Liu Yi smiled dumbly, and he said to Zhou Yi, you and I are a lamb to be slaughtered in Liaodong, and you are blackmailed? Then he blasted Zhou Yi out. Zhou Yi didn't mind, waved his sleeves, and left. The people sent by Liu Yi to follow him watched him go out of the city gate in a dashing manner, get on the boat, and go all the way to the west, and then went back to report.

Liu Yi scratched his head a little, the idea of negotiation was his idea, and now the negotiation collapsed in a few words, and this matter is really not easy to handle. He thought about it and suggested to Gongsun Gong again that Sun Shao and Cao Zhang underestimated us in Liaodong too much, and if they didn't give them a little bit of power, it would be impossible for them to sit down and talk, so they had to fight first and talk later.

How to fight? Immediately summoned the soldiers and horses near Xiangping, and at the same time recruited Xuanxuan, Buyeo, and Goguryeo to help. Xiangping has nearly 10,000 defenders, and it is not an opponent to go out of the city to fight in the field, but it is more than enough to defend the city, and once the reinforcements arrive, their strength will exceed the total strength of Cao Zhang and Sun Shao. Liu Yi confidently said to Gongsun Gong, please rest assured, we will beat them first, and then we will decide how to talk.

Gongsun Gong is indispensable, since Liu Yi is so confident, Yang Yi and others have no opinions, of course he can't ask for it, so let Liu Yi and Yang Yi be responsible for the defense of Xiangping City, and at the same time send fast horses to recruit reinforcements, Xuanyu County recently, got the news within one day, said that it would send 5,000 foot cavalry to support, three days later, Goguryeo also sent the news, Goguryeo King Baqi will lead 8,000 foot cavalry to Xiangping to help.

Gongsun Gong breathed a sigh of relief and was much more confident.

Cao Zhang got the news and felt that he had little chance of winning with his 20,000 people trying to break through Xiangping, so he left Tian Yu to guard the Liao Tunnel City, and rushed to the beach with a thousand personal guard battalions to discuss relevant matters with Sun Shao.

The sea at the mouth of the Great Liao River is very lively, Sun Shao's sailors are drilling, Yue Hai and Wei Wen are fighting inseparably, Sun Shao and a group of people are watching the battle on the boat, commenting. As soon as he saw Cao Zhang, Sun Shao smiled and said, "Come, let's see if it is my Yue Guo's sailor who wins today, or Wu Guo's sailor." ”

Cao Zhang glanced at it and was secretly shocked, this is not a grade at all. There are two building ships and more than 20 fighting ships in Yuehai, while Wei Wen has a building boat, more than a dozen fighting ships, and nearly 100 Meng Chong and Walking Horses, they surround Yuehai in the middle, and it seems that they have the upper hand, but if you look closely, this is not the case at all, the two building ships in Yuehai are one left and one right, sandwiching Wei Wen's building ships in the middle, and more than 20 fighting ships are divided into two batches, and they are rampage in the Wei Wen fleet dominated by small warships, and everywhere they go, they are like bamboos. Wei Wen seems to be overwhelmed, but in fact he was passively beaten, and he had no power to fight back at all, and the reason why he could still support it was because the people who crossed the sea mainly drove boats to collide, and did not use heavy weapons such as slapping rods, crossbows, and thunderbolts on the ship, otherwise Wei Wen's accusation system would have been paralyzed long ago.

"His Royal Highness's sailor is the best in the world, do you need to talk about this result?" Cao Zhang glanced at Sun Deng, who was not very good-looking behind Sun Shao, and said in his words: "Your Highness's sailors can come and go freely regardless of rivers, lakes and seas, and Jiangdong's sailors may still be able to be used in the river, and where will they be His Highness's opponents when they go to the sea." Your Highness, you are a bit of a victor. ”

"Am I invincible?" Sun Shao pursed his lips, turned around and entered the Feilu, let the wine be served, took a sip himself, and then asked: "Why don't you go to Xiangping City, why are you running here?" ”

"I am marching with His Highness to attack Liaodong, of course I have to advance and retreat with His Highness." Cao Zhang's face did not change.

