Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 46 Cao Cao raises food and Zhao Feng defends the city
"Brother Bofu!" In Wujun City, Zhou Yu, who was in a hurry, came to the hall quickly. At this time, Sun Ce and other Jiangdong senior officials were there. "Gong Jin, you're here too, take a look!" Sun Ce said and handed Zhou Yu a copy of the edict.

"Yuan Gonggong committed suicide!" Zhou Yu sighed after looking at it.This so-called imperial edict was sent by Yuan Shu, who ordered Sun Ce to be the "Great General to Protect the Nation", ordering him to guard the six counties in Jiangdong and at the same time march against Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

"Using Huainan to fight against the princes of the world, Yuan Shu's defeat is guaranteed!" A middle-aged Confucian scholar on the left sighed. "What do you think, Mr. Zibu?" Sun Ce turned his head and asked, this man was Sun Ce's right-hand man, Zhang Zhao, the new government lord.Sun Ce respected him very much, not only did his best in internal affairs, but also asked him to guide his younger brothers in their studies.

"My lord, now that the emperor is in Xuchang, and Yuan Shu is arrogating himself as the emperor, Cao Cao must react. According to Zhao's opinion, we should watch his movements before making a decision." Zhang Zhao was cautious by nature, and his proposal was unanimously affirmed by everyone.After all, relying on Jiangdong alone, it is difficult to fight against Yuan Shu alone. The latter has an army of 30.

"Mr. Zibu's words are not bad, but Yu thinks that Cao Cao will issue an edict soon," Zhou Yu said with a smile. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others were suspicious, but Sun Ce was convinced.A few days later, as expected, the imperial court issued an edict to worship Sun Ce as Yangzhou shepherd and order him to attack Yuan Shu together. Only then did Cheng Pu and others admire Zhou Yu's foresight.

Not to mention that Jiangdong watched the changes quietly. After Liu Bei in Xuzhou and Cao Cao in Yanzhou returned to the army, they counted their troops and found that they were all seriously injured.Xuzhou originally had [-] or [-] soldiers and horses, but lost [-] in the Peiguo battle, plus Chen Dao was assigned to guard Taishan County, and now there are only a little over [-] left.Fortunately, there is no shortage of military rations due to last year's bumper harvest.If so, the Xuzhou army must be unable to fight Yuan Shu on a large scale for a while.

"What is this called!" Zhao Feng was speechless for a long time seeing the situation in front of him.Under his own butterfly effect, it was Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Lu Bu who should have joined forces to attack Yuan Shu at this time. One was seriously injured, one had been dead for almost two years, and the other was helpless.Zhao Feng, Lu Su and others discussed for a long time, but they couldn't find a way to deal with Yuan Shu now.

"The last [-] recruits will also complete their training, but they can only be used to defend the city for the time being!" At this time, Mi Zhu reported the latest situation in Xuzhou to Liu Bei. "My lord, Ji Ling is in a hurry to attack Guangling. We should defend Guangling to survive this year before making any plans!" Chen Gong remonstrated.

"It can only be like this!" Liu Bei sighed, and then ordered Zhao Feng to lead 3 troops to support Zhang Liao in Guangling. At the same time, Zhang Fei led 2 people to go north to Dongguan to prevent Yuan Shao from Qingzhou from robbing.

Liu Bei was still able to divide his forces, and Cao Cao was even worse.After losing [-] troops and being forced to cede Taishan County, Cao Cao was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger. When he returned to Xuchang, he had a headache and fell ill.After resting for a few days to relieve a little, Cao Cao supported himself on the sickbed and summoned everyone to discuss how to deal with Yuan Shu's current move.

"My lord, I still have more than [-] troops in Yanzhou, but if I want to send troops to Yuan Shu immediately, I will not be able to do it, especially because the army is short of food." Xun Yu, who was in charge of staying in Xuchang, remonstrated at this time, his tone full of helplessness.

"Then how is the situation in Yongzhou?" Cao Cao patted his head lightly and continued to ask.

"It's not very good, I just recovered a little bit of anger. At present, there are still [-] to [-] troops in Yongzhou, but the food is just enough." Xun Yu didn't say anything more after saying this sentence.As for the remaining Sili Prefecture, everyone knows that there are very barren slopes, and being self-sufficient is already auspicious.

