"Kill, kill, kill!" Under Shouchun in Yangzhou, the entire city wall of Shouchun was stained red with blood, and the sound of fighting never stopped. Liu Bei's tens of thousands of troops were constantly attacking Shouchun, The moat of Shouchun has been filled up, and now it is a long drive in. As long as the city wall of Shouchun is taken down, it can be said that Yangzhou will be destroyed by the defendant. As for a small Lujiang County, even Shouchun has been breached. what to do
Liu Bei has tens of thousands of elite troops, while Xu Shu has only 10,000 garrison troops, but Xu Shu has the help of the common people.
This is already the fourth day of the siege, Liu Bei lost more than ten thousand people, and more people died on the city wall, but Shouchun City still could not be taken down. With a glance at Chuncheng, the sky was about to darken, and it was impossible to continue to attack the city.
"Phew!" Seeing the continuous stream of Liu Bei's army on the city wall finally receding like a tide, Xu Shu really breathed a sigh of relief. The intensity of this attack is too great. Four days, just four days, Of Xu Shu's 10,000 garrison troops, there are less than 2,000 left. Even Xu Shu himself led his soldiers to the city wall to help. If it wasn't for the support of the city wall, Shouchun might have been breached long ago. Liu Bei also lost a lot. Qingzhou army and Yuzhou army had died more than half, nearly 10,000 people. It stands to reason that Xu Shu was the one who benefited, but Xu Shu couldn't laugh at all.
Because Liu Bei's Yuzhou Army is also half of the Qingzhou Army's casualties, he still has the other half, but Xu Shu has less than 2,000 garrison troops left, and the most important thing is that the food and grass in the city are starting to be short again. The biggest problem.
With the help of his personal guards, Xu Shu finally found a place on the city wall to resist and rested for a while. After a while, a general in white armor walked up the city wall. As soon as he went up to the city wall, he saw corpses everywhere on the city wall. His brows immediately frowned. There are no more than 3,000 people living on the city wall, and most of these 3,000 people have no light in their eyes, and they don't even have something called hope. Such an army can "Military division, let Yun join in!" Zhao Yun clasped his fists at Xu Shu and said in a few days' time. Zhao Yun also saw the siege in the past few days, because Shouchun lacked strong generals. As a result, whether it is Zhang Fei or Chen Dao, as long as they rush up the city wall, there will be a massacre. The soldiers of the garrison army are not opponents at all. Even Deng Yi was injured when he went up to block. If he was not lucky, he might be beheaded by Zhang Fei on the spot Finally, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao were forced to retreat by relying on the remaining two bed crossbows. If there was an extra general like Zhao Yun on the city wall, it wouldn't be like this! So Zhao Yun wanted Xu Shu to let him go up the city wall, so he was also a member of Liu Mang's army.
"No, General Zhao Yun, you still have important things to do. Your part must not go to the battlefield!" Xu Shu said very seriously.
"What's important? Is it more important than protecting Shouchun?!" Although Zhao Yun would not directly disobey the order, he was also anxious. He wanted Xu Shu to tell him what it was like to do a task.
"It's more important than guarding Shouchun!" Xu Shu looked at Zhao Yun with a difficult smile on his lips. He didn't want to tell Zhao Yun what kind of mission this was, because it would seriously damage morale. Xu Shu wanted Zhao Yun to do it. The most important thing is that before this Shouchun was breached, Zhao Yun left with those blueprints and classics. These things must not fall into the hands of Liu Beijun. If Zhao Yun is allowed to go to the battlefield now, who will leave with those things by then!
"By the way, is there any news from my lord?!" Xu Shu asked in order to divert Zhao Yun's attention from the topic.
"Yes!" Zhao Yun nodded. He didn't go to the battlefield, so Xu Shu let Zhao Yun take charge of the affairs of the city for the past few days, so the contact with Liu Mang's main force was in Zhao Yun's hands. Five thousand stones!"
"Five thousand stones!" Xu Shu smiled and then became worried again. The smile is that he can hold on for a while with a new crop of forage, but the bad thing is that he can't last long even with the addition of these forage.
