The past few days have been difficult for Liu Bei. He finally took the risk of offending Liu Biao, a big local tycoon in Jingzhou, and won Fancheng. He wanted to seek wealth while taking risks, so he took down Fancheng to threaten Liu Biao of Jingzhou and blackmail Liu Biao. , Let the Liu Biao and Yangzhou alliance break down. =
But who would have thought that not only did the Jingzhou-Yangzhou alliance not break up, but Liu Bei did not get blackmailed grain and grass from Jingzhou. Instead, he was robbed when he was transporting the grain and grass he got from Fancheng back to Yuzhou, and the person who robbed him was Liu Bei. Yangzhou Liu Mang and Liu Hanyang who dreamed of killing him. 400,000 grain and grass twice, 200,000 was robbed in one day, although he was read by a fire, but who knows how much he was robbed in the end, anyway, Liu Bei's 400,000 grain and grass are no idea.
This is not over, Liu Bei stayed in Fancheng and wanted to defeat the Jingzhou-Yangzhou coalition forces in Fancheng, and wanted to rely on the victory in Fancheng to wake up Liu Tuhao in Jingzhou and make Liu Tuhao afraid. In this way, Liu Bei can start from Liu Biao again Get food.
It's a pity that Liu Bei's wishful thinking was wrong. The coalition forces of Jingzhou and Yangzhou didn't directly attack the city at all.
Instead, a thing called a ballista is used to throw countless heavy stones towards Fancheng. Jingzhou is on the edge of the Yangtze River, and there are not only rivers but also mountains in the distance beside Fancheng. Naturally, the stones do not need to cost much. You can get it with kung fu, and the ballista was made by the Yangzhou Army on the spot. Those 30,000 Jingzhou coolies hated doing anything conveniently. Soon, more than 20 ballistas were built, and the nightmare of Fancheng came. . Twelve hours a day. As long as you can see it. These twenty or so ballistas have never stopped, and they are even more turbulent during the day, and if the moonlight is bright enough at night, they are waiting to be stoned.
Although the city walls of Fancheng are tall, they have been smashed into pits. Although Liu Bei's army did not lose much, the morale of the army is about to collapse. Who can stand the continuous bombing? An unforeseen disaster was directly smashed into meatloaf by this stone.
If this is the case alone, Liu Bei can still appease these soldiers by relying on his own personality charm. As for the Jingzhou-Yangzhou coalition forces below, they are simply shameless. Not only are they bombarding, but they are also building city walls, yes, they are building city walls.
At first Liu Bei thought it was a joke, because a tall city wall could not be built in a day or two, but the opposite side used something, a kind of black ash, which was mixed with water and crushed stones. It can be solidified within a few days. And the degree of hardness is much stronger than that of blue bricks.
Ban Yue actually built a small city wall with a height of three meters.
Although the city wall is small, Liu Bei is afraid. Because now Liu Bei can't take down the Jingyang coalition forces, they are hiding in the camp, if Liu Bei plays a strong attack, it will be Liu Bei himself, the heavy armored cavalry is used for field battles, and the other infantry in Liu Bei's hands are basically second-line troops , The Qingzhou Army is still in Liu Bei and can still attack by force. If the Qingzhou Army is not there, Liu Bei has no way to take the 30,000 soldiers and horses below.
In terms of military rations, there is Liu Biao, a local tyrant in Jingzhou behind them, and there is still a lack of food and grass. I am afraid that the food and grass in Fancheng are exhausted, and the Jingyang coalition forces still have food and grass. The Jingyang coalition army can't do anything to take Liu Bei. I was afraid, because if the city wall built in half a month continues like this, a city wall that is bigger than Fancheng may appear in a few months. If there is another siege, then Liu Bei will really become a turtle in the urn. , and there is not enough food and grass to go to Yuzhou, waiting for the rice here to be cooked.
Gritting his teeth, Liu Bei had no choice but to lead his army to break through and leave. Chen Deng's Jingzhou-Yangzhou coalition forces outside the city did not stop Liu Bei, allowing Liu Bei to leave Fancheng smoothly. As for the Yangzhou army that Liu Bei set on fire when he left It doesn't matter, Fancheng is not his territory.
