In the past few days, Liu Bei's life is simply not easy, and he finally took the risk of offending Liu Biao, a big tyrant in Jingzhou, and took Fancheng, thinking of seeking wealth and nobility in the risk, taking Fancheng to threaten Liu Biao in Jingzhou, blackmail Liu Biao, and then let Liu Biao and Yangzhou alliance break down.

But who would have thought that not only did the Jingzhou-Yangzhou alliance not break, but Liu Bei did not get the extorted grain and grass from Jingzhou, but he was robbed when he was transporting the grain and grass he got from Fancheng back to Yuzhou, and the person who robbed him was Liu Bei's hateful Yangzhou Liu Mang and Liu Hanyang, who he dreamed of killing. Two 400,000 grains and grass, 200,000 was robbed in one day, although it was lit by a fire in one day, but who knows how much was robbed in the end, anyway, he Liu Bei's 400,000 grains and grass is considered to be thoughtless.

This is not the end, Liu Bei stayed in Fancheng and wanted to defeat the Jingzhou and Yangzhou coalition forces in Fancheng, and wanted to rely on the victory of Fancheng to make Jingzhou Liu Tuhao sober and sober, so that Liu Tuhao was afraid, so that Liu Bei could get grain and grass from Liu Biao again.

It's a pity that Liu Bei's wishful thinking was wrong, the combined forces of Jingzhou and Yangzhou did not directly attack the city at all, in other words, people did not come to fill your moat at all, nor did they go to climb your city wall like ants with a ladder.

Instead, a thing called a ballista is used to throw countless heavy stones into Fancheng, Jingzhou is on the edge of the Yangtze River, and there are not only rivers and mountains in the distance on the side of Fancheng, this stone naturally does not need to spend much effort to get, the ballista is made by the Yangzhou army on the spot, there are 30,000 Jingzhou coolies who hate to do anything convenient, and soon more than 20 ballistas were built, so the nightmare of Fancheng came. Twelve hours in a day. As long as you can see it. These two dozen ballistae have never stopped, and they are even more surging during the day, and if the moonlight is bright enough at night, they are also waiting for stone cannons.

Although the city wall of Fancheng is tall, it has also been smashed into potholes, although Liu Bei's army has not lost much, but this army is about to collapse, who can withstand the bombardment of this meal, all day long worried that a catastrophe will fly over the head and be directly smashed into a meatloaf by this stone.

If this is the case, Liu Bei can still appease this group of soldiers by relying on his personality charm. And the Jingzhou and Yangzhou coalition forces below, they are simply shameless, not only bombarding with artillery, but also building the city wall, that's right, they are building the city wall.

Originally, Liu Bei thought that this was a joke, because a tall city wall could not be built in a day or two, but I don't know what was used on the other side, a kind of black ash, which could solidify in a few days when combined with water and gravel. And the hard Cheng dù is much stronger than the green bricks.

Half Moon actually built a small wall three meters high.

Although this city wall is small, Liu Bei is afraid. Because now Liu Bei can't take the Jingyang coalition army, they are cowering in the camp, if Liu Bei plays a strong attack, the unlucky one can only be Liu Bei himself, the heavy cavalry is used for field battles, and Liu Bei's other infantry battles are simply second-line troops, the Qingzhou army is still in Liu Bei can still attack, the Qingzhou army is not there, and Liu Bei has no way to take the 30,000 soldiers and horses below.

In terms of military rations, there is a local tyrant in Jingzhou behind them, and Liu Biao is still short of grain and grass. I'm afraid that the grain and grass in Fancheng have run out, and the Jingyang coalition army also has grain and grass, and the Jingyang coalition army has no way to take Liu Bei, Fancheng is high, the moat is wide, and it is difficult for a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to take Fancheng garrisoned by Liu Bei's army, but Liu Bei is afraid, because the city wall built in half a month, if it goes on like this, a city wall larger than the original Fancheng may appear in a few months, if there is another encirclement, then Liu Bei will really become a turtle in the urn, and the grain and grass to Yuzhou are insufficient, waiting for the rice here to go to the pot.

Gritting his teeth, Liu Bei could only lead the army to break through and leave, Chen Deng's Jingzhou and Yangzhou coalition forces outside the city did not stop Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei left Fancheng very smoothly, as for Liu Bei's last departure, it didn't matter what the Yangzhou army put when he left, Fancheng was not his own territory.

