Unlike the people in the tent who were indignant and angry, Hao Meng and Cheng Lian, who were sitting at the end, were pale and panicked, the two quietly glanced at each other, stood up with their waists hunched, and tiptoed towards the door of the tent, wanting to sneak away by taking advantage of the chaos in the big tent.

Guan Yu swept his eyes, strode forward, intercepted the two people who had not yet reached the door of the tent, shot like electricity, left and right hands and one in one hand, grabbed Hao Meng and Cheng Qian's back items, like a child, threw them in front of Liu Ze, and said: "These two are Lu Bu's thieves, and they want to take the opportunity to slip away, big brother, do you want to kill the two of them first?" ”

Hao Meng Chenglian was so frightened that his face was like earth, and he bowed in front of Liu Ze and kowtowed again and again, Hao Meng's voice was trembling: "Liu Yuanjun spares his life!" Liu Envoy Jun spares his life! The two of us really don't know that Lu Wenhou is going to attack Xuzhou, and Lu Wenhou's rebellion has nothing to do with the two of us, please ask Liu Yuanjun to take a closer look! ”

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Since you are not Lu Bu's accomplice, why do you act like ghosts and ghosts?" Fang Cai still has the intention of sneaking away, if Guan Mou hadn't noticed it, wouldn't he have let you two thieves escape? What is it that is not a thief? ”

Cheng Lian cried with a sad face, and said: "The two of us are not thieves, but I heard that Lu Wenhou attacked Xuzhou, and the two of us are Wenhou's subordinates, so I want to escape, please forgive General Guan." ”

Guan Yu wanted to ask again, but Liu Ze waved his hand and said, "This matter really has nothing to do with the two of them, Yun Chang doesn't have to embarrass them." ”

Hao Mengcheng kowtowed to Liu Ze in fear and thanked him, and Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Even if these two people did not conspire with Lu Bu to attack Tancheng, they can be Lu Bu's subordinates. In the large military camp sent to the barracks, there must be other schemes, and the eldest brother must investigate it carefully. ”

Liu Ze smiled and said: "Hao Meng Chenglian is just Lu Bu's two abandoned sons, and if he is sent to the large military camp, it will already be equivalent to losing the lives of the two, so what can he do wrong." ”

Hao Meng Chenglian couldn't help but be stunned, and glanced at each other, as if they didn't believe it.

Liu Ze saw their thoughts, and snorted coldly: "When the army was dispatched that day, I didn't want you two from Lu Bu. It's Zhang Liao Gaoshun. My father is here to ask you, was Zhang Liao Gaoshun really as Lu Bu said, one was sick and the other was out on the expedition? ”

Hao Meng didn't dare to lie anymore, and told the truth: "As the envoy said, Zhang Liao was not ill, and Gao Shun did not go on the expedition. At that time, both of them were in Xiaopei. ”

"Then do you know why Lu Bu sent you instead of Zhang Liao Gaoshun?"

Hao Mengcheng stammered. They were just Lu Bu's subordinates. Lu Bu arranged for them to go, so naturally they had to go there, as for why, they really didn't know.

Liu Ze sneered: "Lu Bu has long had the intention of rebellion. Maybe he just wanted to take advantage of the time when Bengong went out to attack Xuzhou, and once the incident happened, the people sent to the front of the army would definitely be a dead end, so Lu Bu did not send Zhang Liao Gaoshun, did not send his brother-in-law Wei Xu, but only sent the two of you to die. Presumably, the two of you are neither capable generals nor confidants under Lu Bu's account, and my father asked Lu Bu for soldiers and generals, and he couldn't refuse, so he chose you two insignificant people to come, once the East Window incident happened, your life and death were not in Lu Bu's consideration. ”

Hao Mengcheng looked at each other, cold sweat was dripping, Liu Ze analyzed clearly and thoroughly, they suddenly had a feeling of being betrayed by Lu Bu, and they only felt how worthless it was to be loyal to Lu Bu in life and death all these years.

Liu Ze continued: "Lu Bu is plotting against Xuzhou, secretly plotting Xuzhou, it is by no means a matter of one or two days, my father is here to ask you, Lu Bu is plotting Xuzhou, do you know?" ”

Hao Mengchenglian shook his head hurriedly, they didn't lie, but they really didn't know, they had just heard about Lu Bu's attack on Xuzhou, and when they heard it, their faces turned white.

"My father-in-law came to ask you, this time Lu Bu sent you to Xuyi, but he told you to have other plans in secret? But tell the truth, and if you have half a lie, you will not be spared! ”

Hao Meng hurriedly said: "Before this expedition, Lu Bu only ordered the two of us to obey Liu Yuanjun's orders, and there was nothing else to do, let alone any orders that were unfavorable to Liu Yuanjun. In Hao Meng's mouth, he unconsciously changed the title of Wen Hou to his name, perhaps in Hao Meng's subconscious, he had accepted Liu Ze's speculation

Liu Ze smiled and said: "Lu Bu has been planning Xuzhou for a long time, you two have no idea, this time with the army, and did not arrange the escape path of the two of you, obviously you two are not Lu Bu's henchmen at all, just two dispensable outcasts, are the victims of Lu Bu's tricks, use your lives in exchange for the city of Xuzhou, do you think such a lord is still worthy of your loyalty?" ”

Hao Meng and Cheng Lian glanced at each other, bowed their heads again, and said: "Lu Bu is unkind, how can the two of us be loyal to him again, and the last general is willing to serve Liu Yuanjun, and there will be no two hearts." ”

Liu Ze nodded and said: "Okay, since the two of you are willing to return to obedience, you will not be held accountable for all kinds of past, but this duke is about to return to Xuzhou to conquer Lu Bu, after all, you two and Lu Bu have the love of the old master, and you don't need to be in charge of the army for the time being, after this fair determines Lu Bu, there will be reuse." Although Hao Cheng and the others have already taken effect, Liu Ze is not ready to use them for the time being, after all, the next step is to compete with Lu Bu, who knows if the two will fight again, so they will simply put the two under house arrest first, and then use them after pacifying Lu Bu.

