Han Xiang

Chapter 299 Tune the tiger away from the mountain and seize Langling Tomb

The Tongbai Mountain Range starts from the eastern edge of the Nanyang Basin, where the junction of Runan and Jingzhou is located. The two counties of Yang'an and Langling controlled by Li Tong guard the three main roads going west to Nanyang.

If Liu Bei didn't take the three main roads, he would have to take the thorny path with his army. Crossing Tongbai Mountain in that way would easily cut off water and food. This is why Cao Cao and others felt relieved about the western front.

Li Tong has tens of thousands of songs, and with the city as a barrier, it is difficult for Liu Bei to lead the army to go around, but Liu Ye has been planning for a long time.

When Cao Cao's army appeared in Yan County, Liu Bei followed Liu Ye's layout and ordered Gong Du, Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang and other Yellow Turban generals to contact the bandits in the Ru River Basin to cooperate with Guan Yu in attacking Yang'an.

After Li Tong shifted his defensive forces to Yang'an, Liu Bei led the main force to attack Langling, and then crossed Tongbai Mountain via the main road.

Guan Yu killed Yan Liang to become famous, and his personal charm rose to the peak. Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao all admired his prestige, and then took refuge in Liu Bei's command.

Under the influence of Guan Yu's strong appeal, Qu Gong, Jiang Gong, Shen Cheng, Zhang Chi and other bandit commanders were contacted. Nearly 5000 bandits gathered in each village and cooperated with Guan Yu's [-] troops to march to Yang'an to fight.

These thieves are not all the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, some of them are small tyrants in the name of the Yellow Turbans. They originally attached to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers in Runan, but due to Yuan Shu's death and Yuan Shao's defeat in the battle, the two Yuans gradually lost their influence in Runan. The small tyrants neither wanted to submit to the foreign Liu Bei, nor were they willing to be annexed by the big tycoon Li Tong, so they took advantage of the chaos to occupy the hills and try to become big.

As the so-called whale falls, all things are born, and the little tyrants have been coveting Li Tong's land and wealth for a long time, so they hit it off with Liu Bei.

Anyone in any era, except for a few who can fight for their ideals, most people make choices out of interests.

Especially in the chaotic times of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao controlled the emperor and threatened to represent the court, and Yuan Shao and Liu Bei both said to follow orders to seek thieves. No one of these small tyrants cared about who was on the right side, and embraced whoever could bring them benefits.

Working together to destroy Li Tong and divide up the wealth is the inner needs of the small tyrants. Guan Yu's appeal is just a superficial slogan, but Er Ye's fighting power can give them the courage to "fight the local tyrants".

The group of bandits besieged Yang'an County, and the main general was the famous Guan Yu.

Li Tong never imagined that it was Liu Ye's conspiracy. On the one hand, he dispatched the garrison of Langling County in the south to help, and on the other hand, he sent fast horses to ask Cao Cao for help.

Not long after the Langling garrison was transferred, small forces scattered on various hills arrived around the county to assemble one after another, and Liu Bei also brought Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, etc., and escorted their families to gather.

Liu Bei was taken aback by this combination of troops, which was much larger than the original count. It was like Li Yunlong's attack on the Ping'an assembled troops, and there were many more soldiers inexplicably.

There were nearly 5 soldiers capable of fighting outside Langling City, including 500 military family members. The crowd frightened the guards. Before the battle, they abandoned the city with [-] people and fled, so Liu Bei took Langling without bloodshed.

Liu Bei had never fought such an easy battle, and he couldn't help but sigh that in the days when there was no mastermind, it was really a knife and a gun, stepping on the corpse of his comrades to climb the tower first.

"If it wasn't for Zi Yang's ingenious plan to let Bei withdraw from Runan by himself, it is estimated that half of the soldiers would be lost." Liu Bei grabbed Liu Ye's hand, his surging mood persisted for a long time.

Liu Ye immediately reminded: "We have not yet left Tongbai Mountain, so you must not be careless. Cao Cao chased Xia Cai and realized that Li Tongqiu's reinforcements would arrive at any time. We should escort his family through the mountains as soon as possible."

"Zi Yang is absolutely right."