Not intercepting Chen Deng's trilogy does not mean that other Yangzhou troops will not intercept. Needless to say, Baima Congyi, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, fully demonstrated what guerrilla warfare is to our classmate Liu Bei, and the deputy general has now been renamed Liu Tian's former leader of Huang's private soldiers, Deng Tian, did not disappoint Liu Mang.
Liu Mang rescued Deng Tian's family again, and Deng Tian left Jingzhou. The family was sent to Liu Mang's place, and Jia Xu sent someone to Yangzhou. Deng Tian went directly towards Fancheng to find Zhao Yun's trilogy and served as Zhao Yun's deputy.
With such a well-educated lieutenant general, Zhao Yun's effectiveness is really not small. Bai Ma Congyi fell behind Liu Bei's army.
You fight, you can't catch up with them, don't fight, Baima Congyi comes to harass him from time to time, originally Liu Bei withdrew his troops, but Baima Congyi left thousands of infantry behind.
As long as there are backward infantry, they will be eaten by Baima Congyi. Baima Congyi can only embarrass Liu Bei, while the other army, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, will directly make Liu Bei uncomfortable. Although Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry does not have Baima Congyi. Usually there are two horses, but the horses under the crotch of the Bingzhou Wolf Rider are the most elite soldiers and horses in Yangzhou. Many of them are the Arabian war horses that Liu Mang brought from the present world. It's charging, whether it's Xiliang iron cavalry or other foot battles, as long as it is out of the main force, Bingzhou wolf riding on it is charging. The power of heavy armored cavalry is very great. With horsepower, he threw off the Xiliang iron cavalry again.
In the end, Liu Bei was left with two choices. One was to stay and continue to transport food and then slowly be annexed by the white horse from Yihe and Bingzhou wolf cavalry. The other was to give up the food and grass and retreat directly with Xiliang cavalry.
Liu Bei had no choice at all. He walked abruptly for two and a half days in a short distance of forty miles. He lost two thousand-man troops from Xiliang Iron Cavalry and fought on foot with a thousand-man team. There is not much left in the army.
And the grain and grass troops were even more miserable. Baima Congyi set fire to it with fierce kerosene, under this watering. Liu Bei had hundreds of thousands of food and grass left, and most of it was directly burned.
Even if the remaining grain and grass are transported to Yuzhou, there will not be much left. Liu Bei gritted his teeth. He asked each of the Xiliang iron cavalry to bring enough dry food and a bag of grain and grass on their backs, and immediately left the infantry behind.
Just like that, Lu Bu also gave Liu Bei a big gift, and Liu Bei lost another two thousand Xiliang cavalry.
Liu Bei lost 5,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, and Nanyang County couldn't take care of it. He directly threw away several cities in Nanyang, and the food and grass were only three stones of food and grass carried on the backs of those Xiliang iron cavalry. The total amount of food and grass is only 30,000, so it can be said that this is a fiasco.
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The whole scene is very hot, and the reason for this scene is that the battle of Fancheng was won. Not only Fancheng was won, but Nanyang County with Liu Bei was also attacked. Yes, of course everyone is very happy.
"His Royal Highness Shu, come, come, this version of the old man is the first to respect!" Liu Biao's face was full of red. To be honest, this can be regarded as Jingzhou's only big victory in the past few years. In the past, Jingzhou was always oppressed and beaten. As long as the little overlord of Jiangdong was around, Jingzhou basically didn't get any benefits.
And now there is a big victory in the west of Fancheng. Although Liu Bei's army was not left behind, Fancheng was taken back and Liu Bei was driven out from Nanyang. This is not a big victory.
"Heroes come out of youth. One of the most sensible things this old man has done in this edition is to form an alliance with His Highness Shu Wang's Yangzhou." Liu Biao also drank a few more drinks happily, and his tone was extremely refreshing to Liu Mang.
"My lord is wise!"
Drinking and drinking, the two of them, an uncle and a nephew, shouted very happily.
