Although Wei Ba was careful, the news of him sending the prisoners out of the city still reached Lu Xun's ears. Cao Rui's reply didn't come for a long time, but Lu Xun sent Lu Lan here.

As soon as he saw Wei Ba, Lu Lan asked very unhappily: "Is this to join the army to betray the alliance and make friends with the Wei State?" ”

Before Lu Lan's words fell, Wei Ba jumped up, splashed a glass of water on Lu Lan's face, pointed at Lu Lan's nose and scolded: "Are you embarrassed to say that I betrayed the alliance? ”

The water that still had residual warmth flowed down from Lu Lan's face, washing the thin layer of powder on his face into the left ditch and the right ditch, looking very embarrassed, and his gentle demeanor was gone. was insulted by Wei Ba again, his face suddenly seemed to be congested with blood, his eyes widened, and he was about to sneer at each other when he opened his mouth. But obviously, when it comes to scolding, his skills are simply not worth mentioning compared to Wei Ba.

Before he could figure out what to say, Wei Ba counted down.

"We weishenme alliance? It is to join forces to attack Xiangyang, and everything we do is so that you can take Xiangyang. As long as you are not stupid, anyone can see that this is good for you, but there is no visible benefit for us. This kind of thing, you should rush to the front, now it's good, we are desperate and bloody, but you are leisurely watching the excitement. We did what we should have done, and we did what we shouldn't have done, and we endured everything in order to allow you to seize Xiangyang and complete the covenant. As a result, we will ask you for food, and you will give you only ten days' bread. Ten days later, do you want us to go back to Fangling hungry? ”

Wei Ba became more and more angry the more he scolded, and directly burst into foul language.

"Lao Tzu weishenme sent the captives back? Even a pig can figure out that this is weishenme. Are you too embarrassed to ask? your mother, don't you want to fight? If you don't want to fight, Lao Tzu will immediately withdraw his troops and return to Fangling, so as not to say good things to you shameless grandsons for some food. Wei Ba's spittle was sprayed on Lu Lan's face, and Zuihou came to a more ruthless conclusion: "I am the eighteenth generation ancestor of your Lu family, and you are embarrassed to say that I betrayed the alliance?" Believe it or not, I'm pumping you two big ear scrapers? ”

Wei Ba's words were like a series of cannons, scolding Lu Lan's face red, and Zuihou's few foul words made Lu Lan speechless. Wei Ba didn't give Lu Lan a chance to explain at all, he pointed at Lu Lan's nose angrily and said, "Within two days, you won't deliver all the food I want." Lao Tzu immediately withdrew his troops back to Fangling. "After that. Without waiting for Lu Lan to refute, he blasted Lu Lan out.

Lu Lan was embarrassed, he originally came to question Wei Ba aggressively, but he didn't expect to be scolded by Wei Ba. Until he returned to the camp in a daze. He didn't figure out the situation either. I don't even know how I left Fancheng.

Facing the incoherent Lu Lan. It took Lu Xun a lot of words to know what happened. He groaned for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.

Lu Xun couldn't say that there was anything unusual about Wei Ba, and the wounded prisoners who were sent back to the Wei army because of the shortage of food. Logically, it seems that there is nothing wrong with negotiating with Wei Jun to delay time, but Lu Xun still feels uneasy, and he always feels that Wei Ba is very likely to be playing some tricks again. For the sake of safety, on the one hand, he sent someone to send a message to Wei Ba, saying that the food would arrive soon, and on the other hand, he sent someone to remind Sun Quan, asking him to speed up and rush to Xiangyang as soon as possible to ensure that there were enough troops to deal with the war. Saying a thousand things and ten thousand, only with sufficient strength, it is difficult to achieve any conspiracy and trickery.

At the same time, he stepped up reconnaissance of the Shu army-controlled area west of Xiangyang to prevent the Wei army from smuggling into the Han River. At this point, it was not that he was not worried about Wei Ba - although he did not trust Wei Ba very much - but because of the grievances between Wu and Shu, it was impossible for him to give his back to the Shu army at ease.

Just when Lu Xun was suspicious, the Wei army launched an attack, Sima Yi personally led an army of 20,000 to attack Fancheng, and Cao Rui personally led an army of 30,000 to set up a position in the east of Xiangyang, preparing to force the Han River.

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In the rumbling war drums, the Wei army pushed various siege equipment and slowly pressed towards Fancheng.

The walls of Fancheng were not high, and the moat was not very deep, before that, Meng Da filled a lot of the moat when he attacked the city, and although it took a lot of effort to dredge, but limited to time and manpower and material resources, the moat's hindrance to the Wei army was still very limited.

Looking at the approaching men and horses of the Wei army, Meng Da frowned: "Ziyu, do you think Sima Yi will attack Fancheng?" ”

Wei Ba smiled slightly: "What's the matter, the general is afraid?" ”

Meng Da stroked his beard and smiled, his face a little unnatural. Of course, he was not afraid of Sima Yi, but he was afraid that his loss would be too great. Although Wei Ba and Wu Yi promised to use the captives to replenish his losses, how could these newly recruited people be loyal to those who had been with them for many years. After all, the Shu army could not occupy Fancheng, and since this was the case, there was no point in holding Fancheng. He wanted to persuade Wei Ba to withdraw from Fancheng a long time ago, anyway, the goal of the Shu army had been achieved, so why bother to hold on here and increase casualties?

