Lu Xun raised his eyebrows, and then regained his composure: "How much do you need?" ”

Wei Ba smiled happily: "Not much, plus the prisoners, we now have a total of more than 30,000 people, as long as the general needs to attack the city, he can provide us with food for as long as he wants." ”

Lu Lan couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed sarcastically: "It seems that you really want to blackmail us today." ”

Wei Ba smiled even brighter: "The captain said that he was laughing, how can this be said to be blackmail." The lieutenant has been with the general for a long time and should know a little about our covenant. If it weren't for your army's repeated delays, why would we be here. If it weren't for General Wu's insistence, we would have withdrawn our troops by now. We've got enough credit, and we're here to help you. Brothers still have to settle accounts, although we are allies, we can't help in vain, right? ”

Wei Ba twisted his fingers and said slowly: "I also said just now, if you think it's not appropriate, then it's better to withdraw the army now, so as not to make everyone unhappy." I can bear this blackmail, but the soldiers under my command can't stand it. Captain Lu, a gentleman is cautious in his words and deeds, you have to control your mouth. ”

Lu Lan was furious, Huo stood up, and pointed at Wei Ba with the halberd, and was about to drink. Wei Ba's eyelids were raised, the cold light flashed, Lu Lan was stunned by him, and suddenly the chill was complete, and the words that had already surged to his mouth could not be spoken, and his face turned red.

Lu Xun indifferently played with the jade Ruyi in his hand, squinted at Wei Ba, and took over the conversation: "It's not that there is no food, but I have a request." If you agree to my request. I will feed you. ”

Wei Ba retracted his gloomy gaze and put on a harmless smile again: "The general will talk about it." ”

"It's not easy to siege the city, I hope you can provide me with the powerful crossbow that was three hundred steps away that day."

Wei Ba raised his eyebrows and did not answer immediately. Lu Xun's appetite is really not small, and he actually took a fancy to my killing weapon. You don't know the thousand-step crossbow, otherwise you will probably ask for the thousand-step crossbow directly. It's just such a big killing weapon, how can I provide it to you, let alone food, even if it is gold, I can't give it. You see when US imperialism sold its most sophisticated weapons to others.

"The general should be clear. This is the weapon of our army. It is impossible to provide it to you. Wei Ba smiled: "The general's request is over." ”

Lu Xun's eyes flashed: "You can't provide it to me, can you help me?" Xiangyang City is not Fancheng, if you want to conquer it as soon as possible. It's not an easy task. ”

Wei Ba suddenly laughed: "General." I'm afraid you can't afford it. ”

"I can provide food for tens of thousands of troops. Can't afford to pay for a few thousand people? Lu Xun smiled slightly: "You underestimate me too much." ”

Wei Ba shook his head: "Each of our crossbowmen is paid a salary equivalent to the team rate, and the treatment of a special shooter is equivalent to that of a captain. A chariot battalion of three thousand people. At least thirty special marksmen, nearly six hundred team rates, General, are you sure you can really afford it? ”

Lu Xun was stunned for a moment: "Really? ”

Wei Ba nodded solemnly: "There is no lie." ”

Lu Xun was silent, and he waved his hand: "You let me think about it again, and I'll give you an answer later." ”

"Okay, then wait for the good news from the general. However, general, with all due respect, if the rations cannot be delivered within two days, we will have to withdraw our troops. Wei Ba arched his hand, turned around and left. Before leaving the big tent, he stopped again, took a step back, looked at Lu Lan with an angry face, and grinned: "Captain Lu, since you are good at easy ways, why don't you build a few big crossbows yourself?" You don't have to ask for help. After saying that, he hahadaxiao and walked away.

Lu Lan's lips trembled with anger, but she didn't know how to refute her lips, and watched Wei Ba leave. He turned his face and looked at Lu Xun and the girl who had just come out of the tent aggrievedly: "General, Ming Zhu, look at this shaft ......"

When Wei Ba was there, no matter how outspoken Wei Ba was, Lu Xun never showed even a trace of anger, but now, he sank his face: "Zhong Shan, you have read books for so many years and raised your anger for so many years, why are you still so reckless?" ”

"I ......"

The girl named Ming Zhu also said lightly: "Brother Zhong, can't you see that he deliberately wants you to be angry?" ”

Lu Lan opened her mouth and lowered her head in frustration. Ming Zhu turned his face and said with some displeasure: "General, he is really hateful to ignore my Lu family so much, he should be taught a lesson." ”

"How to teach?" Lu Xun smiled helplessly: "Talk to him?" Do you think he really doesn't understand Yi Dao? If you've seen the scene where he entered the martial arts with ease, you wouldn't have such an idea. ”

"Easy to enter the martial arts?" Ming Zhu's eyes widened in surprise: "Yi Dao can still enter the martial arts?" ”

Lu Lan said disdainfully: "He understands what Yi Dao is, he doesn't even understand the scriptures." ”

"Yi Dao is vast and all-encompassing, of course he can enter the military." Lu Xun remembered the scene where Wei Ba defeated Ding Feng that day, and sighed: "The real Yi Dao is not in the fragments." If you think that those few verses are the way of change, then you are sacrificing the basics and seeking the end. ”

Lu Lan was speechless.

Ming Zhu's eyes rolled: "The general really wants to provide them with military rations, and let their crossbowmen come to help?" ”

"If you can get so much money and food, Weishenme won't do it? Let the Shu army contribute to our army, which can not only conquer the important town of Xiangyang, but also reduce the casualties of our army, why not? Lu Xun groaned: "It's just that the expenses are too big, Ming Zhu, you help me calculate, can we afford it." ”

"Ugh."

