Chapter 273: Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei will meet Yangzhou
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Liu Bei really invested a lot of money this time, he had a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses, in addition to 5,000 sailors, there were 45,000 people left, 10,000 people guarded in Runan, he was afraid that Cao Ren, who was left behind by Lao Cao, would copy the back road, and the remaining 35,000 people could be said to be all used. The strength of Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi is both first-class.
In addition to Sun Qian's absence, Liu Ranran can be regarded as bringing everything he can bring, Jian Yong is responsible for the transportation of military rations on the back road, and Pang Tong is the military advisor of the entire army. Under the combination of the two, it is really a luxurious lineup.
"Liu Bei sent troops?!" Xu Shu in Shouchun put down the information in his hand, his brows frowned, not only Zhang Xiu's banner and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses appeared near Gwangju, but also found out clearly when the intelligence officers died a lot, Liu Bei brought no less than tens of thousands of people this time.
This is terrible, in the entire Shouchun, Xu Shu has 50,000 soldiers and horses available, but this 50,000 people is impossible to fight in the field! These are the soldiers recruited by Liu Mang when the 1.2 million people arrived, and it is completely a bunch of recruits to defend the city and fight in the field, and there are not many Shouchun soldiers, and half of these 50,000 soldiers and horses can have battle armor on the ship.
Now Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu are together with the army, it is really difficult to do, originally Zhang Xiu relied on cavalry, he raged for a while at most, as long as the city gate was closed, could his cavalry still attack the city? Now it's different, with Liu Bei and Liu Da'er's foot soldiers, it is completely enough to attack the city and plunder the land.
"Like Lujiang Wenhou asking for help!" Xu Shu said to a soldier on the side. Now I can only ask for help, but Xu Shu is not without a way, "Let Zhang Rui and Deng Yi each take 20,000 horses to Lujiang Hefei Town to guard!" Sue sΓΉ they only need to defend the city and not go to war! β
"20,000 each?" The generals and colonels on the side didn't understand: "What about you, military advisor!" "There are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in Shouchun, and if each brings 20,000, then there are only 10,000 left. So how do you protect Shouchun?
"Huh. I don't have to worry! Xu Shu smiled. If both Lujiang and Hefei are broken. Then Shouchun will also have no danger to defend, completely exposed to the enemy's sword, no need to fight, directly besiege the city can besiege Xu Shu to death, after all, Shouchun is not enough grain and grass, and if Hefei and Lujiang are not breached, then Liu Bei and Wancheng Zhang Xiu will not dare to enter the hinterland of Shouchun, because in this way Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's military food supply line is completely exposed to the attack of Lu Bu's army. There is no food near Shouchun to supplement Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu, if you want military food, you must bring it yourself, and a safe rear is the transit station of military food supply, and if you can't take Hefei Lujiang, the military food supply will not be safe.
I believe that Wen Hou of Lujiang will not ignore Shouchun, and once Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu have problems with the supply of military food, he will have to withdraw from the army.
Xu Shu left 10,000 horses, that is because to prevent accidents, the degree of cavalry is very fast, if Zhang Xiu really relies on the cavalry to attack the city, Xu Shu will not be without soldiers. 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard Shouchun is a bit insufficient, but there are still millions of people in the city. It is enough to defend the city with them.
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Zhang Xiu's Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Liu Mang's 40,000 troops met under Gwangju, and Liu Bei used Pingchun as the back base to transport grain and grass.
"General Zuo, Xuande Gong, what are you here for?!" Although Zhang Xiu and Liu Beijun have corresponding, they have always been correspondence, and the two have never met, but this time it was the two lords who personally commanded the army.
"General Zhang, Bei came here to help the general get back a justice, the original 16,000 gold was given to the general, admired by the general before fighting against the Cao thief, who would have thought that it was snatched away by these three family slaves, the general sent a messenger to contact him, but these three family slaves killed the general's messenger and insulted the general, this matter arose because of the preparation, and it is reasonable to be prepared to seek justice for the general!" Liu Bei spoke righteously, as if he was a saint and wanted to help Zhang Xiu get justice.
"Get justice?!" Zhang Xiu is not a fool, he listened to Liu Bei's words, and secretly sneered in his heart: "If it's just like this, then please go back to General Zuo!" Although the embroidery is weak, it can still get justice for itself, so I don't bother General Zuo! β
"This!" Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu were polite, who knew that Zhang Xiu would not be on the road at all, and his face changed greatly with one sentence, and people didn't appreciate it at all.
"Wu Na Zhang Xiu, how can you talk to my eldest brother!" On the side, Zhang Fei was dissatisfied, his face was angry, and he picked up the Zhangba spear and pointed it at Zhang Xiu.