"I'm not afraid, I don't think it's worth it." Meng Da looked at the busy soldiers on the city wall: "Who is not born by their parents, and it is not worth dying here." ”

"If it's worth it, it's not worth dying here." Wei Ba crouched on the battlements, looked at the Wei army getting closer and closer to the city, and said leisurely: "Good man, you should open up the territory, even if you are shrouded in horse leather, you will die well." Now, although they belong to the Han and Wei dynasties, aren't they still the descendants of Yan and Huang and the people of the Han Dynasty? Brothers are on the wall, but I am afraid that there will be many external troubles in the future. ”

Meng Da choked for a while, he came to remind Wei Ba that it was meaningless to defend Fancheng, but he didn't expect Wei Ba to extend so far, which made him embarrassed to say more. Thinking that the current Han, Wei and Wu Kingdoms were all people of the Han Dynasty not long ago, and the people who fought each other were probably villagers, he couldn't help but be a little gloomy and sighed.

"General, you haven't been back to your hometown for a long time, and you probably can't imagine how serious this situation is." Wei Ba straightened up, patted his hands, and dusted off his clothes. "To the north of Feng Yi, it is the pasture of the Hu people, and I don't see my Han family's clothes. Most of the Youhe has become the territory of the Wuhuan people and the Huns, and the remnants of the Xianbei people are still wandering in the grassland, and once they recover, they are bound to invade in a big way. At that time, it will not only be owned by my big man, but I am afraid that Guanzhong will ......."

Wei Ba glanced at Meng Da: "The general's hometown will inevitably be infected with some fishy smell. ”

Meng Da frowned and shivered involuntarily. Although he is not a well-dressed family, as a native of Guanzhong, the distinction between Huayi is still deep-rooted, and the pride of the Han people is deeply rooted in his bones. He still felt very uncomfortable at the thought that his hometown, even if it had been a long time away and whose memories were already a little blurred, would be ravaged by the Hu people.

"Ziyu, do you want to help the Wu people take Xiangyang, or do you want to help the Wei people cross the river?" Meng Da waved his hand, drove the guards away, stood side by side with Wei Ba, lowered his voice and asked: "If it's just to hit the Wu people hard, we don't have to fight with Sima Yi, anyway, Fancheng can't be occupied, why don't Weishenme withdraw early?" ”

Wei Ba shook his head: "General Meng, our ultimate goal is to let Wei and Wu fight each other, if we withdraw our troops now and let the Wei army cross the river, the Wu people will inevitably retreat." Once the siege of Xiangyang is lifted, will the Wei army still pursue? If you want them to fight to the death, the only way to do this is to let the Wu people take Xiangyang first. Xiangyang is like a bone, if Sun Quan hasn't bitten it yet, in the face of the fierce tiger of Wei State, he may only think about it in his heart. But if he had already bitten this bone into his mouth, would he give up easily? ”

Meng Da couldn't help laughing, although Wei Ba's metaphor was vulgar, it was also enough to be vivid. If Sun Quan had already occupied Xiangyang, he would definitely not give up easily, and there would inevitably be a vicious battle between Wei and Wu at any cost. Only then can Shu achieve its ultimate goal.

He nodded approvingly, and asked worriedly, "But how can we break through Xiangyang?" ”

"I'm also thinking about it." Wei Ba blinked, and said with a smile: "This is for General Meng to hold Fancheng, so I can have time to think about it." If General Meng doesn't have confidence, then I can't do anything. ”

The corners of Meng Da's mouth twitched, and he scolded with a smile: "Boy, you don't play tricks in front of me." Not only does the old man work hard, but he still refuses to owe the old lady a favor, right? ”

Wei Ba touched his nose in embarrassment. "The general's eyes are like torches, and he can't hide anything from the general."

Meng Da patted Wei Ba's shoulder vigorously: "Don't worry, don't say that Sima Yi won't really attack with all his strength, even if he really wants to attack, I can't let him succeed easily." Last year in Fangling, he caught me off guard, and my reputation was almost ruined. This time, I'm going to have a good haode to compete with him. Last time he wasn't shot by you, it wasn't because he died, but because God wanted him to die at my hands. ”

Wei Ba couldn't help laughing: "Then I'll see the general's meritorious service, and don't forget to enjoy a glass of wine when the time comes." ”

Meng Da was in a happy mood and let out a loud daxiao, and Wei Ba also laughed softly. What worries him the most is that Meng Da is unwilling to give it his all. If Meng Da passively slacked off in order to maintain his strength and withdrew from Fancheng before Lu Xun conquered Xiangyang, then his jihua would be greatly reduced. He said so much, just to arouse Meng Da's fighting spirit. If Meng Da still refuses, then he has to be replaced, and Wu Yi will defend the city.

Amid their laughter, the crossbowmen of the Wei army crossed the moat, reached a hundred paces below the city, and began to fire suppression at the head of the city. Meng Da's face turned cold, and he waved his hand and ordered to attack. The drums of war suddenly exploded, and the crossbowmen on the walls began to fight back.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The sound of arrows galloping endlessly, the trembling sound of bowstrings came and went, and the battle began, and Fancheng was once again plunged into the flames of war. (To be continued......)

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