Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 90
"My lord, does this Xu Gong still have such ability?" Zhao Feng briefly read the letter, which was written to Liu Bei by the prefect of Wu County, Xu Gong.He claimed that he had assembled more than a thousand dead soldiers and could act as Liu Bei's internal response at any time. As long as Liu Bei came to attack Wu County, he could find an opportunity to open the city gate to support the Xuzhou army.

Before Sun Fu told Zhao Feng that Xu Gong's old troops had basically been sent to Lujiang by Sun Quan to accompany him to die, only because Sun Fu surrendered these people saved their lives.Zhao Feng reckoned that Xu Gong should have been taken out of the way long ago, but he didn't expect that this fellow could entangle thousands of people.If he knew that he still had this energy, Zhao Feng would have directly sent troops to Wu County.

"Xu Taishou said that there are still a few people in Wujun who are dissatisfied with Sun Quan, and there are more than a thousand guards and soldiers in their families. Therefore, as long as they have the opportunity, they are willing to help our army take Wujun." Waiting for Lu Both Su and Pang Tong had read the letter, and then Liu Bei told them more about the situation.

"So that's how it is!" Zhao Feng, Lu Su and the others were stunned, and then Zhao Feng also sighed: The power of the aristocratic and powerful families in Jiangdong is really amazing, just a few families can pull out hundreds of family servants, and a few people join forces You can give your grandson the power.Even if Jiangdong is captured in the future, I am afraid it will take time to stabilize it.Of course, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are different.Not to mention that his political skills are much more sophisticated than Sun Quan's, but Liu Bei's capital is also much stronger than Sun Quan's.With the strength of the two states he currently has in hand, it is more than enough to level the aristocratic families in Jiangdong.

"Sun Ce used tough methods to stabilize Jiangdong in the past, after all, it was hard to win the hearts of the people." Lu Su also shook his head after reading the silk script.Pang Tong thought more directly, and immediately asked directly: "My lord, is this Xu Gong reliable?"

"From the previous point of view, it should be relatively reliable." Liu Bei thought for a while and said, at this time Zhao Feng told them the situation that Sun Fu had disclosed to him at the beginning, and after everyone's comprehensive analysis, they felt that it should indeed be relatively reliable. "Since that is the case, my lord, it is not too late. I will send troops to besiege Wu County as soon as possible. If we can capture Sun Quan alive, we will get twice the result with half the effort!" Pang Tong has sharp eyes at this time, and hastily remonstrated.

"I think so too!" Seeing that Lu Su and Zhao Feng both nodded in agreement, Liu Bei decided to attack Wu County first.After some discussion, everyone agreed that Zhang Liao would lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Danyang, Liu Bei and the others would lead an army of [-] troops to send to Wu County, and at the same time ordered Li Tong to lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Wancheng to guard against Tai Shici in Poyang.Although the latter only had [-] defenders, Zhao Feng was afraid that if he also attacked Gan Ning's Baiqi Kicking Battalion, it wouldn't be fun.

"Has Liu Bei personally led the army to our Wu County?" Sun Quan stared at Tan Ma who had just returned, and asked emphatically every word.The gnashing of teeth in the voice made people shudder.

"Exactly!" The Tan Ma was already trembling all over, and could barely utter these two words.Sun Quan's expression became extremely solemn when he heard the words, and all the civil and military personnel in the hall were also silent.Even Pan Zhang, who has always been fearless, failed to say any more encouraging words.

"Send an order to guard the four gates and wait for the reinforcements. At the same time, tell Gongjin in Yuzhang to defeat the Jingzhou army as soon as possible and then attack from inside and outside." In the end, Sun Quan was the first to react and quickly issued these two orders.Everyone knew that although Wu County had enough soldiers and food, they didn't expect Danyang to fall so soon, so there were not many generals in the city, and the main generals were basically still serving orders under Zhou Yu's tent in Yuzhang.Now the generals that Sun Quan can hold, apart from Pan Zhang and Zhu Ran, are Quan Ruan and Quan Zong, father and son, and then there are only two swords like Ma Zhong.Even though Sun Quan didn't have much combat experience, he knew that relying on these few people to fight Liu Bei was really unrealistic.

There was nothing to say along the way, Danyang is not far from Wujun, Liu Bei's army only took less than two days to reach Wujun, along the way to Lingyang, Fuchun counties all fell upon hearing the news. "What a dangerous city, not weaker than my Xuzhou City!" This afternoon when the army finally arrived in Wu County, Liu Bei couldn't help sighing after looking at the dangerous city wall.

"My lord, don't worry, I have ordered the artisans accompanying the army to use the winter to build more than a hundred trebuchets. Since the battle of Jiangdong, they haven't made any profit yet. Let Sun Quan's eyes open today!" Zhao Feng laughed.Liu Bei also had some expectations when he heard the words. Although he had never seen a trebuchet, he absolutely trusted Zhao Feng's vision in mechanism design.The previous ballista had already amazed him, but the current trebuchet seemed to be even better.

As it was getting late, the Xuzhou army did not attack the city immediately, but set up camp and prepared to call the battle again the next day. "How can this Jiangdong county be so vast? This Wu County alone, together with Danyang, is almost as big as our Xuzhou!" When accompanying Zhao Feng to tour the camp that night, Xu Sheng suddenly said with emotion.

