"Brother Bo Fu!" In the city of Wu County, Zhou Yu, who was in a hurry, walked quickly to the hall, and Sun Ce and the rest of the Jiangdong high-level officials were present at this time. "Gong Jin, you're here too, take a look!" After Sun Ce finished speaking, he handed an edict in his hand to Zhou Yu.

"Yuan Highway killed himself!" Zhou Yu looked at it and sighed. This so-called edict was sent by Yuan Shu, who named Sun Ce as the "Great General of the Protector of the Country", and ordered him to defend the six counties of Jiangdong at the same time, but also to march against Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

"With Huainan to fight against the princes of the world, Yuan Shu's defeat has been decided!" A middle-aged Confucian on the left sighed. "What does Mr. Zibu think?" Sun Ce turned his head and asked, this person is Sun Ce's right-hand man, Zhang Zhao, the new general of the palace. Sun Ce had great respect for him, not only did he take care of his internal affairs, but also asked him to guide his younger brothers in their studies.

"My lord, now that the Son of Heaven is in Xuchang, and Yuan Shu is arrogantly claiming the title of emperor, Cao Ying will definitely react, and according to Zhao's opinion, he will make a decision based on his movements." Zhang Zhaosheng's surname is cautious, and his proposal has also been unanimously affirmed by everyone. After all, now relying on Jiangdong alone, it is difficult to fight against Yuan Shu alone, who has an army of 300,000.

"What Mr. Zibu said is true, but Yu thinks that Cao Ying will soon have an edict to this point," Zhou Yu also smiled, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai and others were all suspicious, but Sun Ce was convinced. After a few days, as expected, the imperial court issued an edict to worship Sun Ce as the pastor of Yangzhou, so that he could fight Yuan Shu together, and Cheng Pu and others admired Zhou Yu's foresight.

Not to mention that Jiangdong watched the changes, after Liu Bei of Xuzhou and Cao Ying of Yanzhou returned to the army, they found that their vitality was greatly damaged. Xuzhou originally had 150,000 or 60,000 military horses, but this time Pei lost 30,000 in the battle, plus the division of troops to let Chen Zhi defend Taishan County, and now there are only more than 100,000 left. Fortunately, due to last year's bumper harvest, there was no shortage of military rations. Rao is like this, the Xuzhou army must be unable to fight too large-scale with Yuan Shu for a while.

"What is this called?" Zhao Feng was speechless for a long time when he saw the situation in front of him. Under his own butterfly effect, it was Cao Ying, Sun Ce, and Lu Bu who were supposed to attack Yuan Shu together at this time, one of them was seriously injured, and one of them had been hanging for almost two years, and the remaining one was powerless. Zhao Feng and Lu Su and the others discussed for a long time, but they couldn't find a way to deal with Yuan Shu now.

"The last 20,000 recruits will also complete their training, but they can only be used to defend the city for the time being!" At this time, Mi Zhu reported the latest situation in Xuzhou to Liu Bei. "Lord, now Ji Ling is very anxious to attack Guangling, it is better to hold Guangling for this year first, and then make plans!" Chen Gong admonished.

"That's all there is to it!" Liu Bei sighed, and then ordered Zhao Feng to lead 30,000 horses to support Zhang Liao in Guangling, and at the same time Zhang Fei led 20,000 men north to Dongguan to prevent Yuan Shao in Qingzhou from taking advantage of the fire to rob.

Liu Bei can still divide his troops to act, and Cao Ying is even more miserable. After losing 50,000 troops and being forced to cede Taishan County, Cao Ying was so angry that he had nowhere to go, and when he returned to Xuchang, he had a head attack and fell ill. After resting for a few days to relieve a little, Cao Ying forced his body to summon everyone on the sickbed to discuss how to deal with Yuan Shu's current move.

"My lord, at present, I still have more than 100,000 troops in Yanzhou, but if I want to send troops to Yuan Shu immediately, I will not be able to do it, especially the shortage of military food." Xun Yu, who was in charge of staying in Xuchang, admonished at this time, his tone full of helplessness.

"What about the situation in Yongzhou?" Cao Ying patted his head lightly and continued to ask.

"It's not too good, just got a little bit of life back. At present, there are still 60,000 or 70,000 military horses in Yongzhou, but the food is just enough to eat. Xun Yu said nothing after saying this. As for the rest of Sili Prefecture, everyone knows that it is very barren and self-sufficient.

