Cao Thief

Chapter 655 Retreat in Great Strides (23)

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night, deep.

The wind blowing from the upper reaches of Yushui dissipated the midsummer heat.

For the people of Wancheng, this is a sleepless night.After nightfall, the sound of killing came from the direction of the city gate, resounding through the sky and the earth.Although it didn't last long, it was enough to dispel people's drowsiness.Immediately afterwards, the sound of iron hooves came from the long street, which made people tremble with fear.

The person with that good thing wanted to open a door to check the situation outside, but was immediately stopped by his family.

"Don't worry about things, just stay at home."

For those old Wancheng people who have lived here for generations, after experiencing the siege of millions of yellow turbans, they are nothing but floating clouds!After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, until the first year of Jian'an, for more than ten years, although there was no large-scale war in Nanyang County, there were many small wars.First, the bandits were suppressed, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban were wiped out; then the princes fought each other, you fought over, I fought over... And then, Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, which stabilized Nanyang County for a period of time.But not long after, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew came to Nanyang, and there was another conflict.When Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew stabilized their heels, Cao Cao led his troops to come, and he beat them three times, which was extremely tragic every time.

The people of Wancheng finally saw the clue.

If bandits and bandits attack, it is best to flee with the whole family.

Because these bandits and bandits have no rules, they burn, kill and loot, and do all kinds of evil.

But if the princes are fighting, as long as the battle is not too tragic, there will basically be no large-scale turmoil after Wancheng is broken.

These princes are all people who want face.

When they occupy a place, they must first appease the hearts of the people.

Back then, when Xiahou Dun was stationed in Wancheng, he made repeated orders to rectify military discipline.

After Liu Bei occupied Wancheng, he strictly ordered Bu Quqiu not to commit any crimes, and even exempted him from taxes for one year.

The confrontation between Cao Peng and Liu Bei is well known to the people of Wancheng.Whether the surname of Wancheng is Cao or Liu does not really matter to them.

Most importantly, who can benefit them.

As long as they don't provoke right and wrong, presumably those sergeants won't harass them either.

After a moment of confusion, Wancheng returned to calm.Those soldiers were escorted to the school yard in an orderly manner, and Cao Peng did not massacre them on a large scale.Instead, after entering the school grounds, food was delivered to them and they were asked to cook by themselves.In this way, the soldiers would naturally not resist fiercely, and Wancheng was easily captured by Cao Peng.

In retrospect, Cao Peng secretly thought it was a fluke.

There were less than [-] defenders in Wancheng, and when Cao Peng attacked, most of the soldiers were resting and did not take any precautions at all.

And Mi Fang, the guard of Wancheng, is not a strong-willed person.

Cao Peng didn't like him, but he didn't dislike him either.Mi Fang thinks too much, and pays too much attention to personal gains and losses.Historically, this person and Fu Shiren were so tired that Guan Yu was defeated and killed in Maicheng because of their own selfishness.Then, worried about being held accountable, he surrendered to Sun Wu.The more selfish you are, the more you fear death.If the guard of Wancheng is replaced by another person, or Xiang Chong is older and has enough qualifications, Cao Peng may become more difficult if he wants to sneak attack again.Thanks to Liu Bei, Mifang was stationed in Wancheng.

Mifang ordered the Wancheng soldiers to stop resisting, so that Cao Peng's soldiers took Wancheng without bloodshed.

However, the problem that came immediately made Cao Peng feel difficult again...

This Wancheng, how should we deal with it?
Cao Peng's sneak attack this time was dispatched with light clothes, and the number of soldiers under his command was only 800!
Sneak attack, enough!

But to say that it is too difficult to occupy Wancheng.

Not to mention that the number of soldiers in this city is more than twice that of our own.But it was dark today, and the soldiers in Wancheng hadn't noticed it yet. If Cao Peng's lack of troops was discovered after dawn, there would inevitably be riots.Although Cao Peng was sure of controlling the situation in Wancheng, he did not have the confidence to resist Liu Beijun's counterattack.Now he is alone and has no reinforcements outside. If he wants to occupy Wancheng, how easy is it?

But it would be a pity for Cao Peng to give up at this point.

After finally capturing Wancheng, it was just returned to Liu Bei, but it was not what he wanted.

Sitting in the lobby of Wancheng Mansion, Cao Peng rested his chin in one hand, thinking about the countermeasures...

"My lord, this Wancheng is really rich."

Chen Shi rushed over excitedly and reported to Cao Peng.

After Cao Peng's ancestral house was built, he left Zhongyang Town and came to Wuyin with Cao Peng.Cao Peng discovered that this friend from his previous life was not a simple person.Martial arts are good, already close to the level of first-rate masters, and at the peak of second-rate masters.However, Chen Shi is not young anymore, two years older than Cao Peng.It is absolutely impossible to break through now... Although he may not become a real first-class military general, it is still eye-catching among Cao Peng's current trilogy.At least, you can take on some heavy responsibilities.

Jiang Jiong stayed in Wuyin, while Pang De went to Huyang to support.

Cao Peng logically promoted Chen Shi and asked him to temporarily lead the flying camel soldiers.

"How to say?"

Cao Peng was planned, but he didn't show his displeasure.

Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "Just now, in the West School Yard, we found thirty pieces of grain and grass.

