In addition to comforting Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei came here this time because he wanted Zhang Xiu to attack Shouchun City with him, because Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses combined, the food and grass would not be enough for dozens of days. ,, Zhang Xiu has war horses, and it only took him two days to go back and forth to Guangzhou, even if he arrived in Wancheng, it took only six or seven days. At the very least, it will take dozens of days to reach the territory of Yuzhou, but he is still marching fast in the past few dozen days. The food and grass are already insufficient, so how can he go so fast, and the journey will pass through Guangzhou. If he is ambushed again, it will be fun bigger! Even if he can withdraw to Yuzhou without anyone blocking him, but Liu Bei's campaign in the Central Plains will be in vain. Now that the north has decided the overlord, he is on the side of Lao Cao. Once Lao Cao makes a move, he will bear the brunt of Yuzhou. Liu Bei doesn't want to be kicked out of his territory anymore! And because of the attack on Yangzhou, how much he Liu Bei paid, food, grass, money and food, all this is about to empty out the background of Yuzhou. Now you want to go to Liu Mang for a decisive battle and want to run away. How is it possible!
So Liu Bei hurriedly stopped Zhang Xiu to dispel Zhang Xiu's idea of personally leading troops to attack Liu Mang. Now Liu Bei's only chance to come back is to win Shouchun. There is enough food and grass in Shouchun City to support his soldiers and horses. After collecting the grain and grass, Liu Mang, who merged with Zhang Xiu to attack Guangzhou, opened up the grain road between Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and finally the three families joined forces in Lujiang to eliminate Lujiang Lu Bu.
However, Liu Bei has also sent people to attack the city in the past few days. The defense on the city is amazing, with Zhao Yun guarding it. Although the soldiers and horses were replaced by common people. But there are also two hundred white horses leaning against the city wall. Due to the large number of troops, Liu Bei was still able to fight evenly, so Liu Bei couldn't attack for a long time, so what Liu Bei wanted now was to let Zhang Xiu help him, so that some elite cavalry from Xiliang could get the horses and attack the city together with Liu Bei's army.
"General Zhang Xiu, what do you think!" Liu Bei expressed his thoughts and asked Zhang Xiu.
"General Zhang Xiu, even if you send troops now, it will be difficult to eliminate Liu Mang. He can hide in Guangzhou City to avoid the battle. You don't have much food!" Pang Tong also persuaded, if Zhang Xiu went to find Liu Mang Trouble, as long as Liu Mang drags Zhang Xiu down, Zhang Xiu will be miserable once he runs out of food and grass, not to mention that Zhang Xiu himself is not absolutely sure that he can destroy Liu Mang. What does Hu Che'er look like? Zhang Xiu is not much worse than him.
Zhang Xiu was also thinking about it. Although he was not a villainous hero like Liu Bei and Cao Cao, he was still a small prince on one side. Naturally, he also has his own ideas, if he is with Liu Bei. There are two sayings that a big revenge cannot be avenged. Another thing is that once the Xiliang iron cavalry participates in the attack on the city, the loss will not be small. Since ancient times, the siege of the city has been a matter of heavy casualties. Zhang Xiu originally came out of 20,000 Xiliang iron cavalry , now there are less than 10,000 left, and a part is divided to help Liu Bei attack the city. This loss of strength is not a little bit.
"General Zhang Xiu, please don't worry!" Pang Tong saw Zhang Xiu's concerns. This is an era when military power is the master. Zhang Xiu is naturally afraid that his strength will be lost. If Zhang Xiu fights Yangzhou, it will be a loss. Bigger "My lord knows that General Zhang Xiu has suffered a lot in order to eliminate the Han thieves, so my lord decided that after taking Yangzhou, I will use my Yuzhou heritage to help General Zhang Xiu re-organize the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and form soldiers and horses." General Zhang Xiu can get all the consumable armor and horses he needs from my treasury."
"This!" Zhang Xiu looked at Liu Bei and Pang Tong suspiciously, such a good condition? 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry re-established, the loss would be counted in hundreds of thousands of gold, but Liu Bei is so generous, it is very difficult to reassure Zhang Xiu, don't Zhang Xiu work hard for Liu Bei in the front, and Liu Bei will turn his face and deny anyone later If so, then Zhang Xiu will suffer.
"Hehe, General Yangwu, don't say whether Bei is that kind of person, in order to reassure the general, Bei can make a written statement and print it with my left general's seal, and hand it to the general!" Liu Bei really laughed out loud at this sentence Zhang Xiu's concern, because as long as it is written in black and white and stamped with a big seal, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to evade it even if he wants to. Liu Bei is a prince who needs to be trustworthy. You do things for you!
