I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 256 The Biggest Loser
"Yuan Shao, he's really here?"

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

As someone who single-handedly stirred up the court of the Later Han Dynasty and once presided over the campaign against Dong Zhuo by the warlords of Guandong, Yuan Shao's reputation remains fearsome.

Unlike Yuan Shu, who was soundly defeated by Cao Cao before heading to Huainan, Yuan Shao had almost never suffered a defeat since his debut. Instead, he steadily advanced step by step, becoming the most powerful warlord controlling the Hebei region.

When they saw the large banner with the character "Yuan" appear here, everyone held their breath.

"Yuan Shao, do you really want to fight us to the death?"

Faced with Lu Su's astonished question, Liu Miao simply patted Lu Su on the shoulder and said, "Zijing, you misspoke."

"It's not Yuan Shao who wants to fight me to the death, it's me who wants to fight him to the death!"

Lu Su was caught between a rock and a hard place: "Is there really any difference?"

"Of course there is a difference!"

Liu Miao walked to the map of Langya in the center of the camp.

"Now, it is not Yuan Shao who comes to attack us with invincible power, and we are forced to fight him; rather, it is we who, with the attitude of challenging the sword, force Yuan Shao to fight us!"

Lu Su took a deep breath: "My lord, do we really have to fight Yuan Shao at this time?"

"We are not fully ready yet."

"In Kuaiji, the Yue tribes are causing trouble again."

"The four prefectures in Jingnan have not yet been fully pacified."

"These……"

"Zijing!"

Liu Miao interrupted Lu Su and asked him in return, "If we are not ready, how could Yuan Shao be?"

People often say that Yuan Shao was scheming but indecisive because he had too many concerns.

"Even someone as indecisive as Yuan Shao has managed to come to Langya at this time. Am I supposed to slink away like this?"

Liu Miao knew very well what he was doing and what he was doing!
"Pass on my order—"

Everyone inside the tent was solemn.

"Move the vanguard camp forward one hundred paces!"

On a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people, in a flat and open area like Langya, a hundred paces is nothing.

However, now that the flags of both armies are displayed here, and all the civil and military officials of both sides are facing each other here, the significance of these hundred steps far exceeds their actual scope of function!
The vanguard today is Sun Guan, a general under Zang Ba.

Upon hearing Liu Miao's military order, Sun Guan stood at the front of the ranks without any hesitation—

"strike camp!"

Sun Guan, wearing an iron helmet and clad in sturdy armor, strode forward.

One step, two steps!
The vanguard soldiers behind them, numbering in the thousands, followed Sun Guan and slowly advanced!

There wasn't much noise.

Whether it was the soldiers in Yuan's camp or the officers and generals in Liu Miao's camp in the rear, they all held their breath and watched the vanguard army suddenly move.

Sun Guan's every step was firm and powerful. His tiger-like eyes beneath his iron helmet did not measure his steps, but instead stared defiantly at the Yuan soldiers who were huddled inside the Qi Great Wall.

Forty steps, fifty steps.

Although Sun Guan led his vanguard soldiers very slowly, not as if they were about to launch an attack, the Yuan army opposite them were all sweating bullets, and their eyes and breaths were filled with a hint of panic.

Upon hearing this, Zhang He and Gao Lan immediately climbed the wall to look into the distance.

Seeing Liu Miao's vanguard advancing in this manner, the two realized what Liu Miao was doing—

Declare war! Declare utter war!
Now even Zhang Xiu has been transferred to Langya by Liu Miao, which shows that Liu Miao's military strength has also run out.

Liu Miao is now no longer capable of adding fuel to the fire and completing the contest with Yuan Shao.

but……

so what?

When it comes to adding oil, the final competition is never about how much oil there is! It's about the burst of fire at the very last moment!

Even in his final moments, when he was on his last legs, Liu Miao was still unwilling to relinquish the initiative to Yuan Shao!

Even now, with Yuan Shao's banner still flying high, it is Liu Miao who is leading the way, carrying the torch!
As Liu Miao said.

The initiator of this war was Liu Miao from beginning to end! Liu Miao never relinquished the initiative in this war!

Before Liu Miao made Sun Guan walk those hundred steps, he had already walked far more than a thousand steps, even ten thousand steps!
Ninety steps, one hundred steps!

After counting to this number in his mind, Sun Guan immediately stood still and looked up at Yuan Jun opposite him.

The dark yellow military flag still stood there, but it was no longer out of reach.

The imposing fortresses of the Qi Great Wall still appear sturdy, but as this hundred-step approach comes, they are no longer an insurmountable peak!
The vanguard is prominent.

This was a flaw that Liu Miao deliberately exposed, and also a jabs that Liu Miao threw at Yuan Shao's face!
If Yuan Shao wants to fight, then this is the only time! And this place!

Because this battle was initiated by Liu Miao, not by Yuan Shao using his power to intimidate others!

Jiang Qin, Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, Zhu Huan, Zang Ba, Gan Ning, and Zhang Xiu each led their troops and were ready.

His young officers, such as Lü Meng, Xu Sheng, Wu Dun, and Yin Li, also stood guard beside their commander, their eyes bloodshot as they stared intently at Yuan's camp.

With Liu Miao's military order issued, everyone no longer believed that the battle would not break out.

Right now, we should forget about Kuaiji and Jingnan.

Now that we've come this far, there's only one thing to do—

war!
Zhang He and Gao Lan exchanged a glance, both seeing a strange shock in each other's eyes.

Everyone thought that the arrival of the banner with the character "Yuan" would be the final straw that broke Liu Miao's back.

But in Liu Miao's eyes, that flag seemed to have become the clarion call for his attack!
"Damn it! When did such a person emerge from the Liu clan?"

Zhang He was extremely troubled.

Even when facing Gongsun Zan or Cao Cao, Zhang He had never had such a headache.

"Liu Miao's spirit is truly heroic! Why was he not well-known before?"

Gao Lan also sighed: "I guess everyone was drawn to Liu Miao's trivial and trivial private affairs, right?"

Compared to analyzing Liu Miao, people clearly prefer to analyze his peach blossoms.

After all, aren't those voluptuous beauties more appealing? Who has time to pay attention to Liu Miao, this rough man who's no different from a street ruffian?
Furthermore, Liu Miao's attitude towards powerful clans has always been evident to all. It's one thing for those scholars not to go to great lengths to slander Liu Miao, but how could they possibly say anything good about him?
……

Without a doubt, Liu Miao's performance in Langya this time completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

The effect of King Zhuang of Chu's "remaining silent for three years, then astonishing everyone with his sudden outburst" was probably no better than this.

Zhang He, Gao Lan, and most of the Yuan army soldiers gathered here now felt a sense of apprehension and even fear towards Liu Miao!
Because they all knew that once Liu Miao's "micro-management" vanguard had advanced a hundred steps, the biggest loser in this game had already emerged.

Zhang He sighed deeply: "Let's go back and see the Second Young Master."

"Also send a letter to the lord—"

"His banner, in the end, did not scare Liu Miao away!"

"We still lost the Battle of Langya..."

(End of this chapter)