"What's going on?" Meng Shu saw that his soldiers were in full swing, and his head suddenly became bigger. Before he could deal with it, he saw a group of men and horses rushing towards his camp on the opposite side, but the leader was E Huan. Seeing Meng Huo, E Huan led a team of people to immediately surround him and scuffle. Meng Shu was unarmed, and these people didn't seem to want to hurt him for a while, so the two sides just punched and kicked him. Although Meng Huo's martial arts are good, how can he defeat this group of people who are outnumbered? Before much happened, it was already a rush.

Not to mention that Meng Shu was in a hurry at this time, Zhao Feng, who was on the other side of the Yuanjiang River, suddenly saw the barbarian army camp burning everywhere, killing the sky in the dark, but he was also a little surprised. Based on his understanding of these barbarians, it is estimated that he will provoke it first tonight, and then reprimand E Huan on the battlefield when he is free, so that he will have no shame to fight with him, and it will be difficult to deal with Meng Huo when he goes back, so Gao Ding will definitely turn against Meng Huo. And according to the experience in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Meng won these allies, like Yang Feng's generation, his character is not very good, as long as they give them a little benefit, it is common for these people to tie him up and ask for credit. It's just that he didn't expect that Gao Ding and Meng Huo had a deep grudge, and it was unfortunate that Meng Huo was urging them to march again, but the effect of his counter-plot was unexpectedly good.

"General, the barbarian army is in a scuffle, and we want to take the opportunity to fight with it?" In the middle of the night, the firelight on the opposite side was too obvious, and Chen Zhi and the others were also awakened one after another, and immediately came to ask for battle. "Don't be busy, now that the barbarian army is in a civil war, it's hard for our army to intervene even if it's killed, and it's even more difficult to get close to the camp, let's wait and see." Zhao Feng thought about it and didn't want to take too much risk. Chen Zhi and the others heard what they said, but in order to prevent accidents, they still asked the sergeants to be prepared and on standby at any time.

"Yang Feng, Gao Ding, what do you mean?" After dawn, Meng Yu found that it was Yang Feng and Gao Ding who raided his camp overnight, and he had been defeated by E Huan and his people.

"Hmph, Meng Shu, if you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! Brother Yang, tie him up and give it to General Zhao! Gao Ding saw that Meng Shu was still struggling, and snorted coldly at the moment. Meng Shu was in a hurry, scolding while struggling: "You two dog thieves, do you know that our barbarian department is already in danger. Yan Yan Lao'er took advantage of our absence to lead the army to attack our camp, and many brothers and sisters have died at his hands. You are still killing each other, is it true that our southern and central barbarian tribes are about to become extinct? ”

"What?" Gao Ding and Yang Feng were taken aback when they heard this, and hurriedly asked Meng for clues. E Huan's eyes were sharp, and he saw that Meng Yu had a piece of animal skin stuffed in his cuffs, and hurriedly took it to see that it was Meng You's letter of request for help written by Meng You to his brother, and Yang Gao and the others looked at each other for a moment. You must know that Yan Yan is not so good at talking as Zhao Feng, if he is allowed to break through the lair, then everything will be over.

After a while, Yang Feng relieved himself and said, "Yan Yan is coming, and I will return to the army." As for this Meng Shu, it will be handed over to General Zhao. Send another eloquent person to meet General Zhao, and it would be best to persuade him to agree to our relocation to Jingnan. In this way, even if you can't gain a foothold in your hometown, you can also follow Shamoke and live in Jingnan. ”

"What Brother Yang said is very true, don't bother the two masters with anything, let's let your subordinates go again!" Gao Ding couldn't come up with any good ideas for a while, so the two hurriedly tied up Meng Huo, and then sent Fei Nan to lead people across the river to send him to Zhao Feng. He packed up the remnants of his own house and Meng Shu, but there were still 60,000 or 70,000 people, and he hurriedly returned to the south of the army overnight after a little rectification.

