Chapter 426: Ransom
Zhang Xiang has always wanted to cooperate with the southern princes to besiege Cao Cao, but unfortunately these people are not on the road, after all, Zhang Xiang's ambition has been revealed, and the strategy of distant friendship and close attack is all left over from the Qin State. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
As a lesson from history, the southern princes naturally did not want to cooperate with Zhang Xiang, but unfortunately Zhang Xiang was a dead man, and others were unwilling to do it, so he just let people do it, and his attitude towards the southern princes was even more so.
Therefore, Zhang Xiang planned to tempt the southern princes to make a move, and the reason why the southern princes did not make a move was that Zhang Xiang and Cao Cao joined forces to go south to cause them heavy losses, and secondly, it was unprofitable.
The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and interests are something that no one can refuse, Zhang Xiang just needs to let Feng Ao leak the weaknesses of Cao Jun, and these southern princes will come one after another.
Especially Liu Bei, the current Liu Bei is more anxious than any prince, he can now be said to be surviving, don't look at Shixie's heavy losses this time, but he also has a place to stand.
But Liu Bei lost the place where the cone was established, in Zhuge Liang's plan, Yizhou was Liu Bei's place to stand on the cone, but unfortunately most of Yizhou had been taken away by Zhang Xiang, and the remaining territory was steep.
But there is nothing but the steepness, those places are all Guancheng, and the land is indeed fertile, but you can't always build fields on top of Guancheng! Even if Liu Bei can put down his body and go to Tuntian in Guancheng.
But there's no one either! Mintun is not good, so it can only be a military tun, but Liu Bei's army has entered Jingzhou, and it is absolutely impossible to divide the troops, Jingzhou can be described as the place of the four wars in the south.
There is no danger to defend, and naturally troops are needed to make up for it, so Liu Bei must open up a new territory, even if it is to pull out teeth in the tiger's mouth, Liu Bei only has two choices, or go south to Jiaozhou.
But once Liu Bei went south, he completely lost the opportunity to chase the Central Plains, which Liu Bei didn't want to see, so Liu Bei would not take this step unless he had to, although this step was relatively easy.
Liu Bei, who is easy to get, doesn't like it, so there is only one way to go, and that is to go north, the biggest fortified city in Jingzhou north is Wancheng, if it wasn't for bad luck, Liu Bei couldn't have lost Wancheng.
Wancheng is a city that Liu Bei personally guarded, and naturally knows that the danger of Wancheng is like an iron wall, comparable to Xiangyang City, and the reason why the southern princes can confront Cao Cao.
Thanks to the danger of Xiangyang, Liu Bei was more excited than anyone else about Wancheng, but Wancheng was the base camp of the Cao army in the south, Liu Bei had never dared to move lightly, and Zhang Xiang decided to give him a chance.
Helping him is helping himself, Liu Bei is powerful or Cao Cao is powerful, of course Zhang Xiang chooses Cao Cao, the size of the territory speaks for itself, and everything else is an excuse, as if Liu Bang is powerful or Xiang Yu is powerful.
Of course, Liu Bang is powerful, because in the end, Liu Bang survived, supporting weak opponents to fight strong opponents, Zhang Xiang still has this bit of open-mindedness, whether it is Liu Bei or Cao Cao.
They all have one thing in common, that is, they are suspicious, but Cao Cao's suspicion is more obvious, while Liu Bei's suspicion is hidden under his hypocritical appearance, which is even more obscure.
Therefore, Zhang Xiang did not let Feng Ao directly contact Liu Bang, which would only startle the snake, but let Feng Ao let the situation in the army go out, especially the contradiction between Li Qian, Li Quan's father and son, and the soldiers.
Zhang Xiang believes that in the end, Zhuge Liang will make a choice for Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang has never been less than a person who is willing to be ordinary, if he is willing to be ordinary, there should be no Longzhong to say about it.
With such an understanding of the general trend, these are not empty words, and they will not be able to tilt Shu Han in the future, can't Adou really be able to help him? It is unknown whether it was because of Zhuge Liang's existence that he could not be supported.
But at least for now, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei have the same idea, that is, to go north instead of south, and Zhang Xiang believes that Zhuge Liang will take advantage of the situation of Li Qian's father and son.
This does not mean that Cao Cao's vision is not good, but Cao Cao did not know that Li Gan had a son like Li Quan, and Li Gan's ability was enough to take on a big responsibility, but unfortunately due to the existence of Li Quan, there was a loophole in this ability.
The situation in the army is confidential, Feng Ao said drunk, naturally he had to receive military law, and in addition to the conflict between Feng Ao and Li Quan, he was beaten severely by Li Quan, and he couldn't stay for at least half a month.
This can be regarded as a bitter ploy, in order to get the support of Cao Jun's soldiers, Feng Ao naturally has to confront Li Quan, and naturally has to take the risk of offending Li Quan, which Feng Ao has long expected.
What Feng Ao didn't expect was that Zhang Xiang would find him, otherwise Feng Ao would not be willing to suffer this big loss, Feng Ao's ass had become a blur of flesh and blood, and the atmosphere in the army had become more subtle.
Zhuge Liang is naturally not the kind of person who listens to it, so he also checked it carefully, after all, Yangzhou used to be Liu Bei's place, and it was easy to inquire about some news.