"What a good thing that is!" Cao Ying felt that his head hurt a little again, and at this time Xun Yu admonished again: "Lord, now that winter is approaching, it is better to rest and recuperate first, and then go to crusade against Yuan Shu in the spring of next year!" ”

"What Wen Ruo said is not bad, but this Yuan Shu is really angry with me!" Cao Ying hated and hated, he forgot that if it weren't for Yuan Shu's play, he would have asked Liu Bei to be trapped alive in Peiguo. Of course, seeing Yuan Shuyao proclaiming himself emperor in Huainan, he couldn't stand it if he was someone else.

"My lord, besides, even if it is the beginning of spring, I estimate that our army still does not have enough military rations to support the expedition of the army to Yuan Shu." Xun Yu hesitated for a long time and said. "What is Wenruo's plan?" Cao Ying asked a little eagerly. He has absolute trust in Xun Yu, and even calls him Wang Zuozhicai. Although Guo Jia is resourceful, he is not good at internal affairs.

"The only way to do this is to spend money to buy food!" Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, but still put forward his opinion. "From whom?" Cao Ying listened to Xun Yu's tone and knew that he had already come up with a name for himself.

"Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Liu Bei in Xuzhou are both rich in grain and grass, and they can buy from them. Yuan Shao has a good name, this time Yuan Shu is the emperor, he is afraid that he will be involved in the name of a chaotic minister and thief, and he will definitely try to find a way to dissociate himself from him. If the lord can send a man of eloquence to lobby, it should not be difficult to buy food. As for Liu Bei, the former head of the Wei family once said that Liu Bei wanted to exchange grain for horses, and the lord might as well promise him to exchange some food for the time being to solve his urgent need. Xun Yu pondered and said what he thought.

"Let's do this for the time being, and when we get through this winter, I'll see what else Yuan Shu can do." Cao Ying also sighed after speaking. The people around were also silent, and they were so embarrassed by Yuan Shu, which everyone didn't expect.

At the same time, in Guangling City, "I've seen General Zhao!" "Zhang Liao, Zang Ba and Wu Dun saluted Zhao Feng together." Why should the three generals be polite! Zhao Feng hurriedly stepped forward to return the salute. Zhang Liao and the others are not stupid, although Zhao Feng's official position is only Pengcheng Taishou now, but Liu Bei's weight towards him is obvious. In addition, Lu Su, who has recently gained power, is also recommended by Zhao Feng, so even if Zhao Feng does not deliberately form a party for personal gain, his weight in Xuzhou can be seen by everyone. He and others were all recruited by him, and this big tree still has to be firmly held!

"Wen Yuan, what's the situation?" As soon as he sat down, Zhao Feng first asked Zhang Liao. "It's not too bad, our army held out for more than a month, and the original 20,000 defenders, plus the 20,000 reinforcements brought by General Wu Dun, still have nearly 30,000, and the loss is more than 10,000. As for Ji Ling's army, although it lost no less than 30,000 troops, Yuan Shu ordered him to lead 50,000 horses from his younger brother Yuan Yin to support, so there are many people now. Not only me, Guangling, but Yuan Yin also sent a detachment to attack Xiapi. Zhang Liao gave a detailed account of the current situation.

"Good guy, Yuan Lao Er really looks up to us, and all of a sudden, an army of 150,000 has pressed up, this is half of his net worth!" Zhao Feng also felt a little unbelievable. Although he brought another 30,000 people, it is estimated that he can only defend the city now.

Early the next morning, Yuan Shu's army began to attack the city again. Zhao Feng and Zhang Liao went to command the city together, and this was also the first time he faced Yuan Shu's army in a siege battle. Yuan Shu's army was poorly equipped, and many of the soldiers were wearing leather armor, and some were even just coarse cloth clothes. However, it can be seen that they are still a little trained, at least they did not flee in a hurry at the sight of blood. But what Zhao Feng saw from the faces of these people was numbness, that's right, it was the kind of numbness after completely losing confidence in life, and they didn't care about their life and death.