"Advance and retreat together?" Sun Shao sneered, "You first arrived late, and then you drove thousands of miles and took Liao Tunnel City in one fell swoop, but you didn't inform me." Now you are only a hundred miles away from Xiangping, but you are standing still, is it the only strength that comes to this? ”

Cao Zhang expected that Sun Shao would be unhappy before he came, so he was not surprised at all, he took a sip of the cup, and said lightly: "Your Highness's status is noble, of course I want to take the lead and lead for His Highness." It's just that at the moment, Gongsun Gong has gathered about 20,000 reinforcements from all walks of life without surrendering the city, which is beyond my ability, and it is not only natural for me to ask His Highness for instructions? He put down his wine glass, put his hands on his knees, and raised his head to look at Sun Shao: "But His Royal Highness has been staying by the sea for half a month, and not a single soldier has landed on the shore, and not a single ship has entered the Great Liao Water, I really can't figure it out." ”

"You blame me?" Sun Shao was on fire, smashed the wine glass on the board of the boat with a "snap", got up and stepped in front of Cao Zhang in two steps, and grabbed Cao Zhang's collar as soon as he stretched out his hand. Cao Zhang was startled, stood up, stretched out his hands and went to Sun Shao's arms. Sun Shao sneered, his legs were divided into four flat horses, and his hands were forced, holding Cao Zhang tightly. Although Cao Zhang's martial arts are excellent and his strength can fight lions and tigers, Sun Shao's strength is not weaker than him, coupled with his condescendingness, he seized the opportunity and controlled Cao Zhang to death. Cao Zhang struggled a few times, but found that Sun Shao's strength was very weird, there was nothing and nothing, there was no way to grasp it, either excessive force, or insufficient strength, his body twisted several times, and the force hit the air, and he never broke free from Sun Shao and stood up.

Cao Zhang's face was flushed with anger, he raised his head, glared at Sun Shao viciously, and pressed the handle of the knife with his hand.

"You want to draw a knife on me?" Sun Shao grinned: "You try, as long as you pull out the knife, I will cure you of an assassin's crime." ”

Cao Zhang glanced at Lang Guan, who was eager to try, and then looked at Sun Shao who was sneering, and a cold air rushed to the back of his head. Sun Shao didn't have some agreement with Gongsun Gong to cut him, right?

"King Yue, this is really invincible, right?" Cao Chang slowly let go of the handle and sat back on his heels.

"Wu Mao?" Sun Shao's eyes rolled and he shouted: "Come on, take off his winter clothes for me, throw them outside and blow them for an hour, surround the people he brought, and deal with them according to the rules." ”

"Whoa." Deng Ai and Xu Zuo responded violently, and more than a dozen Lang officials rushed up, grabbed Cao Zhang, removed the Xuanjia on his body, and stripped off his winter clothes, and then pushed him outside. At this time, Cui Qian and Chen Hai had already led a fleet to surround the ships that Cao Zhang's personal guard battalion was riding, and the strong crossbows and thunderbolts on more than a dozen building ships were aimed at them, and the Destroying Front Battalion swarmed up, surrounding more than a thousand stunned soldiers of the personal guard battalion.

Cao Zhang's subordinate governor Hao Zhao was taken aback and was about to resist, but saw Cao Zhang, who was already wearing only a single coat, depressed and pushed out like a zongzi, and ordered them not to resist. Although Hao Zhao was puzzled, he also knew that if they really wanted to resist, they would have no way out, not to mention that they were not opponents at all in the sea, even if they were on flat ground, they might not be able to block the attack of the Destroying Blade Battalion.

"You've got your own winter coat, what about mine?" Sun Shao walked out of the cabin, squinted at the indignant Cao Zhang, and scolded: "You know that Youzhou is cold, but you didn't prepare winter clothes for my people, are you looking at me to freeze to death?" I tell you, if you don't bring me winter clothes, don't want to leave me alive. ”

Cao Zhang was speechless, he was thrown outside and blew the sea breeze for an hour, and after his face turned blue from the cold, he was locked in the cabin, Sun Shao and others were surrounding the fire pit, drinking hot wine, talking and laughing, and when they saw Cao Zhang, who had been dragged by snot, was escorted in, Cui Qian and others couldn't help laughing wildly. Cao Zhang's lungs were about to explode, and just about to make a move, Sun Shao waved his hand: "Don't let go of Cao Yuanjun and let him drink wine to warm up?" ”

As soon as the rope was untied, Cao Chang couldn't help but rush to Sun Shao, and reached out to pull Sun Shao's collar.