"Where is the lord's army in Yuzhou now?" Xu Shu continued to ask. Shouchun no longer counted on reinforcements from Lujiang. Now I can only protect myself.
"The news says that Ruyin has been captured!" Zhao Yun dared not hide anything and said to Xu Shu.
"Ruyin?!" Xu Shu remembered that Ruyin should be a granary, and there should be a lot of grain and grass there! If Ruyin is taken down, I am afraid that Yangzhou's food and grass crisis can be reduced by more than half!
"Military division, most of Ruyin's food and grass were transported away by Liu Bei's army before! When my lord arrived in Ruyin, Ruyin was almost an empty city!" Most of it? ! Ruyin is a granary, and a small part of the grain and grass is enough for the army.
Zhao Yun also seemed to see Xu Shu's thoughts, "The remaining food and grass in Ruyin City were also burned by Pang Tongtong, a friend of the military adviser! There are a total of 20,000 stones, and the Lord is a little food and grass in the entire Ruyin city." I didn’t even get it.” Zhao Yun took out the copy and handed it to Xu Shu.
"Burn it!" Xu Shu really smiled wryly while holding the case. Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan outside the city are really ruthless. The 20,000 shi of grain and grass will be burned as soon as they say it! It is also written on the case that this is Pang Tong's plan to use the knife of Liu Mang's army to kill Sun Qian in Liu Bei's army! It really is such a big arm, Xu Shu really underestimated this scholar.
"Master, are you not coming back?!" Xu Shu continued to read the copy in his hand. It says that Liu Mang's army hit Ruyin, but the food and grass were not enough to go to Runan, so they had to retreat, but they didn't return directly to Shouchun.
"Yes, my lord has changed paths, and they went to Yiyang generation!" Zhao Yun already knew about this document.
"Aren't you coming back?" Xu Shuran said to himself, a little disappointed, because after all, he was still waiting for Liu Mang's reinforcements! But now the reinforcements are not coming! But then Xu Shu also laughed, "I shouldn't come back!" This Shouchun has been dragged down because of the food and grass. If Liu Mang's army comes back, it will only delay the time when Shouchun is defeated, and it will happen sooner or later. It collapsed because of the problem of food and grass. At that time, everyone died together. So it's better not to come back. It was written on the case that they transferred to Yiyang.
"Zi Yang is really a good strategy!" Xu Shu also saw that this diversion should be Liu Ye's plan, in order to cut off the food and grass of Liu Bei's army. Now Liu Bei has invaded Yangzhou and won most of Yangzhou's city. He is powerful, but he has a huge shortcoming, that is, his battle line is too long. The current Yangzhou is equivalent to a strategic depth. As long as Liu Wei cuts off the food and grass of Liu Bei's army, Liu Bei can only retreat.
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Liu Ye Liu Ziyang? There are also people in Liu Beijun's camp who are chewing on this name, but this time it is not admiration for Liu Ye, but a kind of hatred for Liu Ye, because the information Liu Bei is getting now is from the scouts in Yuzhou I got it, for this letter, dozens of scouts have died, and finally one scout sent this letter, because the letter said that the official road from Yuzhou to Yangzhou was blocked Yes, and most of the trails have been cut off. The starting point of truncation is not Yiyang, but Gwangju! It was Gwangju, which Liu Pi fought for four days and failed to win. I didn't expect to let go of the people in Gwangju, but now they have become a nail nailed behind Liu Bei.
"Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang! You are indeed the one who can chase Cao Cao out!" Pang Tong was also reading this information, and he was also feeling that this Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang were really not simple. From the beginning of Yuzhou, Liu Ye appeared in Pang Tong's eyes. Liu Mang's ability to win Yingshang and Ruyin so quickly was not only a matter of strong military strength, but also Liu Ye's strategy. When Pang Tong was most concerned about Liu Ye , just got the news that Sun Gan, who should have been killed by Liu Mang's army in Runan, appeared again. Although he was very embarrassed when he went back, he really survived.