Liu Bei lightly nodded his head in confirmation, then waved his hand and called Zhang Fei to his eyes, and said solemnly, "Third brother, hurry up with your troops and escort the family members of the whole army first."

Zhang Fei looked puzzled: "Leave so soon? Don't you wait for the second brother to come with you?"

Liu Bei shook his head: "Let's stay and wait for Yun Chang, and the third brother can wait in Biyang County ahead."

"I go alone?"

Zhang Fei pointed at himself and looked left and right, did the implication not let me fight?

Seeing his expression, Liu Bei understood instantly, and then said earnestly: "We may not fight after we die. The third brother escorts his sister-in-law and younger siblings first, so that the soldiers can fight with confidence, and the eldest brother can rest assured."

"All right."

While Zhang Fei clasped his fists, he murmured and added: "The second elder brother also escorted my sister-in-law last time, and this time it's my turn."

Looking at the back of Zhang Fei leaving, Liu Ye stroked his beard and sighed: "The three generals are really straightforward generals. No wonder they have such a congenial relationship with General Long. If Mrs. Xiahou and Mrs. Qiao were not pregnant, they might be in Hefei. For marriage."

"Siblings are still young, and Yun Qi's marriage is short, it's normal not to conceive an heir, just like Bei"

Liu Bei's words came to an abrupt end here, he felt that he was over forty years old, and there was no man or woman under his knees.

Because of the ups and downs in the first half of his life, all the wives Liu Bei married died early, and he was very lucky to survive. He also lived in Nagan and Mi in Xuzhou for a few years, but his stomach didn't move at all.

Seeing Liu Bei's gloomy expression, Liu Ye realized that he had introduced the wrong topic, so he immediately turned to other directions: "Ahem. If you don't have a place to settle down, your children will suffer as well. Therefore, when you come to Jingzhou this time, you must follow my plan. , can no longer be as humble as before"

"I was just about to discuss with you. When Gongyou went to Xiangyang as an envoy, he only said that I had more than [-] plays, and now there are more than [-] soldiers and family members. This is inconsistent. Liu Jingsheng can't be suspicious when he sees it? If he uses this as an excuse If you refuse to take him in, what can you do?" Liu Bei's face was full of sadness.

Liu Ye thought for a while, and then answered: "At that time, there will only be [-] soldiers, and the rest will be family members of the army. The common people are the foundation of a nation. How can Liu Jingsheng refuse? If he insists on not staying with us, he will retreat. The next thing I ask is to borrow a place to settle down, we are all relatives of the Han family, and the envoy has clothes and belts, I don't think he will go too far."

"Alright."

Liu Bei calmed down slightly, and then added: "Bei is not good at making changes, Zi Yang will go with me."

"All under the envoy's arrangement."

Although Liu Ye responded readily, he secretly thought that Shi Jun was too modest. I also heard about the matter of you cooking wine with Cao Cao in Huainan. How can you say that you are not good at making changes? "

Two days after Zhang Fei set off, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to go south to Langling to join him, intending to slowly withdraw from Runan.

As for the agreement with Qu Gong, Jiang Gong and others, Liu Bei gave up the newly acquired Langling to everyone. Anyway, Yang'an and Langling are counties under Li Tong's jurisdiction.

Qu Gong, Jiang Gong and others responded to Guan Yu's call and wanted to use his prestige to directly force Yang'an to surrender. As a result, Li Tong organized the army and the people to actively fortify the city. Although the besieging bandits were powerful, none of them worked hard to attack the city.

Guan Yu told Liu Bei's arrangement, and all the little tyrants moved to Langling.

Li Tong knew that he had been hit by a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, but he did not dare to pursue because of the small number of soldiers in Yang'an. After all, Liu Bei brought '5 people' to attack Langling.

Cao Hong brought reinforcements from Pingyu, and was dumbfounded by Liu Bei's praise of the strength of the troops. He said that he led 5 troops to attack Langling, and Guan Yu led more than [-] troops to capture Yang'an. The total force exceeded [-].

Li Tong and Cao Hong had a total of only [-] yuan, so they could only move slowly towards Langling, waiting for Cao Cao's main force to catch up before daring to pursue them.

(End of this chapter)