"Wen Xiang, you don't know, this Jiangdong is famous for its vast land and few people. To the south, Kuaiji, a county, will soon catch up with our Xuzhou. But you see, although the land is big, there are few people." Zhao Feng laughed road.I don't know why the area division of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty is so different. The combined area of ​​Yangzhou and Jingzhou can almost equal the sum of all the northern states and counties.Of course, the opposite is that the population distribution is very uneven. Jingzhou is not bad, and the area of ​​Yangzhou is four or five times that of Xuzhou, but the population is only more than half of Xuzhou.Moreover, the land here is fertile and the economy is developed. It's not that they can't afford to support people. What's more, there are internal affairs talents like Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong in history. Why hasn't the population increased much?After Zhao Feng thought about it, [-]% of the time it was because the aristocratic families here were too powerful and the land annexation was serious, so they failed to attract people to come, and they would rather gather in this small place of Yuzhou.

"A tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger!" Zhao Feng could only explain in this way, and he didn't know how to solve this problem in the future.Even if it cannot be completely resolved, at least it should be eased a little bit.

"How's the situation? Is there any movement nearby?" Just as a scout came back to inquire about the news, Zhao Feng simply stopped him and asked about the situation.

"Back to the general, the defenders just closed the city gates tightly, and there is nothing abnormal in the radius of more than a hundred miles." The scout panted slightly, but still replied quickly.

"Understood. In addition, inspections of rivers and rivers should be strengthened. The Jiangdong water army is sharp, and they are very likely to come out of the water by surprise." Zhao Feng suddenly remembered something, and hastily ordered another sentence.

"The villain understands!" The scout was also shocked when he heard the words, and then hurried down to prepare not to mention it.After Zhao Feng and Xu Sheng toured the camp together, they didn't find anything unusual, so they returned to the camp separately. However, before going back, Zhao Feng went to Liu Bei's camp to report the situation.

"My lord, I read it just now. The Jiangdong army is heavily guarded tonight. I think the prefect Xu will not be able to spare time. From tomorrow onwards, we will intensify our attack and relax when the defenders are exhausted. We should take advantage of it." Zhao Feng said so.

"Indeed!" Liu Bei was also a battle-tested man, and he didn't expect that Xu Gong could easily win Wu County.Then Liu Bei laughed again: "Bo Tao, just now I met your personal guard Hao Zhao, but I think he is a general. I heard that he sneaked into Danyang City by himself and deceived Sun Yi and Gu Yong?"

"That's right!" Zhao Feng wasn't very surprised either, Liu Bei's eyes on people were still very accurate. "I wanted to settle down before assigning him a new official position. Now that my lord is interested in him, I'll ask my lord to make a decision!"

"Hehe, he is Bo Tao's man. Right now, his official position is no more than a military lord. You can promote yourself." Then Liu Bei also sighed: "Back then Bo Tao asked me to build Xuzhou College, but I didn't pay much attention to it. At present, only two This year’s students have achieved great results. Hao Zhao, Fu Tong, and Zhang Nan are all budding talents, and they will surely become generals in time; Jiang Gongyan is even more praised by Gongyou. I have decided that after this group of students graduate this year, I will send more people to Jiangdong experience."

"That's great!" Zhao Feng nodded in agreement when he heard the words.In this way, at least temporarily, the influence of the aristocratic family in Jiangdong can be weakened from the grassroots.As for how to deal with it in the future, let's wait for it to settle down completely.Then Liu Bei and him chatted about some other things, Zhao Feng also left and went back to the camp, after all, he had to attack the city tomorrow.

It was the night when Xuzhou's army was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. It seemed that the guard was loose, but in fact, it was longing for the Jiangdong army in the city to come and steal the camp.However, Sun Quan was obviously determined to defend to the death, and there was no movement this night.

Since you are determined to be a coward, I can only smash your bastard shell.Before dawn the next morning, more than a hundred trebuchets had been transported to the foot of Wujun City about [-] paces away from the city, and then began to assemble and debug.As for the stones, people were sent to collect them nearby last night.

"Ziheng, what are they doing?" On the top of the Wujun city, after learning that the Xuzhou army did not attack the city directly, Sun Quan also went up to the top of the city to see the situation, but saw the Xuzhou army solemnly building one after another. With doubts in his heart, he had no choice but to ask Quan Zong, who was most familiar with the military around him.

"My lord, the last general has been on the battlefield for a long time, but he has never seen such a situation!" Quan Zong couldn't explain why.Compared with the confused people of Soochow on the top of the city, the people of Xuzhou below the city are not so calm.Since the trebuchet was highly classified, only generals like Zhao Feng who had seen the experiment before knew its power, and the rest of the ordinary soldiers, even Liu Bei who had just arrived, and Huang Zhong and Pang Tong who had come to join him had never seen it.Except for Liu Bei who was able to remain calm, everyone looked at them curiously, and at the same time started whispering questions to each other, but unfortunately, no one could answer them.

"General, the assembly and loading have been completed, and it is ready to launch!" At this moment, a military marquis in charge of the trebuchet came to report to Zhao Feng.After getting Liu Bei's approval, Zhao Feng also turned around to face the defenders in Wujun City with some high spirits, waved his right hand and shouted: "Let go!"

The sound of "dang, clang, clang" was heard continuously, and then more than a hundred stones weighing about a hundred catties were thrown up one after another, and flew towards the head of Wujun city under the dumbfounded eyes of the Soochow defenders.

(End of this chapter)