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, I, Zhang, offer a toast to His Royal Highness the King of Shu!" Zhang Yun stood up and toasted Liu Mang, "This toast is for the soldiers of my Jingzhou and Yangzhou who are on the front line. May I, Jingzhou and Yangzhou Forever a good relationship between Qin and Jin"
"General Zhang, you are polite." Liu Wei also read the head, so he stopped standing up, and directly raised his glass and drank it down. Although the victory in the Battle of Fancheng was also expected by Liu Wei, it was a must. Knowing the news Liu Mang is also very happy.
"His Royal Highness Shu, Zhang respects His Royal Highness Shu again." Zhang Yungang drank a cup and raised it again. The common people can return to the embrace of Jingzhou."
Zhang Yun is from Cai Mao's family, and Liu Mang can't refuse another cup.
"This is the third cup." Zhang Yun raised his wine glass again, "This third cup is for me, the elder brother, to respect His Highness the King of Shu for my unfilial younger brother." The Battle of Fancheng was won, and Fancheng returned to Jingzhou again. Naturally, he will belong to the Zhang family again, and his younger brother Zhang Gui will also be able to redeem his sins, and all this was caused by Liu Mang's haste. For Liu Mang, Zhang Yun is very grateful.
"If General Zhang Gui doesn't have the ability to lead the army, even with my king's recommendation, Fancheng can't be taken down!" Liu Mang also responded to Zhang Yun with a smile.
After Zhang Yun, there are only a few people in Jingzhou who can have the face to invite Liu Mang to drink. They have fun with each other. It can be said that Liu Mang has completely entered Jingzhou. Officials, now they are also saying yes to Liu Mang's Dutou, not the way it was before.
Satisfied with wine and food, after complimenting each other, Liu Mang did not leave directly, he knew that Liu Biao must have something to discuss with him, and sure enough, Cai Mao who was next to Liu Biao spoke first before Liu Biao spoke.
"His Royal Highness, we have won the battle of Fancheng, but there are many things to deal with in Fancheng." After Cai Mao said a lot, there was only one sentence that was most useful, and that was Nanyang County.
Liu Bei was defeated and returned to Yuzhou. Not only was Fancheng lost, but Nanyang County could not be defended anymore. Now Nanyang County can be regarded as a land without an owner. This place that once belonged to Jingzhou, Jingzhou once again had an idea.
But it is impossible for Jingzhou to annex Nanyang directly. After all, the main force in the Battle of Fancheng was still Liu Mang's Yangzhou Army, so Cai Mao took it out to discuss with Liu Mang.
"I don't know what His Royal Highness the King of Shu thinks of Nanyang County!" Zhang Yun beside him also spoke.
"Nanyang County!" Liu Mang picked up the tea. He drank too much wine and naturally needed tea to wake up. Liu Mang pretended to be confused on purpose. Could the people here not know what Liu Mang said? After all, it used to be his territory in Jingzhou. "Nanyang is good. Good!"
"His Royal Highness Shu. We, fifty thousand gold!" Cai Mao quoted the price.
Fifty thousand gold? The price is not small, but if you want to buy Nanyang County, isn't that a joke? Liu Mang deliberately pretended not to understand, "Nanyang County, the suicide god Baiqi attacked Chu and occupied it. King Zhaoxiang of Qin appointed Nanyang as Nanyang, so it was named Nanyang!"
"His Royal Highness, 50,000 gold, 200,000 grain!" Cai Mao raised the price again.
Liu Mang might have been very interested in 200,000 grain and grass before. But now Liu Mang is not so nostalgic. "Since I entered the Han Dynasty, Nanyang County is even more outstanding. There are mountains and rivers. I want to be able to live in seclusion here in my later years!"
"His Royal Highness, 5,000 sets of heavy armor." Cai Mao continued to increase the price for Liu Mang, 5,000 sets of heavy armor. , but it is also difficult to come up with five thousand sets of armor all at once.
But Liu Mang is still not tempted, these things cannot be exchanged for a county.
"Three thousand war horses!" Cai Mao began to offer a high price. Even brought out the war horse, you must know that it is in the same place. War horses are very precious, and 3,000 war horses are worth at least 30,000 gold.
Liu Mang would not dislike the lack of war horses. You must know that it is difficult to breed war horses. Basically, those war horses are almost disposable. Liu Mang also has a lot of cavalry troops. Before the entrance to the sea is opened, war horses are naturally needed.