"It's better to be a rich dog than a chaotic person!" Zhao Feng sighed again, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba beside him, and Guan Ping, who came with him, were all silent. Yuan Shujun rushed to the head of Guangling City, all kinds of ballistas, bows and arrows, oil cans, rolling wood and stones were smashed down, and the screams came and went, and such scenes were staged almost every day in the past month.

Another day passed, Guangling City still stands, and both sides have lost some people. "Wen Yuan, do you think we can repeat our old tricks and then use strange soldiers to make a detour to raid Ji Ling's rear army?" Zhao Feng asked.

"I'm afraid not, general, it is Ji Ling who is in charge of the troops this time, this person knows the art of war, and he is not an incompetent person like Lei Shu. What's more, Ji Ling now has no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and if he wants to raid his rear army, unless there are a large number of cavalry. Zhang Liao groaned.

"Then forget it!" Zhao Feng also sighed when he heard this. Although there are nearly 20,000 horses in Xuzhou now, there are only 1,000 cavalry who can go into battle. After blackmailing Lao Cao's horses before, Zhao Yun is stepping up the training of cavalry, and it is not realistic to rely on them to kill the enemy at present.

It seems that we can only survive this winter first and defend Guangling City. Zhao Feng looked at the blood-stained city under the sunset, but in his heart, he was thinking about what he should do when Lao Cao crusaded against Yuan Shu at the beginning of spring next year? Is it to take Shouchun, or how? It's a bit of a headache to think about, now that history has been changed by itself, it's hard to say the next trend, you can only do your best depending on the situation, after all, the traverser is not a fairy.

Not to mention how Zhao Feng hesitated, at this time, in the camp of Yuan Shujun's army under the city, the atmosphere was a little wrong. "General Ji, it seems that this Zhang Liao has recently come to reinforcements again, and the number of soldiers at the head of the city is very good!" While bandaging the wound, the general Qiao Mao said to a yellow-faced man in his thirties that he was the first general under Yuan Shu, Ji Ling.

"What Brother Qiao said is true, I just got the news that Zhao Feng led an army of 30,000 to reinforce Guangling." Ji Ling stroked his beard and sighed.

"Alas, this month of strong attacks, our army suffered a lot of casualties. If it goes on like this, even if it can take Guangling, it will be a heavy loss! Hashimo sighed.

"Who's to say it isn't!" Ji Ling was a little helpless. In fact, he very much disagreed with Yuan Shu being so hasty as the emperor, and even less approved of such a large number of soldiers to fight Xuzhou. But the matter has come to this point, and if you don't fight, you have to fight.

"Haha, the two generals are so interested!" A somewhat shrill voice came from outside the tent. Ji Ling and Qiao Mao both frowned unexpectedly, but saw a military general pacing in with a few retinues. "Is there something wrong with General Yuan?" Ji Ling asked lightly. This person is Yuan Shu's younger brother Yuan Yin, who has always relied on his eldest brother's status to pose in front of Ji Ling and them, and Ji Ling is also very disliking him.

"It's nothing, but General Ji, you've been attacking this Guangling City for more than a month, why can't you capture it?" Yuan Yin asked with a smile.

"The defenders' bows and crossbows are sharp, and we can't resist them!" Ji Lingzheng explained a few words, Yuan Yin was already impatient and said: "I think General Ji's martial arts are not good, General Ji is known as the first general in Huainan, but he can't beat that Zhang Liao, you must know that person is just a general of Lu Bu in the past!" After Yuan Yin finished speaking, he also looked at Ji Ling with a mocking expression.

"This ......" Ji Ling suddenly found that he had nothing to say, after all, it was obvious to all that he was defeated by Zhang Liao alone, and Qiao Mao on the side stepped forward and said: "Since General Yuan said such things, he must be able to behead that Zhang Liao under the horse, and the last general is waiting for General Yuan to win!" ”

"Huh?" As soon as Yuan Yin heard what Qiao Mao said, he was immediately excited. "Wait for me to go out tomorrow and kill that Zhang Liao!" Dropping this sentence, Yuan Yin took people away.

"Brother Qiao, why are you doing this?" Ji Ling was a little stunned. "General Ji, let this guy die with the surname Suo, let's save peace." Hashimo laughed.

Really let Yuan Yin die, will Yuan Shu let himself go? Ji Ling didn't come up with an idea in the end, so he had to wait and see what happened tomorrow and see the opportunity to act.

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