Chen Hai took a step sideways and stopped in front of Cao Zhang, "Ping Pong" sounded, and the two fought each other, each taking a few steps back. If it is about martial arts, Cao Zhang must be much higher than Chen Hai, but he has been frozen outside for an hour, his hands and feet have long been numb, and his stomach has long been empty, but Chen Hai has been eating grilled fish and drinking wine, and his accumulated strength is nowhere to vent.

"Alright, it's time to sit down and get down to business." Sun Shao frowned and glared at Cao Zhang.

"What else is there to talk about?" Cao Zhang roared angrily: "Let's settle your grievances with me first." ”

"You say you're a reckless man, but you still don't believe it." Sun Shao crooked his mouth: "If you just want revenge, I can give you a chance, let you go now, and then you come with your 20,000 troops, and we will fight to the death." If you still want to solve the problem of Liaodong, just sit down and listen to me. ”

"What's your trick?" Cao Zhang was a little confused.

"Do you remember the battle of Tongguan in Cao Gong?" Zhuge Ke stepped forward, handed a cup of hot wine to Cao Zhang's hand, and then smiled, leading Cao Zhang to the fire, Cui Qian and Yue Hai gave up a space and motioned for him to sit down. Cao Zhang covered his wine glass, took a sip of fragrant wine, and took the grilled fish handed over by Xu Zuo, but did not eat it, but said suspiciously: "Do you want to lure all those Hu people to Xiangping?" ”

"I finally have a little bit of Cao Gong's inheritance." Sun Shao smiled: "Not only Xiangping, it's best to lure them to the Liao Tunnel." ”

"I want to hear about it."

"If you come to my camp, you will definitely not be able to escape the scouts sent by Gongsun Gong, and he will definitely know about our turn of face soon. In this way, Tian Yu, who stayed in the Liao Tunnel, would be in trouble, and if I were Gongsun Gong, I would definitely take advantage of this great opportunity to retake the Liao Tunnel. You say, is it easy to attack the Liao Tunnel, or is it easy to attack Xiangping? ”

Cao Zhang somewhat understood. Xiangping is the county of Liaodong, and the Liaojiao is just a small city, so it is self-evident which is easier to attack. He was just because he was not sure about conquering Xiangping City, so he came to Sun Shao to discuss, but he didn't expect to be stripped off by Sun Shao and thrown outside for an hour as soon as he arrived here.

"You immediately write a letter to Tian Yu and ask him to move his troops to the beach to confront me, leaving only a small number of people to guard the Liao Tunnel." Sun Shao continued: "The Liao Tunnel must be fought hard, if we can attract all Gongsun Gong and others, it will be great. ”

"So, if you want winter clothes, is it fake, and is it true?"

"Winter clothes are real, too." Sun Shao said unhappily: "You do this, it makes me very annoyed, if it weren't for the edict of the Son of Heaven, I could have walked away, anyway, Gongsun Gong didn't encroach on my Yue country's territory." ”

"That'...... How is Your Highness going to solve the problem of winter clothes? Cao Zhang asked a little embarrassedly: "If I want to collect so many winter clothes, I can't do it in a day or two." ”

"It's up to you, I'll freeze to death." Sun Shao snorted coldly: "I have already asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan to inform them to send a batch of winter clothes, and at the same time send someone over to help." It is estimated that they should wait another three or five days to arrive. When the time comes, we will work together to wipe out Gongsun Gong and those barbarians who don't know the height of the sky. ”

Cao Zhang didn't speak, Sun Shao was a little immoral in doing this, and there was no need to let him lose such a big face if he wanted to pretend to be discordant. Besides, he directly asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan to send troops and leave the Cao family aside, which seemed to be a bit excessive. But he can't say it, Zang Ba and Sun Guan are not under his control, and even Cao Ying can't dispose of them at will, and Sun Shao has an edict from the Son of Heaven, and he is a festival expedition, so it is not an accident to mobilize the Qing Mission Sailor to participate in the war. It's just that he was a little surprised, Qingxu Shui Shi was coming to Youzhou, why didn't he receive any news at all? Didn't they go from Bohai Bay?

"They go directly to the sea from Donglai, and they can get there in about five days, which is still a headwind, if it is a few months earlier, when the south wind is still blowing, it will be there in about three days." Sun Shao looked at Cao Zhang, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "Brother Ziwen, are you a little surprised?" ”

Cao Zhang was indeed surprised, if this was the case, Sun Shao's control over Liaodong would be even stronger, which would be very unfavorable to him.