"You can't drink too much of this wine, it's a mistake!" Liu Wei wanted to see what price Jingzhou would offer.
Liu Mang didn't want money, food, armor, or war horse, so Cai Mao took out another thing, "His Royal Highness, the previous ones plus the five counties near Zaoyang, Yiyang!"
Although Yiyang Zaoyang is under Liu Wei's command, it is not honorable to seize it. It is also to not irritate Liu Biao. Liu Wei has not sent troops to take several counties near Yiyang Zaoyang, but these counties are also relying on Yiyang Zaoyang is too close, this is not good, so Cai Mao took out the city to exchange.
"There are thirty-seven counties below, and Wancheng is the county seat." The entire Nanyang County has thirty-seven counties. Even if some of the counties that have now become county seats are removed, there are still more than twenty counties. Liu Biao You just took out five counties, which is too stingy to read.
"What do you want, Your Highness the King of Shu!" Liu Biao also lost his patience. Fancheng was captured, and Nanyang County is now a piece of unclaimed land. Liu Biao seems to have taken him back again, which can be regarded as regaining the lost land. , which can motivate people.
"A county in Nanyang and even Emperor Guangwu of my Han Dynasty made his fortune here, and Wancheng is you as the accompanying capital! The emperor's township." What Liu Mang meant by these words was talking about an accompanying capital and an emperor's township. It can be said that Nanyang's location is very good. important. This is increasing the stakes for yourself.
"One county in Xinye, three counties under it" Liu Mang's meaning is very obvious. Liu Mang can not want Nanyang County, but Liu Mang wants Xinye.
"Xinye City?" Jingzhou Wu was not indifferent. This Xinye is a gateway to the north of Jingzhou. Only with Xinye Jingzhou Army can cross the Yangtze River to reach the original. If Xinye is lost, then the Jingzhou Army will feel sad about the Yangtze River.
"Impossible!" This is Yuan's place of contact, how could he let it go. "His Royal Highness, please change the condition!"
"Liu Jingzhou, although Xinye is a prefecture, it is actually a county. It was divided from Nanyang," Liu Mang said while looking at Liu.
"Although Xinye is not as big as Nanyang, it is the main route from Jingzhou to Yuanyuan!" Other places along the Yangtze River are either high-rise or low-lying places, and only Xinye has a good port to pass through.
"Go to Yuan?" Liu Mang sneered, "Liu Jingzhou, why do Jingzhou go to Yuan? Does Liu Jingzhou want to go to the world?" The first is Liu Mang's Yiyang Zaoyang, and then Yangzhou. If Liu Biao sends troops, is he going to fight Yangzhou
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu is worrying too much. Xinye is just a place for me to do business in Jingzhou!"
"Business? I can also do business in Yangzhou. With the Jingyang Alliance, business exchanges are naturally easy!"
"Could it be that my Jingzhou can only go to the south bank of the Yangtze River?"
"Why does Liu Jingzhou want to go to the north bank? If I, Yangzhou, can rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River like Liu Jingzhou, I would never want a city on the other side of the natural danger."
"If there is any unpleasantness!"
"Could it be that the Jingzhou navy is afraid!" Liu Wei continued to ask. "With the natural danger of the Yangtze River, you can sit back and relax in Liu Jingzhou, and with Jingzhou in Nanyang County, you can have 20 more counties!"
"And Xinye is not that I have to ask for it, but that the 20 counties in Nanyang, if they just give up for no reason, I am afraid that the soldiers will not accept it, so I must give them an explanation!" Liu Mang began to have fun with General Yangzhou, and Liu Mang's words in the Yangzhou Army were hard to say, and no one dared to have an opinion on Liu Mang.
Liu Mang’s opinion is very clear, exchange Nanyang for your Xinye, even Liu Mang showed a gesture, that is, taking Xinye is just an explanation to the soldiers, I can’t take Nanyang so hard, just be so straightforward I've given it to you, so you should give it a read anyway.
"Let me think about it for two more days!" Liu Biao frowned, and began to issue orders to evict guests.
"Hehe, I'm tired too, so I won't bother Liu Jingzhou!" Liu Mang got up and was about to leave. (To be continued, please search Piaotianxue, the novel is better and updated faster!