Chapter 540: Mutual Calculations
Liu Mang's army took Yingshang, the defenders on Yingshang, Zhang Liao did not cross the river and demolish the bridge, it should have been temporarily detained, after all, it was a surrender army, and there were concerns about using it, and it could be safe to be detained for the time being, but Mi Fang came to Zhang Liao to plead for mercy.
Mi Fang's words Zhang Liao had to listen, because Mi Fang is not only their two brothers working in Yangzhou, his brother is even the general commercial office of Yangzhou, if according to the rating, Zhang Liao saw Mi Fang and also saluted and shouted adults.
But if Zhang Liao alone doesn't give face, the rating is big, but Mi Fang can't control him Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao can give Mi Fang face, that's because half of the credit for this Yingshang City is his Mi Fang.
So Zhang Liao gave Mi Fang this face, and Mi Fang also made a military order in front of Zhang Liao, if the soldiers and horses on this wing rioted, then he Mi Fang raised his head to see, and the five thousand soldiers and horses were simply thrown to Mi Fang.
Although Mi Fang is only a second-rate general, it also has a bit of a role, the supply of food and grass for the army, with the help of Mi Fang, is also very smooth, and the pacification of the people on the Yingshang is also Mi Fang's role.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help but nodded, and he couldn't help but write a few more points to Mi Fang in his letters, although this person has no extraordinary talent, he is a material that can be made.
As soon as the army arrived at Ruyin City, the Ruyin defenders had not had time to react, and Ruyin City was lost, and the Yangzhou army had already taken two counties in this half a month.
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"Report, report to the lord, Yingshang Ruyin has fallen into the hands of the enemy!" Liu Bei's head hurt again. He now finally knew Cao Cao's suffering. At the beginning of the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao was also like now, so he had a headache to death. Now he, Liu Bei, also feels this attitude.
In the land of the two counties, there are nearly 150,000 people in it, but it is so handed over, there is not even a decent resistance, and Yingshang City is still defeated without a fight.
"Mi Fang, Mi Zi Fang!" Liu Bei mentioned this Mi family, but he gritted his teeth with hatred, it was this Mi family that embarrassed him Liu Bei. After Yingshang, most people in Yuzhou now know that Mi Fang is not dead, so the three titles that he Liu Bei applied for to the Mi family are a joke, and even the document he sent to Xu Du was approved with a question sentence.
Because Liu Mang has been given a Guangzhou candidate by Mi Zhu, it is a county candidate, and Liu Bei is just a township marquis, this is to reduce the title.
"Don't worry, my lord! Yingshang, the land of Ruyin, is an insignificant place! Sun Qian on the side was comforting Liu Bei, Yingshang and Ruyin used to be granaries, but now they are not good, after being ravaged by Liu Mang, the two counties are almost the same. Speaking of that time, Sun Qian remembered again. What kind of empty city plan, it's just a big hate.
"There are only 10,000 soldiers and horses, many old, weak, sick and disabled, and there is not much grain and grass left, how can you resist it! It's good if these two counties are lost, but it will be a little good for our army! Sun Qian said to Liu Bei.
"Benefits?" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Sun Qian meant.
"Lord, these two counties were taken in half a month, and the Yangzhou army did not consume much, which will naturally make the enemy proud and complacent, and the arrogant army will be defeated, my army can Xiangcheng Nandun for a generation, and give him a hard blow to the Yangzhou army!" Sun Qian said to Liu Bei.
"Smack?" Liu Bei doesn't understand, is it possible to go out to fight in the field now, and he can't afford to fight with Liu Bei's capital.
"You don't need to fight in the field, just defend the city!" Sun Qian pointed to the map and said, "There were hundreds of thousands of people in Xiangcheng Nandun, and 70,000 people migrated from Ruyin, and now there are 300,000 people in the two cities, and although the defenders of Xiangcheng Nandun are only 20,000, as long as the lord speaks in the city the news that the Yangzhou army will slaughter the city, it will inevitably let these 300,000 people participate in the war. How much does the lord think he can have left with Liu Mang's 100,000 army! Sun Qian said with a smile at Liu Bei.
"That's right!" Liu Bei's eyes flashed with fine light, there are 300,000 people in Xiangcheng Nandun, and it is not possible to fight in the field, but it is okay to defend the city, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, it can naturally be fought, Liu Mang doesn't want to get Yuzhou, just let the blood on his two nails be dripping! "And the trick of framing the enemy, Liu Bei has long been familiar with it, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Liu Bei was not used like this, and he rendered Cao Cao as a heinous person, so that the people of Xuzhou were unaware of Cao Cao's pain. And in Xiangcheng and Nandun, there are tens of thousands of the original people of Xuzhou, who are convinced of Liu Bei's words.
"Someone came to pass on my military order, and half of the grain and grass sent by Cao Cao was sent to Nandun and Xiangcheng! No, no, send me eighty percent! Just leave 20% left! "Liu Bei is ruthless this time, eighty percent of the grain and grass, Cao Cao gave Liu Bei a total of 100,000 grain and grass, plus the return of the people, these eighty percent will be left more than 10,000 again, and Liu Bei can only be frugal.