"I see." In the Jingzhou military camp, Zhao Feng listened to the difficulty of explaining the reason in detail, and he suddenly realized. However, it seems that Gao Ding and Yang Feng are not having a good time at the moment, even if Meng Shu is not there, they will have to face the aggressive Yan Yan externally, and there are also Meng You and other Meng Huo's clansmen internally, I am afraid that they will be overwhelmed.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng looked at the Nanban King in front of him who was tied together. In history, Zhuge Liang arrested him again and again and let him go, in order to make the southern and central departments completely convinced and no longer rebel, so as to ensure that there would be no stubble in the rear during his Northern Expedition. However, it seems that the situation is not quite the same now, the various departments in Nanzhong are already a little chaotic, and if Meng Huo dies, it will be even more chaotic. However, Zhao Feng felt that it was better to be chaotic, only by waiting for these unruly ethnic minorities to mess up and bite the dogs into chaos, so that they could have a chance to better subdue them. Let's say irresponsible again, no matter how messy Nanzhong is now, it's about his own affairs.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also made up his mind, looked at Meng Shu and shouted: "Come on, and I'm going to cut it out!" Meng was shocked when he heard this, looked up at Zhao Feng, and before he could say anything, he had been pushed out of the tent by several Zhao Feng's personal soldiers, only to hear a series of shouts and scolding gradually moving away, and finally there was no sound. Suddenly, Niu Jin came in with a wooden plate, on which was Meng Shu's head. Zhao Feng ordered someone to apply lime for embalming, sent someone to Liu Bei on the front line, and ordered Fei Nan to go together, and Liu Bei decided the matter of Yang Gao and the others.

In this way, Meng Shu, the Southern Barbarian King who had been powerful in Nanzhong for decades in history, just because he sent troops on impulse, and met Zhao Feng, who didn't pay much attention to benevolence, righteousness and morality, sent his surname to his life in a bit of a daze.

Not to mention that Fei Nan rushed to Qian County to meet Liu Bei, and at the same time, the tiger prison was closed, and Cao Ying's Henan Yin Manzhong sat on the ground with a dusty face, ignoring the dead corpses everywhere around him. Soldiers passed by in twos and threes, clearing the corpses and rubble.

This is already the tenth day of Yuan Tan's attack on the Tiger Prison Pass, since Yuan Tan sent troops to Sizhou a month ago, under the combination of Zhang Jaw and Fu Zhu, plus Yuan Tan himself, the Hebei army has captured Hanoi County, and is now stepping up the attack on Henan County, and at the same time dividing troops to take Hedong and Hongnong two counties. As long as the Tiger Prison Pass is broken and Luoyang is taken, the connection between Bingzhou and Cao Yingyanzhou will be completely severed.

Cao Ying Sizhou originally had only 50,000 horses, and Cao Hong went to attack Jingzhou and took away 30,000, and the remaining 20,000 people guarded the entire Sizhou. Rao is like this, after more than ten fierce battles, the Confucian general who was born in the literati is already exhausted and unsustainable. The defenders of Tiger Prison Pass suffered heavy casualties and could fall at any time.

"My lord, water." A lieutenant on the side handed a water bag to Man Chong, who took it and poured it a few times, let out a long breath or asked: "Captain Li, how many soldiers are there in the pass?" ”

"Just counted, there are only more than 4,000 left." The man hesitated to say the result. Hearing this, Manzhong's face suddenly twitched, and Captain Li was even more shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, can we still hold it, will reinforcements come?" ”

"I will hold it, I have already sent someone to send a letter to General Cao Hong, they should be there in the next day or two!" Although Man Chong had no bottom in his heart, he still had to remain calm in front of the soldiers, but Captain Li didn't say much when he heard it. Boredom looked at the full moon in the sky, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Captain Li, "What is today?" ”

"Today is July 20, so there's nothing to say." Captain Li replied stunned. When Man Pet heard this, he quickly got up, and then rode back to the mansion, Captain Li didn't know what to do, but he quickly followed.

Back in the palace, Man Chong hurriedly picked up a small wooden box with a seal on the table, and quickly pulled out a dagger to pry it open, but saw that it was a silk book inside. Rao is full of favor has always been calm, and the hand that picked up the silk book was also a little trembling, and he prayed silently in his heart: Lord, you let me open it again on July 20 to watch, I hope that there is any clever plan in this to save the crisis of the Tiger Prison.