"Are you worried about me fighting for Liaodong with you again?" Sun Shao seemed to see through Cao Zhang, and every word stabbed him with shame. Cao Zhang turned his head in embarrassment, let go of Sun Shao's sarcastic gaze, and snorted, "How dare you." ”

Sun Shao smiled secretly, if you want to bargain, Cao Pi is not his opponent, let alone Cao Zhang. He paused for a moment and then said, "I just want to be a businessman, I don't want to be a farmer, and I'm not interested in grabbing land with you." As you can see, there are so many treasures in the sea that you can't imagine, and I don't need to grab that place with you at all. However, if you want to fool me for a fool, I don't mind stirring up a stick and making you uncomfortable. ”

Cao Zhang knew what he meant by stirring a stick, he had now stirred a stick and pulled Qingxu over to fight Liaodong, if he won the war, Zang Ba and Sun Guan would not only have merit, but also be able to get closer to Sun Shao, and it would be more difficult for Cao Ying's plan to encroach on Qingxu to be realized. Cao Zhang had a headache, he found that no matter how he arranged, he couldn't stop Sun Shao, the more closely he guarded, the more Sun Shao tossed, he used military rations to contain Sun Shao, Sun Shao sent sailors to fish, he used winter clothes to contain Sun Shao, Sun Shao simply dragged Zang Ba and Sun Guan over, he was a little skeptical, Sun Shao didn't need his help, he could get the war horse.

The headache was put aside for the time being, and Cao Zhang issued an order according to Sun Shao's request, asking him to cooperate with Sun Shao, transfer the main force out of the Liao Tunnel, and attract Gongsun Gong out of the city. Tian Yu quickly executed the order, leaving Hao Zhao, who went back to report the news, to guard the city, and arrived with 15,000 foot cavalry, Sun Shao also sent troops to set up camp on the shore, and the two sides were in strict formation, and they were about to break out.

Gongsun Gong became an idler, Sun Shao and Cao Zhang were infighting, and no one cared about him anymore.

Liu Yi and the others were confused, they didn't know what was going on, they waited cautiously for several days, sent a large number of scouts to check the news, and finally knew the truth from the fragmentary news. Cao Zhang, the assassin of Youzhou, wanted to swallow the war exploits alone, and did not provide winter clothes and military rations for Sun Shao's sailors, Sun Shao was now hungry and frozen, and was forced to fish for a living.

Liu Yi and the others couldn't cry or laugh, and then they ridiculed Cao Zhang for not knowing the general situation, and Sun Shao was young and reckless. Half a month later, the nearest husband Yu nearly 10,000 steps arrived, Gongsun Gong held more than 70,000 steps, and his mind began to move, he wanted to recapture the Liao Tunnel, pull out this thorn in the eye, and let himself sleep peacefully. So he ordered the general Yangyi to lead more than 50,000 Hanhu people out of the city, 10,000 people to guard against Tian Yu, who might come back to help, 40,000 people to surround the Liao Tunnel, and Liu Yi to lead 20,000 people to guard Xiangping City.

At this time, Zang Ba and Sun Guan had also arrived with Qingxu Shuishi, and they not only brought 10,000 horses, but also brought a large amount of grain and clothing, which were just produced in Qingzhou. Qingzhou originally silk weaving industry is very developed, there are clothes by the world, after Sun Guan and Sun Shao cooperated, Sun Shao sold him a batch of new looms, the efficiency is three times higher than the old loom, the most happy thing is that Sun Shao did not ask him for a money, all the payment has become a deposit for the order, that is to say, Sun Guan did not spend a penny, he got a large number of advanced looms.

Sun Guan had never done such a business, he did not have any doubts about Sun Shao's sincerity, as soon as Sun Shao's paper arrived, he immediately rushed with people and goods as required. Like him, Zang Ba is also very refreshing, he used the deposit given by Sun Shao to expand the scale of iron ore mining, the output has increased significantly, and the pig iron produced is not worried about the market, the merchant ships of the Yue country are waiting in Lianyungang, how many are transported, half a year down, Xuzhou's economic situation has improved significantly, and there is no need to be cheeky to reach out to Cao Ying.

As soon as they saw Sun Shao, Zang Ba and Sun Guan stepped forward with smiles on their faces and saluted, in their eyes, Sun Shao is now the god of money, no matter how polite he is, it is not too polite.