Chen Deng's troops do not intercept does not mean that other Yangzhou troops do not intercept, Baima Congyi needless to say, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, he fully showed our Liu Bei classmates what is called guerrilla warfare, and the deputy general has now changed his name to Liu Tian, the former leader of the Huang family's private army, Deng Tian, did not disappoint Liu Mang.

Liu Mang rescued Deng Tian's family again, Deng Tian left Jingzhou, and his family was sent to Liu Mang, and Jia Xu sent someone to Yangzhou. Deng Tian went directly in the direction of Fancheng, found Zhao Yun's subordinates, and served as Zhao Yun's deputy general.

With such a knowledgeable lieutenant general, Zhao Yun's effect is really not small, and the white horse fell behind Liu Bei's army in righteousness, so it is not for Liu Bei's army to fight, and it is not for Liu Bei's army to fight, and it is not for him not to fight!

You fight, you can't catch up with people, don't fight, Baima Congyi comes to harass from time to time, originally he Liu Bei was withdrawn, and under this move, Baima Congyi left thousands of infantry troops.

As long as there is a backward infantry army will be eaten by the white horse Congyi, the white horse Congyi can only embarrass Liu Bei and the other army and the state wolf ride can directly make Liu Bei uncomfortable, although the state wolf ride does not have a pair of horses like the white horse Congyi, but the war horse under the crotch of the wolf riding is the most elite soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, many of them are the Arab war horses that Liu Mang brought from the present world, the horsepower is amazing, the white horse is harassed, and the wolf riding is directly charged, whether it is the Xiliang iron cavalry or other foot battles, as long as it is out of the army, and the state wolf rode up to charge, and the power of the heavy armored cavalry was very great, waiting for Liu Bei's large army to come, and the state wolf rode with horsepower and threw off the Xiliang iron horse.

In the end, Liu Bei was left with two choices, one was to stay and continue to transport grain, and after it was difficult to continue to transport grain, he was slowly swallowed up by the white horse from Yihe and the wolf cavalry, and the other was to give up the grain and grass and retreat directly with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Liu Bei didn't have a choice at all, just forty miles away, he walked for two and a half days, lost two thousand troops of soldiers and horses and Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and 6,000 people on foot, and then went on like this, and when he arrived in Yuzhou, Liu Bei's army would not be much left.

And the grain and grass troops are even more miserable, and the white horse is still carrying fierce fire oil from righteousness, under this watering. Liu Bei already had more than 100,000 grains and grass left, and most of them were directly burned.

Even if the remaining grain and grass are transported to Yuzhou, there is not much left. Liu Bei gritted his teeth. He asked the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to bring enough dry food each, a bag of grain and grass on their backs, and directly left the foot battles, and those foot battles became outcasts to stop the enemy army.

In this way, Lu Bu also gave Liu Bei a big gift, and Liu Bei lost another two thousand Xiliang iron horses.

Liu Bei lost 5,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and Nanyang County couldn't take care of it, so he directly threw away all the cities in Nanyang, and the grain and grass were the three stones of grain and grass that Xiliang Iron Cavalry carried on his back. It only adds up to 30,000 grains and grass, which can be said to be a fiasco.

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The whole scene is very hot, and the reason for this scene is that the battle of Fancheng was won, not only Fancheng was captured, but even Nanyang County with Liu Bei was also attacked, and naturally everyone was very happy.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, come on, come on, this version of the old man will do it first as a respect!" Liu Biao's face is full of red light. To be honest, this can be regarded as the only big victory in Jingzhou in the past few years. In the past, Jingzhou was pressed and beaten, and as long as the Jiangdong Xiaobawang was there, Jingzhou basically did not ask for benefits.

And now there is a big victory in Fancheng in the west, although Liu Bei's army was not left, but he finally took Fancheng back and drove Liu Bei out of Nanyang, this is not a big victory.

"The hero is a young man, and the wisest thing the old man has done in this version is to form an alliance with Yangzhou under His Royal Highness the King of Shu." Liu Biao was also very happy and drank a few glasses, and this tone was extremely hot for Liu Mang.

"The lord is wise!"

Drinking and drinking, the two of them, an uncle and a virtuous nephew, had to shout very cheerfully.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, I Zhang have a cup of respect for His Royal Highness the King of Shu!" On the side, Zhang Yun stood up and toasted Liu Mang and said, "This salute is for the sake of my soldiers in Jingzhou and Yangzhou on the front line, and I wish that my Jingzhou and Yangzhou will always be good for Qin and Jin."