"What should I do!" Cao Cao felt his head ache again, at this time Xun Yu remonstrated: "My lord, now that winter is approaching, we should rest and recuperate first, and then attack Yuan Shu in the spring of next year! "

"Wen Ruo's words are not bad, but this Yuan Shu really pissed me off!" Cao Cao said angrily, he forgot that if it wasn't for Yuan Shu's appearance, he would have made Liu Bei sleepy in Peiguo.Of course, seeing Yuan Shu showing off his power and proclaiming himself emperor in Huainan, no one else could bear it.

"My lord, besides, even if it's the beginning of spring, I guess our army still doesn't have enough rations to support the expedition to Yuan Shu." Xun Yu said after hesitating for a while. "What is Wenruo's plan?" Cao Cao asked eagerly.He had absolute trust in Xun Yu, and even called him Wang Zuozhi.Although Guo Jia is resourceful and resourceful, internal affairs are not his forte.

"The only solution now is to spend money to buy food!" Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, but still put forward his own opinion. "Who should I buy it from?" Cao Cao knew from Xun Yu's tone that he had come up with something.

"Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Liu Bei in Xuzhou have enough food and grass, and you can buy from them. Yuan Shao has a good name, and this time Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor. He is afraid that he will be named as a traitor and traitor, so he must try to get rid of him. If my lord can send a People who are eloquent and eloquent went to lobby, and it was not difficult to buy grain. As for Liu Bei, the former Patriarch of the Fanwei family once said that Liu Bei wanted to trade grain for horses, so my lord might as well agree to him and exchange some grain for the time being to solve the urgent need." Xun Yu thought about it. Speak your mind.

"Let's leave it at that for now. After this winter is over, I'll see what Yuan Shu can do." Cao Cao also let out a long sigh.The people around were also silent, and it was beyond everyone's expectation to be so embarrassed by this Yuan Shu.

At the same time, in Guangling City, "I have seen General Zhao!" Zhang Liao, Zang Ba and Wu Dun saluted Zhao Feng together. "Why do the three generals need to be so polite!" Zhao Feng hurriedly stepped forward to return the salute.Zhang Liao and others are not stupid, although Zhao Feng's current official position is only the prefect of Pengcheng, but Liu Bei's regard for him is obvious.In addition, Lu Su, who had gained power recently, was also strongly recommended by Zhao Feng, so even if Zhao Feng didn't intentionally form a clique for personal gain, anyone who knows him can see his importance in Xuzhou.He recruited himself and others to surrender, so he still has to hug this big tree tightly!

"Wen Yuan, how's the situation?" Just as he sat down, Zhao Feng first asked Zhang Liao. "It's not too bad. Our army has stood firm for more than a month. The original 5 defenders, plus the [-] reinforcements brought by General Wu Dun, still have nearly [-], and the loss exceeds [-]. As for Ji Ling's army, Although the loss was no less than [-], Yuan Shu ordered him to lead [-] troops from his younger brother Yuan Yin to support them, so there are many people now. Not only my Guangling, Yuan Yin also sent a partial division to attack Xiapi." Zhang Liao The current situation is described in detail.

"Good guy, Yuan Laoer really thinks highly of us. Suddenly, an army of 15 is overwhelmed, which is half of his net worth!" Zhao Feng also felt a little weird.Although I brought another 3 people, it is estimated that I can only defend the city now.

Early the next morning, Yuan Shu's army began to attack the city again.Zhao Feng and Zhang Liao went to the top of the city to command together. This was also the first time he faced Yuan Shu's army in a siege battle.Yuan Shu's army was poorly equipped, many soldiers were wearing leather armor, and some were even just a piece of coarse cloth.But it can be seen that they have received a little training, at least they didn't run away in a hurry when they saw blood.But what Zhao Feng saw from the faces of these people was numbness. That's right, it was the kind of numbness after completely losing confidence in life. They didn't care about their own life or death.

"Liuan people are not as good as rich dogs!" Zhao Feng sighed again, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba beside him, and Guan Ping who followed him were all silent.Wave after wave of Yuan Shujun rushed to the top of Guangling City, all kinds of ballistas, bows and arrows, oil tanks, rolling logs and stones were thrown down one after another, screaming one after another. Such scenes have been staged almost every day in the past month.