Unfolded the silk book and looked at it, and the expression of the full pet suddenly relaxed. "My lord, are there any reinforcements arriving?" Captain Li saw that Manzhong's expression suddenly improved, and he also asked with great anticipation in his heart.

"That's right, that's right, it's not just reinforcements. Captain Li, tell the brothers that we can have a holiday tomorrow! Full of pets excitedly and incoherently spoken. At this time, in the camp of Yuan Tan's army, Yuan Tan was discussing the siege of the city with Guo Tu and Fu Zhu.

"Today, the defenders of Tiger Prison Pass are tired, and their number has been significantly reduced, and it will take two days at most to take this pass. Once the Tiger Prison Pass is taken, Sizhou will be owned by me. Frustrated pointed to the map, a little excited.

"That's great!" Yuan Tan was also elated, but he didn't expect that his first time sending troops was much smoother than his father, and he was already about to capture the next state in a blink of an eye. Although this is due to the lack of military strength in Cao Ying's two-front battle, it is indeed not easy to win so smoothly. Yuan Tan was excited, and Guo Tu was also playing on the side, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while.

"My lord, General Frustrated Hu has an urgent report." At this moment, the sentry outside the door suddenly came to report, Yuan Tan and the others were shocked when they heard this, and the frustrated Hu was ordered to be stationed in Yecheng to supervise the grain and grass, how could he suddenly come here, and hurriedly ordered him to come in and speak.

"Lord!" As soon as the frustrated Hu entered the tent, he immediately knelt on the ground and wept bitterly. "General Frustrated, why are you so sad?" Yuan Tan saw that his clothes and armor were messy and covered in blood, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition, and asked in a trembling voice at the moment.

"Lord, Yecheng is lost!" Frustrated Hu looked at Yuan Tan and his father, gritted his teeth and said these six words, followed by another cry.

"What? Yecheng lost? "Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and the others looked at each other." There are 30,000 defenders in Yecheng, how can they lose it? Cao Ying and Uncle Liu Huang are facing off on the front line, how can they be in Yecheng? Guo Tu asked a little angrily.

Hearing this, Frustrated Hu looked at the three of them, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "It's the third prince, it was the third prince who took advantage of Huiye City to extract grain and grass, opened the city gate by fraud, and Cao Ying's army entered in one fell swoop." Our army hastily encountered the enemy and fought fiercely all night, and finally was outnumbered and Yecheng was lost! ”

"What, Third Prince?" Fu Zhu was shocked when he heard this, but at this moment, he heard Guo Tu exclaim, and when he looked back, he saw Yuan Tan vomiting a mouthful of blood and falling, and everyone hurriedly helped him to the side and lay down. After a while, Yuan Tan woke up and looked at Guo Tu and Fuzhi, Yuan Tan gritted his teeth and said, "I intend to return to the army immediately to recapture Yecheng." ”

"Lord, Cao Ying must be prepared, and he will definitely fall into the plan when he returns to the army in a hurry! At present, Luoyang is close at hand, and Cao Ying's defenders are empty, so it is better to capture Luoyang first, and then capture Yongzhou, so that Uncle Liu Huang can be connected, and Cao Ying will also have to retreat to Henan to fight a decisive battle with us. Frustrated admonishment.

"Yecheng is my Yuan family's foundation, how can I ignore it? Yuan Xianfu, you unscrupulous descendant, I will kill you with my own hands to comfort my father's spirit in the sky! Yuan Tan gritted his teeth and said, so he didn't listen to the words of frustration, and reorganized the army and horses to return to the army to fight again.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, in the autumn of 203 AD. Cao Ying raised a six-way army to attack Liu Bei, but secretly mobilized soldiers and Dongjun. Taking advantage of Yuan Shang's dissatisfaction with Yuan Tan, he ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead the army from Qingzhou, where he was stationed, to Jizhou, and even the counties of Leling, Qinghe, and Yangping, and had reached Yecheng. After hearing the news, Yuan Tan did not listen to the words of Frustration and Zhang Jaw, and the whole army of more than 100,000 prepared to return to Xiahou Yuan, in order to recapture Yecheng.

(To be continued)