Hao Mengchenglian was able to keep Xiang Shang's head, and it was already Amitabha Buddha burning high incense, and they didn't dare to think about military power or anything. They bowed their heads and thanked them, and went down.

The sudden situation disrupted the original plan, Xuzhou was lost, there was nothing worse or worse than this, so returning to Xuzhou to recapture Tancheng immediately became a new central topic, and the generals agreed that Xuzhou was the fundamental place, and it must be taken back from Lu Bu, as for the Yuan Shu army in Huailing, it was no longer important.

Jia Xu said: "Xuzhou must be recaptured, but Yuan Shu's army is stationed in Huailing, once our army retreats north, it will definitely invade again, and may even follow us to Tancheng. Therefore, the subordinates thought that when returning to Xuzhou, we must first defeat Yuan Shu's army and expel them from Xuzhou, so that we can concentrate on dealing with Lu Bu without worries. ”

Liu Ze nodded and said: "What Wen He said is extremely true, if Ji Ling is not defeated, our army must not withdraw lightly." It's just that Ji Ling was scared by us, and he cowered in Huailing City, not daring to fight, and in his eagerness, our army had no way to defeat the enemy. "Ji Ling lost three games in a row, lost thirty or forty thousand men and horses, shrunk his forces in Huailing City, and tried to use the city to fight a protracted war with Liu Ze, originally Liu Ze was not prepared to attack in a hurry, but the incident in Xuzhou forced Liu Ze to fight quickly, but Ji Ling still has fifty or sixty thousand people in his hands, if he really wants to eat it in one bite, it is not an easy task.

Jia Xu said: "It's difficult to swallow Ji Ling in one bite, but it's not difficult to force him to quit Xuzhou." ”

"What's Wenhe's plan, tell me quickly?" Liu Ze couldn't help but be overjoyed, Jia Xu had a lot of ideas, since he said so, he must have found a way to break the enemy.

Jia Xu said leisurely: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, more than 60,000 people and horses of Ji Ling are stationed in Huailing, Huailing is just a poor and despicable county, it is impossible to support so many soldiers and horses, the grain and grass required by Ji Ling's army are supplied by Huainan, and they are currently piled up in Dongcheng, as long as our army can burn the grain and grass of the Yuan army, the Yuan army will definitely collapse without a fight." ”

The grain and grass supplied by Yuan Shu's army to the front line was indeed stored in the grain and grass camp in Dongcheng, and the scouts in the army had already reported the situation in time. However, all the grain and grass camps are extremely well guarded, and Yuan Shu's Dongcheng grain and grass camp is no exception. Yuan Shu sent the general Chen Ji to command 10,000 troops to garrison the Dongcheng to guard the grain and grass camp, the grain and grass camp is surrounded by deep trenches and dense fortifications, even if it is a strong attack, it is not easy to succeed lightly. What's more, Dongcheng is still far away in the southwest of Huailing, once Liu Ze's brigade moves, it will inevitably alarm Ji Ling.

Liu Ze raised his own questions, and Jia Xu smiled slightly: "We just want to burn the grain and grass, not rob the grain and grass, and it doesn't matter if the grain and grass camp is difficult to overcome." ”

"Wen He means that by throwing incendiary canisters with catapults, you can bypass the fortifications of the Yuan army and burn down the grain and grass camp?" Liu Ze couldn't help but be amazed.

This time to prepare for the attack on Huailing, Liu Ze transferred a catapult, which was restructured by Ma Jun and was no longer comparable to the simple catapult originally used in the Liujiawu fortress on the plain. This kind of catapult adopts a counterweight structure, which can be operated without a large number of traction hands, has a longer range and greater power, and Ma Jun also designed four wheels for it, which can be pulled by horses or mules, which solves the problem of not being easy to move. Throwing 50 pounds of stone bullets has a range of 400 paces, and if you throw a lighter incendiary canister, the range can reach more than 600 steps, and it can completely bypass the outer trenches of the grain and grass camp.

Jia Xu said: "Yes, the subordinates have this intention, the lord can send 3,000 archers to cover the catapult to attack the Yuan army's Dongcheng grain and grass camp, although the archers do not have the ability to attack the fortifications, but in the field battle, even if 10,000 defenders pour out, they are definitely not the opponents of the archers, as long as the catapults put the incendiary canisters into the camp, the grain and grass camp must be a sea of fire." ”

Liu Ze nodded and agreed: "Wenhe's plan is very good, as long as the grain and grass of the Yuan army are burned, the Yuan army will definitely collapse without a fight." ”

"Big brother, let me go." Zhang Fei stepped forward and took the initiative to ask for his life, he was eager to find an opportunity to atone for his crimes.

Zhang Fei was shirtless and wearing armor at this time, and the helmet was gone, with shoulder armor on one side and no armor on the other, and his two furry black arms were exposed, looking both wolf and funny. Liu Ze saw that he was eager to fight, so he ordered him and Tai Shici to lead 3,000 archers and ten catapults to attack Dongcheng. (To be continued......)