Chapter 383: The Culprit
"Cao Mengde's place!" Liu Mang asked at a kind of civil and military under his command.
"Cao Cao didn't embarrass the envoys of our army, but he didn't sell grain and grass either, Xu Du Xunyou gave the conditions and met the conditions to sell 100,000 grains and grass to my Yangzhou!" Xu Shu clenched his fists.
"What conditions?!" Although Liu Mang knew this condition, he still hoped that Cao Cao would give other requirements, but Liu Mang was disappointed.
"Cao Cao's appetite is even greater, this time not only does he want the blueprints of the bed crossbow, but Xu Du Xunyou also wants our army to send our army's siege weapon ballista!" Before Xu Shu finished speaking, Liu Mang waved his hand directly so that Xu Shu didn't need to speak.
I saw Liu Mang standing on the chair, his eyes had to be a kind of coldness, if Cao Cao just let himself send the bed crossbow, then Liu Mang would not be so angry, after all, Cao Cao also sent 100,000 grains and grass before, and it was also this 100,000 grains and grass that made Xu Shu alive Shouchun City is still there, Liu Mang was also thinking about a trace of guilt when calculating Cao Cao, and thinking about whether to only take Guangling and leave the Huaiyin generation not to touch him, but now it seems that there is no friendship between the princes, and there are only interests. This Cao Cao actually held this opportunity and was ready to fall into the well, not only did he have a big appetite and wanted a bed crossbow, but now he even remembered to bring a ballista.
It is absolutely impossible for Liu Mang to give the bed crossbow to Cao Cao, and the three fool brothers who got the bed crossbow with Cao Cao's background are not Cao Cao's opponents, once Lao Cao takes Hebei, it will take a long time to deal with him Liu Mang!
"Cao Mengde doesn't need to send any more envoys there, since he Cao Mengde doesn't want to give it, we don't have to ask for people, bed ballista cannons, he Cao Mengde doesn't want to get any of them! If you want, you let him get it himself! Liu Mang refused without even thinking about it.
"There are other places!" Liu Mang continued to ask.
"Lord, this is Jingzhou in the end!" Xu Shu looked at Liu Mang, there was a trace of anger and embarrassment in his eyes. Liu Mang was waiting for Xu Shu to talk about Jingzhou, but Xu Shu suddenly stopped dumbfounded.
"Yuan Zhi. Why not! Liu Mang asked suspiciously, Jingzhou Liu Biao, that is a wealthy person, if there is any state in this world that has not really experienced war, then it must be Jingzhou.
Whether it is Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou in the Central Plains, or Jizhou and Youzhou in Hebei, or even Liangzhou in the Western Regions. They are all war-torn.
In the Central Plains, there were Yuan Shu, Zhang Miao, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao competing for hegemony. In the Central Plains, Yangzhou, which once had a population of millions, was beaten to the ground, Xuzhou, the granary of the world, was destroyed and ten rooms were emptied, and the place where the scholars gathered in Yuzhou became occupied by the yellow scarves of only hundreds of thousands of people, and even Lao Cao's Yanzhou had only a million people, and most of them migrated from the Zizhili generation.
Hebei's Jizhou, Youzhou, and Youzhou were originally borderlands. The war was raging one after another, and Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yu, Han Fu, and Yuan Shao competed with each other for hegemony, and it was difficult to calm down.
Not to mention Xiliang, Dong Zhuo was still chaotic when he was there, and as soon as Dong Zhuo died, he was even more fighting, Han Sui, Ma Teng is a good person!
Shuchuan. Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are also attacking each other, only Jingzhou, has not experienced war for a long time, east of Jingzhou, with Jiangxia as a stronghold, Jiangxia strictly belongs to Jiangdong, otherwise there will be no Chibi is guarding Jingzhou. For Jiangdong, Chibi is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but for Jingzhou, it is a one-man pass. Jingzhou Liu Biao and Jiangdong Sun Ce fought against each other, that is, in the Jiangxia generation, there could be no war in the hinterland of Jingzhou.
To the north of Jingzhou is Nanyang County. Nanyang County was originally where Zhang Xiu was located, and Zhang Xiu was helping Liu Biao to guard the door, who could get in! Although there are entanglements in Shuchuan in the west, but now Liu Zhang's house can't sweep the snow in front of his house, Zhang Lu has exhausted him, it's good if Jingzhou doesn't attack him, there is time to find trouble with Liu Biao.