Li Cheng is arrogant and acts in a high-profile manner, even if Feng Ao does not leak secrets, it is not difficult to investigate, Li Cheng often leaves the camp, which makes it very easy for Zhuge Liang to deal with a son.
Zhuge Liang has a lot of autonomy under Liu Bei, so this time Zhuge Liang decided to cut first and then play, if the thing fails, it will be treated as if it has not happened, and if it succeeds, it is not too late to say.
If Liu Bei knew and Zhuge Liang failed again, Liu Bei might not say anything? But Zhuge Liang would not pass his own level, so Zhuge Liang used the power of the Huang family.
The Huang family is a prominent family in Jingzhou, so the family also raised some private soldiers, Zhuge Liang sent these private soldiers out, and Li Cheng disappeared within a few days, and Li Gan didn't care at first.
thinks that Li Qian is greedy for fun, and he doesn't know where he went again, but his child broke Li Gancao's heart, but slowly Li Gan found out that something was wrong, and it was understandable that he didn't come back for a day.
If you don't come back for two days, it's not right if you don't come back for three days, Li Gan began to send a large army to look for it, and the scope is getting bigger and bigger, finding someone to garrison is two different things, one doesn't have to move and the other finds a broken leg.
A group of soldiers naturally knew which one was better, and at this time Feng Ao took the lead in opposing it, Feng Ao was also a general, and he was promoted by Cao Cao, and he still had a certain status in the army.
Li Qian only thought that Feng Ao had a grudge, so he would say this, after all, Li Quan had gone too far, Feng Ao was an iron-clad man, seven or eight days had passed, and he was still limping when he walked.
Li Gan did not delve into it, but asked Feng Ao to retreat, and as soon as Feng Ao came out, he was surrounded by a group of people, these people were all generals in the army, and they all knew what Feng Ao was doing?
Naturally, I want to ask what the situation is, it's nothing to go out to find someone to be tired, the most difficult thing is that there are scouts from the southern princes outside, and the people who have gone out in the past two days have often been attacked, and many people have died.
If it is a battle, these generals have no complaints at all, and there is a pension for death, Cao Cao has never been stingy at this point, but now it is not a battle to go out, and if he dies, he will die in vain.
I can't get a pension at all, looking for a son for Li Gan, everyone doesn't want to take this risk, "General Feng, what did the commander say?" “
Feng Ao pretended to be very angry, "What can I say, what should I do, didn't I get blasted out?" Luckily, I was recuperating from my injuries, otherwise my men would have been miserable. “
"We are all Cao Jun, General Feng don't care!" Feng Ao is their hope!
Feng Ao: "It's not that I don't help, I can't look down on it, otherwise I wouldn't have gone this way, everyone knows about the bad things that Li Chuan did, but the commander has always protected him, and the commander's heart of love for his son is not a day or two, of course Li Quan is in a hurry when he disappears, I have no way at all now, everyone ask for more blessings!" ”
Feng Ao just wanted to deepen some contradictions in the army and didn't think much about it, but Feng Ao's words led to another effect, that is, many generals and officials reported to Li Gan about his illness the next day.
It's normal to get sick, but it's not normal for so many generals to get sick together, and Li Gan can also see that he has committed public anger, and forcibly sending these people out will only cause a big mess.
Li Gan agreed to their request, and there were many people in the army who were not satisfied with Li Gan, but there were also many people who were close to Li Gan, and Li Gan did not want to make it difficult for others, after all, this was also a private matter.
Li Gan's private use of public equipment is already very unintentional, Li Gan also knows that this head cannot be opened, once it is opened, some people will follow suit, but Li Gan also has to be right, and many generals and officials will complain to Li Gan in the next few days.
Li Gan agreed one by one, Zhuge Liang saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers coming out of Wancheng, and he knew that the time was almost up, and Li Gan got a letter that night, someone shot into Wancheng from the outside.
The content of the letter was to ask for ransom, so Li Gan didn't read a word, he knew that everything written on the letter was nonsense, Li Cheng was a general in the army, and the ransom was coming to the army, and Li Gan had heard of this kind of thing for the first time.
Then it means that the person who wrote this letter must have a plan, it is very likely that the princes in the south, at this time, dare to provoke Cao Jun, only this group is not afraid of death, Cao Cao appointed Li Gan as the commander of the south.
It can be said that he has the greatest trust in Li Gan, not to mention that Cao Cao also reused Li Tong, which is a great grace for the Li family in Shanyang, and Li Gan certainly wants to focus on the overall situation.
But Li Qian had to be saved, Li Gan was a good father, so Li Gan picked up the letter with a trembling hand, which could show the complexity in Li Gan's heart.
The place where the ransom was paid was far away in Xinye County, which can now be said to be a place of three things, because it was right in the middle of Wancheng and Jingzhou, and neither Cao Cao nor Liu Bei wanted to occupy it.
A county town is tasteless, but it has to risk being attacked by a sneak attack, naturally no one wants to occupy it, this position is not very dangerous for Li Gan, in order to take care of the overall situation, Li Gan did not bring too many troops.
Just brought 3,000 cavalry, cavalry can't be used to defend the city, so it can't weaken the city defense force of Wancheng, Li Gan is relieved to leave like this, and Li Gan also asked Feng Ao to temporarily replace him in charge. (To be continued.) )