Soldiers come to the world

Time gradually approached midnight, Liu Zheng fell asleep, he was not at ease, so he went to the entrance of the cave and sat down beside Ren Ping, pulled half of his blanket to cover himself, and said with a smile: "Go to sleep for a while ! I'll take over."

Ren Ping shook his head, "I'm not sleepy yet."

Liu Zheng smiled, "It seems that you are more capable than I imagined, and you have not been left behind at all."

"We are all from poor backgrounds and have gone through a lot of hardships. For example, I followed my father up the mountain to collect medicine since I was a child. I have climbed all kinds of cliffs. This march is nothing to me?"

Speaking of this, Ren Ping asked curiously again: "Where is Lieutenant Liu from, and what did he do before?"

Liu Zheng sighed a little: "I am an orphan. I wandered around since I was a child. I joined the Yellow Turban Army when I was eight years old. I have been with Boss Liao all the time. I don't even have a name. Everyone calls me Monkey Five. That year when I robbed the market and met the lord, I was killed. He was arrested, and later he followed Boss Liao to join him. Zhou Mu named me Liu Zheng, hoping that I could become an upright person. He is my eldest brother and my reborn parents. After so many years, I also married Wife, becoming a father, and accumulating meritorious service to be promoted to captain, every time I think of this, my nose feels sore."

Ren Ping nodded silently, and he said in a low voice: "Does the captain think that Zhou Mu can win the world?"

"Of course!"

Liu Zheng gave him a serious look, "All our brothers think that he is the Son of Heaven, the revitalizer of the Han Dynasty, follow him to conquer the world, we will have a future, prosperity and wealth, and you will also be called He is the lord." [

"Remember the humble job."

At this time, a soldier quickly walked into the cave and reported to Ren Ping and Liu Zheng in a low voice: "We have discovered the situation."

Liu Zheng quickly sat up straight and asked, "What happened?"

"We found a food delivery team with more than 400 deer carts and more than [-] soldiers escorting it, about three miles away from us."

Ren Ping next to him made an excuse: "It's the first watch, and they are still on their way. They probably want to go to the cave to rest."

Liu Zheng sneered, "Then let them enter the cave!"

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On the narrow and rugged mountain road, a convoy of [-] deer carts is driving eastward. The so-called deer carts are human-powered unicycles, which are the most common rickshaws on Yiling Road. More than two shi of grain can be transported, this time a total of [-] shi of grain was transported, escorted by more than [-] soldiers.

They sent food and grass to Zigui County by fate. This is not an isolated team. It is also a part of Liu Bei's order. Liu Bei ordered the defense to be moved from Wucheng County to Zigui County, so the food must be delivered in time, otherwise There is no way to support Liu Bei's army in Zigui County.

The line was very long, stretching for about five or six miles. After a while, the ox carts began to arrive in front of Laojun Cave one after another. The soldiers were exhausted and ordered the deer carts to rest on the spot. They set off early tomorrow morning, but they all ran into the cave by themselves. .

The coachmen cursed in a low voice, but there was nothing they could do. These coachmen were forced laborers from Zigui County and Wucheng. Their status was low, and it was not their turn to rest in the cave. Then lean on the wheel to drink water and eat dry food, three people in a group, five people in a group, get together to chat, and spend the long night.

At the middle of the night, many coachmen fell into a drowsy sleep. At this time, a large group of black shadows suddenly appeared on the mountain road to the east. They moved quickly and blocked the Laojun Cave, and hundreds of soldiers rushed in.

The rest of the soldiers rushed to the sleeping coachman. Several coachmen woke up suddenly, only to find a bright saber on their necks, and the coachmen were scared out of their wits.

The screams in the cave kept coming, but after a quarter of an hour, Laojun's cave became deathly quiet again. The Eagle Strike Army attacked so hard that they slaughtered all the soldiers except for two who were left alive. They stripped off the soldiers' clothes. A, threw the body into the Yangtze River, and threw all the food into the river, and then ordered all the deer carts to turn around and return to Wucheng.

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On the other side of Zigui County, Liu Bei's 1 troops also set up a camp on a flat land. Although he encountered strong resistance from the Jingzhou Army when he crossed the river and failed, Zigui County was still in his hands after all. will easily withdraw.

Moreover, Wushan's reinforcements rushed to Zigui, relying on Zigui County's tall and strong, favorable terrain for defense and unfavorable attack, plus thousands of people defending, even if there are more troops in Jingzhou, it will be difficult to capture.

But Liu Bei also has a big worry, that is the food problem in Zigui County. Since Liu Biao captured Yidu and Jianye counties many years ago, the relationship between Bashu and Jingzhou has become bad. There was some relief, but strategic materials such as pig iron and grain were still not allowed to be shipped out of Bashu.

As a result, almost all counties have no grain reserves. Except for the [-] shi of grain hoarded in Wucheng specially for the purpose of fighting for Bashu, the grain in each counties cannot support how many troops.

If Wucheng's food cannot be transported to Zigui County in time, how long can Zigui County last?What made Liu Bei even more upset was that he couldn't get in touch with Zigui County on the opposite bank. His pigeons could only be sent to Wucheng, and then transferred from Wucheng to Zigui County.

