Chapter 62: Actions of the Parties
[Newcomers, new books, asking for clicks, asking for recommendations, asking for collections] The newlywed Yan'er's Hu Li and Er Qiao have been lingering for a few days, but as the news from all parties sent by the scouts arrives at the county guard's mansion, Hu Li is going to be busy again.
In mid-June 199 AD, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zhang, who was trapped in Yijing, Gongsun Zhang killed his wife and children and set fire to him, and Gongsun Zhang, a white horse general who killed the people of Biansaihu, finally died in the hands of Yuan Shao, an old opponent who had been fighting for Jizhou and Youzhou for eight years, and walked off the stage of history. Gongsun Zhang's outstanding military talents were good at expelling foreign races, but his internal greed and cruelty made him lose to Yuan Shao, who was more popular with the people. Gongsun Zhang lasted three months longer than in history, which was the result of Yuan Shao's power being partially weakened by Hu Li.
In late June 199 AD, Liu Bei, who was frightened by Cao Cao's remarks when he was cooking wine and talking about heroes, found an excuse to intercept Yuan Shu and left Cao Cao, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and Cao Cao's prison army Zhu Ling, Lu Zhao and 50,000 troops to Xuzhou, Liu Bei killed Yuan after three times and five divided by two, and then Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao were sent back to Cao Cao, the capital of Xu, and he left his soldiers and horses to stay in Xuzhou. Liu Bei's move made Cao Cao understand Liu Bei's ambitions, so he sent someone to secretly inform Che Zhou to get rid of Liu Bei, but the brainless Che Zhou asked Chen Deng, who was close to Liu Bei, to discuss such confidential matters, and was naturally betrayed by Chen Deng. Che Zhou was beheaded by Guan Yu under the horse, and Che Zhou's family members were also killed by Zhang Fei. Liu Bei, who was afraid that Cao Cao's troops would attack, asked the great Confucian Zheng Xuan to write a letter to Yuan Shao for help at the suggestion of Chen Deng.
According to the information sent by the scouts, the blue-eyed son Sun Quan has quickly secured the position of Wu Hou left by Sun Ce with the support of Zhou Yu on the outside and Zhang Zhao on the inside. Eastern Wu is preparing to attack Jingzhou and avenge Sun Ce. Tuo Huli and Huang Zhong teamed up to kill Sun Ce's blessing, Sun Quan sat in the position of Marquis of Wu more than half a year earlier than in history, and because Hu Li snatched Da Qiao from Sun Ce, Sun Ce's son Sun Shao in history naturally could not jump out of the crack in the stone. Sun Ce has no descendant Sun Quan inherited the position of Marquis Wu, which is also a lot of justification, saving Sun Quan a lot of effort, but Sun Quan is not grateful to Hu Li and Huang Zhong, but hates Hu Li and the two of them to the core, and swears in front of his brother Sun Ce that he will cut Hu Li and his bones to ashes.
Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the two founders of the Three Kingdoms in history, are all striving to be the first, and the other Cao Cao will also reach the peak of his momentum after the upcoming Guandu War. Hu Li wanted to protect his women from being violated by his wife Cao, and he also wanted to lay a great foundation for more and more of his children in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, so Hu Li finally overcame himself and walked out of Erqiao's gentle township.
In order to keep Yuan Shao's attention from himself, Hu Li and Yuan Shao connected several cities in Jizhou and Bingzhou were stationed with heavy troops. After these cities that have been continuously reinforced in recent years have been stationed with heavy troops, they have become a turtle shell, and I believe that Yuan Shao will definitely lose the attack after getting this information. Hu Li did this not only for defense, Hu Li, who could foresee that Yuan Shao would be defeated, was still waiting for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao and preemptively pick the fruits of Cao Cao's victory.
It is worth mentioning that when Zhao Yun came to Hu Li's concubine banquet and the wedding banquet of Huang Xu and Zhang Xiu's daughter two days later, Hu Li returned the red rabbit horse to Zhao Yun, and handed over Huang Wudie, who had been clamoring for Hu Li to fulfill his promise, to Zhao Yun, and secretly instructed Zhao Yun to spare no effort to support Huang Wudie in terms of materials, but when testing the combat effectiveness in the end, it must be strictly controlled, so that Huang Wudie will retreat.
Xiaobai, who was pregnant a year ago, gave birth to two ponies very rarely, and not long after giving birth to two ponies, she became pregnant again with the enthusiastic help of Chitu. No way, the life of a sexually mature mare is basically non-stop pregnancy and childbirth, it seems that there is a red rabbit that is comparable to Hu Li's **, Xiaobai can basically be said to have said goodbye to the battlefield.
However, the two ponies produced by Xiaobai inherited the excellent bloodlines of their parents, and they were born taller than ordinary war horses, and their growth rate was also very gratifying. These two horses are all red with charcoal hair all over their bodies and are stallions, they are completely ungrown red rabbits, I believe that after two years, these two horses will establish a war horse harem like their father Red Rabbit, and improve the bloodline of the war horses raised by Hu Li.
Two years later, the two little red rabbits have basically grown up and can go to the battlefield, and Hu Li decided to have one horse with Huang Zhong. I believe that these two horses with excellent bloodlines will definitely be better than their parents after being strengthened by Hu Li, and Huang Zhong, who has a god-level mount, will definitely be much easier for Shangguan Yu.
Hu Li, who learned that his opponents were moving, took his personal guards to begin to inspect and comfort his army, and the siege weapons that Xiahoulan was responsible for building were also very well stocked. The 20,000 troops under the command of Xiahou Lan underwent special siege drills, but they were an indispensable force for Hu Li to attack the city in the future. It's a pity that although the catapult was barely built, although it was very convenient to move and disassemble, the effect and construction efficiency were very unsatisfactory.
Hu Li can only hope that he can grab a few of Cao Cao's thunderbolt cars to study and study, and it would be even more wonderful if he could directly grab Liu Ye, who knew the detailed drawings of the thunderbolt car. It is believed that with the detailed drawings of the thunderbolt that Liu Ye knows, combined with the dismantling method of the catapult developed by Xia Houlan by mistake, it will definitely be able to improve the powerful but at the same time very bulky thunderbolt into a convenient siege weapon.
Gao Shun's 5,000 trap camp was originally selected from the elite of Xiahou Lan and Gao Lan's army, coupled with Gao Shun's harsh training for nearly half a year, the trap camp soldiers with sufficient meat supply were equipped with iron armor and giant shields specially prepared for them, and they were simply an iron army that made the enemy fearful. It is believed that the existence of a trapped faction, whether it is disrupting the enemy's battle formation or participating in the battle for the city wall, is a key force that can change the direction of the battle.
The more than 60,000 Yuan Shao soldiers in Gao Ran had already regarded Hu Li, who had kept them fed and clothed, as their new lords, and most of the families of these soldiers had migrated to the rule of Changshan State, and Hu Li finally stopped worrying that they would turn against Yuan Shao when he fought. The hidden danger of Hu Li's wanton surrender of Yuan soldiers has finally been completely eliminated, and I believe that when Yuan Shao attacks, these soldiers will definitely not hesitate to take up arms to fight in order to protect the happy life of themselves and their families. Although these more than 60,000 soldiers were not as elite as Xiahoulan and Gao Shun, fortunately, their military cantonment system also increased the grain output under Hu Li's rule a lot.