Liu Mang's army captured Yingshang, Yingshang's defenders, and Zhang Liao did not cross the river to demolish the bridge. They should have been detained temporarily. After all, they were descended from the army, so they had some concerns about using them. Temporarily taking them into custody can be safe, but Mi Fang didn't He came to Zhang Liao and begged for mercy. $().(w)(x).()
But Zhang Liao had to listen to Mi Fang's words, because not only Mi Fang's two brothers were working in Yangzhou, but his brother was even the general commercial office in Yangzhou. grown ups.
But if it's just this, Zhang Liao doesn't give face, and the rating is high, but Mi Fang can't control Zhang Liao, let Zhang Liao give Mi Fang face, that's because half of the credit for Yingshang City belongs to Mi Fang.
So Zhang Liao gave Mi Fang this face, and Mi Fang also issued a military order in front of Zhang Liao. If the soldiers and horses in Yingshang rioted, then he, Mi Fang, would come to see him, and the five thousand soldiers and horses would simply be thrown to Mi Fang by Zhang Liao.
Although Mi Fang is only a second-rate general, he also has some effect. With Mi Fang's help, the supply of food and grass for the army goes smoothly, and the appeasement of the people in Yingshang is also Mi Fang's effect.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help but nodded. In his letter, he couldn't help but wrote a few more points to Mi Fang. Although this person has no extraordinary talent, he is a man who can be made.
Lu Bu rushed to Ruyin for a long distance and quickly took it down. As soon as the army arrived at Ruyin City, the Ruyin defenders had not had time to react, and Ruyin City was lost. In this half month, the Yangzhou army has captured two County land.
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"Report, report lord, Yingshang Ruyin has fallen into the enemy's hands!" Liu Bei's head hurt again. He now finally understands Cao Cao's suffering. In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao had the same headache as now. Now he, Liu Bei, also felt this attitude.
In the land of the two counties, there are nearly 150,000 people in it, but just surrendered, without even a decent resistance, Yingshang City was still defeated without a fight.
"Mi Fang, Mi Zifang!" Liu Bei gritted his teeth with hatred when he mentioned this Mi family, it was this Mi family that embarrassed Liu Bei. After Yingshang, most people in Yuzhou now know that Mi Fang is not dead, so the three titles that Liu Bei applied for for the Mi family is a joke, and even the document he sent to Xudu was approved with a question sentence.
Because Liu Mang has already been marquis of Guangzhou by Mi Zhu, that is the magistrate of the county, and Liu Bei is only given to a marquis of the township. This is to make him lose his title.
"My lord, don't worry! Yingshang, the land of Ruyin, is not an important place at all!" Sun Qian next to him was comforting Liu Bei. Yingshang and Ruyin used to be granaries, but now they are not. After Liu Mang wreaked havoc, the two counties were almost the same. Speaking of that time, Sun Qian remembered again. What an empty city plan, it's simply a big hatred.
"There are only 10,000 soldiers and horses. There are so many old, weak, sick and disabled, and there is not much food and grass left. How can we resist it! It's good to lose these two counties, but it will benefit our army!" Sun Gan said to Liu Bei.
"It's good?" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Sun Gan meant.
"My lord, these two prefectures were captured in half a month, and the Yangzhou army didn't consume much. Naturally, the enemy will be proud and complacent, and the arrogant army will be defeated. My army can give him a hard blow to the Yangzhou army. !" Sun Gan said to Liu Bei.
"Shock?" Liu Bei didn't understand, could it be that he went out to fight in the field now, and Liu Bei couldn't afford it with his capital.
"You don't need to fight in the field, just defend the city!" Sun Qian pointed to the map and said, "There used to be hundreds of thousands of people in Nandun of Xiangcheng, and more than 70,000 people migrated from Ruyin. There are 300,000 people in the city, and although there are only 20,000 defenders at Nandun in Xiangcheng, as long as the lord speaks in the city that the Yangzhou army will massacre the city, these 300,000 people will inevitably join the battle. The common people participated in the battle to defend the city. No matter how many soldiers and horses he had, he, Liu Mang, would be blocked outside the city of Nandun Xiang. Even if the two cities were breached, the lord thinks how much Liu Mang's 100,000 troops will be left. !” Sun Qian said with a smile to Liu Bei.
"That's right!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up. There are 300,000 people in Xiangcheng Nandun. Field battles are not good, but defending the city is fine. As long as there is enough food and grass, it will naturally be possible to fight. Doesn't Liu Mang want to get Yuzhou? Just let the blood drip from his two nails! "As for the trick of framing the enemy, Liu Bei has long been familiar with it. When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Liu Bei used it like this. He forcibly rendered Cao Cao a heinous person, and made the people of Xuzhou treat Cao Cao unripely. No pain at all. And among Xiangcheng and Nandun, there are still tens of thousands of Xuzhou people who believed in Liu Bei's words.
