. But not waiting for Zang Ba to rebuke him, Xu Shu made up his mind, ”General Zang, lead your troops to charge the opponent’s right side, attack with all your might, and do not slack off!”

Just as Zang Ba was about to reprimand Xu Shu for lacking a general’s demeanor, hearing this, he didn’t respond much and immediately led his troops to charge towards the right side of Yuan Army’s rear soldiers.

”Yuanzhi, am I supposed to attack the rigid left side of the dispatch?” Wei Yan asked immediately after Zang Ba charged out.

”No, no need, hold your three thousand elite troops; I’m worried the opponent has some hidden maneuver, from the moment these Yuan Army people appeared, I’ve had a bad premonition!” Xu Shu knew it would be hard to persuade an experienced battlefield general like Zang Ba, so he let him go, but Wei Yan is different.

”No way!” Wei Yan looked unhappily at Xu Shu and said.

”Don’t worry, there will be plenty of battles to fight in the future.” Xu Shu smiled and said to Wei Yan, ”For now, hold back for a moment, we’ve already defeated Yuan Tan’s Army several times.”

Zang Ba’s soldiers charged into the battlefield like fierce tigers, after a deadly battle, successfully tearing a hole in the right flank of Yuan Tan’s Army. Zang Ba then personally led his personal soldiers and fought their way in, nearly cutting Yuan Tan’s Army in half.

[Strange, clearly the situation is favorable, and my army seems to have locked on to victory, yet why does my ominous premonition not only not weaken but increase? Could the danger not come from our opponents?] Xu Shu looked at the battlefield situation, knitting his brows into a knot.

An unsheathed precious sword always serves as the best deterrent, but once drawn, it becomes merely a lethal weapon, difficult to maintain previous intimidation no matter how fierce.