(PS: During the double monthly pass period, it is an effort to insist on asking for a monthly pass every day.) ）

The result was not only that Xu Huang and Lu Myanmar, who led the army, suspected that the enemy had an ambush, but even the ordinary Xuzhou cavalry soldiers were worried that there was fraud in it, so after rushing into the grain convoy, without Xu Huang's order, the Xuzhou cavalry team formed with the remnants of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry and the Jiyou Cavalry as the backbone immediately pierced and cut open the grain bags to check whether there was really food in it and whether there was something hidden in the fire.

The grain cart is indeed full of precious grain that is as expensive as gold in the troubled times, the yellow and clear wheat grains and the rice with white flowers are sprinkled all over the ground, and the Xuzhou war horses that galloped for more than 40 miles are vying to chew, and the Xuzhou cavalry is still worried about whether it is poisonous, but the facts soon proved that the food is very safe, not to mention the poison, even the croton has not put half a piece. However, in this way, Xu Huang and the cavalry team of Koji Burma were inevitably full of doubts, and hurriedly sent a large number of scouts to climb the high ground to observe the battlefield condescendingly, looking for possible ambushes of the enemy.

There was really no ambush, even the Jizhou grain team that had fled did not look back, and just fled towards the way they came, and after confirming this situation again and again, the Xuzhou cavalry team finally completely relieved their hearts, and quickly organized the Jingzhou people who surrendered on their knees, and ordered them to transport grain and grass back to the camp - although there is no shortage of grain in Xuzhou, the Xuzhou army is advancing too fast this time, and the logistics and transportation are gradually becoming difficult, and it is naturally a great achievement to bring these grains and grass back to the camp.

At first, Xu Huang was worried that the enemy would go and return, and he personally led the army behind the apse, but the Xuzhou team continued to be overjoyed that Zhang Fei's team did not turn back after it went, and at the same time traveled more than ten miles to the north, Xu Chu also led 5,000 elite infantry to meet and completely stabilized the victory. And Xu Chu saw that Xu Huang and Lu Mian had robbed all the enemy's grain trucks almost without loss, and after being surprised, he was inevitably puzzled, and hurriedly asked Xu Huang and Lu Mian: "Gongming, Ji Da, how did you win?" Can you rob all the grain trucks? ”

"Zhang Fei Pifu went out to fight with me, but I was defeated by my might, and the defeat left, and the rest collapsed, so he robbed all the grain and grass." Xu Huang bragged a little bit about.

"Zhang Fei was defeated by you?" Xu Chuhu looked Xu Huang up and down suspiciously, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that you and Ji Da went together, and the two against one defeated Zhang Fei's husband, right?" ”

"Nonsense!" Xu Huang said angrily: "You go and ask the soldiers, was Zhang Fei defeated by me alone?" ”

"Really?" Xu Chu continued to be suspicious, and said with a smile: "I understand, I heard that when the lord led the army to Zhang Fei to settle accounts a few days ago, Zhang Fei was injured, so let Gongming choose a cheap one." ”

Xu Huang was not dissatisfied with Xu Chu's contempt for himself, and suddenly exclaimed: "No wonder Zhang Feipifu was defeated so quickly, it turns out that he has injuries on his body!" I've been wondering just now, with Zhang Fei's martial arts and temper, how could he lose so quickly? ”

"It's a big bargain for you." Xu Chu and Lu Mian were both very depressed, and they were very dissatisfied with Deputy Director Tao's partiality, so they asked Xu Huang to come forward to pick this big bargain and choose this big credit in vain.

Depressed to depressed, to be able to capture so much military rations, Xu Chu and Koji Myanmar are still very happy and happy, at the moment continue to be led by Xu Huang half of the cavalry to break off, Koji Myanmar led the other half of the cavalry to open the way, Xu Chu took over the heavy responsibility of transporting grain and grass, supervising the people to push and pull the vehicle, driving cattle and horses to transport grain to the north, at the same time, for the sake of prudence, Xu Chu and Xu Huang quickly sent fast horses back to the camp first, reported the good news to Deputy Director Tao, and also asked Deputy Director Tao to send another army out of the camp to respond, in case the Yecheng defenders went out of the city to grab grain.