This made Pang Tong frown. He was trying to make Sun Qian die. It was a series of tricks. Let Sun Qian go to practice the empty city plan first. If Liu Mang's army is dominated by generals, then he may directly attack the city. Sun Qian Can't escape! Even if the empty city plan succeeds, Sun Qian will not be able to escape, because the troops sent by Pang Tong will trap Sun Qian in one place. Sure enough, Sun Qian was caught. Grain and grass, and Pang Tongtong burned the food and grass, pretending to be the order of Sun Gan, so that as long as Liu Mang's army is angry, Sun Qian will undoubtedly die. Undoubtedly, but now it survived!
It is definitely not what Sun Qian said that he survived. Liu Mangjun wanted to burn him alive, but he did not deserve to die. He finally found a water tank, and he hid in the water tank and survived. If Liu Mang wanted to kill Sun Qian, he would definitely give Sun Qian a good time. Even if he wanted to burn him to death, Sun Qian found a water tank. Such a big fire, if there is a water tank, it should be boiled in the water tank He was boiled to death in hot water, but Sun Gan survived, which shows that Liu Mangjun had no intention of killing him at all.
And Liu Mang's current military adviser is Liu Ye, this must be Liu Ye's strategy, Pang Tong will not say this, because he is plotting against Sun Gan, this is a secret thing, how can he say it clearly! But Liu Ye was remembered by Pang Tong. Now this Liu Ye came out again. Seeing that Runan could not be defeated, instead of returning to Junshouchun, he went directly to Guangzhou to cut off Liu Bei's food and grass. It's really a trick! This is the rhythm of wanting to keep Liu Beijun in Yangzhou, because the main force of Liu Wei's army is 10,000. If you don't deal with Liu Wei, the food and grass will not be guaranteed. If you go to deal with Liu Wei, it is impossible to win this victory without 20,000 to 30,000. Yes, this will give Shouchun a chance to breathe.
"My lord, we should open up the food road first, otherwise, if the food and grass are not guaranteed, the army will be finished!" Chen Dao heard the news, and immediately stood up and clasped his fists at Liu Bei. Fight ass.
"Yes, brother, give me Lao Zhang 10,000 horses, or give me the white-eared heavy armor, and I will help you get rid of that old man Liu Mang, the king of Shu. Give the head of the King of Shu to my brother!" Zhang Fei said directly without shame.
Ten thousand troops? Now Liu Bei's army adds up to only 20,000. The 35,000 army came out and lost more than 10,000. How can you attack the city if you give Zhang Fei 10,000
"My lord, the last general thinks that our army cannot withdraw!" Liao Hua also expressed his opinion. He is now the chief general of the Yuzhou army, so he naturally has the opportunity to enter the camp.
"Oh?!" Liu Bei was frowning, should he defeat Liu Mang's army first and then deal with Shouchun? Now Liao Hua proposed another idea, which made Liu Bei interested. You must know that the reason why Liao Hua was favored by Liu Bei and Liu Pi was because Liao Hua ambushed the Xiliang iron cavalry was brave and resourceful!
"My lord. There is a saying in the military law. Our army will fight Shouchun in one go. If we take Shouchun in one fell swoop, then Yangzhou will be at your fingertips. This Lujiang County will also look forward to surrender. At that time, let General Guan in Runan Send troops, and the two armies will attack Guangzhou, then Liu Mang's army will have nowhere to escape. Only defeat!" What Liao Hua said made Liu Bei's eyes light up, which made Liao Hua a little happy: "My lord, if we withdraw our troops, then leave it to Shouchun The impression of Lu Bu's army is not good. They think that their reinforcements will boost their morale, but on the contrary, our army's morale may decrease! Shouchun Lu Bu's army can also rely on this time to rest! At that time, even if our army wins against Liu Mang, it will be difficult to win Shouchun!"