Knowing that the army of Liaodong had left Xiangping City, Sun Shao immediately summoned Cao Zhang, Zang Ba and others to discuss the matter, the snake came out of the hole, and now it was time to close the net. In front of the map just drawn, the right Sima Shibao talked eloquently, explained the current distribution of troops on all sides, and finally said that the Liao Tunnel is a bait, and it is a day to insist on one more day, even if the whole army is wiped out in the end, it will not hesitate. The most important thing now is to seize Xiangping City, severely damage or even completely annihilate the foreign soldiers and horses such as Fuyu and Goguryeo, hoping that after this battle, Liaodong County can be pacified, and lay the foundation for the next step of sweeping Fuyu and Goguryeo.

Cao Zhang was very dissatisfied, he gestured to Tian Yu with his eyes, Tian Yu understood, stood up and said: "Yangyi has 50,000 horses, and we are also 50,000 now, even if we attack inside and outside, we can't ensure a complete victory, not to mention Xiangping City?" There are still 20,000 people in Xiangping City, and even if we all go to attack the city, we may not be able to attack it, let alone attack Yangyi at the same time. Your Highness, isn't this strategy too risky? ”

Cui Qian was furious and was about to reprimand Tian Yu when he got up, but Sun Shao stopped him and asked quietly: "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

"Temporarily abandon Xiangping City, with the main goal of severely damaging the 50,000 horses of Yangyi's department." Tian Yu bowed and said: "His Royal Highness's sailor has no cavalry, so he can't participate in the pursuit of the enemy, so he can only fight after the battle, so leave the task of pursuing to us." ”

Sun Shao hadn't spoken yet, Sun Guan was on fire first, and he snorted coldly: "Captain Tian means that we will fight with Yangyi first, you will watch from the side, if you are lucky enough to win, you will pursue again, if you lose, then you can only consider yourself unlucky, right?" ”

Tian Yu smiled, directly ignored Sun Guan, and said to Sun Shao: "Yu Yikong's opinion, whether to use it or not, is all decided by His Royal Highness King Yue." ”

"How many cavalry did you bring with you?" Sun Shao groaned.

"Four thousand Karasuma famous riders." Tian Yu smiled reservedly. Sun Shao and their total is less than 2,000 cavalry, compared with Cao Zhang, the difference in strength is not one or two points, and the 50,000 army sent by Gongsun Gong probably has nearly 10,000 cavalry, although the number is more, but the Karasuma cavalry they lead is well equipped and has strong combat ability, and they have enough confidence to deal with the nearly 10,000 Hu and Han cavalry, so he is sure to undertake the task of pursuit. In his opinion, Sun Shao can't catch up even if they want to, can two legs run more than four legs? This is a choice that has no choice, and this is the only way to achieve the task of severely devaluing the Hu people.

"This won't work, you are responsible for paying Fuyu and Goguryeo's reinforcements, and the rest of the Liaodong Army will be handed over to us."

"Your Highness wants to deal with more than 30,000 Liaodong troops with 30,000 sailors?" Tian Yu was stunned for a moment, a little unable to believe his ears, hesitated for a moment, and reminded: "They have more than 4,000 cavalry. ”

"You don't care what I do, you say first, are you sure that you will completely annihilate this more than 15,000 barbarians? If there is, we will divide the labor like this, if not, we will change it again, we will be responsible for the more than 10,000 people, and you will deal with more than 30,000 people in the Yangyi Department. ”

Tian Yu glanced at Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang pulled his yellow beard and muttered for a moment: "Let's go and deal with the Fuyu and the Goguryeo people, it will be more convenient to ride a broken horse after all." ”

Sun Shao nodded: "That's it, if you can't hit Yangyi hard and conquer Xiangping City, that's my responsibility." If Fuyu and Goguryeo run away, you will be held responsible. Let's talk about the ugly things in front, so as not to be unclear and hurt the harmony when the time comes. ”

Cao Zhang grinned and stood up: "Your Highness, I am willing to make this bet with you." If His Highness conquers Xiangping City, and I do not inflict heavy losses on the Fuyu and Goguryeo people, then I will give the 2,000 war horses that His Highness wants, and I will not take a penny. But what if His Highness fails to conquer Xiangping City? ”

"I will never set foot in Liaodong from now on."

(To be continued)