Like Xu Chu and Lu Myanmar, after learning that Xu Huang's team had robbed all the enemy's grain and grass, Deputy Director Tao, who originally only planned to burn this batch of grain and grass, first reacted to wonder if there was any fraud in it? Then Deputy Director Tao did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered Wei Yan and Zhou Hui, who were always ready for battle, to attack, and sent 10,000 troops to Yexian outside the city to monitor the defenders in the city and beware of the enemy's movements.

In fact, Deputy Director Tao didn't need to be so trembling at all, because the Jijing coalition army in Yexian County didn't even know that the Xuzhou army had sent troops to rob grain, let alone any conspiracy, and when Wei Yan and Zhou Hui's team rushed to the official road in the southwest corner of Yecheng to line up and wait, the defenders in Yecheng were also taken aback, and immediately suspected that the Xuzhou army was planning to attack the city overnight, and hurriedly rang the alarm gong, beckoning the defenders in the city to go to the city to help the battle, Liu Pan and Xin commented on the head of the Jingji coalition army, and Uncle Liu Huang, the commander of the light pole who had only two soldiers left in the lineage, also rushed to the city wall together and condescendingly observed the enemy's situation.

"The Xuzhou thief army plans to attack the city? Why didn't you see the siege weapons? Liu Pan was confused.

"Definitely not preparing for a siege!" Zhuge Liang said categorically: "Princes, please see, the Xuzhou army is a square array, this is a battle formation used for defense, strong defense and weak attack and mobility, it is obvious that the Xuzhou army is not preparing to attack, or preparing for us to attack out of the city!" ”

"Preparing for our army to attack out of the city?" Liu Pan was even more confused, and said, "Are we crazy? Going out of the city at night to attack the enemy? ”

Of course, the Yecheng defenders would not go crazy and go out of the city to join the elite soldiers of Xuzhou Danyang, so Liu Pan and Xin Ping and others could only choose to respond to all changes with the same, while ordering the army to prepare to defend the city, while waiting for the next move of the Xuzhou army.

The reason why the Xuzhou army lined up on the official road in the southwest of Yecheng soon had an answer, and when the second watch was halfway through, there was a sky-high fire in the southwest of Yecheng, and a very large team of torches marched to the northeast, and the torches stretched for several miles like a long snake, reflecting the southwest night sky red. The soldiers hurriedly reported the situation to the front, and Liu Pan, Xin Ping and others, who were drinking and discussing the military situation in the city tower, also suddenly changed their faces and exclaimed: "Could it be that our grain transport team is here?" The enemy sensed that our grain and grass were heading north, so he sent troops in formation to intercept it? ”

"That's not right!" Pang Tong jumped up, and roared with an ugly face: "If the enemy detects that our army's grain and grass are heading north, he will definitely intercept it in the middle of the road, and he will not risk being attacked from the front and back to intercept it under the city of Yexian!" Now the enemy is arraying under the city to take precautions, there is only one explanation for the matter, our grain and grass have been robbed, and the Xuzhou thief army is ready to return to the camp after seizing the grain and grass, so they are lining up under the city to protect the road and not give us the opportunity to recapture the grain and grass! ”

"Impossible!" Uncle Liu Huang also jumped up, shouting angrily and excitedly: "It is my third brother Zhang Fei who is protecting the grain to the north, he has the courage to be unstoppable, how can he be easily seized by the Xuzhou thief army?" ”

"Uncle Huang is angry." Xu Shu hurriedly said: "Although the three generals have the courage of ten thousand people, but there are also many fierce generals in the Xuzhou thief army, and the elite soldiers are far above our army, the three generals are difficult to defeat with two fists and four hands, and it is not surprising that the enemy is not the enemy of the grain thief army. ”