"General Zhang is polite." Liu Mang also nodded, he didn't stand up, he just raised his wine glass and drank it all, although the victory in the battle of Fancheng was also expected by Liu Mang, but Liu Mang was also very happy to learn the news.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, Zhang Mou respects His Royal Highness the King of Shu again, a cup of God," Zhang Yungang drank a cup and raised it again, "This cup is for the people of Fancheng, and it is the Yangzhou soldiers and horses of His Royal Highness the King of Shu who help me Jingzhou, which makes the people of Fancheng able to return to the embrace of Jingzhou." ”

Zhang Yun is a member of Cai Mao's family, and Liu Mang can't refuse, and it's another cup.

"This third cup." Zhang Yun raised his glass again, "This third cup is the third cup but I, who is my elder brother, come to pay tribute to His Royal Highness the King of Shu for my unfilial brother" The battle of Fancheng was won, Fancheng returned to Jingzhou, and naturally belonged to the Zhang family again, and his younger brother Zhang Gui was able to atone for his sins, and the cause of this qiē was Liu Mang's promotion, for Liu Mang, Zhang Yun's heart was full of gratitude.

"If General Zhang Gui doesn't have the ability to command the army, even if he has the recommendation of this king, this Fancheng can't be taken!" Liu Mang also responded to Zhang Yun with a smile.

After Zhang Yun, there are only a few people in Jingzhou who can have the face to invite Liu Mang to drink, and they have a good time with each other, Liu Mang can be said to have completely entered the civil and military affairs of Jingzhou, and the officials of the Cai family and Lumen Academy, who checked and balanced Liu Mang at the beginning, are now nodding to Liu Mang and saying yes, not like at the beginning.

After being full of wine and food, after praising each other, Liu Mang did not leave directly, he knew that Liu Biao must have something to discuss with him, and sure enough, Liu Biao did not speak, and Cai Mao on the side spoke first.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, we won the battle of Fancheng, but there are all kinds of things that need to be dealt with in this Fancheng" Cai Mao said a bunch of words, and there was only one sentence that was the most useful, that is, Nanyang County.

Liu Bei was defeated and returned to Yuzhou, not only Fancheng was lost, but also Nanyang County could not be defended, and now Nanyang County can be regarded as a borderless land, this place that once belonged to Jingzhou, Jingzhou has another idea.

But it is impossible for Jingzhou to directly annex Nanyang, after all, the main force in the battle of Fancheng is still Liu Mang's Yangzhou army, so Cai Mao took it out to discuss with Liu Mang.

"I don't know what His Royal Highness the King of Shu thinks of Nanyang County!" Zhang Yun on the side also accosted him.

"Nanyang County!" Liu Mang picked up the tea, drank too much wine, and naturally needed the tea to be sober and sober, "This is a good place, there are mountains and rivers on the side of scooping water, a good place" Liu Mang blinked his mouth, Liu Mang deliberately pretended to be confused, Liu Mang said these things, can these people here not know. After all, it used to be his territory in Jingzhou. "Nanyang is good. All right! ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu. We, 50,000 gold! Cai Mao quoted the price.

Fifty thousand gold? The price is not small, but if you want to buy Nanyang County, isn't it a joke Liu Mang deliberately pretended not to understand: "Nanyang County, the suicide god Bai attacked Chu and occupied it, and King Qin Zhaoxiang appointed him as Nanyang, so he has the name of Nanyang!" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, 50,000 gold, 200,000 grain and grass!" Cai Mao has increased the price again.

If it was before, Liu Mang might have been very interested in 200,000 grains and grass. But now Liu Mang is not so nostalgic, "Since joining my Han Dynasty, Nanyang County has been even more outstanding, with mountains and rivers, and I want to be able to live in seclusion here in my later years!" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, 5,000 sets of heavy armor" Cai Mao continued to increase the price for Liu Mang, 5,000 sets of heavy armor, which can allow Liu Mang to form a new heavy armor army, although Liu Mang is now encouraging iron smelting in Yangzhou, but it is difficult to come up with 5,000 sets of armor at once.

But Liu Mang is still not moved, these things can't be exchanged for a county town.

"Three thousand horses!" Cai Mao began to come up with a big price. Even the war horses were taken out, you must know that they are in the Central Plains. War horses are very precious, and three thousand war horses are worth at least more than 30,000 gold.

