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Chapter 501 Peng Hu
In order to fight against the coming enemy, Tai Shici didn't care about the people for a while, and almost brutally integrated the two counties of Ai and Xi, exhausted the people's efforts to support the army, and was full of failure in his heart, so he decided to prepare for the war with all his strength.

As a result, they waited and waited, only to see the Jingzhou army scouting and cavalry coming and going, but the army never came. All the preparations were in vain.

It turns out that Liu Jing received a report from Han Guang, saying that although the city of Xi'an is small, it is very strong. In addition, Tai Shici's brave strategy is more powerful than Xu Sheng's, and the difficulty of attacking may not be less than that of Chaisang.

As soon as Liu Jing heard this, he immediately silenced the flags and drums, and asked Han Guang to lead his troops back.Although it took only five days before and after the attack on Chaisang, the casualties of soldiers exceeded 3000.

This is still assisted by siege towers, trebuchets and other siege weapons, otherwise the casualties would at least double, which shows the difficulty of siege in ancient times.In the art of war, it is said that the method of siege is a last resort, which is really a wise saying.

Before Liu Jing sent Han Guang, Gao Xiang, Feng Xi and others to pursue Tai Shici, they beheaded more than a thousand people and captured more than [-] people. No more than a thousand people fled to Xi'an with Tai Shici.

To be honest, this small number of troops is no longer enough to affect the overall situation. It is impossible for Liu Jing to recruit thousands of soldiers because of Xi'an, a small remote county, and hundreds of defeated soldiers. Even if Tai Shici is a Jiangdong general, it is not worth it.

Moreover, according to the news sent back by the scouts from the east, Sun Quan's Wu reinforcements were about to enter Yuzhang's territory. There were hundreds of boats and ships, and the troops were at their peak. They would arrive at Chaisang within ten days.

With such a powerful army, plus the leader of the army, if there is no accident, it must be Zhou Yu.This is the person Liu Jing fears the most in the entire Jiangdong, and he must put up all his energy to deal with it. How dare he distract him at this time.

Of course, even if Tai Shici's strength is not as good as before, he still has the ability to stir up wind and rain. It must be guarded against. Ai and Xi counties are located in mountainous areas, surrounded by mountains on the north, west and south. Liu Jing only needs to send troops to Fu Yichuan in the east. , Xiushui garrison, Tai Shici can be blocked in the valley, so that it can not be chaotic.

The south also stopped at Liling, but when Liu Jing recalled Liu Zhu, Su Fei and others to prepare for the battle, he also asked them to pose as an attack on Haihun to attract Sun Ben's attention.

"General, Liu Zhonglang and Su Zhonglang are back and are asking to see you outside the door." Yu Zheng walked into the lobby of Chaisang County Temple and reported to Liu Jing.

Liu Jing was writing a letter to Huang Zu in Jiangxia, urging him to send a batch of military equipment and grain as soon as possible. Hearing Liu Zhu and Su Fei's return, he nodded with a smile and said, "Let them in quickly."

Liu Zhu and Su Fei came in upon hearing the call. Behind them was a short, dark-skinned middle-aged man. Seeing Liu Jing's majestic eyes, the middle-aged man did not dare to look at him. He bowed his head and said: " The villain Peng Hu, I pay my respects to the general."

"You don't need to be too polite, please get up quickly." Liu Jing put on the posture of a respectful corporal, and boasted: "You are a great man in Poyang, with tens of thousands of people, and you are so powerful. I have heard of your name when I was in Changsha. If you lead the crowd to vote, you will definitely set an example for Yuzhang."

Since Liu Jing intends to annex Jiangdong, he naturally pays special attention to Peng Hu and other semi-separatist forces in Jiangdong. He began to send people to contact him privately a few months ago, thinking that he should respond internally.

It's just that Peng Hu was surrounded and suppressed by Tai Shici, Sun Ben, Jiang Qin and others some time ago, and suffered heavy casualties, so he had to hide temporarily until Liu Jing's army arrived in Chaisang, and Liu Zhu and Su Fei led the warships deep into Pengli Lake, and he reappeared.It was with his help that Liu Zhu and Su Fei were able to capture Liling and cut off Taishi Ci's way back.

"I didn't expect that the villain's poor name could be heard by the general..." Peng Hu got up from the ground, his expression hard to hide.

In the final analysis, he is nothing more than a local tyrant, even classified as bandits and water bandits.Who is Liu Jing?He is the overlord of Jing and Jiao prefectures. Even Liu Jing has heard of his reputation, so how can he not be secretly proud.

Liu Jing smiled. In fact, he knew this person in his previous life. Peng Hu only left a few words in the history of the Three Kingdoms. Even experts who are familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms probably don't know this person.

The reason why Liu Jing knew Peng Hu was because he accidentally saw a textual research on the Three Kingdoms, which listed the Peng family in Poyang and the Qu family in Jincheng (Xiping).

The Qu family in Jincheng (Xiping) can be called a wonderful flower in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty. Unswerving rebellion.

In fact, at about the same time, there was another Peng family in Poyang, starting from Peng Hu, and then Peng Qi, Peng Dan, etc. It was also a rebellion of several generations, but because Sun Quan was particularly able to live, it was not a disaster. generation.

One of these two big families is in the northwest and the other is in the southeast, and they were brilliant in rebellion.

Liu Jing was deeply impressed by the peculiar and interesting point of view of the article. Although he can’t remember the details after many years, the Peng family has been active in the Penghu area.

Liu Jing said with a smile: "You don't need to belittle yourself. If you didn't lead the people to be the guides of the village, our army wouldn't take Liling so easily. In terms of meritorious deeds, you should be the first."

Peng Hu twitched the corners of his mouth, puffed out his chest and pretended to be heroic, and said: "Liling is a small city, it is not worthy of praise, Haihun, Taishi Ci's rule is also, the people are well-off, now Taishici is defeated and left Ai, Xi, Haihun Empty, such a rare opportunity, if the general does not take it, wouldn't it be a pity?"

How could Liu Jing not know the importance of Haihun, but the situation forced him to tell Peng Hu the news that Sun Quan and Wu's reinforcements were coming.Only then did the latter suddenly realize why Liu Jing insisted on recalling Liu Zhu, Su Fei and others, and refused to go south to Haihun.

Unwilling, Peng Hu tried to persuade Liu Jing to change his mind, "Haihun borders Ganshui River in the east and mountains in the west, which is the hub of Yuzhang. After Haihun, the northern part of Yuzhang is under the general's control."

Seeing that Liu Jing was unmoved, Peng Hu gritted his teeth and said: "The general prepares for the enemy in the east and has no time to go south. I wonder if we can send two thousand elite soldiers to help the villain? The villain will definitely attack Haihun and dedicate it to the general."

If Peng Hu's strength is still there, he will send troops to attack Haihun himself.However, he danced too happily a while ago, and was jointly suppressed by Tai Shici, Sun Ben, Jiang Qin and others. More than half of the tens of thousands of disciples were killed or injured. Now there are only two to three thousand soldiers under his command. Naturally, this number of troops cannot attack Haihun. Therefore, he could only borrow troops from Liu Jing.

"Oh? Seriously?" Liu Jing changed his mind when he heard Peng Hu's words. Zhou Yu's army was about to arrive. He really didn't want to divide his troops, but if he could capture Haihun with two thousand troops, he had no reason not to agree.

Peng Hu's expression brightened, he patted his chest and said: "How dare a villain lie to the general, as long as the general is willing to send troops to help, if he fails to defeat Haihun, the villain is willing to be punished."

(End of this chapter)