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At this time, the defenders in Gaomi and Han Lie did not know, on the day that Zong Ping sent Han Lie's letterhead to the Yingling Governance Office, Kong Rong received a secret report and learned that the Taishan group was preparing to attack Zhuxu County, in order to ensure Zhu Xu's safety, Kong Rong immediately sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to help Zhu Xu.

However, on the night of the day he sent reinforcements, Taishankou's 20,000-strong army suddenly slaughtered under Yingling City, surrounded the huge Yingling City, and sent a letter asking Kong Rong to deliver 100,000 stone of grain for military use.

Some of them even have official positions, such as the leader of the Zang Ba, who once followed the Xuzhou assassin Shi Tao Qian to crusade against the Yellow Turban, and was regarded by Tao Qian as a cavalry captain, so that his troops were stationed in Langya Kaiyang to guard against the Yellow Turban rebels in Qingzhou.

Since then, Zang Ba has formed an alliance with Taishan local heroes Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, and Chang Xuan, and the power spans Langya, Taishan, and Donghai several counties, Zang Ba Tun soldiers Kaiyang, Sun Guan and Sun Kang brothers occupy Dongping under the rule of Taishan County, Wu Duntun soldiers Xintai, Chang Feng occupy Junan in the East China Sea, Yin Litun soldiers Wuyang, five people communicate with each other, and each cantonment soldier varies from 10,000 people.

Taishan Kou has its own territory, but also engaged in business management, and is not easy to rob the local people, and even in their own territory to maintain law and order, reduce taxes, so that these outsiders see the power of thieves, and their local reputation is far more popular than the rotten imperial court, plus they are strong and strong, Zang Ba Sun Guan is not to mention all martial arts, but also proficient in the art of war, counties near and far dare not be invincible, even the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, do not dare to easily provoke Taishan Kou.

The reason why they are called Mount Tai by people near and far is because although they do not rob the people in their own territory, they often plunder the people of the surrounding counties, so that the East China Sea, Mount Tai, Langya, and Beihai are often harassed, and even the farther Qi counties will be plundered by him.

Now it is the end of the autumn harvest, in order to reserve the grain and grass for the winter, the activities of the Taishan group are also the most rampant time of the year, now the land of Qingzhou is looted by the Yellow Turban Army, and the place where you can borrow food is only the two counties of Beihai Donglai, and Beihai Donglai is actually in the hands of Kong Rong, so Taishan Kou is very clear that if you want to borrow food, you can only start with Kong Rong, the prime minister.

In the face of the siege of tens of thousands of Taishan Kou, only 5,000 soldiers and horses defended the city, Kong Rong, but did not show too panic, after all, Yingling City is high and deep, if the enemy really wants to attack the city, it is not an easy thing, but Kong Rong does not want to fight with Taishan Kou, after all, Taishan Kou is strong, once the two families are too deep, it will be difficult to have peace in the Beihai in the future.

In order to solve the problem of Taishan Kou, Kong Rong immediately held a meeting in the shogunate, for Kong Rong's opinion, the officials of the shogunate also expressed their support, and gave a bottom line, that is, the bottom line is to lend Taishan Kou 30,000 stone grain and grass, although it is borrowed, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that this is blackmail, once lent out, there is no repayment.

But in order to cover up the shame, naturally it is not borrowed, after some discussion, Kong Rong decided to send the lord Bo Wang Xiu out of the city to negotiate, this back and forth in the past three days, but the negotiation is a little unnegotiable.

Sun Guan, one of the leaders of Taishan Kou under the city, had a very resolute attitude, and he couldn't do it with 80,000 stone of grain, and threatened to give another three days, if they couldn't see the food, they wouldn't be polite.

"What about adults?" When Wang Xiu brought back Sun Guan's final opinion, Kong Rong groaned, looked back and said: "General Wu has been to Zhuxu for three days, since Zhuxu has nothing to do, why don't you see the turnaround?" ”

"Report!" At this moment, the subordinate governor ran in and said, "Lord Hui, there is a sentry outside the city, it is the personal soldier under the account of General Wu, and there is a letterhead presented. ”

"Wait, there are many bandits outside the city, how did he get to the city?" Liu Xun asked.

"It was the thieves who sent to escort him to the gates." The Governor replied hesitantly.

"It's not good, I'm afraid that Zhuxu County will also encounter a siege by the thief army." Lord Bo Wang Xiu's face changed, and at this time Kong Rong opened the letter and looked at it, and the letterhead really wrote that Zhu Xu was besieged by an army of 20,000, and the enemy army asked for 100,000 stones of grain and grass.