According to the person guarding the granary, Liu Bei transported it from Xinye some time ago to be used as military pay.Be good, thirty yuan, it looks really scary. "

"How many?"

"Thirty cents."

Cao Peng got up immediately, "Take me there quickly."

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei hoarded so much food and grass in Wancheng County.One penny is three thousand stones, and thirty pennies is nearly one hundred thousand dendrobium.A dendrobium weighs 120 catties, and these thirty grains are almost 1000 million catties.What is the use of Liu Bei hoarding so much food and grass?
The answer is about to come out!

Liu Bei already had a plan to fight himself to the death.

Thirty yuan, I think it's all about Liu Bei.He has been in Xinye for so many years, and he will more or less have some family background.Now that he has moved all these family properties to Wancheng, isn't the purpose very obvious?Although Cao Peng doesn't know how much grain is left in Xinye, he can vaguely feel that Liu Bei's family property is not too much... These grains and grass must not be left to that big-eared thief...

Thinking of this, Cao Peng suddenly had an idea.

"Zi Fan, immediately send someone to inform the people in the city that one person from each family should come to collect food.

Regardless of the size of the population, each family can get five buckets of grain, which must be distributed before the ugly hour.Gather the remaining food and grass for me, and burn it all for me.Before Yinshi, the whole army withdrew from Wancheng. At Maoshi, they had to cross Yushui and enter Nanshan without any mistakes. "

"what?"

Chen Shi was startled when he heard this.

"Withdraw from Wancheng?
Youxue, we just occupied Wancheng..."

This is the biggest difference between Chen Shi and Pound.

If it was Pang De or Jiang Jiong, after Cao Peng issued the order, the two would execute it immediately instead of raising any questions.

As for Chen Shi, he turned from a mountain man to a soldier.

From the bottom of his heart, he is still an ordinary citizen, without the consciousness of becoming a soldier.

Cao Peng stared, and Chen Shi immediately closed his mouth.

He feels distressed!
But helpless.

There are 6000 households registered in Wancheng County.But there are only more than 6000 households actually living in Wan County.There are still three hours before Chou Shi, that is, six hours.In terms of time, it is more than enough. There are more than 900 households, each with five buckets, but only a million catties of grain.That is to say, Cao Peng will burn at least [-] million catties of grain...how could it not be distressing for Chen Shi, who was still working hard for food and clothing half a year ago?However, the military order is like a mountain, and there is nothing he can do.

Cao Taishou wants to divide the food?
The soldiers beat the gong and announced along the street.

Many people were stunned when they heard the news!

Since ancient times, it was only heard that the government took food from the people, but now it is really strange to distribute food.

Many people didn't believe it at first, worrying that this was a trick of Cao Peng's conscription.

After all, a person who can afford to carry sixty catties of grain must have a lot of strength.You can't let an old man who can't even walk run to get food.Many people had doubts in their hearts, but after all, there was the brave one who couldn't help the temptation, opened the door of the house, and ran to the granary.After a while, I saw these people coming back with a bag of food, with happy smiles on their faces.

"Do you really want to deliver food?"

"That's still fake!
The person who had already brought back the food said excitedly: "The school yard is dressing up, hurry up, and the distribution will stop after the ugly hour."

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited.

So, I saw the doors of houses opened, people pushing carts, or leading mules and horses, walking towards the school grounds.The granary school grounds were brightly lit.Chen Shi commanded the soldiers to distribute bags of grain.Looking at the bright smiles on the faces of the people, Cao Peng immediately felt extremely happy in his heart...

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Yuliangji, Liu Beijun camp.

Zhao Rong opened a pair of hazy drunken eyes, and said with an unhappy expression: "When did you disturb people's dreams?"

During dinner, he and Buqu drank a lot of wine, so that even after sleeping for a long time, he still felt a little groggy and confused.Yuliangji, located thirty miles west of Wancheng, is responsible for the surrounding security.Zhao Rong heard that there was a war in Nanjiuju yesterday, so he immediately gathered troops.However, he was not going to rescue Nanjiuju, but was on strict guard around Yuliangji.Nan just gathered over there, which belonged to the fight of gods, and it was not Zhao Rong's turn to take care of him.As long as he guards Yuliangji well and ensures that the camp is safe, he has completed his mission.

Zhao Rong knew very well how much he had.

The conflict between Liu Bei and Cao Cao is really not something he can participate in...

The soldiers woke up Zhao Rong, and said anxiously: "General, something is wrong, Wancheng is on fire."

"If it's on fire, it's on fire. It's none of my business... Ah, you said just now, where did the fire start?"

"Wancheng, Wancheng is on fire."

When Zhao Rong heard this, Ji Lingling shuddered.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and got up, rushed out of the big tent of the Chinese army, set up an awning with his hands, and raised his eyes to watch in the distance.

But seeing the direction of Wancheng, the flames are soaring into the sky.

The fire was so fierce that it lit up half of the night sky red... The fire in Wancheng, it really was the fire in Wancheng!
Although Zhao Rong didn't know what happened in Wancheng, he did know that Wancheng was hoarding [-] yuan of military rations.Such a big fire, could it be...

He didn't have time to think too much, and shouted loudly: "Come on, light up the soldiers and horses immediately, and follow me to fight the fire!"

(End of this chapter)