Liu Pan and Xin Ping and others praised the good together, and at that moment Liu Pan and Xin Ping immediately arranged for Huang Zhong and Wang Le, two generals, to lead 2,000 troops each, and Hou ordered to the west and south gates of Yecheng, while Liu Pan and Xin Ping and others returned to the southwest corner of the city wall to observe the enemy situation condescendingly. And Liu Pan, Xin Ping and the others didn't wait long this time, and soon saw the self-army grain and grass convoy with the Jingzhou flag, surrounded by the Xuzhou infantry cavalry team in the firelight, and then Liu Pan, Xin Ping and the others suddenly turned dead gray, and they stomped their feet together and screamed, "It's over!" ”

In the dark night, the Yecheng defenders couldn't see how many Xuzhou soldiers and horses came with grain and grass, so after a little discussion with Xin Ping, Liu Pan decided to take the risk of going out of the city and fighting for the grain and grass, and at the same time decided that even if they couldn't take back the grain and grass, they would burn this batch of grain and grass as much as possible, so that the Xuzhou army would not have the opportunity to get grain on the spot. Although Uncle Liu Huang and Zhuge Liang next to him spoke against it, Liu Pan and Xin Ping did not listen.

The order was delivered, the drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was wide open, Huang Zhong led the army to rush out of the west gate and went straight to the grain team, while Wang Le led the army to kill from the south gate, in a vain attempt to contain Wei Yan's team and give Huang Zhong time and opportunity. As a result, several Xuzhou generals outside the city were also happy, Wei Yan was the first to lead the army to run out, and Wang Le's team fought outside the South Gate, the result was only ** together, Wei Yan shouted Wang Le split under the horse, Wang Le took out of the city of Jizhou team defeated, rushed to escape back to Yecheng first, Wei Yan chased all the way to the south gate of Yecheng, the defenders of the city spent countless arrows, this was not easy to shoot Wei Yan's team to retreat.

Huang Zhong's side, Huang Zhong's personal force was far above the second-rate general of Xuzhou, but unfortunately in terms of soldiers, Huang Zhong's team was too far away from the Xuzhou cavalry under the command of Lu Burma, and as soon as the battle was carried out, the Xuzhou cavalry rushed into the team to start a melee, behind which Zhou Hui also led the army to kill, and attacked Huang Zhong's team before and after, Huang Zhong's team was quickly defeated, Huang Zhong tried his best to get out of the siege, fled to the west gate and returned to the city, and at the same time was able to follow Huang Zhong to escape back to Yecheng's Jingzhou team, there was less than half left.

Paying the price of his life confirmed that the enemy's strength outside the city was too strong, and the Jijing coalition army also died to recapture the grain and grass, so he could only watch the Xuzhou army surround thousands of self-army grain trucks, passing from the city of Ye County, laughing and cheering back to the Xuzhou camp, the morale was greatly depressed, Liu Pan, Xin Ping and Uncle Liu Huang and others also turned iron blue, and in the entire city of Ye County, there were only a few people secretly happy in their hearts, and the rest were all depressed.

At the fourth watch, the Xuzhou army escorted the grain and grass through the most dangerous suburbs of Yecheng, and Wei Yan's team also withdrew to their own camp, and took the merit of the general's meritorious service to celebrate the victory with the Xu Huang team who succeeded in robbing the grain, while Liu Pan and Xin Ping and others stood in the cold night wind, watching the Xuzhou army leave, their expressions were full of despair.

Things have come to this point, when there are only two days of grain and grass left, the resourceful and resourceful Pangtong, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu are helpless, and after hanging their heads and being depressed for a long time, Pang Tong, who is the most competitive and bent on creating another miracle, was the first to shake his head and sigh: "There is no way, it can only abandon the city and break through." ”

"The strong enemy is retreating at this juncture, and I am afraid that we will suffer a crushing defeat." Xu Shu said weakly.

