In April of the second year of Yongjia, Liu Yu led his army to send troops from Pingshou.

A few days later, he conquered Liting, Guanting, and Tuyi several cities, and captured Gou Xi's general Gao Tangchao and others. Gao Tangchao refused to surrender and was beheaded. More than ten subordinates who were unwilling to surrender were killed.

During the renovation of Liting, Liu foresaw the envoy sent by Guo Chen, the magistrate of Yidu County, Le'an County, saying that he was willing to surrender.

According to the envoy, when Liu Yu led his army to arrive, Guo Chen would kill Gou Xi's men in Yidu's army and then open the door to surrender.

After ordering the guards to take the envoy down to rest, Liu Yuxuan looked around and asked several generals from Qi who came from a powerful man, who was Guo Chen and whether this surrender was credible.

Several people led by Xue Qi of Qi all said that Guo Chen was originally from Yidu, Le'an County, and was also a prominent local family, among which Xue Qi had an old friend.

Xue Qi said that Guo Chen was timid and cautious, and it was probably true as he said. Yidu City had a weak defense and was not enough to resist Liu Yu's attack. It was mostly because of his sincere surrender.

Of course, for the sake of safety, Xue Qi was willing to go to Yidu in person to check whether he surrendered sincerely or conspired to surrender fraudulently.

If it is really surrendered, Xue Qi will just discuss with Guo Chen in negotiating with him and decide on surrender.

After listening, Liu Yu thought for a moment and agreed to Xue Qi's proposal.

Anyway, many of the children of Xue Qi's sect are in Liu Yu's army, and Liu Yu does not think that he dares to join forces with Guo Chen to deceive himself, regardless of the lives of these clan children.

This surrender of Guo Chen in the city was the first to be invincible. If it was operated properly, there might be a chain reaction in Qi, Le'an and other places. Without bloodshed, Gou Xi's power could be expelled from Qingzhou.

Liu Yu immediately instructed Xue Qi that as long as the surrender of Guo Chen of Yidu County was true, he would be willing to submit his position as the prefect of Le'an County to the court to recommend it to Guo Chen.

After some disguising, Xue Qi rushed to Yidu City.

The next morning, Xue Qi rode his horse and rushed back in the middle of the night.

Xue Qi came back to report to Liu Yu that the surrender of Guo Chen of Yidu County was surely true, because yesterday Xue Qi secretly investigated Yidu's city defense. If there were no reinforcements, it would be difficult to resist the siege of Liu Yu's tens of thousands of troops.

Moreover, in order to show his sincerity, Xue Qi also advised Guo Chen to send his son Guo Rong as a hostage.

Liu Yu looked behind Xue Qi, the young man dressed in a servant, should be Guo Rong, the eldest son sent by Guo Chen as a hostage.

After encouraging Xue Qi and appeased Guo Rong, Liu Yu increased his confidence in the battle against the Gou brothers in Qi.

If Guo Chen, the magistrate of Yidu County, succeeded, it would definitely make Gou Chun, who was left in Qingzhou, suspicious of the local officials under his command. The already fragile relationship would probably be even more tense. The evil host would definitely fight, and Liu Yu would be in vain.

Unfortunately, within two days, just as Liu Ying was expecting that the Gou brothers and the Qidi tyrants would fight again, bad news came.

An envoy from Yidu Guo Chen rushed to Liu Yu's army overnight. He told Liu Yu that shortly after Xue Qi left Yidu, the governor of Qingzhou Gou Chun sent an army of 5,000 to Yidu to support the defending city.

After learning that Gou Chun was about to send reinforcements, a minor official from Guo Chen was intimidated by the reputation of "Da Gou" and "Xiao Gou" and secretly reported to the city garrison. County magistrate Guo Chen was preparing to surrender.

Fortunately, Guo Chen, the magistrate of Yidu County, had many eyes and ears. Before Gou Xi's general attacked, he took action first, joined forces with the powerful troops in the city to send troops, besieged the military camp, and killed the guards and others.

However, several people escaped. Guo Chen sent people to pursue him but failed, so he had to defend himself in Yidu City and sent an envoy to Liu Yu, hoping that Liu Yu would go to Yidu quickly. Otherwise, when Gou Chun's reinforcements arrived first, he would definitely cut off the ferry passage on the Juyang River while besieging Yidu and prevent Liu Yu's army from crossing the river to rescue.

"My master said, please send troops to Yidu quickly because of the sincerity of the eldest son." The envoy said anxiously.

Liu Yu pondered for a moment and asked.

"When will the reinforcements sent by Gou Chun arrive in Yidu?"

The envoy said in embarrassment, "I don't know this villain, but two days ago, I received orders from Gou Chun that the reinforcements from Gucheng were coming and asked Yidu to collect supplies, food and supplies."

Two days ago?

Liu Yu estimated that in terms of time, Gou Chun's Gucheng reinforcements will probably reach Yidu City in two days today and tomorrow. If Liu Yu advances tomorrow, he will probably have to reach Yidu, which is nearly a hundred miles away, as soon as possible.

Because he could not just march for speed, most of his soldiers were not good at training and had to reserve appropriate physical reserves to deal with possible emergencies.

Xue Qi, who is familiar with the terrain and road conditions in Qingzhou, probably calculated the time difference at this time.

"General, in my opinion, the troops in Yidu City are too weak. If Gou Chun's reinforcements cut off the Juyang River ferry, it would probably be possible to break Yidu in just three or four days." Xue Qi said.

"Then just arrive before them, won't it be better."

If the ferry and pontoon bridge of Juyang River are cut off, Liu Yu's army will not be able to cross the river. After all, Juyang River is far from being comparable to the Yellow River. If the Yangtze River wants to compare, as long as you spend more time, you will always be ready to cross it.

But by then, Guo Chen and others in Yidu City might have died.

In this way, Gou Chun's military power will surely increase greatly, so that those who are willing to surrender and resist will no longer dare to take risks.
Chapter completed!