After a while, Lu Xun laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "No wonder Zhuge Liang will value him, he is originally the same heavy on art and light on Taoism, and he is a person who sacrifices his roots to seek the last." ”

……

Wei Ba returned to the camp and told Wu Yi and Meng Da about the blackmailing of Lu Xun. Of course, this was not his temporary idea, but to discuss with Wu Yi and Meng Da. What he said to Lu Xun was not a lie, the Shu army really didn't want to fight anymore. First, the casualties were too large, the losses of Meng Da's troops had already exceeded half, plus the losses of other horses, the total loss of the Shu army was more than 10,000. The second is that the war exploits have been earned, and if they continue to fight, they will purely work for the Wu army, to be honest, few soldiers of the Shu army are willing to do this, especially when the Wu army has been ill-intentioned.

Fancheng will definitely not be able to occupy it, and sooner or later it will have to be returned to the Wei army, so why bother to hold it here? Returning to Fangling with the loot is the most haode choice for now. The reason why he didn't leave immediately was because although the goal of consuming the strength of the Wei army had been achieved, the goal of consuming the strength of the Wu army had not been achieved, so Wei Ba was a little unwilling to leave like this.

Lu Xun wanted him to be cannon fodder, he wanted to pull Lu Xun into the water, and everyone was not happy. Putting on a tough posture is just fighting for the greater good.

His goal was achieved. The next day, Lu Xun sent someone to send a batch of military rations, which was only enough for 30,000 troops to eat for ten days. Lu Xun said that the stakes were very high, and he wanted to ask Sun Quan for instructions, and he could only give so much for the time being. The matter of hiring the chariot battalion of the Shu army to fight, because the cost was too great, it was also necessary to ask Sun Quan for instructions, hoping that the Shu army would be ready, and once Sun Quan's edict arrived, he would immediately cross the water to assist in the siege.

Wei Ba readily agreed.

Sun Quan's edict had not yet come down, but the Wei army had once again forced towards Fancheng. The emperor of Wei, Bixia Cao Rui, arrived in person, and brought another 20,000 forbidden troops, including 20,000 iron cavalry, and the Wei army will have a total of 50,000 troops stationed outside Fancheng, and 30,000 troops are on the way. The endless camp tents surrounded Fancheng.

Although the Wei army did not have a water division, this did not prevent them from cutting off the Han River, and the battle was first launched on the control of the Han River. Sima Yi, who had been defeated repeatedly, served as the commander-in-chief of the front, and he set up camp on the north bank of the Han River on both sides of Fancheng, cutting down trees day and night to create obstacles, preparing to forcibly cut off the Han River.

The Shu army also made a division of labor, Meng Da led more than 5,000 people to defend the city, and Wu Yi led Feng Jin and other land and water armies with a total of more than 8,000 people as backup, and they were ready to try their best to prevent the Wei army from blockading the Han River. For the sake of safety, Wu Yi obtained Lu Xun's consent to set up camp on the south bank of the Han River, and fought with Sima Yi for every ferry, blocking the Wei army on the north bank of the Han River. At the same time, Zhu Ran also led his troops to launch a counterattack, and controlled the Han River east of Fancheng to the death, so as not to let the Wei army provoke him.

While fighting for the Han River, Lu Xun commanded the army and officially launched an attack on Xiangyang. An army of 50,000 surrounded Xiangyang and attacked day and night.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, led an army of 30,000 from Jiangling and rushed to Xiangyang. He asked Zhang Wen and Fei Yi to rush to Xiangyang first, and told Lu Xun and Wu Yi that he had brought a large amount of military rations, enough for Wu Shu's army to eat for two months, hoping that the Shu army would be able to hold on to Fancheng and buy more time for Wu's army to attack Xiangyang.

For a time, the smoke billowed from the north and south of the Han River, and all the main roads were full of hurried people, and groups of troops rushed to the battlefield through the gallop road, and the teams transporting grain and grass could not see the end at a glance.

Wei Ba finally breathed a sigh of relief. His goal was finally achieved. Cao Rui and Sun Quan, the two big tigers, were successfully transferred to Xiangyang by him, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of Wei and Wu focused around Xiangyang, and a fierce battle was inevitable. No matter who wins or loses, it will be greatly damaged, and the price paid by Shu for this is only more than 10,000 casualties. If you count the booty and captives obtained, Shu still has a slight surplus, which can be described as a successful investment model.

With such results, Wei Ba has enough capital to be happy. He fulfilled his promise and completed the heavy task of four or two thousand pounds, and was a very successful scale.

At night, Cao Rui sat on the command platform that had just been erected, looking at Fancheng like a crouching tiger in the distance by a little starlight, silent as a stone. Sima Yi bowed to his side, just as he had stood in front of his grandfather Cao Cao.

"You don't have to be so nervous. Defeated under Wei Ba, you are not the first, and you will not be the Zuihou one. Cao Rui retracted his gaze, slowly swept in front of several people in front of him, and suddenly said: "Moreover, you are actually not nervous at all, on the contrary, you are a little relaxed, right?" ”

Sima Yi's face changed slightly, lifted the hem of his clothes, and slowly knelt on the ground. (To be continued......)

PS: Add more to, ask for a monthly pass. Although it is still a little short of Lao Zhuang's goal, Lao Zhuang believes that you will continue to give your strength.

Thank you for the growth of the rich man!