"Of course I know that." Pang Tong said in a helpless tone: "But there is no way, it is too late to transport grain, and if you persist any longer, the whole army will be annihilated, and the only way is to break the wrist of the strong man, let a team die in the palace, and try to protect the army as much as possible to withdraw to Bowang." ”

Xu Shu also nodded helplessly, agreeing with Pang Tong's judgment, Zhuge Liang, who was the most famous among the three stars of the Water Mirror, turned to Liu Pan and Xin Ping, and said in a deep voice: "Major General, Xin Servant, although Liang was against withdrawing the army before, but in this situation, we can't withdraw the army, please make up your mind quickly, take advantage of the fact that the morale of our army has not completely collapsed, and break through and return to Bowang as soon as possible." The terrain in the area of Bowangpo is bright, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, and there are many plants and trees, which is conducive to our army to reject the public with a small number, so as long as our army can retreat to Bowangpo, it will basically be safe and sound. ”

Liu Pan and Xin Ping looked as depressed, and after a long time, Liu Pan said helplessly: "Withdraw, when will you withdraw?" Who led the army? ”

Xin Ping didn't say a word, just nodded silently and agreed to abandon the city and break through. Pang Tong said there: "The enemy is outnumbered, and the enemy has many cavalry, and it is very unfavorable for our army to break through during the day, in my opinion, our army should rest for a day to recuperate and recuperate, and at the same time prepare for withdrawal, make all the grain and grass into dry food and send it to the soldiers, and agree to meet at Bowang after being separated, and then abandon the city to break through at the beginning of tomorrow night." ”

"You don't need to bring some unnecessary baggage, the key is to bring the Son of Heaven, the queen and the old Ji Hou." Xu Shu suggested, and said: "Also, there must be an army with the determination to die!" ”

"Major General, Xin Servant Shooting, if you don't give up, be willing to lead the army to the rear of the palace." Uncle Liu Huang stood up and said with tears rolling down his eyes: "Bei Yuan leads an army to fight to the death for your front army and the Chinese army. ”

"Lord, you ......." Zhuge Liang hurriedly spoke, but he didn't continue to say what was said, hesitated for a moment before changing his words and said: "Lord, you have to think about it carefully, Tao Yuanjun's army is nearly 40,000, and the morale is high, the fierce generals are like clouds, there are many cavalry, and the people who lead the army behind the palace are dead and alive!" ”

Liu Pan and Xin Ping also pretended to open their mouths to persuade them, but Uncle Liu Huang shook his head slowly, choked up with tears and said: "Don't persuade the princes again, prepare to form a righteous alliance with the second brother and the third brother Taoyuan, and swear to live and die together, now the second brother is dead, and the whereabouts of the third brother are unknown, I am afraid that it is already a lot of good luck, Bei has long lost his thoughts, before he dies, let Bei do his part for the princes, kill a few more Xuzhou thieves, and avenge the second and third brothers." ”

After that, Uncle Liu Huang cried loudly, tears stained the sleeves of his robe, his clothes were wet, Zhuge Liang was also in tears, and slowly knelt down to Uncle Liu with difficulty, choked and said: "Since the lord has made up his mind, although Liang is not talented, he is willing to lead the army with the lord to live and die together, and swear not to separate!" When Uncle Liu Huang heard this, he also knelt down on his knees, hugged Zhuge Liang and cried, and all the onlookers wept.

Seeing that Uncle Liu Huang was resolute and insisted on acting as cannon fodder for himself, General Liu Pan, who was in a hurry to bring countless treasures back to Jingzhou to enjoy the blessings, was of course very happy, and nodded after a few words of false persuasion and agreed to let Uncle Liu Huang His Royal Highness, Huang Zhong, the chief general under Liu Pan, originally wanted to volunteer, but was stopped by Major General Liu Pan with his eyes - Major General Liu Pan didn't want to have even a capable bodyguard left by him. And the two generals in Xin Ping's team, Cen Bi and Wang Le, one disappeared and the other died in battle, and there was no more capable general to command the palace, so Xin Ping did not rob Uncle Liu Huang of this messenger to death, and quickly agreed to Uncle Liu's request.