"Cao Cao Cao Mengde, what a good idea." Cao Cao sent 100,000 grains and grass to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei was not grateful to Cao Cao at all. Because this Cao Mengde knew that he Liu Bei lacked grain and grass, he gave grain and grass just to make himself and the Yangzhou army desperate, and in order to control himself, this grain and grass was no more than 100,000, so that Liu Bei could only deal with the arrival of Liu Mang's army, but could not expand the army, because there was not much left of the people's grain and grass, Cao Cao just wanted to let himself and Liu Mang fight to the death and not let himself have another chance to develop.
But where is he, Liu Bei, the kind of person who is defeated lightly, first deal with the front of him, and then plot the back.
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Ruyin and Yingshang were easily taken down, and in Nandun, Liu Mang's army was finally about to die, they stabbed, and the defenders of Nandun swore not to surrender, no matter how the Yangzhou army persuaded them to surrender, it was like this.
Zhang Liao said that Nandun was short of grain and grass, and wanted to hit the morale of Nandun, but the defenders of Nandun took out the grain and grass to take a grain bath on the city wall, and the grain and grass for generations were poked open, and then poured on the city wall from generation to generation to show the Yangzhou army below, and also proudly told the Yangzhou army below, the origin of this batch of grain and grass was sent from Xudu, which made the Yangzhou army below angry.
Lu Bu asked the Yangzhou army to try to charge once, but in the end they were beaten back, and the defenders of Nandun were simply fighting and dying, that is, the elite soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in the camp were a little embarrassed when they saw it.
Seeing that this group of defenders doesn't look like elites, waiting for the defenders of Nandun to finally capture a Nandun from under the city, this torture to extract a confession, it turned out that it was this Liu Bei Liu Xuande in this Nandun City who actually released rumors that Liu Mang was going to slaughter the city after breaking the city, and there were many people in Xuzhou in this Nandun, and there were many people who listened to Liu Bei's words, so that the entire Nandun became a hard bone. The hundreds of thousands of people in the city are not a small number.
When Liu Mang was guarding Anhui City, the people of Anhui City let Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army drink a good pot.
Zhang Liao and the others did not dare to attack directly with ballistas at this time, because what Liu Mang needed to fight Yuzhou was the population of the people of Yuzhou, if this was to use ballistas, wouldn't this deepen the misunderstanding, but there were many people on the city wall to help defend the city. The stone bullets of this ballista don't know if you are a defender or a civilian.
If the dense stone bullets were smashed like this, this resentment would follow, and the resistance of the people in the city would be stricter, and the army immediately stopped, and sent a letter to Jingzhou to let Liu Mang decide.
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Cao Cao sent grain and grass to Liu Bei in Yuzhou? Liu Mang looked at the case in his hand in Jingzhou, thinking that the battle of Yuzhou should be considered smooth sailing, because Liu Bei is now not only short of soldiers and horses, but also lost the hearts of the people, he lacks the grain and grass of the people of Yuzhou has not yet been repaid, as long as Liu Mang discharges people to spread the message, basically Yuzhou will not be able to hold.
But I didn't expect that Cao Cao of Xudu would also intervene and transport grain and grass from Xudu to Yuzhou.
In this way, Liu Bei not only had grain and grass to support the army, but also returned the people's grain and grass, and the people's hearts were also obtained, and the battle of Yuzhou began to become confusing again.
"Cao Cao and Cao Mengde are worthy of being heroes!" Liu Mang sighed, when Cao Cao besieged Liu Mang and his party, Liu Mang saw Cao Cao's most miserable time, in order to escape the wolf bèi, I thought that Cao Cao was such a good person, but the hero is a hero, he is a little ugly, and his interests and hobbies have changed a little, so he is also a hero.
This Hebei has not yet been pacified, so I want to meddle in the Central Plains of Yuzhou.
"Lord, this Cao Cao Cao Mengde is still too leisurely, this person, if he can't be idle, he will naturally make trouble!" The old fox Jia Xu on the side showed a smile, Cao Cao can be regarded as a fish in water on the battlefield in Hebei, now he is brushing one side to fight the other side, watching Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang two idiots fight over, without spending a single soldier, he asked the Han Emperor to give Yuan Tan the official position of a general, and to Yuan Shang is to reward the state pastor of Qingzhou and Youzhou to Yuan Shang's command, both sides are naturally not convinced, Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang to hand over Jizhou, Yuan Shang asked Yuan Tan to get out of Qingzhou Youzhou, this war is naturally about to break out.
If Lao Cao hadn't waited to collect the power of the fisherman, I'm afraid he would have joined the army a long time ago, he Cao Mengde was too leisurely, and as soon as he was idle, he would naturally have a lot of trouble.
"He Cao Cao is too leisurely, so I'll keep him busy!" Liu Mang's eyes glowed with a cold light.
"Lord, you have a plan!"
"Wen and you!"
"Why don't we all write strategies in the palm of our hands?"
"Good!" The two big and small foxes smiled at each other, and both wrote in the palms of their hands. As soon as they responded to each other, there was a word written in the hands of both of them: "Xu! (To be continued......)