"Who dares to hurt my lord!" On Zhang Xiu's side, he is also a fierce general, no weaker than Zhang Fei, with a pair of iron hammers in his hands, buzzing, this is not a hollow hammer, but a solid hammer. A pair of hammers weighs no less than 100 catties.
"Hu Che'er, you dodge aside, otherwise don't blame me for Zhang Fei's snake spear and don't recognize people!" Zhang Fei saw the person who came and shouted, isn't this exactly Hu Che'er, the general under Zhang Xiu's command who drank and slept with him, who is the easiest person to make friends, that is, people with common hobbies, Zhang Fei likes to drink, Hu Che'er is too, the two drunkards are inseparable as soon as they meet, and the relationship seems to be good.
"A black face, it should be you who should flash aside, if you are disrespectful to my lord again, don't blame me Hu Che'er for letting you eat a hammer!" Hu Che'er is not a Han Chinese, he is a Qiang person, he has followed Zhang Xiu since he was a child, it can be said that Zhang Xiu's brother is the same as Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, he has a good impression of Zhang Fei, and the two have become friends because of drinking, but in front of the lord, all of his friends are fart, and he killed such a drinking friend Dian Wei at the beginning.
Zhang Fei and Hu Che'er were still confronting each other, Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu were also looking at each other, and the smell of gunpowder was very strong.
"Lord, General Zhang Xiu, how about Rong Pangtong!" Pang Tong interjected.
"Shiyuan, but it's okay to talk about it!"
"Sir, but it doesn't hurt to speak!"
"General Zhang Xiu, the Ming people don't say secret words, we are here this time with the same idea as the general!" Pang Tong stepped forward and said.
"Oh? Really? Could it be that General Zuo also came to ask for the 16,000 gold?! Zhang Xiu's words are a bit ironic, no wonder Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu before the expedition. I asked Jia Xu for advice. The current Jia Xu, since Zhang Xiu killed Cao Cao's son, is Zhang Xiu, and he never asks about it. This is a life-saving technique of Jia Xu, Jia Xu told Zhang Xiu that the sixteen,000 gold was not robbed by Lu Bu and obtained by Liu Bei.
And nominally, this sixteen thousand gold was originally given to Zhang Xiu by Liu Bei, and now if it is obtained by Liu Bei, then it means that he Liu Bei did not take out this sixteen thousand gold at all, and he is completely using this as an excuse to provoke a war between Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu.
If it was before, Zhang Xiu might be furious, not only would he not send troops to Lu Bu. Instead, he will question Liu Bei, but that's what he said! That was before, and now Zhang Xiu not only didn't settle accounts with Liu Bei, but confused people to settle accounts with Lu Bu, why? The first is that Lu Bu killed Zhang Xiu's messenger, at that time Zhang Xiu thought that Lu Bu sent someone to rob it, if Lu Bu explained that Zhang Xiu might be more comfortable, but Lu Bu directly killed Zhang Xiu's messenger, it would be a slap in the face, second, this is also the most important point, that is Sun Ce's plan to destroy the household. A few months ago, Sun Ce not only gave Liu Bei a letter to Liu Bei. It was also given to Zhang Xiu, and the 1.2 million population was placed in Shouchun, and Lu Bujun couldn't eat it at all, either he blocked the way to Shouchun and lost his trust in the world, or he endured his nose and endured this hardship.
One million people eat, drink and Lazar, that's not a small problem, the simplest, eat above, Lu Bujun's grain and grass is not enough for 1.2 million people to eat, once the grain and grass are insufficient, then not only the people will riot, Lu Bujun himself is also difficult to have the ability to send troops again, carefully calculate that it will only be these two months, take advantage of the fire to rob, this Zhang Xiu will still be, after all, the first boss of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Dong Zhuo Dong Fat, that is a big robber.
With such a good excuse to send troops, Zhang Xiu will certainly not let it go.
The meaning of Zhang Xiu's words is, I have already seen your Liu Bei's thoughts, and you want to use me Zhang Xiu? Is it really me Zhang Xiu is a fool?
"General Zhang Xiu, although my lord didn't give the 16,000 gold, but General Zhang Xiu, please don't forget, my lord also gave 17,000 gold before and after, such a generous gift in exchange for the general to send troops, the general is at a loss?!" Pang Tong said very indifferently.
Yes, even if you don't count the 16,000 gold, Liu Bei gave Zhang Xiu a lot of things, and the sum of the front and back is more than 10,000, more than 10,000 gold, Liu Mang sells bed crossbows at this price, these are enough for him Zhang Xiu to raise tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Now that Zhang Xiu understands, let's make it clear.
"What the hell does General Zuo want?!" Zhang Xiu is not the kind of arrogant and unreasonable person, Liu Bei used him or not, he gave him military salary to solve a big problem for Zhang Xiu, so Zhang Xiu also reciprocated.