However, in this way, a new problem has arisen, the more than 4,000 troops brought by Uncle Liu from Xinye this time, except for Zhang Fei, whose whereabouts are unknown, have been abused by Deputy Director Tao to the point that only Uncle Liu, Zhuge Liang, Shi Yunfeng and another personal soldier are left, and they can't take the army to take on the heavy responsibility of the palace, so there is no way, Xin Ping and Liu Pan had to consider transferring the team from their own army to Uncle Liu Huang to command, but after some careful discussion and bargaining, Xin Ping, who sent the fence, had no choice but to take out another 1,500 Jizhou troops and hand them over to Uncle Liu Huang to command, and Liu Pan also took out 1,000 Jingzhou soldiers, with a total of 2,500 troops, and handed them over to Uncle Liu Huang to command and command, which was used as cannon fodder for the queen of the palace.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Pan and Xin Ping finalized the order of withdrawal of troops, and decided that an army would send 1,000 troops, led by Yang Ling, the general of Jingzhou, and Guo Ziru, the fierce general of Jizhou, to act as the front army to open the way, and Liu Pan and Xin Ping led the rest of the army to act as the middle army, protecting the wife of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and the paralyzed Yuan Sangong to go south, and unanimously decided to give up all useless baggage and retreat to Bowang City, which is close to the water, as quickly as possible. The plan was certain, and everyone immediately went down to arrange the retreat.

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At the same time that the Yecheng defenders began to arrange the retreat, the Xuzhou camp also fell into a sea of joy, seeing the more than 1,000 cars and nearly 100,000 grains and grass brought back by Xu Huang's team, Deputy Director Tao, who was secretly troubled by the difficulty of grain and grass transportation, smiled so much that he couldn't even close his mouth, and immediately ordered to reward the meritorious soldiers, and also pardoned the forty military sticks that Lu Mian and Zhou Hui owed to him. Immediately afterwards, Deputy Director Tao responded to the request of the generals, regardless of the fact that the sky had just dawned, and arranged a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army, rewarding the meritorious generals and rewarding the three armies.

Of course, Deputy Director Tao is also a careful person, even at the celebration banquet, Deputy Director Tao did not forget to ask Xu Huang and the others how they captured the 100,000 Hu military rations - it is much more difficult to seize grain than to burn grain. But it's a pity that Deputy Director Tao is very careful, Xu Huang and Koji Myanmar, these meritorious generals, are a little bragging, in order to highlight the outstanding contributions he has made, Xu Huang inevitably said some words that the army spent a lot of effort to seize the military rations, and explained that Zhang Fei was defeated by his own body with injuries, although Deputy Director Tao was still a little strange that the self-army won too easily, but he was also glad that his luck was good, and he met Zhang Fei, who liked to fight and was injured.

After several rounds of drinking, Deputy Director Tao, who was worried about drinking and mishapping, just opened his mouth to order the generals not to drink more, but a guard hurriedly rushed in outside the tent, presented a feather arrow tied with white silk to Deputy Director Tao, and said loudly: "My lord, our army scouts passed under the city of Yexian at dawn, and suddenly shot a feather arrow from the city, and the arrow was tied with a letter. ”

"Another arrow book?"

Deputy Director Tao, Jia Lao Poison and Shi Yi and others were all the same, after glancing at each other, Deputy Director Tao simply sat down in person to receive the arrow book, Jia Lao Poison and Shi Yi also came over to look at it together, and then unfolded the arrow book to take a closer look, Deputy Director Tao, Jia Lao Poison and Shi Yi were overjoyed again.

The arrow book is still written with the left hand, and the book says: 'Today, at the beginning of the year, the Jingji team abandoned the city and broke through and retreated to Bowang, Liu Bei led an army of 2,000 to open the way, Liu Pan and Xin Ping led the main force of Jingji as the Chinese army, Jingzhou Yang Ling and Jizhou Guo Ziru joined forces with 2,500 palaces, and the Son of Heaven, the queen and the old lord were all evacuated with the Chinese army. ’

"Old man?" Deputy Director Tao smiled and said secretly: "It turned out to be Jizhou's internal annihilation." (To be continued.) )