After several months of attack, it rained again and again, the city walls were already in danger, and Zhang Xi's reinforcements sent by Cao Ying were delayed, Hefei was too guarded by Yangzhou Mu Liu Fu had not slept for several days, looking at the only 5,000 soldiers in the city, Liu Fu did not know when the city would be broken, and he died in battle.

Just when Liu Fu was in a daze, Don't drive Jiang Ji to hurry over, and whispered in his ear: "Envoy, the city wall of Xicheng is about to collapse." ”

"What." Liu Fu exclaimed in surprise, hurriedly covered his mouth again, lowered his voice and said, "Is Zitong's words true? ”

"Envoy, this is what I have seen for myself, what should I do now?" Jiang Ji was also a little flustered in his heart, if the west wall collapsed, the wolf-like Wu army outside the city could attack Hefei overnight, and they had no other way but to die abroad.

"Alas! Haven't General Zhang Xi's reinforcements arrived yet? Liu Fu made the final plan, but unfortunately things didn't go as expected.

Jiang Ji replied: "General Zhang Xi's reinforcements have not yet arrived. ”

Looking at the spring rain that was getting heavier and heavier, Liu Fu also shed tears in his heart, and the figure of his young son and beloved wife appeared in his mind. Liu Fu finally made up his mind and said, "Zitong can gather the people, and we will repair the city wall with grass and palm leaves." ”

"Okay, envoy, I'll go and gather the people." Jiang Ji immediately took the order and left.

In less than half an hour, more than 1,000 people gathered on the west city wall, Liu Fu looked at the hungry people below, and shouted: "People, now Sun Ce rebels disobey the king's orders and lead the people to attack. You and the others could have stayed out of the matter, but Sun Ce was brutal and wanted to poison the people. A certain heart is uneasy, now the city wall is about to collapse, Sun thief is waiting for the opportunity, for the sake of the people and everyone, we must repair the city wall・・・・・" Liu Fu said more and more vernacular, and finally directly said that after resisting Sun Ce, the whole county will be exempt from tax for one year.

Under the instigation of Liu Fu's words, the people were all in high spirits repairing the city wall. And Jiang Ji, who was not driving on the side, saw that Liu Fu mobilized the people's positive surnames in just a few words, and finally understood why Cao Ying would let Liu Fu, a person who is not good at writing and martial arts, become the pastor of Yangzhou. Although Liu Fu is not very capable, he is a qualified architect, and he is a good official, and only a good official can mobilize the people of the city at a critical moment.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Liu Fu's heart was getting more and more anxious, and fortunately during the day, he could observe Sun Cejun's movements outside the city with a wide field of vision. And the sky will be dark, the Cao army in Hefei will not be able to grasp the dynamics of the Wu army, now the west of the city is full of people, if the Wu army from the west of the city to raid, Hefei will be dangerous.

Thinking of this, Liu Fu said to Jiang Ji: "Zitong, quickly transfer all the remaining lamp oil and torches from the treasury." Igniting a fire on the four cities, it must be possible to observe the dynamics of the Wu army. ”

"No!" Jiang Ji is a person who understands, and he knows the meaning of doing this, so he doesn't ask too much and goes straight to it.

After a night of sleep, with the efforts of the increasing number of people, the western wall was finally repaired. And Liu Fu and Jiang Ji were already falling at the foot of the women's wall without any image, their backs against the women's wall, and their eyelids were loving each other. At this time, the heavy rain poured down again, and the more cold rain came, washing away the two people who had not slept all night, bringing a little sobriety. Liu Fu finally struggled to stand up and said to Jiang Ji: "Zitong is not a way to go on like this. Zitong, you are wise and scheming, far above me, at this moment, please give advice to the Lord and the people of the city. After saying that, he bowed.

Jiang Ji hurriedly got up from the ground, helped Liu Fu up, and said, "The envoy has been relieved, wait for me to think about it." ”

After about a moment, Jiang Ji finally opened his eyes, with a glimmer of light in his eyes, and said: "The envoy and I can pretend that the 40,000 reinforcements have arrived in Yanlou, send the chief secretary to pretend to greet General Zhang Xi, and order the three guards to take the letter out of the city and pretend to sneak into the city." ”

Liu Fu still didn't understand when he heard this, and asked, "How can I withdraw from the army." ”

Jiang Ji couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Liu Fu is worthy of being just a good official who governs the people, and he doesn't know anything about strategy. Jiang Ji had no choice but to explain: "Envoy, send a few guards out of the city to pretend to be messengers, and when you return to the city, you will definitely be captured by Sun Ce, so that Sun Ce will think that our army's 40,000 reinforcements are coming." ”

After some explanation, Liu Fu finally understood. Liu Fu is not only a good official who loves the people, but also a good boss who cares about his subordinates. In the end, Jiang Ji selected three men with quite hard bones to go.

Outside the city of Hefei, in Sun Ce's big tent, the drizzle not only made the city wall of Hefei a little dangerous, but even Sun Ce's camp, and the grain in the granary of the army was a precursor to mold, which made Zhang Qiu and the chief bookkeeper turn gray. Bu Qi said: "Lord, now the grain is also about to mold, and Chaisang's grain will take ten days to arrive. ”

"Hey! God doesn't help me, if it weren't for this damn weather in Hefei, it would be lonely. With a bang, Sun Ce punched the case.

At this time, Zhang Qiu said unmoved: "The lord is cautious, how dare mortals speak about the sky." ”

Fortunately, when Zhang Qiu was about to say more, Sun Jiao happened to enter the tent and said: "My lord, the patrol soldiers have just caught two suspicious people, and after investigation, they found that Cao Jun's messenger captured two identical letters, please take a look at them." ”

After speaking, he walked directly to Sun Ce and handed the letter to Sun Ce, this is the special treatment that only Sun's generals have, ordinary generals need Sun Ce's personal guards to pass it on their behalf, and among the generals with foreign surnames, only the three veteran generals and Zhou Yu and Qiao Ren have this treatment.

Sun Ce looked at the letter that was not too long, and after reading it, he sighed and handed the two letters to Zhang Qiu of Wenchen and Cheng Pu of the military general.

After the two read the letter, Sun Ce said: "The letter said that Zhang Xi's 40,000 reinforcements have arrived in Yanlou, and it is only a little more than a day's journey from Hefei. ”

Fang Cai was still anxious about the grain and grass, and now that the enemy army has come to reinforcements, Sun Ce's trip to Hefei is really worry-free. After a long time, the military advisor Zhang Qiu sighed and said, "Lord, it's better to withdraw the army." ”

Sun Ce himself also knew in his heart that his own soldiers were only 50,000, and the enemy's Hefei city was tall and strong, if he got another 40,000 reinforcements, he Sun Ce would not be able to attack it anyway, which had nothing to do with wisdom. The siege of the city is a pure war of attrition, and the population of Jiangdong is not much, the population of the entire six counties of Jiangdong is not as good as the previous Nanyang County, and even if the six counties of Jingnan and Jiaozhou and even Jiangxia are added, the population in Sun Ce's territory is less than a large state in the north, how can he compete with Cao Ying, a prince with strong capital, to consume.

"Hey!" Sun Ce also sighed, although he knew that this reinforcement might not be real, but his granary was already in a hurry, and the sergeants had besieged the city for months, exhausted. If reinforcements really come, the Wu army may have to suffer defeat. "Order the three armies, and retreat."

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