"What does General Zhang want?!" Pang Tong did not answer immediately, but asked rhetorically.
"Embroider all the money and grain of Lujiang!" Zhang Xiu opened his mouth and said.
"All the money and grain in Lujiang?" Pang Tong was stunned for a moment and asked.
"What's the matter? You must know that my 20,000 Xiliang Iron Horsemen are going to block that tiger and his 5,000 wolf cubs for you! "Zhang Xiu is a little dissatisfied, Lu Bujun is rich in two places, one is Shouchun and the other is Lujiang, he Zhang Xiu has let Shouchun out, what else does he want!
"No, no, General Zhang Xiu, you have misunderstood what my lord meant! What my lord means is that not only the money and grain of Lujiang County belong to you, but even the money and grain near Shouchun also belong to you, General Zhang Xiu! "Pang Tong is very generous on the surface, but he is happy in his heart, money and food? This Zhang Xiu is really a mouse's eye, this is the troubled times and then there is money and food, what can it be, now the important thing is that the foundation is the land, only by occupying a side of the land can there be a greater exhibition, even if the money and grain of Lujiang County and Shouchun are given to Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu is just a county land, no, it should be said that there is only one city, there are not many people, almost all of them are soldiers and soldiers have become a military base, so that only soldiers and horses have no territory sooner or later the money and grain have to be spent.
It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and only when they have land and population can they have a continuous supply of food and taxes.
And another reason why Pang Tong is so generous is because Lu Bujun may have money, but grain and grass? Hehe, that's definitely going to dig out the old bottom, if there is enough military food, who will fight hard with Lu Bu.
"Is that true?!" Zhang Xiu asked with joy on his face, he can't blame Zhang Xiu for his eyes, the first Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei thought differently, Zhang Xiu was like Cai Mao in Jingzhou, what they wanted was not to dominate the party or win the world, but to wait for the price to sell, they were waiting for a master to take refuge after the difficulty, or they wanted to see who had big chips, they would follow who would be the younger brother. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were the objects of their bets.
The more money and food they have, the more soldiers and horses they have, and the more they will naturally have in front of their new masters.
"But letters are allies!" Pang Tong said with certainty and certainty.
"So what do you need me to do?!" Zhang Xiu also calmed down, such a big benefit, it will not be without paying.
"There is no need for the general to do anything! A few months have passed, Jiangdong's little overlord's strategy has gradually taken effect, he Lu Bu is short of food and grass, I'm afraid it will be a problem to send troops, but we can't take it lightly, so if Lujiang has Lu Bu reinforcements coming, please also ask General Zhang to block one or two plunders to teach General Zhang, this siege will be handed over to us! "Zhang Xiu's 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry has good mobility ability, and can even threaten Lujiang with Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and they can fully attract the attention of Lu Bu's army, and what Liu Bei needs to do is knock out these Yangzhou cities one by one.
"Okay, if the enemy fights on foot, embroidery should be swallowed by General Zuo, if the enemy is cavalry, embroidery should be rejected by General Zuo!" 20,000 Xiliang Iron Rider is really not a joke, why did Lao Cao fall in love with Zhang Xiu is to fall in love with Zhang Xiu's 20,000 Xiliang Iron Rider, according to the original trajectory, even if Lao Cao was killed by Zhang Xiu in his son, his confidant Dian Wei died, Lao Cao still accepted Zhang Xiu is not because of the Xiliang Iron Rider under his command!
If Zhang Xiu has always grasped the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Lao Cao may still be afraid, after Zhang Xiu joined the Cao Army, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was scattered and scattered, and there were only thousands of people left in Zhang Xiu's hands, and a huge strength was forcibly dismantled by himself, Lao Cao didn't kill Zhang Xiu, who would kill him!
Zhang Xiu has his self-confidence, either the Lu Bu army will not come, or it will be the whole army coming, trapping the camp, and the state wolf cavalry, these two troops Xiliang Iron Cavalry have fought against each other, and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is a step higher than the Gaoxi Liang Iron Cavalry, but the difference is at most twice as much, and he Xiliang Iron Cavalry has a full 20,000 people.
"Hehe, in this way, my lord should give a big gift to General Zhang Xiu today!" Pang Tong glanced at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei nodded.
"Great gift?!" Zhang Xiu didn't understand.
"I don't know if General Zhang Xiu is interested in the money and grain of Gwangju Gushi Anfeng?"
"Gusi Anphong Gwangju? Within today? This Liu Bei plans to pull out three cities in one day?! (To be continued!)
ps: I'm sorry, the 20,000 that I said has not been cashed in, and it was really Kavin two days ago! The outline has been changed today! I will definitely make up for the missing words. At night, I went to a 4,000 first, and I went to sleep, and the day was even more exciting!