Another day passed, Guangling City still stood firm, and both sides also lost some troops. "Wen Yuan, do you think we can repeat the old trick and use a surprise soldier to detour and surprise Ji Ling's rear army?" Zhao Feng asked.

"I'm afraid not, General. Ji Ling is in charge of the army this time. He knows the art of war quite well, and he is not an incompetent person like Lei Bu. What's more, Ji Ling has no less than [-] troops. If he wants to surprise the army behind him, unless there are many Cavalry." Zhang Liao mused.

"Forget it!" Zhao Feng also sighed when he heard the words.Although Xuzhou now has nearly [-] horses, there are only eight or nine thousand cavalry that can go into battle.He blackmailed Lao Cao's horses before, and Zhao Yun is stepping up his cavalry training, so it's unrealistic to rely on them to kill the enemy.

It seems that they can only get through this winter first and stick to Guangling City.Zhao Feng looked at the blood-stained top of the city under the setting sun, but in his heart he was planning to wait for the old Cao to attack Yuan Shu in the spring of next year, what should he do?Is it to win Shouchun, or what?It's a bit of a headache to think about it. Now that the history has been messed up by myself, it's hard to say what the next trend will be. We can only do our best according to the situation. After all, the traveler is not a fairy.

Regardless of Zhao Feng's hesitation, the atmosphere in Yuan Shujun's camp under the city was a bit strange. "General Ji, it seems that Zhang Liao has come to reinforce the army recently. The number of soldiers on the top of the city is good!" General Qiao Mao said to a yellow-faced man in his thirties while bandaging the wound. He was the number one general under Yuan Shu's command. , Ji Ling.

"Brother Qiao is right. I just got the news that Zhao Feng led an army of [-] to reinforce Guangling." Ji Ling sighed.

"Hey, our army has suffered a lot of casualties in this month's forceful attack. If this continues, even if we can take down Guangling, it will be a heavy loss!" Qiao Mao sighed.

"Who says it's not!" Ji Ling felt helpless.In fact, he disapproved of Yuan Shu's hasty proclaiming himself emperor, and even more disapproved of such a large force attacking Xuzhou.But the matter has come to this point, if you don't fight, you have to fight.

"Haha, the two generals are so excited!" A harsh voice came from outside the tent.Both Ji Ling and Qiao Mao frowned indifferently, but they saw a general walking in with a few followers. "Is General Yuan okay?" Ji Ling asked lightly.This person is Yuan Shu's younger brother Yuan Yin, who has always used his status as the eldest brother to show off in front of Ji Ling and the others, and Ji Ling is also very disrespectful to him.

"It's nothing, but General Ji, you have been attacking Guangling City for more than a month, why can't you take it?" Yuan Yin asked with a smile.

"The defenders' bows and crossbows are sharp, and we can't resist them!" Ji Lingzheng explained a few words, and Yuan Yin said impatiently, "I think it's because General Ji is not good at martial arts. General Ji is known as the No.1 general in Huainan, but he can't defeat him." That Zhang Liao, you must know that he is just a former general of Lu Bu!" Yuan Yin looked at Ji Ling with a mocking face after finishing speaking.

"This..." Ji Ling suddenly found that he had nothing to say. After all, it was obvious to all that he lost to Zhang Liao in a one-on-one match. It was Qiao Mao who was on the side and said: "Since General Yuan said such words, I must be able to cut that Liao under the horse, and finally wait for General Yuan to win the flag!"

"Huh?" When Yuan Yin heard that there was something in Qiao Mao's words, he was immediately irritated. "Wait for me to fight tomorrow and kill that Zhang Liao!" After leaving this sentence, Yuan Yin took people away.

"Brother Qiao, why are you doing this?" Ji Ling was a little stunned. "General Ji, let this guy go to die, so we can save peace." Qiao Mao laughed.

If Yuan Yin is really dead, will Yuan Shu let him go?Ji Ling was flustered in his heart, and in the end he didn't come up with an idea, so he had to wait and see what happened tomorrow, and play by ear.

(End of this chapter)