Puzi City is located in the northernmost part of the east of the river. After a day or two further north, you can enter the territory of the state.

Due to its remote location, and the surrounding terrain is complex, with mountains and rivers crisscrossing the city, there is not enough space to build a big city, compared with Anyi and other cities in the hinterland of Hedong, Puzi City seems much smaller.

Outside the city, the mountains are staggered, and there are few flat fields, so the local residents have to burn the mountains and fields on the mountain land, and open many terraced fields to grow corn, oats and other crops.

In mountainous reclamation, the crop yield will not be too high due to factors such as topography. Fortunately, Puzi is sparsely populated, and as long as there are no disaster years and military rebellions, the grain and grass produced in the nearby villages are enough for the whole city to eat, and there will be some surplus.

Now all the people in the city have been evacuated, and even the villages outside the city have been evacuated.

The fields reclaimed on the hillside have long since been harvested, and only patches of charred terraced fields remain, which are connected together on the mountainside.

Due to the sudden attack of the Montenegrin army, the villagers in the Puzi area did not have time to plough the fields, and the roots of the crops left during the harvest were still left in the ground.

At the head of Puzi City, there is no banner of the Luoyang Army. I don't know if the flag was taken away by the evacuated Luoyang army, or by the Montenegrin army that captured the city.

Standing in the barracks, looking at Puzi City, which was already close at hand, Liu Wei's brows furrowed slightly, and he was still a little worried that Yu Yu would not lead the army to rescue the Montenegrin army in the city.

"Your Highness!" Looking at Puzicheng, a red-haired war horse rushed into the barracks like a gust of wind, and when he arrived only twenty or thirty steps away from Liu Bi, Lu Bu, who was riding on horseback, turned over and jumped down, turned his head to the dragoon guards who saw him rushing into the barracks and blocking his way, glanced at Liu Bi, shouted Liu Bi, and walked quickly towards Liu Bi.

Several dragoon guards saw that Lu Bu had dismounted and did not carry a blade, and Liu Wei had not ordered him to be stopped, so they made way for him and turned their heads to send him to Liu Bi's back.

"General Lu!" Seeing Lu Bu, Liu Wei smiled slightly, turned to face him, and asked him, "The general came to find this king, why did he come to find him?" ”

"Your Highness!" Holding his fists and bowing, he saluted Liu Bian, Lu Bu held a horsewhip, pointed to Puzi City, and said to Liu Bian: "In this city, the city walls are low, and the defenders are just some Black Mountain rebels, and their combat power is not strong. If His Highness promises, the last general is willing to lead an army to attack the city, and within seven days, he will definitely present this city with both hands! ”

"Siege?" Turning his head to look at Puzi City, Liu Wei was silent for a moment, smiled slightly, and said to Lu Bu: "There are 20,000 defenders in the city, and our army has 70,000. If it is a siege, the ratio of troops must reach five to one, so that there is a possibility of breaking the city......"

"Your Highness is too worried!" Before Liu finished speaking, Lu Bu hugged his fists and said to him: "The last general is in the camp, and he is used to attacking the city, don't say that there are only 20,000 black mountain thieves in the city, even if it is 20,000 Han elite soldiers, the last general can break through this city!" ”

Knowing that Lu Bu was eager to make contributions, Liu Wei knew that if he refused directly, it would definitely make Lu Bu have other thoughts in his heart.

He lowered his head, groaned slightly, and said to Lu Bu: "General Lu, there is no food and grass in Puzi City, and even if the thief army defends it, it will not last long. Our army only needs to besiege the city, and within ten days, the thief army will run out of food, and the city will be destroyed. ”

Hearing from Liu's words, there was a little bit of no need to attack the city, and Lu Bu really showed a touch of loss on his face.

At the same time that Lu Bu's expression darkened, Liu Wei continued: "But General Lu should have a first merit to build, I don't know if the general is willing to take this credit?" ”

As soon as there was a trace of disappointment in his heart, Liu Bi said that he had a first merit to build, Lu Bu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly clenched his fists and said to Liu Bi: "Your Highness, but you are driven, and you will never give up!" ”

"Break the poison and capture him alive!" Staring at Lu Bu's face with a little excitement, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth pulled up an indifferent smile, and emphasized: "Remember, this king only needs to live!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your success, the general will not fail in his mission!" Yu Poison is the commander of the Black Mountain Army, this time he entered Hedong, and he was also headed by Yu Poison, Liu Wei asked him to go and catch Yu Poison, how Lu Bu didn't like it, he hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed down, and thanked Liu Bian.

But immediately, Lu Bu seemed to remember something, raised his head and looked at Liu Wei, and said with a hint of embarrassment on his face: "If you can see Yu Poison, the last general will capture him, but he will be captured." It's just that Yu Poison is not at war with our army, how will the general capture him? ”

"General rest assured!" Stretching out his hand and patting Lu Bu's big arm lightly twice, Liu Wei said to him very affectionately: "In a few days, he will come by himself." ”

Some generals looked at Liu Wei suspiciously, but Lu Bu still didn't dare to believe that the poison would come to Puzi.

Seeing that Lu Bu's face was full of doubts, Liu Wei didn't explain much to him, smiled at him, turned around, and looked at the Puzi city wall, which was almost close enough to see the battlements.

After besieging the city for three days in a row, Liu Wei never ordered a large army to attack the city.

Similarly, the Black Mountain Army in the city showed no signs of killing, and Yu Poison, who had been defeated for a while before, showed no signs of coming to the rescue.

It was supposed to be near Puzi City, where the killing sound was shocking, but it was so quiet that the soldiers on both sides felt a little embarrassed.