But the problem is that he can only send letters, but the letters can't come back. He doesn't know what happened on the other side. He only knows that Wucheng reinforcements have arrived in Zigui County when he sees the banner of reinforcements erected on the head of Zigui County. .

But how many reinforcements have come, is the main general Liu Feng?But he didn't know it, and he was more worried about whether Wucheng delivered food to Zigui County in time according to his request?

In the big tent, Liu Bei was dictating orders, and Ma Su, who joined the army in the recording room, wrote down Liu Bei's orders like flying, "Wucheng wants to deliver grain to Zigui at all costs. Within ten days, there must be [-] shi of grain on the road, and Order Liu Feng to strengthen the defense of Badong County to prevent the Shu army from attacking Wucheng from the west. The Zigui defense battle will not be resolved in the near future. The two cities need to be prepared for a protracted war. In addition, internal security must be paid attention to. Especially Pang..."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei changed his words again: "All suspicious people, no matter what their positions, must be closely monitored and beware of betrayal."

After Liu Bei's dictation, Ma Di also swiped his pen. He handed the letter to Liu Bei. Liu Bei looked at it and ordered, "That's it! Put the letter out immediately."

Ma Su left in a hurry, Liu Bei walked a few more steps with his hands behind his back, and asked Qin Wei, "How many pigeons are there?"

The soldiers clasped their fists together and said, "Uncle Qi, apart from today, there are still two pairs of pigeons left."

Liu Bei couldn't help feeling annoyed, so he could only send two more letters. If he had known, he would have brought more pigeons from Yidu. Taking all the warships in Jiangling, apart from not having to worry about Liu Jing's army crossing the south, they also have the capital to seize Nanjun at any time.

However, seven days had passed, and there was no news from the second brother, which made Liu Bei feel a little worried. Seeing that the reinforcements from Jingzhou had arrived, Jiangling's defense would inevitably be strengthened. Will there be any problems with the second brother?

A trace of inexplicable troubles arose in Liu Bei's heart. All kinds of anxiety and worries were intertwined, which made him very worried. He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. Now he really has a thought that he doesn't want to fight any more. , he simply gave up Bashu.

At this moment, a personal guard reported at the door of the tent: "Report to Uncle Emperor, an emergency report from Gong'an County!"

Liu Bei walked out of the big tent quickly, and a messenger soldier rushed over, and knelt down on one knee to report: "To the emperor, General Guan failed to capture the Jiangling warship. Unfortunately, General Guan and the young general were captured!"

"what!"

The sudden news was like a thunderclap exploding above Liu Bei's head. He took two steps back and stared at the messenger in a daze, as if he had mispronounced his name. Captured."

Liu Bei felt a pain in his heart, his eyes went dark, and he fell to the ground on his back. The soldiers rushed up in fright, "Uncle Huang! Uncle Huang! Wake up."

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According to Liu Bei's deployment, there are 6000 troops stationed in Wucheng, with his adopted son Liu Feng as the commander in chief and deputy military adviser Pang Tong as the assistant. The military power is shared by Liu Feng and Pang Tong. Pang Tong will be in charge of Wucheng.

But in fact, Liu Feng did not hand over the military power to Pang Tong, but to his deputy general Fu Shiren.

Of course, Liu Feng's excuse was very good. Pang Gong was a counselor and military adviser, and he was not familiar with marching and fighting.

As Liu Bei's adopted son, Liu Feng understood his father's thoughts very well. Pang Tong was suspected by his father because of his uncle Pang Ji's betrayal of Nanjun, but there was no evidence that Pang Tong was also involved in the conspiracy, so he put Pang Tong in Wucheng. It is to let myself monitor him.

Now that he understood his father's thoughts, how could Liu Feng hand over the military power to Pang Tong?

In the room, Pang Tong was working hard to write a long letter to Liu Bei. He believed that there was a deep conflict between the Bashu faction and Dongzhou scholars. Handing it over to Yan Yan will definitely trigger internal strife between Yan Yan and Pang Xi.

Pang Tong also couldn't remember how many proposals he wrote to Liu Bei, including his suggestions to Liu Bei to encourage trade, open mines to make money, develop military settlements, reward military exploits, and a series of strategies to enrich the people and strengthen the army.

But Liu Bei didn't give him any answer, which made him feel extremely disappointed. If Liu Bei ignored him again with this proposal, he decided to return to Longzhong to live in seclusion and never ask about the affairs of the world.

At this time, his little book boy came in with a cup of tea, and Pang Tong pointed to the table with the end of his pen, "Put it aside!"

The little bookboy put the teacup on the table, but stood aside and did not move away. Pang Tong glanced at him and asked strangely, "Is there anything else?"

The little book boy hesitated and said: "Just now I went to the kitchen to make tea, and found that Uncle Zhang had disappeared and turned into a stranger. I asked him who he was, and he said he was new to serve the young master. A man with a knife, they said it was to protect the young master, there are both in the front and back yards."

Pang Tong was startled, and then flew into a rage. Who in the world would come to harm him? This was clearly to spy on him. He slapped his pen on the table, opened the door and went out, shouting loudly: "People hiding in the dark!" , give me all out!"

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