"Come here to pass on my military order to divide half of the batch of grain and grass sent by Cao Cao and send it to Nandun and Xiangcheng! No, no, give me 80%! Just keep 20%!" Liu Bei was ruthless this time. Well, 80% of the grain and grass, Cao Cao gave Liu Bei a total of 100,000 grain and grass, plus the return of the common people, this 80% will leave more than 10,000, and Liu Bei can only live frugally.
"Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, that's a good idea." Cao Cao sent Liu Bei 100,000 grain and grass, but Liu Bei didn't appreciate Cao Cao at all. Because Cao Mengde knew that Liu Bei lacked food and grass, and he gave food and grass just to make himself and the Yangzhou army desperate, and in order to control himself, the food and grass were no more, no less, exactly 100,000, so that Liu Bei could only cope with the arrival of Liu Mang's army. Instead of expanding the army, because after returning the food and grass of the people, there is not much left. Cao Cao just wants to let himself and Liu Mang fight to the death without giving himself the opportunity to develop again.
But he, Liu Bei, is not the kind of person who is easily defeated. First deal with the front, and then plot the back.
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Ruyin and Yingshang were easily taken down, and in Nandun, Liu Mang's army was finally about to die. They were stabbed, and the defenders of Nandun vowed not to surrender, no matter how Yangzhou Army tried to persuade them to surrender. is so.
Zhang Liao said that Nandun was short of food and grass, and wanted to hit Nandun's morale, but the Nandun defenders took out food and grass to wash the food on the city wall, and the generations of food and grass were smashed open, and then they were poured down on the city wall. Showed it to the Yangzhou army below, and told the Yangzhou army below arrogantly that the origin of this batch of grain and grass was sent from Xudu, which made the Yangzhou army below itchy.
Lu Bu asked the Yangzhou army to try to charge once, but they were beaten back in the end. The defenders of Nandun were fighting desperately. I am ashamed.
Looking at this group of defenders, they don't look like elites. After finally capturing a defender of Nandun from the city, they tortured and extorted a confession. It turned out that it was Liu Bei and Liu Xuande who actually released rumors in Nandun City. After Liu Mang broke the city, he wanted to massacre the city, and there were many people in Xuzhou in Nandun, and there were many people who listened to Liu Bei's words, so the whole Nandun became a hard bone. Hundreds of thousands of people in the city are not a small number.
When Liu Mang was guarding Wancheng, the people in Wancheng let Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army drink a pot.
Zhang Liao and the others did not dare to attack directly with ballistas at this time, because what Liu Mang needed to attack Yuzhou was the population of Yuzhou's people. If they used ballistas, this would deepen the misunderstanding. There are many people on the city wall Help defend the city again. The stone bullets of this ballista don't know whether you are a defender or a commoner.
If the dense stone bombs were thrown like this, the resentment would have continued, and the resistance of the people in the city would have been more serious. The army stopped immediately, and sent a letter to Jingzhou to ask Liu Mang to decide.
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Cao Cao sent grain and grass to Liu Bei in Yuzhou? "Liu Mang looked at the case in his hand in Jingzhou, thinking that the battle of Yuzhou should be smooth sailing, because Liu Bei is not only short of soldiers and horses, but also lost the hearts of the people. , as long as Liu Mang dispatches people to spread messages, basically Yuzhou cannot be defended.
But I didn't expect Cao Cao from Xudu to intervene, and transported grain and grass from Xudu to Yuzhou.
In this way, not only did Liu Bei have food and grass to support the army, but he also lost the food and grass of the people and gained the hearts of the people. The battle of Yuzhou began to become confusing again.
"Cao Cao, Cao Mengde is indeed a hero!" Liu Mang sighed. When Cao Cao besieged Liu Mang and his party, Liu Mang saw Cao Cao's most miserable time. In order to escape for his life, he thought that Cao Cao was just such a thing, but A hero is a hero, but if he looks a little ugly and his hobbies have changed a little, he is also a hero.
This Hebei hasn't been pacified yet, so I want to intervene in the Central Plains of Yuzhou.
"My lord, this Cao Cao Cao Mengde is still too leisurely. This man, he can't be idle and he will naturally make trouble!" The old fox Jia Xu on the side smiled. He is like a duck to water, and now he is playing one side of Larong and the other. Seeing Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fight back and forth, it doesn't cost a single soldier. He asked Emperor Han to give Yuan Tan a general. Official position, but to Yuan Shang was to reward Yuan Shang with the prefectural pastor positions of Qingzhou and Youzhou. Naturally, both parties were not convinced. Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang to hand over Jizhou, and Yuan Shang asked Yuan Tan to get out of Qingzhou Youzhou. This battle is of course imminent.
If Lao Cao hadn't waited to reap the power of a fisherman, he would have joined the army long ago. Cao Mengde is too leisurely, and he will naturally become troubled when he is free.
"Cao Cao is too leisurely, so I'll let him get busy!" Liu Mang's eyes glowed coldly.
"My lord, there is a plan!"
"Wen and you!"
"Why don't we all write strategies in our palms?"
"Okay!" The two big and small foxes smiled at each other, and they both wrote handwriting in their palms. When seeing each other, both of them had the word "Xu!" written in their hands