"How can this be done!" Zhang Xiu said on the surface, but in fact he was smiling and wanted Liu Bei to take out such a thing.
"Of course that's the case. Brothers should settle accounts in the open!" Liu Bei also laughed and took out a big seal from his arms, took cloth and pen and ink from Zhang Xiu's camp, and wrote on it. After getting up, the big seal was finally placed on Zhang Xiu's heart. Zhang Xiu let him take the flow and put him in his arms. Now he can send troops with confidence.
"So, Xiu will definitely help Duke Xuande win the Shouchun City!" Zhang Xiu laughed heartily, can't he be happy! He had lost so many people, which made him feel very distressed, but now someone is going to admit it, and someone is going to help him bear the loss of the tens of thousands of people, Zhang Xiu smiled naturally and happily! As for the face issue later, as long as you win this Shouchun, get the food and grass, and then go to Liu Mang with Liu Bei to settle the score.
Just when the two of them were discussing very harmoniously, one person also walked into Zhang Xiujun's big tent. This person was Liao Hua under Liu Bei. Liao Hua came in a hurry, and ran in as soon as he was notified.
"Yuan Jian, why are you here?!" Pang Tong is very kind to Liao Hua, because the two people are working closely together now, and Liao Hua also focuses on Pang Tong in everything. very good. Pang Tong is a newcomer to Liu Bei's army. Although Liu Bei obeys him, it can be said that he has become the second person in Liu Bei's army, but Pang Tong has no real military power, and now Liu Bei is so accommodating to him. Because no one in Liu Bei's army is as talented as Pang Tong. If Liu Bei's territory grows bigger and more famous in the future, talented people will naturally come more. By then, Pang Tong will still be able to maintain his position! Therefore, if he wants to take a good position in Liu Bei's army, he must lay a foundation, and he must form his lineage from Pang Tong, and Liao Hua is a nail that Pang Tong laid in the army.
"My lord, I got the latest news!" Pang Tong was about to whisper to Liu Bei and Pang Tong, because after all, there were outsiders here. This kind of information is not convenient for outsiders to know. If it weren't for the urgent news. Liao Hua, who may affect the entire Yangzhou battle, will not directly break into Zhang Xiujun's camp, but is going to stay in his original camp and wait for Liu Bei.
"What's the latest news?!" Liu Bei frowned. Why is this Liao Hua so disrespectful? It's not good for you to wait to inform us if there is news, and now he is in Zhang Xiu's army. It's the disbelief in Zhang Xiu, what if the news is important!
Liu Bei settled down. His relationship with Zhang Xiujun is now in the honeymoon period, there is no need to spoil his relationship with Zhang Xiu just for a piece of news, "Is there any news that you can't tell directly! There are no outsiders here, just tell it directly!"
"It's okay, it's okay!" Zhang Xiu knew that Liu Bei was worried about him, but he also smiled and said that it didn't matter. He would not lose much to Zhang Xiu if he listened or not, so Zhang Xiu was very generous.
"Yes!" Liao Hua was told by Liu Bei, so he could only yell out the news: "My lord, the news from Lujiang Wancheng, Lu Bujun's eldest lady. Lu Bu's only daughter, is missing!"
"Missing?!" Both Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei didn't understand. What is the news that Lu Bu's daughter is missing? How much does it have to do with the war situation in Yangzhou? If you are missing, you can find it and get it back, only Pang Tong's eyes lit up.
"Yuanjian, did they say how Miss Lu disappeared? Are there any specific clues?!" Pang Tong was very interested in this question, and he wanted to ask a little more in detail so as to get a better idea. .
"That's not true. It was only half a month ago that the messenger brought it back. Miss Lu disappeared!" Liao Hua got these few words, because Pang Tong has always been in charge of taking care of the news of Wancheng. Pang Tong had to be notified, so Liao Hua rushed to Zhang Xiu's camp for fear of delaying Pang Tong's affairs.
"Haha, haha, great things can be achieved, great things can be achieved!" Pang Tong suddenly laughed when he heard Liao Hua's words, but his laughter made Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei, who were completely Zhangba monks, confused.
Pang Tong looked at the two, and clasped his fists at his lord Liu Bei, "My lord, Tong already has a plan to break Shouchun!"
"Is this true?!" Liu Bei also had a look of surprise on his face. He didn't have a clue just now, and he was going to win Shouchun with heavy casualties! But now Pang Tong has a plan. Looking at Pang Tong's appearance, he must be fully sure of this plan.
"It's absolutely true!" Pang Tong nodded heavily and gave Liu Bei enough confidence. "My lord, do you know what we were doing half a month ago!"
