Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176 Why Wang Hou Died

"Yuan Shu had already abandoned the city when he heard that our army was coming, leaving Li Feng and other four generals with 3 people to defend the city, and failed to attack the city several times," Liu Bei said.

"The order is to attack the city from all sides, and the city must be captured as soon as possible." Cao Cao ordered.

Sending Liu Bei away, Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao: "My lord, Liu Bei is very ambitious, and he is good at attracting people's hearts. We can't keep him. Yang Feng has surrendered. Liu Bei killed Yang Feng without asking for instructions. We happened to have Get rid of him with an excuse!"

Cao Cao sighed softly, "I don't know. Our army is short of food and grass, and we need to capture Shouchun as soon as possible, otherwise this expedition will be futile, and he will need his efforts to attack the city. Killing him now is not good for our army. Moreover, this battle is over. We will move to Xuzhou, and Liu Bei will be needed to fight Lu Bu, so it is not easy to kill him now."

Xun You also said: "My lord is very worried. Killing Liu Bei at this time will also damage my lord's reputation and cause panic among the princes. They will not easily take refuge in my lord in the future. We should wait until the war stabilizes before making plans."

Cheng Yu let out a long sigh, thinking about it is also the same reason, although killing Liu Bei eliminates a hidden danger, the negative impact will be immeasurable, so we can only wait for another chance.

Cao Cao dismissed Cheng Yu and said: "Zhongde's thoughts are the same as mine, but it's not suitable to do it now. In addition, Liu Bei's second general is very brave. Zhongde should pay attention to see if he can be used for me." Cao Cao called Ren Jun over again. Asked: "How much food and grass does our army have?"

Ren Jun replied: "It can last for another 20 days."

Cao Cao frowned: "Why are there so few?"

"My lord, our army has always been short of food. In the past two years, there was a severe drought in Yanzhou, and there was no harvest. The battle with Lu Bu cost a lot. It is not easy to support the army with the income from farming in the past few years. This is the result of Xun Yu's planning and planning. " Ren Jun replied, "Liu Bei still emits a lot..."

"Hey, in this situation, how can we face Yuan Shao in the future? We will lose first before we fight." Cao Cao said worriedly.Liu Bei took Cao Cao's things as favors again.

"My lord, we must take Shouchun as soon as possible, otherwise we will face Yuan Shu's counterattack when our army runs out of supplies." Xun You said, "Can we take Shouchun in just 20 days?"

"For the current plan, let's borrow food." Cheng Yu said, "There is not enough food and grass, and the morale of the army is not stable. Why don't we borrow food from the princes."

"Borrow from whom? Who can borrow?" Cao Cao asked, "Yuan Shao? Liu Biao? Lu Bu?"

Cheng Yu smiled wryly: "Of course these people can't do it. Yuan Shao and Liu Biao will definitely not borrow them. We still have to attack Lu Bu, let alone let him know that our army is short of food, and if Lu Bu lends it to us, how can we attack again. Sun Cexin has acquired Jiangdong, so it is better to ask him to borrow it."

Xun You said, "How about borrowing from Guangling Zhoucang?"

"Guangling is a small land, so it is estimated that he will not have more food and grass there. When we attack Lu Bu, we still need Zhou Cang. It is not good to ask him all the time." Cao Cao pondered, "Let's borrow it from Sun Ce."

Cao Cao sent people to Jiangdong to borrow food from Sun Ce, and his side attacked Shouchun day and night.Yuan Shu set the capital at Shouchun, so he heightened and thickened the city walls to make them very strong. Li Feng and others who defended the city took strict precautions, and they could not attack the city for half a month. Cao Cao felt even more depressed.

Wang Hou, the warehouse manager, saw that the stored grain was getting less and less, and he was anxious.Instead of going to his boss Ren Jun, he asked Cao Cao directly.

"Lord Sikong, our army is about to run out of food and grass, so please send it from Xudu as soon as possible," Wang Hou said.

"Huh?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Hou, "How much food and grass does our army have?"

"Only enough for the army for five days."

"Who else knows besides you?" Cao Cao asked again.

"The lower officials only report to Lord Sikong, and no one in the army knows about it."

"Okay then. From tomorrow onwards, you will use Xiaohu to distribute military rations." Cao Cao said.

"Ah? How can it work? How can we use Xiaohu in wartime? If the soldiers don't get enough rations, they won't make trouble. Even so, they can last for ten days at most." Wang Hou said.

"You do this first, I have a reason, so don't make a fuss," Cao Cao said.

Wang Hou took the order to come out, Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at Wang Hou's back, sneering in his heart.Wang Hou used small dendrobium to distribute military rations, which really aroused dissatisfaction among the soldiers, and there were many discussions. All the generals in the army went to Ren Jun to reason.

Wang Hou came to Cao Cao again: "Lord Sikong, the soldiers in the army are very dissatisfied now, what should we do?"

Cao Cao said, "I would like to borrow something from you to reassure the army, may I?"

Wang Hou asked strangely: "Lord Sikong, I don't have any food here either."

"I'm not borrowing your food, but your head!"

Wang Hou was taken aback, what's going on?

Cao Cao yelled: "Wang Hou was greedy for ink's military rations privately, and used small dendrobium to distribute military rations. I found out that someone will push Wang Hou out and behead him for public display!"

"Ah, I am wronged by the lower officials!"

Wang Hou's head was hung high above the gate. The soldiers who were reassigned to rations gradually calmed down when they saw Wang Hou's head. The generals and soldiers of the battalions who were eating immediately received orders: "Wang Hou invaded The grain and grass were killed. Shouchun must be taken down within three days, otherwise the generals of the battalions will come to see them."

The anger that had just subsided immediately turned into blood, Wang Hou's head was hanging on the gate, and the generals of each battalion led their soldiers to attack the city desperately.Holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, Le Jin took the lead and climbed up the ladder.Yuan Shu's army in the city held on for half a month. Seeing that Cao Cao's attack had slowed down, he thought he could take a breather, but unexpectedly encountered a more violent attack.

Braving the arrows and rocks above his head, seeing Le Jin climb up the north gate first, the morale of Cao Jun was greatly boosted, and people continued to climb up the city wall. The more people gathered, the more people climbed up the city wall to cover them. After occupying the north gate, Le Jin opened the city gate to welcome the army into the city. When Li Feng heard that the north gate was occupied, he hurriedly led his troops to intercept it. Just as he met Zhang Xiu who had entered the city, Zhang Xiu shot Li Feng off his horse. Next, Yuan Jun abandoned his weapons and surrendered.

Liang Gang and Le, who guarded the south and east gates, heard that the north gate had been lost and Li Feng was killed. They led their men out of the city and went to Lujiang to join Liu Xun, and Shouchun City fell.

Cao Jun captured Shouchun in one day, and Cao Cao led the army into the city.When Cao Cao saw the palace built by Yuan Shu, he said, "Yuan Gonglu is crazy because he wants to be emperor." Inventory inventory; Liu Bei chased deserters around, and swept away the remnants around Shouchun.

Yu Jin returned quickly and recruited more than 1 soldiers.He also brought a general, Li Tong from Jiangxia, who had been active in Nanyang and Runan, and was well-known in the local area. He heard that Cao Cao was conquering Yuan Shu and recruited 5000 people to join him.Cao Cao was overjoyed after talking with Li Tong, and he was another rare general, so he immediately named Li Tong the captain of Nan'an.

(End of this chapter)