Kong Rong, who was originally quite calm, will finally be in a hurry, if Zhu Xuan is broken, then all the grain harvested in the southern counties this year will fall, not to mention, Yingling City will also face the siege of 40,000 thieves.

Although Beihai City is high and deep, if he faces an army of 40,000 attacking the city, only 5,000 soldiers and horses, and no reinforcements, he really does not have the slightest confidence that he will be able to hold the city without losing.

"My lord, 100,000 people in Yingling, once the city is broken, it will inevitably suffer, so it is better to give grain and grass to those thieves." Engaged in Liu Xun's frightened face.

"What do you think?" Kong Rong saw that everyone was silent, and he actually had some intention in his heart, at the moment, he lacked a general to command the army, and there was no heavy army to defend the city, even if he wanted to defend the city, he couldn't do it at all.

"My lord, once we give food this time, the thieves will inevitably come back in the coming year, and in the long run, how can we afford it in Beihai? And what if they get food and don't leave, but eat our food and continue to attack the city? Gong Cao engaged in Sun Shao's deep rhetorical question, and then said: "Although there are many thieves, but I have 100,000 people in Beihai, as long as the adults give an order, the whole city is united, and it is not difficult to hold on to March, the enemy army must not have much food and grass from afar, and after a long time, how can they hold it?" ”

"Besides, there are still 5,000 men and horses in Gaomi to the north of us, I don't expect that in ten days, they will inevitably receive the news that the camp is besieged. In addition, if Shao Ruo remembers correctly, three days ago, Gaomi had a messenger to send a letter to the adult, if there is a volunteer soldier and horse in Jizhou to attach to the adult, right? The adults have been busy these days, so why don't you ignore this? ”

Sun Shao's words were reasonable, and the nervous mood of the officials in the shogunate also relaxed a little, and Kong Rong even took the case, saying: "It's not Changxu (Sun Shao's character Changxu) to remind me, I almost forgot about this matter, if Han Ziyang leads the troops to come, how can I be afraid of the thieves." ”

"Captain Zuo, you go and select ten strong men, break through the siege tonight, let them rush to Gaomi day and night, and inform Han Ziyang to come and relieve my siege of Beihai." Kong Rong didn't explain much, but commanded a big man wearing armor in the hall with great confidence.

"Whoa!" Captain Zuo happily replied.

It was night, ten elite horsemen rushed out of Yingling City, because the night was difficult to distinguish, although Taishan Kou all the garrison city would send messengers for help, but because there were no strong troops around Beihai, so Sun Guan and others did not care too much, just sent people to chase and kill for a while, and finally shot seven messengers, and still three were able to escape.

"General, three people escaped, what should I do?" The cavalry general in charge of the pursuit, Sun Tao, was the younger brother of Sun Guan, and he returned to the camp after chasing for most of the night.

"It's okay, there are no reinforcements near Beihai, Xiao Jian, the minister of Langxie County, he is afraid that our handsome man is afraid of death, and he doesn't dare to come if he gives him the courage to come, Tao Envoy Jun of Xuzhou, if he knows that it is our handsome's soldiers and horses besieging Beihai, at most he will come out to be a peacemaker, and now he will not fight with Dashuai, as for Qingzhou? Are there still soldiers and horses of the imperial court today? Sun Guan waved his hand and smiled, and said, "Gaomi has thousands of people, if they dare to come, they will take advantage of the solution." ”

The marshal in Sun Guan's mouth is the Zang Ba of Tun Bing Kaiyang, and now the four Kou Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, and Chang Feng all call themselves generals, respect Zang Ba as the marshal, and the five forces are one after another, each other is a horn, and indeed even Tao Qian, the assassin of Xuzhou, is also polite to them.

"Haha, the general is wise." Left and right all bow to the Tao.

Han Lie's army was stationed outside Gaomi City for five days, and at dawn on the sixth day, when Han Lie had just gotten up to organize the army and go out for exercise, Gaomi Guard's general Zong Ping led a team of cavalry to the gate of the camp to ask for a meeting.

The two sides met and exchanged pleasantries for a while, Zong Ping handed Kong Rong's letter to Han Lie, and said: "General Han's name, a certain name has been famous for a long time, and now Beihai is in danger, please ask the general to help." ”

Han Lie read Kong Rong's letter, and learned that Beihai was besieged by Taishan thieves, but his heart was relieved, as long as Kong Rong did not deliberately refuse his attachment, then he was relieved, as for the rescue, he promised with his mouth: "Please General Zong, rest assured, I will order all the soldiers and horses, and immediately send troops to the camp." ”