"Make a fire and make food! Make a fire and make rice! In the barracks of the Chinese army, Yang Feng walked back and forth in the barracks with his hands on his waist, and while walking, he also shouted to the Luoyang soldiers who were busy building pots and stoves to light fires: "Light the fire for me, the smoke is bigger!" ”

"Add some wet wood to the fire!" Walking past a few freshly erected pots, Yang Feng raised his hand and pointed to a few soldiers on the side of another potpot not far ahead, and shouted to them: "Talk about you!" People whose eyes hurt when the smoke made by others hurts, what are you doing! ”

Several soldiers who were pointed out by Yang Feng had already lit the fire, and had just put the clay pot for cooking rice on the fire, when Yang Feng shouted this, one of them hurriedly brought the clay pot aside.

A few other soldiers looked for some firewood from nearby, but the firewood was so dry that there was not even a trace of moisture. As a last resort, a soldier who was only about sixteen or seventeen years old lifted his shirt and urinated on the pile of firewood.

"You kid......" The little soldier had just finished urinating and was shaking the watering thing, and Yang Feng, who walked behind him, gently pressed the back of his head and scolded with a smile: "You kid, you have a lot of crooked ideas!" ”

The back of his head was pressed by Yang Feng, and the little soldier hurriedly put down his shirt, touched his head, and smirked at Yang Feng with a "hehe" smirk.

The firewood poured with urine was thrown on the fire, and a thick smoke rose in an instant.

Accompanied by thick smoke, there was also a foul smell of urine. Yang Feng, who was a little farther away from the fire, turned his head to look at the pot stove with thick smoke rising, nodded with satisfaction, put his hands behind his back, and walked forward.

Seeing that Yang Feng was far away, another soldier who was cooking in the same pot as the peeing soldier surrounded the little soldier, and each of them slapped him lightly on the head, and one of the veterans also laughed and scolded: "Damn, there is a smell of urine, how can I eat the food after cooking?" ”

After being slapped several times on the head, the little soldier reached out and rubbed his head, muttering in his mouth: "Urine is just firewood, and it doesn't make you wait to eat firewood......

"Tough mouth!" Before the soldier could finish speaking, the old soldier who had just said that he couldn't eat after cooking grinned, raised his foot and gently kicked him in the ass.

In the Luoyang military camp, bursts of cooking smoke rose up. The cyan smoke meandered into the sky, and when it met the wind in midair, it was blown away, and soon dissipated without a trace.

On the Puzi city wall, the Black Mountain Army guarding the city looked at the smoke from the sky outside the city, and all of them showed envious expressions on their faces.

Occupying the city, at first the soldiers of the Montenegrin army were very excited, rummaging around the city for wealth and jewelry.

They found a lot of copper coins, and even many people carried brocade to the barracks in horses. But only a day later, the Montenegrin army that entered the city found a serious problem.

The whole city didn't even have half a grain of grain. When the residents of the city withdrew with the Luoyang army, they took all the grain they could bring away from Puzi, and a small amount that could not be taken away was also piled up in the granary, and a fire was burned clean.

Without food, people have become a luxury even to survive, what can those copper coins and silk be considered to the Montenegrin army at this time?

Standing on the edge of the battlements, looking at the smoke rising outside the city, a Montenegrin army subconsciously rubbed his shriveled stomach and licked his lips, with a strange brilliance in his eyes.

"Hungry?" Another Montenegrin soldier standing beside him saw him rubbing his stomach, lowered his voice, and asked him a question.

"How can you not be hungry!" The Black Mountain Army, who had just rubbed his belly, turned his head to look at his companion who asked him, and said in the same low voice: "When I entered the city, I only cared about grabbing silk, and if anyone would give me a bowl of corn, I would like to exchange the whole silk for him." ”

"Corn?" Hearing what he said, another Montenegrin soldier on the side pursed his lips, smiled mockingly, and muttered outside the city and said, "You carry the silk out of the city, ask them if they are willing to change!" ”

After being ridiculed, the Black Mountain Army who had just rubbed his stomach rolled his eyes at his companion, although he didn't speak again, but when he looked at the smoke outside the city, his eyes still showed a bit of yearning.

At the same time, in a wing room in the Puzicheng County Government, two people were sitting opposite each other.

The man sitting on the left had a white face, two sword eyebrows raised high, and his eyes were small but shining, and he knew at a glance that he was an extremely shrewd man.

And sitting on the right is a strong man with a full beard and a very rough face. The beard on the strong man's face was not as fluffy as ordinary people's beards, but stood upright one by one, like steel needles.

These two people are Yang Feng and Zuo Zhangbachi, who led the army into Puzi.

Puzi was besieged, and there was not even half a grain in the city. Before sending troops, it was expected that there would be food in the city, and the 20,000 Montenegrin troops did not even bring enough rations for two days, and the Luoyang army had besieged the city for several days, and the soldiers were hungry. If this continues, even if the Luoyang army does not attack, the Montenegrin army in the city will probably make trouble because of hunger. The two had no choice but to come to the county government and close the door to discuss countermeasures.

"Eighth general, the king of Luoyang has been besieging the city for a long time, and there is no food in the city, according to the general's wishes, what should we do?" Looking at Zuo Zhangbachi, who was kneeling opposite, Yang Feng, who was white-skinned, asked him with a bit of tentative tone in his tone.

"Kill the Devil!" Before Yang Feng's question was asked, Zuo Zhangba glared at him, and said to him in a loud voice: "Two days ago, General Ben was going to lead the troops to kill the general, but I don't know why General Yang stopped him. ”