Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 296
Yu Wencheng fled all the way, hurriedly wading across the river.Most of the soldiers drowned in the water, Yu Wencheng crossed the river, went ashore and went straight to Fancheng.

"General, we have returned to Fancheng!" Guan Sheng said to Yu Wencheng who was sitting on the ground tired.

"Hou Cheng! Call to open the city gate quickly, and let Wei Xu welcome us into the city." Yu Wencheng looked at Fancheng in front of him, and ordered Hou Cheng to call for the gate.

"People in the city listen, the golden-winged general Yu Wencheng has returned to the city, and quickly opened the city gate to welcome the general to drive into the city, do you hear me?" Hou Cheng took the order, walked forward, and said proudly.

There was a sound of drums on the city, and the soldiers on the city stretched their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the city. One general appeared on the top of the city and shouted: "I have taken down Fancheng for a long time! I advise you to leave quickly. Take your life."

If it weren't for the fact that there were only five thousand soldiers in the city, Xia Houshang really wanted to go out of the city to fight Yu Wencheng, what a pity!I am not his opponent, otherwise, since he only has a few hundred cavalry, why should I be wary.

The crowd stared in surprise, it was a young general, but they didn't know him.But he was also worried that there would be an ambush in the city, not to mention that he was exhausted at this time, and Yu Wencheng had no choice but to vote for Xuchang starry night.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Ang and Zhuge Liang led a group of people to Fancheng, and Xia Houshang greeted them at the gate of the city.

"How is the harvest of this battle?" Cao Ang asked after entering the city.

"Return to my lord!" Cao Pi came out, clasped his fists and saluted, "In this battle, 5000 enemy troops were annihilated in Shekou, [-] horses were captured, tens of thousands of weapons were captured, and [-] enemy soldiers were captured."

"Good! Good! Good!" Cao Ang was overjoyed after hearing this, and called out three good words in succession.

"Report to my lord! 30 stones of grain and grass from the enemy army have been seized in Fancheng, money and other finances have been registered and compiled, please take a look at it, my lord." Xia Houshang came out, clasped his fists and handed a list to Cao Ang.

After Cao Ang saw it, he was overjoyed. With these, he, Cao Ang, could recruit troops again. How could this not make him happy, so he immediately ordered a celebration banquet to reward everyone.

The next day, Cao Ang discussed with Zhuge Liang and ordered Xia Houshang to lead a thousand troops to guard Fancheng.Cao Ang led the people back to Xinye.

In Xuchang City, in Tiance Mansion, Yu Wenchengdu, Guan Sheng, Hou Cheng and others tied themselves up, went to the door of the Council Hall, knelt outside the door and personally apologized!

The censer in the middle of the government hall was filled with green smoke. Li Song looked at Yu Wencheng who was kneeling outside waiting for others, and said to Xu Chu next to him, "How long have they been kneeling outside?"

"Back to Prime Minister! It's been half an hour!" Xu Chu said.

"Let them in! You should remember this lesson after kneeling for half an hour," Li Song said.

"Promise!" Xu Chu clasped his fists in a salute, hurried out of the council hall, came to Yu Wencheng and said, "The prime minister has an order! Let you enter for an audience!"

"Criminal general Yu Wencheng (Guan Sheng, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, Song Xian), pay homage to the prime minister!" Yu Wencheng and others followed Xu Chu into the room. The others hurriedly knelt down.

"I have someone tell you to act carefully! He Zhuge Liang is not a simple person." Li Song pointed at Yu Wencheng and said.

"Please punish the prime minister!" Yu Wencheng said, and it is useless to justify anything now!I'm afraid that the description will become darker, after all, I don't obey orders and act recklessly first.

"Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. It's nothing to lose some soldiers and horses, or lose a city. The most important thing is to be able to learn lessons and not to do the same thing again."

"This time, because you, Yu Wencheng, underestimated the enemy for a while, our army lost [-] soldiers and horses. If you are not dealt with, it will be difficult to convince the public."

"Come here! Push Yu Wencheng out of the Meridian Gate and behead him to show the public! Just to make an example!"

As soon as Li Song finished speaking, the personal guards stepped forward to arrest Yu Wencheng. Yu Wencheng was so ashamed that he gave up resisting, and was pulled up from the ground by the personal guards.

"Prime Minister! Wait a minute!" Liu Bowen came out and saluted with cupped hands.

"What! What's Bowen's opinion on my decision!" Li Song looked at Liu Bowen, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He actually didn't want to execute Yuwen Chengdu, after all, he was the hero he finally summoned.

"Prime Minister! General Yu Wencheng also made great contributions to the imperial court! Beheading an enemy just once, I'm afraid it will easily chill the hearts of the soldiers."

"What's more, now that the prime minister is going to go south, it's time to employ people! It's better to punish him lightly and let him take his crimes and make meritorious deeds!" Liu Bowen said.

"Bowen's words are right! This death penalty is inevitable! Live crime is inevitable! Push down and hit twenty military sticks, remove Yu Wencheng's title of general, and demote him to be a school lieutenant, and serve under Guan Sheng's tent." Li Song said.

"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Yu Wencheng thanked him, anyway, what's the point of being demoted to the school lieutenant alive, the personal guards dragged Yu Wencheng down and beat him, and Li Song ordered someone to untie Guan Sheng.

Li Song could see that this Yu Wencheng was a typical example of wanting face and suffering. When he was a general of Tianbao in the Sui Dynasty, he held a grudge because he was inferior to Li Yuanba in terms of force.

This is the character of a typical gentry child. He cannot tolerate people who are lower than him but stronger than him. What makes Yu Wencheng even more angry is that Li Yuanba is still a brat with brain problems. Cheng Du's face became even more unbearable.

"At first, I thought that if Yu Wencheng went out, he would definitely be able to catch it with his hands. Who would have thought that he would lose money if he failed to steal the chicken."

"Cao Ang is unscathed, and our army has lost a lot of soldiers and lost Fancheng. What do you think we should do now?" Li Song asked.

Now that Liu Biao's condition is getting worse, Li Song has been waiting for the opportunity to take down Jing Xiang. Who would have thought that this Cao Ang jumped out from nowhere and dangled in front of his eyes, which was really an eyesore.

"Prime Minister!" Su Dingfang came out, clasped his fists in a salute, and said, "I thought we should make plans early when Cao Ang's wings were not full, so as not to become a stumbling block for our army to annex the world and hinder the pace of the unification of the world."

His tone was full of contempt. Now out of the thirteen states in the Eastern Han Dynasty, eight states are in the hands of Li Song. Most of the elite states and counties are among them. They have been fighting all the year round, and there are always a group of arrogant soldiers under Li Song. Su Ding's convenience was one of them, so naturally he didn't take Cao Ang and the others too seriously.

Looking at Su Dingfang's expression, Li Song couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The past few years have been so smooth that many of his subordinates have become arrogant. Let them have a long memory.

"General Su is right! But don't underestimate the enemy! The lessons learned by Yuwen Chengdu are right in front of us." Xu Maogong said.

It is because of Yu Wencheng's underestimation of the enemy that the enemy has the opportunity to take advantage of it, and is defeated in the hands of the enemy one after another. After all, the soldiers are lost, and the city of Fancheng and 30 shi of food and grass are lost.

Cao Ang's strength has been greatly increased, but even if his strength has increased, he is still not Li Song's opponent. In the eyes of Li Song's gang of arrogant soldiers, he is still an ant.

(End of this chapter)