Liu Mang will not dislike the lack of war horses, you must know that it is difficult to breed war horses in the Central Plains, basically those war horses are almost disposable, and Liu Mang has a lot of cavalry troops in his hands.

"You can't drink too much of this wine, it's a mistake!" Liu Mang also wants to see what kind of price this Jingzhou will come up with.

Money, grain, grass, armor, and war horses Liu Mang didn't want it, Cai Mao took out another thing, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, the previous ones are added to the five county towns near Yiyang Zaoyang!" ”

Although Yiyang Zaoyang is under Liu Mang's command, it is not glorious to seize it, and it is also in order not to irritate Liu Biao, Liu Mang has not sent troops to take several county towns near Yiyang Zaoyang, but these counties are also too close to Yiyang Zaoyang, which is not good, so Cai Mao took out the city to change.

"There are thirty-seven counties, with Wancheng as the county seat" There are thirty-seven counties in the entire Nanyang County, even if some of the ones that have now become county towns are removed, there are more than 20 counties, Liu Biao, you will take out five counties, which is also a little too stingy.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, what do you want!" Liu Biao also has no patience, Fancheng has been captured, Nanyang County is now a borderless land, Liu Biao seems to have taken him back from the beginning, it can be regarded as a reconquest of lost land, which can inspire the people.

"Nanyang County and even the Guangwu Emperor of my Han Dynasty originated here, and Wancheng is your companion capital! Imperial Township. Liu Mang said these words to mean that he was talking about a companion capital, an imperial township, and it can be said that the location of Nanyang is very important. It's a way to put yourself up.

"Xinye County, subordinate three counties" Liu Mang's meaning is already very obvious, Liu Mang can not want Nanyang County, but Liu Mang wants Xinye.

"Shinno Castle?" Jingzhou's civil and military forces are not indifferent, this Xinye is a gateway to the north of Jingzhou, with Xinye, the Jingzhou army can cross the Yangtze River to reach the Central Plains, if Xinye is lost, then the Jingzhou army will be sad to cross the Yangtze River.

"Impossible!" This is the place of contact of the Central Plains, how can it be let go. "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, you can change the conditions!"

"Liu Jingzhou, although this Xinye is a county seat, it is actually a county, which is divided from Nanyang," Liu Mang looked at Liu and said.

"Although Xinye is not as big as Nanyang, it is the main way for me to go to the Central Plains in Jingzhou!" Other places along the Yangtze River are either high or low-lying, and only Xinye has a good port to pass through.

"To the Central Plains?" Liu Mang sneered, "Liu Jingzhou, why did Jingzhou go to the Central Plains?" Could it be that Liu Jingzhou wants to go out to conquer the world? Liu Mang's words are very heart-wrenching, because in addition to Xinye, the first one is Liu Mang's Yiyang Zaoyang, and then Yangzhou, if Liu Biao sends troops, will he fight Yangzhou.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu is too worried, Xinye is just a place for trade in my Jingzhou!"

"Commerce? Handed over to me Yangzhou can also be traded, with the Jingyang Alliance, business exchanges are naturally not a problem! ”

"Could it be that my Jingzhou can only go to the south bank of the Yangtze River?"

"Why did Liu Jingzhou go to the North Shore? If I could rely on the Yangtze River natural insurance as Liu Jingzhou, I would not want the city on the other side of the natural insurance."

"What if it's unpleasant!"

"Could it be that the Jingzhou Navy will be afraid!" Liu Mang continued to ask. "With the Yangtze River natural insurance, you can sit back and relax in Liu Jingzhou, and with Nanyang County, Jingzhou, you can have twenty more counties!"

"And Xinye is not that this king must ask for it, but this Nanyang 20 counties, if it is handed over for no reason, this king is afraid that the soldiers in the army will not accept it, so this king must give the soldiers an explanation!" Liu Mang began to take the Yangzhou general to the top of the cylinder, and in the Yangzhou army, Liu Mang's words could not be said to be true, and no one dared to have an opinion on Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's words are very clear, use Nanyang to exchange for you Xinye, and even Liu Mang made a gesture, that is, taking Xinye is just an explanation to the soldiers, I can't work hard to take Nanyang, just give it to you directly, you have to show a little bit anyway.

"Let me think about it for two more days!" Liu Biao frowned and began to issue an eviction order.

"Hehe, this king is also tired, so I won't bother Liu Jingzhou!" Liu Mang got up and prepared to leave. (To be continued......)