"It makes sense!" Liu Bei nodded. Withdrawing troops now has a great impression on morale. Once the soldiers think that there is a problem in the rear, the morale of the army will be even more unstable. It's okay if it depends on the first battle. If it takes a little longer to beat Liu Mang, then it's really uncertain. This moat was finally filled. It cannot be filled again! "Military division!" Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong. Pang Tong's opinion was very important, and Liu Bei basically listened to Pang Tong's opinion.
"My lord, my opinion is to both withdraw and not withdraw!" Pang Tong expressed his thoughts.
To withdraw or not to withdraw? Does military division mean division of troops? Leave some to continue to attack Shouchun, and some to deal with Liu Mang's army. Mouth laughing.
"Hehe!" Pang Tong looked at Zhang Fei and shook his head with a smile, "Third General, you may not be able to go this time!"
"Why?!"
"Because my army can't be divided!" Pang Tong said with certainty, Liu Bei now has 20,000 soldiers left. How can he divide his troops? The division of troops is the result of being divided and defeated. I really think that Liu Mang's army in Guangzhou is a vegetarian Well! If they were vegetarians, they wouldn't have invaded the hinterland of Yuzhou, making Liu Bei's army restless.
"There is no division of troops, how can we protect the food roads, how can we fight without food and grass!"
"That's right, military advisor, not only is the morale of the army turbulent without food, but the soldiers may starve to death!"
"Don't worry!" Pang Tong waved his hand and suppressed the discussion. "We can't divide our troops, but don't forget, we still have an ally!" Pang Tong said to the generals below, "Our ally, General Zhang Xiu, can divide our troops. Yes!" Pang Tong said his thoughts, Zhang Xiu has 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command, even if he was ambushed by Liao Hua, and he consumed thousands of people when he beat Bingzhou wolf cavalry, there are still about 15,000 It must be no problem to send thousands of people to protect the food and grass, and the speed of the Xiliang iron cavalry is fast, and they will be able to return to aid soon
"Please Zhang Xiu, if he doesn't give you any favors, how could he come!" Zhang Fei was still unhappy with Zhang Xiu.
"Hehe, the ones you can buy are not expensive!" Pang Tong told Zhang Fei with a smile that it would be worthwhile to win Yangzhou even if it used up most of Yuzhou's background. The battle of Guandu will be decided, and time is precious.
"Then the military division means that we continue to attack Shouchun? But what if the Xiliang iron cavalry can't take down those Liu Mang troops?! We don't have much food and grass! Do we really have to withdraw our troops at that time!" If the Xiliang iron cavalry can't deal with it Liu Mang's army will have a lot of fun, the food road is gone, and now Liu Bei's army is also short of food and grass.
"Our food and grass are not enough, do you think they will have enough food and grass in this spring?" Pang Tong smiled indifferently, "We only have tens of thousands of horses! But in this city, there are millions of people, who can't hold on? ? And don’t forget, although we are short of food and grass, we can borrow it!” There is more food and grass in Shouchun City than Liu Bei’s army, but there is not as much food and grass in Shouchun City. The problem of food and grass collapsed!
"Borrow? From whom?!" Zhang Fei asked confusedly
"Who else is there, of course it is Zhang Xiu! Zhang Xiujun has a lot of food and grass, in addition to what he brought, and Liu Beijun gave it. It can be said that Liu Beijun is raising Zhang Xiujun, Zhang Xiujun's most of the food and grass There are quite a lot of background information. Last time Xiliang iron cavalry was ambushed, Liu Bei gave Zhang Xiu 10,000 grain and grass. It is still possible to borrow those first!
"Let Zhang Xiu send troops, and borrow food and grass, you may have to do it yourself, my lord!" Zhang Xiu is a master who swallows it and don't expect him to spit it out. You didn't read Pang Tong's plan to give gold Well! Zhang Xiuming knew it might be a trick, but he still bit the bait without hesitation, because he was greedy for money, and if he wanted to spit it out this time, he would have to pay three times the price!
"Well, teach me here!" Liu Bei sighed and said, knowing that he might be blackmailed by Zhang Xiu, but he had no choice but to do it. After all, the whole world is nothing compared to this little benefit in front of him. . (To be continued..)
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