"Half a month ago?!" Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei thought at the same time, half a month ago? They had just captured Hefei at that time, and they planned to join forces to attack Shouchun. This is what the two of them did half a month ago.
"My lord, it's not just about taking Hefei, we also ambushed Bingzhou Wolf Riders." Pang Tong gave the two of them a reminder, and both of them finally came to their senses. "Shi Yuan, what do you mean?!"
"That's right!" Pang Tong narrowed his eyes. He finally understood why Bingzhou Langqiwei suddenly appeared in the Yangzhou area half a month ago. At that time, Sun Ce was still gazing at the surface of the Yangtze River! As a high-mobility unit led by Lu Bu in Lujiang, the Bingzhou wolf cavalry has the function of rushing to aid. No matter where Sun Ce lands, the Bingzhou wolf cavalry can rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible, so the threat that the Bingzhou wolf cavalry poses to Sun Ce's army is Huge, there is no reason for Lu Bu not to know, Lu Bu doesn't know if there is still Chen Gong, but the Bingzhou wolf rider left Lujiang and appeared on the land of Yangzhou so untimely, with an expression of wanting to rescue Yangzhou Shouchun, Didn't Lu Bu know that in order to deal with the Bingzhou wolf cavalry, Liu Bei spent a lot of money to hire Zhang Xiu to deal with him, 20,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, there was not much loss at that time.
But the Bingzhou Wolf Rider came without hesitation, and even the commander was Lu Bu himself. He did not sit on the Lujiang River but came to the land of Yangzhou. At first, Pang Tong thought that Lu Bu was stupid, but now it seems that this is not the case, it is not that Lu Bu is stupid , but he, Lu Bu, has a reason to come, and this reason is the news in front of him that Miss Lu is missing.
As Lu Bu's only heir, and also Lu Bu's most beloved daughter, Miss Lu's importance to Lu Bu is needless to say. Lu Bu can give Liu Mang such a great autonomy. In addition to Liu Mang himself saving Lu Bu, there is also Liu Mang is Lu Bu's son-in-law, with Miss Lu as a link, which makes Lu Bu completely treat Liu Mang as half of his son, and this is the reason why Lu Bu believes in Liu Mang unconditionally.
Lu Bu is not young anymore, he has never been able to give birth to a son, so he will naturally give his inheritance to Liu Mang after a hundred years, because the children they give birth to also have half of his old Lu family's blood, right? Now if Lu Da Miss is gone, can Lu Bu not be in a hurry!
As for Miss Lu, it is impossible for Miss Lu to be taken captive, because above Lu Bu's mansion and in the main city of Lu Bu's army, no one has such a great ability, so the only possibility is that Miss Lu came out by herself. Yes, so that the guards can't notice it at all.
Miss Lu is also an adult, and she is married to the king of Shu, Liu Mang, and now she is a princess, so she should always look like a lady, and it is almost impossible to run out by herself. If he runs out alone, it means that he has something to do as a last resort, one of which is his husband, Miss Lu cares about his husband, Shouchun is besieged, Shouchun is the seat of Yangzhou, and also the capital of Sichuan Province. Where Wang Liumang was staying, Miss Lu cared about his husband, so she quietly left Wancheng and went to Shouchun.
And this Bingzhou wolf rider was chasing Miss Lu, Pang Tong quickly cleared up his thoughts, and guessed that it was very close! It is enough to see that these first-class counselors are terrible, he can guess your passage from some clues.
"You caught this Miss Lu?!" Zhang Xiu couldn't help asking, if you can capture Lu Bu's daughter, then this will be easy to handle. If Miss Lu is used to threaten the defenders of Shouchun City, it will be regarded as the defenders of the city. No matter how reluctant the general was, he had to surrender, because Miss Lu represented a very low position in Lu Bu's army. Miss Lu confirmed whether Liu Mang could completely gain Lu Bu's trust, and it was also a sign of whether Lu Bu would treat Lu Bu It is a sign that all the troops are handed over to Liu Mang. If there is no communication between Miss Lu, then Lu Bujun and Liu Mang's army will really break up.
Even if the whole of Yangzhou does not want Lu Bu, he must keep his precious daughter!
"No!" Pang Tong shook his head. If he had already captured Miss Lu, he might have already captured Shouchun, and it would take until now.
"Then?!" Zhang Xiu didn't understand, how could they take Shouchun without a hostage in hand.
"Without Miss Lu, we can make one!" Pang Tong said very calmly.
"Made?!" Zhang Xiu was a little confused, Pang Tong glanced at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also began to understand, "Yes, without us we can create a Miss Lu!" (to be continued...)