In addition, Jingzhou has the natural Yangtze River as a barrier, it can be said that Jingzhou is the only place in the Han Dynasty that has not been invaded by the war, and the people and scholars have rushed to Jingzhou over the years, and it can be said that Jingzhou's prosperity is no less than that of Luoyang Chang'an.
Therefore, Liu Biao's wealth in Jingzhou is really rich and rivals the country, and if you don't buy hundreds of thousands of grain and grass from him, it really can't be justified! It can be said that Jingzhou is the most hopeful place for Liu Mang, and it may be more expensive, after all, this is a troubled time, even if it is three or four times more expensive, Liu Mang can eat it.
"Lord, this, this!" Xu Shu's support made Liu Mang's face even heavier, except for Jia Xu who brought a good news, the others are all bad news so far, either they don't sell or fall into the well, or they take advantage of the fire to rob, Xu Shu still spoke like that before, but now he is silent, which shows that this trip to Jingzhou is even worse than the other roads.
"Something to say! When did you Xu Yuanzhi become such a mother-in-law! Liu Mang was a little dissatisfied, Xu Shu has always been known for his composure and integrity, when did he become such a mother-in-law.
"Lord, the envoy from Jingzhou we sent has not returned!" Xu Shu said it.
"Didn't come back? What do you mean?! Is Liu Biao willing to sell grain and grass? Is it a matter of price, if it is a good negotiation on the price, it is okay to double it! "Liu Mang has money but no grain and grass now, even if he loses again, Liu Mang will admit it, as long as the grain is in hand and persists for a period of time, there will naturally be a greater return at that time.
Liu Mang's words only made Xu Shu shake his head with a wry smile, "Lord, lord, our envoy is not negotiating the price with Liu Biao in Jingzhou, but our envoy was killed and can't come back at all!" ”
"What!" Liu Mang jumped up violently, the messenger can't come back? The messenger was killed? Liu Mang's mouth opened his mouth with monstrous anger: "This Liu Jingsheng really wants to break with us Yangzhou and start a war!" If so, then I will fulfill him! "Can Liu Mang not be angry, although the envoys sent out by other roads have not been able to buy grain and grass, but they have also returned, such as the envoys sent to Hebei, the three brothers of the Yuan family are not bad to them, and Cao Cao in Cao Cao's place is even more good for the envoys to eat and drink, even in Jiangdong Sun Ce's envoy Sun Ce Although he sent the envoy out, and also swallowed the gold he brought, but the messenger still came back alive, and when he arrived in Jingzhou, the envoy died and was killed.
The two countries have not yet killed the envoy when they go to war, killing the envoy means that they have broken up and are ready to go to war, Jingzhou has the Yangtze River as a barrier, but don't forget that on the other side of the Yangtze River, he is not without territory.
Liu Mang's army can directly attack Huangzhou from the Lujiang River and enter Jiangxia, and the far ones can start from Yiyang Zaoyang and enter the Xinye generation, so that Jingzhou can only deviate from the other side of the Yangtze River.
Since he Jingzhou Liu Biao doesn't give grain and grass, he Liu Mang can go and grab it.
"Come on, send a letter to Lujiang's father-in-law, and make an appointment to be a soldier at the appointed time!" Liu Mang was really angry, one bad news after another came to pass, and now this Jingzhou Liu Biao is too deceitful, before Liu Biao sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, Liu Mang was full of anger, and now he is the messenger who killed him, if Liu Mang doesn't show a little blood, I'm afraid this army will not be easy to bring. "Lord, it's not Jingzhou Liu Biao who killed my envoy, but, but!" Xu Shu hurriedly stepped forward to stop Liu Mang, it doesn't matter if there is no shortage of food, but now Liu Mang's army is short of grain and grass, if he can take Xinye to supplement grain and grass, he can still fight, if Jingzhou Liu Biao plays a big one and burns Xinye to the ground, then Liu Biao will be injured, and Liu Mang himself will not be much better. This kind of lose-lose will only make others sit on the back of the fisherman.
"Didn't Liu Biao kill my envoy?" Liu Mang didn't understand, the direction that this envoy sent out was Liu Biao's Jingzhou, if the envoy was intercepted and killed halfway, then Liu Mang would not know, and he would definitely send the second and third waves of envoys, instead of knowing it from Xu Shu's mouth now.
"It was not Liu Biao of Jingzhou who killed my envoy, but Liu Bei of Yuzhou!" Xu Shu finally pointed out the culprit.
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